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ARDENNES RAILWAY COMPANY: Thci Directors have the honour to inform the Shard widens that a Call of 150 f. (61.) is made upon each share. The Call will be payable from the 14th to the 28th August i next, it Paris, at the Offices of the Compady, Rite . de Provence, 70 ; i n Lou. don, at Messrs. C. DePAUX and Co., 62, Bing William-street, City. Shareholde.-s will have the option of deferring the payment , of th e aforesaid Call until the Ist November, 1855, by paying the interest of 4 per cent. from the 28th August. In default of payment of the Call on or before the Ist Noveraba r, -18.55, the provisions of article 13th of the statutes will come into font On payment of this Call, Certificates of Shares to bearer will be , delivered to the shareholders, in exchange for the bankers' receipt of the deposit. London, 30th July, 1855. INTERNATIONAL. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. (Established In 1838.) Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIZICTOIS. EDMOND SHEPPARD STMES, Esq., M.D., Chairman. A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. Henry John Hodgson, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Sainnel King Church. Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. John Ellietson, M.D., F.R.S. John Symes, Esq. ThoS. Colley Grattan, Esq. J Joseph Thompson, Esil. MANAGER. J. Leander Starr, Esq. AUDITORS. -PrOoloBor Wheatstone, P.N.S., and Professo: John Radford young. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Zlllotson, F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. SYlnes, M.D., Bourdon House, Berkeley-SqUare• ACTUARY. W. g. B. Weollwuse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S.. &A. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhonse, Estl. BANNERS. Maas. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard -street. SO LICITORS• MARL Gregory, Gregory, Skirrovr, and Roweliffe. Bedford-row. EXAMPLES OT BONUS UP TO MAY, 1855. .......„---------.---- Polley Bon us in Bonus i n Permanent taken out Age. Sum .addition to cash. Reduction of ,Assured. sumAoured. A n. P rem. ---- __----__ _:— --- 1, £ Xs. d. £s. d. X. 4. d. .m 8 55 1 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 2 8 1841 48. 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1844 6 4 1- 1,000 171 5 0 109 3 4 jg 51 0 '1846 , 59 \ 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1847 - . .50. 1,000 -8217 0 46 14 2 I 312 5 ,184 s 60 2,000 15 4 2 8 103 16 8 i 10 15 2 • log' -. 40 2,030 123 10 0,67 3 4 419 10 3850 M 2,000 103 10 0 58 10 0 ; 411 0 - ' F o r blanlc f o rms of proposal, prospectuses, and i n f orma ti on gene apply at the chief office, 142, Strand, or to agents. 4t h J 017,1855. J. LEAYDER STARR, Manager. ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY•LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Wilt be performed DER FREISCIIIITZ. Chlracter 4 by Messrs. Formes, A. Lockesley, H. Braham, and Hodges ; Misses Dyer and Lan*, ac. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. 3facheath, Mr. Herberte; Polly, Miss Dyer. Pricei of admission:--To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of ooze* slid pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stalls, 4s. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one g uinea. Box-once o,)ers from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bucksteno. THIS EVENING. WIN be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To whichwill be added A VILLAGE FESTIVAL. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. AOTAT. PRINCESW3 TILEAItE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CILAULLia Ka4x. THIS•EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with RING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka th ne, Mn.. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. 1 3. Webster.—Dtrectrags, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WRITING ON THE WALL. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh Murray, MisS Wyndham, and Miss Woolgar. Allier which, FRATERNISATION: To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Alr• Payne. THIS EVENING, Immense success of Senor Marcos Diaz and Senorita Anna Della Fuente,, the renowned 6penish Dancers, From the Haymarket Theatre. Will be performed BRON.EII TOYS. THE SPANISH BULL FIGHTER. Followed by .THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with THE FLITCH OF BACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second week of Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams, and glorious career otZfazeppa. THIS EVENING. Lord Byron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, for the effects of which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unique stud of horses. After which the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with ANGELS and LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Rox-otllco open from Eleven tin Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director Mr. W. Cooke. inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 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In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all . large cities and towns to, which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, Arc., can now be had for Fourpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fi vepenee-I - Thl tpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places unless the Postmaster-General have the nagnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-offrice, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 185. -,4 1) LO DON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1855. llu3sia is Most admirably served. She enlists aid from every quarter, and finds recruits even in the ranks of her profesF!,e(l ad versaties„ Austria condemned her, and now protects her Pollsli fron tier and augtnentS army,: MI;GLAD STONE attacked her at Sebastopol, and now vilifies his countrymen for adhering t o hi s policy. Lord Jour; was" ;furious against her " insatiable ambi tion," Inlet went to Vienna to do 411A-Pm a ti c b attle with Prince - GORTSCLLA KOFF, ' but: fi n i shed. by taking..'his trim, and taking in his :preposais through . , the ~ Austrian go-between. The 34„_ chester men, of 'cOntse, from the time of the Quaker mission to lgiogOLAs, were fast friends to the policy of allowing Russia to swallow all Europe at what rate she Please but who would have expected Mr. COLLETT, at a meeting called to ad vocate the formation of a Polish Legion, to do Russian work as zealously as if he were paid for it ? As to -Mr. GEORGE TEIOAIPSON abetting the expulsion of the Chairman, installing himself, and bringing to a successful con c l us i on the cozy de main , in favour . : cf Russia, this was - too He, a s a professed Liberal, ought to be ashamed - of turning lecturer for Russia, and supplanting English noblemen when uttering so nobly the wishes of the country. We would go as far' as any in condemning PALMERSTON oiademningth in e unworthy foreign policy of Lord 1831. We are now smarting for its baseness. Lord PALMERSTON has always had a Tory heart. Fond of showing his consequence by bearding in the small way the Continental despots, we yet do not believe he ever had any hearty sympathy with the rights of the nations, or probably any s ympathy at all. Poland and Hungary in his lands and those of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, have been disgracefully and cruelly disappointed. Two statesmen more selfishly devoted to their order, and to the dynasties--dynasties fitter for Pandemonium than for this fair earth—have :never lived. Let them be condemned. But what we complain of, as worse than even the "nefarious combination," is, that liberals and friends of Poland should sell the cause of Poland underprofessionsof love to her. All right enough to censure aristocratic wickedness in 1831 and 1848, but it was surely all wrong to make that a means for the same wickedness to triumph again in 1.855. The meeting might have begun a move ment which should end in forcing a Polish Legion, and the cause of Poland itself, on our Govern ment. Mr. CorzErr and his coadjutors acted over again the factiousness of the Tory-paid Chartists, who upset every meeting, convened to get them cheap bread, by clamouring for the five points of the Charter. We fear Lord PALMERSTON is but too well pleased at the generalship of his censurers. A vote of no confidence from a howling, hooting mob, may suit him better than an honest, busi nesslike, and telling meeting, adopting well-con sidered resolutions in favour of a Polish Legion and Polish independence. ,The Earl of HARRINGTON, Lord EBRINGTON, and Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke well. The two latter moved a resolution, which assuredly all true friends of Poland must have wish to pass, and to which censure of Mord PALMERSTON was surely no relevant amendment—indeed no amendment at all ; the proper business of the meeting being Poland, not PALMERSTON. Which of our readers would not have held up both hands for the following resolution, as the appropriate one for commencing such a meeting :—" That it will afford the best security for the preservation of the balance of power in Europe, and the protection of its liber ties, that Poland , should be restored as a separate and independent State—a measure the necessity of which has been recognised by most of the great Conservative statesmen of Europe." No doubt Le Nord and the Invalide .Lusse will very quickly publish to all Europe that a meeting in favour of Poland broke up iu a row, and that, instead of passing the above resolution, it merely censured the English Prime Minister, and declared him unworthy of confidence. Never was there a more striking exemplification of doing the right thing at the wrong time. What with the postponement of the first meeting, and the br3aking up of this, we must own that it is difficult not to suspect foul play, and treachery in the back ground. The public verdict, doubtless, is " Wilful Rus sianisra against some person or persons—(un known ?)" Notwithstanding the zeal of Messrs. COLLETT and THOMPSON in the Russian service, we trust they will not be able to frustrate the object for which the meeting was called. The Polish Legion will, it is to be hoped, be formed in spite of them. It would be a beginning, which might lead on to the re-constitution of the Polish nation also. Lord EBRINGTON well observed that just now the question is not so much what we can do 'for the Poles, as what they can do for us. We need them to the full as much as they need the Allies. .We need the aid of twenty millions of people, and of 200,000 soldiers subtracted from the Russian service, and brought over to ours. We need an ally which, unlike Austria, hates the Russian despot, and which, reversing her conduct, would detain Russian troops from the theatre of war instead of sending them to it. Poland is the noble compensation offered us by PROVIDENCE for the perfidious Haps burgs—the one condition of speedy success and of permanent security. Dare our statesmen trifle longer with English treasure and blood, and breast English opinion much longer to please all the Coburgs and Hapsburgs and other despots of Europe, or even to please President PoLK and his Southerners themselves ? Not svi thstanding the energetic opposition offered to . its progress, the Limited Liability Bill has passed through committee, and is appointed to be read a third time on Monday. We hope, and believe, that this simple instalment of justiv, having escaped the shoals and quicksands by which it was surrounded, having been steered past the " Scylla" of the standing order and the "Charybdis" of the select committee may now be considered as safe from further danger, and virtually carried. Some amendments were ac cepted by the Government rather from the desire to avoid a division than any notion that they would prove real ameliorations—but, the most important of all, relating to the amount of capital and shares, and that which proposed a public audit similar to that some time since attempted to be forced on the railway interest, were rejected. There is, therefore, nothing calculated to produce a collision between the hereditary and representa tive branches of the Legislature, or to prevent 1 the much-required measure from receiving the Royal Assent on Tuesday next. Their Lordships have exhibited sound sense and judicious patriotism is receiving the present measure at so advanced a period of the session, and pardoning the slight totheir evinced by accordin g so brief ap amour eriod prope r to a r ruea .. c sure of such vast importance to the community. It is the first recognition of the great principle of free trade in money, that every man should b e permitted to invest his capital as he thinks proper, without being liable to unlimited "pains and penalties," to ~ the chances of not only bein g stripped of all his property of every kind, but of ' being cast into prison and made a bankrupt or insolvent, because .he had invested a portion of his funds in au unfortunate or injudicious specnla tion a virtual prohibition, the real effect being to prevent any such investments, and to force men who were not contented with the scanty in terest obtainable in savings banks, or in the public funds, into the bubble schemes, of which so many struggled into existence notwithstanding the existing difficulties. One of the main objections to the measure was that it would produce considerable "competition," and prevent small traders from being enabled to exercise a monopoly in their respective districts, as has hitherto been"-Ttlie-eatiei- A Noble Lord, for whose opinion we entertain unfeigned respect, igiciswtatlhoc,edtradthineg b capital of all his cases wi of the butcher or b a k er, ntehiglhimboited capital and unlimited liability, Baw establi s ed. next d oor to him a butch er ' s or baker's sh op , , upported by the subscribed l a ir l s: m a i n t d ed un l d ia e b r i s l e it l y lingbim by the sacrifices which would enable the association to make,' W e gladly ac cept the if.-sue which the Noble and Learned Lord has tendered, and are contented to zest the entire case on the very point which he has selected. Let us, then, look to its effect on the butchers and bakers, and also on the community at large. And first having respectfully heard his Lordship's statement, we shall call "pater familias," the man with a (very) limited income, and as he conceives an almost unlimited family, the unfortunate indi vidual who, looking to the number of mouths he has to fill, trembles at the expenditure- of an un- Accessary farthing, and is therefore by no means contented to pay 2d. per lb. for his meat and Id. per lb. for his loaf more than a remunerative price, in order that the blue-frocked and white visaged gentry may obtain exorbitant profits, or that the grocer may be enabled to despise any re monstrances at the adulterations in which it is his pleasure to indulge. The unfortunate citizen who, having given hostages to fortune in the shape of a blooming wife and numerous family, is entitled to claith that honourable title, ought to be happy, and would be so but for the magnitude of his weekly bills, which, in one way or the other, whether from overcharge or adulteration, are from 20 to 25 per cent. more than they ought to be. He looks to his butcher's bill, and he finds the leg of mutton charged Dd. per lb., while the inferior parts are proportionately higher ; his loaf is 10d. or perhaps 11d., and looking at the wholesale prices at Newgate-market or Mark-lane, he per ceives that he is scandalously overcharged, but that he has no remedy, while the parties can tell him to go elsewhere, well knowing that he cannot be served on better terms from the combination of the neighbouring tradesmen. Again, when asking, if not for prime old mocha or good mountain, he obtains what is not even coffee or pure chicory, can we wonder if he complains of the atrocious system that prevents hips from ob taining fair value for his money? The fair dealer need not dread competition. He knows that there are advantages to be derived from unity of management and diligent attention to his own business, with which no company under the direction of paid servants can success fully compete. If he doubt the fact, let him try the experiment of neglecting his business for a single week, and leaving it even to the best dis posed clerks. The master's eye is known to be worth a " mint of gold." Every fair trader will find that so long as he merits the confidence of his neighbours he will have nothing to fear from joint-stock competition. When he does not, it is for the public interest that he should no longer be encouraged in setting public opinion at defi ance, by the concession of a virtual monopoly, or, in other words, the power of plundering his neigh bours with impunity. The important topic `,last night brought before the House of Commons by Captain SCOBELL is one that must speedily receive the attentive considera tion of a Government, bound no less by its own professions and promises than by the unanimous resolution of the House of Commons, to the advancement of administrative reform and to obtain the exertions Of the best men in every department of the public service. Those who acknowledge the propriety of getting the right men into the right places can scarcely object to an inquiry into the system;of promotion and patron age in the Navy, which• is so bad that many men have supposed it might be improved by theintro duction of the " purchase system" (!) It is diffi cult to conceive , a greater slight or reproach that could be offered than that the regulations which have been so universally complained of, and which are doomed to an early extinction, are even bet ter than the rules by which promotions are made in the sister service. But so it is ! Despite the abominable system of venality, there is a better prospect for unaided merit in the Army than in the Navy. A deplorable fact, probably arising from the political character of the source whence promotion or even employment can alone be so licited. The Honourable and Gallant Member, who so clearly and efficiently explained the imperative necessity for an alteration in the system, only asked for a select committee. Inquiry was all he demanded. Inquiry—which might lead to very important results, and which, at all events, could do no harm. It was obvious that no progress could be made with the investigation before the re-assem bling of Parliament. But the fact that the committee had been granted would stimulate the Govern ment to decide, during the recess, on the nature of the required modifications and alterations, and possibly by being prepared with practical mea sures to forestall the inquiry and dispense with its necessity. We fear, however, from the nature of the speech of Sir CHARLES WOOD, as well as from his known character and devotion to the cause of red-tapism, that we cannot look for any valuable reform so long as he remains at the head of the Board as political First Lord. Public opinion must therefore be directed to the point, and the " pressure from without," which has generally proved so effectual, brought into ope ration. The teterrima causa mali, the fertile source of evil with regard to the navy, has been the politi cal character of those to whom patronage has been entrusted, and which has consequently rendered promotion not the reward of merit, but of family or political influence. The entire constitution of the Board is objectionable, and was protested against under very remarkable circumstances by one of its leading members, Sir GEORGE COCKBURN; who was for many years First Naval Lord, and who yet when dying left a paper under his pillow, or, as others assert, locked up with his will, ex plaining the causes of the inefficiency of the Board, and an earnest recommendation for its abolition. " Melius est petere fortes quam sectari rivulos." It is better to strike at the fountain and origin of all these acknowledged evils than to hunt up the details. The first point to be aimed at is the Board itself, which, according to the suggestion of Sir G. COCKBURN, should be forthwith abolished, and the management of the navy transferred to a naval officer;*proughly conversant with the mat ters which he is authorised to control, and'Oapa- We of judging of the qualifications of the officers in employment and looking for promotion. He may be assisted by a council. But it cal persons consideration, elected sb o o r n is of vast importance that none of th e • d tba b t e .bpeolitiin tchheoy sh sen o f u o l r d any degree influenced by the state of parties. in either House of Parliament. They - should be as completely exempted from all such influences as the judges of the land—whoso conduct is ' beyond reproach. There might be a political secretary to manage accounts and regulate expen diture ; but those responsible for the efficiency of the fleet should be placed, so far as practicable, beyond the suspicion of partiality. Thi s i s the first and the indispensable step—others -naturally shall direct attention 'on's onn y follow, to which we future opportunity. • • - • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frog. more yesterday, for Osborne, ma visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester con tinues, we are glad to learn, in good health. THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EV.ENING, AUGUST 10, 1855. LATEST N .EW& TRIESTE, THURSDAY. The Allies are demolishing the fortifications of Anapa, contrary to the wishes of the Cfircassians, who are, however, unable to oppose the fleet. General Vivian has gone to the Black Sea, to choose a landing place for troops somewhere near Batoum. TURIN, THURSDAY. General Guillaume Pepe is dead. General Percy, who is appointed by the British Government to organise the Italian Legion, has arrived. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 11 A.M. The United States Mail Steam-ship Arago, with the French and English mails, passed Hurst Castle, for Cowes, en route to Havre, this morn ing. She brings dates from New York to the 28th. The Arago's mails and passengers will reach by Isle of Wight steam-boat abut mid-day. FRI~~NCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The followlng private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " TarESTE, Bth, Evening. —A packet has just ar rived bringing accounts from Constantinople to the 30th. The French hospitals in that city had re ceived orders to prepare 6,000 beds. The inten tion manifested by Omer Pacha to go and take the command of the army of Asia has not been agreed to by the Porte. Sherif Pacha has left in the hands of the Russians all the provisions which had been collected on the road from Kars to Erzeroum. Kars has been again invested by the Russians, who hope to gain possession of it as it is only pro visioned for 20 days. The Porte has given up the idea of recruitin g so ldiers among the R a y a h s ." " VIENNA, Bth, Evening.—The accounts Which have been received here from Sebastopol announce that preparations were being made on both sides for some important affair." The Patric says that private despatches have reached Paris, dated the 4th, to the effect that the Allied 'fleets were about to operate against Revel ; but no later despatch confirms this statement. Prince Napoleon yesterday visited in the Exhi bition Palace the machinery in the gallery on the Quai, de Billy. He was attended, as usual, by several members of the Imperial Commission, and by some of the foreign commissioners, and members of the International Jury. The Prince examined with the greatest attention all the various machi nery which was at work for planing, sawing, boring, morticing, and other operations ; in fact, machines for almost every kind of work. Not farther back than 1815 not a single machine of the kind was known in France. The hammers of different kinds, worked by steam, attracted, above all, the Prince's attention, particularly that for beating gold leaf, which works with a regularity and brings the gold to a thinness almost incredible. The sawing machines were also. the object of great admiration, from the precision and rapidity of their movements. The Prince, before terminat ing his examination ' repeated what he had before recommended, that a plentiful supply of steam should always be at command, in order that none of the machinery should be found at fault. The Monitetcr publishes four decrees. The first opens to the Minister of War an extraordinary credit of 300,000 fr., the estimated amount of the expense of the fete f the 15th August, to be divided among the families of the killed in the army of the East ; the second orders that leave of absence to comular or vice-consular agents and dragomans shall for the future be granted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs ; the third sanctions the formation of the Water Company of Havre, and approves of its statutes ; and the fourth approves of the forma tion of the company formed at Havre, under the name of Compagnie des Paqueb o t s a Vapeur du Finistere. A letter from Athens of the 31st ult., in the Moniteur, says : "The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the bill for the construction of a railway from the Pirmus to Athens." BOURSE, Aua. 9.—CLOSING PRICES. Cam• fr. e. End of Month. ti per Cents 94 50 —f. —o. 3 per Cents 67 15 67 30 Credit Mobilier llB5 Roman Credit Foncier 555 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese —- - Home Debt ... RAILWATES-POR CASH. ft. c. fr. c. Orleans - Lyons., ~.. . 1225 - Western Bl5 Rouen Cette 665 Strasburg Mediterranean 1325 Havre 685 Northern - 925 Cherbin TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 30th, in the Courricr de Marseille, says— " The Ottoman fleet is to be completely disarmed, with the exc'ption of the steamers. This decision has been come to from economy. All these vessels, except the Mecbrifie, the Pecki Becan, an Egyptian frigate, a Tuni sian corvette, and two smaller vessels, are at present in the Black Sea. Yesterday took place the distribution of prizes at the village of Bebek, founded some years ago by M. Le Leu, for the Europeans of Pera. When Prince Napoleon was in the East he gave frequent marks of interest to this establishment. Yesterday the court-yard of the college was gaily dressed out with flags sent by the seamen of the Belle Poule ; and among the persons present were M. Thouvenel, Gen. Larchey, Captain Claaigneau, of pie frigate just mentioned, and a number of French officers. Mehemet Ali Pacha and Mustapha Pacha sent each one of his household, to mark the interest they take in the establishment. A great number of French and Turkish ladies were present. The pupils delivered a number of speeches and declama tions with excellent emphasis and discretion, and played a little Italian comedy with considerable humour. The band of the 35th regiment of the line played several pieces during the proceedings, which passed off most agreeably." A letter from Jerusalem of the23d ult. confirms the intelligence that the disturbances in the moun tains of. Sichem, which at one time menaced all Pa lestine, had been put down by the energy and tact of Kiamil Pacha, the governor of the province. The Christian communities of the Holy City were so grateful for this functionary's good government that they had signed an address to the Sultan, thanking him for having nominated him. The Pacha, when the letter left, was about to march from Jerusalem with the troops which he had col lected, to repress the disturbances in the province of Hebron got up by Abd-er-Rhaman. Sir Moses Montefiori had arrived in' Jerusalem with, it was supposed, firmaus authorising the foundation of several religious establishments, and even a syna gogue for the Jews. RUSSIA. ~ e itft knst4. . , THE WAR IN ASIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 2d .of August. The Invalide Russe publishes the following re port from Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff of the operations in Asia. It is dated camp near the vil lage of Kni-Keui, 20th of .June (11th of July) : " On the 26th of June (Bth of July) I announced that, returning from Saghanloug, on Kars,. I had left on the 22d (4th) on the western incline of that chain of mountains a flying detachment, under. Colonel Prince Dondoukoff-Korsa,koff, of the Prince, of Wurtenaberg Dragoons. • "Thanks to the talent and excellent arrange ments of that worthy superior officer, his detach ment completely attained its object, and had two successful affairs. "On the 24th of June (6th of July) a division of Bashi-Bazouks, 200 strong, appeared in front of the entrenchment abandoned by the - Thrks at the pass near Bardous, where our detachment then was. " Cianel Prince • Dondoukoff-Korsakoff imme diately sent - ap,inst them a detachment of moun tain militia and of Kurds, who, by a vigorous charge d'.spersed the ene m y, killed two men, captured 24 horses, and carried off 39 head of fine cattle, be longing to the Kurdish tribe of Souvadalli, Under Turkish, rule.; ono of the militiamen was wounded in this rencontre. " In the ni g ht b e t ween th e 25th and June (7th and Bth o f J u l y ), b e i ng near bert, and lear n i ng th a t anot h er di v i s i on of Ba p r a o z m ot i t i: k e s i , ,p l i ? K o etuov2,owoa sbivouacking strong, sent neigh bourhood,slia Prince Dond ou k o ff attacked them sud denly at dayb rea k , with .two sbtnias of mountain militia and a s o t n i a O f C ossacks of the line. Af ter ,asliort resi s t ance the enemy was completely routed, _leaving about. 40 dead up on the ground, among whom we re the, commander of the sotnia and a i n the standard bearer. Moreover 31 prisoners were cap tured, and a. considerable booty Ina( " Auao.ng the prisoners are another commander otaiiotnia, a anbaltern officer, and the secretary of 'Vely-Mahmond, Pasha of Erzeroum. We lost oneubaltern officer, the commander of the sotnia of Icab - a,rda killed, seven militiamen wounded, and ave. horses killed. "From the statement of the captured secretary, it appears that these Bashi-Bazouks formed the escort of the functionaries sent by Vely Pasha to inspect the storehouses of Anatolia, destroyed by us in our march beyond the Saghanloug between the 19th and 22d June (Ist to 4th July). The Turkish authorities estimate their losses at a much higher figure than that given in ray previous reports. According to their calculation we have destroyed or carried away from Bardous to Karavurghan 18,000 sa mara, equivalent to 36,000 tehetwerts of different sorts of grain, without counting what Major- General Sousloff carried away. In general the operations of our flying detachment have consider ably increase the strong impression made by the sudden 'Appearance of the main body of our forces at 100 verstes to the rear of Kars. The elders of numerous villages have come to tender their sub mission, anticipating our reappearance beyond the Saghanloug. Yesterday, the flying detachment of Prince Dondoukoff-Korsakoff rejoined the main camp, to recruit, take in provisions, and place the sick and prisoners. "The main body of our forces remaining en camped near Koni-Keui has continued to command the Erzeroum road, by the detached positions of Major Bak - lauoff's column, near the village of Tckme. Our patrols keep a sharp look out, and examine every one they meet, even single indi viduals ; thus, on the 25th of Juno (7th of July), a horse patrol of 10 Cossacks ofj the line, and half a sotnia of the Karabak regiment, observing seven Turks on the right of the road, gave chase and captured three with their horses ; the others con cealed themselves in the village. "On the 28th of June (10th of July) Major- General Baklanoff, whose column had been rein forced the day before by fresh troops, accompanied by Colonel Roudanovsky, Head Quartermaster of Corps of Operations, made a reconnaissance of the fortifications of Kars, situate on the left bank of the Kars-tchai, and which had not yet been ex amined. " With this object, General Baklanoff crossed the Kars-tchai with a portion of his detachment and climbed the heights of Tchakhmakh. In ap proaching the fortress ho came upon a convoy of arabas laden with hay, returning under an escort of Bashi-Bazouks. On beholding our troops the latter fled, and the whole convoy, cons:sting of 30 arabas, with 45 oxen and four horses, fell into our hands ; 27 Bashi-Bazouks and drivers were made prisoners. " During the two hours which were required to examine the fortifications of the place and to take a plan of the localities the garrison of Kars was in the greatest agitation ; a portion of the troops, to the number of seven battalions of infantry, two regiments of regular cavalry, with Bashi-Bazouks, actually left the entrenchments, but remained within cover of the guns of the fortress, and did not oven attempt to harass our retreat, when General Baklanoff returned to camp after making his reconnaissance. The Bashi-Bazouks alone had a skirmish with our Cossacks, with no other result than one horse killed. " On the same day I received the following re port from Lieut.-General Kovalevsky of the defeat on the 23d of June (sth of July), of a detachment of the enemy's cavalry in the district of Akhal kalaki. " The Mwilair of the army of Anatolia, desirous of obtaining provisions and live stock for the gar rison of Kars, had sent a strong division of cavalry into the Saudjak of Tclaaldyr more than 1,000 strong, under the command of one Madjar Pasha, and under the guidance of two English officers ; this division was ordered to drive back our cavalry outposts, and collect grain and cattle for the gar rison. " Colonel Prince Orbelian, Colonel of the 3d Regiment of Mussulman Cavalry, in command of these frontier posts, having been informed of the movements of the enemy's cavalry, assembled the whale of his regiment near the village of Souldy, two sotnias of the 2d Regiment of the Don Cos sacks, and the 2d company of the Vilna Chasseurs, and with these troops took up a position on the high ground in front of the village. "On the 23d of June (sth of July), at 8 a.m., the enemy's cavalry approached the position occu pied by our troops, and, dividing into four columns, charged in front with three columns, whilst the fourth and strongest column attacked our flank. " Prince Orbelian had the Chasseurs in his cen tre, on his right flank two sotnias and a half of the 3d Regiment of Mussulman cavalry, on his left flank the Cossacks, and the Ist sotnia of the Mus ' sulraan cavalry as a reserve. Receiving with a warm fire the columns that charged in front, Prince Orbelian sent the Cossacks and the sotnia of re serve against the enemy, who had turned our left flank. The Turkish column which had performed that movement, being four times superior in number to our troops, charged them resolutely ; but thanks to the intrepidity of the Cossacks, and to the exemplary courage and skill of the Sotuik Samsonoff, the column was ultimately repulsed, after having returned two or three times to the charge. Thus repulsed the Turks occupied some very uneven ground, from which they opened a sharp fusillade. Sotnik Samsonoff then ordered a portion of his Cossacks and militiamen to dismount, drove the enemy from their ambuscades, and then ''' makino• his men remount, charged the Turks lance in rest. Prince Orbelian, who had meantime suc ceeded in repelling two or three attacks, in his turn took the Offensive. The enemy, driten back finally on all sides, fled in disorder, was pursued for eight verstes, and completely routed. " Our loss in this affair was small, consisting of two officers and seven men of the 3d Mussulman Regiment wounded, and five Cossacks of the Don wounded, making a total of two officers and 12 men wounded. According to the statement of spies, and from other sources, the Turks lost 70 men killed and 100 wounded. We also made 14 pri soners, and took a flag." The Invulide Busse also publishes a report from Prince Gortschakoff up to the 22d July, but it does not contain any details of interest. The Governor of St. Petersburg announces under date of 31st of July that, on the 30th, the allied squadron in the Gulf of Finland was quietly at anchor in its former position, and enveloped in a dense fog. A letter from Odessa gives the following curious order of the day, issued by General Gortschakoff : " In the time of the earliest wars of the Russians, the archpriests and other *coelesiastics of the Orthodox Church gave their benedictions to the troops who were armed for the defence of the country. The benediction, which called for the presence of the sacred images in the midst of our regiments, was the source of all our suc cesses against the enemy of the country. Thus the sacred and miraculous image of the Holy Virgin, the Mother of God, from Smolensko, gave by its presence in the army a series of victories to our arms, and led our soldiers from Moscow to Paris. Now that all our countrymen pray with fervour for us, his Eminence the Metroipolite Philarete de Kijeff, after the example of ancient times, has just blessed the troops con finded to my command, by taking from the catacombs of Kijeff the sacred and miraculous image which represents the ascension of the Mother of God, our celestial inter cessor, and which in bygone times was conferred by the Mother of God on that temple as a pledge of the eter ir). protection which is granted to Orthodox Russia. By a particular disposition of God, the arrival of the sacred image took place simultaneously with that of his High Eminence Innokenti, Archbishop of Kherson and Taurida, whom the dangers of war have not prevented from visiting his flock, and giving his benediction to the troopS who defend Sebastopol with so much heroism. On the Bth of this month his Eminence, in the besieged city, while the enemy's cannon were roar ing, blessed the troops of the garrison and of the forts ; he blessed them with' the sacred image of St. Mito phan, and in eloquent words promised them fresh suc cesses and victory. In the firm conviction that the pre sent made to the city of Sebastopol reproduces the sacred and miraculous picture of the ascension of the Mother of God which is iri the Catacombs of Kijeff, and that the benedictions of our archpriests will be for us the pledge of fresh triumphs, let us add, to our strength, valiant comrades, by the idea that ouc causo is just, and that the Emperor and the country found on your heroism and your inflexibility a well-justified hope. " Prince GORTSCHAKOFF II." The above order of the day was read on the 22d ult. to the ,arriol of the Northern Fort, aud after wards to all the troops who occupy the south of Sebastopol. A letter from Vienna, in the Breslau Gazette, says„:—" It is pretended in a Berlin journal that conferences haYe been commenced between Count Buol and the Ambassadors of France and Turkey upon the fourth point of guarantee. This news is inexact'. There merely exists at Constan tinople a commission composed of the Ambassadors of the Western Powers, of the Austrian inter nuncio, and of an Ottoman Minister, which is charged with the drawing up of propositions con cerning the reforms of which the situation of the Christians in Turkey is susceptible. The result of the labours of this commission is to be communi cated to the ,respeetive Courts, and will constituto the basis of subsequent negotiations with Russia." A letter from Warsaw . of the 4th states that the fete of the Empress was celebrated there on the previous day, the city being illuminated in the evening. Vdunt'Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassa dor,t St. Peterstfurg,- and Councillor Teng oborski, attached to the Chancellery of the Empire, had arrived there on particular missions. General Bebutoff had left Warsaw fig Kalisolly. DESTRUCTION OF FLIES. TO THE EDITOR or THE STJN. PARIS, 7th August, 1855. a recent number of your journal I read a let er from your correspondent at Sebastopol, complain ing.d. the great annoyance experienced in the camp from the multitude of flies. I am induced to address a few lines to him through your paper, pointing out an easy and efficacious remedy for that evil, one which I have tried with never-failing success. Quassia (called in Jamaica the bitter ash), cut into thin slices and boiled in water (about one or two ounces), and when cold, strained, and placed in plates on a table or other place where the flies frequent—they will drink of it until they become dead drunk, and should then be taken out, thrown on the ground and trod upon. Other wise I have left a plate full of them at night and found that by the morning they had crawled out, and were on the table or floor. Last year I was in a part of France where flies were very troublesome, and did not succeed with the quassia in taking them. This struck me as so singular that I tasted the water and the root, neither of which were bitter. It is necessary that it should he so to answer the purpose. Perhaps what was sold to me then was not quassia, and this is the exception to a trial of several years. I would also recommend another adjunct. Bird lime is also very efficacious in taking them. It should be warmed by a fire, to dissolve it to a liquid state, and a little oil mixed with it, and spread on a large sheet of paper very thin (the bird lime), and put up any where that they frequent. 'When the paper is covered with them it must be replaced with another. The stuff must be spread with an old knife kept for the purpose. At one of the principal hotels at Vienna I recollect seeing a sheet of paper rolled on a piece of wood and placed upright spread with bird lime, and this was so successful as to require changing during the day. I hope you will give publicity to this for the sake of our poor countrymen in the Crimea, and that the Go vernment will let the bird lime be sent out as soon as possible, and likewise quassia, if not in abundance at the hospitals, being excellent in typhus or remittent fevers, and better than Peruvian bark, when mixed with a small quantity of sulphate of zinc, as stated in medical works. I offer no apology for trespassing upon your time for the subject of this communication.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, E. WILLIAMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Paris, 9th Aug., 1855. SlR,—Since my letter of the 7th inst., on the subject of destroying flies by quassia, I have tried it again here, where they are not numerous or vicious. I did not .uc coed well with the experiment of yesterday, but this morning I put some coarse brown sugar with the liquid and moistened the rims with the mixture, so as to at tract them, and found the plan very efficacious. In Italy, and countries where the flies inflict wounds such as is described by your correspondent, at, or before the camp of Sebastopol, there would be no occasion to mix sugar with the quassia liquid, although it might be attended with better success. --I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, E. WILLIAMS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening, being the last night of the season, the Etoile du Nord was performed. After the opera, which went off with the usual éclat, " God Save the Queen" was sung by the whole vocal strength of the theatre. The solo verses were given by Mdlle. Bosio, Mdlle. Marai, and Formes, and the immense body of choral and orchestral harmony had a superb effect. Indeed we have never heard our National Anthem—that won. derful combination of simplicity and grandeur—more magnificently sung. During its performance the aspect of the house—the whole audience (one of the most crowded of the season) standing—was remarkably bril- liant and striking. There is yet to be another performance of the Etoile du Nord. This most attractive opera is to be repeated to-morrow evening for the benefit of the respectable stage-manager, Mr. Harris. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mademoiselle Rachel appeared last night, at this theatre, in the character of Athalie, in Racine's tragedy. The great actress selected the second aci of the drama, for the purpose of exhibit;nz her marvellous powers of declamation. Perhaps, after all, declamation is Rachel's great characteristic. The perfect command that she exercises over her voice, the strange richness of the tones, are of themselves sufficient to create an impres sion that can never be forgotten. As a display of ora tory, Madlle. Rachel's Athalie is perfect. The house was crowded, and the audience testified the greatest enthusiasm during the performance. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The success of Byron's Mazeppa has exceeded the pro prietor's most sanguine expectations. Each night the theatre is crowded. The impression made by this re vival is far beyond any former precedent. The enter prising lessee, Mr. William Cooke, continues to produce most extraordinary attractions in the circle, in addition to which, the celebrated Mr. George We ild and Miss Fanny Williams have been engaged, and are received most gloriously every evening. Their efforts are de serving the applause they each evening receive. Great preparations, we understand, aro making for an extra ordinary drama, which will be produced when the ex citement diminishes to witness Mazeppa. THE LIMITED LIABILITY BILL. The following is a list of the minority of peers who voted against the motion of Lord Stanley of Alderley for suspending the operations of the order of May 4, 1855, so as to admit of the second reading of the above bill as a measure of urgency : MARQUIS. VISCOUNTS. BARONS. Bath Beauchamp Calthorp Middleton Wynford EARLS. St. Vincent's St. Leonard's Fitzwilliam If awarden Monteaglo Harrington BARONS. Redesdale Grey v Lyttletou EARL GREY'S AMENDMENT ON THE LIMITED LIABILITY BILL The following peers voted in the minority in favour of Earl Grey's amendment to refer the bill to a select com mittee of their lordships' House : LORDS. LORDS. LORDS. Grey Redcsdale St. Leonards Campbell Dynevnr Wynford Monteagle Hawardeu Waldcgravc St. Vincent's Harrington MINORITY FOR APPOINTING A PUBLIC AUDITOR. LORDS. LORDS. LORDS. Campbell Monteaglo St. Vincent's Denman Redesdalo Dynevor De Mauley Havrarden Wynford Grey The amount paid into the Treasury of tile East India house for bills on India from the 25th of July to the Bth of August was 18,3511. The dollars brought by the last West India steamer were sold yesterday at 601 d. per oz., being an advance of ; d. THE RAGLAN MEMORIAL.—Among the subscribers to the memorial fund for the benefit of the family of the late Field-Marshal are—his Grace the Duke of Welling ton' 2001. ; General Lord Sandys, 1001. ; the late Earl of Sefton, 1001. ; his Grace the Duke of Richmond, 1001. ; his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, 1001. ; the Marquis of Londonderry, 1001. ; his Grace the Duke of Bedford, 1001. Viscount Beresford, 1001. ; and Lientenant-General Sir George Brown, 1001. A statement on the arrival cf the last West India mail that yellow fever was prevalent both on shore and among the shipping at St. Thomas's, and that many officers of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ships lying at that port had died of it, is believed to be inaccurate. The company say that the last packet brought no such intelligence, all their vessels being reported in healthy condition. NORTH OF EUROPE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. — At a meeting of this company, yesterday, Sir S. M. I'eto presiding, an interim dividend, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, was declared, and the statement made was received as favourable. It was mentioned, as trating the rapid progress of the undertaking, that the gross receipts of the first half of 1854 were 47,6371., and of the second half 75,4651., while for the first six months of the present year they reached 103,4491. The fleet has been increased, and six vessels out of twenty are at present employed in the Government transport service. The dividend will be paid upon the capital subscribed of 151. per share, and no furler increase is intended without the special sanction of the proprietors. With the view of securing the advantages to be obtained by limited liability, the provisions of the new act, im mediately it becomes law, will be applied to the com pany. In answer to questions it was stated that the divi dend will not be payable free &Om income tax. With re gard to insurance, arrangements have been made in the adjustment of accounts for any loss or casualty that may arise in the regular trade of th e company, w hil e f or th os e vessels which have gone to the Baltic or the Crimea special risks have been opened. It was announced in the course of the proceedings that Lord Yarborough, who is the chairman of the comp an y, w i s h e d t o ret i re , on the ground of ill-health ; but, with tho hope of his perfect recovery, a unanimous desire was expressed for him to retain his post. A suggestion was made that the present would b e a fitting opportunity for ad justing the allowance of the directors, but it was even tually agreed, at th e recommen d at i on of the latter that the question shall stand over intilthe meeting in January, when the annual accounts will be presented. It was inti mated, however, that an appropriation for this purpose would not have meAerially interfered with the balance to be carried to the credit a the neat half-year. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVE-11EO SOCIATY. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. -- The great ne- I ' d cattle show, which was this year held at Carl ow, P3ss, off ei. yesterd a y w ith more than ordinary eclat , The exu oi bition of s t oc k was hi g hly creditable to t he seler a breeders, and altogether the show is sai d to have be e . at least an av erage one as compared with former Yea,,3 The banquet took pl ac e last night, his Gra ce the Pate of ',cluster, the p res id en t o f the society, in the cbeu-' The health of the Lord-Lieutenant having been P r : posed, his E xce ll ency rose t o re ply, and in the conr',° of his speech t oo k occas i on t o re f e r to the impr overn effected en' in Ireland du ring th e last 20 years or example (said his Excellency), let me ins' w Pu ~ F t he tion that I find, f rom th e l a t es t official returns, that t quantity of land un d er cu lti va ti,tn in Ireland a t the til!te of the establishme n t o f your society—in the year 184 a —was 13,464,300 acres ; i n the year 1851 it a mou s r to 14,302,581 acres. (H ear , h e ar.) Then, al t o the /tr. of live stock, in IS4I it w a s computed to be 19,339, 00 7 v ' in 1851 it had reached the figure of 27,326,0p0 t° (hear, hear) —in 1853 it had further increased 31,844,0001. ; and in the last year, 1855, it is conW n e „ t at 33,508,0001. (Cheers.) And, observe, this b e .doeslw even give quite an accurate measure of the increase, _..0 the ° t i l t cause, for the sake of forming a comparison , price was affixed upon the average description of ce ..th in each of the two periods, whereas I take it the troth is that the great increase has been in the better descr!Fi tions of stock— bear hear)—and that as the qualitloe'ise, improved still more than the quantity, we mat he without fear of exaggeration, that the value of the 01 stock of Ireland now, in the year in which Yle bale un e t together, might at least be put at double th e ag rero o l i that it was when your society began its career. (C h opera tioes for Then, again, one of the most important this society must have been to make it Inen ifes s t ire• what species of production the soil and climate o' land were - most suited, and for what species of P o ' st w ere ° tha t duction the different parts of Ireland adapted. I believe of late years it will be fo und r oats the growth of wheat has diminished, but that that tp and barley has increased ; but the increase is stilly lean' striking with respect to green crops, t u rnips, en d f o o rs gold-wurtzel ; for I bel ie ve it is true th a t in 1 841 was an acre of green crops to every two of cor n h c i r f ° t o P il, Even as far back as 1847 the ro ortion ban B A ur anl there was an acre of gree P cr P o s to four ne", wards of corn crops. (Murmurs n of dissent.) 6v : ia make it clear ? I beg pardon—that there is no: in 1855 an acre of green crops to every two acres o' 00 crops. No longer ago than 1847 the proportion acre of green crops to four and upwards of corn. ( s of hear.) Then, with respect to one of the productil' Ireland, and a very important on e , of the crop of bees for which the climate and soil of Ireland h ak e h o f thought particularly suitable, and to the gre,,,",t,dcli' which the present war with Russia gives a gr e i a ; 4 9 00; tional importance. (Hear.) The flax crops in prie' copied 60,314 acres ; in the year 1553 they e' -ij n 't 174,379 acres. (Hear.) I believe the great itrag g - teri flax that is grown is chiefly still confined to ` 1 ,,- - e iol but there are not wanting now enlightened Pel',ioidt inwho have made the experiment in this part of I r ' efs ti• the west and in the south ; and if it be foun, l . r- srue nerative—which I beg to remind you is ti ' e tsar and sound test of all practice—their patriotic e- but ple, I have no doubt, will be largely folloWe d ; i se , the crop of flax, as those acquainted with the well aware, !s too bulky, in proportion 14 c ot commercial part of it—the fibre—to bear th e al o I carriage, without the aid of scutch-mills • and of the find that the scutch-mills last year aroountet number of 1,100. (Hear.) Therefore, there i s reason to believe that this most important articleTsen duce is being largely and increasingly cultivated. f 1 1 e• you must not furget th a t while th e productions c),,0111 land have thus strikingly increased it is no doubt true that to some extent the population has &Mil l ': 1) 0' (Hear.) Therefore, the condition of the rernn'll iii : so pulation, I take it, has been benefited in two WaY, 4 l ,sie° so far as their means have command over the o ce ; a -of life and the chief articles o: sustenance are ee n- ,. rc o e ; not only is the amount of food which is at the" coo mend increased, but there has also been a niee k , e ,ftb e , proveinent in the soundness and nutritive characte' ate eca stie a food. Thus, gentlemen, if such has been the progress, of despite the blight of famine and the ci h rsl tbe c emigration, and the dreadful cala •t of war, le-fe, ris e we refer to the productiveness of the ml y so•l, the eeterple of the proprietors, or the general condition of the J P - b'y ; re not our hopes for the future—sobered ind ev jg reliance upon the inscrutable will of an all -ruling ‘ , 5 - r t dente—may not our hopes for the future be I ' 3- l couraging and sanguine? And if such be the genel l f t ss provement in Irish agriculture and the condition°Aetit Irish population, let me earnestly hope that this s () ; c oo' the great Irish Agricultural Society itself, may s tag e tinue to witness and develope its inestimable au v i -n tio e)", i under the genial auspices of your Grace—(aPP,'„ a ' n s s", and that gathering still increasing support ' l. " - , e oite' classes and from all orders—from those who r e p 'i the the most ancient lineage and the largest wealth ° A . , i std country, and from those whose hard-working; i n A t is - ' and labour sustain the wide basis of our social °";,-peel (applause) - bringing to bear all the new lights of sicroch applying all such new methods and preferring iesi old ones as experience may approve, this socie t l t iteg progress each future year as it has done each pain the of its valuable existence, and find its best rove r ' -u se * acknowledgments of new advantages conferre d peaceful, a prosperous, and a grateful people." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DO) CORN EXCHANGE. bet '„0 About an average quantity of English wheat "1 11 received up t o our market this w e ek, coastwisetole , land carriage. To-day the show of samples was 4 try good. Although there was more firmness in '" j, than on Monday that day's prices were not e xceed e te a total clearance was not effected. de . A Foreign wheat was in good supply and very n) e g ¢lO o , request, at unaltered quotations. The impor ts quarte rs. leg P r°' The show of barley was but moderate, and f 35 grossed slowly at late rates. ottee Malt changed hands slowly, yet prices were suPrd, , ~. We were well supplied with oats. On the e trade was steady, at full quotations. Ott , 6. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on fernier •aarvets Tills WHIM. volo Harley. ( 11 alt. Oats. 1,600 4,670 2,23 0 3,2 e) 18,866°C-10 331P' English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Wheat. 2,770 8,81 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARIS.:B%pp II64 4 To-day's market was somew h a t ex t en sively with beasts, in but middling c ndition. 31° ' 1 moved off slowly, at M on d ay ' s d ec li ne in price , brel"f sheep sold readily, at ext reme quo t a ti ors . Fles° l l ,ol l l were steady, but n o t d earer . F or l am bs—the, s "t, IT E , which was mod era t e —th ere was a fi rm deman y - ef, , currencies. We were h eav il y sup pli e d with ct e flee which a good business was transacted, at MondaY 5 In Al H the value of pigs no change took place. ell cows soltrslowly, at from 14/ to 20/ each , ing their small calf. 0* Per Sibs to sink the offals. d. .5 / s. d. s. d. s. 10 6 Inferior Beasts.... 3 10 to 410 Prime Southdown 4 - 0 4 ti Second quality.... 4 3 4 4 Largo crse. calves 4 g 510 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 S Prime small d 0... 4 a 3 , 6 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 2 Large hogs ...... 3 o 7, 0 Inferior Shc3p ...3 G 3 8 Small porkers ... 4 0 3, 1 ' 0 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves.. 23 0 Primo crse.-wlled.4 4 4 B,Quarter o'd pigs.2 l Lamb 4s Sd to 6s Od. 1 , yv•• '0 3 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREI GN SU , Beasts ..................11,146 , Beasts. • .. •• •• •• •• 4 1 t ° Sheep ......... •• .. • . ....14,000 / Sheep .. Calves Calves.."•' . .••• Pigs.soo 1 ...." LEADENHALL . transacted, as follows :-"" the eareaea. NEWGATE AND A moderate business was t a. Per 81bs by B. d. s. d. 0. 4 4 Beef, inferior 3 4 3 8 Mutton, Inferior 3 . 0 4 0 Do., middling 3lO 4 0 Do., ..... 3' 6 41 0 Do., prime large 4 2 4 4 Do. middling ...." 3 ... ..... 4 10 6 De , do. small 4 4 4 6 Veal . . ........ 3 , - 4 Fork, largo ..... 3 8 4 • Pork,. . ;Mall ...... Lamb 4s 6d to 5s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. 2 't io a rts Our market is in a most depressed state, .ogroot, cult to quote figures accurately ; but hops of tue er efia of 1854 may be purchased at from 71 TS to i ll llfi. ~ l 0 An Our accounts from the plantations are still favouree tho duty is called 270,0001. to 2'0,000/, COLONIAL. r/ce P ' 9 , TEA.—Tho market has become firmer, and f '' - .0 1 have been current. ta t st'Tht SUGAR.—British Plantation has been uiet, hu i ,,.orig - ~ prices. Barbadoes low heavy to good midg yellov/63 f°' 35s Gd ; crystallised Demerara went at 36s 6d to 4" 5 39s t ° low to good. East India.—White Benares realised vittite 40s for mid and good, and 45s to 46s for veil T i l, to 31 :: Cassipore. Low date Madras was taken in et 'l, - 30 5 `-, Gd per cwt ; Mauritius low black to good brown n o 3!A 358; low to fine bright yellow grocery at 3 5 . 6 :„a g o h t, half grainy brown and yellow at 36s to 388 6d ;,:1 3 teng.„ - o aud fine crystallised at 418 to 425. Foreign. — ' C br°' t full prices ; low grey to good grocery 35s 6d to ass a ; 1 1 0 33s to 358 Gd ; and low grey clayed 35s 6d. to 3 65 „oh „ low brown was taken in at 34s 6d. Yellow Fir s , - , &Jou bond was taken in at 29s for mid soft to good i,u rb i n o 133 ' d of florette went at 43s Gd per cwt. Porte - 1 - Ic° ,,a - br °1 :10 grey to good bright grocery brought 368 to 395; $. t At 34s Gd to 35s 6d per cwt. Refined has ruled O le 0 to 47s 6d for brown lumps. A : q, f ll COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been et 55 "U to 1,, ord pale greyish to good bold colory brought 56,, to T1 4 5 11 ,' small to good bold do. 57s 6d to 65s . peahen"' 56678 c r o rd 1 . 0% . and triage 49s to 548 Gd per cwt. Common P ° a 45 0 tivo was taken in at 49s per cwt. Santos realise al fine ord. oong e , RICE.-1 much larger business has been done. 6cl P r i. good mid went at 14s 6d to 15s ; and fine bold .!.,,,, r cwt. Several cargoes afloat went at previous Pll Td f°l* pica vately an active demand has existed. a to SPICES.—White pepper was taken in at 6i 3,,0 '''' mid Singapore. Mace wont at is li d for or' ginger brought 49s to 793 for ord to small mid bold' pimento 50 to 5. , ,d for mid to good mid. '. r" 1 COTTON.—Miefinnivelly was taken iu a t 41 1 ~ SALTPETRE.—This article is is lower. 13 1r o 04 P e sold at 343 to 348 Gd for G per cent., but 9.: 1 . se• ' cent. refraction was taken in at 318 per cwt. Jamaica RUM —The dealings have been limited. " c o at 38 6d, and Demerara at 2s sd. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at 545 Gd to 54s 9d per °• c . o, the spot. 1 1 9 " b 5" GREEN FRUIT.--Market dull, which foodnsus u ,iiti so ld at this period of the year. Lemons of gcl ii4 bon, P",x. advanced in price ; a parcel per steamer from i P e r po by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at 3 5 r age higher. Nuts in moderate demand. ---------- a 0' elect . f bee The Emperor of the French has himself $ . s o hat pictures which are to adorn the residence at cost pl; Majesty and Prince Albert. Some of the whsle 0 00 * tures from the Louvre will hang for a vili" walls of the palace of St. Cloud. ~~