The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-16 00:00:00

usiasm len are [ trust pis is 1 good e.tween north „h e ad, )me of [ these of the on the a rrival urg an air Id it $ y Sea i ° 0 little is very h i s the is from an d W rt3 s ohiP j o g the o n the L a st tw° t 3slell 1 , 'r many Tecie-ere of :;":....1; In:II , : I. I cannot account for such excessive delicacy on their part, except perhaps, by their being the wives of some of the warriors the beach, who, perhaps, w era very jealous fellows. we took three of these people in our boat, and numerous :were their expressions of astonishment and Mashal- Llha' on seeing the ship and its contents. A book with Zterrs of Stamboul particularly elicited their admiration, out at the sight of a revolver and its six successive explosion of caps came a`Mashallah, Mashallah,' and k s hoot of laughter. On seeing an engraving of the b ands Sl ave , th e o ld gentleman laughed, and put his ~ ands before his eyes like the most sensitive of American 1 'lel- They ate bread and salt (the latter i s most '?a luable among them), and took back with them some charge s of powder. Bef .re coming off I noticed a mark of delicate feeling on the part of one of them. Seeing We were unarmed, he took off his pistols, knives, and labre, and, unslinging his rifle, insisted on leaving them i l h e chore b e hi n d hi m . When the admiral went on shore , e was at once recognised, and received as a prince ; and, on leaving, the whole of the hundreds of rifles were dis charged at once by their owners. "We left Bardan during the night, and in early morn ig Were off Navaginsk. Here the admiral sent a boat !Shor e to look at the destroyed fortress, where were still found, left behind, 24 brass guns. What a gift these W ould be to our friends the Turks at Redout - K aleh ! B y 4 • bye, I forgot to tell that those Turks are of the After leaving Navaginsk, we passed the blown -11, -, 11 Russian post of the Holy Ghost,' and then came k tgr i . " The Circassians are a remarkably good-looking race • tall and well made, and generally fair, some even of the older warriors having quite pink cheeks ; and, odd 4130 ngh, when one considers their roaming life, their feet and hands are remarkably small. They cut their skin Shoes to fit the foot exactly. In dress they carry a huge affair on the head, of the calpac species ; a high cone of yellow cloth rises from a forest of fur which encirc les the bead ; their coats are principally made of a coarse Woollen fabric, and reach far below the knee. The :higher orders have this of brilliant yellow cloth ; round "'le throat a linen under-garment buttons exactly, and L e ser this is frequently worn a smart silk affair, showing oetween the folds of the coat. In their breast they TarrY powder score of bone or ivory cases, filled with ° es") p, having the ball at the top. Some of the better sort wear smart scarlet leggings and yellow or red el iPPers; round the waist of all are fastened multitudi 'sun knives and pistols, upon a leather belt, and slung user the shoulder, in a cloth case, the rifle. They look altogether like a set of aristocratic savages. We were / d . I greatly disappointed that the birds had flown from t elendjik ; the plan of proposed attack was perfect ; t he plan for attacking Soudjee was also made out. At Sinope we found the place as mournful looking se Over—exactly in the state as when we first saw it, e xcept that two small forts have been erected. Not a Angle house is re-built, and the Russian shot are still scattered about ; even the Austrian Consul has not re . Paired the shot-holes through his domicile. Our Rus sian captives were mightily afraid of being left at Sinope ; In that case, they said, they were sure the inhabitants Turkish hang them. We looked through one of the Kurkish forts to-day. Its officer showed lively satisfac tion at our pantomime of the occupation of Redout- A•aleh by his brethren. All the muskets, swords, stores , lc., took are gone to be sold with the prize at Malta, , 0 Circassians being possessed of far better weapons of their own. We gave them, however, lots of shirts, and ll iatributed 20,000 rounds of Russian ball cartridge. We Captured a Russian gun-boat with the brig, fully e quipped, and have kept it in tow and used it constantly:" RUSSIAN PRIZES AT MALTA. -A. letter from Malta of the 7th states that the llussian vessels the Elchina, freighted with salt, and the Craffni Kiti, freighted withlinseed, which .here captured off Odessa, on the 19 th ult., by the • French frigate the Descartes and the English s teamers the Retribution and the Niger, had ar- Tted in that port under the command of two glish officers, and were about to be condemned a s lawful prizes by the Admiralty Court. MOVEMENTS OF THE AUSTRIAN TROOPS. Th e Universal German, Gazette says :—" It is r emarkable that all the troops which belong to the 13 everal corps stationed in Galicia, or which are marching in that direction, have received orders to hasten their arrival as much as possible , whet her they employ railway or steamers, or make forced larches. A company of Engineers has been sent greatest haste from Breda to Cronstadt, in xrans3lvania to defend with entrenchments the Passages which to the south of that town lead to Transylvania. All this shows how little cause t here was for the rumour that the levy of 95,000 men was suspended. In the present state of things );t here does not appear any further chance of a pa solution. ~ RUSSIAN TACTICS ON THE DANUBE. The Pays has an article on the news of the the having established their head - q uarters in "le capital of Moldavia. This journal does not regard the movement as an indication of an inten tion to evacuate the Principalities of the Danube, but as a proof of the determination of the Emperor of Russia to reject the demand of Austria, and Prepare for the consequences of the rejection. It is of opinion that the Emperor of Russia would consider himself disgraced in the opinion of his own 1111 bjects, and irreparably injured in his political Influence in Europe, by a compliance with the attulmons of the Austrian Cabinet, which is said to , ts?;ve been backed by a direct applicat i o n from the Bing of Prussia. This, however, is not the only Obstacle to the arrangement proposed by Austria. Now that the Emperor of Russia has acquired a conviction that his designs upon Constantinople Um for the present, at least, impracticable, and !hat the continuation of the war, although he may 10 Pe to preserve his fleets from destruction by 4 ceeping them under the protection of his fortresses, niust soon impoverish his treasury, and misery for hi s people, he might be disposed to treat for p eace if he could obtain by the evacuation of the Prin cipalities and the withdrawal of his army of invasion, the re-establishment of things on the same footing as they were before the mission of Prince Menschikoff, for with time the pro - Sects _of Russia in the East might be resumed tinder more favourable circumstances, if she should have the same means .of realising them ; but ~the Emperor of Russia thinks p robabl y that, • ,however willing Austria and Prussia may be to accept such a solution of the present dispute, the Governments of France and England would de band new guarantees, which, if granted, would render impossible any new attempt to obtain pos session of Turkey, or reduce her sovereign to a State of vassalage. If, as the Pays says, the Em peror of Russia does not consider it consistent with 4114 honour or his interest to yield to the represen tations of Austria, and thinks it necessary to at tempt to place himself by some signal advantage in position to treat as an equal, if not exactly as a . conqueror, the same consideration must have equal weight with his-adversaries, who can hardly be ex ' Pected to retire from the contest with the suspicion that they had undertaken to do more than they could accomplish, and without an indemnity for the enormous expenditure to which they have been put by the pretensions of Russia. MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE RUS SIANS IN THE DOBRUDSCHA. The Wallachian correspondent of the Vienna Medical Journal, who is evidently completely dis couraged and disgusted, wrote on the Ist of June : "The embarrassment of the Russians in the Dobrud scha increases from hour to hour. The outposts are con tinnallyannoyed, deceived, attacked, and taken unawares by th e Turkish irregulars, who receive all possible assist ance from the malevolent inhabitants of the country. These people, who inhabit holes in the earth, the roofs of which are not higher than a horse's back, alone know where the few wells with drinkable water are to be found, and they can always manage to collect some little forage and provision for the hostile army, and are besides most indefatigable spies. For us they have no thing, and being full of the low cunning and faithless ness which characterise the Wallachians and Slaves who are under the Ottoman yoke, we cannot even depend on them for the assistance which is so much required by our unhappy sick and wounded men. If one of their burdehs is entered it is generally found empty, the inhabitants having altogether fled, or being concealed in some other burrow. There is neither chair, table, bed, nor linen in these holes. The light of day enters only through the doorway, and one is almost obliged to creep into a kind of cellar, which is filled with smoke and foul smells. If we want to pre pare our own provisions, we must find wood, water, and vessels. The villages and hamlets are entirely composed of such miserable places as those above described. Even as regards towns, it is not necessary to make any great change in my description of B asa r ds ch ik and Rust• chuk. Kainardji consists of miserable huts constructed of twisted brushwood, with a rough coating of clay, and a shutter, which is opened in the morning and closed in the evening, serves instead of a window. It is only in the more civilised places on the Danube, such as Hirsova, that one sees windows with glass, or instead of it bladders of oxen or swine. As a consequence of this comfortless state of things we are obliged to remove our sick and wounded as quickly as possibl3, and their transport is effected by means of the returning provision trains. Our largest temporary hos pital is at Slobosia. All the patients were removed from Hirsova, the day before yesterday, and the sick have already been conveyed from Isaktcha, Tultscha, and Riliato Reni. Those who can be removed from Bz allow, Odaia-Vezirului, Kalarasch, and Oltenitza are trans ' ported to Fokschani, and thence in the direction of Jassy and Leova. These arrangements probably arise from a desire not to have the hospitals near the Danube, over filled. In truth, we from day to day require more roo m and accommodation ! Rassova, Silistria, and Tur tukai continue to decimate and dishearten our troops, and this affords ill-concealed and mischievous joy to the Wall, hians and Moldavians who are around us. It is a proof of the sinking courage of the conquerors' and • liberators under which titles the Popen (Greek ' priests) iu particular do homage to us—that the police is Ao longer so severe about expression of countenance and political sentiments. The efforts to take Silistria, which have been as fruitless as they are fearfully sanguinary, have not only disheartened the common soldiers, but even the superior officers and commanders. The present system izt nr , t wa;ing rar. It is dragg,ing men to the slaughter-house—it is sending them to certain death." RESULT OF THE TESCHEN CONFERENCE. The Hanover Gazette, under date of Berlin, 12th, says : " We have received from an authentic source the fol lowing particulars relativo to the conference at Tescben. The Sovereigns of Prussia and Austria came to an un derstanding as to the arrangements necessary fur carry ing into execution the treaty of alliance of the 20th April. The principal object of the conference was the demand for the evacuation of the Principalities addressed by Aus tria to Russia on the 3d inst. This demand was made by Austria alone asan independentact, and unconnected with the stipulations of the Austro-Prussian treaty. There resulted from this a doubt for Prussia—namely, whether there should be attributed to this demand, which, ex cept in form, was perfectly in accordance with the treaty, the character of summons provided fur by it. On this point a perfect understanding has been come to at Tes chen, and Prussia admits that the summons made was in conformity with the treaty, and it was agreed that no fresh summons should be sent, but that Prussia should confine herself to supporting that already sent by Aus tria. These facts explain the mission of Colonel Man teuffel, who is to go to St. Petersburgh to convey a note from Prussia supporting the summons made by Austria." SERVIA. The Prussian Correspondence contains a letter from Belgrade of the 4th, which says :—" To the communication made by the Turkish Governor, Izzed Paella, to the Servian Government, that Austria had the full concurrence of the Western Powers and of Turkey to enter, if necessary, Albania, Epirus, Thessaly, and Montenegro , and that Servia would be similarly treated if she became the theatre of hostilities against Turkey, the Servian Government replied by the most pacific assurances, and declared that the country was not by any means animated by hostile feelings towards the Ottoman Government." EXPORTS OF PROVISIONS PROHIBITED FROM RUSSIA. The following telegraphic despatch is from Ber lin :—" Accounts from Warsaw of the 12th state that the prohibition against the export of any kind of provisions, with the exception of wheat, has just been renewed with the most severe prescriptions. The export of provisions which was formerly free when intended for Cracow is also prohibited." RUSSIAN RULE IN MOLDAVIA. The last accounts from Moldavia state that the Baron de Budberg, who was installed on the 23d ult., at Jassey, as Civil Governor of the province, had caused three Boyards to be arrested for not obeying the last decree of the military authorities, and issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, en joining them to pay by anticipation the second half-year of the war contribution before the sth of June. WIDDIN. The following letter is from a military officer at Widdin, dated the 6th inst. : " I have only time for two words, which, with the above date, will no doubt surprise you. The men all so comfortable and happy at Krajova, after having pushed on to Slatina, which the Russians had definitively abandoned after their defeat at Karokal. The order reached us in the middle of the night to leave without delay, and proceed by forced marches—guess to what place ?—to Shumla—that is, we have 130 leagues to march, under a tropical heat. The Russians evacuate definitively the whole of Little Wallachia, and are concentrating in Bulgaria where they are to the num ber of 150,000. The Turkish army and the allies follow their movements. The whole of our forces are about to be concentrated between Rustchuk, Silistria, Shutnla, and the Dobrudsha, while the force left in Little Wallachia will not be more than is absolutely necessary for a military occupation. We are glad to find ourselves once more under the orders of Omar Pasha, but still sorry to quit Wallachia—that land of promise. The whole of the cavalry and artillery has come from Krajova to Widdin without stopping. I only reached the latter place about an hour ago. We have had no fresh affair since the combat of Kara kal. We are preparing to set out for Lorn, and expect to arrive to-morrow." GREECE. A letter from Athens of the 9th in the Moniteur, says : " News from the provinces and the frontier continue to be satisfactory. The defeat of Kara Tassos, in Mace donia, is confirmed." The following letter from Salonica, of the 31st ult., is given in the Afoniteur : " After a first check, Tchami Kara Tassos established. his head-quarters at Gonitza, where he occupied with 600 or 700 men the three villas belonging to the con-• vents of Mount Athos. He had in that spot a depot of stores and ammunition. He besides placed a corps of: about 200 men in the villages of Larigovi, Paleocori, and Novocello. The Turkish troops att icked the Hel lenes at Gonitza, and carried that position after a corn. bat of several hours' duration. The depot of provisions and ammunition of Tchami Kara Tassos, his articles of equipment. amongst other things 700 cloaks, some arms, and two standards remained in the power of the: Turks. Some muskets, the two standards, the seals of the Greek chief, and some of his papers, amongst which are minutes of despatches to the Hellenic Government, have been sent here. The insurgents had 280 killed.- According to information sent to the Pacha of Salonica., the chief Tchami Kara Tassos and the main body of his force have retired within the territory of Mount Athos... Two suspicious schooners have been, besides, seized by the Turkish cruisers—one at Saint Nicholas, and the other at the little port of Daphn6, in the Gulf of Monte Santo ; they have been conveyed to Volo, the centre of the naval station." FR ANCE. The state of the weather has, for one day, a.t least, superseded the interest of the Eastern question. Since Wednesday we have had four and-twenty hours of constant rain, and even now there is no prospect of its ceasing. Since thf 3 commencement of the present year we ham heard nothing from farmers but a succession of complaints. The beginning of winter was un naturally warm. The cold commenced in spring and destroyed the vineyards. Then came a drought, which lasted so long that it was thought we should have no hay or straw; and noon comes so much rain, that it looks as if we should have no corn. To-day the alarm is becom ing really serious—so serious, that it has created not only a rise in the price of wheat and flour iu the market, but has affected the price of the pub lic funds on the Bourse. Hitherto, however, the crops do not appear to have suffered. A week ag o they looked magnificent in the neighbourhood of Paris ; and although the rain is said to have since lodged a considerable portion of the wheat, the injury is so slight that a good breeze and a few days' fine weather will put all right again. In the meantime, however, the weather looks so threa t eninff that speculators. begin to operate upon it. In Normandy the double kilogramme of wheat has risen to 98f. The number of troops embarked from France and Algiers for Turkey, up to the 10th of June, amounts to 72,000 men, and the embarkation of troops is still going on with great activity. The camp of .Boulogne is to consist of 48,04)0 men. The troops will assemble on the 15th of July. The cholera has broken out with great intense- ness at Dijon and its neigbourhood. — ln one small village of only 200 souls there have been 80 cases within a few days, out of which there are 15 deaths. It is announced (says the Siecle) that MM. A. Roux, Lebel, and Co., who have also a house at Hamburg, have entered into an engagement with Admirals Parseval Deschenes and Penaud to supiply. with provisions the French fleet in the Baltic. T his firm has established a service of steamers, the first of which will take its departure from Lubeck on the 17th of this month, and continue to make trip each week. The first cargo, consisting of live oxen and sheep, flour, butter, vegetables, &c., has been placed on board the Franz-Frederic.... All the young conscripts of the ye ar 1853 are at present on their way to join the reg iments which have been assigned them. The continued wetness of the weather is be ginning to excite some uneasiness amongst the public, and the French Funds were considerably affected yesterday, by apprehensions concerning the hay-crop, and the coming corn-harvest. The Three per Cents. have fallen lf. 15c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. lf. 10c., at 70f: 60e., and 96f. 50c. Bank of Franco Shares have de clined. 20f., Mortgage Bonds 10f., and the shares of the Societe Mobiliere 20f. Foreign Funds have tended slightly downwards. Railway Shares have declined 10f. to 20f. each. Exchange on London (short), 24f. 971 c., money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 70c. money. SPAIN. There is nothing of political interest in the Mad-- rid journals of the 10th. Heavy rains had fallen and the weather had become hot. A letter from a ministerial source says :—" Calm continues, and the ministry is tranquilly pursuing its course without noticing the rumours that are spread. In a few days the Court is to leave for La Granja, and this year all the ministers will tat e up their residence in that place as long as thefLr Majesties remain there. The Marquis de Turgot is to leave to-morrow for France to take the mine ral waters of Das. The news from the provinces is very satisfactory ; Everywhere the most coat plate tranquillity prevails." ITALY. The Ticino Gazette of the 9th publishes a tele graphic despatch announcing that the orders for raising the blockade have arrived at Milan. THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1854. S HARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) Leasing Compans. .ilosing Prices vest rday. Business this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Loudon & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Busin vs done this day. CA.Nrthn. l Caldonian. c Y o Gt. Westn k. New. & Berw. V. &NYId D 0....... D 0......... S. Eastern Do INorfolk.. G.& N. W . & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. E. Vomit. Do Do L. &N.W I &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn l D 0......... Lancash& Yorksh. 11.1.1 Clean - s'tockt. & Darlingt. r4tWestn. biti) ilOttiotts, ASCOT RACES. (TIT. S DAY. ) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOPS. Epaminondas . Weathercock . Three ran. FIRST CLASS WOKINGHAM STAKES Hobby Horse Octavia I St. 1 20 .. 1 I 31 GREAT WESTERN TTAKES. Dead heat with Diana and Kennyside Hero. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following private bills were considered and agreed to :—Blyth and Tyne Rail way, New Valley Drainage and Navigation, Newport Improvement, North London Railway, and the Ryde Improvement. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bangor and Canarvon Railway, Darlington Local Board of Health, Hilgay Great West Free Drainage, Ouse and Dervrent, &c., Drainage, Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway. The following bills were considered and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time :—Chapel-en-le-Frith Roads, Londonderry Post, Paisley Waterworks (No. 2.), and the Patent Solid Sewerage Manure Company Bill. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the opening of the public houses on Sundays. A number of petitions were also presented, praying for the abolition of Church rater 4s. Colonel BLAIR presented a petition from a place In Scotland against the Manses and Glebes Bill. VALUATION OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. The details gave rise to considerable discussion, but they were of no general interest whatever, except to the distant part of the country to which the measure relates. [LEFT SITTING.] LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) I V, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE MOSS. This bankrupt had carried on business as a tea and colonial broker in Little Tower-street, and to-day came up for his certificate. The balance sheet extends only over ten months. The solicitor to the assignees opposed on the ground of ex cessive expenditure, the profits having been 1211., and the domestic and personal expences 3001. ; travelling expenses, 801.; assets, nil. It was contended that the bankrupt ought to have come before the court before he became so.involved, as he now owed 5001. His Honour said that the bankrupt could not have come before the Court on his own motion, as the law required that in such cases the petitioner should swear he was possessed of sufficient to pay a dividend of ss. in the pound. A man's hands were therefore tied in that respect, and he was deprived of the power of doing jus tice to his creditors to the extent of his means when he found himself going down. Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, said, one-third of the personal expenses had been incurred for medical attend ance, and the travelling expenses had been in the trade. The bankrupt had previously carried on a profitable business. His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the third class. BANK CFTARTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Observing some remarks of late in the different newspapers, on the Bank charters of 1844, 1815, and 1846, I am surprised that not a single hint is given about the immense sums of unclaimed moneys that continue to remain in hands of all the old banking companies in England, and Ireland, and Scotland also. These companies have hitherto been realising large profits from such depo sits, and it is impossible for the shareholders to put the annual interest, or dividends on the unclaimed moneys into their pockets in strict honour or honesty. These funds belonged to our forefathers and their heirs, or next of kin, and ought to be now paid over, with the interest annually due, to the Commissioners who manage the National Debt, and applied in part to pay off the debt due to the Bank of England, upon a receipt or obligation that the various sums will be paid to the par ties who are the heirs or next of kin to the original depo sitors ! As to the renewal of the charter to the Bank of England, so far back as 1822 Mr. John Smith, M.P., stated. in Parliament that he decidedly ob jected, because the directors could not give an equiva lent for such a valuable monopoly ! The question now must very soon be discussed ! Is the Bank Charter to be renewed and continued for over, or when is it to have an end? It is gross absurdity to continue the monopoly a single year longer, because the directors cannot at all times advance the moneys required for the business of the Government, and continue to discount the enormous amount of bills of exchange daily presented to them ; and being so tied up by the stringent measures and clauses in the charters for 1844, 1845, and 1846, they are so awkwardly placed, that they are compelled to raise the interest on the loans and bills they discount, and put on the screw, as they term it, that the whole trade of the country is deranged. By referring to the speeches in May, 1847, in both Houses of Parliament, Lord Brougham stated as an undoubted fact, that paper of the very best description had been refused to be discounted the past week at 12 per cent., and in the north of England traders had large orders from America ; but in consequence of the want of money they could not execute them, and were obliged to stop their mills, and throw a great number of people out of employment. 12th May.—The pressure for money very severe. Interest on Exchequer bills proposed to be raised to 3d. per day. 16th May.—lt was estimated that there were 40 millions of sovereigns in circulation. Mr. Hume recommended 1/. notes to be again issued—Lord George Bentinck knew one house that had 40,0001. sterling of silver, and could not raise any money on it ! Now, the late advance of the interest to 5i per cent. by the Bank directors, in the opinion of many intelligent mer chants and bankers, was rather premature, especially as the value of money continues so reasonable in France, and in Holland, and large arrivals of specie and gold dust are expected from Australia.—Trusting that you may consider the above worth your notice in your next paper, you will much oblige a constant reader and a supporter of our able Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Your obedient servant, COMMON SENSE. Cheapside, London, Juno, 185}. P.S.—lf any further advance in the rate of interest takes place, there will, to a certainty, be public meetings announced similar to those at the end of May, 1847. THE WESTMINSTER ANNIVERSARY.. — It iS expe•^.ted that there will be a great gathering of Old Westminsters at the anniversary to be held at the Thatched House on Wednesday next. The relation of Westminster School with the universities is, at the present time, a matter of great moment and interest ; and Old Westminsters will, no doubt, delight to honour the health of their gallant 11 school-fellows in the East, four of whom are at the very height of their profession in each department, namely, Lord Raglan, the Earl of Lucan, General Cator, and Lord de Ros. THE BELISABIUS PICTURE.—This splendid picture, by Salvator Rosa, which has for so many years been com paratively unknown to the public, is now, by the kind ness of the present owner, being exhibited, among other works of ancient masters, at the British Institution. The picture was given by Frederick the Great to the first Marquis of Townshend, and it has lately descended A to Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P. for Tamworth, who has taken the earliest opportunity of exhibiting it. The excellence of this picture as a work of art may be esti mated by the fact, that 10,000 guineas have been more than once offered to the family for the picture, and de- caned. ?)3ESIGNS OF RUSSIA ON FINMARE.— Recent advices 2 from the Norwegian province of Finmark, near the nor- 1 thorn frontier of Russian Lapland, contain the follow ing remarks on the designs of Russia in that quarter :-- " The Russians are collecting forces in Finland, appa rently to threaten Sweden and Norway. They are also anxious to get this northern part, which would provide them with fine shelter for their fleet, with the means of putting to sea at any season of the year, as our Fiords here do not freeze unless the water be very shallow." GAME PRESERVING EXTRAORDINARY. —A. correspon dent says :—" A novel plan is adopted to preserve the game on the estates at Westley Bottom, near Newmar ket, and very much to the injury and annoyance of the farmers, who are not allowed to sport, and sometimes lose their dogs in a very mysterious manner. An exact account is kept (the more exact as nearly all are sent to market) of the number of hares killed on the estates during the season, and at its termination the men em ployed on the farms receive for every hare so killed 2d., while the shepherds on the estates receive 3/. 10s., and this for preserving hares during the breeding season, so that they may live to eat up the produce of their mas ter's farms. During the last season the enormous num ber of 849 hares were killed by the landlord and his friends on the Westley Manor, and the sum received by the men for hare money,' besides the allowance to shei . herds, was 71. ls. 6d., the day selected for paying this money being Good Friday, when the men had what they a regular jollification,' and not being able to ex pend the whole of the money on that day, they returned to their revels on the Saturday. Can this system be justified ? It is reckoned, also, that three hares will consume as much as one sheep." TgE Alooßsou SHELL.—The Derby hereury pub lishes a letter from an officer on board the Clesar who witnessed the bombardment of the Hango Forts. He says it was beautiful to observe the manner in which 11loorsom's new shells struck and bursted on the Rus sian batteries ; they will prove a most deadly missile during the present war. The Russians fired with great precision and with much pluck ; but the Dragon was the only vessel injured to any exten:;. I went on board of her after the cessation of firing, and found that fifteen shot had penetrated her hull, but, most providentially, only one man was killed ; a cannon ball took off his leg, and he died from hemorrage in twenty minutes. No other man was wounded, if we except one brave fellow who lost the use of his nose by a splinter. Jack immediately wiped his nose, and vowed, in not the most elegant terms, that he would have a "Roosian" for it; no doubt he exacted ample vengeance. Speaking of the affair at Eckness, he says a little grape and Moorsom told with a terrible effect on the Russian s.)ldiers. 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Railway ..... all Hull & Selby all Do. 3 Shares. all Do. ; Shares. all Lon.b/Greenw all Do. Preference, 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. LOO Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Extn. and Matlock all Aiddlesbro' Redcar. all Aidld.Bradfd all Northern and Eastern sp. c. MA. Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p e all Prest. & Wyre 12 Do. Shares. .00 Roystn.& Hit. .00 Do. Shepth. St Shef.nothanci Goole g. 5 p. c. 9 S. Staltordsh. all Wear Valleygi 6, per cent... all IDo 100 Wilts&Somrat !Paid.l LOO Aberdeen 8 0 Ambg Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junet... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birmiug. Wolvcrh. Stour Valley 28 Birkeuhd. Laacsh. & Cheshire Janet all Do. Chesh. NSE £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O 30 Rlyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all_ Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall l Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. all Dundee Porth&Aber &en Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 86 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh &Glasgow 56 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &l)unelee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwali 86 Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,11&8... ( Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 426 Do., £5O. 34 Do., £4O all Lnudrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland [OO Do. Birmn g. & Derby 47i Kidld. G. West. (Ira.) 176 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 54 Do., Bury Extension. 19 Nwpt.Aberg. &Md 7l Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3 Northu.Counties Un. 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., 6 A Deferred ...I 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London - 54 Do. New £lO 1/ is N .&S.Wstrn.,llarrip stead, and City Jn 176 North Staffordshire all N orth Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester 1100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. &N. Weston] Guaranteed Sittk • 10 Shrewsby. & Herold all Shrewsby. & (loam (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves,l all Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union _ Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun! 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. WO NIT Vale . 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfil. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 YorkNewctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 130 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N.Midlaud LO 9 5 3 ?,0 8 MI 2s, FOREIGN. 4ntwerp4Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroidt Erquelin Demerara Dijon andßesancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do.. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Jd. Junet. of France Grd. Trunk of Cana& Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt. Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bo,lids (Ist is. )'57 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const, & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a's p. c.l pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Prc f Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva , Lyons & Mediterran. Niadras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (finy.B.& AMB.Shs , NorwegianTrunkPrel Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds .. ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Chorbrg. i Quebec & Richmond Rouenay Danishaudlla vre Royal Swedish ......... Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5A p. cent. Prof. iouthcrix of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ......... West Flanders ........ Do ri A per c. Pref... 1 Western of Frame... ' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... iZealand ............... - 30 - lt - 20 d— i P - 3 1) 4( 1 1 a P : .d .8 ad - P 19 - 19} - AP 7 -9 P die , . -- • „d 1— i d ... -•• id-i•P • • • .•• '-' • .. Si 9 iia -- iii - 161 - 171 ... - ••• 45 - 47 38 - 39 301 • - 311 ... - Pm 18 : 1 2 d d parl -- 8i ..„ - pm 3 .7- I 5 - ©pi .. ...-• ... 'ail - - *4ll MISCELLANEOUS Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Ma il Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada ................. Crystal Pa1ace....... Do. New.... ...... Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam ........ Electrit Telegraph(A) Do. (B) ................. Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Stew Irish Beetroot Sugar .lagclalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land—, N. S. W. Coal & Inter, Steam Navigat. Co 1 N. B. Australasian.. Do. New .............. 10 Nrth. (ABuropeStesan all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina all Peninsular& Oriental 35 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all S'abmar. Telegraph all Do. Registered. ....... 2t3 Wm* Diemen Land 43 - i 1. - 777 80 - 85 5g - 4 5a I iii 1- - fi6 - i 1- il i - li ..• - B - i - iP _ 2 36 - 38 k - - 1 12 14 all L 76 all 20 14 20 9 0 2 5 all !() 10 :5 76 )0 40 )0 all ?,0 10 Wi all NI all AI 6 5 all 20 15 10 10 5 2 5 3 10 5 20 8 20 12 20 13A 33! 1 . 4 33 10 all 2f 2 20 20 1 all 16 1 all 0 all .0 all !O 10 All I all .t 0 I all !O 10 LO4 104 !O all 20 12 5 2 20 all To I 6 !CI 8 8 all LO all ?.0 10 10 7 20 2 20 15 5 all .).5 17/ j .).0 14 10 8 10 4 61 1 )0 32i 5 5 5 3A 4 2 15 20 15 all 1 1 L 5 14 20 18 20 7 20 10 1 all 10 3 2 1 St. 20 10 12 50 40 25 25 20 20 50 20 10 994 34 100 114 6 ' .0 82j 120 St. 191 5 62i t 5 13a St. 50 per cent 63 i 5 . 1 10 25 10 L. 0.6 dis 71- St. 12/ 20 25 __________-- s°l 25 • I 17 Pm 25 4 - 2 4 94 - 96 94 - 96 132 - 134 LO3 - 105 514 - 524 254 -26 A 124 - 134 224 - 234 21 - 2i • ... - ;;:. 93 -- 9 3 56 - 58 ad xd ii 1 lid, - 29 91 - 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent._ 64 Cork &Banclonsip.c. E all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction all EastAngliam (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip . ' Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Delientr.Sh -100 .East Lancash. 6p. eta. all East and West York shire June. Pref all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5. per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. C. prem. 10 ,Do. 4A p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & liants'Ex. 5 p. c) top Do. cov. red. 41 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock . 13 Leeds N. 6p.c. No 1 9 Do. Quarters, IS4S 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c . . 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. C. Si. all kDo. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 guneaton :00 00 D r,o o n ..lle N w . G w u . a , r C .6 o 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler Shares all Londy.&Ennis.A Sh all Han., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, 110 . 44 ,Do. £6 all Warypt & Carl. 4 p. c. all •Do 4i per cent _ 1N Do LOCI Aid. Consol.6 p.e.St ,00 Do. Consol. Bristol & Ilirm. 6 per cent 1 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pief. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. 5 p. c. Eat IGO Do. 5i per ct . pref.._ 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. 15 8i 8 10 15 Do all Scot. Cent. , New Pret all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. all Shrewaby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 44 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. sliper cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guer all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all ;1 3 ockton and Hartle pool, guar. "5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. L lOO York, Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do 10 l'ork&N.Midla.ndll , and S. Pura 6i 3 - 31 - eg liP t lip 13f -13 i 22 -- 24 1• ....' ••• ~ '-'. ... 3 - 3i 1115 -- 117 .07 - 10 - ri - •• -"' 96 - 87 91 Id [33 101 pai 1.35 MINES all Aetna Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian ; 2 Australasian . 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Avo Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all BLaeuarvon Ir. dt Coal all British Austrlu. Gold 13.5 British Iron . 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocacis & Cuiacla 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek 2 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica_ all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper MM. of Eng all Do. Prof. p. cent all English and Austria. Copper Smeltg . Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.diCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 )lexican&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining, and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silvo, Lead Miu. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymnoy Iron 15 Do. New I.oi Santiago de Cuba all Fouth Australian 7 MI Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia 1 t all Yuba JOINT-S' all I Australasia all British Colonial Bauk -_____ and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Unk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 12 English Scottish and Australian 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joiut Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. Now 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 itoyal Australn.l3kg & Gold Imp Co , all ' - iouth Australia all Union of Australia 2; Do. Now ••• 10 Union of London•.. 47a 48. ... 43 - 45 70 - 72 7 - 9 FEMALE WAITERS.—The guests of the Clarendon, one of the mo-t fashionable hotels in New York, are now waited upon by female waiters. The girls are se lected for their neat h a bits, healthy, cleanly appear ance, and are dressed in plain uniform. 1 10 1 1 50 50 100 100 id - - 4 1 - 10 7 7 -- 2i 32 i d - 46 - i - 12 - 60 - 4p it - 21 I - .i. .. - ... - 1 1 - $ 10 - 11 - 6 - - ••• 17 - 19 - 35 94 4 5 2 4 34 4 a •o. '—• i ''''' - BANKS. 81 - 82 1 -- ~~d .. - ... d 3i - 3 21. - 214 MARECET ITIS DA Y.) CORN EXCHAN-GE. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was limited - -hence, the show of samples was small. For most kinds we had only a moderate inquiry. In prices scarcely any change took place. For red Baltic wheats we had a fair inquiry, at full quo tations ; all other kinds moved off slowly, on former terms. Very few floating cargoes were reported. Barley, the supply of which was but moderate, ruled inactive, at late rates. Malt was dull, but not cheaper. Thera was a moderate supply of oats on the market, for which the inquiry was steady, at late rates. In beans and peas scarcely auy business was doing, on former terms. The flour trade was tolerably firm, but no advance took place in the quotations. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 740 ARRIVALS TIIIS WERE. Barley. I Malt. 10 I 1,020 12,910 1 , 1,880 °at 6o 1° 1 ' 40 .. 6,g00 -- 6,070 I,2losks 6,010brl SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality. All breeds met a very dull sale, at a decline in Monday's prices of quite 2d per 81bs. Sheep, the number of which was seasonably good, moved off heavily, and the quotations gave way 2d per 81bs. We had a very dull inquiry for lambs, at a fall of 2d per Blbs, and a clearance was not effected. The supply of calves being large, the veal trade was heavy, at 21 per Slbs less money. Pigs were dull, and lower to purchase. Mulch cows sold slowly, at from 141. to 191. 5s each, in eluding their small calf. Per albs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.) nferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0' Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, dx. 4 6 4 8' Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4 Lambs TOTAL scrrtv. Betsts ...... ••.• •• 1,000 Sheep ••••• • • • • .• 9,000 Calves . .••.. • • 404 Piga ea •• •• •• •••• 380 s. d. s. d. ( Prime Southdoxvn 4 6 410 :Large erse. calves 310 4 4 Primo small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves ..22 0 28 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 4s Sd to 5s 10d. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts • .. ••••.. •• .... . 220 Sheep .. ••• • •• .... ...... 410 Calees... ••••• .. • ......... 320 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled heavy at this market to-day at drooping prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. s. d. s. d. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling ..... 3 6 4 2 Do., prime largo 3lO 4 0 Do., prime 44 4 6 Do., do. small ....4 0 4 2 Veal 3 8 4 8 Pork, large 34 4 0 Pork, small ........ 42 4 8 Lamb 4s 6d to 5s Ski. BORO UGH HOP. So extremely unfavourable are the accounts from the plantations that some parties call the duty only 100,000 1 . The demand is active, and prices are on the advance. The imports are 26 bales from Rotterdam, and 20 ditto from Hamburgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 71. 7s to 101. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 71. 10s to 9/. 5s ; Sussex ditto, 6/. 15s to 8/. 15s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been a quiet market for all descrip. Lions. West India, early in the week was in demand al Gd decline, which has not been wholly recovered. Bar badoes sold at 34s 6d to 37r Gd for mid to good yellow, and fine at 31s per cwt. Nevis brought 30s to 32s 6d for brown, and 33s to 34s for low to mid yellow. Crystalised Demerara, however, brought full rates,viz. 31s Gd to 41s. East India has been inactive. Brown date Bengal was taken in at 28s per cwt. Mauritius went at full prices for the better kinds, but other sorts w ere cheaper, good to very fine yellow at 34s 6d to 37s 6d, low to mid at 32s 6d to 345, ord to fine brown at 283 6d torn 325, refining at 31s to 365, and good to fine ny at 33s 64 to 42i per cwt. Foreign—Not much has been done. Porto Rico realised 31s to 385 6d for low to good yellow, and 41s for fine. Sound white Havannah in bond was taken in at 25e to 27s Gd. and yellow at 23e to 233 but washed white was sold at 22s to 21s Gd, and yellow at 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. Refined has been supported, though dealers operated with caution. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been in request, and prices have tended upwards ; mid to good b bold colony sell inn. at 56s to 6Gs, fine fine ord small to low mid at 53s Gd to 55s Gd, good mid to good at 61s to 643, mid at 53s to 60s, peaborry at 62s to 655, and triage at 37s 6d. to 54s per cwt. Good ord Native went at 43s to 43s 6,1, and fine ord at 43s to 43s Gd. Jamaica low and mid brought 53s to 583, good and fine ord 47s to 50s, and triage 38s to 42s per cwt. Mocha has been steady at 72s to 74s Gd for long berry, and at 44s to 46s for triage. RUM.—Prices are a shade lower. COTTON.—There have been fair sales. Market has been rather inactive, without any material change in prices. Madras fair pinky went at 116 9d, cargo at lOs Gd, and low yello w barle y grain at lOs to lOs Gd. Bengal good siftings brought 118 6d ; and Moul mein mid part peeled 4s Gd per cwt. Privately there have been some large purchases. SPlCES—Ginger has been quiet. Bengal in bond obtained 17s Gd, but was afterwards sold at 17s. Allepe pepper was held for full rates. Batavia mid light brown sold at 3id to 4d. Pimento has been steady, at Sid to 41 for good ord and mid. Nutmegs firm ; mid brown Batavia slightly mouldy at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and mid limed at 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Grenada small brown is Bd. Mace was supported, and Cassia Lignca TEA.—A moderato business has been done at lld to 114 d for sound Congou. SALTPETRE.—A limited inquiry has existed, and Ben gal has been taken in at 36s for mid to good mid, 5i to 54 per cent, refraction, and at 35s Cd for good crystal, 74 per cent. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady, at Gs 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The market continues bare of all kinds. Oranges have further advanced in price. A cargo per Columbine and Lisbon, via Southampton, part sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale realised high prices. Lemons improved 2s per case. Nuts in demand, and holders unwilling to part with stock unless at an increase in price. LLOYD'S SHIPPING- (THIS D4I,Y. LONDON, June 16.—Wind 'this day at Noon, E. ; light airs, sucl-riull hazy weather. ..a PORTSMOUTH, June - 7,1 - "Tived—Her Majesty's steamer Myrmidon, from the Geist of Africa; Sir Robert Peel, from London, and sailed for New York. DARTMOUTH, June 15.—Wind, W. Arrived—Rhoda, from Gallipoli. FALMOUTH, June 15.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Clara, from Porto Rico, and sailed for London ' • Catharine, do. for London ; Lizie Aisbitt , Hav annah ; Nicotine, Alex andria ; Tempio, Eupatoria ; Primus, Odessa ; Josich, do. The Snow Drop, from lavannah to Trieste, has put in here leaky. LOWESTOFT, June 15.—The Estafette, of Bordeaux, from Sunderland for Leghorn, is on shore, having grounded this morning on Corton Sands, but is expected off next tide. BRIDLINGTON, Jane 15.—The wreck of a vessel, which had been a long time in that condition, name apparently Santa Johannes ' of Breho, has washed ashore 20 miles south of this port. flanThErooL, June 14.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Friend shio, for Quebec. SUNDERLAND, June 15.—Wind, E. Sailed—Express, for New York ; Betsey, Carthagena. SHIELDS, Juno 15.—Wind, E. Sailed—Lockwood (of Cork), for Hobart Town ; Newcastle, Ceylon ; George William, Alexandria; Asphalon, d 0.,; Traveller, Malaga; Xenophon, do. MILFORD, Juno 15.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Harmony, from Cardiff, for Havre, with loss of mainboom and fore yard ; Talent, do., for Qaebeo, with cargo shifted, and leaky. FLEETWOOD, Juno 15.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Fe nella, for Melbourne. SWANSEA, June 15.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—La Serena, for Coquimbo ; Fanny, do. ; Jane Gorgon, Palermo ; Ad venture, do. o QUEENSTOWN, June 14.- - Wind, S. Arrived —Essequibo , from Callao ; Caintyne, do. ; Osborne, d.; Odessa, Hon duras ; Meta, Messina. CORE, Juno 14.—Wind, S. Arrived—Dartmouth, from Mazagan ; Novo Numida, Leghorn. KIRKWALL, June 13.—Arrived—Newka (of St. Peters burgh). from Cronstadt, for Liverpool, with pumps out of order, in charge of the Custom-house authorities. LERWICK, June 12.—Arrived.—Alert, from Greenland; Her Majesty's ste amer Tartarus, Victoria. GIBRALTAR, Juno B.—There aro about 100 vessels iu this bay, as many behind the Rock, and numerous others at Cape de Gatt—all waiting an easterly wind to pass the straits to the westward. PANAMA, May 2I—No vessels carrying the Russian flag have been seen in this vicinity. RIO JANEIRO, May 15.—The Mineiro, which sank at the loading ground 23d March, has been raised and was re pairing. SURREY THEATRE.— The admirers of English opera will be glad to hear that Miss Romer, who hasifor * considerable time been obliged to withdraw herself from taking any share in the direction of the Surrey Theatre, is neer enabled to resume her avocations as directress and artist, GUATEMALA..—Accounts from Guatemala to the 3cluf May confirm the recent report of 'the total destruction of the city of San Salvador, in the State of that name, forming one of the petty republics of Central .A.itsoricte, from a series of earthquakes, which commenced on the 13th of April and lasted to the 16th, when the whole city, which contained 28,000 inhabitants, was, without the exception of a single building, levelled to the ground. Multitudes had been killed, although a great number fled after the first shocks. Others had been blocked up for three or four days among the ruids, and many had died from exhaustion. Of those who escaped, all were totally destitute, and the suffering experienced was such as has rarely been paralleled. Several of the re fugees had reached the city of Guatemala on foot—a distance of 66 leagues, and the Government of that State had immediately sent $5,000 for the general re. lief. Meanwhile subscriptions were being sought id all directions, and it was hoped that something would be ultimately raised in London. RIGA.—From Riga the advices are to the Bth inst. Three vessels had again arrived, the first two of which had met with no British cruisers near the coast. The last, a Dutchman, bad, however, seen one in the Baltic, and, on applying to the commander and informing him that he had only ballast on board, was told he could sail for Riga. On the other hand, there was a recent report from Memel that five of the vessels that had left Riga after the 15th of May had been captured and taken to that port. Front many quarters statements continue to be received of the absence of any coherent system; and allegations are male which, however, must be re• ceived as very questionable, that the blockade,! from the uncertainty that prevails, deserves merely to be regarded. as a paper one. COLLISION ON THE THAMES AND Loss OF LIFE. — Yesterday the Galeed was brought in tow of a steam -tug to Gravesend, having sustained considerable damage front collision. It scents the Galeed, which is commanded by Captain Tute, Wit:l on her homeward voyage from Cadii, and when in Thames Haven, she was run into by the Tynemouth schooner. Such was the force of the collision that John Collins, the chief mate, was knocked overboard, and though a capital swimmer he was carried away by. the 'current and drowned before his 'shipmates could reach him. The vessel had, her bulwarks and stanchions stove in, lost her mainmast, and sustained other con siderable damage. The Tynemouth was also injured to someextent. The mate of the Galeed, who was drowned, was a native of Saleombe ; holies left a wife and five children to lament their loss. A RUSSIAN VESSEL SEIZED UNDER FALSE COLOURS. —HULL, June 15.—A Russian schooner-rigged barque, the Ernest Merck, which recently arrived in this port under false colours, has been seized by Mr. Catchpole and Mr. Davis, the principal officers of the waterguard. It seems that this vessel was at Pillau in April last, and was to sail front that place, in ballast, to Riga, where a freight was to be obtained for her ,• but Captain Kruger, who bad charge of her, received a letter from the owners (William Knock. and Co.), in which it was stated that she had been sold to Mr. F. Albrecht, ar my tailor, of Schwerin, and that he was to proceed thither for the purpose of making arrangements with that gentles man. Captain Kruger accordingly went to Schwerin, made the required arrangements with Mr. Albrecht, and was reappointed captain of the vessel. While in that place he took an oath ' 01 i allegiance to taheburGghrearndofandOnwraesturninaindge Duke the them • he was about to take a freight toofwir :fcklsecohb,uvregrin: to Pillau he mustered the men, told the vessel had been sold, that for Hull, and that she was to sail under Mecklenburg. Schwerin colours. The men at once agreed to remain in the vessel. They were subsequently . discharged, in order that th e y might go ashore for a few days. A new • we Wind, S., light muster-ro ll was then drawn out by the Mecklenburg , and foggy. , for Seville. aut h or ities which all the men si g ned. Ca p tain Kru g e r Passed—Adolphe, from Lond on delivered up the Russian papers to the Russian consul Most of the outward b oun d weighed and proceeded. at Konigsberg, and the vessel then proceeded to Hull. A schooner reported to be on the Goodwin Sands ; When in the Baltic she was overhauled by a boat from particulars unknown. the English war steamer Penelope, but on the German Report of barque Pruth, from Catania, April 19. — papers being seen she was allowed to proceed on her Arrived at Gibraltar 13th May, sailed 21st ; ar voyage, and arrived at this port in safety. When, hew. rived. at Falmouth Bth June, sailed from Falmouth of hemp and wheat, was about being discharged, in the Junction-dock, it 13th ; arr i ve d a t Downs June 15th. A list of ever, her cargo, which consisted vessels signalled or spoken during the passage .g..e lat. 4:4 _isla N'as discovered that she had been sailing under fake sirous of being reported; May 31st, 7 a.m., long. 11 W., black barque, from eastward, steerlng.s. r , -, t colours, and she was consequently seized. Since that second distinguishing pendant No. 5,846 ; May 61 n m ° time the captain and the second mate, who are Pros. p.m., lat. 42.30 N., long. 11 W. barque, with ports, !e eastward, :steering S. W., first distinguishingpendant, No. 4,2781, June 3, 11 a.m., lat. 45.30 brig Dolphon from Cadiz for London, ninedays o o . ut ; June shuts by birth, have been examined before the Ad. 15 -w-miralty Commissioners, Messrs. Shackles and Holden. with barque, ports, , first " pendant, No. 3,185. 1 7,000/, — We may add that the vessel was built about 15 months ago, and that her value, iucluding the cargo, is about Eastern Comities Herald. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.33 A.M. _ . Wind S., moderate, and very fine. The flat Major, with soda ash, sank this morning iu the George's Basin; the Bostonian in docking having run hnr anchor through the flat's port-side. She is expected to float again next tide. Arrived.—Morley, and Bangalore, from Canso ; Saxon, Demerara ; George Reynolds, Barbadoes ; Salva dor, San tander; Margaret, steamer, Havre; Pelican, screw steamer, Rotterdam. Sailed—King William, for Sierra Leone ; Gitana, New foundland ; Adventure Verona, and Mongolia, New York; Amelia, Bahia ; Tryphena, Alexandria; ondon, Mon treal ; Cora, Rio Janeiro ; Old Dominic and Chariot of Fame, Boston ; Billow, Naples; Isabella Halifax ; Clo rinds, Beyront ; Vrow Clara, Dordt ; 'Grand Ma_ster,ec ; Matanzas; Fitzjames , Melbourne M ar i a nne, Quebec Noemu, Philadelphia ; Richmond, Arica. LEGRArg: (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN Tri d R_ ) GRAVESEND, Fay, 11.5 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. • tide, three-quarters ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, 16th--:-Brilliant, from Guernsey ; frot, from Guernsey.; Diana from Gothenborg ; Acornm Guern- B ey ; Tropic, from,Barbadoes ; Dauntless, from Uddewalla ; Benjamin Elkin, from Port Fairy ; Planet, from C üba ; Rhone, from Havannah ; Thrifty, from Antwerp ; Elizabeth , Tarragona; Danneborg, Odessa; Dove, Port Fairy ; For tuna, Christiania ; Belwether, Cadiz ; Metta Elizabeth, Newhaven ; Thomas Dryden, Ceylon ; Lord John Rus sell (s.), Harlingen ; Countess of Lonsdale (s.), Hamburgh - Flecha (s.) , Ghen t ; Catherine, Seville ; E nterprise, Ma laga- lags ; Edwin Hall, Dunkirk. Sailed —Cleopatra, for Corunna ; Black Warrior, Syd ney ; Challenger, Sydney ; Emperor, Calcutta , City of Paris (s.), Boulogne ; City of. Rotterdam (s.), Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday, 9.45 a.m. 41 / ROYAL a TY-LANE. The production of Mozart's comic opera, Il Seraglio, with a German company, at this theatre on Wednesday evening was an occurrence of no small interest ; for thus opera, notwithstanding its celebrity and its many beau ties, Las remained almost a stranger to the English pub lic., It is the earliest but one in the series of Mozart's operas which still keep their place on the stage. The Seraglio was written at a time when he was fresh from his studies in the Italian school and his labours for the Italian stage, and before his dramatic style had undergone those changes which soon became so apparent. The drama of the Seraglio is of slight construction, bat the story is pleasant and well fitted to be the subject of a comic opera. The incidents are extremely simple. Bel montoandConstance area youngcouple betrothed to each other. Constance, in her voyage to Sicily to be married to her lover, is taken by an Slgerine pirate, sold to a Pacha, and carried to his seraglio, along with her attendant Blonde., and Pedrillo, a servant of her lover's. Pedrillo con trives to convey to his master the tidings of their misfor tune ; and Belmonte, determined to effect his mistress's rescue, arrives in disguise at the Pacha's place, and finds means to get into his service. The Pacha is in love with his fair captive ; bat more magnanimous than Pashas are usually represented on the stage, he desires to win her affections by kindness alone. Blonda and Pedrillo, of course, are lovers , like their ma s ter and mistress; and the soubrette, like her lady, is pe rsecu t e d by the adres ses of Osmin, the Pacha's steward, and the buffo of the piece--a ridiculous old Turk, whose jealous vigilance thwarts the attempts of the two pairs of lovers to effect their escape. This situation gives rise to a number of sufficiently comic incidents of the usual kind. When the lovers are ready for their elopement, Pedrillo, by way of getting Osmin out of the way, tempts him to indulge in a little conviviality, and after a scene of ludicrous jollity, makes him dead drunk, and thinks he has got rid of him, The lovers meet at midnight, and are making off toge ther; but the old Turk has by this time got sober enough to be able to intercept them. They are seized, and brought before the Pacha, who at first is furious, and threatens them with death and tortures; but his genero sity prevails He gives them freedom, and orders Osmin to convey them in safety on board their vessel. The music, though much of it is of a diffuse and flo rid character, is full of charming things. The airs be. longing to the part of Constance are of excessive diffi culty, and demand a singer of the greatest powers of voice and execution. But all the airs, even the most elaborate and ornate, abound in those simple and ex quisite touches of tenderness and feeling which Mozart, above all other composers, knew how to breathe. . The representation was admirable. The part of Con stance gave full scope to Madame Rudersdorfre vocal powers, while she looked and acted th e c h arac ter do lightfully. Her principal morceaux, particalarly the great aria in the second act, were applauded with enthu- Mdlle. Bury was highly and deservedly suc cessful in the part of Blonda. She acted the lively waiting-woman with playful archness and grace, ana sang brilliantly. Formes' Osmin was one of the finest pieces of buffo acting and singing we have ever enjoyed. The parts of Belmonte and Pedrillo were well sustained by Herr Peaz and Herr Castelli, who acted intelligently and sang like good musicians. Herr Holzel, as the Paella, had not much to do, but did it with propriety and good effect. The orchestra and chorus were very good, and the whole 'wise en scene was most creditable to the thgatre. LYCEITIVI THEATRE. The announcement that Madame Vestris was to re appear last night in a new part, after a retirement of several months from the stage, attracted a crowded au dience to the Lyceum Theatre. The piece selected for the ,entree of the popular actress was a translation from the French drama La Joie fait Peer, which, lately pro ducod at the St. James's Theatre under the management of 'M. Latent, by its own decided merits and the sure ! . r:or acting of Maltme Allan and M. Regnier, created a powerful impression. The name given to the English version is, Sunshine through the Clouds. The principal parts are sustained by Madame Vestris, Miss M. Oliver, Miss F. Hughes, Mr. Rosiere, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Frank Mttthews. Madame Vestris obtained a highly flattering recep tion. She is looking remarkably well, and appears to be reinstated in her former health and strength. The part of the unfortunate mother was very ably sustained by her, and at the fall of the curtain she was received with long and prolonged applause from all parts of the. house. COWES, ISLE OF TVIOHT.—Jvne 15. (FROM OUR OwN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—Arriveti-, June 12. Amazon (yawl), Sir John Walsh, Bart., from St. Helen's. 14. Osprey (cutter), John Petre, Esq., from Portsmouth ; Susan (yawl), Earl of Hardwioke, from Southampton river ; Frisk (cutter), Geo. Ark wright, Esq., M.P., from westward. 15. Osprey (cut ter), Lieutenant-Colonel Huey, from Southampton. Yachts at and about the station—Resolution, Myrtle, Shark, Fancy, Titania, Coral Queen, Nymph, Osprey, Plover, Amazon, Susan, Frisk, lone. Fitting out in Cowes Harbour—Schooners Irene, Fairy, and Lavrook, cutter Spider, and yawl Caprice. Members at the Club house durit , the week—Geo. Bentinck, Esq., M.P. ; Lord Colville ; A. Fountaine, Esq. ; Rev. R. P. Ear• topp ; Viscount Somerton ; James Maxse, Esq. ; E. N. Harvey, Esq. ; Marquis Conyngham ; Sir W. Carew, Bart. ; Lord Otho Fitzgerald ; Sir H. Oglander, Bart. ; Marquis of Bath ; John Petre, Esq. ; Earl of Hard wieke ; Geo. Arkwright, Esq., M.P. ; Lieutenant- Colonel Huey. FASHIONABLE VISITORS.—J. Marsh, Esq., and family, to Oakiield Lodge ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Morant, to Rosetta ; Talbot, Esq., and family, to the third Cliff Cottage ; Thomas Thornhill, Esq., and family, to Sir J. S. Heppesley's house ; Lady Cosway, to Norfolk House. BETTER DEAD THAN ALIVE.— A snake, 5 feet 3 inches in length, was found on Monday under the floor of the ladies' cabin of the Marquis Conyngham's yacht Fancy; .repalfing in this harbour. Fortunately it was dead. 1 1 20 5 1 25 1 1 14a 30i 1 J 1 31 4 I