The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-11 00:00:00

CREII{ORICE GARDENS.—The First GRAND FLOWER SHOW for the season 185.5 of the Royal South London Floricultural Society, under the patronage of her Most Gra cious Majesty the Queen, will take place on THURSDAY next. The Prizes consist of 60 Gold and Silver Medals. The Gardens on this occasion vrill open at 12 o'clock mid-day. An afternoon Equestrian Performance will be even in the Turkish Pavilion, in order to afford those visitors who caniot remain until the usual hour for these en tertainments an opportunity of witnessing the unequalled display of horsemanship by the most eminent riders, male and female, of the MADAME CELESTE'S ANNUAL BENEFIT. TfIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.—Madame Celeste, Di rectress of this popular establishment, begs to inform her patrons that her annual benefit is fixed for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th, when a variety of new and attractive entertainments will be pre sented, combining the entire strength of the company. Tickets, places, and private boxes to be had at the box-office, from 11 until 5, daily. w 00............ ROYAL OPERA, DRIIRY.LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, WM be performed LIICRE ZIA BORGIA. Lncrers, Madame Arra ; Miss F. Haddad; Genero , Signer Bettini ; Alfonso, Signor Fortini. To conclude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by Mdlle. Palmyra, Mdlle. Paolo, H. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galler ies, 6d.; second circle o f boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stalls, 4s. ; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Boa-office open from 10 to 6 daily. 41.11.ftps. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LOVE'S MARTYRDOM. Characters by Messrs. B. Sullivan and Howe; Miss H. lucid and Miss Swan borough. After which. ONLY A HALFPENNY. To eonclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Comae KEAN. THIS EVENING, WM be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Qi. een Ka tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented JANET PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Madame Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. 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. To be followed by STILL WATERS RAIN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskeil, and Mrs. Mehert. To conclude with TUE GARRICK FEVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The nasal Gorgeous Spectacle ever witnessed. THIS EVERTING, ENGLAND and FRANC Sint he DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms, by J. H.OOQUELEB, Esq., represents the mag nificent pageantry of France and England in their palmy days of Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the Knights in, armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban ners, all shown uuon one vast arena formed by the stage and the ring, form the most brilliant coup d'ceil ever exh.bited. To conclude with the skil ul ACTS in the CIRCLE. Box- Ark, open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting q,cager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Eques•rian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. WATER AT LOT.MON RRI()(.1•L Tam L —lrt ,- ,rninz 22 mtn.tfter 11 I Fveni.pg 49min. alt. 11 To ott [or, s (). caning 0 rmn.afte: 0 j Ey: ning 17min. a t.. 12 WEATIHER.—Fus Orrnis, June 10 TtI2IO.IO2I7TaL, IN Tin: SUA.DE. — l ...ighest since noon yestertlay. 53 —loweA this morning and during the night. 63 —this day, at pool'. dANONETEE, 30 . 30. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with very fine weather, JUNE 11. 72 —highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. _ BAnowirrr,B, 30•32. E. N.E. —Li gb t, with splendid summer weather 4 c 74 ,§AIII LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 11. 1855. The Allied Powers seem to have at length shaken off the apathy by which they were so long oppressed, and to ha7e now resolved to carry on the War with vig )ur and energy. The result has been the most brilliant, and in one quarter almost bloodless, triumphs. In our impression of Sa• turday we announced the attack and capture of the White Works and the Mamelou Tower. We are now enabled to state in addition that they took on the occasion no less than 62 guns, in- o luding 8 cohorns, and 400 prisoners. The •ontest, although exceedingly fierce, was but of 1 nief duration. At 6.30 p.m. on Thursday the signals for assault were given, and within a single hour the national standard of France floated over the Mamelon and the two redoubts in Careening Bay. These important positions remained in their hands, and, should they be enabled to retain them and to turn the captured artillery against their former possessors, it requires but slight pre tons ions to extraordinary prescience to declare that the Malakhoff Tower must shortly share a siinilar fate, and that the desperate resistance of th a garrison of Sebastopol itself cannot be much lo urger protracted. General PELISSIER has thus m ere than vindicated the high military reputation • had previously enjoyed, and proved that our ga slant allies are so fortunate as at last to have gc " the right man in the right place." Since he i succeeded the brave but less energetic CAN -11( )SERT in the supreme command of the French ar my not a moment has been lost in pushing on th A operations of the siege, nor has there been a single failure to damp the ardour of his n( stile followers. Everything attempted has been ac complished in the most complete and satisfactory m anner. It only enhances the glories of the army of France to state that the Russians have displayed gi vat gallantry, and *tiered the most obstinate rc tsistance at every point, but all in vain. Despite t! ieir proved valour they were unable to withstand tl ate terrific onslaughts of the assailants, and hence tl re decisive victories which it is our pleasing duty to ► record—victories which must at no distant p( u•iod terminate in the capture or destruction of tl an south side of Sebastopol, and the scanty rera n: snt of the Russian fleet which i now finds shelter b xneath its walls. From the French despatches we learn, although • ar own do not allude to the subject, that the • Inglish troops were not idle on this important o =talon. General PELISSIER declares that • our Allies"—i.e. the English—" with their u s'ral resolution, earried the works in the quarries, a' ad established themselves there." Our accounts at a.te that " We have lost 400 men in killed and • rounded," and that is probably only the English 563 on , the eventful occasion. It was but the meceding day that the bombardment of the town a aid outworks was reopened, and no time was a flowed to repair the damages, which the Rus s is ,ns had on previous occasions succeeded in 'acting during the ni • ghts. This the vigorous ac ivity of PELIBSIEB. prevented. Not a moment wi s allowed for restoration ; no breathing-time T gra nted. The defend ers were as ss g ,unded at the a pp arentl y desperate c h arac t er o f the attack , which, however, proved irrn aistible, and the Mamelon remained " the hands of our Allies. Nor were the y contented with this glorious achievement. General PELIS BIER is manifestly one of that energetic school who consider that " nothing ,is done while any _ Lhiug remains to be accomplished"—who will of be contented with any triuniph, if all bat is practicable has not been attained. He ' therefore followed up his first success, and also "took possession of the two redoubts of Careening Bay. The spolia opima in the shape of 62 pieces of heavy ordnance, together with 400 prisoners, remained in his hands. The triumphs in the Sea of Azoff, although THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY KVENING, JUNE 11 1 1855. No. 12, which we scarcely thought would be re peated by any English speaker. They see that there is no security in the merely verbal promise that Russia could, if she thought proper, increase her naval strength at Nicolaieff and other dock yards to almost any extent she thought proper, and that nothing would be known of the violation of her promise until she was actually taking ad vantage of her own perfidy. Then could the new fleet remain under the walls of Sebastopol setting at defiance any force that might be brought, unless we were prepared to undertake a new expedition to the Crimea, and again to open trenches against the stronghold. Having been compelled then to draw the sword, having clearly been convinced that Russia has not abandoned a single one of her long-cherished projects, we must insist on that which will give a real and perma nent peace. Russia is now irremediably offended. She cannot forgive our interference. We must, then, deprive her of the means of offence—must extract the fangs and pare the claws of our fierce opponent. The opportunity is happily afforded. We are no longer bound by the Four Points. Austria can advance no claim on our forbearance. We are extricated from the meshes of the net in which we were entangled, and Ministers can have no excuse for again involving us in a similar diffi culty. less brilliant, are no less important. Taganrog Marionpol, and Gheisk were attacked on the 3d, sth, and 6th instant. The public buildings and numerous Government magazines of provisions have been burnt, and an immense loss of supplies has thus been inflicted on the enemy. In all these transactions the Allies had but one man wounded, and that notwithstanding the presence of a garrison of 3,500 men at Taganrog. In these important depots were stored the provisions collected from the districts watered by the Don and a large portion of the Dnieper. From thence the Russian troops in the Crimea, and even in Sebastopol itself, were chiefly supplied with pro visions, and now that these important sources have been cut off, it is by no means improbable that the Russians may be compelled to risk all on the chances of a decisive battle, of the result whereof we cannot for a moment doubt. There may now be something less of arrogance on the part of their diplomatists. They may now be quite willing to accept the terms se contume liously rejected at Vienna, but the hour for re pentance has passed by. Nothing less than the disarmament of all the Russian strongholds in the Euxine and the Sea of Azoff, the destruction of all her ships of war, and an ample pecuniary indemnity for the expenses of the War, will now suffice. Nor will these be all. We must not limit our securities to the vicinity of the Black Sea, but must look to the West as well as to the East, and obtain satisfactory guarantees against the restoration of Bomarsund, or the pursuit of an aggressive policy in the neigh bourhood of the Baltic. We may, ere many days' time have elapsed, receive intelligence from that quarter that will paralyse the friends of Rus sia, and teach the Autocrat a salutary lesson as to the dangers incidental to such a career as that which he had marked out for himself, and the signal punishment that awaits a detected and con victed plunderer of his neighbours. According to the latest accounts from the Crimea, the force directed against the Russian army in that peninsula may be estimated at some 200,000 men altogether ! We are not, we believe, in any way exaggerating the amount of the aggregate strength of the Allies when we speak of it, in round numbers, as somewhere about 200,000. Let us explain the matter in two minutes by analysing that rather ample sum- total. There are, in the first instance, not less than 130,000 French soldiers under the orders of General PELISSIEB, according to the statement put forth by the new Commander-in-Chief himself in the address to his troops, announcing the volun tary resignation of the supreme authority by his gallant predecessor. There are under the direc- tion of the Field-Marshal, the Lord RAGLAN, as nearly as can be well calculated, under the cir cumstances, 30,000 of our brave countrymen. There are the 10,000 picked veterans from Pied mont recently despatched to the seat of war as the Sardinian Contingent, under the direction of General DE LA MARMORA. There are, besides all these, about 30,000 Turks, under °MEP. PACHA, either at Kamiesh or at EupAtoria. And a very simple sum of addition demonstrates with arith metical precision the rather indubitable fact that 130,000 French, and 30,000 English, and 10,000 Sardinians, and 30,000 Turks, mAke up a c3m prehensive total of just 200,000 at present in the Crimea at the disposal of the Allied Commanders in-Chief. Now, the task entrusted to this somewhat im posing force we cannot for an instant regard as at all disproportioned to its capacities. We cannot for one moment regard it as a labour beyond the reach of its powers of accomplishment. We can not for a minute imagine that what is required to be effected by those 200,000 men—the flower of the French, English, Turkish, and Sardinian armies—is in any respect more than can be readily effected by so considerable a body of heroic and well-disciplined troops, directed by the united abilities of PELISSIER, RAGLAN, 011 ER, and MAR MORA. What is the precise nature of that task ? What is this new labour of HERCULES ? It may be readily enough explained. The Allies are striving all this while to inflict a blow, a mortal blow if possible, upon the Northern CoLossus by whose vast bulk, and mighty energies, and gigan- tic ambition the liberties of Europe are threatened, and through those •liberties the fabric of modern civilisation. And at what chink in the armour of that Northern CoLossus is the blow directed ? Not at its heart—Moscow. Not at its head— St. Petersburg. But at what was finely called by Cardinal WISEMAN, during the course of last March, in his eloquent and patriotic lecture upon the War, in St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre—" the only vulnerable point it presented, like ACHILLES —that Crimean heel with which it pressed upon the neck of Turkey !" It is to bring the COLOSSUS of Russia, clad in all its panoply of steel, clashing down upon the dust, wounded and humbled that the Allies are, with the aid of 200,000 men, aiming such deadly blows at that "Crimean heel," striking chiefly all the while at what may be called the veritable tendon-Achilles Sebastopol, and yet pressing hard at the same time to the right upon Kertch and to the left upon Eupatoria. No doubt at all the task is difficult, restricted even to these narrow limits, concentrated upon this one paramount object—nevertheless, while acknowledging its difficulty, we believe that it may reasonably be regarded as capable of accom plishment. We believe that it cannot possibly baffle the powers of England and France united, aided as the armies of those two chief nations of the earth are by noble contingents from Turkey and Sardinia. Sixty thousand men were more than sufficient to carry the banners of England and France in triumph up the almost impreg nable heights of the Alma. A mere handfull of the Guards and the Zouaves was enough to scatter the legions of Russia among the ruins of Inkerman. A grand army of 200,000 men, such as that of the Allies now in the Crimea, will be ample, we cannot but believe, with all the fullness of implicit credence, to inflict the desired wound upon the Northern COLOSSUS at Sebastopol. It may be interesting to compare at this mo ment the relative positions of the two great Euro pean armies directed against Russia within the last half century. Contrasting for a moment the objects aimed at by the Allied army in 1854-55, and by the army of NAPOLEON in 1811-12, it must be remembered, in the first instance, that while we strike the blow at the heel, NAPOLEON aimed his, and with deadly effect, at the very heart of the common enemy of civilised Europe. We have our fleets to fall back upon for supplies, and for retreat, too, in case of any extraordinary emergency, and continually also for rein force men ts. He had no naval armaments to aid him in his operations—he had to trust only to his land forces, and to that incomparable genius for war which has given him a name amour , the coi.- querors of the earth beyond those even of tll9 i c R eommi-agn and a o d antiquity—beyond the accomplished the daring Macedonian. By reason of which, because he had no Euxine for his base of operations_because he had to attack Russia, not on the margi n , but far in the interior —NAPOLEON required a mightier land arma ment than can be well regarded by the Allies as requisite under existing circumstances. That armament he assembled together, and marshalled under his Imperial banners. It has recently been stated in the House of Commons —this wonderful army of NAPOLEON-at some where about half-a-million of men in the aggre- gate. Erroneously so stated : for it was consi derably more. It was a legion such as had never before been gathered together by one man, such as probably may never be assembled again by any other—out -numbering the boasted followers of XERXES, and over-shadowing the barbaric hordes of ATARI° and ODOACER. It included, in French troops alone, a grand army of 850,000 men ! and with these 50,000 Italians, ..under the Viceroy Prince EUGENE ! 60,000 Poles, under PONIA TOWSKI ! 40,000 Bavarians ! 30,000 Saxons 30,000 Westphalians ! 15,000 men from Wur temberg ! 9,000 from the Archduchy of Baden ! 23,000 from the Rhenic Confederation I 20,000 as a Prussian contingent ! 30,000 Austrian auxi liaries and 30,000 Neapolitans, led by their hero of romance, the most gorgeous of the tributary Kings of the new SESOSTRIS, the most chivalrous of the PALADINS of the mightier than CHARLE MAGNE ! Altogether, scarcely credible though it sounds, not half-a-million of men, but as many as 1,187,000 ! If we subtract from that grand total, however, some 387,000 for soldiers in the hospitals, for those absent upon furlough, and for the deficiencies caused here and there by incomplete regiments, we shall approximate more nearly to the actual force collected together in 1811 for the invasion of Russia by NAPOLEON the Great. Yet with even this enormous reduc tion, there is left the appaling balance of 800,000 men with which the Conqueror of Europe crossed the boundaries of the Russian Empire and ad vanced upon its capital. We speak not here at random. The calculation we have made is that authoritatively put forth by BOUTOURLIN. With that mighty mass of warriors NAPOLEON entered upon his Russian campaign. And what is the estimate formed of that campaign by no less im partial an observer than Lord BROUGHAM ? Why Lord BROUGHAM has declared, in his " Statesmen of the Time of George III.," that according to his view, among all the wonderful campaigns ever made by NAPOLEON (and when he closed his career at the age of 47 on the field of Waterloo they had amounted, these campaigns, altogether, to no less than fourteen), this one, the campaign of 1811 in Russia, was the most triumphant, the most completely successful ! And so assuredly it was. The conqueror had advanced at the pas de charge by victory after victory until he had seized the capital of the invaded empire, until he had established his head-quarters in the Kremlin, until he was issuing his Imperial decrees from the Palace of PETER the Great. NAPOLEON only failed after that because of a fatality beyond the grasp of human forethought. Hi 3 defeat has pissed into a proverb. He was vanquished not by man, but by the permission of Divine Paovi- DENCE. His victors were the elements. The wind blew, and the snow fell, and the frost came, and his mighty host was all but annihilated. Be cause they were so far within the recesses of that inclement land, and because, with this, the winter began two months earlier than ordinary. It can not be so with us. We are on the margin instead of at the centre of the Russian E_npire. Besides which, our fleets in the Black Sea are ever close at hand, while our transports are continually arriving with supplies awl reinforcements. The situations are altogether different. And if Russia is less at our mercy now than she was at one time at NAPOLEON'S, we are all the while less at hers, or rather at that of the cold and barrenness which are her chief internal auxiliaries. Wherefor so let us trust confidently, under the aid of GOD, in the justice of our cause, and in the strength of out• arms, while the chief part of our 200,000 men are still beleaguering the fortifications of Sebas topol. If anything was established by the Peace-at any-price party during the late Parliamentary dis cussions, it was that the demands made on Rus sia for the limitation of her fleet could easily have been evaded, and would, therefore, if accepted, have been of comparatively little value. That view of the subject was particularly dwelt on by Earl GREY, in the House of Lords, and his line of argument was also adopted by several of the speakers in the Commons. But it did not, there fore, byany moans follow that the Western Powers should have in any degree abandoned the demand, or been satisfied without even the verbal securities reqaired. Had they done so, it would vir tually have been a connivance at the well- We could known schemes of Russia. scarcely have remonstrated at any accession to her fleet or ominous signs until the inviolable attack had taken place. It was not because we were contented with the merely personal promises of Russia, though we were at the very time when receiving the most conclusive evidence of her duplicity and insincerity willing to waive every description of real security, that we should also give up the shadowy hope founded on the word of a Government whose mendacity had become pro verbial I The peace party proved too much for their own propositions. They showed, beyond the possibility of doubt, that in place of pressing too hardly on Russia our Plenipotentiary fell far short of what he ought to have required— that he should have insisted on " material guarantees," or, at least, on the disarmament of every Russian fortification in the Euxine or its vicinity. If the views of Russia were so moderate and inoffensive as she professed—if she were only seeking the " commercial" development so vividly depicted by Mr. BRIGHT-what could she want of these threatening fortresses ? The Hon. Member for Manchester does not arm him Self with revolvers and bowie knives when going on 'Change—though by no means "mealy mouthed" in his language to others he does not keep weapons either of offence or defence. He would regard it as a particularly bad investment of the capital which might be so much better applied in the improvement of his machinery or the extension of his works. His friend the CZAR is also aware that the warlike toys on which so much money has been expended by his predecessor are not, and cannot be, required for defence. It is only for aggression that he can want either forti fications or ships of war. It suits his purpose, however, to pretend that it is his anxious solici tude for the sick man's health that induces him to keep up these expensive establishments. He wishes to protect Turkey from the nefarious de si ;ns of France and England, and, through his representative at the Vienna Conferences, practi cally asks, " Quis custodiet, ipsos custodes ?”—who shall guard the • poor helpless Turk against his treacherous Western guardians ? And this view of the case is adopted by his broad-brimmed friend in the British Parliament, who, notwithstanding his scruples against all offensive weapons, thinks Russia quite right in indulging her amiable weakness, and keeping a la r g e assortment on h ready to accommodate any pugnacious customer at a moment's notice ! • vV We believe, however, that the public will not be satisfied with this rechauffee of the arguments of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF in AIIDELL A to Protocol LATEST NEWS• FURTHER SUCCESSES AT SEBASTOPOL AND with vigour, and blew up some powder magazines. " From the other points of attack General Wrangel makes no report, nor has anything fresh occurred in the Sea of Azoff." We have no later Russian despatches, so that Gortschakoff has yet to account for his defeat and loss of the Mamelon Vert on the '7th. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, JUNE 12. The Clyde, which left Constantinople on the 31st of May, and the Sinai, which left the same city on the 4th of June, have arrived together. Despatches lave at 9 a.m. The advfees from the Crimea, brotigh by the Sinai, are of the 2d of June. FRANCE. PARTS, SUNDAY. By a decree in the Moniteur Rear-Admirals Montagnies de la Roque, De Suin, Charner, and Le Barbier de Tinan are promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and Capitaines de Vasseau Fournier, Aubry-Bailleul, Fabvre, Baudin, and Bonard to that of Rear-Admiral. Another decree promotes eight Capitaines de fregate to be Capitaines de vaisseau, twenty Lieutenants de vaisseau to be Capitaines de fregates, and twenty-four Enseignes de vaisseau to be Lieutenants de vaissseau. The Moniteur contains a decree founded on a report from the Minister of the Marine increasing the officers of the marine artillery from 23 to 31, and the number of companies from 23 to 25, each company to be 104 strong, instead of 100 as hitherto. The Moniteur contains an official list of all the prizes and medals awarded at the :Prize Cattle Show in the Champ de Mars the day before yes terday. General La Mormora writes to the Piedmontese Minister of War, dated Kadikoi, May 25 :=-- "My forces, augmented by two English batteries, a r egiment of lancers, and a regiment of heavy cavalry, 600 strong, have arrived at Kamara. Sir Colin Camp bell's corps are on the heights of the extreme right of the lines which cover Balaklava. My troops met with no resistance from the Russian outposts, or the enemy's forces on the right of the Tchernaya. The enemy is strongest in the valley of Baidar. "My forces are now occupying Kamara, a height which commands the Rassian right. " The condition of the troops is very satisfactory, and my men anxious to distinguish themselvts." A letter from Marseilles; of the 7th, says :—" The Gange, steam-packet, of the Messageries Imp6riales, left this morning for Constantinople, with some superior officers on board, and 215 able-bodied por ters belonging to this port. The Alexandre, steamer, has also left for Alexandria, with 700 passengers on board, of whom 500 are pilgrims, bound for Mecca. Of these, 2 2 5 arrived half-an-hour before from Algiers, by the Thabor. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received " Vienna, Bth.—Aali Pacha yesterday had a private audience of the Emperor, at which he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen. Aali Pacha will leave to-morrow for Constantinople." MADRID, Bth.—The Gazette of to-day publishes a circular, suspending the execution of the decree relative to the National Guard. The Government is about to demand from the Cortes the immediate discussion by that body of the constitutional basis relative to the National Guard. BOURSE, JUNE 9.—CLOSING num. Cash. fr. c. End of mouth. 4i per Cants 94 80 94 500. 3 per Cents 69 80 70 15 Credit Mobilier 932 Roman , B2 Credit Foncier 535 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threce Piedmontese 87.75 Home Debt 3ll BAIA:WAYS—ROB CASH. IT. c. fr. Orleans 1220 Lyons 1245 Western 722 50 Rouen C o tt e 670 --Strasburg Mediterranean 1245 Havre 6lO Northern IN THE SEA OF AZ OFF The Secretary of the Admiralty presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in forwarding the enclosed copy of a report this day received of successful operations in the Sea of Anil : " JUNE 10. " Captain Lyons, of the Miranda, and Captain Sedaiges report that the naval operations against Taganrog, Marionpol, and Gheisk, which took place on the 3d, sth, and Gth of June, have per fectly succeeded. The public buildings and nu- merous Government magazines of provisions have been burnt, and thus an immense loss of supplies has been inflicted on the enemy. " The operations were conducted with great vigour and rapidity. The allied forces had only one man wounded, although opposed by about 3,500 soldiery at Taganrog." WAFT DEPARTMENT, 10TH JUNE, 1855. Lord Pannlure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has this day reached him froze Lord Raglan : JUNE 8. The success of • last night was very complete, and the gallantry and steadiness of the troop cannot be too highly spoken of. The French succeeded in securing the works of he Mimelon, and those on its right called tLe Outrages Blanes, and it those they took 62 guns, including eight cohorns, and 400 prisoners. Nothing could be more brilliant than the ad vance of our allies. We have lost about 400 men in killed and wouncled. I have just received intelligence of the cor inued. success of aTptain Lyons and Captain Sedaiges in the Sea of Azoff. Taganrog, Marionpl, and Genitehi [Gheisk have been attacked. The public buildiNs and numerous magazines havo been burnt, and only one man wounded. (Front the Moniteur.) PARIS, SUNDAY. The Minister of War has received from Genera Pelissier tho following despatches : " JUNE 6, 10 P.M. " To-day, with our Allies, we opened fire against the external works, and to-morrow, please God, we will take them. " JUNE 7, 11 P.M. "At 6 30 our signals for assault were given, and one hour afterwards our eagles floated over the Mamelon Vert &lad over the two redoubts of Careening Bay. The artillery of the enemy fell into our hands. " We are said to have taken 400 prisoners. " Our legions occupy the conquered works. " On their side our allies, with their usual reso- lution, carried the works in the quarries, and established themselves there. " All the troops showed the most admirable devotion and intrepidity." The only later despatch which has arrived simply says :—" We hold our ground. We have lost fewer men than we expected. We took 62 cannon in the enemy's redoubts, and made 13 officers prisoners." 1 DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL BRIJAT. Admiral Bruat reports that the expedition against Taganrog, Marionpol, and Gheisk was per fectly successful. The burning of stores of pro visions has inflicted an immense loss upon the enemy. Resistance was only offered at Taganrog, where ono man was wounded. VIENNA, JUNE 9, 2 rx, The following authentic news has been received here ; On the evening of the 7th there was a violent cannonade. The French made an assault and took the Mamelon and other advanced works. The success was complete. The affair was exceedingly brilliant. The Fremd en Blatt has the following : Baron Hess went to Gallicia last night. The Emperor goes to inspect the 3d and 4th divisions of the army on Tuesday morning next. Generals Craufurd and Letang re-lain here. A reduction of the army is expected. As the position of the Russians is now seriously menaced, Prince Gortschakoff will accept battle in the field. Prince Gortschakoff sends to St. Petersburg, dated Crimea, Gth of June— "The Allies opened to-day a brisk cannonade on the left flank of our fortifications. It lasted for three hours without intermission. We replied RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 2d of June. The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes the following notification from the Military Governor-General of that capital : "On the 19th (31st May) the following telegraphic despatch was received here : " The enemy is still at anchor, and counts the same number of vessels. " The enemy's vessels are getting up their steam and weighing anchor. " From the telegraph station at Cronstadt two frigates and two steamers are distinctly visible." A St. Petersburg letter, of the 31st ult., states that the Emperor has published a ukase, ordering the formation of six regiments of militia cavalry, four in the Government of Pultawa and two in that of Tchernigow. Each regiment is to be 1,803 strong. THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, June B.—The Bulldog, 6, Commander Alexander C. Gordon, arrived here yesterday after noon, with mails from the fleet, having made the passage from Cronstadt to this anchorage in 61 hours—an incredibly short run considering the dense fogs she encountered on the way. It ai3.- pears, however, that although very unusual at this advanced season of the year, these fogs are still prevalent in the Baltic. The whole of the fleet, consisting of 16 line-of battle-ships (including three French), six frigates, and 10 gun-boats, is anchored close up to Cron • stadt, forming a perfect line across the bay from shore to shore. With the view of checking more effectually the coasting trade, which has of late increased to a very , large extent in the Gulf of Finland, an order was issued to the fleet, towards the enel of ,last month (leaving, however, a discretionky power with the commanding officers), to burn or sink all coasting vessels captured within certain limits. In pursu ance of this order the Magicienne lately intercepted and destroyed two of these traders, laden with loge blocks of nanite, all ready cut, worked, and num bered in rotation ; and indeed, judging from the fact that the number 170 was found on one of the blocks, it is not improbable that several cargoes of the same material had previously reached their destination in safety. From this circumstance it may be inferred that the Russians are still busily employed in erecting fortresses on some part of the coast, the exact locality of which has not, how ever, as yet been clearly ascertained. The genera] impression is that the new fortifications at Swea borg, which we know the Russians commenced building during the winter months, are now being brought into a state of completion. On Saturday last, Admiral Dundas, accompanied by Admiral Seymour, embarked at noon on board • the Merlin surveying steamer, Capt. Sullivan, and proceeded to reconnoitre Cronstadt. To guard against a surprise, they were attended on the expe dition by the Dragon, Captain H. Stewart, and the Bulldog, Commander Gordon. Although they went in quite close to the batteries, and remained there for nearly three hours, the Russians looked quietly on during the whole time, apparently with the most perfect indifference, and as all the ships in the harbour were dressed in colours, it is possibly they were engaged in celebrating some high festival, or even perhaps doing honour to an Imperial visitor. The authorities here have, received notice from Berlin that Prince Frederick William of Prussia, only son of his Royal .klighness, the Prince of Prussia, intends to honour Dantzic with a visit on the 20th of this month. A letter from Lemberg of the 4th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" A large proportion of the Rus sian army in Poland has Teceived orders to proceed southwards, and the Grenadiers are already on their march to Bessarabia. T,hese troops are in tended to replace the losses sustained by the Rus sians in the Crimea. Several camps are to be esta blished in Bessarabia. The corps which are leav ing Poland are to be replaced by fresh troops and the second levy of Cossacks. Although the state of Poland has not undergono any legal change, the ordinary severity of the laws is much relaxed, and people are allowed to talk a little more freely. The greatest tranquillity reigns throughout the country. The measure of freeing the Jews from m ilitary service is attributed to Prince Paskie witch." MARSEILLES, June I.—The park of siege artillery for the army of the East is at length shipped in the Ameri can clippers, Great Republic, Queen of Clippers, Gaunt let, and Alleghanean, but they have not yet sailed. The French steam frigate Eldorado has arrived to tow the Queen of Clippers. In the meantime she is taking on board a quantity of gun carriages. The Great Republic is waiting to receive 400 cavalry horses. Capt. d'Andigne, of the staff, met with a serious accident when visiting that gigantic ship on Wednesday last. Ile fell from the main deck into the hold, and fractured a leg. While so much time appears to be lost in the despatch of those sailing-vessels our British steamers arrive, load, and sail again for the Crimea. At a late review of the Turkish army at Eupatoria by Omer Pacha, whilst the troops were resting, the gallant general had a race with Sephia Pacha in sight of the field. What an excitement would take place were Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge to try their horse manship at the next review in Hyde-park !—United Ser vice Gaxelie. " GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT, .......................0.416 THE HARBOURS OF THE SEA. OF AZOFF.—Taganrog, at the mouth of the Don, had in 1842 a population of 22,472 souls ; Marionpol, on the north shore of the Sea of Azoff, had 4,603 in 1852 ; Berdiansk, also on the , . north shore, 6,498 in 1849. Gbeisk (or EiElk, o r .Tersg, alreadyw. miter a ih s r ae b ra uaoi of f l Br t : iv o oai n ociaoyd t the south esBo6uß3tihi sntinhabitan ts.shoreor foreign commerce for the first time in 1852 era bagf l i itostow, on the right bankib:othafTlinatsthees.eenfDotroenig, foreign .An English lady in Paris (Mrs. Tzz,....fane hall at the Hotel de Ville on Monday, accompanied with a handsome lace dress to wear on the occasion. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle men, having undergone the necessary examinations for sonmminjse37o; the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the St int. Messrs. William Sanderson Wyman, ICettering,Solihel Nor), thamptonshire ; George Newton Swi nson, Warwickshire ; Charles Wheeler, Brithton-pla°S,' a l e s ; lC N ew Kent road ; Charles Muller, Sydney , N ew South vv and James Walker. North Frodingham, Yorkshire. _. NEW BILL ON EXCISE DUTIES. —On Saturday W .f. printed, as a Government measure, a bill to impose; creased rates of duty of Excise on spirits distilled ia.:aa, United Kingdom ; to allow malt, sugar, and 0 20 , : 1 * . " - c ,i to be used duty free in the distilling of spirits, in "f o e. allowances and drawback on such spirit, suga/ 611- to lasses respectively ; and to amend the laws relating the duties of Excise. On and after the 13th of next the increased duty is to be, in Great Britain 81. re a gallon, and 6s. 2d. in Ireland. There are thirty Ent import*, visions in the bill, which is regarded as a verY subject in the trade. _The m oos FORTIFICATIONS AT MILFORD HAVEN. - - -L" - ~,o l icing works and fortifications at Milford Haven are "• fully considerable progress. The Stack Rock ie 11 1 0 fort armed, and garrisoned by the Royal Artillerl• 0 ow at Thorn Island has recently been armed with 61 0 .0 , ders, mounted on traversing carriages, and this. island 0 metal, from the commanding position of the W o o? the very entrance of the haven, will be able to or every point of approach thereto. The Wer k „.nopo r mends the roads towards Milford ; and when 01° i n les able agrue ns cross carfina nearly rphei opposite.da w lvy i e t , h . soi the guns on Thorn tent erections on Dale Point are ,cornpleted, tilt w hich Dian,bicto„baroder. they their progr essing Pembroke Dockyard. abre T irn h ag e ng n nen e wotfhwetohrenknownthatti2o :pate; , g e e c o ' e ,„ . , SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.—The RoYale.,- this a" e ; j parry's steam-ship Avon, Captain Rivett, i'pl e te ta ° „• / ' noon with the outward Brazils and Riv er 4s ,o °',[e' ' . The Avon takes out specie to the amount of ,4ags"-t jewellery 16,000/. a large and valuable egg ° The erica' and French merchandise, ' and 67 passengers. b m orn Western, with the homeward mails from S o ° g ear s° n O n r ci ie r n ta t , al w C i o th mp t a h n e y h 's e s a c v r y ew po s r t t e i a n m n may be looked for on the 15th. The reo fro o Ale nc i Psi India ' eris, W ith China mail, is expected on the 22d. The 1 , b ,,, i . r Cadi° the Peninsular mail, and advices from Gihr ° ' — ', 3 ea a t Sir William and Lady Molesworth dinner, on Saturday evening, the Earl and Co untess go. y Mulgrave, Viscountess Palmerston, then,Oeo floe 1 enntertiisnltess ot -sOhfipthSetilEa B. Macaulay, M.P., Viscount Torring t ee ° og er 0 and Lady Adelaide Cadogan. the Countess Do ti, Leal Theresa Lewis, Mr. F. Peel, Essex and Miss Johnstone, Viscountess Dancaseellely, M. p., Sir Ja hn soo 3l °' M.P. and Lady Shelley, the Hon. Mrs.speiYincearee_eresr°°: Mr. Harcourt Vernon M.P., and LadY Colonel Buldulph, 32 , 1 ) Mr. A. gontgoole 1 . ~ .' °f Hayward. rol l i n the t he r WILFUL MURDER.—In Twyn-Star, fla the ir F b " ; Llangwynider, Breconshile, two brothers, and Morgan Davies, have been murdered by keo n -- t tar's husband. Joseph Richards, conemealY etchelai!,,eg the name of Joe Penkefyl (horse's head), at'v-,ierialti-, the Sirhowy iron-works. Richards had u e g e l - the li °l.-8 at a beershop during the morning, ari d wa fer liquor. ..apie , WRECK OF A STEAMER FOR AUSTRALL‹ In J• f ' , he . The'-e sor schooner, arri sed at Liverpool yesterdaYi",.° 0 , of '', byha. ; she had on board the captain an ° ' 4 . c ' e Sgt l 'e e q crew of the steamer Brisbane, from Glaseow, " 0 jei '-'" which was wrecked on the 23d ult., at Fe ° near Parnabyha ; the crew were all Bared. ; n eer 15 en' MADLLE.. JENNY NEY.—This celebrated se - elle . r _ e i : insess.iii it eliz: o, tirely recovered from her recent ssvere appeared on Saturday evening at the perf,°rthe Opera, as Leonora, in Il Trovatore, and h er app li es e °` ance elicited, as on former occasions, „ , of a warmest kind. hoe e- ter, BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Saturday thr i s r och e 'i o g steani-engine belonging to Mr. Wood, ° L d eestrolith exploded, killing a boy named A n d o , t ! & ice ] . l o s • a good deal of property. The boiler was olil ti e v iler it s square ends, and, the front end bursting, t" i e g i li . o e carried forward a distance of 30 yards, destrld ac e course three brick walls. The boiler-house two mes h ' s `, house were overthrown, and portions of des o e, shops belonging to another firm were ltc ' he iler -b° ,o o Anderson was buried in the ruing of the l e tter together with Mr. Wood's son, but the ic h rescued with only some slight injuries. , 0 by sa ng, EXPLOSION OF GIINPOWDER.—An exPl°l,:y lev es three persons were injured, occurred on Fr', ieuildr c le ' in the cellar of the house No. 1, ffarke r !, o .efel L° ,o, The cellar was occupied by Robert Ilep Pritchard-street, Charles-street, Chorltoo•uPb" a w o/ 0 ..,, • who lived with him, and her child, aged n n al i t , c o Hepworth obtained his living by w heelln-O• i dar e " o at malufactnring small fireworks during hi!,,, - t i i° ll : b ie l/ seems that he was following the latter oe o wr e e eer , ,' e ll 'th seven o'clock in the evening, when some P °- ,eode ° ,," i sh he had shut in the cellar oven, to dry, tiler, Pii e to such force as to- scatter everything in the cs "4o ° / ,' l- o rti; wort ) o Ict the window and door to atoms, and cells° 5 - ger 0 0 bulge considerably into the adjoining cow. 0 8 w..° ell was much burned about the head and face. p 0 bee n ° n he was discovered in flames, and might o wnhav is d e tb° more seriously burned had not a roan oeteicloo some water which was in a tub standeingeed a cellar. The boy, besides being btiro cu ' itl broken.—Manchester Guardian. 9.' s . jog or DISGUSTING CRUELTY.—WA.TLINGT, ( . 14. ' 1. t i.ffs °3 ,eabit e the petty sessions, held here this daYsr,,,, e . s,s A r P rc a r er ° ' ley presiding, George Caterer and -L% - p - ii, 5 01 " goit labourers, in the service of William J 3 s ° " - of th e ta eit" Watlington, were charged at the i ns tane ° l4 , o os; cle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t ri o the 3d u o Ve ° , cruelty to a bullock. It appeared that 49- teat° - voe't fendants were engaged ploughing With two d • "V° ;'S th e in a field on Ban well's farm. Appleiel and'L'3 jest ffota bullocks not accustomed to the of fell d sfi litk si , day's labour had concluded, one of theait4ee the lei' exhaustion. Both defendants tried to 'n over t he e ( 410 get up. Caterer struck it several 11017iokee on;eiesf, the horns, turned the animal's head bile AP to its , on ci , e ov_er e. ; fail i tr 7t'cb: f h w i i n t d h a le w g h s whip, and aandsalavyaigneginhonlndneolf. i;tswtsil, , plehYe NO in a very cruel manner. All tbes -i ts h ead t ae titi 4 to the beast still lying powerless, wit h ;f e e a c l. tl ite'e out upon the ground, Caterer stn ,byCs SI 013 the earth up both nostrils—an act describeo,_ l o t r , have caused the ox intense suffering.. -L t u v , e ea rr e t ' o e t ; minutes the animal died. In answer t° ,ll te tb e t ee' le defendants merely gave a general dea l e f o told I'o' 4 adding that their master, Ban well,_ ; do p ier b il, " stuff dirt up the ox's nostrils if he steeplyto trea o ies ' t t e a, could be no doubt the ox bad been le e g, Os , ustbehest defendants, bench were of opinion the charg e ' 1.31 d i ii i defendants, and therefore the case a ) .0 of This decision caused the greatest ast°l3l 8 trot co . t crowded court. t in the co le ei t6 ' A. sergeant of the 97th Regimen , te ist et. letter 'to a friend at Maidstone, saV, ' ot atlf er f W e ! affair of the 22d March ;it was, lo adpeers witlrlv fellr°,o an awkward piece'of business. The ir ,l, e eg h e ile especially where poor Capt. Vic;eer ° lei li° 17 crie d e ver he gave me aTestament when in Greene, aa_ , IC favourite with us all. He bled to death as say e s o re lioh 0; 4 home.' The last words he was heard to itll $ I ge t o °, my face ! cover my face l' I pickedeufbey nattetoeS loaded with Russian ball •so you se e e ,i, fle , ere 133 ra° of our arms during the night. 19are the o tbe „cos. dose theirs. I never saw Lord Raglan till ) pot r`i s o r oe he came up to see our (Light Divisi'l.lll g lee lie d 0 4 0 4 said, 'Get up another race, and Wi ll njore,of celot, reigns.' Sir George Brown gav° t ti w ,, c otlP l6 o be e el ° other old chap two more ; so we ha 0, e nd cl od P old 180 yards. We gave him three elle or the e 00 e . ete , Whatever we should have done, nali i i co , vers: oo e roll of England, I really don'telenow. ~,, i s to ',el, ''s oats have been ! All lor any bf us can tho ,t, I", t bei and that I do- or fight for them, an d , o f one,, _ lO wish I had ten lives to lose willing instqlll' ~h br°,,,, English) should have have tl ve neer r 0 ,13 w Sov c) , .sto r eel ee t „ s tre A THUNDER-STORM. —In the alit. Fre- , s - l ee' -alit. t er, ta i it over Bradford on Wednesday n's webs sus h i! , • Bowling, the residence of Mr. Isac, doage,,,!t by the electric fluid, and considerahlt%ebioieLlaiise,etiet The electric fl uid entered by ones of the the 1 ; pe r , ri v o lf knocked down, and passing do l l,. dr oe" d w 0 0 t ell escaped through the window on the ; o e ble „W' 00 , tore all the bell wires from the wa g ! had bee ° , e clie' e 'e re' all the windows. The family, whi n° to t e Is' o teb, o o3 , . thepreviousloud claps of thunder,bos ties d d el h ell' strange -to say, nearly every r °° , nl escar e A , of tii , Aid mage more or less. Til e by 0 ; 1 7,.ht,11 . o; boy in bed in the attic was 01° hive i lia ;Ire, wires falling upon him and burning 05T ot e v sel o tel IRELAND.—THE ADMIRALTY COO tenor 0 0 t s o on p ec: miralty commission appointed of be improvements in the harbour of oe f r eer a ' o icat; oo n, nesday. Thelobject is to furnish,aycoen, , h e l ol a or for the large steamers intended Io' to conneet4s,b _boo tween England and this counteY, _ line ot" t he ,r, t iii place with the railway station her L a ino i r eeZ e ef b sr tiAr, give greater protection to tha t se le w inds has been P e et ° , i s against the east and north -eas e , hboo , basoseee 4toer plans in question, that oc h er. eel' prop -gobs e sts eo S ji ; 11 1 0 carried out, but since proEne betwee,ned , f° o f large class of steamers on the b eg bo on. o _. o f . g Do t ., and Holyhead, its sufficiency __stroce P. m )3 4 i !, SOO feet long by 60 wide, to d rL be coon! teet_oo,7o( tion. It - involves simplY their:tit to ' e d el' of !, from the water tank, h a t n the °acne rri'il6oWtbiraol railway at a leve l aeou. e connee tine ot t e b ' e ile 0 11 ° s tation f or t'l lre a oa , l'i" st r a. __ been 3 0 04 0 .10 • uttdeartaretousnphneerliferoiminet.he the way. A part of the piewhsu'id „Ac of gr•ctoo:tv an outlay of about 45, w 0 o p roPs it t i e r co o3tre eoef o#j, execution of the plan. from 9 ° - t he p a t 1 0 $0 06 1 connecting line of railway . r iee seng, ,bo 1 0 o u involve t" - gt o e 80 ef. , ' t iro' ::: n e e o r t shiedreeonfgitnheee r,eawstoeurl: piiie;ouched yo. oerld pi angle of the P i " beY laced, en d tetoP l9te f t litl o ° ing pontoon would bap ~.rthe co n, a _ si d e 0 ...,,, , f ; and pathway's of thatnpdiefhenwelf eu v l e e ssei , co oo e r l along-41,i of it. Tne p lan : Ju ian , tee i ",e ,g a woo 1. 0 tion of a wall, 25 feet hig h , a lone ang:tid e lso o oftly ether , en AO stormy w e " boor hi f"- shelter from the sea in 0 .,,, o b° , :00 0 •of the entrance t tuvrebe woe" rowing the piers. ..- inwards of each 0f,..,80 0004 outlay oz a , would require an _,-- and to extend to about its ee . I TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SIR, —The Lords of the Treasury have just committed a flagrant act of injustice. Clerks to Taxes Commis sioners have, as near as may be, worked through their entire duties under the income tax for 1854, ending April last, and because the poundage has become in creased (by the double duty) those lords have, in the plenitude of their wisdom, issued an order that they shall make deduction from the clerks I Their lordships may have reckoned without their host, and if I mistake not will so discover. When the clerks' poundage (which is but three half pence in the pound, and ought to be threepence) was rendered more paltry by reduction in the assessed taxes a year ago, those thinking lords had not one word to say about better remuneration to clerks, though their labours were increased by parties becoming liable to the tax who were not before. No wonder, sir, that the people are' daily becoming more dissatisfied, and call for " Governmental Reform." —Your Obedient servant, A CLERK TO COMMISSIONERS. 11th June, 1855. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir W. Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Sarrow by. The Council sat two hours and a quarter. Mr. Van Buren has taken apartments at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The British subject arrested at Hamburg on suspicion of being a recruiting agent has been released. We hear that Miss Edith Heraud will shortly appear at the Haymarket, in a new play, in five acts. Admiral Sir-John Ommanney lies at his residence in a state of health which precludes the hope of his reco- very. REAR-ADMIRAL BOXER.—We regret to announce that a telegraphic despatch, reporting the death by cholera, at Balaklava, of Rear-Admiral Boxer, was received in Dover, from the Crimea. Mme. Barbieri-Nini is singing at Matttua, " I Lom bardi," " Macbeth," and other favourite operas of Verdi. Her success is said to be very great. At Vienna Mme. Lesniewska, a polish cantatrice, if there be any faith in names, is now singing with very great success. In "La Sonnambula" she is described as perfect. The following are named as the troupe of the Th6atre Italies at St. Petersburg during the next season : Mmes. Bosio, Lotto, Marai, Demeric ; MM. Tamberlik, Calzolari, Bettini, Lablache, Ronconi, de Bassini, Didot, Tagliafico, Polonini, Cecconi. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRACY.—The Marquis of Salis bury, as Lord Lieutenant of the county, gave a splendid entertainment on Saturday to the Middlesex magistrates and to the officers of the five regiments of county militia, at his mansion in Arlington-street. About 200 noblemen and gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous entertainment. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—EXETER HALL.—The last performance of Elijah takes place on Friday next, the 15th inst. _ _ CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIVE SHILLING DAT, June 9. Admissions on payment, 659 ; ditto by season tickets, 3,015 ; total, 3,674. • It is said that Mr. Sould, the late American Minister to Spain, is going to Mexico with a mission supposed to have connexion with the affair of Spain and Cuba. A new opera, by M. Charomonte, given at the Pagi nini (Genoa), under the title of Una Burke per correzione, is the sole operatic novelty for the lalt week on the other, side of the Alps. It was successful on the wh6le, but the local journals mention the richezza d'instru mentazione in a manner that makes us suspect it to he unusually noisy. Messrs. Sinda.co, Mariani, Zacchini, and Mine. Adele filled the principal parts. A Festival is to be celebrated, with full choral Ser vice, in Westminster Abbey, on Thursday, when Cie Bishop of Oxford is to preach in behalf of the funds of the Incorporated Seolety for Promoting the Enlargement of Churches and Chapels. ETON FESTIVAL,—The anniversary dinner of the noblemen and gentlemen educated at Eton College was celebrated on Saturday, at Willis's.. The Earl of Mal mesbury presided, and a very large muster of Etonians supported the noble earl in the chair. Captain Fox Maule Ramsay, of the 56th Regiment, is appointed private secretary to Lord Pannsure. and has entered upon his duties at the War Department, in con junction with Lord Gifford. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto, may be expected on the 15th. The Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., was sworn into office on Saturday, in his own Court of the Exchequer, before the barons, as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Royal Mail - stearn•ship Asia,- Captain E. G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey for Halifax and Boston on Satur day, at four p.m., with the usual mails for the United States, 175 passengers, and a general cargo on freight. Boy DROWNED.—Yesterday afternoon a boy, about rine years of age, named Edward George, the son of a paper banger, residing in Plutntree-court, Shoe-lane, whilst playing at the river side at Elackfriars Bridge, slipped into the water, was carried down with the tide, and Fank near the steam-boat pier. Mr. Ware, the pier master, had the life-boat instantly manned, and the drags were used, but the unfortunate lad could not be found. The "Prophets" has now been several times repeated at La Scala in Milan ; end, according to the journals, its popularity increases at each succeeding representa tion. Lieut. T. Carew, emigration agent at Plymouth, whose province it was to ascertain that proper boats were on board the John, emigration ship, and other needful precautions taken prior to her departure, which it would appear by the Board of Trade report werg not strictly attended to, has resigned his appointment. ARABIC.—The French Government has granted a fresh delay of three years for the completion of the two dic tionaries, French and Arabic and Arabic and French, for which two prizes of 5,000 f. each were offered by a decree of the 29th November, 1852. On the 29th ult. there were 210 cases of cholera at St Petersburg. NEW BILL ON SPIRITS OF WINE.—On Saturday a Government bill was issued, for the use of spirits of wine duty free in works of art and manufactures. The object is the promotion of arts and manufactures. ILLICIT DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS.—On Saturday a bill before Parliament, amended, was printed, for the better prevention of illicit distillation of spirits in Ire land. When justices refuse a certificate to allow sale, the same is to be entered, and an appeal may be allowed. EXPENSES OF THE REGISTERS OF VOTERS.—A re turn obtained by. Sir G. Tyler, M.P., shows that the gross total amount of all expenses paid by the several counties of England and Wales relating to the prepara tion and completion of the register of voters for the re spective counties for the year 1854-55 was 10,7791., in cluding 9,714/. for England and 1,065 for Wales. The amount charged on each county varied from 241. to 9661., the clerk of the peace being sometimes paid by a fixed salary. The King of Sardinia intends visiting Paris and Lon don. He has been advised by his physicians to under- take that journey for the benefit of his health, impaired by recent family afflictions. The King is to -be accom panied by two of his ades-de-camp and the Intendant- General of the Civil List. M. Cavour is to join his Ma jesty in Paris. The regency of the kingdom will be con fided to Prince Eugene de Carignan. POSTAGE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND VIC TORIA.—By a Treasury warrant dated the sth of June, 1855, the rate of postage by post between Victoria through the United Kingdom shall be, for any letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, is. ; exceeding half an ounce, two rates ; exceeding one ounce, four rates ; exceeding two ounces, six rates ; exceeding three Ounces, eight rates ; and for every additional ' ounce over four ounces, two additional rates. The Regius Professorship of Civil Law in the Univer sity of Oxford, -recently vacated by the death of Dr. J. Phillimore, has been filled up by the appointment of Dr. Travers Twiss, vicar-general of the Archbishop of Can terbury, and recently Professor of Political Economy in the same University. This appointment, we believe, has been invariably held by a.distinguished member of the College of Advocates, practising ,in Doctors' Com mons, and we are glad to observe that Lord Palmerston has not departed from the rule on the present occasion. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen honoured the performances at the ttoyal - Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe ; and Prince Albert joined the royal party before the close of the opera. The royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Miss Paget, Lord De Tabley, and General the Hon. Charles Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg ,Strelitz also honoured the performances with their presence. Lady Suffield, Lady Caroline Cust, and Lady Katherine Grey Egerton, and Major Purves were in attendance. His Royal Highness the Duke of Qambridge was also present, at tended by Major the Hon. J. Macdonald. His High ness Mustapba Bey occupied a box on the grand tier. And among the fashionable companyin the theatre we remarked—His Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Lavradio, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Hocbschild, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Leeds, the Earl and Countess of ellardwicke, &c. Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, of the 7th Royal Fu siliers, has been appointed Director-General of Army Clothing under the new organisation of the War Depart ments. The duties of the Assistant Director-General are of a purely civil na ture, arid while the appointment of Director-General will always be held by an officer in the army, that of Assistant Director -General will be occupied by a civilian, its duties m ainly consisting of the conduct of the correspondence with the contractors and the other departments. Mr. • Ramsay, who has been appointed Assistant Director-General, has been ip the War-office for nine years, and for nearly six years filled the office of Private Secretary to different Secretaries at 'War. He was also Secretary to the Army Promotion Commission last year. Major-General Cator retains the office of Director-General of Artillery. WRECK OF THE LONDONDERRY STEAMER.—The Lon donderry steamer Maiden City, on her passaeee from ttiee port, struck on the rocks inside of Maughokl-head, Isle of Man, during a thick fog, on Wednesday night, about 11 o'clock, and speedily filled. No lives were lost. The steamer had a full cargo of guano, Indian corn, and other m erchandise, and it is f eare d she will become a total wreck. The Lyra, from Londonderry for this port, was hailed by a boat from the wreck yesterday morning, and took from her the steerage passengers, who were brought to Liverpool. The cabin passengers had previously gone to Ramsey.- -Liverpool Mercury.