The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DECRY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. - - TRIB EVENING, Jura 20, Will: be performed D.nizetti's Opera, LUCREZI BORGI.k Characters by /true. Cartidori, :Miss. Fanny Huddart, Mr. Hamilton Br,haly, i,ignora Sant% :'onbehn, Gregurio, and raves, and Herr To. Conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Peces--Stalls, Ts; Dress Circle, Cs ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ; and Private Boxes; One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-oittce , open- daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured: , Pritrate Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. • .•'•' THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. • THIS EVENING, :Awn 20, Wlll ;he performed the Drama of TELE KNIGHTS OF THE R1BNI) TABLE: 'Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhof4 W. Farren, Compton, and Backstone ; Miss Re, !olds, Miss E".:hrey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. To c4mlnde with the Farce of MRS. WHITE. R9TAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREEf. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, JUNE 20. Will be performed FRONI VILLAGE TO coußr. Principal characttm by Messrs. Earley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and V h ash. Followed by FA.ITST AND MARGUERITE. Char4cters by Idesirs.3C. - Rean and David Fisher and Mrs. Daly, and Miss C. L cescq.. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM T UEATRE. tr - nder the management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Juts 20, Will 4e performed A. CHAR KING WIDOW. principal charae. ten by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. Folio Wed by a new Dram entitled SUN TFIROUGTI THE CLOUDS. Characters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, N il s . fiughes, and Miss Oliver. MatthewSi Madame Vestris, To conclude with BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews and Baker; Miss Wadham, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL . Poop detor • webster.—Directress, Madame Cel es t e. i " • THIS EVENING, JUNE 20, Will bcperfortne& THE MARBLE HEAR r; or, The Sculptor's curac ors by gesers. P. Bedford, L. M u r ra y, B en. Web ster, anct ,.. c o leibr.; ,Madame Celeste, Miss W oo l gar, and Miss E. Harding: . After *tar presented the New Extravaganza, entitled MOVIN 0 1"TAIX; supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude With the popular Nautical Drama of the C &BIN BOY. Julien (tier original character), Madame Celeste. Tickets, Places, and Private Doze: , to be had at the theatre. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. 'Lessee and Manager, Mr. A.Wlgan. • THIS EVENING, Jun 20, Will be.,perfprrned the comic Drama, called UUSII MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F Robson, Einery, Whi , .e, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be fortiriveTby THEEst' NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wit im Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hortonomd Miss Wyndham. After Which,' TilE- MUM WY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Rol son, ftCooper; Wises Marston and E. Turner. STRAND THEATRE. ole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Aitcroft.,--Directress, Miss Rebecca . Isaacs, - THIS EVENING, Juiss 20. Will beiperformad thoisTragedy of HAMLET. Principal charac ter by M. ,Barry After which, TILE: PEW or THE BALLET. To conaltide with_ MY BELLOW-CLEILK. 51.; Boxes, 3e.; Pit, I, 6d; Gallery. Gd.; Private Box s, l le. Gd lo be had of Mr. Alicroft. 16, Nevi Bond-street. Adillset h it LATIONAt A.‘iPHITUF.ATIIF.. Lessee and Nfanager, Sir. William Cooke • " VHS EVF11!:G; JUNE 20. Will be presented the new Grand Historical Ml nary sp e ctacle en titled TFIR COSSACKS •;‘ or, Vive la France. Followed by a series 'of Chef d'Otivi'ea 'a Art, or Equitation 11 LA H A Urft- 1 1 :COLH`d4e , oped in the Veettps in the AlittULE, the whole areangeeand , condueted by Mr. William Cooke To conclude (23 tittle) a Congo43allat, called TII4 lILVAL ART Boa - otticgi9ike4 fronl• 11U Your., Stage Manager. gr. I, itritrcier 160tOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. • THIS EVENING, JUNE 20, . Will lie reptated''an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of FIREWORK. mt.a gigantic scale, representing. the British Lion and GalliC Cock ,TrUmolibg on the Russian Eagle. All the numerous attractions of the gardens as usual, including th e bea u ti fu l P anorama of Outman, by:Vmon—the extensive awl interesting slenagere Vocal and instrumental Concert: Miss Poole, Mist Ransford, and 3f r. ManVeti. &c. Conetdding with the attack of the British Fleet on Chusan—ExplosiOrt of the B.itteries and ships, and final Grand Display efifirewxwks,*by FOuthby. Feeding the animal-, Half-past Fire. CfAcert, : Half-past .ix. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, ls. HIGHT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. , . Tins DAY =—Mornin? 56 rnin.after 9 Evening 25 min.aft. 10 TO. Wonao*4-:-Mofning 56 inin.after 10 1 Evening 26 miu.aft. 11 at F. % T EAT!! ER.--SuE Orrom, JuicE 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69 tighest since noon yesterday. 51--kkwest this morning and during the night. 61—tbis day, at neo.u. BA ROMETZB, 29•98. WIND,-N.*..—.-Light breeze, and cloudy weather. :,. • . • -- •,1 clA's ' ktfl .0' . • rd -- ;:ir ~,- - --- - 1 7 : - ..k., ' ' • ~•• ~..,, 7 , --,.. . _ .. ., 6t ~,.. r, , ,-.4 , ....,k• - •: - -.: )311t L9NDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1854. A " material guarantee" is at length recognised as the only honourable basis, as the all-essential preliminary of a Pacification. A "material gua rantee,",given, not by Turkey to Russia, but by the AUTOCRAT to the great powers of Christendom. Yesterday afternoon, in these columns, we de clared in'so many words that the one condition of peace was—this " material guarantee." Yester day evening, in the House of Peers, Lord LYND HURST proclaimed his belief that France and Eng land could never terminate the war with honour to thern4eiles without 'having first extorted from the offending CZAR, •in security for his future good faith, this same " material guarantee." It was in reference to this, as the paramount requisite, as the coedition of a pacific arrangement, that in our last impression we travestied GRATIANO'S ex clamation —speaking of the "material guarantee" as an expressionborrowed from theEmperorNieno las, and adding "I thank thee, CZAR, for teaching me that phrase !" Scarcely were the damp copies of our jourtal distributed among the newsvendors, when the Noble and Learned Lord the ex-Chancellor was speaking thus in the House of Peers—" But a new phrase has been introduced into diplomacy by the Russians, it material guarantee.' If Russia will ' give us what she calls material guarantee',Lthat is, ,a pledge or mortgage upon something so valuable that she Would not like to risk the Toss of it if she violated her faith—then that might be of some use. As for her moral guarantee, her faith, her honour, or her word, they •are one and all valueless." Yes, the mot . : of the . crisis has been uttered. The clue thrciUgh' the labyrinth of difficulties has been discovered. Tho key to the solution of the 'Ooblem. The " verb" of the whole movement It comes to the CZAR, moreover, with the: bitterness of an ironical echo to his own 1, mighty denaand—therecalcit ration of that haughty demand by Europe —the demand no longer upon Turkey, but actually in behalf of Turkey upon Russia, of,-.-a "material guarantee." The moral guarantee'of Russia, as Lord LYNDHURST has well said, hervi4th, her honour, or her word, are one and all Ir.Mneless. the They are not on l y valueless-- y are'gl:ciidly:bYw or d s of derision—as when we talk Of the, courage of a PAROLLES, or of the honesty of - a li rlt , e2_. or of . the mode s t w i s d om of a poo . Q6ui t A No—it is obvi ous t o every one that 7Rti ss ia can .no longer be bound down by the wordin,g;ef trea.tle2,-.or. by the tone of proto cols,rport. of the promise of her or by.the purport Sovereign; 'e'ven When made upon The only security that ca n his parole de e'en tlema,ii.,r possibly henceforth 1,4_ the first to in he relied - upon) rega r d, i, di, ." what he himself wa s . coverabie dicate—a p nig that aerial guarantee." A do t .. as its basil,England and France might realisethe aspiration ,of. Lord JOHN RUSSELL , by effe c ti ng a solid, durable, and honourable pacification. Not otherwise !` Thanks to the really masterly oration in whi c h Lord LY:..troittitST, while analysing last evening in the Honse of Lords the Protocol recently signed by the dipkimatie representatives of the Four Powers at Vieurth, protested in words of burning and in dignant eloquence against the ignominy, or rather we should say against the infamy, of those Four Powers . donsenting to a Peace with Russia founded upon the status qu o an t e bellion, principle—thanks to the brilliant speech delivered in the - Upper House Y . psterday by the Noble and Learned ex- Uhancellor---a candid and explicit avowal of the p o licy q:ho MAJEsTY's , Government was at last extorted :7: froni the Foreign. Secretary. If acted 'Ilion; - that policy as explained to the country through the House of Peers last evening by the Earl of CLARF.NDON, will be worthy of the' dignity of -the Crown and of the glory of the empire,_creditable to the valour of our fleshF - and armies, and honourable to the pa triotispf,. our administrators. If abandoned, evadec4 , orjai s ified r it can only cover the names ‘.' . . lIMIIIM of some few conspicuous members of the Cabinet with lasting disgrace and universal detestation. Reviewing all the Ministerial acts and all the words which have fallen from the lips of the Earl of ABERDEEN, in reference to the war, in regard to Russia, and in particular allusion to the Nor thern AUTOCRAT, we can only wonder that some resolute and honest member of the House of Commons has not long since risen in his place and boldly demanded the impeachment of the First Minister of the Crown in the presence of Parliament. The observations made by the Prime Minister as recently as last night, towards the close of the 'important debate provoked by the observations of Lord LYNDHURST, were only of a piece with everything else the Noble Earl has already uttered upon the subject of that disastrous conflict of which we still, and very many besides ourselves, continue to regard him as not less the originator than the Emperor NICHO LAS. It was veritably the old song realised-- " Cauld kail frae ABERDEEN !" Happily, however, the timidity and peevishness by which the re marks of the Premier were as usual characterised, yesterday. had been preceded by the chivalrous and statesmanlike explanation of the policy of the Cabinet made by the Earl of CLARENDON as Foreign Secretary. Explanations so entirely satisfactory as to have at once commanded the approval, or rather we might even say the pane gyric, of Lord DERBY, as Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Repudiating at once and completely the notion of England and France consenting to conclude with Austria and Prussia a peace between-them selves and the AUTOCRAT such as the one to which Lord LYNDIII7RST had referred, a / peace based upon the status quo ante bellum proviso, a pea c e leaving untouchedthe present frontiers of Russia and Tur key respectively, Lord CLARENDON boldly avowed— " Such a peace would be nothing but a short and hollow truce, to which England and France could be no' parties—a peace which would afford no guarantees for the future, - which would be indeed a triumph to Russia, and would leave Austria hereafter more than ever exposed to the pernicious influence and iggressive policy ofßussia. (Cheers)." And almost immediately afterwards the Noble Earl continued—" I cannot say, nor do I think any of your Lordships would undertake to say, on what terms peace can be made, because those terms must depend on the chances and contingencies of the war; and, indeed, if I did know on what terms we should be prepared to make peace, I am sure your Lordships would agree with eut m th e d t i h v a u t ig it e would be imprudent at this moment them. (Hear, hear.) We may have . our own opinions as to what may be desirable may b lemtha e tre spect, but none of us can tell w pos sible. This we know, however, that the policy and the power of ituss f ia E a u r r e op d e a_ ( nge ha r e ou r s , ha t e o o_ the peace and well-beincr o and that. they': .dangerous to the cause of pro gress angl'Ot Civilisation. (Cheers.) We must all of us know that the object and the interests of Europe must be to curtail that power and to check that policy; and that if this opportunity be ne glected of doing that, it would be vain to hope that such a one would ever occur again. (Cheers.) My Lords, all Europe is not to be disturbed—great interests are not to be dislocated--great commercial and social risks are not to be run, and the greatest powers of Europe are not to be united in arms for an insignificant _ result. (Renewed cheers.) We must all be agreed that repression will only postpone the danger, and that safety can alone be sought in curtailing a power which menaces the peace of Europe and the cause of progress and civilisation. (Cheers.)" Language worthy of an English Statesman. Language which it was no wonder was greet ed from all sides of the House last evening with acclamations. Let the Cabinet be true to the policy sketched out by the manly declarations made in the Guildhall, on Wednesday afternoon, by the President cf the Council, and in the HOUS 3 of Lords last evening by the Foreign Secretary, and a Peace arranged upon the con cession of a " material guarantee" by Russia, will effectually avenge the past disturbance of the peace of Christendom, while securing the future progress of Civilisation. There can be no question of the Duke of NEW CASTLE'S competency to manage Canada and the Colonies, and doubtless the regret is pretty gene ral everywhere, except perhaps among the leading Peelites, courtiers, Whigs, and Russianisei-s at home and abroad, that he did not insist on Eng land's favourite Foreign Minister taking the con duct of the war, while he himself kept to the post which he has hitherto filled satisfactorily to all parties. His bill respecting the Legislative Council of Canada, read a second time on Thurs day night, does him the greatest credit. Utterly unlike most of the Coalition measures in its sim plicity and boldness, it seems likely to be rewarded with a totally different fate, and to be neither " withdrawn because we are absorbed in war" nor defeated. Noble Lords rose to comment, but disavowed obstructive intentions, and this most important bill was read a second time without a division, and that in the House of Lords ! The facts of the case are simple, as well as the bill. The Legislative Council of Canada a nomi native one, notoriously fails to obtain the respect and confidence of any important class in the colony. Individuals in it are persons of respecta bility, but it has no influence, unless, indeed, an irritating one, on public opinion. A chlnge is con fessedly needed. Well, a draft bill is forwarded to the Duke from Canada itself. He could either have adopted this, or obtained a complete bill from Canada, and obtained - its confirmation from the British Parliament. Either of these courses would have been deemed liberal both here and on the other side the Atlantic. The Duke himself, however, prefers a third and much more states manlike, as well as bolder course ; he proposes simply to repeal the disenabling- clauses of the Act of Union, and thus to leave the Canadians free to construct their second chamber on such a plan as they themselves think best. Of course the con sent of the Crown will be required, a consent as little likely, as in this comAry, to be withheld. A useless, and occasionally mischievous impe li ment to the prompt co-operation of the Home with the Canadian Government—the requirement of forty days' notice to Parliament previously to confirmation—is also to be removed, no one in terposing a word on its behalf. Are congratulate this great colony, this real New England, on the spirit now prevalent in regard to it here, even in the most aristocratic quarters ; and we must say that we sympathise entirely with the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S aversion to the thought of separation, and regret Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S injudicious taints or irony, for we really hardly know how to take his remarks, on cutting the connection entirely, as the proper sequel to the measure of independence already cheerfully conceded. As yet both Canada and Eng land are of quite another mind. England is proud of and loves her noble daughter, and her daughter is proud of and loves her ; there is not the slightest symptom of variance between them, hardly so much as between Lancashire and Middlesex, and not so much as between Louisiana and Pennsylvania. All the misunderstandings of childhood have passed away, with confessions, too of harshness on the part of the parent, and the awakening of intellignt attachment on the part of the child , and long may present sentiments I tio aat s ' epa W r a at ,lea st, will not anticipate the wish oe ef s w ru i 1 ch l u o n o s te n c es othersh ulshould hand, compel fully believe will lt be e f a kind thatthbrootuhgshidniesuilialli it they ' bow to events only, and not part . e same course been pursued with the A ali m eH e n r aa i dt c i a ot n nh Colonies as is now taken with Canada, had they been left to manage their own internal concerns, and to settle their forms of constitutional G ov ernment for themselves, and had they been fr g e o e v s e t rn pl o a r y s t o o f cnoonsptiatrutyti,onaan ous i o p n re ly sid to ed g that the Briti s h Em pire r t h b e y wecan imaginewe s ll day have comprised the wh o l e ontinent, and yet that prin of the North American C p ci i P re les' migh t at t h i s all its inhabitants might have British name, and havd, resentedbeen proud of the the idea of re nouncing it as an indignity. PROVIDENCE, no doubt in wisdom, perraitte4 the quarrel and Or. _ . separation, for the power of such an empire would have been uncontrollable either by the Old World or the New. - On the other hand, it may need the cordial union of England and Canada, even when the latter numbers her population by tens of millions, to moderate the ambition which the mighty republic of the South shares with all re publics which have ever existed. MONE V MA RKE T FINE ARTS. AND COMME.RCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily with but little change in prices. The sales comprised 500 Surat at 24d. to 3d., 50 Sea Island, and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were active, and generally 1 to 2 per cent. higher. The New York advices mention that the crops of wheat generally were promising an abundant har vest. Breadstuffs were firm. The shipments of specie continued large, amounting in the last week to 1,926,644 dollars, which had occasioned a falling off in the official statement of the City Banks under that head. The cotton market was fluc tuating. The amount of specie sent away yesterday by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon was 457,8001., of which 399,765/. was to China, and all but 16,9651. in silver. To Singapore 53,.5131. was sent, and the rest to Malta, ~A.lexand ria, and Penang. Circumstances are, indeed, favourable rather than otherwise to the continuance of the union. The political relations of the province with the kingdom are now eminently so. There the settlers are eminently British ; comparatively very few of the emigrants from Continental Europe resort to Canada, the most ill-affected of the Irish also go to the States, and if any of that stamp settle in Canada, their employment by British capital and under British masters, and the respect enjoyed by their religion there, soon converts them into cheer ful and loyal subjects of the British Crown. Then the natural wealth of the country, its railways, and commerce are so fast progressing, and that, too, by the aid of British capitalists and engineers, that what might have become an element of selfish strife is only binding us more closely to each other, add.xl to all which steam and the electric telegraph will soon render London and Montreal nearer than London and Dublin used to be. N'otwithstanding the boasted treasures in the fortresses of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Russian Government, thus early in the war, has come for ward to contract a loan in foreign countries. Through the medium of-Messrs. Stieghtz, of St. Pe tersburg, and Messrs. Hope, o f Amsterdam, a loan to the amount of eight millions sterling, is sought to be obtained. One might have thought that the vaunted popularity of the war would have in duced the subjects of the Autocrat to come forward freely with their subscriptions, especially as this is is not a forced contribution, or one that will be un productive of a return in the shape of interest. The fact is, however, as every impartial person must have felt, that the resources of Russia are most seriously tested by the efforts she has already made, that her small accumulation of coin, if any existed, has melted away, and that she stands revealed both financially and politically as the mere shadow of that greatness which igno rance usually ascribes to the unknown. The clues tion naturally asked will be whether this loan will find takers in Holland. The price is 921 or 93 for a 5 per Cent. security, and judging by the feeling at Amsterdam manifested from the very commencement of the present war, and which is decidedly Russian, we believe that almost as a matter of inclination, apart from the idea of gain, the Dutch will subscribe. They certainly are not much indebted to England and France for the part taken by the latter countries when Belgium recovered her independence ; but if they expect to gain much by a closer re lationship to such a power as Russia, they may find the exchange not the most politic. Even in the London market, however, there are men, and probably those who are already interested ii Russian debt, who will make further advances, but it may be useful to remind such that, in time of war, it is expressly forbidden to lend money to a State which is an enemy to their own country. The other " pull" upon the money market to which we briefly alluded a day or two since, namely, a loan upon Debenture Bonds for the East India Railway Company, guaranteed by the Hon. East India Company, is now before the public in a tan gible shape. The total amount is a million ster ling ; the bonds are to run from 3 to 5 years. Whether the amount can be placed remains to be seen, but certainly the market is favourable for the operation if people have confidence in -the management of the company. Although the guarantee, probably, may remove the matter out of the province of doubt, the loans for Trinidad were t s ak to e c n k. yesterday, Thisis paro course, for the b 4 y the Iper C mother country, an d i s a pretty fair i n d ex o f th e value of money, i nasm u c h as the Bank o f E ng l an d were the chief bidders. guaranteed, m os t y at Believing that natural and voluntary unions of parties, able, indeed, to act independently, but grown up together in the bonds of common origin, cordial good-will, and mutual interest, are the strongest of all, we would please ourselves with the idea that England and her present North American Colonies may long exist in free and happy federal union, beneath a Monarch as beloved by both as our present QUEEN. Should a separate future, however, be reserved for us, though Austria, Rus sia, or Prussia might fall to pieces any day, and the fragments bate most cordially the old central despotism, yet if events do compel England and Canada to divide their Governments, it will, we doubt not, be effected without any diminution of mutual attachment and respect. THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION.—This day, being the an niversary of the accession of her Majesty to the throne, was celebrated with the usual demonstrations of loyalty. The bells of the various churches in the metropolis rang merry peals, and at one o'clock double royal salutes were fired from the Tower and Park guns. His Majesty the King of Portugal, attended by his brother the Duke of Oporto, and suite, visited the estab lishment of Madame Tussaud to-day, and remained some hours 'among the numerous interesting works of art in the museum. This popular exhibition has been visited in one twelvemonth by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Royal children, her Majesty Queen Christiana, the -ex-Queen of the French, their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and his Highness Prince Mahomed, and other distinguished personages. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Miss Ellen Grey takes her benefit at the Haymarket this evening, on which occa sion The Knights of the Round Table, with other enter tainments, will be performed. Miss Ellen Grey is a rising artiste, and, as such, we h ope t h at her b enefit may be a profitable one. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The per formances by the artistes from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, and Madame Marie Cabe!, were honoured last evening with the presence of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom• panied by his Majesty the King of Portugal, and the Duc d'Oporto, attended by the Baron Sarmento, the Viscount Carreira, Chevalier de Mello, Countess Mount Edgcumbe, H on . Mi ss S tan l ey, Hon. Misa Byng, Lord Camoys, the Hon. Colonel NVylde, Major-General Buckley, and the Hon. Captain de Ros, THE VACANT REGIMENTS.—We believe that the colonelcies of the 19th and 84th Regiments, vacant by the deaths of General Turner and Sir Loftus Otway, will be conferred on Major-General Rowan, C. 8., command. ing the troops in Canada, and Major-General James Shaw Kennedy, C. 8., both distinguished Waterloo officers. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The following return for yester day, which was the first of the shillitrg days, hae been issued by the directors :—Number of season tickets sold at to this date, 20,220 ; admission at the doors, 10,424 ; admission by season tickets 1,235; total, 11,659. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN.—The Australian steamer has arrived with 127,000 ounces of gold, valued at 508,000/. THE RUSSIAN LOAN.—The proposals for the Russian loan mentioned last week as about to be contracted in Holland have just been put forth. The amount is 50,000,000 of silver roubles, or nearly 8,000,0001. ster ling, in a 5 per cent. stack, with dividend from the let of April, at a price equal to about 924. The houses by whom it is introduced arer Messrs. Stieglitz, at St. Pe tersburg, and Messrs. Hope, at Amsterdam ; and it is said that in the latter city a good amount has been sub scribed. FOREIGN RATES OF EXCHANGE.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse exhibit an advance of about one and a-half per cent. At Amsterdam, in consequence of the new loan, the Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have experienced a severe fall. At Vienna the money market continues to show a general improvement. The quotation of the Fretich rate of exchange shows renewed firmness. At Hamburg there has been another consi derable decline, and the rate of discount has advanced to 2:1. ST. PETERSBURG.— The letters from St. Petersburg are to the 10th inst. They contain nothing new, except that the Prussian Consul here is appointed to legalise all official documents for RCtssia in the absence of the Russian Consul. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the week show a considerable increase. They have com prised altogether 16 vessels,—seven to Sydney, with ao aggre gate burden of 4,597 tons ;.five to Port Philip, with an aggregate of 3,739 tons ; one to New Zealand, of 672 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 517 tons ; one t o Adelaide, of 456 ton; ; and one t o Perth, Western Aus tralia, of 439 tons. Their total capacity was conse quently 10,474 tons. The rates of freight continue to exhibit great heaviness. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—The general business of this port has been active during the past week. The number of vessels reported inward was 200, being the same as the previous week. The number cleared outward was 131, being and increase of seven over the previous week. Of those, 24 were in ballast and 16 for the Australian colonies. - SHIPMENTS OF SFECIE.—The shipment of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to 455,8001., of which 32,1031. is gold, for Malta, Alex andria, Singapore, and Hongkong ; and 423,6971. silver, for Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Canton, and Shanghai. A new Belgian loan for 27,000,000 francs is in course of negotiation, but the arrangements are not yet concluded. The interest is to be 4i per cent., and the probable contract price 90. There will be some cancehnent of floating debt. It has been rumoured during the last day or two that Messrs. Rothschild have arranged with Go. vernment to take a large amount of the Exchequer Bonds. Money is stated to be scarcely so easy this morn ing, but the London Joint Stock Bank, as we men tioned yesterday, has reduced its allowance on de posits on " call' to 41 per cent. The Stock Market has undergone some reaction after yesterday's important advance, and several influential brokers have been selling. The fact of so many loans being on the tapis is rather against prices, but the realisation of profits is a stronger reason. The value of Bank Stock is 204. Exche quer Bills are at par to ss. prem., and India Bonds at 3s. prem. Tne New 31- per Cents, have been 921 to 93i, and the 3 per Cents. 921 to 93A. Con sols opened at 921 to 93, have been since 934 g, and are now 93i g. The Foreign market is lively. Russian 5 per Cents. are 97 to 98, and the 4i per Cents. 86, being firm, considering the ,new loan. Dutch 2i per Cents, have been quoted 61i. Brazilian Old Bonds are at 99%, Chilian 3 per Cents, have been done at 741, and Equador, at 31. Mexican are supported at 24i. Peruvian 5 per Cents. have varied from 67 to 68, and the 3 per Cents, from 50 to 51. Spanish 3 per cents. are worth 41, and the De ferred 19Z. Sardinian ex dividend have been at 85 to 86. Railway Shares continue excedingly good, and in many instances there is a further advance. Caledonian are up about 105.., North-Western are 4 - 1 to better, and South-Western, North British, East Anglian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great Western are buoyant. French shares are not quite so high as yesterday. The Mining Share Market is dull for both home and colonialundertakings. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are very fi rm. ITnion of London are higher, and English, Scot tish, and Australian have advanced. The Land Companies' Shares have been nominal, and Crystal Palace lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Front the Olicial List. ) tinoinCl3s done sank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 34 3 i 3 per Cent Consols Annuities shut 34 per Cent. Annuities Ling Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 111.6 pittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4s India Bonds, £IOOO Ditto, under .ClOOO 3 p Cousols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. £1000 2500 par Small I 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. nrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Chilian Bouds, 3 per Cent Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 Per Cent — Litt° 5 per Cent . . . • Equador Bonds %texican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 674 7 8 7 Peruvian 3 per Ceat. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 97 8 Ditto 4i per Cent B6 Sardinianßonds, 5 per Cent B6 5 x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4l. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9B THE TRADE OF THE MOZAMBlQUE.—lntelligence was received yesterday at Lloyd's that custom-houses have been established on the seaports of Ibo, Quelimane, In haniba,ne, Lourenco, Marquez (Goa Bayl, on the east coast of Mozambique, Africa, and that the ports of Tofalla, Angoxe, Mecambo, Cenducia, Firmao Vellozo, Pemba Tongue, and Rio de Orero, are to be fiscal ports. These ports are open to foreign flags, but in no other ports will foreign vessels be permitted to enter, except in case of- distress, or of urgent necessity to procure water, stores, or firewood. A n d a l so that at the Cus tom-house of Mozambique foreign merchandise can be admitted to bond in warehouses belonging to the state, under the control of the Custom-hou4e, for a period not exceeding two years from the date of entry. At the end of that period the goods must be either entered for home consumption or for re-exportation, and if the latter, they are not subject to duty. Goods can be re-exported within two months of their arrival, free of duty. The Government holds itself responsible for the goods in bond. EAST INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.—The precise terms have been announced of the Four-a-Half per Cent. Bonds for 1,000,0001. about to be issued by the East India Railway Company. They will be for 100/. and upwards, with principal and interest guaranteeeby the East India Company, whose signature they will also bear, and they will be for periods of three or five years, at the option cf the applicant - s, during which periods holders will have the privilege of converting them at any time into shares. Applications are to be received up to the 28th inst. Sevastopol. Drawn by W. Telbin. Published by Colnighi and Co. A lithographic plate of peculiar interest has re cently been issued from the establishment ofMessrs. Paul Aid Dominic Colnaghi—drawn on stone by J. Brandard, from a faithful sketch by W. Telbin, taken from the original panoramic outline made by Lieutenant Montague O'Reilly, R.N., on the occa sion of the memorable visit paid to the fortress of Sebastopol on the Gth of January, 1854, by H.M.S. Retribution. The impression forms an admirable companion to the view of " Kronstad t" already given to the public by-the same firm, and already men tioned in terms of deserved eulogium by ourselves. Among the numerous engravings of a somewhat similar character intended to afford the current his tory of the war with Russia the advantage of popu lar illustration, these plates of " Kronstadt' and " Sevastopol" published by the Messrs. Colnaghi possess the eminent merit of authenticity. It has before now been remarked in these columns in re gard to the former engraving —the delineation of Cronstadt—that it was accurately copied by the lithographer from the original drawing produced by Mr. Dolby, the artist sent into the Baltic with the fleet • under Admiral Napier to sketch from nature whatever localities and incidents may appear to him deserving of pictorial commemoration. Engravings taken from these original drawings produced by the hand of Mr. Dolby, and sent home for the purpose of publication by the Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, appear before the world when they are issued from the press under the espe cial patronage of the Admiralty. As among these sketches the artist had supplied the publishing firm with reliable materials for the production of a litho graphic plate portraying the fortifications of Cron stadt, it was deemed advisable that a companion plate should follow it representing the no less redoubtable fortifications of Sebastopol. Fortunately, more over, an original drawing taken on the spot, that is to say, within full view of that wonderful fortress on the coast of the Crimea, by a gallant artist gifted with a keen eye and a skilful pencil, supplied the publisher and the lithographer with no less, or rather with still more authentic materials for the portraiture of the general aspect of Sebastopol. That original drawing we ourselves had a few days since the gratification of examining—it were need less to say with very considerable interest—at the Messrs. Colnaghi and Company's establishment. It represents the appearance of the great fortified city at the very moment when its harbour was daringly entered by H.M.S. Retribution. The circum stances of that memorable visit cannot easily be forgotten. They require no detail here in the way )t explanatory comment to recall them to popular nnnembrance. As a memento of that deed of daring, as a souvenir of the outbreak of the general - *Lir of 1854, the plate here depicting the general aspect of Sebastopol, will be found by many, we con.ledure, not undeserving of particular remark, awl by not few worthy even of leagtheuxi pre sorstati;:n. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Quit 6li HALF--PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July ..... 931 s d MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—Information has been received of the mysterious disappearance from Steyning, Sussex, of a young man about 18 years of age, named Edwin Poiney. He was dressed in a fustian suit, and had a silver watch, makers name " Lassetter," Steyning. He was last seen on the road from Steyning to Hors ham, and it is feared he has met with some foul treat ment. Information is requested to be given to Mr. Breach, Superintendent of Police, Hove, Brighton. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COUNTY COURT BAILIFF.--In. formation has been received that William Wilson, As sistant-bailiff of the County Court of Newport, has absconded with several sums of money received by him, and it is supposed he intends to emigrate. His wife left Newport previously, taking with her a small fancy terrier bitch. It is supposed they went to Bristol or Liverpool, to take passage in an American vessel. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.—A letter from Malta says : —One report states that the Russians refuse to exchange prisoners, even stating that they would not take twenty Russians in exchange for one English. Another report states that they have offered the whole crew of the Tiger for a Russian prince, who, it is said, is a prisoner in the English fleet. - GALATZ.—Advices have been received from Galatz, in Moldavia, of the sth inst., in reply to an inquiry as to the influence of the Russian occupation of the Princi palities on the future supplies of grain. The stocks of barley and rye, it is said, have been nearly exhausted by the invading army, and a quantity of wheat has been ground into flour, but chiefly hard wheat. It is added, however, that should commerce be re-opened, there would 'be no deficiency of soft wheat, as the stock in the interior is considerable. In addition to this, it is said the appearance of this year's crop is, up to the present time splendid, rains having fallen every week. It would therefore only require ships and fair prices to induce growers to bring d own l arge quan titi es . Th e stock of Indian corn is very large, both at Galatz and in the interior, and, as the Russians do not ti,e it for bread, it is a drug in the market, and can be bought for about 7s. 6d, per quarter. THE NEW INCOME TAX ACT.—Yesterday the In come Tax Act (No. 2), which received the Royal assent on Friday, was printed. It declares that the duties are freely and voluntarily granted towards defraying the expenses of the just and necessary war in which her Majesty is engaved. From the sth of April last the ' increased rate of ls. 2d. in the pound is to be chargeable. The duty is to be assessed and raised under the provisions of the former income tax acts. There is a provision in the new act as to the payment of interest on Exchequer Bills becoming due. The act is to continue in force during the w4r, with a proviso as to arrears. THE EXPORT OF SLILPHUR.—It appears that the pro hibition by the King of Naples of the export of sulphur to the ports of the belligerent Powers is confirmed. The importance of this article as regards the manufacture of gunpowder is trivia!, the qUantity used for that purpose not exceeding a fiftieth part of the total annually taken by this country. It is in a multitude of manufacturing and chemi ca l operations that its deficiency will be felt, ° and i n t hi s respect the interests involved are so large, both t in England an d F rance, that it may be assumed he measure will command the immediate attention of the to th e p eople of respective governments. The yearly value of the trade miln Sicily is estimated at nearly half a lio sterling, and it employs about 100,000 tons off I 'p g' . THE EMPRESS or AIISTRIA.--The Emperor of Austria, in order to give an agreeable surprise to the young Em press during her late visit to Ploschkowitz, had a room in that chateau fitted up precisely similar to that which she occupied at Possenhofen, and her Majesty even found on a table some fancy work which she had left unfinished when she quitted her paternal residence. BANK or AIISTRALASIA.--At a meeting of this Bank held yesterday, the report and accounts were unani mously adopted. The chairman, Mr. 0. Farrer, in ex plaining the progress of business, referred to the increased dividend paid, at the rate of 174 per cent. in April, and stated that the profits had greatly augmented. In 1851 they had been 70,0711. ; in 1852, 193,2821. ; and in 1853, 250,7831. The circulation in these respective periods was 149,0001., 659,0001., and 1,128,0001. The accounts with the Bank of Australia have been nearly wound up, and wth more advantage than was originally anticipated. With regard to &reserve fund of 200,0001. agreed to be provided to meet future contingencies, the directors stipulate that it shall be separated as early as possible from the other funds of the bank and perma nently invested. Tho accounts from the colony are generally satisfactory, and the new branches will, it is expected, prove advautageous to bwittom ' : _.. _ ..Y yJ; .__ .. ~ ..i.l Lit THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1854, Ridiculous Things : Scraps and Oddities. By John Parry. M`Lean, Haymarket. . As we took occasion to intimate the other even ing, the celebrated buffo-singer, John Parry—John Parry the incomparable (we appeal to every young lady who may happen to glance at these remarks to pronounce whether our adjectives of praise, as applied to him, are in any way extravagant)—John Parry the droll, the demure, and the delightful— has thrown aside the pitch-pipe and taken up the pencil, has turned from the music desk to the easel, has forsaken the piano for the brush and palette, and come forth at once, "at the first blush," in the full glory of the most grotesque of cari caturists. The volume of pictorial fun which we then announced as forthcoming is now before us in the form of a substantial publication. " Ridiculous Things"—they are called—" Scraps and Oddities"—the title-page candidly avowing in regard to them yet further, that they are—" some with and many without any meaning." Welcome at all times and under any guise, Jolla Parry will be especially so to the multitude of his friends and admirers upon the occasion of his present singular appearance. For, strange though it may seem, it is none the less true for all that, this amusing and laughter-moving volume, a volume replete with ludicrous and eccen tric sketches, the product of the most facile touch and of the most fertile and bizarre imagina tion—is the result of a serious and prolonged ill ness, the effects of which, it is feared, will pre clude the artist-musician from ever again appear ing before the public in his old capacity as a buffo singer. Thrice welcome to us, therefore, is he— now under these peculiar, half-comic, half-melan choly circumstances. But for this influence we should never have known the skill posses sed by our favourite of the concert-room in the delineation of the ridiculous and exaggerated. He has the true genius -for the caricature. As some body said of Garrick, " Hang the fellow, I believe lie could play a gridiron !" so might we say of Parry, we believe he could idealise one into a monstrosity of fun that might raise the ghost of Gillray, or tickle the diaphragm of Cruikshank. Look at the very first page of " Ridiculous Things," literally, for proof in illustration. Look at the pencillings, for example, of those impossible and altogether preposterous experiments—" Experi ments with a Dandle for a Cold," the flame of the dip licking round the nostrils of the patient—" Experiment with a Child's Chair," the double of Daniel Lambert trying to get into it—" Experiment with Hammer and Anvil for Pains in the Head," a hint taken from the myth of Vulcan and Jupiter—" Experiment with Pestle and Mortar, for Pains in the Back," a cure for lumbago something kindred to the rush of the mad bull after the gouty old gentleman ! Again s sbeholcLthe charmingly nonsensical wonders of " The Black Page"—recalling to our memory dear old Elia's commemoration of little sweep-boys at peep of day, crying out like sparrows peep ! peep ! swallowing savoury cups full of sassafras, and eulo gised tenderly as " dim spots, innocent black uessee In the very centre of this murky page of fun and frolic will be found, "all of a row," like the fiddlers in the nursery rhyme (in a " wood cut ") five such delectable and preternaturally . laughable " Ethiopian Serenaders !' Bones wrig gling the stool on which lie is seated into a break age in the intensity of his melodic enthusi ism—Banjo languishing his eye-balls up into the roots of his hair in the ecstasy of his lackadaisical sentimentalism—Fiddle and Guitar writhing, for the same reason, into entangled con tortions—Tambourine fairly lifting himself into "mid air" in the rapture of his bounceable accom paniment. The limning immediately afterwards of the " Imps in a Studio" will be found worthy of a glance and a grin—but worthier of both the page beyond that, the ghastly and elridch group of " ghosts and goblins"—including among them "Mr. Banquo," and " The ghost that frightened Mr. Punch very much" (a sheeted ghost with a broad grin—a very visible guffaw), and "Il Commanda tore dismounting. to sup with Don Giovanni" (in the public square, of course, and by moonlight)— and with these the effigy of a man (the reverse of squinting) so absorbed in the new ghost story that he is obliged to read the two volumes together ! Under these, on the same page, we hav e a won d er f u l wood-cut of Hamlet—and an outrageous glimpse of " The Corsican Sisters," as well as anoth er o f "The Corsican Brothe rs ." Commend us for suggestive scribbles in the way of child-drawintt, to the hinted portraits in pen and ink of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth. " The Flirt at the Piano " is hardly what the young ladies had a right to expect from John Parry's gallantry. However, he compensates them for this wicked sarcasm, in some mea sure at least—by dedicating to them, before the close of his volume, his latest musical mor ("eau, " The Invisible Prince's Invisible Waltz" —not the least acceptable of all John Parry's contributions towards the amusement of his fair countrywomen. "Hairology" is the subject of one of the most droll of our artist's pictorial extra vaganzas—displaying the female coiffu re it la Pan cake, a la Apollo's lyre, a la Cupid's bow, a /a wheatsheaf, 4 la graide Q, 4 la Welsh harp, 4 la Piggy wiggy ! and a variety of other fashions equally ingenious , absurd, and lau g habl e . It is altogethr hopeless to afford any notion by .words of the intensely ridiculous fun of the " Stray Leaves from a Book of Nonsense.'" Each compartment or leaf containing some such explanatory stanza as the following " A grisette once walked over from Paris, To marry a Mr. Snooks Harris But she altered her plan, Not much liking the man, Took her boxes and walked back to Paris." " Harris" yelling in the back-ground to the left, and a child's sketch of a gateway answering to the name of "Paris," in the back-ground to the right —and the grisette tripping back from her fruitless excursion with such an elastic bustle and on such jaunty tiptoes—it is the very ex aggeration even of caricature. Further than this it were scarcely fair to proceed in the descrip tion of the store of ridiculousness—provocative now of a grin and now of a roar of laughter—laid before the world, laid on reading desks, and draw ing -room tables, in boudoir and library, by the hand of merry-eyed, gay-hearted, John Parry— Alone and Unrivalled as an English Buffo-Singer, as a Droll of the Pencil a not unworthy contem porary of Richard Doyle, of John Leech, of Hablot Browne, and of George Cruikshank. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. ...--,-,,-.-4 THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. THE LATEST DESPATCH.. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated yesterday evening, says : On the 13th three mines were sprung before Silistria, without doing any damage to the walls. The Russian storming columns were prepared to mount the expected breach, but were attacked on three sides by the Turks. A fearful slaughter took place, and the Russians fled in terrible disorder. The Russians were employed on the 14th and 15th in removing their dead. Three Russian Generals were severely wounded, and all the Russian siege works totally destroyed. On the 13th the garrison of Rustchuk went over to the island of Mokan, and destroyed all the Russian works there. Ad vices from Bucharest of the 16th instant state that since the affair of the 13th, the siege opera tions against Silistria have been suspended. Prince Gortschakoff is wounded. General Schilders has had his leg amputated at Kalarasch. General Liprandi has evacuated Slatina. MARCH OF BRITISH TROOPS TO ASSIST THE BESIEGED. A despatch from Varna of June 4 says :—" The advanced guard of the British has marched on in the direction of Silistria, and is to be followed by another body in thirty-six hours. It is fearfully hot here, and we are sadly in want of fresh pro -visions." DEATH OF MUSSA PACHA CONFIRMED. The following despatch has reached Paris :-- CONSTANTINOPLE, June 10.—The death of Mnssa Pacha, Governor of Silistria, has been confirmed. He was killed on the 31st May by a granade, after an assault valiantly repulsed. Mussa Pacha has died poor ; he had refused two millions which Pas kiewitsch had offered him to give up the place. Omer Pacha, on the news of his death, sent Seiram Paella with 30,000 men, who, having feigned to give battle to the Russian army, brought about a movement in that army which permitted him to introduce 2,000 men into Silistria. OMER PACHA'S BULLETIN. Subjoined is a translation of the official bulletins published at Constantinople, the 9th Ramazan (June 4), on the assaults made by the Russians against the fortress of Silistria from the 25th to the 28th of May, and repulsed with great energy by the Ottoman garrison under the orders of Mussa Pacha : " PRECIS OF A DESPATCH FROM HIS EXCELLENCY OMER _ PACHA. DATED SMALL*, THE 28TH CHABAN. " During the night the Russians place sentries round the fortress of Silistria and remove them at daybreak. Nevertheless the road to Turtukai is open, and a cap tain of the Ottoman army, who has arrived from that town, declares most positively that since the commence ment of the siege the Russians have suffered enormous losses, amounting to no less than 10,000 men slain. We also should state that our losses have been very sen , ible. "On Sunday, May 21, the Russians, attacking only the redoubt of Arab Tabiasi, stormed it three times : at the first assault they arrived within musket shot, and were obliged to retire with considerable loss ; at the second they could only approach within cannon shot, and the correctness of our aim compelled them again to retire with considerable loss ; the third time, the cavalry was posted behind the infantry to force them on, but in spite of every effort to make the latter advance, the for mer could not succeed, and the enemy was again forced to retire with loss. "On Monday, the 28th of May, the Russians, in five lines, again renewed the attack, which they directed against the redoubt of Ldvent. The first line arrived within cannon range, could advance no further, and it opened fire at this distance, without producing any effect. Having experienced a heavy loss, the enemy was com pelled to retreat. - "In fine, all the attacks of the Russians having failed of success, they have always been compelled to beat a retreat with considerable losses, and I have the satisfac tion of hoping that this fortress will be still able to resist a long time." DESPATCH FROM MIISSA PACHA. "I have already had the honour of informino-you that on the 25th the Russians vi gorous ly attacked the re doubts of Bilanli and Arab Tabiasi, and that they were obliged to retire with loss from the fire of these redoubts. A few hours later, about 9 in the evening of the same day, they again made a most vigorous assault on these redoubts ; but they were received with so much intrepi dity and bravery, and the combined fire of the other re doubts coming to the help of the attacked points was so well directed that the enemy could not resist it, and, thanks be to the Almighty, he was forced to retreat after suffering great loss. . . "About one in the morning of May 29, the Ru , sians, in consilerable force, attempted an assault with much vigour on the redoubts of Bilanli and Arab Tabiasi. They were received by the troops forming the garrisons of them with rare intrepidity. The fortress and the other redoubts, aiding the redoubts attacked, opened so terrible a fire of grape and shell, that if the enemy had been made of iron, it would in truth have been impossible to stand against it ; he was therefore obliged to fall back and retreat. But almost immediately, without inter rupting the fire, he deployed all his forces, and brought back his columns to the assault with so much vigour, that the Russian troops reached the embrasures of the redoubts, through which they tried to enter. But by the Divine assistance, after three hours' fighting in the most desperate manner, during which the moat was literally piled and the plain covered with the enemy's corpses, the remainder was compelled to retire and fly in disorder. " In this attack the imperial troops had 50 men killed, and nearly the same number wounded ; but the Russians lost at least 1,500 men killed, and doubtless a far greater number of wounded. We made six prisoners, and we gathered a considerale quantity of arms and military equipments. A. great number of these objects remained still on the field of battle, too far off from our batteries to enable us to collect them." RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE ATTACK ON THE 29TH. The Invalide Russe publishes the following bul letin of the assault that was made on Silistria on the 29th of May : " It results from the diary of the military operations on the Danube from the 15th to the 19th of $i ay, trans mitted by the Marshal Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskie witsch of Erivan, that the enemy, who had already made several sorties since the opening of our siege works before Silistria, has made a fresh attempt of this kind in the night between the 16th and 17th of May against the left flank of these works—an attempt, how ever, that was repulsed in a brilliant manner. "After the failure of this sortie, the enemy attacked in the same night our right flank. Lieutenant-Geueral Selvane, charged with the command of the troops in the trenches, considering, from the nature of this at tack, that the advanced fortification facing our left flank bad been left by the Turks with a very weak garrison, resolved, though in nowise authorised, to profit by this circumstance that appeared favourable to him for getting possession of this fort. " With this view, having given ord ers t o Major-Gene ral Popoff, commanding the 2d brigade of the Bth divi sion of infantry, to come and reinforce him with four battalions, Lieut.-General Selvane led to the assault three companies of the 3d battalion of the Poltava foot Regiment, the 3d battalion of the Alexopol Regiment of Chasseurs, and the Ist battalion of the Zamosk Regiment of Chasseurs, which happened to be at hand. "In the twinkling of an eye the troops made a dash at the fort, passed quickly the moat, and even partly climbed the rampart, but they were not able to finish this bold ugdertaking by reason of the steepness of the latter. Then Lieut.-General Selvane gave orders to beat a retreat, and was mortally hit with several shots. The men who mounted to the assault being slow in falling back, Major-General Vesselitzlii, who, in the capacity o f adjunct, was near Lieut.-General Selvane, was obliged to have the retreat beaten again, and having rallied the troops brought them back within the trenches. "In the interval Major-General Popoff, who had ar rived with his column, had desired Major-General Prince Ouroussoff, of his Majesty's the Emperors's suite, to lead to the assault the Ist battalion of the Alexopol Regi ment of Chasseurs. A few men of this battalion, with Prince Ouroussoff at their head, had got ou the ram part through an embrasure, but, in the impossibility of advancing further, had been compelled to retire with the others. " Despite the ardour of the troops and the exemplary self-denial of the generals and officers, this coup de main, executed in the middle of the night, without pre liminary arrangements and without sanction, could not be crowned with success, and it has unfortunately en tailed sensible losses. Besides Lieutenant -General &I vane, who atoned with his life for his imprudent at tempt, the battalions making the assault have lost 1 subaltern officer and 269 rank and file killed ; 1 gene ral, 10 superior and subaltern officers, and 421 rank and file wounded ; 1 general, 19 superior and subaltern officers, with 127 men, injured by contusions. " Among the wounded are Major-General Popoff, in command of the second brigade of the Bth division of in fantry ; Colonel Count Orloff, aide• de-camp to the Em peror, who was one of the first to scale the rampart ; Colonel Kostanda, of the horse artillery of the guard, and Lieut.-Colonel Gladysh, commanding the Ist bat talion of the Zamosk regiment of Chasseurs (dead of his wounds). " The sortie, directed by the enemy against the right flank of our trench, that is placed under the command of Colonel Count Oppermann, was completely repulsed. " During the days of the 17th and 18th our siege labours have been continued with entire success." CONSTANTINOPLE. A despatch from the Turkish capital, of June 104 b, says Prince Napoleon is expected here to• day ; he is about to march with his corps d'arsnie upon BourgaP. General Bosquet is approaching Adrianople with 20,000 men. All Circassia in arms is to tak e part, it is said, in the projected attack on the Crimea. The camp of Schamyl fortified by the Europeans. The Emir is about to act on the offensive. The army of Kars ie orga• nised." The Moniteur says :—" We have received from Constantinople, under date of the 4th inst., the following details, which complete and rectify the. news given by th e t e l egrap h o f t h e move ment which has taken place in the personnel of the Ottoman cabinet. Reschid Pacha had lately on several occasions tendered his resignation to the Sultan on the plea of ill health. In consequence of the combination which has been adopted, ReB - Pacha, retains the title of Minister of cFo reign Affairs, but hi s d epar t men t w ill b e managed by Chekib-Pacha, formerly President of the Council of Justice. R esc hid P ac h a , w ill continue to take part in th e d e lib era ti ons o f t h e Divan' The Presidency of the Council of Justice is pro . visionally confided to Kiamil Pacha, one of the most influential members of that assembly. ANTICIPATED RECALL OF THE BRITISII AMBASSADOR AT CONSTANTINOPLE• We find the following in the letter of the Pari s correspondent of the Times : "I have alluded in some of my recent letters to the reports relative to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and to the dissatisfaction which wa s said to exist between him and some members of the Government, or rather the diplomatic corps. deed, most of the private communications which have been received from thence within the last month or so speak of the untenable nature of his position, and of the wish pretty generally expressed for, his recall. Of the justi ce • I these complaints I am, course, unable to say anything, nor can I decide whether they are merely attributable to the spirit of party, 1111 . d to the hostility excited a ga i ns t th e A m b assa d or by Do opposition to or preference of certain persons. I 00 1 /, know the fact that complaints ha ve b een made, an d that they proceed from different quarters. In my letter a few days since I mentioned the report pre valent at Constantinople of the probable recall of Lord Stratford—an event which has already been considered less doubtful since the retirement of Red' schid Pasha, of whom he was admitted to be the most strenuous supporter and protector. lam now informed , on rather good authority, that a correspondence has bees exchanged for the last four or five days between the French and English Governments on that subject, and, that Rot later than Friday last the former presse.e• most earnestly, and in a _formal manner, the necessity of recalling the Engl i sh Ambassador. Whatever be the real ground of this demand, it is probable that the fact of the diplomatic business of France being nee . entrusted to a single Chargé d'Affaires at Constantir p'e will be the reason officially given for the English Government ceasing to have any one of higher rank la that capital. It may also be urged by this Cabinet, that the French Government did not hesitate to recall General Baraguay erliilliers when the necessity for doing so was made apparent, and that the English Govern ment can scarcely refuse to do the same. A passage In the Ministerial journal Le Pays would seem to confine' the information that has reached me on that point. 'People are surprised at Constantinople,' observes the Pays, that whilst France very properly thinks that at the moment when active operations commence on the field of battle it was to the General-in• Chief that the supreme direction of diplomatic questions ought to be left, that England has not thought it right to adopt the same system.' It is not thought here that the English Government will refuse to comply with the request." CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE PORTE. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 19th inst., says :—" The convention has been concluded at Constantinople between Austria and the Porte relative to the Principalities. Its principal condi tions are said to be that, if Russia voluntarily re tires, the Austrian troops will enter the Princi palities, and form a defence between Russia and Turkey. If Russia refuses to retire, Austria will take such steps as may appear necessary to insure her doing so." A letter from Paris says those whom scarcely any solution of the crisis, whether by arras or negotiation, would please, affect to believe that if the occupation of the Principalities by Austria take place, it will be solely with the view of preventing the allied forces from occupying them, and not from any real intention of commencing hostilities against Russia. Private letters from Vienna mention that in certain poli tical circles it is asserted or anticipated that the answer of Russia to the summons to evacuate the Principalities will be conditional, and that the Cabinet of Berlin will consequently employ all its influence with Austria to dissuade her from advancing at once against Russia, but rather to wait until the explanations, or conditions on which she would comply with that summons, be duly ex amined and deliberated upon. And the opinion of the persons alluded to, and who are avowedly friendly to Russia, is that Austria will not refuse compliance. This, however, is not the opinion here ; and the French Government appear to be lieve that Austria will not stop short in the path she has traced out for herself. Indeed, Prussia is not much thought of in the matter at all; mice sure of the frank co-operation of the other great German Power, there is no alternative left for Prussia but to follow on, and, as matters not are, follow she must. MOVEMENTS OF THE AUSTRIAN TROOPS. The Austrian Government h as cease d t o send the troops in Moravia towards Cracow. The troops of the 2nd army corps, which have been stationed in Bohemia and Moravia, 80,000 in number, noir march to the south-west. This is considered as the result of the treaty with Prussia, according to which the defence of the Austrian frontier against the Russian forces in Poland devolves on Prussia. THE AUSTRIAN LOAN. " Contrary to all expectation," says a letter from Vienna of the 16th, in the Post-Ampt Ga zette of Frankfort, " the negotiations between the ministry and - the beads of the four Roths child firms were broken off yesterday. The counter•proposition made by the Government to that of Baron J. de Rothschild not having been accepted by this latter, MM. de Rothschild have taken their departure without any result being arrived at." THE AFFAIR AT SLATINA. A letter from Widdin, of June 5, says :—" Yes terday arrived here the four field pieces taken from the Russians at Slatina. They were taken with great ceremony, in the midst of a large crowd of spectators, to the citadel, from where they are to be sent ou to Shumla. From 30 to 40 prisoners, and as many wounded Russians, who are still at Kalafat, will be transferred to Widdin to-morrow. A courier has this moment brought a sabre of honour, sent by Omer Pacha to Skander Bey, who commanded 400 bashi-bazouks at the Slatina affair, and who especiclly distinguished himself there." CIRCASSIAN VICTORY. The Egyptus, which left Constantinople on the 10th, has brought intelligence to Marseilles that the Circassians, after a severe engagement, have made themselves masters of the pass of Mosdok, . and cut off the communications of the Russian army in Georgia. SERVIA. Letters from Belgrade of the 9th state that the Prince of Servia has recalled the able and patriotic minister, Garaschanin, who was torn from him Ilk the spring of last year by Russia. REGAL OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER FROM GREECE. We read in the Vienna _Lloyd :—" The persons attached to the Russian- legation in Greece are ex pected here. The Emperor Nicholas has address ed to King Otho a letter, in which he declares that the representatives of Russia can only be ac credited at independent courts, and he reserves to himself the right of taking measures serviceable for the future." CAMP AT VARNA. The following letter is from an officer at Varna :-- " CAMP OF VARNA, June I.—Too late to get my horse on board the Emperor, so came out in the city of London, with the two Brigadiers Air e y a nd B u ll er an d staff. No troops, only a few soldiers of the 33rd. Excel lent passage, and well provided. Arrived at half-past 1 o'clock on Tuesday, having started at 5 o'clock the day before. Varna situated on a slope in front of the sea. hills behind, somewhat of the appearance of Gallipoli, half a dozen minarets, usual Turkish houses with a consider able sprinkling of cypresses, looks of course better from the sea than wlren in the midst of it. Fortifications not at all justifying the idea of its strength which is preva lent ;lit only astonishes one how it could have held out against the Russians. We are encamped about a mile from the town. The country about is decidedly pretty, with wooded hills in the distance full of game, and a large fresh water lake in front of our camp. The plain is the same on which the Russians were encamped in '2B ; it proved rather fatal to them in consequence of the swamps, which are now tolerably dry. There are plenty of small horses —the price is rising rapidly. Bought two yesterday for 61., V. and 21. They are now asking 121. and 151. for the same. The sovereign is here only 115 piastres, and the English and Turkish shilling 5. lam writing now on the back of a book, having no table, so I cannot be long, but you may rely on the following, brief though it be. Omer Paella's aide-de-camp brought despatches stating that the Rus sians attacked Silistria in three battalions of 10,000 each : they were repulsed with a loss of 3,000, viz., 1,000 to each battalion, the Turks losing 200 men. This is the Turkish General's statement, - Fu --- h, not yet 1: - 1-Bhip that.' 4PECTIV Ixtrophlet, I ' 4l ' been puldis gentleman arts that in —ln army amo 40, 4 v° , ll ja, and C thersburJ 0 0 j t c 0f, 0: ti: t Y coloni es , t o 'l t of all till of the hist Y! OA.PTUR: ! letter f ron t,l Sir E. 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