The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-31 00:00:00

'r TEMA. "HE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Sir. E. T. Smith. NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public, Subs •ribers and Patrons of the Royal lipera, are respectfully informed, th it, in can .iiequenre of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there will be NO Pe.E OR MANCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be suspended until f urther Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Dra7-lane, July 'A, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. llnder the management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, jou 31, Will be performed THE OLD CRATEA.U. Characters by Meagre. Howe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Bnckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam. and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TJ'IF. , t TEE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaLassa Sian. THIS EVENING. JEW St, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley. Biker, and Cat.hcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, JVining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and. Salter ; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and Y. Terry. To conclude with THE HILT OF THE BALLET. TELEATBE ROYAL ADELPHI. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENDTG, JULY 31, win be performed A - NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Principal charac ters by Mr. Leigh Anrray and Miss Woolgar. Aft e r which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A. MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. To conclude with THE COURIER OF LYONS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. • Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. JrLY 31, Wlfl be performed TO ORLI4E HENSON. supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E. I tuner. To be followed by THE FIR Se NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Orm •age. To conch:We with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Al'croft. THIS EVENING, JULY 31, • Will be performed CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters by :Messrs. Herbert, Morgan, and Belford; Misses H. Gordon, F. Beaa mont, and Wharton. Followed by FAUST A'D MARGUERITE. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. stalls, 4s. ; Boxes, 25. 6d.; Pit, Gallery. 6d.; Private Rox 1 is. , o be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENA. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DAMSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—ill the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession. concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. .M.IIIIIIII ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITHRATKx. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Scenes without a parallel i—Triumphant and brilliant career of the Cossacks ! First night of a new Mythological Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet - d'Actioi. TIM appearance of Herr Christcif, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. THIS EVENING, The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, the novel and skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE, by Professors of the that class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. HRRR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHER:4 FRANCISCO, in their incomprehen• Bible and astonishing performances. The whole to conclude with, first time, a new Equestrian Melo dramatic Ballet, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGII I AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love aming the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAT7—lforning 38 min.after 5 I Evening 57 min.aft. 5 T,,-Nfoaftew—hiorning 18 min.after 6 1 Mvening 40 min.^ft. 6 rHE WEATHER.-Blns Oman, JULY 30. TREENOMETICB, IN THE SHADS. 71—highest since noon on Saturday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day, at noon. as.somirratt, 30 . 05—falling rapidly. WIND, S.W.—Light, with occasional sunshine, cloudy, and sultry weather, portending a thunder-storm. At half-past 3. a thunder-storm burst all over the north-west 9f London, but none in the east or south. JULY 31. 77 —highest sines noon yesterday. 82 - lowest this morning and during the night. 75—this day at noon. &motormen, 29.88—still falling. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Fresh, with warm, cloudy weather, inclining to rain. —Afternoon, showers of rain. , k 7 T ,e,..4. , ,-----. ..........,... .• ;....,,,... T . ; . §3.1,n0 LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1854. The patience of the people of England in regard to the war with Russia has been now, during some months, rather severely exercised. We have been waiting for news of some decisive victory over the Russians—it matters not whether from the fleet in the Black Sea or from the fleet in the Baltic, from the coast of the Crimea or from the shores of the Gulf of Finland. It has not unrea sonably been felt that expectations of some large success on the part of the Allies might be cherished after all the wonderful things that had been ac complished iu the way of warlike preparations. It is scarcely fair to accuse the community of over eagerness in looking before this for news of some decisive advantage. It is scarcely fair, because never was the confidence of the population on either side of the Channel more clearly authorised, as it were, by the unprecedented grandeur and pecu liarity of concurrent circumstances. It may be all very true that even NELSON required time in order to effect any one of his unparalleled achievements. But NELSON was obstructed in his movements in various ways un known to the naval commanders of our own gene ration. He had no steam-power at all—his sail ing vessels being wholly dependent upon the casualties of weather, upon the accidents of wind and tide, mitigated as these were, of course, upon occasion, by the various skill, of his officers, in the science of navigation. Again, NELSON was opposed to, instead of being aided by, the power ful maritime force of our French neighbours. As to warlike operations upon land, moreover—it is surely not undeserving of remembrance that a campaign wa s b egun and completed within four teen days by NAPOLEON. And NAPOLEON, not less than NELSON, was unassisted by steam-power. He could not transport his troops at pleasure from one point to another on board Isar-vessels, moved by the force either of the paddle-wheel or the screw-propeller. If he wanted to convey in telligence to any distance with unusual speed, he was compelled to have recourse either to the rapid gallop of the courier, or to the old, tedious, un certain, and often fog-interrupted Semaphore. The Railway system had yet to be organised by old ROBERT STEPHENSON. The electric telegraph had yet to be brought into actual operation by the astounding and almost miraculously successful experiments made nearly simultaneously just six teen years after the death of the glorious captive of St Helena, at Munich by STETNHEIL, at N ew York by MORSE, and at London by WHEATSTONE. co urse, to grumble, because It were frivolous, of . - every age has not a NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Commanders-in - Chief, or among its military s because there are not sea Capt ains com p arable to HoRATIO NELSON, in every successive generation. NO —granted but it may surely be allowable to • complain. that, while so much could be accom plished by them respectively within such com paratively short intervals without the steam engine, the paddle-wheel, 19 t; ....4without th e • railway and the screw-propeller, and the electric telegraph, l &-- -7 1- -, -4.Vritliout lone, p 7( - ---- ssits -,-range guns, and Minie bullets and - , ~,,,, , . ---- . E8 8,..p lip by h 141 ; ,Arl no the o anything ,-, ~ --.7-.- (7vtohre witrS —.l:opi linots o e nt _ ll after month, one by aidedYthing being done by the , but the united) power of ranee and England, .;,.\, „, 'N -by all these advan ages, combined with many others t enumeraed. 7dt/a S MaNNever were fleets and arm i es sent out t under such 1 a combination of auspicious circumstance s . N ay , the combined fleets now in the Euxine under Admirals DIINDAS and HAMELIN, and those up the Gulf of Finland under Admirals NAPIER and DESCHENES, are, we believe, in strength and general capacity, a ltogether without a parallel in the history of naval warfare. While the military contingents landed by England at Scutari, and by France at Gallipoli, and afterwards hastened onward from the former place to 'Varna, and from the latter to Adrianople—although they have been surpassed in numbers repeatedly, have never been equalled in condition, vigour, and discipline. Neverthe less, while England and France united have thus sent out against the one barbarous enemy, Russia, such fleets and such armies to aid a gallant Ally already flushed with repeated vic tories—weeks, months, seasons flit by in rapid succession, and absolutely nothing has been yet accomplished. Nothing, that is to say, in any way_ calculated to bring the struggle to a defini tive conclusion. A terrible abundance of shells and shot has been poured into Odessa. Her Ma jesty's ship Tiger has been lost. The Sulina mouth of the Danube has been cleared and its deserted batteries newly fortified. The vacated strong holds along the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea have been occupied. Steam-frigates have moved inquisitively about the entrances to the harbours of Sebastopol. The vicinity of Sweaborg has been sounded. Cronstadt has been reconnoitred. There has beeu the roaring of a cannonade not only at Odessa, but later on also at Bomer sund. But the pride of the Cwt has not yet been laid low by a crushing victory won by the Allies by sea or by land, in the Black Sea or in Baltic, on the banks of the Danube or at the mouth of the Neva hard by the capital of St. Petersburg. Yet_ artists were sent out with the fleets and armies to sketch the glorious deeds of arms that were to be accomplished The photo graphic apparatus accompanied the Anglo-French contingents to secure fac similes of the scenes which were tobe immortalised by a series of heroic achieve ments. As if the hopes of the nation could not be o ther wise sufficiently exalted, reviews and banquets were given both at home and abroad, reviews and banquets calculated only while delaying the serious opera tions of the campaign to inflame to Lhe uttermost pitch of enthusiasm the already excited ardour of the population. After all which—spring arrives, summer elapses, autumn comes, winter approaches —and now, when at last the press and the people begin to clamour at the sluggish conduct of the Allies, it is said that they are ignorantly over hasty in their complaints, as they had been pre viously unprofessionally precipitate in their antici pations. Howbeit, war cannot be made against Russia all the year round. And again we say —winter approaches. It was winter that destroyed the mighty army, and paralysed the gigantic genius of the Emperor NAPOLEON the Great. Has the lesson taught to mankind by the events of 1812, indeed, been taught in vain ? It would be well to bear this in mind now that we are really at war with Russia, and now that being at war with Russia winter is rapidly advancing upon the allies to impede, and at last wholly to interrupt, their operations. Above all, those who were reluctant to enter upon the struggle, having entered upon it, should prove themselves doubly prompt, and strenuous, and determined in their endeavours to bring it as speedily as possible to a successful termination. The trial of the men engaged in the poaching affray in which poor Mr. BAGSHAWZ met hii death has terminated in an acquittal. Nothing could be more fair and impartial than the investi gation which took place at Detby, on Saturday. After the verdict, an application was made to ad- journ the trial of a second indictment, for a felo nious assault on a man named SLACK, one of Mr. BAGSHAWE'S followers, until next assizes ; but this having been rejected by the Court, no evi dence was offered to sustain the charge. A ver dict of " Not guilty" was then taken, and the parties were discharged from custody. Here, then, is the termination of this truly melancholy affair, in which a high-minded and universally esteemed young gentleman was cut off in the very commencement of a career that pro mised to be one of no ordinary prosperity. But a few short weeks since Mr. BAGSHAWE occupied a truly enviable position, possessing all that could render life desirable. He was gifted with health and strength, a powerful and vigo rous constitution, and ample fortune to provide the means for every rational enjoyment. He had not long completed his collegiate course when called upon to occupy the important position of an English landed proprietor, and justice of the peace, and deputy-lieutenant. He was an ardent lover of the different field sports, and as we have stated was respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He was just entering on the prime of life, being in the 26th year of his age. Such was the condition of this lamented gentleman on Wed nesday, the 19th of July. Before noon the fol lowing day he was an insensible corpse, and had his life been spared it is more than probable that his intellect was irretrievably gone, and that he would have lingered out the remainder of his miserable existence as a hopeless, drivelling idiot, an object of pity to the hard-worked and scantily fed labourer. This deplorable catastrophe was owing to the rash and headlong impetuosity with which he endeavoured to vindicate his rights, and to put down poaching with the strong hand. His late father, it appeared, possessed a right of fishing in the river Wye, and his executor and trustee had authorised Mr. BAGSHA.WE, jun., to use the fishery and preserve the fish, which, according to the Learned Judge who presided on the trial, carried with it an authority to apprehend poachers. A ruling which, however, might have been seriously questioned had the case terminated in a con vic tion. Possessing, or believing he possessed, this power, Mr. BAGSHAWE adopted measures for the purpose of detecting persons whom he believed to be illegally capturing the fish in which he conceived himself to have a vested interest. For this purpose he was in the habit of accompanying his keepers at night, to watch the river. On Wednesday, the 19th of July, he found that a numerous body of poachers had assembled, and although his party only consisted of five persons in all, he was de sirous of making an immediate attack on a body of more than double their number, who were probably well armed, and determined to resist to the uttermost. He was with difficulty dissuaded from the rash attempt until he could obtain further assistance. When, however, he procured a further reinforcement, giving him seven resolute followers, and a bull-dog, he could no longer repress his excitement, but giving the signal, in the rather emphatic words, " Go into them," dashed forward to the encounter, at the same time striking right and left with a formidable instru-, ment, called on some occasions " a life-preserver,' but more appropriately designated "a skull cracker." to be cracker." Th e b u ll-d og was at the same time let slip against the poachers, and two shots were fired , which hoped were directed against the dog, an d n at a ny which almost of th e h uman assa il an ts. Certain it is that n e ith er M took plat©, r. BAGSHAWE nor any of his pa rt y received any gunshot wound. . w . d concerned conflict in hnischht received. more or l ess inju rY M _T. BAGSHAWE s wounds wer e th e most severe. His skull was fractured, and he died within little more than twelve hours after the affray. Under these circumstances, the jury could find no other verdict than that which they Poor Mr. BIGSHAWE was clearly the aggressor ;for without a word of remonstrance, without a single demand to surrender, he rushed to the encounter, using a deadly weapon with terrific power. Had one of the poachers bee n kill e d, h e, a macis o tra e t r. e specially deputed to preserve the peace of the district, might have been placed in a very serious predicament. It was true that the parties were engaged at the time in an illegal transaction, but that did not warrant any man, although entitled to take them into custody, to use such formidable violence, or to set on a ferocious brute like a bull dog. His own conduct, rash and reckless in the extreme, was just as illegal as that of the men who were placed upon their trial, and fully justi fied them in striking in self-defence. If they had been arrested they could only have been punished by a pecuniary fine, not exceeding 51, over and Tiiit'SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31, iAS4. above the value of the fish, inasmuch as the water did not " run through or be in the land adjoining or belonging to the dwelling-house of the person being the owner of the said water." It was therefore clearly wrong of Mr. BAGSUANVE to at tempt to inflict injuries so far beyond the extent of the punishment authorised bylaw ; and through his own culpable rashness he met his death, and his coun try has to deplore the loss of a fine, high-spirited gentleman. We trust that other game-preservers may derive a profitable lesson from this melan choly event—that they may strive to act legally themselves while endeavouring to make others re spect the law. Not an assizes takes place that Judges do not deprecate, in the strongest terms, the employment of ferocious dogs and formidable weapons by gamekeepers, matters which stimulate the poachers to resistance. They—the poachers —are bound, under a heavy penalty, not to re sist their lawful apprehension, but there is no law to compel them to submit to be torn by a savage beast, or to submit to a beating from those ap pointed to preserve game or fish a d to capture trespassers. GUN-BOATS. Ni 0N E Y MAR KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with firmness at previous rites. The sales comprised 6,500 bales of American, 50 Pernam and iVlaranham at 6id., 400 Egyptian at 74d., 400 Surat at 3d. to 31d., and 20 Sea Island at is. lid. to ls. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The West India accounts notice the various plans suggested in Jamaica for raising the value of the Island Notes, but none of them seemed imme diately practicable. The Panama Railway was drawing labour away, which had given rise to much discussion. The accounts received from Hamburgh state that the French troops arrived in the Baltic had all the requisites for a winter sojourn, including the hospital necessaries, &c. It was supposed the islands of Oesel and Dagoe would be occupied. These are in the Gulf of Finland, and the first named is tolerably populous, facing, in some measure, the coast of Courland and Livonia. In Poland, General Rudiger, it was stated, will be Commander-in-Chief of the army, and during the war,Prince Peter of Oldenburgb, brother-in-law of the Grand Duke Constantine, will be the Viceroy. The meetings of the Danish Cabinet are stated in advices from Copenhagen to be very frequent. Letters from Birmingham referring to the iron trade mention that the resolution which was adopt ed at the last preliminary quarterly meeting, when it was declared that the prices of iron should con tinue at figures not before nominally acknowledged, while 20s. to 40s. per ton advance was demanded on the last quarter's terms, had given rise to some dissatisfaction. There was a threatened strike on the part of the puddlers, which, however, would be powerfully resisted. The trade continues firm and prosperous, and with every appearance of continu ing so. There has been a dull market again for public securities, and the quotations are without any material change. Consols have been 92/ to for transfer, but not lower than 921 for account. The rumour of several arrests again at Paris was spoken of as adverse to prices, but the support which the market most needs is some positive indication of Austrian policy. The steamer Tamar, from Mexico, brings upwards of 300,0001. in specie. The New 31- per per Cents. have been quoted 93 to 931 2 and the 3 per Cents. 921 to 92g. Exchequ e r Bill s have been done at par to 3s. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. premium. East India Stock is firm at 225. There have been no transactions in Bank Stock. There is quite a stagnation of business in the Foreign Stock Market, only one bargain being quoted, namely, in Spanish 3 per Cents. at 37i — a slight improvement. All the other securities are nominal. Russian Fives at 97 to 99, and Mexican at 24i to 241. The remittance for the dividend is 72,000 dollars. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 248 to 245- ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 • Ditto 41 per Cents., 81 to 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 36i to 371 ; Ditto Certi ficates, 3i to 4 ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 4. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Name. Date. Place. Central Peninsula of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. Cork and Bandon East Kent . Aug. 8, London Tavern. East Lancashire Aug. 16, Great S. and W. of Ireland Leeds, Bradford, & HiHex Aug. 4, Leeds. London and South-Western Aug. 10, 34, York-road. Manchester, Shef. and Linclu Aug. 2, Manchester. Newpt. Abergavn. & Hereford Aug. 10, London Tavern. North London Aug. 4, Euston-square. Royston and Hitchin Aug. 10, 15A, St. Helen's-p. Sambre and Meuse Aug. 10, 61, Moorgate-st. Ditto ditto Stamford and Essendine Stockton and Darlington Aug. 9, Darlington. Wear Valley There is not much animation in Railway Shares, but there is generally a rising tendency. The lines most dealt in are—Great. Northern, Brighton, North Western, and Great Western. The foreign lines are very dull. Mining shares are extremely inactive, excepting Pontgiband, in which there have been several bar gains. Joint Stock Banks are neglected, and Land Companies are flat. Crystal Palace are weaker. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (From the Oticial List. ) Business done. per Cent. iteduced Annuities ......... 924 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 9 24 I 34 per Cent.. Annuities Lung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1880 43 DWG 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 ‘q India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ........... ....... 2 p Consols for Account 17th August 924 Exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO 2500 par 4 p Small 4 Exchequer Bonds, 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1859 'PRICE OF FOREIGN. FUNDS THIS DAY. New Bmailianßonds, 1829 di 39, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 9B Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 374 x d Dividends on the above payable 11 London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto August Account 923 TESTIMONIAL TO MR. E. T. SMITH. LAFEST FOREIGN NE‘Vi*n. THE WAR. ANOTHER TURKISH VICTORY. The following despatch is dated Vienna, last night:—" At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 23rd the Russians attacked the Turkish entrenched camp near Giurgevo, hut were totally defeated, with the loss of 2,000 men and 5,000 prisoners. On the 25th 200 waggons loaded with wounded men arrived at Bucharest." Thirty thousand Turks, it is said, had crossed the Danube at Oltenitza. , , PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE BY THE ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS—POSITION OF THE BELLIGERENTS. Advices from Turnu-Severin of the 27th inst. state that the Anglo-French troops crossed the Danube on the 24th at Turtukai. The position of the armies is as follows : The vanguard of the allied troops is at Oresti. The Ottomans have advanced from Giurgevo to Podima. The Russian rearguard is retreating, fighting, upon Kalogereni. The Russians have concentrated 300,000 men on the Dniester, in Volhynia and Podolia. The head quarters are at Mohilew. The Austrian Correspondcnz, under date of Bucharest, 26th inst., says that General Budberg had held a council of war at Frateschti, to consult upon a retreat. A Russian corps at Slatina and Rimnik forms the rearguard against the Ottomans from Lesser Wallachia. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—In The Sun of the 22d ult., a letter appeared headed "Gun-Boats," signed " Nauticus," censuring the Times for not sooner advocating gun-boats of lighter draught of water being sent into the Danube, when one Pruth, or one Nix or Salamander would now destroy ; without much trouble, or without any risk, the whole Russian flotilla in the Danube, and secure to the allies the command of the river for good, and such a vessel need not have waited for the clearing of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The following may, per haps, show that the Times has (as usual) been with the Government in not acting on, or advocating any mea sures which would be of service to the Turkish empire, by crippling Russia, and tending to insure the imme diate tranquillity of Europe. More than four months since the Admiralty declined the means offered, giving them the exclusive and un controhed command of the Danube, by lifting any num ber of screw steam-frigates, not only over the bar at the mouth, but also over any shoal they might meet with in the river, thereby preventing the Russians bridging or crossing the river. A patented invention for lifting vessels of any size or force was submitted to the Admiralty, without stipula tion, or any remuneration of gain whatever, and in spected by officers named by them at Greenhithe, where a steamer of 200 tons, deeply laden for the occasion, of twenty feet beam, was lifted to half her draught of water, and a remark made by the naval officers then on board, that the same buoyant power, if applied to H.M.S. Archer (steam-screw-frigate, laying there) would have lifted her eight feet ; and I find on inquiry, that offers have been made to lift any ship of war to half her draught of water. Competent judges and naval officers have expressed their conviction of the excellence of the apparatus as to strength, durability, and even in passing an enemy's battery, their effectiveness. Yet, as the Times has not advocated the subject it is not adopted. From the building of such useless gun-boats as the Ad miralty are now doing, it is questionable whether the Government are really sincere in wishing to obtain the command of the Danube. We must now wait until the Admiralty have done amusing themselves by build ing suitably gun-boats, or allow Lieutenant Glynn, with his party of blue-jackets, to fit out a few crazy old crafts, such as they may find on the Danube, as gun boats, no match for the Russian flotilla, or in one month from this time have, by the means referred to, three or four British screw-steam-frigates in the Danube, and also lift and bring away the wreck of the Tiger from Odessa.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, NAUTICUS, Senior. NO TREACHEROUS GARBLING OF OUR ADMIRAL& LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Your Saturday's article on this subject hits the right nail on the head, Pray, do not lose an hour in calling on some sturdy and independent M.P. to de mand categorically of Admiral Berkeley, firstly, whether he read entire letters, or only extracts of letters, from the Admirals in the Baltic, as to the impregnability of Cronstadt, Sweaborg, &c. ? and, secondly, if he only read extracts, whether such extracts were not torn away from contexts, which contained suggestions how these Russian strongholds might be proved, by proper assault and scientific handling, pregnable? At times like these it is perfect treason to the .cause of England, Turkey, Europe, and civilisation itself, to publish such opinions, even if ungarbled, as they can only tend to the sole benefit and exultation of our enemy ; but if garbled, and suppressing further information as to the pregna- bility, by gun-boats and land forces, or other means, of those fortresses, &c., impregnable only to the fleets as constituted at the time the letters were written, the ini quity of the course adopted is worthy of the pillory and the cart's tail. _ I am, sir, your obedient servant, NO ABERDEEN GARBLER, Brighton, July 30, 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 29. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Princess Lousa, and the Duchess of Sutherland, drove out yesterday afternoon. Colonel and Lady Katharine Harcourt and the Hon. Col. Phipps had the honour of dining with her Majesty. JULY 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and at tended by the Countess of Desart and Colonel Seymour, drove to West Cowes yesterday. Captain the Hon. J. Denman had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, arrived in town on Friday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. The Royal Duchess returned to Frogmore in the aft rnoon. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday to visit the Duchess of Suther land, at Cleveden, near Maidehead. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Sidney and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert left town on Saturday for Broadstairs. On Friday evening a dinner was given at the Traf a gar Hotel, Greenwich, by the Drury lane Theatre Coml e pN, t f n t p li e T gift mittee to Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee, for the purpose of presenting him with a silver claret jug, most cha-te in its design , a n d creditable to the manufacturer, Mr. Abrahams, of the Lowther Arcade. T he inscr i p ti on eit : E — er, SMITH, Esq., by th e will , , p show s "Presented t t e h ; to object j E c t Committee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, as a Testi- A Cabinet Council was held on Saturda at the m onial of the admiration iu whi c h th ey h o ld hi s sat i sfactory y , and successful management of that theatre during his les- Foreign-ofEce, Downing-street. The Ministers present seeship in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. GLENGALL, were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Chairman, July 28, 1854 . ,, Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke The dinner, which embraced every delicacy of the of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, season, reflected credit on the well-known establishment Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan- and the caterer, Mr. Hart. The chair was taken by cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Lord Glengali, who has for so long a period held the Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William office o f chairman to the committee of the Theatre. Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat one C ap t a i n Spencer ac t e d as vice chairman, supported hour and three quarters. on the right by Mr. Arden and on the left by the lessee. There were also present Mr. Dunn, the treasurer, Mr. Savory, of the committee, Mr. Bur gess, the solicitor, and many connected with Literature and the Drama. After the toasts of the Queen and Royal Family, &e,, had been given, " The health of Mr. E. T. Smith" was proposed by the noble chairman, in doing which he briefly stated that at the moment Mr. Smith took the theatre, they were at a los to know what to do with the property , and a brewhous , was in contemplation. L ast year the comm ittee had r eceived rental 4,0001. and this year, though little more than half completed, not less than 3,0001. had been paid. Various encomiums were passed upon the lessee by the chairman in respect of his intergity. straightforward conduct, and kind manner toward: the ladies and gentlemen of the establishment. After this toast followed the respective healths of the chairman, vice-chairman, Mr. Savory, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Dunn, and "The Press," re sponded to by Mr. E. L. Bla,nchael, the whole concluding with the ga llant toast of "The Ladies , " by Lord Gleng a ll , who stated that one great object of his taking so great an interest in the theatre was, to pro tect the fair sex employed therein, as reg arded their morality, which h e rejoiced to say was well looked after at Drury-l ane T heatre. I n f a ct, no London theatre could boast of such strict discipline behind the scenes as that house," • The Duke of Rutland and party are expected to re turn this week to Cowes, from a cruise in his Grace's yacht off the French coast. .._ The Duke of Portland's health continues to improve. His Grace is expected to arrive at Welbeck in September. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have ar rived at Tarbet-house, N. 8., from visiting Lord and Lady Blantyre, at Erskine-house. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency Count Colloredo, his Excel lency Prince Carini, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Earl of Po wis, tie Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and a distinguished circle, to dinner, on Saturday evening, at their mansion, in Grosvenor-crescent. The Countess received a "small party" after dinner. The Earl and Countess Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot have left town, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield-house, Herts. The Countess (Dowager) of Verulam has left town for the season. The Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Arabella West, have arrived at Buckhurst-park, Sussex, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield-house. The Earl of Carlisle has, during the earlier part of last week, been among the distinguished guests of the Earl of Burlington, at Holkar-hall, near Milnethurpe, in order to assist in celebrating the coming age of Lord Cavendish. The Countess has returned to town front visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at his marine resi dence, at Brighton, and will leave in a few days to join her noble son at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Mahon have left town to join the circle visiting the Earl of Stanhope, at Cheven ing-park, near Sevenoaks. The Right Hon. Sidney and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert, left town on Saturday, for Broadstairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday, to visit the Duchess of Suther land, at Clifden, near Maidenhead. THE Loss OF THE TIGER.—We are requested to state that the Tiger was not in pursuit of a prize when she ran on shore off Odessa. A court-martial will be held on the surviving officers, when the circumstances of this deplorable accident will be fully stated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, ar rived in town on Friday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Royal Duchess returned to Frogrnore in the afternoon. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Clifden House, near Maidenhead, on Saturday, from a brief visit to her Majesty at Osborne. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and a select family circle assembled there on that day. The Duk e o f A rgy ll re turns to town to-day, for his Par liamentary d uties. The Duk e o f Cl eve l an d l e ft t o wn on Saturday, to visit the Duchess Dowager at the Isle of Wight. His G r ace returns to-day, an d will leave town for the sea so n , ac• companied by t h e Duchess an d L a dy Augusta Poulett, the week aft er next. EARLY HARVEST.--Mr. W. Bradford, of Keyham Barton, Devonport, on Saturday week last, cut a field of oats, and has since housed them in f i ne con diti on . To-morrow, August Ist, the Smoke Consuming Act comes into operation. ANOTHER COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT PERRY. In another column wilt be found an account of a most extraordinary addition to the attempts which seem systematically directed against this young officer. On Saturday morning he was put under another trial by court-martial. There seems to be no intention on the part of his enemies to desist until they have fairly worried their victim to help lessness. Put upon his trial before on the charge of having committed certain offences, he is tried now for the nature of the defence which lie was obliged to make. He is accused of " scandalous, infamous conduct, unbecoming an officer and a gentlem an ," because in a letter addressed to Colonel Upton, the president of the court-martial, he stated that Colonel Garrett male use of a certain asser tion, and that he himself made use of another ; also because ho made other assertions :in his defence which are said to be false. Only on the very morning of the day of the trial (Saturday) did the prisoner have a copy of the charges sent to him. He asks to leave his room in order to be the better enabled to get up his case ; but he is not permitted to do so, although he com plains that it is small and hot, and has injured his health. He asks to have the trial put off unti: Monday week, but delay is only granted until to day, although he states that some of his witnesses started for Turkey before he could possibly anti cipate the trial. This has no effect on the court. H . e asks for a copy of the minutes of evidence, and is insultingly told to look at the newspapers. A more complete case of persecution has seldom been witnessed, and it is to be hoped that the courts martial which arise out of it will not end with thou; of Lieutenant Perry.—Dail] News. THE DANUBE. The Lloyds of Vienna of the 25th has the fol lowing : " According to a telegraphic despatch from Bucharest of the 21st, new indications exist of the retreat of the Russians ; they are in fact retiring on Fockshan and Kalugereni. The Turks have 60,000 men at Giurgevo, and are fortifying themselves in that town and the envi rons. On the other hand, it is stated in a letter from Bucharest of the 19 h, that nothing is known as to the affairs which have taken place at Giurgevo, all commu nications between Bucharest and Giurgevo being inter rupted. Troops, artillery, and pontoon trains were being constantly sent from Bucharest to Giurgevo. Prince Gortschakoff and his headquarters were on the 19th at Bucharest, and nothing warranted the belief that they ware to leave. It is said that all the rumours that have been current as to removal of the head-quarters to Kobonitza are without foundation. The mail from Her manstadt has not arrived ; so that we have only news via Widdin, and it comes down to the 21sc. Up to that date nothing important had occurred. It was, however, said that the Turkish troops posted near Oltenitza and Sinnitza, had begun to march on Bucharest on the 20th and 21st. It was said also that Omer Pacha was to advance on the 22d, with the centre of the Turkish army, which occupies Giurgevo. Since the 6th Omer Pacha has been almost constantly at Rustchuk. A letter from Widdin of the 19th states that the Turkish troops near Turnu and Sinnitza made on the 16th a grand reconnaissance towards the north ; they went as far as Russowede with out meeting the enemy, and returned the day after to their positions. In a letter from Orsova of the 19th it is stated that on the 11th the Wallachian troops in the pay of Russia made a reconnaissance in the two dis tricts of Krajowa ; they passed the Aluta unexpectedly, penetrated into the villages where there were no Turkish troops, and carried off the Turkish functionaries prison ers. Letters direct from Silistria contradict the state ment that has been made that it is to M. Gracht, a Prussian officer, that the honour of the defence of Silis tria is due ; it was an English captain (Butler by name) who there kept the Russians in check for six weeks. A great many families who, in consequence of the promises of the Russians, quitted their country after the raising of the siege, are now wandering about in the most pro found misery, and without a home " Accounts from the Lower Danube, of the 21st, in the Presse of Vienna, say : "The stifling heat which has prevailed for the last few days has proved a fresh enemy to the Russians, who have had an increased number of sick, indepen dently of their wounded. Attacks of apoplexy have already carried off a number of Russians during their continual marches and counter-marches, and a great number have fallen victims to the fevers which pre vail during extreme heats in the lower part of the Danube. The number of sick among the Russians amounts to 32 per cent., while among the Turks it is only 15 per cent. French and English officers are constantly arriving at Rustehuk from Schumla, and to-morrow Prince Napoleon, whose division will be the first to enter the Wallachian territory, is expected at the Turkish head quarters. A certain importance appears to be attached to this fact, and Marshal St. Arnaud, after the last council of war held at Varna, arranged that it should be so. The other divisions will rapidly follow, and the main body of the auxiliary troops will shortly be on the Danube. The auxiliary troops and the Turkish army will shortly pass the river, and force the Russians to a battle at Giurgevo. Everything tends to prove that it is intended to act seriously against Bucharest, and that the last order given by the Emperor Nicholas, to drive back the Turks to the other side of the Danube, coute que coute, will have no more effect than a similar order which he gave to take Silistria," The Times correspondent writes from Rustchuk, July 19.---Since the passage of the Danube (July 7th) the Turks have occupied themselves in strengthening their position on the north side, and the Russians make no attempts to interrupt their proceedings. The latter are encamped on the brow of a small hill six miles distant on the Bucharest road. They have thrown up some redoubts, which look as if it will require either a battle or the ap pearance of a considerably superior force to make them turn out. I anticipate that they will remain where they are until their spies inform them that we have 15,000 or 20,000 men ready to advance on the north side, and then decamp in the night. The Russian videttes remained in Giurgevo up to the night of the Bth. They had destroyed the bridges across a creek, which separates it from where the Turks landed, and were thus quite safe although within musket shot. On the 9th I ac companied Hassein Pasha, General Cannon, and their staff in a trip across the Danube to examine our position. Giurgevo is quite empty, with the exception of the Austrian Consul and about 50 inhabitants. The remainder had heard of the atrocities committed by the Bashi- Bazouks when they crossed the Danube at Nicopolis, and osfear ing that the vanguard of the Turkish force ornothi occasion might be composed of the sae t ' they retired into villages 8 or 10 miles distant, whence the Russians will not allow them at their move ments to return as we might obtain information of h are. Giurgevo is much smallerw but more civilised than Rustchuk ; the streets are wider, and the houses neat and comfortable by comparison. There is, moreover, a café, almost the only house open, to which we soon found our way, not having been in such a place since leaving Constantinople, except a wretched hole at Shumla, undeserving of the name. This was a very comfortable house, in a pleasant situation, with a good verandah. The master, a Greek, received us hat in hand at the door, and expressed as much delight at seeing us there as he had expressed sorrow on the previous 3vening, when the captain of the Russian vidette took his last dinner. The townspeople I spoke to said that the Russians paid fairly for all they took in the shape of provisions or forage, but forced the peasants to labour a great deal, and seized ,tll the carts and beasts of burden for the purpose of transporting their stores. They left all the Wallachian vessels belonging to the town unhurt, but on the night of their departure burnt three sloops sailing under Anglo-lonian colours. The landlord of the cafe informed us that the Russian officers were good customers and paid him regularly, in proof whereof he produced a quantity of gold coin, bearing the image of the Emperor Nicholas. But I am inclined to think this assertion was Made to insure our supporting the credit of our nation by doing likewise, for he subsequently confessed to me that Captain Stronge noff and others had been too much occupied with fighting at the last to find time for liquidating their tccounts, but he intended sending them a "dun" at Bucharest. However, the Russians had not cleared out all the cellar, and plenty of iced Cham pagne was produced. An old Pasha positively re fused to partake of it until we assured him it was only Francez soo (French water), and moreover was not red wine, the colour especially forbidden by Ma hornet. Once tasted, the liquorcarried with itits own recommendation, and was drained to the last drop. Glass after glass followed, though it is fair to add that his loyalty increased in proportion as his alle giance to the Prophet waxed faint, and he did more justice than any of us to the healths of the Sul tan, Queen Victoria, and the Emperor Napoleon. We returned to Rustchuk without any unwar rantable intrusion from the Russian camp, al though a quarter of an hour might have brought their Cossacks upon us without any one to give the alarm. On the 10th made a similar excursion, and found the debris of a Russian repast not yet cleared away. Next day the Turks occupied Giurgevo in for e, which prevents any chance of a mishap occurring on this hitherto neutral ground. The position opposite Rustchuk occupied__ by the Turks is a very strong one. It is an island of about three miles long, and half a mile broad, formed by a small creek, which is only fordable at some diffi cult and marshy ground to the left. Omer Pasha and his staff arrived on the 12th, accompanied by General Prim and his army of aides-de-camp, an d several French officers. His arrival, however, did not occasion so much interest as that of 30 English sailors under Lieut. Glyn and Prince Leiningen, R.N., and the same number of sappers under Captain Page, R.N., who came here on the 11th for the purpose of assisting in the con struction of a bridge. They performed th e j ourne y from Yarna on horseback, and this novel t‘ cruise afforded Jack much amusement as well as those who had the goal fortune to meet him en route. The Sappers have been sent to Giurgevo to assist in the fortifications there ; so a portion of the English army has at last crossed the Danube. VARNA. Accounts from Varna, of the 19th instant, men tion that a grand council of war had been held at which the allied Generals, with Omar Pacha, were present. General Hess was on the batiks of the Danube. The fleets were still at Baltschik, but operations were evidently on the eve of taking place. Numerous transports of the allies were at Con stantinople ; the crews were at work night and day in taking on board water, provisions, &c. THE WRECK OF THE TIGER. The jouTnal iiF;ancjort has the following ac count of the new cannonade of some new works at Odessa, given in a letter from Odessa of the 14th : —" Yesterday, the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty the Empress, three of the enemies steamers appeared off our port. One of them bore the flag of France, the other two that of Great Britain. They directed an efficacious fire on the machines established for getting up the Tiger. Being out of the reach of our cannon, the vessels were able to continue their work of destruction. A man and three artillery horses were wounded on the Russian side. Towards the evening, the vessels went away, and the solemnity of the day was closed by a ball, which was attended by the military and civil autho rities, and by the Foreign Consuls." THE BALTIC. STETTIN, July 28.—The packet Nordstern, which left Stockholm on the 25th, brings no news of the operations of the fleets against the islands of Aland, but it is, nevertheless, believed that opera tions have commenced. Fifty-five vessels of war are in movement in the roadstead of Revel. STOCKHOLM, July 27.—The French troops have passed Gothland. A heavy cannonading has been heard at intervals in the direction of Bomarsund since Tuesday afternoon. A letter from Hamburg of the 26th, in the In dependance of Brussels, says :—" The Minister of War in Sweden has just addressed a circular to all the military governors of the kingdom, demanding the space of time which it would require to concen trate all the troops in garrison in the different localities on one given point. Is is supposed that this measure is the preliminary to the formation of an army to be ready to march where circumstances might demand its presence." The Journal des I)ebats of yesterday has a com munication which furnishes late news of the fleets. On the 21st and 22d ten English line-of-battle ships, and an equal number of frigates arid steamers, with eight ships of Admiral Parseval Deschenes' squa dron, and ten light-draught steamers, anchored in a bay among islands of the Aland group, to the south of the largest island. This bay is called Ledsund. The navigation by which this imposing force has reached its present position in the midst of the Aland Archipelago has been of the most diffi cult and intricate kind. Ttie charts supplied to the English and French officers prove more defective than could have been supposed. Islands covered with forest-trees are totally omitted, and from this single fact, we may judge how faithfully the subma rine part of the hydrography is executed ; how accu rately rocks, shoals, currents, and quicksands are placed, things of more moment to the navigator than the position of high and easily visible shores. Every movement had to be made with the lead in hand ; and even with the most careful sounding, slight embarrassments must arrise when between two casts of the lead the depth has decreased from 20 to 3 fathoms ! Both fleets got happily through the perilous navigation ; the English having more screw vessels than ourselves (the French), had fewer mishaps. Thanks, however, to the zeal and skill of our officers, and the prompt assistance lent to our sailing vessels by the English steamers, Ad miral Deschenes arrived here in capital order, and with new proofs of the cordiality and respect of our allies. The lighter vessels of the fleet are already feeling their way up the narrow channels which lead to Bomarsund, the strongest place of this group of islands. We are assnred that the garrison is not above 1,500 strong. Admiral Plumridge, with a number of steam-vessels, and the French frigates Virginie and Andromaque, blockades the north and north-east of the Archipelago, so as to cut off all communication with the coast of Finland. Admiral Sir Byam Martin, who succeeds Admi ral Corry, is ordered to cruise before S weaborg, with nine English ships and the French liner Aus terlitz, to hem in the Russian fleet. From these particulars, it will be seen it is cer tain, as soon as the expeditionary corps shall reach Aland, that a blow will be struck at Romarsund, and the Aland Isles occupied. DENMARK. The constitution, common to the whole kingdom, was promulgated at Copenhagen on the 29th. It will come into operation on the Ist of September. The Council of the Kingdom will consist of 50 members, of whom the five for Holstein are to be nominated by the Crown. AUSTRIA. The Breslau Gazette contains the following fro m Vienna of the 24th :—" The Emperor came here yesterday from Laxenburg to receive the English ambassador, Lord Westmoreland, at a private audi ence. There is no doubt that the reply of the English cabinet to the last communications of Austria was the cause of this audience. As to the result of the mission of Colonel Manteuffel, I can affirm positively that it is of a nature to undeceive these persons who hoped that the .Russian proposi tions might trouble the unity of views of the two German powers." POLAND. The Lloyd, of Vienna, under date of KaHs* July 23, says : " I lately informed you that General Rudiger, the commander-in chief of the first two corps of infantry and of the corps of grenadiers, was making a tour of inspec tion of the fortresses of Poland. The general, after visited Bresc-Litowski, left yesterday by the Vistula steamboat for the fortress of Nowogeorgiwsk (Modlin), to inspect the fortification and the reserve of the 2d corps of infantry recently formed. He was accom panied by several superior officers of artillery and engineers. Several journals have announced that workmen were employed in putting the roads in Poland in a proper condition for the transport of light artillery, &c., but the statement was premature. The fact is, that Colonel Olorinski, of the engineers, charged with re-establishment of the means of communication in Poland, put up to tender on the 14th ult., the works for repairing the principal roads ; but this measure was not approved by the Government, and no further tender will be made until August next. General Wensegerode, who commands a cavalry regiment at Lubin, and several other generals, have just arrived at Warsaw. The harvest is commencing in Poland under the, most fa vourable auspices ; in Podolia, on the contrary, the crop will only be an average one." GREECE. ATHENS, July 23.—Yesterday M. Mavrocordato, who had arrived on the 21st, had an audience of the King, which lasted four hours. The sanitary state of the occupation troops is good. The inhabitants of the Pincus have not lost a single person for the last three days. There is not a single case of cholera at Athens. FR A.NCE. On Saturday a good many people visited the column of July. Some persons wearing pinks in their button-holes were arrested. It was reported that Persigny has been sent for. The Arab Boa Maza sailed from Marseilles on the 26th for Turkey to take the command of a corps of bashi-bazouks. Several of the papers here have given full re ports of Lord John Russel's speech, but the Pays is the only one that makes a careful commentary u pon it. The inference deduced by the writer is, that our Government places strong reliance on the sincerity of Austria and its eventual concurrence in the active business of the war ; and it speaks in high terms of the manly tone adopted by Lord Palmerston. The confidence reposed in whatever the noble lord says is something quite remarkable. Certainly no other European statesman has half the influence on public opinion in France that the name of Lord Palmerston habitually exercises. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. (not reimburs able for 10 years), closed on Saturday at 93f. 15c. 98f.; Four per Cents., 86f.; Three per Cents., 71f. 15c.; ditto, Certificates of 1,000 f., 71f. 15c.; Bank Actions, 2,900 f.; Credit Fon.;ier, 600 f.; ditto, Ob ligations of 500 f., 430 f.; ditto of 1,000 f., 935 f.; Credit Mobilier, 692 f. 50c. 691 f. 25c. ; Discount Bank, 600 f. 605 f. 600 f.; Piedmontese Five per Cents., 83f. 50c.; ditto Three per Cents., 52f. 90c.; Romans, 83. SPAIN. "One of our correspondents at Madrid who is usually well informed," says the Messager of Bayonne, " writes to us that three refugees sent from Jersey and London organised the movement of Madrid, with the aid of about three hundred French workmen who were expelled after the 2d December. It was these experienced professors of barricades who taught the people of Madrid the tactics of street fighting." A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne says the Gazette of Madrid contains a proclamation by the Queen. Vier Majesty testifies therein her confi dance in Spaniards as wall as in Marshal Espartero. She announces, moreover, the re-assembling of the Cortes. The proclamation has been very well re ceived. The militia does duty at the Palace con jointly with the infantry of the line. Madrid is tranquil. General San-Miguel displays much ac tivity in maintaining good order. The militia had mounted guard at the palace in conjunction with the troops of the line. Letters received from different parts of Spain announce that the country is tranquil. A telegraphic despatch from Paris says, General Espartero entered Madrid on the 28th. It would appear that the conditions which Es partero attached to his acceptance of the Presi dency of the Council have been agreed to by the Queen. The Nation adverts to the subject in the follow ing terms : " Major-General Don Allande Salazar arrived on Tuesday, July 25, at this Court, with a special mission from the Duke de la Victoria to her Majesty the Queen. " On alighting he went to the palace, in order to state to the Queen with the frankness and patriotism which characterise him, the only programme of govern ment with which General Espartero compromises himself to accept the high charge confided to him. " Her Majesty replied that she would think on what he had stated, and would inform him of her resolution. Senor Salazar was summoned to the palace at 10 p.m., and there being present there the Senor San Miguel, the Queen declared that she accepted, in all its parts, the programme of the hero of Luchana. The San Miguel and Salazar retired at once highly pleased, the latter taking post at once to return to Saragossa. " In sight of this we ought to consider the entry of the Pacificator of Spain into Madrid as very near at hand." The only conditions imposed by Espartero, which were verbal ones, it is said, were these : . 1. The convocation of constituent Cortes, by universal suffrage. 2. The departure of Queen Christina from Spain. It is expected that very important questions will be brought before the constituent or sovereign Cortes, and it is not certain that the subject of the dynasty will be excluded from their deliberations. The diplomatic body were summoned to the pa lace at half-past eight o'clock on the evening of the 24th at an hour's notice. Our Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Otway, was the first to arrive ; but, td the an noyance of every one, the members of the corps were informed that a counter order had be'en given. It was said that the Queen was indisposed. Some thought they were summoned to hear her Majesty announce her intention to abdicate. It was seriously talked of to blow up the palace, by placing barrels of gunpowder in the subterranean passages, of which there are great numbers underneath and about it, and if the hostile attitude of the palace be kept up it may be attempted. The people have got possession of the powder magazine at the CamP° de Guardias. The announcement by the Junt a of the Queen's reply to Senor Salazar being satis factory, and that Espartero will soon be at the head of affairs, may calm the excitement which has hi therto prevailed. The Junta conclude their a ddress to the people with " Vivas for Isabel 11., Consti tutional Queen." The wounded in the military hospital, in conse quence of the, late struggle, exceed 800. Th e deaths probably amount to nearly half that Du ni ' ber. The 24th was Santa Christina, and in order to show the popular hatred whi c h exists toward! Queen Christina, orders were sent by the authors' ties of the barricades to all h ouse k ee Pers not t o illuminate, as had been done every night for last week. In the Calle del Principe a death head was displayed over the barricades, with crape around it, and an inscription above, " Santa Chris tina." The was no levee at the palace as usual on this day. Brigadier Narciso Ameller has been appointed. commander-in-chief of the men at the barricades. The Junta have closed all the Ministerial offices, except that of War, which is held at the Palace of Buena Vista. The latter edifice has been prepared fur the reception of the Duke de la Victoria. ITALY. A despatch received by the French Government on Saturday night states that Parma was tranquil on the 25th. Several of the insurgents had been keen killed andl7 wounded, in a skirmish which occurred. on the 22d. Two soldiers who had joined the movement had been condemned and shot. Numerous Austrian reinforcements had arrived. EGYPT. The Constitutionnel has the following on the change that has taken place in Egypt : "The sudden death of Abbas Pasha has called to the Government of Egypt his uncle, Said Pacha, Ae• cording to European ideas of succession to the throne, it would have appeared that the Egyptian vice royalty should have belonged to the son of Abbas Pacha, Hami Pacha, who has just left Alexandria on a tour in Europe. Such, however, is not the order of succession according to the patriarchal law as set down in the Koran. The heir to the throne is always the eld est of the family. A curious example of this was seen at the time of the death of Ibrahim Pacha. Mehemet Al! left three sons, Ibrahim Pacha, Toussoum Pacha, and Said Pacha. After Ibrahim Pacha, the viceroyalty fell died some toAbbas time Pacha, before, a the son of Toout to Said Pacha, fo ssoumPacha, whor thehad reason that Abbas Pacha being born in 1813, and Said Pacha in 1822, the former was the elder, and conga q wasuent thlyte nephew chiefhe wofio thei succeeded, race. AAt that period, prejudice eriod, the o re f fo t r h e e , it uncle ; whereas now it is the uncle who succeeds, to the prejudice of the nephew, in consequence of priority of birth. Said Pacha was born in 1822, and he op therefore, 32 years of age, and not 36, as has been stated by a contemporary. As he comes to power in the prime of life, it may be hoped that he will govern Egypt fur many years. He is a prince endowed with fine and noble qualities, and is highly esteemed by the enlighte ner) sanguine er parto of the p he ho n e a s tio o n h , who al wayshim. struction is very remarkable ; he not only has a well - grounded knowledge of the ordinary sciences, but be has studied with particular attention history and navieti,°°. He speaks with e l egance an d pur i ty severa l li v ing lar pages of the E and West, and particularly Freneunt• with the literatu re o f w hi c h country h e i s perfectly °he V rsant. Being of an enlightened and liberal takes pleasure in encouraging a taste for intellec tua knowledge in others. He has for this r eason stantly supported at his expense, in the different B of Europe, numerous pupils belonging thio to the 1 1 : 0 t tinguished families of the country. A prince 01 re ,. generous and elevated character, who likes and s e PP hs , ciates France, the civilisation a n d ar t s of which Lion himself studied, and who has always proofs of the most unchang ea bl e d evo t e d n ess, will _ ll' o 3 how to maintain Egypt i n th e exce ll en t path oniwrioto she has entered, and will wo r thily continuelthe g ° work of his illustrious father." g i ven the know THE LATE CAPTAIN PARKER• TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—An article app eare d i n Th e Times yestercial; wo r, concerning the death of the late Capt a in Parke siiit uld be the general character and scope of w hich it unreasonable in any one not to feel satisfied. St ill Ther e r are in it one or two expressions which I fear M i g ht gi t t t rather harshly upon ears which you would be th e Is. 13- this moment to wish to wound, and, as lam in Coh-g. dition to show that they are not rendered necessarY 1711 the circumstances of the case, I feel sure that r ti 11 not The ruse me this privileg. ef terms of the article to which I refer are the for b We lowing :—" From what appears in the report vv h ` c t he publish this day, he was not in any way engaged business of the expedition when he came to his uti l— n e ,.. end." And again, Nothing would serve but th e o re ganisatio, of a little excursion for the sake of Pleas or curiosity." ofaErvyaaiosnnutgder Eastern previous happened v articles t o be ha o d ne 0 0 0 f d. fte in s o - Ati - ure . . h ies referred ag t ly w m h y Ti ch r he e c oF e n a n ei t e r n av m e e ls occ a a n s d io l na o l w e e on t v o ey t a h i e ic a e oc - qh - ti r a i r b; tance which I formed there ' during happier hoer! from ceipt of a letter, since the late painfulcatastroP pef the excellent youn g c h a pl a i n o f th e s hip, wo" , . 3 l ll o:P i t* remember, together with the surgeon, accornpanipto ff e ; n ow Raker in his galley on the fatal expedition. s hiPa tions to me expressly that the boats of her MajestY 8 the Firebrand and Vesuvius left their anchorage trio mouth of the Danube for the purpose of reev° no ; e a battery a short distance up the river, a nd th e roe ceeding on an investigation of the difficulties .. o bat e o navigation further up the stream. It is true e t oo t opposition was anticipated, for the boats had pr landed and destroyed the entrance, withou t anYwabi4, 10' to prevent them on the part of the enemy. - 1- - deed, proved to be a fatal error. But, even supposing that you may not consid_elatniteee to have made any material impression on the " it feet of your statement, which, after all, is not now , tO ,O O of much real importance, yet it is of real itnpo , , ber that England should form a just estimate cß ot be heroes, and therefore lam sure you l wuotil 13 som e sorry to give me an opportunity of q i uro f of the Rev. Mr. Rogers' own words, to the aobcserva' of which, as far as my more limited means el Li tion will allow, I can give most ample corroboratioer had "'When I lament the loss of the best friend e: vben I on God's earth, I do not do so without hopet,_vlop, sad remember what manner of man lie has been je ho right living while among us here, what an exateb"oseeel showed his men, how rigidly every feelin g was coring before that great love of duty which wa s the invested/ principle of his life. Anything like the g rief o r al, D e : not oniy in his own ship, but throughout the one buv by the admiral, cannot be conceived. Any him,' is the universal lament." oiler a g e Captain Parker had attained his rank at an e ht st bid elevation has been than most men in the se justi rv fie ice, but d by his matured_ sir, y/0 out it will be his early grave.--I have the h ono ur to be, humble servant, CO lll. Castle Howard, July 28, feralterits an