The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

A'aTION about FTTRITSOES, OVENS, tkc.— N,_) Mr. LEE STEVENS respectfully cautions• he public against the representations of persons professing to modify his System of smoke prevention and saving of fuel. lie will proteed against all parties infringing on his patent right, whether by supposed evasion, direct fraatt,'or attempted improvement. His established method is easily; quickly, and economically adapted to furnaces of all forms aiid sizes ; it requires no moveable parts whatever ; and any ma chinery. attacliel to it detracts from its durability as well as its slaw/way, materially increases its cost, and undoubtedly lessens its eiliciency. Mr. Lzx STEv-stes will be very grateful for information of any unatithorised use of his system in steam -1 01:16:1, coal-oven% or furnaces. of any kind ; and he confidently invites reference to his list 'of•engineers, manufacturers, colliery proprietors, mile; own c tioners ers, bie*ers, distillers, chem i s ts, sugar refiners, dyers, conf , bakers, and others in town and country, who conscientiously re commend his invention, on practical experience of Its 1854 unquestion able success.-1, Fish - street - hilt , City , Lo ndon, July 17, . OU SE HO L D WORDS on SMOK E.— "Mr. LEH STEVENS'S plan has the great advantage of rata:lug no machinery ; so that no inattention or unskilfulness of tile eater can affect its action. We have witnessed and tested its efficacy at the office of the TIMES newspaper, at the famous black inglaart of DAY and MARTIN, and at the great sweetmeat factory of KILL and JONES."—Dickens's Household Words. LEE STEVEIiS joins MR. SAMUEL 1 'll ALL in/ 1 11 recommending perusal of their specifications; 19131$ h e f u ee l e ime responsibility for what may be ifiund about either et tams, ii T he g s p e rt.ry of Patent Inventions or elsewhere, with tint his authority. He has not been deterred by Mr. S. Hall from Rothrming a single act. He called on Mr. S. Hall to prove his alle gations of February, 1853, in vain. He promptly offered to take issue with Mr. phiall on being threatened with legal proceedings in October, I 853; ch he is still ready to do. And he is thank ful he has no occasion to envy any success achieved by Mr. S. Hall, who cannot divert him from pursuing his own Potent Smokeless Film ice Offices, I, Fish-street Hill, City, Lon don. THEATRE ROYAL DIIIIRT LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EI7EITING, Juty 17, Will be performed Auber's Opera, PRA DIAVOLO. Fra Dia- T wo, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lord Ancash, Mr. Weiss; Giacomo and g e ppo. Messrs. Leffler and Farquharson; Lady Allcash, Moe' Weiss ; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN GLIM PE. 7sr:Dhles Circle, Ss. • Bones, is. ; 28. • Galler y' lx ; aavi Prlirla‘Brage4-0 1 1e. Tvre, Three and Pour Guineas. The Ros-cace .onel _daily from Ten till Six, where places maY be Munro& Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, Nair Boud-sheet. Nedee- - beera open at. Half-past Seven. Performance commences at Eight. Hp'f-piice at Half-past N ine. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Redstone. THIS EVENLIG, .TinT 17, Will be Performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS •or THE RIUND SAS Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vendeaboff, W. Warren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss leynoids, Ming. Grey, and Mrs. Pitswilllam. Followed by AS MICE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TREATS:F., OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Ci&AULD] Mum. THIS EVENING, Jusa 17. WM be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Mears. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur rwf Heath, and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters irf Messrs. C. 'Lean, Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Saker ; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 17, Will be performed HOPES AND FEARS. Characters by Messrs. .Webster and Parsee ; Misses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fanny Ariake, and Madame Celeste. Followed by THE COURIER OF LYONS. Atter which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. - To conclude with HES FIRST CHA.MPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Martatier. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENLNG, JOLT 15. • Will b. performed PERFECT CONFIDF.t.TCE. Characters by .Messrs. It.)bson, Emery, and Robinson; Sitssa Marston, E. Or -monde, and 31139 E. Turner. To be followed by THE JE I.LOUS WIFE. After which, tile Troular Cornerlietta, C 3. led TIE &DS OR TAILS. Ch.tracters by Mr Emery and 3CS3 3larston, &I. STRAND THEATRE. 'tole teem Mr. F. W. Al'croft. THIS EVENING, JULY 17, Will be performed THE MARBLE LOVER. Yellowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Atter which, THE UNITED SERVICE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND, in which Miss Harriet Gordon will appear. To conclude with FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CROCODILE. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, ad.; Private Bo:c s XI Is. to be bad of Mr. Allcroft, IS, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIITHEATR,C. Leggett and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. PERFECT SUCCESS! THIS EVENING, JOLT IT, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle, called THE COSSACKS ; or, Vivo la France. After which, the inimitable Scenes In the CIRCLE, and Pre miere Equitation, including Miss Emily Cooke and bir. Alfred Cooke. LA PLUME by the Brothers Francisco. The German Brothers on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's laughable Burlesque, RUSSIA . AGAINS C TURKEY NOW ON TRIAL. krw-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Repetition of the Grand Union Fetes, under the Patronage of his Excellency Count WA LEWSKE, the French Ambassador. In con sequence of the complete success of the above Fetes, they will be re - peated TO-DAY, and on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday . next. The extraordinary display of FIREWORKS, by Southby, and the arrangements of the Dancing Pavillon, having given the greatest satisfaction, will also be repeated. The acclamations be stowed upon Mr. D. Godfrey's NEW MUSIC AL MELANGE. man .. Poled b 7 him for this occasion, descriptive of the Al lance of England and Fano, por e ale - Defence theThrkeY, stamp it as the Bandcces Musical uction of day. The Unrivalled of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Full Quadrille Bsaad, rkc. M.C., Mr. Flexmore. Concert at 7 *. Ball d'Ete at half. past 8 ; Fireworks at to. Admission to the whole, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T its DAY —..Morning 12 mingalter 7 I Evening 37 siln.aft. o•Yoszow—Morning 3 almafter 8 1 Evening 34 min.aft. 8 tHS WILLTHEIL—fIun Ogren, Jinx 16. Tffstitowirss, IN ?XI BEADS. 71— highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 71--tbie day, at noon. 8A11010111134 30•18—a rapid rise. irtirs)„ S.W.--Stiff breeze, with fine, warm, sunshiny weatlist. -•—•• - - - - - Yesterday was St. Swithin's, and though the day was fine, we had a heavy thunderstorm and rain in the evening. The thunder was rather distant. JULY 17. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 3g.—Lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather t -, _` ~~• 4111, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1854. An opportunity will be afforded this evening to the House of Commons for setting right, at last, all difficulties in regard to the incongruity of a Bolsi= war and an ABERDEEN Government. This opportunity is, fortunately, in no way de- Perldent•upon the freaks and crotchets, upon the want of moral courage, or upon the want of proper judgment of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for the borough of Aylesbury. It will arise out of the substantial motion for the proposed vote of 17,0001. for the defraying of the expenses of the new War Department of the Administration. It is about the last chance —occurring as it does towards the close of a long and. laborious session of the Impe rial Legislature. Will it.be allowed.t. , —.. escape by the more liberal and the more independent amo n g our national represe n t a ti ves . A few hours w ill decide ? It will then be seen whether the Com mons can be satisfied to witness the formal instal ment of his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE in the Fourth Secretaryship of State--that of War Minister—while the country at largo is notori ously eager to witness the translation from the Home-Office to the War-Office of Viscount PALMERSTON. It will be discovered, however, if the Cabinet is to be allowed still further to c arry out their deplorable policy of delaying when the necessity of the moment is promptitude, and of acting hesita tin g l y , if not weakly, against the long since become manifest to C ZA R, when it had To egions and the world that his bar barous 0 ncounteredunscru- by pulous councils ought only to l be e the most vigorous and instant opposition. length into the have obviously ent ered at the heart of the ABERDEEN Government. If met • with adequ a t e d ec ision by the House of Commons this evening, reasonable guarantees may e ven now, before it has become too late, be extorted from the embarrassments of the Administration. The na tural solicitude felt by the people of England may be appeased. The solicitude very naturally felt by the multitude that there should be no longer any uncertainty whatever as to the energetic pro secution of the war against Russia—nosy that the gallant Turks have fought so long unaided—now that the obstinacy of the AUTOCRAT has shown itself to be altogether incorrigible —now that the last desperate efforts by Austria and Prussia to bring about fresh negotiations have failed egregi ously—now that the fleets and armies of Franco and England have bean furnished to an extent mor e than might have been at first d eemed requi site—now that the inhabitants of our own coun try have provided their administrators with the means of war so abundantly, that additional taxes to the amount of 10,000,0001. have been secured, as a means of enhancing so far the enormous re sources of our Exchequer. Solicitude, we repeat, is naturally felt by the community, that after all this there should no longer be any uncertainty _ . whatever as to the vigorous conduct of the war by France and England. That solicitude, we again assert, must be satisfied, or at the very least must be somewhat allayed. Hitherto the people have only been rendered impatient by the loud talk about all the grand things that are going to be done—while all that has been done actually has been simply in the way of preparation I A change must, sooner or later, be wrought upon the policy of the Cabinet —or another and more formidable change must, sooner or later, manifest itself throughout the population. An important meeting has taken place this day, at noon, in Downing-street--a formal meeting of the supporters of her MAJESTY'S Government. Summoned as these supporters were to assemble by Lord J. RUSSELL, in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons—summoned as they have been by him at the very close of the session—the incident must be allowed to be sufficiently indica tive of some secret anxieties at the heart of the Government. It is by a significant coincidence, moreover, that this assemblage has been con vened on the precise day the evening of which has been fixed for t hat o on the subject 'Of the War Ministry. What should be done now for their own security by the Members of the Cabinet should be -- ? Everybody knows what. The proceedings upon which Ministers ought to adventure now are patent, as the phrase is, are patent one and all to the comprehension of the entire community. As to the Session—it should not be ended. Much less should it be hurried to a close. Par liament should be merely adjourned instead of being prorogued in August. It should be so ar ranged that the Lords and Commons might re assemble any time, say in October. As to the Ministry—the fourth Secretaryship of State, that of the War Depacrtment, should be awarded by the Crown, as it has been already awarded by the country, to Lord PALMERSTON. • So far as the present juncture is corsocerned, the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton ought no longer to be shelved as Home Secretary. The Duke of NEWCASTLE ought to be induced to yield his own in deference to the superior claims of his colleague, in compliance with the all but unanimous demands of his fellow -countrymen. As to the war itself—(thanking Sir JAMES GRAHAM for the phrase)—it ought no longer to be pottered over. The Anglo-French fleets and the Anglo-French armies ought, at last, to "go in" with a rush, and—win. Hitherto the Turks have been winning by themsetves in the dread Tune of war—when unaided by their promised allies from France and England.. Knowing this, knowing all that might be accomplished by due decision—one yearns for the indiscretion of some princely Lord High Admiral. One longs for the audible stage whisper—" Go it, NED" some signal to NAPIER and DUNDAS kindred to that once upon a time transmitted to CODRINGTON. With vigour, with promptitude—what might not be accomplished ? With our mighty fleets in the Black Sea and the Gulf of Finland ! With 30,000 or 40,000 French soldiers sent out to the aid of the maritime force of the BaltiO ! With the British and French centiAgents united with the victorious Turks and Egyptians, in the presence of the retreating ranks of the Russian invaders ! What, we ask, might not be accomplished under these circumstances, with proper vigour and promp titude 7 Why it is only necessary to glance for a mo ment at what has already been accomplished through the aid, of vigour and promptitude by the unas sisted. Turks and. Egyptians I That will clearly enough imply what might be expected from the soldiers of the SULTAN, aided by those of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NspoLEoN—if only the right signal were given in earnest at last by the French and English, Governments. Is that signal to be pronounced ? It remains to be de cided before the closing of the present session of he L egislature. We may well be pardoned. if we cannot help taking a little malicious pleasure in the perplexi ties of Honourable Members on Monday night. The Bribery Bill was before them. The concm trated essence of the RUSSELL, the WALPOLE, and the FITZROY KELLY Bills. The last election with its glaring and superabundant corruption, de manded that something be done ; public propriety must be maintained ; the pockets of members, the matter of greatest consequence at St. Stephen's, must be protected, and the grosser appearances of the degrading vice must be " put down." What shall be done ? The Parliamentary doctors, of course, proffer their advice gratis. The author of one Reform Act, and two Reform Bills, and we know not how many Anti-Bribery Bills and Acts, first came forward and prescribed in his usual Parliamentary style. The prescription is but half relished, and those hearty old reformers, Sir Frrzno KELLY and Mr. WALPOLE, volunteer their independent proposals, oaths and auditorship being the principal elements in their recipe. Very good temperedly the Head Physician consents to the reference of all the prescriptions to a commit tee of anti-bribery doctors; they retire and consult. Meantime, and pending the consultation, a bold and honest practitioner comes forward with a well known remedy, one which is found to work most admirably in little republics or in great ones, in Geneva or in America ; one which made the election of an Emperor for 40,000,000 of people a scene of order and quiet, and which is found of marvellous efficacy in Par liamentary clubs or building clubs, or, indeed, wherever it has yet been tried. It is popular, too--decidedly popular, and half a Ministry, and much more than half the professed Liberals in the House of Commons, have faith in it. It is pro posed, but alas ! the Liberal Court doctor cannot stomach it. "Cure bribery by such a simple ex pedient ! Pshaw—pure quackery ! Tell me as soon of the cold water cure, or globules. Sheer quackery, Mr. SPEAKER and gentlemen of the House of Commons, I assure you. Did her MA JESTY ever recommend such a thing in a Speech from the Throne ? Has any Ministry ever pro posed such a nostrum ? No, let hon. members patiently wait the result of the anti-bribery con sultation." Exit BERKELEY and the Ballot ; exit Sir Wm. MOLESWORTI I and his unanswered and unanswerable logic ; and enter, on Monday, the 11th of. July, Lord J. RUSSELL, attended by Mr. WALPOLE and Sir FITZROY KELLY. Many as have been the pretended objections to the Ballot, they were far exceeded in number and nl Tt l l rr eh imirpassed in force by the obj ections to the —be of Monday night. Yet this, be i t remem bered, was quite a Parliamentary Bill. Whi g s and Tori es a palliative were by no means their wits and their votes, and as however, lik iani e r ebe e a a d n t m t sh e aoo r ntb t in nothing, Radical House m seemed, obstructive. The towards severity thenu p n ito d hug e e rgoing the ordeal of walk ing among it stepped towards laxity hab th i to render elect ions bill would If i t t stepped rk. if v S i in de ce d re t l h y ey wi di sh d in n g ot lose the power . i t o n c could not cheaper, work. Honourable e e m to e t m h b e e w rs ea w lt e h r y e or the titled can e d l id p a r t o e, completely of bewildered g in adjusting definitions, legal phrases, and penal ties, to accordance with their object. What was meant by "on his behalf " voter's ride to the hustings bribWeryas? payingWa for a s a re freshment ticket per se, or one above 25., b r ib ery ? Or was " asking " for money, situations, Sz;c., cor rupt and punishable solicitation of the Member ? Was "indiscreet asking" to be included ? or, ought asking and actually receiving to be punished alike ? What again, under the treating clause, was "ordi nary hospitality," and what " corrupt treating ?" A cheerful list of many modes of pure and vir tuous banqueting were readily suggested. In fact, Lord JOHN himself came hereon to that renowned conclusion, " that there was a good deal to be said on both sides of the question." Experience was THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1854 very diverse ; Mr. Fox had been returned three times for less than 0/. 3s. Od. Mr. DENISON testified that the cheapest West Riding election cost 14,0001. Then, again, what was intimida tion ? Mr. MALINS thought the clause should specify " spiritual intimidation as well as temporal ;" but the House, in its temporal wis dom, thought otherwise by a majority of 99. Intimidation by transfer of custom was found very difficult to lay hold of, and " undue intimi dation" by the Lords of the broad acres was left where it is. The Scotch , custom of intimidation by literal " spitting at elections" was, at the sug gestion of Mr. BLAIR, taken into custody by the Attorney-Genera], who promised, if needful, an anti-spitting-intimidation clause. Agency, and the special constableship of voters, were also great difficulties ; but we vfill not tire our readers, we confess ourselves to have been tired enough with the perusal bf the debate. How, indeed, can any honest Reforrher be otherwise ? We have, as we well know, and as the House knows, a plain, common-sense, straight forward, well-tried remedy for all these endless evils. Whether it be the bribery of guineas or refreshment tickets ; intimidation by the Lord of half a county or by a filthy Scotch " spitter," by a " spiritual" or a temporal tyrant, the simple expedient of compelling all to vote in the sight of HEAVEN and their own consciences only, would annihilate, so far as human law can do it, the temptation to corrupt. The evil would be stopped at its source. Lord JOHN and our aristocrats may writhe and wriggle as they please ; to this it must come at last, and the sooner the better. The Ballot is the only Bribery Bill worth having. The same conclusion is forced upon us by the debate on the FITZROY KELLY portion of the new Bill on Friday night. The Committee reported to the House that on no provision of the Bill had they been more unanimous than on the appoint ment of Election Officers, who should audit all the accounts of the election ; each Honourable Mem ber making oath that he had paid no expenses except through the hands of this officer, by whom all the accounts, when complete, were to be pub lished. The House, therefore, agreed by a large majority to the appointment of such an officer, but as to how he should be appointed, how long it should be before he should close his accounts, and especially as to what he should admit as le gitimate expenses, the difference of opinion was great and irreconcileable ; and it had, after all, to be left to the officers to decide what they would pay, and What they would riot. Endless, therefore, will be the precedents which will be furnished for refusing or admitting elec tion bills. A teetotal auditor will, of course, be stringent enough on public-house bills, while a brewer or a brewer's friend, will deem them the most reasonable of items. Mr. HILDYARD, however, hit the right nail on the head, when ho told the squabbling opposers of the Ballot that " all this legislation was useless, for bribery would still be carried on under the guise of subscriptions. Suppose a coal fund were established in a borough, and one can didate subscribed 1,0001. to it, while the other did not, which candidate would be returned ?" We should like to know, however, how much any member would subscribe to. a coal fund, or any other fund, if lie could not make sure of the votes for which he had subscribed. Pitiable truly was the sight of so many SOLONS scheming to set up an anti-bribery auditor, when they well knew that for election expenses the only effectual audi tor is the ballot-box--an auditor, too, who will cost us nothing ! MEETING OF MINISTERIAL SUPPORTERS. (THIS DAY.) The Government supporters in the House of Commons, at the invitation of Lord John Russell, met to-day, at one o'clock at the official residence of the First Lord of tbo Treasury, in Downing-street. There was a rather large attendance of members, including Lord. Jo in 'Russell, Lord' Palmerston, and all the other ministers in the Lower Home. The meeting did not break up until three o'clock. At the time of going to press the result of the meeting had not reached us in an authentic form. It is conjectured that some unpleasant subjects were brought forward, and that the discussion which took place did not contribute in any degree to strengthen -the position of the Cabinet in the House of Commons. THE HOOD MONUMENT. To-morrow, Tuesday, the 18th of July, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Hood Monument is to be publicly uncovered over the poet's grave in Kemal-green Cemetery. We cannot but again direct public attention to the announcement of the hour and the day, now that we are on the eve of this most interesting ceremony of inauguration. Besides the prospect of seeing the exquisite struc ture designed by Matthew Noble to commemorate the Bard and Humorist, while an appropriate ad dress is being delivered on the occasion by Monck ton Milnes, the honourable member for Pontefract —the public have the additional prospect for to morrow evening of a large attendance on the spot of the admirers of Thomas Hood, variously dis tinguished in Art and Literature. A considerable number of general sympathisers in the same cause, we doubt not, will avail themselves of the oppor tunity by attending, punctual to the time appointed, for the purpose of witnessing what is in this coun try a most unusual, and what must in any country be a most attractive and impressive ceremonial. IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS AND BOATS. The experimental schooner yacht Incline plane, 75 tons, constructed upon Lipscombe's new prin ciple, was launched on the 15th instant from Mr. Cunningham's yard, Southampton. Great expec tations have been formed with regard to this schooner. She will be fitted out as rapidly as pos sible, and it is expected that in about three weeks she will be publicly tried, at Southampton.. A jolly-row-boat,- thirteen feet long, by three and a• half feet wide; lately built Upon the same principle, has astonislied."every one by - the excellent qualities exhibited by her. As, a row=boat "she is remarkably easy to pull, is very stiff and :buoyant, and when propelled by canvas ition4, sails twice fast as any other boat of her own size, and has 'easily !ontiailed an !eight-ton "yacht, hitherto considered flist, that I w.is expressly tried against her. . A LONG GUN. A new carriage and cannon of peculiar formation as regards the bore have been sent .to Sheerness from the Ordnance department for shipment on board the Vulture, to the Edinburgh, Rear-Ad miral D. Chads. It is - intended for the use of the long range Rrojectile. It . weighs 94 cwt. 3 qrs., and is calculated to throw a projectile nine inches by eight inches: The carriage is of new construc tion, and adequate to carry a long 95 cwt. gun for shot or shell. All ships in the Baltic capable of carrying - these guns are to have.them put on board immediately. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—His Royal High ness Prince Albert, attended, by Colonel Seymour, has honoured this institution by a visit, for the purpose of witnessing the experiments in optics with the electric light, by M. Dubosq, who exhibited his discoveries to the public for the first time - at the con. versazione on Thin-Bday evening. 'His Royal Highness was conducted through the building by Mr. J. H. Pep per, the resident director, and Mr. Wynn, the secretary; and although he had no opportunity of seeing the ex periments in question, owing to the fact that he had not previously intimated his inte ntion to visit the InstitUtion, he expressed himself greatly delighted will the nume rous improvements which have been made in the esta blishment. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE.—cTHIS D AY ,) —Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accom panied by their illustrious family, and attended by the Royal suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning, and proceeded by special train to Gosport, where the Fairy, Royal steam-yacht, Captain the Honourable . Joseph Denman, will convey, the illustrious party to Cowes en route to her Majesty's marine retreat, Osborne. The Queen will remain, it is understood, in the Isle of Wight until a day or two before the prorogation. The Countess of Desart attended the Queen as Lady in Waiting, her her ladyship ladyship having succeeded the Countess of Gains borough. Viscount Palmerston left Carlton-gardens after the council on Saturday for Brocket Hall, Herts. His lord , a n n d , tobaccoof occupant,Dbooxd d aa i n un ship will have a large dinner party on Saturday, and will hold an assembly. g d Pw 2 n d il . h ri n e rr o a l P AVERSHAL—About 9 o'clock on Saturday night last a balloon fell in a field belonging to Mr. Edward Blax pwltaahcsee.cnaeralrbtlyuwtaeasx jha w ac i uk t s h et o te,d u a, t r t ie hi t n g h g a is s in which was the cause of its descent ; the grappling irons, too, were gone, which raises a uestion whether the aeronauts who ascended have notmet an untimely death. The balloon was secured, and is now in the pos session of Mr. Blaxland. It is 90 feet in height. MONEY 'MARKET A 77 ;, UU.IIMb'RCIA_L INT ELLIGENUE. . CITY, TWO o'C LOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, in chiding 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame, without change in prices. The sales comprised 150 Fcyp tian, at 6d. to 9,1.; 300 Surat, at 31d. to 41d.; 10 Sea Island, at ls. 2d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were firm. The grain market is very heavy in Mark-lane this morning, with large arrivals. The lower Bal-• tic ports continue sending forward full supplies, and the crops in the United States promise a large surplus. Wheat is about 2s. lower. The General Shipping List gives the current rates of freight from London to the various Australian ports as under :—Adelaide 655., Hobart Town 685., Launceston 655., Melbourne or Geelong wharves 855., Melbourne or Geelong 555. to 655., New Zealand 100 s., Portland Bay 705., Swan River 705., and Sydney 50s. to 605., per ton of 40 feet. There rates are in filling up vessels for Aus tralia,are heavy. Commissioners are still busy in g s T ti h e manlid'eht Admiraltyhd the difficulty r a e viting tenders. On the 18th they request offers for the conveyance of 350 to 400 tons of Navy pro visions from Plymouth to Malta, and also of 7 officers and 560 men from the Thames and Cork. Also for men and officers to St. Helena, and for stores to Colombo. From Birmingham we learn, in regard to the Iron trade, that the quarterly meetings during the past week have been attended with much ex citement. kit appears that the advance upon last quarter's rates, instead of being 20s. per ton on the best qualities, will be nearer 40s. before the preliminary meeting at the end of the month. The quarterly settlements have generally been well met. The Pesth July wool fair has not been so brisk as was expected. There were 35,000 cwt. offered. The August fair will be held on the 21st, and pro bably 70,000 cwt. will be on show. From New York the Canada brings $238,000. Money was not much easier, and stocks tended downwards. FreightS 'were generally steady. Flour was firmer, and cotton dull. The amount of specie shipped during the week to June 30, in value, was $712,792. The letters by the Overland Mail have been re ceived, and state that at Calcutta money was abun dant. The stocks of all imports were heavy and more than adequate to meet the requirements of the next three months. The Bank of Bengal had again lowered its rate of discount. From Madras we hear of rain being much wanted. The Indigo, Cotton, and Sugar crops promised badly. The rail way was making but slow progress, but the electric telegraph to Bangalore had been conipleted. Two or three vessels had arrivel at Madras with later dates from Australia, the 18th of April from Melbourne being communicated per Cambo dian. There had been heavy rains at Melbourne, but in the absence of letters, the Indian papers furnish'no details or commercial news of interest. - The Crcesus, or the Golden Age steamer was ex pected to leave about the Ist of May. The annual meeting of the Union Bank of Aus tralia was held this day, when a gratifying report was presented, showing the profits of the past year - to be 295,0631. 4s. 10d., for which a dividend of 16 per cent. for the half-year was declared. The [ -state of the Bank affairs in the colony was satis factory. The liabilities and assets were as follows: LIABILITIES. . £660,673 0 0 • 4,089,030 12 11 . 776,460 12 1 147,036 11 3 Circulation Deposits Bilis payable, and other liabilities Balance of undivided profit Reserve fund ..............£ 200 , 00 0 0 0 Paid-up capital ............ 820,000 0 0 1,020,000 0 0 £6,693,23016 3 ASSETS. Specie on hand, and cash balances £ 1 ,90 5 ,039 3 3 Bullion .£2,216,622 8 4 32,500 0 0 Bank premises and other property Bills receivable, Government Stock, and other securities Investment of reserve fund (3i per cents ) 200,000 0 0 £6,693,23016 3 STATEMENT OF PROFITS. Balance of undivided profit at June, 1853 £179,073 6 5 To whicliare now to be added the profits of the past year, ending at the branches 31st December;lBs3, and at the London office, .30th June, 1854 295,963 4 10 475,036 11 3 Deduct amount of interest paid at Midsummer, 1853 £164,000 Ditto 6.t . Clatistmas, 1853 328,000 0 0 Balance of undivided profit at this (late_ £147,036 11 3 RESERVE FUND. As reported at June, 1853 £200,000 0 0 There has been great buoyancy this morning in the English Stocks, arising principally from the fineness of the weather, and the proximate settle ment of the account, the speculators who had sold, being evidently anxious to buy back in time, less they may experience a difficulty in getting stock again loaned to them. The news of the further successes of the Turks likewise strengthens the quotations. Consols have been 931 I, and since 92 to 93 for Transfer. The account prices have been 93i, then 93i, and are now 921 to 93. The New 34 per Cents. have realised 93i to 94, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 93i. East India Stock is at 2261. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 35., and East India Bonds at 2s. prem. Exchequer Bonds have been to prem. In the Foreign Market there has been but two bargains officially recorded, viz., in Mexican at 24(t0 25, an advance of 1 per cent., owing to the payment of the Gadsden indemnity. The following are the nominal price of foreign s t oc k s : ____Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Mexi can, 241 to 25 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; ditto Three per Cents. 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 39 to 41 ; Russian Five per Cents. 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and - a - Half per Cents. 81 to 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 19 ; ditt o Th ree per C en t s . Passive, 37l to 330; ditto Certificate s , 3i t o 41 ; ditt o 41. The railway meetings an nounce d ar e th e fol lowing : Company. Date. Pl ace . Central Peninsula of Po iLugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. East Kent ........................ Aug. 8, London Tavern. 1k July 31, London Tavern, July 22, York-road. Llanelly ..... London and South-Western _ London, Brighton, and South Coast .............................. July 27, Bridge house hote . Madras .............................. July 18, 33, Now Broad-s Manchester, Sheffield, and Colnshire North Staffordshire ....... July 27, Euston-square. Paris and Rouen Stamford and Essendine The English railway market has been much livelier and at a further improvement in the prices of all the favorite lines. The - North-Western, Midland, York and Berwick, and Great Northetn havi) been.most dealt in, and are 1/. highermostly: French Shares are rather more freely offered at a slight decline. In the foreign mines there have been a few 'tr a nsactions, the Joi n t St oc k B an ks are - dealt in at 'about former rates, and Crystal Palace have been at a slight discount to a small premium. Land Shares are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AN ONE O'CLOCK, (Prom the Orwial List.) 8T1911168. done. per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 5 4 a Bonds.i, Oo • 9 : : 4 a 2 3 En po d r i Ceut. Consols Annuitie5 ...........* 34 per Cent. Annuities * 93,1 4 3j [mita Stock .. •—•••• ..... ••••••••••••••• Ditto, under 21000 C,ousols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. L10(30 - par 3 p 2500 ... " ........... pa r 3 p . Small . ........................................... 14 p Ditto Advertised .......................... i P . Exchequer Bonds S cr ip ...... .................. i i P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Waxican 3 per Cent. . ... ......... .. .. —. .. 24a 5 Divl,lends on the e . bovo payable in 'London. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AMENDMENT.—Lord Pal merston's bill to ;mead the Public Health Act of 1848 has been printed. It contains only seven clauses, the principal provisions of which enact that the present act is to come in force at the end of the present session of Parliament. The following is to be the future constitu ti?n of the General Board of Health. Thiee persotis will be appointed by the Crown warrant under Royal sign manual to constitute the board, and one of these three peisons the Home Secretary is to appoint as chair man. The powers of the board are to continue until the 31st of August, 185(3. The members of the ' board are subject to removal by the Crown, and during a vacancy two members may act, with a salary not exceeding 1,500/. The officers of the board are to be a secretary and assistant secretary, a superintending medical officer, and a number of superintending inspectors, clerks, &c., to be determined by the Lords of the Treasury. All the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of the former board are to be transferred to the now board, and the salaries and expenses will be defrayed out of the sums which Parliament may grant for the purpose. It is incumbent on the board to conform, in all zespects, to the instruc tions of the Home Secretary in the execution of their duties. CHOLERA.—LrvERroor.4.—Two deaths have occurred among the patients sent to the workhouse hospital from. the Dirego since the 13th. CHOLERA.— Several cases of cholera have occurred within the last few days at Durham, some of which have proved fatal. _ROYAL FREE (TRIS DAY.) NINTH DAY'S INQUIRY, This investigation was again resumed, for the ninth time, at the Sheriff's Court, at eleven o'clock this morn ing, before Mr. Baker, the coroner. After some discussion, during which the jury corn plaintd of the extreme length to which the proceedings were carried, and of the unnecessary waste of their time, Mr. Bodkin having intimated that as all other witnesses having any bearing upon the case had been examined, Mr. Thomas Weedon Cooke, surgeon, of 7G, Upper Berkeley-street, Grosvenor-square, was called, and stated that for 10 or 11 years he had been connected with the Royal Free Hospital, and had been full surgeon about three or four months. He first saw the child about six days before the operation, and he and Mr. Scobbell; the house.surgeon, examined the child, and with a metallic sound, and discovered the presence of a stone in the bladder. They both felt it, as did also Mr. Morgan, of King's College Hospital, who is a pupil of his (Mr. Cooke's). I told the mother of the child that the child could only be relieved by an operation, and said she had better consult her hus band. I saw the child again upon the Wednesday fol lowing. Mr. Wakley came in and said that the case was his, explaining that as it had come in on Friday, that being his day for receiving patients, and being an out patient of his, the house surgeon had placed the case under his care. I then said let it be so; but be said "No, as it is under your care let it be so." As the child was in great suffering we agreed that it should be operated upon without delay. The child was in very good condition for the operation previously to settling to per form the operation. The next day we had discussed the, matter with Mr. Scobell and Mr. Grant, and after that discussion went into the ward to see the child, and made inquiries about the state of its inside and ordered castor oil. The next day I took a friend of mine, Dr. Greener, with me to see the operation performed. When I ar rived at the theatre of the Hospital I found that the instruments for performing the operation had not arrived. They had to come from Mr. Weiss, the instrument-maker, of the Strand, who is appointed to attend operations, and bring all the proper instru-. ments with him. It is the practice of our hospital. Mr. Baker—Mr. Weiss is, I believe, a first-rate maker ? Witness—He is. Mr. Ballantine—There is no doubt of it. Examination continued—Mr. Wakley was with . me in the theatre, to assist me in -performing the operation. Finding that the instruments were not ready, I directed the child to be taken back into the ward, and in the meantime the operation of removing a tumour from the arm of a female patient was performed, which took rather more time than usual in consequence of excessive bleeding. She having been removed, I ordered the child to be again brought in, the instruments and every thing being in perfect readiness. The witness then went on to detail the care he had taken of the child, and was under examination when we went to press. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. It is impossible to doubt that deliberations of the gravest - and most anxious character occupy the attention. of Ministers at those protracted sittings of the Cabinet' which we are now so frequently called on to record. They are such as to demand the constant reference from .the Cabinet to the Sovereign. Last week we recorded the faCt of the Minister of . War leaving his assembled colleagues to have an audience of her Majesty, returning from the Royal presence. to the council, and remaining for hours in consultation with those colleagues. On Saturday the incidents of the Cabinet Council were hardly less remarkable. The Cabinet Council was summoned for two o'clock. Ministers did not assemble until three ; they then Met with one exception, that of the Foreign Secretary, who was detained by an 'audience with the Queen. Lord Clarendon joined his colleagues at four. Their deliberations then lasted until half-past six, and immediately on the breaking up of the council Lord Aberdeen proceeded to the Palace to her Majesty. We may add to these indications the fact that her Ma esty's stay in London has been already protracted some days beyond the time at which it was expected the Court would have departed for the Isle of Wight. A meeting of his supporters in the House of Cosnmons is convened by Lord John Russell at the official resi dence of the Premier. It is just possible that he is about to take Mr. Disraeli's hint, and suggest to some of those supporters the propriety of testing the opinions of the House of Commons by proposing a vote of confi dence. To-night the vote is to be taken on the estimate of the new Minister of War. It is impossible to say what may be the result of the discussions to which the estimate is sure to give rise. To these perplexities we must add the near approach of that result of our Austrian alliance for which we have been for some time preparing our readers. —Morning Herald. THE GQRDON RIGHLANDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. cordially sympathise with the " Old Gordon Highlander" who deplores the almost dismemberment of the gallant 92d or Gordon 'Highlanders, by whOlesale volunteering into the other Scotch regiments serving in the East. His consolation, however, must be t the Highlanders' thirst for meeiAng the enemies of their country in combat. To remedy the evil he justly la ments, I would suggest that a similar expedient be now resorted to in recruiting in Scotland as was adopted when the 92d w. 7.3 raised, namely, the offer of a shilling in the Queen's name, and a kiss from the Duchess of Gordon. Only this done, and the Gordon Highlanders will rise instantaneously, like giants refreshed. I an), Sir; ONE WHO SAW THE LATE DUCHESS OF GORDON*, DECORATED IN THE GORDON TARTAN, BE• CRUITING TO RAISE THE 92D HIGHLANDERS, London, July 15, 1854. ADELPHI THEATRE An excellent version of The Courier of Lyons by Mr. I Webster was brought out here on Saturday evening. 1 It differs but little from the piece now in course of per formance at the Princess's Theatre. Every one is ac quainted by this time with the extraordinary cm'e of mistaken identity upon which the dramatic narrative is built, and the miserable fate that awaited Joseph Les urgnes, an honest and respectable man, in consequence of the circumstantial evidence which confounded him with an assassin. At the Adelphi Theatre Mr. Leigh Murray personates the double character of Lesurgues and _Dubose, and with great melodran iatic ability. His frank open demeanor in the one instance contrasts very forcibly with the course, drunken brut ality 'which he assumes with the garb of the ruffian. .As a piece of acting nothing can be more graphic and ,effec tive. The change from the one person to the othe rhe manages with the necessary rapidity, and an illusio The of a very remarkable kind is undoubted l y ke p t up. remaining personages we need hardly observe, are of little moment. rine robbers Courriol and Choppar d are sustained by Mr. Charles Selby and Mr. Paul Bed ford, and Mr. 0. Smith plays the elder Lesurges. The piece was quite successful, and as it fits an Adelphi and fence accurately, it will probably be often repeated. IMt. Leigh Murray announced it for performance every night amid general applause. Mr. Webster takes his benefit, for the first tin to at this theatre, on Wednesday next, on which occ anion Mr. Buckstone has kindly offered his services. We hope the meeting 6f the brother actors on the same stag ) will not be the least appreciated of " Adelphi effects" la: j the public". _ '. His Royal ,Highness .- Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, honcnired Mr: , Noble, the sc.aliAor, with a visit to his studio; in Bruton street, on Sat - Mt-day morning. H.E.H. inspected the has reliefs for the i me morial to Thomas . Hood, just completed ; _the col.: seal tribute to Wellington ' now ,in progress 'f or th e c iti ' o f Manchester ; the marble statues of the Herd-Duke, I pre pared for the East 'lndia House .; and' of , Sir Robert Peel, for St. George's Hall; Liverpool. His Iti oyal Highness was pleased - to express his high admithti nof ci these important Works ; and also of two fine' busts 0 f the laid Marquis. of Anglesey and. Profeisor Faraday ) , re cently produced by Mr. Noble. ...., I MARRIAGE IN : HIGH WT.—Lady Alice .n...gcra ton, daughter of the Earl and' Countess of Ellesmex i e, is about to be married to the Hon. George By ng , .5 S.P. for Tavistock, eldest son of Viscount Enfield. The Duke and Duchess of 'Northumberland,. who re-. turn to London to-morrow, after 'a, prolonged absi en ce on the 'Continent, will spend a short tithe at Sion Klause preparatory to leaving for . Alnwiek,,fOr the season.l . The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Exeter, A 4ord Maidstone, Hon. Francis Villiers, ' Mr. G. Psgyne, Major-General . Peel, 'Captain Lowther, and Mr. ' iTig ram, at' the ,innual meeting of the Jockey Club, i vere ~ chosen the — Committee for the ensuing year. THR PRUSSIAN 'LEGATION.—Themew Prussian er troy arrived in town latenn Saturday night. The' Earl of Erne, after a lengthened absence in :Eng land, has returned to °rota Castle, Lisnaskea. \ The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and family still continue at Bundoran. . • ' • . Viscount Mountgarrett •has arrived at the Illton Hotel,, Dublin, from Westbeurne-terrace, London. The Marq.iis 'of Clanricarde .has left town, for I Yor tumna, Galway, the seat Of his - landed estates. I The Marquis and - Marchioness of •Salisbury.haVe left Salisbury House,' Arlington-Street, for Hatfield li'ouse, Herts, forthe'season, .his lordship coming to Voindon occasionally" to attend his Parliamentary duties. - . i The Earl'of CawdOr arrived in SOuth:.Aucapy-st reet, on Saturday,. from Stackpole.-eourt; P em broke, ani 1 left the same.d a y to j o i n , th e coun t e ss at Brighton. I The yenithful Hon. H enr y Campbell is on duty w ith his . regi ment, the•Rifie Brigade, at the seat of war. I His Excellency Mr. Arthur . m a,geni's , r eeend y re moved from Stutgardt to the embassy at Stockli tolna, leaves town to-morrow to enter on his di p lomatic ..q r s at the Sw e di s h C our t, in the room of Rear-Admiral E. Lyons. FIRE AT MILE-END.—Yesterd a y morning, sitortly before four o'clock, the family of Mr. L. G. Raby, 11 aker, No. 1, Barne's-place, Mile-end-road, had 'a atrrow escape of losing their lives owing to a fire breakiag out whilst they were in their beds asleep. It appeai'ii that the ove n ran un der the shop and parlou r, and this heat. from the former set fire to the premises. The iri,Tates having escaped, the engines of the parish and London Brigade, together with the Royal' Society's eFle3Lpes, attended, and a good supply of water was procure difrom the East London Company, and the firemen went to work, but considerable damage was done . befora they could extinguish the flames. The sufferer was i•asu.red in the Sun-of ace. Arii EST FORE _N TINT s . 1 Russian (Cossack, I have heard) officer, who was c:l ; ,t.urA ,1-.)v the Firebrand, when they so neatly tikoppect upon the little garrison at Sulina, at two a.m. Captain Parker, who commanded his men, was the captor of the Muscovite, whose horse was shot, and who was lugged out of a cask, booted, spurred, and speared as he was. The unhappy wretch was sunk in despair and horror at his fate (as lie - imagined), for it would seem. it has been sedulously instilled into his mind (and ex U7lO disce, &c.) that we cut the throats of our prisoners, or put them out of pain in some other still more native (Russian) manner. They say that his mind is not yet divested quite of this cheering impression. His brother-officer and comrades (25 in all, or 24 minus our friend), were fortunate enough to escape after making agood•stand (but a harmless one, for we had not a man touched). As was " the custom of Branksome-hall," their steeds " stood saddled in stable day and night ;" so it was quick work for he reivers to " mount and ride." THE WAR. LATEST FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNINg.' The following is from a good source : " Au Austrian tiltimatam, has either already been. sent, or will be sent to-day, to St. Petersburg, de manding thp evacuation of the Danubian Princi palities within a certain time ; the term mentioned is one month." THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 9th of July, contains a short article, to the effect that, " in consequence of the progress of events in gene ral," Prince Paskiewitsch had raised the siege of Silistria, and ordered Prince Gortschakoff to con centrate all his forces near Bucharest. THE ADVANCE OF THE TURKS INTO WALLACHIA—GREAT BATTLE INEVI TABLE. . The despatches from Vienna and Paris confirm the announcement made in this journal on Satur day of the defeat of the Russians at Frateschti. On the 9th and 10th, says a despatch dated Vienna, Saturday, the Turks attacked Brigadiers Pauloff and Seimoxoff with other Russian detach ments, at Frateschti, north of Giurgevo. The Russians were completely routed. The Turkish army of 25,000 men is advancing towards Bucharest. A great battle seems inevitable. There are 25,000 of the allied armies at Rust chuk. The following is published in the Moniteur of yesterday (Sunday). "On the 11th of July the Turks attacked and routed the Russian rear guard at Frateschti, on the road from Giurgevo to Bucharest. They are in force upon the left bank, and have crossed the Danube at several points. " The number of auxiliary troops arrived from Shumla at Giurgevo exceeds 20,000. " Prince Gortschakoff, with the reinforcements which lie has summoned, has not more than 60,000 men. " The Turks and the auxiliaries reach at least that number. " Everything announces an immediate action." The Presse states that, according to advices from Orsova of the 15th, after 5 hours' fighting, Mehe met Pasha drove theßussians from theDobrudseha across the liter, and occupied Czernadvoda. The whole of the left bank of the Danube between Kalafat and Oltenitza is fully occupied by the Turks. Isli Pacha defeated General Popoff's division at li`ieopolis on the 9th. 'From other quarters we learn that the Russians lost 700 atFrateschti, and thatOmerPacha marched en potence upon Bucharest, the Russians retreating as he advanced. We find the following in the Journal des Debats with regard to the above exciting news from . the 'East : According to the foregoing news, the war . had made a decisive step forward. The Turks, with the co-operation of the Anglo-French, had beaten the Russians and entered the capital of Wallachia. That would constitute the most important _fact among those which have already occurred, inas much as the allied troops would then definitiyely form their lines in a very marked manner. The combat adverted to had taken place at Frateschti, against the rear-guard of the Russian corps. ,Let us begin by specifying the situation of the field of the conflict : Frateschti is a town on the road Wein the Danube to Bucharest, at four leagues from Giurgevo, a small fortified place on the left bank of the Danube (Wallachian bank), situate opposite the Turkish fortress of Rustchuk. The affair curved on the 14th instant. A despatch from Vienna says that, after , this combat, Omer Pacha bad proceeded towards Dacha, rest. It states, moreover, that he had taken pos session of that important town. The distancefrom Frateschti to Bucharest is 10 leagues, which snakes a long march, or two short ones. If the Turk,and. the Anglo-French troops actually entered Bucharest the Russians must have experienced a setiou.s. check, for they had a great interest in not allow ing themselves to be violently driven from their main resources and magazines, without time to remove altogether the immense provisions of victual and ammunition which they had concentrated there. It is difficult to conceive through what succession of defective and badly-directed dispositions a;:bc:d..y of the Russian army found itself exposed to rteeivp the brunt of the allied forces, without the other bodies being within sufficient reach to afford it assistance. The Russian Generals understangwar well. This cannot be denied ; nevertheless iheir operations ever since the beginning of this month are unintelligible, being the result of a strange' and incoherent strategy which puzzles all lookers 6n. What are they going to do now ? Will the Rus sian army be made to quit en masse MoldaviN to be marched towards Bucharest, with a view tie dis pute that town with the allies ? Or are they toing to fortify themselves still more strongly on the Sereth ? The former alternative takes us conse quentially to a great battle ; the second, to a peace ful occupation of Wallachia, thenceforth evaeuated by the Russians. But what will be, in that-con flict, the attitude of the Austrian forces ? Can they any longer remain motionless on their fron tiers ? Are they not at length about to exectite the treaty concluded with the Ottoman )forte, which gives them the right of occupying the Danu bian Principalities ? Such are the questions Nthich every one puts to himself at this moment. We have not yet sufficient data to solve them. INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT THE WAR. According to letters from Schumla of the 4th, Captain Butler, the heroic defender of Yelandi Tabia, a fort at Silistria , h a s died of hi s wounds. • On 'the occasion of the destruction of the Russian forts at Sulina six Russian merchants were cap tured, and two powder magazines blown up. The Austrian consular authorities in 'Wallachia have declared to the Russians that their protection is at an end. It is said that the Russian General Aurep has committed suicide by shooting hithself. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz of Saturday contains the draught of a projected provincial re presentation for consultative purposes—a kind of Austrian constitution. A Vienna journal says that Omer Paella has con fided to the command of an English officer (a volun teer), named Canning, with whom are united some other English officers, a corps of 4,000 men, which is to maintain the communications between the Turkish army and the auxiliary troops. , ' A letter from Berlin says :—" The Russian loan meets with very few subscribers. It is said that at Hamburg none of it has been taken, and that at Amsterdam, as well as at Frankfort, the amount subscribed for does not exceed 1,200,000 f. The British Consul at Genoa has issued a notice to the British residents there warning them not to contribute to the Russian loan, as such au act would render them liable to prosecution for high tkeason; CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 3.—Last night her Ma jesty's steam-frigate Retribution, Captain - the Hon. J. R. Drummond, came clown from Varna, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on board, who returns to Varna to-day at eleven o'clock. This visit of his Royal Highness is for the purpose it is said of entering into some arrangement with the Turkish authorities for the supply of provisions for;the.Bri tish army. All the accounts of the commissariat arrangements at Varna are most unfavourable-: indeed, a general outcry has been raised at their insufficiency. The troops have begun their march from Varna. There is much talk now of an expe dition a gainst Sebastopol by se . a and by land. It may, however, only be a surmise. Something cer tainly must be done before winter to ensure the command of theßlack Sea. The numerous trans ports at anchor in the Bosphorus are under orders to keep themselves in readiness to start at a moment's notice. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Times gives, by telegraph, the following summary of an article which appears in the Aus trian Correspondence :—" The recent communi cation from St. Petersburg on the one hand but incompletely answers the expectations of Austria ; while Prussia, on the other hand, thinks it con tains materials which may possibly serve as a basis for negotiations for peace. This must; however, depend on the decision of the Western,:` Powers. This language is, as usual, vague, but certainly menacing for Russia." The Morning Chronicle says the substance of the article is, that as regards the present phase of the Oriental question, and the answer brought by Prince Gortschakoff, the demands of Austria and Pru , sia are but fin perfectly satisfied, but there are some materials which might possibly servo as the basis for peace negotiations. These are left to the decision of the Western Powers. Upon receipt of their answer, Austria, acting upon her convention with Prussia and with Turky, and upon a cordial understanding with the Western Powers, will take all the measures requisite for the re-establishment of the balance of power in Europe, and of the integrity of Turkey, and of general peace upon a safe basis. The ~vriter of a letter from one of her Majesty's ships in the Black Sea says :—The Vesuvius came down yesterday from the Danube, bringing a LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CAMP AT ALYDEN. " ALYDEN, Jur,' 3.--I have still to date my epistle from this place, where the Duke's division is now stay ing. The light division started from here on Friday last, June 30th. I saw them off. On the following morning, the Duke's division, attended by several silt tiers, came up. The' brigade of Highlanders was the first to arrive upon the ground at about ten o'clock. Both the appearance of the men and their order of march ing disappointed me extremely, and certainly from such well-disciplined soldiers and muscular men more might have been expected. All were, to appearance at least, quite fagged, and walked with a dejected, listless air.; while many of them had fallen out of the ranks alto gether. The reason to which I ascribe this is, that no doubt the majority of the men had partaken rather freely of parting cups with the French soldiers the night before they started, and nothing tells with such cer tainty upon the vigour and marching order of the men next day. The brigade of Guards came by another road ; they arrived shortly after the Highlanders, and though heavier men, and, generally speaking, less ath letic and less used to marching than their northern comrades, were decidedly fresher in appearance, Each brigade was followed by a train of arobas, baggage mules, and commissariat horses, quite as long and nu merous as itself. " Neither of the brigades took up the ground formerly occupied by the Light Division, but moved further up the bill, and eventually camped in a position, to the picturesque beauty of which it is almost impossible to do justice in words. The ridge selected is a continua tion of the same hill on which Sir George Brown's divi sion remained, but it recedes from the lake, and goes more up the country, joining another ridge about a mile distant at right angles. All round this part of the bill there are the most beautiful ravines, glens, and forest scenery imaginable. On every side rise hills and forests, intersected here and there with (apparently) well cultivated patches of rich meadow land, while in the back-ground lies the upper lake of Devna, the bold and rugged shores of which close in the view. The . greater part of the camp is formed along the edge of a steep and narrow glen, which bears a strong resemblance to the better parts of the Dargle scenery near Powerscourt. Also on the edge of this ' Sappers' 'Valley,' as it is now called, from having been occupied by a party of Sap pereand Miners for some time, and overlooking the little brook which runs at the bottom, is fixed the duke's head-quarters. " The camp ground of the Guards and Highlanders is already in excellent order, and its rows of bright white tents and crowds of busy figures form a strong contrast with the vacant wasted looking-space where lately the Light Division were. Than the present aspedt of the latter place, nothing can be more cheerless and lore. It reminds one forcibly of a house to let—a winter's day—a ruined town, or other images equally Ilmoyant and consolatary to the feelings. All the arbomrs and rustic seats which the men had erected for their officers are dry and withered —all the bowers are desert ed, the ovens fallen in, and the camp fires, which a liVde time ago might have been taken as emblems of primitive hos pitality, are now merely yawning black holes, wi h any thing but a cheerful significance about them. I Dried leaves, broken bottles, battered cooking tins, huge half -burnt stakes, fowls' heads, fragments of London papers, and impromptu musket racks, cumber the ground in all directions. The only living things which now disturb 'its solitude are large mysterious-looking land tortoises and elvish green lizards, which, rustling and creeping among the withered leaves, impart an air of dull and De' cromantic vitality quite in keeping with the whole 'scene. - "However, in this forlorn condition it is not doomed to remain long, for the 2d division, under the command of Sir De Lacy Evans, arrives here to-morrow morning, (Tuesday.) During the whole of to-day there has been heavy gale blowing from the N. E., which has severely tried the strength of the tent pitching of this divisiou- I have . not heard of any contretemps yet, though from the violence of the wind it would not surprise me to hear of many. Showers Of fine sand have been blowing' about din all directions, and somehow or other getting into everything eatable or drinkable that was hi the camp. 4 "The lakes of Devna have now been put to in ere profitable purposes than heretofore, and instead 0; re; - maining as a great.pasturage for bull frogs, -.a system 0f water communication has been established, by means 0' which the provisions for the army will be sent by the lakes from Varna to Devna and Alyden. This proieets by which an immense amount of slow and uncertain land conveyance will be avoided, has been in contem pla tion for some time. When the scheme was first men' tioned to the Turkish authorities it was warmly opposed 'by them, on the ground that both lakes were above the sea, and if once a channel was opened the former woelti inevitably drain off, and leave an extensive and on' : . ,healthy,marsh. But the English authorities were deter' mined to ascertain from their own observation - whether -the undertaking was feasible or not, and Mr. Spratt,,, r e' the Spitfire, was appointed to survey both l a k e s. Il e :reported that the design was perfectly practicable, and 14 - canal has accordingly been cut, about a mile long, front the sea to the lower lake, and another about half a mile long from the lower lake to the upper. Greatly to th e surprise of the Turks, the water did not instantll :appear in a rush. To Mr. E. Strickland, Assistant, Commissary-General in charge of th e d u k e ' s division, and one of the most active and energetic members' oefth e s commissariat staff out here, belongs the honour eb having been the first to navigate this hitherto unkn is said'that Strickland was Sent for one monolog' and asked if he would undertake to send up hi s viral' sions by way of the lake, and as there are few thing s which that gentleman would not manage to succeed, he instantly agreed so to do. In a couple of hours sisorl he procured th e s hi p ' s b oats f rom th e Simoom, an, - before five o' c l oc k th e same a ft ernoon th e first conimle; sariat cargo of provisions was landed at the pier erecte d for the purpose at Alyden. With a fair wind the voyag e from - here to Varna can easily be performed i n tWe hours, and a regular communication is thus kept The whole scheme of cutting the lake and the ma user in which it has been performed, and the supplies t " mitted, reflect great credit upon all concerned. render the affair complete, our authorities should b ire couple of the small but rapid and powerful stes.see rll , which ply upon the Bosphorus between Constantinople and Scutari. One of these would not only perforie t he t distance from Varna to Devna in a couple of hours, 1)11 tow besides a dozen of the largest commissariat I e sata. On Saturday morning, when the camp arrived, Vi c e i received news which excit e d a sensa ti on o f p ro ,foun s , ' regret among the troop s — a regre t which, es; sure, will be particip a t e d i n , not on l y b y ; you r readers, but by the mass of the English pecTie - „,, I mean the death of poor young Captain Butlers, to gallant hero of Silistria. It is difficult to desorilbe the feelings of sorrow w hi c h perva d e d a ll ran k s of Com ser vice vice out here when th e rumour o f th e melancholy 1.!`"„..".t was confirmed in a manner w hi c h l e ft no h ope o f its " e a ' ing false. The d e t a il s connec t e d w ith hi s d eat h lie been forwarded t o hi s b ro th er , w h o i s on t h e s t a ff to f Duke of Cambridge, and from those it appears that - died more from fatigue an d exces siv e men t a l an d 'bodi l y labour than from the effects of his wounds. He died n il the morning of Thursday, the 23d of June, about tW e hours before the retreat of the Russians w a s di s covere . ci , • The whole garrison, which mourned his loss as trio; irreparable, attended his funeral with reversed linos" He was buried in consecrated ground in a little Gre et t cemetery near the town. Mr. Naysmith, his &malt comrade, performed the last sad office of reading' the service over him. Omer Pacha, who arrived tl"'`,.h day after the funeral, was sincerely affected at th e death of the young officer, and was anxious th a t hi s remai ns should repose in the Fort of Acotaba, which he had ( 16 " fended so long and bravely against the enemy. But th e friends of Mr. Butler judged that it would be better fa t , the body to remain where it h a d been first interred, l the handsome monument w hi c h th e T ur ki s h author itie are about to erect to his memory in Acotaba answer all the purposes of his ashes being the re ,' Few officers who have c l ose d th e i r li ves a t the earl age of 27 have ever attained a higher reputation for 'in' daunted courage and consummate military ability th a t the late Captai n B u tl er. Wi t h on l y th e most s londeh means at his command, alone, and almost unaided, 1 , 1 1 : encountered the whole might of the Russian forces, an a after a contest of six weeks of the most desperate on bloody nature, succeeded in utterly defeating the enemy' The gallant n a tu re of his struggle and the imp or tance of his victory cannot be overrated, and the high nature e' the rewards which he was certain to have received fro s both the Turkish, English, and French Governmen ts r used to form a favourite topic of conversation among ° ti c ! officers. Now no earthly rewards can reach him, * ll his friends have only the satisfaction of knowing that fell nobly in the discharge of his duty, and has left I)63 c i hind him a name which will be fresh in the memory an, admiration of his countrymen when the desolating effe n ` , s of the war he has illustrated have passed away lik e h i , tale that is told. His heroic example has not been wi t a out its moral effect also. 'With English officers to le a them, the Turks, after hearing of poor Butler's e xploit!! would charge up to the very mouths of th e Russian be A t teries, while I believe there is not a single officer ou here who is not burning for an opportunity to distingoi e ;' , himself in some such manner as the defender of Silistria' VARNA, July 4.—The whole of the 2d division le ft here yesterday, and commenced their march in the dire; tion of Devna. It w as no t i n t en d e d th a t th e y shoo l' advance even as far as Alyden, and as the day was °%.; ceedingly unfavourabl e t o m ilit ar y movemen t s they on l y marched about fiv e m il es t o th e nor th o f th e i r old O n tonments outside Varna and about four miles distantf r° l the camp of the Ist division at Alyden. Their live , march was quite diffe r ent to that taken, by the 411 troops along the lakes, and led up the , country alio° to the foot of the range of hills which surround the to w Upon a slope of these and near the village of Caraed the camp is formed. To-day they were to have advanCe