The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-27 00:00:00

LONDON AM) NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- WAY.--IY•Otice is bereby given that the next Ordinary Half- yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors ofthe London and North- 1 Western Railway will be held at the Euston-station, London, on Fri-- day. the itth;day of Autrust, 195 ~ a• twe ye o'chck prec sely, for the tranvaction Of the general business of the Company, and at such sheeting a resolution will b- sub nitted for the consolidation into btock Of E 0 many of the London and Birmingham 201. shares, and. the Manchester and Birmingham 101. C shares, as have been WHY- paid ap. Dated this 2.5111 day of July, 1854. CHANDOS, Chairman. RO 3T . BENSON, Deputy cherrasn, H. BOOTH, Secretaries:C. E. STEWART, 1 Easton Station, London. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith• NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public, Subs^ribers and Patrons of the Royal opera, are respectiully informed, that, In con sequence of the Intense Neat of the Weather, there will be NO Pc.Rt ORMANCE THIS EVENING ; and the Performances will be. suspended until turther Notice. TIENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Drnry-lane, July 26, 1854. THE A.TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. lluckstone. THIS EVENING. Juti 27, Will he performed TIIE OLD CHATEAU% Characters by Messrs. liow-e. Roger'. if. Itatston, and buckstone; Mrs. litzwilliam, and DI Ms Reynolds- Pc/lowed by the SPANISFI DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET • The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. OyAL pRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-sTIiEEt . . Under the :Management of Mr. Cam= KEAN. THIS EVENING, July 27, will be performed THE MARBLED UNMARRIED. Characters by ytigsrs . W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; an d M i sses Heath and laurraY• Leo/lowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Neon. C. Kean and David Fisher; and Mrs. Winstanley, and 3fieriC L.c , area. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE BOYAL ADELPFII. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 27. _ _ _ Will be p.rformed the Drama of THE NAM OF CROTS9EY ; or, The keturn from Russia. Characters by Mr. B. Webster, and Mr. Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by ROPES AND FEAHA. Characters by Messrs. B. Weirster and Parselle ; disses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fault Haskell, and Madame Celeste. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza. entitled A. MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE COURIER Ol' LYONS. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a =wig close to a day at the Crystal Palaze." THIS DAY, DANSONS COLOS 4 AL PANORAMA of CHUSAN Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. TOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers slur several National and Patriotic Songs—Mt the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. N.B. Grand Ball d'Ete in a splendid Pavilion 150 feet long. Full Quadrille Band, &e. .1. mzrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. SUCCESS of the " COSSAC ;or Viva la France." equal to that of the Battle of Waterloo or Mazeppa. Screams o' laughter at the new Anglo-French, Russo- furkl,h, Witty and Patristic Burlesque. THIS EVENING, The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Viva la France. After which, LES MATS DE L'AftENE ; or, Scenes in the CIRCLE—in which Miss Emily Cooke and Mr. Alfred Cooke will appear. The Brothers Francisco will perform ; also. the German Brothers. To conclude with Mr. T. Simpson's Burlesque de Circonstance, called, RUSSIA. AGAINSC TURKEY NOW ON TRIAL. Boz-offlee open from Eleven till Fonr. stage Manager, Mr. % Went. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Teri DAT —Morning 22 inin.e.ft.er 3 I Evening 38 min.aft. 3 Ikralmutow—Morning 54 min.after 3 Evening 10 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Sus Owes, JULY 27. TEIERMOKSTEII, IN THE gNADE. 73 highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day, at noon. fiARONETER, 3021. Wnsto, Easterly, veering to Sontk—Moderate breeze, with cloudy weather. There was a heavy fall of rain in the night, which has greatly cooled the atmosphere. jJ cam` ~ ~~~~c Ztlyz LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1854. _ _ s According to the view taken bylkhe Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary at War, of the progress of our recent military and maritime operation; , —a defeat is a subject of rejoicing and a catas trophe a matter for congratulation. It is oddly enough, precisely the same sort of conclusion a,rrivel at by the Russian authorities in regard to incidents that one might reasonably have sup posed would have been relater of dismay and humiliation to the Russian Government. When intelligence of the infamous massacre of the un fortunate and helpless inhabitants of Sinope reached the knowledge of the CZAR, a Te Deum was chaunted in obedience to the Imperial mandate in the Greek Cathedral at St. Petersburg. When news bad been obtained of the bombardment of Odesss during several hours by the British and French war steamers, the AUTOCRAT signalised the .cala mity by lavishing fresh honours upea the very man to whose rashness and mendacity Was attributable, fir the most part, that same calamity—thereby strangely metamorphosed into a brilliant and happy achievement. Ili' a similar manner the retrograde movement -of the Russian army from the Danube towards the Sereth, has been accompanied by the issue of that noto rious document, addressed by NESSELRODE to BUDEERG, in reference to the Boyards of Wal lachia, in which it is asserted, in defiance of dis comfiire after discomfiture of the most com plete and disgraceful character—that success still continues on the side of the Muscovites ! Fact yields to fiction. Romance takes the place of reality. And this so systematically, that the dis regard of truth by the Russians, from the CZAR downwards, has long since become a byeword throughout Christendom. Yet, after all, may not the enemy, in these derelictions of veracity, be labouring under an amiable delusion ? The ques tion may not unreasonably be asked, now that it is manifest that the warmth of somewhat kindred delusions has so grotesquely warped the judgment of one at least among the members of our own Administration. Allusion is here made to a rathee:ifemarkable speech, delivered on Tuesday evening by the Secretary -at-War --according• to the drift of which speech the coun try is to regard the loss of th e Tigerand certain "grievous Casualties" in them), Baltic ( as Mr. SIDNEY HER.BERT himself ile]: not with anguish and g in them), 'egr e t, but actually with feelings of exultation ! Instead of giving wa y to useless regrets'—these are the exacttrhdes of the Secretary at W ar Words , after alluding to loss of the Tiger, and th ose " grievous casualties" —"lnstead of giving way to useless regrets we should rejoice that that spirit, whose manifests_ tions had raised this country t o t h e summitof f ame as a naval power, still continued to e x i st, brilliant and unchangeable !" Why, it i s pre cisely in the same way that the Ru ss i ans are called upon by their authorities to exult ov er th e bombardment of Odessa, and over the retreat from the Danube and the Dobrudseha, and over the placing of 50,000 Muscovite soldiers hors (lc combat, during the campaign which has not even yet been concluded, and which numbers amongst the Russian Generals killed LUDERS and SCHILDERS, and among the Russian Generals wounded PASKIEWITCH and GORTSCHA- IiOFF ! After the singular remarks which fell, as we have shown, from the lips of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for South Wiltshire, on the 25th instant, in the Rouse of Commons, we need feel no surprise whatever about the decora tion, by the Ca s immediately after;ofthe Odessa, its Governor of b e i ng disastrous bombardment — about Te M usa a chcheNsf Russia 0 : chaunted in the Greek . . - -sarnts. _,. . t h e arrival of every suc -44ty,4,,, , = disastrous arrival of . ss swath of a ion —or about :7 , • ; i aix t f t; the R us s i an '07.1;,_.0,1, 4. 5 . q c. 1„,. , rom Wallachi raftte,: I=o irl _ ,_,..„.. ninterrupted victor to army, defeated a, being followed such unblushing . b t l h u e side its ". of filßCA:*sitarr, put forth with 4: ;•l icrue 'lliCeit 6l -1 ,141 44. e.ra e cio C us han N eellor two - sza the Em re picl7a rbl)l9, however, as the orat' iozo xa d e ixt ti le House of Commons on Tuesday, by Mr. S SIDNEY HERBERT, undoubtedly was, that which was subsequently delivered, in the course of the same discussion, during the same evening, by Ad miral BERKELEY was in a manner still more ex traordinary. The Gallant Admiral, in one of the most singularly inconclusive and unsatisfactory harangues ever listened to by the representatives of the people of England, attempted to vindicate the Board of Admiralty, of which he himself is one of the most conspicuous, and therefore of course one of the most responsible, members, from any charge whatever, whether of blundering, inde cision, or remissness. He repelled the particular ; accusation directed against the Admiralty, by none earlier or more repeatedly than by ourselves—the accusation of disregard for the wants of the Baltic fleet, in not having provided NAPIER at the period of his departure, or at any rate as quickly after it as possible, with an adequate, and, as it happens, an absolutely requisite supply of gun-boats having a light draught of water, so as to render them available for purposes of attack between the mouth of the Neva and the insular batteries of Cronstadt—that inner extremity of the Gulf of Finland being notoriously remarkable for its shallow navigation. Admiral BERKELEY re pelled this particular charge against the Admiralty in regard to the lamentable lack of gun-boats in the Baltic, by directing a frivolous sneer againse the suggestion of the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone. The gallant First Naval Lord of the Admiralty talked ou Tuesday evening as if the construction of gun-boats suitable to the shoal water navigation in the neighbourhoodviousand goiarin of St. Petersburg were a matter of obvious impracticability. When it has been long known to be quite otherwise ! When the house of Mr. Seorr RUSSELL, formerly known as that of the Messrs. ROBINSON and RUSSELL, has intimated plainly enough a readiness to undertake the build ing of a sufficient flotilla of this charac ter ! Why, the possibility of gun-boats being made such as those laughed at by Admi ral BERKELEY on Tuesday night as altogether out of the question, has been clearly enough proved by the construction, by the firm we have just mentioned, of the now celebrated little gun-boats the Nix and the Salamander. No—had the Admiralty acted promptly, and, with due sagacity and foresight, we should no longer have been compelled to listen to the reported observations of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, that it would be hopeless for the fleet to dream of making any impression at Cronstadt upon the dread array there made by the granite fortifications. Admiral BERKELEY quoted in the House of Commons, the night before last, the declaration made to him by Ad miral SEYMOUR, in his capacity as Captain of the Baltic Fleet, in these extraordinary words—" We have never been at any time in want of anything, thanks to the provident measures adopted by the .Admiralty." What ! Admiral SEYMOUR— " never," do ybu say, "at any time in want of anything ?" How, then, about the French troops now on their way, in English vessels, steam ing and sailing hurriedly towards the Baltic ? Unless they had been wanted, they never would have been sent. They have been sent, therefore they have been wanted. And the speed with which they are being hastened out shows the urgency with which they are required under the circumstances. In that particular, therefore, not withstanding the extravagant encomium pro nounced by the Captain of the Fleet upon Sir J. GRAHAM, and Admiral BERKELEY, and their colleagues--" the provident measures adopted by the Admiralty" do not, we must protest, thine forth very conspicuously. The Admiralty have been in fault in not sending out troops long ago to aid the operations of the com bined fleets under NAPIER and DESCUENES. They have been equally culpable in not providing also t proper supply of gun-boats suitable for the shoal water navigation beyond Cronstadt. A body of 10,000 French troops have only just 'been de ipatched through the Cattegat to make up for one deficiency. Gun-boats must, in course of time, follow, to make up the other. Both troops and ;urhboats we have declared months and months Lgo, over and over, and over again, to be abso `utely and imperatively necessary. The necessity is only now being recognised, and that seriously only in one particular, by the Admiralty. Had the Admiralty shown in this matter due aromptitude, foresight, and decision, instead of bind obstinacy and most culpable negligence— maple time would have been afforded since M treh For the building and getting together a flat-bot tomed flotilla, such as would now have proved or inestimable advantage to the Anglo-French mari time armament sent up the Gulf of Finland for in attack upon St. Petersburg. As it is—by despatching additional troops, English as well as French, after those recently sent out to the Baltic under General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS, and by following this military force with as good gun-boats (having a light draught of water) as could be collected together under the circumstances —Admirals NAPIER and DESCHENES might yet be enabled to set at nought both at Sweaborg and at Cronstadt the dread Russian array of granite fortifications. Land an adequate body of Anglo-French troops on a convenient pa.-it of the coast of the Gulf of Finland—make. a simultaneous or co-operative attack upon the Russians with fleets and forces— and you will encourage the. Swedes to take an active part with the Western Powers in the war against the Russian AUTOCRATS The batteries of Sweaborg and Cronstadt might, with such a combination against them, fall successively before the united daring and skill, prowess and tactics of the allies, and the seizure of Helsingfors might prepare the way for the capture or destruc tion of St. Petersburg. By destroying the Rus sian fleet at Sweaborg, the whole of Admiral CORRY'S fleet would be at full liberty to go on with NAPIER'S and DESCHEIsTES' fleet to Cronstadt. Very conclusive evidence has been afforded with regard to the differences existing in the Cabinet with respect to the Russian war, and the mode of dealing with the AUTOCRAT. The pro ceedings in reference to the Russian Government Securities Bill has placed the matter in a new and very striking k oint of view. We feel even more poignant regret at the culpable weakness of the popular branch of the Legislature, in transferring its constitutional functions to other hands, either from a desire to avoid " the delicious treat of an autumnal session," or from the dread of an early undertaken. The Noble Lord had obtained a promise of support from the Ministerial Leader of the House of Commons. More than that, he received energetic and powerful assistance from the Home Secretary, the accredited Leader in the absence of the President of the Council—assist ance without which the bill must have either been defeated, or at least shelved for an indefinite period, until its utility would have been completely lost ; and yet the Secretary of the Treasury offers the most strenuous opposition to the measure thus strongly advocated by his official superiors, and other Ministers exhibit not merely a strange hesi tation, but an intense anxiety to maintain neu trality. Surely there must be some extraordinary influence at work in the back ground to explain these singular phenomena, and the public will not fail to ascribe its exercise to parties whose vacil lating conduct has already given rise to serious apprehensions among those desirous of seeing a proper measure of retribution inflicted on the unconscientious disturber of the peace of the civilised world. The plain and simple principle on which the bill was founded, is that parties shall not be per mitted to do indirectly that which they are pro hibited from doing directly. If they took any part in a loan to Russia, they would, under the existing law, be guilty of a grave offence against their QUEEN and country, for which they would be justly stigmatised as traitors, and incur the stringent penalties due to such enormous guilt. Would it not be worse than ridiculous to allow them to take at second or third hand that which was expressly forbidden in the first instance ? Such under-hand dealings would have the effect of encouraging capitalists, over whom we have no control, to make the advances required by the CZAR for the purpose of foiling the efforts of the Allied Powers, and purchasing weapons and munitions of war to be used against the armies and navies of Great Britain. It is notorious that the AUTOCRAT is endeavouring to negotiate leans for the purpose, as described by Lord PALMERSTON, " of killing our soldiers and sailors, of destroying our commerce, and of frustrating all our national policy." It is equally notorious that there are parties ready and willing to contract for any sum or sums of money he may think proper to ask, provided they could anticipate such a demand as would enable them to dispose of it at a trifling , premium. The certainty that no English or French man could or would " touch the accursed thing" on any terms, that no English or French gold would be available at any time during the con tinuance of hostilities, would materially limit the supply, and enhance the terms to the AUTOCRAT. It must be, indeed, a grasping cupidity, an " auri sacra fames" that could induce any Eng lishman to seek after unholy profits. But, un fortunately, no dependence can be placed in some persons where there is a clear prospect of gain. They would sell their countries without hesita tion, aye, even themselves, to appease the " itching of their palms." No moral considera tion, no dread of public reprehension would deter the avaricious. Speculator—Poptdus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo. The people may condemn, but I applaud myself, would be the exclamation of the successful pur chaser of the New Russian Stock, and he would not lift his head less proudly " on 'Change" be cause the thousands or tens of thousands by which he had augmented his banker's account had been acquired in so very questionable a manner. The arguments used against the bill were, indeed, "sheer nonsense." If of any avail, they only proved that the measure did not go far enough, and that the old as well as the new se curities of Russia should be tabooed during the continuance of the war. Mr. WILSON showed that money my be withdrawn from the one to be invested in the other, and to that extent solely were his opinions worthy of attention. We commend this part of the case to the attention of Lord PiLmuus.row and Lord D. STUART, to ascer tain whether an efficient remedy might not be found against so glaring an evil—so flagrant a grievance. THE SUN, LOND . ON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1854„ COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 26. The gieen and Prince, the Princess Royal, Prince-s Alice, Prince , ses Helena and Louisa, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked in the Fairy yesterday for a cruise. Her Majesty and his Royal Highne , s honoured Mr. Thompson, of New York, by in , pecting his newly-in vented life preserving seat, in cases of immersion in the water. The Queen and Prince also inspected Mr. Cunning ham's patent method of lowering and reefing topsails. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hadfield, M.P. for Sheffield, Mr. William Frederick Dixon, of Sheffield, Mr. H. E. Watson, solicitor, of Sheffield, and Mr. Hlll, Parliamentary agent, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Cathedral Commission met on Wednesday, at No. 1, Parliament street. The Commissioners present were :—The Archbishop of Canterbury. Sir John Dod son, Sir John Patteson, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, and the Rey. Canon Selwyn. Her Roril Highness the Duchess of Kent will leave Progmore at the close of this week, for the Isle of Wight, where the Duchess hes taken a marine villa for the season, not far distant from Osborne. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Antoine and Prince Guillaume Radziwill have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, frtan Hamburg. The Duke of Bedford, who is at present receiving visitors at Dalgan-park, county Galway, is expected shortly to visit Ardsallagh, county Meath, where his grace is erecting a spacious mansion. The Duke of Devonshire, who is improving in health, the Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl of Annesley, M.P., Viscount Exmouth, the Marchioness of Downshire, Lady Bruce, and Lord Clifford, are amongst the nobi lity, &c., at present so j ourn i ng at B r i ghton. The ountess of Clarendon will have an assembly on Saturday ev.,ning, at the noble Foreign Secretary's mansion in Grosvenor -street. Lord and Ipdy Leigh, of Stoneleigh, an d f am il y , have left Portman-square for Brighton. Lady Anne Tuffnell and youthful family have left Great Stanhope-street on a visit to the Earl and Coun. test' of Roseberry, at Warren Wood, Herts. General Sir Archibald and Lady Maclaine gave an elegant banquet to the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Leeds, his Highness Prince Gholain (son •of Tippoo Sultan), Prince Feroze Shah, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Hon. Mrs, Paley, Admiral and Mrs. Ayscough, Colonel de Courcy, Admiral and Mrs. Hood, with several others of the fashionable world, at their resi dence, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park, on Tuesday last. The Hon. Francis Charles Lawley, late M.P. for Beverley, and who has been for some time acting as private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been appointed Lieutenant -Governor of South Aus tralia, in the room of Sir Henry E. F. Young, now Governor of New Zealand, A marriage is stattd to be arranged to take place be tween Mr. H. A. Bruce, M.P., and Miss Napier, daughter to Sir William Napier, K.C.B. dissolution and a general election. - We see a leading member of the Administration, one who enjoys the public confidence in a greater degree RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN. — Yesterday a Parliamentary perhaps than any of his colleagues, expressing his a d m oc 4 r i e ts nt p Las for pr p i r n i t n e c d i c l ontinin g an account of the the Russian Dutch loan p s a in a ce th nd et opinions clearly and distinctly, and adopting a interest, reat, inofevacileinyneaar andf course which will add t) the respect and confidence stating the amount of the principal su y n of such loan already ent e rt a i ne d f or hi s c hara c t e r a n d c on d uc t , 2 no a w na du 3 e ‘ a v n i d il. p l abl e by Gr ea t B rita i n , under the Act 4 8 1 1 1 . 0,9 T 6 h 8 e 1. amount s,iod paid he for prin amount only - while a subordinate member of the same Govern ' c. men . t not strongly opposes the measure cipal and interest is of the principal of the loan now d ue an d payable by which hi s l eader for the time being was supporting Great Britain, is 1,328,1911. 18s. 10d. The estimatedwitkall his amount of principal an d i nterest on Ist J anuary last re power, but using language by no means respectful to that leader, and scarcely con- Britain, uling is 3,38 p to be 6,BB aid, 9iy b 9s instaents ' of this loan by Great . . 2d. lm siBtent with their respective positions. As REPRESENTATIVE FOR KENSINGTON IN THE BOARD OF was justly remarked Westminster, " the manly speech property of the extensive parish of Kensington took place of the Noble Secretaryat the new Vestry Hall, by adjournment from the 24th will meet with a heart for the Home Department inst., for the purpose of selectin g a fit and proper person entire country." It %response throughout the to represent the parishes . of Kensington and Chelsea on dial and heartfelt thanks a enutditle him to the con- theßoar t d o of th C e 7 a na ro is c sln t er a s, ut a i f i r 4r e i z e b s ly b t y o 1 gratitude the petul o a f n tevaeurdy dressed L a or . d ett ß er ob a e d r i true-hearted Euglishm an s w ec h r i e l ta e Grosvenor. It vra,s evident that the parishioners con puerile remarka of the sidered" the object of the meeting to be one of the sury will elicit very - differen. feelings + , ry of the Trea- , greatest importance, inasmuch as before the hour prompters and abetto rs the meeting upwards of five hun himself and his secret towards ' fixed for opening dred parishioners had assembled. T. Barnes, Esq., in the extraordinary course which ho thous secret prompt proper to adopt. We say "his 7 : having bean ca,Jled to the chair, it was resolved by " ' Behest, large majority, on the motion of Mr. P. L. ens and abettors," inasmuch as it is Kens' sewa e 4 y ' i: j nof Notti i palpable that Mr. WILSON- wouldnot have ' tuned on such a step without the certainty . 4. ngl!, be chosen' • d d b IliCor G. Willock, of Gore-house person., Dr. i utna , ven- . as a fit to represent the nnixd dn.tricts on the of Bard of Commissioners of Sewers. to in w TO ,, T t H h E 1 being supported by at least a section o f th e CA- Ew received snl' t saTagn3 ADDRESS OF T HE P RO TESTANT INHABITAN I TS OF I billet ; nor would the Chief Commissioner o f .lien n 1 Woods and Forests have so cautiously avo id e d for war d ed to her Majesty, through s Viscount Hill, Lord Q e d u d EEN ' — f T r i i l m e f this oll wng n re re p c y en h t a ly s 1 voting on either side when, by his neutrality, Lieutenant of th e county :—" Whitehall, 7th J u l y , he was guilty of a breach of the salutary regula- 1 the Queenythe l ord, I hav e h a d th e h onour to lay before l oyal and d u tif u l a dd ress o f the gentry, teens of the House. clergy, merchants, trailers and other inhabitants of the It was manifest that the bill should have been ! borou gh of Shrewsbury i n p l a i , meeting assembled, transmitted in your lo d • i' u 'l"' o J • brought forward by the Government itself, and and I have the satisfra. sh . ip s letter of the ..Bth lordship , not left to the care of a private and independent that her Majesty was plinasnjotolnrfencretiuve your r s l member. Fortunately, however, - it fell into good very- 'graciously: I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's -obedient hands, 'anti Lord DIIDLEY STUART Taithfully - and - ' - kr - .WIJ, . ser vant,—PALMERSTON. The l _. ii .000110 , 40. ilaWii .g . ttOne,' figtlop.—altrCieetold vtuvivaitly dinharged the important duty he LA' Ato:nat, MONEY MARKET AN%) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at 10,000 hales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with increased firmness, but without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maranham, at bid. to Bd., 300 Egyp tian, at 6d. to 11d., 1,000 Surat, at 2id. to 4d., and 300 Sea Island at is. ld. to 2s. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. The letters and papers by the Overland Mail have only just been delivered, and consequently there has not been much time to examine their contents. It would appear, however, that the Sydney market was firmer than th a t at illelbourne. Wines were being re shipped to England, owing to the relative higher value here, and the expectation of a deficient vintage in the vine-growing countries of Europe. Accounts from Hamburgh state that the com bined fleets were off one of the principal islands of Aland, and that an attack was hourly expected. The French troops. it was supposed, would make a descent upon Finland, but at St. Petersburg there is stated to be very little apprehension, and no re inforcement of troops had been sent, the usual number, 12,000, being distributed over the province. The exertions of Admiral Plumridge to secure the services of local pilots in the Gulf of Bothnia are stated not to have been very successful. At the general court of proprietors of the South Sea Company, held to-day, a report and resolution were passed authorising the sale, calling in, and conversion of the assets of the company by the Court of Directors. Power was also given to make provision fcr compensation, allowance, or pensions for the various officers of the company. A lengthy discussion took place with reference to the mode of dividing the assets, and a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, Charles Franks, Esq., when the court adjourned. The difficulty experienced in obtaining the re quisite capital for the Indian railways, intrusted to one gigantic company, induces us to recur to the ground upon which the erroneous principle was adopted of not giving the contract to tw o di s ti nc t companies ; and the following extract, from a financial despatch of the Honourable East India Company, written last August, but only just laid before Parliament, will show how great has been the mistake committed : " Considering the relative position of the Indian rail way companies and the Government of that country, the former can only be regarded as agents for carrying out and executing the wishes of the latter, and we cer tainly do not perceive the necessity of emplying a greater number than is consistent with the convenience and ad vantage of the public service. Under this system, we may hope that the usual beneficial effects of competition will be derived from a vigilant Government superin tendence, and the inconvenience which would pro bably result from the pressure of conflicting interests, will be avoided. We are even now apprehensive that the competition for freight will create a difficulty, al though the railway companies will send their materials to different ports ; but we think that the number of competitors for freight to one port should be limited aci far as possible ; and as you are of opinion that a single management could safely and effectually control a line extending from Calcutta to Delhi, we do not deem it ex pedient to employ two agencies for this line, but shall at once place ourselves in communication with the East Indian Railway Company in view to making arrange ments for the commencement simultaneously in various parts of the line as far as Delhi, and for its ultimate ex tension to the North-West Frontier. " We shall be glad if arrangements can be made to allow those who have come forward under the denomi nation of the Upper India Railway Company to take a share in the extended undertaking, by the , r amalgama tion with the East Indian Railway Company." The English Funds have been very heavy again. Consols having been done at 921, and since at 92/ for transfer. The account prices have been at 921- to 0. Business is exceedingly dull. Bank Stock is quiet at 210, and India Stock has been at a de cline from 22G to 222. Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem. The Bonds have been dealt in at 93/ g. Foreign Securities have been dull. Spanish 3 per Coats. have been at 37/ ex-dividend, and the Deferred at 18-i. Mexican Stock has been at 241, and Brazilian New at 93/. French 41 per Cents. have been done at 99. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Mexi can, 244 to 24k ; Peruvian, 66 to 63 ; 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, 18k to 181 ; ditto Three per Cents. 361 to 37k; ditto Certificates, 31 to 41; ditto Pas sive, n to 4k. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western Sou tk•Western Brighton Midland south-Eastern 21,175 19,238 Czledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 17,983 16,189 Great Northern 18,488 15,549 Lancashire and Yorkshire This is " making up" day in the English Railway Market, and the quotations vary according to the particular course of speculation during the last fortnight. On the whole there is no activity, and the prices are not buoyant. Midland, however, are firm, and Lancashire and Yorkshire also. Foreign shares are iu fair request. Mines are nominal, banks firm; and miscellaneous dull, at about former rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Front the Ogcial List. gnstness don. sank Stock ..... ....... per Cont. Reduced Annuities • ... 92,i i 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities . 92 2; :31 per Cont. Annuities . 93 24- ung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4i , )ittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859.... 4i ndia Stock ... 223 2 ousols for Account 17th August o:xchequer Bills, f 4 d. - 1000 2500 .................................................. 4 3 p p p p a a r r ';mall Exchequer Bonds, 1858 ...... . 98$ Ditto Scrip, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4L; per Cent ~,, exican :3 per cent. ......................... - Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent •371 x d Vanish New Deferred. 3 per Cont. lBl x d oividen,li on the %hove Payable in London French Routes, 4i Per C'ont, HALF-PAST T IV U. Consols 92i 0 Ditto August Accou , lt 92i i THE MINISTRY DIVInED AGAINST ITSELF. A curious scene took plafle in the House of Commons last night on the debate on the Russian Securities Bill. The principle involved in this bill is the old-fashioned Eng lish doctrine that, if you are a t war with an enemy, it is augment his resources with your money as to assist him with y our arm. I t ma k es ve ry little differ oncejust as criminal to whether you hire troops and lend them to Russia or lend Russia the money to pay them with. Mimmon does not see this, or will not see it. Mammon does not care whether his guineas come to him covered with ordureor reeking with blood. Mammon holds with Vespasian, that money, how ever procured, cannot stink in the nostrils. A guinea is a guinea in Mammon's ey es , an d , let it be as black as a mur derer's conscience, Mammon will find means to polish it. Thus Mammon in the House of Commons knows no differ ence—except that shown by the various rates of interest —between money l en t t o th e Queen for the purpose of punishing the Czar an d money l e nt to the Czar for the pur pose of enablin g hi m to shoot the su bj ec t s o f th e Queen, an d Mammon very n a t ura ll y vote d f or th o sale of Russian secu rities. In th e great money mar k e t M a mmon says, `` Let QupdVictoria and the Czar stand upon an equal footing " It is gratifying to find that Mammon has it not al l h is own . way in the H ouse of Commons. He and his Russpin friend could do no thi ng a g a inst the righteous English feeling which actuated most of the members. During the debate on the subject, Mr. Wilson, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, ex pressed opinions adverse to the provision s o f t h e b ill. , Lord Palmerston, who took the prope r common-souse E ng lish view of the question, in the cour se o f h is observatis, remarked that the state ments of th e S ecretary to t h e T reasu ry were "sheer non sense." Thi s i s a curious way o f b a cking your friends. anti -Russian, the Secretary for the Something s till stranger too k p l ace . A division took place, wh en L ord Palmerston an d Mr Wilson were the tw o t e ll ers on oppos i te s id es . The noble Home Secretary was -Russ Treasury was forfree trade iu Russian promises to pay. After th e di v i s i on attention was called to the fact that an honourable member, Sir W. Molesworth, who w as i n t h e house be f ore, an d i n tho lobby wh en the divisi on was taking p l ace, h a d a b s t a ined from voti ng . Here is th e H ome Secretary abusing, the Secretary to the Treasury, and the President of the Board of Works tryin g to get rid o f t h e respons ibili ty o f a vo te. This was not th e termination of the C o medy of Errors. After the division for reporting progress Sir J. V. Shelley, ono of the tellers, reported that Mr. Lowe, the Secretary to t he Board of Control, who was in the house when the division .was called, bad " bolted up stairs," and abstained from voting. All this is very sm a ll, very pitiable, very cowardly, very mean. Are scenes like these calculated to give . confidence to the cou n t ry i n the C oa liti on Mi n i s try ? —Datly dens. i LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—At noon, to-day, the United States Mail ti team-ship, Atlantic, Captain Briggs, sailed from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual weekly mails for the Western Continent ; 160, passengers and a lull cargo of merchandise on freight. BEVERLEY ELECTION.—A Mr. Arthur Gordon has ad dressed the electors of Beverley, offering himself to sup ply the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Law less. From ttie mode of his announcement, it would seem thatin making it, he has acted in concert with the retiring candidate. Mr. Gordon appears to be an asto nished admirer of the present administration. His family name suggosts a pasiblo relationship with its head, Li NT EST FO R E IGN NE WS, THE WAR. CONSTANTINOPLE. A letter from Constantinople of July 15, says : The following news has been received by express from Omer Pacha :—" The despatches of Hassan Haki Pacha, commanding the body of troops at Rutschuk, announce that after the victory gained at Kama by the Ottoman troops over the Russians, the latter retreated the night after the battle of Slaposia and Giurgevo. Ali Pacha, brigadier general, was sent with a sufficient force to take possession of those towns. The Turks hoisted the Imperial banner immediately on entering, firing a salute of 21 guns to celebrate the event. The general immediately gave the inhabitants of the towns every assurance of his protection, and ordered fortifications to be thrown up forthwith." The following brief note has been received from a military officer at Silistria " SILISTRIA, July 4.—Nothing new of import ance. lam busy sketching out a plan. The Turks are drawing together. The great camp at Kalarasch is hourly diminishing. General Ludcrs still occupies it with two divisions." July 5. The Russians who were encamped in front of us have for the most part disappeared. There (ally remain there now from 12,000 to 15,000 men. Where are they gone to ? Instead of proceeding to the Pruth, I rather suspect they are going against Austria. Here all is very quiet." Lieutenant Burke, R.E., Captain Meynell, and another English gentleman whose name is not ascertained, were killed in the action near Ruts chuk. The subject which at present most interests all persons taking an interest in politics—and who does not do so now, and especially at Constantinople?— is the position assumed by Austria towards Russia. According to accounts brought here yesterday from Vienna by the Ottoman Secretary of Legation, M. Stella, it would appear that the Emperor Nicholas has given the bearers of the Austrian ultimatum for the evacuation of the principalities an answer well in keeping with his reputation for haughty daring. On receiving them he is stated to have told them, that if their Emperor wanted war he should have it, but that neither he or their young master would, in all probability, see the end of it. In the meanwhile the success of the Turkish arms has thrown a shadow over the exploits of the Rus-, sian generals, which will not be easily wiped out. Their prestige is done for. It will be remembered that some weeks since the disappearance of an English soldier at 6cutari created a great sensation here. Two Montenegrins have been arrested at Uukiar-Skelessi by the Turk ish police. In the. house in which they were con cealed the complete uniform of a British soldier was found, and there seems to be no doubt that the unfortunate man was murdered by them. These men are in prison, but have as yet obsti nately denied the charge. The matter has been referred to Lord Raglan. The late Captain Parker's ship Firebrand is still here, but will return to the Black Sea to-morrow. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS AT ODESSA. A despatch from Maita says the exchange of 180 officers and sailors lately forming the crew of the Tiger had to ken place at Odessa, but unfortu nately the number of Russians to be exchanged fell short of the English by 30, and accordingly so many of the crew of the Tiger remained in cap tivity. _ _ Aavices from Odessa report that after the ex change of the crew three steamers of the fleet opened a fire on the wreck of the Tiger and on the forces of the enemy near it—the Russians being busily engaged in recovering from the wreck various munitions of war. THE DANUBE. We learn from Vienna (July 25) that a Russian camp of 50,000 men is to be formed at Urzitseni. The Turkish outposts are at ParApajni, where a most sanguinary engagement was fought on the 19th. Priuce Gortschakoff is confirmed in the command of the Moldo-Wallachian army. A Vienna journal publishes a letter from Bu charest of the 12th, in which it is stated that Prince Gortschakoff, the commander-in-chief of the Rus sian army in the principalities, had received there, by courier from St. Petersburg, a letter from the Czar approving of his new plan of operations. The Russians boast, says the writer of this letter, that they are going to resume the offensive, and that they will drive the Turks into the Danube. REPLY OF AUSTRIA TO THE LATEST RUSSIAN PROPOSITIONS. The Breslau Gazette repeats the. statement of Colonel de Manteuffel having been ordered by the Prussian Cabinet to submit some new propositions to that of Vienna, in consequence of seine tele graphic news received at Berlin from St. Peters burg. It would appear, however, from the ac count in the Breslau Gazette, that these propositions had not been favourably receive 1, and that Prince Gortschakoif, who had also received despatches from St. Petersburg, had been informed by the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs that the Cabinet could not consent to modify the summons which it had addressed to the Russian Govern ment. its. she et A ahp c de According in r tx d oot i :1131 keepgß tot Odessas s a ai ef t rr t soy e hm r is s r ao o erf m bp Odessa, allls:atooripi.woohl ca., in the Lloyd of Vienna, the Anglo-French cruizers in ailia t tts h hi e saarst ß rtia. l t : t t ieje c idd k s an p that on the Bth a Russian steam-frigate entered in the same manner. An opinion prevails at Odessa that the allied fleets will endeavour to get posses sion of the port for a winter stati on . E ver y effort is making to increase the means of defence. Commercial letters from Akjerman of . the 10th, brought by travellers, and quoted by the Ham burg News, state that the inhabitants of that part of Russia are afraid of its soon becoming the scene of important events. In the early part of July several vessels of the allied fleets re connoitred the mouth of the Dniester, awl the public, living, as it does, in perpetual alarm, sus pects the following to be the plan of the campaign : —" The allied fleets, after a few feigned attacks against Sebastopol, will land troops at the mouth of the Dniester, to take possession of the fortifica tions there. These troops are also to occupy Odessa, and direct their attacks against A kjerman. The Turkish troops which are advancing in the Dobrudscha, and those no w occupying she month of the Sulina, are to support these operations. At the same time a naval division is to enter the Danube and attack Ismail." Strong fortifications are being constructed at Akjermau with every possible baste, and vessels from Bender are bring ing fresh troops for the defence of that place. A number of craft are ready to take all the Govern ment property into the interior at a moment's warning in case of invasion, and many of the in habitants are beginning to leave. BASIS PROPOSED BY ENGLAND AND FRANCE FOR PEACE. It was reported on 'Change to-day writes the Vienna correspondent of the Morning Chronicle on July 22, that the answers of the Western Powers to the late Russian propositions had arrived, and that the conditions which England and France are willing at present to lay down as a basis for peace negotiations are :—That the pro tectorate which Russia has hitherto exercised over the Danubian principalities should be henceforth transferred to England, France, Austria, and Prussia, and that the executive administration of this protectorate should, by mutual consent, be delegated to Austria ; that the old treaties between Russia and Turkey be not renewed ; that securi ties for the free navigation of the &ina mouth of the Danube be given in a practicable and tangible form, to be concerted by the four powers ; that Russia bear the present war expenses ; but that, on the other hand, not an inch of Russian terri tory shall be demanded if the above conditions be accepted. It was also added that Austria and Prussia fully approved of this basis for peace nego tiations, and that the same had been already communicated to Prince Gortschaltoff, the Russian envoy extraordinary here, who is stated to have received these counter propositions with great complacency. I report the stock-jobbing version of these proceedings solely for the purpose of con tradicting it. In authentic quarters I was hi formed that confidential communications, upon the subject of the last Russian propositions, have doubtless been exchanged between the Western Powers and Austria and Prussia, but that at pre sent nothing definitive has been resolved upon. On the other hand, I was assured that it may be safely taken for granted that there are no imme diate prospects of peace negotiations. It appears, moreover, that the pending communications be tween the four Powers, upon the subject of the Russian propositions brought to Vienna by Prince Gortschakoff, are not yet ripe for publicity, but that it is certain that Prussia is urging Austria to join her in a declaration that the last propositions of the Czar are deemed acceptable by the two Ger man Powers, to which England and Francecannot (according to the arguments hold here by the Prus sian envoy extraordinary. Lieut.-Colonel von Man. teuffel) possibly object. On the other hand, it i s equally certain that Austria repudiates this sug gestion in toto, being determined to remain faith ful to the principle of unanimity with the Western Powers, agreeably to the spirit and tenour of 'the various protocols to the Vienna Conference. I was furthermore assured in - official circles - that not many days will elapse ore the position of Austria ' will be fully cleared up, and finally disrobed from all ambiguity or unction in the present war, to the entire satisfaction of the Western Powers. DEATH OF CAPTAIN PARKER. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 13.-1 send you news of an unhappy encounter, which has resulted in the death of a young and promising commander. The circumstance may probably be known in Eng land by some shorter route bef , re it can be learned from here, but the following details will no doubt be ac ceptable. The town or village of Sulina, at the mouth of the Danube, is almost surrounded by a jungle of reeds, where stockades had been formed for the defence of the place by the enemy. These reeds are so high that they conceal both men and horses from the view of any one ascending the stream by a boat, and furnish great facili ties for a stubborn and wily enemy to harrass troops whom he' is unable to meet in the field. After the capture of Sulina last month, it was thought that the Russians had entirely left the vicinity, and a degree of confidence or negligence was inspired, which has termi nated most unfortunately. It appears that so far from the enemy having abandoned the neighbourhood, they have never ceased to occupy the jungle which lines the banks of the river, and have waited for their opportu nity to revenge the off hand capture of this important point. On Friday. the 7th of this month, Captain Parker, of the Firebrand, was ascending the river in his glg, and at some distance behind was another boat of the same vessel, and Capt. Powell, of the Vesuvius, in a third The excursion seems to have been entirly unconnected with any warlike object,and so completely was the pre sence of an enemy unanticipated that the Chaplain and Surgeon of the Firebrand were in the boat with their captain. As the first boat came abreast of a stockade, supposed to have been long deserted, a shower of mus ket balls were poured in from an unseen enemy. No one was struck ; but a ball passed through the surgeon's coat, and one or two others narrowly escaped. The boat immediately put back to obtain the assistance of the others, and Capt. Parker and his companions were dis posed to treat the matter very lightly, laughing at the Russians for not being better shots. Capt. Powell with the other boats came up almost immediately; the sailors rowed for the stockade, and Capt. Parker sprung on shore to lead the attack. He had made but a few steps when he was struck through the heart with a musket ball and fell dead. Capt. Powell then took the com mand, and in a few minutes had driven the enemy from their stronghold. The Russians however made a brave resistance. An eye-witness declares that the only two of the enemy to be seen at first were a couple of offi cers, who stood calmly at the embrasures of the stock ade and were picked off by the English sailors, while directing their men where to fire. Indeed, the accounts of all our encounters with the Russians mention the same fact, of the devotion and bravery of the Musco vite officers, who literally drag on their men by the collar, or force them into fire with the points of their swords. The Russians seem in this respect to be exactly the opposite of their Turkish opponents; in the Ottoman army the common soldiers are distinguished by the fanaticism and desperation of their attack, while the officers are be wildered with fear and responsibility. The contrast teaches a kind of lesson, and shows that the Turkish resistance is that living national principle which inspired the Spaniards at Saragossa, and the Transteverini at Rome ; while the Russians are actuated only by the prompting of military honour, a feeling seldom shared in by the private soldiers, who can rise to no high rank, and must have a deeper feeling to incite them to acts of courage. The unfortunate commander who fell in this affair was one of the youngest post-captains in the navy : he had, it is said, just completed his 29th year. He was the son of Admiral Hyde Parker, late one of the Lords of the Admiralty. Belonging to a family long distinguished in the naval annals of this country, he gave promise of equalling any of his race in services to his country. So small ha-, been the actual amount of fighting which has taken place during the war that the death of a single officer creates a sensation, which old men, accus tomed to the bloody bulletins of former days, perhaps, scarcely understand. THE BATTLE Ar GIURGEVO. . VIENNA, July 22.—The most important news from the seat of war is that which was forwarded this morn ing by electric telegraph. According to a despatch of the 21st from Hermannstadt an engagement, which took place between Frateschti and Giur gevo on the 10th, ended in the total defeat of the Russians. The death of two Russian Generals was announced, but there is some reason to doubt whether this is strictly correct. The Turks have not in any way molested the inhabitants of Giur gevo. Omar Pasha has, in the name of the Sultan, proclaimed a general amnesty for the Wallacoians who have been engaged in the present war against the Porte. On the 15th, a deputation of Boyards, from Little Wal lachia, passed through Widdin on their way to Giur gevo. Their mission is to present a document to Omar Pasha, in which the whole population of the province offers homage to the Sultan. The Turkish Marshal has promised to endeavour to obtain from the Porte some assistance for the inhabitants of Giurgevo, whose houses have been completely destroyed. Before the Cossacks quitted the place they set some magazines containing munitions of war and corn on fire, but the Turks in a few cases succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The Presse has a letter of the 18th from Belgrade, which confirms a piece of information which was given a few days since. The main Turkish army is advancing to wards the mouths of the Danube, where the crews of the steamers are busily employed in taking soundings. The same writer says " General Count Coronini, with a numerous suite, went down the river in a steamer to day." In Varna, two vessels with dredging machines are being prepared, with which the mouths of the river are to be made practicable. Several small steamers are also collecting at Varna, and with them it is intended, at some future ti met() undertake operations against the Rus sian flotilla in the Danube. According to advices of the 13th of July, from Galatz, the Turks, under Mehemed Pasha, have occupied the road between Hirsova and Babadagh. A great number of pontoons, which have been lying at Shurnla, are said to be following the Turkish army through the Dobredscha. The Premien. Blatt has learned from Bucharest that the Russians wounded at Giurgevo and Flateschti are in a sad condition, the me dical men, apothecaries, and medicines having been sent to Jassy before the Turks crossed the river. The troops, which were obliged to advance in forced marches to Giurgevo, also suffered greatly. The men walked in eight hours from Maja to Bucharest, and after resting a few hours at Collentina they were obliged to march (about 45 English mile-) to Giurgevo. During the whole time the men had nothing to eat but biscuit. It is not known what fluids the poor wretches had with them, but we are informed that the thermometer showed 77 degs. Fahrenheit. Tne Akerman politicians are getting excessively nervous, as you will perceive by the following plan of operations which they have drawn up for the Ades. The cambined fleets will make feigned attacks on Sebastopol and the Crimea ; but their real object will be to destroy the fortifications at the mouths of the Dniester, " which are not very stro ng ." I n t h eir operations they will be assisted by the Turkish army which is advancing through th e D o h ru d sc h a, and b y the steamers which will enter the Danube and attack Ismail. The fortifications of Akerman are continually strengthened, and the garrison reinforced by troops sent by water from Bender. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, July 26. The Dauntless screw steamer has arrived with sick and wounded from the Baltic fleet, among whom is Admiral Curry. The following is an extract from a letter received from Mr. Anderson, engineer on board hei Ma jesty's steam-ship Cuckoo, which forms one of Ad miral Plumridge's flying squadron : " On the morning of the 22d of June we set out for the Gulf of Bothnia. We had a French frigate in tow, and on the morning of the 23d we saw a strange sail make its appearance. We cast the frigate adrift, ran up to her, and gave her one shot to make her heave to, and when IN e came to her we found the men were Rus sian Finlanders, and the vessel was laden with barley and wheat. We took the car ,:o and set the men at liberty in the boat, which was a oraft of about 12 or 13 tons. We passed Hango-head Battery, and steered away round in the direction of Aland, and cast anchor about eight miles south of Lascar lighthouse. " About eleven p.m., on June 27, we saw a large brig coming right down. upon us; we could not make out what she was, as she had no colours up ; we watched her movements, and saw her men clear away her bulwarks ready for action, with her boats lowered, in order to be able to board us. Our gunmen, however, kept on deck watching. We were quite ready for burning powder with her, and when they saw our long gun manned, and us watching them, she put about before the wind and off with all sail, at the same time raising the Rus sian man-of•war flag. Our steani being down, and a stiff wind, she thought to get away from us, but we made her old timbers fly about as if she had been danc ing a polka ; she ran right through some shoals and rocks to get away, as we could not follow her there, but we kept the balls flying the nearest way, and caught her in about ao hour at the other side, withcut a soul on board; they all took to these small rocks ; their guns they flung all overboard but one, and that we broke with a shot, and it is a very small one. If we had been a merchantman we should have been taken prisoners, for there were two other vessels coming to assist ; the night being very foggy, and the water very shoally and rocky, and our steam not being up, we lost the other two ; they gut under a large battery before we could get within shot ; we took and set her on fire, after taking the mea surement of her ; she is worth about 541. to me as prize money. On July the 4th we took a cruise near Lascar light house ; saw four small boats loaded with provisions ; went ashore, and took cargo as prizes, and sent them adrift ; about eight tons each they would measure; they seem to carry on traffic with these small boats, running short stages from island to island, and there must be some large boats not far away to take their cargo, for they cannot trade on the seas very far with such craft. We went ashore on the small island, but could not see anything worthy of notice ; turned through the few houses that were there, but they were all deserted, so we took ourselves to duck shooting, and I was the only one who killed anything. I shot a couple of nice ducks with my pistol, a (Jolt's revolver, and I was not within fifty yards of either of them. On the sth re tut ned to our station, eight miles from Lascar light house, and lay at anchor until the 7th, at nine p.m., when we set out for Admiral Napier, with despatches from Admiral Pluturite ; and on the Bth, about three p.m., we chased a schooner and a brig under Elango head battery, and were obliged to retreat, so we reached the fleet in Barn Sound, near Onscar Light, about nine p.m. ; and when we joined the fleet they sent small boats alongside to sec what great feat we had accomp lished, for we had a Russian pennant up besides our own, and alto the Ruazian war 114. Deli7erel our despatches, and took in coal on Sunday afternoon, to be ready for sea when ordered ; so I expect to be off to Admiral Plunnridge this afternoon. The cholera is bad among the fleet ; some large ships have 160 men, some 100, others 70, and so on • and the smallest boat in the • service has some two or three sick, although not with Clloleri fi FR A.NCE. The Messager de Bayonne gives some details of the proceedings of the Emperor and the Empress at Biarritz. On their arrival all the poor of the neighbourhood placed themselves on the way of the Empress, and she gave money to them all. The Emperor, on his arrival, passed in review the 35th regiment of the line which was drawn up to receive him, and he invited the colonel to dinner. Their Majesties walk out frequently. The Emperor, the day after his• arrival, took the Empress to Port - Vieux, and leaving- her there with her ladies of honour, Went off on foot with M. Laity, the Pre fect, towards the Cote des Fous, and there entering the cabin of the bather Peal°, took one of the bathing-dresses which were hanging up, and then proceeding to the seaside entered the wa t er , a nd commenced swimming about amongst the other persons who were bathing there. Biarritz is described as exceedingly crowded, strangers hav ing come in from every side. The bathing women of Port-Vieux have waited on her Majesty and presented her with an address. Tho Emperor takes a good deal of walking exercise, and the health of their Majesties is described as excellent. —The Prefect of the Basses-Pyrenees has published the following proclamation : " Inhabitants of Biarritz, the Emperor and Empress are deeply affected by the marks of affection which you testify towards them ; but her Majesty having come to Biarritz to seek that repose necessary to her health, which is so valuable to us all, I beg you to refrain from any manifestations which may interfere with her free dom. Their Majesties, while receiving with gratitude the marks of respect and affection which are manifested on their passage, nevertheless wish not to be followed by the crowd in the walks which they take at Biarritz. The Prefect of the Basses Pyr4n4es, the interpreter of ' the sentiroents of their Majesties, is therefore convinced that you will accede to his recommendation, and that • ' their Majesties will only have to admire the respectful discretion with which you receive them. _ "A. LAITT. " Biarritz, 23d July." M. Gonzalez Bravo passed through Bayonne on the 24th, on his way to Madrid. A considerable number of persons have been arrested within the last few days in Paris. They are principally ouvriers, employed at the works of . the Louvre. - On the 15th of August there is to be a grand banquet in the Paris Crystal Palace. The number of convives will be 2,000. The Duke d'Elcliingen, son of Marshal NO', whose death has been announced by telegraph, died at Gallipoli of cholera. It is curious that the news reaches the French public from England, the French journals having been forbidden to announce the fact. SPAIN. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. A letter from Madrid, of the 21st, says : 41 ' is doubted whether it will be possible even for Espartero to maintain the Queen on the throne though aided by the representatives of the French and English Governments. It is difficult to giv' e , an idea of the exasperation of the populace against her Majesty—it is scarcely surpassed bTthat is felt against Maria Christina, the Munozes, Sttr" torious, Salamanca, and Cordova. I have heal' - it stated by Spaniards that the task of Espartsr e will not only be difficult, but may be dangerous' In the event of the voluntary or forced abdication n. of the Queen, the plan suggested is to establish * Regency, with Espartero at the head, or l ather t° • make him sole Regent, as in 1840, and then nisa ke arrangements for the future government, or, in other words, for the conferring the Crown on th e King of Portugal, and uniting the two countries under one common rule." The following is a letter from Paris, dated TtleP. day, 6 p.m. . A person who arrived this day in Paris from Madrid and which I believe he quitted on the 20th, states Oat at the moment of his departure there were cries in the streets of " Viva Espartero Viva el Regente del .86. 1 w e hasty la llegada del Rey de Portugal' Long 111 _ Espartero ! Long live the Regent of the king dom, until the arrival of the King of Portugal !" The idea 18v offering the crown of Spain to the King of Portug al not a new one. It has been long very general and elfb popular in the principal cities of Spain, and nearllt. year ago I communicated some particulars on that poi ° . The wish of the French, and I am disposed to bel icv : of the English Government is, that Espartero shall su c a ceed in making himself master of the si t ua tion; a.,, n '- keeping Queen Isabella on the throne. But before En partero can reach the capital it is possible that eventil may render such a solution, temporary as it may be. impossible. I learn that the people of Madrid, notwith;-, standing the calmness attributed to them by the Arcn r teur, are in a state of great exasperation ; and at WO moment, writing under the impression made by 018 knowledge of certain facts, I should say that it will requir.e all the energy an .l popularity even of the Duke of Victoria ' to make them support Queen Isabella. The norninat i % of General Cordova, and the attack ordered by hi ul °es the people with artillery, roused their indignation to Pub • highest pitch. They know that if he had succeeded in P u ting down the insurrection, the saute s 3 stem of Govern. . ; went as under Sartorious would have been persevered °' • and no change made except the formal establishreent.fe was a cruel despotism. The popular feelin g wa s so exci r, • that the new Cabinet, of which the D u k e d e Rivas • the head, and which was composed half of Moderad° and half of Progresistas, fell soon after its f or mation• oo It is really doubted here wh e th er it w ill b e P°sei."-- even for Espartero to maintain the Queen on the throne' He no doubt will do his best, and he will be aided by the representatives of the French and English Goverome ntB ° i But it is difficult t o g i ve an id ea o f t h e exaspera tion the populace again s t h er M l j es t y —i t i s scare d/ s rh r e passed by that w hi c h i s f e l t aga i nst M ar i a C hr i s ti n t, 2,lunozes, Sartorious, Salamanca, and Cordova. -r ~t . stated by Spaniard s th a t th e t as k o f E s p ar t ero will ° - 6 only be difficult, but may be dangerous. In the Ol e - of the voluntary or fo r c e d abdic a tion o f th e Q ue en, " a , plan suggested is to establish a Regency, w ith EsP' ol tero at the head, or rather to make him sole Regent rep 1840, and then make arrangements for the fot t !, o , government, or, in other words, for the conferring " crown on the Kieg of Portugal; and uniting the tvre countries under one common ruie. It is remarkable that the Orleanists and Fusioni sts are at this moment very active, and apparently 01 f joyous, because they hope to turn tho situatio n . Spain to their own advantage. The former de sir". a to secure the Regency for the Duke de Montpensier , the hope of his becoming King of Spain before J° n /4,. and the Fusionists are equally active in their efforts a effect a fusion between tl , c Count of Montemolin h, the Duke de Montpensier, in the same fashion as t o Orleans family and the Count of Chambord have b e - ir reconciled. Instructions are said to have been con un g o nicated to their friends and organs in France to pu r- 8 that object, and some are i n f a t ua t e d enoug h to beli ev e - 0 that the Spanish people would accept at their ' , s il o either the one or the other. A person who is gene r ,"„ s , employed in such secret missi ons b e t ween the pa l t i leaves Paris to-morrow, or the day after, for London► le, order it is alleged, to confer with the persons i n terest e o , Both have very little hope, indeed, that Queen Isabelto can preserve her throne, and they appear determin ed to turn her misfortunes, richly deserved as they ar e, their own profit. din The son of Maria Christina has, I am told, arriv e , d e Paris. It is believed that that lady is still in Ma d r e be and that, notwithstanding the reports of her escape, s 4, has found it too dangerous to attempt travelling throesS Spain. dr The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphi c spatches rat "BAYONNE, 24th.—Madrid is tranquil. Gen e Evariste San-Miguel has been named Captain-Genb. and Minister of War. The Junta has re-established ",j a municipality of 1843. The members of the diplora ti " body are convoked at the palace." .00 "PERPIGNAN, 24th.—Accordi ng t o th e accou nts g p i ' or .. by the Nacion, General Blaser has taken refuge in i ce d tugal. The names of O'Do nne ll an d E spar t ero a re in all the proclamatio ns o f th e J un t a o f M a d r id. P' e r, gossa, Valencia, Barc e l ona , C a di z, S evi ll e , Santa il- „, - $ r and Corunna are t ranqu il, an d or d er d oes n ot aPP" likely to be again disturbed in those places." o fe' What immediately led to th e sudden retrograde' ,° l- t merit of General Bl aser i s no t p os iti ve ly s t a ted, °, 12 1, 4 '0 all probability the same incident occurred as on the t of Torrijon de Ardos, in 1843, between the armil i o General Seoa n e and Narvaez ; namely, a fraterniz a an after a dozen shots were exchanged. This is what I g o ticipated. It is curious that it is the Minister of whose terrors are implied in his name, and nell, is the party who turns out s d be flying in hot ' t hat for a shelter in Portugal. We were b o often told o r O'Donnell's troops were wandering discontente d, d . et heartened, and miserable, deprived of leaders 3 , 1 . 1 .0 in counsel, meeting sympathy nowhere, and under, tn os e, fluence of panic, occasioned by the approach of 13,: flying to the Portuguese frontier.—Cosas de Eva° ' If THE MEDITERRANEAN TELEGRAPH. - GENOA , j ° ors 21.—The English steamer Pearian arrived at Geca l ',,,, - the 19th, having On board the wire cable that is t, ° „ - A li of nect the Continent with Corsica, then with the isit; Sardinia, and hereafter with Africa, The spot C ' - c 9 :ir for its terminus on the main land is the ea,stern mity of the Spezzia gulf. The Malfatano, a Sard inj i g t l war steamer, left yesterday at s even o ' c lock for SPe,,z-ble. in order to assist in the operation of sinking th e His Royal Highness the Prince of Carig nan, of the Fleet, arrived i n th e afternoon from "-- „ Ln i accompanied by several members of the Cabinet, 1 1 4- he embarked at ten o'clock on board the eteattt'eg gate Constitution, in o r d er t o w it ne ss this inrcre- : e a . operation. The French and English envoys bc d h e re w invited to accompany the Prince to Spezzirt, eve nt their presence would lend sanction to eniishy fraught w ith grea t i m p or t ance f or French, -r' n at t ba. t ha t and Sardinian interests. It is at Cape B oa cable is intended ultimately to connect Africa' from co ss t there the electric wires will be laid down along the i ,t as far as the heights of Malta, and fro m this Vvrom cable will join this island to the Continent• dof Cape Bon another cable will cross the reads i/6 t i e d.t a Tunis, and terminate at Carthage, whence tho-ew— wires will eater the French 1301 es:-.4olifi-in Alger