The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROTAL DRURY LANE: T.e..see, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. MTGIIST 12, WM be petformed DoniZettel OPOra, LUCBEZIA. BnRGIA. Claaracters by )ilme. Carhdori, Fumy Uuddart, Signors Ore lode, Pavesi, Santi, Sonheim. To conclude with a favourite BALT= DIVERTNSEMENT. Fricos—Gallery, Is.; Pit, 23.; Vppir Vries, 36. ' • First Circle, 45.; Dress Circle, 55.; Siang, 7e . ; and "Privats Boxes, One, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. TILE IT= ROYAL HAY li A R.KET. Under the management of Mr. Rnelutone. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 12, Wlll ba performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by am MUM a nd . now.. Rogers. H. Marston. and Buckatone ; Mrs. Fitzwilli, Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, ACGUST 12, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. 'Emery, Robson, and Leslie ; Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERDM MINSTEEL. Jam Beggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Ml. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 12, WIII be performed THE MILLER'S MAID. F o ll o wed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Belford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson ; Marguerite, Miss LI. Gordon. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. sum, 40 . ; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes Al is . to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. “Thia place fills Up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wan ting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a di s play of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to-a day at the Crystal Palace.' pANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine A.quariam—Unri- Tailed =nary Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens In succession, concluding with the " Feast of, Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by douthby. -.Admission One ShiMng. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. • A STLE Y'S ROYAL AMP HIT El EAT Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cootie. The popular reect, the Cossacks, whose career has been most snc cessßlL will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production of a Grand Military Spectacle. embracing many of the principal events of the present War between R issia and Turkey Enthusiastic reception of the new Equestrian Ballet &Action, the poetry of motion - - THIS EVENING, AUGUST 12, And (Jaen; the week, THE COggACICg ; or, Vive is France. After which, LES PRET:WES DU GEN" el, or S nes in the Circle, invented' and arranged by Mr. William Cooke, who, in the course of the evening, will exhibit (n e on his hand) a horse whose height is Only 15 inches. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d' Action. by Mrs. S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGIIr AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. gicat WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tow DAT —Morning 26 rnin.after 4 I Evening 48 min.aft. 4 To-Moscow —Morning 8 trou.after 5 i Sveniug 28 tuin.a.ft. THE WEATHER.-ISuN OFZICS, Aua. 12. THEEHOIittETER, Pi THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon on Saturday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day, at noon. SAROMETER, 30'03—steady. WIND, S.W..—Light, with fine weather. r --~-~`~~-~ j ,§l l / 1 , the First Lcrd of the Admiralty and the President of the Board of Control—we cannot but think that to some extent, at least, we are indebted to the Emperor NAPOLEON'S individual magnanimity. Like Mr. GRADGRIND we had been accustomed to place considerable dependence on " facts and figures." We had fondly imagined that the evi dence contained in the quarterly returns of the Revenue could not be controverted or denied, that there could be no " cooking" of the national accounts, but that implicit confidence might, at least, be reposed in the important document given to the community. On each successive quarter day we have, however, been convinced of our mistake. Our pet financier has taught us "how dangerous it is to form a judgment from statements of this character, which are very partial in their form, which are perhaps not as happily arranged and adjusted as they might be, and which he sincerely trusts he may succeed in improving." We have learned a painful but salutary lesson, that we are to trust nothing presented to us by the Govern ment, but that we are to regard every matter, however plausible, as being at the best calculated to deceive, and to lead astray from the true state of affairs. The Right Honourable Gentleman tells us that the apparent decrease was " entirely fallacious ;" and that, although the returns showed an apparent falling off of the ordinary revenue on the quarter ending sth July, of about 570,0001. (577,1441.), " yet the revenue of the second quarter of the financial year, from permanent sources, fairly estimated, was equal to the second quarter of last year, notwithstanding the great reduction of taxa tion that had taken place 1" This is a very startling, but, at the same time, a very satisfactory state of affairs. Unfortunately, however, we cannot take it entirely on credit, and must examine for ourselves assertions so greatly calculated to upset all our previous con ceptions, and to induce a state of confirmed " scepticism" in every public officer and every public man. In order to do so fairly and impartially we must c3nsider the circumstances under which the statement was made, and the impression which the Right Hon. Gentleman wished to convey, so that we may ascertain whether that impression was justified and confirmed by the real state cf affairs. The Honourable Baronet the Member for Evesham had stated that the whole expenditure of the country would be from 64,000,0001. to 65,000,000/. for the year, and he inquired whether that enormous sum " would be defrayed by taxes within the year, or if that were not possible, and that the principle, which was laid down at the commencement of the Ses- sion could not be carried into effect, to what extent would the Right Hon. Gentleman be compelled to abandon that principle ?" It was in answer to this searching interrogatory that the Financial Minister explained the fallacy of trusting to the evidence previously supposed to be con clusive, and emphatically declared that " with regard to the whole of the 570,000/., the ap parent decrease was entirely fallacious !" The plain intent and meaning of this was, that there was no real deficiency or falling off in any of the leading ordinary branches of revenue, and that the entire of the additional taxes would be available to meet the extra expenditure, if not immediately, or without availing himself of tem porary loans, without any permanent addition to the National Debt. Indeed he declared this very explicitly in these words :—" The House provided the Government with a taxing power, which, when added to the available surplus revenue, was equal to the expenses of the war, as they were estimated for the year ; and the money advance of the present year, when received, he had no doubt would be fully equal to these expenses ; so that, if they were happy enough to have peace proclaimed before the sth of April next, he should be compTetely enabled to liquidate these expenses without adding one shilling to the national debt." Here, then, there can be no mistake or mis apprehension. The statement is perfectly distinct and intelligible, and nothing can be more satis factory, if it be perfectly accurate, and sustained by the actual facts. The Right Honourable Gentleman establishes his case in the following manner :- Ist. By the deficiency in Crown Lands, amounting in round terms to 140,000/. 2dly. By 233,0001. having been paid on the sth of April as duty on teas that were not taken out until the following day, and which were credited in the former quarter, although of right belonging to that ending the sth July. 3dly. Because the returns did not include that of the entire Kingdom ; and if the receipts from Ireland had been noticed an increase would have been found, which would have disposed of the whole of the remaining 200,000/. Now, on the first point, it is only right to give the Chancellor of the Exchequer credit for the full amount claimed, 140,0001. It was an exceptional payment, which came to hand in the second quarter of last year, and which enhanced the receipts for that quarter to 200,8881., and for the year to 392,8881. The estimate for the present year contained in the first budget was but 259,0001., or a reduction of 133,1121., and the actual deficiency on the quarter was 135,8881. This, although not quite 140,0001., is sufficiently near to justify the assertion, and we therefore admit that portion of the statement to be com pletely verified. W e are not, however, quite so clear on the second part thereof, as to the 233,0001. received for duties on tea, not delivered until the 6th of April, and which, therefore, it is said, should have been credited to the last quarter. The actual de ficiency on the quarter was 367,494/. If the 233,0001. were taken from that, it would reduce it to 134,4941., but it would increase that of the Preceding quarter from 106,891/. to 339,8911. The fact remains unexplaited . (save by the reduc tions in taxation), that on the half-year the reduc- tion in the Customs' Duties has been no less than 474,3851., or nearly 50,0001., (49,3851.) m re than the Right Hon. Gentleman estimated as the falling off for the entire year. We cannot, there fore, consider the credit thus claimed as fairly established on the statement in reference thereto as by any means either creditable or satisfactory. The third part of the assertion, in reference to the Irish Revenue, has even less foundation. Can the Right Hon. Gentleman for a moment assert that the Irish Returns were included in those of the second quarter of 1853? Certainly not. Why, then, should they be inserted in the pre sent one in order to institute a. fair comparison between the two ? There can be no possible ground for so doing. Besides, the increase in Ireland may be ascribed to " the new taxing power with which the House provided the Government," to the development of the Income Tax so recently extended to Ireland, and to its duplication, and to the additional charges on spirits, malt, dm They do not, therefore, show that " the apparent de crease was entirely fallacious." Inasmuch as they have nothing to do one way or the other with that decrease, we fear that we cannot accept the satisfaction which the Chancellor of the Exchequer deigned t o b es t ow, b ut t h at we must st i ll acknow ledge that there has been a deplorable deficiency on the last quarter when compared with the cor g period of last y ear . respona,... j ;.. DEATH Or VISCOUNT JOCELYN, M.P. deeply a deeply regret to have to announce the sudden death of Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., Colonel of the Essex Rifles, from cholera. We are informed his lordship, while on duty with the Essex Rifles at the Tower yester day (Friday) afternoon, was seized suddenly with the most serious symptoms of cholera. At his request, his lordship was removed to Viscount Palmerston's town residence in Carlton-gardens, where the most eminent medical skill was soon in attendance, but, we grieve to say, all to no avail : his lordship expired at two o'clock this (Satnrday) morning. The Earl of Roden (father of the deceased viscount), who was staying in town, was, with other members of the family; present at the time of hie dissolution, and immediately afterwards a telegraphic message" was for warded to the Countess of Roden, in Irelands—Morning °Aron fee, t, ) r 4, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1854. A.,retzospect of the Parliamentary Session, which terminated this afternoon, is rendered altogether unnecessary, because the result of its proceedings may be compressed into one blunt dissyllable—nothing. Nothing of good, nothing of advantage to the community, no reforms, no retrenchment—on the contrary, only the increase of the burdens of the State by the imposition of 16,000,000/. additional, in the way of annual taxation, levied, of course, upon the already over burdened tax-paying population. And as if to add to the vexation of this supplementary dead weight upon the country—a considerable part of this new incubus secured through the circumstance of the most obnoxious of all the taxes being—with all its imperfections unremoved, all its notorious injustice, all its odious inequality of distribution —doub/ed ! Literally, the labours of the Session in the House of Commons may be described, - without any exaggeration, as having been restricted to the duty of providing sufficient funds for the carrying on of the business of the Govern ment. While the toils of the Session in the House of Lords may, without extravagance, be said to have been drowsily eked out by the prosing of worn-out statesmen like the Earl of ABERDEEN, in language sometimes so ambiguous in itself, or so revolting to the common sense of the people out of doors, as to necessitate a craven retracting of the more obnoxious phrases through the medium of timorous, and halting, and, after all, wholly unsatisfactory explanations. But for the votes of money in the Commons, and the wranglings of what was said and what was not said by the Prime Minister of England in the Lords—there would "be little enough to relate of the now completed Session of the Legislature. Beyond what we have already specified as the distinguish ing peculiarities of this deplorable Session, we can only recognise in the two Houses a succes sion of empty and idle incidents, leading to no results whatever, either among the hereditary, or among the popular representatives. In the Lords the occasional administration to the Leaders of the Cabinet of casual correction in- the way of sarcastic witticisms on the conduct of Ministers, now by Earl GREY, now by the Marquis of CL AN .RicARDL In the Commons, by the perpetual threatening of a debate upon the subject of Russia by the Member for Aylesbury, and of a debate upon the subject of Greece by the Member for Manchester—all ending in the silence of men too indifferent to the cause they pretended to have at heart, or too timid to venture upon bringing boldly to task, for once and for all, the most un- POPular, avid the most divided of Governments. Inappropriately enough and by the oddest of ;ridiculous accidents, the session will be kil°wu henceferth as the one during the Co ur'e of which first came into operation, in the metropolis, the Act for the Preven ti°ll..of Soioke. Smoke, forsooth, in which alone everythin g has ended during this same lament ablesession? so far as the Legislature itself is con cerned. From Lord Jena RUSSELL'S scheme of a new-Reform Bill —to Mr. L AYARD'S motion for a debate upon the Russian war and the previous diplomatic negotiations leadin g to it I From the promised modifications o f the system of Pauper rem oval to the vaunted benefaction which w e were told, over and over again, the country was going to receive from the benignant geni us of the Right Hon. the pres ent Chancellor of the Exchequer. Everything has ended in smoke --except the ne cessity for increased taxation. There, at least, we may fi n d solid facts enough for the satisfaction of a B O UNDERBY, or of a M A CCHO AXEMCEC LLD. Facts t o the tune o f 10,000,000/. in the way of annual addition to the already well " taxed" responsibilities of the population. A war, a doubled Income Tax, a genc4al abandonment of further reforms of any and .every kind whatsoever, a continuance of Lord ABRunEe* in power—such are among the chief:results of the Parliamentary Session which has terminated. As a set-off against all which -can be mentioned the one fact of the cor dial alliance between our own and the French • Imperial Government. For the which—remem bering what Was said of his MAJESTY once upon a time, and not 6 ° very long ago either, by THE SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUS'T 12, 1854. PROROGATION( LATEST NEWS. OF PARLIAMENT. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The protracted session of 1854 was brought to a close to-day by her Majesty in person. The House of Lords was filled by the large and brilliant assembly which usually graces it on these occasions. Shortly after two o'clock the Queen entered the House, accompanied by Prince Albert and the dif ferent officers of State, and took her seat upon the throne. The company being seated at the request of her Majesty, the Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons, and he immediately left the House. In a few minutes afterwards the Speaker appeared at the bar, accompanied by the Sergeant-at-Arms, most of the Ministers in the Lower House, and a considerable number of other members. The Royal assent was given in the usual form to several public and private bills. Her Majesty then read the following most gra cious Speech : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN', I am enabled, by the state of public business, to release you from a longer attendance in Parliament. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOITSE OF COMMONS, In closing the session, it affords me great pleasure to express my sense of the zeal and energy you have shown in providing means for the vigorous prosecution of the war in which, notwithstanding my efforts to avert it, we are now engaged. This liberality in granting the supplies for the public service, demands my warmest thanks ; and, although I lament the in creased burthens of my people, I fully recognise your wisdom in sacrificing considerations of present convenience, and ,in providing for the immediate exigencies of the war, without an addition being made to the Permanet Debt of the country. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, In cordial co-operation with the Emperor of the French, my efforts will be directed to the effectual repression of that ambitious and aggressive spirit on the part of Russia, which has compelled us to take up arms in defence of an Ally, and to secure the future tranquillity of Europe. You will join with me in admiration of the courage and perseverance manifested by the troops of the Sultan in their defence of Silistria, and in the various military operations on the Danube. The engrossing interest of matters connected with the progress of the war has prevented the due consideration of some of those subjects which, at the opening of the session, I had recommended to your attention ; but I am happy to acknowledge the labour and diligence with which you have per fected various important measures, well calculated to prove of great public utility. You have not only passed an act for opening the coasting-trade of the United Kingdom, and for removing the last legislative restriction upon the use of foreign vessels ; but you have also revised and consolidated the whole statute law relating to merchant shipping. The act for establishing the direct control of the House of Commons over the charges incurred in the collection of the revenue, will give more complete effect to an important principle of the Constitution, and will promote simplicity and regularity in our system of public account. I rejoice to perceive that amendments in the administration of the law have continued to occupy your attention ; and I anticipate great benefit from the improvements you have made in the Forms of Procedure in the Superior Courts of Common Law. The means you have adopted for the better government of the University of Oxford, and the improvement of its constitution, I trust will tend greatly to increase the usefulness and to extend the renown of this great seminary of learning. I have willingly given my assent to the measure you have passed for the prevention of bribery , and of corrupt practices at elections ; and. I hope that it may prove effectual in the correction of an evil which, if unchecked, threatens to fix a deep stain upon our representative system. It is my earnest desire that, on returning to your respective counties, you may preserve a spirit of union and concord. Deprived of the blessings of peace abroad, it is more than ever necessary that we should endeavour to confirm and increase the advantages of our internal situation ; and it is with the greatest satisfaction that I regard the progress of active industry, and the general prosperity which happily prevails throughout the country. I Deeply sensible of these advantages, it is my humble prayer that we may continue to enjoy the favour of the Almighty ; and that under His gracious protection we may be enabled to bring the present contest to a just and honourable termina tion. Her Majesty then retired from the House, accom panied as before, and the interesting ceremony of prorogation terminated. LONDON AND.NORTH-WESTERN ENGINEMEN. With reference to the paragraph which appeared in the morning papers, we are authorised to state that a portion only of the men refused to work ; that the best men continued with their engines, and that the places of the dissentients have been sup plied with competent men from the company's own resources, and the traffic is proceeding- satis factorily. SPORTING NOTES. WHIMS ABOUT WOLVERHAMPTON. The meeting at Wolverhampton will commence on Monday, and be b roug ht t o a termination on Wednes. day. It possesses many "attractions," and both in re t ard to the sport and the attendance of company, it is likely to be highly successful. The first item in the programme is the Trial Stakes, for which 13 horses are handicapped. The most noteworthy names among them are Kuhinoor, Prime Minister, Lady in Waiting, Pastry cook, and Michaelmas Maid. Could I calculate with certainty upon a start, I.should unhesitatingly select the first and last mentioned animals against the field. Michaelmas Maid has, however, recently changed owners, having been purchased by Mr.• Mare for 350 guineas. For the Produce Stakes my only fancy is for St. Clair. For the Wolverhampton Stakes I am induced to re gard the respective chances of Newbold and Gamelad with some partiality. The former has a penalty of 7lbs, but he has shown running sufficiently good to warrant the placing some faith in his pretensions.• Of the old ones I prefer the steeplechaser Bourton. Evangeline will, doubtless, carry off the Committee Stakes, and by her sale bring a " nice little sum" to the fund. Little Fawn, Candlewick, Battery, Pastrycook, and Gamelad, appear to be favourably weighted for the Patshull Handicap. His Piper, Mary, and Border Chief are the most attractive• nominations for the Chillington Stakes. Should he start, Border Chief shall do battle for me. Among the nominations for the Cleveland Cup are Rataplan, Defiance, Peggy, Joe Miller, New Warrior, Barrel, and Goorkab. A probability exists that both Mr. Parr's horses will be absentees. Should Joe Miller go to the poll, I shall be inclined to place faith in him. In the event of his withdrawal, however, I must look t o Peggy, bad as she is, and the intended of Messrs . B ar b er and Saxon's two—Barrel and Goorkah—to pull through. The Free Handicap seems on paper another "good thing" for Sennyside Hero. In his default, D. 0. may do the trick. The racing on Wednesday will be regu lated materially by the result of the encounters on Mon day and Tuesday. The partial failure which attended Mr. Topham's exertions to revive Lewes Races were not sufficient to induct, him to abandon the chance. A circumstance connected with the sport yesterday has occasioned no little indignation, accustomed as turfites are to such mal-practices. Fordham weighed for the Jennala filly for the Lewes Stakes, and the number was placed on the telegraph board. At the last moment, however, it was removed, and on inquiry it was announced that the lad weighed without orders, and that the filly was with drawn. The conduct of the parties implicated in this disgraceful transaction was loudly condemned, and Mr. Davis, in particular, delivered his opinion on it with no reservation. As soon as it was ascertained that the Jenn a l a fil ly would not start, the betting was of course materially altered, to th e grea t p ecun i ary l oss o f th e book- ma k ers. The an n i versary dinner of the London Club will take place this a ft ernoon. Aug. 12. to be unusually numerous. assemblage of turfites is likely A FRESII MAN. , THE WAR. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, Aug. 11.—Three thousand French soldiers and six hundred Enghill marines landed at three points on Aland, with little interruption, and no loss, on Tuesday last. The forts have not been attacked, but were to be on Wednesday. Admiral Napier is in the Bulldog at Bomarsund. Her Majesty's ship Royal William, off the Island of Aland, July 31. We arrived here all well last night, with nearly 2000 souls on board, and no accident whatever occurred on the voyage. The Edinburgh, Ajax, Hogue, Blenheim, and several French line-of-battle ships, take part in the attack. Ten thousand soldiers, under the protection of small steamers, will endeavour to effect a landing. Ad miral Plumridge arrived here this morning. His scpa dron is off here somewhere. The Russians have 2,000 men in Aland, 500 horse soldiers, besides several hun dred riflemen. The chief fort has 80 guns of large calibre. There are two others with 14 guns each. It will be sad and dreadful work. The narrow passage through which the ship must pass can be fired at simul taneously from the large fort, the point of danger. We are, I hear, to bring home the prisoners. I can see no hope, not the least chance, of taking any other place. Helsinjors has 40,000 men at the guns alone. It cannot be taken with less than 150,000 men. Aland will be taken and kept by the French for the winter. Nothing more will be done this year. SAXONY DRESDEN, August 10.—Prince John, brother of the late King, has issued a proclamation, which is countersigned by the Ministers, announcing his accession. ITALY. The following declaration, by M. Garibaldi, is published in the Genoa journals : "As since my second arrival in Italy, my name has been mixed up with insurrectionary movements of which I do not approve, I think it right to manifest my opinion publicly, and to warn our youths who are always ready to expose themselves to perils for the deliverance of their country, apinst allowing themselves to be led astray by the fallacious representations of men who are either deceivers or deceived, and who, in urging them to rash attempts, bring ruin or at last discredit on our cause." The Genoa journals of the 7th state that, for the last three days the number of cases of cholera had sensibly diminished. A rumour having been cur rent that the authorities would not permit the homoeopathic doctors to prescribe in cases of cho lera, the mayor of Genoa has issued a notice that no obstruction is offered to this mode of treatment. The Turin journals of the Bth inform us that the sanitary state of that city was never more satisfac tory than it is now. EGYPT. The news from Alexandria, dated the 2nd of August, informs us that Said Pacha, the new vice roy of Egypt, has abolished the duty on foreign consumption raised upon corn, and has exonerated the fellahs from the pasture-dues on the wheat crops. It is calculated that 500,000 ardebs will thus be thrown into the free market. M. Koenig, formerly French tutor to Said Pacha, has been no minated principal of the Secretary's department of that Prince. Mr. Green, an Englishman, is ele vated to the functions of director of the transit. The foreign officers formerly employed as instruc tors are to be recalled, for the purpose of taking charge of the army, which is large, but badly disciplined. The debt will be liquidated by the aid of the sale of the goods depot. The inhabitants of Cairo have illuminated their city during three nights. FR ONCE. BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to Thursday, Aug. 10: Pr. c. 296,547,697 41 178,026,801 447,653 84 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks . Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 51,338,966 f. 29c. are from the branch banks 114,551,469 34 Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 18,958,736 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway securities Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration Sundries . 65,000,000 - 10,000,000 - 5 5,447,573 97 4,000,000 - 3,766,434 - 306,436 77 703,151 41 955,052,396 84 AUSTRIA The Moniteur publishes the following communi cation : KRONSTADT IN TRANSYLVANIA, August I.—The Archduke Albert bas arrived, and is expected to take up his head-quarters here. The local autho rities have published a notification to agriculturists, who are enjoined to get in their ripe crops without a moment's delay, in view of approaching hostilities. Another publication invites the inhabitants, both in town and country, to aid the Emperor to re pulse the common enemy, by subscribing to the new State loan lately decreed. ST. PETERSBURG. In the Journal etersboVrii, of August 4, we read :—" By an ukase of May 17, last addressed to the chapter of the imperial and royal orders of Russia, his Majesty the Emperor has deigned to confer the order St. `Vladimir, of the 4th class, on the pilot Saraito Photi, a subject of Greece, for having in an intrepid manner, in his ship, trans ported a detachment of Russian soldiers from Abkhasia to the Crimea, in despite of the cruisers of the enemies' fleets. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 29th ult., in the Weimar Gazette, says—" The Emperor contem plates shortly paying a visit to Warsaw ; but it is possible that his journey may be delayed, for he hos to-day received a telegraphic despatch from Revel, announcing that Admiral Napier expects a consi derable number of troops from France. This would be the third adjournment of au imperial journey during the present year. Last month the Czar wished to go to Kiew, to have a conference with Marshal Paskiewitsch, but was prevented by the news of the approach of the allied fleets to Cron stadt. The Emperor also proposed to go to com pliment the King of Prussia on the frontier, but was prevented by the rumour that Sweden was col lecting an army at Carl Fohamcstadt, to operate against Finland. The Czar, notwithstanding the reiterated remonstrances of the Empress and the Grand Duchesses, will not abandon the capital at the moment of danger. The necessary prepar a ti ons for the defence of the city are terminated. 40,000 troops of elite are assembled." PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION OF OMER PACHA AT BUCHAREST. A Bucharest correspondent writes, dating Aug. 1 :—The exultation of the people here, over the retreat of the Russians, knows no bounds, and a spontaneous illumination would have taken place had not Kantakuzeno, the president of the administration, formally advised them to save their candles for better days when peace shall have been definitively concluded. Kantaku zeno goes on in his proclamation to tell the people that " th ere ' s man y a s li p t w i x t cup an d lip," and that , Prince Gortschakoff told the notables when he took leave that "he was only going away in obedience to his Sovereign's orders, and that be expected to be back in less than a month." Until that time the people of Bucharest would do well to behave themselves loyally and not show too much enthusiasm for the Turks. No one must expect to escape the punishment which would swiftly come upon him if he showed more sympathy for the Turks than for the Protector of the Princi palities, the Supreme Head of the Orthodox Church. " Cursed be every one who in his blindness forgets this." Kantakuzeno says he cites the exact words of Prince Gortschakoff, because the latter took a pledge of him to make them known in a formal manner. Not an armed Russian is now to be found in Bucharest. The sick and wounded, moreover, have been removed from the hospitals, with the excep tion of some 30 whose cases are desperate. After the unsuccessful battle of Giurgevo, Prince Gortschakoff had a two hours' close conference with General Budberg, and immediately after that au order was issued to remove all the sick to Foks chani and Jassy. These orders were carried out in the night, so as to conceal the extent and mean ing of the movement as far as possible. It was on the very next day after this conference that Gorts chakoff called together the Boyars and officials, and told them that he had the orders of his Sovereign to purge Wallachia of the Turks, cost what it might, and all the same whether any other power came to their aid or not : he could dispose of 200,000 men, and surely that was sufficient to op pose any force that could be collected and brought against them. On the 16th of July he went to the camp to try and revive the dejected spirits of his men, and animate them against the Turks. On that day the Russians were beaten, and again on the 23d. Last night 800 Bashi-bazouks encamped close by Bucharest ; their watchfires could be seen from our windows. The preparations for receiving our long-expected deliverers from our " protectors" most exten s i ve sca l e . B e t ween t h e far as to the d we lli ng o f P r i nce Kan garaetesu,paosn a Kan takuzeno, at which Omer Pacha is expected to alight, five triumphal arches have been erected. Omer Pacha has written a letter to Prince Kan takuzeno, requiring quarters and provisions for 30,000 men. You can form no conception of the liveliness of our streets. Bakers and butchers are over head and ears in business ; carpenters are hammering at the windows, fixing up or naments there. Th e s t ree t s are b e i n g cleaned up ; in short, all is prepared to give the Turks a thoroughly festive and handsome reception. To morrow a deputation goes to Orner Pacha's head quarters, in order to invite him to the city. The following is the letter referred to in the fore going communication : " Grandlgothete lia n t a kuzeno,—We will not reckon with you in these stormy times. The Padishah is wil ling to look over all that you may h ave d one d ur ing the Russian occ upa ti on, and to b e l ieve th a t y o u have only acted as you th ought best for t h e i n t eres t s of the unfor tunate country. I stand by the amnesty wh i c h I befor e announced to yo u . M y troo p s are marching on Bucha rest—provide f or their good entertainment. Hav e rea dy healty qu ar t ers and w holesome provisions for 12,000 men within the city, and provide also for the victualling of 20,000 who will form a camp without the gates. " OmER PACHA, Sirdar." AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO QUEEN VICTORIA. A communication from Berlin of August 9, says it is asserted that ;;he King of Prussia has re cently addressed an autograph letter to her Majesty Queen Victoria relative to the present crisis. In this communication, his Prussian Majesty is said to lay great stress upon the pacific and equitable dispositions of the Emperor Nicholas, and to appeal in most impressive language to the natural and acknowledged desire of her Britannic Majesty to see peace restored upon terms that may satisfy the honour and interests of all concerned. It is possible that this rumour may be correct, and certainly no Sovereign is better qualified to give effective expression to benevolent and worthy sentiments than King Frederick William IV. But it is problem a ti ca l, on the other hand, whether the King's intimate knowledge of our constitu tional routine, and of the confidence reposed in, and deference paid by our wise and patriotic Queen to the decisions of, her Ministers, backed as they are by the unanimous will of the nation, would not deter him from seeking to convey his sentiments to the British Crown, through any other channel than that official and responsible centre to which all po litical communications must be referred. The war waged by England against Russia is not a war of persons or parties, of sympathies or individua lities. No C o urt coterie can arrest its progress, or give additional impulse to its action. N o Camarilla dare venture to intrigue around or bias the mind of the illustrious lady who is the apex of, and not an element apart from, her subjects. She is interwoven with them heart and mind, as they are bound to her body and chattels. The war was long delayed with rare forbearance, and resorted to with undisguised reluctance by the Crown, Cabi net, and country. But, when the hour at length sounded, the voice of the nation spoke in irresti- Me terms, and the Queen solemnly ratified the sen tence. Nor will this voice be stilled, or this sen tence be revoked, until other securities for the future are given or conquered than such as are to be found in the mellifluous reply of the Rus sian ruler, or in the sympathetic interpreta tions of those who confide in his sincerity. Were the Prussian Government armed with full powers to negotiate in the sense of th ose requ i re d 0 guarantees—could it furnish tangible securities that the world's peace shall not be again sacrificed to those inordinate cravings which are heirlooms in the house of Remanoff—were it firm, frank, and even-handed—then there is not a single man breathing in Great Britain who would not grate fully hail its mediation, and gladly trust in it to carry out the beneficent work. But Prussia has no such mission. She cannot furnish a single guar antee, or assume an atom of responsibility ; nor can she even retain the confidence of those whom she would fain convince. Her efforts, therefore, must remain effete. They can only be valued by Great Britain as they have been unfortunately es timated heretofore—that is, in a sense more hostile than friendly to a nation which is better disposed to honour open enemies than to confide in equivocal allies. INTENDED MEETING OF THE KINGS OF DENMARK AND SWEDEN. • A letter from Hamburg of the Bth, in the Inde pendence of Brussels, says "It is announced from Copenhagen that the King of Denmark, who embarked on the 4th, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, M. de Tillisch, to make an excursion in the Baltic, intends to proceed also to the military port of Carlscrona, in Smeden, to have an 'in terview with the King of Sweden. This interview of the two kings acquires great importance in presence of the efforts, which become more and more pressing, to break off the treaty of strict armed neutrality into which they entered at the beginning of the war. It is generally believed that in the interview of the two northern sovereigns this system of neutrality will receive a new consecration. The presence of M. de Tillisch, whom the King of Denmark has chosen to ac company him, and who is a recognised partisan of ❑eutrality, cannot do otherwise than strengthen that ,ptem. A fact, however, occurred at Copenhagen a few days ago, which has produced some sensation. The Commander-in-Chief of the Danish artillery, General Meza, in passing a review of the artillery of the civic guard, addres,eil to the citizen officers and soldiers corn posinv it an extremely warm ad,lress, in which he de clared that the day is perhaps near at hand in which the civic artillery united to that of the army will be called by the king to the common defence of the Scandinavian kingdoms." DR. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund Reserve immobilibre Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 141,223,725 —• Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 10.653,556 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 62,654,913 48 Various accounts-current ll3 962 581 85 , , ._ _ __ . Do. branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Commission on deposits Re-discounts of the list half year Overdue bills Sundries 34,415,624 - 1,380,581 25 1,818,166 59 8,666 65 916,188 68 144,406 54 4,890,660 26 955,052,396 84 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, Count D'ARGOUT. From these returns, it appears that the metallic reserve has increased 19i millions in Paris, and 3 millions in the branch-banks. The discount-accom modation has fallen of 41 millions in Paris, and 10i millions in the provinces. The advances on French securities remain about as they were in Paris, bing half a million less in the departments, whilst ad vances on railway shares and bonds have increased abOut three-quarters of a million in Paris and half a million in the branch ba n k s . O n the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation show an increase of 2 millions in Paris, and one of 7 millions in the departments. The account current of the Treasury has declined 51 millions ; those of private indi viduals have increased 21 millions in Paris, and 2i millions in the departments. The total amount of the metallic reserve is at present 4741 millions to 6091 millions of notes in circulation, The documents published in the Moniteur on Friday morning, relative to the Eastern question, have had the effect of imparting great firmness to the French funds. The Three per Cents. have risen If. 5c., and the Four and-a-Half per Cents. 60c., at 73f. 25c. and 99f. 60c. Bank of France Shares have advanced 15f., and those of the Soci6t6 Mobihere 20f. Spanish Home Debt is higher, and the Piedmontese Five per Cents. higher. Railway Shares have risen from sf. to 10i. each. Ex change on London continues to rise, being to-day (short), 25f. 24c. ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 75c., money. SPAIN. The Madrid mail of the 7th, due this morning, has not arrived. A letter from Madrid, of the 7th, in the Messager of Bayonne, says _ " Espartero is ill. The Queen is constantly in tears ; the barrios bajos (low-quarters) are discon tented, and seem almost disposed to begin making barricades again. That the Queen is dissatisfied may easily be conceived. In the first moment of fear, amidst the emotion caused by musket-balls whizzing be fore her windows, she subscribed to all that was re quired from h e r. But from the moment at which it be came necessary to execute the simplest measure of the programme as regarded the interior of the palace, she uttered loud cries, and would net allow the persons to whom she is accustomed to be replaced by others. I have every reason to believe that it is the intention of the present rulers to make the Popular animosity against the Queen Mother the pretext of employing the most rigorous measures against her. Now, as the decree necessary for this purpose must be sanctioned by the Queen, it is hoped that she will have sufficient dignity, or at least that the diplo matic body will advise her, to refuse her sanction, as daughter and Queen, to such decrees. And this refusal, it is hoped, will lead purely and simply to her abdication. Let it not, however, be supposed that this abdication has the least chance in the world of leading to the establish- I meat of the republic ; no more fear of that is felt here than in France. But a regency would be proe'aimed, and the Queen and her mother would peaceably leave Spain, in"virtue of a law voted by the two Chambers. I can assure you that the question has been discussed in a private committee, as to whether the regency of Espartero is to be una o trina, and that it has been resolved that it shall consist of three persons—namely, Espartero, San Miguel, and O'Donnell --with Pacheco as a substitute in the event of the death of either. With reference to these projects, a sad comedy has within the last few days been played with respect to Queen Christina. The rumour had been spread that she was anxious to escape, and the pretence was made of facilitating her leaving; but after proceeding a few steps her carriages were stopped by the population in arms, who had been collected, and who were greatly irritated. It was accordingly decided last night in Council, that the Queen-Mother should be confined to her Palace until the end of the prosecution which public sentiment requires should be instituted against her. All this, truth to speak, is theatrical, as is all that is done here, with the view of frightening the daughter through the mother, in order to bring about the result indicated ; but, in the meantime, people are playing with fire, and in a few days—to-morrow, per haps--they will be forced, under pain of losing their positions, to moderate by cannon-shot the effervescence of the low quarters of the town. These quarters are kept in a state of agitation on pretence of Christina ; every hour they speak more loudly as masters, and im pose on the legal Government their exigencies, which are constantly becoming more and more exaggerated." THE ANSWER OF RUSSIA TO THE AUSTRIAN SUMMONS. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing document s w ith th e subjoined observations " We place before our readers the reply of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the demand for the evacuation of the principalities, which was formulated by Austria and supported by Prussia. The despatch of Count Nessel rode, transmitted officially by the Court of Vienna to the Government of his Imperial Majesty, has provoked, on the part of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a reply, which we also publi , .h. The communication of those documents preceded and prepared the exchange of notes which took place at Vienna on the Bth inst., a fact which we have already announced. " We restrict ourselves to observe that after the ar guments employed by Russia to decline (repousser) the demands of the two great German Powers, the tenour of the proclamatio ns it h as a dd resse d to the Vallachians and Moldavians, the multiplied checks its troops have suffered in their retreat, and the concen t ra ti on o f forces commanded by General Baron Hess in Transylvania and the Bukowina, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg can no longer honourably represent (ne saurait plus hon. orablemot repreeenter) the evacuation of the princi palities as a concession made to the diplomacy of Austria." DESPATCH OF COUNT NESSELRODE TO PRINCE GOAT SCHAKOPF, RUSSIAN ENVOY AT VIENNA. " St. Petersburg, 17-29 June, 1854. My Prince,—Count Esterhazy has communicated to me the despatch by which his Cabinet requests us (nous engage) to put a term to the actual crisis by avoiding to push further our trans-Danubian operations, and in evacuating the prin cipalities within as short a delay as possible. In notifying this desiro on Austrian and German interests which the extension of the straggle on the Danube would compromise, Count Buol supports himself on the ground that our occupation of the principalities was the principal cause of the war. We shall ask his leave to make some reserves in this respect. The occupation of the principalities had not prevented the opening and thecontinuation of the negotiations. It was not it which provoked the abandonment of the Vienna note, the rejection of the propositions made at Olmutz, with the con currence and the approbation of Austria, no more than the complete change of all the anterior bases of negotiations; and if since then all attempts at reconciliation have proved abortive, the Austrian Cabinet cannot disown that it arose from incidents and motives much more complicated, upon which we prefer remaining silent to-day to avoid disagreeable recriminations. We replied by silence to the summons of France and England, because it was of an offensive nature ,(forme bessante), preceded by open provocations, and devoid of all conditions of reciprocity ; and if war resulted there from, it would be just to impute the cause thereof less to the nature of our reply than to the tone and terms which provoked it. - However this may be (quoiqu'il en soit), if, in the opinion of the Austrian Government, the prolonged occupation of the principalities was the motive of the war, it would result there from that by the cessation of that occupation the war would cease from the fact itself, as hostilities would be suspended. Is it in the power of the Cabinet of Vienna to give us the assurance thereof (Le Cabinet de Vienne est-il en manure de nous en donner ?'assurance I) It cannot escape its attention that from the first moment that the Porte declare war to us, especially since the circle of that war, transported beyond Turkey into our seas and on our coasts, has been extended beyond measure, that the oc cupation of the principalities, whatever may have been its origin) character, has become nothing else for us but a mili tary pcsition, the maintenance and abandonment of which are, above all things, subordinate to strategical considerations. It is clear, therefore, that before we voluntarily give up, out of regard of the situation of Austria, the only point where, pushing the offensive, there remain for us some chances of re establishing in our favour the equilibrium whieh is everywhere else against us, we ought to know at least what securities Austria can offer us ; for if the hostilities continue, it the Powers, disengaged of all apprehension in Turkey, remain at liberty either to pursue us on the evacuated territory, or to employ all their disposable forces, iu future, to invade our Asiaticor European coast, so as to impose upon us unae ept able conditions, it is evident that Austria would have asked us to weaken ourselves morally and materially by a sacrifice en, pure perte. To exact from Russia that she should place herself entirely at the mercy of her enemies, when the latter do not dissimu late the intention of upsetting or liminishing her power—to expose her to all the attacks which they may deem it suitable to direct against her, by reducing her everywhere to the de fensive—to deprive her, finally, in the name . of peace, of eery means of obtaining that that peace should not be ruinous and dishonourable for her, would be an act so contrary to ad the laws of equity, to every princidle of military honour, that we flatter ourselves .n the belief (noes nous plaisons d croire) no such idea could have for one moment entered the mind of his Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph. In communicating to us the protocol of the 9th April, the Court of Vienna lays stress with us upon the positive engage ment taken by it towards the Western Powers to bring about, by all means in its power, the final evacuation of the Princi palities • but, in taking that engagement, Austria could not refuse iself the choice of the means which might seem to it most proper to fulfil its obligations that of placing Russia in a condition to proceed with the evacuation with honour and safety. The very obligation which she has contracted gives her, on the contrary, the right of insisting with the Powers that they do not, by their exactions, prevent the success of ber efforts. The same applies to the in terests of Austrian and German commerce, invoked against the prolongation or extension of our military operations. They authorise the Cabinet of Vienna to use with the two Powers the smile reasons as with us ; for if the interests of Austria and of the whole of Germany may momentarily suffer from our operations on the Danube, with greater reason do they suffer, and still more seriously, like those of all neutral states, from the situation caused by the maritime operations of France and England in the Euxine, in the North Sea, and in the Baltic. Let the Austrian Government, then, maturely weighing these considerations, explain itself towards us on the subject of the guarantees of security which it can give us, and the Emperor, out of deference to the wishes and interests of Ger many, would be inclined (serait dispos() to enter into negotia tion on the precise period of the evacuation Tue Cabinet of Vienna may, beforehand, be persuaded that his Majesty shares iu the same degree with it the desire of putting as speedy a term as possible to the crisis which weighs at this moment upon all European situations. Our august master still wishes, as he always has wished, for peace. Ho does not wish—we have repeated it, and we repeat it again —either in definitely to prolong the occupation of the principalities, or to establish himself there in a permanent manner, or to incor porate them wiih uis states, still less to overthrow the Otto man empire. In this respect, he makes no difficulty to sub scribe to the three principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th April. . - INTEGRITY OF TURKEY.—This point has nothing which is not conformable to all that we have hitherto euouuced, and it will not be menaced by us as long as it shall be respected by the Powers which occupy at this moment the waters and the terri tory of the Sultan. EVACUATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES.-We are willing to pro ceed therewith, on suitable securities being given. CONSOLIDATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY.—Starting from the idea that the civil rights to be obtained for all the Christian subjects of the Porte arc inse parable from the religious rights as stipulated by the protocol, and would become value:ess for our co-religionists, if the latter in acquirit ° , new privileg s did not ret a i n th e anc i en t ones, we have already declared that if it was thus, the de mand which the Emperor has made to the Porte would be fulfilled, the motive of the difference set aside, and his Ma jesty ready to concur iu the European guarantee of those pri vileges. Such being the dispositions of the Emperor ou the capital points indicated in the protocol, it appears to us, my Prince, that provided peace is wished for without arriere pewee which renders it impossible, it would not be difficult to arrive at it on this triple basis, or, at least, to prepare the negotiations thereof by means of an armistice. This is the hope which your Excellency will kindly express (voudra bier, exprimer) to the Austrian Cabinet, by com municating to it this despatch.—Receive, (Signed) NESSELRODE. DESPATCH FROM M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS TO BARON DE BOURQUENEY, MINISTER OF THE EMPEROR AT VIENNA. Paris, July 22, 1854. Monsieur le Baron,—l have received the despatches which you have done me the honour to write to me, up to No. 121, and your telegraphic despatch of yesterday has also reached me. Whatever interest the double communication which you announce to me must necessarily offer to the Government of his Imperial Majesty, I need not await it to appreciate, en pleine connaissance de cause, the reply of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. For some days that document has been in my hands, which was, as you know, presented by General Issa koff to all the Governments who were represented at the Bamberg conferences, and the Emperor, before his departure for Biarritz, had time to examine it, and to give me his in structions. I stall object but a very words to the commencement (debut) of Count Nesselrode's despatch, Russia persists in throwing back upon the Western Powers'the responsibility of a crisis which she alone provoked. She complains of the form of their summons, and beholds in a step which her acts have rendered necessary the determinating cause of the war. This is forget ting a little too soon the series of long and laborious negotia• tions which occupied last year; it is not taking sufficient account of the multiplied warnings which in every form France and England gave to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg; finally, it is a wilful self-disavowal that from the day upon which the Russian armies invaded the principalities of the Danube, peace was so much compromised that the most loyal, the most patient, efforts could not save it. I shall, therefore, M. le Baron, confine myself to recall to mind that the despatch of Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, the very same to which Count Nesselrode replies, re-established, as it should do (contnte it fallait), the verity of the part (roles), and that the conf erence of Vienna, in the protocol of the 9th of April, solemnly recognised that the sum mons addressed to Russia by France and England was founded iu right Wait fondcfs en droit). Europe has, therefore, pro nounced its judgment by it s mos t ac c re dited organs, and that suffices for us. I now come to the political part of the Russian communi cation. What at the very first strikes rae is that, in only at tributing to the 'tap att em pt e d by Austria, and supported by Prussia, a character purely Germanic, those two Poweret '3ould not show themselves satisfied with the result of their insistauces. The despatch of Count Buol to Count Esterhazy put in re lief the two following points :- 1. The necessity of evacuating, within a short delay, the principalities of the Danube. 2. The impossibility of subordinating that evacuation, claimed in the name of the essential interests of Germany, to conditions independent of the will of Austria. Now no limit is fixed to the occupation of Moldavia an d Wallachia, awl the proclamation of an armistice is considered as the condition sine quid non of the retreat of the invading armies beyond the Pruth. The prejudice which Russia, ac'• cording t , the testimony of Austria and Prussia, bears to the Germanic Confederation, by not, re-entering within its tern •- torial limits, subsists, cons e qu en tly, in f u ll, and not only doT it become aggravated by its d ura tion, but also by the fan ,a • non recevoi r, of which the legitimate representations which it had raised have just been the object. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, it is true, adheres, it Ws; to the principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th 0 1 April, but the presence of the Russian troops on the Otto , man territory already takes from that declaration—which wish to examine c l ose ly—th e grea t es t par t o f it s va lue. Th e evacuation of the Principalities is, in fact, the primary condli' tion of the int egr ity o f th e T ur ki s h emp i re, an d th e fact of. their occupation constit u t es a fl agran t v i o l a ti on o f European , right. The crisi s w hi c h troubles the world—l will repeat it the more readily because au attempt is made to contest it--- derives from the passage of the Pruth ; and Russia no longer to-day subordinate to the exactions of a position in which sue has deliberately placed herself, the preliminary reparation of an act which general opinion has condemned. Ido not tint derstand, I own it, what M. de Nesselrode means to saYif i l announcing that the integrity of the Ottoman empire " T"' not be menaced by R uss i a as l ong as it shall be respected by: the powers which' occupy at this moment the waters and the territory of the Sultan." What similarity is there between the invader and the protector ? What analogy whatever,,_'. there between the presence of alli e d t roo p s , d em anded by the Sublime Porte, authorised by a diplomatic act, the effects of which must cease by a common act, and the violent entraneW of the Russian army into Ottoman territory ? Finally, M. le Baron, the paragraph of Count Nesselrod e t a despatch which concerns the situation of the Christian subjects of the Sultan signifies, or lam very much a. taken, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg places in the nun': ber of the ancient privileges that the Greeks of the Oriental rite ought to retain all the consequences, civil and fell-, gious, at the same time, of the protectorate it ela in 7 over them ; and, in admitting that this protectorate should be founded upon a European guarantee, I in vain endeavour to find how the independence and sovereignty of the Sublime.. Porte could co-exist with such a system. The Government ot, his Imperial Majesty assuredly does not wish to say' thaw Europe can show itself indifferent to the amelioration of l b* condition of the rayas ; on the contr a ry, it thinks that it ought to cover those populations with its active' solicitude, and come to an understandinc , to eucoutage the benevol ent dispositions of the Sultan in their favour ; but it firmly bc liaves that the reforms of which the s y s t em i s susceptible, , which the different communities of Turkey are submitted', ought, to be salutary and efficacious, to emanate from th e Ottoman Government; and that, if their accomplishment re quires foreign assistance, it should be an amicable action, shown by good and well meant advice, and not by i n terferen, ee . founded upon treaties which no State could subscribe to w ith. out abdicating its independence. This examination of the reply of the Cabinet of St. Pete rs burg would not be complete, M. le Baron, unless I obse r r o that Count Neaselrode avoids with extreme care to make slightest allusion to that one of all the paragraphs of the tocol of the 9th of April which deserved most to attra ct attention, and the only one, in our opinion, Which hae__,a capital importance, as it implies the necessity of a Burer — , revision of the ancient relations of Russia with Turkey. France and England could not therefore consent to a pension of arms on the vague assurances given by Coun t .?; selrode touching the pacific dispositions of the St. Pete rs en,. Cabinet. The sacrifices made by the allied powe rs a t very considerable, the object they have in view is re enough fur tlwm not to stoop on the way before havi n g T be certitude of not being obliged to recommence the war' to o particular conditions they will put for peace depend up on a n many eventualities for them to indicate them at presen t, in this respect they reserve their opinion. • I Pe al` However, M. le Baron, the Government of his la Majesty is perfectly willing to make knswn at once 800 nom' ' the guarantees which appear to it indispensable to re aa r ,., b a y Europe against the return of a new and proximate per'",,lob,,, tion. These guarantees result from the very situatio n pointed out the dangers of their absence. • bt of Thus Russia has taken advantage of the exclusive rig surveillance which treaties conferred upon her, in the II:, Vous of Moldavia and Wallachia with the sovereign Polder' enter those provinces as if they were her own territory. to Her privileged position in the Euxine has allowed her art: form establishments in that sea, and to develop th ere rb y amount of naval forms which, from a want of all counts re. lance, are a perpetual menace against the Ottoman eon t h e The possession without control of the principal Danube by Russia has created moral and material ob 2 ro e : to the navigation of that great river, which affect the n v memo of all nations. • ardi i, Finally, the articles of the treaty of Sittchuk-Ko u osc .. relative to the religious protection, have become, in ce f . t he quenc.: of an abusive interpretation, the original cause o struggle now maintained in Turkey. b seta` On all these points there are new regulations to mouth blished and important modifications to be made to the comet statue:,, quo antebellum. It may be said, I think, that the " interests of Europe will demand 1. That the protectorate exercised hitherto by the It_n_Pl io, Court og Ru sia over the principalities of Moldavia, Wallach' and Sefvia, shall cease in future, and that the pr l r2,f o ir accorded by the Sultans to those depen lent provinces of ta_ o empire should, in virtue of an arrangement concluded ~.7 0 o f the Sublime Porte, be placed under the collective guaran i ' the powers. sh e of 2. That the navigation of the mouths of the Danube 1 1 - 0 „f be free from all obstruction, and subject to the applicatio n the principles consecrated ' by the acts of the Congress _ Vienna. • A 11 3. That the treaty of 13th July, 1841, should be revise , . agreement of the high contracting powers in au interest of European equilibrium, and in the sense of a limitation of the power of Russia in the Black Sea. 4. That no power shall claim the right of exercising 03 official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, rig matter to what rite they belong, but that France, Austria Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia shall give their mutual Cow cqiTence to obtain from the initiative of the Ottoman Govern ment the consecration and observance of the religious leges of the different religious communities, and turn to account, iu the reciprocal interest of their co-religionists, 1- .7 generous intentions minifcsted by his Majesty the Surits without any infringement upon the dignity of his cof 7 resulting therefrom. hoPePJ The conference, if it meets, will, I flatter myself to , recognise that none of the ideas I have just expresso ,0 contrary to the protocol of the 9th April, and that it tbe r oven difficult to contain within more moderate limit: investigation Oct recherche) which France, Austria, 1,4 Britain, and Prussia have, at this period, formally et i 6 ;es themselves to make in common on the subject of th e b , at most proper to consolidate the existence of Turkey re ' o et. taching it to the general equilibrium of Europe. To ° a d to communications of M. de Hub ner au th or i se me alre, a n d say that the opinion of Count B uo l co i nc id es w ith nitu e ,'bioh that he takes the same vie w as I d o o f th e g uarantee s "' o ger Europe has the right to d eman d f rom R uss i a, t o be no l o exposed to a renewal of the same complications. hag Such is, M. le Baron, th e rep l y w hi ch the Enlit: i ror de/ ordered me to make t o th e con t ents of Count N es ' — o lthi a despatch. You will b e goo d enoug h to presen t a copY to reply to Count Buol, an d t o b eg hi m, i f necessa ry, to a' gether the Conference, to communicate it to them 0: 110 *., tho, To resume —the docume n t w hi c h b as ema nated fr°r* t bs Cabinet of St. Petersburg makes absolutely no c hange 1 11 0 ,0$ respective situations, and in the opinion of the Gov°r s tilj of his Imperial M a j es ty , it . w ill on l y serve to define tb!.,„ bet more distinctly. Since Russia has still to make k u° 7. ana intentions i n a p rac ti ca l an d pos i t i ve man ner. Fr 3 ": 3 ocl, England persist in th e i r a ttit u d e o f b e lli gere nt Power s is ana as the the principalities have not been evacuated, P russ otha t Austria will doubtless come t o the co n c lusion (jitfier ° 7 Apro , the obligations resulti ng f rom th e t rea ty o f the 20th °f by it s and strengthened, as regards the Cabinet of Vien na ' private agreement with the Sublime Porte, subsisti " tegrity and have fallen due. Received (Sign e d) Sic., DEOLTYN DE 01015. At too NETHERLA'NDS LAND' ENCLOSURE COMPAN.•-,,, 1t , 0 0.7" meeting of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Lie u t. "; the at Rotterdam on the 29th ult. the report stated t l,, the position of the English money-market had led L - e non-payment of calls, and prevented also the r ais e : t cs° , money on debentures. Under these circuni,e,atorl looking at the losses already sustained, the tu r Thou deemed it would be desirable to sus end the wors , ea s even to abandon them, unless thespllutch Govern oe' would modify the concession. Their mal e re- '1 12 " - ' however, in that respect, had been complied a g e or namely, that they sh ou ld b e lib era t e d f r om the ellrlhel maintaining th e cana l a ft er it s com pl e tion. e n " he OW . therefore still believ e d th a t th e un d er t a king maY "i ri the ried to a profitable conclusion. Some a lteratine e p l a riv° statutes were also proposed with re• ! ard to th e , r- i c lerS' interests of the concessionaire and ordinary sha re i ,",f the With regard to the accounts, it was stated that "call& ordinary capital of 400,0001., one-half had beef? w hile up, but that only 135,2001. had been receivea, ca lls • the expenditure thus far has been 206,239/• 1138 1, i t in arrear and those that rem a i n t o be made w ..e l kit° estimated, be sufficient to carr y ou t the olodeolo/• is but meanwhile a n i s s ue i s con t emp l ate d of 100 , are ere' debentures among the largest contractors Wh° ditors of the concern. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This th ea t re c l os ed last e voeblig for the season. The entertainment consisted of 1.,,.0re1t Benson, The First Night, and The Wandering xid performed, as usual, with great spirit, and reeei ve cr clisg great applause by a full house. Mr. Wigan. dres s , C to managerial custom, delivered a farewell aecial which he described the success of his first eae3P,ls the complete. Towards the end of his speech he el— o e following promises :—lii the interval - of the reee e • t ,' the through my next season, I will endeavour tJcpea kindness on which I have hitherto drawn en freelyoaf credit. lam anxious to promote the persene l _ c te rtal of my audiences as well as the quality of their en An meat. Consulting the welfare of the public iet ea tre lungs, it is my intention to make the seats of they p lea: thoroughly comfortable, and its atmosphere pier: plc sant to breathe by means of a complete ventilatin;tiorst we all know what place is paved with good int e bu t therefore I will say no more iof mine. I w ill 0 4 press the hope that you will be here on the e s i : , : re fol• night of my second season, to judge how f ar I bays filled the promises with which I , close my first A" and bid you gratefully and cordially—Farevoll. _dor The Niger-Chadda expedition appears to he r r ecc ecl tunate. By a former arrival the death of its o_,P e wa ar° leader, Captain Becroft, was announced ; an e . et , Dr• now informed that the young Prussian ethnolo?,levemer Bleek, who through the influence of the u e . „ . Bunsen, was sent out to join the Pleiad, has 13 ° 6 1 foto hded borne in the same vessel in which he starteu is o ovi • Plymouth a few months ago. Dr. Baikie, B• ls : ure stf' l4 the leader, and Commander Miller, ship Crane, has kindly permitted his second ruast e ' o f her gr. MAy, to assist in the navigation up the river. ~,e th o f PLYMOUTH, Friday Evening.—Si nc e the e l ,'. os pits l James Joseline, 60th Re•Timent, on board the oc• ship Andromeda, on the Bth inst., two deaths t lr e Lord curved, viz., John Totnkin, 22, belongi n g to Auckland, of dy sen t er i c c h o l e ra, and Corporal 1 3r ., ca ses 10th Regiment, of cholera. This evening onlY s d to the remain under treatment, many having roturne„ _ ve a p• receiving ship Endymion, and no fresh case ofaa. peared for the last few days. Of the six remaini two are considered hopeless. The troops on " ru E ndymion are in good health; - ~ ~