The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-28 00:00:00

7\ Y+ Cf,1. ,- 4 . l;i9tl r +AT LeAsel, -1 .4!F% T. ~I:tTRY'LAi . Nohility, Gentry, ,111 Publ'e, 311753 rih.ri Fuo o*. - the ,oval aeei resoeet ul!y inform 'O, th t, to el,- 4equeo.,e of the Int , rum Neat of the %%eather, there WO tie .N , ) p ANCP: Tins EVENING; and the Perforinaocot wall suspenc%d tan •tirtlzer Notice.* , .9*.ii,.:. HENRY JAI:V.2;7T, Director. , .. e d* T_katge ttoyal. Dr y.lue. !u1.9 iB, t'sl. • : t b:,11001: ZEIE AIRE ROYAL /I Ant-AIME P. _wog i aidTcrow the mu:seems:A of Mr. Rtieltstone. ,ta:fir' . 1. _ THI4 EVENING. JITLy 28. Ae•74Yill he performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs . _Howe, Rogers. H. Marston, and Buokstone; 61 , rs , Fitzwiiliam, and Rem, ,de. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEA'. ROY tr. PRIVCE34'S TREAME, OXrutco--TisS6t. Under the Management of Mr. Cnaamss KEAN. THIA EVENING, Jinx 28. Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by If4ssrs. Harley, FL.hcr, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF r.YONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addison , Graham , David Fisher, Cathcart, and Saker; Misses C. Leciercq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. TO conclude with THE HALT OF THE SALLE f. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Vrebeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. Tins EVENING. J7LT 28, ___ pn f er nied the Drams of THE MAID OF CROTSSET ; or, The ueturn from Ruse's. Characters by Mr. B. Webster, and Mr. Re ley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To be follovred by HOPES AND FEARS. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster and Parselle ; Misses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fanny Masitell,, and Madame Celeste. After wbich will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING NILE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE COURIER OF LYONS. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEITRE. . ... Lan3ceit.9 ' Lessee and Manager, air. A. Wigan. k Liz ~ THIS EVENING. Jurr 28, -: ' - `l4lll be performed PERFECT CONFIDE37CE. Characters by ~-atestes.- R3beon, Emery, and Robinson; Misses Marston, E. Or , monde., and Miss E. I tuner: To be followed by the Comic Drama called HUSII MONEY/. Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wi gan Character,'by M-ssri. F 1t , ,b8 00, p 'an er.Y. White, and Vincent ; 3114 s , . . r i, After which, the popuh lr f 'omedietta, c.i'led READS OR TAIL S? Characters by Mr Emery and la m ytarston, &a. i STRAND THEATRE. Foie Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, JULT 28, Will be performed CHARLES THE SECOgD. Characters by Messrs• Herbert, Horgan, and Belt ; Misses H. Gordon. F. Beau mont, and Wharton. POllowed by FAUST AvD MARGUERITE. TO conclude with THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyk. Mf• ' , tails, 45.; Boxes, 2s. Gd.; Pit, la. ; Gallery, Gd.; Private tto. b Li id. to be had of Mr. Al'croft, 15, New Bond-street. . ROYAL BURR EY ZOOLOGICAL G ARD ENS. "This place tills up an .hiatns which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and Instrumental nvisic of the ftrst order, and r distilaY of ftreworts which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Pala:c." 711 IS DAY, DANSON S COLOSAAL PANORA.MA of CHITSAM Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and :darine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in wh i ch mi„ pow.), Miss Ransford, and Mr. Maurer! sine sever.l National and Patriotic Songs—All the 'musing' Noveltie ot the Gardens in succession. concludint with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most msgniticent display of Fireworks by Southb , , Ad.ntssion Orin Shilling. N.B. Grand Ball d'Ete in a spleudid Pavilion 150 feet long. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. ARTLEY'S ROYAL A if.I.3FIITtIEA Lessee and Ifanager. air. William Cooke. SUCCE -3S of the "C(tigACK-1; or Vivo la France." equal to that of the B kale of Waterloo or Nfazeppa. Screams o. lattzhter at t.ti new Anglo•Frcnch, Russo-. ark!, h, Witty and Patriotic Burl,sqne. TFIN EVENING, The War Snrcta , l , , THE CO 4 4ACKS; or, Vive la France. Aft.-r which, LES ELU4 DE L'.UU NiE ; or, slcenea in the CIRCLE—In which Mitss Emily Cooke and Mr. Alfred Cooke will ae,pear. The Brothers Frmc'sco will perform ; also. the German Ilrothers. To conclude with %tr. T. Simpeon's Burlesque de Circonstance, RU6SI.t. ACIAINS TITRIkeY NOW ON TRIAL. Ko%-ottlee.opeu from Eleven tin Four. ,itage Jkin!tr.rer, . . BIG'S' WATER AT LOW)ON ERrm; - DAY —Worniaz 54 'almoner 3 I Eveainr 10 ralr..aft. 4 Fa-lic.Aanw—Moraing 26 aain.atter 4 Eveninb: 43 mm.aft, 4 TtlE WEATHER.—Stm Ornex, Juir T 28. TFIRIIMONZTER, Tss SHADE 70—highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day, at noon. BARourrgs, .32. WIND, S.S.E.—Light breeze, 3o with cloudy weather, and sunshine. ~ 14,1%, ~~ LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1854. The blockade of the Russian ports, in the Black Sea and in the Baltic, is but an inadequate achievement on the part of the vast maritime ar maments sent forth against the enemy by France and England. Yet the Secretary-at-War appears to be suprised, not so much that we are unsatisfied with this result, but that we are not in ecstacies at it ! The Right Hon. Gentleman seems actually to have forgotten, when reminding the House of Commons on Tuesday evening that the chief part of Nm.sox's public life was occupied in blockading the ports of the enemy, three rather important particulars, indicating a marvellous difference, when he appeared to intimate that no difference :at all really existed. Firstly, that so long as the -then foe of England posse,sed a fleet, NELSON was never satisfied with merely securing the brilliant advantage of a blockade, but was de voured with rage and vexation until he had ferreted out the war -vessels of the foe, wherever they might be, - and destroyed them—to this end disobeying the orders of his superiors, breaking through all the petty little packthread entangle. ments of etiquette, chasing the mere ghcst of a reported fleet or squadron to and fro across the wide ocean, scouring the Mediterranean, peeping into every nook and corner along its coasts as he went, and at last, when one day, towards evening, he came within sight of the enemies' ships riding snugly at anchor, steering his own vessels in between them and the shore, and there (a thing unparalleled in naval warfare), at midnight, and at anchor, gaining a wonderful and overwhelming victory over his antagonists. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT appears to have forgotten all this when he talked on the 24th instant about the chief part of NELSON'S public life having been dedicated to the irksome duties of a mere blockade. Secondly, he seems to have forgotten, moreovbr, that NELSON was de pendent, more than we aro nowadays, upon the accidents. of wind and tide--the steam-engine having then yet to .be compleed, and long after wards Pplied to the purposes of navigation. Thirdly, the-Right Honourable Gentleman would appear to have overlooked the rather important ci rcumstauce, that down to the per' dof NELSON'S to death in 1805, his country had yet failed to secure to her' troopa the advantage of a solid foot i • ng by land along the borders of the European continent, the poiitical Irov ono having yet to be ad gr wally obtained', thaough several successive and arduous w hipaivis Ify the forces, years afterwards led to victory, first in Spain, and finally in Belgium, by WELLINGTON. It is surely wonderfully different now, when • the navies of France and England are united cor dially in the same cause; when those two navies are, in a manner , endowed with vitality by the application of the paddle-wheel and the screw propeller; and when the Allies have it entirely in their power to transport whenever they please, and'almosi; wherever t;ley pease, along the coast of the enemy's dominion, whatever numbers of troops may be deemed requisite for cu-operation with their vast maritime armaments. Remem bering these circumstances, and drawing from this remembrance the above inevitable comparisons, it becomes simply absurd to argue that because NE L 3O N was co mpe ll e d to occupy so m any years in blockading the ports of the enemy, because he had left hi mself no hostile fleet to destroy, or because ' he was without the enormous advantages secured by steam, on,oagaio, because he could ob tain nowhere the We assista nce of =a grf-Cip6ratiOii,—that thereforepowerful military ought to be satis ' fled with 'the simple bl oc k a d e of the Russian ports by the 'Combined fl ee t s in Black Sea under Admirals DUNDAS and HAMBLIN, aud b y the corn_ hined fleets in the Baltic under Admirals NAPIER and DESCHENES. Yet what is to be expected. from our fleets beyond a continuation of this blockade? In reference—sly—to the two great Russian strong holds, defended by their stupendous batteries, Croustadt and Sebastopol ! Are we left to expect that those two strongholds of the enemy 'are, even with the enormous maritime power capable of being brought against them by France and Englind, to be more than block aded Why, in regard to Cronstadt, Admiral CHADS--" than whom," said the Fiat Naval Lord of the Admiralty, the gallant Member for Glou cester (when mentioning the fact on Tuesday evening in the House of Commons), "no man possesses a greater amount of scientific knowledge" —Admiral CHADS has declared in regard to Cron stadt, "after two days' inspection from the light house, and full views of the forts and ships, the former are too substantial for the fire of ships to make any impression. They are large masses of granite. With respect to an attack' on the ships where they are, it is not to be entertained." That is the declaration in regard to Cronstadt of Ad miral GRADS, "than whom no man possesses a greater amount of scientific information I" And what, let us ask, is the declaration in regard not merely to Cronstadt, but in regard to Cronstadt and Sweaborg, of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, himself, the gallant Admiral of the great English fleet at the Gulf of Finland? Why, Admiral NAPIER has written home to the autho rities (we have this from Admiral BERKELEY'S statement on Tuesday evening in the House of Commons), these remarkable and very positive words It has not been, in my power to do anything with this powerful fleet ; for attacking either Cronstadt or sweaborg would have been cer tain destruction." That is the declaration of the brave Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the British maritime Commander-in-Chief. And as to Sebastopol, the Lord Pre.ident of the Council has distinctly re pudiated the notion of his having threatened, on the part of the Cabinet, an attack upon that stronghold by the combined fleets under DUNDAS and lIA3IELIN. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thus curiously explained his misapprehended expres sions—" What I said was, that I thought Russia could not be allowed to maintain the menacing attitude which she. has lately done, by keeping so large a fleet at Sebastopol." Nut that the Crimea is to be taken and Sebastopol destroyed ; but that Russia is henceforth not to keep "so large a fleet" under the shadow of those dread fortifications. So that Sebastopol, accord ing to Lord JOECN RUSSELL, is not to be dismantled —or, at any rate, the Noble Lord protests that he never intimated that its seizure and destruction were contemplated by the Government. And as to Cronstadt, we have already learnt from Admiral CHADS that the Russian forts there "are too sub stantial for the fire of ships to make any impres sion," those forts being., in fact, " large masses of granite ;" while, as to the Russian fleet there, he adds,—" With respect to an attack on the ships where they are, it is not to be entertained." Admiral NAPIER himself telling us distinctly that it has not been in his power to do any thing with his immense fleet, because (he explains the matter simply enough) "attack ing either Cronstadt or Sweaborg, would have been certain destruction." What, then, we re ,,eat, are we to expect after all this beyond the continued blockade by the Anglo-French fleets of Sweaborg, and Cronstadt, and Sebastopol ? Now, we would just ask the public at large to observe quietly for a moment the terms in which Admiral BERKELEY at the close of his speech, on Tuesday evening in the House of Commons, denied the rumour which was abroad to the eff, , ct that Sir CHARLES NAPIER had been sent out with his hands tied try the Government. Never was an assertion couched in more emphatic) terms of re pudiation. The Admiral said ; "In the strongest language which man can use, I declare—and as it is part of my duty to draw up orders for the admirals. I can speak with authority on this point—that there never was a British officer who had more completely a carte blanche to undertake what he pleased. So far from hie hands being tied up by the Government, they have afforded him ev e ry enc ourage . anent to proceed.' (Cheers.) (Cheers.) The House of Commons, the reader will observe, cheered this declaration. Well. We have heard. Admiral BERKELEY has spoken. The fact is no longer to be gainsaid. Sir CHARLES NAPIER went out to the Baltic with his hands not previously tied by the Govern !neat. He had "a carte blanche to undertake what he pleased." Very well. But so might any one be declared at liberty to grasp the moon, to harness a comet, to drive a nail into the zenith (according to the Yankee conceit), or drop a plummet to the nadir—if be could get at them ! Sir CHARLES NAPIER was sent out with " a carte blanche to undertake what he pleased." But Sir CHARLES NAPIER, taking his fleet into the Baltic, goes up the Gulf of Finland until he gets within sight first of Sweaborg and then of Cronstadt, and returns, after reconnoitring those places, this solemn declaration that " attacking either Cron stadt or Sweaborg would have been certain destruc tion." But, says Admiral BERKELEY, speaking of tin , freedom of action granted to Sir CHARLES NAPIER, " there never was a British officer who had wore completely a carte blanche to undertake what he pleased." What was it the Irish Liberator used to say, with that wicked twinkle in his eyes, and that delicious brogue of his, adding poignancy to the sting of sarc ism 7—the words come now pat to the occasion--" Thank you for nothini„ says the gallipot !" Sir CHARLES NAPIER was sent out with a carte blanche—granted— but without troops and without gun-boats !!! The troops are at last being despatched after him, it is true, but the gun-boats have yet to follow. The Government can be daring enough where daring goes for nothing, when vapouring need not lead to a victory, nor mere bouncing to a bom bardment. They don't like "pottering over blue books," but they seem amazingly to relish potter ing over a blockade. How much longer, we wonder, is the country (with a doubled income tax and 10,000,0001. sterling added to the annua taxation) going to allow itself to be thus egregi- ously bamboozled ? The metropolis has just recovered from a very formidable attack on one of its lungs. We fear, however, that the disease has become chronic, and that, from the frequent relapses—the symptoms being more severe and the danger materially aggravated on each recurrence of the complaint— but little hope can be entertained of the perma nent safety of the interesting sufferer. Sir THOMAS MARYON WILSON is, indeed, a perse vering, an indefatigable opponent. Like ANTCEITS of old, he appears to gather strength from each successive defeat, and to return with renewed vigour to the encounter. The sight of Hamp stead-heath open and unenclosed embitters his very soul. The pure breeze careering through the Vales of Health brings no refreshwent to his paral te r v r e rad 'brow. . Visions of palatial residences, arranged of fact. in sq uares an d t erraces, crescen t s a nd seyteern"lle ureantility" ograms, are continually before his " mind's fancy's sketch" has assumed all the On this his sixth attempt, the Hon. Baronet succeeded in persuadiung apparently contrived to conceal the House of . Lords to sanction his claim, his had for the time being longer a " Hampstead Heath forward one inoxious. It was no real object, and to put a u E d n c t l h o "Finchley Road Estate,' Bill e su a re , , m " so bi w it a a s positively assured that the land on which a new town was to t° be dealt with be erect 3 c , was not even visible from the Cuminon 1 But " l P age anguis, in, herbd." There was a hidden wet on t which might be u se d w i t h tremendous force •' the event of the Le g i s l a t ure ' s sanction beino° lbn tamed for the apparently harmless - Lill. ' Both the. Hampstead and the Fincbley Dstates were j held under precisely the same title ; the leasing powers were identical. The implied wishes of his' father, from whom he derived the title, could not be respected, so far as Hampstead was concerned, if despised and disregarded, as to 1 Finchley. A precedent would have been established which could not subsequently be set asi de. The decision of Parliament, once given, could not afterwards be overruled. _ The Inelosure Bill would be defended on the ground that it was thought to be a matter of right and justice to con cede an application where the exclusion of the public would be less severely felt, and that, there fore, it would be little better than an act of con fication to refase a prec seiy similar application, because the pub'ie did not wish to pay fur the benefits it obtained at the expense of a private individual. We say " confiscation," because the withholding a right to which any person may be entitled as fully deserves that title as stripping him of that of which ho had been in previous enjoyment. It was stated in the course of the debate that there WAS no present intention on the part of Sir T. M. WlLsorr to enclose Hampstead-heath, and a letter from the Hon. Baronet to that effect was referred to by one of his friends. But the Hon. Gentleman at the same time distinctly admitted that Sir THOMAS had " refused to agree to a stipulation that it should always remain agricul tural land, and that stipulation had been objected to because it would be making the public a pre sent of 13,0001.!" This candid confession was decisive on the point. How could there be a present of 13,0001., or of any sum whatsoever, to the public, unless the tenant for life valued the anticipated privilege of letting the lands on build ing leases at that amount ? Was not his ultimate object thereby clearly and unequivocally revealed ? And if any doubt could have remained, was it not dispelled by the peremptory refusal to insert a clause that would set the matter at rest, so far as the persevering Baronet was concerned ? The result was that the second reading was rejected by a majority of 54, there being 97 against, and only 43 in favour, of the measure. But " long life to Sir THOMAS WILSON," " May he live a thousand years," for it is only during , his existence that this great blessing can be re tained. His successor may, it appears, "do as he likes with his own," and that which has so long been dedicated to the public will, it appears, be withdrawn, whenever he shall be compelled to visit " the bourne from whence no traveller re turns." It is, indeed, but a precarious tenure en which the health and enjoyment of a numerous body of persons depends. If 13,000/. be the sum for which the Hon. Baronet is so exceedingly anxious, would it not be worth while obtaining permanent security by its payment ? There can be no objection, if the remainder-men concur in the application in obtaining a bill for the per petual enjoyment of pure air in that vicinity. Notwithstanding the many onerous demands on the Exchequer we could still spare sufficient to purchase permanent peace. We have had many instances of estates being purchased for toe co►nmunity. Only last night 140,000/. was voted for the acquisition of Burlington House and grounds, and surely Hampstead-heath would, iu every respect, be a far more desirable investment. N NI A K E Axa COMM ERC£A.T, ISTELLTGENCE. THE WAR. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK CONSTANTINOPLE. The .sales of cotton at Liverpool yester lay were es timate,' at 10,000 hales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with a hardening tendency. Prices of Ame rican were tight. The sales comprised 8,000 Arne rican, 200 Pernam and Maranham, at 60. to 6a , 1., 150 Bahia, at 62d. 800 Egyptian, at 6d. t o 9d., 1,000 Surat, at 22d. to 32d., and 100 Sea Island, at ls. ld. to is. BU. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. There has not been an extensive business done this week in produce, and prices have only in a few instances been maintained. Business in tea has been suspended, owing to the telegraphic advices and the arrival of the Indian Mail. Sugar has been dull, although the better qualities of British plan tation have been supported. Coffee has been steady at full prices. Saltpetre has been in decid edly improved demand. Rice has declined 3d. to 6d. per cwt. Rum has been firm, cotton quiet, and tallow at full prices. In jute there has been a fall of 10s. to 20s. per ton. Russian hemp is firmer. The following is from an official statement of our trade with France, just completed : We concur in this proposition, put forth by a morning contemporary, not bec tuse of any present right on the part of the Hon. Baronet, inasmuch as the opinions of the Learned Judges, to whom the matter has been so frequently referred, must be considered decisive, even without the addi tional strength conferred by the opinions of Lords BROUGHAM, CAMPBELL, and DENMAN, but simply that we may get rid of a question that must become serious on the death of the present proprietor. Some arrangement must then be entered into, and we may as well at once grapple with the difficulty and anticipate the evil day. If the Gentlemen who so efficiently guarded the public interests last night would endeavour to effect an equitable ar rangement they would materially enhance their claims on the gratitude of the community ; and sure we are that even the most close-fisted Chancellor of the Exchequer would not refuse his assent to a mat . . _ ter in which the interests of the metropolis are so materially concerned. The money would not be wanting for a permanent settlement, even if a national subscription were required for the purpose. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING, JULY 28, 1854. 1 4 ' ► A letter from Constantinople, of the 13th, says :—" Accounts from Bab !oink state that the allied squadrons were ready to sail, but had been detained by 1 1 ,1arshal St. Arnaud, who was desirous that they should not leave until something positive was known as to the co-operation which might be hoped for from Austria. This point must be by'this time cleared up, and the comnined fleet will speedily set sail. In the opinion of all naval men it is necessary to have troops to land in order to be able to accomplish something decisive, but in this season that may be done without loss of time and without difficulty. When the old Hospodars are re-installed in Moldavia and Wal lachia they will each be accompanied by a Turkish commissioner invested with extensive powers, in order to make their authority respected and to prevent the abuse of it. It is said that these com missioners have been already appointed, and aro Soliman Paella, and Ahmed Nifik Effendi, who was recently ambassador in Persia. A grand council was held at the Porte to-day in order to devise measures for reducing the price of food, which is now excessive." • Advices of the 17th state that some deaths from cholera had occurred in the fleet among the French troops. __ Some disturbances had taken place at Gallipoli and Athens. Dearness of provisions was felt at Smyrna. 3,000 men and 15 guns have been embarked in Turkish vessels for Batoum ; 8,000 for Tschuruk. A letter of the 15th says that reports had been received at Constantinople that Russia had asked for an armistice. Omer Pasha, it is said, had gone to consult with the French and English admirals about it.—ln haste. Omer Pasha has transferred his headquarters to Rustchuk, and the Anglo-French force, amount ing in all to 80,000 men, is encamped in the Aeigh bourhood of Varna. One day is all that is re quired to effect a junction of both armies. A communication had been received from the British fleet, in which the following occurs : " Omer Pacha has crossed the Danube, and we go on expecting a general engagement. God knows how it will end. All are anxious. The Turks lost 800 men in the late engagement. The troops are healthy. We only want occupation." Another, dated Baldchik, July 16, says :—We are to embark all the troops for the Crimea, so report says. EXPORTS TO FRANCE. IMPORTS PROM FRANOR. Official Value. Amount of fm Total. Official Val--- Years. ..otal. "ue. _ Duties. 1852 £5,592 721 ......... 26,590,84 t 1853 5,375,971 ......... 8 . 613,432 An official return gives the amount of moneys remaining to be raised on the sth inst., granted by Parliamentary aids, f or th e. service of the years 1852 and 1853, as follows : Consolidated Fund -11 ,832,225/. 7s. 2d., perrAct 15 and 16 Vic., c. 82 Consolidated Fund-10,634,0471. 2s 4d , per Act 16 and 17 Vic., c. 110 1,700,185 3 7 To be Raised, £1,810,98718 9 The letters from India and Australia, by way of Southampton, will not be delivered until the sth or Gth of August, more than a week later than those via Marseilles, and it is understood that the cause of such a difference is the smaller power of the steamers employed. It seems a matter for regret that now railways offer facilities for the conveyance of packages of almost any proportions, and that steamers crossing the Channel from Calais to Dover can likewise raadily convey as many tons as would be requisite, an arrangement could not be made with the French Government to lower its charge, so as to allow of the entire correspondence being landed at Marseilles. A payment of Md. additional upon a letter weighing a quarter of an ounce, compared with the charge via Southampton, is certainly ex cessive for the service performed, and hence the few letters that come through France. If 2d. or3d. were charged, the Post-office revenue of our neighbours must largely gain, as we presume that nine-tenths of the correspondence, including that from Aus tralia, now comes from X_. , ypt direct to South ampton. A week is often of importance even to parties not largely engaged in commercial pursuits, nor can we better illustrate this than by the fact that before the Indian or Colonial letters reach England by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer on the sth proximo, the outward mail to Australia will have left, and a mouth's delay will occur ere another opportunity of steam conveyance for the mails to the colonies presents itself. The accounts from 'Vienna this morning notice the er.traordinary alacrity with whi c h the volun taiy loan was being subscribed, and such patriotism and cheerful exertion evinced by the population generally should prove the strongest possible inducement to Austria to pursue a loyal course and to introduc e a con4titutional system. The subscriptions flow in thus freely, there cannot be the slightest doubt, because a feeling of greater confidence has arisen that Austria will go with the Western Powers. Let her manifest a contrary.disposition, and how different would be the result. It is true that her hesitation subjects her to raistrust, and that even now, as some may believe, the movement of her armies,—certainly very active according to this morning's advices,—is intended to favour the po pular enthusiasm. Even the waiters at the hotels were subscribing, and at the Café Daum more than 6,000 guilders were written fur. The maximum sum of 500,000,000 guilders will no doubt be rea lised, and Austria has reason to be thankful that of late years she could no longer raise foreign loans, and that she has had the courage to evoke the sympathy of the public. The opportunity for re trieving her finances and establishing equilibrium between the income and expenditure was never better. The Funds have a firmer tone again, and this notwithstanding there is a very limited business doing, and an absence of any important foreign news. Money is easy, being worth about 3 per cent. upon stock, while in the discount market the best bills can be done at 54. Consols have realised 924 to 92i for transfer, and 924 to 924 for August. The New 34 per Cents. have been done at 921 to 934, and the 3 per Cents. at 924 to 4. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 3s. prem., and the Bonds have been dealt in at 981 to g. There have not been half a dozen bargains in the foreign market. Russian 5 per Cents, have been quoted 984, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 914. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been at 994. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 64 ; Mexi can, 248 to 241- ; Peruvi an , 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portu guese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; ussian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 • Ditto 44 per Cents., 81 to 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 184 to 182 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 364 to 374 , ; Ditto Certi ficates, 31 to 4f ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 44. The settlement of the account in the Rail way Market now occupies the chief attention, hut it is not a heavy affair. Great Northern, North Western, Brighton, and Caledonian have been moat dealt in, and the prices have been generally firm. French shares have been quiet, but Namur and Liege have risen. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady. Union of Australia are quoted ex dividend. Land Companies' bring previous rates. Mines are no minal. LIRITISII FUNDS THIS D AY. —CLOSING PRICES, ( Prom the °tidal Liao.) per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es ...... Ruthless done .. 921. 3 nor Cent. Consols A unnities ......... .. .. . . 92k 34 per Cent. Annuities • ..................... . 93i 2i 3i 3 Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth .. Jan. 44 India Bonds, £lOOO ...... ........ .. — . Ditto, under £lOOO. . .... 2 Consolsfor Accot 17th August •...... 92f p ..................... . 2500 .................. ..... ..... par 3 p Small. ....................... par Exchequer Bonds, 1853................. . ... .. 4 1 y 984 Ditto Scrip, 1859 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small . 99 5 tussian Bonds, 1822, .„ ....... ..•• ... ............. ' 93 10 1 per Cent... X St y Spanish Bonds, 3 per Ce nt 374 x d Spanish New Deferred, 3 Per Cent. 18i d Divinen:b on the eh," n ya b le In Lon d on . Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cont. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifleates .. THREE O'CLOCK. 922, 924 Consols ... Di tto Augu5................... t Account ... CONTINENTAL EZCHANGES profit, and th ere Continent sh ow an improvement —The advices from the in the exchanges, the rates being firm er both at Paris and Hamburg. Re mittances of go l d therefore scarcely yield the slightest was le ss rea di ne ss yesterday to purchase the amount s i n the market from Australia. Rtassia.—Th e letters from St. Petersburg are to the 20th inst. B usiness remained in' a state of stagnation, but the fu n d s and the rate of exchange were steady The weather was remarkably fine, and all accounts con cur in representing the crops throughout Russia as ex tremely abundant. Permission had been given by the allied admirals for the neutral ships which have been locked u p by the blockade at Riga and elsewhere to re turn home. T HE CHARTER ED BANE OF I NDIA. —I n th e case o f th e Charter e d B ank of India, Australia, and China, judgment was giv en It was to the effect that an injunction should be granted, until further order, to restrain the direct,irs from the Yegt-rda afternoon by the Lords Justices. attempted forfeiture of shares for the non-payment of calls, ,ii,d. to prevent a compulsory execution of the deed. The cause, on its iiitrinsic merits, of course remains to be heard, and will perhaps corns on about Christmas. LOANS TO THE WEST INDIA IsLANDS.—A Parliamen tary return, published yesterday, gives an account of the loans advanced by the Government to proprietors in the West Indies. The total sums advanced to the Islands of Jamaica, Barbadoeq, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Dominica, amounted to 948,0001., of which 278,0001. has been repaid on account of principal, and 404,0001. on a ccount of i n t eres t, l eav i ng 630,0001. s till d ue as principal. C HARGE OF S TEALI N G ONE T HO US A ND P OUNDS. — L IVERPOOL, Thu rs d a y . Y es t er d a y a ft ernoon, M r. George F oster, sharebroker, and a member of the Stock Excha nge, Was the borough sessions, charged with stealing a bill of ex placed at the bar before the Recorder, at change for 1,0001. from the counter of the Liverpool Borough Bank, on the 22d of April last. The case ex cited the most intense interest, and the court was unusually crowded with mercantile men. Mr. Blair and Mr. Raffles conducted the pro . secution, and the pri sciner was defended by Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Foster wao acquitted. J COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 27. The Queen and Prince, and the royal children, walked out yesterday afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived from London, and re mains on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. E. H. Hargraves. from New South Wales, had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Despatches from the Governors of Hong Kong, La buan, Ceylon, Australia, and New Zealand, were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial•ofce. The Rev. Tnom ts Frederick Dymock, M.A., has been presented to the Vicarage of Widesborough, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Win. Gould, patrons the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury ; and the Rev. John Peat, M.A., has been nominated to the Perpetual Curacy of Weald Chapel, Sevenoaks, vacant by the re 4ignation of the Rev. George Win. Corker, both in the county of Kent and diocese of Canterbury. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S DINNER.—On Wednes day evening the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland rave a 4rand banquet to a select party of friends at their man sion in St Jamee's-square. The guests upon this occa •ion were—Lord and Lady Alvanley, Lord and Lady Frederick Betitinck, Lady Charles Somerset and Miss Somerset, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir George Rock, Colonel and Miss Lowther, Captain Frazer, Mrs. Somerset, Mr. Lambton Sarter, Mr. Hamilton Rus sell, The venerable Countess of Carlisle and ber son, the Earl of Carlisle, have returned to town from Brighton. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto have taken a mansion at Brighton, where they purpose pawing a portion of the recess. Lieutenant-General the Hon. H. E. Butler and family have left Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, for Hastings and Leonard's, where they purpose remaining for a short time. TEE HORSE GUARDS.—Disquietude still prevails in this metropolitan camp. The Adjutant-General and his deputy soon join their predecessor, Sir George Brown, in the East. WILL OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.—TIIO will Of the late Marquis of Anglesey has just been proved by the present marquis, the Duke of Richmond, and Viscount 4 ydney, the executors appointed under it, with powers reserved to Lord Paget, a son, and one other of the ex ecutors. The personalty is sworn under 140,0001. Ac cording to the will, which is dated the 20th of February, 1854, a liberal provision is made for all the younger sons of the late marquis, an annunity of 5001. is be queathed his secretary, an annuity of 100/. is continued to Lieut. E. Martin, R.N., and 10001. is left to Hugh Cameron, Esq., as an acknowledgement of his profes sional services. The remainder of the property goes to the present marquis, to whom also are devised all the real estates, &c. The truncated pillar, ornamented with devices, which was presented to the gallant marquis by George IV., when Prince Regent, and the officers of the marquis's Hussar regiment, he also bequeaths to his thiest son, to descend as a family heirloom with the earl dom of Uxbridge. STAR CLUB. —At the rneeting of this club, held at the Star and Garter, on Wednesday, there were present the American Minister and Miss Lane, the Princes Gholan Makomnied and Ferozes Shah, Colonel Freestun, M.P., Mr. Rolt, M.P., Mr.. Hindley, M.P., Mr. Evelyn, -Mr. •Danby Seymour, M.P., Mr. W. Lee, M.P., Mr. John M 'Gregor, Ntr. Pilkinton, M.P., Mr?. and Mrs. Campbell, and seve;al other persons of distinction. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., presided. CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY 27.—SHILLING DAY,—Admis sion at the doors, 12,499; admission by season tickets, 1,053. Total, 13,548. The following notice was issued by the Postmaster- General yesterday, viz. :—" West Coast of Africa—The Ethiope, which should have been despatched from Ply ein::uv,ttlioofnAthfreic2as, t w h i i l n l s n ta o i t it, le w av it e h u th n e ti l l oa t ; h l e s I fo st r t p h r e ox W in e m st . Letters will be in time if posted in London on the 31st instant." CIVIL LIST PENSIONS —The annual list of pensions granted between the 20th June, 1853, and the 20th June last, on account of literature, appears in a Parlia mentary paper. The highest pension is 1001. and the lowest 40/. There are 15 pensions in the list. The widow of "Delta" has 1001., and the widow of " The Ettriek Shepherd," 50/. The last was granted in April of 501. t...) the widow of Mr. Bowditch, the celebrated African traveller. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.— Yeterday the ineti opolitan police received information of th, f dlowing highway rubbery and attempted murder in broad daylight. From the particulars oht.iined it appears that a man, in the employ of Messrs. Piper, the well known builders of Stangate, Lambeth, had been des patched to Chatham with a sum of money amounting to 451. The man travelled by the North Kent Rail. I way, and had got within hail a mile of the premises his employers were building, when, on passing along one of the principal streets leading to the works, he noticed a respectably-dressed man stooping, and apparently in the act of fastening his shoe strings. Having passed on a fcw paces, this man came behind him, and, with a heavy bludgeon, gave him a violent blow at the side of his head, His hat at that moment fell off, when the fellow a g na heard,e a sa i n o dui t hifiet finally a wl t l r yh e hcie e i n s d t rouucsk him mw over r r t h t e h the e crown of which liis man came the blood\to rush from the wound, when another d o„he.a4msp'and ap parently dead..belongingunrrf t oh h rrtt e eteo t rifledw mh o iaarin es t f h .o e r pockets tunate l of c a the e b man y: employers, his own watch y and, seeingthe surgeon's, where h m s a m d wa e enr o e tf in leaving . h . e bl m e a s n ta a te p: they gave an alarm ; been is , ai e d n u Ya n h tm d e e was removed to the nearest least clue as yet h obtained of the tiller's. dr a e n s s e l d n 8 , ens but l not the THE DANUBE. The following is dated Hertnannstadt, July 2G :- "The Russians consider the mouth of the Danube no longer tenable. "Prince Gortscha.koff, having convinced himself that Giurgevo and the Danubian islands opposite are occupied by a Turkish detachment, and not by the Balkan army, is withdrawing a great part of his army to Bucharest. "It is believed that the right and left wing of the Russian army are retreatirki to the Serail line of operations." According to a despatch from Vienna of the 27th, Omer Pasha and Prince Napoleon were at Giur gevo. UNFRIENDLY RESOLUTION OF THE DANISH GOVERNMENT. The Danish Government refuses to allow the establishment of a cholera lazaretto for the allied forces. PRINCE PASKIEWITCH. We read iu the Independance of Brussels : " The rumour of the disgrace of Prince Paskie witch was completely inexact. The accounts, which have arrived to-day from Kamenetz in Podo lia, announced that since the Marshal's arrival at his seat at Hommel his health has much improved. These letters confirm the rumour that he will shoitly resume the command of the Rus-ian army in the Principalities, and they even give the date of the 27th as that of the dty on which he is to depart from Hommel for the army." THE BRITISH EXPEDITION IN THE EAST. CAMP NEAR DEVNO, BULGARIA, July 13.—Lord Cardigan has returned to camp with the detach ments of Light Caval-y, with which he effected a reconnaissance along the banks of the Danube, towards Rustehuk and Silistria. It is reported that at one point of the river they saw the Rus sians in force under General Linters, and that the General asked a Turkish officer who went over with a flag of truce, on some business, the nature of which has not transpired, whether the cavalry at the other side were French or English. He was informed they were English, and he then took a long look at them, but he did not make any .ob servation, nor did he direct any fire to be made upon them. The noble lord and his men were without tents, and bivouacked for 17 nights. On the 11th, Tuesday, the distressing intelligence of the affair at Giurgevo on Friday last reached us, and caused the liveliest sensation. No pal . - ticulara are known here as yet, and the versions of the story differ very much, but all agree as to the names and number of the British officers killed. Captain Bent and Mr. Burke, of the Royal En gineers, &c., had gone up to Silistria on particular service connected with the defences of e place, and with the object of surveying and reporting on the forts along the Danube. It so happened that while they were iu Rustchuk the Turks resolved to force the river and attack the Russians, who were on the other side of the river. Among the British officers on the spot at the time were Mr. Burke, Royal Engineers, Mr. Meynell, 75th Regi ment, and Mr. Arnold, of the 'lndian army, and they all engaged in the expedition ' which was not the first of the kind in whi c h Mr. Burke had taken part within a short time previously. Tie result is melancholy. In a fierce attack on the Russian intrenehed camp on Friday last the Turks were received with such a heavy mitraille that they %wavered and fell back. Mr. Burke, Mr. Meynell, and Mr. Arnold rushed forward to rally and cheer them on, and, rendered only too conspicuous by their gallantry and daring, they fell dead before a deadly fire from the Russian riflemen. Mr. Burke was a universal favourite, an excellent officer, and courageous to a fault. He is much. regretted throughout the Light Division, and great sympathy is felt for his brother, a captain in the C ounaught Rangers, who was deeply attachedtto him. Some peopleis bu think that " Arnold" a mispronun ciation of the name of a n engineer officer who is known to have been up u at R ustchuk a short time back, along with Captain Bent. The night before this there was a general belief that peace would soon be proclaimed, inasmuch a s an Austrian envoy wa s reported to be dining with General Brown, and this Austrian envoy was on his way from Shumla, where he had held long interviews with Omer Pasha, to Varna, where he was to consult Lord Raglan and M. St. Arnaud. Then there was a universal rumour that " the Czar had abdicated," and, further, it Vira,s said that " the Duke of Cam bridge had said that the cavalry would be home by November, and the infantry by May." Later in the evening, however, this story received a severe check in the shape of an opposing current of gossip, to the effect that it was " certain we are going to Sebastopol, because A told B that C had said so ;" though some stoutly held out that peace was actually proclaimed, and that they knew the conditions, but did not like telling them. Peace proclaimed ! Why, surely it cannot be affirmed we are at war, or that the allied armies have taken a belligerent part or exhibited warlike action since they landed in Turkey. Our parades, reviews, drills, and inspections are as harmless and innocent as if they took place at Satory or Chobhain, and our whole operations of offence by land have been confined to, first, a reconnoitring excursion by Lord Cardigan ; secondly, the despatch of some engineer officers and Sapo ers t o Sili str i a and Rustchuk ; thirdly, the march of a few French Pontoniers in the same direction (on Tuesday, the 11th) ; and fourthly, the further despatch of a company of 150 sailors to Rustchuk, to construct a bridge across from the bank to the islands, and thence across to to the other side. To those who advocate the necessity of striking some powerful blow at the most vital point of our gigantic antagonist there is one reply,—" It would be madue.:s to attempt •Sebastopol." The Generals say our fleet is not prepared for it, and it would take one or two years to provide our army with the means of disembarking in the face of a powerful enemy and of prosecuting with success the siege of such a fortress. Surely all these difficul ties, if they exist, ought to have been foreseen. several acts of Violence have been committed by the natives on the road to Varna. A gentleman who i s correspondent for one of the Lon d on jour nals has been fired at, and the person who shot at him has been arrested and flogged. A canteen man has been, murdered. Some of our mail-bags have gone astray, and letters for the 88 th Regi ment have been found scattered by the hedges all along to Varna. On Sunday last Major-General Bentinck ad ' dressed his officers, after church parade, on the subject of s h av i ng , and informed them that they must use their razors. The Duke of Cambridge referred the matter to Lard Raglan, and it is un derstood that his lordship has decided that mous taches may be worn, but not beards. It is said that upwards cf 70 horses of Lord Cardigan's de tachmelit have been laid up in consequence of sore backs during the recent reconnaissance. The French still remain around Varna ; their engineers are ' surfeying the passes of the Balkan, and a number lor Poutoniens went up past th to SAlnal,a, ,aad ua Tuesday. OMER PACHA'S VISIT TO SILISTRIA. SnasTRIA, June 23.—Tile Generalissimo, Omer Pacha, has just arrived in this city. The Governor of the place, Malimoud Paella, went out to meet him, and received from his hands the grand cross of the Medjid. Omer Pacha, in presenting the cross, said that he had come for the purpose of congratulating the garrison ou its excellent con duct, and he charged the Governor to express to all the troops the satisfaction which he felt. On the very day of his arrival lie paid a visit to the fort of Arab-Ta,bia, of which the heroic resistance was sufficient to check, during forty days, one of the most powerful armies of Europe. It is really impossible to understand how the Russians did not, on the very filst shock, carry this lit tle earthen fortress. It has only three demi bastions, and is open at the gorge. Omer Pacha has expressed his deep sorrow at the loss of Cap tain Butler, who died on the very day of the re treat of the Russians. He has decided that a py ramid shall be erected in the middle of the fort in honour of the soldiers who have died in its defence, and that the mortal remains of Captain Butler shall be carried to the same place. A special mo nument is to be erected to immortalise the devotion of that valiant officer. On the following day the Generalissimo inspected the trenches constructed by the Russians on the right bank of the Danube. These trenches were constructed with great care and are of immense extent. It is evident that the Russians had been making preparations to offer battle at that place to the allied army if it had advanced fur the purpose of relieving the town. The Russians did not carry away the remains of their bridges till the 26th. The Turks have advanced a battery which has forced the Rus sians to send down towards Rassova the last of the pontoons which remained in front of Silis tria. Their batteries have killed two Turk ish soldiers and three horses. It is calculated that during the whole duration of the siege the Russians have lost, in killed wounded, and sick, about 16,000 men. The Turks have had 650 killed, and about the same number wounded ; but that calculation does not include the irregular troops, which were more exposed than the others. The Arnants have done great mischief to the Russians; they established them selves in the ditches of Arab-Tabia and kept firing upon the Russians with remarkable effect and cor rectness of aim. The Bashi-Bazouks have also suffered much. From the heights of Silistria we distinguish perfectly the whole of the Russian army which is concentrated near Kalarasch. Eight sepa rate camps may be reckoned. Several deserters, who passed theDanuhe by swimming, state that great discouragement exists in the Russian army. The vigilance of the Cossacks, who whip up all laggers with the knout, prevents desertion ; but if the English and French armies come up there is not a doubt in my mind that numbers of the Russians would come over to them, having more confi , hence in them than in the Turks. It is calculated that the ar.ily which blockadea Silistria did not consist of more than 50,000 men and 2,000 horses, and that the whole of the troops from Giurgevo to Ras soya was not more than 70,000 men. But the Russians have left very considerable troops in Bes sarabia, and the reserve corps of dragoons has re-. ceived a counter-order and taken up its canton ments iu Moldavia. The town of Silistria is much injured, and the quarter of the Christians is nearly destroyed. • Scarcely a house can be shown without the mark of a cannon ball, and the streets are torn up with shells. The Russians having left their dead bodies buried within a few inches of the ground, the air is quite infected with the odour, and the consequence is an abundance of fever. There is near this place a considerable camp, which is under the orders of Ismail Paella, an excellent general, the conqueror of the Russians at Citate. Another camp is to be formed near Rust chuk, and the division of Hassan Pacha has re ceived orders to proceed there. The Generalis simo is to return to-morrow with his staff to Schumla. It wily ho a difficult matter for the Turks to come up with the Russian army as it wants the means. of constructing bridges over the Danube. The Russians have destroyed a part of the boats which they possessed, and the Turks have no bridge equipage. They are masters of some boats, sufficient to carry over a few detachments only, and not a large body of troops. The villages around Silistria which were abandoned during the siege are now again inhabited. The inhabitants, who had buried their wheat, in order not to deliver it to the Russians, have already furnished 300,000 kilogrammes to the Turkish authorities, which wig suffice for the support of the army of Ismail Paella and of the garrison of Silistria, now, to all appear ance for a great length of time, free from the hor rors of a siege. AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Constitutionnel says :—" According to our private information, we believe that the immediate entrance of the Austrian troops into the Principa lities in consequence of the special treaty concluded to that effect between the Cabinet of Vienna and the Cabinet of Constantinople, with the consent of the Cabinets of London and Paris, may be consi dered as formally decided on." MONTENEGRO. Several Russian officers and agents who have till now been busily at work in Montenegro, under the able guidance of Colonel Kowalewsky, passed through Vienna i❑ the course of last week, en route for St. Petersburg, whither they were all ordered to return. C.)lonel Kowalewsky, the chief of this little corps, who has been staying here for the last three weeks, is now preparing to proceed to Jassy, to join his regiment there, in conformity with orders received from St. Pet( , rAburg. From all this, we may safely infer that Russia has at length abandoned her designs on Montenegro.. THE WAR IN ASIA. The last news from Kars state that General Beibetoaff's army was gradually advancing towards that place, where money and provisions were very scarce, and fresh intrigues have been discovered against General Guyon, in which Kerim Pacha, the Egyptian Chief, and Ferhad Pa ha (Colonel Steihn) are suspected strongly to be the plotters. Two Russian officers, who gave themselves up to • Zarif Pacha as deserters have been discovered to be vile spies, arid will be treated accordingly. Secret information received from Georgia would seem to show that the unfortunate natives will sooner submit to the Russian ycike, and abandon all idea of freedom, than fail in any attempt to obtain it, which they look upon as very probable, so long as the armies of Kars and Laziztan continue to re ceive checks. The Georgians seem woefully dis appointed that no European troops have, as yet, been sent to aid the Turkish forces in Anatolia. The French consul at Tiflis .had received orders to quit the country. Mr. Mair, an Englishman, liv ing at Kutais, was also on the point of departure. RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN PERSIA. Intelligence from Persia, via Kars, is of a very unsatisfactory nature. The general opinion enter tained by the higher classes of Persians is, that the weak Shah will u lti ma t e l y s id e with the strong Czar. Several Russian agents from Herat and Khiva had secretly reacheeTeheran, where money was scarce and business at a stand-still, and so likewise in the once flourishing commercial city of Tabreez. The newly-appointed _ charge d7affaires, M. Anitchkoff, who had at length reached Tehe ran, and relieved Prince Dolgorouky, will, from his knowledge of Persian politics, acquired from a long residence as consul at Tabreez, no doubt mate rially change the aspect of affairs between the two countries, to the detriment of Great Britain and France, the present enemies of Russia. A rumour was current that Colonel Sheil, the British minis ter, now on leave in England, would shortly return to resume his functions, when the chargé d'affaires i Mr. Thompson, would take his turn of absence. M. Honeycoff, appointed to he Russian consul-general at Tabreez, is spoken of as a highly talented dip lomatist, and one likely to keep her Britannic Ma jesty's representative thereat (also of no mean ability) constantly on the alert. Some Russian agents have lately been sent on a visit to the Koorils, encamped at Mahmandi6 and the Kuzlee Ghul. From Kars to Makou they were escorted by two hundred Cossacks. THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE. ATHENS, July 16.—The political sky of Greece assumes every day a gloomier aspect, notwithstand ing the continual efforts of the new Ministry to re moth the evils occasioned by this headlong move ment. A petition, from which the following passages are extracted, has b een rece i ve d b y the Council of Mi nisters. It is dated Athens, June 19 (July 1), and is signed " Theodore Grivas, D. Tzami Karatassos, Papakosta Tzamalas, by del;gation of those who have followed us in our quality as chiefs of the in surrection in Epirus, Thessaly, and Macedonia:"— " Returned to independent Greece, by order of her Go vernment, we wish, before all, to express our thanks to it for having saved the nation from the wrath of the two pro tecting powers, and for having restored us to the rank which we formerly possessed. "The only aim which we proposed to ou rselves in cross ing the frontier and in t rea di ng on t h e sacre d soil of our fathers has been the deliverance of our brothers from the Ottoman yoke ; besides this we have been induced to do so by the following motives : " The former Minister of War, Charles Soutzo, assured us positively, in the name o and after the express orders of his Maje ty the Bing, that the Government was firmly resolved to aid the revolution with nil the means in its power; that tut-, s.ti 7 t.ll t' ,, w2r3 w o u ! t _ri o t { at i t favour ably; tint principally the States of G.i . ruany, on account of the connexion of kin !red, whi , :h exists between their Sovereigns and our own, would furnish ns with all man ner of material aid, and that they would protect us in case the Western Powers should change their opinion about this new strife ; and that, finally, the intentions to aggran dise Greece, anti to liberate our brothers, was evittently proved by the fact that s , -veral millions of money wore in th hands of the Government. "It is worthy of remark that, while the Government lavished on some persons money and ammunition, and rein forced them with all means in its power, it behaved towards us, who fought without any regard to personal influence, having only in view the public interest, without money, as if it had proposal to itself to take on us an ignoble're venge. You must add to this, that the Government, which ought before all to have consulted the protecting powers of Greece, without whose consent nothing could be hoped, has undertaken this movement against their wish, falsely pretending that we had their full consent and approval. It has divided the considerable sums which it has received from abroad among its creatures, --among persons having no influence with the people who were to be revolutionised. "If it has sent ammunition in abundance and even some cannons for the siege of fortified places, it has intrusted them to people utterly incapable and without any past ant!ce dent, who had declared themselves chiefs, aga i ns t the opinion of the co un t r y ; endeavouring in this way to anni hilate all person a l influences, it has succe e d e d, by its faults and false measur es , t o b r i ng a b out the dissolution of t h e wh le movetnent, and the ruin and death of many of our brothers in the neighbouring provinces. " Many families from these provinces, in consequence of the ill success of the insurrection, have taken refuge in Greece, deprived of all means , of subsistence. The soldiers who went with us and their families are likewise in want. We request you, therefore, to give, as soon as possible. the necessary orders to make exact inquiries into the amount of money received from abroad, or from other sources—into the employment of this money, what aura have been expended an t what sums still remain —in order that from these latter these unfortunate suffering persons may get some relief; for it is horrible to think that these brave people, who have done nothing but obey the voice of their country. having been deceived by the Greek Government, should be now verging on despair." , What a curious light this petition throws on the household affairs of the so-called patriots. It shows, by the confession of three of the most pro minent chiefs, that the movement was not only not a voluntary one, but that, on the contrary, money, persuasion, and promises were required to make the patriots move. It shows the disputes and quarrels between the Government and the chiefs named by it directly, and the self-consti tuted chiefs of the revolution of Epirus, Thessaly, and Macedonia, which precipitated the pitiable solution of this ill-timed invasion, and it shows also with what spirit the people have come back. But this petition is only one instance of this spirit of reaction, and all those wh o h ave re t urne d s h a re it. The Ministry has, in consequence of this peti tion, and of the repeated complaints from other quarters, addressed a representation to the King, in which ho is requested to make the Minis try, acquaint e d w ith th e sums of money which he has received from abroad, and in whose hands they are. He at first would not under stand the meaning of this representation, and at last, when this would no more serve as an excuse/ he simply refused to give any explanation. N° w P the constitutional remedy to this would naturally have been the resignation of the Ministry ; but this would just be playing the King's game, f or with the resignation of the Ministry he would have again entirely free hands to begin his intrigues anew. How is it then possible to carry on a con stitutional Government iu such a s t a t e o f things T The King re ce i ves regu l ar remittanceafrom Russ i a , quite in th e p ens i oner style. A Greek house i n Paris mana ges th e b us i ness. With this mone y wholesale corrupti on i s carried on. If one were t o change to-day a ll persons about the Court, tomor row it would be very much the same, for it is the curse of Greece that so very, very few of her song are proof against corruption. Of course this alone makes the intrigues of the Court possible. Thassco's examination is finished, and a report is being prepared to be presented to the King. This case ismot the only one on the traces of which the Ministry have been ; about a fortnight after their taking office they found out a man who had re ceived 40,000 drachms, and soon after another who had received 60,000 drachms, in order to get up again the insurrection in Thessaly. Besides all these sums, proceeding from hidden, but not secret sources, the regular resources of the country have been fearfully squandered in this absurd enterprise. All the military ,stores are empty, the military budget for the whole year consumed, and. the Treasury without a penny. RUSSIAN FINANCES. A French journal publishes an interesting article on the financial situation of Russia, from which we extract the following : "The Russian Government, if kept for any time in check, will be shortly placed in the alternative, either of becoming bankrupt, or of bearing the weight of all the individual disasters which its policy shalt have provoked. And let it be well remarked, that the question is not of a temporary embarrassment for Russia; the question is of a war unprecedented for her with two great mari time powers ; of a war, which from the commencement obliges her to keep up from seven to eight corps d'arineep at three or four hundred leagues' distance from each other, and to make an extraordinary levy of 500,000 men, all serfs, who have become free without any indem nity to their lords ; of a war, in short, which deprives these same lords, the proprietors of the soil, not only of their instruments of labour, but of the produce of their work, in corn, flax, hemp, wool, tallow, timber, metals, &c. "The serf is estimated at an average value of I,ooof. The levy of 500,000 serfs for the war is therefore equiva leht to a tax of 500 millions of francs laid on landed capital The serf must, morever, be completely equipped by his lord. Calculate the cost of this equipment at oily 200 f. each, and you have a further tax of 100 millions. " The returns of the Customs for 1852 state that the exports of Rqssia by the Baltic and the Black Sea amounted to more than 325 ruiilions o f f rancs. The presence of the combined fleets in those seas, therefore,.. without strik i n g a bl ow, inflicts a loss on the fortune of Russia of 325 millions. " What a want of money will be. therefore, caused by such a state of things in every family ; what perturba tion in every interest, and what a perspective for the Impe, ial establishments in which are concentrated, In the shape of deposits payable on demand, the greater part of the savings of the country ! " If any one considers the contrast which exists, in a financial and economical point of view between the Go vernment of St. Petersburg and those of France and England, the difference is a marked one. How light in comparison is the charge which would weigh on these latter, in :lase the war should continue I In Russia, all the productive resources have been paralysed, whereas they have remained intact with the Czar's adversaries. The capital absorbed in the struggle will be repro: duced by the incessant activity of business in France and England. Here, the ploughs turn up the soil, whilst in Russia they remain inactive. Raw materials ar rive from abroad ito our manufactories and feed the public treasury ; goods are exported with the same facility ; institutions of credit are in full operation ; railways are being completed; all the works of publi c utility follow their course without impediment; it depends even on the confidence of capitalists, and , (312 the initiative o f th e pu b lic authorities both at Lone"' and at Paris, togive them a more lively impulse; whereas in Russia, neith er t h e G overnment, absolute as it is, nor public confidence, nor the fanaticism of the population can diminish the absolute ruin of all men's fortune* or ward off the crisis. Does not thi4 contrast suffice to show under a new light the excellent strength of the position which the Western Powers have assumed ? The Czar has been caught in his own snare. Let us, then, persevere; and independently o f th e m ilit ary g l ory which we ought to be eager to pu rs u e , a ft er h aving b een sp long de' prived of it. perseverance alone will ensure to us con siderable. advantages over th e c ommon enemy', He who pretended at the commencement tp wear out our pa". tierce by his diplomatic combinations will, before long, feel the full weight of so unequal a struggle." THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, Thursday, July 27.—The Hecla and Valorous have cannonaded Boomersund, without loss to either vessel. The Valorous got ashore, but got off, though with considerable damage. The Eng lish and French admirals are at Ledsund. Rear - Admiral Martin is at Helsingfors. Rear-Admiral Corry goes home sick, in the Dauntless. Rear- Admiral Plumridge, with blockships and paddles at Boomersuud. The Nicolai arrived on Thursday. The Gazette of Eastern Prussia, under the head of Pillau, the 19th, says :—" Last evening, an English war steamer took a Dutch vessel, the Wilmina, in this roadsted. That vessel was laden with iron, wine, stuffs, coffee, and cheese, whil slie w as convey i ng f rom Amsterdam to Pillau ac Konigsberg, and was sailing under a Dutch flag. Nevertheless she was seized arid brought into port as suspected of carrying provisions of war destined for Russia." A leiter from Hamburg of the 24th inst. says " Yesterday, as we learn by telegraph, 25 vessels of the combined fleets made their appearance before the principal island of the Aland group, and 2 0 other vessels of war of these fleets had arrived at SQderarm-Baak. We may consequently bear at any moment of a decisive attack on the fortifica tions of that island. Immediately after the arrival of General Baraguay d'Hilliers at Helsingor, be landed and proceeded to Copenhagen. The whole of the squadron from Calais is now, after a quick passage, in the Danish waters. Two vessels were on the 22d at Helsin gor , an d two at Copenhagen* and it is announced that seven others have cast anchor in Loge Bay, whence they will 8 0 °.n enter the Baltic. The health of the crews IS said to be excellent. The Danish squadron under Admiral Mourier was cruising on the 22d near Moen." AUSTRIA. Tress's Gazette of Berlin contains a lettfr from Vienna, of July 23, which says—" ecta2dil Of 4