The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-30 00:00:00

MADEMOISELLE RACHEL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr- MITCHELL respectfully begs to announce that the eminent Tragedienne, mademoiselle RACHEL, will give Four Representa tions at the St. James's Theatre, previously to her departure for America, which will take plac 3 in the following order : Monday, July 30— LES HORACES. Wednesday. August —PH EDRE. Friday, August 3—ADR EENN LECOUVEEUR. Saturday, August 4 DROMAQIJE. AQ In addition to the Tragedies will be presented M. Jules de Pre maray's new Comedic, entitled LES DROITS L'HOMME, which has been played with great success In Paris. In order to give the most efficient support to these performances, arrangements have been made with, several of the principal artistes of Paris, which will enable the administration to present the popular plays of Mademoiselle Rachel's repertoire with unprecedented ex cellence. The first representation, on Monday, July 30, will commence with (for the first time in this country) the Comedy of LES DROITS DE L'HO IE. After which, Corneille's celebrated Tragedy of LES HORACES. Camille, Madlle. Rachel. Doors open at half-past 7 ; performances to commence at S o'clock. Private Boxes, Three, Four, Five, and Six Guineas ; Stalls, One Guinea ; Boxes, 7s. ; Pit, ss. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. fid- ; Private boxes, stalls, and tick e t s may b e o b ta i ne d at Mr. Id itchelr Gallery, 2s. s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Characters by Messrs. H. Braham, J. Halford, H. Cord, and Elliot Galer ; and Lucy Elliot. To be followed by a Ballet. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta Is, 4s. ; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office Open from 10 to 6 daily. TTIMATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstene: THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. After which, THE ABBE IN LOVE, by the Spanish Dancers. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY, To which will be aided A VILLAGE FESTIVAL. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEEN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean; To conclude with THE JEALOUS WIFE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Mme Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PAUL. PRY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Garden, Parselie, and Wright ; Misses Wyndham, Laldlaw, Mary Keeley, Wootgar, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, FRATERNISATION. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL 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. Followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, and Mr. A. Wigan ; Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Bromley. To conclude with TIIE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. P. Robson. ROYAL , iTRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVM.NING, Will be performed BROKEN TOYS. Followed by THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with THE FLITCH OF BACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The Mazeppa Horse, one of the wonders of the age, THIS EVENING, Lord Evron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, revived by Mr. William Cooke, introducing h's highly-trained Mazeppa horses. This thrilling spectacle is of intense and all-absorbing interest. To conclude with the EQ U EST ri I IkN FE 'TS in the CIRQUE DU MANEGE, by talented Artistes, with alternately Miss Kate and Miss Emily Cooke. Conluding with the Dramatic Dialogue entitled, VERY Sun PICIOUS, in which Mr. Georg e Wild and Miss Fanny Williams,of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will appear. Rox.offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Nast. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HMI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAs -- Vornin; 23 rnh.nft,Av 2 f Evening 48min. aft. 2 ro...Tait row —Morning 12 min. after 3 1 Evening 36 min. aft. 3 rH W/CATHER.—SuIt Orruni, July 29. iffieRIIONETZE, IN TRIP SHAD& 73 highest since noon yesterday. 57—Lowest this morning and during the night. 75 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 05. • WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather. JULY 30. 7G —highest since noon yesterday. (O —lowest this morning and during the night: 72 —this day at noon. BA:Romrrint, 29'98. WrICD, S.W.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather. GREA_T REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE SUN," FR OM FIYEPENCE-FIALFPENNY FOURPENC F; FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. 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Fri ..=AN ,v4l -~ 3A13%, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1855. The season is rapidly advancing. The chills of Autumn will speedily replace the heat of summer, and in a few months—we might almost sasay week s ----th e ominous sentence, " too late," will again indicate the neglected opportunities and misspent time, and prove that some at least of the Minis try h ave not, even yet, " screwed their courage to the sticking place," the vi or made up their minds to vigorous and energetic prosecution of the War. Something has been done in the Crimea. If our troops have not yet forced their way into Sebas topol, they have made many gallant attempts against the en em y 's fo rtification s ; and have cer tainly spared neither fatigue nor peril. At Kertch and in. the Sea of Azoff. our • B l air's have accom plished i m p or t an t operations,. -although with but little los s t o themselves. They ,hav e materially darnaged the interests of the enemy by eu-tting off the c hi e f sources of supply for th e army of the Crimea and the Garrison of the beleaguers d For tress, The Black Sea fleet might certain] ly h ave done f ar more ; and with a more efficient Fir, st Lord of the Admiralty a long list of brilliant tri.umphs would doubtless have long since been rec orded. But still they have something to show—tht time of the n avy i n the Eaxille has not been alto; ether wasted But , how has it been in the Baltic ? 'hat feats ha; ye we achieved in the Western 3ea ? Nothing literally, and positively nothing. A gallant A. d:niral, against whom we wish to m, %Ice no imputation, is placed in command of the me )st powerful Fleet that ever sailed from a British Port. He has the support and co-operation of a French Fleet of great force, so that altogether there are more than 100 ships of war, with 2,500 guns at his disposal, and yet he has not taken or destroyed a single vessel of war, or bombarded a fortification where there could be even a show of resistance ! The Russian vessels have skulked in harbours under the protection of the fortifications where it has been supposed that they could not be followed. They have not dared to sport their blood-stained flag on what but yesterday was deemed a Russian lake. Their valour !! ! has only been exhibited in the Hango Massacre, where 500 assassins lay hid to wile a few unarmed sea men to their fate, regardless of the flag of truce, which would have been respected by any but blood thirsty barbarians, ignorant, or rather indifferent, to the first principles of civilisation, the most sacred and inviolable laws of war, and the Go vernment, by screening the infamous miscreants, and refusing to liberate the surviving victims of their atrocity, have identified themselves with the disgraceful outrage, and to all intents and pur poses rendered themselves accessories to the cold blooded and deliberate murder. This brutality has been unavenged. One "hundred ships" keep the sea—waiting for the dastard who will not come—waiting, perhaps, for the tempest, or the shoal, or any of the in numerable casualties to which those " who go down to the sea in ships, and visit the great waters" are always exposed. If nothing is to be attempted, why do they not retire into safe quar ters, leaving a few frigates as sentinels over the skulking Muscovites ? The Western standards— the Union Jack or tri-colour—seem to be quite sufficient to keep them in port. They are only brave against the white flag that indicates peace ful intercourse—and surely such a force as that which last year sufficed not only to maintain the blockade, but also to destroy Bomarsund, would be sufficient. There can be no necessity for bringing forward the strength of a giant w'aen that of a comparative dwarf would be sufficient for every purpose contemplated. Let half the fleet come home, unless they mean to attempt something worthy of the ancient reputation and prowess of the British flag. And yet we believe that the fault is not with Ad miral DIINDA S. We know that he has not got the class of vessels required for the shallow approaches and entrances of the port; or at least a sufficient force thereof—that he has not yet got the floating batteries, &c., long since promised, and without which he could scarcely hope to strike a decisive blow. We know that he has not a single soldier to co-operate by land while he is attacking from the seaward. In these respects the deficiencies are but too palpable, but we do not know the instructions from the First Lord, which may, and considering who is First Lord, very probably do, cripple him far more than any deficiency of force or other drawback whatsoever. Has not Sir CHARLES WOOD been the associate of ABERDEEN, and GLADSTONE, and GRAHAM, and HERBERT? Is henot known as the henchman andfol lower of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the obedient brother in-law of Earl GREY ? And is it not notorious that he was one of the party in the Cabinet who supported the Austrian compromise from the 29th April to the 7th of May ? Who is there that anti cipates a single manly sentiment, or the most trivial effort to liberate himself from the tram mels of routine, from the "red . -tapist" First Lord? We believe that there are none so sanguine —that the opinion of the incompetence and incapacity of the Right Hon. Baronet who was pitchforked into one of the most important departments of the Go vernment is universal throughout the length and breadth of the land. Were ho " faithful and bold" we should entertain but little confidence in his capacity, but he is notoriously imbued with the principles of the Peace Party, and there would be nothing in his views and feelings repecting the war to prevent him from holding office with GLADSTONE and HERBERT, with MILNER GIBSON, BRIGHT, and COBDEN. Why, then, are not inquiries made as to the steps, if any, to be taken in the Baltic ? Why are not other Ministers interrogated as to the inten tions of sending out a co-operating land force ? Why are not 50,000 French and English soldiers sent to assist the fleet in the task of paring the olaws and extracting the fangs of the Northern Bear ? If anything of the kind is to be attempted it should be tried forthwith. In a few weeks it will be too late. The standing reproach against the tardy English will receive a new and power ful illustration. Let some independent Member then endeavour to elicit the intentions of Ministers, and join the public journalists of all parties in re minding them that— "If 'twere done well, 'twere wall it were done quickly.' The wheel has come round at last, and sober legislation, in oue particular at least, is about t o resume its sway. The Committee on the Beer Act of last session, after a careful consideration of the evidence given before them, have agreed to recommend the opening of licensed houses from 1 to 3 o'clock, and from 5 to 11 o'clock in the afternoons of Sundays and other days specified in the Act. So far so good. They have thereby pronounced a verdict against the policy of at tempting to drive men into courses which, de sirable or otherwise, they ought only to follow of their own free will. What sufficient reason, however, was brought before the Committee to justify the closure of the houses in question between 3 and 5 we are unable to discover. It is not likely to induce excur sionists to go to church, nor to afford any great relief to the licensed victualler. Such a restric tion, in fact, can do no good, an d b e i n g a vestige of a mischievoui measure will have a tendency to perpetuate the dangerous irritation to which that measure gave rise. In cases of this sort it is especially b a d t o do things by halve s , an d we trust that it will ultimately be enacted that licensed houses shall be suffered to remain open from one o'clock in the afternoon until eleven at night. lesse n On whatever grounds the B eer Bill riot with the sanction of the Legislature—whether as being likely to promote Sabbath observan ce or to the amount of drunkenness, which, however little, is too great—there can be no questio n in a ny man's mind that they were illusory, and have been proved so by the results. The stiff-necked Sa.bbata rian, marching in the pride of superior virtue, au sterely to church or chapel, there to proclaim himself a miserable sinner, may possibly, through the ope ration of the bill, have met, since its enactment, half-a-dozen fewer specimens of poverty in rags, smelling of gin on the way, and found cause to re joice thereat, but that is all. There has, we are bold to say, been no more church-going because of the a ct- We are sure there has been no more piety, nor any less drunkenness and crime. Nay, we will go further and a more express what is ou r s incere belief, that mean ing°4less‘ and mischievous measure, we don't intention, but in tendency and effect, was never passed. A fair consideration of the evidence, we think, will lead the reader to th e sam e resu lt. Th a t o f the City Police Commissioner Mr. DANIEL W. HARVEY, is very striking. From careful returns, THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1855 he said, he found that " the number of persons charged with drunkenness during the ten or eleven months since the act had bean in operation was 2,817 in the City of London, and the number of cases of the same kind for a similar period of the previous year, before the passing of the act, was 2,809, making, in point of fact, only a difference of 8 since the passing of the act." What follows is still more striking. " The cases of drunkenness on Sundays, before the passing of the act, were 317 for 11 months, and for 11 months subse quently 334. On Monday, before the passing of the act, 418, and, after the act, 486. On the Sa turdays, before the actlpassed, 536, and, after the act, 606 ! ! According to Mr. COMBE, the ma gistrate at Southwark, who has watched the ope ration of the act, "there had been less drunkenness on the Sunday, but more on other days." On the other hand, some little diminution in the amount of drunkenness had, in the opinion of a few, taken place, but they were unable to ascribe it to the operation of the bill, the weight of testimony, in fact, going to prove that the bill had not re strained drunkenness in public or increased the respect for the Sabbath, whilst its effects in pri vate must be left to charitable supposition, since they could not possibly be good. Thus it is seen that one object of the bill has not been answered, and that there is strong rea son to believe it has increased the evil sought to be diminished. How stands it with the other— has the Sabbath, as it is called, been better ob served ? There is no tittle of evidence to be found warranting the conclusion. The pre sumption, on the contrary, is irresistible that it has been less—the tendency of all at tempts to coerce individuals into what may be called a right course being to induce them to pursue more eagerly a disreputable one. And to this result the vexatious character of the act has materially contributed. Individuals with no particular dislike to Sabbath observance, provided it was not too strict, have revolted from an act that would have been absurd had it not abridged their comforts without the slightest show of rea sonable' cause. To have the beer-houses closed all the morning might be endured—they had no ob jection to go to church, but to be compelled to go to church in the afternoon, or if, instead, they strolled abroad to gather lessons of instruction and grati tude from the glorious handiwork of a benevolent CREATOR, to be deprived of the wholesome refresh ment to which they had a right, was intolerable, and thousands, we doubt not, have vowed in their indignation never to set foot in church or chapel more. The pretensions of his neighbours to su perior piety might be allowed to go unchallenged, while they did not touch him ; but when they did their hollowness only became the more apparent, and the mistaken notion that religion itself was an imposture began to be entertained, and church and chapel ran some risk of being deserted by them altogether. But another ground of condem nation will be found in the proved tendency of the act to alienate class from class, and introduce anarchy and confusion. The Sunday Trading Bill completed what the Beer Act began. The camel could not bear any further load, and if the Trading Bill had not been withdrawn the consequences might have proved most disastrous. The decision of the Com mittee will generally be received with satisfaction, and we congratulate the public on the prospect of release in a great measure from a restrictive act, from whose provisions the majority have more or less suffered ; but we cannot refrain from saying, in conclusion, that if religion and temperance were not better served than, with respect to the Beer Act, they have been by their most ostentatious advocates, we should not witness that orderly behaviour and high average of morality in the masses which makes every right-minded English man proud of and hopeful for his country. For the futuje we recommend the Sabbatarian to purge the evil passions —the pride, dogmatism, and lust of oppression —from his own breast, and the Teetotaller to cool, in more copious exhibi tions of the element in which he delights, his mania for restriction, and leave matters alone for which they have neither the heart nor the under- standing. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 23. The Queen and Prince drove out yesterday. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback. JULY 29. The Queen and Prince embarked in the Royal yacht Fairy yesterday afternoon, and cruised towards Spithead. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Helena walked and drove in the grounds. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar arrived on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness Princess Alice is free from fever, and in all respects is going on favourably. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir William Moleswovth, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Vis count Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The Council Iva two hours. • PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.-..Ths date of this occurrence is differently assigned in journals which pass for organs of the Government. The earliest day named for the event is August 10, the latest August 14. THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DINNER.—This annual entertainment is appointed to take place on Saturday next, at Greenwich, at which a party of about forty members of the House of Commons will muster. The Right Hon. the Speaker, preparatory to the pro rogation of Parliament, gives his customary banquet to Lord Charles Russell and the chief officers of the House of Commons, on Wednesday next, at his tempo rary official residence, in Eaton-square. Signor Verdi has been in London, with a view of arranging for the production of his "Les Vepres" at the Royal Italian Opera next season, and for the publication of its music. RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE GRANBY HOTEL, HARROW GATE.—Amongst the latest arrivals are—The Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdale, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B. ' and G.C.M.G., Mr. an d the Hon, Mrs. Go r d on Duff, Captain and Mrs. R. Gor. don Duff, the Very Rev, the Dean of York and Lady Cockburn, D. Robertson, Esq., and Lady, of Ladykirk, the Misses Robertson, J. Waring Maxwell, Esq., and Lady, Mrs. Hunter, the Very Rev. the Dean of Elphis, and Mrs. Warburton and family, Captain Raikes, D. Milne Home, Esq., lady, and family, of Wedderburne, Mrs. Stocks Colles, Es q .„ an d l a d y, W y b rants, Esq., and lady, Shaw, Esq. THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF IN THE CRIMEA.—We un derstand that Lieutenant-General Simpson, Commander in-Chief of the Troops in the Crimea, telegraphed to the General Commanding-in-Chief at the Horse Guards, to the effect that he declined the services of Major-General Knollys to succeed him as Chief of the Staff, and would prefer an officer of experience in the duties, to be selected from the staff already stationed in that country. Major- General Barnard has been appointed. —United Service Gazetti. WAR MEDALS.—These will cost 52,500/. for the pre sent year, viz., 4001. for ordinary se rv i ce me d a l s ; 3,2001. for 8,000 Catre war medals at . 83. ; 36,0001. for 72,000 Crimea medals at lOs. ; 4001. for 1,000 "distinguished conduct in the field" medals at Bs. ; and 12,5001. for 25,000 Crimean medals for the navy and marines at 108. favour of materiall SU NDAY CLOSIN G OF PUBLIC -HOUSES.—A petition in respect to th e opening of public-houses and the sale of y modifying the ac t o f l as t sess i on, w i th beer on Sundays, has received the signatures of 1,025 inhabitants of Maidstone, of whom 300 are tradesmen, and the rest persons belonging to the class of respectable artisans. Mn. BAINES, M.P.—Mr. Baines has been suffering from severe indisposition, which has withdrawn him for some days from the discharge of his official and Parlia mentary duties, though his health is now in a great mea sure restored. We understand that this indisposition prevented him . from being present at the critical division Captain Liil , of the River Tyne) Commission. 1 resident o o f ne the borough of Tynernouth, i l ms a " ' on the Turkish loan i yesterday week.—Leeds Mercury published an a didate for the representation announcing his intention of becorn of that borough , mg a can any future vacancy. The gallant cap. in Parliament, on , himself in obtaining the incorpo. ly interested fain great borough for which he aspires to be a mem-i erg, and a ddress, ration of the first - elected mayor. Ho announces lC nservative." h b i e m r' se a l n f d to w b a e s a i ' t ' s libera o LATEST NEWS. A despatch from the Crimea, dated July 27, 11 p.m., announces to the Minister of War that the Phlegethon had arrived at Kamiesh, bringing French prisoners, exchanged at Odessa against Russian prisoners, which this steamer had taken on board at Constantinople. The exchange of prisoners of war is to be con tinued. The French officers speak in high terms of the manner in which they were treated by the Rus- sians. The despatch concludes with these words, " Nothing new has occurred before the place." CRIMEA, JULY 17. The weather is very hot. The works are within 60 metres of the Malakhoff Tower. The gene- rals have decided that commercial vessels may freight with wheat at Kertch, on condition of depositing a third part of their cargo at any poin of the coast that may be indicated. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. The Alexander has arrived, with Constantinople news to the 19th. Omer Pacha is loaded with honours, and will soon return. The advices from the Crimea are to the 17th. The Alexandre .has brought 66 wounded. A regiment of Lancers has arrived for embarks,. tion. until the number of clergymen necessary should be exactly ascertained, is based on the Concordate in vigour, which provides that the livings should be proportioned to the wants of the church. It was the fault of the Bishops if the Government were not in possession of the statistical data in dispensable for the purpose. Those prelates, hav ing no doubt to attend to more imp or t an t duties, had not yet supplied the Government with the returns it had demanded. Grave political and financial considerations rendered necessary the dis amortisacion of the property of the secular clergy. Those considerations had struck the authors of the Concordate, who themselves stipulated the sale of that property. The ecclesiastical authorities ne glected to execute those clauses of the Concordate. The history of Spain proves that at different periods the most Catholic Monarchs and the best friends of the Holy See had, without its know ledge, proceeded to sell the Church property with out incurring the displeasure of the Pontifical Government, or being accused of offending the Catholic religion. The Government, being anxious that its whole conduct throughout the negotiations should be clearly explained, will publish the memorandum the moment it has reason to believe that it has been placed in the hands of the Cardinal, Under-Secretary of State, &c. The period of the marriage of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria with the Infanta Maria Amelia was not yet fixed. The young Prince was at the Escurial with the Court. General O'Donnell had assumed the command of the 3d battalion of the National Militia, and pro nounced on the occasion a speech, which was greatly applauded by the corps. The theme chosen by the General was Liberty and the Throne of Isabel 11. The official Gazette announces that the Govern ment would receive on the 20th August next tenders for the construction of electric telegraph lines all over Spain. The Queen had ordered the Civil Governor of Madrid to distribute at her expense 500 pieces of linen among the charitable establishments of that capital. The Gazette publishes the following telegraphic despatch, addressed to the Minister of War by the Governor of Saragossa, under date 21st July, 11 o'clock a.m. : " The Governor of Gerona writes to me, on the 18th, that the Cabecilla Estartus had again crossed the fron tier, near Campredon, accompanied by the self-styled General Torres Borges, a son of each of them, a cousin of the Pretender Charles VI., a nephew of Cabrera, and 34 individuals. They were immediately attacked by the Cacadores of Ciudad Rodrigo and the Carabineers, and completely routed. Seven were killed, five of whom were officers. One was taken prisoner, and 21 muskets were abandoned on the field by the fugitives. Being closely pursued three other prisoners were made, and the remainder of the band sought refuge in France." At Genoa the officer charged with the purchase of mules for the Land Transport Corps has recently received an order to engage men for the same as fast as possible, in addition to the usual number of muleteers sent with each vessel, and they are to be organised, as much as circumstances will permit, before starting. They are to be formed in sections of 80, with a chief, sub-chief, and four corporals to each section. The enrolment and organisation pro ceed rapidly, and the latter, I am told, with greater ease than could have been anticipated. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received here : " VIENNA, 27th.—Accounts from Constantinople state that it was seriously in contemplation to appoint Omer Pasha to the Command-in-Chief of the Turkish army in Asia Minor." - " BERLIN, 27th.—The Nen) Prussian Gazette announces that the Diet of Frankfort in its sitting of the previous day decided on the question which had been proposed by Austria in the sitting of the 19th. The three points such as they had been proposed by Prussia have been accepted by the Diet." A telegraphic despatch, dated Biarritz, of yester day (27th) says :—" The Emperor and Empress are in the enjoyment of perfect health. The de parture of their Majesties for Paris will take place very shortly." Preparations have been commenced at Paris, St. Cloud, and Versailles for the fetes to be given in honour of the Queen of England. At the Hotel de Ville measures are being taken for extensive illuminations in gas, and the courtyard of Louis XIV. is receiving new decorations. The apart ments of the Tuileries are filled with workmen, who are engaged in fitting them up most splendidly. The Palace of St. Cloud is already prepared for the reception of its illustrious guest. In the Palace of Versailles the theatre, which is decorated in the style of Louis XIV., is being provided with chan deliers, carpets, &c. In the Champ de Mars a grand review is to take place. The Moniteur publishes a report made to the Minister of War by M. Duranton, special inspector of the culture of tobacco in Algeria, giving an ac count of the progress made in the production of that plant during the last season. The quantity purchased by the Government amounts to 4,130,000 kilogrammes, at an outlay of 3,923,000 f. The French Government has published the noti fication made by the admirals commanding the combined squadrons in the Baltic, declaring the Russian ports to the northward of Nystadt, as well as of the Islands of Aland and others, in a state of blockade. In consequence of the Cologne Gazette persisting in its assertion that M. de Hubner, the Austrian Minister, is to leave Paris, the Constitutionnd pub lishes a formal contradiction of the affirmation of that journal. BOURSE, JUg..y 28.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. - End of Month. 4: per Cents 93 .-- —f. —o. 3 per Cents 66 10 G 6 Credit Mobilier 1025 Roman Credit Foncier 527 50 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes Piedmontese . B4 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans ... 1202 FO Lyons ...... 1202 50 Western... 765 Rouen Cette 645 Strasburg Mediterranean ...... 1275 Havre 651 25 Northern ..... ....... 890 Cherburg THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, July 27.—The port of the Joliette, which at the beginning of the week was crowded with steamers and sailing transports chartered by the French Government for the conveyance of troops and military stores to the Crimea, is now comparatively empty. There only remain the British steamers Colombian, Glasgow, Empress, Caledonia, Isabella Croll, Hammonia, of Greenock ; the French steamers France, Jacquard, and Aram ricain ; the sailing transports Balance, of London, Alipore and America, of Baltimore. A vast quantity of shot and shell, bay, and other provi sions for cavalry, is waiting on the quay for trans• ports to convey them to the Crimea. While the French Government is busily occupied in sending reinforcements of troops and supplies of military stores to the army before Sebastopol it does not ne glect its foreign garrisons nearer home. The steam frigate Canada arrived here on Wednesday night, and at an early hour yesterday morning embarked 1,000 men, with which she sailed for Civita Vec. cilia, to reinforce the garrison of Rome. Not fithstanding the great number of sick and wounded soldiers landed here lately from the Crimea the sanitary condition of the town is excel lent. The number of invalids in the military hos pitals is reduced to 700. A friend just come from Toulon tells me that the nailitarymovement in that port is wonderful. Four thousand troops were embarked and sailed on Wednesday for the Crimea. All the neighbouring villages are crowded with sol diers under orders for foreign service. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 19th, i n th e _Hamburg News, says :—" The army has just re ceived a reinforcement of 600 officers, who last month quitted the military schools. A regiment of Hussars of the Guard was, two days ago, re viewed by the Emperor, who expressed himself much pleased with its high state of discipline. Each man received a silver rouble (about 4fr.) The nobles of the Government of Ridau have just given 40,000 roubles towards the expenses of the militia." Oonsiderable damage has been done in St. Peters burgb y violent storms of thunder and lightning ; in addition to a number of persons killed or injured many houses have been damaged ; outside of the Schlusselburger-gate six hay and straw magazines, containing 150,000 poods, and two magazines, with 14,000 kuli of flour, have been burnt down. On the 16th inst. the warehouses of the merchant Palkin, in the third quarter of the Moscow division of the town, took fire, which soon spread to his lofty sugar-baking house ; the building, as well as many others near it, was standing idle for want of raw sugar to work. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The blockade which the allied squadrons have established in the Baltic and in the Gulf of Bothnia is so complete this year that the trade which was carried on in 1854 between Russia and Sweden to a considerable extent is completely sup pressed. The presence of the allied fleets in these seas produces this other important effect, that it forces Russia to keep in the north three great corps-d'armee, one of 90,000 men in the provinces south of St. Petersburg ; the second in that city and in Cronstadt ; and the third along the coasts of Finland." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 23d inst. The day before a Queen's messenger was de spatched to Rome with the memorandum adopted at the last Cabinet Council for M. Pacheco. That document, which has for its object to justify the conduct of the Spanish Government, and its rupture with the Holy See, w as no t t o b e published for some dsianycse it has assigned to them in the budget . It may thus be su m med up :—The religious basis of th e C ons tit u ti on d oes no t a lter in the least the re s p ec t an d su b m i ss i on w hi c h th e Sp an i s h natio n never ceases to profess for the Cat h o li c re li g i on . It had been erroneously stated that the Government o ffended religion and abandoned the clergy 170„ 000 00h the whole of reals, th a t i s , near ly o ne-sixth of revenue s of the State. The order to suspend the distribution of ecclesiastical livings AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This evening the Royal Mail steam-ship America (Captain W. J. C. Lang) arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. She sailed from Boston on the 18th inst. and Halifax on the 20th, and has brought besides the mails 190 passengers and nearly 800,000 dollars in specie on freight. The United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic, from hence on the 14th inst. for New York, was passed on the 22d by the America. The United States Mail steamer Pacific, from hence on the 30th ult., arrived at New York on the 11th inst. ; and by North Star on the 13th, and the Arago on the 16th from Havre. The general accounts of the crops are very cheering. Six persons were burnt to death at Buffalo on the 16th. Several of the recruiting agents for the Crimea have been arrested at Buffalo. The steam-ship John Stevens was burnt at Philadelphia on the 17th, and three lives were lost. The Mexican advices in the New York papers represent Santa Anna as completely surrounded by revolutionists. At the departure of the steamer money at New York was abundant, with a moderate demand ; good mercantile paper was done at from 5 to 7 per cent • stocks less activ e an d d ownwar d . The cotton market was dull, and prices were lower. In the breadstuff market wheat was rather active; flour dull. and prices unchanged. The provision market was firm. Freights inactive. Exchange on London, 1091; ditto on Paris, 5.122 to 5.15. ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The United States Mail steam-ship Hermann, Captain Higgins, arrived off Cowes this morning, en route for Bremen, with dates from New York to 16th inst. She brought 160 passengers, 68 of whom were for England, and 120,000 dols. in specie for Havre. The Hermann was delayed two. days at New York beyond the advertised day of sailing, which fully accounts for her late arrival. Her news has likewise been anticipated by the America, which reached Liverpool yesterday. FINE ART GOSSIP.-Mr. Sant's picture of " The Fortune Teller," now in the Royal Academy, has been purchased for the chief prize -holder of the London Art- Union, and goes to America. Two more of the 12 marble statues of English heroes—destinwi for the hall of St. Stephen's—have been commissiom:d. Mr. Baily has received Fox as his subject. Mr. 'Macdowall has received Pitt. Mr. Bell is engaged on a model of Wal pole ; apd Mr. Macdowall has in h ahnd a statue of Chatham--Ath enctuni. A CAMP ON BARHAM DOWNS.—We u n derstand that it is in contemplation to establish camps , cilf instruction on Barham Downs, within a few miles of Canterbury, and on Penenden Heath, near Maidstone. 'file camp on Bar ham Downs is intended to accommodate about 4,000 troops, cavalry, infantry, and artillery ; and that on Penenden Heath 3,000. The cavalry will be from the neighbouring depots, and the infantry principally militia regiments.—Dover Chronicle. FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL PLYMOUTH, Saturday.---The ship Edmund Graham, from London to Calcutta, put in here this morning. The captain reports that yesterday morning, off the Start, his vessel came in collision with a fishing smack (suppo Bed to belong to Brixha.m), which instantly sank. 0 nly one of the smack's crew was picked up, and this poor fellow sur vived but a short time. So sudden was tile accident that those en board the Edmund Graham sa.'m none of the crew of the smack except the one pick.cd up after the FARRINGDON GENERAL DISPENSARY" AND LYING-IN CHARlTY.—Yesterday (Sunday) morn in g the Rev. S. Bridge, M.A., incumbent of St. Mat tb.ew, Danmark Hill, Camberwell, and chaplain to Sir C. D. Crosley, sheriff, preached at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, be fore the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Under-Sineriffs, Deputy Bedford, and several of the common council, in aid of the funds of this charity, established iu 1828. Of late veers the subscriptions have decreased considerably. During the past year it has relieved 6;:385 casee. 304 was collected. ENGLISH TROOPS IN FRANCE.—In c-n nsequence of re presentations made by Count de Persigny, the French Government and the Boards of French Railways have given orders that all British soldiers an officers passing through France shall, in future, be all owed to travel at the very reduced fares for which the French military are conveyed. In order to avail themselves of this great advantage, English officers or soldiers will only have to produce their "routes " as a Me ans of verifica tion. These facilities, we understand, will also be afforded to any bodies of troops which .our Government may wish either to scud or bring througt I France. GREAT STORM AND FLOOD AT CHI lITENHAM. A violent storm visited Cheltenham and its neighbourhood on Wednesday and Thursday last. The fall of rain was so great as to cause a flood, and the cons( inept destruc tion of a vast amount of property. Mal iy tons of hay have been washed away, and the damage done to the nursery-gardens of Messrs. Jessop is complete. Mr. Attwood, miller, is also a great suffer sr ; indeed, from the accounts we have received, it would Appear that few persons within reach of the flood have been enabled to protect their property against the fearful ravages of the torrent. ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND BELGIAN Ro YAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.—On Saturday an 4 experimental trip was made by one of the packets of this co; capany, which has been rebuilt by Messrs. Mare and Co., with a lengthened bow. The vessel was the Onyx, formerly in the posses sion of the Government. She has been lengthened 12 feet, new boilers have been put in, and her engines have re ceived the newest improvements. The Onyx will in future be called the Vivid, a favourite name upon the station, since with the glories of the old Vivid the name of Captain Smithett was so long and honourably identified. The new Vivid left Blaclovall at half-past 11, and steamed rapidly down to the r neasured mile at Long-reach. Here the result of four runs gave a mean speed of 141 knots, or about 16 ; miles per hour, a result which cannot be regarded as unsatisfactory. The sea-going qualities of the boat appear to Lave been greatly improved by the, experiment of giving her additional length and increased height at the bows. The Vivid is intended to run betJeen Dover and Ostend. The company have now six boats performing the mail packet service between Dover, Calais, and Ostend—the Empress, the Queen, the Garland, the Oadine, the Violet, and the new Vivid. LETTERS FROM TIIE CRIMEA. ( Front the Special Correspondent of the Tines. JULY 16. Heavy firing last night and this morning. Never since the beginning of the siege were both parties so thoroughly in earnest as at present. The ex change of shot and shell is almost incessant. The French, of course, can be supplied with these muni tions of war to any extent, but to the means of their adversaries there must be, one would think, some limit. That there are foundries in Sebastopol there can be little doubt ; some of the shot thrown at us is perfectly smooth and new, and seems just turned out ; besides which, it is impossible to be lieve that a great naval arsenal can be without the means of manufacturing its own munitions. Powder mills probably also exist ; but in both these cases the question occurs as to where the material for the manufacture is to come from. A small supply of iron may be obtained by re-casting our shot and the pieces of shell, but probably a great part of the former goes into the harbour, and the supply is too small and precarious for it to be believed that a Go vernment like the Russian would depend on it. It seems more probable that au organised system of transport feeds Sebastopol with munitions as well as corn, and that during the summer every endeavour has been and will be made to supply the garrison with sufficient resources to stand during the winter, when the roads of the Crimea will be less capable of bear ing the transport of heavy articles. As long ago as August, 1853, two or three houses of Odessa divided a contract to supply the Government with 14,000 military carts ; although these were, no doubt, destined for the campaign in the Principalities, yet th e y were probably transferred, with thousands more, to the defence of Sebastopol ; and the fact of such contracts having been made is sufficient to show the scale on which the late Emperor was ready to carry out his views, and the facilities which the Crimean fortress still has for continuing a defence which seems wonderful to those who do not consider how long it had been foreseen and pre pared for. The French are very sanguine of their ability to reach the shipping from the new battery they are erecting at the White Works. That the Russians also have some doubts on the subject is evident from the assiduity which they fire into the newly-constructed work. The long 68-pounders which are being mounted seem sufficient to do the work even at that distance, but as yet the ships give no sign of moving and remain motionless in their double line across the harbour, while the boats all sides of them in ceaseles s ac ti v ity. flit along on Our battery near the Quarries is almost ready, and in less than a week the matter will be decided. Our casualties of late have not been many. No officer has fallen since the death of Lieut. Mansell, of the 39th. There is little sickness when it is con sidered that a force of 150,000 men is concen trated in front of Sebastopol. Complaints are again being made of the want of mattresses for the wounded in camp. While at Scutari the care or the terror of Government has provided these arti cles in abundance, there is almost a total absence of them in the hospital marquees, where the men are lying in great discomfort. The Sick and Wounded Fund has been applied to in order to remedy this want ; but while stores are lying use less in the half empty hospitals of the Bosphorus, it seems a waste of money to buy fresh articles which could be supplied by a little arrangement between the medical officers of the two places. The Naval Brigade fancies itself hardly used in the matter of promotion, and indeed it is difficult to come to any other conclusion than that its officers are somewhat neglected by the First Lord of the Admiralty. After the 17th of October a large pro motion was made by Sir J. Graham, as the reward of a single day's labour and danger, but since that time, during a period of nearly eight months no single promotion has been conferred un an officer of the Naval Brigade, although there are among them lieutenants of 9 of 10 years' standing, who volunteered their services on shore, and have been exposed to the hardships and danger of the trenches equally with the officers of the army. The latter by succeeding to death vacancies and by brevets have received a proper reward for their services, while the naval officers remain in their old posi tion, and are naturally disappointed and disgusted. It is hardly sufficient to tell them that when Sebas topol is taken they shall have their promotion. Many will not be alive to see that day, and in the case of married men, the widows who would be in the receipt of adequate pensions for their hus bands' services will be left with a maintenance not correspondinff to the merits and sacrifices of those who have fallen in a prolonged siege. If the one bombardment of October was thought worthy of a large promotion there should be some reward for three others, each of which was more severe and more successful than the first—not to mention nearly 300 nights of duty in the trenches, and all the sufferings of the late terrible winter. JULY 17, 8 O'CLOCK. Another sortie from the Malakhoff last night during a pouring rain. It lasted about a quarter of an hour. Heavy firing all night. This morning the French are said to be advancing rapidly with their works. They talk of all being ready for an other assault in about a fortnight. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The chef d'oeuvre of Weber, Der Freiscltutz, wag per formed at this theatre on Saturday evening with very great success. The cast included two new candidates for public favour, namely, Mr. A. Lockesley and a Miss Dyer. The first-named gentleman appeared as Ru dolph°, and sang the music very tastefully. His manner of giving the celebrated scena, "Through the forest" was very artistic, and the effort was loudly applauded. Miss Dyer also made a very successful and promising debut. The celebrated incantation scene—the Wolf's Glen—was capitally given, and the choruses were all well sung. The success of Mr. Smith's bold experiment of an " autumn operatic season" has now been placed beyond a doubt. The house was crowded long before the rising of the curtain. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lord Byron, when he wrote his celebrated poem of Mazeppa, little thought he was then forming the mate rials of one of the most startling spectacles ever placed upon the boards of an English theatre, yet such it is. The tremendous audiences nightly collected within the walls of this theatre exceed everything of the kind within our re collection, and it extends to many years. We have before said that the revival of Mazeppa has proved a trump card for Mr. Cooke. All we can do on the pre sent occasion is to congratulate the indefatigable lessee on his great and deserved success. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 30.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light airs, and fine weather. RAMSGATE, July 29.—The Provestown, from Gothen burg to Havre, in attempting to enter the harbour on the night of the 27th, struck the East Pier-head, and rece:ved much damage. PORTSMOUTH, July 29.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived Itansa (s.s. 20G), Scutari, &c. ; Snowdon (s.s. 190), Con stantinople ; Marley Hill (s.s. 199), do. ; Europa (s.s.), do. Off port—John Gray, from Penang. FALMOUTH, July 30.—Wind, W. Arrived—John Laird, from Akyab, and sailed for London; Boreas, Akyab ; Glen Huntley, do. AlfrsoßD:fuly 26.—Wind, W. Arrived—Timbuctoo from Newport, for Barcelona, leaky. SHIELDS, July 2G.—Wind, E. Sailed—Gem of the North, for Valparaiso ; A. Kemble, New York ; Marianus, SoOTETAMPTON, July 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Trent (s.), from the Crimea. Sailed—Himalaya (s.s.), for Liverpool. RIOT AND Loss OF LIFE NEAR GODAIMING, SURREY. —Last night information was received at the Waterloo terminus of the London and South-Western Railway of the following violent outrage and brutal murder of the principal police-officer of the Haselmere district. From all that can at present be gleaned it appears that for some time past a number of men have been engaged excavating the ground at Haselmere, a few miles from Godal ming, in order to form the new Portsmouth direct line of railway. Several of the navvies on Saturday night, as was their usual custom proceeded to a beer-shop in the neighbourhood, when, after drinking for some time, they became inebriated, and, as is frequently th e case under similar circumstances a quarrel ensued between the men. From words they came to blows, and things at last began to assume such a threatening aspect that the landlord of the house thought it advisable to send for the assistance of the police. La a very short time the inspector of the Hasel mere district arrived, followed by two or three of bis men, who endeavoured, but in vain, to quell the dis turbance. The navvies, the moment they perceived the police enter the house, signalled to others employed on the same contract, and to prevent their companions from being taken into custody they commenced a fearful onslaug:it upon the police, by knocking them on the heads with any thing they could lay their hands upon. The inspector, it is stated, received but one blow, but of such a violent character that he was instantaneously stunned. Medical as sistance was promptly obtained, but whilst the surgeon was attending to the unfortunate pfficer, the navvies re commenced their work of cru e lt y, and severely beat the medical man. some of the men were apprehended and safely lodged in confinement ; but several managed to get away, and eventually the riot was quelled. The unfor tunate inspector of poli ce, i t i s reported at the Water loo-road terminus, lingered in great pain for little more than one hour, when he died from the injuries inflicted upon him. The police yesterday were actively engaged looking after more of the offenders and every navvy that passed in the neighbourhood was stopped, and unless he could give a good account of where be was the preceding night, was taken into custody o n suspicion of aiding an d a b etting in the riot. The me lancholy catas trophe has caused a painful degree of excitement throughout the district. PRUSSIAN DESPAT CS. patch, ile addressed s ed Gaz ett e by M. b ( l i i e s l .l 3 e i s ai t i h te e u f fr o (i'Arnirn, the Prussian Ambassador at "Vi e!) .Tunt.: 17 : kid' "After the Imperial Austrian Cabinet had had tbe the cr; ness to communicate to us, a short time after sitting of the Conferences on the 4th inst.,_a pr °t ' e l g hb l e followed that coin munication by that of the despa,tch. toiG 12th, which, with the numerous documents annexed. clearly points out the position of Austria towe r o ar Western Cabinets as well as towards Russia. ' beg Y tbe Excellency to express to Count Buol our gratitade.l„oo. eirtoloif: communication of these interesting documents, °A le of tribute so much t o th row li g ht on the gene ral st r w , affairs. These documents contain the ulterior de e :d o ment of the point of view which had been alrea d Y c jit le known to us by th e d es p a t c h o f the 24th May' en giog scarcely necessary t o re p ea t that his Majesty tbe fully appreciates the firmness with which the la*: o f Cabinet lays down, as regards the p r actical effigt eJ or the treaty of the 21 of December, the limits which foal pletely correspond to his own interpretation of tbe ..eo , points. His Majesty recognises in this not oulY an _r t ;gs tial analogy with the point of view which h e has d ite maintained, relative to th e treaty of APril ° o gle additional article, but he sees in it also some advallhos the path towards reconciling th e contradiction his Austria points out between her position based cel lye treaty of the 2d Decemb e r, and that of Prussia aa Germanic Confederati on . O n thi s point we ha" that allowed ourselves to b e gu id e d by the circumstded treaty of April and its additional articles recettso *the treaty of the 2d Dece m b er , concluded witboutio, participation of Prussia and th e Germanic Confe&reGee and that, consequently, it was ne ither Prussia Ilr•otioll many that could be respo ns ible for any contra ito tbe which might exist betwe en it s co nventions and dor dencies of the treaty of December. Pruss ia an, tsel many have not the less sufficiently prove d that are disposed as become co-federated States sod into account the particular interests of Au str fA s - tet l i the European obligations which she has c° ll , - ,, res` provided that they are in accordance w ith tz o o interests of Germany ; and we doubt not tbat t t, i- istg timent will also manifest itself in the new Piij to s theon ci t h p e o ifnotuorf points which, if we are not mistaken, the Eastern Ci tles , l o o o C a entering.s anappropriate Germany has, basis for po ol , fact, • o e, but nis e in that case, when not only Austria and t he tae .l6 ern Powers, but also Russia, had accepted tha t the and when difference of o pi n i on h a d not a riSea A on f r Oill third point, she expr ess ly an d pru d en tly abstai lw Ole accepting in an obli ga to r y manner th e f o ur 1 0int t s :stsi ° serious question now call s f or a p ro f oun d exatni e gv i so eot order to judge whether, after allthe sincere and P e A r o l ° attempts which have been made to come to an u nu a , e , - srlg a ing have failed, greater circumspection isnot nee'" bol e ' the part of Germany for the maintenance o a f tt t r b i en u :: mentioned four points. The solution of the Ea ste b r ? i - o% °f tion on the basis agreed upon, says the I ' 3, ta t° Vienna, continues to he our object, and rye same intentions to the Cabinets of Paris and o f so long as they shall not have made known have . changed them. We doubt not that these , b o i tb' will in a short time make known their ' opinioni.S:oi l ye subject at Vienna in reply to despatches eSe r. Austrian Cabinet. It is evident that this ° lll- te °I ciso the greatest influence on the general I t. s e tilt ° affairs ; and we may certainly expect in a sh e Pg ri on tbe je s very ample communications on thin subject a the Austrian Government, but it would ri n larly interesting for us to receive a previous. ce b 'Coegi tial communication of the declaration vib l .,-, e ; e ,s ° s Esterhazy will be authorised to submit to tbe,v, b - i t iet; of the propositions connected with it. The " i t tat- A Vienna will certainly agree that it is necessary f should be made acquainted with the contents g f e l a a,y importantthe position dncum e w n e t, a r i e n t o order assume on the su I a give the proper instructions not only to our rer t a redstive of the Diet, but, also, i n case i t s h o uld be re for all the German Gov ernmen t s t o ass ume 3 e° attitude, to our repr e s en t a ti ves a t th ose Govern to the Your Excellency, w ill, th ere f ore , con f or mablY, Aen express desire of his 'M a j es ty, d eman d a eonT o sg l communication of the proj e ct i n ques tion ag sze. Usle and leave a copy o f thi s despatch.--"-0,, poss o, MaNTSIO ra° SIR GEORGE BROWN AT LEA MIP v " - 0%0 . Sir George Brown having taken up his re el .„o,„ Leamington, where Lady Brown has occupied a % c id' fur some time past, the inhabitants of the town r i tio trict determined to make a public recognition OL " s ,c 011 ; vices in the Est by presenting him with a n a ddre i ; bB ! , ' gratulating him on his ,safe return to England. ' tit , dress, numerously signed, was entrusted to a d,e l3 l,iot consisting of the Hon. C. B. Percy, Lord Leignf,.,lP' Col. Tryor, Major Hopkins, &c., who on SaturaTe, waited upon Sir George at his residence, in W: d droli place. The Hon. C. B. Percy, in presenting the , b o , l)i said they were not so presumptuous as to think that expression of their feelings they could add a n iro r i to the nobly-earned r e p u t a ti on ' w hi c h h a d been fully acknowledged by Parliament and the countrV i they were anxious t o t es t i f y t h e i r gra titude ° g o. those who, thro ug h th e accumu l ate d h orror s of 1 4 0 0 0 1 disease, had s h own a no b le endurance an d a ks sense of duty whi c h even the impat i en t donh. tgo o murmurs of the country, stimulated by a presurnP and irresponsible press, could not impair. , The address havi ng b een rea d , and handed - George, he delivered the following reply : I , B o ° • Gentlemen,—l thank you most s i ncere ly for t'_:4o ll gratulations with w hi c h you an d your fellow -tow; 0 have been so good as t o rece i ve me on m y ret del England, but the flatt er i ng t erms i n w hi c h your 3'oo is expressed are so far bey on d any persona l mee t can claim that I am sure I shall only correctly in te r ;tio! them as the expression of your sentiments of ad r ,llo, i " at the conduct of the gallant army with whine d ber been associated; for, in reality, I have done 001%71 this war nothing more than carry out, to the hes" - biob ability and judgment, the orders and instructions f i sr have from time to time received from our hir t i o tY spected and much lamented chief. With respe ct army, I mny safely assert that its conduct has bed yond all praise, and that a t no per i od in the hieV2to this country has the nation had more reason k or tr proud of the condu c t o f i ts troops. I sittbt; mind you, of the soldi ers a l one, b ut include w " ; the officers by whom they have been led. For , men, the men of the army are i nd i gnant at the;'"eoftli" that have been made by an unscrupulous portion oo e:Vi press of this country t o v illif y their officers, and bk rate their interests f rom th e i r own. It is a ruietkefe a misrepresentation t o assert t h at the officers of tP"attliel are generally and habitually inattentive to theirra or that the cond i ti on o f t h e troops would be jelPtb by having a larger p or ti on o f t h e off i cers drawn irw„°lll, ranks, for it is precisely because they are gentian - W. l i the men are so much attached to them. Ail therefore, far from meaning to speak in disparagee9:4 individuals who may have raised themselves n& i gtr,f own merits, many of wh om I k now to b e i n the P' degree respectable, I assert that the military sell": this country would be less popular, and discipline Xo ' o not be so well maintained, if. the majority of the e 'boOj were of this description. Look at the proportion ( 10 1 by the officers to the men, in the returns of kal e wounded, in all the actions that have taken iV It is always nearly double what it ought to be. iq at the very last affair—that of the 18th of June - ;0",,4 which we find a list o f 93 o ffi cers to some 1, 300 - the number which would have answered for 3,00 0 . tr, why is this ? Becaus e th e o ffi cers, being Engli sli ef ooPi tlemen, are accustomed to set an example to the 'lot and the men, although ready enough to follow, 1 / 4 tit o ' , expect to be led. Depend upon it the less the eV; tion of the British a rm y i s i n t er f ered with, the b e . or will be for the troops as well as f or th e coun try weft I myself have always considered it a subject 01 ,„iy that the committee of i nqu i ry w hi c h h as b een lot OA' tine., instead of exami n i ng w i tnesses who were position to know much of what they were cpo; 00e:, about, had not sent to Paris, or brought ov e h s l * French officers who h a d b een assoc i ated wit h tke t ont lish troops. The committee would have found tb ,.:eri! allies have formed a v er y diff erent est i mate of the:sor of our troops from that which has been formed b 1 of their own countrymen. The deputation then retired. PERUVIAN BONDHOLDERS• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM SIR,--As you very ably supported the interes.S:taoi bondholders of Peru during the negotiation for, a t i' c ies, S. ment of the Anglo-Peruvian loan in 1848—a °n e on effected, let me observe, under the former adinio' s- 600", of General Castilla, and which proved so higblY s t ';, 0 3 .1 tory to the British creditors of that State—l b e ,g - 0 ( f °_,; a few words with reference to your City article 25th inst., wherein it is observed that the -I e n 'efe r ; Government will probably make every effort to c- deb" arn t h e e dne l t i s o iog m fn e poe d rri e ug b i n t uan o tdi f negr P e em r x u e. Eu into ae In a yi n gwa A iet,h n g a l tn o h - de P ewr which j v c i: I : i e t rS: 'ate kit lese been the chief object of the present Goverollldeeirs General Castill a t o d e f eat. " So far from suoh iv r a ieiet er „ g being entertained by General Castilla, or lai B .„ario„t" here, Don F. de Rivero, it is well known that th e 7 t teor 3 character of the domestic debt of Peru, and th e ,',ieg to swamp the finances of that country n- on the British money market, NN as the ostensible, of the revolution that has just terminated in t ' t e t ioa v ; throw of M. Echanique. The present Governmel3 General Castilla has given the best proofs of 1 t s : 0 0 1 1 1 : to satisfy the British bondholders both by able settlem en t o f th e loan all u d e d t o in 1848, liroterf now raising the sinking fund to 5 p er cent. I" ~g e t proof of the integrity of the pre se nt Goverll":telife"ic Peru could be given ; for if the amount be fal l the applied to the gradual extinction of the debt--611boiels it will be so applied we have every reason I'o ° from the well known honesty of P re sident Co° ' t hat t bB the fact of there being ample m ean s, as well as . 0 tbs financial agency in Londo n h as b e en entrusted " less dg eminent firm of Gibbs, C raw l e y a nd Co., n ° boo amo unt than from 70,0001 . to 80 , 0001. worth of Whole will be redeemed ev ery h a lf- year , s o that t be As tb s debt will be cancelled in 16 or 17 3 .e . ar k g ; nrodu ce remark in your City article referred to mtge. r -in per false impressio n on t h e m i n d s o f you r reader s oils; ;or affecting the c h aracter of i ts agents in t hi s c have no doubt you will kindly afford a sp ate valuable j ournal for th i s note. A LEGITIMATE 80ND.,--- July 26, 1855. k C Ol 7 LIVERPOOL, July 28.—The Baltic, C"lstvlic tbd wander, took her departure hence fur New do, morning, with about 200 passengers, a full GOP the usual mails on board. ~, 1 i i )-