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MAXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN The T WE N TT COMPANY. per mar o ~ on the s lETH DIVIDEND of seven shillinTs and sixpence kid on e hares of this C ompany, f ree o f i ncome t ax , w ill b e three. r after the Twentieth July, between the hours of eleven and ),4derlasra on apple for clai m tion at the Di officeing the vidend maybe obtained by the share "'" . 7 Graceehurch-street, 13th june, I I I B Y S D S. E CLARKS, Secretary. ARGYLL Rooms . ___ T - se succe ss of the --I:l 4e r dance, LA VA.RSOVI — A M NA M : e 3 I) Iasic by 11. LAURENT. every evening. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. „ ., , e l4l , l tti va r s e t r b a y tio j n . s n o . f p t E h :PEß eff: ec t of RUSSIAN INFERNAL S, daily, at 3.45 and 8.45. Esq., on the TRANSMISSION of and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, from INVISIBLE rEiz kcot e r n , through SOLID CONDUCTORS, as delivered before her •41t1„.._t4;ti011°,15 Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Patron of the The BIVQIN(} MOUSE, daily. reatin,4,FTlC C OLLECTION by JNO. BARROW, Esq., with inte- ItZLICS of the Expedition of Sir John Franklin, daily, with lik es °ther Exhibitions Lectures Dissolving Views of the late I MORA3t A. of SAM SLICK:&c. , e th il o ih .a M e si -, One Shilling.- o°,l-R elig N ht E fti present nightly a continued round d l' effor ni ,._ Fres.co Amusements, novel Exhibitions, and talen e c . Nfashifes which good taste suggests, correct judgment approv ~ .1 —Admission, I'll of the s, and which has secured for them the designa -orl4,»'"e Pa radi,e" of "Cheapness," and the " Gardens of the „irloti,„T r ile programme is timed to suit the convenience of its L 413,4,011; and commences with National and effective airs ,by I : ° l,, ti ce the " lal , 'which from 4 to 6 leads the visitor imperceptibl3 to - Ath 4 n,"ulng fe,tures or the grounds, and to several p'easinQg Co ---"nor performances when the Grand - Vocal and Instr umer.- 1,,J1) ce rt co stopistis lannences. which precedes the Comic Ballet ; then ",,Cr th„,... s tornied with a success that induces the public to enter Z"lob: -- "'s great attractions--The Claque ORIENTAL and the i t i xt lri° g u I C ,I9, Where Hernandez the Great, and Wheal the Little, rePsinnal zeal to rival the talent of Bossisic's, and 4 tr4 1 merrymirth of the mazy dance. At 11 o'clock the dj illis k --.itres oftla. Turkish Mosque blaze with Pyrotechnic ~....._ GE tfre44l, o ° Q c. —EBASTOPOL.—ROYAL SURREY t tnukt% „4cAl. cia,RD4Ns3.--GREAT ATTRACTION f-'!" _ 1 4. )% Il;:r"erY Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thurstiay, and so4:tealki" aPpearance of the celebrated Spanish Minstre rohCl'Raia dt ti ° ! bignor Russelli and Family.—" La Perehe." l --Dani ,a Model Picture of Sebastopol.—Diors , mic Views of tin Val, Helsingfors, Odessa, Eupatoria, balak aldacy the ikinea tti Painted by P. Phillips.— The unrivalled Ban f t ti4nards.— Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert. . 0"cal, ng th lat innet and Ophocliede by Messrs. Wuille and Hu, es. 1 1 ' Of Sigil4 a nimals at half-past Five.—Drawing-room Entertain k!ltusselli and family.—Repulse of the Russian sortie 41,7„-7Concert, Seven, Bcc., &c.—Bombardment of Sebas- N Pyrotechnic Display, quarter to Ten—No extra topo v - a.slon to the whole Is. N.B. - Corporal Bridges and 0 4 ,..aY, both severely wounded Inkermann, attend daily "'e Various objects of interest in the modelled picture. . Yo 'Pric e 1 , LIBERAL NEWSPAPER, )11 , Tt LtQR ID I'EN . CE, devoted to the interests of the People._ )14,„0.cioc k , n ktz and COURIER, published every Morning, i at 'oetp;',..Porth,„' c ntaining the latest Parliamentary, Law, Pol Deli t ."unes b.'', Colonial, and Sporting Intelligence; interest; blees Liberal, the Seat of War, and every topic of n had ", arid • with English affairs. -de at th against foreign intervention e Offices 253 Strand, sad offal newsvenders in town aa ftS a t the railway stations. ,N Alr he rr N , "1 101,1 )1 , A, v A.STLE FIRE !—MILNERS' and d FIRE-RESISTI N G SAFES, with Mil t est best - Zen .. -- vgt rillipowder Proof Locks. The s rong , • , e gUards in the world against Fire, Robbery, or Oat eshe ate r ea „, lni llion ) and s l , ,T.,.. e XPlosion and wide-spread devastating Fire at ',.,; °ll verti,7eastle destroyed property of the value of one whole e ,;" Soda, ~2! large area of warehouses (filled with sulphur, !elicei l i,; a eks ef aaL charcoal, and other highly combustible stores), 1, 4 0 t 041 `ated, in:,wees, houses, &c., into a perfect volcano of fierce, 414 1 t comb„,;.eratin g , and long-enduring furnace heat, in w er h e '; i erns f se b le things, but even bricks, stones, and iron t w ,ittrAb' ere alp.' Safes of the ordinary kind, lron-doored sro g 4e melted, torn asunder, their contents charred and gratiLaed 80-n-alnongst the many instances of preservation, Thomas ' ; `afites ' l ave Pleasure in giving publicity to the following 4 0 19, 1854. 4? 4 , e, v 4t e 1e p tt1 ,.." ,-- We have " Ne al v i c i a le s as tie u . r n e P i n n - s T t y at n i e ng O th et a . t, whilst our oart-,,`4lllPletely de e st gr re e yed and burnt dowu in the .r great fire k r ./3,, e 'e 6th inst., reduced a great many buildings in 1•, en castie -0,140,4 Gateshead to ashes, two of your large lloldfast' W. , . "' offices, have been the means of preserving our books, for .Zer valuable do cumen t s , a l t h oug h t h ese sa f es were ex in nine to ten hours to an immense heat, and dug out of p t hoee a red-hot state. On opening them we found our princi t,,,7l p,...and bills In a good state of preservation. Some of the ht„.'re singed and discoloured, bat we are happy to say they tit t irtl for the main purpose th e y were i n t en d ed for. We feel it tto 2 5 state these facts, and will thank you to make us new , 'Pecification.—We arc, gentlem en , y ours t ru l y, sf "A. LEIDEOIANN AND CO. , 1 111 4 : 1 ‘ rs. Thomas Milner and Son." PII(ENIX SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL. Th e mos t t l ) 4l ' V o ln the world. DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE-STREET, City. tPP42/4r THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. '''SEMA.R.-011 the 29th of May, 1855, an th i,„ ta Mai was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and 011 4 : June following was made perpetual, against Joseph i 1 11 4 ,4c1 others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou -40,8' front itnitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by r 4 , 44 'vct. i' h rs Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the 4, ' B4l hacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, v t , 111;4e4 ) ,,, TRIESEMAR, No. 1, i ll S ois lii: t Ue a l ri ax st a n t g io f n ;om Spe e rrn xce a s t s o e r s rh a ce c a cid a e n n il t, E ol 7-h cli a m us a ti t o e n . of the h , °Ne g it e ,rns who are prevented entering the married state by N u ,. ""ceof early errors it is invaluable. 72. in th TRIESEMAR, No. 2, 14414 -, al , -e short space of three days, completely and entirely L traces ttl Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs , , ix ......... o lose r e7 . ,riti c ,7 l , thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health 01r..144t of the population. !hat c • TRIESEMAR, No. 8, t tit„ te , otttin ental 14,, -, 4t iy th e -r , emedy for that class of Disorders, which ize 4 ru etic ' n glish physician treats with Mercury, to the . in le aof the patient's constitution, and which ail the B R lER ih At A eZ!orld cannot remove. 4t r. ' -`'.l°. qualities 2 and 3, are alike devoid f t taste or smell, Mang 2 11 liti ‘ e . Be Suspected.beiar. They may lie on he toilet taiile . 1i .4 t 4 tle se ra at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into ckkiito b u as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, 'fit; Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, tzvt ; R and Co. drugst and Sanger, 50, Ox -0141)149 j ) . 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It is, therefore, no matter of surprise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipulator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part, to have achieved the reputation he has in this respect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the nrethra."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATIO N. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING WILLIAM•STREET. PRESIDENT —CHATILE* FRANKS, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT—JOAN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the present year is 70 per sent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to allow any commission to Agents, the Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following very low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. I Age 1 11 3 d i 11 A 3 g s e 2s. d. Age 1 s. d. 25 117 0 40 215 5 55 1 5 1 0 30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement '0 advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A.D. 1815, HEAD OFFICE-5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. At the FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY, held on the 25th ultimo, the Report of the Directors exhibited, inter alia, the following results : (1.) That the realised and Accumulated Fund had increased during the Tear 1864 to the extent of 115,5541. 15s. 10d, and amounted at 31st Deember last to 2,802,1401. Is. Id. ; and, (2.) That the Annual Revenue had increased during the year to the extent of 22,1681. vs. I id., and amounted as at 31st December last to 373,9011. 13s. Bd. A full Report of the Meeting is now ready for distribution, and may be had on application at the Head Office, or any of the Society's Agencies in the United Kingdom. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. LINDESAY, Secretary. _ _ _ Edinburgh, June 1855. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Eeq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Eeq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of Brighton Railway Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THB SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. Hagh WHean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, Sub-Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. 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Grey, C. 8., for neglect of duty, and sentenced to be dismissed the naval service, to be mulct of the pay due to him, and to be imprisoned for two years in one of her Majesty's gaols. only. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1855. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (Prong the Times of this day.) There are some subjects on which susceptibility is a virtue, or, at any rate, the absence of suscep tibility an offence. The man who is not jealous of his character, the woman who is not eager to vin dicate her good name, the merchant Who does not hasten to wipe off any stain upon his credit, all lose caste and commence a downward career, the course of which there is afterwards no possibility of arresting. We have done away with the ancient pra3ties of duels, not, we trust, because wo are les3 jealous for our honour than our ancestors, but because we believe that honour to be better secured by an appeal to appeal to reason and good sense than to' the sword or pistol. The code of honour remains the same, the means of santioning, it alone are altered. When a Ministry has been threatened with a vote of censure, it has in like manner always been considered its duty to bring that vote at once to a decisive issue, not because Ministries are bound to furnish their antagonists with weapons for their own destruction, but because so long as they lie und er accusa tio n thei r functions are virtu ally paralyzed, and the power of rendering good service to the public is suspended. It is the fate of our Government at the present moment to lie under a double charge of this kind. Mr. Roebuck seeks to censure the great majority of its members as guilty of the reverses before Sebastopol, and Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, by affixing a stigma to the character of Lord John Russell, seeks to im plicate in the same censure the rest of his col leagues. The first of these motions stands for next Tuesday ; the second is left to find a place where it can in the crowded paper of the second half of July. The firsk motion is now of lite.° importance, while the second treats undoubtedly of the gravest passible matters matters on which explanation is imperatively called for, and on which the public mind must soon be definitively made up. By the motion of Sir E. B. Lytton Parliament is to be asked whether it will tolerate, at a period of so much difficulty and dan , er, the conduct of a Minister who, like Lord John Russell, engaged as plenipotentiary to an European Con gress, and being also a Cabinet Minister, trans cends his instructions, forgets his duty of secrecy, and makes known to the doubtful friends and de clared enemies of his country views and opinions of his own, which it subsequently turns out are not entertained by the remainder of his colleagues. Parliament is to decide whether it will tolerate that this same Minister, coming home with peace ful propositions, shall conceal that fact from the House of Commons under the mist of speeches which, if not categorically denying such opinions as those he privately expresses, are, at any rate, wholly inconsistent with them. Parliament has to decide whether it will tolerate that these opinions in favour of an ignominious peace shall be kept secret so long as success waits upon our arms, to be brought forward with the most circum stantial minuteness as soon as diaster and disap pointment give a chance of their favourable accep tation—whether, in fact, we are to tolerate a Miniter who has two sets of opinions, one for private, the other for public use—the warlike for success, and the peaceful for failure. Lord John Russell has to extricate himself from this dilemma. If, as ho told us the other night, he holds the same opinion now that he did at Vienna with re ference to the terms of peace, he is unworthy to be trusted with the conduct of the war ; and if, on the other hand, he has changed the views which he promised the Minister of the half-friendly Court of Austria to press upon the acceptance of his colleagues in the Cabinet, such levity and in constancy unfit him for any trust whatever. This motion, then, is no small thing. It nearly touches the reputation of a very eminent man ; it is brought forward by a gentleman of great talent and influ ence on the Opposition side of the house ; and it involves, if carried, the very existence of the pre sent Government. This being so, we confess we are surprised to find that, instead of offering every facility for the determination of this question, Lord Palmerston seems inclined to interpose every obstacle that the forms of the house will allow to its decision. We believe this to be new in Ministerial tactics, and it is a novelty not to be encouraged. We have heard much of late years of Governments existing on sufferance, but we never before heard of a Go. vernment that lived upon the forms of the House of Commons, and protracted its existence not by conciliating the majority of that house, but by pre venting , the majority by teChnical means from* arriv ing at any decision at all. Official life, like natural life, may be bought too dear, and we confess that we think this an unconscionably heavy price to pay for it. So, we presume, thinks Mr. Disraeli, for we observe that he has given notice of a motion for this day, the object of which is to secure to the motion of Sir E. B. Lytton next Friday that pre cedence which Lord Palmerston has hitherto denied him. We cannot doubt that in the house of Com mons, as in any other assembly of British gentle men, such a motion must be successful, and that the Government will have to accept, however re luctantly, the conflict which they ought to have shown the utmost eagerness to commence. If we be right in this conjecture, the decision of the main question is very near at hand, and the week will probably not terminate without an ex pression of opinion one way or the other. As the matter comes somewhat suddenly on the house of Commons, we venture to offer to them a single suggestion. The house is no debating society, bound to vote a proposition because it is true, however inconvenient the time and conjuncture at wh ch it is laid before it. But neither, on the other hand, ought the House to exhibit itself to the country as compromising great principles and de nying obvious truths in order to serve the purpose of one party or another. Now, if there be an im portant subject in the range of political discussion it is the momentous question of peace and war, and the opinions of those to whom we intrust the choice between one and the other. Parliament is about to separate for some months, and, if it sin cerely desires a vigorous prosecution of the war and an honourable peace, it should intrust the destinies of the country to no jarring counsels and no divided opinions. There is a class of politicians who are ever ready to assert that it is not the words of the mo- Lion, but the effect on party prospects, that is alone to be regarded, and that to keep in their friends and to keep out their enemies any principle may be violated, any enormity may be sanctioned. We think we have, in the enfeebled state of political parties andthe gradual loss of credit with the public which all sides of the House are alike undergoing, a very significant protest against this lax political morality. The country is weary of this endless compromise between truth and expediency, honest conviction and party spirit. However this question be decided, we earnestly trust it will be decided on its merits, in an impartial, even in a judicial, spirit. Whatever ill effects may result from an adverse vote, we are fully persuaded they are as nothing compared to the injury done to the character of pub lic men and to representative institutions them selves by any attempt to slur over gross and mani fest delinquency, or to seek a party triumph at the expense of those principles of honour and justice without which parties lose their coherence, senates their dignity, and Governments their power. (Prom the Times of this day.) The inteliigence from the Crimea, though not announcing any decisive operations, contains satis factory evidence that the general ascendancy ac quired of late by the allies has not been damaged by the check of the 18th. General Simpson an nounces that on the day after his despatch (i. e., on the 10th) it was his intention to open a heavy fire on the Redan—a notification which proves both that we are in a position to resume the offensive, and that this advantage would be improved without delay. We collect, indeed, from the letter of our own correspondent that the suspension of opera tions since the last assault may have been owing as much to the derangement of the railway as to any other cause ; but, as those impediments to ac tion have now probably been removed, and as General Simpson makes direct allusion to the weight of artillery which lie will bring into play, we hope that our superiority in this powerful arm may be effectually exerted, and that the blood of our troops may be economised through the agency of our guns. Some months ago it was observed with regret, that of the 3,000 miles intervening between England and Sebastopol, the last six or seven were so obstructed as to neutralise the faci lities commanded through the rest of the voyage ; but these obstacles exist no longer. There is now an uninterrupted steam-track from Woolwich to Sebastopol, and all the superiority of mechanical resources which we possess as a nation may be em ployed without hindrance or waste for the advan. tago of our arms. It is satisfactory to observe that in this respect the progress of the allies is steady and divided. We may not, indeed, be able to annihilate the vast earthworks of the enemy with as much certainty as if they were constructions of masonry, In!. *the aid . of Leavy shells, pitched vertverticallyasp their redoubts, we can search their detences that no troops can live in them. The workS of the oppoE ing armies are now pushed close to each ether, the range is known to au inch, and, under such cir cumstances, the ascendancy in artillery must he nearly equivalent to the ascendancy altogether. It is plain that the Russians see their danger, and that they are exerting all their ingenuity to avert it. Our correspondent states that in the Mamelon, which is a good specimen of the works to be en countered, there were found funnel-shaped pits, into which shells might roll and brst,ii together with bomb-proof excavations, into which the men ' could retire. Although, however, the enemy will no doubt avail themselves of all such expedients with the skill which they ha - ;re hitherto displayed, the means of attack, under present conditions, must exceed those 'of defence. The Allies, in fact, have advanced closer and closer to the works of the place, their artillery has opened on successive occasions with greater and greater power, and the Russians, who at first asserted something like an equality in this respect, and long maintained the contest, are now fain to withdraw their guns under our fire, and to confess or pretend themselves si lenced. It is scarcely possible, indeed, that the resources of Sebastopol, however vast they may have been, should not be exhausted by exertions so prodigious and so protracted ; and, while the Allies are constantly receiving accessions of strength, and improving their communications in all directions, the Russians are becoming more effectually isolated day after day. While we reflect, however, with satisfaction on these undeniable grounds of encouragement, we do not attempt to disguise either from ourselves or the public the difficulties still presented by this un exampled siege. In strict truth, it is' no siege at all—it .is a campaign against w pii - werful army acting on its own territory, protected by a chain of strong intrenchments, resting upon an enor mous arsenal, and, what is still more extraordinary assisted by the guns of a fleet. It is scarcely cor rect to speak of Sebastopol as a single town, so various are its divisions and so diversified the de fences they include. In the siege of an ordinary place, however strong, there is usually but one enceinte or chain of protecting works to be .pone trated, and when an entrance is effected at any point of this fortified circumference the town is taken. Engineers select the weakest or most pro mising point of the works for their attack ; they make an opening with battering guns, " the as sault"is then delivered, and, if successful there is an end of the affair. But at Sebastopol we may succeed in effecting an entrance or lodgment with out accomplishing the whole work in hand, for there are forts and batteries of all kinds, divided from each other by creeks and ravines, and ad mitting of separate and independent defence. Thus, in the late attack General Eyre and his bri. gade actually got through the outer line of works, carried the batteries first opposed to them, and fairly entered the town. About the gallantry of this most creditable action there can be no question, but the extent to which the success admitted of improvement was unfortunately not put to the test of trial. On the other hand, works so dis posed as those at Sebastopol are liable to be com manded one by the other, so that the capture of one may facilitate, if not insure, the capture of more. The Malakhoff Tower, for instance, com mands the Redan, and probably other works in its vicinity ; indeed, it is regarded by our engineers as the key of the whole position in that quarter. But the most singular feature in thii siege con sists, as we have already remarked, in the part played by the Russian fleet, which from first to last has contributed most essentially to the strength and defence of the town. Its guns supplied the works of the enemy as they were successively thrown up with armaments of extraordinary power; its crews reinforced the garrison with a numerous body of practical artillerymen. Many vessels were destroyed, but others remained, and their broad sides have been brought into play, to the serious cost of the allies. The harbour of Sebastopol and its creeks offer every facility for these naval ma noeuvres, and General Palissier relates in his report of the last assault that a crushing fire was poured upon the storming columns, not only from the works against which they were advancing, but also " from the enemy's steamers, which came up at full steam, and manoeuvred with great skill and effect,"—an incident, we should think, hitherto unprecedented in the defence of a fortified town. It is possible, too, that as our works are advanced, or, in other words, as we approach near the har bour, we may find these ships still more trouble some, though we hove that the same circumstances may also serve to bring them within reach of our own mortars. Upon the whole, in spite of the obstacles and checks which the fortune of war de -1 velopes, the prospects of the allies have steadily improved. Their position is unassailable, and, if their advance has not been rapid, they have never lost ground. Their communications are good, their supplies abundant, and their means of offence in creasing, while the health of the troops, as General Simpson's last despatch states, " is satisfactory," notwithstanding that the heats of summer have now arrived. Under such circumstances, we may fairly regard the prospect as encouraging, and we trust that the indomitable valour of the allied armies may be speedily crowned with the success for which they have so ardently toiled. (From the Daily Netcs of this day.) Tuesday evening's debate in the House of Com mons, on Mr. Scully's motion, is a fair sample of the manner in which Administrative Reform is likely to be discussed by the existing race of public men. Mr. Scully's ostensible object was to urge the Government to confer appointments in the public service withan exclusive regard to merit ascertained by public competitive examinations. But the real drift of the honourable member peeped out in the reply with which he wound up the debate, a s the real object of ladies' epistles is alleged always to be found in their postscripts. Mr. Scully read two letters—one which he had addressed to a noble lord on his accession to office; the other, also from himself, addressed to a friend of Lord Palmerston s, in February last. The purport of both was a re monstrance against the non-appointment of Irish. members to places in the recently constructed Cabi nets. Now, with a view to the practical efficiency of Government, we are quite prepared to assert that the most capable men ought to be selected, irre spective of the part of the kingdom from which they come. But it does not necessarily follow that every Administration should be composed of certain fixed proportions of Englishmen, Scotchmen, Welchmen, and Irishmen. If there have been few or no Irish men in late Cabinets, the cause must be sought elsewhere than in any obstruction to the promotion of our countrymen from the " green isle, attri butable to the want of Administrative Reform. Ever since the Union, when there have been Irish members in Parliament gifted with official apti tude, Ireland has had her fair share of Ministerial patronage at the least. Under the Tories we had the Castlereaghs and Crokers ,• under the Whigs the Tierneys, Besboroughs, Clanricardes, and Sheils. Nay, before the Union, we had from Ire land greater names than any of these—Burke and Sheridan. At no time have our Irish friends been entirely excluded from office by impracticable public virtue ; nor, to judge from Mr. Scully's urgent petitions for place for his friends does that appear to be the cause of the exclusion be now complains of. All Governments have been but too glad to enrol Irish talent under their banners, when Irish talent was to be had. If the doors of Downing-street are kept close shut against the Irish Brigade, notwithstanding the ir loud and per tinaciousknocking, it is simply bec ause there are no Burkes, Castlereaghs, or Shells among them. Mr. Vincent Scully may take .our word for it that Administrative Reform would do little to promote the ambitious views of the coterie to which he be longs ; that Administrative Reform means some thing very different from snug plac es for men who have no other recommendation tha n t hat they re present Irish constituencies. Let I re land send us once more such Irish members as we have f ormer l y seen in Parliament, and their claims to offic e will be irresistible. The debate inaugurated by Mr. Scully was car ried on in a manner quite worthy of i ts originator. We will not waste time or comment on the attempt to harp on that already forgotten theme, the per sonal squabble between Mr. Lindsay and Sir Cha s . Wood. We confine ourselves, as illustrative of the character of the debate, to the orations of Sir G. Cornewall Lewis and Mr. Gladstone. The one opposed Sir Charles Trevelyan's nostrum for in suring ,administrative efficiency ; the oth er gave it a qualified support. The actual Chancellor of the Exchequer edified his hearers with a display of his recondite lore, expatiating on the antiquities of Roman history. The ex-Chancellor showed up this pedantry with delicate persiflage. Both ex. erted themselves in a manner to deserve the repu tation of elegant and accomplished scholars ; but neither evinced anything of breadth of comprehen sion or robust manliness of character. Both aro . admirable examples of the deteriorating influ ence of the exclusive system of appointment to office upon the Engish statesmen of our age. At no peri o d o f our hi s t or y, p er h a ps, have we had more accomplished men—men who have read more, or who have more cultivated tastes—than are to be found among our leaders of every party. But one and all of them are destitute of that strength of character, and of that intuitive insight intu men and social circumstances which constitute the real statesman. The cause is obvious. Office can only be attained and retained by combinations of a few possessed of hereditary influence. It is this influence that all parties rely upon to place and keep them in power. The able men among them are regarded more as ornaments than as essentials ; and are consequently selected, not from the really power ful minds, who would insist upon having their own way, but from the elegant minds, who, provided they are allowed a fair modicum Of flattering admiration, are contented to do the bidding of their patrons. It is the effeminacy of our public men that .is the great source of national weakness and embarrassment at present. They lack courage and strength to adopt a bold and de cided policy, such as the existing emergency calls for. Were the competition for office extended to greater numbers, robust and vigorous intellects would have some chance in the rivalry for political distinction, and even those who now rule us would be strengthened by the more rude contests to which they would be subjected. The one-sided discussion raised by Lord Clanri cardo in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening was a mereappendix to the debate that was going on in the Commons. One noble lord rose after another to pronounce fulsome eulogiums on things as they are, and to bespatter with indiscriminate praise every liv ing official from the highest to the lowest: - Afterthis monotonous interchange of lordly civilitie 4 9,,Lord Hardwicke's honest burst of impatience was 'quite refreshing." He bluntly told the assembled peers that " there had been a great deal of what out of doors was called butter' on both sides." The whole nation will echo Lord Hardwicke's emi nently sailor-like rebuke of the complimentary platitudes in which Lord Clanricarde, Clarendon, and Granville so complacently indulged. (From, the Merwing Advertiser of this day.) The result of Mr. Roebuck's motion for a call of the house to determine the most important question that!has arisen in half a century, affords ample proof that the country is a very secondary consideration in the deliberations of that assembly. It represents Ministers, government boards, monopolists in the army ad navy, peers, landowners, lawyers, capi talists, railway and other great companies, class in terests of all kinds, but not the people ; nor can any person point out a time since the repeal of the Septennial Act when the representation was other wise than a visible sham. Mr. Roebuck was op posed by only two orators, but both of them are examples of the improper personages who are ad mitted into the representation ; for both are lords. Though these two honourable members, against whom as individuals we have no objection to offer, are only lords by courtesy, yet their claim to that courtesy proves them to belong to a body possessed of higher privileges than any other in the realm, and, therefore, already amply provided with the means of protecting their own interests. Considering the ori gin and intention of erecting a House of Commons, a man is easily satisfied that it was never contem plated that the sons of peers should sit among the representatives of the people. They may, it is true, be called commoners, inasmuch as they are not peers—that is, parliamentary barons ; but the title prefixed to their names is an abundant proof that they are not looked upon as commoners by them selves, their connexions, or the people. In fact, they are interlopers in a House of Commons ; and the great number of such interlopers helps largely. to increase the undue influence which the lords ex ercise in a place intended for the people. It is not at all likely that, had there been a representation in accordance with the British con stitution, the last Administration would have escaped impeachment for high crimes and misde meanours ; in the sifting of the evidence for which it is possible proofs of treason might have been . de veloped ; and it is just as little likely that the pre sent Administration would ever have been formed, for there is scarcely one among them who does not seem to be in fear of Russia, or does not succumb to some unconstitutional influence that disposes him to favour Russia, in preference to England and the safety of Europe. In such _limp as wield our military resources, and with a representation of any interests but those of the people, we cannot but feel apprehensive of the result of the war. There is cause for despon dency, but none for hope, except what must be placed in the indomitable spirit of our soldiers and sailors ; but these may be wasted in useless toils and sufferings, or misdirected to their total destruc tion. We see one part of the Cabinet making a show of war, and sending a fleet of ships to the Baltic too large to be able to operate with effect against the fortresses which it is indispensable to destroy, and this, too, with the knowledge a year beforehand of the only kind of armament which can operate in the Russian seas. Is there not a cause for arrangements so innocuous and satisfactory to the enemy ? We see another part of the Cabinet apparently eager to give any price for a dishonour able peace, and assuring Austria that England has no desire to weaken Russia, or do anything detri mental to her honour—the honour of a gang of robbers and treacherous cut-throats. The language of this section of the Ministry passes all common understanding. If we have really enaged in war with Russia, it is to weaken her as much as pos sible, and also, if possible, to put her so far hors de combat as never again to have the means of in vading Turkey, or disturbing the peace of Europe. Indeed, the common weal of Europe demands the dispersion of the vast confederacy of innumerable hordes of Tartars who make up the Russian Empire. But there is yet another object of the war, without which terms of peace will have no meaning, and peace itself will be disgraceful. Both France and England must have satisfactory guarantees for the reimbursement of all' the costs to which they have already been put, and may hereafter incur, through the aggression of Russia on Turkey. We have thus a Ministry, apparently at variance among themselves on the two extremes of peace and war—the section in favour of peace eager to sacrifice the honour of England and the interests of Europe, and the section which will carry on the war without adopting the means of bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion. Were the latter sincere they would embarrass Russia by encouraging the Poles to assert their independence, and punish Austria for her worse than duplicity, by proclaim ing the independence of Hungary and Italy. Had this been done at first it is very probable the con test would have been nearly over at this time. No one will say that such administrations as the last and present are suited to a great empire like this, which particularly requires men with intel lects that can embrace affairs on the largest scale, and not men who are incompetent to go through the details of the ordinary business of the nation. We have had men of a different stamp, but it was before the House of Commons became the mass of servility and corruption which it now is. With a representation such as it was intended by the Con stitution we should have had Ministers in the con fidence of the people, and none of that secret and dark influence which is felt but not seen in so many departments —an influence which is daily assimilat ing us to the miserable condition of a petty German despotism—could have had existence. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. The public will have observed, that the despatch which appeared in our paper of yesterday from General Simp son, dated the oth inst., informing the Government that on the following day he would resume the bombardment of Sebastopol, completely confirmed the statement which we were enabled to make on Monday last, to the effect that that important operation was about to be imme diately resumed. We are now in possession of positive information that the General fulfilled kis intention, and re-opened his fire on the 10th. A despatch from General Pelissier was received last night, by the French Government, dated, Crimea, Wed nesday, July 11, at half-past one in the afternoon. The French Commander-in-Chief says, that so brisk a fire had been maintained against the Redan, by the English, that on that morning (yesterday) the Russian batteries were silenced, and that, in consequence, the English are now enabled to push forward their approaches still closer to the place. It is, perhaps, superfluous to add, that the near ap proach of the works of the besiegers to the defences of the enemy is the immediate precursor of a new, and, we trust, a successful, assault.—Morning Post. FATAL QUARREL ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP AT BALAKLAVA.—By a letter just received from Balaklava, of the 26th ult., we learn that a tragedy, attended with fatal results, has occurred on board the American ship Arlington. One of the men, in an altercation with the mate, struck him, when the latter armed himself with a pistol, and discharged its contents into the chest of the unfortunate man. This arbitrary and wanton abuse of power occurred at an anchorage where there was more than fifty sail to render assistance in MO of mutiny. r PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. YAVAL A.ND MILITARY INTELLI G.L.S The following is from our Malta correspondent, dated July 5 " The screw steam-transport Golden Fleece, which arrived from Southampton and Queenstown on the 3d, and took her departure for Scutari on the 4tb, lauded here Capt. Fraz,!r ; Licuts. Baird, Crompton, Farquhar son, Fergusson, Green, and IPLeod ; Ensigns Bayley, Bratniey, Heskett, and Stewart, said 70 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 42d Highlanders ; Captains Cunningham and Greene. and 80 non-commissioned offi cers and privates of tho 79th Highlanders; Capts. Sprott, Ciayhill, Alexander, Hyslop, M'Pherson, Tabit e au, Nightingale, and Welch, and 59 non-commissioned offi cers and privates of the 93d Highlanders ; and carried on for Scutari Lieutenant Ainslie and 55 non-commis sioned officers and privateS of the Ist Dragoons ; Capt. Fitzclareuce, Lieutenant Price, and 1 trooper of the 10th Hussars ; -Cornet Gibson, and 1 trooper of the 17th Lancers ; Cornet. Baker, and 50 non-commis sioned officers and troopers of the Bth Hussars ; Sur geon Sewell ' • Assistant-Surgeon Irwin, of th e 28th ; Lieutenant Hatfield, and 24 non-commissioned officers and troopers of the 11th Hussars, and 3 officers' ser vants. " Toe Assistance, screw transport, which arrived on the 31 from Kingstown, and leaves for Constantinople to-morrow, conveys Colonel Warron, 55th ; Major San key, 47th ; Captain Sir George Hampson and Lieutenant Macneil, 2d Dragoons ; Captain Rice, and Ensigns Do herty, Richardson, and Stockwell, of the 72d High landers ; Lieutenant Sykes of the 10th Hussars ; Lieut. Harnett, of the 11th Hussars ; Dr. Modkin ; Messrs. Armstrong, Campbell, Farm well, Uniacke, Mid well, and MoOre, of the Commissariat ; and 407 non-commis sioned officers and privates of divers regiments. " The Tynemouth, screw steam transport, arrived with Governmeat stores from Plymouth on the 4th, bringing Captain Larkins, three staff assistant-surgeons, and 581 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Land Transport Corps for service at Sinope and Bala klava. " The English steam-vessel St. Patrick, in the French transport service, arrived from Marseilles on the 4th bringing 20 horses, 5 French officers, and 22 troopers, having in tow the sailing transport ship True Briton (No. 114), also from Marseilles, with French Government stores. The steam-ship Powerful, in the same service, arrived from Marseilles on the sth, with ammunition, bringing 19 officers, 11 troopers, one vivandiere, and 46 horses, having in tow the sailing transport the Pride of the Ocean (No. 211), also from Marseilles, bringing five officers, 122 non-commissioned officers and troopers, and 144 cavalry horses. " The Andes and Emeu, steam transports, left for Spit head, the former on the 3d, conveying Major Laye, Cap tain Colthurst, Capt. Maxwell, and a non-commissioned officer; the ;atter on the 4th, conveying Captains Mon crieff and Wickham, Mr. Jewson, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood and two children. "The screw steam-transportSydneyHall arrived from Constantinople and Gallipoli on the 4th, and on the pre ceding evening the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-sbip Colombo from Balaklava and Constantinople, bringing for Malta Lieut. Stopford, Royal Engineers; and for England, Gen. Pennefather, Capt. Ellison, Aide-de- Camp ; Colonel Dixon, 77th ; Captain Masoey, Lieu tenants Langley and Lyons, Royal Artillery ; Dr. Wil liamson, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Randall, and Mr. W. Stevens. "Her Majesty's steam corvette Malacca arrived from Constantinople on the sth. "The Tharsis, Spanish steamer, in the French trans port service, arrived from Kamiesh on the 3d, bringing 111 military invalids. "The Sardinian screw steamer Italia, in the French transport service, left on the 3d for Constantinople with a cargo of stores, 64 horses, 6 officers, and 36 non-com missioned officers and privates. "The French Postal steamer Hydaspe left on the 4th for Marseilles, conveying 133 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, invalids, and Mr. Pellesier. "The French Government steam-corvette Magellan arrived from Kamiesh and Constantinople on the 4th. " Her Majesty's steam-sloop Rosamond is now getting under way for the Crimea, having in tow the Camel, Magnet, and Raven mortar-vessels. " The latest dates by the foregoing arrivals are to the 30th of June from Constantinople, and to the let of July from Gallipoli. Two cases of cholera have occurred in the lazzaretto at Malta, and had a fatal termination. The victims were native coalporters, who had been em ployed in coaling the steam-ship Resolute, which had had one or two cases on h e r voyage do wn from the Cri mea. The garrison generally, and, indeed, the entire population, are unusually healthy." Her Majesty's yacht, Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, left Portsmouth harbour for Cowes yesterday morning to attend upon the Court, but no em barkation took place, owing to the incessant rain. The steam-transport Orinoco arrived at Spithead yes terday morning from the East with the following pas sengers :—Col. M‘Pherson, of tha 17th Regiment ; Lieut. R. E. Williams, of the 17th, who lost an eye in action ; Lieut. H. F. Morgan, of the 28th, who was wounded in the leg ; Assistant-Surgeon Corbett; Mr. Rawlinson, the Sanitary Commissioner, wounded ; Captain F. Hughes ; Mr. Nixon, Mr. A. Fisher, the Rev. G.Thring, Captain Peard, Mr. Duncan, John Dunn (seaman), B. E. Townsend, ditto ; Mr. Fenton, and two assistants, all from Balaklava. Mr. W. E. Shaw, R.N. ; 11Ir.Webb, Mr. H. Ellis, from Constantinople. Capt. Sinclair (and servant), wounded in the leg and arm ; Capt. Wyndham and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Wyndham, Miss Manson, Captain Robertson, and William Wagner, distressed British subject, all from Malta. On the sth inst., in lat. 36.41 N., long. 2.20 W., the Orinoco spoke the ship Chapman, from Portsmouth to Corfu, with militia on board ; on the 6th, in lat. 36.9 N., long. 6.26 W., the brig Rother. After disembarking the majority of her passengers the Orinoco steamed on for Southampton. The sailing transport Nimrod, No. 112, Captain Pearse, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She left Malta on the 14th ult. with 6 sergeants and 217 rank and file, sick and wounded in valids, and 6 non-commissioned officers and 3 gunners of the Royal Artillery, not invalids ; there are no badcases among them. Captain W. D. Parry, of the 33d Regi ment, came home in military charge of them, and Staff- Assistant-Surgeon W. Cleary in medical charge. Lieut. W. Norris, of the Rifle Brigade, who was wounded, and Assistant-Surgeon Wright, of the 20th, came home pas sengers. The screw steam transport Chester, No. 182, Captain Gillett, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She left Constantinople June 19, and Malta the 28th, and has brought home as cargo 16 great guns and other old Ordnance stores. On the sth inst., off Cape St. Vincent, she spoke the schooner Scorpion, of Gos port, and on the 6th the Sir George Anderson. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., returned to Portsmouth in the yacht Fanny, yesterday afternoon, and resumed the chief command of the station. The steam transport Rhadamanthus, Master Com mander Belau), left Portsmouth on Tuesday evening, for the Thames. The Fire Queen, steam-yacht, Master- Commander Paul, was undocked at Portsmouth yester day, after repairing the damages she sustained by being fouled in that harbour receatly. The training sailing brigs Sealark and Rolla, Lieutenants Lowther and Fen wick in command, returned from the westward, where they had been in attendance upon Sir Thomas Cochrane, yesterday. A letter from her Majesty's steam-frigate Odin, Capt. Willcox, dated off Sebastopol, June 30, says : " We arrived here with the three mortar vessels, Firm, Flamer, and Hardy, on the 28th ; they behaved very well on the passage from Spithead to the Black Sea. To-day we have got them out, and to-morrow or the next day the vessels will be ready for service. Everything is progressing well since the last unfortunate attack. The Russians appear still determined to dispute every inch of ground ; the strength of the garrison, however, is much smaller. The large encampment on the north side is said only to contain a few troops, with the invalids from the town ; their principal force is located on the Belbek, their only source of sufficient water. You will, of course, have heard of Lord Raglan's death, and of Sir George Brown's illness on board the flagship ; he will leave for England directly. Major-General Simpson has assumed the command ; Sir Colin Campbell is the ' favourite,' I and all are looking forward to him fur the Commander in-Chief ; there is but little firing going on just now cs , yhuo a mein n p:i d ,.. that only from and on the advanced works. The climate is very beautiful, and there ought not to be sickness of any sort. The weather is a little warm in the middle of the day, but not more so than in August at home. All the fleet are here, with the exception of one or two small vessels at Kertch and off Odessa—all healthy. The whole coast is swarming with merchant vessels bringing out a good supply, so that there is no lack of anything ; 120 or more can generally be counted from the masthead approaching and leaving Balaklava, Ka miesh, and Kazatch—quite a forest of shipping." The Government screw steam tranaport Resolute, Capt. Pentree, from Balaklava June 22, Consta,nthsthienoßotp,alleti2c4, fleet.and Malta 30, arrived, all well, at Plymouth yesterday after noon. On the Ist of July, off Cape Bonne, she spoke the screw steam transports Sarah Sands and Lady Jocelyn ; and on the 2d of July, off Tunis, the screw-steamers Perseverance and Assistance, all for Malta. On the 7th of July, off Lisbon, the screw-steamer Teneriffe, steering south ; and July 8, off Finisteere, the brig Hebe, from Sicily for Newcastle. The Resolute has lost three firemen and one seaman by cholera since leaving Balaklava. The Horatio, 8 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain theo Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday evening from the Downs, on her return from Heligoland, having landed 150 men at adapteda Folkestone es . s , howr ne i fltojoihrlluwffilhtoii the with the Foreign Legion, whs are assembling sea i will be She proceeded immediately to Salt pan coaling, and at present awaits fuPratEor7omreadsnliteaocrdnatsreo.edit. to insure The rEolus (late 42-gun frigate), Master Commander Wm. L. Browne, commenced t ti e o r n d , ay an t d o o ta th k e e r i p n r s o h je e o ll t s i , le r s oc fo k r et t s , he. c, use a o se f us assisted She with a to st o b a emr. evaedhnds eosyoernitf mortar Baltic. t .ro thesca accompany nlei plan mlgs Sheae p n t n a o d n - d y t a y h k e r her speedy p sea service mortars an immense quantity of 13-inch shell, of the Capt. certainty in the desired . direction when the vessels they 1 7 are whicha s sta e a i gr t se h t e fith r toeteti a r R Roberta, b ; x r e t s d , 1 a a rolling or pitching polition. ___ NEWS LAP ER The crew of the lEolus is con IPlete i Iby su r . , from the flag-ship. n l = 4, V 4-1 The Hermes steam-vessel, CL ) tler is still at Woulwicb, ready for Eeal and i `- )4V leave this afternoon for Greei ihitl to to h sao, .rrived to of var;ous regiments o p n as b se o s ar a d dj a u t s \ t v ed o . olw S i li ch e . hati beel said fl id ti and,,tehdat s pany the Meteor, 16 gm-is, iptai rvre made a F . 13 . Se.Fillobt• to " 1 the Baltic. yesterday at Queenstown On T xt he on t d ra a n y s , p t o o rt e ß rn r b id ar e k of d t r b 0 11141 for the Crimea. The following appointmen the Admiralty :—Edward A . C ) ° l '-t:', assistant payouts ter, to the Alarm ; John Too ; q, assistant paymaster, to the Transit; William J. Shor le, assistant surgeon, confirmed to the Royal A. I , In the memory of the o, l d, Ist officer or seaman there were never so many fine ilea It 4 y lads and young melt coining forward to enter P. tI ie navy as, at present. Draughts of each are daily a n 1v ing at Sheerness from all parts for instruction in th to as g-ship Waterloo. Most of them volunteer for contint 'sins service. Twenty-six men, beloni ng to the sth Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars, 7th Pc ot, 14th, 19th, 41st, 44th, 46th, 49th, 95th, and Rifle 3 Iri./ fade, sent home as in valids from the Crimea, and 131 :log restored to health, left the invalid depot, Chatl_ianc. h yesterday morning, and proceeded to Gravesend, . the oee to be forwarded to • - • flee vi • join their respective depots e) , • - again. Upwards of 300 men artily. 3,d at, Ohatham yesterday, being the, depots of the 24th : Out 27thy. 'service. from Canterbury, for embarkation for foreign servic e . T he strea;th of the 24th, 2 se icants, 1 drummer. an d 53 rank and file ; 27th, 6 s er j je ants and 230 rank and filo, with the following officers: in command :—Captain W. H. Davis, 27th ; Lieute nan t Loyd, 27th ; and C aw. E. Codd, 99th. The depots are expected to embark at Gravesend next week. Great discontent prevails a rat mg the invalids from the Crimea, now in quarters at the Casemate Barracks, Chatham, against the Govern u lent, for not paying their arrears ; some of them have n cr t been paid since the 314 of August last ; and a numb er of the men, since they came home, have been discha) !.2 ed without receiving the money due to them. The in • elide now remaining feel that they will be treated in th e same way, although they have made frequent applicati ons to the officials of the invalid depot. They are told t hat the returns from their regiments have not been receiv, ed. They complain most earnestly, as they want the rcL oney. Some of the non-i commissioned officers have wi yes and families to sup. port, and have as much as 10/. due to them. A. detachment of 40 gunn.en and drivers of ther9tll' battalion of Royal Artillery left; Woolwich yesterday for Leeds, to join Captain T. P. Ta'adcliffe's company, 9th battalion (T field battery), stationed there. A number of those who arrived on Saturday belonged to the Wa terford and Limerick Militia. Captain C. Waller's compamv, No. 2, of the 14th bat talion of Royal Artillery, ;eft . ' Woolwich yesterday for Devonport, to relieve Captain H. A. Vernon's company, 3d battalion, ordered to Sheerness. Second Captain If. Tomkinson proceeds with the company, being the only officer at home belonging to it. . _ On the 25th ult. - anaddress, with a valuable gold watch, was presented by Serjeant John Devine, on be half of the non-commissioned officers of Major Wode house's battery', 11th battalion of Royal Artillery, to Colour-Serjeant Wm, Banks, on the occasion of his leaving the regiment, he having been promoted to the rank of Quartermaster in the Land Transport. The address expressed the high sense entertained by those officers to the satisfactory manner in which Quarter• master Banks had discharged his duties in the Crime& under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, and also stated that Major Wodehouse, the commanding officer, was well satisfied with his zeal and general conduct. The watch has an appropriate inscription, and the testi. menial was gratefully acknowledged by the recipient. It was presented in a vineyard in front of Balaklava. Owing to the vast increase of discharged soldiers, con sequent on the war, the pay of pensioners of the Cork district, numbering more than 600 men, at present amounts to 1,0001. per month. The 3d battalion of the 60th Royal Rifles left Dublin for the Curragh on Tuesday. They are to be replaced in the Royal barracks by the South Down Militia, which were to arrive in Dublin yesterday evening. THE MILITIA. The Cumberland Militia arrived in Dublin on Tuesday evening, and marched into Beggars'-bush Barracks, where they are to be stationed. The County of Dublin Militia left Dublin on Tuesday, for the encampment on the Curragb. AUSTRIAN REPLY TO THE .FRENCH EMPEROR'S SPEECH. The official Wiener Zeitung has an article, taking notice of the references made to Austria, in the speech delivered by the French Emperor before the Senate and Legislative Body. The following is an extract : Since, however, Austria has been more than once alluded to in the last French speech from the throne, it may be neither inopportune nor disrespectful to throw some light on certain of its passages, which refer to the facts of the moment. Should a question be mooted, as to who has saved Turkey, who com pelled the Russian army to evacuate the Principalities of the Danube, whether it was owing exclusively and alone to the victories of the Anglo-French troops, or at all events. likewise to the " strategical rea sons" on this side the Austrian frontier, we can submit such question calmly to the judgment of the public, to whom the facts are known. With respect to the Aus trian proposition, adverted to in the French speech from the throne, its object was to prevent the number of the ships, maintained by Russia in the Black Sea before the breaking out of the war, from being re-attained. The fundamental difference between the surpassing (depasser) and the attaining (atteindre) is so patent, was so empha tically enunciated, that it was precisely on its account that the chief plenipotentiaries of the western powers (Drouyn de l'lluys and Russell) declared their readiness to advocate the proposition in question with their courts. The difference just mentioned is for the rest virtually re moved by the article with which the Monitcur accompa nies its publication of his Majesty the Emperor Napo leon's speech from the throne and in which the Austrian proposal is again given with its correct interpretation. If, then, the French speech from the throne passes over in silence the equilibrium provided for in the Austrian propositions against the possible increase of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea before attaining its specified maxi mum, on the other hand this important provision is sa tisfactorily commented on in the explanatory article in the Moniteur As we have already observed, these com ments only justify the axiom laid down by us, that the speeches of sovereigns to the deputies of the nations over which they reign cannot be criticised as if they were in ternational documents. Should, however, any reference be made to the way in which Austria has performed the engagements entered into by her, it suffices for her pur pose to cite from the treaty- of the 2d of December last the two articles referred to : Art. V. "In case the restoration of the general peace should not be secured on the bases traced out in Art. 1., his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and her Majesty the Queen Eof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, enter into deliberation without delay reqpecting the means for attaining the object of their alliance." Art. III.—" In case of hostilities breaking out be tween Austria and Russia, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, mutually promise to each other their offensive and defensive alliance in the present war, and will to this behoof, according to the requirements of the war, employ land and sea forces, of which the number, nature, and destination, in case of need, shall be arranged in subsequent consultations. The protocol of December 28 had laid down that Rus sian preponderance in the Black Sea should cease. The Austrian proposition fulfilled this object, according to the admission even of the two French and English Am bassadors themselves. The basis of peace as contemplated by the treaty would hence have been obtained. The pro positions of the imperial cabinet could assuredly not be termed unsatisfactory, when we place them in their natural and necessary juxtaposition with the project of a treaty simultaneously brought forward, and which de clared the increase of the Russian naval force in the Black Sea to the former state to be an aggression against Europe. It is true that by this means a form humiliating to Russia was avoided, but in reality every thing that the protocol of December required was at tained. It must be admitted that the Western Powers had reserved to themselves the right of making further demands ; but to insist on these was not prescribe d to Austria by ' any contracted or moral engage:lB2%a right.' a of the contracting powers had merely juriously set aside, no rightful pretension s have been No justifiable claims of any kind whateevle.e; neglected, and the objects desired in common remain intact. SHARE MARKETS. ly STOCK EXCHA LIVERPOOL, NCI E ss h t 0 Lancashire, tone:noceraojia:dUnh,: JULY de4, m:a p . 6. r r k me e .fi t .d : 72 South 2h shares,t improved to-day, but transactions were limited. Caledo nian, 31a i—London and North Western, 100}--London pss a netoroducticchSeont, Eastern,t. I, h l s V i. s si t t e s. r Salons, per cent. Pref. MANCHESTER, JULY 11. STOOT: ExCIIANGE.—Thero was more business to-day, b u t prices were unchanged. District Bank, 8 p.—Man baster Assurance, 12 p. — Lancashire Assurance, par 81i—Shropshire Union, 47i p. cent.—Electric Tele graph, 18— East Lancashire ' 191—Sheffields, 24—Ditto, n ew Pref '' 0-16 P.—Dovers, 181—St. Helens 6 per Cents., BIRMINGHAM, JuLy 11. ST OCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t h a s been moderately active, 'with prices lower. Great Western Stour Valley Guaranteed Stock, 604—Ditto, Birmingham, 74i—Lon don and N or th W es t erns, 1001 i—Old Birmingham Ca nals, 93. LEEDS, Jimt 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho business was very flat to-day, but yesterday's prices were well maintained. Midland, 72 to 74—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 818. DUBLIN, JULY 00. STOCK EXCHANCIL—Three per Cent. Consols, 91 Ditto for account, Aug. 10, 91 H 1 - -New Three per Cen t. Stock, 91i—Ditto for account, An. 10, 911 i—Bank Stock, 220—Great Southern and Western (504 paid), 50 --Mining Co. of Irelaßd (71, P 4.), 1.3 i. -t. --~-- July 4 ! July O'