The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-15 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Jura 15, vau be performed NORMA. Principal characters by Madame C ira .ori, Nianaree Sedlatzek, anti Madame Heinrich ; Signor Ar nold!, Signor Sand, and Herr P.tz. Followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Peces—Stes, 7e; Dress Circle, 5s ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Boa-office ope daily from Ten till Six, where places may be soclired. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cook, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. ilacitstone. THIS EVENING, :use 15, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Backstone ; Miss Reynolds, litiss E. Grey, and Mrs. FltZWilliaM. After wnich, the entirely new an +i original extravaganza, entitled MR. ISUCESTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER.3QUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAULES KERN. THIS EVENING. JurE 15. Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley a nd Miss L •c:ercq. To conclude with A STORM L.N A TEA-CUP• principal cha rasters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM TIIEAI•TRE• Under the management of Madame Vestrts. THIS EVENING, JUNE 15, Will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charaC ter3 by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. Follows by a new Dram , entitled SUNSHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS. ( hsracters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Ntiss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs• F. Matthews and Baker; bliss Wadham, &c. THEA.TILE ROYAL ADELPIII, Proprietor, 3d.r. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 15, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED BON. p r incipal characters by Messrs. Seday, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Miss F. Mmkell. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A 1.0171NG TALE', supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE WOUb'TACFIE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0, Smith, Keeley, and Familia; Mrs. Keeley, a nd Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with DID YOU EVER SEND TOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. • THIS EVENING, JUNE 15, Will be perforined the Comic Drama called lIITAFI MONEY. Characters by Mssrs. F Robson, Ernary. White, aad Vincent ; Mira Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by TILE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. dlircri Wigan, Leslie, Franks, llarwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. After which, TIIE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. STRAND TDEXTRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. &11croft.—DIreetresg, Mies Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, Jest 15, Will be prevented THE LOVE C:IASE. Constance, by Mist Fitzpatrick. After which, TII TF.Ti: OF THE BALLET. To conclude with X. Y. Z. 'taus, Ss.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. rid; fishery, (Id.; Private rtos,-y XI I is. rol., 'o be 11a:1 of Xtr. Alleroft, 15. New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NA.TI.OgAL Lessee and Ntanager, !.Ir. William Cooke. TIIIS EVENING, JUNE 15, Will be produced the new Grand Ilistorlcd MI itary spectacle, en titled THE COSSACKS; or, Flue la Prance. Followed by a total change of th 3 3::.en , in the CIRCLE. To conclude wi h a new Grotesque EKtravazanza, called THIS HORSE v ILL RE SOT,II 0 P.\Y EXPENSES IF NOT CLAIMED WI - MIS FOTTItTEEg DAYS. Wm.-office open front Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, JrN6 15, Will be repeated 'an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lion and Gallic Cock Trampling on the Russian Eagle. All the numerous attractions of the gardens as 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 Chusan—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand Display of Fireworks, by Fouthby. Feeding the anirnsh., Half-past Five. Concert, Half•past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tzil4 Div —Morning 56 rnin.after 4 I Evening 24 min.e.ft. 5 To•Nrow.Row—Morning 49 Enin.after 5 Evening 17 tnin.sft. 6 THE WEAVIER.--Strx Orrms, Jtzz 15. THERMOMETER, IN TRU SCILDE. 68 highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day, at noon. BA.ROIIIST EN, 29 . 77—falling. WIND, E. to S.E.—Light breeze, with dull weather, and drizzllng rain. ~i~'.~ . ~~r~. t-bt ,LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1854. 7' • Faithful to the important and arduous duty which he had undertaken, the Honourable Gentle man the member for Bristol on Tuesday evening again brought forward his annual motion in favour of the Ballot. Truth and justice were on his side. The most convincing arguments were adduced in favour of his proposition. Indeed, we know not how any unbiassed or unprejudiced person could have listened to the magnificent speeches of Mr. Ho BEniumuy, Mr. BRIGHT, and Sir WILLIAX MoLEswonru without arriving at a distinct and. positive conclusion on the issue raised. And yett, other influences prevailed. The motion was ne gativek and leave even to introduce a bill was. refused by the representatives of the people. The majority was not, however, large—one hundred. and fifty-seven consistent reformers, 'followed by. Mr. BERKELEY, while a motley group of one hun dred and ninety-four members, high Conserva tives and impracticable Protectionists, associated. with seeming Liberals in preventing the attain ment of purity of election, and checking, if not altogether preventing bribery, corruption, intimi dation, and other abuses that have sprung up and flourished to such an extent as to bring discredit • on the whole representative system. • Mr. BERKELEY need not be discouraged by his temporary defeat. Even in the debate of Tues day he may find the most auspicious auguries of future success. He may, indeed, rejoice at the efficient support which he received in the House, and at the almost complete unanimity among all classes of reformers out of doors on the inte resting topic. Public opinion is, unquestionably, on his side. The " pressure from without" wiill be speedily felt, and professing Liberals will be obliged to act in accordance with the spirit of the age, if they desire to obtain a renewal of confi dence from realty Liberal constituencies. Such persons should not deceive themselves into fancy ing that there is any degree of coldness or lake ' warmness on the subject—that the public are .indifferent to its success. Owing to the war ex citement there may not have been as many de monstrations on the matter as heretofore, butt that is solely ascribable to the all-absorbing interest in the events of the contest in which we are eng age & -..., ' the long-promised w e must remember that Reform Bill was withdrawn on that account that Lord JOHN Russ x, whose sincerity cannot be questioned, consented to the postponement of his f avourite measure, and th a t the different bribery bills were a ll shelved for be anticipated same that the " Ballot" could " secret voting" becom e r ar t esta an t lished, and p arc el of e f u the land, durin g i supposed that thlleeqpureessteil3t questio n t 3 h r e an la y w ev o session. whose w o u ld not be "ventilatedH;o"n.buote,ntthlaenmksen :4 ,w honest enthusiasm of the name will ever be associated ie surprise d t t l herewith, of the it has been heard in Parliament, to timid, the lukewarm, and the vaaedillactoinngsc—i-entotiothuee • heartfelt joy of every s incere n reformer. We fully and cordially concur BERKELEY in the opinion th at, of all the wi p t o h int M T points n . which modifications or ameliorations are required, the Ballot is by far the mo st important. . _ . the extension of the suffrage sink s into insignifi cance when compared with its independent and ' conscientious exercise. If we greatly increase the number of electors, we only subject a larger num ber to the operation of those flagrant abuses — those degrading and demoralising influences which are so painfully notorious—that none can be found with sufficient hardihood to question the , ex tent of the wide-spr ea d ev il. Bill s o f pains and S Tr - ......_ penalties are introduced to punish corrupt consti tuencies, or to disfranchise men who had proved r h t-414 - Tr '-tkie na selves unworthy of the trust. Why should t 2) . t .', '-'' . _ . : l tXiot that be adopted which would totally abolish ‘ ,1,. ~ .._!,1: . , ,, 4 ..,-,-.;,' the grievance and prevent the temptation from ‘. 4: ,)4 ' . ining either offered or aces tad-..the unhallowed t.. , v -let-, .-:., t• - I,\,_ .._/ Ila•-clvaSA,,qw 11111•1111111 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 18h4. the services of Roman Catholic chaplains in Go vernment prisons, Mr. SPOONER as earnestly op posed it, and the house "in its wisdom" pro- nouncedMr. SPOONEit conqueror in the ecclesiastical tournament. Mr. SPOONER and bigotry are evi- dently at a premium. To be sure, it must be anything but pleasant to the Hon. Member, to survey the company which followed him into the lobby, to find himself in close association with Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. CROSSLEY, Mr. W.'_ J. Fox, Mr. MIALL, and others, who avowedly helped him to treat the Catholics as they intend to treat his own chaplains of the Established Church, as soon as they have it in their power. Extremes in politics are often said to meet. Tory and Char tist have been more than once successfully allied against Whiggism in electioneering contests ; and certainly, in the present case, ecclesiastical extremes united to effect a common object, with motives mor tally antagonistic. Messrs. SPOONER, NEWDEGATE, MILES, and HORSFALL made a principle of paying the Established clergy, and none besides, of main taining them, not only in their present pecuniary prerogatives, but also in the honourable position of being the sole recipients of State pay, for visiting those who are " sick and in prison." The Dissenting members, on the other hand, made a principle of voting against any one at all receiv :ng State pay for religious services, whether ren dered in a prison or a palace. Here, perhaps, A/ONE Y MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, including 2,000 Ameri can, 500 Surat, and 40 Sea Island, taken for ex port and on speculation. The market closed with more steadiness. American, 1-16 d. per lb. lower ; other kinds without alteration. The sales com prised 7,000 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d.; 200 Bahia at fild 5 • 300 Egyptian at ; fild. to 10d. 2,000 Surat at 21,-d. to 31d., and 40 Sea Island at 10d. to 2s. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were firm. The steamer La Plata, with the West India mails, brings 800,000 dollars in specie. The Jamaica accounts mention that fewer com plaints were heard from the planters. The cholera had re-appeared. in many districts, and e n ded fatally in many instances. The House of Assembly had been prorogued. The following is from the Morning Journal : " We learn that fifty-three passengers arrived on Monday in this port, in the schooner Two Sisters, from Navy Bay. These persons form a portion of the emi grants that left this place to work on the Panama rail road. Two more vessels, with more returning emigrants, are shortly expected. This does not speak very favour ably for our hardy natives' appreciation of the comforts of the Isthmus. The Barbadian of the 26th April men tions that the heat had been so oppressive for some days past that it might truly be said the warm season had set The country,' it remarks, was deplorably in want of rain ; having had scarcely any April showers, we cannot expect to see any May flowers. Our native food is lamentably scarce and dear. Lots of sugar worth a good deal of money, but people can't eat gold or silver, or bank paper." The steamer Great Western has the Brazilian and Buenos Ayrean mails on board. The letters add nothing important to what is given in another column. The steamer Franklin, telegraphed as having ar. riven off Cowes, has on board 1,300,000 dollars This is, no doubt, all for Havre, but the con tinuous receipt of so much bullion, whether in France or England, cannot but afford ease to the European money market generally. The curtailed means of some of the United States Banks began to tell upon discounts, and to affect commercial houses, which found themselves deprived of their ordinary accommodation. Besides the four suspensions at Baltimore, the firm of William Platt and Co., at Philadelphia, had stopped for a million of dollars. Cotton was rather cheaper, but flour had advanced. Some conscientious individual, who failed to pay taxes due at former periods, has forwarded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ten Mexican Bonds of 5001. each ; and there was a little amusement excited in the Stock Market this morning by the Government broker appearing as a seller of the security. Complaints are very generally made at the de ductions from dividends in course of payment of the increased income-tax, at the rate of 141. in the pound, for six mouths, and. we understand that Messrs. Roth3childs, Barings, and other capitalists having interest to pay upon foreign securities, de ducted it even last month. If, as every one sup posed, the doubled impost was to be levied for twelve months from March last, it is clear that half-yearly dividends falling due in May should only be charged at the rate of 7d. in the pound for 4 months, and 14d. for 2 months. An appeal lies against the exaction, we may be told, but its necessity would have been obviated by pro per instructions from head quarters. In the English Stock Market business con tinues very limited, but prices are firm. Con sols have been 911 to for Transfer, and are now 911 - #. The sales of Reduced 3 per Cent. and New 31 per Cent. Annuities made by the Bank broker within the last two or three days, are by some attributed to the Savings Banks, and it is said they will replace their stock by Ex chequer Bonds, the issue of which to the amount of another 4,000,0001. has been authorised by the bill which was read a third time on Tuesday. If the banks do not take them, the open market will probably be tried, or tenders invited, which would amount to the same thing. The dis count market being now easier, there is a fuller supply of cash for temporary invest ment, but Exchequer Bills would probably be preferred. These latter continued at par to 4s. premium. East India Bonds have been Is. to 3s. premium. The New 3/ per Cents. have been at 914 to 92, and the 3 per Cents. at 94 to Foreign Securities have been dull, but the quo tations have not varied materially. Russian 5 per Cents. have been marked 98i, and the 4i per Cents. SQ. Mexican Bonds have been at 244. Spanish New Deferred are 191, and the Passive 41. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 60 to a. The Berdan Machine Company have received by the last ship further advices from Mr. George Windsor Earl, their agent in Australia, containing additional orders from Sydney and Melbourne for the machines, remittances, and accounts of his proceedings. The reports of the investigation by the Society of Arts and the Institution of Mechani cal Engineers at Birmingham, have been published in full, and the greatest interest is shown in the working of the machine. The model machine was deposited with the Hon. Charles Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislature. At a special general meeting of the Wentworth Gold Mining Company, held on the 15th of March, it was unanimously agreed to order one large ma chine, and subject to the decision of their represen tative in London to obtain a further number of machines. Attention is now directed to make the production of gold a permanent pursuit, and the sydney Morning Herald, in an article on Quartz Crushing, says if the production of gold is to be permanently useful to the colony, it will not " become so under the desultory and nomadic life which is followed by the gold-digger. The gold fields and ranges of this colony must he worked on a grand scale. Capital and skill must be employed, and labour mustmeet its ordinary lot of subjection, at fair and remunerative wages to the enterprise of the employer. The last weeks railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :- 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Westtrn South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 19,181 16,252 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16,468 14,763 Great Northern 17,770 15,625 Lancashire and Yorkshire 24,620 18,800 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick } 31,854 25,601 Leeds Northern Most of these returns are encouraging, but those which strike most are the Brighton, Midland, North-Western, and the York lines. Railway Shares have been more dealt in, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and one or ,wo others, have advanced. Foreign shares are dull. The Gold Alines have been heavy. Agua Fria lower. The Banks are firm. Crystal Palace are bettor. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From. the Oticial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 k Now 3i per Cent. Annuities 9li 2 18 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 5-16 India Bonds, £lOOO • Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 2id. £lOOO ......................... 2500 Small.. ... Exchequer Bonds Sc up ............ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent. . ...... . ... .. t . Russian Bonds, 1822, .5 per bent: k 'St 984 Ditto 44 per Cent. .. .. . .... . .... Spanish New Deferred * , .. per Cent. 194 Ditto Passive (Converted) Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gu il 6O Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALF-PAST TWO, Consols for Opening 19th July .... ..... 914 1 x d SHOT•PROOF BATTERIES.—An offer has been made to Government, by a scientific gentleman, to construct an entirely new description of battery, which will be both shell and shot proof. The invention is, it is said, applic able to all our ships of war, but particularly so to gun and rocket boats. The subject is now under the con sideration of the Ordnance. THE ISTHMUS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.—A statement has been lately been published in the San Francisco papers illustrating in a remarkable manner the correct ness of the favourable anticipations expressed on the first opening up of the transit across the isthmus of Central ' America, via the river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua, the practicability of which was pronounced by many authorities to be a delusion. It appears that, although the Panama line has been the established route to the Pacific, supported by the subsidised mail steamers both of England and the United States, the aggregate of Californian passengers, by whom the Nicaragua route, conducted only by private enterprise, is preferred ex ceeds the entire total of those who proceed by way of Panama. The number that crossed Nicaragua from the Ist of January to the 27th of April last, the latest period to which the returns have been made, was 9.586, while for Panama it was only 9,134. Analogous results are also said to be observable with regard to the transmission of specie, the remittances via Nicaragua showing a con stant increase. LATEST FOREIGN- NEWS. THE WAR. REJECTION OF THE AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated yes terday evening, says it is not doubted that Russia :las rejected the Austrian summons. CONSTANTINOPLE. A telegraphic despatch of June 5, from the Turkish capital, says Reschid Pacha has provi sionally left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is replaced by Chekib Pacha. Kiamil Pacha, Pre sident of the Council ad interim. Kernel Effendi, ambassador to Berlin. Karadia, ambassador to the Hague. 17,000 Anglo-French troops have been sent to Varna. The first division of French troops is daily ex pected at Constantinople. The combined fleets are at Baltschik. The Turkish squadron is at Kavarna. The Rev. Mr. Cannon, who has just returned from Schumla, is the bearer of two letters in Greek from the Bishop of Schumla, or Panslava, to the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canter bury, in which the Greek prelate disclaims all sympathy with the Czar, and lays much stress upon his fellow-feeling, and that of his co-religionists, for the success of British and French arms. RETURN OF THE KINd OF PRUSSIA TO BERLIN. A telegraphic communication from Berlin, of June 10, mentions that the King had returned from Tetschen. The news that the Russians were trans ferring their head-quarters to Jassy has caused a great sensation. The party of the Extreme Right (pro-Russians) sees in this movement a commence ment of the evacuation, but this opinion does not seem to be shared in by others. The Prince of Prussia will receive at his castl3 of Babelsberg, near Potsdam, the deputations sent to him from various parts of the kingdom, the number of which, on the 9th, already amounted to 70. - It is not known whether the Prince will take part or not in the approaching festivals at Berlin. PRUSSIAN MISSION TO ST. PETERSBURG, The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Vienna, dated yesterday, in the following terms : The Austrian Government congratulates itself with respect to the results of the interviews at Tetschen. The Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have agreed to answer the objections of the Bamberg Conference and to remove the difficulties to which they give rise. Colonel Manteuffel is about to set out for St. Petersburg, bearing a despatch from the Prussian Cabinet, in support of the summons addressed to Russia by Austria. TYRANNICAL CONDUCT OF THE RUSSIANS IN LESSER WALLACHIA. Under dale of Widdin, 30th May, the Moniteur says :—The Russians, on leaving Lesser Wallachia, pillaged everything. They seized the archives and public moneys ; they robbed the convents and churches of all their precious monuments. The Commander of the Ottoman troops, Halim Pacha, has re-organised the administrative service of Krajova. At his call the majority of the employees returned to their posts ; the proprietors who had emigrated with their families returned to their homes. A Wallachian journal, the first number of which appeared at Krajova on the 25th of May, enumerates all the acts of .violence committed by the Russians, and makes an energetic appeal to the nation in favour of the Ottoman authorities. - AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE BLOCKADE OF EPIRUS. CORFU, June 3.—The two Austrian men-of-war sent to the coast of Epirus have commenced cruis ing from Avlona to Prevesa. compact from being entered into. If " preven tion be, indeed, better than punishment," if the object should be that of checking the crime rather than chastising the criminal, then should the Ballot be carried by acclamation, and the purity of the franchise insured by its secret exercise. For what is the object of its supporters ? Pro tection to the voter—protection from the tyranny of priest, of landlord, of employer, of customer, of creditor, of the mob—protection from his own weak and yielding disposition. None can coerce or frighten a man into voting contrary to his own feelings where none can know how he has voted—none will bribe where implicit reliance must be placed on the word and honour of men, who, by accepting the infamous price, sacrifice that honour, and show themselves to be totally unworthy of credence. For the masterly dissertation on the various phases of bribery, from its complete anatomisation by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark, it will be seen that the infamous practice, if not altogether annihilated, would be reduced to such narrow limits as to render it practically innocu ous, and to put an end to those painful investiga tions that reflect so much disgrace on the British character. The functions of " good and safe men"—of "frail" individuals, would totally cease. No persons would pay beforehand, because they could not trust those who were giving such practical evidence that they were not trustworthy. No persons would pay after the vote, but before the event was decided, because there could be no security that they were not rewarding an oppo nent. And payment after the return would be of comparatively little account, for every bribable person should be paid, and the effect even of that would be to make voters support those whom they supposed to have the goodwill of the majority. If persons chose to profess their sentiments openly to take an active and energetic part in favour of either side, of course they would be at liberty to do so, and if they came forward freely, of course reliance might be placed on their avowals ; but if undue influence of any descrip tion were used, then doubts would naturally arise. It is absurd to say that there would be a temptation to violate a promise. The violation of a sacred trust would be a far more heinous offence. It is ridiculous to assert that it is an un-English practice, when the Honourable Gen tleman has just come gom his Club—perhaps, after blackballing an obnoxious candidate. Every thing, then, combines in its favour, and if the people are only earnest in their demands it must be conceded. We cannot conclude without rendering the tri bute of our admiration to the Ministers who did not suffer their views to be changed by the pos session of office. All honour to the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests, to the First Naval Lord of the Admiralty, the Solicitor- General of Ireland, and the Judge Advocate—to Sir WM. MOLESWORTH, Rear-Admiral BERKELEY, WM. KEOGH, and CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS. They have earned the gratitude of the people, and the just reward of their conduct shall not be wanting. In the discussion on the Divorce and Matrimo nial Causes Bill it was argued by the Lord Chan cellor that, inasmuch as the divorce cases since the beginning of the present century had only ave- raged two per annum, there could be no necessity for the establishment of a new tribunal. This reasoning is, however, exceedingly fallacious, for unfortunately that paucity of suits could not be ascribed to the scanty number of evil-doers, bu' rather to the numerous impediments and difficul ties interposed in the way even of parties who were most decidedly entitled to it. It was not that the offence was rare, but that none but the very wealthy, who had a thousand or fifteen hundred pounds at their disposal which could be spared, could venture to seek a remedy. It cannot, however, be supposed that if the proposed enactment should work well, if cheap and expedi tious relief can be obtained by all who are clearly entitled thereto, that the applications may not be far more numerous, or that the official members • of the new tribunal, the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice, and Master of the Rolls, whose duties are already sufficiently onerous, can meet the new demands on their time. Thechief vice in the former system was that a remedy could only be worked _ _ out with golden tools, that none but the wealthy, who could best sustain the evil, could hope for assistance, and that there was thus practically one law for the rich and another for the poor, whose marriages were to all intents and purposes indis- soluble, no matter how great the misconduct of the erring partner. We would see this altered, without lessening the stringency of the proof de manded. We would, if possible, re move this reproach to which the nation has long been justly liable. The proposed tribunal will not, we fear, meet the exi _ gency of the case. It will not be easy to get the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, and two learned gentlemen selected for the purpose—or any three of them together—nor can the cost of a hearing before such a body be small. The suitors will still be of the same class as those who have hitherto applied for private Acts, and relief will still be far beyond the reach of the great majority of the sufferers. In fact, as we have already stated, were it not for the fact that the present measure may be re garded as the introduction of the sharp end of the wedge we should scarcely consider it worthy of acceptance. The new tribunal should be one easily acces sible, whose portals would be opened to all classes, and where any sufferer might, if necessary, be enabled to apply in, forma _pauperis. It should have jurisdiction in all matrimonial disputes, so as either to dissolve the marriages or pronounce for a separation, assigning at the same time the amount of alimony or allowance for support of the injured party and the custody of the children— capable, in fact, of giving a complete remedy in every particular. The multiplicity of suits would thus be avoided. The one application would suffice in place of the three now required. The Court of Chancery would be perhaps better than any new tribunal that could be constituted for these important purposes ; but, as its various Judges are already fully occupied, it might be necessary to appoint a new Vice-Chancellor, with jurisdiction in all testamentary and matrimonial causes. From him there might be an appeal, as at present, to the Lords Justices, the Chancellor, or even to the House of Lords. Surely there could be little danger of injustice under such cir cumstances. There would be even greater precautions against any improper dissolution of the nuptial bonds than there are at this moment for the life or liberty of any of us. The two great questions would be as to the fact of the criminality, and whether there was any connivance or similar transgression on the part of the applicant. If necessary, a jury'might be empannelled to decide on these matters—and facilities should be afforded of taking evidence in every district, either by the County Court Judges, or specially appointed Com missioners. Should local Crown prosecutors be appointed, as we hope and believe will be the case before the termination of another Session of Parliament, those functionaries might render valuable assistance in preventing any mistake. The applicants should themselves invariably be to see that they come into Court with exami ned clean hands not being fairly chargeable either with provocatio n or connivance. This plan,ier i in Y to allce if ea operation, would, we submit, afford every requisite guarantee against improvident divorces ; while, on the other hand, every reasonable facility would be afforded to those justly entitled to relief —and that, whether Of h , hat was tli,e app licant were male or co f m em pl a a l i e n , e o d r w u T ry his is what th e nat i on the remedy endyattaerebeofapit,hlieedi.nj. requ i res , but which, we regret to say, is no t pro vided by the measure now under consideration, and which has ju st received its second readin g i n Lords the House of . Mr. SrooNEit has faillyn a beaten her house of v M ery AJ ne arl ESTY' y S G o vernment at la st. 300 members, a majority of twenty-two have de clared him a wiser man than the Home Secretary ; the latter supported earnestly a vote of 550/, for he Nonconformists overstrain their own princi- ple. If we remember rightly,• in the United States Government, chaplains are appointed for prisons and ships of war ; loss of liberty and em ployment in the navy being justly considered ex ceptions, even in a country which has no esta blished church. The Nonconformists, however, act, at least, upon an unselfish and equal princi ple, whatever we may think of its soundness; they refuse others national pay because they refuse it for themselves. Mr. SPOONER., on the contrary, with his comrades, is the uncompromising advo cate of sheer selfish bigotry. We quite acquit him, indeed, of any consciousness of this truly Christian quality ; ho "thinks he does GOD ser vice ;" to him it appears the perfection of pious legislation to pay Dr. PUsEY for a service in a gaol, and to deny a penny to Dr. WISEMAN ; or to reward Mr. MACNEILL for visiting the sick inmates of a prison, but to bid Dr. CULLEN do the same duty fer nothing. Compared with this the most thorough-going Voluntaryism challenges our respect, and we only regret that its protest was not louder against such intolerable exclusive ness. We cannot believe that the majority of Tuesday night was a fair representation of the views of the great majority of English Churchmen outside the house. It is really rather curious to notice the sliding scale of Parliamentary liberality in religious mat ters. First, we have the out-and-out Church ex clusives ; Mr. SPOONER informing us that, on the oath of the QUEEN, Popery "is blasphemous, false, and a dangerous deceit," and alleging the fact that if Catholic priests are paid, Dissenting ministers must be paid also, as ample proof that the Church would be betrayed for the vote of 550 pieces of gold. To this, of course, Mr. NEWDE GATE adds his solemn Amen ; Mr. HORSFALL and Mr. MILES chanting responses, with a few variations on " the Constitution" and the erection of a rival " Establishment." At a respectable distance follows Sir JoaN PAKINGTON ; he seems to halt between two opinions. He would vote either for limiting pay ment to Anglican clergymen, or extending it to ministers of all denominations. To him utter exclusiveness seemed as good as thorough libe rality ; but anything intermediate was a sort of Egyptian darkness, between the light of our Established Goshen on the one side, and the light of a dissenting desert on the other. Next came Lord PALMERSTON—as " sincere a Protestant" in his own judgment (we may add in ours) as his " more vehement" antagonist. He is a friend to his Church, but he has numerous Catholic pri soners in the Government gaols ; ho thinks soli tude and confinement a desirable time to bring religious instruction to bear upon the criminal ; he knows that no one can advantageously receive such instruction from the ministers of a religioh which he rejects, and therefore, as Secretary of State for all classes of her MAJESTY'S subjcts, he would offer equal spiritual advantages to all whose crimes have placed them under the most painful department of his administration. The Volun taries, with their equality of universal disendow ment or non-payment, come fourth and last ; the religious Radicals and ecclesiastical Republicans of the day, who would sweep the Government and Legislature clean of all church matters whatever. Mr. SPOONER must certainly vote with these last in favour of Sir War. CLAY'S Bill for the abolition of Church Rates. He and his fellows have been loud in protesting that it was not a paltry 5501. which they wished to save the nation ; no—it was solely a question of principle ; they would not pay for a creed they rejected. Very noble the cry no doubt, "not the amount, but the principle"— but, assuredly, the Nonconformists will demand reciprocity of sympathy and support, when they ask not to be spared the individually trifling amount of a Church Rate, but to be relieved from the hardship of compulsion to pay for religious services which they object to receive. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY, Her Majesty had a dinner party in the Castle last evening, which included his Majesty the King of Portu gal, his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Suther land, the Duke of Nellington, the Portuguese Minister (Count Lavralo), the Marquis of Breadaluane, the Mar quis of Abercorn Earl Spencer, the Duke of Terceira (in waiting to the King of Portugal), Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento, and Chevalier de Mello (in waiting to his Majesty), Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord de Tabley, Colonel Wylde, and Sir James Clark. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance during dinner. The Queen's private band after wards attended in the Castle and played the following pieces : Overturn, " Les Chaperons Blanca" Selection, "L'Etoile du Nord" Hochzeits Marsch . Auber. Meyerbeer. Mendelssohn The Count de Lavradio, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marchioness of Abercorn, and Earl Spencer arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon on a visit. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge are ex pected to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The following have been invited, and are expected this afternoon :—His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, the Countess Lavradio, the Aus trian Minister (Count Colloredo), the Duchess of Wel lington, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Bess borough, the Earl and Countess Granville, and the Ladies Harriet and Louisa Hamilton. A deputation of the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, consisting of the chairman, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Deputy Harrison, Deputy Hill, Deputy Cor ney, Mr. Hall, and other gentler:len, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. The chief clerk, the engineer, and Mr. Simon, medical officer of health, attended the conference. Sir Charles Wood gave a dinner to the Cabinet Mini sters last evening at his residence in Chesham-place. Despatches from the governors of Victoria and Gib raltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—Exchequer-bonds remain with firmness at to premium. The bill authorising a total issue of 6,000,0001. passed its third reading last night, and an expectation is entertained that as soon as it shall have received the Royal assent the 4,000,0001. remain ing to be issued will be put forth. From those already issued having become an established security in the mar ket an increased disposition to subscribe for them is understood to exist on the part of the leading capitalists. MEXICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Mexican and South American Company held yesterday a dividend of 7s. 61. per share was declared, and the report adopted. It is stated that operations are progressing satisfactorily, and that the produce of ore has increased. The expenditure, how ever, has been augmented by the high rates of fuel and freight. THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SENT TO ST. PETERS BURG.—Accounts from Asia state that the Armenian Patriarch Narses, who has been for some time a prisoner at Gumri, has been strongly guarded to St. Petersburg. An extension of his power over the Armenian people has been always aimed at by the Czar as a means of fur thering his designs on the Turkish provinces of Asia. Half of Armenia is already in his hands, and within the limits of Russian territory is situate Ecmiaczin, the chief seat of the Armenian Patriarchate. The present pos sessor of the seat appear to have been a strong opponent of Russian views, and three months ago he was seized and placed in the almost impregnable fortress which de fends the frontier and threatens the Russian army. He is now, if the report is to be believed, carried far away from his country and jurisdiction to live as a State pri , sour in the northern metropolis. Rassowa ; to place these strongholds in a good and improved state . of defence ; to supply them with competent garrisons, magazines, hospitals, and stores ; and then halt for the time being, and, having their rear communications secured, with the left bank, thus to await siege or investment from tbe land side. This being done, it is proposed to concentrate the remaining forces upon the Lower Aluta, to recross that river and the Schyl, to re occupy Little Wallachia, reinvest Kalafat, and attack that place by a coup de main or regular ap proach as circumstances may dictate ; whilst a powerful detachment thrown across the Danube, either above or below Widdiu, would cut off the com munications with the allied army, and lead, as an ticipated, to the rapid fall of the fortress. Having concluded these operations, and thus rendered themselves complete masters of the whole right Danube bank, from the confines of Servia to the Black Sea, the defensive is to be strictly maintained for the present, and reliance placed upon such a turn of favourable events as may arise from the un disguised sympathies of Prussia and the majority of German States ; and from the difficulties — above all, those of a financial nature—which clog the operations as well as the will of Austria, whose interests are publicly admitted by her to be grie viously prejudiced by Russia's occupation of the Danube=an admission or assertion, by the way, which has profoundly wounded Russian sympathisers here and at other German capitals ; but, although incontestable, is slurred over or ignored in the polemics of their isolated organs ; or, if it be noticed, it is for the purpose of sophistically asserting that, whilst it may be true that Austrian interests may somewhat suffer from a total cessa tion of commercial traffic with and through the Danube, the interests of Germany are scarcely affected—at all events, not to such a degree as to be sensibly felt, or to warrant German hostility to Russia on account thereof." CELEBRATING THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAMAZAN AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The day which began on Friday last, the 26th May, at sunset, was the fir,t of the Ramazan. On a lofty hill of the Asiatic shore a mounted Tartar st@od looking to the west. As the thin pale crescent of the new moon came out amid the twilight he set spurs to his horse and rode into Scutari at full speed. The shore was reached, where stood a soldier with lighted match by a loaded gun. The report thundered out, sent back a hundred times by the wonderful echo which is formed by the winding shores of the Bosphoru.. Scarcely had it died away when every fort along either cliff answered with a single gun. Here the flash was a blaze of light, and the report sharp and loud ; further on two or three together lighted up the rocks and mingled their roar, multi plied by echo until it died away in the distance like thunder, and, last of all, from the Cyanean rocks, which guard the entrance of the Black Sea, a slight glimmer arose, and long after a faint sound came down upon the wind. Thus commenced the Rainazan of the year of the Hegira 1270, and for a month European visitors will be witnesses of the most ancient and best observed of Eastern ceremonies. This period is not wholly devoted to mortification, but is a strange mixture of fast and festival. As is well known, its chief feature is, that the true believer abstains from food while the sun is above the horizon—not a drop of water ora puff of smoke must pass his lips unless he would feel the vengeance of the Prophet, or incur the anger, and perhaps the ill-usage, of his more faithful brethren. For the rich, or even for those whose occupations are wholly connected with Turkish life, the ordeal . is not a severe one. They can sleep all day, and rise at night fall, to find cook shops and cafes open, and amusements such ai they delight in, at the corner of every street. But for the large class who live by labour which can only be performed in daylight, or who ad minister to the wants of Christian residents, the season is one of great suffering, often resulting in illness, and sometimes in death. Porters and boataien are sometimes seen to fall fainting on the pavement, overcome by the stifling heat of a southern afternoon, and the abstinence from rood and water for so many hours. At the present season the Ramazan is more than usually trying. It retrogrades 11 days an nually, so that in the third of a century it makes the round of the year. At present it falls in the summer months, and for nearly 15 hours the laborious poor of the Eastern cities are forbidden to satisfy the commonest wants. However, they. make up for the privations of the clay by the sober merriment of evening and midnight. As the sun declines to the horizon, and the lengthening shadows and decreasing heat tell him that the hour o relief approaches, the Turk orders his pipe, the first in dulgence which occurs to him, since the want o it has fevered his blood and distracted his brain during the entire day. It is prepared, and his wife or servant stands by with lighted charcoal ready to drop on its well-filled bowl as soon as the first whiff may be taken without mortal sin. The gun which announces sunset booms through the air, the eman cipated believer seizes the instrument, puffs raven ously for a few seconds, and then sinks back with a feeling of intense enjoyment on his divan. After some minutes an ample repast succeeds, which is swal lowed with all the eagerness engendered by an abstinence of 14 hours ; the meats are savoury and the mouthfuls enormous. After these first wants of nature are satis fied, he sallies out in search of amusement and conversa tion, or repairs to the mosque to offer with more rever ence than usual his nightly prayers. As darkness descends on the ancient city a spectacle succeeds which strikes the visitor with astonishment, and cannot be be held, even by those accustomed to it, without feelings of admiration. It is the new moon, the twilight which prevails with us does not exist in this more southern lati tude, and the capital of the Sultans is as yet unacquainted with gas. Therefore the darkness is complete, except that the milky way is like a flood of light overhead, 'and Jupiter throws a narrow train of radiance on the waters of the Golden Horn. All at once little specks of light ap pear high up above the loftiest houses, and • grow into wreaths one above another. The Turks understand well the art of illumination, although they have never applied it to the purposes of practical life. Every minaret of the magnificent mosques has been encircled by rings of lamps, and the muezzin at the appointed hour has lighted the crystal globes, which he will replenish until daylight. Besides this, the dome of every temple is surmounted by a vast device. The praise of Allah stands out in characters of flame against the sky, the structure by which they are supported remaining in visible in the midnight gloom. The strange characters of the East have something mysterious in their appear. ance, and recall the fancy of old superstitions as to warnings written in heaven, and the announcement in a language to be read only by the seer of the fall of empires and the punishment of - God-contemning beings. The Turks are turning night into day. Ordina rily these primitive people follow the dictates of nature, and rise at daybreak to retire to rest soon after the short twilight ends. The officials of Con atantinople are not an active race, and yet an Euro pean who does not consider himself by any means a late riser may find on awaking a note from a Pasha who has been up for hours. Soon after nightfall, during 11 months of the year, the streets of Stamboul are deserted, except by the ever-howling dogs and the fire watchmen, who are going their rounds, beating their heavy clubs on the pavement. But now,. by the light of paper lanterns, and under the shadow of the project ing wooden shops, a whole population is feasting and joining in a merriment which from its quietness is ap parently wise. Little rush-bottomed seats cover the ground in every open space, and the quick-eyed waiters are running to and fro with an activity not to be ex ceeded in the Palais Royal. Pipes, coffee, and cool sherberts are ready for the recreation of any visitor who is tired of stumbling in the darkness over the fanged stones of the Stamboul lanes, and who is de sirous of observing men and manners as they appear in the most primitive parts of the city at a time when national and religious instincts are strongest. Fine stately old Moslems in real unreformed turbans of white or green muslin are sitting in a semicircle, slowly breathing out wreaths of smoke, and conversing gravely on the state of affairs and the prospect of the Prophet's disciples. They are sure to be abusing a Pasha, for the Turk has liberty of speech and uses it ; the shortcomings of the Executive afford an object for the pleasurable exercise of invective, and the means by which power is gained and the manner in which it is used has long been the subject of proverbs and satirical sayings. Numbers are walking about in a costume rather different from that which prevails during day light and in ordinary seasons. It is, in fact, their night dress. Not, indeed, that it is confined to the simple garment in which our countrymen retire to rest. It is an elaborate toilette, and allows the wearer to peram bulate the streets without danger to the public modesty or to his own. The reader will probably remember the costume in which Bedreddin Hassan was set down at the gates of Damascus. The modern Turk adds to this a loose robe and a pair of easy slippers, and wanders out during Ramazan to smoke and eat cream in the cool squares at midnight, until the returning light makes the lanterns dim, and the pigeons begin to rouse themselves, when he hastens to make a substantial repast and smoke many pipes in quick succession as a preparation for the endurance of another day. But it is not solely in indulgence that the night is passed. Religious feeling is strong in the Turkish breast; nor does it require to be roused by circumstances, for it never sleeps. The horsemen of Constantinople, a class answering to our own cab-drivers, are most of them devout, and may be observed at noon sitting in a line on the ground with heads bent forward engaged in prayer. While thus employed they will answer no question, and whoever wants a horse must wait. In Ramazan, at night, the stranger steps from among a crowd of idlers into the courtyaed of a mosque, and looks in at the lofty gate to where the countless lamps are blazing within, and the worship of the Prophet is being cele brated with a splendour which Rome herself can hardly surpass. The interior shows a dense multitude of kneel ing forms, and every head is bowed or raised at once, in obedience to the Imaum's call, and the re quirements of the Moslem liturgy. Each has put his shoes from off his feet, fur the place whereon he stands is holy ground ; and they kneel in rows with faces to Mecca, even though, as in St. Sophia, built east and west, as a Christian church, the effect be to spoil the regularity and beauty of the interior. Some times among the crowd who throng the street an indi vidual may be seen pacing slowly along ; if addressed he merely waves elf the speaker with his hand, for he is repeating his prayers, and may not be interrupted. At this time their religious instincts are stronger than usual, and political affairs give a deeper interest to the sacred season by which Heaven may be propitiated. An opinion seems to prevail among all uninstructed natives that their calamities are the retribution for some unful filled duties of a religious nature, and generally each man throws the' Lurden-of the fault on his neighbour, or on THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. In Vienna yesterday the reported death of Mussa Pacha was contradicted. The Russians attacked Silistria on the 24th and 25th of May without success. On the 29th of May a renewed attack was made with 60,000 men. They were repulsed with a loss of 1,800 men. We read in the Patric :—" The most recent accounts from the Danubian provinces state that after the last attacks, in which the Russians were rejected, the garrison of Silistria, was able to receive provisions, ammunition, and a reinforcement of fresh troops which had been demanded by Musha Pasha. A part of these troops relieved the garri son of the Fort Abd-ul-Medjid who were exhausted With the long siege. These circumstances have much improved the situation of the place, and had increased its elements of resistance." A BATTLE ON THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE IMMINENT. A European staff officer writes from Schumla : " The enemy we have to meet is both numerous and courageous, and strong on land and sea. It appears by the statements contained in German and Transylvanian papers that the Gth corps d'armge has arrived at the Pruth, and has crossed it. This is in all probability true. Thus the Russian army has again received a reinforcement of from 45,000 to 50,000 men. Unfortunately, instead of forestal ling the arrival of these troops, we allowed the Russians to anticipate us. Thus the enemy will, in all probability, be stronger on the field, on which in a very few weeks, two formidable armies will be arrayed against each other. A numerical supe riory of even a third will not, however, decide the question, when the superiority of the men, and the strategic tactics of of the commanding general are put into the scale. Independent of greater numbers, the Russians will, however, also have unity and homogeneousness. On our side there will be greater mobility and supe rior intelligence. At all events, the shock will be terrible, and we may expect a battle like Fried land, or Eylau. Where will the scene lie ? Ap parently in the triangle of Silistria, Schumla, and Varna. If the Russians obtain possession of Silis tria before then, will they not advance on Pravadi, in order to lay difficulties in the way of a junction between the allied Anglo-French and the Turkish armies ? Do not expect anything very decisive before the arrival of the British and French. The weather is splendid now. Why not take advantage of spring, and give battle ? A month hence the men will die on the road from heat, fatigue, and exhaustion. DISPOSITION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY ON THE BANKS OF THE PRUTH. A letter from Jassy of the 2d, in the Press of Vienna, says :—" Troops have arrived here within the last few days, but in small numbers. Travellers state that there are 4,000 Rus3ians at Roman, 4,000 at Bakan, 800 at Folticzeny, 500 at Tirgu-Frumos, and 4,500 at Botuschan. Small detachments of Cossacks have been placed in localities on the fron tiers of Bukowine and Transylvania. We learn from an authentic source that the 2d division of the 2d corps of infantry of Panintin has arrived at the frontier of Moldavia. It is to enter that province by Lipkani, where a permanent bridge has been established over the Pruth. The 3d and 4th divi sions of this corps are to remain in Russia. There are at present 2,000 wounded in the hospitals of Jassy. These poor wretches are brought in the night, and are sent off, also in the night, to Rus sia. Those, however, who are seriously wounded remain in the hospitals of the Fockshan, Berlad, and other places in Moldavia. Russian engineers began four days ago making plans in the environs of Liccani. It is said that they mean to throw up entrenchments. The Austrian kreutzers have been ordered to be - withdrawn from circulation, and have now only the value of the copper they contain. This measure has been adopted - in consequence of the pieces having been extensively changed for gold and silver." RUSSIAN PERSECUTION IN MOLDAVIA A letter from Jassy, of the Ist June, states that the general commanding in Moldavia had just de clared that all the horses of the province were to be laid under requisition for the service of the Russian army. Every landowner was under an obligation of stating, in three days, the number of horses which he possessed, and to place them at the orders of the military authority. He was also to make known the quantity of horned cattle be longing to his farmers or to himself, and to hold them at the disposal of the Russian commissariat. These supplies are to be paid for by means of the paper money recently created for the service of the Danubian provinces. Every Moldavian inhabitant not submitting to these prescriptions is to be con demned by a military court to a year's imprison ment, and to confiscation of his property for the profit of the Russian army. Such are the rigorous measures which precede the arrival of Prince Paskiewitsch in Moldavia. FUTURE PLANS OF THE RUSSIAN ARM! OF OCCUPATLON. - - - - A letter from Berlin, of June says :—" A report has reached this place relative to the subsequent plan for future operations of the Russian army on the Danube, which, whether true or false, is not the least probable or rationally grounded, both in a strategical and political point of view. •Tilis plan is, in the first place, to 3btam possession of Silistria, and all other fortresses on the Danube fronting Wallachia Superior, from Nicopolia to those in authority. Here the lower classes, not without the countenance and instigation of the priesthood, have settled that the anger of the Propin t is due to the short comings of the later Sultans and their Executives, and that no miraculous interference is to be expected with out a general return to the rigid observances and edify ing exclusiveness of ancient days. The prophecy which limits the Ottoman sway in Constantinople to 400 years is equally accepted by Turk and Rayah ; indeed, it has probably a Mussulinan origin. It is a most widely extended legend, and prevails universally, from the Per sian Gulf to the White Sea. After all it has not been a successful prediction, for here we are under the Sultan's sway one whole year after the Russian advent has become due. But a superstition does not die easily, and the despondent among the faithful have discovered the rea son why the decree of fate has been thus deferred. The present year is a year of grace given at the intercession of the Prophet to his people, in order that they maY prepare themselves for the great change ; and even after this year a few more may be added to the term of em pire ; but they will all, be years of grace. Another piece of divination which has made its way among the pious somewhat concerns ourselves. Theologians in Turkey, as elsewhere, are anxious to spy into the future, and the method they adopt is that species of con juring with texts which was in use in our own dark ages. A passage of the Koran is taken which seems to bear on some event of the present time ; to each of the Arabic characters a numerical value is attributed, and the whole are added together. The sum will give the date of the year in which the event will be accomplished. There is a passage in the Koran to this effect,—"The Prophet wishes his people to succeed, but there are obstacles against it." The letters added together give 1,270, the present year. What, then, are the obstacles which prevent tl. e success of the Prophet's chosen ? doubtedly the presence of allies who do not reverence his name. If left alone the Moslem could easily•deal with the Moscow giaours, assisted, as believers would be, by supernatural assistance ; but, as they call to their aid infidel assistance, they must be left to fight with mere mortal weapons. The boatman who relates these pious legends will then break out into invectives. against the fallen stlte of Ministers and generals. " Does Reschid Pasha fast ? Does the Seraskier repeat his nasnaz five times a-day ? If these great men violate the sacred precepts, how can it be wondered at that ca lamity should be coming on those they govern. — Tinter Correspoizdent. COMMOTION IN THE CRIMEA. The Aloniteur de la Platte quotes a letter from the Black Sea, of the 24th ult., stating that con siderable ferment prevailed in the Crimea, in con sequence of a decree of the Governor of the pro vince, ordering all the seamen engaged in the coast ing trade, without exception, to repair forthwith to Sebastopol, where they were to be incorporated; with the Russian navy. Many of those unfortunate men have fled with their families, to avoid that incorporation. GREECE. DEFEAT OF THE INSURGENTS. Letters from Prevesa, of the 29th ult., state that Achmet Pacha, has defeated 2,000 insurgents under Zerva Strato. _ _ . Fuad Effendi is in force at Petavrassari. The chief of the Arnauts has been deposed be cause his bands committed cruelties. Mahmoud Bey succeeds him. ATHENS, June 9.—The Greek Government has ordered Hadgi Petro to return. The insurrection iu Epirus is considered quelled. - The Greek Heteria will leave KAravassari, THE BALTIC. DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN DOCKYARDS. CAPTURE OF GUNBOATS. We published yesterday a telegraphic despatch from Copenhagen, stating there was a report i n that City, to the effect that some English vessels', off Brahstab, in Finland, had taken or dest ro y ed the gunboats and a large number of merchant ships, and fired the wharf at that place. Also that 10,000 barrels of tar, and property worth 300,0 0 ° silver roubles, were destroyed. Another despatch, dated Lubeck, yesterday, con firms the above, but adds that an expedition of a similar nature had been undertaken, with the same success, at Uleaborg. The despatch in question is as follows : "Admiral Plumridge has been punishing the Russians. "He has destroyed their dockyards at Uleaborg and Brahstab, burning 10,000 barrels of tar at one place, and 18,000 at another. wil e has also taken several of the gunboats which had been prepared to oppose the English, fleet." Uleaborg and Brahstab are not far distant front each other in Finland, on the upper part of the Gulf of Bothnia. Uieaborg is next to Abo, the chief commercial town of Finland. Its exportg are tar, fish, and salted provisions. It has a g ood ' harbour and salmon fishery, and has also a castle, built in 1590, and standing on an island not fat . from the town itself. A letter from Rost•ck, in the Baltic, states that the squadron of Vice-Admiral Parseval-Deschenes anchored on the 6th off the Isle of Gothland, in Sweden. It was expected that they would Pill Admiral Napier about the 12th. It is said that the Emperor Nicholas, after big last visit to Cronstadt, was so displeased with the measures adopted for its defence by several general and other superior officers, that he had sent theio in disgrace to the army of the Caucasus. A recent ukase appoints their successors, and supersedes the commanders of a number of strong places in Fin' land, particularly in the governments of Wyborgt Tevastchus, Kuopio, and Uleaborg. These plea" sures, it appears, were rendered indispensable by the situation of the country, which evinces tilt greatest hostility towards Russia. FR &NCE. - The opinion gains ground here, writes the Pam correspondent of the Times yesterday, that the interview at Tetschen has strengthened the alliance of the great German Sovereigns, and that as so o ° as the answer of the Emperor of Russia shall be made known the attitude of both will becom e more precise and more vigorous, in conformity' indeed, with the object of their treaties, which is declared to be identical with that of th° maritime Powers. It seems also to be considerea, that the question of the adhesion of the other States of the Confederation to the policy of the great European Powers is but of a secondary nature, and that it interests themselves and their personal situation more than it is likely to affe ct the general coalition. England, France, Austria, and Prussia are of themselves competent to bring Russia to reason ; and the falling off of any of the smaller States would be less injurious to them than it would be fatal to those States themselves. Neve r : theless, any serious opposition on their part is n o : anticipated on the present occasion. The interest of Austria and Prussia, in their resistance to Rua' sia, is that of all Germany ; and their policy can' not be seriously counteracted by any single Stat°e., ft is presumed, then, that the acts of the Die t Frankfort will show the unanimous resolve of the Confederation to defend Germany and all Europ e against the unscrupulous ambition of an overgrovrA and disloyal Power. The Moniteur of yesterday says :—" A gold medal of honour, 2d class, has been awarded to Captain Storey, of the brig Titania, of Newcastle, for having, at the risk of his life, saved and tak en on board some French sailors belonging to tho crew of the wrecked vessel L'Etodie-Antonie." The interior affairs of France excite little notice' The great affair, as far as regards the Court, is th. e ,, organization of the new Imperial Guard ; and 1. meets with difficulties, not from the pubic here here the public voice is silent—but from the argil' It appears that the colonels of the regiments froni which the new guard is to be drafted, complail that all their best, stoutest, and most intelligol l , men are to be taken from them, while the Ivorli men are left ; and they declare that the effect 0,1,1 be most injurious to the army generally, especiailif at the commencement of a war. The validity °f these complaints seems to be felt in high quarter!, for it is under consideration, and may be said to be determined on, that the Imperial Guard will f°' the present be limited to 5,000 men. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at WI rose to 72f. 15c., and fell to 71f. 75 c. , the price,,e: which they closed for the end of the month ; 111,7 Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97 f. 60e. an the New Loan at 71f. 25c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 9th contain not ili l of political interest. Orders had been re ceived, l ' chastise the piratical Moors on t h e co ast of geb433; A letter from a ministerial source says :—" 9 1 1 , 0 m ost complete calm continues to prevail in capital, notwithstanding rumours are sp read the enemies of the government to the effect th 3„ the insurrectional movement which had been talk of for some days has only been adjourned, and 0 l 10 3 the co-operation of a part of the garrison eau.,, i 40 counted on. All these rumours occupy the 111,, f r equenters of the Puerta del Sol, but do no t in "f midate men of sense. Yesterday all the caval l l the garrison was passed in review by the direct° general of the cavalry. The Bank of San Ile:: nando has been occupied for two days in pL s . paring drafts on foreign countries, which are 1 1 ' 0 sary for the payment of the approaching half9e 6 ' s dividends." --- cf,A.VP PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY FROM A FUGITIVO ~---- d —A fugitive slave, in the employ of Clark and F° 13 ,1 1 millers, at Fulton, New York, sent a barrel of spec ira- a ife flour to Queen Victoria. A few days since he re 4he an autograph letter "from the Queen, acknowledging '....., receipt of the flour, and enclooing *3OO in ret urn, American per. SOUT The EJni Wotton, 0 route to 111 instant. The Frar value $1,31 London. The Cub character, compliance werament Pierce was representing Spain, and outfit of t to bring ab difficulties. From the Xing has a urging the E lug these isl The fugit excitement rendered to accomplishe including a populace, al The New on London, The failu delphia, witl . . 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