The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION,— C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 3?, Bruton-street, Bond-street , having been selected by the C3namittee to make the "BAD Rifle AssociaE " to tibon," e Worn by the Members of the " Nationalbegs respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, or on the grounds at Wimbledon, in SILVER , price 7s. 6d., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Th ree Guineas. THEATRw.-ROYAL, liAymmiKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucknone. Mr. Buckstone's Annual Benefit. THIS EVEN IN(,', the penormances will commence with a new Ballet. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, &c. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. Mdlle. Parepa will sing; also the Vocal Concert Quartette. After which, Mr. Buckstone will deliver his Annual Ad dress. To conclude with THE SCAPEGOAT. Commence at 7. HO YA PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manat . er, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, to ; Misses heath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclereq. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Tars EVENING MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. t,. Took, P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne. After which (230th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by THE CENSUS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Eburne, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. - Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERT' AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera. THE BA.L MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Ur. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. {good and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the followinc , favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth; the NERVES, IDY Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGTIMANS. O X F 0 R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission Sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilli ng. P r i vate ' Boxes, 10s. 6d. T H E HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 43m.—Afternoon, sh. Om. To-moßßow.-Morning, sh. 20m.—Afternoon, sh. 44m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 12, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.74. WlND—South-Westerly; light, with sultry weather and cloudy. 44 5) , 4r . . • . o.< t; '1 E SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1881. An annual Education debate is a necessity. The money we have to vote demands it—the various crotchets of our Educational philanthropists demand it. And one thing more demands that we all give attention enough to know it is going on— we are yet only feeling our way to a final national system. Nothing is more certain than that the present plan cannot be the permanent one. It is central, complicated, and because central and com plicated, enormously costly. Again, it fails in the first grand desideratum of a national system—it does not reach the class who most want its aid. If any plain man of common sense were asked—" Who )ught to be the first subjects of National Educa tion " he would certainly reply, " Those whose parents are too poor to educate them themselves," and he would perhaps add, those whose parents are too irreclaimably vicious to allow any hope that their children would be sent to school- In a word, it is not the business of any Govern ment to help those who can help themselves. But, as with regard to material food, no one must be left to starve because he cannot earn his living, so with regard to what is deemed the requisite mental aliment for every member of a civilised community, if the child cannot obtain it by the regular means, the State must step in. It must meet the cases of educational pauperism. Now this is precisely what the present system does not do. Admitting, for argument's sake, all the good claimed to be done by it as really done, which we are far from doing, what it has left un done is its great condemnation. It enriches the richer parishes and rends the poorer parishes hungry away. It says. " For every £lOO we have given we have called forth voluntary contributions to the amount of 1200." But the parishes with fewer than six hundred exclaim, in reply,—" We hardly k now you ; we are too poor to support any thing like a decent school, and yet we cannot get a farthing from lOU, while we see our neighbour parish larger, mere populous, and wealthier, with two school-rooms, one for Dissenters and one for Churchmen, with their well paid teachers, and pupil teachers, and cap i tation grants, all paid in great part out the national taxes to which we have contributed our share, while w e , who need it most, cannot get a shilling in return!' And this is the cardinal vice of the system. It just shuts out from its benefits those who most need it, and who have a direct claim to their proportion of the national bonuses out of the fund to which all must contribute alike. • Within its own selected sphere also there is much calling loud y for remedy. Since the earliest in vestigations there has been indeed a great advance in the numbers of the population at school, they were at first one in seventeen ; in 1833, they rose to one in eleven, and in 18G0 they had reached the very high proportion of one in seven. This is as high a rate as can probably be attained ; hardly any European state shows so high an average. But as the Commissioners remark in their report, nothing can be more delusive than these returns of numbers. The capitation grants are made upon the attend ances. Hence there is every stimulus to the teacher to make these as numerous as he can, but, the number of the children attending who have obtained even an elemmtary education, does not appear to be more than one fourth of the whole. The error of capitation grants based on attendance merely, is one, however, which the Government has e " and proposes to remedy. Were attendance not made a con ideration, the masters might pro duce boys to the inspectors who had received their instruction from other masters; but it is now pro posed to require feat those for whom the grant is paid should shoe a fair acquaintance with reading, writing, and arithlZEtic. If a sch o l ar f a il s in any of these the grant on his account is to be propor tionably diminished.. As "' money, if paid, ought to be paid for resulto, though we have much to ob j ect against the whol.e capitation system, we yet are muchgratified with the alterati on hi it. Mr. LOWE says—" Hav;tagthus secured attendances we propose to go a step further. We propose that an inspector shall evc mine the children in reading, I writing, and arithmetic. If a child should pass in the whole the full capitation grant will be given ; but if he fail in writing, for instance, one-third of the grant will be withdrawn; if he fail in both reading and writing two-thirds will be withheld ; while if he fail in reading, writing, and arithmetic no portion of the grant will be paid. Thus, the House will see that we shall never pay anything for a child unless we have been satisfied—first, that, he has attended above a certain number of times ; secondly, that he has attended a school which is under a certified master; and, thirdly, that he has satisfied an inspector of his capacity in reading, writing, and arithmetic. I hope the change we propose may have some effect in correcting the evils in the teaching which have been complained of. Our object is to secure, as far as possible, that the attention of the master shall not be confined to the upper class of his school, but shall be given to the whole, and we endeavour to effect that object by making the payment of the capitation grant depend upon the manner in which he has instructed each child," We respectfully suggest to the Government, to inspectors, to managers of schools, and to all whom it may concern, that if we uphold a system of edu cation out of the public taxes its first object ought to be a comparatively humble one. As in poor law relief, we must think of educational necessaries, not of educational luxuries, The three elementary subjects of education we want every child to study. Beyond that we wish every child to be a geo grapher, a historian, a m a th emat i c i an, and so forth,to the extent to which his tastes, time, and ability enable him to be so. But great has been the error of more ambitious efforts. We most of us know from early recollections, perhaps from parental experience, how easy it is for a teacher to furnish a few crack boys whose performances shall be reported as what ' has been achieved in his school ; while five-sixths of the boys have received, perhaps, hut a very slender modicum of his attentions. Both his own credit, and the labour of drilling common-place lads, combine to induce him to throw his strength into the best possible cultivation of the few minds which will pay for it. The Commissioners very properly call attention to the greater importance of teaching all well, than a few superlatively well. We add that it ought to be the main object. The great majority of the working classes will never need more than elementary teaching ; they have no use for more. And, we may rest assured, that wherever there is ability and taste for fur ther knowledge, the lad who can read, write, and cypher will never fail to teach himself—the most valuable teaching of all. It is moreover a great injustice to the great body of the poor, if the teachers are selected from a class who will not feel a thorough interest in teaching those elements which are essential to all. We have no right, at the public expense, to furnish instruction of a kind wanted by the less needy classes, when it leads to the neglect of that which the poorest need, and which none can do without. The Government does not propose to make any alteration in the denominational system. The national education is still to be carried on through the agency of the sects. We cannot blame them for this. It is a miserable device to be sure, but the mutual intolerance of the various denominations leaves no alternative. There is a better system of Government education in Ireland, but it is assailed on all sides from year to year. Nowadays " Christians so love one another," that they cannot have their children taught common school subjects, except with an addendum of some creed, catechism, or worship, which shall be a magic security against the evils of knowledge. A catechism is like the horseshoe nailed in the door-way. That superstition has pretty nearly vanished, we may hope in due time the other will follow it. We do not imagine it would last long if laymen were the advisers—we should be content, thankful, for such religious les sons as all sects would agree in ; but our profes sional leaders will never submit to this. They seem to think the virtue of Christianity lies in the points in which Christians differ from each other; hence, logically, not to teach the children these differences, is to omit Christianity altogether. When better days will come we cannot tell. Till they do we must often be compelled to bear the cost of two in ferior schools in one parish, when we might have one good, or, perhaps, first rate one. The time has at length arrived when we may venture to exult—without (while so doing) any appearance of precipitation—in the fact that the Volunteer Movement has now taken its place, to all appearance, securely and permanently among our national institutions. A couple of years, neverthe less, we have seen to be alone requisite for the accomplishment of this great achievement. For that it is essentially an achievement in itself, and an achievement, too, of a resplendent character, who shall gainsay ? Within two years the man hood of England has spontaneously, and among all classes of society, organised a force, a self-support ing force, numbering very little short of a round aggregate of 200,000 skilled Riflemen. And this, recollect, has been done not under the incitation of any hasty panic, but calmly, resolutely, and it may be said quite accurately, and in the literal mean ing of the words, with a rapid deliberation. Sixty years ago the musters of the Volunteers through England took place under very different circum stances indeed. Then there was barely time for reflection. Then the emergency was one of the ' most urgent kind well imaginable. We were at war with France. We had been at war with France during several years continuously—for the must part (by reason of our insular position) u pon the Ocean. And there, upon those confront ing coasts of the French Republic—there, almost within view of oar shores, upon the opposite side of the British Channel—a formidable arma ment was being collected, under the banners of the greatest Soldier the world has ever seen (Sir WILLIAM NAPIER—the English Historian of the wars that took place long afterwardasrinatraheauPteusvinas sula—has said it) — a formidable m there being collected together under the First Consul NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, in the immediate n e i g h_ bourhood of Boulogne-sur-Mer. This was the posi tion of things now exactly sixty years ago, that is in the year 1801, when NELSON was striving with the most heroic enterprise to destroy the flat-bottomed boats there gathered together under the protection of the French batteries, to be in readiness when ever the opportunity might occur for putting Gene ral BONAPARTE'S project of au invasion of England to the test by conveying over an army of 100,000 veteran Republicans, to march upon London with fire and sword. The illusory Peace of Amiens came soon afterwards—as a postponement. England and France, for one brief interval in the midst of their great war of a quarter of .a century's dura tion, enjoyed a halcyon,. breathing time, during which —at any rate at the/commencement of which —a permanent recorailiation of the two coun tries appeared to be just barely possible. Then it was that our Liberal statesmen flocked over to Paris and were formally presented to NAPO LEON at the " Court" of the First Consul in the Pidaca of the Tuileries: conspic , uous among these THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1861. English Statesmen being CHARLES Fox and CHARLES GREY. Lord HOLLAND, the Lord HOL LAND, appearing there likewise among the throng of Eminent Englishmen introduced to the young First Consul by Lord WHITWORTH, his Britannie Majesty's Ambassador. Too soon, however, that glorious illusion of a General Peace throughout Europe was dissipated. England would not yield up Malta to the Knights of St. JOHN. England, jealous of the ambition of her terrible neighbour, abruptly seized upon all the French vessels lying in her ports—the First Consul retaliated by seizing upon all the English travellers then loitering through France on excursions of pleasure, unfor tunates thenceforth known for years afterwards as the unhappy Detenus. The rupture was complete, the treaty signed and sealed with so much osten tation of cordiality was torn across and thrown aside as useless—France and England again con fronted each other as Foes—as Foes they again contended fiercely, and they continued so to contend until 'Fifteen, upon every possible opportunity. It was three years previously to the threat of invasion just referred to that that threat was first held out by France against England—the threat of invasion. This was in 1798—otherwise, midway between the wonderful Italian and Egyptian campaigns of young BONAPARTE. When the Directory not knowing how to employ the youthful genius that was becoming so alarming to themselves—threatening their very existence as a Government—encouraged the conqueror of BEAULIEN and WURMSER, the victor of Lodi and Arcola to adventure upon the invasion of the mightiest of all the foes of France. What fascinated NAPOLEON'S imagination for a brief interval in 1798—seized upon it as a day dream that might be realised in terrible earnest three years afterwards, i.e., in 1801. And three years after that, viz., in 1804, subsequently to the Rupture of the Treaty of Amiens, when the Repub lic was merging into the Empire, and the First Consul BONAPARTE at length (still in the flower of his age) assumed the Imperial purple as NAPOLEON —the Invasion of England by the legions of the Conqueror of Europe, appear to be an interprise in every point of view most imminent. It was at those 'critical epochs of 1801 and 1804, but especially at the latter period that the Volunteer move ment first profoundly agitated our English popu lation. The contrast of the circumstances as they were then and of the circumstances as they are now—will sufficiently illustrate upon the in stant the character of the two movements. Then —the Volunteers rose in answer to a formidable threat of invasion. Now—they rise in answer to no threat of invasion or of antagonism even from any quarter whatsover. They liave spontaneously formed themselves into an army of from 100,000 to 200,000 strong to ensure to the country the greater efficiency of its defences betimes against any future assailants. Very ridiculous this may appear to Mr. BRIGHT and those who sympathise with him in his beautiful but impracticable scheme of governing the nations of the earth henceforth by means of Universal Arbitration. But not a jot more ludicrous is the organisation of an army of Rifle Volunteers for the defence of the country, than is the maintenance of our maritime supremacy by fostering the Royal Navy of England, or than is the continuance of the discipline of her MAJESTY'S land forces, with the same material object in view. The Volunteers are de signed merely as an auxiliary to the regu lar army—and, as such, as a valuable auxi liary to the QUEEN'S troops, they have all along been welcomed by their red-coated compatriots, as they are In fact regarded with favour by all ranks and classes of their fellow countrymen. Honour to the gallant hearts of those who first came forward in this good cause in defi ance of all ridicule ! They have their reward at last —for they handle their rifles now in an army very little short of 200,000 men—and the ridicule first feebly attempted to be cast upon them has long since given place in their regard to one universal, cordial feeling of admiration. Madame Corinne de Luigi's, the celebrated pupil of Rossini's, first and only appearance this year in London, after her triumphal excursions in Europe, and lately in Paris, will take place on Wednesday next, lith July, in Willis's Rooms, at her grand morning concert, on which occasion Mdme. de Luigi will sing, for the first time in England, a new Rossini's dramatic melody, "La Separa tion," composed expressly for her, and Prince Z. Ponia towski's new drama " Tic Scene Circe." The Prince Consort and the Crown Prince of Prussia landed in the Southampton Docks at 10.20 a.m,, from Osborne, and proceeded by railway to the Wellington College. Mr. Edwin James was married on Tuesday, at the British Embassy, Paris, by the chaplain of Earl Cowley, to Mrs. Hilliard, a widow lady, who has resided a gcod deal on the Continent, and is well known to a wide circle of our country people abroad. A brother to Mr. Edwin James and a very few friends of the lady and gentleman were present at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. James left Paris on Wednesday afternoon, but not for America. THE NEW SOLICITOR:GENERAL.—Mr. Roundell Palmer is the second son of the late Rev. William Jocelyn Palmer, Rector of Mixbury, in Oxfordshire, by the youngest daughter of the late Rev. William Roundell, of Gladstone house, in the county of York, and grandson of the late Mr. William Parker, of Nazing-park, in the county of Essex, and thus nephew of the late Mr. George Palmer, M.P. for South Essex, and also of the late Mr. John Horsley Palmer and Sir Ralph Palmer, and cousin to Sir George Palmer, of \Vanlip-hill, Leicestershire. Mr. Roundell Palmer was born in 1812, and married in 1818 the Lady Laura Walde grave, second daughter of William, eighth Earl Walde grave, by whom he has several children. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-At a meeting of the Council on the 11th inst., Mr. William Fergusson, F.R.S., Surgeon-Extraordinary to the Queen, was intro duced and took his seat, to which he was elected by the Fellows on the 4th inst., and Mr. Cesar Henry Hawkins, F.R.S., was elected President in the vacancy occasioned by the retirement in the prescribed order of Mr. South ; Mr. James Luke, F.R. S., Surgeon to the London Hospital, and Mr. Frederic Carpenter Skey, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, were elected Vice-Presidents of the College for the ensuing year, and Mr. George Gulliver, F.R.S., was elected Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology in the vacancy cccasioned by the resignation of that office by Mr. William Scovell Savory, F.R.S. Two letters were read at the last meeting of the Geographical Society of Paris from Dr. Peney, who is at present exploring the Sennaar and the country watered by the Upper Nile and its tributaries. Dr. Peney's last letter is dated from Gondokora, the 20th of February, where he had arrived from Khartoom, after a journey of 58 days. Dr. Peney left Khartoum at the end of Octobar, under the official protection of the Egyptian Government. He had at his disposal two boats and 25 soldiers, and no other in struments but a watch, thermometers, a mariner's com pass, a sextant, and a telescope. He had not been able to p a r s o h c e ure a chronometer, which was much to be regretted, D r in e r q P. uit required eight days to the places an visited.accurate A At description i pti beginningo n o f t h the f January position u P r e e n h e a y si aza i n v g er e y d , w t i e th tra caravan of merchants, engaged performl travel with w e i t journey thaw u ry to of N 2 i s a ml leagues s in the Arabs call it, the Bahr-elni• the district of Moura. and on the parallel of GondokDoe ri t : o .:,r t h h , t river s D f j r o o u m r, s o o t: t a h s . is s as B t o north-west.t y o nrds.Dr. p en l e t y s breadth, when hn er ies at one degree west, peregrinations in re the whi m eh ar i k s ed among the water is low, territory of several negro tribes. them one called Niam-Niam•Makaralta, to be a generic n ame rather than tha t of a tribe. Der. supposed P ene v, though he was sometime s p l undered by the negroes, is not dissatisfied with the result of his expedition. Having returned to Gondokora, which he fixes at 5 degrees north latitude, and not at 4 1 , he was waiting for the floods to cross the falls of Gardo and M akhedo, and to ascend after wards by land, accompanied by M. Debollo, a Maltese, already known as having accomplished a very interesting journey. The next accounts from Dr. Polley are anxiously expected, as it is believed they will announce some impor tant discoveries. THE ACCIDENT NEAR THE MARBLE ARCH. — Moore, the unfortunate man who was so dreadfully wounded by falling upon the spikes of the railing of General Sir de Lacy Evans's house, died yesterday. His two sons still sur vive, but small hope is entertained of the ultimate recovery of either. An inquest is to be held on the body of the de ceased this evening at St. George's Hospital. / L A Is E N S. PARIS, JULY 12. The Ziloniteur of to-day publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the June account:— doors of the fallen minister's house were at the same time closed, and he now remains in virtual arrest. Not to leave this act of signal justice incomplete, his Majesty has ordered the immediate appointment of a commission of investigation into the whole departmental account.; of the late chief, extending over eighteen years, since his appointment to the seraskeriat in 1843. The clothing and equipment of the army during that long period, as also the actual strength of the various corps d'armee— especially those of Irak, Arabistan, and Anatolia, in the whole of which it is notorious that immense malversation has been carried on—will be made the subject of rigorous inquiry, and the most startling discoveries are expected to result from the investigation. It is said, too, that in the single item of the preserved-meat (kavurma) contracts during the Crimean war, some colossal frauds will also be brought to light, The antici pated revelations will, it is further believed, com promise more or less a certain ex-president of the Council of War, whose relations with the fallen minister have for many years been personally and officially most intimate ; but on this point it is, of course, as yet inconvenient to say more. Add to this wide-extending subject-matter for investiga tion the item of the palace expenditure, whilst un der the control of the ex-marshal, and during his dealings thereabout with Ketch Oglu, and the " bill " against him assumes proportions such as have seldom risen in judgment against any minister in this or any other country. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Bavaria, from New York on the 29th ultimo, has arrived. She brings 52 passengers for Havre and England, and 143 for Hamburg. On the 30th ultimo she spoke the Etna, standing west, and, on the same day, passed a steamer, sup posed to be the Hammonia. On the 6th instant she spoke the British barque Indians, from London for Quebec, and on the 11th, off Scilly Islands, the steamer New York, bound for New York. Her news has been anticipated. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the above mails, in charge of Lieutenant Rennier, R.N., has arrived. She brings 11 passengers, five packages specie value £1,195; also 272 boxes lemons, 243 boxes eggs, 20 hampers onions, 30 boxes apples, 13 boxes apri cots, and seven packages sundries. The Alhambra spoke the following ships :—On the 4th inst., at 4 p.m., the British schooner Pride of the Isles; on the same date, at 6 p,m., the British bark Kingsdown ; 10th, at 8 p.m., lat. 47.52 N., long. 69 W., passed a steamer, supposed to be the Magdalena, with the outward Brazil mail ; and on the 11th, at noon, the steamer Iberia, bound from London to Oporto. The steamship Vasco di Gama sailed from Lisbon for Glasgow on the 4th inst. The French screw yachts Reine Hortense and Prince Jerome arrived at Lisbon on the 4th inst. LISBON, JULY 7. The Cortes are engaged in discussing the reply to the Royal speech. There is, however, no news of political importance. The Chamber of Peers are discussing the decree of the Government abolishing the order of Sisters of Charity and confiscating their goods. The vine disease has not spread so widely as was anticipated, especially in the port wine districts. The Prince Napoleon has been visited by the King on board his yacht. The Prince and his wife, Princess Clotilde, will leave for New York on the Bth. The highly respectable firm of Garland, Laidley, and Co. has stopped payment. Exchange on London, at three months, 634; Paris, 530 ; Hamburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Genoa, 523 ; Rentes, Three per Cents., 47 ; Coupons, 47 ; Deferred, 40 ; Lisbon Bank, 594; Oporto Com mercial Bank, 258 ; Oporto Mercantile Bank, 258. INCREASE. Francs. Bills discounted, not yet due ,45 1-3 millions. Bank-Notes .. Current accounts Advances ' 17 2-3 millions. 14 2-3 millions. 5 1-2 millions. DECREASE. Cash in hand .. Treasury balance 29 4-5 millions. 3 1-6 millions. PARIS, JULY 11. Judgment was given to-day in the affair of MM. Mires and Solar. Both were condemned to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 f, Count Simeon, member of the Council of Sur veillance of the Caisse des Chemins de Fer, was declared civilly responsible fur the losses of the depositors. M. de Chassepot, M. de Pontalba, and Count de Poret, also members of the Council of Surveillance, were acquitted, as not having acted with knowledge of the frauds committed by MM. Mires and Solar. Count Arese leaves this evening for Turin. It is asserted that it has become doubtful whe ther the King of Prussia will visit the Camp at Chalons. According to advices received here from Gibral tar to the Bth inst., the English Consul at Tangier had gone to Fez. It is asserted that he will offer the Emperor the mediation of England for the definitive settlement of the difficulties b3tween Spain and Morocco. BERNE, JULY 11. The Federal Council has received another note from the French Government, in which the latter re-assert the right of sovereignty of France over the valley of the Dappen, but decline to enter into any further discussion of the question. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 11.—The market has been heavy. Prices for the end of the month have, however, been well maintained, but those for cash are lower in consequence of continued sales by persons anxious to subscribe for the Trentenary Bonds. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f 85c. Railway shares dull. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 90; Credit Fonder - -- Do. end month.... Belgian 4t 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 85 Roman Bank Shares 2855 —; Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 665 —; Spani:lh Threes — Do. Account 670 ' Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1377 50 .. 1378 75 Northern 950 .. 952 50 __ _ New ditto 885 Lyons and Mediterranean 971 25 .. 973 75 Geneva 383 75 .. 385 Southern 565 .. 567 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 491 1 25 .. 492 50 TURKEY. The Monzteur publishes the following in its bulletin : " A private despatch from Constantinople an nounces that the Sultan has dismissed his seraglio. He has ordered all the diamonds, jewels, gold, and silver ornaments to be sold to pay the debts left by Abd-ul-Medj id. It is thought the amount that will be realised will cover all the liabilities. The Sultanas who have children will be allowed to re main in the Palace. His Highness only retains one wife. " A similar reform is ordered in the Court ; the expenses are to be reduced, and the functionaries changed. The Seraskier, Riza Pasha, is placed under arrest until his accounts are settled. The Sultan is making a tour of inspection of all the public establishments, and has declared that all new European improvements are to be immediately introduced." The Levant Herald says, concerning the new Sultan : An incident of his late domestic life was brought to light on the day of his accession, which adds to it the interest of a small imperialromance. Oriental policy and usage have, as is well known, long com pelled the practice of male infanticide in the fami lies of heirs-apparent to the throne; daughters are permitted to live, but sons are sacrificed to the sove reign jealousy at the moment of their birth. Four years ago, however, a son was born to Abdul Aziz, and by the aid of a devoted nurse was spirited away to Eyoub, where he lived unknown till last week. On Tuesday his Majesty produced this child, who bears the name of Youssuf Selah-eddin Effendi, and presented him to the Grand Vizier and other mini sters as his first-born, When to this relative inci dent we add that his Majesty is personally a rigid teetotaller, smokes neither pipe nor narghille, is a capital pianist, an excellent shot, as good an angler, and farmer enough to take a degree in the Lothians —we have said sufficient to state the difference be tween himself and his predecessor. Her Highness the Valide Sultana has declined the usual allowance of 500,000 p a month long pre scriptively received by the sovereign's mother, and has, almost on compulsion by the Government, con sented to draw 50,000 p. instead. Besides the immense reduction of the human personnel of the palace establishment, bis Majesty has sent no fewer than 400 horses from the imperial stables to'be employed iu the artillery. From the same paper we take this account of the dismissal of Riza Pacha For more than twenty years the fallen Minister has been the great obstacle to administrative, and especially to financial reform; if not openly and directly resisting every measure designed to pro mote either, opposing to them at least the vis inertia of his immense personal influence with the sove reign, and so rendering nugatory the best efforts of his honest and patriotic colleagues in the Govern ment. The disgrace of the ex favourite was an nounced at the Porte on Saturday in the following short imperial halt ; "My faithful Vizier,—lt having been deemed advisable to dismiss Riza Pacha from his functions of Seraskier, I have judged it proper to name in his stead Namik Pacha, whose high intelligence and integrity are universally known. May the favour of God be upon us. Amen !" The manner in which this crushing blow was inflicted on the object of it was but little calculated to soften its severity. On Saturday afternoon the ex-Seraskier, who had been in daily attendance at the palace since Wednesday, landed as usual at the Paellas' scala, and on e ntering the outer courtesy, directed met by an aide-de- c amp who, withscant directed him to enter the cave-ojak (the room where coffee is prepared, and where servants and their friends assemble). Furious at a style of address so different from the homage of man ner and phrase to which he had long been accustomed, the doomed minister demanded of the officer what he meant by addressing such words words to him—the Seraskier? The other if he ce 3 eN r oevri s ain : p:hk i a d ae i that yd f.o r suchrth werefurther explanation, t eS u ' h s e orders, might a and, sk his Majesty. This was enough. The stricken grandee bowed, and entered the ignoble chamber A few minutes later another aide de-camp entered the room, and, without noticing Riza, directed the steersman of one of the smaller j done, and,ii ex-S er a sk ier) accompanied his s o h t o a u k s e s t a h t a ß t emyaienrh(peyoi.2tinig,htios was and without honouarnrieodwebdyt: hhaisl chamberlain, the disgraced favou l rite Bey,b Otniiefirstwas silently arriv ing there, Ghalib Bey took possession of all the papers he could lay hands upon, and carried the whole back to the palace. The outer windows and HA YTI AND A AN DOMINGO. The Haytians at present in Paris, who consider themselves well informed as to what is passing in their country, have addressed the following letter to the Debats " It is not true, as stated in the telegraphic de spatch of the 6th inst. from Cadiz, that the Hay tians have invaded the Dominican territory. The latest true intelligence from Hayti is that the Dominican Generals Cabral, Sanchez, Valentine, Bayez, and others, not long since exiled from Santo-Domingo by Santana, all ardent parti sans of Dominican independence, had suc ceeded in joining the disaffected popula tions. A serious and extensive insurrection had taken place under their direction ; the towns of Lamottee, Neybe, Cerca, and San Juan, had raised the Dominican flag and energetically protested against the Spanish occupation. They declared that, if annexation were inevitable, and they must cease to be independent, they would prefer to be incorporated with the Haytian republic. In pre sence of these grave manifestations, the Haytian Government, at the departure of the last mail, was maintaining an attitude of observation. The few Haytian troops which, as a measure of prudent precaution, had been stationed near the frontiers, had not advanced a step beyond them." THE MOOLTAN STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The official trial of this vessel, the last new ad dition to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, took place to. day. She left her moorings at 11 30 a.m., drawing 18 ft. 10 in. water forward, and 19 ft. 2 in. aft, and proceeded down the South ampton Water and through the Needles passage to about four miles beyond the Needles, when she turned round, and arrived in the docks at 4 5 p.m., thus running a distance of 56 nautical miles in 4 hours 35 minutes, or at the rate of 12 1-34 nautical miles per hour, the tide being favourable for one hour only. Taking into consideration the small proportion of horse-power to tonnage, this result was considered to be very satisfactory, The Mool- Itan is 2,400 tons burden, and 400-horse power, 370 feet lone., 31 feet deep, and 39 feet wide. O w i ng to there being a stiff breeze blowing, the maximum speed at the measured mile was not taken on this occasion. The machinery worked admirably, re alizing an indicated power of 1,600 horses, or four times the nominal power. Revolutions of screw 54 to 56 per minute; vacuum in the condensers (sur face-condensers, on Hall's principle) 262 to 27 inches. The consumption of fuel during the trip was rather less that 21b. per indicated horse-power per hour,—a performance highly creditable to the constructors of her machinery. The Mooltan is now fitted with a three-bladed fixed screw, 24 ft. 3 in. pitch, and 16 ft. diameter. Her engines are super heating, on Mr. A. Lamb's patented principle. All the latest improvements in machinery, &c., are introduced into this noble vessel, including a num ber of useful and ingenious inventions which have been already detailed in The AS'un on the occasion of her run round to this port from the Thames. The cooking apparatus for the saloon passengers an;l officers, fitted up by Benham and Son, of Lon don, is very complete and compact. It includes five ovens, a large hot-water and steam boiler, a spaci ous hot-plate, steam-kettles, &c., affording accom modation for cooking dinners for 200 or 300 persons, including the pastry and the confectionery, as well as for baking bread, while the temperature of the gallery is hardly above that of a kitchen ashore, A party of about 60 gentlemen sat down in the saloon to an excellent thjeuner, the tables being kept plenti fully supplied with ice frozen in large blocks by the aid of the steam machinery. Among the company present were Capt. Patey, the Admiralty Surveyor of Packets at this port ; Mr. llinnan, Engineer Sur veyor to the Admiralty; Messrs. Ruble and Murray, Board of Trade surveyors; Mr. Peter Rolt and Capt. Ford, of the Thames Iron 17ompany, who built the vessel; Mr. E. Humphreys and Mr. C. Tennant, constructors of her machinery; Mr. A. Anderson, Mr. J. Allen, Capt. Nairne, and Mr. de Salis, directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ; Capt. Engleclue and Mr. A. Lamb, the general and engineering superintendents at this port ; Mr. Justice Haliburton, M.P., Dr. Beattie, Dr. Finch, Sir Charles Bright, Mr. Angier, Gen. Tchneiv_esk . x (of the Russian Admiralty), Mr. C. A. Day , M l % l Summers, Colonel Burnaby, Mr. Pinnock, Capt. Graham, &e. The Mooltan is commanded by Capt. E. Cooper, the senior commander of the company's fleet. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The most interesting of the proceedings yesterday was shooting finally for the prizes for All-Comers. No other matters were definitely decided. To-day all the rest of the great prizes will be finally com peted for. These are the Prince Consort's, the Duke of Cambridge's, the Duke of Wellington's, the Rifle Derby, and a new prize just given by Lord Dudley, to be shot for by prize-winners only. The Rifle Derby is perhaps the most valuable prize re maining, as this amounts now to very near £4OO. The Winners' Prize, which was yesterday announced for competition to-day, will be first contended for with five shots at 500 yards, when all making six points and upwards will finally shoot seven shots each at 800 yards. This contest at the long range is to be decided by the same rules as those under which the Queen's Plate is contended for viz., the gentleman having the highest average score throughout to be the winner of the ties. The value of the cup is £5O, and as only winners compete, some splendid shooting is looked forward to. Yes terday the prizes given to the All-Comers were six of X2O, seven of £35, and seven of £5O. Those who shot next in order to the prize -takers received copies of engravings presented, to the value of £250, by Mr. Garle Brown. The shooting, though very good, appeared to excite no great amount of interest. The following were the prizemen and winners of engravings : ALL- COMERS. WINNERS OF £2O. 200 yards. Sergeant Harding, 7th West York .. Captain Wilbraham, 13th Stafford .. Mr. Hardy, ditto .. Mr. Smith, Mid-Lothian .. Mr. Hendrie, 7th Ayrshire Mr. Brooks, 12th Middlesex WINNERS OF ENGRAVINGS. Mr. M'Gregor, Mid-Lothian Mr. Frazer, S.F.G Sergeant-Major Palmer, R.M.C. Captain Bridgman, wca M irldlesex , WINNERS OF X 35. .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 11 .. 11 .. 11 .. 11 .. 11 500 yards. Mr. Lesce, Manchester, Whitworth Rifle Co. 9 Mr. J. Colquhoun, 4th Dragoon Guards .. 9 Mr. J. Jervis, Manchester .. .. .. 9 Captain Cox, 3d London .. .. Lieutenant Marriner, West Middlesex Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University Mr. C. Young, Ist London .. • • 8 • • 8 • . 8 WINNERS OF ENGRAVINGS. Mr. Noesworthy, Oxford University Mr. Cowan, Edinburgh • • .. Mr: Fellowes, Victoria Rifles Mr, Dickens, Victoria Rifles Major Moir, Stirling .. • • 8 • . 8 • • 8 . • 8 • . 8 WINNERS OF £5O. 600 Yards. 90 8 Viscount Fielding, 4th Flintshire Ensign Osley, 4th Surrey . • Mr. Dickens, Victoria Rifles Ensign Halliday, 21st Middlesex Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University Mr. Dunlop, Scottish .. Sergeant Brown, R.A. • • • • WINNERS OP ENGRAVINGS. Major Margary • • .. .. .. Mr. Peterkin, Cambridge Mr. Greig, 27th Cheshire Mr. Rollett, 3d ditto Mr. Bidder, Inns of Court .. Mr. Salter, 6th Glocester • . 8 9 • 8 ~ 7 . • 7 • . 7 .. 7 • • 7 • • 7 • • 7 • • 7 . • 7 • • 7 It may be said in explanation of the apparent discrepancy when the winners of engravings scored as high as the winners of prizes, that the prizemen won by shooting off their ties. In the course of the day Lord Elcho called the officers of the various corps round him, and ad dressed them on the comparative success which had attended this year's meeting. He said, nevertheless, he was sorry to find that public interest had not been sufficiently excited in the matches to induce as numerous an attendance of visitors as they had ex pected. He hoped, however, that with the assist ance of the officers in their various counties and districts, the meeting would eventually become as popular in its way as the Derby itself at Epsom. Unexpected sources of profit had, however, fortu nately arisen to the association from the pool and sighting targets, for up to Wednesday night they had sold 37,000 pool tickets and 8,000 tickets for the sighting targets. Next year, however, these arrangements would, he hoped, be carried out on a still more extended scale. After alluding to the expenditure incurred in the erec tion of the butts as a reason why the meetings could not be made migratory to be held at various places, as was at one time pro posed, his lordship went on to say that some com plaints had been made of the small number of prizes that were given to3Volu nteers only. This grievance, however, could easily be removed by the Volunteers themselves giving increased support to the Association, and it had been decided that no Volunteer should be allowed to shoot at future meetings unless the company of the regiment to which he belonged subscribed annually to the funds of the Association. When this rule was car ried out it would give the Association a small per manent income with which to meet their annual ex penses, and enable them to do away with the 10s. entrance fee which Volunteers whose companies did not subscribe were now charged. In conclusion, his lordship dwelt upon the admirable nature of the ground chosen for the approaching review, and said that, as far as his experience went, no capital in Europe possessed a Champs de Mars equal to that afforded by Wimbledon-common. The subjoined is the official programme for the review on Saturday : Hon. Artillery Company Ist ditto (Engineers) r e r t er y let ) 32d ditto (Rifles) Ist ditto (Victoria Rifles) 18th ditto 2d ditto (South Middlesex) 9th ditto (West Middlesex) 11th ditto (St. George's) 36th ditto 15th ditto (London Scottish) 19th ditto 20th ditto a 21st ditto (Civil Service) 38th ditto lst Battalion 22d ditto (Queen's) 2d Battalion ditto (ditto) 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court) 26th ditto (Custom-house) 2d City of London 28th Middlesex (London Irish) 29th ditto (Rifle Volun.) 37th ditto 39th ditto 40th ditto (Gray's-inn Rine Rangers) 2d ditto (Admins. Bat.) 6th ditto (ditto) 7th ditto (ditto) Ist Surrey (South London) 7th ditto 10th ditto 19th ditto 12th ditto Ist ditto (Admins, Bat. 9th ditto (Rifle Volun.) 23d ditto 2d ditto (Admins. Bat.) 2d Essex (ditto) Ist City of London Rifle Brigade 2d Tower Hamlets. It is probable that the aggregate strength of these corps will exceed 10,000 men. The following Staff are appointed, with the sanction of his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief, to the several brigades which will compose the Volunteer force at the review at Wimbledon on Saturday : Brigadiers.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, Lord Colville, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Elcho, and Earl Grosvenor. Brigade-Majors .—Major Nelson, Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers ; Major Reilly, R.A., Captain Vigors, 19th Regiment; Major Hume, Assistant-Inspector of Volun teers ; Major Walker, Acting Assistant-Inspector of Volun teers ; and Captain Kirk, 96th Regiment. Each Brigadier may have one aide-de-camp. It is requested that the Brigadiers with their staff will be upon the ground at 4 30 p.m. in the centre of the open space in front of the butts, in readiness to take over their respective brigades as these are formed. At 5 p.m. the brigades will be drawn up in line of con tiguous columns at quarter distance right in front, facing the butts. .-- ---. The brigades will constitute two divisions under the command 'respectively of Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., and Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. Corps coming from the 'Wimbledon Station will enter the ground at the southern angle of the enclosure near the Guards' Camp. Corps coming from Putney or Wandsworth will enter from the Putney and Wimbledon-road, near the centre of the enclosure, facing the butts. At the termination of such manoeuvres as the limited extent of the ground will admit of being performed, the force will march past his Royal Highness the General Corn. manding-in-Chief ; and the several battalions will th en leave the ground dire ctl y by the gates at whi c h th ey entered. their be Certain willplayingwhilewith troops res pective battalions with out playing. The ground will be kept by the undermentioned corps, under the direction of Lieutenant -Colonel Ibbetson, Assis tant-InspectorVolunteer Corps, 3cl City Volunteers : 46th Middlesex Rife Hamlets. ty of Lond on , an d 6th T o wer No eglitetrine, except the Staff 434 kadti"LieliteUttai4 of counties, will be permitted to eater the enclosure with the troops. Officers on foot, in uniform, will be admitted in front of the line of stands, but they are not to be permitted to intro duce any one with them. All spectators are to be required to remain in rear of the line of troops employed in keeping the ground. By order, War-office, Juiy 11. M. WM URDO. 21LE NAY Y. The guardship of sailing ordinary Wellington , 72, Commander Frederick Cannon, at Devonport , will be put out of commission on Monday next, of er which the term ordinary will not be used , and the ships now included in this branch of the royal navy will be placed under the control of the Captain of the Steam Reserve. It is said that there will be two commanders—viz., Commander Risk' of the guardship of steam ordinary Indus, end Commander Wilson, of the receiving ship Atha' Many of the ships now laid up in ordinary at kW moaze will probably be broken up as men can be spared at Devonport dockyard. The following promotions and appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commandere H. S. Hawker, E. H. G. Lambert, F. A. Close, and A. Wilmshurst to be Capts. ; Lieuts. G. A. Bruce, J. Hutchinson, Hon. J. Carnegie, T. B. M. Sullivan► L. Barstow, C. J. Rowley, and E. R. Fremantle to be Commanders ; Commander the Hon. M. H. Nei" son to the Gannet, vice Lambert, promoted; Com mander D. Herbert to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, vice M'Gregor, superseded at his own request ; Lieut. G. Palmer to the Pocris, vie° the Hon. J. Carnegie, promoted. THE 4.R111Y. The next examination of officers, candidates for admission to the Staff College, will commence on Monday, 22d inst., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before Major-Gen. Knollys, the vice-president, and the members of the Council of Military Education• Col. Tulloh, R.A., superintendent of the royal carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal, and in spector of Artillery, yesterday received his appoint ment from the Secretary of State for War as Diree tar of Ordnance. The following communication from the War-office , addressed to the military accountant, has been pro' mulgated for the information of officers of the arniV "The Commissioners of Ineome-tax for this office' having had under their consideration the question as to the liability of command money and table al lowance to assessment for income duty, having re' gard also to misapprehension which has prevailed on the subject, have decided that from and after April 6, 1861, all such allowances, except the allovi . ance of 3s. a-day to regimental commanding officers► which has always been exempted, shall be held liable to the charge of income duty, unless the reel' pient can declare, in terms of the 31st section of the act 16 and 17 Viet., cap. 34, that the allowance he receives is expended wholly, exclusively, and neces sarily in the performance of the duties of his office or employment. On all command money (with the above-stated exception) and table allowance it is therefore to be clearly understood that income duty' is to be levied at the time ofissue. Immediately after the close of the year a declaration may, however, be made by the officer receiving such allowance, or the portion of it, if any, expended wholly, exclusivelp and necessarily in the performance of the duties of hi ° office ; and on such declaration being allowed by th e Commissioners, the Accountant will be instructed to refund the amount of income duty from the portion of the allowance declared to have been so expended• " DENHAM ROBINSON, for the Commissioners." The erection of the new line of defences on the north side of the entrance to the river Medway will' it is understood, necessitate the removal of the large martello tower erected, a few years since, on th e spit of the Isle of Grain, at a cost of about £20,000. This tower mounts an armament of three 68 pounde r 95 cwt. guns, placed en barbette, and from its COw manding position sweeps the whole of the entrance to the river. The new batteries to be constructed ° the Isle of Grain will be so placed that the marten() tower will interfere with the range of the Arm v strong guns with which they will be armed. Hen ce the necessity for its removal. Active preparation s are in progress on this as well as on the opposite side of the estuary of the Medway for commencing the fortifications, which will not only effectually command the direct approach to the harbour at Chatham, but also, to a considerable extent, guard the approach to the Thames. The material will b e landed some distance up the river, and conveyed by railway to the site of the fortifications. To facilitate this process, necessary in consequence of the rapid ebb and flow of the tide, tramways are now 111 course of being laid down. Between 300 and 400 workmen will be employed in the erection of this portion of the fortifications, and the piles on whic h ' the superstructure is to be raised will be immediateli commenced, in order that the whole of the concrete foundations may be completed during the presen t summer. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY.---The Review at the CIO; ragh in honour of the Queen's birthday passed 011 ' yesterday with great eclat. There was also 11 review of the Dublin garrison in Phoenix-park honour of her Majesty's birthday. The return ordered by the House of Comnice, gives the following sati s f ac t ory f i gures as to the way in which the City of Dublin Steam-packet Coo' pany's new boats have performed the postal servic e during 239 days —On 207 occasions the vessels fic: rived at Kingstown jetty on the average 20 minut e ' before they were d ue; on eight occasions only we r ; they behind time, arising from causes at sea, o n tw it of which th ey were d eta i ned b y fogs more than ha l f an hour. Th e average o f d e l ays cause d b y storm s 01 ' the other six occasions did not exceed 18 m inutes' On the remaining 22 d a y s th e re t ar d at i on sla caused by the late arrivals of th e ra il wa y t ra ins a 0 t . Holyhead, as explained by th e P os t- o ffi ce . It . 1 ,, but justice to the London and N or th-W es t er n Rat', way to state that, unless during the severe frest which prevailed in January and February, t l9 : trains have arrived on Holyhead jetty in excelleP time. The following agricultural report for Ulster , copied from the .Northern Whig, might be taken as representing the harvest prospects througheo', the other provinces " Our agricultural reports this week are univer sally satisfactory. From every district our corres pondents write in terms of high hope and expects" tion of a bountiful and an early harvest. The season has been wonderfully fav oura bl e f or vege t a ti o n, a n d the rain bas been so well alternated with heat an sunshine as to stimulate and foster growing er ° , l3o 4 , 0 of every description to an extent which is qu it unusual at this period of the year. The genets result of the numerous reports we have receive d may be summarised thus :—Potatoes over the who le ,. north of Ireland promise by far the finest crop th a t we have had for many years. Not a trace o f dis• ease has appeared, and the croaking voice of the, alarmist, which was usually raised about this peri o d of the season, is not to be heard. Flax, w hi c h 10 Irish soil may u° been in a largely increased breadth, is and generally coming into flower over t fl h ° e u c l o 'is u ll u i t i3 ri g' • '.I he straw is long ana free from branching, and, g ' greatest in:11)°!' t v a e nrycel expectedat org every vh i ei n rs increase e be a ar s ra e : oc year-- a matterfio fibre r o e u rfr stapleoothf the north. Wheat has been reported light in some tile manufacture 111 improved everywh er o . e .overweighty rain, or shaken by high w ili ' - ddwuihsit.eirnni districts, ripening, but a s f rapidly ul full From all quarters fortnight average v ; e raangde, if y esca p e ie i l t dm a y 1)6114 the past be 0- f, was expected early oats are well spoken and the return of st raw will sate et petted. cl o y :- any deficiency of hay, which in some plt.liall , be much larger in the season, and will comeen:„ place , is reputed as lig ht . " report AN ° the n :: former port, oitc GREAT FlRE.—Letters from Trebizova on the c l e Bth ef ul a t. gr o ea n t e fi h r u e nd a r t ed o an rdri ou n r e b a o r n t s b ; and shops, seven bakeries, one school, one khan, the 00 ' vernor's house, and the custom-house, were destroyed hi the flames. The advices from St. Petersburg show that the Government currency remains at about 10 or 12 discount, and that no gold is to be obtained either for home circel,.3- tion or export. Otherwise considerable amounts would be sent to England. The hope was that the shipping sea scll ' which has now commenced, will create a supply of bills on England to remedy in some degree the disastrous r at° of exchange, which is causing disturbance in all cannier; cial transactions and bring in g loss to m any individtl3.! interests. Among the ch ief sufferers a r e the French Cretii Mobilier and all others who are interested in the contract.° for the Russian railway system, since these contracts bind. them to pay interest and other charges in cash, while the equivalent they should receive from the Russian Govern" meat can be realized only at a depreciation of 12 per co lt ' The accounts of the recent mercantile crisis at St. Peters burg are, however, believed to have been much elLqg rated, rl 10t1 Stoc °vet the ] T 1 6 pe the Colo: or tl prey: at ei requ a slit dull, T 1 buo3 place bein Nev 89i 11- 1 and Tar] Mex 469 Cent M ton: no New Do. N.,... sate hav Bcil adv We lOs iial Gra of ( Ind Ori 361 Bar 3 Ix 3 n( Ne , An