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

ECYAL 0: ELIA, DECRY LANE. Levee. Mr. E. T. Smith. Tina E.VF.1511. 4 0, Will be performed Dontzetti's )41.1 Gran dieera, called or LUCIA. DI L kb1.11.3100R. Characte:s by M a Gassier, Gassier, and Signor irmandi. To conc'ude with a Grand F.B.EN-CII BLLET, supported by Mal Palnyra, Paolo, .1. Fliant, &c. Prices of admission: —To the two galleries, 61; second cir,le of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; sta Is, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 105. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. TRCATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the mana.;ment of Mr. Bookstone. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE LADY OF LYONS. Principal charac ters by Me•srs. Howe, Rogers, Walters, Chippendale, and Berry Bnilivan ; Miss Helen Fancit, and Mrs. Griffiths. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAarace Knit. THIS EVF.NING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To cemlude with 'KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Qt een Fa thariee, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directreas, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he Dr.?.sentel •lA• 7 ET PitTDE. ChargrtPri by ble , sri. B Webster, C. lby, Darien, Ke2ley, an 3 Paul Be3ford ;Ma 'ame Celeste and MIAs 11. Keeley. To conclule with A NEW' EDITION' OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. RIYAL OLYMPIC TIIEATAE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will ba performed THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Yessrs. Emery, Leslie, DallVer3, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by STILL WATERS RVN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan , Emery, G. Vining, Dan vers , miss masiten, and Mrs. Melfort. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, wail be performed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. To be followed by THE PET OF THE PUBLIC. After which, A RAFFLE FOR AN ELEPHANT. To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Transcendent result of the Whitsuntide Spectacle of Chivalry ! THIS EVENING, and Every Evening, The new Grand and Gorgeous Chivalric Spectacle by J. H. STOC- QuElm. Esq., called. ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DA YS of CHIVALRY, or. the Brothers in Arms , with the magnificent Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, &c. -• titer which, the novel ACTS In the ARENA, and other entertain ments. Sox-office open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ten DAT —Morning 53 min.+►fter 5 Evening 27min. art. 6 To-74( mow— Morning 58 min.af .;er 6 I Evening3l min. att. 7 rL WYIAT32III.—Sini Orlics„Tuno G. TTERMOMETER, IN THE SRADE. 67—highest since noon yestertlay. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, up to 2912, now down to 29.86. WIND, S.S.E.—Light breeze, with fine summer weather. , Mfl LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1855. The debate has been again adjourned, and very properly so. It is right that Honourable Gentle men should have the opportunity of explaining the reasons by which they are actuated in giving the votes by which their future reputations will be materially affeQted—it is right that the several constituencies should become thoroughly acquainted with the views and feelings of their respective representatives, to ascertain how far they are in accordance with each other, and to determine on the propriety of a renewal of the important trusts now confided to their charge—it is right that foreign nations should understand how fully and completely the public opinion of England is in favour of a vigorous and energetic management of the War, and against any dishonourable or premature peace. The opportunity thus afforded has already induced Ministers to es , uine a very different tone. They see that the slightest appearance of vacillation or of dissension in the Cabinet would be the Signal for their immediate downfall. They recognise the necessity, and submit with a tolerably good grace to their' new characters of "English, and not German, Ministers." Since the auspicious day on which the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Bucks handed in his notice there has been a complete change in the Ministerial tone, and their doings have been - in accordance with the new light that thus rapidly broke in on them. Tho War has been vigorously pushed on. Important successes have been achieved, and, better still, the Conferences of Vienna have been finally closed. That incubus is no longer permitted to paralyse the national energies, or to afford hope to Russia. Prince GORTSCHAKOFF . s new " dilatory plea" for time to obtain instructions from St. Petersburg was peremptorily rejected, and the ne gotiations having been thus broken off there is no shadow of a pretext for asserting that the Western Powers are still bokltiti by "the Four Points," and not entitled, if they can do so, to curtail the ter ritory and diminish the power of Russia elsewhere than in the Black Sea ! Austria must, therefore, declare herself. Her condition cannot be one of " expectancy." The closing of the Conference has brought matters to a crisis. She must either take an active part in the War or be contented to sink into a position scarcely more respectable than that to which Prussia has been consigned, and from which she will find it difficult, if not impos sible, ever to extricate herself. In addition to these very important results, we find the Government now desirous, or at least professing to be desirous, of assuming the initiative, and taking the opinion of the House and country on the entire negotiations. This " dodge," however, will not now answer. It is " too late." Like the German Powers they have been lagging behind the progress of events, an d find that they have waited too long ; that the course which would once have been hailed with rapturous enthusiasm, and entitled them to the thanks and gratitude of the people, is now re ceived with contempt, because they did not lead, or even proceed pant passes, with the public opinion, but• - waited until no alternative remained but vigorous and energetic proceedings, or a speedy and disgraceful expulsion from office. The Hon. Gentleman the member for the West Ridi ng has completely sacrificed the scanty rem nant of the high character he once possessed. His name once stood high in the opinions of the people. The most implicit faith was reposed in the patriotism and integrity of his motives. Now the "gilding" kas been stripped from the quondam idol, and the " baseness of the metal" of which it is formed is now clearly reve a le d- The copper peeps out on every side. It is not silver, nor even " British metal," but the most worthless mixture. On t hi s po i n t th ere can b e no mistake. Th e reputation acqu ired in fi g htin g the battle of the People against the powerful oligarchy ha s been forfeited by becoming the champion of des potism, the advocate of injustice, the supporter o f the degradation of his country. While Mr. Complar restricted himself to fiscal subjects, while he strove to overthrow the monster griev ance that afflicted the great body of the people, he was, indeed, a great man. His simple, un adorned el°1"1 ("lee went to the very hearts of the people, and many were prepared - to follow In any direction that he might lead. But his career has ' furnished another illustration of the accuracy of the adage, "Ne sutor ultra crepidam."• He speedily got out of his depth, and floundered heavily in the sea of casuistry in which he em barked. He has totally mistaken his province. Though unsurpassed when propounding and sup porting the truth, he has many superiors in the art of " making the worse appear the better rea son," of " playing on words," and disappointing the general expectation. In such respects he can bear no comparision with his new Allies—the Peelites ; he is not merely inferior to the great ' artist Mr. GLADSTONE, but to almost any of those trained in his school. - Sir JAMES GRAHAM also damaged him self to no trifling extent by his pro-Russian arguments. New light was thrown on the causes of our earlier failures during the War. It was owing to the divisions in the Cabinet — to the determination of those entrusted with the control of several departments more immediately connected with the management of hostilities. We have heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and, we suppose, the Secretary at War, will still be forth coming. But all the poison they have instilled, or may instkl, will be neutralised by a powerful antidote in the shape of an earnest expression of opinion by independent members, which will not, and cannot be mistaken by other nations—by faithful friends—by avowed enemies—or by con temptible neutrals ! Entirely as our views are opposed to those of Mr. M. GIBSON on the great question of the re sumed debate, we must confess our agreement with him on one constitutional and practical point of the highest importance. Mr. GrßsoN maintained, citing names as authorities, of quite equal weight at least to those of our present nisters, or all who differed from him, the consti tutional power of the House of Commons to advise the Crown. The authority of Fox and SHERIDAN cannot well be sneered at by a pure Whig Cabi net. They must pardon all whose opinions are more swayed by names than by arguments for thinking these mighty dead as likely to be right as their living representatives. Lord PALMERSTON will surely not be remembered so long as " SHERRY," nor Lord JOHN RUSSELL as pire to equality with Fox. Let, however, the question be settled by rea son, especially as enlightened by recent facts. Mr. BAXTER, the new man of the people from the far north, and Sir E. L. BIIIWER, the intellectual and elegant Conservative of the south, both ob. jected to the House of Commons prescribing any line of policy for her MAJESTY'S Government. The arguments appear to psolve themselves into two. One is that, by so doing, the House would entrench on the prerogatives of the Crown ; the other, that by detracting from the responsibility of Ministers, it would relax their diligence and caution in the discharge of their duty. • In regard to the first, it is, if honestly exa mined, a fiction and nothing better. The prero gative of the Cro►vn is to act as advised by its Ministers. Those Ministers are responsible to the House of Commons for the advice they give her MAJESTY. Now, as a person must be the servant chiefly and principally of those who can call him to account, and who can even compel his dismissal, or if he be dismissed in opposition to their will can compel his reinstatement, it seems -clear that in a constitutional sense our Ministers are servants of the House as well as of the Crown. If it be techni cally true that to make war• and peace are prerogatives of the Crown, it is yet true that the Crown must be advised to one or the other, by those whom the House tacitly or avowedly confides in. Such being the relation between these estates of the realm, why should it be thought invading the prerogative of the Crown for the House to declare the advice which it requires those whom it holds responsible to offer to her MAJESTY ? They can resign if opposed to the advice, and her MAJESTY can dissolve ,Parliament if she does not relish it, or thinks the nation differs from the House of Commons. The Crown is now, in truth, but the head of an Executive for carrying out government by the nation. The Crown only reigns, the nation governs ; and it seems mere red-tapery, and routine, and system run to seed, to deny to the House of the governing people, the right, on important occasions at least, to advise the Crown directly, and thus to pre clude the possibility of the QUEEN'S responsible advisers injuring, it may be irremediably, those to whom they are responsible. If Ministers or the QuEmr do not like the advice, they have, as we have already observed, their constitutional re medy. No occupation, for instance, would be so superlatively delightful to Lord JOHN RUSSELL as to return an answer, contained in a single line, to an unwelcome address to the Throne, and to an nounce immediately after that her MAJESTY awaited the attendance of Honourable Members in another place to bo forthwith sent back to the places whence they came. The other objection, of diminishing too much the sense of responsibility under which Ministers act, is a question purely of fact. We of the Press have just experienced that Ministers held themselves responsible for giving effect, not to an address to the Crown, but to a mere resolution of the House. They pleaded their responsibility for doing it ; they showed themselves, however, in no way hampered by it. They appeared to think the task of carrying out their directions quite responsibility enough. In the same way it would be surely a task sufficient for any set of men to carry out in details the general duty pre scribed to them by the House. Into what are properly details no popular assembly would ever venture. We have, indeed, a modern ex ample to our hand in the Senate of America, which more nearly answers to our House of Com mons than the House of Representatives does. No treaty can be ratified without its approbation, and it does not hesitate to indicate its views of foreign and general policy, yet it never foolishly descends to the subordinate matters which pro perly belong to the Executive ; nor have des potic States been backward to maintain diploma tic relations with the free-speaking Republic. We must think, however, that the late crisis goes far to settle the whole question. The Houses of Parliament (Earl GREY, with the Manchester and GLADSTONE school, excepted) seem now to participate in the amazement and thank fulness with which we look back to our escape from the infamous Vienna Confer ences and the Four Points. Russia, not our Ministry, has saved us from a humiliation we re volt from contemplating, and from an armed peace whose cost and dangers we shudder to think of. All our waste of blood and treasure were to have been really thrown away ; not one word was spoken of herself never Austria in he the brave Cire • Alanders, pecuniary indemnity, a thing Russia forgot to exact from Turkey or from somreuonfri:teous wars ; not a word of has dragged acro ss - 11 assians, or even of the unfortunate Not a word, of course, of th Russia, this very winter, the 'Baltic ice to Siberia e destruction of the fortifications of Sebastopol ; not a word of any thing that Russia cared about, except the limita tion of her navy. That was confessed to be most easily evaded ; all the rest consisted entirely in drafts on Russian honour, frankness, and since rity ! The Conference at Vienna has convinced us that secret diplomacy can never more be trusted, that Plenipotentiaries need instructions from the House of Commons, and that no treaty ought to be ratified without consent of Parlia ment. ' LATEST NEWS. The Moniteur announces that the Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Pelissier JUNE 3, 11 P.M. The Russians have evacuated Soudjak Kaleb, and themselves destroyed 60 guns and six mor- ars. The Cireassians occupy the place. A telegraphic despatch from Rustchuk, dated the 4th of June, announces that the telegraphic communication between Varna and Balaklava has been interrupted. It is feared that some days will be required to establish it. The Moniteur announces the official closing of she Vienna Conferences. VIENNA, TUESDAY EVENING. A despatch, dated Galatz, June 1, says : There was a great fire last night in the Artil lery and Cavalry stables, close to the ammunition depot. The Austrian garrison succeeded in ex- inguishing the fire, but 103 horses were burnt. The cholera is said to have appeared in the Austrian army in Gallicia. Letters received from the East mention the probability of an attack on. Anapa by the Allied armies, supported by Mustapha Pacha's corps and the Circassians. It is probable that some notice of such an intention has prompted the new move. ment reported. FRAN CE. PARIS, TUESDAY. We have received the following private tele graphic despatches : " BERLIN ' 4th, Evening.—Accounts from St. Peters burg of the 31st ult. inform us that the Czar by an Im perial ukase, has called on the Cossacks of Tschernigow, Rultava, and Lesser Russia to form part of the army about to be immediately organised for the defence of the Russian empire." "MADRID, 4th.—The Gazette publishes the decree re lative to the suspension of the Constitutional guaran tees. The regulation of the national militia is in a con servative sense. Catalonia is declared in a state of siege. The insurgents have disappeared from Aragon." The Moniteur announces that the King of Por tugal finds it impossible to grant the numerous audiences which he is daily requested to accord. The Psyche frigate left Toulon yesterday for Cun stantinople with troops and stores on board. A letter from Bucharest of the 31st explains the cause of the late seizure of vessels on the Danube by the Russians, which we mentioned a few days ago. The vessels, it appears, were Greek, but papers were found on board which proved that the cargoes were intended for London. General Luders has not as yet given any decision in the matter. BOURSE, JUNE S.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. En i of Month. 41 per Cents. 94 ' 94 30c. 3 per Cents 7O 20 70 50 Credit Mobilier B9O Roman Credit Fonder 530 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 94 Spanish Threes Piedmontese BB Home Debt 3l/ RAILW AY S - . FOR CASH. fr. c. Orleans Western 7OO Ronen Cate 662 50 Strasburg . Bletliterranean 1197 50 Havre 595 , Northern TURKEY. MARSEILLES 4.—The Indus steam-packet has ar rived to-day with accounts from Constantinople to the 28th ult. The Turkish Government is about to negotiate a new loan. It is said that Aali recently named Grand Vizir in the room of Reschid Pacha, has resigned. The army of Anatolia con tinues to be organised ; it now amounts to 35,000 men and 130 pieces of cannon. It is said that the expeditionary army will march from Kertch on Kaffa. The accounts from Kamiesh come down to the 26th. The last of the Sardinian regiment, had arrived at head-quarters. The health of the troops was excellent and the weather fine. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg states that Ptince Menschikoff, after a short stay in the Russian capi tal,, had set off for Finland. A letter from St. Petersburg, of 27th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says " Accounts from Simpheropol and Katasabasar state that the families of the Russian employs and soldiers are abandoning Tanrida, under the pretence of the dear ness of provisions, but in reality from a fear that the whole of the Crimea will be conquend. For some time past orders have been given not to send any more troops into the Crimea, in order not to cause too much difficu:ty in pro3nring supplies for them. and also in order not t , ) sacrifice their all, the picked troops of the Russian armies. The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael are not to return to the Crimea." THE BALTIC. A letter from Faroe Sound, in the Baltic, re ceived last evening, states :—" May 30.—The Belleisle hospital-ship has arrived and taken charge of the sick establishment on shore ; she came in here on Friday. The Pylades came in on Sunday last, from Kiel, with three gun-boats ; she proceeds on, as soon as ready, to join the fleet off Seskar. The Firefly, Captain Otter, has just arrived with the mail for Dantzic ; the Princess Alice takes it on. The French squadron of Rear-Admiral Pe nand (four screw line-of-battle ships and one cor vette) passed in sight of this on Sunday, and com municated without coming to an anchor. Colliers are arriving daily ; two or three transports with provisions and stores are also here." HER MAJLSTY'S VISIT TO PARIS. A letter from Boulogne says :—"la anticipation of the intended visit of the Queen of England and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Paris Exhibition, the preparations for the reception of those illustrious per sonages, who are to land here, may he said to have already commenced. Her Majesty and the Prince Con sort, who are to be attended by a brilliant retinue, are to occupy an extensive suite of apartments at the Hotel Brighton, at which establishment it will be recollected Prince Albert stayed during his visit to Boulogne last year, as also the King of the Bel gians, and the King of Portugal. The principal sa loons of the Hotel destined for the especial accom modation of her Majesty are at present in process of re decoration. It is said the Queen will sojourn at Bou logne one or two days, and that there will be a grand review of the French troops. The Emperor will come from Paris to receive her Majesty on landing and wel come the Queen to France. There will be very gay doings, and most of the houses adjacent to the hotel are already let to families of distinction. The English people may rest assured that the reception of their Sove reign and her illustrious husband will be in every respect worthy of their exalted station. The precise day for the arrival of the Queen is not yet definitively fixed, but it is generally supposed that the visit will take place towards the close of the present month." A Paris correspondent of the hidependance Belge states that the views of Baron de Marderstroem, who has just been named Swedish Minister at Vienna, are favourable to the policy of the Western Powers. BARON VON BRUNNOW.—A daughter of Baron Von Brunnow, the late Russian Minister in London, is en gaged to be married to Herr Anton von Magnus, Prus sian Secretary of Legation at Stuttgard, and son of the banker of that name here. The Queen and Prince Albert visited Gore House, Kensington, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, to in spect the works of students incthe metropolitan and pro vincial schools in connection with the department of Science and Art, Marlborough House, these works, to the number of more than 600, having been sent in com petition for prizes, and to exhibit the progress made during the past year. Her Majesty expressed her sati-- faction at the works, and desired to have some of the exhibited designs manufactured for her. A private view takes place to-day, and to-morrow the collection will be open to the public. • Miss Arabella Goddard, who has been giving concerts at Trieste with great success, has left for Venice. MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. _, A -___ CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed with a very animated feeling, at the full advance of id. per lb. for all descriptions of cotton. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales (10,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export). The Railway Share Market was rather lower. In a statement of the aggregate importations into the United Kingdom of sugar, the quantity for 1854 is given at 3,619,306 cwts., against 2,298,878 cwts. in 1853. The distinction between colonial and foreign samples is no longer observed in the entries since last July, when the duties were equalised. The rates of duty upon sugar have been sub jected to constant changes for years past. Never, in fact, does any article appear to have been more interfered with. In the year 1800, British West India, brown or Muscovado, was charged 1/. per cwt. ; in 1813, 1/. 103. ; in 1845, only 14s. ; in 1848, 15s. 2d. ; in 18511 lls. Bd., and in 1853, 13s. 5d., and since July, 1854, 17s. 4d. and 16s. have been the rates on all descriptions of w h a t e ver growth. Since the year 1800, Foreign 156,196 cwts. in 3/ t . lie 3s. un l it n ed the K y in ea g r_ has been charged as high as ; in 1853 it d lBo om o o t f h a e l t l o s t u a g l a c r op w s a u s m 2 p , had risen to 7,272,83 3 cwts. ; and in 1854 was over 8,000,000 cwts. The net revenue, therefore,which was but 2,162,1411. in the year 1800 was last year over 4,700,0001. The Evening Star, from Melbourne, brings about 16,0001. in gold. The yacht Mystery had arrived out in rather less than 4 months. The English Stock Market has been feeble, and prices are scarcely so high. At the commencement of business Consols were quoted 91-i, and they have since been 91 1 , The decline yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal continental cities has been one of the causes assigned for the existing heaviness, especially as a small amount of gold was taken for exportation. The bulk of the last receipts of gold, however, has been delivered at the Bank of England. Paucity of business, now the public buying for investment is over, and the fact the Bulls have large amounts out, causes the present lull. a Bank Stock is firm at 210. Exchequer Bills have been 20s. to 235. pm., and India Bonds 225. pm. East India Stock is at 235 to 238. Nothing has been done in the Om nium. Foreign Securities have been dull, and even Turkish have receded, being 818 , to 821. • Mexican bring 22, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. 481. Bra zilian Old Bonds have been marked par. Spanish Threes are 38i, and the Deferred 18/ to k. Dutch 2i per Cents. realised 64/ to 65k. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7/ ; Mexi can, 21i- to 221 s ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 38 to 381 ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4/ Ditto Passive, 3 1 to 4k. The railway meetings announced are the follow ing Company. Date. Place. Bristol and Exeter June 6, Bristol. Central Penins. of Portugal June 15. Portugal. Furness June 15, St. James's-street. London and North-Western June 13, Euston-station. North-Eastern ' Royal Swedish July 5, Gottenbnrg. Royal Danish St. Andrews and Quebec, (Class A) With less business doing sales of shares are rather pressed, and prices consequently aro lower. The decline is not material, but it corresponds to that which has occurred in the English funds. The Caledonian, Great Western, and Midland have all been lowet. Foreign Shares in some cases very active. Antwerp and Rotterdam are -A- to lower. Great Western of Canada have advanced 10s. to 15s. The Belgian lines are not quite so good. In the Mining Market the transactions have been in the Brazilian at rather lower rates, and in United Mexican. at a slight decline. Tke Joint Stock Bank shares are quiet at barely the previous rates. Crystal Palace shares are about the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'01,1) (.Fro . r.tke O ffi cial Lid.) . - . . nminos do” Bank Stock ... ...... . ....... ~... 2lO 3 por Cent. Reduced Annuities... ...•. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cont. Annuities . 914 2a i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan.. 1860 Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16;; India Stock India Bowls, XlOO Consols /or Account, ICtth July 9lB i Cxchequer Bills, 24d. £5OO 23 Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 38 per Cent. looi i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOO Ditto Small ............. , lOO Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian 13onds, 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ditto Small '' , panish Bowls, 3 per Cent 3, 1 Ditto New Defei:ed, 3 por Cent lB l.u•kish Bonds, 6 par cent Ditto for the Account. .. .... 82 1B 21 tnvmende on the above payable in London. Dutch Exebanire, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull 6l-,} 5 a Ditto 2 par Cent. Ctatifieate3 ..„. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols ..................................... 91i $ Ditto Account, 10th July 9ll if RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending June 2, 1855 £15,133 5 11 Corresponding week last year 18,809 7 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 241,039 4 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 248,095 13 4 LONDON AND;SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic ie turn for the week ending June 2, 1855 £19,831 6 10 Corresponding week last year 16,436 19 1 Increase in 1855 ...R3,394 7 9 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 2, 1855 £6,206 7 11 Corresponding week last year 6,023 10 2 Increase in 1855 ,RlB'2 17 A SHIP ON SEIORE.—ANTWERP, JUNE 4. —The Henry William Mitchell (English schooner), from Liverpool to Rotterdam, is on shore off Terveere. Her cargo is dis charging. WRECKS.-41 return just published shows that the number of vessels wrecked in the month of May was 98 ; in April, 109 ; March, 149 ; February, 164 ; and in January, 238—making a total of 758 vessels wrecked during the present year. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending, June 2—Number admitted, including season ticket holders, 61,549 ; amount received for admissions, 1,913/. Ils. 6d. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Shilling-day.—June 5. -Admis sions on payment, 8,275 ; ditto by season tickets, 507. Total, 8,782. COLLISION AT SEA.—DEAL, Wednesday.—The Im peratrice, screw steamer (220 transport), from London for the Crimea, got in collision with the Belgian schooner Commerce, off Dungeness, last night. The schooner has lost bowsprit and sustained other damage, and the trans port damaged to such an extent that she was compelled to put back, making so much water that she has sunk in the Gull Stream, with her bows under water. Three tugs are in attendance on her. CRICKET.—The annual match of the Marylebone and Surrey Clubs was commenced at Lord's on Monday, and resulted in the Surrey Club being beaten in one inn ings and 14 runs. It was concluded yesterday. Score : Marylebone, Ist innings, 193 ; Surrey, Ist innings, 56 ; 2d innings, 123. BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERlCA.—Yesterday the yearly meeting of- the proprietors of this corporation was held st their head-office in Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Oliver Farrer presiding. The report stated that the net profits for the year ending 30th December, 1854, were 99,691/. 17s. 2d., which sum, though about 1,000/. less than the year preceding, in reality repre sented a largei amount of business, as a greater amount had been added i n 1854 t o the reserve fund. The balance of undivided profits on the 30th of Decem ber, 1854, was 140,0411. 7s. 2d., being an increase on the rest of 14,691/. 17s. 2d. over the previous year. The directors proposed a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., and a bonus of 30s. per share. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said the affairs of the bank were never in a more healthy or prosperous con dition. The report was adopted, as was also a resolu tion authorising the directors to apply a sum of 2,0001. for the benefit of the family of Mr. Attwood, their late secretary, who died suddenly on the 24th of April last. The directors, who retired in rotation, were Mr. W. It. Chapman, Sir A. P. Green, and Mr. J. J. Cummins, all of whom were re-elected. THE EXPEDITION TO THE -SEA OF AZOFF. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 28.—The Banlhee has just arrived, bringing news which gladdened the heart of every Englishman. Kertch, was taken on the Queen': birthday, without firing a gun. The whole of the correspondence between the Governors of Kertch and the military authorities, together with the archives of the place for many years, were found floatieg in the ' harbour by a midshipman of the Royal Albert, and are safe in the possession of the English. From these it appears that the want of provisions was much felt in the Crimea, bread having risen to double its former price. A letter was found ;tom the Russian Commander-in-Chief, ordering the immediate preparation of an hospital for 16,000 :sick and wounded, a proof that the Russians expect not only an unhealthy season but a bloody campaign. The possible bare particulars are as follows :—On the' 23d a mixed force, consisting of 10,000 French, 5,000 Turks, and 3,500 English, left Kamieih and Balaklava. The expedition entered the Straits of Kertch on Thursday (24th) and reduced the forts of Ambulaki, the enemy aban doning the place and blowing up five magazines. The gunboats silenced the Pavlovskaya battery, destroyed Russian gun-boats, and took a number of small brigs.' The garrisons of Kertch and Yenikale, said by some to be 10,000 strong, by others to amount only to 2,000, were seen to leave and fall back into the interior by the southern road. Meantime, the troops landed without opposition at Ambulaki, where they bivouacked for the night. 'They then moved in towards Kertch. Dur ing this time the gun-boats were actively engaged beat ing up the Tamanskoi Gulf, and in reducing the forts on the sand-bank. All the inhabitants fled, and many of the houses were burning on Thursday. By 3 o'clock on Friday, Kertch and Yenikale were in the hands of the Allies, with all the guns in batteries anti the stores. The flotilla at once entered the Sea of Azoff, which it will penetrate up to within 20 miles of Taganrog. The ene my had entirely disappeared by Friday evening. Nearly 3,000 men have set 'out from Yarna to form the nucleus of the Turkish Contingent. LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. VILLEBOIS V. VILLEBOIS. This case stood in the Lord Chancellor's paper to-day or the purpose of obtaining the sanction of his lordship to a compromise that had been proposed among the parties. • The Lord Chancellor considered the proposed compro mise a fair one to be adopted by all parties, and ordered it be carried out. MLYNELL Y. =TEES. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occu pied his lordship the remainder of the day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Lord Campbell announced that the Court would sit after term on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of June, to dis pose of the arrear of business in the Crown, special, and new trial papers. Country cases would be taken first. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice Williams and a special jury.) BARNSTAPLE ELECTION.-GRANT V, GUINNESS, M.P. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning from Wednesday last in a crowded court. Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Powell were for the plain tiff, and Mr. Wood for the defendant. The action, it will be recollected, was brought to re cover the sum'of 1361. 18s. 6d., the amount alleged to be due for the defendant to the plaintiff for services per formed and money paid by him at the election of Mr. Guinness far the borough of Barnstaple. The trial was adjourned for the production of further evidence in proof of the plaintiff's claim. Mr. Jerwood, the election auditor, was called, and stated that, to the best of his belief, in the accounts sent in there was none from the plaintiff. The defendant himself was then recalled, and .was examined at some length. The trial was proceeding when our despatch was for warded, and was expected to occupy the whole of the day. (Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis, and Justices Mamie, Cress well, .and Crowder.) WALKER V. BARTLETT. Mr. Macnamara - applied for a, rule to set aside a non suit in this _case, which was directed to be entered by Mr. Justice Williams, at Guildhall, and to substitute a verdict for the plaintiff. The action, it appeared, was brought to recover the ansount of some calls paid by the plaintiff on some mining fihares, after these shares bad been made over by the plaintiff to the defendant. The first count was a protnise to indemnify the plaintiff against all future calls ; cse second was a promise to re gister the shares ' • the third was upon a duty to register the shares ; and the fourth for money paid by the plaintiff for defendant's use. The plaintiff, the learned counsel said, w.as registered as the holder of 500 shares, which he sold to the defendant for the sum of 3001., and the main question in the case was whether the plaintiff had executed and delivered a request to transfer those. shares to the defendant. The jury found, upon the plintiff's evidence, that he did sxecute the transfer, but that it was in blank. Upon these facts the learned Jutdge directed a nonsuit. The learned counsel having been •further heard in argument upon the facts and cases h.e cited bearing upon-his appli cation, The Court granted the rule. Mr. Sergeant Byles st - dd he appeared on the other side, but would not trouble their lordships with any argument then, whereupon The Court suggested that he should add to the rule just obtained, that the defendant should be at liberty to retain his nensuit, which would place the parties on an equal footing. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) THE QUEEN Y. DR. RICHSRD KING. Mr. James, Q,.C., applied for a certiorari to remove the indi3tment in this case, which was for an alleged assault from the Middlesex Sa3sfons into that Court, on the affidavit of the defendant, who believed he would not otherwise have an impartial trial. The prosecutor in this case is a chemist, residing and carrying on business in Bond-street, and the defendant a physician, practising in Saville-row, and the assault complained of arose out of a misunderstanding relative to the making up of a prescriptiOn. The Court granted. the application. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN RXCEIANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very moderate. Although the amount of business doing in all kinds was limited, and the demand far from active, Mon day's prices were supported. Rather over 11,00) quarters of foreign wheat have come in. The inquiry was limited, yet hoders were firm, at full quotations. Floating cargoes were quite as dear as last week. Barley and malt changed hands slowly, on former terms. The supplies were small. We were fairly supplied with oats, which moved off slowly, at barely lato rates. Beans, peas, and flour were slow in sale, but not cheaper. Oats. Flour. 40 343 1,430 , 5,540 j 7450 sks. 150 brls. English .. Irish • • •• Foreign .. Wheat. 1,010 11,050 ARRIV.kLE4 THIS WERE. I Barley. I Malt. ) . 120 3 520 2,520 BOROUGH HOP. Sussex hops continue to improve iu valuo, with a firm market. All other kinds support previous rates. WHITECHAPEL. Beef,. 38 6d to 4s ed ; mutton, 3s 103 to 58 2d ; lamb, 58 6d to 7s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 58 Od ; pork, 3s ed to 4s 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING---(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June G.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. FALMOUTH, June s. —Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Hannah Eastie, from the Mauritius : Revenge, London. PORTSMOUTH, June s. —Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Ger mania (s. transport), from Scutari ; H.M.S. Centaur, from Gibraltar. - COWES, June s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Powhattan, from Difatanzas. PLYMOUTH, Juno s.—Wind, S. Arrived—Azoff, from the Mauritius ; Onward, Porto Rico ; Henrietta, Dantzic ; Candace (s.s.), London, for the West Coast of Africa. SWANSEA, June 4.—Wind, S. Arrived—Aurora, from San Sebastian. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Constantinople. SUNDERLAND, June s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mazan illo, from Sierra Leone. Sailed—Witch of the Seas, for Ceylon. HULL, June s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Catherine, from Wilmington. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, S Arrived—Countess of Elgin, from Manilla ; A. Z., New York ; Lizzie Thompson, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, June I. Wind, S.S.W Arrived—Queen of tho Isles, from Casabranca. Sir Moses Montefiore is on his way to Jerusalem, where he intends founding a large hospital for his co religionists. The Russian Minister in Hamburg, Herr von Struve, has sent in his resignation, and probably the Russian Consul-General there, Herr von Kudriaffsky, will suc ceed him. PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the last tari ff ), which, at the English Mi n t p r i ce o f 31. 17s. 1014. per ounce for stand. and gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25'15, it follows that gold is about 0.08 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon don. By advices from Hamburg, the price of gold_is 426 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13 . 54 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.52, it follows that gold is o'l2 per cont. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1104 per cent. ; and, the par of ex change between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0'67 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on theimportation of gold from the United States, THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. ;From the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald. ) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, MAY 23. The intense interest and anxiety with which we were al waiting news of tho Kerteh expedition has been considerably diverted by a desperate attempt which our Allies made last night to capture on 6 of the enemy's advanced trenches, and which, after gaining possession of, they were, eter a long• and most bloody encounter, compelled to evacuate. Since the efforts of the French against the Flagstaff Battery have lately become so marked the Russians have exerted themselves to the very utmost, either to prevent its capture or to render it useless to us when taken. For this purpose they have toiled night after night, erecting new works in the rear of it, and throwing up fresh advanced trenches, so as to hinder and almost arrest the approaches of our Allies. A few nights since the French sprang two or three small mines,' not only for the purpose of injuring the Flagstaff, but to aid in the formation of a new parallel, which was intended to take part of the battery in flank. The mines were perfectly successful, and on the night following this explosion the French proceeded to construct this flank work. To the pro gress of the latter, however, the enemy offered the most de termined resistance. _ . . Vv But while the French were thus compelled ,to desist,- the enemy were doubly busy. During the whole of this time the enemy's "fatigues" never slackened for au instant, and by the morning of yesterday, the 22d, they had entirely completed a new advanced treneh, which, at a distance of only2o yards, crossed at right angles the intended new French parallel, the further progress of which was by this manoeuvre completely hindered. The formation of this trench was instantly re ported to General Pelissier, who came and inspected it, and discovered that not only had the cross trench itself been com pleted, but that two flanking covering trenches, placed so as to completely enfilade the most advanced one, had likewise been thrown up, though apparently they seemed incomplete, and barely fit for service. The result of the reconnaissance of the whole position was, that it was considered of such im portance that not a moment was to be lost in capturing it a any cost. Yesterday evenin g , at 9 o'clock, was fixed on for the attempt ; 500 Chasseurs,2oo of the Imperial Guard, with about 1,200 Zouaves, were told off as the assaulting party, with a reserve of 2,500 men of the Guard and Zouaves. ' Everything was arr ngel with the utmost secresy, only the night, which was fine, clear, and calm, seemed slightly against the success of the attack—at least, as a surprise. The force quitted the French trenches in two strong columns, about 200. yards apart. The plan of the attack was to enter the trench at its two angles, so as not only to secure the advanced trench itself, but to enfilade and command the flanking ways which led to it. Unfortunately, the plan does not appear to have been well carried out. From ignorance of the ground, which was still further disfigured by the springing of the mines, one column went too much to the left, while that on the right - mistook its way altogether, and did not come into action until some time after the left column had been deeply in want of its assistance. The at tacking party on the left proceeded some distance without seeing any indications of the advanced trench. A halt wag called, and doubts were expressed as to having deviated from their proper attack. In the midst of the conversation which this led to, the Russians appear to have completed all their defensive preparations, and now from the trench on the left fired a tremendous volley into the French. At this attack, the doubts of the litter were instantly solved ; and, mis taking the flanking trench on the left for the advanced trench, they commenced their attack on it, striving to close with the bayonet ; but the natural difficulties of the ground with which our allies had to contend were almost insur mountable. Broken masses of stones, pits, mounds, gabions, and famines cumbered the earth in all directions. Amidst these obstructions the Frepch Guards and Zouaves got involved for a considerable time, exposed to a murderous fire from the enemy, which they were almost entirely unable to return. Our allies fell in all directions, yet still gallantly pressing on they reached the breastwork. At this point a series of most desperate encounters took place. Four or five times the French crossed the breastwork and got a strong footing in the trench, but the heavy file firo which, from under cover of the different .beastworks, the Russians were able to keep up, prevented their retaining their conquest. To add still farther to their disadvantages, the Russian bat teries had now got their precise range, and threw regular volleys of grape and shell into their ranks. Nevertheless the assailants did not abandon the attack, but eevatching mes .sengers for reinforcements,' continued their onset with deter mined courage. Suddenly, in the midst of the melee, the column which had departed to the right, attracted by the firing, now returned, and joining with the reserve column of upwards of 2,0'0 men, which had advanced to support the attack, poured in upon the advanced trench. Had this onset been made with the left column, an hour or so sooner, there is no doubt it would have been completely success ful, but as it was, the continued fighting had thoroughly alarmed the enemy, and strong columns of their troops lined every part of the work. Nevertheless, the attlek was so im petuous that the French succeeded, after a close and bloody contest, in getting a footing in several- parts of the trench, and then commenced a fight for its psssession such as has not, for ferocity and bloodshed, been equalled during the siege. By mere dint of bayonetting and stabbing, the French ma naged to clear the advanced trench of the enemy and effect a junction with the left column, which had maintained a footing' in one of the covering trenches. From the latter point, how ever, they were compelled to retire. The two covering trenches remained in the hands of the enemy, but the ad vanced cross trench the French held completely. The hand to-hand struggle then ceased. The French strove to throw up a breastwork, so as to cover them from the fire.,,Of the enemy. In this they were unsuccessful. From every point of the Russian batteries, commanding the trench, a fire of artillery was poured upon them with such density and effect that whole companies were swept away before it. Still they held their ground, though under the fire of the batteries they fell by scores. Strong parties of the enemy occupied the covering trenches, and from their position were enabled to enfilade the advanced trench with a murderous fire of infantry. It was a mere slaughter of the French. Twice driven to desperation by the crvs fire from the trenches, they sallied out and attempted to carry them at the point of the bayonet, but these mere ebullitions of valour were of no avail against the strong works and well-organised resistance of the enemy. In both cases the French were driven hack' with loss, and retired to the cross trench, where they still continued to melt away under the devastating fire of artillery and musketry. It was close on dawn when a message was sent to the French general, informing him that nearly half the column had fallen in the attempt to hold the place ; that it was a mere useless waste of life, as by daylight it would be utterly untenable. The answer was returned, that they were to gather their dead and wounded, and retire. This theyaccordingly did at about k, four in the morning, after having maintained the sanguinary and unequal contest for more than six hours, and lost, it is said, the awful number of 1,300 men, killed, wounded, and missing, Tho Russian loss must also have been most severe, but from the fact of their men fighting entirely under cover, it is not supposed to be as heavy as that of the French. The latter failed, not from want of courage or discipline, as one half of the valour and constancy they displayed would have been sufficient to have captured any of the Russian batteries, but simply from their mistaking th 3 route and attacking the trench at a wrong point, where the work, if carried, was un tenable. The affair has cast rather a gloom over the French. No less than 31 of their officers are said to be killed or wounded. It is said that if it costs 10,000 men, the place must be taken, and that another attempt will be made th . evening. MAY 2. As was anticipated, the French made another attack upon the advanced trench last night, which was completely sue • cessful. This time the plan was better arranged—under the imme diate care of General Pelissier himself, who informed the troops that if they failed then, they must attack again at day break, and continue to attack until the trench was in their possession. Three columns—each 3,000 strong—were chosen for the I assault, and started just as dusk was commencing — two. slightly in advance, for the capture of the covering trenches on each side, and the centre column for the trench itself. In spite of all the vigilance of the enemy, the right and left columns closed with tho covering trenches before they were discovered and instantly attacked them. For a moment the Russians seemed bent on au obstinate resistance, but the attack at such an early hour of the evening (a little after eight) evidently took them .by surprise,, and after a short struggle both trenches were captured; the enemy flying in all directions. Numbers of them were shot and bayonetted on the spot. Almost at the aline time the centre column attacked the cross trench : but here the enemy, behig prepared and in greater force, a desperate contest took place, and it was not .until after about 20 minutes' hard fighting that the French were enabled to , gat possession of it. As its defenders retired they were completely decimated by the cross fire to which they were exposed from the French in the • covering trenches. The instant that possession was obtained half the troops were set to work to remove the gabions and breastwork from one side of the trench to the other, so as to shelter the assail ants from the fire of the batteries, while the remainder, formed into two strong columns, ddvanced to attack the Rus ' sian soldiers who had been driven frqm the pgsition, and who were halted at a short distance in the rear, evidently waiting for reinforcements to attempt a re:capture. Upon these the French rapidly advanced, and the Russians, though inferior in numbers, did not decline the contest. As our allies came on, the enemy deployed and received them with a smart file fire, to which the French never returned a shot until within pistol range, when they, too, deployed, and firing one heavy volley, charged with the bayonet. , The Russians fell into confusion, and, as I am informed, after shouting for a few minutes, threw away their arms and fled, the great mass of them keeping to the right in the direction of the Ceme tery, which lies outside the town on the left of the Redan. The French, who were now thoroughly roused, and bent upon revenge, followed them closely, and bayonetted the fugitives by dozens. No quarter was asked or given. In this manner our allies pursued them for nearly half-a-mile, till both Russians and French arrived at a deep trench and breastwork on the left of the Redan, beneath the Garden Battery. Into this the flying enemy scrambled, and the French after them. ' A strong force of Russians seemed to hold this trench, but they appeared perfectly panic-stricken by the flight of their comrades, and, after discharging their muskets in an irregular fusillade, fled with the rest, leaving the French in undisturbed possession of the second trench. At this point the commander of the French columns wisely called a halt. They had already penetrated into the enemy's lines further than any of the allies had been before, and to d-w continue the advance with such a small force, anithout sup port, would have been mere madness. As it was, they might have difficulty in effecting their retreat. A hasty examina tion was made of the trench, and one of the soldiers, who ha I advanced further than the est up the parallel on the right, came running back and reported that there was a new battery there., The whole force instantly advanced in the direc tion intimated, and truly enough found that in a large obtuse angle of the breastw or k a new b a ttery had been formed, and was totally abandohed. It mounted some eightor ten heavy long guns, four mortars, and a number of cohorns. Not a moment was lost in turning the discovery , to account. Half the force was instantly formed out in co lumns, without picquets to give notice of the approach of the enemy, who was how momentarily expected, and keep them, if possible, in check, till the destruction of the battery was completed. The rest of the troops, piling their arms, commenced the work of destruction. The long guns were instantly spiked, overturned, the trunnions of the guns knocked off, and the spokes of the carriage wheels chopped to pieces. Some, which were ships' guns, had their small wooden wheels split up, and the carriages thrown over the breastwork. The timber tramways of the guns were levered up and carried away. The mortars were spiked, their beds overturned, and the trunnions of two knocked off. The co horns were captured and se nt awa y immediately, The b a d as this was, it was by no means all the mischief that was effected. Not more than 100 men were employed about the guns—the rest (upwards of 2,000) were engaged in destroy ing the earthwork. All the gabions were dragged out, pulled to pieces, and their earth and stones scattered about. The sand-bags were pulled down and curt in two, and altoge ther the whole parapet of the battery was levelled with the earth. While this was going on, all the Russian batteries had opened, and ' were in full play, though principally upon the advanced trenches, which had been captured early in the evening. In their demolition of the b a ttery the French Ndere hardly disturbed by a single shot. Large masses of Russian infantry were, however, collecting near the ~..............--_ Redan and Garden works, evidently for the purpose of attack ing the. French. Their skirmishers constantly advanced, and exchanged shots with the French Guards, but while unaware of their strength, the enemy seemed by no means desirous for a closer contest. The French, who had now accomplished 311 they wanted, and far more than they expected to accomplish when they started, took advantage of the indecision of the en emy to retreat, and this they di d with such rapidity and skill as to reach the captured trench from wich they had sallied forth without the loss of a than. The Ruhssian fire upon the advanced trench was then terrific, an d continued so for more than an hour, but the French ha d sheltered themselves with their breastwork, so that it did but little damage, and eventually the enemy discontinued it allog,ether. No attempt was made to recaptur e the trenches, which still remain in the hands of our allies. In the whole affair of last night about 400 French were killed and wounded ; the total loss of the Russians is supposed to b e from 1,000 to killed' ,500 killed and wounded, the greater part of whom were remain i as no quarter was given. Nearly 200 Russian bodies in the neighbourhood of the captured trenches. The French are deservedly proud of the cap of re the most and de• struction of the batten. It is decidedly one brilliant affairs of the siege. To-day is the of the birthdaof her most gra; cious Ilajesty, and anniversary all the troops drair double allowance of porter in commemoration of the happy event. T o -morrow, it is said, a strong force of Sardinians, French, and Turks are to make a reconnaissance of the Russian pos-__ tion on the Tchernaya, and occupy p ermanently the heights from Kamara along the Woronzow -road, towards nicest The immediate object of this move is to secure th to e Tchernaia for our horses, which even now are beginning suffer from the want of water. MAT 2E. To-day the English and French cavalry, with 20,000 French_ infantry, 10,000 Sardinian, and 10,000 Turks, moved sere the plains of Balaklava towards the Woronzow afore 11- ? Russian picquets on the hills of course fell back before as s over whelming force; which immediately proceeded to he o occuP3: the hills beyond the Woronzow, i n advance of tla Turkish redoubts. In the afternoon a force was detached towards Tch6urd: goum, and took up their position on the heights coralco 3l . ) h ing the village, while part advanced upon the bridge w ble crosses the Tchernaya, at this place. Near the village T o ; tare was made of about 500 head of fi ne cattle, with °w tee the or 400 she On the former side of the Tchernaya, Russians sh wed some 4,000 or 5,000 strong, and peatedly from a redoubt. It is generally distant supposed that an attempt will be made open up the country beyond Tchourgoum to-morrov7.l 310 26. d so me There was a good deal of firing during the night, al .. .. jas e heavy skirmishing went on between th e French and 11,4'" from the advanced trenches recently captured. that it Our siege works make progress ; but. so slowlY , ',act* amounts to next ton hing. The enemy make trencl3•“_7:oo than we do, and hinder us at every step. As yet th ey 5 " no prospect of our soon re-opening fire. The weather continues fine, but very dry an d hot. We° of all kinds are very prevalent. .Cow' YAVA.L A ND MILITARY „frier. .----- The Alban, 4, paddle-whe -- el steam-vessel, Lieuteu' po mander William E. Fisher, left Sheerness at 12 45 P.';' ss els, terday, and also the following gunboats and naorta 0 01;4 for their respective destinations, viz. :—The gun° vessels Skylark, Growler, Stork,. and Dapper; the mortar e a 4 Carron, Havock, edbreast, and Surly. The paddlt-whee ß l steam hired transport Jupiter arr_ l ,, , de- . Sheerness yesterday, at 10 a.m., to take in lop, the ut spatches, parcels, &c., for the Baltic Fleet. no The Tartar, 20, screw steam corvette, Captain 11• m has been put ont of dry dock at Sheerness. , he fittia The defects of the Geyser will be made go od in ',.' i n to dri basin at Sheerross. She will not require t o be Pu" dock. pll i t°. Orders were received at Sheerness yesterduY mediately to the new screw stea m transport Perse to OP veraa ce s tores , 33 mess kits of every description from t he victualling the troops are daily expected for embarkation. _ a hAr' I. The following steam-vessels now remain in She e ' e •''Meariese, bour :—The Biter gun-boat, the Horatio, Wildfir Lizard, African, and Rosamond. are t° In the fitting-basin and dry d o cks at Sheertles s e T ot/ following steam-vessels :--The Tartar, the Geyser , th _. a ll 6t (floating battery), the rersevei mac', and the Gluttovi, Ling with every possible despatch. L „ r WO"' The Childers remains at niackstakes, taking in m -- '- shell, &c. r t e of tile Mr. William Henry Fauckver, secon d master ,-. cu t, for Vengeance), has joined the Retributio n for a passage ' service the Duke of Wellington. rib° Captain Swearof, of the Russian Engineer was captured at Bomarsund last year, and sent f ro eyes, Devonshire,t 3 ' tbe Artillery' the receiving-ship for Russian prisoner - w ife, has been allowed to return to Bomarsund with s . a veri latter having been, during her stay in this countrY,el:eas 01l delicate state of health. Capt. Swearof arrived at Sh . .rn , s olo has iNgli. granted n ub ds ed y n tevening,ohishhim to servanttNi t a h cf oc h ro i s mm w pa a i n f uy e 3! ears r d s m, a hasat ß se u rb. s a s d ia n Th i c r a a p i t t. l have ordered a passage, with cabin accommodatiof S cott. Swearof and his wife, on board the Russell, CaP t • • -- - APPOINTMENTS. cool' Clerks-John Hasler, to the Meteor 16, screw, a t peer' with ; Arthur Abbott, to the Horatio', 21, screw, a ill ness. , sae' Midshipman Henry Gray, to the Harrier, 16, the latter. --- i t THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. ~„icau s , The Bremen hired steam-transport Germania 7 b l a a ftFr , Spithead this morning early, and came into harbour ' iitia in noon from the East. She has brought home 212 IT% wO O% valids, 40 non-commissioned officers on promotiou,..', 13r0V,, T he for oli,.,,lbufdeoieritiory 0 and the following officers :—Captain Sir George rl: c o lolieh Bart., R.N., late of the Gladiator, 6, paddle-frigate yrooti Lawrance, Rifle Brigade ; Lieutenant Evans, 90th I t s c r o l i clp °, Staff Assistant Surgeons Simpson and Evans; gr•,, t b . 4 , 0 ' ' the Land Transport Corps ; Captain Stephenson , '" „OS , s ' o r. ment ; and M Chevasse, hospital dresser. The 1 9 ' 4 '4' 0 1; " in a very good state of recovery, many of them 133 05 . i , come convalescent ; still there are a few hospital el„ s ter es ,,,' Volage, powder-vessel, is in Sheerness harbour. .." 1 ,,,,s Pi' morning she took in a quantity of ammunition. She yes 9 0 : bent and provisioned, and is now, we may say, readY ''',,, thy Jupiter, transport (No. 23), arrived at Sheerness fnro o River yesterday morning. , She takes the mails, 47 , " thence, and sails, we hear, the first thing this morning' all The Rockliff, No. 130, sailing-transport, landed IWO/1,104 yesterday morning at Spithead, and hauled off to a 1)e r , . hulk. - her 3,°° The Courier, No. 50, remains at Spithead with military packages on board awaiting orders. -- REAR-ADMIRAL BAYNES'S DIVISIO N OF I.l° BALTIC FLEET. A 0 f 11.°41 ;c: The division of the Baltic fleet, under the coteraan—tio, Admiral Baynes, C. 8., whose flag is in the Retr_i lli r ," Jc p a ddle, Captain Fisher, sailed this day from the Po r ' c i s ere' th e c ommander-in chief, All the mortar-vessels anF. gunboats that were ready accompanied this force. i f. F. The Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty, the r 11 03 * ta r. Berkeley, C. 8., inspected the fleet prior to i ts deP _____.....-.--....... wok HEALTH OF LONDON DURING ITIE a eg o ?' a c i" elv'atjil sotssre: c 1 o,or i 7dn3edtp V e r . o w nt ee t k he th .R a ep t ° e re nd o e f d ti o e n ß S eg a is ti t i r r a da r y . persons, o t n h se, London viz. , 542 registrars. malesan and 531 This f n e u ril t r i : l b e e g ; r . e p g . r i e s e ter , a decrease of about a hundred on the -de s se P. in thepreceding weeks of May. The decrees° is P ture, N,hich topere rently to some extent the effect of a rise in tb e that t° which the present return relates.. The folio 6 jege took place in the week preceding 00 the mean weekly temperatures of May —44 deg a ;l l. oe t he 46 deg., 55.4 deg. • and in the week: e nding 4.-1.1 temperature again ' fell to 49 4 d 4 554 • eu- r g g b e In the corresponding weeks of the ten, Ye, ; orn a t .a he average number of deaths was 936; if t" . .. s p i tioey ~ iraised by a teeth part for increase of pollu "orper' becomes 1,029 ; and notwithstandinc, the'foll ° 4. As a l‘ shown above, it appears that 44 persons do:3 above the calculated number. .• d J o.. der k u p The number of deaths that occurred lot w ee r cif the 20 years of age was 530, which is nearly a hell:isbed total number. The rate of mortality is now dinloloo of amongst octogenarians, and instead of 7 0 or ~e v, ,e ow Pr a rrea ° that class who died in cold weather, the no l case s reftic turned is only 32. The returns of cag es, diar ,bce i e the epidemic class of diseases present no ve i l / 0 01° l able feature ; small-pox was fatal io 24 'n 14, scarlatina in 48, hooping cough in 4 1, rasnlia' in 16, and typhus in 39. Four of the deaths fro a 4 frou l pox occurred in the district of Greenwich, en ceti r it n 8 ° fever in the same district. Three from stne";rher,oe. ji red in the sub-d,istrict of Christchurch, ge,roP,,,e;"-ris to Last week the births of 714 boys and 6 00 .„',.'" t 'be % A -- 1,402 children, were registered in' London. -1-_"0004r corresponding weeks of the Tears 1845-54 the number was 1,405. --,..... MORTALITY IN THE METROP°DTS.O,II) . 13 , Olt! NUMBSR OF DEATHS ERODE ALL CAITS . ' -!.,5, DIY' og IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, I' .... 3 6 Zymotic Diseases ............................... ••••°' .... ~,, 5 Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. .............. .• • • •''... 1 .,' 0 Tubercular Diseases .5en 5e5 ....................... •"'',..• ' 4 6 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and •• • • ..*".. ..., Diseases of the Heart andßiood-vessels.• .... ',,,:,% °' 1 90 Diseases of the Lungs and other OrP-.....• Respiration... .............................. ••••;;;.,0,05 K,,,, Diseases of the Stomach, ••......iver •and other Ur g es f 4 ofDigestion ............ .. . . ........ . ............. ...... / Diseases of the Kidneys, &o• ................... ......„ 1 0 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c• •••"'•••• '',..... $ Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and musc les ••1...... 4 Diseases of the Skin, &c• ..................... ••••• . . 0 ,, d i Malformations ........................................ ....., t'g Premature Birth and Debility ........ ........... ...... !,' Atrophy ............................................... :...... 1 Old Age ........ ....................... , ............ .• ....,, „g 5udden................................................. .... ...., i; Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intenipero ...... , Causes not specified ........................... .•• ," .-- --- , z I ,o' Population Deaths oi wee& iv?, DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ........ ~_. . c 0..;.•• pi 0:it:D il i: I , NorthCEeansttra Central Districtsi trits Districts . Enumerated. OPollgs34. 1 6 '' 1851. 17 6 '"". l 'i ' '' West Districts 434 3 899 7 530 6 :: 523 4 25 2 9 266 7 ........................ 1 Lloi ...:: : . .. . : , L oo. 4 , 96 5 South Districts ____ 1, 61 .. .....-- - 1,090 50 .... gsl Totals Males ................. Fema1e5.............. BI RTHS IN TH E 714 ............... '• ' 653 ...... 1,40 Males.... ............... Females ............... Total ............... some time of the fi r The ord Advobate is understood t e o htlis 10001,0 ve bee oir county, an.e el of the lat e ei Lord in preparing for th.l9_!"%d itet !eci d 0 0P er The Czar has . istmgmshed .contemporaries of w, judge. c the Ille— forLl.ejiumteen.ankt F. De Vere, bratthheer;;;siog. witb conferredigeprthiseenrrdter of St• ei'e/diedir the • • 01101, I/1 insignia in diAmonds, on Baron de camp of the Sing of the Belgians. fliE SUN, LONDON', WEDNESOAY EVENTINJ, JUNE 6 1855.