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SOIYTH WALES RAILWAY.-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY ORDI NARY MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held st the Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington, on WEDNE:- A.Y, the 20th day of August next, at One o'clock precisely, for the general purposes of business. A Resolution will be submitted to t he Meeting for the purpose of authorising the Coaverslon Into Stock of Shares in the Capital of the Company. The Transfer Books will be closed on the 6th August, and will not be reopened until after the said Half-yearly General Meeting en the 20th August. By order. FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 10, Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, July 29, 1856. PRINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS COURTS, Hans-place.Belgrave-sqnare.—Gentlemen desirous o f becoming members are requested to communicate with the seem tary, at the club, who will flirriish every information. .......m.... Just published, New and Improved Edition, price One Shilling. THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION'; being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS H. RA.MADGE, M.D., Yellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, Sicc. Also, by the same Author, Price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE on ASTHMA and DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. - TEIIS DAT (TUESDAY) JULL(EN.A CONCERTS.—Mme. Gas ster.—Admission, ls. Girdens open at Four o'clopk. Danson's grand Picture of the City of the Su , tan and Shores of the Bosphorus ; also of the Alps. Turkish K'o3, Stalactite Cavern. Dioramic Views, Sze. Concert to commence at Seven o'clock. Mme. Gassier, Rcenig, Ettheme, Lavigne, Reichart, and H u g hes. Model Mditary Band. An interval of half an hour for promenade between the First and Second Parts of the Concert. After the Concert, a quarter of an hour for promenade, when a superb display of Fireworks in front of the Lake, concluding with a grand Tableau of Peace driving away the Horrors of War, will be given by Southby. Admission, Is. Stalls for Concert and Fireworks may be secured at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ER MAJESTY'S TH HATRE. I Last Night but One of the Subscription. Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI. Ml2lO. ROSATI—LE CORSAIRE. ry THIS EVENING (Tuesday, July 29), will be repeated Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Mdlle. Piocelontini ; Ernesto, Signor Calzolari ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Baletti ; Don Pasquale. Signor Rossi. To conclude with the Grand Ballet, LE CORSAIRE. Medora, Madame Rosati ; Conrad, Signor Ronzani. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, A COIIICAL COUNTESS. After which SECOND LOVE. Followed by THE CAPTIVES• After which LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. To conalude with THE DOCTOR IN LOVE. ROYAL OLYM?IC TEIEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING DELICATE GnouNo. After which. M E D E A. To conclude with A CONJUG kL LESSON. ROY-li, pluNcr.sws THgATRE, OXFORD•STREET. Under the Ifanaorinent of Cnklus KEAN. THIS EVENING, MUSIC II ITII CIIATIIIS. After which. TilE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL TIIEtTr.R ADELPRI. Froprtetor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Direetreqq, Madame Celeste. THIR EVFINING, PAUL PRY. F0110w..,1 by OUR GAL. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITLIZATRE. Lessee and Monster, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The gran 1 military spectacle, TILE BATTLE OF T.IE ALM k Extraordinary scene of excitement. The Guards inv ted, and h • holding thcir comrades fighting over a7ain the memorable Battle. After which, The EQUESTRI SCENES in the CIRCLE. Mr. W. Cook highly-trained and docile horses, Sec., with a variety of other enter• tainmenti. Roo-office open fr wn Eleven till Four. Stare Manager, Mr. " West. Equestrian Director, Mr. '. Cojke. jun. HIC :I WATZR. A.T LONDON BRID3R. THE WEITITER.--StIN OFFICE, JULY 29. THCILUOIMTER, IY TM{ SEIADZ. 75 -Wiest since noon yesterday. -lovicat this morning and during the night. 75 -this day at noon. THIS DAT—Morn. 0 rain. aft. o—Evening 5g nin. aft I I Tg-rjouaow—Morn. 11 min. aft.l2 —Evening 0 min. aft. 1 BA Dimas-30R. 28 —rising. WIND, SW.—Light, with fine summer weather, - C1)41 1111 4._ • f; . LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1856. This day terminates the Sossion, in which mere has been said and less accomplished than in any previous one within the memory of man. B)th Houses, in many respects, abdicated their consti tutional functions. So far as the management of the War was concerned, and the arrangement of the terms on which Peace was concluded, they permitted themselves to be made mere cyphers in the hands of the Government—bsdies whose sole duty it was to register the decrees, and pro vide funds to meet the demands of Ministers. And yet each branch of the Legislature displayed a striking instance of independence, an unflinch ing determination to resent what it considered to be an attack on its own peculiar rights and pri vileges. In matters of the most vital importance to the honour and welfare of the nation, the policy of "abstention" as it was termed, was carried to an unparalleled and almost slavish extent ; but the moment questions were ventilated which ran counter to the prejudices and feelings of the members themselves, they immediately displayed a degree of firmness and resolution deserving the highest praise. The session found the nation engaged in a sanguinary and expensive War. Great sacrifices had been cheerfully made great successes achieved. A golden opportunity was before us, but it was grossly neglected, or rather wilfully and deliberately relinquished, and an inglorious truce was patched-up, which gave neither credit for the past nor security for the future. The British people were regularly sold. They were made the laughing-stock of Europe, for suffering themselves to be made the to o l s of Imperialism and Germanism. One Hundred Millions of money, and tens of thousands of valuable lives, were literally wasted without producing any adequate result. The first Ministerial defeat of the session was inflicted by the House of Lords. The Govern ment had conferred a Peerage for life on an emi nent Judge who had recently resigned his judicial seat. It was universally admitted that Mr. Baron PARKR was eminently worthy of a Peerage, and that the aid which he could afford in the hear ing of appeals would be of the greatest possible value. He had no male issue, and therefore it made to him no possible difference whether the limitation had been for life, or in the usual form. He was, therefore, selected as a fitting subject for the great experiment which, if successful, would have completely swamped any portion of independence that remained to the House. The attempted subversion of the hereditary attribute at once alarmed thesusceptibilitieslof indignant Peers. In such, a ?natter they felt that it was no time for the extension of a more than doubtful prerogative of the Crown. The claim of Lord WENSLEY DALE to a seat in the House was, therefore, re jected by a considerable majority. And the com promise bill was introduced, which, although carried with unparalleled unanimity in the Lords, 414 RlPPerted by all the leaden of the different parties, was most properly rejecte d by the Com- moss. Shortly after the commencement of the Session ;he Parisian Conferences were held, and, greatly against the wishes of the people, a temporary armistice was signed. From that moment it was seen that England was betrayed, and that the in terests of her people were saerifis:ed to the exi- gencies of despotism. The intelligence of the signature of the Treaty, th• lame and impotent conclusion of a war at one time conducted under more favourable auspices, was received on the Ist of April, the only suitable day for such an announcement. But even that did not break the silence of Par liament. The ratifications had not yet been ex- changed, and the chosen Representatives of the People did not hazard a single inquiry as to the nature of the terms and stipulations while there was yet time to obtain any modification thereof. But this was not all ; after the Treaty had been duly signed, sealed, and delivered—after the honour of Russia had been so vigilantly guarded and effectually preserved, the privileges whichinsured the maritime supremacy of Great Britain, which our greatest admiral had declared we would sacrifice " our last ship, our last sea seaman, and our last pound" to maintain unimpaired, were wickedly and wantonly re linquished by a stroke of the diplomatic pen, and that without the assent of the co-ordi nate Estates of the realm, or even the mere form of consultation being observed. Both Houses swallowed their respective leeks with edifying humility. They did not even venture to remon strate at the gross indignity to which they were thus subjected I Another disgrace wss inflicted on the nation. The PIERCE-MARCY Cabinet sent back Mr. CRAMPTON and three English Consuls, with gross contumely. The Government, however, accepted the castigation, turned the other cheek to the smiter, and retained Mr. DALLAS in England. It was perfectly notorious that these ill-treated gentlemen had acted entirely under instructions which they were bound to obey, but inisters permitted them to be made scapegoats, while they sneaked out of the difficulty in which they were involved, from the desire to gratify a person of extraordinary influence by the enlist ment of German troops, and the establishment of German garrisons throughout the chief towns of the country. And yet there were no questions cu which they obtained more decisive majorities than those relating to the deplorable negligence that led to the sacrifice of Kars and the foreign enlist ment in America ! Indeed on every direct trial of strength that could lead to a change of Ministry, and to the much-dreaded appeal to the country, they were well supported, while their most im portant measures were mutilated and rejected from what Mr. DISRAELI tells us was the want of confidence in the House. In the Conservative ranks there was great con. fusion and insubordination. There was, in fact, no bond of union to cement the heterogeneous materials. They were well aware that, even if they could succeed in overthrowing the PALMERSTON Government, they could not hope to form a dur able Ministry from amongst themselves ; thus the Noble Lord was permitted to retain his position, not from his own strength, but from the weakness and disorganisation of his opponents. Oa fi•ical and financial subjects the session was a complete blank. The Chancellor of the Exche quer, although the War was over, continued all the War taxes, oppressive and. intolerable as they were. He adopted no means to bring the monopoly of the Bank of England to a conclusion, or to give the notice required to get rid of Vie incubus that has so long paralysed the industrial energies of the people, and prevented the develop ment of the wonderful natural capabilities of the country. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS did literally nothing during the session, and most of his col leagues were laboriously helping him in the task. The whole was, as we have already stated, a sp3- cimen of busy idleness, unparalleled since the days of PENELOPE, who at night unravelled the web constructed during the day. Measures of Legal Reform were also introduced, but withdrawn or rejected ; and the chief measure carried at the close of the session was one for legalising the simoniacal contract entered into with two Prelates, who could not save sufficient for their declining years, although in receipt of enormous incomes for twenty-eight years and twenty years respectively, and who were there fore obliged to be bought out when no longer capable of performing their duties. For one point we return our grateful thanks to the House of Commons. Notwithstanding the union of leaders, and the potent influences brought into operation, they unhesitatingly rejected the project for burying the national collection of pic tures amongst the cabbage gardens of Kensington gore, and depriving the people of the use of their own Gallery, in order to please the Prince Consort and the aristocratic inhabitants of the favoured locality. We dwell on this with the greater pleasure, inasmuch as we have seen but little else—save the rejection of the Appellate Juris diction Bill—of which we can speak with appro bation and satisfaction. It is time that the apathy should at length be shaken off, and that the successful labours of next Session should make amends for the scanty performances of that which this day is brought to a disgraceful conclusion. A sanguinary ceup d'etat in Spain—an insur rectionary movement in Italy—a ripening revolt in the Caucasus—a spreading discontent among the vast and down-trodden nationalities grouped together under the generic title of Panslavism. Behold the first fruits of this grand and boasted Pacification ! As to the " conditions" of the Peace of Paris, they are not one jot less notorious or less discreditable to its negotiators. Con spicuous among those conditions being The craven reverting for the most part to the actual condition of things generally quo ante betlum. The Crimea again the appanage of the Russian Auto• cracy. Sebastopol again the great maritime stronghold of the CZAR. Constantinople again placed in imminent peril of falling at any moment before a well-timed descent upon its coveted splen dours by the barbaric legions of the Read of the House of ROMANOFF. The Danubian Prin cipalities again settling down into the rut of the old and anomalous Suzerainte, the dubious character of which has allowed the Hos podars of Moldavia and Wallachia to oscillate, according to the whim of the moment, be tween allegiance to the SULTAN of the Osmanli, and allegiance to the EMPEROR of the Muscovites. The freedom of navigation upon the waters of the D inube still in great measure dubious, in spite of all sorts of ingenious precautions on the part of our most astute, but at the same time most gul lible, Plenipotentiaries. The prestige of Russia among the Asiatic tribes, still very considerable, notwithstanding the heroic , rush of the allied troops up the almost impregnable acclivities of the Alma—notwithstanding the riving in two of the grand armies of the CZAR in the valley of Balaklava by the thunderbolt of the Light Cavalry Charge, di rected against the embattled ranks of the foe by the THE SUN, .i6ONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1.856-: accident of a blundering order in the hands of a petulant aide-de-camp—notwithstanding the re newal of Thermopyhe among the ruins of Inker man—notwithstanding the brilliant feat of arms achieved by France, aided by Sardinia, upon the Bridge of Traktir, and the still more brilliant and decisive victory won by France alone upon the great crowning day of the Crimean Campaign, when the Imperial tricolor fluttered at last in triumph upon the ball-riddled summit of the i Malakhoff ! Notwithstanding all these glorious deeds of the r3cent War between Russia and the Allies, the former, we repeat, emerges at length from the struggle with her prestige among the Asiatic tribes in a manner firmly and resplen dently re-established. And how ? By the per- mitted success of General MOURAVIEFF at Kars, by the infamously connived at ruse of the Russian Government—the rush by which the Allies were (through the sacrifice of Sir FENWICK WILLIAMS and his dauntless companions) to afford the Go vernment of the CZAR, at the eleventh hour and a half, the opportunity of wriggling out of their most perilous position, not merely with virtual impunity, but with the tenderest solicitude evinced by France and England that the " honour" of Russia should be in no way whatever outraged by the matter, or even, be it said, by the mere manner, of the Pacification. Such, in brief, were the infamous conditions of the very despicable Peace concocted at Paris in the spring of 1856—a Peace nego tiated avowedly with an eye to the "honour" of Russia rather than with regard to the honour 01 either France or England ! And now—the consequences of the Truce called a Pacification—have already become ap parent. Already, before the Summer of the Year of the Peace is well over,—there is the bloody overthrow of the Spanish Constitution by a per jured Sovereign and a Buccaneering Adventurer ! There are the auguries of a renewal of the old and sanguinary struggle raging so long and so implacably among the mountains of the Caucasus, between the soldiers of the warrior-prophet SCILIMYL and the mercenary legions of the Northern Autocrat ! There is the kindling again of the torch of Civil War in Italy, without any visible hope whatever that that great classic land of Genius and Freedom may emerge, yet awhile, from the eclipse of its long misrule into the daylight of Constitutional Liberty and Intellectual Emanci pation. Nor can all this be wondered at—when it is borne in mind how enormous has been the cri minality of the wilful short-comings of the Allies in the negotiation of a truce with Russia, as dan gerous to Europe, as disgraceful to themselves. A criminality, remember, involving amongst other things the total abandonment of Poland to the three robber-despots who have now for a cen tury and a half b xttoned. upon the territorial plunder won through that most odious and accursed deed of spoliation. Italy too abandoned no less than Poland. And with the Poles and Italians, moreover, the chivalrous and enlightened men of Hungary. These are the crimes of omis sion destined inevitably to hang like a palsy upon the arms of France and England when next the tocsin of a C mtinental War shall sound. While as to their crimes of commission, the actual, and visible, and substantial evil-deeds of the War, perpetrated by the Allies in the face of Christendom-13 to those, let the primary originators of tint War respond—Russia and Turkey ! Is not Russia still left the bugbear of Europe ? Is not the SUBLIMB PORTE stilt for saken in jeopardy ? Russia coming out of the conflict without any perceptible diminution of her dominions ! Turkey coming out of it weakened by the ruinous expenditure inevitable in a c )ntest of such gigantic dimen sions ! The Western Allies all the while in no way compensated for their yet more enormous disbursements—without the shadow of an indem nity as an assuagement for losses so immense both in men and treasures ! A Peace like this— carved out by the c3-operative swords of France and England ! Those two leaders of modern civilisation, who (it was expected) were destined, when once united in real earnest, to dictate terms of Peace or War, at their own good pleasure, to lie nations of Christendom ! Continuation (Ireland), Bankruptcy (Scotland), Unlawful Oaths (Ireland), Commissioners of Supply (Scotland), Intestate Personal Estates, Oxford College Estates, Commons Inclosure (No 2), Marriage Law (Scotland) Amendment, Income and Land Taxes, Stamp Duties, Race- Horse Duty, Coast Guard Service, Cor rupt Practices Prevention, General Board of Health Continuance, Militia Pay, Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, Lunatic Asylum Act Amend ment, Deeds (Scotland), Judicial procedure (Ire land), Court of Appeal in Chancery (Ireland), _ . Mercantile Law Amendment, Sheep Contageous Diseases Prevention, Courts of Common Law (Ire land), Nuisances Removal, &c. (Scotland), Forma tion, &c., of parishes, Smoke Nuisance Abatement ;Metropolis) Act, 1853, Amendment, Burial Grounds (Ireland), Lunatic Asylums (Ireland), Joint Stock Banks, County Court Act Amend- meat, Stoke Poses, Evidences on Foreign Suits, Bishops of London and Durham Retirement, Hay and Straw Trade, Metropolis Local Management, Vice-President of Committee ofCo uncil ofEd ucation , Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Hospitals (Dublin), Criminal Justice, Poor-law (Scotland), Marriage, &c., Acts Amendment, Leases and Sales, &c., Waveney Valley Railway, West End of London Railway, Severn Navigation Improvement Commission, Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway,lmprisoned Debtors Discharge Society, Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation, Dorset Centra Railway, Perth Almond Valley,and Methven Rail. way,Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverllampton Rail way(Extension of),Scottish Central Railway,Perth Burgh and Harbour (No. 2), Thorston's and Croft's Estate, Dallington Estate, Brydges' Estate, Talbot's Divorce, and Davidson's Divorce Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read Her Most Gracious Majesty's speech as follows " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express to you her warm acknow ledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your public duties during the session. " When her Majesty met you in Parliament at the opening of the session, her Majesty was en gaged, in co-operation with her Allies tho Emperor of the French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan, in an arduous war, having for its object matters of high European importance ; and her Majesty appealed to your loyalty and patriotism for the necessary means to carry on that war with the energy and vigour essential to success. " You answered nobly the appeal then made to you; and her Majesty was enabled to prepare for the operations of the expected campaign naval and military forces worthy of the power and reputation of this country. " Happily it became unnecessary to apply those forces to the purposes for which they have been destined. A treaty was concluded by which the objects for which the war had been undertaken were fully attained ; and an honourable peace has saved Europe from the calamities of continued warfare. "Her Majesty trusts that the benefits resulting from that peace will be extensive and permanent ; and that, while the friendships and alliances which were cemented by common exertions during the contest, will gain strength by mutual interests in peace, those asperities which inherently belong to conflict will give place to the confidence and good will with which a faithful execution of engagements will inspire those who have learnt to respect each other as antagonists. " Her Majesty commands us to thank you-for your support in the hour of trial, and to express to you her fervent hope that the prosperity of her faithful people, which was not materially checked by the pressure of war, may continue, and be in creased by the genial influence of peace. "Her Majesty is engaged in negotiations on the subject of questions in connection with the affairs of Central America, and her Majesty hopes that the differences which have arisen on those matters between her Majesty's Government and that of the United States may be satisfactorily adjusted. "We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that her Majesty desires to avail herself of this occasion to express the pleasure which it afforded her to receive during the war in which she has been engaged numerous and honourable proofs of loyalty and public spirit from her Majesty's Indian territories, and from those colonial posses sions which constitute so valuable and important a part of the dominions of her Majesty's crown. " Her Majesty has given her cordiaCassent to the act for rendering more effectual the police in counties and boroughs in England and Wales. This act will materially add to the security of per son and property, and will thus afford increased encouragement to the exertions of honest in dustry. " Her Majesty rejoices to think that the act for the improvement of the internal arrangements of the University of Cambridge will give fresh powers of usefulness to that ancient and renowned seat of learning. " The Act for regulating Joint Stock Companies will afford additional facilities for the advantageous employment of capital, and will thus tend to pro mote the developinent of the resources of the country ; while the Acts passed relative to the Mercantile Laws of England and Scotland will diminish the inconvenience which the differences of those laws occasion to her Majesty's subjects engaged in trade. " Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction that you have given your attention to the arrangements connected with County Courts. It is her Majesty's anxious wish that justice should be attainable by all classes of her subjects, with as much speed, and and with as little expense, as may be consistent with the due investigation of the merits of causes to be tried. " Her Majesty trusts that the Act for placing the Coast Guard under the direction of the Board of Admiralty will afford the groundwork for ar rangements for providing, in time of peace, means applicable to national defence, on the occurrence of any future emergency." " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you for the readiness with which you have granted the Supplies for the present year. "MY LORDS IND GENTLEMEN, " Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you on the favourable state of the revenue, and upon the thriving condition of all branches of the national industry ; and she acknowledges with gratitude the loyalty of her faithful subjects, and that spirit of order and that respect for the law which prevail in every part of her dominions. "Her Majesty commands us to express her con fidence that on your return to your homes you will promote, by your influence and example, in your several districts, that continued and progres sive improvement which is the vital principle of the well-being of nations; and her Majesty fer vently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may attend your steps, a nd prosper your doings, for the welfare and happiness of her people." 7e- THE ALLEGED FLOGGING IN THE MARYLEBONE WORK , HODSE.—Yesterday an inquiry, which had lasted three days, was concluded by the directors and guardians of the poor of Marylebone, in the board-room of the work house. Mr. Ryan, the master of the workhouse, and Green and Brown, the porters, were the persons whose conduct was under investigation, it having been stated in the course of some proceedings before Mr. Broughton, the magistrate, that they had violently beaten some of the female inmates of the workhouse with canes, and with a horsewhip. The surgeon of the workhouse proved that the girls, who were all under 20 years of age, had been severely maltreated. On the part of the master and the porters, it was contended that the girls, who were of the worst class, were very violent, and that it was necessary to use the canes, &c., in self-defence. At the close of the inquiry Mr. Vanheems, seconded by Mr. Tindall, moved that the master and porters be at once dismissed. The Rev. Mr. Marks also supported the motion. Mr. Batting considered a severe reprimand would be sufficient, with an intimation that a repetition of such conduct would be followed by instant dismissal. Nir. Braes seconded the amendment. The Hon. Mr. Pelham, Mr. Nicholay, and others, having strongly cen sured the conduct of the master and porters, the amend ment, after two divisions, was adopted by a small ma jOtY, LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, MONDAY, JULY 28. The steamer Bombay arrived here to-day, in 140 hours from Alexandria, at half-past 5 o'clock p.m. She left Alexandria on the 22d. The India and China mails left Alexandria on the 22d of July, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 17th of June, Bombay to the 26th of June, Hongkong to the 10th of June, and Shang hai to the 2d of June. The disturbances in Kimedy are over. The Bank of Bengal has again reduced its rate of discount by 1 per cent. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. lid. The produce-market was inactive. Exchange at Bombay, 2s. Id. The money-market was easier. Trade was depressed. The banks have reduced their rates 1 per cent. The revolution in China is progressing. 65 Chinese rebels had been beheaded in Canton in one day. Exchange at Canton, 4q• 10d. ; Shanghai, 7s. Id. Freights at Canton, 41. ; at Shanghai, Si. 10s. 'or tea. The crops of silk and tea are abundant. The mother of the ex-King of Oude has ar• rived in Egypt. itedsehid Pasha has returned to Constantinople. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. VIENNA, July 24.—The following statement ap pears in the Cologne Gazette :—A telegraphic de spatch was sent on the 22d to Gratz, ordering 3,000,000 of ball-cartridges to be sent from the magazines of that place to Italy. The Minister of War, at the same time, countermanded the orders for reducing the cavalry and artillery to a peace footing. All the troops stationed at Istria, Krain, Steyermark, and Kcernthen, have received the route. Prince Paul Eiterhazy left this day with a numerous suite for Moscow. SPAIN. We have received several despatches from Bay onne up to the 27th which, without adding any thing of a positive nature to the facts already known, continue to represent the situation of Spain in a favourable light, and leave room to hope that tranquility will soon be completely re-established throughout the Petiasula. The Messager de Bayonne, of the 25th says : " It is at Saragossa and in Arragon that the resist ance of the rebels is concentrated. Communication with this province continues to be cut off, and all the details that reach us come from the few tra vellers who arrive at Bayonne. The insurgents have adopted for their cry ‘Vive Espartero, Vive Liberte.' They never mention the name of the Queen. It is pretended that the rebel forces consist of 15,000 more or less, well armed. Con fident in their numbers the insurgents propose to occupy positions in front of the town, and to attack the troops sent against them in de tail. It is greatly to be hoped that they will act upon this project, for the regular troops will beat these undisciplined bands easily in the open field, and the struggle will terminate with much less effusion of blood than it would du in the streets of Saragossa." The Siecle ventures to reply to the article in Sun day's icionitettr. While taking note with pleasure of the homage paid by the Moniteur to constitu tional government and the principles of 'B9, the Siccie thinks it very difficult to maintain that O'Don nell's attempt was not a coup d'etat, and it differs toto coelo with the Moniteur in regard to Espartero. " The official journal," it says, " does not make sufficient allowances for the difficulties of the posi• tion in which Espartero's ministry was placed— difficulties which now appear in all their reality by the sad events that are passing in the Peninsula. We approved of the liberal and democratic ten dencies of Espartero, and we think that the Moni teur, which was alarmist the day before yesterday, is now over-confident in the re-establishment of tranquillity in the country of local franchises and pronunciamentos." The Epoca of the 22nd announces in a semi-offi cial form that the Queen has written to Marshal Narvaez, requesting him to remain in Paris. The Madrid Gazette of the 23d publishes the fol lowing decree concerning the rewards bestowed on the troops of the Madrid garrison on account of their conduct in the course of recent events : ROYAL DECREE.—In conformity with what has been explained to me by the Minister of War, in accord with the advice of the ministers, I decree as follows Art. 1. I grant a bounty of one month's eervice to the troops composing the garrison of Madrid during the days of the 14th, 15th, and 16th of the present month, a bounty that will serve for all effects of the regulation, including that of being discharged when the proper time arrives. Art. 2. I reserve to myself the recompensing in an analogous manner of the merit that may be displayed by the troops operating in other districts. Given at the Palace, the 22d July, 1856. Signed by the hand of the Queen. Tee Minister of War, LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL. From a Madrid letter of the 22d in the Inde pendance Beige we extract the following : If the insurrection is crushed at Saragossa, it is to be feared that Generals Falcon and Gurrea will retire into the mountains, when a war will arise of which it is not easy to foresee the end. General Prim, Count of Rens, arrived at Valencia yesterday morning, by a steamer from Marseilles. He is expected to-morrow at Madrid. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, MAY 1 To export one hundred tons of gold per annum is come to be looked upon as the duty of this colony, and well has she yet performed that duty, for, with the exception of 1854, when the quantity was only 91 tons, we have regularly exported more than the first named amount. Last year it was 106 tons ; this year it is certain to be considerably more, for we have already, during the first four months, or till the end of April, shipped the enor mous quantity of 45 tons. In other words, in one third of the time we have performed one-half of our allotted task, and this, too, with our popula tion almost stationary—in fact, it is not too much to assert that concurrently with a decrease in the number of miners our gold produce is increasing. The following is a weekly account of the amounts sent down by escort during the last five weeks, with the total of the corresponding weeks of last year : Weeks ending Total oz., 1855. Total oz., 1856. March 29 April 5 „ 12 .19 „ 26 217,002 257,069 The quantity sent down by escort varies accord ing to the price at which gold is selling. During the first three weeks included in the above table the selling price was 3/. 18s. 6d. to 3/. 18s. 9d. During the past fortnight it has not been more than from 3/. 163. to 3/. 163. 6d. This fact indi cates the comfortable assurance that the miners, as a whole, are so well off that they can afford to hold, and do hold, most pertinaciously, when they do not get what they believe the full value of the product of their laborious industry. During the first three months of the following years the amount received by escort, and shipped, were— Received by Escort. Shipped. Om. Oz 9. 661,957 627,116 497,137 842,428 1853 1854 1855 1855 The following shipments have been made since my last :-- Sailing. Ship. Destination. Ozs. March 29... Marion 6,01 April 8.... Nimrod .Madras 2,498 April 10.... Lawrence Madras 2,531 April 15.... Now Groat Britain... London 46,769 April 16.... Francis Honty London 106,273 April 25.... Earl of Sefton Liverpool ...... .. 37,785 April 25.... Ballarat Hong Kong ..•••• 2,556 April 25.... Thomas Ann Cole London 2017 April 25.... City of Manchester... Bombay ...... . • Apia 30.... Oliver Laing An attempt has been made to induce the miners at the gold fields, who now work separately, or in very small parties, and sink twenty shafts where one would be sufficient, to combine and enjoy all the advantages without any of the drawbacks of a joint proprietary. A vote was taken on the sub ject, and a riot ensued. The quarterly return of the' revenue for the quarter shows that the income was 741,527/., and the expenditure 541,1531., leaving a surplus of in come over expenditure of 200,3741. The total TAJO Of imports for the year 1804 was PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. QUEEN'S SPEECH. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships assembled this morning at ono o'clock, shortly after which the prorogation took place by Royal Commission, although it had been anticipated that her Majesty would have at tended in person, and have congratulated the country on our return to peace. Remarks issued from the Royal lips on occasions of this kind have far greater effect on the country than a dozen ad dresses to her Majesty's " faithful Commons " on matters of import occurring during a session of Parliament, and the country would have been much better pleased had that course been adopted now than its being done by deputy. We have heard in our time many Royal Speeches read by various Lord Chancellors, • but all of them have failed to attract that attention which irresistibly takes possession of the audience as the clear, silvery, and emphatic enunciation of our beloved Queen falls upon the ear. The weather was beautifully fine throughout the day, which drew numbers of respectably.attired persons in the neighbourhood of the palace and along the route to the Houses of Parliament, who appeared much disappointed when they found that her Majesty would not prorogue Parliament in person. The appearance of the interior of the House of Lords was exceedingly animating. There was a tolerable attendance of ladies, but they were not so numerous as whey her Majesty attends the house in person. There were, however, sufficient present to throw a charm over the scene, and their light and asriel dresses, varied with delicate hues, combined with the brilliant colour and gorgeous robes of the Peers, as the rays of the sun through the stained windows cast a rich and mellow light over all, sufficient, however, to bring out in strong relief the gilding and other decorations of the vaulted roof, as well as the interior generally, pri sented a most brilliant and charming scene. Lord Wensleydale was present, and sat on one o. the cross benches. Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, with Mrs. and Miss Dallas, were in one of the side galleries, attired in deep mourning. After the transaction of some unimportant busi ness, the Sneaker and members of the House of Commons appeared at the bar of their Lordships' house, when the Royal assent was given by com mission to various bills. The Royal Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Willoughby D'Ere3by, Lord Monteagle, Lord Stanley:of Alder ley, and the Earl of Harrowby. ROYAL ASSENT. The following bills received the Royal assent by commission :—Consolidated Fund, Charities, Cambridge University, Court of Chancery (Ire land) Receivers, Coatham Marriages Validity, In demnity, Episcopal and Capitular Estates Continuance, Customs (No. 2), Railways Act (Irolaua) 1851 Continuance, Turarik®U Acta r`~ ~ ] ~: 17,742,9981., whilst for 1855 it was 11,508,9041., AN ENGLISHMAN'S ACCOUNT OF TB showing a decrease of 6,174,0941. The total value RISING A.T BARCELONA. of exports for 1851 was 11,787,2261., against 13,469,1941. in 1855, showing an increase of 1,681,9681. This increase arises from the produce of the gold fields, which exhibit an export of 10,903,6451. for 1855, against 8,255,550 for 1854. Wool for the same period shows a falling-off in the exports of 239,3131., being 1,390,6211. for 1855, against 1,629,9341., for 1854. Around the gold fields wheat culture is largely on the increase, and steam flour mills are in the course of erection. Three times the breadth of wheat has been sown in many districts as com pared with the last. The papers complain of the decrease in the num ber of of immigrants. Tho electric telegraph is about to be extended to the principal gold regions. The members of the Philosophical Institute at Melbourne had given a complimentary banquet to the Rev. Dr. Scoresby. Having just seen in a copy of your journal (Times) a telegraphic message received at Paris, conveying the im pression that order was restored at Barcelona on Satur day, the 19th, I venture to trouble you with a real state ment of facts, having been an eye-witness from the com mencement of the outbreak, ou Friday, the 18th f till order was completely restored, which most certainly it was not till the Tuesday following. I arrived from Malaga at Barcelona on Thursday afternoon, the 17th. Upon approaching that port Nvo were not allowed to land till the captain first went on shore and gave the authorities the assurance that certain suspected persons were not among the passengers. On Friday, about three in the afternoon, the principal pro menade, the Rambla, was thronged with riotous groups, crying out " V,va Epartere !" before the civil guard house, and nearly opposite to the hotel, the Quatro Nations, in which I was staying. While at dinner, about half-past five o'clock, we were startled by a discharge of cannon and a rattle of musketry in the promenade before us. This, with the imme• diate occupation by a large body of troops, had the effect of directly clearing the promenade of thoso disp)sed to riot, who retired into a nar row street, called the Calle del Union, running out COMMERCIAL. RATES OF EXCLUNGE,—On Loudon, at 30 days' sight, 2 prem. FREIGHTS.—To London : Wool, $(.l. per lb. ; hided, 455. to 503. per ton ; gold 3J. to 42d. per oz. : ditto, in large quantities, 3d. per oz.—To Liverpool : Wool id. per lb. tallow, 40s. to 50s. per ton ; hides, 40. f. to 455. per tan, gold 4d. per oz. ; do. in large quantities 4d. of the promenade on the south side, and also into ano ther street of some length, called the Calle Nueva, about 65 yards in an oblique direction from the door of the Quatre Nations. Here barricades were commenced, and also in a narrow street on the other side of the pro- per oz. MELBOURNE, April 30.-We have to state that the markets remain steady, and very little change has oc curred in prices. In some articles there bas been a good deal of speculation ; but this has been very much checked by the news recently received of negotiations for peace, as it is thoroughly understood that, in return for our very large exports of gold during 4 the present year, we shall have a renewal of shipments of merchan dise to a large extent, and speculators are becoming daily more timid. Indeed, many persons look forward to another glut, and probably another crisis, at no dis tant date. The stocks on the diggings at this moment are considered to be far from abundant ; but, as explained in former reports, the storekeepers in the interior no longer anticipate an interruption of traffic from bad roads during the winter, or a material rise in carriage. Besides this, the internal production is now so large, that for provisions especially the demand is trifling compared with that of former years. MELBOURNg LABOUR MARKET, April 26.-Inquiries for agricultural and for all kinds of unskilled labour have been on the increase during the week, and the numbers offering have not been anything like equal to the demand. Quarrymen and men used to rail way work are much wanted. In the present scarcity of such labour all a'nle-bodied men who seek for work are finding ready employment, at full rates. Of skille labour there is plenty ; nearly every branch of the build ing trade is overdone, notwithe.taniing there has been a successful movement among the masons to shorten the daily hours of labour to eight hours instead of ten. This movement is about to be taken up by the other trades. Fema , e servants are very scarce, and are much wanted. S',!araring laliour is very plentilu!. With ra tions : Married couples, withcut families, from 751. to 90/. per annum ; ditto, with families, 551. to 65/. ; gar deners, 501. to 601. ; grooms, 401. to 50/. ; stock-keepers, 601. to 701. ; shepherds, 351. to 401. ; hutkeepers, 251. to 301.; general farm servants, 1/. ss. per week; threshing and cleaning, ls. per bushel ; hay-cutting, 9s. per ton ; bullock drivers, on the roads, 303. per week ; ditto, on stations, 255. ; men cooks, 701. to 90/. per annum ; female ditte 301. to 45/. ; thorough female servants On great demand), 301. to 40/. ; housemaids, 201. to 281. ; laundresses, 3 01. to 351. ; nursemaids, 151. to 201. The fol lowing are considered the standard weekly rations : 1211, beef or mutton, 10Ib flour, 21b suear, :Of) tea. Without rations : compositors, is 4'l per 1000 ; do. by the week, 41. 4s ; pressmen, 41. to 41. 108 ; carpenters, 12s to 14s per day ; masons, 14s to 16s; bricklayers, 141 to 16s ; blacksmiths, 16s ; quarrymen, 103 to 12s ; woodsplitter and fencers, 54 to 7s per ton; fencing by the rod, material to split only, 6s. ; labourers on the roads, 9s. to 10s. per day --wood, water, and tents found. Seamen : For home or the east, 51. per month; in coasters, 51. ; cooks and stewards, 51. to 6/. ; mates, for coasters, Si. per month. MELBOURNE WOOL MARKET.—The favourable advice per Royal Charter have had little effect here beyond causing the fellmongers to seek higher rates for secured and handwashed wools, but which we have heard of being paid as yet in one instance only. The quantity shipped has been as follows :--Froin October 10, 1855, to April 5, 1856, 10,021,815 lb.. value 629,718/ ; from April 5 to April 19, 1856, 504,296 lb., value 47,2611. ; total 10,526,1111 b., value 676,979/. There has been no public sales since our last, and they will he only occa sionally held till next season, the whole clip having been already shipped. Prices at our last quotations. TALLOW AND HIDES.-Our market fu- the former ar ticle has been flat since the news per Royal Charter, and shippers have now ceased to operate, there being no margin left between this and house market prices. Of hides there are few offering since the sailing of the Thomas Ann Cole, on the 27th inst., which cleared the market. Prices nominal. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—ELECTION OF ASSISTANT SECRE T TARP.—There were 100 candida`es for the office of assis tant secretary. T.) reduce this number the council ap pointed a committee (on which no examiner was placed) to investigate the antecedents and claims of the various candidates. Tbie committee reported the names of 16 gentlemen as fitting candidates for the office. The can didates were examined by the Rev. Dr. Booth, D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Professor Brower, King's College ; Professor Brown, Kin.e'e College ; the Rev. W. Eliiett ; Professor Mariette, King's College ; and Dr. Wiutzer, King's College, who were selected by the council to conduct the examination. 01 the close of the examination, the ex aminers returned the names of the five following gen tlemen as having acquitted themselves the best in the trial :—Edward Hoboes, Charles Critchett, equal ; M. H. Wilkie, Dr. Henry, J. P. Bidlake. The council have elected Mr. Critchett to the office. THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA.—The True Californian gives the following account of the dreadful sufferings endured by the passengers who left New York in April last for California, by way of Nicaragua : " The steamer Orizaba left New York on the Bth of April, with some 500 passengers for California, by way of Nicaragua. On the 16th she arrived at San Juan, and the passengers disembarked. By means of open boats they started up the river during a soaking rain. The exposure caused them much suffering. When they arrived at Castilla they wers informed that the transit across the country was closed ; and after two days' delay, during which they were constantly exposed to the weather, they were told that if they chose they could return to New York ; but only 15 mi nutes were allowed them ; and as they were compelled to abandon their baggage in case they concluded to go back, 300 of the passengers determined to push on. Th were taken to Granada, where they were detained a month, notwithstanding that an epidemic was prevailing there. Here the most fearful disease commenced to rage wnorig them. In four weeks 79 of the 300 were buried. During this time they suffered every privation ; many were without means, and those who had money were compelled to put up with extortion and rubbery at every hand. On the 20th of May, in the evening, news reached Granada of the arrival of the Sierra Nevada at San Juan del Sur, and three hours were given to the sur viving passengers, sick and well, to get on board the Lake steamer. At the time it was pouring rain, and p1:11 dark. The sick were carried down in the best manner possible, all getting thoroughly drenched. Upon reaching the landing of the Lake steamer they were kept in the rain until they had exhibited their tickets, which detained them several hours. Finally all were crowded on board, but beaire morning three of the sick died and were sent on shore. On the Lake steamer the scene is described as having bean dreadful. The passengers were crowded together like sheep in a pen. There was scarcely room for the sick to lie down. For 19 hours they were thus confined, and suffering every torture of body and of mind. Several poor wretches gave up the ghost in the boat, and others died whilst attempting the journey from the Lake to San Juan. After they embarked in the Sierra Nevada the sickness broke out again, and during the passage from San Juan to this port 33 deaths oe curred. The sufferings on the Sierra Nevada beggars all description. The officers of the steamer did all in their power to alleviate their sufferings, but that was little. No time was lest in disposing of the dead, and the body was hardly allowed to get cold before it was thrown overboard. The safety of the living demanded that there should be no unnecessary detention of the dead. FATAL ACCIDENT.—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, May 30. — On the morning of Tuesday, April 29, her Majesty's brigantine Dart being at anchor off the Quillimaine river, about eight miles from the shore, the cutter, with Mr. M'Clune, second master commanding, Lieut. Wood ruff, R.M., nine men, and a black boy, belonging to the Quillimaine, left the ship to proceed up the river. On Saturday morning, as the cutter had not returned, the gig was sent in search of her, shortly after which a Por tuguese boat arrived alongside the Dart with one of the cutter's crew, from whom were obtained the following particulars :—On Tuesday morning the cutter, on near ing the bar of the river, was nearly swamped by a heavy sea, and the next one turned her over. One of the men, named M'Nabb, immediately disappeared ; two others swam ashore, and the rest clang to the boat till all but the narrator and two others gradually lost their hold, and were drowned. These three drifted with the b•at about 20 miles to the N.E., and on Wednesday morn ing f oun d themselves so near the land that he himself swam ashore ; the two others held on by the boat until she grounded. As soon as this information reached the Dart, the gig , w hich had returned, was again sent, under the charge of t he g unner, to Quillimaine, an d on Satur day even i n g she came back with four of the survivors, who stated that, after the upsetting of the boat, Mr. M'Clune, who wore heavy blanket clothing, was one of the first who sank ; Lieut. Woodruff held on longer, but at length, overcome by exhaustion, he also disap peared. The three men who had remained by the boat stated that they had reached Quillimaine about an hour before the boat from the Dart arrived. Names of officers and men drowned :—Mr. J. P. M'Clune, second master commanding ; Lieut. Woodruff, Royal Marines, of her Majesty's ship Castor ; Wm. Jenkins, quartermaster ; Thos. Hanrahan, captain foretop ; Geo. Tait, ordinary seaman ; Jas. M'Nabb, ditto ; all belonging to her Ma jesty's ship Castor. The black boy, who joined at Quil limaine, is supposed to have been taken down by a shark while swimming to the shore. Mr. Ware, master's assistant, who succeeded to the command after the death of Mr. lel . Clune, Seto, to thauk i,he Gem , eruor of Quill'' inaiwe for his prompt assistance on the melancholy faeca -1 1 sign. manacle ; the troops at once opened fire with musketry, with occasional discharge of cannon. Firing continued, without breathing-time between the shots, for two hours. We then only had occasional discharges of the musketry till 11 at night, when the fire was tremendous, and we had quite enough of cannon and musketry to deafen one for life. The insurgents returned the fire from the houses in these streets, most of which were in their occupation. but they were more careful of their ammunition stores than the troops. The troops by 1 o'clock in the morn ing had quite succeeded in stopping the barricades ; but each side retained their position, with only occasional discharges of musketry, till Saturday morning. The steamer Balear brought the substance of the information to Marseilles, which was telegraphed to Paris, and so appeared in your columns. It left Barcelona at 8 o'clock in the morning (Saturday), when we were enjoying a few hours of temporary quiet, but the troops had then made no attempt to enter the disturbed streets. Early that morning an order from Zapatero, the Captain Gene ral, was posted about the city, commanding the militia, whose sympathies were said to Leon the popular side,to dis arm in one hour on pain of death. This had, generally speaking, the desired effect in Barcelona itself, but some joined the disturbers. Shortly after 11 we were "drifted"' from a few hours repose into war. Our hotel and some of the adjoining houses in the Rambla were taken pos. session of by the troops, who really were most prodigal in the discharge of ammunition from the roofs, without taking particular aim at anything. The troops, from the entrance to the disturbed streets, and also from the roofs of these houses in the Rambla, kept up a tremendous fire throughout that day. The insurgents, from their position of shelter in the houses in the disturbed streets, were enabled to carry on a most fatal fire against the troops at tie entrance of those streets, and to single out the cfficers, among whom a General officer was severely wounded. About 2 o'clock a barricade was carried by the pioneers, and several prisoners were captured. Am bu'ances, carrying dead and wounded troops, kept going backwards and forwards along the Rambla to the cita del throught the day. Many prisoners were taken by the troops, but no attempt was made to penetrate these streets. On Sunday morning at 5 o'clock firing com menced at all points, and was carried on without cessa tion for 11 hours. It was evident that the insurgents were making extraordinary efforts. Outside the walls a force came to relieve the insurgents. Their approach had been anticipated by the troops, and they were put to flight with the loss of 20 killed, and some prisoners fell into the hands of the troops. About half•past 12 the southern fort and the castle opened fire upon these dis turbed quarters. About 4 o'clock we heard a flourish of trumpets ; the municipal authorities were pro ceeding down the Rambla to the Captain-General to ask for a truce, and to see if some accommodation could not be effected. A temporary truce was granted. In the meanwhile the rioters were enabled to re•erect the bar ricades, and to take also up a considerable part of the pavement of one of these streets. As the troops sts cloned at the heads of these streets were much exposed, and were really suffering severely from the fire of the surgents from the houses, who, without wasting their ammunition, were singling out the officers, small ball proof enclosures were placed here, the wall composed of sandbag=, forming shelter for the troops. On Monday morning firing commenced at a very early hour. A report got abroad that the great Gen. Prim hal arrived to take the command, and most decisive steps would be taken. This, however, turned out not to be true, as, though the great general visited-the scene of action, he was only passing through. It was, how -1 ever, now apparent that flume more decisive measures were being taken. All random firing from the houses was nearly stopped, and large bodies of troops, with artillery and battalions of infantry and cavalry, were being moved up. and continued supplies of ammunition and stores. A large body of the National Guards, who arrived to reinforces the insurgents, were arrested at the gate. The firing of cannon from the forts and batteries became incessant. One of the disturbed streets above our hotel in the Rambla was carried by the troops, with very great loss on each side. Soon after midday the Calle del Union was also carried, and shortly after that, after one hour's roost vigorous bombardment, the trum pet sounded fur a charge, and Coe troops, with a cheer, jumped over their defences into the Calle Nueva, im mediately opposite the hotel ; the first three men were shot down on entering it. The charge was successful, and the street was most bravely carried, with consider able loss. All the town now fell into the hands of the troops. A large body of the insurgents fled to the walls ; they were pursued by the Lancers, who overtook them at Gracias, one mile up the Rambla, and speared at least 200 of them. During the night the southern fort con• tinned to fire upon the retreating insurgents. It was, of course s hard to obtain any correct estimate at present of the numbers killed and wounded, but I have good authority for saying that 25 officers were killed. The troops behaved admirably. In one regiment the three senior officers were killed, and the insurgents throughout fought most vigorously. ,Probably not less than 1,000 on both sides were killed, and an English resident in formed me that he saw 50 thrown into one grave on the Tuesday morning. Certainly the killed and wounded must amount to 2,000 ; the whole of Tuesday was occu pied in the burial of the dead. The British Vice-Consul, who had the misfortune to live in the Calle del Union, having been confined to his house without food, escaped over the roofs of the houses, not without considerable danger of being shot by the fire of the insurgents, and took refuge at an adjoining hotel. I write this immediately upon reaching France from Barcelona, and hope this simple narrative and correct statement of facts may be of service. ,ey MOVEMENT OF SPECIE.—Of the specie brought by the Royal mail steamer Canada, from Boston and Halifax, which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday evening, amounting to $788,635, nearly one-half, or $380,000 were on French account, and will be forwarded by the Cunard steamer Shamrock, which sails from Liverpool this (Tuesday) forenoon for Havre. REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM.--NOTTINGHAM, Monday.—An address from a second candidate (Mr. Ernest Jones) has just been issued. Mr. Jones says that be is in favour of granting the vote to every male adult of sound mind not undergoing punishment for crime ; that he is an advocate of the ballot ; a supporter of equal constituencies ; that he is in favour of the aboli tion of a property qualification for the representation; payment of members while serving a constituency, and the limitation of a member's term of office to one year. We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. H. Inskip, late the City editor of the Morning Post, The deceased gentleman had been connected with our con temporary for a long series of years, and had a large circle of friends amongst the commercial classes. His loss will be most deeply felt, inasmuch as his urbane manners and gentlemanly accomplishments won the friendship and commanded the ecteem of all with whom he was brought into contact. We are but echoing the universal opinion of those who knew him, when we say that his loss will not be easily supplied, for a kinder man or a more courteous gentleman in all his communications with his brethren of the press, never drew breath. By one and all his loss is deeply felt and most sincerely la. mented. AMNABLE RELATIONS WITH RIISSIA.—During the re cent voyage of the Ward Jackson, screw steamer, to the great maritime capital of Russia, her captain became the hero of an adventure not unworthy of record. A boat carrying two officers put off from the ship of a Russian admiral at Cronstadt, and boarded the merchant steamer. The captain (Weatherley) showed his gallant visitors the respect due to their rank, invited them to his cabin, and, before they left him, entertained them with the good E ng li s h f are w ith w hi c h all the vessels of the West Hartlepool line are so excellently supplied. Nor were the Russian officers to be outdone in courtesy by the hearty British tar as the sequel discovered. Captain Weatherley and his officers were honoured by being invited to return the visit of their newly acquired naval friends, and did so. Several of the Russian officers spoke English fluently ; mutual congratulations on the advent of peace and mutual good wishes on the prospects of the hopeful future were exchanged; and the entente cordiale was most cordially and joyousV cemented. The parting incident in this very pleasing intercourse in the Baltic, however, remains to be told. In the course of conversation,oae of the Russian officers, who had inspected the Ward Jackson, expressed his surprise at the number of guns and large quantity of powder she bad on board, and asked for an explanation of the circumstances. Captain Weatherley, having no plot to conceal, gave the only answer of which the ques tion admitted. "The powder 1 Oh, to salute our friends, to be sure." "Then," responded the Russian officer, recollecting that they had not been saluted, " are not the Russians friends I" " Ay, friends indeed," re plied the captain, "but (seriously) you know it would be quite an insult for a merchantman to fire a salute before an admiral's ship. And so it would. The Russian officer knew that in naval etiquette such a per petration is unheard of ; but he was not to be overdone in civility. Instead of a confirmation of his view of the case, Captain Weatberley received a gentle hint that a salute would be considered the reverse of uncompli mentary. This was the evening before he had to return; and next morning in putting out of the Mole, his crew being, like his ship, in excellent trim, he boldly fired an admiral's salute and raised the Russian colours to the fore. This wm ax.mecliate:7 folio ;d ! v the hoitting of the British ensign by the 'Russian admiral, and, with still louder ordnance, the full and handsome reciprocation of the auspicioue compliment ..-Lectii l'igatgetcr. a ~,. r ' tt hi (14 ~' 3] 8 Ne N( TI th th rn da ni 1) ' d ~~