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PLATE, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, PIECE GOODS, APPAREr,, and MISCELLANIES.—FIVE DAYS' SALE.—Messrs. DERENH AM, STORE, and SON will SELL, b Auction, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on MONI)AY, July 14th, and four following days, a varied assemblage of Effects, comprising jewellery set with precious stones, watches and clocks, silver awl Sheffield plate, dressing-cases, guns and pistols, piece goods, apparel, furniture, &c., being forfeited property, pledged, under the act of Parliament, In months prior to August, 1855, with the fol lowing pawnbrokers. viz.: —Mr. Russell, Fore-stree , , Crioplegate, and others; and goods deposited with them as security fo loans, the period for which has expired. May be viewed, and catalogues had. FJER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LA TRAVIATA. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI'S BENEFIT. lle. PICCOLOMINI has the honour to announce to the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that her Benefit will take place THIS EVENING (Thursday), July 10, when, by general desire, will be presented Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Signer Calzolari ; Barone Dauphol, Signor Vairo; Dottore Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor Beneyentano. With other Entertainments. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, LE CORSAIRE. With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Conrad, Signor Ronzani ; Seyd, M. Panty ; Yussnffe, M. Venafra ; Birbanto, M. Vandris ; Sulmea, Mdlle. Clara ; Gul mare, Mdlle. Rosa; Dilare, Mdlle. Lizereux ; Medora, Madame Rosati. The Opera will contmealce at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for hoses, stalls, and tickets to be made al the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. 'fdiCk'FltE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Leme, gr. K.. T. Smith. ENGLISH orEr,„t.. `THIS EVENING will be produced ESMERALDA. Followed by A GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTISSEMEN r. TfIRATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Michael:lC THiz EVENING, TWELFTH NIGII T. After which The Spanish Dancers. Followed by MR HUGHES AT HOME. To conSude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ItOT PRINiiESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the llanagement %tr. CainEs KEAN. TIII 4 EvIINENVI, MUSIC II kril CHARMS. After which T 1 E WI N'TE WS TALE. ROYAL THE ATM: ADELPFII. Troprtator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Follonad by MEDEA. After whfeh, TFIR CU3T3 NIS OF THE COUNTRY. To concladc with THE TRISII LION. ROYAL GLYNIPIC THEATRE. Lessee Ana Nfana7er, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TEIIA EVENING A PA SCIINTATING IgDIVIDUAL. After which. ItETRIBUT conclude with A CONJUn tL LESSO'. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITIIRATRE. Lessee and Mana:•er, 'qr. Wm. Cooke. TUB EVF.NTNG, The Romantic Equestrian 4 nectacle called THE HORSE OF TFIF. CAVERN, or the MountPd Rrlsands of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained docile horses. After which, The incomparable Equestrian Dis..plsy of EQUESTRI kN ART IN the ARENA. The novel and miraculous performance of the Germa. Brothers. To conduce with ruE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or, Honour to the Brave. I %ox-office open frrn Eleven till Foir. State Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. MGR WATER AT LONDON 1311,TDGE. Tina DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. 7 —Evening 22 min. aft. 7 Tn•Noßsow--Morn, 45 min. aft, 7—Evening 12 min. aft. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, JULY 10. THRRIMMETER, Iv TRg SHADE!. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BAROXIME-30.01. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Light, with very cloudy Weather and sunshine occasionally. - LONDON, THURSPLUST, JULY 10, 1858. Sardinia is already reaping the well-merited rewards of its admirable conduct, not only re specting the Russian difficulty, but on all other matters wherein the welfare and prosperity 01 Italy is in any degree concerned. It is now re garded as the legitimate champion of constitu tional liberty throughout the entire peninsula. The hopes of all those and their name is " Legion" —who pine under the misgovernment to which their beautiful but unfortunate country is subjected, —who feel burning indignation at its occupation by foreign bayonets, —rest on the ex ertions of that Government, which, united with the Western Powers, achieved for itself an envi able reputation, not only in the ensanguined fields of the Crimea, but also at the Parisian Confer ences —whose feats of arms and of diplomacy were alike unexceptionable. The manly and energetic protests of Count CAVOUR, who proved himself the worthy Minister of a worthy Sovereign, ma terially elevated the State that was so fortunate as to possess a representative in every respect so efficient in the scale of nations. They proved beyond the possibility of doubt that Piedmont should thenceforward be regarded not only as the champion of rational freedom, but as the unqua lified opponent of licentious anarchy. It stood forward alike as the barrier against the encroach ments of despotism and of revolutionary excitement ; and the offensive and defensive alliance which it had formed with France and England added a weight to its remonstrances which they could not otherwise have possessed. The Sardinian Protests have been legitimately followed by the excellent Address to their author, Count CAVOUE, from the Neapolitans, which appeared in our impression of yesterday. It is a heart -felt tribute to the high qualities displayed in the field and the council by the representatives of Piedmont, to their "civil prudence and military valour." But it is not merely a complimentary address. It carries with it the significant impress of that political gratitude which has been well defined as " a lively sense of favours to come." It shows that the championship that has been so nobly tendered has been freely and joyously ac cepted—that the suffering nationalities of "IlEs- PERU," the cpcondantl" garden of the world," are becoming more closely connected by ties against which the most strenuous " friend 'of order" can offer no valid objection. There is yet hope for Italy. The men who could frame such an address were not made for slavery. The man worthy to receive it could not reject' tile aid so feelingly required at his bawds. The Duchess Regent of Parma has, even at the eleventh hour, repudiated the Austrian military occupation, and required that the state of siege should be forthwith terminated. The specious pretext, that this untoward state of affairs was justified by the request of the Government de jure and de facto, is thus removed ; and it now stands forth in its unveiled deformity as neither more nor less than an " INVASION." Notwith standing its unblushing assurance, Austria cannot maintain its ground. It is by no means imrirobable that the Piedaiontese champion may shortly be called to the rescue, not by the revolutionary party, but by the Government of X'artAa and the friends of order. The address above referred to proves how gladly the Neapoli tans would hail a similar avator by which the faineant BOMBA might be brought to reason. It is at all events clear that the state of Italy must now be taken into the Bellow consideration of the great Powers, and that noi*ithstanding its. success in shelving the question whin broached at the Parisian Conferences, Austria must at length listen to reason, unless prepared to encounter the opposition not only of France and England, but also of Russia, and without receiving any decided aid from Prussia, which would of course maintain its despicable neutral policy under any and every circumstance. Never was a more glorious or exciting spectacl e presented to the inhabitants of the modern Babylon than that which was yesterday witnessed on the line of march from the South-Western terminus at Vauxhall to Hyde Park, and at the magnificent inspection by her MAJESTY of some of the Crimean heroes, who were so fortunate as to return safely to their native land from all the trials, privations, and dangers to which they had been exposed. It was the cordial wel come bestowed by those who had lived ,at heme at ease, to their brethren who had well and faithfully discharged their arduous duty, not only in the field of battle and in " the immi nent deadly breach," but in the trenches and the tents—who had on every occasion not merely maintained but greatly elevated the character of the British soldier. Never was there an "ovation" more richly merited. Never was one more freely and rapturously accorded. The spectators were full of enthusiasm, and many of the recipients —hardy and weather-beaten soldiers—were affected to tears by the cordiality displayed to wards them on every side. We have already stated that we deeply re gretted—and we still regret—the exclusive nature of the ceremony. There are other brave soldiers who should have participated in the honours of the day. But although we felt the omission, to render honour where honour was so justly due, we could not, on that account, visit the omissions of the managers, on the distin guished and meritorious performers. To wards the Guards there could be but one senti ment, and, therefore, there could be no display of any feeling that could in the slightest degree take from their honours. There were men amongst the spectators who ought to have parti cipated in the triumph. Bet there was not the, slightest appearance of complaint. Every private tnd personal feeling was set aside, and the most enthusiastic plaudits were bestowed by those who having shared in the dangers, ought also to have been permitted to have shared in their legitimate results. Who, after witnessing this brilliant and in spiring spectacle, will say that England ought not to be a military nation ? It is manifest that there is no want of enthusiasm on the part of the people. All classes, from the highest aristo crat, who gladly avails himself of the opportunity of purchasing a commission—a very bad commer cial investment under the circumstances—to the Prentice boy or clodhopper, who were equally will ing to accept the QUEEN'S shilling, are actuated by the same feelings, and are only desirous of the opportunities of acquiring glory and. distinction. Here, then, as our Manchester friends would say; is the " raw material," which only requires proper management to be wrought into the most brilliant and serviceable manufacture that the most vivid imagination can conceive. The scene of yesterday--and the subsequent Banquet at the Mansion House to Sir WILLIAM FENWICS WIL LIAMS, Bart., of Kars, M.P. (!) will stimulate that 'nthusiasm. England will never require a forced conscription. Her children will always stand forward when. there is a real want of their services. They may hold aloof during the "piping times of peace," but when " grim -visaged war" again makes its appearance, they will not be found wanting. All that is re -piked is judicious management at head-quarters, Ind the preservation of a fitting nucleus on which to engraft any reinforcements that may be re quired, so that every war may not be inaugu rated by a series of disgraceful and disastrous failures. The mode by which this great desideratum may be accomplished, is for Par liament to decide. We are happy to say that their attention is directed to the all-important subject, and we earnestly hope that the result of their deliberations may be for " the safety, honour, and welfare of her MAJESTY and her dominions." Somebody proposed the other day—in reference 0 the high price of meat, caused by a very odious monopoly—that a few of our London Butchers should have their ears cropped. What, on earth, let us now ask, can possibly be lone to certain merchant and packet cap tains, with a view to the prevention of future collisions by holding out some horrid or ignominious penalty in tgrrorem abaft the bin ❑acle ? Cannot we contrive to get good out of evil, by changing every helmsman into a DA - MOCLES.? There really would appear to be some reason for these inquiries after the recent running down of Lord ALFRED PAGET'S yacht, " The Alma," and the still more recent destruction of the " Mail," by the Belfast steamer " Excelsior." In each instance the night was clear enough, and the usual fights hung out both upon the destroyed and the destroyer conspicuously ! Yet—just in the same lubberly fashion that the Great Britain was run, some years ago, full tilt upon the shore of Ireland—the " Alma " and the " Mail" were cut down to the water's edge, and sa, sunk in a few seconds for ever and ever to " the ooze and bottom of the deep," their cus tomary "lights all right," and nothing visible anywhere in the way of an excuse, or, for that matter in the way of the shadow of the shade of an excuse, for the delinquent ! Wherefore the one very pertinent and all-containing question comes to us now, as it came to Beverley in The Gamester, " What's to be done ?" Admiral BYNG was shot, as VOLTAIRE suggested pour encourager les autres I? Can't we hit upon some ingenious punishment for these purblind packet-captains, caltulated so far to rouse them from their apparently habitual apathy as to preclude them from equal liability in future to these really frightful accidents ? It is a pro blem—this—the solution of which is wally worth striving after. Perhaps the Trinity Board (in stead of troubling their heads about the abstract question as to whether or not the English Constitution is in the middle of the nineteenth century but still upon its trial) will tike this important matter into instant and serious consideration. As things go, the inci dents here alluded to, the incidents of the lobs of the "Alma " yacht and of the " Mail ' steam-packet are positively disgraceful to us as a maritime nation. The recurrence of such lament able and unnecessary casualties ought absolutely to be prevented. They ought to be prevented, we say, because they can be prevented, be e ruse their occurring at all is distinctly and, obviously inexcusable. Supposing the yacht and the steamer to hare carried no lights what ; ever, or supposing again the atmosphere to have been impenetrable through the density of some fog settling down suddenly upon the waters of the Chavialikkm, but not otherwise, we might comprehend the possibility of a . calamitous „accident of this kind being, a -man ner, unavoidable. Though even then, under those extenuating circumstances, there would be heinous culpability discoverable in the fact of the speed of the vessel not having been slackened in the darkness and uncertainty. As it is, we repeat, no excuse whatever is any where discoverable in regard to the two casualties we have particularised merely by way of pointed illustration. Every thing, therefore, tends to demonstrate as clearly as anything at all can be demonstrated, the absolute and imperative necessity for instant interference on the part of the authorities, upon whom the responsibility of such interference ob• viously devolves. When the Sabbatarian party are found insist ing on the rigorous observance of an abrogated commandment, it would be not amiss to remind them of the duty of paying a little more deference to the new one. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the religions obligation to keep the fourth commandment there is none whatever as to the duty of " loving one another." Pro bably, we will not say a rigorous, but a moderate observance of this commandment would lead them to a better comprehension of the spirit of the Christian dispensation, and the adoption of a less dogmatic tone, and a more humane attitude in reference to the Sunday question. Of this there can be no doubt on the minds of reasonable men, the Sabbath observance in sisted on involves the grossest inhumanity to the labouring classes, and indisposes individuals of liberal minds to the reception of Gospel truth. What accord can there possibly be between a dis pensation of mercy and a creed which would practically exclude the labouring population of our large cities from the enjoyment of pure air and those refining and cheering influences to he experienced on the broad carpet of nature ? Yet, despite all reason and warning, this creed iF, Sunday after Sunday, preached as being legiti mately drawn from the pages of inspiration and part of the everlasting Gospel, not to be rejected savo on peril of eternal destruction ! To such an extent, indeed, are the Sabbatarian party led by the blind bigotry that possesses them that at the period of harvest they would prohibit the tiller of the soil from reaping the fruits of his labour, if to do so involved the gathering in of his crops on a Sunday. 110r7 opposed this is to the example of the Great Teacher we have but to peruse the record of His career dispassionately to appreciate. So opposed to His teaching that the public welfare is concerned in an unmistakeable manner in its reprobation. Scruples of conscience ou;ht undoubtedly to be as much as possible re spected, but we incline to think they are not so far wrong who would visit with pains and penalties such as occasioned by their Sabbatic bigotry the loss of useful grain, or other articles of needful food. With so many half-fed creatures among us, we would, at all events, pronounce such con duct most grievous wickedness, and in this view of the matter know we would be supported by the weight of the most eminent Christian autho rities. On the necessity of a day of rest we have always insisted ; of the propriety of devoting a portion of it to public worship we never had any doubt. Ali we contend for is a reasonable observance of the first day of the week ; such a one as will be compatible with the spirit of the " new commandment," which that of the Sabba tarians is not, and with both Gospel authority and reason on our side we cannot doubt of ultimate success. ARRIVAL OF THB PRINCE AND PRIN- CMS OF PRUSSIA. DOVER, THURSDAY MORNING. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, with a nu merous suite, arrived at 12.30 this morning. They left Dover by special train at 10 a.m. this day. HEALTH OF LORD HARDINGE:—Tha answer to in quiries at Lord Hardinge's town mansion to-day was that his lordship was going on favourably. THE GUN-BOATS,--It is rumsured that the Swedish authorities are about to purchase some fifty of our screw gun-boats. The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Count of Flanders and the Princess Charlotte, left the Brick layers'-arms Station in a special train for Dover yester day afternoon. The Royal party were received at the • station by the Hon. James Byng, Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company ; Mr. J. Toulon, director ; Mr. S. Smiles, secretary ; Mr. C. W. Eborall, Manager ; and Mr. J. P. Knight, superintendent, all of whom travelled with the Royal train to Dover. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the Royal party to the Sate carriage. PRINCE ADILBERT OF PRUSSIA—PLYAIOUrIi, July 9 . —ln consequence of the severity of the weather, his Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia did not visit the ships in commission on Monday; but yesterday, the weather having moderated, he went on board the screw steam-ship Conqueror, 101, Commander Charles Fel lowea, and the receiving ship Implacable, 72, Captain Arthur Lowe, when the usual salutes were fired, but th e manning of yards was considerately dispensed with by the Royal visitor. To-day Prince Adalbert receives the Port Admiral, the General, the heads of depart. ments, naval and military officers, &c., on board the Dantzic, which will probably sail for Falmouth to morrow (Thursday). ROYAL PATRONAGE OF ART.—Her Majesty having commanded the attendance of Mr. John Watkins of Parliarnent-street, at Buckingham-palace, with copies of his photograph of General Williams. Colonel Teesdale and the late Major Thompson has commissioned him to supply an impression of each of these, with other of his productions for the Royal collection. The Queen has also conveyed to Mr. Watkins her gracious permission that a fine mezzotint engraving now in progress from his admirable photograph of General Williams shall be dedicated to her. The Tay from Brazil yesterday has brought 50,0001. The amount paid into the Treasury of the East India Hous for bills on India, from the 25th of June to the 9th of July, was 59,094/. Gold continues to be taken from the Bank for the purchase of silver, but, at present, in trifling amounts. Larger sums will probably again be withdrawn, unless the demand should be met by Auspraliam arrivals. The subscription of the Legislative Body for the vic time of the inundationo amounto to 76,645 franca, and in addition the members have individually made dona tions in their respective departments. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamer, Capt. Jelli coe, left this day with the usual Brazil and River Plate mail, 63 passengers, specie to the amount of 104,1981., jewellery 5,0001., and a full cargo. ALLEGED MURDER NEAR BRIDPORT.—On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Samuel Skinner, coroner for the western division of the county of Dorset, on the body of John Antony Brown. Tho jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or per sons unknown. EVACUATION OP TURKEY.---A copy of the convention agreed to on the 13th of May between her Majesty, the Emperor of the French, and the King of Sardinia ex•. tends the term previously stipulated for the evacuation of the Ottoman territory to the space of six months from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the gene ral treaty signed at Paris on the 30th of March last. BERLIN, Tuesday.—We learn from Hamburg that the . police have arrested there one Joseph Olsceski, a Pole, lately arrived there from London. Boxes of revolution ary circulars, addressed to the Polish nation, printed in England, were found in his apartment. Arrests have been made among the Polish refugees in this city, and a police agent has been sent to Hamburg to claim Olsceski. If given up, he will be handed over to the Russians. THE BOOMERANG.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—Capt. Webster, of the schooner Stetson, fitted out by the United States, to search• for the abandoned ship Boom erang. laden with cotton from Mobile, and which was seen afloat more than a month alter being abandoned, arrived at Queenitown this morning, having crossed the Atlantic without having seen anything of the missing ship. MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— Mr. Bunn has announced a benefit to take place on Monday next, the 14th instant. A more attractive Programme has not been advertised for many years. Besides the regular staff of the theatre, appear the names of Drayton, Weiss, H. Millard, Madame En dersohn, the Misses Brougham, and the renowned vocalist Madame Viardot Garcia. The graceful and beautiful danseuse Mademoiselle Katrine, and Mons. Vaudris, fro m h er M a j esty ' s T aeatre, w ill dance a pa-, and Miss Louisa Vining will sing a new. bong, " The Lover's Walk," by Mr. and Mrs. St. Leger. TEM SUN LONDON I _THITRSDAY :_EVR_N - I . f 4 (l___ JULY 10, 1 DIVORCE AND MATRIYIONIAL CAUSES BILL. Few persons, however disinclined to the study of statute law, Will be indifferent to the fate of the Divorce and Matrimonial . Causes Bill, just brought down from the House of Lords far the sanction of the Commons. The act will come int o operat i on next N ew - year ' s day. Tue jurisdiction now vested in the ecclesiastical courts, in respect of divorces a men= et th,oro, suits of nullity of marriage, of jactitation of marriage, for restitution of conjugal rights, and all jurisdiction in matters matri monial, is to cease and determine, and a new "Court of Divorcels'to be establi'shed. The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justices of the Court of Qiseen's Bench and Common Pleas, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Dean of the Arches will be the judges of the sail court. and any three of them will form a quorum. The Dean of the Arches (who must always attend the court as one of tile judg,es)-“til Lie called the "Jcage Ordinary of the Court of Divorce, and have full authority, without the concurrence of any other judge, to hear and determine all flatters arising therein, except petitions for dissolving any marriage. The Master of the Rolls, or any superior judge, may act in the absence of the Judge ordinary. The Court of Divorce is to proceed and give relief on the principles and, roles of the ecclesiastical courts. The Court may order payment of alimony to wives, and pro nounce divorces a nzensa et thoro, in which latter case the wife will be considered, with respect to property, as a femme sole, so long as the separation continues. The Court may dissolve marriage on the ground of a wife's adultery, or a husband's commission of incest, bigamy, or adultery_ with on the petition of the parties. In this case; also; alimony may be secured to the divorced wife. After a.decent interval the divorced parties may re-marry, but with the express provision that it will not be lawful for the adulterer to intermarry with the woman by him seduced, 'or vice versa. To the children of guilty parents is secured the privilege of the protection of the High Court of . dhancery, if the Court of Divorce see fit t o a pply f o r it ; Questions of fact may be referred to a common jury, if the Court see.fit. All advocates or proctors, as well as all barristers and solicitors, will be entitled to practise in the new court. An appeal from the decrees of the Court of Divorce will lie to the House of Lords. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following mem bers of the College, having undergone the necessary ex aminations, were admitted licentiates in midwifery at the meeting of the Board on the 18th instant :- Messrs. OliVei Lemon, Pembroke-terrace, Caledonian-road, ; Thornwi Henry Turney, Ovenden, near Halitai ; llerbe; - t Gillan Wootton, Canterbury ; John Lister Pool Pugh, Halifax, Yorkshire ; Samuel Henry Green, New Garrett, Manchester; Charles Henry Slaughter, Farningham, Kent ' • William Powne, Fowey, CJrn wall ; Alf re d Meadows, Ipswich ; William Wil liams, Festiniog,' North Wales ; William Groom, Wis beach, Cambridgeshire ; James Greenwood, Queen's road, Dalston ; Rustomjee Byramjee, Hon. East India Company's Service ; Charles Evans Muriel, Norwich ; Charles tTeken Elwin, Broad -street-buildings, City Phineas John Kendrick, Birmingham ; John Craske Webb, Shaftesbury -crescent, Pimlico ; and Thomas -Cortliew Gillet, Truro, Cornwall. LATEST NEWS. A PARIS, THURSDAY. PJ4e Moniteur of to-day says that in conse qualm of an incident, in which he was not the praroker, a French soldier was killed by an Aus- trim corporal near Giurgevo. An investigation has been instituted on the spot, and the advices received by the Government of the Emperor from Vienna and from Bucharest assure that prompt and severe justice shall be rendered. Meantime his Hajesty the Emperor of Austria has decided that a pension shall be granted to the family of the French soldier. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MonNING. The United States Mail steamer, Arago, Capt. Lines, has arrived off Cowes, from New York to Hare, with the French and English mails, and dat6s to the 28th ult. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Minister of Marble has received the follow ing telegraphic despatch from Vice-Admiral Tre houa,rt, commanding in chief the squadron of the Mediterranean, dated on board the Bretagne, July 6 : " The definitive evacuation of the Crimea took place yestarday. Marshal Pelissier went on board the Roland, which sailed the same day. The Bretagne, which has just anchored at Beycos, left Karniesh with the last vessels which were there, and which will arrive to-morrow in the Bosphorus." The. Moniteur• says :—" Several journals in France and in foreign countries have for some time past spread and attempted to accredit the rumour that the Emperor is shortly to proceed to Arenenberg, and thence to Bregens, to meet the Emperor of'Austria. This statement has no foun dation." " The Lord Mayor of London," says the Moni tettr, "has addressed to the Prefect of the Seine a fourth sum of 100,000 f. on account of the English subscription, which now, amounts to more than 600,000 f., and that without including the towns which have placed themselves in direct communi cation with the French authorities." The Constitutionnel pays the following tribute to the memory of the late Minister of Public In s r 10E011:-. "M. Fortoal attained his high position by his own talent and exertions. After beginning his career by the publication of literary works of signal merit, he devoted himself to serious studies and attained all the university honours step by step. As professor of literature at the Fa culty of Toulouse he greatly distinguished himself as a lecturer, and was afterwards appointed Dean of the Faculty of Art, as a well-merited reward for his univer sity labours. It was his popularity and superior talent as a professor that pointed out, M. Fortoul to the choice of the electors after the revolution of 1848. and the courage and intelligence displayed by him in the repub lican assemblies cannot be forgotten ; he was always to be found on the side of common sense and justice, and the noble attitude which he then assumed drew on him the attention of the Prince who governed France as Pi-e -siclent of the Republic. Amid the general blindness of parties, M. Fortoul was one of the first to perceive where safety could alone be found, when anarchy seemed so threatening in the political horizon. On his appointment to the Ministry of Public Instruction,M. Fortoul soon di-- played administrative talent of a high order. Ina situation which appeared to be surrounded by so many difficulties at the outset, as it was in reality, the new minister, by his justice and firmness, found means of conciliating things that seemed altogether irreconcilable. The minis try of M. Fortoul will furm one of the most honourable pages of the contemporary history of the university. , As a professor, author, deputy, and minister, Mr. Fortoul has run a brilliant career, and, what is still better, a useful one ; on all these grounds it may be said that the Minister of Public Instruction carries with him to the tomb, so prematurely opened, the universal regret of his countrymen." BOURSE, July 9, Two o'clock.—The market continues heavy. Threes are at 71f. 50c. Rail way Shares are about the same as yesterday. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Constilutionnel, says :—" The Austrian Bank has just published its balance-sheet for the past month, from which it appears that the specie has augmented 4,182,000 florins, so that its stock of specie now amounts to 61 millions.against 368 millions of notes in circu lation. The proportion of specie to notes, which was Ito 6.47 last month, is now Ito 6.02. The notes in circulation, however, have only dimi nished 184,826 florins. It is high time for the Bank to resume payment in specie, as the number of forged notes is on the increase, and the tri bunals are continually trying persons accused of forgery. Among the receipts of the Bank for the month of June is an item of four millions reiin bursed by the State on account of the last loan made by the Bank. It appears however, that the Scate is still considerably embarrassed, .for„ the domain of Balanka, in the Banat, valued at, 3.55 trillions, and which was mortgaged to the Bank as security fur the last loan, has been completely ceded to that establishment, and a complete staff of officials have been sent off to administer it." The Austrian papers are giving giQinipOitance to the tour of Count Walewski through Germany. They state that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs is expected at Vienna on the 12th, and that he will afterwards visit in succession the capitals of Wurtemberg, Baden, Prussia, Saxony, and Bavaria. SARDINIA. The return of the losses experienced by the French army in the Crimea has been given. A document of a similar nature has teen published respecting the Sardinian army, which has won such well-deserved sympathy in France. The Pied w on tese army of the East attained a maximum of 17,584, men. Up to October 31, 1855, it lost 1,632 men, of whom 1,211 died of cholera, 170 of typhus fever, and 251 from wounds and other causes. In this number there were 56 officers, 1,563 non commissioned officers and soldiers, and 13 belong- ing to the commissariat. From October 31 to the evacuation, though the official returns are not complete, the losses of tho Sardinian army may be estimated at 900 men, making a total of 2,532. The Piedmontese government also sent to the. East 3,659 horses and mules, 48 pieces of cannon, 52 carriages for field pieces, 310 caissons, 1,190 chests of arms and tools, 200 toots bought at Marseilles, and 200 cast-iron stoves. Almost every part of these stores will be brought back. • EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 28. The following is a verbal translation of the ordi nance by which Christian soldiers are permitted to follow their religion, secure from molestation, It is an act of tolerance with which it is right the whole civilised world should be made acquainted, as it is one of the most important steps in that direction that have been made in the East : " We command all general officers, colonels, and other heads a those corps in onr army in which are Christian soldiers, to take care that they may observe their religion in perfect freedom. To this end we order that every Sunday, and every day celebrated as a religious festival according to their rites, the Christian soldiers shall be marched in a body, and without arms, to their respective churches, accompanied by officers, whip at the close of their re ligious exercises will bring them back to their corps." The presence of Reschid Pacha here is still a topic of frequent conversation. It is in vain that he per sists in representing himself as simply a visitor; no one will believe it. The Sultan, who had presented a sword of ho nour to Mahom.med Said, has DOW added a medal of commemoration, of which only two have yet been given away, together with the title of Ferik, or teneral of a division, for his youthful son. The most significant part of the proceeding is, that the Sultan has written the whole firman in his own hand in which he announces these farours. On ordinary occasions the Sultan only writes the first words. • SPAIN. MADRID, July 7.—Castille is tranquil. Provin cial deputies and municipalities continue to send to the Government the strongest protestations of devOtedness and fidelity. There is no ministerial crisis. King Otho (says a letter from Vienna of the sth) has postponed his departure. He is still awaiting the return of the Minister who has been sent round to the diferent German Courts, to confer with them respecting the arrangement of the Greek suc cession. PROFESSOR OWE; F.R.S.—This distinguished natu ralist; who or nearly 30 years has been connected with :he Royal College of Surgeons, as conservator of the fiunterian lifuseam and Professor of Comparative Ana omy,.has jut resigned his appointments, and entered )n a more extensive scene of usefulness at the British Sluseum, as, superintendent of the natural history de partment. • AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENINCh The Royal mail ship Oliver Lang, one of the Black Ball line of packets, is off the Point. She: was expected to leave Melbourne on the 27th of April, and will bring three weeks' later advices from Australia. She is also expected to bring a large amount of gold on freight. NEW SOUTH WALES. By the arrival of the Catharina Adamson we Dave received files of papers to the 17th of April. We take the following from the Sydney Morning Herald of April 16 :-- " Our last summary of news was forwarded on the Ist of March. From that date to the present time electioneering matters have almost entirely absorbed the attention of the public. There are 31 constituencies, possessing the power of returning the 54 members who are to form our future Legislative Assembly, in accordance with the provisions _ . of the New Constit4ion 'Bill. For these 51 seats there have been upwards of 100 candidates. A large majority of the contests hays now beau decided ; they have for the most part been well contested, and the result is in a great degree satisfactory, for there can be no doubt, judging from the character and standing of many of the gentlemen re turned, that the wealth and intelligence of the colony will be ably represented . _ "Tne members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce have been discussing, for some time past, the report of the select committee of lia-Chamber, appointed on the 19th of July last, 'to take into consideration the present Insolvent Laws of the colony, and to report such alterations as they may deem' it advisable for the Chamber to petition the Legislature to make in the existing laws.' Considerable progress has been made, but thete are yet several clauses in the report to be brought under consideration. "The share market has been unusually quiet during the past month, and few transactions of imporbance have taken place. A considerable rise, however, has taken place in Bank of New South Wales shares, and a still further decline in the price of the shares of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. Bank of New South Wales shares have been sold as high as 341. 10s. per share. This rise is partly attributable to the scarcity of stock in the market and the an.ticipatiou of a very favour able report. The last dividend was at the rate of 20 par cent. per annum, and the reserve fund had increased to 100,0001. It is believed that the dividend due 31st of March, which will be declared this month, will be equal l o, if it does not exceed, the last. Commercial Bank shares have been very firm at 401. par share. There is not. so much speculation in the shares of the company as there is in the Bank. of New South Wales, and its stock is therefore more sought after for a permanent investment ; their last dividend was also at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. Australian Joint-Stock Bank shares are firmer than they were last month, and have been sold at 101. 10s. per share. The Australian Gas Company Shares. are inquired tor. They have fluctuated between 81. 10a. and 81.15 e. per share. The usual dividend is at the rate of 10 per cont. ; last half-year they gave also a bonus of 10 per cent. Australasian Steam Navigation Shares have been much depressed, and have fallen from 131. to 121. per share. They paid no dividend for the last half-year, and there is very little prospect of an improvement at present, on acepont of competition. The General Assurance Company and the New South Wales Assurance Company have both suffered severe losses during the last quarter, but their profits are large, and shares are firm and in demand. The price of the General Assurance is 71. 55.,' and the New South Wales Assurance 21. 2s. Shares in the Gold and Copper Mines are very dull, and, with the exception of the Wentworth Gold Field and New castle Coal and Copper Companies, almost unsaleable. Go vernment Debentures have increased in value ; they have been sold as high as 96 and the accrued interest. The value of these debentures, which are issued for a term of only five years, must increase as the time of paying them off approaches, unless those confided by the Government to the agency of the Bank of New South Wales—to be sold at not less than 92 in England—should be returned. I It has been stated that small parcels have been sold on ' the London Stock . Exchange at satisfactory prices ; but as regards the bulk of them no information has yet b.en re ceived. The rise in debentures and bank stock is likely to continue whilst the amount of securities paying a regu lar rateeof interest is so limited compared with the capital brought-forward for investment. "It is, we aro informed, the intention of the Governor- General to summon the new Parliament to assemble on the 20th of the ensuing mouth. "The extension of the line of railway from the Parra matta terminus to Liverpool is going on rapidly, and will, without doubt, be completed by August next. A large portion -of the line is already formed, and the principal wOrks, such as the viaducts and bridges, are in a very forward state. The railway commissioners within the last day or two went over the entire dis tance for the purpose of inspecting the progress and cha racter of the works. The result of their inspection, we believe, was extremely flattering to all parties concerned. The commissioners next went over the proposed extension line to Campbell-town, which is now being surveyed, and which will, no doubt, be commenced soon after the meet ing of the new . Parliament. The construction of these branches in connection with the grand trunk line between Sydney and Parramatta will be the means of concentrating into one focus nearly the whole of the traffic of the southern interior, which may be said to comprise about one-half of the industrial and productive wealth of the country. The Hunter River Railway is nearly completed, and will most probably be opened about the same time as the Liverpool line. " Tho sewerage works are progresssing slowly but steadily. Want of funds on the part of the authorities is the chief impediment to their. immediate completion. A. few weeks, however, even under the present dilatory ar rangements will suffice for their execution. "The next branch of public improvements demanding particular notice is that with reference to our fortifica Mons. In this respect our progress has beta considerable. The stone and earthwork battery at DaWile- Point may be regardea ao oompleted, while that at Pinchgut commanding the entrance both to the Cove and to Darling Harbour, is rapidly tending that way. The tower, which will be the most difficult and complicated part of tke work, and which it is intended to raise to an elevation of 50 feet, has been constructed to the height of 10 feet. Ths) remainder of the fortification is in a corresponding state of forwardness. A. new battery, similar in character to the one at Dawes' Point, and capable of mounting seven guns, besides eocemmodating one officer and 30 men, is: about 0 'lie. commenced at Kioribilli Point: This, with . the proposed battery at Garden Island, and those we have already mentioned, will present a formidable barrier to any aggression by way of the sea. "As regarde private' buildings, we have nothing par ticular to report. Of course structures of more or Jess • pretensions are being erected in all parts of the city, but they,. are not nearly so numerous or so important as on former occasions: " The corner stone of, the new Mariner's Church, in con nection with the Sydney Bethel Union, was laid on the 19th March last, by his Excellency Sir William Denison. " On Saturday, April 5, there was a partial eclipse of the sun. It commenced at Sydney at 1.50, and ended at 6.21. At Moreton Bay 15-10ths of the sun's case was eclipsed, the line of total onseuration running through the unsettled parts of the colony. The day was so cloudy and wet that the eclipse was invisible." COAMERCIAL. (From, the Sydney Morning Herald of April 11.) The amount of gold coin issued from the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending to-day has been 10,000 half sovereigns. The amount of gold dust imported into the same establishment during the week, for the pur poses of coinage; has been 2,656 ounces. The western escort arrived this morning at the Colonial Treasury, and delivered the following quantities of gold dust :—From Bathurst, 74 ounces 8 dwts. ; Sof,da, 399 ounces 17 dwt. 23 grains; Tatnbaroora, 277 ounces 16 dwts ; Avisford, 641 ounces 7 dwts. 12 grains ; Louisa Creek, 14 ounces. Total from the western districts, 2,000 ounces 9 dwts. •11 grains. The advices both from the western and southern districts, continue to be satisfactory as regards the progress of the goad diggers. Vaval and Military inteths,relice. The following changes are consequent upon the recent. arriveae from the Crimea battalion Grenadier Guards hag left Welling ton Barracks for Aldershot Camp. This battalion. marched direct from Hyde-park to the Waterloo station. after the review yesterday. The 2.1 battalion Grenadier Guards left town yester terday after the review on their return to Windsor, where they will remain for the present. The 3d battalion Grenadier Guards, which marched. from Aldershot yesterday, last from the Crimea, has: gone into Wellington Barracks, St. James's-park. The let battalion Coldstream Guards, last from th& Crimea, has gone into barracks at the Tower of London.. The 2d battalion Coldstream Guards, which up to yesterday were quartered in the Tower, left town after the review forAldershot, but are under orders ultimately to proceed to Windsor. The Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, last from the Crimea, are gone into St. George's BArracks, Charing- cross. The 2d battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, up to yester day occupying St. George's Barracks, left town after the review fur Aldershot. The Portman-street Magazine, and the Kensington mad Buckingham Palace Barracks, will be occupied by detachments from the three Crimean battalions. One battalion of the Grenadier Guards is under orders to proceed to Dublin. The Ist Royal Dragoons are under orders to leave Al dershot for Woolwich to embark thence for Dublin. The 4th Dragoons are to hold themselves in readi ness to proceed at a short notice from Aldershot to Sheffield and Leeds. The 6th Dragoons now at Aldershot are under orders for Shorucliffe camp. The Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, which arrived at Aldershot from the Crimea on Saturday, are under orders to proceed to Dublin. The depots of the Ist and 2d Rifls Brigade, now at Aldershot, are to be removed to Winchester. Thee Ist battalion tat Royals left Aldershott on Tues day, to embark for Ireland. The 80th R-Timent is uader orders to remove from Aldershot to Manchester and the northern districts. The depot of the 91st Regiment is about to proceed to Berwick-upon-Tweed. The 15th Hussars and the 7th Hussars will continue for the present to occupy quarters in the north camp at Alderashot. Major Gen. Crawford will, it is understood, be ap pointed to the command of the Brigade of Guards at Aldershot. The following vessels passed the Bosphorus on passage to :England on the Ist, 2J, GO, and 7th inst. :—Tt.e Charity, 700 men, British S wiss Legion ; the Stamboul, 900 men, British Swiss Legion ; the Calcutta, 11th Hus cars ; the Australian, 200 men, Land Transport Corps, and 200 men, Army Works Corps ; H.M.S. Resistance, 50 men, Land Transport Corps ; and H.M.S. Sanspa red 72d Regiment. It is rumoured that the Osborne, Royal yacht, is to be fitted up forthwith (instead of the St. ,L;sat d'Acre, 91, crew) to convey the Earl of Granville and suite to St. Petersburg. Ttie Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, was struck yes terday morning on board H.M.S. Victory, Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and that of Rear Admiral Son-rintendeut Martm hoisted at her wizen pro tern. Her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Caldwell, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., left Spithead yesterday afternoon, for Plymouth, where she will be joined by the Con juror, 101, Commander Yeiowes ; the Forth, 12, screw mor:at-ship, Capt. Lord John Hay, C.B. ; and two gun boats; and with them take a c ru is e as far as Queens town only, according to present orders. Her Majesty's screw corvette Hi.. hfly er, 21, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday for refit. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Medusa, Capt S. Osborne, C.B , left Portsmouth yesterday morning for Woolwich. Her Majesty 'S steam-vessel Alban, 3, Lieut. Blac qUiere; left Portsmouth on Tuesday evening for Ireland, with Coastguard men, paid off from the fleet. Her Majesty's screw despatch gun-vessel Coquette, Commander Risk, left Portsmouth on Tuesday night for the westward. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIbTY. The exhibition of this society, yesterday, was ho• noured with a visit by his Roy4l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who was accompanied by his Royal High• ness Prince Oscar of Sweden. A large assemblage o: the aristocracy thronged the gardens during the after• noon. The following is a list of the prizes awarded EXTRA GOLD MEDAL. Mr. May, gardener to H. Cullyer, Esq., Dartford—for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Keefe, gardener to J. Butler, Esq., Woolwich—for 20 exotic orchids. LARGE GOLD MEDAL. Mr. Dodds, gardener to Sir J. C.Alicart, Bart., Cooper's Hill--for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, Esq., Streatham—for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Gednoy, gardener to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesdon—for 20 exotic orchids. MEDIUM GOLD MEDAL. Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam—for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, Leyton—for 12 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Carson. gar ioner to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., Non• such Park—for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Kerr, Esq., Cheshunt —for 20 exotic orchids. Mr. Clark, gardener to C. Webb, Esq., High Grounds, Hoddesdon—for 12 exotic orchids. GOLD MEDAL. Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet—for 12 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Peed, gardener to T. Treadwell, Esq., Norwood— for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet—for 10 Cape Heaths. Mr. May - for 8 Cape Heaths. Messrs. Veitch, nurserymen, Exeter and Chelsea—for 20 variegated plants. Mr. Turner—fOr 12 pelargoniums. Mr. Holder, gardener to Rev. E. Coldridge, Eton Col lege—for 12 pelargoniums. Mr. Tillyard, gardener to Right Hon. the Speaker, Heckfield Park, Hants—for miscellaneous collection of fruits. LARGE SIISER GILT MEDAL. Mr. Barter, gardener to A. Basset, Esq., Stamford Hill —for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Morris, gardener to Coles Child, Esq., Bromley— for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Rhodes—for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Messrs Fraser—for 6 kalosan thus. Mr. Mortimer, gardener to J. R. Scott, Esq., Hornsey —for 6 tall cactus. Mr. Jackson, nurseryman, Kingston—for 20 variegated plants. Mr. Carson—for 6 exotic orchids Mr. Bray, gardener to Baron Goldimidt, Regent'spark —for 6 fuchsias. Mr. Gaines, nurseryman, Battersea—for 12 pelargoni ums. Mr. Barnes, gardener to Lady Rolle —for specimens a 84 conifers plants from the aboratem bieton. Mr. Weir, gardener to J. Hodgson, Esq., the Elms, Hampstead —for 10 pelargoniums. Mr. Fleming, Trentham, for miscellaneous collection of fruits. Mr. Glendenning—for 3 dishes of grapes. LARGE SILVER MEDAL, ' Mr. Williams, -- gardener to Miss Trail, Hay's•plaee, Bromley —for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Glendenning, nurseryman, Chiswick—for 10 Cape heaths. Mr. Williams—for S Cape heaths. Mr. Miser, gardener to J. Branbury, Esq., Streatham— for 6 Cape heaths. Mr. Morris—for 6 exotic orchids. Mr. Turner—for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Windsor—for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Turner—for 6 pelargoniums. Mr. Constantine, gardener to C. Mills, Esq., Hillingdon, Middlesex—kr miscellaneous collection of fruit. Mr. Jones, Davvlas Iron Works Company —for 4 pine apples. . SILVER GILT MEDAL. Mr. Rhodes, gardener to J. Ptulpot, Esq., Stamford hill— for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Peed—for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Autrobus—for6 tall cactus. Messrs. Fraser—for 10 Cape heaths. Mr. Rhodes—for 8 Cape heaths. Mr. Peed—for 6 Cape heaths. Mr. Harlock, gardener to W. R. Nutter, Esq., Wan stead, Essex—for 6 Cape heaths. niessrs. Lee; nurserymen, Hammersmith, for 20 varie gated plants. Mr. Fletcher, gardener to Dr. Young, Kennington-lane —for 12 exotic ferns. Mr. Baillie, gardener to W. C. Carbone'-le, Esq., Har row-road— for 30 British ferns. Mr. Dedmau, gardener to G. Foster, Esq., the Holme, Regent's-park—for 6 exotic orchids. Mr. Turner, nurseryman, Slough —for 6 calceolarias. Mr. Dobson, nurseryman, Isleworth—for 6 fuchsias. Mr. Windsor, gardener to E. Blythe, Esq., Hampstead— for 10 pelargoniums. Messrs. Fraser—for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Bray—for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Turner—for 3 p e l a rgoniums. Mr. Weatherill, gardener to Dr. Macnil, Hornsey-road— for 3 pelargoniums. Mr. TR:older—for 6 pelargoniums. Messrs. Paul, nurserymen, Cheshunt—for 50 cut roses. Miss Palmer, 46, Po rtland-place --for 25 cut roses. Mr. Weatherill—for plants of verbenas. Mr. May—for plants of dipledenim and ixora. Mr. Barnes, Bicton--for 4 pine apples. Mr. Mitchel, nurseryman, Brighton—for 3 dishes of grapes. _ - Mr. Henderson. gardener to Sir J. Beaumont, Coleorton Hall—for 121 b. of grapes. Mr. Boid, gardener to Viscount Dillon, Dytchly—for 1 dish of Black Prince grapes. Mr. Tillyard—for 1 dish of white muscadine grapes. Mr. Clarke—far 1 dish of muscats. Mr. Tillyard—for 1 dish of frontignacs. Mr. Mitchel, Brighton—for 1 dish of grapes (Marchio ness of Hastings). Mr. Clark, gardener to R. Hanbury, Esq., Sorts —for 1 dish of peaches. Mr. Frost, gardener to E. L. Betts, Esq., Preston Hall, Maidstone—for 4 dishes of peaches and nectarines. Messrs. Lane—for a collection of fruit tree', in pots. Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl de Grey, Wrest Park —for seedling grape. SUNDAY Music. FOR THE PEOPLE.—At a meeting of the SaHaril town council held yesterday, a largo majority voted for the expulsion of bands of music from the Peel park on Sundays in future, and ordered public notices to that effect to.be issued. The committee having the management of the people's parks in Manchester, under the corpqration, having declined to expel Sunday bands, the subject is to be brought before the next meeting of the town council, with a view to coercing the com mittee. V~imey.l / ELECTION OF G ER AL iII'ILLIAMS 4S I.EI -) BLSEIVTA7'II7 E OF ()ALIVE. CALNE, WEDNESDAY, The election of a member to supply the va,care caused in the representation of Caine, consequent upa the elevation of the Earl of Shelburne t) the House E Peers, tottle place at noon today, when " the Hero d Kars" was returned without opposition. if The gallant of f icer had been staying at Bowood (the seat of the Marquis of Lansdowne) for several days pre viously, and was escorted into the town this morning by an immense concourse of horsemen and pedestrians. araidst the flaunting of banners and the playing of music. The nomination took place in the Town Hall, at 12 o'clock, when the gallant general was proposed by Wm. W ayte, Esq., of the Highlands ; and seconded by Bing Ba ily, EQq. I n acknowledging the honour which the burgesses of Celine had conferred upon him, General Williams said—l beg to return you my most sincere and hearty thanks for the honour you have just do tee me in electing; me to represent this borough in Par lie merit. My thanks and gratitude are also due to yoU for' the kind and friendly reception you have given me, ant i for the• manner in which I have been treated since the first moment I entered your town. I hope, by the are course which I shall pursue, to merit the high dis , ;inction which you have given me ; and if I obtain fro; n you only a portion of that consideration in which I km ow you held your former representative, there will be no regret on the side of either of us at your having s ent me to parliament. The object I have in presenting my self before you is untingect by anything like selfish mo. tive or personal ambition. My real motive in coming for ward is to endeavour to serve you and to serve the country in this her present state of transition from war to peace, by advocating the preservation of those mili tary institutions which coat us so much blood and so much mortification to re-establish after the commence ment of the late war. I therefore hope yon will consider that I do my duty if I pursue that course-- if I try to protect those institutions which will pro tect you from future invaders, end make the name of England respected throughout the nations of the world. As it is with individuals so it is with na tions ; no nation, however great in other respects, can with safety stand in close proximity with other nations armed to the teeth, unless provided with similar means of defence, and I am therefore quite sure that what I say will hold good, vizo that we should watch zealously over our military institti. tens. No pens sn would think of going, unarmed, with his pockets full of gold among men whom he knew to be jealous of his personal character, and covetous of his wealth, and I am satisfied you will agree with what I said when I landed at Dover, aid what I have since repeated —that we should be careful; above all things, to keep out selves in a position to preserve that wealth which the iedustry of ages 11,.a collected in this country. Since the time of William the Coequeror—and he came to. this country having some pretensions to the throne—nu con queror lam ever sat h:s foot upon our soil, and if we would c mtinue to be able to make this proud boast, we m ust net neglect our military resources. The gallant general said, another object which made him anxious to enter Parliament was, that it might enable him to render some service to a country for which we bad spent so much treasure, and spilt so much blood—he meant Turkey, which he was convinced possessed great vitality ; and be was sure it was the i itet.tion of her Majesty's Ministers to do everything they could fir Turkey, in conjunction with our gallant allies the French ; and if those whom he then addressed could only have seen the heroism dis played by the Turks, who had stood by him in the hour of danger, they would agree that they were worthy of all their esteem and sympathy. At the conclusion of his address the gallant general was again warmly applauded, He left Caine soon after hilt election to dine with the Lord Mayor of London, by special invitation. TRADE WITH CENTRAL ASIA. The copy of a "Dispatch from the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated the 4th of Juno, 1856," is worthy of atten tive perusal in Manchester and Liverpool. The export trade of England with Central Asia and the provinces of Northern India is yet in its infancy, and a perusal of this despatch shows us that to a new trade in this quarter of the world, capable of indefinite extension, there are only the obstacles of an improvement in the harbour of Kurrachee, the completion of the railway from Kurrachee to Kotree, past the a elta of the Indus, and the gradual extension of main roads to Khelat, Candahar, and a 4 the Scinde country. The fair at Kurrachee is rising in importance, and presents a capital medium for bringing the British merchaets and the native Indian traders together, and the importation of manufactured articles in exchange for wool, cotton, indigo, saltpetre, &c., which are all staple corn' modifies of the Punjab. The trade of Affghanistan and the Punjab has rapidly increased in recent years, and its more rapid increase has only been retarded by the want of steam-boat accommodation on the rivers ; the number of boats is altogether inefficient, while the heavy freights, the result of this state of things, act as a great discouragement' to the native traders. There is every probability that the countries adjacent to the Indus will draw more and more their supplies from Kur rachee, the nearest pdint. The Government has now adopted Kurrachee as the natural road by which troops are forwarded to Upperlndia, and the railway,. and the river navigation will rend Commerce more and eucire in the same direction. It is not merely 888 „yBluaal9.opepiug for a general commerce with Central may use the mouth of the Indus river. ICili f f . eicashire be' cone as important cottdriAiphde'pg,t ; eieW. Orleans. Encouragement to native producers and lei 48Y - facilities will do much towards increesiog the growth of f ootton. The despatch gives 'a statement, by Mr. Edgeworth ee the commissioner, that a large quantity of cotton migh#? t he sent (+own the river from Moultan, but that its bulk is 110 greet from imperfect pressure that it cannot be stowed in steamers. He recommends the establishment. of a screw press in Moultan, and Mr. Frere, the commissioner at Ku rachee, makes the same suggesteen for that place; and these presses, the despatch informs us, have been ordered to be provided. We have still more subitantial assurances of the growth of commerce in this quarter from private enterprise. The Scinde Railway Company have just ob tained permission to survey the route from Moultan to La hore and Umritsir for a new railway, a distance of 230 miles, which, with steamers of light draught on the Indus, will connect with the Scinde line. By this means Central Asia, the Punjab, and part of the North-West provinces ) will obtain access to the Arabian Ssa by the port of Kur rachee, which is contemplated by Mr. Andrews, the chair. man of the company, as the Indian port of the Euphrates transit. — ellanchester Examiner. THE GRENADIER GUARDS. The following are the names of the officers of the Grena .tier Guards who were killed in action, or died of their wounds or from illness, during the first campaign in the Crimea : Colonel the Hon. Gros Hcod : killed in the trenches. Lieutenant• Colonel Pakenbain : killed at, Inkerman. Captain the Hon. H. Neville : killed at Inkerman. Captain Rowley : killed in the trenches. Captain Sir Robert Newman : killed at Inkerman. Lieutenant Davies : died of wounds received in the' trenches. Lieutenant. Colonel Cox : died of fatigue after flank march. Surgeon Huth waite : died of fatigue after flank march. The following officers of the Grenadier Ctia-ds, who were present at the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, are still serving in the regiment : Colonel Hamilton : wounded at Inkerman, present through• out the whole siege. Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan : afterwards on the Sar dinian Staff in the Crimea. Colonel the Hon. H. Percy : wounded at the Alma. Colonel Brownrigg, C.B. : present throughout the siege ; after the Alma he was appointed Adjutant-General of Light Division. Lieuteeant-Colonel Bradford : wounded at Inkerman. Lieutenant-Colonel Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar : pre sent throughout till July, 1855. Major Tipping : severely wounded at Inkerman ; not yet recovered. Major de Horsey : present at the Alma only. Lieutenant-Colonel Higginson, Adjutant: present through- out the war. Major Barnaby : now with Italian Legion. Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron : wounded in the trenches; subsequently attached to the German Legion. M•ijor Sir C. Russell, Bart. ; present throughout the war except three months' leave during last wiuter. Captain Bu , goyne : severely wounded at the Alma; was invalided home after it. Viscount Balgonie : subsequently on the staff; was pre• sent throughout the siege. Captain Napier Sturt : wounded at Inkerman. Captain Ba,thuist : invalided home in the spring of 1856,. Captain Verseboyle : present throughout the siege. Captain Robert Hamilton : wounded at the Alma, while carrying the colours, but continued in the action ; was present throughout the siege. Quartermaster Utley. Surgeon Wardrop. IRONM ASTERS' QUA RTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of atafford• shire and East Worcestershire commenced at Wallsall on Tuesday ; the second assembly, at which really the busi ness of these meetings begins, was held in this town this afternoon. The attendance of the trade was nut quite so numerous as usual, but notwithstanding this it was stated that the trade is steadier, and that it is wearing a heal thier aspect than characterised it two or three weeks since. All that is wanted is a good batch of orders from America to put the trade in good spirits, and dispel any slight de gree of languor which may exist. Of pig iron there was very little sold to-day, produc e r s no t being willing to ac cept lower rates, and consumers holding off for the mo ment, awaiting the chance of the commodity being bought cheaper. Prices take a somewhat wider range than usual,. but very much depends on quality; and until after the meeting of the Shropshire masters to-morrow, anti the larger meeting of the trade in Eirrningbaro, it is not easy to quote prices with any degree of accuracy. The reports to-day in relation to the demand for merchant iron were more favourable than might have been expected. It was stated that, notwithstanding the absence of American orders, the flow is so steady for almost all descriptions from other quarters, that most of the works are going on full time, and that as regards bars of best quality they cannot be bought under 9/. per ton. There is a more active/ demand, too, for sheets, for which prices are undoubt edly firmer ; and although there was no appearance of anything like buoyancy, the tone was unquestionably good. The price of ironstone is still remarkably firm ; it was stated to-day that there is no disposition to accept a frac tion lower prices, which now stand at from lßs. to 19s, per ton. . The reports as to the state of the coal trade are to the effect that it is in great plenty all over the district, and that prices are drooping ; indeed the abundance of it is evident enough, the supply being larger just now than it has bean at auy time for two years at least. 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