The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-18 00:00:00

71:2.711Y; EfAYMA}.I7.I:T. Under the manafiement of Mr. Buckstone. TZIS Will be presented TILE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by `Sr. Duckstone end Miss E. Chaplin. Alter which, Senora Perea :lona will dance La Cachuca. To b 3 followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To be followed by a Ballet. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO 'MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRARive BEAN. THIS EVENING, 11l to performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. TaIIATRE ROYAL ADELPIIT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Vrectregs, Mri..une Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A MOVING TALE. Followed t . y A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. After which, FRATERNISATION: To conclude with OPEN SES CITE ; or, A Night with the Forty Thiev'ec. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and Keeley; IlisseE Woolgar, Cuthbert, Nyndriam, IT. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATP.E. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING. Will be performed TIIr: SCTIOOL FOR SCAND IL. Characters by Messrs. Robson, A. Wigan, G. Vining, ; Airs. A. Wigan, &e. To be followed by ROBERT lINIACAIR Clin-neters by Messrs J. H. White, F. Vining, and F. Hobson ; Misses Maskell and Brom ley, &c. To conclude with, in one act, a Grand Pas, by Jaques Strop. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. MR. FLENSIORE and MLLE. AURIOL'S GRAND NIGHT, And their last appearance in London (previous to their departure for the provinces). THIS EVENING. The performances will commence with the popular Comedy of TIME TRIES ALL. After which, the Cavatina from Bellini's Opera of NORMA. To be succeeded by the Operetta of the IVA TER'MAN. To be followed by a Petite ,Ballet from Flexmore's MEND BELLA. After which the popular Farce of JOHN JONES. In the course of the evening a variety of other Entertainments. To conclude with the cerebrated Serio-comic Pantomime of DON JUAN. ROYAL STRAND TLIEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A WOFDERFEL WOMAN. AP.er which, SALLY SNIART. To be followed by THE Sl') NISI DANCERS. To conclude with MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee arid Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, Tn compliance with the universal wish expressed, the interesting Spectacle, Lord B , •roe's MAZF.P PA ; or, the Wild Horse, in which Mr. William Cooke's hlghly-trained horses will appear for the first time. The piece will exhibit all the original thrillingly electric effects To conclude with the SCENE 3 in the CIRCLE, by Equestrians of high repute. it3x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W . WvAt. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director. Ifir. W. Cooke, jua. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tqi. , torrin; 27 trin.gter 4 I Evening 42min. al. 4 r'q•MOarow - Morning 0 min.sfter 5 EveninglBmin. aft. 5 TUE WE Onion, July 18. TEEZIIMOMETZtt, IN 'rim `BADE. 69—highest since noon yesteras.y. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 73—this day, at noon. BAROISKTF.R, 29'81. WIND, W.N.W.—Fresh, with clouds and sunshine. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE (PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIYEPENCE-HALFPENNY FOURPENCF. FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, ch., &c., can new be had for Fourpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still bo made to those in remote places unless the Postmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. , S / 6 - ` 1 : 1` , '54t111, LONDON, WEDESDAY, JULY 17, 1855. As we yesterday stated, " the undetected mem bers of the Cabinet" will he quite contented to tide over the present session in any possible man ner, and to endure the largest amount of censure provided they be permitted to retain power, patronage, and pay, and to direct matters as they think proper during the recess, uncontrolled by Vile votes or legitimate remonstrances of either branch of the Legislature. While they are satisfied to linger on an undignified existence, the so-called representatives of the English people, of all classes and parties, are, with a few honourable exceptions, willing to connive at this discredi table, this humiliating policy, for the purpose of avoiding the "appeal to the country" which, as has ostentatiously been announced, must in evitally follow a decisive Ministerial defeat. Mt nis'ters ask for a continuance in office on any terms. Members of Parliament are willing to grant it, not because it is for the national bene fit that Sir GEORGE GREY, Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWTS, and Sir CHARLES WOOD should retain their situations, but that they are desirous that the magic initials M.P. should remain attached to their respective names, and that they should Ia spared the trouble, vexation, and expense that must necessarily attend a contested election. Fience, the proceedings in Parliament for the last 'few weeks may be regarded as a series of com promises not very creditable to the parties concerned, and still less satisfactory to the country, as mere temporary armistices, neither honourable nor beneficial to the political bellige- rents ! Thus, on Sir E. 13. LYTTON'S motion, the Mini ster directly aimed at was deliberately thrown overboard. The waiters on PROVIDENCE DaUtl .nied. They could not defend their quondam leader ; and, as the resolution was in its terms aimed at him the sacrifice was accepted, although the remaining Members of the Cabinet, with few exceptions, came, if not within, the letter, cer tainly within the spirit, of the proposition. In `this case, also, we believe that it was the crew that mutinied, and would not meet the danger, which, if we may judge from the effective speeches of Sir E. B. LYTTON and Mr. DISRAELI, their leaders were willing to encounter. A con tested election was apparently as greatly dreaded i47ag N, LONnoN le 1) lt l 1 ,1 II Y I/fi wr 1 ( 4 Ai 4 a friend, he rejects her as an ally, He thinks her alliance does harm. It may compromise us with France, and it may produce the undesirable im pression on Russia and the world that England and France are not strong enough alone to beat her. He might have added that her alliance could never have any other object than to aid Russia covertly, while it would give this purely selfish and despotic power the right to interfere in the terms of peace. We must then repeat our frequent assertion, that one test of the real English character of a Cabinet, and of its independence of Coburg influence, is its treatment of Austria. No Cabinet is worthy of the country's support, no Cabinet deserves to have the War consigned to its charge for six months, no Cabinet is safe to be left in the hands of the Court and the Couuncs, which has not given at least the one sign of inde pendence that it has—in plain English—cut Austria. by the general supporters of her MAJESTY'S Oppo -ition as by the Ministerialists, and thus arose That which, in the language of the P. R., is emphatically denominated " fighting a cross." The same is perceptible on Mr. ROEBUCK'S :notion ; not on the part of the honourable mover, who consistently and efficiently discharged the important duty which he had undertaken. Mr. ROEBUCK has well merited the confidence which men of all parties feel in his proved integrity a nd incorruptible honesty of purpose. But the pertinent interrogatory which ho has exhibited to the House is about to be got rid of by a side-wind. He has required that some notice shall be taken of the proceedings before the committee appointed by so large a majority, that the elaborate report, unanimously adopted by the committee, shall not be shelved for an - indefinite period. If that report was sustained, by the evidence of which every Member of Parliament was competent to judge, some steps should be taken consequent thereon. If, on the other hand, the accusations against Ministers were unfounded in fact, or unwarranted by the testimony adduced, the verdict should be set aside, and those so seriously compromised thereby should not be contented with a mere arrest of judg ment or hanging matters up for the long vacation. If the decision was just the legitimate consequences should follow ; if the reverse, it :,hould be at once repudiated by the House. But Ministers, although so seriously inculpated, have, for the reasons already mentioned, shrunk from a course so decisive and straightforward. They are contented that the battle on which their very existence depends should be fought with pop-guns. In place of an influential member of the Cabinet coming forward to meet the motion with a direct negative, they are satisfied to let their defence rest in the hands of a political non entity like General PEEL, and to steal off under the smoke of "the previous question," which decides nothing, and affordsno indication respecting the fu ture progress of the Parliamentary campaign. Even that equivocal course was not announced until the close of the evening, and then by Sir C. WOOD, one of the " insignificants," whose pettifogging quibbles were greeted by loud cries of "Divide ;" a demand in which even the Premier condescended to join, " hoping that the House would come to a decision that night." The proposition, under the circumstances, was an insult to the House and country. It was at once and very properly rejected, and the debate was adjourned until to-morrow, when Lord PALMERSTON may possibly learn that the matter cannot be quite so easily got rid of as he seems to think. The pres sure from without has already proved efficacious on several occasions since the Noble Lord's acces sion to power, and he may even yet deem it ad visable to meet a very serious charge by a serious defence. Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this evening. Vis Count and Viscountess Combermere have left Lon- don for Buxton. Sir Norton and Lady Knatchbull and family have left Clifford-street for their seat, Mersham Hatch, Kent. His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders left Lon don, yesterday morning, by the London and North- Western Railway, for Edinburgh, attended by Sir Ro bert Carswell and Captain Burnell. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely gavo a grand dinner last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Here ditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Strehtz and the Duke of Cambridge. The Duke de Tarancon, the eldest son of Queen Chris. tina and the Duke de Rianzares, died on Saturday al Malma,ison, in France. The Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada are offering 5 per cent. per annum interest for loans for ,hree, five, or seven years. The trees in the Champs Elys4es have just had num• hers attached to them, similar to those of houses in the streets. The Earl of Cardigan has been staying at Southamp ton. The Royal Southern Yacht Club in that town will give a banquet to his lordship on the 9th proximo. The Independance of Brussels says that on the occa sion of the Queen's visit to Paris there will be a fete of surpassing magnificence at Versailles. The entire park will be illuminated as it was in the time of Louis )aV. LONDON AND EASTERN BANK.-At a meeting of the London and Eastern Bank, held on Monday, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was declared, and the report was adopted. At the meeting of the proprietary of the Commercial Bank of London yesterday the net profits for the year ending the 30th ult. were stated at; 36,1801. A half yearly dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was declared, besides a bonus of 3 per cent., making the di vidend and bonus for the year 10 per cent., free from income-tax. A balance of 1,3431. remains to be carried to the reserve fund, which is thus raised to 67,453/. The Shareholders of the Albert Life Assurance Com pany, at their annual general meeting, on the 16th inst., unanimously voted a sum of 1,0001. to G. 7.4. Kirby, Esq., their managing director, in recognition of his valuable services. THE CAPE TARIFF.—The new tariff, which was pro mulgated on the 4th of May, imposes a duty of n per cent. ad valorem upon all manufactured goods, instead of 5 per cent.—equalises English and foreign manufactures, the latter of which formerly paid 12 per cent. The duty on tea, sugar, and coffee, is also increased, but not so considerably as to have any marked effect upon the con sumption.— Cape Monitor. The German Journal of Frankfort contains a letter from Vienna, which states that, according to the last intelligence from Constantinople, the Shah of Persia has it in contemplation to accredit a charge d'affaires of the Austrian Court. The infamy of Austria, as revealed in the de bate of Monday night, ought not to be overlooked by the Press, as most certainly it will not be by the country. We owe hersome tolerable measure of wrath as the seducer of one of our most pro minent statesmen; we may, indeed, regret the presumption which led one of the weaker mem bers of the Cabinet to expose himself to influences by which his fair reputation would be sullied, yet the conscious seducer does not on that account escape our unappeasable indignation ; and we really think good Mr. BOUVERIE, and all who have to the last adored at Chesham-place, ought to challenge Austria to mortal combat. Knowingly and wilfully did her diplomatists beguile our Ple nipotentiary; they literally placed his yielding arm within that of the wily Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, and paraded him before all Europe in blandest intimacy with a professor of diplomatic corrup tion. Not content with thus accomplishing his ruin, when he had hitherto concealed his misad venture from Parliament and the country, when ho had spoken as still immaculate, what must this heartless seducer do but publish to the world the frailty which it had betrayed. Other seducers are content to desert their victims, Austria is base enouglito precipitate their exposure. While we pity Lord JOHN we must detest Austria. How villanous, too, her pro-Russian proposals. She professed to aim at the same objects with the Allies. Well, she abandons successively every plan for giving effect to the Third Point which Russia would not adopt, and at last proposed not only the plan of counterpoise by Allied fleets in the Euxine, but the most costly and complicated modification of that plan—that which allowed Russia to increase indefinitely her ships of war, and which authorised the SULTAN to do what every monarch on earth—even the King of the Sandwich Isles —can do, if he likes—that is, to call in the aid of friendly fleets if he thinks him self in danger. It has not been noticed, we be lieve, yet, but surely the cost of such a fleet as the Allies must in that case maintain for the safety of Turkey, would be quite as great as the cost of their present fleet in the Black Sea. As a mere matter of economy, then, it would be worth while to follow Lord LYNDHURST'S advice, and to persevere until they had exterminated the remains of the Russian fleet at Sebastopol. It would then be easy for two or three ships and a few light cruisers to forbid a Russian ship-of-war to navigate those waters again. The wish to saddle the Allies with such a costly counterpoise, and one liable to be destroyed by so many politi cal causes, proves to every plain Englishman the duplicity and Russianised cunning of Austria. There is a greater piece of villany still. It now turns out, as Lord JOHN states, that the Tu'rkish Minister originally consented to the ulti matum of Austria ; but that it was on the clear understanding that Russia would not accept it (though we feel assured she would have done so), and that on her refusal Austria would declare war against Russia. The French, English, and Turk ish Ministers, therefore, at first were led to be lieve that Austria was really only devising the strongest justification she could for war with the Power which enabled her to hang the Hungarian patriots and to exult in the triumph of her per jury. They were soon undeceived ! This shame less coward soon sent after them the message that she only meant the alliance to be defensive ! The Allies were to guard her against Russian attacks, and against the righteous uprising of Hungary or Lombardy, but she was to give nothing in re turn.! Surely it is time to drop diplomatic slang in our language with such a Government, and to call a spade a spade. Such barefaced meanness should be called by its right name. It would have a most wholesome effect on diplomatic mo rality, if perfidy, shuffling, selfishness, and treach ery were spoken of as such. "Prudent reserve" may be necessary while the appearance of honour : tble dealing is maintained ; but to call a scoun c who is cheating you to your face by the soft n Imes friend or ally, is almost to be guilty your sell' of the lie direct. Ve are glad to see that this mean yet mis chievous Government is losing its hold on the Con. servatives at last. Some time ago DISRAELI excla 'lined in a tone we could wish to have seen better maintained, "No Austrian alliance, no Four .Points r' and now Sir E. L. BULWER avows . _that though willing to have Austria as a LATEST NE S. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY General Prince Gortschakoff writes from the Crimea on the 12th:— " The fire of the allies is feeble. " During the night of the 11th many shells were thrown into the city. From the other parts of the Crimea nothing new." VIENNA, JULY 16. The relations between Austria and Prussia are improving. They are supposed to be about to submit pro- positious to the Diet. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Emperor has decided that the sums annually employed by the state for celebrating the solemnity of August 15 (Napoleon fete), shall be devoted this year to the succour of the families of those military men who have died in the East. This decision (says the Moniteur) will be followed by a, more general measure, in which his Majesty proposes that the country at large shall take part. Next session a bill will be presented for increasing the pensions now granted to the widows of officers and soldiers killed in front of the enemy. General Pelissier announces the detith of Lord Raglan to the French army in the following order of the day : " Death has come to surprise Field• Marshal Lord Rag!an in the exercise of his command, and to plunge the English army in mourning. We, all of us, partake of the regret which is felt by our brave aliies. Those who have known Lord Raglan —who have known the history of this life so noble, so pure, so full of patriotic services—those who were wit nesses of his intrepidity in the days of Alma and Inker man --who can recall the calm and stoical grandeur of his character throughout this rough and memorable campaign—in a word, ail men with hearts will deplore the loss of such a man. " The sentiments which the General-in-Chief here ex pnsses will be those of the entire army. He himself is shocked by thi3 unlooked-for bloW. The general grief is increased with him in finding himself for ever sepa rated from a companion in arms whose cordial spirit he loved, whose virtues he admired, and with whom he always found loyal and affectionate concurrence. "At the General Quarters before Sebastopol, June 29, 1355. "The General-in-Chief, PELISSIER." The following private telegraphic despatches were received in Paris yesterday : (Signed) MARSEILLES, MIL — L . -The Indus steam packet has just arrived, bringing accounts from Constantinople to the 9th. M. Benedetti, French Charge d'Affaires at Constan tinople, was about to proceed to the Crimea. Reinforce ments bad been sent to the army of Anatolia. The last accounts which had reached Constantinople from Kars state that the Russians were besieging that place. The accounts from the Crimea are to the Bth. Sickness was disappearing from the allied armies. The Russians had received considerable reinforcements. General Canrobert had returned to the Tchernaya, and taken up his former encampment.. The allies have established in front of the I\lalakhoff Tower a large place d'armes capable of containing 4,000 men. Kamiesh has been cleared of all persons of suspicious character, and a municipality has been organised there. MARSEILLES, 17th.—The last accounts from Barce lona are to the 15th, at which time the workmen were returning into the city. VIENNA, 16th.—The understanding between the Ger man Powers appears to be every day improving. Gen. lAtang, who had an audience of the Emperor a few days ago, has left on his return to Paris. Austria in accord, it is said, with Prussia is about to submit propositions to the Diot. Omer Pacha is said to have completely re covered from his recent attack of cholera. The Official Journal of the Two Sicilie,s announce: that the Duke of Sena Capriole, who has been sent to St. Petersburg en a special mission, has been decorated by the Czar with the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Newski. The Silesian Gazette contains a letter from Vienna, which states that the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has gone to Jerusalem for the purpose of having, if pos sible, the order of Malta re-established there, for the defence of the Catholic Church. THE PRINCESS CZARTORYSKA'SMATINEE.—A morning performance of vocal and instrumental music was given yesterday, at the residence of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, under the name and auspices of her Highness the Princess Marcelline Czartoryska, in aid of the benevolent fund of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland. The Princess was assisted in her undertaking by many distinguished members of the aris tocracy, who, as " ladies natronesses," actively exerted themselves in advancing the object for which the con cert was projected. The performance took place in the magnificent ballroom, which in spite of the unpre cedentedly high price of tickets (21.), was filled by a numerous audience, as the entertainment was for a charitable purpose. CONVEESA.ZIONE AT THE GALLERY OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.--A most agreeable convers- zione was held at this Gallery last night, in honour of Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur. The interest of the collection has lately been greatly enhanced by the addition of a work of ex traordinary merit, "The Horse Fair," by this very dis tinguished lady. Several of the company had the honour of being introduced to the fair artist, whose manner of receiving her guests was graceful and cordial. Of the masterly picture above-mentioned we propose to have the pleasure of speaking on a future occasion. The meeting was attended by several of the nobility and gentry, lovers of art, and numerous artists of celebrity Amongst the company were—the Marchioness of Water ford, Lady Stuart de - Rothesay, Marquis of Clanricarde, Sir Charles Eastlake, P.R.A., John Gibson, R.A., Sir Ed ward Landseer, R.A., &c. LECTURE ON THE WAR.—Mr. Gibson delivered his lecture on the Russian War, before a brilliant audience at the Guildhall, Folkestone, on Friday evening last. This was the first of a series of twelve lectures which will be given through the instrumentality of the lsctur committee of the Harveian Institution in that place. The lecturer, after speaking of the value of such institu Mons, and remarking that where they were not in exist ence they should immediately be formed ; where in ex istence and not appreciated, he wished he possessed the eloquence and persuasive powers of Lord Morpeth, a Lytton, or a Dickens, to show how worthy they are of the support and encouragement, not only of the inhabi tants of the place, but the surrounding neighb our h oo d, and the benefits they conferred on the whole community. He then proceeded to notice all the leading incidents of the campaign, from the declaration of war up to the pre sent time. Many of his observations were received with great applause, especially his brilliant description of the battles of the Alma and Inkerman, and his graphic ac count of the loss of an army by cold, pestilence, and famine, with the reasons he assigned for a difetster, un paralleled perhaps in the annals of warfare. The mayor of Folkestone, and a numerous audience of visitors were present. We hear Mr. Gibson is about to deliver his lecture at Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate, and Margate, and we can recommend our readers who wish for two hours' instruction to go and hear him. General Pelissier, in transmitting the after-mentioned volume to the Library of Algiers, has written the following lines on one of the fly leaves :—," Head quarters before Sebastopol, June 9, 1855.—' History of the Life of Christ.' Taken in the chapel of the cemetery of Sebastopol where victory carried us. The sacred objects and several other things were conveyed to the Monastery of St. George, but this book was reserved by him who had the discretionary power, in order that it might be offered to the Library of Al giers. It is in the Sclavonian language, and printed in the Sclavonian characters. —PELISSIER." THE GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR AND THE PRESS.—It is known that an ordinance was recently issued by General Sir R. Gardiner, K.C.8., the Governor of Gib raltar, prohibiting unlicensed printing within that city and garrison. Yesterday was published a despatch addresSed to the Governor of Gibraltar, on the sth instant, by Lord Panmure, wherein Sir R. Gardiner is informed that he appears to have "contravened the Royal instructions under which he was bound to act in several particulars," inasmuch as he did not publish a draught of the ordinance a month before it was promulgated, or reserve it for the Royal assent. These preliminary ceremonies might, it appears, be dis pensed with in case of urgent necessity, but Sir R. Gardiner is required to explain more fully than he has done what were the dangers he anticipated, and why such measures of prevention were of such immediate urgency on the present occasion. Lord Panmure, as regards the general question, admits that a discretionary power to prohibit or control the publication of news papers must exist at Gibraltar, and that it should be vested in the Governor. Her Majesty's Government will gladly assent to any limited authority given to pub lications calculated to diffuse information of a useful or harmless character. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for stand ard gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 . 074, it follows that gold is about 0 . 38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon don. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261- per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, g ives an ex change of 13 . ..9- ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at shor t being 13'5&, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent. ; and, the par of ex change between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nnminally 0.67 per cent. in favour of England; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. ADIEU TO THE FOUR POINTS.—The Weser Gazette under date of Vienna, 11th, says :—" Count Walewski has sent to the French legations a circular, in which it is said that his Government does not any longer con sider itself bound to the four points, all attempts to get them accepted by Russia having failed ; and that conse quently it has resolved to impose such conditions of peace as might be sug g ested by the results of the war. Count Buol has con fi ne d himself to acknowledging the receipt of this communication, but he nevertheless ex pressed a fear that under such circumstances it was not possible to hope for a speedy re-establishment of peace. Baron de Bourqueney had a private audience of the Emperor this morning." The Emperor, yesterday evening, received the members of the Senate and of the Council of State at the Elysee. The "Ullea, steam-frigate, took her departure on the 15th from Marseilles for Constantinople, hav ing on board the 3d battalion and staff of the 30th Regiment of the Line, and a quantity of stores for the army. A letter from Corfu, of the 7th, states that the French steamer Solon had put into that roadstead for a short time on the previous day on her way from Trieste to Constantinople. M. Thouvenal, the French Ambassador to the Porte, was on board. A letter from before Sebastopol, of the 3d, in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : "The Russian line-of-battle ships anchored in the roadstead opposite Fort St. Nicholas begin to suffer from the fire of the mortar battery cn the side of the Quarantine Bay. On the 27th a shell passed through the three decks of the Tchesmd, killirg and wounding several men, and then bursting in 'the hold set fire to her for a short time. Some days before a projectile, fired by a French vessel, bursting in a wokrshop near the Artillery Bay, caused the explosion of a number of loaded shells, killed several artillerymen, and caused such da mage that the Russians have not since dared to collect together such a quantity of combustibles in one place as they had before been in the habit of doing. The sh, lls from the allied vessels occasion much damage in the place and severe losses to the garrison. Their destructive effects are more feared than those of the rockets. The ❑umber of naval artillerymen in the place has been re duced frOm 16,000 to 3,500; there are now only three artillerymen for each gun. On board the Russian ves sels the rations of vegetables and brandy have been di minished one half. The captains of them have received orders to economise their consumption of salt pork as much as possible. An order from the commander,in chief has prescribed to the inhabitants to quit the town. The opinion that the place must infallibly fall into the power of the allied armies is more and more general among the besieged, and that feeling has greatly in creased their discouragement, particularly during the last few days. All this information has been derived from the deserters and pisoners." Another letter from before Sebastopol, in the Gazette du Midi, says : " On an applica,tion made to the Russians, the sword of Sir John Campbell, an old family claymore, has been brought to the English camp by a flag of truce. At the same time it was announced that the body of the general bad been buried in the town with proper military honours. General Eyre has had his leg amputated. He bore the painful operation with the greatest fortitude, and his health is now such as to cause no further uneasi ness. He will proceed to England as soon as he can bear the voyage." A letter from Sebastopol of the 3d, in the Impartial, of Smyrna, says : The French works are going on constantly on the right, and also with the English, but the proximity of the enemy's fortifications do not allow of any trenches being opened in the day time, and it is only during the night that the workmen can act. At this sea son the nights are so short that there are scarcely two hours in the twenty-four that the works can be carried on with any degree of activity. Our parallels must, nevertheless, be carried to within such a distance from the fortifications of the enemy that our columns of attack may only have a dis tance of from fifty to sixty yards to advance under the fire of grape, which will be directed against them. We are still some way from the works of the Place, and the space which separates us from them being open and completely exposed in every way by the Russian projectiles, the ap ! proachog go vu but very slowly. Tllil easemated battery at the right point of the ravine of the Careening Port, which is to act on the Russian vessels, is far from being finished, and it is, there fore, probable that ten drys or a fortnight must elapse before the allies will be prepared to make an assault with any chance of success." BOURSE, JULY 17.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 92 75 92f. 75c. 3 per Cents 66 25 66 45 Credit Mobilior Credit Foncior S3G Austrian Bdlgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmoutese ......... SG 75 Rome Debt — RAILWAYS—POR CASH. tr. c. fr. C. Orleans Western 760 Boum; Cato 650 -- Strasburg . Hediterranean 1235 Havre 650 Northern ............ 897 50 Chorburg during the campaign of 1854 ; it was strongly recommended to the serious consideration of the Home Government by the then Commander in -Chief, yet during the long interval which has ' NOIIONS ABOUT NOTTINGHAM. elapsed, with all the resources which the naval The di , appointment which turfites experienced at Slam authorities have at their command, a mere fraction ford will be sornewilat counterbalanced at Nottingham, of this valuable and indispensable auxiliary to the fleet has been furnished. There has been more where Mr, Bradfield, as usual, has prepared an attractive than ample time to have built and equipped such a squadron of this description as would have achieved a decisive victory in the Baltic. No Commander in-Chief, however well-conceived may be his plans of operation, however gifted he may be with the energy and decision requisite to carry them out to a successful issue, could hope to van quish the foe, prepared as he is to resist most strenuously an attack in auy quarter, with the present means and appliances afforded him. Daily are seen large nuinbers of the Russians busily employed in still further increasing the de fences of Cronstadt. On every available plot of ground facing the sea batteries are in course of con struction ; even the last resting-places of the dead are now included in the line of fortifications of that island. Thus has a want of foresight on the part of those intrusted with the conduct of the war en abled Russia to assume so strong a defensive posi tion as almost to bid defiance to the combined fleets of the two great nations whose hostility she has provoked." According to the latest advices the Russian mi litary authorities encourage as much as possible the immigration into the interior of the inhabitants of the Baltic ports, especially those residing at Abe and Helsingfors. SPORTING NOTES. - THE FLEET BEFORE CRONSTADT. programme. Seven races are appointed f)r to-morrow, and six for Friday, and there is a prospect of at least a satis factory supply of sport. For the Nottinghamshire Han_ dicap, Hungerford, Typee, Domino, Braxey, and Neoptolemus have been backed. The first mentioned will, it is reported, run, in order to convince his perty that he is in good form, and that no mistake was made with reference to his trial with Baroncino. His per formance, therefore, will be regarded with double inte rest. That he will obtain a forward position in the race, I am fully prepared to expect. Types is weighted at 2lbs. lighter, and should she not run a severe race at Stamford to-day I shall deem her capable of defeating old Hungerford. She has been over this course before, and proofs have frequently been af forded of her staying qualities. In consideration of his successful performance at Worcester, and his running at Liverpool, Domino is much fancied for this event. lam not, however, one of his partisans, and shall expect to see Braxey beat him. Neoptolemus will have the benefit of little Fordham's services, and, although his weight will perhaps be raised two or three pounds, I am not inclined to regard that circumstance as being prejudicial to his chance. He is a great tearing horse, and requires no little strength to hold him. The advantage of having Fordham " up " cannot therefore be over-rated. Those who saw the race for the Northumberland Plate pro test, despite the judge's decision, that Neoptolemus was third for that event, beating Courtenay by a clear length. Be that as it may, Courtenay defeated him easily enough next day, Neoptolemus, however, at the same time beating Lady Tattoo. The other noteworthy names in the list of acceptances are Arribas, St. Clare, and Rotherham. John Osborne is in luck, and he may, if the horse be fit, have a trial with Arribas, who is certainly not over penalised. St. Clare is too hot-tempered to be trusted and Rotherham has incurred a penalty, and may there fore be reserved for some other event—perhaps the Ebor Handicap, for which he is favourably weighted. Calcu ,ating upon a start, I shall "stand on" TYPEE AND NEOPTOLEMUS. The St. Petersburg Gazette de la Police of the 10th publishes the following notice from the mili tary Governor-General of St. Petersburg : " During the 6th (July) no change took place in the position of the enemy's fleet. Between four and five in the afternoon a gunboat, having another boat in tow, approached within three and a half versts of the redoubt situated at the extremity of Cronstadt, and the latter boat threw in three shells. Five volleys were fired from the redoubt and the batteries contiguous, and both boats returned to their fleet. "On the 7th the fleet remained at the same anchorage. At three o'clock a steamer and three gunboats left the fleet anchored southward, and approached the great roadstead, and at five o'clock two gunboats went into the North Channel. The enemy's rowing boats communicated with the Tal boukhine lighthouse." THE AFRICAN MAIL, PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Retriever, African Royal Mail steam-ship, arrived here at noon to-day, brings the usual mails. Her dates are—Fernando Po, June 1 ; Cameroons, 3 ; Old Calabar, 5 ; Bonny, 6 ; Lagos, 9 ; Accra, 12 ; Cape Coast, 13 : Luneria, 19 ; Sierra Leone, 23 ' • Bathurst, 27 ; Goree, 28 ; Teneriffe, July 6 ; Madeira, 2. She brings 17 passengers. The squadron on the coast is distributed as fol lows :—Antelope at Fernando Po, Linnet and Philomel at Lagos, Dolphin at Accra, Dover at Bath urst. The Pluto sailed from Sierra Leone, May 21, for England, leaving the Scourge, Commodore Adams, the only ship of war at the place. The Ferret left Sierra Leone, May 20, for Cani ope, to obtain the release of two British subjects detained by the chief, showing the most friendly feeling towards the British. Should a cockboat be required to carry me into the haven of success, I shall place my hopes in Hungerford. Bold Buccleuch will perhaps win the Robin Hood Stakes. In his absence I shall pay court to Tilly. For the Sherwood Handicap I shall select Georgey and Georgium Sidi's. The Castle Plate Handicap may be placed on the winning score of either lanthe or Corm. Should Rotherham be brought out for the Chesterfield Handicap he will perhaps do battle for it successfully. At present, however, my fancy points to Orson and Herald. Flyaway, despite her extra weight, ought to win the Burney Park Stakes. In her default Gamester may throw in. The July Supplement of "The Guide to the Turf " has been just published. It contains the usual requisite information, compiled with all that care and correctness which have ever characterised the labours of the editor, Mr. W. H. Langley. A FRESH MAN. July 18. FAILURE OF AN EXPEDITION TO BAL LA.GHEA. - SEVERE LOSS TO THE BRITISH. Au expedition sent in her Majesty's steamer the Teazer, to compel the chief, Bambo Munich Lake, to fulfil the treaty entered into between him and Commander Selwyn, of the steam-sloop Prome theus, in which the chief promised to pay an indem nity of $lO3O for injury done to the British, had failed. In this affair we had lost two officers dilecl —Lieutenant Wylie and Acting Paymaster An drews, of the Teazer ; and two seamen. Lieut. 1 Nicolas, in command of the Teazer, severely wounded in both legs ; Lieutenant Vincent, 2d - West India Regiment, severely wounded ; Lieu tenant Dielleth, Sierra Leone Militia, wounded ; Mr. Frith, deputy assistant commissary-general, taken prisoner. Of the 150 rank and file of the West India Regiment forming the expedition, 77 were killed, wounded, and missing. THE BALTIC. says :—" The A letter dated Cronstadt, July 9 , season for active operations in the Baltic Sea is of short duration ; it is now far advanced, and will rapidly glide away. Up to the present date nothing else than the annihilation of the maritime commerce of the enemy has been accomplished, and it is very probable that the fleet will again return to England without having effected the all-important object —that of greatly diminishing, if not of effectually crushing, the power of Russia in her northern terri tories. The mortar vessels which have recently ar rived in the Baltic are unquestionably valuable re riforcements, but their numbers must be consider ably augmented ere they can be productive of any important results. They may harass and annoy the foo by throwing shells into Cronstadt and Helsing fors, but are quite inadequate, from their present limited number, to destroy the large batteries and earthworks by which these strongholds are de fnided, to effect the downfall of which a flotilla comprising 100 gunboats, 50 mortar-vessels, and as many floating batteries, constructed on sound principles, are necessary. The great advantage of a large force of these vessels of war was wauifest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STAMFORD RACES.—TIIESDAT. Handicap Plato of 50 sovs Miss Goldschmidt Walked over, The Stamford St. Leger Stakes. Benhams Walked over Burghley Stakes. Besikas (Fordham' Hermit 7to 4 on Hermit. Won by two lengths. Two ran. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. Filly by Alarm, out of Little Fairy Walked over, SI'OURBRIDGE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Ladies' Purse. Roving Betsy Helene Six ran. The Enville Stakes. Whitelock Timotheus Eight ran. Gold Cup. Whalebone Kiteflyer Tower Four ran. Saucebox is scratched for the Nottingham Gold Cup LA tiY INTELLIGENCE. --.- (THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in the Old Hall, Lin coin's-inn, for the purpose of hearing appeals. PENNELL V. S3IITH.-JUDGMENT. The Lord Chancellor gave judgment this morning in this case, which carne before him, upon appeal from the decision of the Master •of the Rolls, ordering a deed granting an annuity of 751. to the defendant Smith, to be delivered up to be cancelled. The plaintiffs are the assignees of two parties, of the name of Wm. Henry Pease, and John Robert Pease, who, in and prior to the year 1846, carried on the business of wine mer chants, in Ingram court, in the City. In 1846 the Messrs. Pease became bankrupts ; but preVious to their bankruptcy, in consideration of the sum of 7501., they had granted an annuity of 751. to Smith, with whom they had extensive monetary transactions. It was asserted, on the part of the plaintiff, that this was a merely colourable transaction, inasmuch as part of the consideration money had been returned to the defen dant ; and, for the purpose of supporting that propo sition, it was sought to show that a 5001. note and a 501. note, part of the consideration, had been returned to the defendant. The Master of the Rolls, considering the cme clearly proved against the defendant, and 100kin.,2 to the provisions of the Annuity Act, decreed the de livery up of the annuity deed for the purpose of its be ing cancelled, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The Lord chanc* . g'.!7, after going at considerable length into the facts of the case, stated that he could not agree with the decision that had been come to by the Master of the Rolls, as there clearly had been no proof established of any return of the consideration with in the meaning of the 6th clause of the Annuity Act. His lordship, therefore, ordered the bill of the assignees to be dismissed—in effect allowing the appeal, but with out costs. _ Nothing of the least interest occurred during the whole morning, either in the Master of the Rolls or any of the Vice•Chancellors' Courts. BOW-STBEET.-(TRIS DAY.) THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. To-day, shortly after 12 o'clock, William Stralean, Sir I. D. Paul, ° Bart , and Robert Makin Bates were placed at the bar for the fourth time, in accordance with the repeated remands granted by Mr. Jardine, charged with feloniously disposing of a large amount of foreign securities entrusted to them as bankers for safe keeping. The court, as on former occasions, was densely crowded. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Bal lantine for Sir J. D. Paul and Strahan, and Mr. Sleigh (in the absence of Mr. Parry) appeared for Bates. Mr. Bodkin said he had at the last examination stated there was a difficulty with respect to the books, and also a difficulty with respect to the state ment of Strahan being at variance with that of Overend and Co. That difficulty to an extent still existed. Since the last examination they had been engaged in investigating the books of the bank, indeed a professional accountant had been engaged in pursuing that investigation from day to day, and not without results of an important kind. He was not then in a position to go further into the case that day, as he thought ir, - ; would be best not to occupy the time of the Court by going through those accounts, which were ex tremely Iroluminous, especially as they would be the subject of investigation elsewhere. It remained, how ever, with the worthy magistrate to say if he thought due diligence had been pursued, and if he should be of that op inion he (Mr. Bodkin), in that case, should ask for another remand. He could not say even at the ex piratio• a of a week he should be in a position to go fully into th is painful case, but he would confine himself by to-day merely asking for a further remand. Mr. Ballantine had no objection to a further re mand, but he did hope that this investigation would soon brought to a termination. It was very painful for these gentlemen to be brought up to this Co urt day after day, and under those circum stances he trusted there would be no unnecessary delay. It w: ta then arrangvel that the prisoners should be for malty .emanded till Wednesday next, with the under sten: li• og that nothing should be done on that day fur ther t han that the prisoners should be brought up, in orde r to comply with the act of Parliament. It was ultimately agreed between the counsel that the next. 'examination should take place this clay fortnight. 13 AST NORFOLK ELECTION.—NORWICH, Tuesday f ;nirtg.--The Liberals failed, after all, to find a candi daia L Mr. H. Birkbeck, who was applied to on Friday, dr,cl ined, after a conference with his partners, to be put i n n ominatiou ; and on Saturday morning a second nn , le tin g of the leaders of the party declared in favelur of M r. Wm. Earle Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall, a yo unger brother of the literary baronet. It was dont) . - ful for some time whether Mr. Bulwer would. accept the itation conveyed to him ; but yesterday it was gene rah y reported that he did not intend to contest the seat ag a inst the Conservative candidate, Mr. H. J. Stracey, at ia the proceedings at the nolnination this morning P roved the accuracy of the information—Mr. Strac e y b ei n g proposed by Mr. Fellowes, M.P., seconded by dr. A. Cator, and elected without opposition. THE STATE OF THE THAMES. Yesterday the City Solicitor, accompanied by the Water-bailiff and the Engineer of the Upper Works of the Thames, attended to make a report to the Luid Mayor, in conformity with the directions of his Lord ship, on the subject of the state of the river. These officers had proceeded to make the necessary inquiries immediately after the interview between the Lord Mayor and City Solicitor on Monday, when the orders were given, and expeditiously laid before the chief magistrate the result, which is embodied in the following observa tions of Mr. Leach, the engineer, and Mr. Saunders, the water-bailiff. The engineer reported that he had made the fullest inquiries into the allegations that a large quantity of filth had been cast into the river, which filth Lad been accumulating for years i❑ the Brentford canal, and that to this circumstance the present state of the river was to be attributed. Now, there was no foundation what ever for the allegation. He spoke from the evidence of the fishermen and other persons who resided on the spot. . _ The LORD MAYOR requested to be informed to what circumstance the Engineer imputed the filthy condition of the river ; for, of the fact itself, no man who navi gated the stream, or resided on the banks, could enter tain the slightest doubt. The ENGINEER said there were various causes, both natural and artificial. They were, however, unfortu nately, beyond the power of the Lord Mayor or his officers to remove. The fact alluded to yesterday by the City Solicitor was undoubtedly the principal cause of the increasing pollution of ,the stream ; the house sewage of this vast metropolis was now drained into the Thames ; formerly it remained in cesspools till it was' removed as night soil. He must, however, remark that the extraordinary drought during the last 18 months had led to an extraordinary accumulation of all descriptions of nuisances in the sewers, which the late heavy rains had flushed into the river. Scarcely any winter passed without flooding the river, and thus those accumulations were taken down by the stream at season of the year when no ill effects were experienced. Last winter there were no floods, and the nuisances ejected from the sewers, which had accumulated on t►he shores and bed of the river, were now stirred up by the steamers, a❑d subjected to the action of the sun, from which the stenches complained of were evolved. The LORD MAYOR—Then, you are of opinion that no power exists in the city authorities to provide a remedy for so extensive an evil ? The ENGINEER—None whatever, in my opinion. The WATER-BAILIFF confirmed Mr. Leach's state ment.• He did not consider, after making inquiries on the spot, that the foulness of the river was to be attri buted to the alleged cause. He had known the river for 32 years, but he had never experienced the annoyance and nausea caused by the very impure state of the water to the extent lately existing. He believed that a continu ation of hot and dry weather for two months more would have caused serious illness in the metropolis ; and, in the event of the recurrence of a dry, hot summer, it was fearful to contemplate the mischief which might ensue. Although it was much to be deplored that the Lord Mayor, as Conservator, had not the power to redress this rapidly-increasing evil, it was to be hoped that the th. nooo.aify .f immediAply deal ing with a subject of such vital importance. The LORD MAYOR expressed a fervelit hope that the matter would be at once taken up in Parliament. - The Bank cf England have purchased for their West end branch establishment the mansion of the Marquis of .Anglesea (Uxbridge House), in Burlington Gardens, Piccadilly, for a sum of 45,0001. or 47,0001. FUNERAL OF SIR W. E. PARRY.—The funeral of the late lamented lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospi tal, Rear-Admiral Sir W. E. Parry, is fixed for to morrow, at noon. The remains arrived on Sunday from Ems, and will be placed in the officers' vault in the Greenwich Hospital burial-ground. NEWSPAPER " OBITUARY."-4 few days ago we (Leeds Mercury) announced the demise of two penny daily newspapers in Manchester, which died in early infancy from want of adequate nourishment. Since that time two other penny journals have given up the ghost, viz., the Leeds and Yorkshire Daily Express and the Newcastle Courier. The former was the offspring of the Leeds Times, and it expired yesterday, aged 14 days, of actual starvation. The following is General de La Marmora's order of the day to the Piedmontese troops on the occasion of Lord Raglan's death :—" Soldiers !—Last night the illustrious Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, Commander-in- Chief of the British army, expired after a short illness. His long career, the important services rendered to his country, his heroic courage, and the exemplary con stancy with whieh he bore with his army the hardships and privations of a winter campaign, cause his loss to be deeply lamented. Our army enjoyed his esteem, and ha did much to provide for its wants. Let us unite with our brave allies in deploring his death and venerat ing_his memory." THE FIRST PRIVATE HALL AT OXFORD UNDER THE NEW ACT.--The Rev. E. A. Litton, M.A., Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall, and formerly Fellow of Oriel College, a double first-class man and Barnpton lecturer for 185 G, proposes, under the enabling powers of the recent act, to open a bail in Oxford for the reception of students. After a careful consi , 3eration of the probable expenses (801.) for the academical year, consisting, practically, of thne terms, each containing eight or nine weeks, has been fixed on as the lowest sum compatible with pru dence. This ir,& tides all the student's expenses, except fees paid to the University for matriculation, or for de grees. The hail, we understand, will be opened next term. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE iv (Front the Report of the Registrar-Gener aw ileet The present return, like that of the • previ ous indicates a favourable state of the public henithAfe deaths of 941 persons, nainely, 515 males and 'odei males, were registered in London in the week that e n Saturday. In the corresponding weeks of tbe9; years 1845-54 the average number of deaths sv 3 : b For comparison of the number now returned vi"„, average the latter must be raised in proportion crease of population, a nd w ith thi s correction it bee° 1,049. The result of the comparisons is a digerencesi about 100 in favour of l as t week, arising from in'P r r t ll ' il! health, and also to some ex t en t f ro m the high "'%OO of the winter and spring months, which thinned and infirm part of the p o p u l a t ion . The mean tel.? tore of the last three weeks Las been eleve n ,10 . , higher than it was in the greater part of May ige The mortality from the z mot . cclass of diseaso,lo high at present. In the correspondingYi week and 1849 the deaths from that class were 319 0 1 in that of last year they were 270 ; last week theiroo 222. Measles, which has this year prevailed icie parts of the country, was fatal in London 01o1! in only 5 cases. The deaths from small-Pox freo from hooping-cough 32, from scarlatina diarrhoea 45, and from typhus 49. The reP s oli the sub-district of Lambeth Church (second Parie'clisl Lions that scarlatina has been very P rel '`,„ - bildl °l his district last week, and attacks youngL 00, with much severity. It was fatal there in tbiv" 'rho diarrhoea, common in the summer m enthe , PI pally to children, is making some progress, 0'17,0 caused by it in the last five weeks having be e f,, s cel, 38, 28, and (last week) 45. The deaths from "lore plaint in the week that ended 15th July las t / 01 14 46. Nd cholera is reported, with the exceptinr!.# cases, in which the disase described as " cbc' leri'l a ;V rhcea" was fatal to infants. Of the 45 cases oc l i. i 01 0 five occurred in each of the three divisions---wlldel tb and central, 13 in the east, ani 17 in the south .1 Four occurred in the district of Rotherhithe. , Last week the births of 679 boys and 691 0040 1,370 children, were registered in London. 113 corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 tae number was 1,296. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, tia160,.,0 height of the barometer in the week was 29.6 t trj mean temperature was 64.5 deg., which is 2.87,jr, the average of the same week in 32 years. ~/ / 1 temperature was above the average on every not, Wednesday, and rose on Tuesday and Fridni .d e,", deg., which is more than 5 deg, above the av"ogi' i highest temperature in the week was 79: 3 d e g: se . ,l curred on Tuesday ; the lowest was 53.8 c1e .. ., 64 curred on Sunday. The thermometer in the ;? i i 105 deg. on Friday. The mean due point Le i " t or i was 57.9 deg., and the difference between tlOrola mean air temperature was 6.6 deg. The tetoll a t, the water of the Thames was 67.7 deg. , 14 , 5 - ds9,j l amount of 1.65 in. fell on Tuesday and Weds 1,,j that quantity 1.42 in. fell on the latter day zo 7 was visited by a thunderstorm about half-Past the morning of Saturday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOI;Of NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 11 '! f ' IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, O il Zymotic Diseases .................................. Diseases of Uncertain Seat ........................ Tubercular Diseases .............................. ; Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses ••••• „.i Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels.. .... Diseases of the Lungs and other Org' Respiration .. _ .............................. • • Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Orlo:,..„ of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ................. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c......... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••".„,; Diseases of the Skin, &c... Nlalformations ..................................... ." Premature Birth and Debility ................... Atr0phy............................................. . Old Age Sudden ...................... • Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperan ce '," Causes not specified .............................. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ............•••••'' Population Deaths in ° e t' : Enumerated. BpOndin B W 1851. of 18 54 . West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,015 A Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEBS• Males Females ........ -69; I ........... . 1, 31 Total . ................. IMPROVED COIIIMUNIC- A VAZ T WEEN LONDON AVID j"--- _ _ _ f noble) .a. numerous an d i n fl uent i a l meeting y gentlemen conn ec t e d w i t h I re l an d Was be g CAO r A o at the residence of the E ar l o f Wicklow' square, to consider the steps to be taken r 1 4 1 P, the Government the importance, in nation-0011 perial point of view, of improving the conlifult between the t'vo capitals, by means of the purpose, which has now received the san c ; o l Houses of Parliament. Amongst those Pre s .,l served the Marquises of Abercorn, Clatirl,„vglho Drogheda ; the Earls of Wicklow, Bessigs4 Rosse ; Lords Crofton, Boyne, Naas, and u vo 4.,e ton • Sir W. Verner, Bart., Sir C. Coote , Walsh, Bart., Sir T. O'Brien Bart., Sir 13 1 joy Bart., the Right Hon. T. , L. Corry, . 1 1, 5., ( 1 Herbert, the Hon. H. A. Cole, the 1 1- "•,-, otO , :he Hon. A. Kinnaird, Colonel Caulfield, ‘toclo0; Wessrs. Heard, Vance, Russell, Leslie, g Hamilton, De Vere, Chichester, Fortes°nlooo O'Flaherty, Repton, Butt, F. Scully, 1) . u C. P. Roney, &c. - - m rotA It was moved by the Marquis of Ab er ,: e l4 conded by Mr. Corry :—" That this mee t pd 1 the bill for the improvement of the postal,nB'-abli4o4 communication between London and, ' 4 .h 0 of) has recently received the sanction of u°,- the i l f Parliament, provided it be carried out ° n d/ 0 1 1 stated by its promoters, namely, that 8 c () A Y shall be established between London ot:';,oi twelve hours, twice a day each way, by ni e n6f express trains to and from London ' anu, -- „ ' n (‘; by steam-vessels being constructed, with, ; 113 57 ,nodation for 400 passengers, and of a. s' z i ," A tti ee i,) sufficient to insure passages of 31 hours, P - 0 , 5 1 j head and Kingstown, under ordinary Cir ell ifie 6 It was then moved by Lord Naas, 313 LetilA Mr. Chichester Fortescue :—" That this I P; o t t i to impress on her Majesty's Goverol33-00;) national importance of this communicatioof 0 1' il Government be urged to enter into a c° l3 t r ier 41 0 ,1 promoters of the bill, which will secure, Il l ' ortSi the most rapid intercourse between the tsf°b, 4 the present state of scienc,3 can accon3Pl,i%elp ject, this meeting has every reason to la I ef effected for such a sum as will not e 56. 8.. t 11 150 . ;' was actually paid by the Government I °'',, WA service between Holyhead and Kingst°A" fr t , This resolution having been unaninaccili, 4 was then, on the motion of the Earl ° I rie lf ‘ l seconded by Capt. Magan, resolved :--- P . : 1 le4i j naittee, consisting of the Earl of Wiclac" 4 o ' c Mr. H. Herbert, and Sir C. Roney, b .„ e tg t O f take such steps as may appear necessar.Y 0 subject under the immediate consideration lig ,l vernment." ha til' A cordial vote of thanks, proposed ',tea and seconded by Sir J. Walsh, tern 3W ceedings. __......1 , MANCTIESo*-- d 0 0 There has been a very large attenrloo) men on our Exchange to-day, and seller° 001'10 to resist any further decline of prices 0004, have found the advices from the 1J 1:1 10 11 V the large overproduction operating too Pi. tu, them. There has been a rather be t A te ,ice S 4 i i i i market as regards India cloths, the au,e" her cutta being of an improved character. oi very large sales of 39 40 inch shi rt ia t :i balance the large arrivals, and 61b. ,log had been in good inquiry, the latter DeiDerool'Af a slight improvement. Of 45-inch good s , moderate arrivals, and prices were ab l3l2 ;o oe , f t piece higher. The sales of 6.4 gre y gre ywas 4 1)7 qualities. The advices altogether froin pot e# , expected to lead to a considerable inWrib'etisill4s, ness hero to-day, but at the close °' appeared to be disappointed. i'he prices a little, but without leading to a u e f i tV,,' In longcloths, T's, and domestics e the , 17 : 7; r pressed. Short time continues to actollirfetr any combined movement to effect a re° duction in any quarter. g 0 1 01) 4 6 1 : 0 i In yarns there was a fiat markets twist sold better. Some extra demanurir r ital',/ 60's upwards, suited to the Bradfor'-` " t bei re ) rienced. There was a fair inquiry fr° l r e s Di' and some business resulted where Pri e- a sk i p A l Prices are reported as worse, but buY e h r ,; ti t giving any orders of magnitude wit';081),:oiil There was not much inquiry for India: litt; O p t Bombay, whence advices speak 0 0 , priu'of s peculative inquiry at last dates,: t ;thet e so mewhat higher ; and for this qua rto more business. 00 , ei tli f d r nieB 4 ) At the coloured cloth-hall, this 133e ; c 1: 01 / 1 ,e' t rad scarcely an average attendance of 19 A e dtto "0;1 amount of business done maybe reg, 9r ; e to t .4 ll o ll f e e : tations, all things considered. 0 P : 1.1 7,. of ,:I)i~P.('‘, pervades the Loudon wool sales, 1 11 C-9 t tP are firm. Manufactures are satisfiel o'9'3 realised for wool are such as to reoderbel produce the manufacttred articles t the woollen market. STATE OF TRADE' fiD . cf A " CRICKET.— KENT AND SURREY " he 1 .) This match was completed yesterdaY To ti weather of Monday spoiled the g.arn,e' do 1;09 the defeat of the counties in one inn°' •1 J 8 'C , t S