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

J THE FAVOURITE HIGHLAND CLOAK so justly celebrated as a guarantee against wet and cold.— Ha , 7e you got one of MACDOUGALL', favourite Highland Cloaks? If not, you should at once order one ; ther are most suitable for the rail, the steamer, and for town wear. The size round chest, and height of poison is a sufficient measure. Patterns of what they are made can be sect by post. Price, from► 253. to 4t5. These cloaks, and Macdougall's Highland Tweeds, Tartans, &c., &c , may be seen at 24, Brewer-street, in a line with Glasshouse street, Regent-street, London, from 2 to 6 o'clock, until. Ist July, when Macdougall returns to Inverness. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NORMA, in which Madame Arga, Mdlle Mag ner, Signor Armandi, Mr Hamilton Braham, &c., will appear. To conclude with a Grand FRENCtI BALLET, supported by Mate. Palmyra, MdPe. Paolo, M. Friant, &c. Prices of admission:—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stads, 45.; ptlyate boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEITEZ ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enckstone; THIS EVENING, Will be performNi LOVE'S MARTYRDOM. Characters by - Mews. B. Sullivan and Bowe; Miss 11, Faucitt ani Ilhs Swan borough After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conc:ade with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRISCPIST3 THEATRS, OXFORD-ATREET. Under the Management of :11r. CIIAILLES BEAN. Tlll3 EVENING, Will be per:ormcil AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To ( - o:l2lu.de with JUNG HENRY TILE Qtoen Ka tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wol3ey, Mr. C. Kean. T - Elv %TR - 1 ROYAL ADELPIII, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, AL' !sine Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented SANE £ PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Seity, Garde n, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; w M.ame Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTX MARTIN. To conclude with THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. 13.1YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. 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. To be followed by STILL WATERS MIN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Melton. To conclude witk THE GARRICK FEVER. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Inge& THIS EVENING, Will be performed Taz lIONEST LAWYER. After which, 'rwAs I. Characters by Miss Isaacs, Miss Beau mont, &c. To which will be added AT.ONZ) THE BRAVE. To conclude with SALLY SMAILT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The most Gorgeous Spectacle ever witnessed. THIS EVENING, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms, by J. H. STOCQUELER, Esq., represents the mag nificent pageantry of France and England in their palmy days of Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth or Gold, the Knights in armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban ners, all shown upon one vast arena formed by the stage and the ring, form the most brilliant coup d'ceil ever exhibited. To conclude with the skil ul ACTS in the CIRCLE. P.ox-onice open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manuer, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR. T DTs 5.s ---/Lernini; 11 intn.aft,er 2 I Evening 33 min. aft. 2 To-Ir.sp.trrt °rains 53 niin.after 2 I Evening 12 min. art. 3 TEX WZATKE33..—EntIi 054Een, June 15. TPZIMMOIMEA, 7.1+ 4 1 4 .f1E SWAMI. 66 — 3 24;1-lest since noon yesterday. 54 — 7 k-west tllia morning'and during the night. E5 —gala aay, a noon. BARONIEIT.3, 29.39. WIND, S.W.—Ligbt breeze, with clouds and sunshine. THZEE O'CLOCK.—Very heavy shower. 1 77. If ( fi ' - A CAN. d " y ~~? `~:-=~: LONDON, - FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1855. The duplicity and treac!iery manifested by Austria since the commencement of the Russian aggression, anal the cnn'equent declaration of War, are beginning to produce their natural results. The opinions which at one time we stood almost alone in promulgating have now many strenuous supporters even amongst those who formerly I neatly advocated the propriety of " wolfing" for ' the Government of Vienna, and conciliating that important Power. In deference to her wishes we gave Russia a new chance of concluding peace on the most favourable tertns—far too fa vourable indeed, so far as the honour and interests of the Western Powers were concerned ; and, deceived by her apparent acces- sion to the cause of the Allies, the abortive Conferences were held, which for so many months scd the energies of Franca and England. I .Vlien the friends of Germanism so loudly exulted the a)-calied 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 nudum, pactum, that should have been absolutely null and void for want of consideration. If Austria was attacked, she was to be assisted by Francs 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 nn ra interests jeopardised, we were pledged to enter into an ana.nee offensive and defensive. If, on the other hand, Russia refused to accede to a pace on the - basis 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 thefinesm (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 admission into the Allied councils. Had she in December declared her intention of remaining neutral udder 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 Cabinetdof France and Eng land will at length exhibit becoming indignation for the 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 slightest pretensions to the occupation of the Principalities. That most [unwise and impoliti c concession should be forth with withdra wn , and the unfortunate inhabitants rescued from a thraldom more irksome even than that of Russia itself. There is now too much reason to believe that step was taken by Austria rather against the Western Powers than against Russia. We w itness ed its first f ru it s i n the re fusal to allow th e Turkish t roops to pass through their own t err itories, and the con sequent libera tion of the army o f Bessarabia to take pa r t i n the proceedings of the Crimea. To this we owe the sanguinary conflicts of Balaklava and ' n i cer _ man, which, although they shed fresh lustre on the Allied arms, were intended t 6 terminate in a very different manner. fly holding Wallachia and Moldavia she would be enabled to extend protection to Russia if de feated, ad to obtain a share of the booty should the aggr e w ve Power in any degree be succeesful, Now, 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 or circum stances that may arise. _ _ As we have repeatedly pointed out, England has nothing to fear from Austria. It requires but the utterance of the " talismanic words" to find her ample occupation in her own territories. 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 can. not 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. 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. Lit 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 of 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." Let him do all these things, and ho will achieve a popularity and receive a support more honourable and more enduring than was ever accorded to any of his predecessors in office —which will cause his name to be mentioned with respect through all future ages. 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 SHAFTESBURY has just obtained a majority of nc, for the committal of a bill to repeal the Act 22, of GEORGE 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 openly put in force without exciting the indignant reprobation of all of them. The most worldly of n would. resent such an un pardonable intrusion upon tho liberty and. tastes of perhaps his next door neighbour. He would declare it monstrous that he might himself with out danger of fine or imprisonment 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 Puseyite 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 EArl 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 poin'c 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 Lef)gue, 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 be far more acceptable to his neighbours than the drowsy presentee of a fat living and his pcor 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 bc 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 one in the parish church. The 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. 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 are got rid of in the other ranches 7 The bishops will find the laity of all classes have got far ahead of their intolerant and .1) exclusive notions. The nation, with the excep tion of a few old maids and sexagenarian bigots, will e l not gi o u k s be n fr o e vri ed n e gly suffer any clear infraction now to 1 11, and su c h th e an ti qua t e d A c t repealed unquestionably is, Even TRE !MN, I,ON D!;;: ,, , FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 15 1855, 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. 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 insuffi 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 uuoffend 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 1 It may be 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, ; I and all the misery and confusion which a godless law has occasioned. Let him but do this, and if his 3 pulse does not quicken with indignation it is be- L cause it throbs with no English blood ! That the House will reject these amendments we cannot doubt. But what an insult to have them offered ! ANOTHER SIN OF OMISSION. 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, Damn:to, and Grenade, the steam mortar vessel Cassini, and the sailing mortar vessels Fournaise and Trombe. BOURSE, JUNE 14.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 41. per Cents 94 85 94 850. 3 por Oen Ls 69 69 Credit Mobilier 965 Roman Credit Foncier 545 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B7 75 Home Debt 3Ol RAILWAYS—NOR CASH. fr. c. fr. - Orleans ... 1197 50 Lyons 1230 Western 732 50 Rouen Cette 662 50 Strasburg Mediterranean 1207 50 Havre 620 Northern 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 6th and 7th, until six o'clock in the even ing, 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 Mameion redoubt, but he French, strongly reinforced, again attacked, and took it once more. In the end we were masters of the battery (i.e. the one between Selinghinsk and Bastion No. 1), the 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 a:so taken two guns. ST. PETERSBURG, THURSDAY. Prince Gortschakoff writes on the 9th:— " The cannonade continues against the bastion■ 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." Iu a despatch previously received the Russian commander writes : " On the 30th the enemy's fleet, which had attacked Genitchi, 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, has arrived in the Belt, with the 60-gun screw block ships Hawke, Cirnwallis, Hastings, Pembroke, Russell, and nine gun-boats. The squadron is at anchor at Kuudshcad. KIEL, JUNE 13. The Frereli sliling-frigate Isis, 36, Captain Cleret, has arrived. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 14. The elections for the legislative popular cham ber (Volksthin,g) toAr place to-day. Copenhagen has returned its former members, and Fredericia has elected M. Miclelsen, the Minister of Marine. M. Hall, the Minister of Worship, said in his election speech thai a constitution for the entire monarchy, just in its principle and equitable in details, would soot be published. The third battery, " between Selinghinsk and Bastion No. 1," isthat the omission of which from General Pelissiefs despatch was pointed out on Monday last. The reason of that omission is now explained : the work was not at the time in the posseion of our allies, but it ap pears in General /elissier's despatch of the 9th—a date one day later . hau that of Prince Gortschakoff's communication.--Ls " the battery of May 2," balling then been abandoned by the Russians. TRE BALTIC. - . The Moniteur )üblishes the following : " A letter, datid Elsinore, May 24, says— " On the day before yesterday 12 new prizes, taken by Admiral Dundas's squadron, cast anchor at Elsinore, acconpanied by the Geyser corvette, taking them to England. Among these prizes seven were sailing under Mecklenburg colours, four under the Dana: flag, and one under that of Hol stein. Their fames are—Mecklenburg vessels, Betty and Paul. Frederik (with a cargo of rye and hemp), Mecklerbourg, Balance, Johaune, Emilia, and Anion ; Danish vessels—Dania, Otto-et-Oluf, 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 ; tie others left with the Geyser for England.' " FRANCE. Peals, Thursday.—lt may be remembered that some time ago (a long while before the affair of Pianori) several political arrests were made 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 681. 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 201., 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 an d the D u.ke 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 1801. 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 on 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 Bait is are to rendezvous at Cherbourg. 14 are corn plet ely armed and manned, and ready to put to sea, namely, the floating battery Devastation, the steam gum-boats Eclair, Etincelle Dragonne, Algrette, Vulminate, Tempete, and Tourmente, the sailing steam yisortar a ves o se a ll .li T e oc c s a i u n : T w o o r nu ch e e r , e a 3 n an d Baomorbirdltehne TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l see that Colonel Colt has returned to this country from 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 cf which we might have availed ourselves. One of the last official acts of the Duke of Newcastle was, I understand. t 3 order some 5,0130 of these weapons for the army. I am told that these have not been sent to it It is very desirable that the navy should have them, quite as much as that the army should be supplied ; but is it not at this moment of vital consequence to ,our troops before Sebastopol ? It is impossible to say what our soldiers at Inkerman or Balak lava 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 are periods, as we have seen, where they would have been invaluable to the line. This was proved by the individual deeds of effacers and sergeants, who paid about three times as much for them retail as the Government need have done wholesale. Sir, when I look at this thing, I lose patience. I know the value of the weapon. Thousands knew it in England more than a year ago. I have urged its adoption since 1851. Positively, although we have had for the last two or three years, through the energy of an American, a manufactory in London for these weapons, the Russians will be supplied first by the mar kets of the world. Depend upon it Russia has had agents in America to buy them up, and we lately read of 10,000 being landed at Riga. We are about, I presume, to assist, as the French may justly say, considering our numbers and theirs, in the storming of Sebastopol. There is yet, in all probability, "pretty tall fighting before us." Do, pray, urge in your valuable paper that this tremendous advantage be no longer neglected. Can you tell me if anything is being done at home in revolver drill and practice ? The cool 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 harassed 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 WILEZ EUROPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 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, •iz., to relinquish all claim to what we have taken from her—to have no ships of war of any size for either the Blat - Ac 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, Cardiff, June 13, 1855. THE SEA OF AZOFF. 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 t :II 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 map of the Crimea, including a portion of the Sea of Azoff and the Black Sea, contribute to the utility of this ♦aluable production. PARIS, Wednesday.—Yesterday, after a consultation held at the Tuileries between Dr. Locock and Drs. Dubois and Connean, it was formally announcea that the Empress was enceinte. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIPE.—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 INTRIGUES.—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. The splendid mansion and sixteen acres of beaut.ful grounds, one of the most recherche abode s w ithi n th e 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. Deoiraus Burton, the celebrated architect, cost the Marquis upwards of 50,0001. 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 weighing only 4 lbs., and which capes will also serve as blankets and sacks, the soldier is always provided with a cape, tent, sack, or blacket, by carrying one article. Her Majesty expressed herself much pleased with the feasibility of the plan, and honoured Mr. Parrett with most minute inquiries as to its details. 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. Petersburg 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 hfimiliating for the Western Powers. The fact is, that Austria is jealous of the influence of the Western Powers at 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 Commander-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 Transylyania ; but he is not likely to be long 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 Erdmannsdorff 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 iu 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., RUSSIA. An Imperial manifesto, dated St. Petersburg, June 2, ordains that, in 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 Parrs on the 9th, and the mail which left Madrid on the 10th instant, were burnt by 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 satisfied with the noble and loyal con duct of the French Government, which by its ♦igilance 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 Dona Isabella II." A MERICA. 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 Neyv 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 intelligence. The Legislature ad journed on the Bth of May, without electing a United States' 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 dites to the,l2th 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 lever and small-pox had created great excitement. The siege of Cuba ceaied 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 9 1 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-fourth, with an active demand ; the coffee market was also better, with a fair demand. Western and state flour was 61c. to 12/c. lower, and was quite irregular. The demand for the East and home trade had been good. Canadian was without change. Rye flour rather firmer and c orn-meal steady. There was a fair demand for grain rye was: 3 Garces And wanted oats lover. 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. THE OVERLAND MAIL. Despatches have 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 days 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 Peshawar 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 veryunsatisfactory nature, the Burmese Chief Monng 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 months ago, by one of his sepoys at °attack, 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 Gillian towards the Thul Ghaut, invited upwards of three hundred European and native gentlemen to inspect the works. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, MAY 11. 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 market throughout. The only arrival from 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 bethi reported as sold. COTTON YARN.—The market continues very firm, and there is a steady demand for good quality in the grey ; but the business done has been small ; 70's and upwards. Male, 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 the prefer ence in demand. No sales, however, are reported in either. WOOLLENS.—The inquiry is very dull. Some sales are re ported fo have been made, but the particulars have not trans pired yet. METALS.-Iron of all kinds are dull of 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 in value; Copper continues to advance in price, and the demand very good, but there is little or no stock in first hands. Steed iu tubs and faggots are in slight inquiry. Pig lead in demand at improved prices ; but sheet dull. Spelter without change Tin plates are in more inquiry at improved prices. EXPORTS. COTTON Week—The market has continued very active, and since receipt of the mail, bringing as it did improved accounts of the staple at home, considerable ex , :itement has prevailed among shippers, who have been acting freely at prices much above those previously current, and in all close upon 10,00$ bales have been purchased on European account. Broach now stands at Rs. 93, Dhollera at Rs. 86, and Oomrawutte Rs 77i per candy, establishing an advance on last mail's quotation of Rs. 2'to 4 per candy. The southerly winds still continue to prevait and to increase in force, so that our supplies of cotton are very limited. for the season, and as the -weather has a very unsettled 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 hi 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 Loudon, 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 place on ar rival of the Norna on the 7th inst., with the China Mail, and the business done may be quoted at 2s, lid. to 2s. lid. for China and First Class Credits, and 2s. 14c1. for Documents. On Calcutta we quote Rs. 99i at sight, Rs. 98 at 60 days' sight, and on Madras Rs. 94 at 30 days' sight. CALCUTTA, MAY 3. Our produce markets have even shown les;; animation since the last mail than for some time previous ; we can look for no activity, under the generally depressing advices of the home markets„unless at a very considerable reduction on the prices lately ruling.—ln Piece Goods the importers are unable to move off any large quantities, for although itc is known 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 ; a] 1 are lookingfor ward to a reduction of interest by the Bank of Bengal, but it is understood that the state of the treasury .of that establish 'wit will not justify the directors in loosenitog the screw. THE PENINSULAR MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, FRIO AN 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 7th Hussars, had arrived at Gibraltar. The Iberia has brought twenty-nine boxes of specie, and sixty-eight passengers. 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 expected at Brazil. At Rio the coffee market is firm. Tonnage is scarce. Exchange, 27/ to 271- 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 tLe Value of 25,0001. sterling, and 175 passengers. THE RUSSIAN SUPPLY QUESTION. It appears by private letters from Od.essa, of the 31st ult., that the occupation of the Sea. of Azoff by the Allies was known there at that date, and had caused great anxiety, although none of the details had trans pired. Many firms at Odessa, who have. kept up com mercial relations with the coast towns of the Sea of Azoff, saw in the event the ruin of their trade. At Rostow, near the mouth of the Don, the demand for oats for the RUssian cavalry had /greatly enhanced the }!rice, and on the 13th of May a contract wag taken by several inhabitants of Rostow to supp l y 50,000 chet werts (100 chetwerts equal 74. 4 English quarters,) for delivery in the Crimea, at the unusu a l rate of 9 silver oables 50 copecks, to be paid in assignats. OPPOSITION TO CHURCH BATES, PARISH OF ST, CLEMENT DANES, —Yesterday the poll of the ratepayers of this parish on the question of a church rate of 2,1. in the pound commenced at the vestry hall, Pickett-place, Strand. At four o'clock the first day's poll terminated, the numbers who vo ted being 385, namely, for the rate, 221 ; against it, 164 —majority for the rate, 5 7. The poll re-opens at ten o'clock this morning. D EAT H OF CHARL ES COCHRANE, ES Q,, LATE CAN DIDATE FOR WESTMIXSTER.—This gentleman, whose name has long since been familiar to the public, and more especially so as a candidate for the representation of Westminster and the promoter of the sys tern of " street orderlies," expired on Wedlie,dtiy, at his re•ddenee, No. 62, Nelson -square, Blackfriars-road, from an attack of phrenitis, or inflammation of the brain, in the 48th year of his age. His death is sincerely regretted, especially by a large number of the poorer clainee. BANKRUPTCY OF MKSSBS. STRAEIAN AND CO. Revelations are are taking place with regard to the affairsch of the banking-house of Strahan, Paul, and Bates whack a re likely to put their c ase before the public as one of the worst upon record. The amount of theirlities, instead of being 350,0001. or 400,0001., sented on Saturday, are now admitted by them to be far gre ater, and to range at least between 500,000/. and 700,0001. They also admit that the prospects of their as waseprecreditors are as bad as possible. At the same time, their statements r egarding the amount to which they have be come i n volved with certain contractors for Italian rail ways are inadequate to explain this tremendous de ficiency, the utmost extent of their immediate lia bilities on that account being believed to In) 180,0001. f 000/. a lth o ugh this sum is nominally increased to 350, by commitments in the shape of guarantees. There is consequently every reason to fear that for a long period the house has been existing upon the property of those who have confided in them, and that the railwaY iTpeculations were merely a desperate throw to r etard a final break up, or to lose all. Among the banking in terestin the city the house has been believed. for years to be one that was gradua ll y d y ing out, and it We ars e ven now that they have n e creditors t h e re, excePt enougs i e , 5 f ew persons who have recently b ee n incauti ous to take some of the i r acceptances, which, it seem have been attempted t o be circulated in Beye d r i s , quarters within the last lave weeks at 7 1 31. c ost;.. rt is count, or any other rate that could be obtained. 4-... t among rohlemen and wealthy commoners at the 14 ., e; end that the disaster will be chiefly felt ; and the 1 3 ° 1 4 ners acknoWledge one case in which, at the tireoe_u their stoppage, they Leld 40,000/. to the credit. 1 a drawing account. Other communications are trientts„ea_ which leave no doubt that when a full examination . .f: place instances of cruel hardship will transpire stic!l_.l have rarely been exceeded. With regard to the r 7 being kept open and payments nnade during the whole of Saturday, when on Friday night i.'„' had been aseeZ n o , that its existence could under no circumstances " , f 5 0,. longed beyond another day, it appears that no ehlefere tion is attempted, and the indignation is„ t t o pen general. Every day that the bank has bee n l' e l l ' afe in during the past year or two must, however' iats of emand that the investigation volved an equally deliberate violation of the ' b r io w ill all d patties. Under such circumstances thej o u kru ptcy in the eearching Court should be of the strictest and 0105"-had been character, although it is inferred that the fiat an e ffort will consequently be made to secure a chc ies , obtained through a friendly channel, and til'' ssiguees U fa dealt w ith. individual partner reports vat which A may prevent the case being v4crclu, s l:, 4 by each 4to the share of responsibility to from s u '' 3l t t t e fact that () and, from al cause 0 each one in turn is mentioned as ; the ,Pri,incitilhat all CO s the mischief, it may be assumed, perua'P' 1 si r John compromised in a like degree. In the car t % e state s is said d ul the circumstance that the entail oi 11100strued ea to have been already cut off may be c ili a he hl a favourable feature, since it • he bass- unreservedly included himself in the ruM - . 0u coin; to °tilers. The firm were connected vvith var e i _ gi n rs, would shin - m osea panies, Sir John being governor of the Coil.rsseers Association, and chairman of the Railway ,i:iroae of t t oh the d N d an ' Assurance Company, while Mr. Bates was c 1 nec essal { s ate A: ener ia th u a r t a t n h d e Lfeieegliehgßeaxilewitaeyd. hlyteivsesrycarcelY ~„ o f the case derives additional intensity. from the m a n been b e en which the attention of men of business has recet:o"ection excited by the unlooked-for developenaente i,?°,tes with the affairs of Davidson and Gorden." —'11- ' --...-cormirtselel° Off , PIS' v! . REDUCTION OF THE R A is 's ND zy Tirass-e. • COUNT BY THE BANK OF -u a tbe rate e h o e f Bank of Englandfr bwavheicurcidtliscsed stn °°"a 0m —...--- --- piryeseteenrdt.yat since the 3d of May to a& per cent. t o OA 3 to The measure had been so completely a ntieiP 5 i s d instead of causing any advance in the funds , it 1:1 : c ho b e . a , realisations on the part of several speculatot.rosof „ s oak' recently made purchases under the convic l ei _ I t ' ll° p ro: occur. For a few days during the past w ‘..sFeeisee bability of gold being required to be sent to ea_ret,s tee: to render a temporassy delay probable, but a re l L s ge 136 ' dgeunoctaytitoonsanreiemeipvreodOsy,mmeintetrdainy.the French fire d ba t he the since time, r ed l n b d ullas successes in ra t a h b d l e e e 4 per cent. Would probabiv be maintainobisosstirtY aspect mtpthheueerc mßzh eaoiennn o t kflf.e money affairs, influence. f nnt a cah i re r ek. s , ctitficheoesenstsfewead3vaiositsnuel f, and i s further ivb 0 occurred a s thethhA:ctihthga thought hi bare the t t l' i rnh , ° b : o 1:3) ; it : e l il and caused Atpe:ttriv/c,oe4ecetn°'t33,:ebtei 3 o n n i l i ve r 1 0 :, neveref When at•ndtsh d .e e t s h A e r e e es n d s d ur u ee p: ; p e iao l supply : a i n i3 ; y l :b nu s e°Y a g id '''' o te i a kv b t e u t w d : ei i t : 7 cl being underbid by the other establishallota ' i 'sog the present case the general rates already Pl' ,cessitY their them are sufficiently low to prevent the 116 s s s o eli t i s ie movement being met by any further 6 7' 80 0 0 bs . part. Paper of a choice description hag for q l e P r° a been freely negotiated at 3 per cent., aq c i s 's a 6ta t tl se b w i i l l i l ty be is in t a n d a e t, a w t it t la ha s t om m e te o . cca T s h io e na l l os e t n e ) eriod ' o s be Bank rate of discount was as low as 31Per be sief co y tween June and September, 1853. Tbe „ 1 u t o r lsa a ar n mizg g ee e or d irbo b yiA e n t mtz w , o e rb e se n uott l h : at , ni 1T 0 e 0 H2 0 , ,0 00 1. and 18,00 0 , 0 ° 1-1 1) ; 0 1 gnat t f 1$ sols were about 98. The bullion is new °Toloei, --------------- B at .A. c L rem S o O rn G e ' fa Bi °:::: f°r esterday the secon a l °Q 1 th lr e season, Was heldlU L O o f °r thin :Dos. of o :27lV ; ° il 63B : cdPil l i f'g e :llfic " °f'-'l o .t e tY LB I - - g g a Tl'd :I . !, '95 :::1 / 3t ;: l3P 1 li t e e l a i having come to the conclusion, from the te„ c h -e s sbf e " t ost arity of these gardens, and the facility w"" s ooll 5 ' k - h ' l ' can be reached from every part of the display of ' e s l f they formed a more eligible area for the disPic'poiehl'ing flowers than their usual place of ex'aibitieh:bit d, nit of . the beauty and variety of the flowers Oh l f ° 3 o3 ,4 _,,7 t ise, could be more successful than the sb e nj ' s Ors PIP The heaths and pelargoniums were esPee'3.', mould 1",3 be and on one rose tree we counted oe nia%robin'id be struggledesired,Altogether,during meets against his atmospheric foe, an",.is este-1'144"W t e novelties he hag s • the sb a P eev, 1. r oe the whole of the prereint 5 eailisetv eir; in ro ucs ind 0 . becc bwehenichcomheparbaatsivemiyaigneohreA:: bctif;te.„;dietsh more favourable circumstances, 0 , 1 rns''s,ondoe- a the the talk of all the pleasure-seekers 0 , diace s, all, Be, its tasteful gardens, its fanciful veoede,tcre offereti "4ise various amusements of every kind that id al entelt-ebris public, Oremorne, as a result of l a , b' by ,I;°' t o of is little short of marvellous. A flyelos bV 5 ai'P dolh i. liantly put upon a small stage,a nd 111°•r than in take'L°P pie" grotesque talent more common in Faris oncer t p ier performed in a commodious theatre P . 6 c space for the ger by daylight ; a large circus affords srios a nd s D ole ciees of a most efficient troop of eglietiwes, and thre e nests, including the celebrated Er-arnort fr°113,05 Wheale" of facetious notorietY ; in sere is s ole s -so o'clock in the afternoon till nighmidsteads persoe "_ts, perpetually going on, so that ~individsslgwacci retire home early, and the " fsstrr their hirlse;e3ePt the eeka."of pro come late, are sure to find plenty. o performs. In one single it is hard to limit the functions' urbich uiet `tea eta for menade, a respectable family r 1 f or those sttPl/8,1,009, i` regular dinners—not me rely .or . dasoiee* sellifr form an item of recreation —a gigantic br i e ,' *, of fortune-telling,-' be sides' au Jor • theatre, an amphitheatre ; aloe, inn the 110 e, ing point for those various diversion:r.,l sfieforior, day it is ,_Tarciden, a to obicii rifle-shooting, American ,meetbowling' 1 b e - ferf ipt 0 tion of taste and talnt. It would be bo drat ''• the sort of pleasure, substantial or frivolous' &c., which seem to hard t o pe a 00 1 to be found at Crenoer 0 ,r Ti' 's lit THE CAPTURE or to -----'---- oand the fieeltee ° f The following . iw from a sailor on b it is girt tore ° former master in the county'of Cork. r tb° 1 r if° a Russian document, picked tip afte orociaosir,,, Kertch, and sent home as a " trophy day `2. 5 - --- s io ° II of that memorable exploit :—" Kertch, se es s 0g d tb° You will see by the above headine- that "„ ter 1 ' 3 '0 3 the expedition I referred to in the'last leb oe rt r e is el l mli honour to write to you. Genera Caer acis sef W isril e s his command early this month. and the _hippie:ills; iti,vs taken ; off we went-again with 54 We of :`, 0 „, ' w oo' and small, with 20,000 troops. W e 1:1 1 ri t he to dig' 11l Turks. We arrived here and disembarke‘' ° b or e o f Or birthday, the 24th. It took us only thre e ove, r hs nli v embark. No sooner had we lande loh"ssa ''': i sere, shipp:ng, which kept up a continual fire, fisageootsot! sion to burn, sink, and destroy been. w oe 0 0 0 0 ; ran ones, too—their i'll o s vias tre ste u • were taken, the village set on fire. Th e Ptisiealrerettill' continual blaze. The Russian army, on e r ci ' see o P io th: as fast as they could, but our ships shelL e . r ider s seoer I saw many horses running without tbeir land s he ....) 0 13 retreat. I was on shore assisting te a,f3,00- oar The same General, &c., commands (i.e., Sir r se had, IsgeerPel. their retreat they blew up every batterY ti''J t s sal lot h with magazines, so that I am most happiY: o va 6 op loth how is taken without the loss of one master Is ; o Tse 6tjr sight to see the batteries blow up da r t ob , s u s e/ 0 dreds of shells explcded in the air, tog Our p oor i t ' re s t ° brasures. The people of Kertch treate d 0 tb°lo,°°:; with great kindness. To-day they.are c d _ a boe t 1 ,11 overtake the enemy ; they have, it is 1361 11 4, is the of _ s °, s e burnt all their shipping, &;c* fur Ship she cl iei - - cline of our men you will see dressed Iwuith so t ! , tr i. women's clothes, dancing jigs ; mor e ~ • o the r s it officers' unifOrms, parading the lower den ,, ti log to play musical instruments. I Cal e troph.:ver til I ought properly to you, but I have s ° , ere d a 01 ;sbe ° I self, if lam spared to return. I was O IL _ it. ", 1 1 be paintings, China, and tray for ss. but I had no place to .keeFoore P; the a beautiful collection for the museum, ! sin gs ; it seri as a trophy, as I took it am ong Thereothtuare o ?tri' a e: give you an idea of their writivg. ... ‘a i s oil s i3 l° o valuable things brought on board. 11- "..,`: ri ot be ss t t glass are splendid s sol ts a l to l terday from Sebastopol ; and they hr , v' s ° s es soe ' o et there, for the night we left their gnn-proti„ stee d t oe attack a French fort, but were cut o ff by to ol (. and all taken. The army at the same tl 1,400, pan killed 2,000 Russians ; the allies lost , battery. possession of the Ques-m............gr0an d and of cs loe t e ) f the 9'' I° l 0 J. W. Smith, unattached (late 0 , Geiser,' be , s;atans- 0 S . ses Her Majestyisa---------als been pleased to Psrtleisegirlntbe 1 being appsinted an Assistant -A j ..00 ,0 be p ~ Staff of the army in Ireland, i a the.a.ches to to Or Mansfield, resigned, havinc, been e st w t e bber 6°ll bassy at Constantinople. 'Colon 1 .._ Aut o.. arrived in Dublin and entered upon PP _ ~~