The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

THE FAVOURITE HIGHLAND CLOAK so juit , y celebrated as a guaranti.e against wet and coll.— Have you got one of MACDOUGALL' - favourite Highland Cloaks? If not, you should at on^e ord-r one ; they are most suitatle for the rail, the yeamer, and for town wear. The size round chest, and height of pet son is a sufficient measure. Patterns of what they are made can be sent by post. Price, from 253. to 4'iS. 'these cloaks, and Macdougall's Highland Tweeds, Tartans, &c., may be seen at 23, Brewer-street, in a line with Glasshouse street, Regent-street, London, trora 2 to 6 o'clock, until Ist July, when Macdougall returns to Inverness. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Levee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will he performed NOIntA, in which Madame Arga, IMdlle Mag ner, Signor Armandl, Mr Hamilton Graham, 5z..3., will appear. To cooc'ude with a Grand FiGENCFI P.tLLET, supported by Mdl,e Palmyra, Mdl!e. Paolo, 11. Friant, &c. Prices of admission:—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 103. 6d.; four persons , one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 dairy. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone; THIS EVENING, Will be perform , d LOVE'S MARTYRDOM. Cheractera by Mews. B. Sullivan and llowa ; 31133 H. Faueltt ana bliss Swan borough. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with A DACGHTER TO MARRY. a ROYAL PIAA.NCZ33'Li I."fiI?.ATTZE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CUARLES KEAN. TIM EVENTS°, Will be Personnel AWAY T 7 ET II MELANCHOLY. To ro ielade with KTlca FLF:"STItY TITE EIGHTH. QU3Ea Ka ;barine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Carlini! Woltey, Mr. C. Kean. TELELTRE. ROYAL Pmprietor. Mr. B. W e hster.—Dircctross, 31:dame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be prasentod JANET PRIDE. Cliara:ters "by Mossm B. Webster, C. Sethy, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford ; Madame Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTIN'. To conclude with VIE CA.MP AT CHOBIIAM. ROYAL OLYMPIC TEEEATUE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. Nov, however, that the mask has been withdrawn, that disguise is no longer practicable, why should we longer tolerate a position that must be used against us in any possible combination o circum- To be followed by STILL WATERS RI'S DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Are Hort. To conclude with THE (ii.i.REICIC FEVER. I^.OYAL gTRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HONEST LAWYER. After which, 'rVirAS I. Characters by Miss Isaacs, Miss Beau• mont, &c. To which will be added ALORZD THE BRAVE. To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. stances that may ariso. As we have repeatedly pointed out, England has nothing to fear from Austria, It requires but the utterance of the " talismanic words" to find The most Gorgeous Spectazlo ever witnessed. THIS EVENING, her ample occupation in her own territories. the Bishop of OXFORD would not have dared to suggest such an Act now, had he not found one quietly lodged on the book-shelves of the Star Chamber. We hope all similar relics of bigotry will be dragged out, and consigned to Legislative extinction. Hitherto we have restrained the action of the out raged nationalities. Why should we do so any longer? ' Austria has most assuredly no claim upon our consideration or good offices. She has delibe rately chosen her own course. She has exhibited the same duplicity, insincerity, and selfishness for which she has been so long notorious. She has shown no title to the sympathies of the friends of freedom or the lovers of justice. As we have re peatedly declared, she cannot be permitted to ob serve the disgraceful neutrality for which she is so anxious. She will not act with the Allies, and therefore she must perforce array herself alongside a congenial Power, under the only standard beneath which she is worthy to fight. We are happy to find that our contemporary the Morning Post, which is known to be well informed respecting the opinions of the PALMER STON Cabinet, is taking a manly and straight• forward view of the subject, such as we have per severingly advocated since the appearance of the first cloud that darkened the, political horizon that indicated a storm in the East. We have extracted an article from our contemporary and if, as is most probable, the policy of Lord PAL MERSTON is therein embodied, he will regain the place in public opinion which was greatly en dangered by concessions to Austria, and receive the cordial and unanimous support of the entire nation. ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms, by J. 11. STOCQUELEI6 Esq., represents the mag nificent pageantry o France and England in their palmy days of Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold,the Knights in armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban ners, all shown u )en one vast arena formed by the stage and the ring, form the most prilliant coup d'cell ever exh.bited. To conclude with the sltil ul ACES in the CIRCLE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stare Manner, Mr. W. West. Acting Manaler, Mr. W. IL Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W . Cooke, jun. lIIGH WATZR AT LONDON RR lI‘G His popularity was imperilled by truckling, or a supposed truckling, to Germanism. Let him either repair the fault, or, still better, prove the charge unfounded. Austria has suffered the " cloven hoof" to be discovered. Let him treat her as she is rather than as what she pretends to be—and exhibit towards her, either just and well-merited indignation, or profound and con temptuous indifference. Let him equally disre gard the whispered insinuations of the semi- Austrian, Belgian, and all the mysterious influences that are said to be brought to bear on our own Government. In a word, let him prove him self to be, as he once unquestionably was—" Not the Minister cf Russia, of Austria, or of Prussia, but the Minister of England." Let him show that he still thinks that "England has no cousins nor uncles." Lot him do all these things, and. he will achieve a popularity and receive a support more honourable and more enduring than was ever accorded to any of predecessors in office —which will cause his name to be mentioned with respect through all future ages. T 4is l,at —Mc.rlins 11 min.aftm 2 I Fvening 33 min. aft. 2 To-citizov r :::.'4orming 53 alln.after 2 j Ev. fling 12min. aq. 3 11.5 F. OTFM3, June 15. 1711!L'MOMET2 8 , n Tin FA A.DE -66 -':zighc.it sinca noon yestorasy. -!owest this morning and during the night. es—thi9 day, at noon. 8AR03171121, 29'39. WTND. S.W.—Light breeze, with c'ouds and sunshine, THREE O'CLOCK.—Very heavy shower. One of the brightest Episcopal ornaments of the Church of England in the times of her greatest trial wrote a book ou the "Liberty of Prophesying," which at that time meant liberty of preaching. Those who gild the Episcopacy of the present day, however, prefer to record votes against all preaching and praying by unconse crated men within unconsecrated walls. Lord SHAFTECITItY haA just obtained a majority of one, for the committal of a bill to repeal the Act 22, of CIEoRGE 111., which prohibits more than 20 per- sons meeting for worship in private houses, an Act the existence of which was probably unknown to the vast majority of our readers, and which could not have been °polity put in force without exciting the indignant reprobation of all of them. Tue flost, worldly of U 3 would resent such an un pardonable intrusion upon the liberty and tastes o ,c p, 1 •1 1: -,p 3 nuxt door ne,r;lilymir. He would declare it monstrous that he might himself with- ANOTHER SIN OF OMISSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. I R/ LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1855. The duplicity and treachery manifested I Austria since the commencement of the aggression, aul the cons.equent declaration of War, ar© beginning, to product) their natural results. The opinions which at ono time we stood almosA alone in promulgating have now many strenuous supporter 3 evon amongst those who foilmrly - ear nestly advocatcJ propriety Of " waiting" for out danger of fine or itnprisoument invite-a hun dred people if his rooms would hold them to profane music and dancing ; but, that if Mr. TIMOTHY STANDFAST, differing from his Puscyite pastor, chose to read Church prayers in his house, and to hold forth to the edification of more than twenty, who shared his aversion to altar candles, intonation, and other mummeries, Mr. TIMOTHY must incur the dangers of, the first Bishop of Ephesus. Religious men will, of course, take higher ground, and insist with the E-trl of SHAFTESBURY on the obvious inconsistency of fettering the zeal of any who wish to extend in any. way—" in season and out of season"—a religion professedly the most aggressive of all which ever entered the world. Christianity is emphatically the religion which demands the sub mission of all, and demands it not at the point of the sword, not by rewards end penalties, but by persuasion and argument only. No other organi sation of persons relying on such weapons—the League, for example—ever thought of interdicting to any but ordained advocates the advocacy of their cause. The Bishops, however, Lord SHAFTESBURY was told on Tuesday night, unanimously objected to his bill ! He of Oxford would accept it in no case ; he of London would give way to pressure from without, provided the Earl would introduce a clause prohibiting any clergyman from officiating in a private house without leave of the Bishop. The sting is here. Some religious layman of good natural ability might bo far more acceptable to his neighbours than the drowsy presentee of a fat living and his poor half-starved curate ; hun dreds of rectors and vicars, who gain their liv ings through no other qualification, earthly or heavenly, than relationship or interest, might be liable to the same proof of their inutility ; a popu lar clergyman might also be invited occasionally to interest a larger domestic congregation than the public ono in the parish church. Tho' Bishops— keen men they in their generation—foresee that this really might originate for them an ecclesiasti cal Crimea. In the " temper of the times," which the Right Reverend Fathers expressed such dread of, it might reveal more than all the efforts of Dissenters, the mal-administration of the Church. Laymen would rise up like the Ad ministrative Reformers and affirm that they could manage these things better than the officials, and ecclesiastical LAYARDS and LINDSAYS would be found to head them. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Cardiff, June 13, 1855. We beg respectfully to inform their Reverend Lordships that a majority reduced to, one, through their votes and influence, will be regarded by the public generally as the best proof of their selfish ness and intolerance. Administrative Reform will reach the Church at last, do what they will ; and protection for lazy or incompetent preachers will follow the Corn Laws, the Navigation Laws, and all other protective laws. Promotion by merit, not by purchase of livings or by interested presentation, will follow the demand for promo tion by merit in the civil and military services. Why should reverend indolence or incapacity in one branch of the public service be tolerated when the same things a re go t r id o f i n th e o th er b classesraneh e h s a 7 v e Thegot far bi ahead oftheir s hops will fi n d the laity intolerant ofanaldl exclusive notions. The nation, with the excep tion of a few old maids and sexagenar i an bi go t s, will not knowingly suffer any clear infraction of religious freedom, and such the antiquated Act Inow to be repealed unquestionalily is. Even THE SEA. OF AZUFF. THE suN, LoNDotc4 FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 15. 18b5.. It was quite bad enough the cruelty and ab surdity of the promoters of the act prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister, avowedly on religious grounds, and these most insutri cient for the future, and legalising the marriages of this description which had taken place were sufficiently glaring, one would have thought, to have prevented any imitation or aggravation of such bygone procedure. But no. It would appear there is no extreme of cruelty and no depth of folly at any period to which your politico-religious Pharisees will not cordially descend, if they can do so with safety. Ostentatiously parading the form of godliness and philanthropy, it is, practically, but the more surely and satisfactorily to discharge the dark venom of their natures on the weak and unoffend ing ; and thus they go on in their baleful career, reckless that the divinest agencies in the world are branded with their shame and retarded in their operation by their miscon duct. The example, in short, was too recent to be forgotten, and too congenial to be neglected. Now that the bill legalising these marriages is about to go into committee (June 20th) we learn that certain amendments are to be proposed, we trust only vicariously, by Sir FREDERIC THESIGER —amendments of a nature so atrocious that, for the sake of our common humanity, we are abso lutely ashamed to mention them. Will it be believed—we are open to contradic- tion if what we state is false, and mcst willingly would we rectify the error—the effect of these amendments, if adopted, would be to declare all marriages before 1835 and after 1855 valid, and all marriages between—all marriages in the long interval from 1835 to 1855, an interval of 20 years—void, or at least doubtful! It maybe received as an exaggeration, but, positively, an icy shudder seizes us as we contemplate the announcement. Let but the most cold• blooded reader try for a moment to realise the case ; let him consider that—by the legalisation of such marriages before 1835 and after 1855—the principle, the moral legality of them is conceded ; and, with this fact staring him in the face, let him further consider that the effect of the amendments will be to per petuate the brand of shame on thousands of con fessedly chaste brows, the name of bastards on still larger numbers whose birth is morally stainless, and all the misery and confusion which a godless law has occasioned. Let him but do this, and if his pulse does not quicken with indignation it is be cause it throbs with no English blood ! That the llouse will reject these amendments we cannot doubt. But what an insult to have them offered ! BOURSE, JUNE 14.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 42; per Cents 94 85 94 85c. 1 per Cents 69 69 Credit Mobilier 965 Roman Credit Foncier 545 Austrian BAgian Fives ... ... ... Spanish Threes eiedmontese B7 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOB , CASE SIR,—I see that Colonel Colt has returned t ) this country fr9m America, I trust to hear, ere long, that, in one sense, he is in the Crimea. Even at the eleventh hour his weapon may be found invaluable by our army. We have hitherto thrown away a great advantage of which we might have availed ourselves. One of the last official acts of the Duke of Newcastle wa,3, I understand, to order some 5,000 of these weapons fur the army. I am told that these have not been sent to it ! It is very desirable that the navy should have them, qute as much as that the army should be supplied ; but is it not at this moment of vital consequence to our troops before 'eba , topol ? It is impossible to say what our soldiers at inkerman or Balaklava lost, by the wanton obstinacy, stupidity, or wilfulness of the late Government in not ' supplying the troops with such arms. For cavalry and artillery they are, indeed, a boon, and there aro periods, as we have seen, where they would have been invaluably, to the hne. This was proved by the individual deeds of of eery an.l ser4eauts, :y ho paid about three times as !ouch for them retail as the Govuntinent Lave dor.e trhoic••a!e. Sir, when I look at this thing, I lose patiunce • I know tbe vaue of the weapon. TEloasAnd, , , !mew it in Eag!a,nd more than a year ago. I have urged its adoption since 1851. PtAti;ely, although we Li/ye had for the last two, or three years, through the energy of an American, a manufactory in Lindon for these weapons, the Russians will be supplied first by the mar• 'sets of the world. Depend upon it Russia has had agents in America to buy them up, aod we lately read of 10,000 being landed at Riga, We are about, I presume, to assist, as the French may jibtly say, considering our numbers and theirs, in the storming of Sebastopol. There is yet, in all probability, " pretty tall fighting Le fore us." Do, pray, urge in your valuable paper that this tremendous advantage be no longer neglected. Can you toil me if anything is being done at home in revolver drill and practice ? The cowl and dexterous use of a Colt's re volver requires some little experience. No body of cavalry in the world, unprovided with this arm, could stand a charge from half or a third of its numbers so equipped. lam certain that fifty fearless and tolerably well•mounted men, clad merely in shooting jackets, but armed each with two or three revolvers and swords, might exterminate a hundred and fifty of our noble Household troops or Scots Greys, encumbered with the clumsy and useless carbine. What avail would this latter be against the fearful multiplication of a fire that might command fatally at a distance of some 400 yards ? Long before a sword could he used half the saddles of those magnificent troopers would be empty. The conical balls would pierce through breast-plate and back-piece as if they were made of pasteboard. _ _ _ I trust, Sir, that you will give your powerful aid to the British soldier in this matter. No wonder that the in dividuals by whom Odessa was spared, an English army sacrificed, and green coffee berries supplied to hara-sed soldiers on active service in such a country as the Cri mea, were blind to the deadly properties of the Ameri can Revolver. I am, Sir, your obedient serrant, AN AMATEUR. TERMS FOR PEACE EUROPE. SIR, —As an advocate for justice I would suggest that all towns in the British dominions demand of their re presentatives to urge on Ministers not to conclude a peace unless sued for by Russia, and then only on the following terms, viz., to relinquish all claim to what we have taken from her—to have no ships of war of any size for either the Black Sea or Sea of Azoff, as she has no power there now ; also to leave Asia, 100 miles at least, north of the Caspian Sea, restore the Crimea, and, finally, to pay the whole of the expenses of the war, which is the sincere wish of a WELSHMAN. A well-executed map of this sea, with the surround ing coasts, now the theatre of important operations by the allied forces, has just been issued, on a scale of ten miles to the inch, by Mr. James Wyld, geographer to the Queen. The soundings. which are numerous and general, are given in feet. A plan of Taganrog, with its harbour and fortifications, on a small scale, and a Inv of the Crimea, including a portion of the Sea of Azoff and the Black Sea, contribute to the utility of this valuable production. PARIS, Wednesday.—YesterJay, after a consultation held at the Tuileries between Dr. Locock and Drs. Dubois and Conneau, it was formally a.nnonncett that the Empress was enceinte. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A matri monial alliance is about to take place between the Lady Henrietta Somerset, eldest unmarried daughter of Emily, Duchess of Beaufort, and John Morant, Esq., of the New Forest, Hants. The marriage will be solemnised on Tuesday, the 26th inst., on the evening of which day the Duchess of Beaufort will give a grand ball, at the family mansion in Grosvenor-square, in celebration of the happy event. RUSSIAN INTBIGUES.—We learn, on very good autho rity, that proofs have been furnished to the French Go vernment of the relations existing between the Carlist conspirators and the Russian Government, and that among other projects of creating a diversion against the allies was that of causing a general insurrection to break out in Spain. Tae splendid mansion and sixteen acres of beautiful grounds one of the most recherché abodes within the metropolis, situated in the Regent's-park, the late resi dence of the Marquis of Hertford, was brought to the hammer and sold by Mr. Phillips, of Bond-street, at Garraway's, yesterday. The buildings, erected by the Marquis, under the direction of Mr. Deoimus Burton, the celebrated architect, cost the Marquis upwards of 50,000/. Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, became the purchaser. Mr. George Frederick Parrett had the honour of ex hibiting before her Majesty, in Buckingham Palace Gar dens, this morning (Friday), a- portable cape-tent, re cently invented by him. By this invention, which consists in looping together five or eight waterproof capes, each weighin.. only 4 lbs., and which capes will also serve as blankets and sacks, the soldier is always provided with a cape, tent, sack, or blanket, by carrying one article. Her Majesty expressed herself much pleased with the feasibility of the plan, and honoured Mr. Parratt with most minute inquiries as to its details. other vessels belonging to the Baltic squadron are daily expected at Cherbourg, namely :—The float ing batteries Congreve, Foudroyante, Tonnante, and Lave, and the steam gun-boats Avalanche, Flamme, and Grenade, the steam mortar vessel Cassini, and the sailing mortar vessels Fournaise and Trombe. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 732 50 _Rouen (Jetta 662 50 Strasburg Niediterranean 1207 50 Havre 620 Northern the Governincnt of Vienna, ani.l conciliatinf; important Power. In deference to 11 , ...r we gave Russia a new chance of conetudin peace on the most favour:o;e terms—far too vourahle indeed, so far as the. honour a interests of the Westuit Powers were concerned ; end, deceiied by her apparent acces sion to the cause of the Allies, the abortive Conferences were held, which for so many months paralysed the energies of France and England. When the friends of Germanisui so loudly exulted is the se-called Treaty of the 2d of December we pointed cut that it was entirely one-sided, binding the Allies to everything, and Austria to nothing. It was, in fact, a mere nudism pacturn, that should have been absolutely null and void for want of consideration. If Austria was attacked, sit': was to be assisted by France and England ; but she was not called on to render any material aid in the arduous struggle in which they were engaged. If her territories were invaded or her interests jeopardised, we were pledged to enter into an alliance offensive and defensive. If, on the other hand, Russia refused to accede to a pace on the 14a.ii,s of the Four Points, so cordially approved of by Austria, she was only bound to deliberate on the mode by which the objects of the contracting Powers could be carried into prac tical execution. Her trickery and duplicity are now openly avowed. She prides herself on the finesse (we should use a more homely term), by which she converted the Allies into tools to work out her own selfish views, and to induce Russia to connive at her indi vidual aggrandisement. This she has accomplished by the most flagrant disregard of her plighted faith and of the spirit of the solemn engagements .into which she has deliberately entered. Prussia has justly earned for herself the contempt of Europe by the short-sighted policy which induced her to abdicate the high position she once occu pied, and which she still aspires to fill. But Aus tria has merited something more than contempt, inasmuch as it was by grossly false pretences that she obtained ad mission into the Allied councils. Had she in Decemberdeclared her intention of remaining neutral under any circumstances she would na turally have been placed in the same category as Prussia. And now that her pusillanimity is com bined with treachery and duplicity there is no reason why she should occupy a better position, or reap the reward of her shameless mendacity. We trust that the Cabinets'of France and Eng land will at length exhibit becoming indignation for infamous deception that has been prac tised, and adopt effectual means to place Austria in her true Position. She can certainly no longer have the slight es i • pretensions to the occupation of the Principalities. That r, most unwise and impolitic, conceizi on should be forth with withdrawn, and the unfortunate inhabitants rescued from a thraldom- more irksome even than that of Russia itself. There much is now too reason to believe that step was taken by Austria rather against the Western Powers than against Russia. We witnessed its first fruits in the re fusal to allow the Turkish troops to pass throne, their own territories, and the consequent libera tion of the army of Bessarabia to take part in the proceedings of the Crimea. To this we owe the sanguinary conflicts of Balaklava and Inker n'ali, which, although they shed fresh lustre on the Allied arms, wero intended to terminate in a very different manner* B y holding w a lk, in • a and Moldavia she would be enabled to extend protection to Russia if de feated, and to obtain a share of the booty should the aggressive Pc'wex in any degree be successful, LATEST NEWS. 'HE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, JUNE 14, 2 P.M. A despatch from Varna, dated yesterday, Wed nesday, June 13, says that the French troops had been recalled from Kertch, probably to assist in some great blow against Sebastopol. Prince Gortschakoff, dating June 8, thus re ports on the assault of the previous evening : The Allies kept up a very heavy bombardment on the Gth and 7th, until six o'clock in the even in, when three French divisions advanced and attacked Redoubt No. 7. They took the redoubt on the Mamelon (Kamschatka), and the two re doubts (Selinghinsk and Volhynia) near Careen ing Bay, and also a battery between Selinghinsk and Bastion No. 1. Our troops re-took the Mamelon redoubt, but ,he French, strongly reinforced, again attacked, and took it once more. In the end we were masters of the battery (i.e. ;h• one between Selinghinsk and Bastion No. 1), ;he French holding a lodgment from which we hope to repel them. Our troops fought nobly, and the result is that the enemy's loss exceeds ours. He has lost 2,500 and we have made 275 men and 7 officers pri- soners. We have also taken two guns. ST. PETERSBURG, THURSDAY. Prince Gortscbakoff writes on the 9th : " The cannonade continues against the bastions Korniloff and No. 3. " The enemy has asked for an armistice, in order that he may bury his dead. His loss on the 7th exceeded 4,000 men." In a despatch previously received the Russian commander writes :-- " On the 30th the enemy's fleet, which had attacked Genitcl►i, set sail. " The Emperor's Aide-de-Camp, Prince Labanoff Rostovsky, then ordered the troops to - enter the city, with the view of extinguishing the fire, and he hopes to save a portion of the corn which had been given up as lost. "On the 30th the enemy's steamers approached one of the landing places near Arabat, And set fire to the depots there. A merchant vessel and seve• ral coasting vessels were burnt by them. " General Wrangel's detachment remains in the same position. The enemy has not undertaken anything in the peninsula of Kertch." NYBORG, JUNE 13, Her Majesty's steam-frigate Retribution, 28, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral Baynes, ha-J arrived in the Belt, with the 60-gun screw block ships Hawke, Cornwallis, Hastinv, Pembroke, Russell, and nine sun-boats. The squadron is a'. anchor at Knudshead. KIEL, JUNE 13 The Frepela sailing-frigate, Isis, 36, Capta: Cleret, has arrived. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 14. The elections for the legislative popular cham ber (Volksthing) took place to-day. Copenhagen has returned its former members, and Fredericia has elected M. Michelsen, the Minister of Marine. M. Hall, the Minister of Worship, said in his election speech that a constitution fur the entire monarchy, just in its principle and equitable in details, would soon be published. The third battery, "between Selinghinsk and Bastion Nn. 1," is that the omission of which from General Pelissier's despatch was pointed out on Monday last. The reason of that omission is now explained : the- work was not at the time in the possession of our allies, but it ap pears in General Pelissier's despatch of the 9th—a date one daylater than that of Prince Gortschakoff's communication—as "the battery of May 2," having then been abandoned by the Russians. THE BALTIC. The Moniteur publishes the following : " A letter, dated Elsinore, May 24, says— " On the day before yesterday 12 new prizes, taken by Admiral Dundas's squadron, cast anchor at Elsinore, accompanied by the Geyser corvette, taking them to England. Among these prizes seven were sailing under Mecklenburg colours four under the Danish flag, and one under that of ? Ho lstein. Their names are—Mecklenburg vessels, Betty and Paul-Frederik (with a cargo of rye and hemp), Mecklenbourg, Balance, Johanne, Emilia, and Anion ; Danish vessels—Dania, Otto-et-Olaf, Anna Christine, Freden (with grain and hemp) ; Holstein vessel—Benedict, with a cargo of grain, hemp, and flax. " ' Two of these vessels have been left in charge at Elsinore ; the others left with the Geyser for England.' " FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday.—lt may be remembered that some time ago (a long while before. the affair of Pianori) several political arrests were mad@ in Paris. M. Brault, the judge of instruction by whom the prisoners were examined, has now com pleted his investigations, and it is expected that in a few days 54 persons will be tried by the correc tional police for the unlawful possession of arms, or for being affiliated to secret societies. M. Thouvenel, the newly-appointed ambassador to Constantinople, has left Paris for his post. The Bourse was greatly agitated. The Rentes opened with a considerable fall, and, after a slight reaction, fell again with rapidity. The closing price was 68f. 85c., being a fall of 40c. No particular cause for the fall was assigned, beyond this, that the " bulls" are thought to have overbought them selves. Credit Mobilier at one time fell 20f., but it recovered to within 2f. 50c. of yesterday's quo tation. Railways were calm, but prices fell a little. The Bulletin des Lois publishes a decree opening a supplementary credit of 14,375,000 fr. beyond the sum fixed by the budget for the payment of the interest on the floating debt and the services of the treasury. Another decree opens a credit of one million of francs to the Minister of Public Works for the expenses of the Universal Exhibi tion. The Emperor and Empress and the D uke of Oporto attended at the Grand Opera, last evening, the first representation of the Vepres Siciliennes. The first act was somewhat coldly received, but during the second enthusiastic acclamations were heard, and M. Verdi ; the composer, was called for una nimously at the close. I hear it said, by some musical critics, that the maestro has repeated himself to a great extent in this opera: So great was the public curiosity to be present on the first night that as much as 180 f. was in many instances paid for a stall. Various rumours were afloat here to-day about Austria and Russia. Of the former it was said that explanations are demanded ou the Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Danubian Principali ties proclaiming martial law there without asking the consent or even consulting Turkey or the Allied Powers. And of the latter, that large reinforce ments, consisting of troops drawn from the Pruth, were on their way to the Crimea. It appears that all the gun-boats, mortar vessels, and floating batteries destined to operate in the Baltic are to rendezvous at Cherbourg. 14 are com pletely armed and manned, and ready to put to sea, namely, the floating battery Devastation, the steam gun-boats 'Eclair, Etincelle, Dragonne, Aigrette, Fulminate, Tempete, and Tourmente, the sailing mortar vessels Tocsin, Torche, and Bombe, and the steam LlViito3 Pelican, Tonnere, and Origle, Ten AUSTRIA. VIENNA June 10.—An innate love of fair play has induced' me to lay before you the arguments employed by the Austrian Government in defence of its policy, but my duty as an independent correspondent must now be performed. The ob ject of Austria has been, by warlike demonstra tions, to obtain from Russia the terms which she considers most conducive to her interests, and the St. Peter4burg Cabinet, in order to keep her quiet, has yielded to her demands. By maintaining a certain independence of action, Austria also ex pected to be able to exercise a, direct influence on the policy of the Western Powers, but her as sistance was not indispensably necessary, as has recently been most satisfactorily proved, and, con sequently, England and France refused to accept terms which, however agreeable to Austria, would have been both unsatisfactory and humiliating for the Western Powers. The fact is, that Austria is jealous of the influence of the Western Powers et Constantinople, and the real motive for her occupation of the Principalities was to obtain a material guarantee as well against Eng land and France as against Russia. When the armies of the two last-mentioned Powers quit the Turkish and Russian territories in the Black Sea, Austria will also withdraw her army of occupation from Moldavia and Wallachia, but certainly not before. Since the Eastern question has been under discussion only one opportunity has presented itself of getting Austria to place herself on a level with the allies and thatwas lost, because people at home knew too little of the Vienna terrain. If the fourth point had been brought forward while the Russian Mini sters were obtaining their instructions relative to the third, there would assuredly have been "a row" between Russia the Greek and Austria the Catho lic. The High Church party, which is just now extensively powerful in this empire, could also easily have neutralised the influence of the Russian nation. Last night Baron Hess, the C9mmander-in-Chief of the 3d and 4th Armies, and Baron Kellner, one of the Emperor's Adju tants, left' Vienna for Gallicia. Official• informa tion has to-day reached me that the Emperor will leave for Gallicia on Tuesday morning. His Majesty will inspect the troops in Gallicia and the Bukowina, and possibly in Transylvania ; but he is not likely to be low , 'absent, as the reason said to have been given by Baron Hess to Generals Letan and Craufurd for not taking them to the army with him was, that the Emperor would travel with such great rapidity that they would be able to see little or nothing. My opinion, as you will perhaps re collect, always was, that the high military autho rities in this city never intended to let the Com missaries of the Western Powers accompany Baron Hess to the army. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, June 11.—The plan for the King's movements this summer has been altered again, and instead,of Erdmaunsdorff the Schloss Stolzen fell is now spoken of as the spot where the Royal invalid is to obtain' change of air and relief from his ague. The very wise folks here, who never think anything worth the trouble of believing that is not piquant from its improbability, give as the reason for the Rhine trip being given up, the apprehension that in visiting the common frontier of Prussia and France, more particularly the Prussian fortress of Star Louis, the King would be exposed to.be greeted by some, member of the Napoleon family. Considering how little desire the present Emperor of France has ever shown to thrust his own company or that of his family on the Court of Prussia, the idea might as well be rejected at once, unless there should subsequently be anything in the movements of the King that should betray a desire to enter into more friendly relations with his Gallic 'neigh bour. At present I know of nothing to favour the supposition that he has any such wishes. There is no truth in the statement continued to be put forward by Austrian journals that the Queen of Prussia will as usual visit Ischl this year. At the close of this week a new postal arrange ment will come into force between this place and London, by which nearly a whole day will be saved in'the transit of a letter from here to London. According to the new arrangement to which the Governments of Hanover and Brunswick have at, length given their long-withheld reluctant consent, letters will be posted here till late in the afternoon of every day, and in 36 hours arrive in London. • The provision market was dull. Corn advanced about 2c. per bushel, with free sales. Sugars sold fairly at steady prices. The North Star arrived at New York from Havre on the Ist inst: RUSSIA. An Imperial manifesto, dated St. Petersburg, June 2,'ordains that, iu case of the decease of the present Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine shall be Regent during the Minority of the Crown Prince. The Regency" is to continue during the minority of the second son, should the eldest die. The Empress is to be guardian. SPAIN. --- A despatch from Madrid, dated the 13th inst., says : Yesterday the Cortes rejected a proposition tend ing to censure the Ministry. The Minister of Finance declared to-day in the Cortes that he would only have recourse to a forced loan as a last resource. The French mail which left Paris on the 9th, and the mail which left Madrid on the 10th instant, were burnt. hy some insurgents in Castile. A private telegraphic despatch from Madrid an nounces that the Cortes unanimously and without a discussion, adopted the following proposition on the sitting of the 14th instant : " We demand a declaration from the Cortes that they are completely eatisfiei with the noble and loyal con duct of the French Government, which by its vigilance and aid (which have never been found wanting) has con tributed to frustrate the machinations of the enemies of the liberties of Spain, and of the constitutional throne of Dana Isabella II." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Cap tain Lines, with dates from New York to the 2d inst., has arrived. She brings $500,000 specie, $105,000 of which is for England, 240 passengers, and the usual cargo. The Pacific arrived out at New York on the morning of the 31st of May. The steam-ship Star of the West had arrived from California with $413,791 in gold dust and a week's later intaigence. The Legislature ad journed on the Bth of May, without electing a United Shtes' senator. . . ~....._...,.... At Great Salt Lake a wanton assault had taken place by a Mormon mob upon a party of army officers and some ladies. . From Mexico there are dates to the 12th ult. Santa Anna had not returned from an expedition to Michoacan. Robberies and executions were daily taking place, and there were no signs of ame lioration. The Kane Arctic expedition was to' leave on the 2d inst. At Washington the Nicaragua scheme was re ported as entirely abandoned. An order from the Post-office department that both British and Ame rican postages to Turk's Island must be prepaid was to be issued shortly. The Canadian Parliament had adjourned without definitely concluding a proposition to denote lands to soldiers enlisting in the Foreign Legion for the Crimea. A further grant of 5,0001. for the Paris Exhibition was voted. Havannah news to the 25th ult. states that the prevalence of yellow level-end small-pox bad created great excitement. The siege of Cuba ceased on the 23d. In the markets sugar was unchanged, and molasses brisk. Several fires had taken place at New York and other towns. In the New York money market the business in exchange was moderate, and sterling for best signa tures was quoted at 9i to 10i ; France, sf. 15c. to sf. 121 c. The supply of outside bills was still limited ; others were without change, and the demand fair. The cotton market had again advanced one eighth to one-f.ourtb, with an active demand ; the coffee market was also better, with a fair demand. Western and state flour was 6! c. to 121 c. lower, and was quite irregular. The demand for the East and home traide had been good. Canadian was without change. Rye flour rather firmer, and corn-meal steak ply. There- was a fair demand for grain ; rye waslsoarce a and wanted ; oats lower, THE OVERLAND MAIL. Despatches has been received in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are—Calcutta, May 4; Madras, May 9; Bombay, May 12. ,The following is from the Bombay Times of May 12 : During the ten hays that have elapsed since the despatch of our last summary, no events of very general interest have transpired in India,which con tinues to remain perfectly tranquil. The disputes between Rajah Goolab Singh and his nephew appear to have been amicably settled. No further accounts of the proceeding of the Meeranzaie expedition from Peshawur have reached us, beyond a telegraphic message to the effect that 2,000 hill men had at tacked the camp, and were driven back with the loss of 15 killed and a great number wounded ; the casualties on our side were three troopers wounded. In the Nizam's dominions the Rohillas and other mercenary tribes have been committing excesses of all kinds; the Government troops employed to re press these irregularities have been successful. Ac counts continue to be received from the Burmese frontier of a very unsatisfactory nature, the Burmese Chief Moeng Bo being in open revolt. A golden pagoda had been recently dug up in Rangoon of the value of 2,0001 . The murder of Lieutenant Glasgow, of the 38th Bengal Native Infantry, two month% ago, by one of his sepoys at Cuttack, has just been avenged, the murderer having been hanged after trial by the civil authorities ; the villain was indifferent to the last, and amused himself while his irons were being taken of by heaping the most horrid abuse on those around him. The career of the Madras Exhibition was brought to a termina tion on the 28th ultimo, and Lord Harris has al ready announced the intention of Government to hold another of a similar character early in 1857. The Governor-General, we regret to say, continues in indifferent health. Lord Elphinstone and Sir Henry Somerset are still at Mahableshwar.—The hot weather may now be said to have fairly set in at Bombay, and all who can manage it have gone away to the hills.—Business is very dull, as the season is approaching to its close. Freights are steadily rising—money is rather easier, and Ex change has further advanced. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in India since the departure of the Mail on the 3d May, 1855. Bombay.—Lieutenant Lyon, 10th Regiment N. 1., Assistant Quartermaster-General, at Aden, on the 27th April. Bengal.—Assistant Surgeon J. J. Cole, at Murree, on the 25th April. A RAILWAY EXCURSION IN INDIA. In its summary, the Bombay Times directs attention to a report in another part of the paper of a railway ex cursion on the 30th of April. The novelty and peculiar interest of the fete lay in its being an invitation from an enterprising member of the native community.--Mr. Jamsetjee, who having nearly completed the section of the railway works entrusted to him for fourteen miles beyond Callian towards the Thul Gbaut, invited upwards of three hundred European and native gentlemen to inspect the works. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, MAY 11. 1 The Overland Mail of the 9th April arrived on the Bth inst., per Peninsular and Oriental steamer Madras. Our Money Market during the last ten days is without change, and rates of interest continue the same ; but as money is now becoming more abundant we are of opinion present rates cannot long be maintained. Four per cent. paper is without alteration. The Import Market is much in the same state, and the amount of business transacted is on a very limited scale. As the weather indicates the approach of our rains, the season pro mises to close with a depression which has characterised the marketthroughout. The only arrivalfrom the West is the David Brown, from London ; but the southerly winds, which are now prevailing, will no doubt bring up a number of vessels overdue, and considerably add to our supplies of cotton piece goods in importers' hands, which are already heavy. So little alteration is there in the general position of imports, that it is unnecessary to particularise , each description of goods, as the demand has been of the most limited kind, and at prices previously current, except for 40 and 45 inch grey shirtings of the lower makes, which have been in some slight inquiry, and for such a trifling advance has been given., Mad dapolam, 1,800 pieces; jacconet, 4,000 pieces; T Cloth, 300 pieces; and grey mules, Nos. 1 to 3, 14,700 - pieces, have only been reported as sold. C OT TON YARN.—The market continues very firm, and there is a steady demand for good qual i ty in the g rey ; but the business done has been small ; 70's and upwards. Mile, and 20's and 40's water, have slightly advanced in value—other counts remaining as before. Dyed orange and Turkey red are still very heavy to move, but the former has tho prefer ence in demand. No sales, however, are reported in either. WOOLLENS.—The inquiry is very dull. Some sales aro re ported to have been made, but the particulars have not trans pired yet. METALS.—Iron of all kinds are dull cf sale, and we can hear of nothing doing since our last : prices, however, remain as last quoted, except round nail rod, which is again lower iu value. Copper continues to advance in price, and the demand is very good, but there is little or no sto ck in first hands. Steel iu tubs and faggots are in slight inquiry. Pig lead iu demand at improved prices ; but sheet dull. Spelter without change. Tin plates are iu more inquiry at improved prices. EXPORTS. CcrrToN WooL.—The market has continued very active, and since receipt of the mail, bringing as it did improved accounts of the staple at home, considerable exAtement has prevailed among shippers, who have been acting freely at price s much above those previously currant, and in all close upon 10,050 bales have been purchased on European account. Broach now stands at Rs. 93, Dhollera, at Rs. 86, and Oomrawutte Rs 77 per candy, establishing an advance on last mail's quotation of Rs. 2to 4 per candy. The southerly winds still continue to prevail and to increase in force, so that our supplies of cotton are very limited for the season,' and as the weather has a very tusettled appearance, holders are not likely to relax in their demands, and high prices the consequent result. TONNAGE.— Rates of freight to Grew Britain continued much depressed and to give way until the arrival of the mail, which caused renewed activity in our cotton market, and we now quote 3/. 12s. 6d. to 3/. 15s. per ton of 50 feet, having been as low as 3/. 7s. 6d. for London, and in a. very ordinary and questionable vessel, 31. for Liverpool. Seeds are nominally at 3/. 17s 6d. EXCHANGE.—A rise in English exchange took placZ , on ar rival of the Norna on the 7th inst., with the China Mail, and the business done may be quoted at 2s. Igd. to 2s. lid. for China and First Clais Credits, and 2,5. 14d. for Documents. On Calcutta we quote Rs. 99i at sight, Rs. 98 at 60 days' sight, and on Madras Rs. 981 at 30 days' sight. - CALCUTTA, May 3. Our produce markets have even shown If)ss animation since the last mail than for some time previous ; ve can look for no activity, under the generally depressing advises of the home markets, unless' at a very co nsiderable reduction on the prices lately ruling.—ln Piece Goods the" importers are unable to move off any large quantities, for although it is imown that the up-country markets are bare, the disposition to speculate is languid. The money market continues in the same unsatis factory state we noticed in our last issue ; all are lookibgfor ward to a reduction of interest by the Bank of Bengal, but it is understood that the state of the treasury of that establish ment will not justify the directors in loosening the screw:- THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Iberia has arrived here with the Peninsular mails. She left Gibraltar on the 4th. Her Majesty's ships Gordon and Malacca had left Gibraltar for the Black Sea, with six gun-boats. The Transport, with the 7 th . liussars, had arrived at Gibraltar. The Iberia has brought twenty-nine boxes of specie, and sixty-eight passengers. m a sailor on boa' ft is ' e tur five The following is ft .° to f Cork. 00 04 0 0 ti former master in the c ounty of up al e r e 00 Otts i r ,.- - 0 a Russian document, P i a ,, trophy say 06 ' a gll t3° be Kertch, and sent home ay.. ...." 'lee'catch a rs j t of that memorable exploit :- that 1 bo, (A te i„d n g w.,0 , - - et .ss, Er ~,g You will see by the above he. b the last eoherle',.,, , iv' ral Ca p ' avAa 3 " la r ge ° Gent. .1 +be t'' e iegt . 50s honour to write to you. , i - t d - , s eie, ea r c. •, 0 the expedition I referred to in . , his command early this mon..ttil 2 e a. .jo; 0„ b ,i,leeti taken ; off we went again with 54 !`„ re hi d tbete ills' and small, with 20,000 troops. v bellies ' e h oer' of T bi u rt r h k d s. ay 7 titre eov e t r be 0'; I landed, 'A tD• eyesßu te embark. No sooner ha:. we continual fire, ..., 0 , c . ., t _ t e he a" 2 4i vtebd. heirte taonodkdnissetoonv _oder, so v or shipp:ng, which kept up Li _ l3. 3 ,,, e 0- : . 0 0° sion to burn, sink, and des t; oY D . ;'"=' , oir 0 10_ 0 % 0 0 1 . 1 ' e o va ransacked —beautiful ones, teo te, rhe pla, c o iret r _ t op were taken, the village set on fife. neor arr,' .oo , pr? .... the continual blaze. The Russian army's riders°,ooedt' '" no po' a s fast es they could, but our ship; s.'.heir the tr :We I saw many horses running without t'cflal3al3raift .eitbe! retreat. I was on ,shore assisting ~.1': _ d tot , _ 1 .0 . 1 The same General, &c., commands (.e r ., _o th ' ey 15 0 , 1 :_r a id : to e their retreat they blew up every bastte. h a ppy tO _ .op l . h aw with magazines, so that I am most n"Yrit VO 9 o, lll l ° , 0 0 A th , is taken without the loss of one rum' d a rk ;, h till v tvig .z , a fter t ot e e l , t o sight to see the batteries blow OP tog t ser r ' I 3 18 e fi oo fO . n o, 1 dreds of shells expleded in the a ir ' e ated ° Or l c; 00.. , t 1 1 ', , brasures. The people of Kertch tr __ on t° A 3v i o r, 43, e y a. s e 0 0; e with great kindness. To -day tb . . ~,,o, . ~1 0 . f it la " • is ' 100' ;Br cl , overtake the enemy ; they have, Our aI" P the ,i( 1 .1*( , We burnt all their shipping, &c.dreeaed i° ' h °l " it r k , p If Some of our men you will see mor e - ,1 °t he ,t , ;i 8 ; 1; ; ; 0 9 -a , women's clothes, dancing seg .. deo , g cri 0- lowe' o t ue. • 0 3 to , ly officers' uniforms, parading the I ca n° tra il' e t m ents. To oi L ing to play musical instru „ aye B ollie a . 0 , 1 , , h , hut ) " Were at I ought properly to you, I was 0- it. .•'• ii thisl its . self, if lam spared to return•l 1 , P w „ e to ee e There il , ... rw a,... . On 0 .1 ~. tray for 55., but I Ilea 1 1,, r ...l e ncite• - w rite 3 A andglass are se 4 ;in paintings, hins, , tooseurn. ~binss e ' O , OPPOSITION TO CHURCH RATES, PARISH OP ST, a beautiful collection for the , other „ s olv ed I 13 , CLEMENT DANES.—Yesterday the poll of tha ratepayers as a trophy, as I took it atu° ll r- There 3 coved *0 • Writing. 015,115 beet, 1 to of this parish on the question of a church rite of 2d. in give you an idea of their e board. ' e orl t oo t er the pound commenced at the vestry hall, Pickett place, Valuable thing.; brought 0 and they bo ats cat a t e eto eeo Strand. At four o'clock the first days poll terminated, terday from Sebastopol ; left their gu l3/ " ° b our $ e a a l l the numbers who voted being 3852 namely, for the rate, there, for the night We t were cut off i ~,eegaga toc' 221 ; agaiust it, 164—majority for the rate, 57. The attack a French fort, bu a t tho ea' l3 ;oi l . 400, a l " ,' poll re-opens at ten o'clock this morning. and all taken. The arxrq . ci lost /. to r/. DEATH OF CHARLES COCHRANE, t he awe a d Da t rf 9 000 Russi quarantine ,oo tei a ANE, E LATE ,CAN- killed -,- ~,t ___. , e e l° t ) Diniee FOR WESTIIINSTRit,_fhig 1 1 , 0 os-ession of the Qe gentetuan, w se p rove °1 ,Do name has long since been familiar, to -the public,Tind _ 'to uPI) ftegt i has been please(' 01 oe more especially so as a candiiate far the representation of Her I‘l'je3ll ,hed (late 5f 3et-Gen'fl Collei Westminster and the promoter of the system of "street , J. W. Smith, unattaA' ~,,i...tmit. Atj eta- _,,,,, 0.,. ‘ , 0 r ue o orderlies," expired on Wednesday;' at his residenee, No. 1”4" aPPuintud an n ' Ireland, i n tha t r e i le a to 1 ;: s h , 62, Nelson-square, Blackfriari-road, from an attack of Staff of the army i , d having been_,Vebber 6 of his or inflammation of the braie,-in the 48th year Mansfield, resignet nopie. Colo „ d a tieo! age, His death is sincerely regretted, especially hassy at Constar) i d eutered tiPon m'- 1 - .ly a large number of the poorer classes. arrived in Dublin an , . THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Great Western has arrived with intelligence from Rio, May 15th. The dispute between Paraguay and Brazils has terminated fatally. A change of ministry is expeeted at Brazil. At Rio the coffee market is firm. Tonnage is scarce. Exchange, 27 * to 274 at 60 days. In shares nothing has been done. Her Majesty's ships Indefatigable and Trident were at Rio. The Great Western has brought- specie to tl.e value of 25,0001. sterling, and 175 passengert. THE RUSSIAN SUPPLY QUESTION• It appears by private letters from Odessa, 0,. ~,.e 31st ult., that the occupation of the Sea of Azoff by the Allies was known there at that date , and had caused p great anxiety, although none of the details had com. trans menial relations with the coast towns of the ired. Many firms at Odessa,p who have kept lea of Azoff, saw in the event the ruin of their trade demand At Rostow, near the mouth o had Don, the for oats for the Russian cavalry g reatly enhanced the price, and on the 13th of May a c ontract was taken English quarters,) for by several inhabitants of Rostov to supply 50,000 chet werts (100 chetwerts equal 74. 4 delivery in the Crimea, a t the unus ual rate of 9 eilver oubles 50 copecks, to be paid in assignatt. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. STBAHA AND Co. --..---- Revelations are taking place with regard to the affairs of the banking-house of Strahan, Paul, and Bates wh as one ich are likely to put their case befo re the public of the worst upon record. The a mount of their liabilities, instead of being 350,000/. or 4 00 , 0001 . , as was repre stnted. on Saturday, are now admitted by them to be far greater, and to range at least b etween 500,000/. and 700,0001. They also admit that the prospects of their creditors are as bad as possible. A t the same time, their statements regarding the amount to which they have be - come involved with certain contra ctors for Italian rail ways are inadequate to explain this trem endous de ficiency, the utmost extent of their immediate lia bilities - on that account being beli eved to be 180,000 000/1., a lthough this sum is nominally incr eased to 350,. by commitments in the shape of guarantees. There is consequently every r e a son to fear that for along period the house has been existing u p on the property of those who have confided in them , and that the railway speculations were merely a desperate throw to retard a final break up, or to lose all. Among the banking in terest in the city the house has been believed for years to be one that was gradually dying out, and it appeare even now that they have ne creditors there, excep t O. few persons who'have rece ntl y been incautious enough to take some of their accep tances, which, it seems' have been attempted to be circulated in overal quarters within the last few weeks at 7 per cent . di !" count,' or any other race that c ould be obtained. It 14 , among eoblemen ail wealthy c ommoners at the eyes end that the disaster will be chiefly felt ; and them e art‘ ners acknowledge one case M which; at the it of 1 ti ° their stoppage, they held 40,0001. to the cred drawing account. Other communi cations are reentior3 ch which leave no doubt that when a full examination taees place instances of cruel hardship will transpire su have rarely been exceeded. With regard to the bar f being kept open and payments made during tol("ile:a Saturday, when on Friday nightit had been asoorta'ne. that its existence could under no circumstances be pr longed beyond another day, it appears that no exeht e er ; tion is attempted, and the indignation general. Every daytbat the bank has been kept open during the past year or two must, however, hav,etsiof volved an equally deliberate violatibn of the rig : u w ill all parties.. Under such circumstances the Pu bh° ecy demand that the investigation in the Bankroloing Court should be of the strictest and most er r ci c beera character, although it is inferred that the fiat m a e ff o rt obtained through a friendly channel, and that an effort will consequently be made to secure a choice eiealgattleith. which may prevent the case being "vigcronsirs by eeeh As to the share of responsibility to be sustaioe ~..,.t t ot individual partner reports vary; and, from tto ; use of is there' eu each one in turn is mentioned as the prie ei P al a ll etr e the mischief, it may be assumed, perhaps' that . J o hn compromised in a like degree. In the case 0 , f Paul the circumstance that the entail of kas Sirt estates ig eS : ed as a favourable feature, since it would glow said to helve been already cut off may be ee listr be hell that Co ed to others. The firm were connected with unreservedly included himself in the ruin he bas to m ; panies, Sir John being governor of the CoPP er a ers' Association, and chairman of the Railway re? s re e an of Assurance Company, while Mr. Bates was 0 - ea lr S a aarY the Namur and Liege Railway. It is scarcely ee c e f the to add that the feeling excited by every feature Tier i n case derives additional intensity from the 010 1 b e en ' which the attention of men of business has eenttLetios. excited by the unlooked-for developenients in oee' with the affairs of Davideon and Gordon.-riwies ---arrige joS REDUCTION' OF THE BATE AND . vasioSiner; a COUNT BY THE BANK OF -ENv --- ; ------4.-- ( l a ced th e i The Bank of England yesterday have re d s tooo. .' rsiantceeetfhdeis3edouonftmfaroymto43plerpecrecnetntat which it be tea t" t, icip The measure had been so completely ante le d to instead of causing any advance in- the fund' itbo,3sbo bed realisations on the part of several speculator,' it wo uld recently made purchases under the conviotienk the pro' occur. For a few days during the past w ee .peenied bability of gold being required to be sent to Per i we d ten . to render a temporary delay probable, but a retno bas dency to an improvement in the French an by the since manifested itself, and is further confirree_,,es the, quotations received yesterday. At the tin'eb7rete o f last reduction was made it was thought that t,__ , le o; 4 per cent. would probably be maintained ree',,asaeler time, but the favourable turn which has sub9,4the re occurred in the prospects of the harvest, eu' n w hole peated successes in the Crimea, have altered te°, and aspect of affairs, and caused a rise of betweenit:tio 0 per cent. in the funds. As reg ards any direct to and the the money-market, the reducti on is not thelikeY doneot much influence. When the supp l y is beyond t wit eo the Bank can never descend to any safe out in t" being underbid by the other establishroeuts .; I . og a tee s he present case the general rates already preoi ling Of . t e ' il . them are sufficiently low to prevent the rt ece .; oo t. e movement being met by any further aetOseras ti part. Paper of a choice description has been freely negotiated at 3 per cent., and t a Ot t o for be pr ot i bility is that, with some occasional exceptionst_eeo the will be made at that rate. The last period r o g be' Bank rate of discount was as low as 3t per ceniiioe tit° tween June and September, 1853. The b i ll 01 titer ranged between 17,000,000/. and 18,000,,000,eat at a + eels were about 98. The bullion is. now e l „ i 'Ot t same point, but the amount of notes unelrtie," larger by more than 2,000,0001. — Times 011 -----------------' vrogif ROYAL SOUTH LOND.ON FLOP- Yesterday, the second of this society'A e . , l c ole o 0 TURAL SOVIET Y. ni. _ties m bitio - ae o the season, was held at Cremorne-gardeos, " be a. ,cuLt P I ' 1 , 13 0 1 having come to the conclusion, from the irl,r;bieti 1.-iot larity of these gardens, and the facility w1 t , ) ,,01i5 , , t ,,, 1 .ir enybe formedreach eadmfroorme eligibleevery p a a r r e t a o f f o r th e in e a 1 . 0 0 t ti.. , of can flowers than their usual place of exhibtitirond..:Tecinj,va°oitit7.::, the beauty and variety of the flowers elb3 of 9e9te,rtive. could be more successful than the she yf ii a ttr'" f O ,ll The heaths and pelargoniums were es pecia ti Y c ,, 076 ta and on one rose tree we counted as ma c'crbilla be blown buds ; but several circumstances a cow ' u r th 3 render the attendance of visitors sma" e- 0 the desired, , s ot se as° o re Altogether during the whole of th eared jo grea te ier proprietor of 'Cremorne has been eaP:d duo oti. struggle against his atmospheric foe, °'" brie estateer.fo, provements which he fobs made w of ent nn the novelties he has introduced in the re .., d vlbiam bec i ' 6lQ ments have been comparativelY V ° • bt ha ve , 0 ,- ; . t b. hey log don. , , more favourable circutnstances t- of edifices,an , n a tile the taik of all the pleasure-se'elteorgdo offered to tb o its tasteful gardens, its fanciful w , funt are ~,,,rise,. various amusements of every kina ,uciividaal entxt:trbtil• public, Cremoine, as a result of irj , babyllet, le e 110 . of is little short of marvellous. markedAlilel e L di c i P clo i r i f ig liantly put upon a small stage's" s thae :Hitei,lli O'c:3 grotesque talent more commo sire; ari _ n o , _ 0 ad..' performed in a commodious th spaceo or the gy.l , by daylight ; a lame circus afford-se trios a' d O IP ti visesv nests,7he a o lie f n„c a lour m d if o na s oc t et,hi oe efficient s hort, f r° o ot it e : l b t ther e ig s°--5 Wl3°' ll • so tha t' f a tter" rt!_iividuse end perpetua y going on, o'clock in the afternuacsuelnen A the " f a ster le:' tuooeY' out retire home early, an , . - t far their 0 03 come late, are sure to find plop y ~,,, es to, of p ro o ; which i. 1 it is hard to limit the functions u iet 1/. 3ce .era f h btoritiaoltrelindeitdyli::; 6e s, _ _ d ~ p e rsu. ~ 0.1,0 . performs. In one single day it i 9 % q r I _-, a t s' WhI C , menade, a respectable family te•t-g. ca_oeustippet.s_.oo, 1 regular dinners—not rnerely for 04 danuoVa rolly'f form an item of recreation— a gig:q des a ll t ,.. 1 1 1 36' 5b ePe 0 63 t..heatre, an amphitheatre ; em to M e , dto P . 4 ni ' fortune-,telling, eec., which se la be hard tha t j i rifle-shooting,g• point fo r those nl riean various abcodwi divers o ni:iert.i eye yie-reyeouliescortee r i ,:! 1 i ,: t: tion of tas:6 and talent. It you „ — o l o ne, lea,sure substantial or triv the sort of i'• '.......:,......................../. to be found k t Cre ' n"rne. st___ 0 . IF I' ' 0 4 THE CAPTUR.E OF ge i rd t l r t tt eto 0 of ) 0 a