The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-30 00:00:00

[ADvErrisEmra.] MR. CHARLES SMITH, OF ENFIELD, WINE MERCHANT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the An nouncement in several Newspapers of Saturday and Sunday last, of Mr. CHARLES SMITH, of Enfield, Wine Merchant, being a BANKRUPT, is TOTALLY UNTRUE, and without foundation; and that, under the direction 'of Mr. Smith, legal proceedings have been commenced for so injurious a report. Dated this 29th day of June, 1854. GEO. CRAFTER, Solicitor, 168, Blackfriars•road. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE: Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. For the BENEFIT of Signor PITZZI. THIS EVENINO, Jura 30, WM be performed the first act of Belllnrs Opera of LA SON NAMBULA. Followed by the second act of Weber's DER FREISCHITTZ. To which rill be added the second and fourth acts of FIDELIO. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. Feces—Stalls, 'Ts; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 28. ; is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Bex-olle.e open daily from Ten till Six, where places may and be secured. Private Boxes and Stars to be had of-M ears. Leader Cods. 63, New Bond-street. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences at Eight. Hal-price at Half-past a hie. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. *Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. For the BENEFIT of Mr. BUCKSTONE. THIS EVENING, .70tra 30. Howe, G. Will be performed the Drama THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters byMsssrs. Chippendale, Vandenhoff, W. Farrel], Compton. and C one,k Miss Reynolds, Mies E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitswilliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with THE TURNPIKE GATE. ► ROYAL ntinzars THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the Management of Mr. Ca.tatas gze.n. THIS EVENING, Jura 30, -pm be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters irt Messrs. Mulch Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mar , Hea th, and Vivash. *fter which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Memo. C. Kean, J. Pilling, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cnthcari, and Baker; Misses C. Leclerq, Heath, Ternan, and R. Terry'. To oonclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestrts. THIS EVENING, Jura 30, Will be performed:GlVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews ; Misses Oliver and Mar tindale. Followed by a new Drama, entitled SUNSHINE THROUGH TILE CLOUDS. Characters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Miss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 30, To conc/nde !with THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray. Farselle, awl Keeley ; Mrs. L. Murray, Misses Woolgar, Fanny Maskell, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Iteeigry. - After wbicli will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A.,MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. . To be followed- by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IN THE LOW rlizß ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. To conclude with HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A...Wigan. THIS EVENING, 'DINE 30, Will be performed a Comedietta, caled HEADS OH TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, &e. To be' followed by the Conde Drama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery. White, and Vincent ; Miss Donner, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Eaggs, Mr. F. Robson. •••••••••,••• STRAND TUE ATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, JUNE 30, The Performances will commence with the Farce of LUCKY STARS. Characters by Messrs Herbert, Jones, and Sidney; Miss F. Beaumont, &e. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teaz'e, MU Fitzpatrick. To be followed by Two Favourite Dances by the Misses Gunness. . To conclude with a Favourite Farce. Stalls, Si.; Boxes, as.; Pit, Is. 64; Gallery, ad.; Private Bolus, £1 Ile. ad., to be had of Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. Asnmrs EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, JUNE 30, _ Will be presented the new Grand Historical Military spectacle, en titled THE COSSACKS ; or, Vive la France. Followed by a series of Chef d'Oavres of Art, or Equitation DE LA HAUTE ECOLE deve'oped in the Scenes in the CIRCLE, the whole arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RUSSIA AGAINS F TURKEY, NOW ON • TRIAL. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W • West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, Jona 30, Wlll be repeated an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, repreSentlng the British Lion and Gallic Cock Trampling on the Russiaa Eagle. All the numerous attractions of the gardens Pi usual, including the beautiful Panorama of Chusan, by Danson—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers, &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet on Chosen—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand Display of Fireworks, by Southby. Feeding the animals, Half-past Five. Concert, Half-past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Two DAY —Morning 46 min.after 4 f Evening 5 min.aft. 5 To-Voaaaw—Mornin g 26 m i n . a ft er 5 Evening 44 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.--Sum Orrin, Jums 30. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 69 - highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this niorning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. • Bemoan Tint. 2915. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather. ‘4 , '* t 11,1 X , LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1854. Mr. lizywoop's clause has been carried by a very decisive majority. Ministers have yielded gracefully to the clearly expressed feeling of a majority of the independent representatives of the people ; and the House which deliberately de cided that the academic portal should be thrown open to Dissenters, has refused to stultify itself by prohibiting any collegiate recognition or testi monial of the education that may be obtained by the new students. We heartily rejoice at this auspicious result ; and we do so more for the sake of the members of the Church of England them selves even than of those who are at length ad mitted to the advantages of an Oxford education, although still debarred from the substantial re- wards attached to literary or scientific excellence in the members of the favoured creed. It is less lisgraceful to be the victims than the perpetrators of injustice, to be the sufferers rather than the oppressors. And those who have seen an- __ ....._ other intolerant rest r i c ti on , f or which they might be cQnsidered responsible, struck away, have greater cause for self-gratulation than the parties who have at length, even at the eleventh hour, been liberated from these unjustifiable bonds. . We know not whether many members of the ' Dissenting body may desire to avail themselves of the advantages thus tendered for their acceptance. The bodies of which they are members have con trived to get on very creditably and very pro . speroualY notwithstanding the exclusion. They have succ ee d ed in the Senate- and at the Bar. They have attained the highest distinctions in the practice of medicine and surgery ; while the naval and military annals o f t h e United Kingdom have proved that some of our most gallant defenders, by land and by water, have not been worshippers in the Church by law established. Nor would their swords h a ve been d rawn liv i e n s defence a n o d f their father land, nor :wi and llinglyexposed to all t he vicissitudes Articles exploits. perils Ze---1L affix ing of the battle and the bree ... the 3J 9 h e i r darin g exploits. an their signatures to indispensable preliminary to divinity itself They have prospered, and are prospering, in without an Oxford education, and even great eminence has been attained by faithful and conscientious Ministers of the Gospel, although y have non-subscribers of " the Articles." The held their ranks in " the battle of life," although not fighting under an Ecclesiastical standard, nor honoured with the degrees of the ancient univor- sitiea. They have been. bold rivals, and in many instances successful competitors with those who had free access to these zealouily guarded seats of learning. The exclusion was, however, prejudicial to all, in one important particular, clearly and eloquently • explained by Sir JOHN RAMSDEZ , T, in his admirable speech. It prevented that association in early years calculated beyond all things to rub off the rusts of bigotry and prejudice from the minds of those thus thrown together, of those who might learn a just estimation of each other from their-fiery conteits 0 , 8 well as frOna their friendly emulation, as from the participation in social en joyments. As the Hon. Baronet truly remarked, " Such an union in education might do very much to engender mutual respect, and often attachment between parties who are now but too much trained in mutual antagonism." We are fortunately not restricted to theory on this matter. We have the benefit of the experience derived from Trinity College, Dublin, during a long succession of years —for, in this respect, " the Silent Sister" long since set a laudable example to the English Uni versities. Protestant Dissenters and Roman Ca tholics were willingly received in Trinity College, Dublin. Nay; more, were allowed by their talents to achieve th e hi g h es t h onours , not carrying With them emoluments or a position in the government of the Univer sity. Many well-known names might be cited as having g ained the greatest di s ti nc ti ons o f th e i r respective years. Among them we may notice those of Chief, Justice MONAHAN, of Master (in Chan eery) MURPHY, and Mr. Sergeant O'BRIEN, of Mr. Commissioner MURPHY, Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL, and the Solicitor-General for Ireland ; and we may say of each of these gentlemen, that they won golden opinions from all their competi tors, and formed permanent friendships useful to themselves, but far more beneficial to those who learned to appreciate the worth of men, from whom they might otherwise have kept aloof. We know of at least one instance of a person who, although a hereditary Orangeman, a thorough going Tory, was won round to liberality by his acquaintanceship with some of the Gentlemen above referred to—an acquaintanceship that constituted his pride and happiness in after years. We rejoice, then, sincerely and fervently re joice, at the result of last night's division at the decisive majority of 154, which will carry the question to the Upper House under circumstances that ought to, and we trust will, be sufficient to insure its success, and to render the clause part and parcel of the law of the land. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman the member for Plymouth has already achieved a high position amongst Legal Reformers. To his inde fatigable researches, and the clear and lucid man ner in which he placed the results thereof before Parliament, we may in a great - degree attribute the decisive measure now before the Legislature for abolishing the testamentary jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts. He.has once more rendered an equally impor tant service, by so clearly expcsing the abuses arising from the existing law of partnership that he obtained the almost unanimous concurrence of the House, receiving such assurances from the Attorney-General and the Home Secretary that there is every reason to anticipate that the matter will be taken up by the Government, and that an adequate remedy will speedily be provided for the evils so loudly and so justly complained of. .This unanimity was the more striking, as it was•in opposition to the report signed by the majority of the Commissioners to whom the subject had been referred—men of high position and great abilities. The views of the minority were, howeVer, so much more in accordance with those of the indus trial community, and with the weight of evidence brought forward in the course of the investigation, that, few who examined the question calmly and impartially could dissent therefrom, or impugn the arguments on which they were founded. Many years since we directed public attention to the topic, as one in which the commercial in- . terests of the country were deeply involved ; and we rejoice to find that the progress of events and the additional enlightenment- of the age have brought an overwhelming majority of the people to support the opinions to which we then gave expression. Nor is it surprising that it should be so. Now that the doctrines of free trade have received a legislative and national recognition— that the advantages of " unrestricted competition" are acknowledged by men of all classes and parties —that a general desire is expressed to connect more closely labour and capital—it would be im possible to sustain a system which fosters mono polies, by preventing any persons from. engaging in a concern for which they are not prepared to become liable, not only to the full extent of their property, but also with the liberty of their per sons—which prevents intelligent but poor men from receiving the support which would otherwise be freely accorded by friends and neighbours, who, although willing to stake a stipulated sum, would not engage in so desperate a game as be coming responsible to the extent of their entire possessions, and which also prohibits industrious operatives from acquiring any interest in the firms in which they are engaged beyond the extent of their daily or weekly wages. The objectionable system did not arise from any express decision of the Legislature ; it sprung up by degrees from a series of decisions that ren dered any person who consented to participate in any degree, however trifling, in the profits of a concern liable as a partner for all its debts and liabilities—liabilities which might be incurred without the knowledge and by means wholly beyond the control of these parties. It is need less to state the consequences that naturally resulted from this narrow and exclusive system. As we have stated, "it operated as a virtual pro hibition to parties obtaining the necessary funds except in the way of loans, bearing a fixed inte rest and payable at a certain time." In anything of a novel character, such as an invention, the effi cacyof which had not been tested by experience, and where there was a certain risk attending its prose cution, no rate of interest that could be demanded would act as an inducement to capitalists while they were excluded from obtaining a share in the pro fits, with which they might be contented. The melancholy fate of many men of genius and abi lity, who, in place of realising fortunes, have languished in debtors' prisons, although fortunes have been realised from the fruits of their inge nuity, has mainly arisen from this cause. " They manage these things better in France." Aye, and in Italy, in Germany, Holland, and the United States of America ; indeed, in every coun try in the world. We have perversely lagged be hind, while others have ascertained beyond the possibility of doubt the beneficial results of limited liability. The public gain by it, because it stimu lates competition, and prevents anything approach ing to monopoly. The traders and merchants —borrowers of every kind—profit by it, because they are not limited to a single source from whence to draw the necessary supplies. The only re maining class are capitalists —and we are con vinced that they would be the greatest gainers of any ; for they would find new channels for in vestment—channels, in many instances, leading to fortune ; while even in the old beaten track, it would not stop credit, but only lead to whole some caution in quarters where the limitation was specified. In every respect, then, we agree with Mr. COLLIER in his opinion that, " the existing law of Partnership is unsatisfactory, and that it should be so far modified as to permit persons to contribute to the capital of such concerns on terms of sharing their profits, without incurring liability beyond a limited amount." The Duchess of Bucoleuch, who has been for some time an invalid, is, we are happy to state, convalescent. The Marquis and Ma rc hi oness o f E xe t er arr i ved in Grosvenor-square yesterd a y, f rom D over , w h ere hi s lord ship proceeded on th e p rev i ous d ay to meet the mar chise.tre, Cecil, e 9 gwtias,o is s o o n m h e e d r ay ar s r o iv n a a l f v r i o s t i n t to P i a ie ri r s, so w n h , e L re or s d h e ß h r a o d w ri b l e o e w n uffering from very ill health. . Sir Robert Peel has left Whitehall-gardens, on a tour v' Th .E 6 Y u a t u h a e l t oZYtvahi royal eems fromTHEreceived ste th am e p -s a li c ip ific A p t o r r a t t s o . sPtaorr4m"in thewere on th 3 sth ant 6th harbourlsth May state that, duringDatea f a ao violent l A eornmi e i i t g ta h :e t nahage driven o n of that month, three ships !:jeurd. Among 7t'ioekrl'the establishment been m d e o n n t e shore, racy 10 dismlsted or °them , the latt ere six 13ritiF:h vessels. formed e e d st i i n m rs, a_t a ed ipa a r t aig s o ls p o r , e o p o a o r . atory of a bank of deposit and discount. In Valparaiso ket fair average sales had been m ade for Guay a n Zil Mexico, Bolivia, &c. Auction s a les of imported goods had been pretty frequent, and the prices generally good. Flour dull. Copper is steady demand, at $2O 75 c. Nitrate, 21 to 21i reals per quintal. In freights, good first-class vessels for ores to England and the United States were wanted. Nearly 2,000 tons of shipping bad arrived in ballast from Melbourne. The revolution in N - 0 NY - G rAn a d a was gaining ground. \, THE SUN,_ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1854. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCEI The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales - , including 1,500 American, and 500 Surat, taken for. export, and on speculation. The market closed very firmly with prices of all kinds against the buyer. The sales comprised 6,000 American ; 400 Pernam and Maranham at sd. to 6d. ; 300 Egyptian, sid. to 9d. ; 1,000 Surat, at aid. to 41(1., and 80 Sea Islands at 10d. to Is. lid. per lb. Railway Shares were very active at higher prices. Colonial produce has been taken to a fair extent this week. Sugar is quiet. Coffee rather dearer. Rice has been dull, and Rum has gone lower. Nut megs have been rather cheaper, and most other spices. Saltpetre has been dull. In Scotch pig Iron there has been a decline of ls. per ton. Tal low has been rather inactive, and hemp and flax firm. Tea has not been much dealt in. The steamer Himalaya, was 'got off" at one o'clock this morning, greatly to the satisfaction of all mercantile men. Letters for India and Australia per Overland Mail, owing to the detention of the steamer Candia, will be in time until eight o'clock on the morning cf the Gth instant if sent by way of Southampton, and until six On the evening of the 10th instant via Marseilles. We commend to the attention of mercantile readers the following remarks by the editor of the Bankers' Circular : " We do not think that there is any rational' ground for believing that the proposed duty on foreign bills will be productive of any serious obstacles to our commercial intercourse with foreign parts. A small duty is already charged in several countries on the continent, and we cannot see the force of the arguments used against taxing foreign bills here. But there is a point of still greater weight which appears to have been scarcely touched upon by the opponents of this part of the bill, the losses to which the holders of them are liable, in the event of the acceptors or indorsers having become bankrupt or insolvent. If,- as it has been ad mitted in the Bankruptcy Court, the holders of such bills of exchange are not entitled to any claim on the bankrupts or insolvent's estate, whence is the remedy to. be obtained to prevent the public from becoming subject to very extensive frauds by such transactions, if not from Government ? This very material part of the question seems to have received very little attention from the opponents of the bill ; but it is one to which we attach great importance. For if it became known that a merchant may draw bills in the city of London, pur porting to be drawn in the colonies, or in a foreign country, and that the holder has no power of recovery, we can hardly conceive a greater encouragement to fraudulent speculators to increase their number under the express knowledge that no such power of recovery exists. The cases that have already occurred are suffi cient to show that it is the duty of Government to pro vide a remedy against a similar occurrence. We can scarcely conceive a more important duty for the Legislature to perform in connexion with the commercial transactions of_ the country, than that of protecting parties engaged in them from fraud, where the individuals have no direct means of pro tecting themselves, which is undoubtedly the case under the existing laws respecting foreign bills. Therefore, notwithstanding the influential names of the parties who opposed this bill, we believe that it will meet with the general concurrence of the public, and that neither our home nor foreign trade will receive any injury from its adoption." The bill last night introduced for the purpose of altering the usury laws is of importance to the railway companies in the regulation of their loans upon debenture bonds, and it is not likely any valid objection can, in these days, be taken to the granting of the same facilities to companies as to individuals in borrowing money at its current market value. As to the landed interest, they have long since been 'obliged, when needy, to resort like others to justifiable evasion when they re quired accommodation and were unable fo obtain it at what is called the legal rate. The Parliamentary RTaburn upon the Russian Dutch Loan shows the aggregate sum paid by Great Britain for the principal and interest there of, under the Convention of May, 1815. It ap pears that the redempton takes place at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, and that 5 per cent. inter est is paid ; consequently, the amount of the latter decreases annually. Up to the close of last year 4,110,9681. ss. 10d.. had been paid as principal and interest, and there remains no less than 3,386,889/. 9s. 2d. principal and interest yet to be discharged by England. In American Securities this week, according to the report of Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., there has been an active market. The United States 6 per Cents. of 1868 have been at l 07i to 108 ex dividend, the Pennsylvania Fives at 79 to 81, the New Orleans City Loan at 80 to 81 ex div., the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Bonds at 901 to 911, and New York Convertible of 1862 at 79 to 81. • The inconvenience to which the Russians are exposed by the - blockade is daily getting more seri ous, and when goods are taken across the land frontier, the Prussian carmen are to be allowed to accompany them to Moscow, Riga, &c. The New Austrian Loan for a nominal Capital of forty millions sterling would startle any one not conversant with the actual position of the imperial finances, and bad-as we believe them to be, there is, nevertheless, a mixed operation involved which would reduce this by an exchange of stock and floating securities to probably 1G or 12 millions sterling. The Funds have been a shade better than they were yesterday afternoon, but without much doing. Consols opened at 94k, and are now 93i to 94. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 94i to and the Three per Cent. Reduced, in which there has been a good deal done, 934 to being precisely the same as Consols, although three months' interest has accrued. Bank Stock is up to 206 and 208. Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to par, and the Bonds are not higher than prem. East India Bonds are at par to 2s. prem. Foreign Stocks are dull. Peruvian Deferred have been firm, however, at 511 to 52. Chilian have been done at 74 for the 3 per Cents. Bra zilian Old Bonds have realised par. Mexican Stock has been heavy at 24 to and Spanish steady at 41. Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 61/. The following are the nominal prices of foreign I stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, of to 61; Peru vian, 67 to 69 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; do. 4 per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 20 to 20/ ; do. Certificates, 4i to 4 ; do. Passive, 4to 4/. The advices received by the Mexican Committee mention that 25,000 dollars were coming forward from Tampico, besides 12,771 dollars in bills. The present remittance for the dividends is 54,000 dol lars, -as stated yesterday. The private accounts from Mexico are not good, the Government finances being very low. Railway Shares have been flatter, as was to be expected, after yesterday's decided rally in connec tion with the settlement of the account, and there is much less doing. Still the market is expected to maintain its growth and to gain strength. A failure has occuirod, but Bear speculations in Con sols were the principal cause. Foreign Shares are' neglected. Australian 'rather cheaper. Land a a r r e e w h a i ci t v l h i e i o t u s e l t ig c h h t a l n y ge. further advanced. Agricultural Gold Crystal Palace s BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. — CLOSING PRICES. (From the Oticial List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 4 31 4i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .• shut 3f per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, £lOOO ......„.. ........ ....•••••• par 2 p Ditto, under £lOOO par 3 p Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer 8i115,24d. £lOOO X5OO par 3 p 1 d Small 2 5 p Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1853....•.......••••• ii P Ditto 1849 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Flrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent • • 74i Mexican 3 per Cent. ........................... 24 i Ditto for the Account 241 Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 99i Spanish Bonds,*3 per Cent ............ . ..... ~ Dividends on the above payable in London. • Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates , THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July THE JUNG OF PORTUGAL IN LIVERPOOL.—D(II Pedro V., accompanied by the Duke of Oporto, and attended by Lord de Tabley and his Excellency the Viscount de Carreira and suite, arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday evening, by the London and North-Western Railway, from Manchester. The Royal party, who had travelled in one of the state carriages, which bad been placed at their disposal by the company, arrived at the Lime. street station at 10 minutes to 11 o'clock, and were re ceived on the platform by the Mayor of Liverpool (Jr. J. D. Lloyd) and the town clerk (Mr. Shuttleworth), and were immediately driven off in the Mayor's state and private carriages to the Adelphi trete], where two witting rooms and eight bedrooms had been engaged for them. Yesterday morning his Majesty and suite visited St. George's Hall, the Derby Museum (bequeathed to the town by the late Earl of Derby), the Sailors' Home, the Custom-house ' the Albert Dock and warehouses, and the Town-hall. They then proceeded to the Adelphi Hotel, in the Mayor's carriages, and, after partaking of luncheon, they took a short sail on the river in Messrs. M'lvor's steam tender Satellite, used in the conveyance of mails and passengers to and from the Transatlantic steamer. They ultimately sailed in the Satellite, to the Monk's Ferry, on the Cheshire side of the river, and at • 3 o'clock in the afternoon started for Bangor by the Cheater Eolyhod _ LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). The sittings after- Term in the City commenced this morning at Guildhall. The list is a very heavy one, their being 142 causes for trial in the Queen's Bench, 120 in the Common Pleas, and 170 in the. Exchequer, and a great number of these are Special Jury cases. COURT OF. EXCHEQUER. (Before Baron Martin.) BALL V. FRIEND. This was an action to recover the value of a mare which had been killed through the negligence of the defendant's servant. Mr. Duncan was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Mills for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is a brickmaker, and the de- fendants are Messrs. Friend and Hammill, the great contractors. Upon one day in March last two of the plaintiff's carmen were driving a load of bricks, with two horses, up Haverstock-hill, and the defendants' servants were behind with a loaded cart, drawn by three horses. One side of the road having been fresh laid with granite, both parties were keeping upon the soft part, and defendants' team, which was at first behind, 'drew past plaintiffs' and drove them on to the granite, and the mare in question, being tender of foot, would not keep there, and, consequently, came in contact with the wheel of defendants' cart, which passed over the foot, and broke it so that she was compelled to be de stroyed. She had cost 201. in November last. Thejury found for the plaintiff, damages 201. TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION-(THIS DAY). One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the neighbourhood of Tooley-street broke out this morn ing shortly before one o'clock, and at half-past ten o'clock it was far from being entirely extinguished. The damage a'ready done is estimated at 10,0001. The premises in which the disaster occurred belonged to Messrs. F. and W. Spencers, wharfingers, 76, Free school-street, Horselydown, and they were occupied con jointly by Mr. John Springett, the extensive hop mer chant, and Mr. R. Tooth,.hop merchant, of Mincing lane. The discovery was made by some one passing the premises, whose attention was called to dense vo lumes f smoke pouring forth from the basement warehouse of Messrs. F. and W. Spencer. He gave the alarm to the Fire Brigade Station, Tooley-street. By the time the engines arrived the premises were in one mass of flames. Fortunately an abundant supply of water was procured, and the engines were set to work, but the 'flames speedily communicated to Mr. Springett's and Mr. R. Tooth's. The scene at this period was one of fearful grandeur, and illuminated the whole of the metropolis. The burning flakes drifted towards the wharfs and endangered them. On the part of the firemen, under the direction of Mr. James Braidwood, the fire was subdued, but not until it damaged the premises of Mr. Wright, 22, Fair-street ; Mr. Joseph Peake, auctioneer and builder ; Mr. Lester, private ; and Mrs. Mary R o a c h. The following is Mr. James Braidwood's official re port :- Half-past 12 a.m. Called to Messrs. Spencer, wharfingers,- Horsleydown, property belonging to St. Olave's Grammer School; cause unknown (insurance un known, (building, Sun), contents destroyed, ground floor, Mr. John Springett, hop merchant, destroyed ; second floor ; Mr. R. Tooth, third floor, hop merchant, destroyed; No. 22, Fair-street, C. Wright, private, damaged ; Mr. R. Peake, builder, severely scorched, building and contents (Phoenix) ; Mr. Lester, private, furniture damaged, not insured—building (Phoenix) ; Mrs. M. Roach, granary (Phcenix). No positive clue can be obtained as to the origin of the outbreak. THE TIMES TELEGRAPHS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE.. On Monday last the Times informed its readers, upon the authority of a telegraph from Vienna; that Russia had replied to the Austrian note. The terms of the reply were stated to be that—" As a mark of high considera tion for Austria, Russia consents to evacuate the Turkish territories.' This proves to have no foundation in fact. Lord John Russell, last night, said that the last time he saw the Austrian Minister that functionary had told him that no answer had been received from Vienna. The report is evidently another Times canard. The ques tion arises, how is it that the Times is continually lead ing its readers into errors of a similar nature ? How is it that rumours make their appearance in the Times which no other paper would insert ? Strange enough many of these veracious telegraphic despatches have been of a nature to operate upon the funds, effecting a rise of from one to two per cent. Has not the public a right to expect a little more care from the conductors of a journal than is evinced by the continued insertion of such reports ? The duties of a journalist, it may be admitted, are more onerous now than formerly. His work is never finished. In the olden times the last four-horse mail brought the latest news ; now a telegraphic despatch may arrive at any hour of the day or night. But the greater the number of messages the more is it necessary to test their accu racy, lest the public should be deceived. The least that can be expected from a journalist is that he shall exercise a sound judgment upon rumours the spread of which may produce a serious effect upon public business. Unless this is done people will at last be led to suspect that something more than carelessness lies at the bottom of mistakes which are constantly being committed, and are never explained.—Daily News, COWES, ISLE OF WlGLET.—fune 29. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS.--June 23. Cygnet, cutter, Hedworth Larnbton, Esq., from Rydo ; Enchantress, schooner, Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bart., Lymington ; 26. Shark, do., Wm. Curling, Esq., Ramsgate, and proceeded for Poole ; 28. Ginevra, do., Sir Percy Shelley, Bart., Westward, Poole ; 29. Dryad, cutter, Earl of Cardigan, Lyming ton. The Duke of Rutland arrived in the Resolution this afternoon from Southampton. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—AIarm, Reso lution, Coral Queen, Titania, Enchantress, Cygnet, Osprey, Frisk, Spider, Turquoise, Amazon, Susan, Ginevra, Dryad. FITTING OUT IN COWES HARBOUR.—Zara, schooner, Commander Earl of Wilton ; Fairy, schooner ; Irene, schooner ; Caprici, yawl ; Lavrock, cutter. On the 28th instant, at 12 o'clock, a Royal salute was fired from the R. Y. S. battery, in honour of her Ma jesty's Coronation-day, and the Royal Standard flying. MEMBERS AT THE R. Y. S. HOUSE DURING THE WEEK. —Geo. Bentinck, Esq., M.P. ; Geo. Ark wright, Esq., M.P. ; Sir B. R. Graham, Bart. ; James Maxse, Esq ; Earl of Selkirk; John Petre, Esq.; A. Fountaine, Esq.; Lord Colville ; Lord Dufferin ; Hedworth Lambton, Esq. ; Marquis of Conyngham ; and Sir Percy Shelley, Bart. The steam-ship "Himalaya" came into the Needles last night, and between eleven and twelve o'clock, when off Norton, near Yarmouth, they found they were near running into a brig, to avoid which the helm was imme diately put aport, when the eddy tide taking the steamer sent her bows on to a bank. The night was very dark, and rainy. The Atalanta, the Express, the Tark, the Courier, and several steam tugs, have been down to ren der assistance ; but she still hangs on the bank, but has a great depth of water astern. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Donizetti's delightful drawing-room opera, Don Pasquale, after a slumber of several years, last night delighted a crowded house, being represented for the first time on the boards of the Covent-garden Opera, by the artists Lablache, Grisi, and Mario, who long since, in the elder establish ment, made its beauties familiar to the ear of the London dilettante. N o sooner did the portly person of Don Pasquale present himself, than the warmth of the greeting showed how many at the instant felt the pleasure of gazing on a familiar face, under old asso ciations, that might not again have combined, The wel come having subsided, Lablache delivered " Son nov'oro" with a soundness that showed " time and the hour " had dealt with him lightly. The scone which follows, wherein the scheming Dr. Malatesta describes the bride he has in view for the old man, excited laughter more hearty than is usual in the frigid circle of fashionable audiences. Ronconi's song " Bella , siccome un angelo," and Lablache's ponderous levity in " Un foco insolito," with its abortive attempts at dancing, fencing, and other experiments, by , which the infatuated old gentleman endeavours to test his youthful vigour were examples of that species of burlesco which the Italian stage alone presents. Mario's impersonation of that insipid young gentleman, Ernesto, was good, and his vocalisation of " Sogno soave de miei prim anni," mellifluously poured out ; and his duo "Mi fa un destin," very genteel parlour tragedy. The fourth scene brought Grisi, and a triumph in the florid re citative preceding the dance-like aria, "So anch'io la virtu magica," and the dialogue and duo with her pretended brother, in which they arrange the plan for the bamboozle ment of Don Pasquale, was wonderful in contrast, colour, finish, and breadth. The curtain fell to a call for the ar tistes. Act the second again brought the Don on at the rising o the drop-scene. The ludicrous finery of the old man s strongly moved the risibility of , the spectators, that, for some seconds, the baton of the conductor hung, in the air. It must be admitted that a more striking satire on the "loud" costume of the " gout." could not be devised. Lablache's " checks" were enormous, and his wig was an exaggeration of the "natural" one of the fourth George, and of advertising professors. The interview with the cunning and charming Sorina was vigorously and broadly acted, and the by-play of Itoncoui and Grisi, es pecially the latter, as the timid girl from the convent, finished, and by no means over-strained. The fictitious marriage contract signed, Grisi's cool assumption of the haughty imperious wife was electric ; and her laughing ridicule of her huge, antiqdated spouse, in the song, " Iln uom qua' roi deoripito," &e., exquisite. Th a t fi ne bit o f vocal writing icon, "Taci blme," with the quartet, and the finale of Act 11., "Son tradito, calpestato," Sze., were worth a pilgrimage t o h ear . The choruses in the second and third acts were well sung; and the scone in which Grisi so delightfully sings, and so charmingly boxes the Don's ears, presanted another provocation to good humour in the original way in which the corpulent Don contrives by means of a chair to pick up the billet his wife has de signedly dropped. In every respect this revival must attract audiences, albeit the opera is certainly more open to criticism than several of the same maestro's writings. The ballet tin Etcile closed the evening. _'HE VALUE OF RAGS.—Yesterday a return, ordered by Parliament, was printed, showing that last year there were 9,687 tons of rags imported, and 2,4f52 tons ex ported. Large quantities of paper have been exported, and the value of rage bats increased, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. BLOCKADE OF THE WHITE SEA. " Orders," says the Moniteicr ' " have just been sent to the commanders of the allied squadrons in the White Sea to establish from Ist August next an effective blockade of the Russian ports in that sea. The blockade has hitherto been delayed, in order to leave time to traders to terminate the opera tions which they might have commenced before the declaration of war." CONSTANTINOPLE. CONWANTINOPLE, Juno 2.—The allied armies continue their movement towards Varna, and in a few days will be united there. The Divan consents to re-open the ports of , Turkey to the Greek flag. An extraordinary courier carries to Vienna the ratification of the treaty with Austria. THE BAMBERG CONFERENCE. A Frankfort letter of 26th, in thero/ogne Gazette, says:—" The Bavarian Government has confiden tially made known here, that it abandons the de mands put forth in the Conference of Bamberg, and that it intends to order its representatives in the Diet to accede without reserve to the Austro- Prussian alliance. It is not doubted that the other States which took part in the conferences at Bam berg will follow this example.'? THE AUSTRIAN FLEET ORDERED TO THE EAST. It is stated in a Vienna letter of the 25th, in the Post Ampt Gazette, that orders had been sent off by telegraph to Trieste that all the Austrian vessels of war ready to put to sea should leave for the East, and the frigate Venus had sailed at once. MOBILISATION OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. The Borsenhalle contains a letter from Berlin, which says :—" The provincial authorities of Pfussia have received orders to make the last preparations for the partial mobilisation of the army ; so as to cause that measure to be effected as quickly as pos sible, and with the least agitation." THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. A letter from Vienna of the 24th says " General de Hess is named commander-in-chief of the third and fourth corps d'armed ; he will have under his orders the Archduke Albert and General Count Schlick. The cavalry is placed under the orders of General Count Clam. The nomination of General de Hess is a very significant fact. To a capacity of the highest order he unites the most pa'riotic tendencies, and is quite opposed to the policy of Russia. General de Hess, who has risen by his own merit, enjoys a high degree 'of popularity in the army. The Emperor could not have more clearly manifested his own personal policy than by this selection, and he will soon have all the dissidents on his side. The total strength of the active army will in a fortnight amount to 300,000 men, stationed from the frontiers of Dalmatia to those of the Bukowine." THE AUSTRIAN SUMMONS. The convention concluded on the 14th with the Ottoman Porte, says a Vienna letter of the 24th, secures and regularises the movements of Austria for the occupation of the Principalities ; but the Cabinet of Vienna will not adopt its resolutions on this subject until it has received the reply of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to its last summons. Colonel Manteuffel would not have arrived at St., Petersburg until the 19th or 20th. Nothing will be done before the delivery of the Prussian note, and the reply of the Emperor Nicholas will not be known at Vienna until the beginning of July. The Cologne Gazette, of the 25th, formally con trahicts the assertion made by the Augsburg Ga zette that Austria in her summons to Russia pro posed an armistice, and her good offices in the event of the Danubian principalities being evacuated. The language of Austria, adds the Cologne Gazette, is in the sense of the German interests. A letter from Berlin of the 26th, in the Post Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" Although the offi cial reply of Russia has not yet arrived, it is clear that since the last journey of the King no illusion is entertained as to its character. It is poitivelY stated, in fact, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has resolved to return a negative reply to the Austro-Prussian summons, but in such terms as to render negotiations on another basis possible." THE „BALTIC. ANOTHER EXPLOIT IN THE BALTIC. A despatch from Stockholm states that Bomar sound was shelled on the 21st inst. by her Majesty's ships Hecla, Valorous, and Odin. Admiral Plumridge is recalled from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Gulf of Finland, and is replaced by Captain Hall. COPENHAGEN, June 24.—The Porcupine, 3, Cap tain Jackson, which anchored in Kodjupet, Stock holm, on the 18th, announced that the F renc h fleet iadi joined Sir Charles Napier in Barey Sound, so that he now commanded twenty-eight ships of the line, besides a cloud of smaller vessels. His destination was supposed to be Cronstadt. The Swedish sailing fleet being dismantled and in harbour, there only remains the steam fleet— three or four vessels—which are to constitute a squadron of observation in the Baltic, under the command of Prince Oscar. Four of the eight bomb-cannon boats stationed at Gothland are to be sent home to Stockholm. No vessel of any kind or nation is allowed to enter Abo—perhaps because the authorities fear the arrival of intelligence in jurious to Russian interests. Not less than thirty one gun-boats are now ready and manned in Abo harbour. Two English steamers have been pass ing a fortnight in taking soundings round Bomar sund and Aland, and in laying down fresh buoys and seamarks. This object is now fully accom plished. The gaols in Gefle cannot find room for the hundreds condemned to bread and water for worshipping God instead of the State Church. One - whole parish in North Sweden has officially re nounced any further connection with the State Church. A telegraphic despatch from Grisslehamn to Stockholm announces that the Hecla was sent to recall Admiral Plumridge' squadron, and that all his steamers are now on their way to Sir Charles Napier,' in Barey Sound. The Stockholm Aftonsblatt produces extracts of Finland letters and journals, wherein it is stated that our squadron in the Bothnian Gulf has con trived to make a willing prisoner of one Ananias Michaelson, reputed the best pilot on the Finland coast. He was taken in what the journal calls a " tar-hunt," and, according to the assertions of the Uleaborg seamen, has rendered great service to our vessels. A letter from Copenhagen mentions that the summons addressed by Austria to Russia has pro duced an excellent impression there. It has thrown the Russian party into great perplexity. The dis appointment of this party is further increased by the news from the Danube. The prestige of the Russian arms and diplomacy has thus received a severe check. THE AFFAIR AT . GAMLA CARLEBY WANT OF GUN BOATS. The following is an extract from a letter written by one who took part in the affair of Gainla Car leby, to a friend : "As you are aware that I am attached to the flying squadron under Admiral Plumridge, I take the oppor tunity of letting you know that I am safe and sound, thank God ! but I was much afraid, when you heard of the disastrous affair at Gamala Carleby, you might have supposed that I was included in the list of poor fellows who were sent to their last account. It was a sad affair for us, but it could not have been conducted otherwise, and the nation has only to thank the Admiralty for the loss, for they must have been well aware, on consulting a chart of the Baltic, that on nearly the whole line of coast in the Baltic and the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland the shore is flat, with very little water, so that a vessel drawing 14 or 15 feet cannot cover a landing party; and in many parts of the coast guns to be made available should be on board a vessel that could approach as near as a depth 1} fathom (nine feet). This was precisely the case at the scene of the late disas ter. Gamala Carleby is situate on the main in East Bothnia, the small sandy island of Engma sheltering it on its western' front. Where a landing was endeavoured to be effected, the shore rises so gra dually that our Fteam-ships were nearly two miles off, and so had not the slightest opportunity of throwing either shot or shell amongst the enemy ; and what could our boats do'with only Nelson's Revenge' (a gun so named used in launches, &c.) and musketry against a foe armed with artillery and mortars ? Had we gun boats of a light draught of water another tale would have been told. I have been told that the old Pigmy and Otter have arrived to act as gun-boats, but they wont do, they would not bear the concussion of heavy metal ; and I understand that the Otter is leaky already. before firing a shot. If such is the case, of what utility will she be ? And, if lam informed correctly, the new gun boats are to draw about 12 feet of water ; this is at least five feet too much. What we want are strong vessels, able to carry heavy metal, with a good beam, rather fast, and, not to draw more, at all events, than eight feet of water, and then we would be able to show the Russians what we mean." Tho Eastern, Counties .Herald publishes the fol lowing letter from the Gamla Carleby interpreter between the Russian and English prisoners : " GAMLA CARLEBY, June 12.—0 n the 7th June, in the afternoon, we sighted two steam-frigates entering the north channel with boats about sounding. About 9 p.m. they anchored in - the roads. At 11 p.m. ten larger and smaller -boats left the ship, and one with a flag of truce came to the pier head, having a document in Swedish containing different questions, in reply to which we stated that our instructions were to hold no communication with them, upon which they'stated that they wished to come and pee the town, but pernainin was refused. The lieutenant at once went to the boat, and returned to the others laying at a distance, and is reported to have said—' Now, my lads, we shall have some fighting, load your guns ;' and at the same moment the flag of truce was hauled down. One of the boats then advanced to reconnoitre, and passed very near Halkokari. Our artillery consisted of two-guns, and the troop, lay concealed behind the deals piled upon the wharfs. The boat returned again to the others lying off Neustkari, when they all began to advance towards Halkokari again, but at a greater distance than before. When the major who commanded our troops perceived that they were preparing for action, be ordered our artillery to open fire upon them. The first boat appeared to sustain much damage; the action now be came general, the boats kept up a sharp fire, and ap peared to approach nearer to Halkokari, but after an engagement of about an hour began to retreat. One of the boats took the ground upon the wreck of Axelguist's vessel. Upon this being observed, several of our small boats put off and took her. She contained 28 men, out of which five were killed, six uninjured, and the rest more or less wounded. Another was shot and fell overboard, but his body was picked up the next day. The mate, Nathaniel Murphy, was first wounded under the arm, and, according to the account of the men, he partly undressed himself, apparently With the intention of jumping overboard, and then stood up on the boat and said to. them, I can do no more for you, lads, you must now help yourselves,' At the same moment a cannon ball struck him, and he fell dead in the boat. When the boat was brought to the canal it presented a fearful spectacle—it contained a 241 b ho witzer, and a quantity of small arms. General Wendt, who was present, desired me to ask the crew if any officer was amongst them, to which they answered in the affirmative, but that he was killed. The prisoners were taken to the Town-hall and carefully attended to. The day before yesterday, those of the wounded that were able to move about, expressed themselves thankful for the kind treatment they had received, and upon my in forming them of the adjutant's request that they must prepare themselves to be removed to Helsingfors they replied that they were able to walk, upon which I in formed them that a conveyance would be provided, when they laughed and said they could never have expected so much consideration. Six of the killed were interred the same day : nine more remain in hospital and are carefully attended to by Dr. Hillstrom. The cannon taken from the boat has been sent to Helsingfors. The steamers were the Odin and Vulture—the boat was - from the latter." , FORTIFICATION OF ST. PETERSBURG.- RUMOURED JOURNEY OF THE CZAR TO THE CRIMEA. The Weser Gazette quotes letters of the 19th from St. Petersburg, stating that the Emperor has set out for Kiew, where Marshel Paskie witsch has been ordered to meet hint. It is currently believed at St. Petersburg that the marshal is in disgrace. After a week's stay at Kiew, the Emperor will, it is said, proceed to the Crimea to inspect such of the fortresses of the Black Sea as are still in the hands of his troops. The fortification of St. Petersburg is proceeding rapidly, and troops are constantly ar riving there on their way to Finland. Count Orloff, who was wounded before Silistria on the 28th ult., 113.5 , just received the Russian order of St. George of the 4th class. The Ilamburgh Correspondent gives the follow ing Russian bulletin, dated St. Petersburg, June 20 : "The Commander-in-Chief of the corps of the Caucasus and of the troops stationed in Asia, has sent a copy of a letter, dated the Bth, from Lieutenant-General Androni kow, who commands the division of Ghuvi and Acbatzik. The letter says : , I have just received a letter from Colonel• Korganoff, announcing a victory over the Turks, by the advanced corps under the orders of Lieutenant-General Prince Tristow. The corps had taken up its position near the ports of Nigoitsch, a body of Turkish troops being, ac cording to intelligence received, on its march to that point. In this glorious engagement, of which we have no par ticulars as yet, the Turks lost two pieces of artillery, and suffered other considerable losses. Hassan Bey was killed. The flight of the Turks was so precipitate that even their women were taken prisoners. The fugitives were pursued to the distance of five wersts.' " THE RUSSIAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. A letter of the 24th, from Vienna, says z--The retrograde movement of the Russian army is no longer doubtful, but the character of this retreat still remains a mystery. A letter from Bucharest states that the evacuation of Wallachia and of its capital, will take place on the 26th, or the 27th at the latest. By superior orders, the archives, the public treasury, the functionaries, and the Walla ehian militia are to follow the movement, which thus appears to lose its political character to as sume that of a purely strategical combination. Although nothing is yet positively known of the raising of the siege of Silistria, it is known that the works have been interrupted since the action of the 13th, and all military men agree in regarding as impossible the prolonged occupation of the right bank of the Danube, with the offensive movement which is every day expected by the army of Omer Pacha and the auxiliary troops. ODESSA. A letter from Odessa, of the 15th, states that nine persons, among whom were two Russian officers, had arrived in that city, from whence they were to be conveyed under an escort to St. Peters burg. Those individuals, accused, of having set on fire the military and naval magazines at Cherson, had been sentenced to imprisonment for life, although they pleaded their innocence to the last. The authorities, it appears, wished to inti midate the population, whose dispositions are hostile to the Government. Those unfortunate victims, who all belong to the wealthy class, had asked to lie allowed to travel in carriages, at their own expense, and accompanied by their fami lies. That favour, however, was denied them,' and they performed the journey on foot like common malefactors. MARCH OF THE FRENCH ARMY TO ADRIANOPLE. We extract the following from an Adrianople letter of June 14 : " It may be doubted if in all Europe more beautiful or more fertile territory is to be found, or a soil which, though neglected, affords more abundant supplies of the fruits of the earth, than the part of Turkey between Gallipoli and Adrianople. Any one who sees the mag nificent valleys of the Carrack, the Erkeneh, and the Maritza, will easily understand why the Russians are so anxious to get possession of them, Neither the most richly cultivated .counties of England, nor the richest plains of Normandy, approach the valleys of Roumelia in fertility and beauty; Wheat, vineyards, barley, and oats, in profusion, cover the plains, while the hills grow most magnificent timber, fit for all uses. Wherever the French soldiers passed, and in all the places where they halted or bivouacked, the comforts of the troops were complete—perhaps too complete. The peasantry arrived from all sides at the camp, bringing bread, milk, eggs, poultry, and wine, and all this at a price so excessively moderate that there was not a soldier who might not, if he chose (and few lost the opportunity), have his poule au pot several times in the course of his eight days' march f, om Gallipoli to Adrianople. The result of so much good feeding, and so many over-abundant libations, might have been seri ous, had the commanders not taken timely precautions, and reduced the orgies within sanitary limits. Never theless, it must be said that the discipline of the troops was not for one moment relaxed, Nowhere was there any outbreak of violence on the part of the troops, nor a single act of pillage. The poor Turks, in fact, hearing that an army was about to pass through their peaceful country were at first disposed to They now re main in their towns and villages, and are open-mouthed in their praises of the French, whose name was hitherto almost as great a source of terror to them as that of the Russians themselves, "During the whole distance from Gallipoli stores of provisions for the men and cavalry had been provided at different points by the activity of the commissariat. At all the halting places the i inuzdir ' or mayor of the place, waited upon the commander of the forces, to offer his assistance in providing for the necessities of the troops. The men encamp under Chouan tents, which every soldier carries in his turn in his bag. The camp was always pitched outside the tents and villages. No sooner was the bivouac installed for the night than clouds of Greek, Turk, and Jew vendors of all manner of luxuries invaded the camp. " Bono vino" has already passed into the language of the natives. Some of the French soldiers speak a little Turkish ; the regular in terpreters assisted from time to time ; and amongst an extraordinary jumble of tongues, the business of all parties was managed a merveille. "Adrianople is the second city of the Turkish empire, of which it was at one time the capital. It is generally reckoned to contain 100,000 inhabitants, but in reality it contains only 80,000. Situated at the confluence of .the Maritza, (the ancient Ebee) and the Todja, it is spread out in the midst of pretty gardens and trees, partly on the side of a pretty hill, and partly on the plain. Seen from a certain distance, it appears to be nothing more than a mass of verdure, from which the minarets of its thirty mosques rise majestically. The minaret of Selim 111., built about the commencement of the 16th ce n t ur y, is the principal work of architecture in the place. Its immense cupola, supported by eight columns of 20 feet, and 100 feet high, is of a boldness and grandeur almost equalling the Pantheon. Towards evening, at the mo ment when more than 5,000 believers, kneeling under the light of 900 lamps, invoke Allah, it presents a sight of which no idea can be formed.' "The arrival, at an interval of three days, of the first French columns put the whole of the population in com motion on all the roads through which the Chasseurs-4- pied, the Chasseurs d'Afrique, the Zouaves, the Turcos, and the infantry of the line . passed. An immense crowd of men, women, and children—Turks, Greeks, and Ar menians—in their holiday costumes, assembled to admire the martial air of the French troops. "General of Division Bosquet, commander of the troops at Adrianople, arrived on the Bth, along with the 3d battalion of Chasseurs-a-pied and the 12th regiment of General d'Allonville's cavalry. On the 13th General Bouat's brigade of infantry arrived. The rest of the 2d division will soon follow, along with the artillery. Be tween this and the 20th upwards of 15,000 French troops will have assembled at Adrianople. The troops, after hav ing passed through Adrianople, of which the passage re- Takeo more than an hour, enoaroped outdde _the town, on the road to Schumla, and on the borders of the Tod ja, precisely on the spot where the Russian army en camped in 1829. General Bosquet, like General 'Die bitsch, has his head-quarters in the old seraglio ; and round him, in the island of the seraglio, bivouac the infantry of the line. This land is a most beautiful place, planted with trees, now a hundred years old, the shade of which keeps up a delicious coolne , s and freshness. The cavalry is, encamped on the great plain of Hadji Dossun, separated from the island of the Wa' lio by the Todja. A wooden bridge will unite these two parts of the camp. The Greek who has undertaken the construction is the sune who, twenty-five years ago, made a similar bridge, precisely at the same place, Pr the Russians. Strange destiny ! Perhaps the very same timbers are employed." APPREHENSIONS AS TO THE CONDra OF AUSTRIA. The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing yesterday, says—l mentioned yesterday that ,what ever may have been the ground of the apprehew sions entertained in some quarters as to the firm ness and perseverance of Austria in the conduct traced by the four Powers, there were symptoms of these apprehensions subsiding. Whether this change has been the result of explanations with the Cabinet of Vienna, rendered necessary by the 0 ,11 " riouncement of the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities, and the reasons assigned, but not confirmed, for that evacuation, it is evident that in the same quarters a different and more favour able view is now taken of things in general. Indeed, it is remembered that no act of Austri a has occurred to justify suspicions of her truth and honour, or which-would indicate that she bas any thought of profiting by her present or future position to do what would place her under th e ban of Europe, and render her name a by-We rci —desert the cause to which she is bound by 0 ° - many solemn engagements. It is represented Oat her occupation of the Principalities is in virtue?' a Convention with the Turkish Government, witu out pressure of any kind being exercised on the m ' and with the advice and consent of the representw tives of the Powers who have already taker ed arms for the Sultan. The object of those who sign, the Quadruple Treaty was to protect th e integri t y of the Ottoman territory and compel the evacuation of that part of it which was occupied by the invade r ' If the Russians refused to quit they would be COW pelled to do so by Austria ; and if they quit befbr.e_ the application of force becomes necessary, Austria' is to take care that the invasion shall not be r.„ 43 ; peated. This she is perfectly prepared to do, if sl l has not done so already. But the treaty to wili e r she is a party does not oblige her to carry the wa r acros the frontier with England and France, i nc i r to attack the Russians on their own territory. lij h occupation of Wallachia is to protect the Tur, s a territory against the enemy of the Sultan, and of therefore, an act of hostility against Russia, 81 %, sympathy and aid towards the allies. IG is i Lato; cordance with her obligations to the German Dhe the former to the rest of Europe. In the interest o f former it opens up the navigation of the Danube, from and it relieves the Turks and their allies fre e . the necessity of defending that important Her double obligation to Europe and to Geringe../ seems, therefore, to be so far fulfilled by the ral ho ment in Wallachia ; and if Russia, fer purpose of exciting suspicions of her good fel. „ chooses to assign a pretence for mere evacuato.; of the invaded territory, it is unfair that Aust ri ta should be suspected of duplicity on that accelll.l6o With an Austrian army holding the Principa li , ti b e against the Russians, England and Franco at liberty to carry out the object for which tu 0 . 1 have taken up arms. The interest of Burclii: which places Austrian troops in Wallachia, ca; the maritime Powers to another quarter an d to different element. No treaty obliges AustriT e d send a squadron to the Euxine with the a l l a t fleetg, but she does an act which leaves therabo; liberty to proceed thither. She opens the DO r s their duty is to free the Black Sea, and she renu% ed quite as good service by occupying the attention t, the enemy in one quarter, while the fleets are a os , tacking him in another. The giant is nearly P r op trate ; Austria holds him to the ground, whi le ,„ c h others may despatch him at their leisure. q a t seems to be the view - taken now, and I repeat til ts on due reflection it is not thought that there 011 any good reason to doubt the rectitude of Austria' FRANCE. ef The Emperor, on the report of the Milliel - the Marine, has decreed that " independently 0 ' commands reserved to them, in service at set si , article 5 of the decree of the 15th August) I , lv te d, captains of frigates may in time of war be apP o ' n a to the command of sailing and steam frigates all of first class sailing corvettes." stet The Moniteur says :—" The Marshal i „ nie l . of War has received from th e G enera l corar°3„ ci" ing at Algiers in the absence of th e Govet il, l„ r‘ General the following telegraphic despatch he The delay in the arrival of despatches from the expeditionary corps has given rise to rule°l/4 which are absurd as they are ine x act. lam b 3131 „V to be able to tell you that the situation of the ar'; l , is excellent. The expeditionary column,, c h ci e st minded by the Governor-Gen e ral, is in the " conditions for obtaining the submission of the eoilbes try, and already, have the most turbulent trk er , come to pay the war tax, whilst others are ing their submission.' " SPAIN. tha t The Madrid Gazette of the 25th announces, a — i4 the Spanish Government has received an °wc- r ia notification that the allied fleets of England a Ol France have established an effective blockade,,b6 the mouths of the Danube. The President of Council and the Minister of Marine had left for tm Escurial to await the arrival of the Queen. f i e g Colonel Atmeller, one of the political advern e d of the existing Government, who was lately el, J ere from Madrid, has disappeared from Ibiza, w 7bat he had been ordered to reside ; it is supposed he has escaped into Portugal. IvAS The 25th being Sunday, the Stock Exchang e - not open. We read in the Boletino del Pueblo " The Oriente, Tribuno, and Mensagero have 0 /.3. to appear, the Madrid press is now reduced to the lowing journals :—Moderados—La Espano, El goat La El Diario Espanol, and La Epoca. Absolutis t - 1 0 Laperanza. Liberal or Progresistas .El C la " - n ct Publico, La Nacion, Las Novedades, La Iberia , LZ Boletino dcl Pueblo. La Ep o ca alone et' t he Moderado journals follows the old banner re . that name. El Diario Espanol and La Epoca' r A e g f e e. sent the men of the Conservative party, whose la te Lion, egotism, and arbitrary tendency have been of — O , years so instructive. The Beraldo has by degrees alio cloned his former friends to form a school, which roe , ge t scribe on its banner, 'Reaction or D ea th !' I n the Pr„ .i es- to sad plight of the Progresista press it is almost imposEfo'; % . appreciate with any degree of accuracy the differen,oe s ;r. isting between th e p r i nc i p l es o f i ts fi ve organs . •It' a e rr theless, we believe that although they all profess is tinily the same doctrines, they do not all under stan d theo l o , the same manner, and differ among themselves a° ~0 gards their application. The men of 1840, the cp est wea of the national militia, and many oth ers , are not vi e :, 4. alike by the Clamor Publico, La Nacion, Las 'T h e dades, La -Ibc7 la, and El Boletino del Pueblo. the oldest Madrid journal is El Clamor Publico, an d most recent in origin La Iberia." igo ODESSA.— Advices from Odessa state that in the -L- ict Th t Sea and the Sea of Azoff business still goes on, and the quantity of produce being sent off is large. i n g, SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.—This 1110 111— ,jj. about 12 o'clock, a person named Elli o tt fell down 6- t o denly in St. Paul's Church-yard, and on being takenefe the surgery of M r . B ass , i n St. M ar ti n ' s -l e -Grand, A ed was pronounced to be extinct. The deceased was st at e d to be a weaver in Spit a lfi e ld s . Th e b o dy iras 0 111 'J to St. Bartholomew's Hpspital. DETERMINED SUICIDE PROM WATERLOO-8R1D.." a This morning the Thames police issued notice that_, respectable female committed self-destruction by threwno ing herself off Waterloo-bidge. Although every In e il li e j was used to save her, she sank before the boats rean K ft , her. She is described to be about 30 years of age , ,'„dy 5 in., dark hair, and dressed in black satin. The u" has not been found. -Rock' MR. BUCKSTONE'S BENtrlT.—This evening Mr. stone takes his benefit at the Hay Market Theatre. - `„i, successful manner in which this gentleman has COn,"'„ buted to the amusement of the public in the triple 00-e ratter of author, actor, and manager, entitle him slonn to expect that he will be liberally supported on suc h a d , occasion ; but he has resolved to give his friends and wirers a series of entertainments of a very attractive n: ture. A new farce, As like as Two Peas , is to be Pr o • duced for the first time, and The Knights of the R oot Table, a ballet, and a farce, introducing Mr. copP in ' the Australian actor, will be among the other perforny epees. A crowded house and a well-replenished treasuri_ will no doubt bear testimony to the general appreci atinu o of the laudable efforts of our inimitable comedian sustain the high reputation of this establishment. „ q.t . N EW GRANADA.—Advices from B ogo t a , ffew "" 3. nada, by the steamer to-day, reach to the 27th of Wl', and give very unfavourable accounts of the proceed io t g of the revolutionists, by whom, with 'General blelo 1 1. their head, the legal Presid en t was d epose d o n the 1 17 : Apia last. Since th e i r occupation of the city, lieb-0 e xactions in good s or money had been force d f r om " inhabitants, and many o f t h e most respecta bl e had bees thrown into p r i son for non-compliance. All basinesbl 'was suspend e d, an d rumours prevailed that in caseof 511 reverse the r evo l u ti onary party would be likely to F3c s. s the tow n . Th us far, however, they had b een s ucce- t ful, and had defeated Generals Herera and Franco Zi/Aguira on the 20th of May, killing the former alro wounding the latter, who was believed, nevertheles s, have made good his retreat with 2,000 men, and to hay effected a junction with others who were advancirgi r ° o the province of Mariquita. At the latest date a deaf of battle was considered imminent in the neighbourhoo d Bogota,