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G RESHAM LIFE ASSITRANCE SOCIETY. Head Office, 37, Old Jewry, London. Instituted A.D., MDCCCXLVIII. (7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) TRDSTEFX. Matthew Marshall, Esq. Stephen Olding, Esq. William Smee, Esq. WILLIAM TABOR, Esq., Chairman. This Office will be found highly eligible for every description of Life Assurance ; its main features being the publicity of its accounts, and the systematic readiness of its transactions. Perfect security is guaranteed by an ample paid-up capital, sub scribed by persons of the highest character and respectability. The Company, moreover, being under public Act of Parliament, official copies of its accounts may be readily had at the Government Regis trar's, on payment of the usual record fee. Policies may be effected without loss of time, formalities being curled through at the office every day, from 10 to 4 ; Saturdays, 10 to 2 ; medical officer daily at 11. The Board assembles on Thursdays at half-past 12. A great portion of the Society's Policies are upon first-class lives, but the Company being specifically established to include the In surance of individuals of regular and temperate habits, in whom health may be more or leis impaired, the Board openly seek to transact business of this class at equitable rates, founded upon a careful consideration of these cases. Lives of this description, declined at some offices, are accordingly open to acceptance at the Gresham. Loans may be obtained in connection with Policies effected with the Company. The Directors have advanced, in this respect, up wards of 175,0001. to the members since July, 1848. The range covered by English Rates in times of peace, and under ordinary circumstances. is North of Gibraltar and Philadelphia. N.B.—Active and influential persons will be appointed as agents on liberal terms, in districts where the Society is not already sufll ciently represented EDWIN JAMES FARREN, SecretarY. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. — AIr. BUCKSTONE respectfn'ly informs la's friends and the public that his BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY, 29th June. 1855, on which occasion will be revived the Comedy of THE BUSY BODY, Marplot (first time). Mr Buckstone ; Sir Francis Gripe, Mr. Chip pendale; Sir Jealous Traffic, Mr. Rogers; Sir George Airy, Mr. Howe; Charles, Mr. W. Farren; Whisper, Mr. Clark: Miranda, (first time), Miss Reynolds ; Isabinda, Mrs. C. White ; Patch, 311ss E. Chaplin. After which, the renowned SPANISH DANCERS, Senora Perm Plena and Senor Marcos Diaz, and twelve unequalled Spanish Cory phees, will make their First Appearance since their return from their provincial engagements. To which will be added (first time) an entirely New an d O r i g i nal Farce, entitled, MR. BUCKSTON E'S ADVENTURES with a POLISH PRINCESS, in which Mr. Buckstone will sustain the Principal Character. To be followed by other Entertainments. Tickets, places, and private boxes to be had of Mr. BuckstonorNo. 18, Snffalk-street, Pall-mall ; and of Mr. Turpin, at the Box Office of the Theatre, from ten till five o'clock daily, ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENDTG, Will be performed Donizetti's Grand Opera. called VICIA. DI LAM UEIIMODR. Characters by Madame Gassier, Signer Gassier, and Signor Armandl. To be followed by the New Ballet MIRANDA. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle 01 boxes•and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta is, 4s. ; private boxes to admit two persona, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 &try. TF-UP.ATEIE RUYAL UAYMARKUT. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A 5 YOU LIKE IT. Cha"acters by Messrs B. Sullivan, Howe, and Compton ; and Miss H. Fatteit. After which., ONLY A HALFPENNY. To cmclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S T EIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRABLES KEEN. THIS EVENING, .Vlll be performed AWAY WITFI MELANCHOLY. To connla(l3 with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka. 'urine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wol3ey, Mr. C. Kean. TEIMATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprletar, Mr. B. Webster.—Directross, Mr lame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be porformf3l r.Pf NY; HINDS. Miralters by Meisrs R. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Seloy, Sze. ; Madame Celeste Mrs. Keeley, &c. Followed by FOREIGN AFFAIRS. To condole with TaE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG: ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and lian7,zsr, Mr. A. Wigar. TF1 . 13 EVENTNG. Will be performed PF.R.Fe.CT CONTI - DE ' , I*CE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vininz; Miss Nlarston and Miss Bromley To be followed by STILL WATERS RUST DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Mlsi Alas and Mrs. Melfort. To conclude with POOR PILLICODDY. 110YAL STRAND THEATRE. Unter the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVEITLNO, Will be performed OUR NELLY. Nelly Bell, Miss B. Isaacs Gies, Mr. W. Shalders. After which, CIIERRY AND FAIR STAR. Principal character by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with DEAF AS A POiT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tosee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Boundless Magnificence and Majestic Effect. Mr. Wiliam Cooke invites attention to that new gem of gorgeous brilliancy and massive Splendour, the Spectacle by J. H. Stocqueler, Esq. THIS EVENING, The Crand Hippodramatic Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY; or, the brothers In Arms. Real armour, ponderous material, des-aerate encounters in the Tour ney. Ring and stage combined m one ! After which those matchless entertainments invented and ar ranged by Mr. William Cooke, the ACTS in the CIRCLE. Box-ornce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equeerian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MIDGE. Tia; DA`f —Morning 35 min„after rt j Evening 2min. aft. 12 Po-" , ! - en;Invy - Morning 0 mm.after 0 j Evening 28nain. al /2 TEIF WEATHER.—iusi OTrzci, June 27. TEURMONICTICE, IN TIM SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day, at noon. 3AROMETER, 30'47. WIND, N.E.—Light, with fine warm weather—rather hot. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF " THE SUN." On and after MONDAY next, the 2d July, the price of " THE SUN" on Unstamped Paper will be reduced to FOUR PENCE. The Stamped will be FIVE PENCE, and will go free by post for fifteen days from the date of publication, and may be retransmitted during that period to all parts of the kingdom. Subscribers in large towns, to whom the unstamped paper can be sent in parcels by rail way, had bettet. arrange with their news agents for cheapness and convenience. Any communication addressed to this office will be duly attended to. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, 25th June. ( ~'~'l ;. ~ ~,_~:+ -. r -_~ =~= Asll, ~~~: LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1855. " The Constitution is in danger !" We have had the cry so frequently resorted to in byegone days once more revived ; but not as formerly, not to protect the freedom and independence of Parliament, the Press, or the country against the encroachments of the Crown, but to prevent the acts of Government from being in any degree questioned by the other estates of the realm. We are emphatically cautioned, and that by high authority, against any impertinent interference with the Ministerial will. We must be satisfied with any or no information which they think fit generously to accord, or sit down in contented ignorance, if such should appear desirable to the Executive. All the legislative functions of the Lords and Commons are to be abrogated, or at least suspended, and the only duties which Noble Lords or Hon. Gentlemen may venture to transact will be to vote all the supplies and sanction all the imposts suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to register the ukases ©P the Prime Minister. This may a model " German" Constitution, but we venture respectfully to hint that it is not suited to the meridian of the British Isles ; nor will it meet much favour among those who value t j m i r ow n rights and privileges, and insist, above all things, on the inalienable p r i nc i p l e o f "self government," which belong s to every citizen of the United Kingdom, and which i s as highly valued as prerogative a the Crown the most dearly-prized by Royalty itself ! Such a question should at any time be eschewed, but it is especially inopportune under the existing circumstances of the country. We have witnessed with pain the gross mismanagement which pre vailed in every department, and which led to such fearkl losses in men and money, and the almost intolerable privations and sufferings en dured by the finest army that ever left the Bri►ish shores. We have seen that Ministers themselves obtained information of existing abuses through the much -maligned journalists, and that relief was only afforded to thousands of sufferers by private philAlthropy, stimulated, and, we may add, organised, nailer the direction of " a leading journal." We have heard the Peace-at-any-price arguments recently put forward by those who had within a few short months been influential members of the Cabinet, and who would still, but for the inter ference of the popular branch of the Legislature, have retained their places and been permitted, if the new theory had been carried into practical operation, to tamper with the honour and security of the nation ! And yet under such circumstances a general censure is uttered by a 'very influential personage a gainst Parliament, P ress, an d P eople, for the " interference" or "impatience" that pre vented such infelicitous 4 consequences, and are gravely lectured as . to the "heavy trial which our Constitutional Government is now undergoing !" In another part of our impression will be found a powerful article, extracted from a respected weekly contemporary the Examiner, to which we would earnestly in vite the attention not only of the community at large, but of persons high in office, and even of those on the very footsteps of the throne. Our I contemporary questions the accuracy of the re ports that have been circulated, in a laudable anxiety to preserve the character of the Prince Consort from any undue condemnation, and with a sagacious estimate of the dangerous nature of the sentiments ascribed to his Royal Highness. It would loyally afford him the opportunity of correcting any misconception ; or, if the state ments of what occurred at the Trinity House Banquet were but " ower true," supply a locus penitentice by which the objectionable views may be retracted or modified, and the mischief occasioned to liberal and " constitutional" principles at home and abroad completely averted. This is a praiseworthy undertaking. The Prince Consort is too near the person of • our most gra cious Sovereign to render it a pleasing task to oppose his arguments. But if he deliberately descend from his high position into the arena of political controversy, he cannot complain if he should encounter some of the difficulties and annoy ances inseparable from the contest. That the Sovereign " can do no wrong" is a constitutional maxim. On the Minister for the time being falls the full weight of public indignation ; and thus it is that when in more despotic countries dynas- ties are hurled from the throne, constitu tional England is contented with a change in the Cabinet. That " safety-valve" shourd not be ig- norantly overweighted or fastened down, least of all by one so nearly connected with the Sove reign. We would then, with respectful deference, venture to give the salutary advice to one who has often gained the plaudits of his fellow-subjects, that he should abstain from venturing on such slippery ground, and that he should restrict him self to matters in which he has gained golden opinions from men of all classes and grades in society. If he accept the caution, well ! If not, we shall venture to paraphrase a sentiment that once excited a considerable sensation in the sister kingdom—" The exports of England, and may lose who would subvert her ancient and time honoured Constitution be among the earliest ! " Last night the veteran Lord LYNDHURST "called ;he attention of the House of Lords to the treaty )f the 2d December, 1854, and the recent Con- Ferences at Vienna, with reference to the position of Austria in her relation to the Allied Powers." It is almost needless to say that there was the same efficient marshalling of facts and lucid arrange ment for which the Noble Lord has invariably been distinguished. He also said quite suffi cient to excite the most apathetic from their indifference, whether real or assumed ; but yet he spared the withering denunciation, the bitter invective, which he has on many previous occasions hurled at the heads of minor offenders., He was manifestly desirous of affording a locus penitentice to the Government which ha 3 made so many friendly professions to the Western Powers, of still leaving open the golden opportunity so egregiously missed—of vindicating her bwn rights, and maintaining her own interests by entering into a closer and more honourable alliance with France and England. But, notwithstanding this feeling, the veteran statesman depicted with a master-hand the vari ous phases of deception practised during the recent diplomatic proceedings, and which clearly indi cated the existence of a secret understanding with Russia, whose interests she had advanced in too great a degree to ascribe the objectionable conduct to mere inadvertence. That our ex-Plenipoten- tiary was completely bamboozled by the more wily diplomatists of Austria is unfortunately but too notorious. The extraordinary credulity of the English Government is the standing jest of Germany, and there is not a petty despot sub sidised by Russia who does not cpenly applaud the "cleverness" (i.e., the duplicity and insin cerity) of Austria, and ridicule the easy gullibility of JOHN BULL, and the capacious swallow of the obtuse Islanders. As we have repeatedly shown, the conduct of Austria has been far worse than that of Prussia. It is true that the Cabinet of Berlin has let slip no opportunity of exhibiting its subservience and servility to the AUTOCRAT in the clearest light. But it did not profess friendship for the Western Nations, nor hold out the strongest expectations of material assistance and en tire co-operation which there was no real inteu- tion of affording. Nor did the Minister of Prussia obtain or require a solemn undertaking to be pro tected in the event of any aggression on the part of Russia, or by false pretences obtain a footing on the Turkish soil. All these things, however, Austria has done. She has occupied the Princi palities with troops more exacting and tyrannical than those of the avowed enemy. She has induced the Cabinets of Paris and London to believe that if the negotiations entered into solely at her instigation should fail, the inchoate alliance would become offensive and defensive, and " that the weight of her sword would soon obtain by war what her influence could not effect in the Conference." , These were the specious hop e 3, artfully excited by Austria, but never in tended to be realised. And how has she now acted? By withdrawing her troops from the Gallician frontier and disbanding a large proportion of her army she has proved herself determined to maintain a disgraceful neutrality, and renders practically powerful, although indirect, assistance to Russia by allowing her to move all her troops to the Crimea to enhance the difficulties of the Allies. These are points which should sink deep into the hearts of every Englishman ; and by calling attention thereto Lord LYNDHURST has rendered another important service to his country, for which he is entitled to the marked thanks and gratitude of the community. It has frequently been asserted that in this happy land there is " one law for the rich and another for the poor,"'•that the strong and power ful can break through the meshes intended to secure the minor fry—that they can, in fact, violate with impunity ordinances, any breach whereof will entail heavy penalties on their less favourably circumstanced brethren. The signifi cant demonstration in Hyde -park on last Sunday showed how strongly this " class legislation" was resente d by " the many ;" and we fear that another instance will speedily be afforded to wealthy criminals and persons moving in an exalted station in society. We earnestly entreat attention to the communi cation on the subject of Messrs. STRAHAN and Co's bankruptcy, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, extracted from a morning contemporary. W. E. K. is perfectly correct in the position he has laid down. The terms of the statute are exactly as he has quoted them ; and the effect of the candour of the bankrupts, so highly lauded by their very ingenious counsel, will be to afford them practical indemnity for obtaining 113,6251. on the securi ties of their customers. Henceforward they have only the Commissioners in Bankruptcy to deal with. The Criminal Court is divested of its terrors. They have made plenary confession, and received complete absolution. They may sneer not only at Dr. GRIFFITH, but at all the other parties whose property has been unduly tampered with, but who, notwithstanding the stringent provisions of the law, are hencefor ward restricted to civil remedies. The proceedings before the magistrate may now be regarded as a solemn farce. The prisoners may be held to bail or discharged, for what is the use of a trial when there is no possibility of a conviction—where the Legislature has framed " a saving clause" for the protection of wealthy culprits. We do not blame Mr. PARRY for ingeniously devising the means of escape. He merely dis charged his duty to his client, and he did it efficiently ; but we complain of the stale of the law that sanctions such means of evasion, and allows the heaviest offences of the kind to remain unexpiated. It has long been notorious that the grossest frauds have been committed under the provisions of the Statute of Frauds. And it is equally well known that bill-stealing has been fostered and protected by the enactment which requires a specific direction in writing as to the application of the securities, under which it is not sufficient that the party should himself de clare the purpose for which he is so entrusted if he has not the written direction of tho owner, a point which is invariably resented as an " insult," which must terminate the negotiation. The dupe is thus plundered with impunity in conse quence of the legislative shield interposed before . the offender; and now Messrs. STRAHAN, PAUL, and BATES may " snap their fingers at the rest of their victims." We must, however, agree with W. E. K. that it is to be hoped that such au ab surd saving clause will not be allowed to continue to disgrace the criminal law of this commercial country. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y EVENING, JUNE 07 18tib sick and wounded on board. The Himalaya, on her passage from Constantinople during the night of the 18th, in a partial fog, ran foul of a foreign merchant barque, carrying away the barque's bow sprit and topmast, and doing her other trifling damage. She wai immediately taken in tow by the Himalaya,. which returned with her to Syra, then distant 70 miles. The Himalaya sustained no other damage than one of her boats being broken to pieces. No casualty of any kind occurred among the mules on board during the whole transit from Gibraltar to the Crimea, and they were lauded in first-rate condition. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia was played last night at this theatre for the purpose of introducing a new tenor —a Signor Favio—to a London audience, in the cha racter of Gennaro. This gentleman possesses a voice of moderate compass, but he was labouring so severely last evening from nervousness that we defer our notice until another opportunity. Madame Arga sung the music of Lucrezia very creditably, as did Miss F. Huddart that of Maffio—the Brindisi, of course, receiv ing the honour of an encore. On a repetition of the opera we suggest the propriety of adhering to the origi nal time of the music ; speaking generally, the whole of it last night was sung too slow. The house was crowded in every part, the dress circle presenting quite an array of rank and fashion. HAYMARKET THEATRE. MR, BUCKSTONE'S BENEFIT. The benefit of Mr. Buckstone, the enterprising lessee of this favourite theatre, is fixed fur Friday next, the 29th inst., and the entertainments selected for the occa sion are of the most attractive description. The per formances commence with the admirable comedy of The Busy Body, in which Mr. Buckstone will sustain the part of Marplot, a treat in itself ; after which the fascinating Perea Nena and Senor Marcos Diaz, and the whole troupe of Spanish dancers, will make their re-appearance ; in addition to which an original farce, entitled Mr. Buckstone'* Adven tures with a Polish Princess, will be presented for the first time—the lessee himself sustaining the principal part. During the present season the services of the most eminent actors and actresses have been secured for the little theatre in - the Haymarket; and, as a proof of his encouragement to authors, he has ac cepted and produced a greater number of plays than any lessee in London. That the house will be filled to repletion we cannot doubt, for no manager ever exerted himself more than Mr. Buckstone has to deserve the support and patronage of the play-going public of the metropolis. ACCIDENTAL DEATII INSURANCE CO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It having been publicly stated that Sir John Dean Paul was the chairman of the Accidental Death Insurance Company, and that Messrs. Strahan were their bankers, I beg to be allowed to state that Mr. Kenyon Parker, Q.C., is our chairman, and that Messrs. Currie are our bankers, ar.d th a t th ey have respectively been so since the formation of the company in 1849. Trusting that you will insert this in your journal, I remain, Sir, your obed. servant, WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. 7, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, June 26. PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord President ; Viscount Palmerston, First I, , rd of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Ver non Smith, President of the Board of Control ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; and the Marquis of Abercorn, groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness. The Hon. William Bathurz.t was the clerk of the council in waiting. Sir Cimrle, Wood, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, and Viscount Palmerton had audiences of her Majesty. REMOVAL or THE COURT.—The Queen is expected to arrive at Osborne Palace on the 9th of July. The Royal yacht has completed coppering, and the carving and gilding embellishments are nearly finished on the out side of the vessel. She will be ready about the 4th of next month. The Royal tenders Fairy and Elfin will come out of dock on the 30th inst., and the Elfin will proceed to Southampton. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, honoured Mr. Burford with a visit in Leicester-square yesterday forenoon, and viewed the Panoramas of Sebastopol and the Battle of the Alma. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Baron Marochetti with a visit yesterday at his studio. Prince Leopold•took i drive in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with Prince Arthur, took a drive in the afternoon in an open car riage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, visited the Crystal Palace at Sydenham yesterday. His Highness Mustapha Pacha has taken his depar ture from Claridge's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, ea route for the continent. The Empress left Paris on Monday for Eaux Bonnes, where she will remain a few weeks for the benefit of sea• bathing. The Emperor accompanied her Majesty to the railway station. The Emperor of Austria will return to Vienna on Monday, the 9th July, and the Empress two days before. The Empress of Austria arrived on the evening of the 20th at Possenhofen, in Bavaria. The Duke and Duchess, her parents, went to meet her. It is believed that her Majesty will return to Vienna on the 7th July; and that the Emperor will arrive in that ca',ital on the 9th, from his tour of inspection in Gallicia. The Duke of Beaufirt has written to the Times, deny ing the statement that he and his duchess were obliged to leave their carriage in Hyde-park on Sunday by the crowd. He only saw half a dozen little boys who hooted him. Count de Lorry has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment 2,000 f. fine, and 5 , 000 f. damages, for de faming the Character of General Randon, Governor- General of Algeria. On Saturday morning tbo Roman Catholic Bishop of Gal way, the Right Rev. L O'Donnell, sat down to breakfast in apparently sound good health. Suddenly he was seized with illness, and within a very brief time ceased to exist. _ _ Mademoiselle Rachel, it is expected, will visit this country on her way to the United States, and perform four of her principal characters at the St. James's Theatre. VACANT PROFESSORSHIP.—Wo have been informed that there will probably be a vacancy in the Professor ship of Natural Philosophy in Queen's College, Cork, i❑ October next, as it is the intention of ProfeBeor Shaw to accept a tutorship iii Trinity College, Dublin, at the end of the long vacation. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, JUNE 26. The English steamer New York, which le! Constantinople on the 17th, has arrived. The mail steamer Simois, which left Constanti. nople on the 18th, has also arrived. She brings news from the Crimea to the 16th of June. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. ABO, JUNE 21 The Grand Duke Nicholas has just reviewed the troops at Helsingfors and Abo, and inspected the fortifications at Sweaborg. The English fleet is dispersed, and cruising along the coast of Finland, THE CRIMEA. The Russian Government publishes a despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated the evening of the 19th, praising his troops, and announcing that the fire of the allies had all but ceased. A small Rus sian reinforcement of infantry is moving down to Sebastopol. Owing to the difficulty of feeding large corps in the Crimea since the operations of the allies in the Black Sea, the Russian Government has given an increased extension to the camp at Nicolaieff, assembling there the divisions which would otherwise be encamped in the Tannic Peninsula. The following indications of the Austrian jour nal, the Danube, are worthy of notice, as showing the true situation of Sebastopol according to the avowal of the enemy themselves :—" It is posi tively stated that General Osten-Sacken has removed his head-quarters into Fort Sainte Cathe rine, and has charged Admiral Pamphiloff and Chruloff with the defence of the works of fortifica tion. It is added , that the town and fortress are supplied with provisions and ammunition for 30,000 men for several months. This information, however, comes from a Russian source. The fact alone of tho Russian head-quarters having been re moved from the town, properly so-called, to-Fort Sainte Catherine, situated to the north of the great bay of Sebastopol, opposite the Artillery bay, proves, better than all the bulletins of the Allies, that the Russians despair of holding the town and the fortifications on the south side." The Post Gazette of Frankfort says:--" Letters from the Crimea announce that the Russians are fortifying Perekop more and more strongly, and are establishing at Nicolaieff a large camp as a re serve for the army in the Crimea and at Sebasto pol. According to a letter from Odessa, the num ber of men in the camp is already 30,000. Prince Gortschakoff has his head-quarters still on the Belbek. The corps of General Liprandi, not being sufficient to occupy the heights on the right bank of the Tchernaya in view of the enemy, has been reinforced by the corps of General Bichnowski. The division of General Popoff is staticned near Inkerman, and that of General Pauloff near Eupa tnria, which it surrounds. Generals Bellegarde, Wrangel, and Montresor, defend the interior of the country towards Kertch." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We have not had as yet any more detailed in formation respecting the affair of the 18th, in which, as previously observed, only two divisions were engaged ; but the despatches already received are of a kind to diminish the gravity originally attached to a check which there is little doubt will be repaired and avenged before long—if such has not already been the case. • It appears, unless the attacking forces each suc ceeded, neither the assailants of the Malakhoff nor the Redan could hold their ground. Some attri bute blame to the English forces, in not being pro vided for eventualities with scaling ladders, &c., but this is mere conjecture. Reports say the Russians are working as hard as the Allies for the next struggle. It appears that Perekop will eventually become the interesting point. An officer who has reached Paris with re ports, states the number of the Russians now in the Crimea fit for service is probably not more than 150,000, including the garrison of Sebastopol. But fresh troops are marching towards Perekop. A telegraphic despatch announces the safe arrival of the Empress at Bordeaux last night at a quarter past ten. An Imperial decree appoints General Salle to the command of the sub-division of the Meuse, at Verdun. Generals Reveux and Talandier, of the 12th and 17th military divisions, and General Gauthier de la Verderie, member of the committee of gendar mery, have just been placed on the second section (reserve) of the staff. The King of Portugal embarked at Marseilles on the 24th on board the Reine Hortense and landed the same evening at Toulon. The gun-brig La Vigie left Algiers on the 20th to continue her voyage to Constantinople and the Black Sea. The Fournaise and Torche bomb vessels left Cherbourg on the 24th for the Baltic, in tow of the Tonnerre steamer. BOURSE, JUNE 26.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4A, per Cents 92 75 93f. —c. 3 per Cents 66 60 66 60 Credit Mobilier 952 50 Roman Credit Fonder 550 Austrian Belgian Fives 93l— Spanish Threes — Piedmontese 53 Home Debt 3l RAILWAYS-2'OR CASH. fr: c. fr. c. Orleans - Lyons .., ... 1232 50 Western 751 25 Rouen Ciotti, — Strasburg Mediterranean llB5 Havre 615 Northern PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 23d, in the Debats, says :—" The indications of a disarming in Ger many are become more and more multiplied. In Wurtemburg, amongst other countries, mea sures are being prepared for it ; recently, the Pre sident of the Council, M. de Linden, publicly ex pressed the hope that numerous furloughs would soon enable large savings to be effected. The tele graphic conferences are nearly terminated, and the draft of the new treaty to be concluded on the subject between Germany, Belgium, and France has been in part drawn up. The principal points already agreed to are that the number of words in a single despatAi is raised from 25 to 30, five being allowed for the address ; and that an an swer not exceeding ten words, sent within twenty four hours, shall be charged only half price. The representatives of Belgium and France hav ing demanded to communicate it to their .Go vernments, the conferences have been sus pended until they can do so. The satisfactory con clusion of the negotiations is confidentially ex pected. It is reported to-day that the Russian Government has entered into negotiations with an American company for the construction of a rail way from St. Petersburg to Warsaw." PIED MONT. The Piedmontese Government has received de spatches from the Crimea up to the 22d, from which it appears that the cholera is on the decrease in the Piedmontese army. From May 13th to June Bth there had been 869 cases of cholera ; 37 had recovered and 382 had died. Up to the 22d the Piedmontese had taken no active part in any encounter. The Opinione of Turin, of the 23d, says that the Philippine monks of that capital have determined to proceed judicially aga i ns t th e Royal decre e which comprises their convent among those to be suppressed. This example, it is said, will be fol lowed by other religious fraternities. SPAIN. MADRID, June 25.—The Committee of Finance yesterday rejected the plan of M. Bruil by six votes to three. A general meeting of the members of this committee is to be held to-day. It is probable that M. Bruil will retire from the Government ; his successor is not yet mentioned. MALTA. MALTA, Juno 21.—The French packet Alex andre, which arrived last night from Alexandria, is to sail this morning for Marseilles. The Laurentine Julia, French brig transport (791), from Marseilles, with 15 soldiers and 20 horses, for Kamiesch ; and the Lucie, French brigantine transp or t (7 12 ) , f rom M arse ill es , with 29 soldiers and 30 horses, for Kamiesh, have also arrived. Yesterday evening a French screw line-of-battle ship was signalled to the north-west, steering east wards. On arriving off the island, she turned and took a four-masted American vessel in tetw, sup posed to be the Great R e p u blic, from Marseilles, with French troops f or th e rimea. A French sailing line-of-battle ship also passed from east to west yesterday eveni n g. Early this morning her Majesty's snip Himalaya came in from Bala klava and C. , nstantinople, and will proceed to England in two or three days to refit, with a few THE BALTIC FLEET. OFF SESKAR, June 18.—At 7 ,o'clock on the morning of the 11th the Magicienne returned from a cruise along the coast of Finland between Hel singtors and Viborg ; on the 9th, when passing between the island of Rivansari and the mainland, mhe came suddenly upon an encampment of about 3,000 of the enemy, who had with them six heavy field-pieces ; she came to an anchor about 1,200 yards from the shore, when the Russians opened fire upon her, which she imme diately returned with such rapidity and correct ness of aim that the enemy were forced to retreat to the woods, out of range of her guns. They must have suffered severely, for the Magicienne fired more than 100 shot and shell in less than a quarter of an hour, and at that distance the execution must have been very great. The ship escaped without the slightest accident, except that the first shot from the enemy cut through her chain cable and lodged in her stem, where it now remains as a trophy, and, continuing her cruise, she captured and destroyed several schooners and galliots laden with hewn granite for the•forts at Cronstadt. JUNE 15. At 4 30 p.m., the Merlin parted company on a mission to Helsingfors, with a flag of truce from Admiral Dundas, most likely concerning the mur der of the boat's crow at Hango. JUNE 18. At 2 a.m. this morning the Vulture arrived with the mails, having accomplished the distance from Dantzic to Seskar in 62 hours. The Merlin and the Driver arrived almost at the same time, the lat..' ter from cruising, and the former with the) answer to the Commander-in-Chief's despatches to the Go vernor of Relsingfors. She arrived off there on Saturday at 1 p.m., when a boat came out of the harbour to meet her, and, having received the de spatch, hastened back again ; hut it was not until Sunday at 2 p.m., during which time the Merlin lay at anchor within 3,500 yards of the fortress, that an answer was returned. It is with great pleasure I am now enabled to correct a part of my last letter, the incorrectness in which was owing to the confused account given by the only man who was supposed to have escaped death at Hango. It now appears that only four of our men were killed; the others have been made prisoners. I believe none of the officers were wounded, and two of those killed were the stewards. We are most anxiously awaiting the arrival of mortar vessels and batteries. The people from the village on Seskar have returned from the island they had fled to. There are about 150 women and children ; not a boy above 12 years old has been left, husbands and sons having been taken away to serve the Emperor. (FROM ANOTHER LETTER.) SESKAR, June 18. The squadron of observation, comprising three small steamers, and of which the Merlin, Captain Sullivan, is entitled to special notice, have accul rately ascertained by their several cruises off both shores of Cronstadt the present strength of the de fences of that stronghold, which have been consi derably augmented since the withdrawal of the Al , lied fleets from the Gulf of Finland towards the close of the past year. The principal fortresses on the south side are those of Constantine, Alexander, Peter the Great, Risbank, and Cronslot. They command the narrow channel, and from their rela t've positions can pour in a heavy cross fire on ships forcing the passage. The most formidable of them is the Risbank Cattery. It has 217 guns, of the calibre of eight and ten inches, arranged in four tiers. Fort Alexander mounts 120 guns, Peter the Great 132, Constantine 35, and Cronslot citadel 10), making a total of 604 guns. Of the 1 trge flotilla of gun-boats in the harbour 17 are propelled by steam power, and are of a much larger descrip tion than those of the Allies. On the north side several earthworks have recently been thrown up and several line-of-battle ships sunk across the mouth of the harbour. Since the combined naval forces were off Cronstadt in 1854 the Russians have availed themselves of the interval in rendering it as impregnable as possible. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 26. The Royal Company's steam-ship Dee, Captain Woolcott, arrived here at noon to-day from St. Thomas's, with dates to the 9th inst., 4 passengers —viz.—Lieut. Ballinghall, from her Majesty's ship Trincomalee,' stationed in the Pacific ; Dr. Parkyn, medical inspector at Barbadoes ; Judge Forster, and Mr. Rothe-17 live turtle, 24 cases of copper ore, a few packages of sundries, but no specie on freight. The Dee' has for some time past been engaged in inter-colOnial duties on the , various routes per formed by the Royal Mail Company in the West Indies, and, in consequence of a disarrangement of her machinery, and the necessity for a general renovation, has returned to England. The Dee left England in January, 1852, and in August, 1853, was despatched to New York, where she was lengthened by the addition of a new bow, and also underwent a general repair. Since that time she has been engaged in the duties of the-mail service, and, although during her passage to Southampton only three boilers were used, the voyage was com pleted in less than 17 days. There is little additional news by this arrival to that received per La Plata. The general health of the West India islands continued good, but at St. Thomas's no improvement had taken place, and several cases of yellow fever existed, fortunately however not reaching beyond the shipping. Owing to the exertions and assiduity of the medical officers of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ships at that island, as well as the sanitary arrangements of the commanders, none of the crew of either vessel had at all suffered. _ _ Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain Thomp son, arrived at St. Thomas's on the 7th inst. from Bermuda, for the purpose of taking the place of the Calypso, which vessel was to leave on the 10th inst. for Barbadoes. The Calypso was entirely free from sickness. _ During the homeward voyage the Dee exchanged 'signals with the bark Thischa, on the 19th inst., in lat. 41 22 N., long. 37 41 ~ standing to the westward ; also the ship Medway, on the 22d, in lat. 46 2 N., long. 22 48 W., 91 days from Port Philip, with 20,0001. value in gold, and some passengers, who were reported all well. The Dee brings a ship's letter bag from St. Thomas's, which, it is presumed, contains most of the missing mails from Santa Cruz. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat has arrived for our market since Monday, consequently the show of bam ples here to-day was small. Although the trade ruled by no means active, prices were supported. ' There was only a retail inquiry for foreign wheat, the supply of which was good, yet importers generally were firm in their demands. In floating cargoes very little was doing. We had only a limited sale for barley and malt, at Monday's currency. . _ • _ We weie fairly supplied with oats, and a fair average business was transacted in most kinds at full currencies. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEB& _ Barley. Malt. Oats. I Flom 2;0 7GO --- 1,020 _ 150 t 11,771 1,680 14,090 i 50 sks• Wheat. 430 'risk •• •• Foreign BOROUGH HOP. We have a moderate demand for all kinds of hops, and prices aro well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The trade to-day ruled dull, at the following prices : —Beef, 3s 2d to 4s Od ; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 8(1 ; Limb, 4s 10d to 5s iod ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s ld to 4E. 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. MEETING OF BANKERS.—At a general meeting of pri vate bankers held yesterday at the Clearing-house the following resolution was adopted :—" That in conse quence of a paragraph having appeared in the Times news paper to the effect that it would be thought improper if any ono demanded from his bankers the examination of securities deposited with them by him for safe custody,, the bankers unanimously declare their opinion that the contrary is the case, and that they have always consi dered such examination as a most proper and business like proceeding."—A. W. ROILIRTS, Chairman." PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about al par (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1 1 0 Ad. per ounce for stand ard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 • and, the exchange at Paris on L on d on at short being 25:12 it follows that gold is about o'lB per cent, dearer in Paris than in Lon don. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13'5 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at shoat being 13.41, it follows that gold is 0•41 per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 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 percent. in favour of England; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. LIFE IN SMY.RNA. SMYRNA, JUNE 14. The medical officers have but little duties to per form, for their patients are nearly all convalescent, and there appears to be no immediate prospect of the arrival of time. The deaths, few in number, ensue from internal organic diseases of long stand ing, of which the commonest is consumption ; there are very few cases of fever in the building. The weather continues fine. Thermometer, '75 to 80 deg.; barometer, 30. It is now dangerous for any one to take a ride or a walk without carrying a re volver, and it is better for four or five to go in company, for bands of robbers have made their ap pearance close to the town, and have commenced their campaign in earnest. Last Sunday afternoon Mr. Macgraith, an Eng lish surgeon resident in Smyrna, was riding through Bournabat, a pretty village four miles off, chiefly occupied by the merchants, on his way to visit a patient, when a gang of armed men sprang upon him, tore him from his horse, and effected his cap ture in a masterly way. He told them that he was an English doctor, to which the leader replied he was just the man they wanted ; that they had been, in fact, waiting for the very opportunity, add ing, " Your -- of a Queen has done our co-reli gionists much harm. and we shall make the English colonel and the English doctors at the hospital pay for your release." Seven or other captures were then made between 6 and 7 p,m., but the fellows were content with robbing the several parties of their arms, purses, and watches, and letting them go. Two only were ca rr i e d u p the hills—namely, Mr. Macgraith and Mr. Maiuuk, for the release of whom 3,0001. was demanded in a polite note sent shortly after to Mr. Witthall, of Bour nabat, near to whose holm these events had taken place. Some English who happened to be dining there proposed an immediate pursuit, but a sufficient force could not be mustered ; Mr. Goolden therefore rode over to Smyrna to report to Colonel Storks, who instantly demanded an audience of the Pacha, and insisted upon steps being taken on the spot for the liberation of the prisoners. About midnight a mounted party, con sisting of Colonel Storks, his aide-de-camp, and the greater part of the medical officers, Hamlet Bey, chief of the police, some cavasses, and Turkish soldiers, started for Bonnarbashi, a small village one mile from Bournabat, and at the foot of the mountains. In this district the bandits have re mained in greater or less force up to the present time ; but, although one or two encounters have taken place, and some wounds inflicted, the unfor tunate Mr. Macgraith has not been set at liberty. For nearly a week he has been dragged from one mountain fastness to another, worn out in body and anxious for his fate. He has a wife and family resident in Smyrna. It is said, but I know not upon what authority, that Mr. Manuk has es caped. It is also reported that Mr. Macgraith has been killed, but this is not believed. An emissary has been despatched by the family to offer 4001. for his release ; but a much larger sum is forthcoming if necessary. This man has not yet returned, and until his arrival nothing certain can be known of either the robbers or their victim. It is now ascertained that these ruffians are on the look out for some of the officers of the civil medical staff, from whom they expect to get a large ransom. One or two of these gentlemen have re ceived private intimation that it will be wise for them to avoid unnecessary exposure even so near as the Castle-hill, for from that point to Budja the whole country is occupied by these unscrupu lous ruffians. The medical officers ran a great risk a few nights ago, when a ball was given at Budja in the house of a Mr. Werreg. The robbers con templated coming in force into the village and effecting a capture during the fete, but the inten tion was abandoned from a little want of organisa tion, and a few days afterwards their scene of action was shifted from Budja to Bournabat, where the country, more hilly and wooded, offers a ready means; of escene. The medical officers have acted with much spirit. Those who could he spared from duty turned out at once under Colonel Storks' command, then rode over a% midnight to the district where these bri !rands were known to he hiding. They were so close upon the track that nothing except false in formation could have hindered success. Theyforced their horses through brushwood and over rocks to the summit of the mountain pointed out as the thieves' retreat, and it is new believed that a deep ravine alone separated them at one time from the objects of their search. SATURDAY, June 15. The robbers have escaped, carrying with them poor Mr. Macgraith, for whose fatest the greatest anxiety is felt. The shepherd sent by the family with the ransom money has returned, after an un successful search, and it is not known whether the pursuit should be directed towards Nymfi or the Two Brothers (mountains on the left of die Gulf of Smyrna.) In the latter place, a favourite robber haunt, there are caverns where a captive might be imprisoned without a chance of being found for years. The country is excessively wild, although bold and interesting, and once a favourite spot for sportsmen. lam sorry to say that Dr. Ranke has been bruised, but not badly, by a fall from his horse. He is staying at Bournabat, in the house of Dr. Wood. The other gentlemen have returned to Smyrna. Many .rumours are of course afloat, to some of which lam unwilling to attach credence. It is, however, stated that political feelings have some thing to do with these disturbances. Parties of low Greeks have been heard in the cabarets in high glee, drinking success to the robbers, and there have been of late, upon more than one occasion, expressions of rudeness in tho streets. These feel ings of disrespect and animosity are not lessened by the news of the recent sucdesses of the combined fleets in the Sea of Azoff. Every victory produces an increased amount of bitterness. Respecting the hospital I have nothing further to add. Between 200 and 300 beds are ready for the immediate reception of patients, .and much more room could be made by the dismissal of conva lescents. A considerable proportion of the medical ,staff could be sparedfor duty elsewhere, and would, I apprehend, volunteer to serve wherever they were required by 0-evernment. Half the present staff would be quite sufficient for the wants of the Smyrna Hospital. The following are the names of men who have died in the Smyrna Hospital from the 9th to the 15th of June : Privates Thomas Lee, 88th Regiment, phthisis, June 10 ; and William Godfrey , 19th Regiment, phthisis, June 13. THE SACK OF KERTCIf. The following correspondence has been forwarded to us for publication. It would seem to show that, whatever blame may attach to the General in com mand of the expedition, none can• be attributed to the authorities at home for the excesses committed at Kertch and Yenikale " Athenaanin Club, May 31. "Dear Sir,--Let me' trespass a moment on your time, in order to venture a suggestion, or rather to ex press a hope, that an order may be sent by telegraph to Kertch to place a guard over the Museum. " The country around Kertch is covered with tumuli, in which have been found finely sculptured sarcophagi, numerous inscriptions, statues, and golden ornaments, crowns, and bracelets, as beautiful as those from the combs of Etruria. These are all placed in a temple— copied from that of Thesus at Athens—built on the hill side just above Kertch. "In time of peace there was always a Russian guard at this building to prevent depreda+ions, and it is poslible some evil-disposed inhabitant of Kertch might seize the occasion of its withdrawal to despoil the collection, one of the most interesting in the world. Whatever may be the future fate of this museum—whatever land it is lestined hereafter to adorn—much of its value must lepend upon its remaining as complete as possible. "I should not venture to draw your attention to this, were I not aware that the number in England is very small of those who havethad opportunities of personally studying the collections of this remarkable museum, And of bearing witness to their importance for hiStory and art.—Believe me, dear Sir, very truly yours, " To Sir Charles Wood." "GEOR - Gh SUMNER. "Admiralty, June 1. " Dear Si;,—Lord Panmure, will telegraph to Lord Raglan to give orders for the protection of the Museuth And other works of art at Kertch. We cannot be sure )f reaching Sir E. Lyons, who is at the upper end of the Black Sea. " I rtmain, dear Sir, yours truly, " G. Sumner, l'iscf." " C. WOOD. Upwards of 70,000 persons visited the Paris exhibi tion on Sunday. The letters from Paris yesterday state an expectation that a tax of 10 per cent. on the gross receipts of rail roads is about to be imposed, and that the companies will be authorised to make a proportionate increase in their tariffs. It is also said that on the meeting of the Legislature a large increase in the army will be called for. The question as to whether the new loan of 30,000,0001. is to be raised by contract or by national subscription is still uncertain. THE JEALOUS WIFE '• A NOVEL. BY Miss PARDOE. —ln these volumes Miss Pardee renews her welcome acquaintance with the public, with another of her singu larly powerful descriptions of real life. In whatever path of literature Miss Pardee walks she is invariably successful. She is one of the very best female-historians of the present time ; whilst as a novelist every feature is discernible in her fictions which adds a charm to the female character, and brings out its well-directed pecu liarities so as to do honour to her own sex and to prove specimens e e Jealousnsof Miss the value of its i nfluence u pon society. These points are one especially of the n oticeable very bes it s n ` talents.— Relay ,Messenger. which sPardoe's LAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE'. Every exertion is now making to get her Majesty's new yacht Victoria and Albert ready for undocking by Saturday next, and perhaps by Friday. When this is done she will immediately proceed on a trial trip as far, it is reported, as Gibraltar, so as fully to test her ma chinery and sea going qualities. Im/ell-taut results, so far as speed and sea-worthiness are concerned, are ex pected from her. The Centaur, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Capt. William J. C. Clifford, which arrived at Sheerness on Sunday, left Kiel Bay on the 20th inst. (arriving there the same day). Admiral Baynes's squadron, consisting of five line-of-battle ships, and the Falcon, 17, screw steam-sloop, each towing one gun-boat and one mortar vessel, were then under way. Tho Retribution took the Centaur's mortar vessels and water tank vessel in tow, and they all proceeded up the Baltic under all Fail and steam power. The Centaur parted company w ith the squadron that day at 2 p.m., and arrived at Sheerness on Sunday at 9 a.m., after anchorin , all the night pre viously near the sunk light vessel? She has left for Woolwich to have some necessary repairs. Orders have been received at Sheerness for the Cal cutta, 84 guns, sailing ship, Capt. J. J. Stopford, to land the 24 guns belbeging to the floating batteries Glutton and Meteor. Bedding, &c., has been sent on board for 100 supernumerary seamen,. and she is under sailing orders to proceed to the Baltic with all possible despatch. This ship has been converted into a storeship of considerable magnitutle. When the orders a rrived for landincr the guns reerred to she had received on board a ,fvery large quantity of stores—viz., more than 1,100 casks of provisions, about 1,620 'bags of biscuit, about 130 rases of provisions, &c., about 230 bales of cloth cwt. ing, 100 private caves for the fleet, 24 guns of 96 for the floating batteries, six 24-pounder howitzers for boats ; also six boats and all their gear, one bower anchor of five tons and chain cable for the Orion, 1,400 mortar shells of 13 inches, 2201 b. each, above 7.000 shot, from 321 b. and upwards ; powder, about 500 cases of 1201 b. each ; rockets, about 40 cases. Ir t ! addition to her own complement —namely , one launcl an " and four pinnace, with all their necessary g ear — private stores innumerable for the fleet, she victuals wog then 600 men from her coppers daily ; and enormous quantity of store - s, &c., on board, she only draws aft 25ft. llin end forward 24 ft. On Monday the ' frigate Alarm, 26, Captain Corry, On having been masted at Devonporie was w arped t Cale sailing moorings in Hamoaze. Tho hospital sbiP e d the donia, 120, was taken out of the basin dock, 3 h a ve receiving-ship Implacable, 72, was placed in dock to her copper examined and repaired. off a t The Devastation paddle steam-sloop was paid d Woolwich yesterday. The crew have been grante with t weeks' leave of absence. The Meteor floating battery, Captain Ssymour, has all her guns and stores on board, and expected to leave for Greenhithe to-morrow for the p . m" pose of a,djueting her compasses. The Thunder floating battery is also ready for the pendant. the In consequence of so many invalids arriving from . te i Crimea the accommodation in the Ordnance IldsP i - t at Woolwich has become too small, and the Goverrene% has directed another building to be added to one of th wings of the hospital, to consist of 6 wards. Frederick. p; APPOINTMENTS. al lie John Burgess, Lieutenant (unemployed), G. ;R 1 secon d mate, (unemployed), Cha,s. E. Puckett to be nd mate, Samuel J. Gissing, Francis 0. SinipeoPt a Francis J. Grey, to be Masters'-Assistants to the Tran sit ; and C. H. Wade to be Master's-Assistant to the Alarm. a l Sap. Quartermaster-Sergeant Conolly, o f the Roy pars and Miners, has been promced to the ra nk of Quartermaster of the Chatham Division. Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, Adm"ra Boxer's successor, hoisted his flag (blue at the wizen) a n board the steam-sloop Promethus a t Spithead yester - - day morning, and will leave this day, as at present in tended, for Balaklava, where he will hoist i the t int-in- Leander, 50 -gnu sailing-frigate, as Superint ends n Chief of the war transport service afloat. A detachment of invalids from the Crimea em b a rlce on board one of the Star Gravesend steamers on Mondcitaed afternoon for Chatham. The gallant fellows exy great sympathy. Some had lost limbs, and many were suffering from fever. On Saturday evening the Golden Fleece left her moor ings at Queenstown, and steamed to the nian-ofwar roads, where she took up her berth for the night, and n o Sunday morning she took her departure for the Crimea at - B-sides the troops and horses she took on board Queenstown, 55 men of the let Dragoons and 103 horses, under Captain Annesley, and 27 m en of the 4th Prad goons and 21 horses, under Lieutenant Paley, ernbarke e, at Portsmouth. The entire living freight, therefo leaving Queenstown was, besides her crew, 456 men and 305 horses. By a letter from Balaklava, dated the 12th inst., vra learn that the Leander, Wasp, and Triton are in iar hour, the Diamond and Himalaya in the Bay. Th e vf clops arrived there on the 10th, and, after la ndin g soot! guns, sailed on the lltb for the fleet. The Firebrand' arrived there on the 9th, and sailed again on the lk h ' Lieut. Mitchell, of the Diamond, was wounded in the back on the 9th by a piece of shell ; the wound Was at first thought to be very dangerous, but it has not prn v ., e „l to be so. Assistant-Surgeon Irwin was also wounnv— by some fragments of stone. Cholera is on the denlit no fatal cases have as yet occurred en board any of tu" men-of-war. Mr. Roberts, Master, R.N , comroand lta ing H.M.S. Cyclops, has been left behind at M a d Hospital. Major Hopkins, Royal Marines, has recove r e d from his attack of cholera, but it is feared that be have to invalid. SPATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 26.—50 far as demand is con cerned cloth is much in the same position as last week, but, owing to a further fall in the value of cotton, bur rs seem to be getting more timid, and are offering iese prices where they offer at all. In general, howevl-Y they hold aloof, and goods have to be almo st forced DP°ll the market. The prices current have had to undergo an almost entire change ; most fabrics being offered ao f o a shade lower. There is great irregularity in the rates .all classes of fabrics. In yarns there has been more business, spinners in most cases showing a disposition to sell freely, and sub' mit to a reduction rather than hold. stocks. There are some exceptions, and consequently there is much irregu" larity in prices. The returns of exports to India for the fir st half of the Month (to the 16th) show a go od business to C alcutta and Madras, upwards of 14,000,000 yards of cloth hav ing been shipped, against 30,000,000 in last month, and 21,000,000 in the same month of 1854 . About 13,500,000 yards of cloth have been sent to B omba y in t h e 16 days, against upwards of 8,000,000 in last month. The sh 4 ir m ne o n i t b. haofcvloe been thstoeCeeht out, alzas been small , b ut of yarn 5 month, and 305,0001 b. in the s a a m g e ains monthtllB e,Ofololsb.c shipments to Rio Janeiro and other markets in South in T la h s e t America have &fie been large. The bulk of these sales were, of course, made under the influence of a rising cotton-market. , I T e s h s e r s e . x J tr o e h in n el S y l a d g e g i l a e n e d d C i o n a . here, an d we have again to report e s t a i y v e o f e t t a h t e e e cl f o cloth e m e a e r t k t e e n t market is reacting on us inanimate market. aeStocks of all su a b e no cu itted to ' last week are t:lwhichlxe a w r t n o longer . : ec e edt cr n o lege si b r Y e ce h flun a acti d ' an nu te l l y n to In sbirtins there has been a moderate b us i ne ss done at dia a decline g of about 3d. per piece since Tuesday last ; but for other descriptions the offers have been on too small a scale to test the prices, which must be considered merely nominal." Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co., after reviewing the changes of the pat month, say : "For the future much- anxiety must be felt on m any 'grounds. A t p resent, however, money is easy and discounts comparatively low. We have already alluded to the reduction of the minimum rate of dis count by the Bank of 'England from 4 to 31 p r c ent. on the 14th inst. It is with satisfaction alse° , we can notice the increase of bul:ion in the Ban' of England f rom 16,045.2011., the amount h e ld s• mon th ago, to 1 7, 764,0581 . now he ld, although thl la3t return sh ows a decrease of 25,0441. as ther efo r e are la w ith the return of the previous week. We ma y look forward with confidence t o the future in this resPecol although the French loan may possibly affect the vsln s money here, should much of it be taken 1 3 P in country." i n the LEEDS, June 26.—There is no change tonotice „d for woollen cloth-markets this morning. The 'dell end cloth has not been brisk, but it has been eter a . ", f reat prices are firm. The country clothiers and to e njoy bulk of the manufacturing operatives continue nearly full employment. ful HALIFAX, June 23.—There is a rather more 11 0 P e d feeling, as regards the prospects of the worsted tra our but we cannot yet note an y materi al va riation fi last report. Ro OEIDALE, June 25.—The demand for flannels cow tinues very good, and manufacturers have no in selling their pieces at former prices. There is If . change in the wool market worth reporting : rot wit in standing we are so near the time when the neVl clip mare be brought into the market, former prices are vvell tamed. HUDDERSFIELD, June 26.—There has been rather more doing in the market compared with last week , and a. better feeling and et more animation has been hibited throughout the day. A few good pare-ls of draD k erkeys, black doeskins, *ve been sold to London and steel mixtures, a • houses. Wool has been rather quieter_ during the week, probably caused by the approach of the London sales. difficulty THE FRENCH LOSSES AT THE AF , OF THE MA MELON With regard to the French losses in the affair of the Mamelon V e rt, a corres o ndent in the P reSSe furnishes the following fearful list of casualties in a single regi ment—that of the Algerian Tirailleurs, who took a Pre minent part in the taking of the Mamelon : l--462e chef do bataillon of the regiment, wound ed in the breast Captains Schsveimborg, ; Conot, Pietri, Po and feud, and Dejoux, wounded • Erbelin, Pottier, a Pelisse, killed. Lieutenants dausire, missing ; Picau d ' killed ; Lanford, missing • Deferriere s, wounded ; Pelsez, woundd ; lianusse, ; Humery, wounded ; lreran, wounded. Sub-lieutenants. Gerard, killed ; Le Grand, killed ; De Maussion, wounded ; Bonneval, wounded ; Loyer, killed ; Serpentini, killed ; B our g eois, Falien, wounded ; Jauge, wounded. Na tive Lieutenants and Sub. Lieutenants. -- Mohammed Mohammed - B en - Md, killed ; Omer-Chibly, killed ; killed ~M ahommod A. wounded ; Mahommed-A.bd-el-Sader, wound ed ; Ben- Erkalaji, wounded ; Ben-Aoudav wounded. I