The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-03 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, xs..A. m on . THIS EVENING, ArraveT 3, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BEYON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE FIRST NTGEIT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hon ton, and Miss Emily Orm , m le. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL, Jem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. _t :' r n .. . TEMA "ME '.*.OTAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public. Subs ribers and Patrons of the Royal Opera, are respect ally informed, th in con ..equence of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there yrni be NO Pio.R , - 0 ItNIANCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances Will be suspended until turther Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Dray-lane, August 3, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rucketone. THIS EVENING, AUOVST 3, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Rowe, Rogers, 11. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam• and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CuaaLes Esau. THIS EVENING. Anorwr 3, WM be performed TEIE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and Da7id Fisher; and Mrs. Winstanley, and Miss C. L •clereq. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, AUGDIT 3, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Miss F. Maskell. Followed by THE CAMP AT CHOIHIAM. To conclude with THE COURIER or' LYONS. STRAND THEATRE. 4 ole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 3, Will be performed CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters by Una's Herbert, Morgan, and Belford; Misses H. Gordon, F. Bean =out, and Wharton. Feltowed by FAIIAT AvD MARGUERITE. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. 4 14 , ,5, 4s. • Boxes, 2... id ; Pit, 1..; 4 iallery, yid. ; Privat, • t 1 to be had of Hr. Alleroft. lb, New Bon i-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN;. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves Wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORA.NIA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs —Ail the amusinz Novelties of the Gardens in succession, coucludin4 with the " Feast of Lan terns." and a most magnidoent display of Fireworks by 74outhb Admission o,ie Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been treated. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHIT fi EA 1' Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Scenes 'without a parallel I—Triumphant and brilliant career of the Cossacks! 4th Night of a new Mythological Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet d'AcUoa, 4th appearance of Herr Chrietcff, the Opt Rope Dancer in the universe. THIS EVENING, The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, the novel and skilful SCE ES in the CIRCLE, by Professors of the first class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their incomprehen sible and astonishing performances. The whole to conclude with, 2nd tine, a new Equestrian 'Melo dramatic, Ballet, by Mrs S. G. Healey, calte I THE KNIGEI r AND THE WA FEE LILY ; or. Love am ,ng the Mermai, , s. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. stage Manager, West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIM DAY —Morning 52 min.after 7 I Evening 26 min.aft. 8 To.Af ozaow—Morning 3 min.a ft er 9 1 Evening 38 min.aft. 9 THE WEATHER.—Sus 071 , 101, Atria. 3. THEBMONNTEE, 1/4 THE SRAM 71—highest since noon on Saturday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. lissomsTsit, 2912—rising. Wisp, N.E.—Light breeze, with dull, rainy weather. We had a severe thunderstorm at two o'clock this morning, with a perfect deluge. A good deal of rain has fallen within the last few days. ~~~~e C r ~~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1854. It is terrible to think of an English Admiral declaring that the fortifications of Cronstadt are impregnable. If we are to believe the Hon. and Gallant Member for the city of Gloucester, Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the dashing, heroic, dare-devil Sir CHARLES NAPIER. has done so. According t o ADMIRAL BERKELEY, the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet has written home to the autho rities, declaring that, even with the splendid group of ships-of-war under his command, to attempt any attack upon Cronstadt would be certain destruc tion. Now, bluntly, we don't believe for an instant that Sir CHARLES NAPIER would say that, and only that We maintain that there was something suspicious in the circumstance of that one, single, insulated fragment of the letter, addressed by the daring old Sea Captain to the Lords of the Admiralty, being the sole portion of that important document laid before the House of Commons by the Member for Gloucester. We are perfectly convinced that Sir CHARLES NAPIER said more than that. Immediately after this solitary portion of his letter—without the context —was submitted with such plausible but suspicious candour to the notice of the Legislature, we asked how it came to pass that the rest of so very timely and conclusive a document was suppressed? We put that query again. We sh mild amazingly like to know what Sir CHARLES. NAPIER said to the Admiralty besides what was read the other night to the House of Commons by the first of the Naval Lords Commissioners. We rest per fectly satisfied that the gallant Commander of the Baltic Fleet told the Admiralty wiseacres, pretty plainly, that--as he was then situated—with the fleet o'n/Y—without troops and without proper gun-boats—he found that an attack upon Cron .stadt would be nothing less than certain destruc 7,tion ! We don't think Admiral NAPIER is quite the man 'to . assert, without having yet fired a shot upon Cronstadt, that its fortifications are impreg nable —unless at the same time he explained it to be so conditionally. Insomuch are we impressed with this convic tion that we believe that Sir CHARLES NAPIER all this while has been anything but idle in clamour ing for both troops and gun-boats. An ill• ustrious and maligned predecessor of her MAJESTY, as Queen Regnant of England, declared —we all know the anecdote, it is one of the household stories of our national history—that when she died there would be found engraven upon her heart— " Calais ! Calais 1 Calais I" Our immortal NE LSON, in a kindred mood, de dared shortly before his great victory of the Nile, When he was chasing the phantom fleet of the enemy across the Atlantic, and then back again across the Mediterra nean, no less fervently and passionately, that if he fell at his heartthat time, battle or by disease, that o n there either in ere would be found imprinted "Frigates ! Fr i g a tes . Frigates !" Supp os i ng — w hi c h HEAVEN forbid —that anyth in g 1111 °Ilid befall our heroic Sea Capta in now u p the Gulf o f Fi nland, we m i ght say o f him a s earnestly and with as much significance that there would be discovered stamped upon his heart — "Gun -boats Gun-boats ! Gun-boats 1" A considerable land force is now on its way to aid the Baltic fleet in its warlike operations. But no supply of gun-boats with a light draught of water—suited to the navigation of the mouth of the river Neva and of the waters of the Gulf of Fin- , land lying between tronstadt and St. Petersburg— has been despatched in the same direction. None ; even are building. The Admiralty is contenting itself not with accepting Mr. Scorr Rvuzia,'s offer to construct new vessels of that description, but with sending him out on a long, and, as it happens, a not unsuccessful endeavour to buy up two old gun-boats, such as the Nix and the Sala mander. However-10,000 French soldiers have actually been sent out very recently to co-operate with the Allied Fleets in the Baltic, or rather in the Gulf of Finland, fleets carrying 44 pennons altogether —namely, fourteen French and thirty English ! And with the remembrance of this tardy trans mission of troops to aid by land the maritime de signs of NAPIER and PA RSEVAL D ESCII ENES comes the rumour to-day, by way of Stockholm and Lubeck, to the effect that Bomarsund had, on the 29th ultimo, been captured, after a severe bombardment. Whether this ru mour be true or not, it is unquestionable that the allied fleets can, whenever they feel so dis posed, take possession of the Aland Islands — about the seizure of which, by the way, there has been latterly a great deal too much fuss—seeing that no great positive result of any kind whatever would be attained by having these same Aland Islands in our possession. However, we will sup pose them to be already captured—as we main tain they may be, readily enough, with a compa ratively insignificant portion of the vast naval force under the British and French Commanders in-Chief. Well—in that case, some three or four hundred out of the 10,000 French soldiers now on their way up the Baltic, would be sufficient for all purposes to remain behind them in garrison, leaving the rest available for after and more im portant operations. Foremost among those ope rations must inevitably be the destruction of the batteries of Sweaborg, and the advantage conse quent upon such a victory, the capture of Hel singfors. With the co-operation of 9,000 or 10,000 French soldiers we believe that the sailors of the allied fleets would find this feat of arms not altogether impracticable. Assailed in the rear by the land forces, and in front by the enormous allied maritime armament there collected together for that purpose—attacked thus by sea and laud simultaneously—Sweaborg would inevitably fall, and with Sweaborg, of course Helsing,fors. As among the happy results of which achievement there would devolve upon Admiral CHARLES NAPIER, and PARSEVAL DESCHENES the capacity (hitherto denied to them by the mere circum stance of their having yet to capture the fortifica tions of Sweaborg and the city of Helsingfors), t , ,e important, and indeed inestimable capacity of proceeding further up the Gulf of Finland with undivided attention, with undisturbed energy, and with the whole of their force united—to the attack upon Cronstadt [also, as in the previous instance by sea and land simultaneously], and the consequent attack upon the Russian capital itself, upon the commercial wealth and poli tical might of St. Petersburg. Having van guished Sweaborg and taken Helsingfors, the allied fleets might then [what they could not do otherwise] take on with them up the Gulf of Finland the powerful squadron hitherto detained there for a long while under the command of Admiral CORRY—and thus, as we have said, be enabled to proceed with their whole force united to the objects of all this vas; maritime, and re cently also this important military, array—the successive attacks upon Cronstadt and St. Peters burg. Moreover, it should be remembered at last that the timefor diplomatic shilly-shallaying has gone by entirely. The allied Governments should, there fore, accompany, or, at the latest, promptly follow up their seizure of the Aland. Islands, and the double onslaught upon Sweaborg and Helsingfors, by the transmission of a final appeal to Stockholm and Copenhagen. So that we might learn before proceeding further whether Sweden and Denmark must be considered with us, or against us. There should not be allowed any room for further uncer tainty in that matter. If with the fall of Swea borg and the capture of Helsingfors, Sweden and Denmark did not declare themselves on the side of France and England as openly opposed to the Russian AUTOCRAT—then they should be regarded as foes, and treated accordingly. But under no circumstances ought we, without putting an end first to all doubt whatever upon this head, to proceed with our fleets from the destruction of Sweaborg and the capture of Hel singfors, to the final and decisive attack (with our whole force) upon Cronstadt, and through Cron stadt upon St. Petersburg. Proceedings such as those we have here sketched out would bring the war to an end by enabling the allies to extort from the Emperor of RUSSIA a peace, to them, in all essential respects satisfactory. Better acts of vigour like these— than diplomatic hair-splittings down to the end of the chapter with the emissaries and representatives ,f the Austrian and Prussian Governments. Better than that continual talk about ingenious ivanceuvres along the Danube or in the Dobrudscha —better than these constant rumours about the likelihood of our transmitting assistance to the Circassians—better than this perpetual babble about the vague chance, the mere possibility, of some ultimate descent being made by the Allies upon the Crimea, with a view to the seizure of Sebastopol, and, we may presume, the subsequent dismantling of its fortifications. We yesterd ty pointed out some striking objet-. tions to the procedure and practice of military tribunals, as illustrated by the recent persecution of Lieutenant PERRY. We would this day direct attention to others equally glaring, in the hope that some notice may be taken thereof in Parlia ment, even before the prorogation. Refusing to recognise any professional ad v i ser , the responsibility of every question asked is cast :ea the accused, who may a second time be brought to trial for matters urged in vindication of him self from the first charge. To enhance that re- Tonsibility, the question must be delivered to the President in writing, and considered by the other members of the Court before it is put to the witness. Discussions frequently arise on its admissibility, during which the Court is cleared, and the public time unnecessarily con sumed. But the delay is by no means the worst part of the tram iction. The witness has the entire interval to consider the nature of his answer, and to frame it so as to excuse himself, and to prove most damaging to the prisoner. Eminent judges have declared that written cross interrogatories are of no possible use—that a witness desirous of concealing or unfairly colouring the truth cannot have his evidence broken down by such means. It is only the rapid fire of the visa voce examination, leading to palpable contra-. dictions, or scarcely less damaging 4hiftings and evasions, that confuses the mendacious witness, and exposes the utter worthlessness of his testi mony. Under the present system the most skilful cross examiner could effect little or no good, being wholly unable to condemn a prevarication out of his own mouth. It appears too that the witness hears the question before it is considered by the C nut, and that he may have an opportunity of speaking pri vately to others on the subject before returning an ofyesterday, answer. A n i nstance of th i s occurre d no l a ter than ntwehrre,n,gatthorey to witness mentioned iiie was the nature sub sequently called on to reply. Now, although we do not attribute any corrupt or improper motive to that gentleman, it is quite sufficient to notice ' the matter, to show what mischievous results might follow from the practice. It will also be seen how many questions which, in Civil Courts, would be considered strictly perti nent to the issue, were suppr esse d. I nquir i es calculated to show the systematic ih-treaticeat of the prisoner the gross and incessant pro vocation he received were rejected on the most frivolous grounds ; and when the stan dard authority on military tribunals was re ferred to, the Court refused to recognise it, or to be bound by anything tut " the Articles of War." The most damaging insinuations against the prisoner were received, but he was not allowed at the moment to repel them, but told to reserve these matters fur his defence, or to put them at some other time, or iu soma other form—so that the venom might rankle in the wound which the victim m ight never find an equally favourable o pp i o t r i t s un un it n y eee of s i sa ie r a y lin. to dwell dwell on the palpable lean ing against the prisoner (Perry) which was so painfully perceptible on each of his three trials— for he was virtually on his trial on the second as well as the other investigations. No disinterested or unprejudiced person could fail to observe the manifest bias, which showed that the result of the inquiry was a " foregone conclusion," that the prisoner had been virtually condemned before even he was heard in his own defence, or a word of evidence given against him. In place of being considered " innocent until his guilt was established," he was treated as if no rational doubt could exist, but that every charge preferred against him had been proved on the most conclu sive testimony. We might multiply instances of this, but shall merely refer to the sneer of the President of the third Court, who on being told that time would be required to prepare the de fence, as some of the witnesses had sailed for Turkey and other parts, drily remarked, " I thought as much !" An observation, which, in place of being unanimously and very severely re primanded; only produced a burst of laughter from the members of the Court. A great parade, too, was made of a desire to show every indul gence to the prisoner ; and, above all, to give himfull time to meet the extraordinary and unusual charges brought against him. This was exempli fied by the refusal to release him on his " parole" from the arrest under which he had been for 31 days kept in close confinement in a small bed room, only 12 feet by 10, a very unnecessary and cruel piece of tyranny, and also by the re fusing to adjourn for a longer period than until the Monday. It is now unnecessaryto speak of the first Court- Martial, or the causes by which it was occasioned. We have already expressed our opinion on the sub ject, decidedly and unequivocally, and there is a re markable concurrence—we might say, an unpara lelled unanimity—among public journalists of all classes and varieties of politics. It was, that Lieutenant PERRY had most completely and triumphantly vindicated his character, and that he was an object of sympathy and compassion rather than punishment. In place, however, of being im mediately relieved from the heart-breaking suspense, in place of being ordered to return to his duty with an untarnished reputation, he is still kept in igno rance of the decision of the Court, a prisoner in the close small room 12 feet by 10, worse than a convicted felon would be condemned to. But this is not all. He is again virtually placed on his trial. The questions of the Prosecutor, Colonel GARRETT, being directed rather towards inculpating his own witness than the party nominally accused. He is stopped from explaining matters to the Court necessary to the elucidation of the truth, and when he puts these matters in writing for the con sideration of the President, fresh charges are founded thereon, and he is a third time placed on his trial, still kept in the close small room 12 feet by 10. - The specious pretext of this course being adopted, for the purpose of giving the prisoner an opportunity of substantiating his statements, is too ridiculous for sober discussion. If that were the object, why was not the Court-Martial ordered on Lieut.-Colonel GARRETT, and Lieu tenant PERRY placed in the witness box. That would have been the proper course if the inten tion were to elicit the real facts, to let full and complete justice be dune, and to prevent "might" from triumphing over "right," a matter of too frequent occurrence in this world, but peculiarly so in all matters investigated before military tribunals. THE STY*. LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1454, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Aua 2. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied be Prince Alfred, and attended by the Countess of Desart and Lord Alfred Paget. The Duchess of Kent is expected to arrive to-morrow on a visit to her Majesty. M. Baudin, the French Charge d'Affaires, had an in terview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. A numerous deputation of the metropolitan grocers, I attended by Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. Williarns,M.P., Mr. Ap.ley Pellatt, 111. P., and Mr. Moffatt, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation was introduced by Sir James Duke, M.P., and the ;grievances of the grocers, in regard to the late pros , cutions f.r the sale of coffee and chicory, were stated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by Mr. 3loffatt, M.P. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of the Falkland Islands. THE RUSSO- UTCB LOAN. The following are the nai who supported Lord Dudley Hume, W. F. Langton, H. G. Morris, D. .mes of the five gentlemen r Stuart's motion :- 1 Murrougb, J. P. Wise, A. The King of the Belgians arrived at Ostend on Monday. The Lady Elizabeth de Ros and infant daughter are progressing f►vourably, at the Earl of Wilton's, in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Derby, who recently purchased the spacious family mansion of the Earl of Dartmouth, in St. James's-square, will take possession of the edifice early in the ensuing year. The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, who is staying at Brighton, returns to Grosvenor-street, the week after next, en route to Sir G. Chetwynd's seat, Atherstone. His Excellency Lord Howard de Walden arrived at the British Embassy, at Brussels, on Monday, from London. Sir T. Waller, Bart., the First Secretary to the Ernba.ssy, has arrived in town, from the Belgian capital. His Excellency the Count and Countess Waleweki, who have left Paris on a brief tour in Switzerland, are exoected to return to the French Embassy at Albert gate the first week in the ensuing month. Lord and Lady Bloomfield have proceeded to pass three or four days in the vicinity of Dresden. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, with the Princess E I ward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Bessborough, left town yes terday morning for Gordon Castle, N.B. The Earl of Bessborough will join the family circle in a few days. Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox will accompany his noble relatives to Scotland. THe Hox. C. P VILLIERS.—We regret to hear that the Hon. C. P. Villiers has been advised to leave Eng land for some months, for the benefit of his health, which has become seriously impaired by his unremitting at tend ante, session after session, in the House of Com mons. There is too much reason to suppose that the seeds of his present illness were laid during the great Free-trade struggle, when, fair so many years, he never relaxed in his arduous and persevering exertions for the repeal of the corn laws, until that great boon was se cured to the country. THE SPEAKER'S OFFICIAL DINNER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker's annual dinner to the officials of the House of Commons took place yesterday, when the following gentlemen had the honour of being present :—Sir Le Marchant, Lord Charles Russell, Messrs. Wm. Ley. Henry Ley, Gosset, Colonel Forester, Messrs. Jones, Rickards, May,_ Smith, Vardon, Waldegrave, Dyson, Godg... Gibbons, Rowland, Gunnell, Postlewaite, Lefroy, Rev. Mr. Gamier. A most melancholy accident happened on board the fine steamer Princess Royal on her passage from Liver pool on the morning of Sabbath last, while off the Isle of Man. A young man, a seaman, belonging to Kirkcaldy, wa s standing on the topgallant forecastle, speaking to the man on the look-out, when he thought he heard some knocking upon deck, and went to see the cause of it. As he was leaving the forecastle he tripped over the kedge•anchor and fell overboard. The sea was perfectly smooth at the time, and the steamer was at once stopped and the boats lowered, but he was never seen agai n . Greenock A dvertiser. REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. Captain E !ward Somerset, who was elected for Monmouthshire ,n his absence on service at the Cape, issued an address to the electors on proceeding out again on active service to Turkey. He bids them, "he hopes, a short adieu," an I adds : " The labours of this session are now nearly come to a conclusion, and I hope that, ere the next corn. mences, the energies of France and England, happily co.nbined, may have brought this war to a brilliant, rapid, and successful conclusion." THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —The new terminus having now been entirely completed, the whole of the arrival trains are enabled to come into the new premises. By the completion of this handsome terminus to one of the greatest and most important lines of railway in the kingdom, it is brought fully half a mile nearer town than batore, which is a great convenience in itself to the public, indepeneently of the superior accommodation and comfort, compared to the temporary terminus further down the line. The great space at the disposal of the company has enabled them to make arrangements for separating the arrival from the departure departments, which no other railway company could do so completely, and thus prevent all confusion. The company have made arrangements by which passengers on arrival can, if they desire it, enter their new and magnificent hotel from the platform, without going round through the street. Thi s h as b een effected by the erection of a raised covered gallery o f an ornamental charac t er , leading directlyinto the ground floor of the hotel, facing the grand entrance. MONEY MARKE,i AND COM MKRCI A L INT HLLIGENT. CITY. TWO o'C LOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, including 3,000 Ameri can, and 500 Surat taken for export and on specu lation. The market was steady and well supplied, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 7,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 7d., 150 Bahia at 6id., 700 Egyptian at sid. to 81d., 1,500 Surat at 3d. to 41., and 50 Sea Island at Is. oil to Is. 5d., per lb. Rail way Shares were dull. Upon the silk trade, Mr. H. W. Eaton reports as follows : " I have again the pleasure of reporting a further in crease in the deliveries of silk. " In Chinas a considerable business has been done during the month, in the early part chiefly for export, but latterly our home manufacturers have come forward much more freely. "The present large consumption of this silk, to the comparative exclusion of other sorts, has become a most important feature, and goes far to allay any fears that may have arisen from the unprecedentedly large shipments from China, as it will be found on examination, that while the total stock to-day shows an increase as compared with the Ist of August, 1853, of 80 per cent., the de livery of la'it month is 93 per cent. over July, 1853, and further, that the deliveries from Ist January to Ist August, 1851, are fully 45 per cent. in excess of those during the same period last y ear . "The accounts just received from China, report the approaching crop as likely to be abundant, arid of good quality, but that the high exchange would render the cost at first higher than desirable. " Our market has been rather more quiet the last few days, but prices remain without alteration. " In Bengals more business has been doing, but the low qualities are still neglected. "In Brutias and Persians there is no change ; the stock of the former consists of 23 ballots, and of the latter about 1,450 ballots. "In Italian silk the sales have been very limited ; some of the new crop has arrived, and a few sales made at 255. first class raw, and 225. 61. to 235. for seconds. The decision come to by the committee at Lloyd'i to close the establishment at two o'clock every Saturday afternoon, affords much satisfac tion, and it is expected that other places of busi ness will also shut up earlier on that day. With respect to the Subscription Reading-rooms, how ever, it seams to be the opinion that as parties frequent them as much for the enjoyment of their leisure hours as for commercial purposes, they must remain open nominally until five o'clock atleast, and this would merely necessite the attendance of one or other of the employes by turns. The ship Medway from Port Philip, whence she sailed April 21, has arrived off Portsmouth with a full cargo and 42,304 ounces of gold, having been absent from England only eight months and one week. The Bank of England has this day reduced its minimum rate of discount from 51 to 5 per cent. The disinclination to enter into foreign loans, the better prospects for the grain crops, and a general curtailment of business operations, renders it pro bable that the Bank would find less employ- ment for its capital, money on best paper having been obtainable in Lombard-street at 5 and 5/ per cent., during the last week or 10 days. The reduction has not come too soon, for commerce needed stimulating rather than re pressing. Some expected, nevertheless, that the measure would be delayed until we bad approached nearer to harvest time. It is said that the heavy rains which fell here last night, are by no means general elsewhere. The English Stock Market has partly recovered yesterday's decline, in consequence of the reduc tion of the rate of discount at the Bank of Eng land, but the weather rather keeps the quotations in check, and the supply of money stock furnished by the sales of the Chancery broker yesterday also has an effect, although the foreign news continues good. Consols have been 92 to 921 for transfer, and 921 to k for account. They are now 921, rather sellers. The New Three and-a-Quarte- per Cents. have realised 921 to 93k, and the 3 per Cents. 928 to I. Bank Stock has been heavy at 2091. Exchequer Bills have risen to I.s. and 4s. prem. In Foreign Securities there is more doing, but they do not bring fuller rates. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 38 to 38/, and the Certificate is at 4a to I . • Mexican Bonds have realised 241, Buenos Ayres 55, and Brazilian par to 1001. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 601 ex div. The Spanish news still reads well. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6l ; Mexi can, 241 to 24g ; Peruvian, 66 to 63 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5_ per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 4/ per Cents., 82 to 84 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 19 Ditto 3 per Cents., 37i to 384- ; Ditto Certi ficates, 4 to 5 ; Ditto Passive, 4to 4i. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. £24,098 £24,318 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South- Eastern 58,853 56,882 16.035 17,765 20,999 20,027 27,649 26,283 21,449 20,681 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 11,804 10,933 Great Northern 22,367 16,383 The Railway Market is rather dull, and the ten dency in prices is downwards. The lines princi pally dealt in are Caledonian, Great Northern, Mancheste r , Sh e ffi e ld an d Li nco l ns hire, Ea'stern, and York and Berwick. Foreign s ß o r u ig t h h tn Shares are very inactive and nominal. Mining Shares are neglected, and Bank Shares and Land Companies, are firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From, the (*dal List. j Ilmaness none 7th ' i la i nk ,er D Sth eu c t k . ft ,.. e . d u—Ce— d ... A .. n . u .. ui .. t ., e — s 12 9 1 $ '3 per Cent Consols Annuities 921 2 $ 31 per Cent. Annuities . 93 434 , 92i a A 1 3.:1000 ..................... ... 2500 %tall ........................................ . 4 2 5 p T i o c l i s w f ti o u r o t: t . cicwolusn,t2ila. August Exchequer Bonds, 1858 . 9Ba Tazi Han Bonds, 5 per Cent PRICE Ditto .. . FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. . . .... ................. . i-:uenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per C en t — Ditto for the Account 55 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 76 .exican 3 per Cent. .......................... . 24i -Vanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3Bl 1 8 x d x d per (lent.— . invidends on the i h ove payable in London 4 4 p pa a n uis is h h C N o e m w m D it e te fe e rr ce ed rt. , 3 of Coup. not fun. 4i fi Dutch Exchange, 21 Per Cent. 12 Gull 6Ol x d HALF-PA ST T WO. Consols ...................................... 921 Ditto August Accowit ..• 92g BURIAL , ...._ CI 17135 f of prisons ron's Friendly Societies Bill took evidence on the subject of child murder, alleged to be induced by the temptation if funeral money. Th ey he select committee on Mr. Sothe ermined four judges, two go vernorslain of a prison, a recristrar of births and deaths, and a solicitor who had been engaged in a prosecution or child had evidence , two coroners, a chief of police, a chap lain ; and the committee came to the conclusion that i he instances of child murder where the motive has been to obtain money from a burial society are very few (they years), and _that it is not necessary to legislate specifi cally with a view to the prevention of that crime. The of only four convictions in the last 13 judges, however, pressed upon the committee that it was not allowed by law to any person, rich or poor, to insure the life of another unless he has a pecuniary interest in the continu ance of such l i fe, an d that an insurance for burial mon ey is at variance w i t h t his rule, and, if per mitted, ought care f ully to b e limited to its avowed ob ject of providing for the child's funera l . The committee consider th a t the law requiring the payment to be made to the undertaker is disliked, and is altogether illusory and inoperative ; in many cas es no such person is ein- P l °Yed- They propose, as a better course , to limit t he imount to be received, whether from One or more so cieties, to 61. on the death of a child under five, and 101. on the death of a child between five and ten, a medical f•ertificate of the cause of death to be in all cases pro duced. THE CHOLERA IN AMERICA.—The cholera has been very fatal in Canada. but is said to be now declining. It, has spread into nearly all parts of the United Stntes. The following is the account from Chicago on the 12th ultimo :—" The cholera has been raging in this city with the greatekl violence for the past two or three weeks, and the people have been dying off like sheep. From the 3d to the 9th of this month the deaths by cholera have averaged over 100 per day, and the carts conveying the dead to their last resting-place have been traversing the streets day and night for the last two weeks, some of them conveying three or four bodies." ARCHERY AT RICHMOND. — The ancient silver arrow, which wa s fi rst s h ot f or at Scorton, in 1673, and has since that ti me b een an nually competed for, was shot for at Richm on d , on W e d nes day last, on the Cricket ground, by 15 a rc h ers. M r. St e wart, of York, by obtaining the first gold, won the arrow, and the captaincy for the ensuing year. Mr. Hargrove, t. f York, by the first red, won the silver bugle and lieutenancy for the next year. The captaincy of numbers were soon awarded to Mr. R. Bell, Leeds. The subscription cup, the prize for the best gold, was won by Mr. Farrer, York. The horn spoon to Mr. Fox, of Leeds, for the best white,—Dur. dam Advertiser. EST P. M14 1 .,:GN N S. THE WAR. ADVANCE OF THE TURKS TOWARDS BUCHAREST. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, last night, says :—"At Bucharest, on the 27th of July, the Turks were expected in two or three days, and will have a splendid reception. The Presse states, under date Belgrade, August 1, that according to a despatch from the Turkish head-quarters, the Rus sians are leaving Wallachia in three columns. The province is to have an army of occupation of. Turks and Austrians. The immediate evacuation of Mol davia is not expected." A letter from Bucharest of the 19th ult., in the .Satellite of Cronstadt in Transylvania, says : —" The commander of the Russian troops in the environs of the town of Prova has de manded from the Central Government commis sioners to compel the inhabitants of the valley to establish barricades and to break up communi cations. This measure is evidently directed against the eventuality of the entrance of the Austrians into Wallachia. When Prince Gortsch&:off re turned here from Urtitcheni, the corps of Boyards waited on him to pay their respects. The Prince amongst other things said The Russians in the two principalities have thus far been extremely mild and friendly towards the inhabitants ; no one can say the contrary. But that will not be the case in future. We have hitherto only asked for what was indispensable to the troops ; to-morrow we shall begin to take what we require, or what we may think right.' The Russians have already disposed of our peasants—every man who possesses cattle is to be obliged to make conveyances during four days in the week." THE ANGLO-FRENCH TERMS FOR NEW NEGOTIATIONS. A letter from Berlin, of the 29th, says : " It was said to-day in well-informed circles that the French and English ambassadors here had just received fresh instructions from their Governments. The cabi nets of Paris and London, according to what is rumoured, would be disposed to resume negotiations on the follow ing terms :--18t, the immediate evacuation of the prin cipalities ; 2dly, the joint protectorate of the principal! ties by all the powers, reserving to Austria the executive power; 3dly, the joint protectorate of all the non-Mus sulman subjects of the Porte, in conformity with the principles laid down in the protocol of Vienna of April 9 ; 4thly, the free navitiation of the Danube and of the Black Sea, and the establishment of a free port in the latter ; and sthly, an indemnity for the expenses of the war. The President of the Council, M. de Manteuffel, having only returned to Berlin in the course of the day, has not as yet had any official communication made to him on the subject." ENTRANCE OF ENGLISH VESSELS INTO THE DANUBE. The Lloyd of Vienna contains a letter from Galatz of the 18th ult., which states that three English vessels had entered the mouth of the Danube at Sulina without obstacle. There were 7 feet of water there, and a dredging machine was kept constantly at work. The first Russian posts were at Sinakow, within half a league of the mouth. The Russians were throwing up entrenchments and placing bat teries on both banks near Ismail and Tultscha, to prevent the enemy's vessels from going up further. The Russian flotilla of the Danube forms three divisions, which are at Ibraila, Reni, and Galatz. The Russians are fortifying this latter town, and throwing up entrenchments on the islands in the Danube. AUSTRIAN CONDITIONS AS TO THE OCCU PATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Presse of Vienna has the following import ant intelligence from Constantinople :—" Austria has made these conditions relative to the occupa tion of the Principalities :—L As soon as the Aus trians have entered the Principalities the Turks are to undertake no further offensive operations in those provinces. 2. Austria to undertake all military operations without previously obtaining the con sent of any other Power. 3. The Hospodars are to be reinstated, but the Porte is to send Commis saries to examine into their conduct while the Rus sians were in their respective Principalities." CONSTANTINOPLE. Dates from Constantinople to the 24th of July state, that a strong body of the allied troops had gone in 15 ships from Baltsbik to Anapa. Five Russian boats had been sunk by two Eng lish steamers whilst raising the engines of the Tiger. In the arsenal of Constantinople many gun-boats are being fitted out. _ Chole — ra has appeared at Smyrna and Varna. A letter from Constantinople, of July 20, says —" Our accounts from Gallipoli are still unsatis factory. The people are terror-stricken and have fled from the town in all directions ; and even the sanitary officer of the district has shamefully aban doned his post. The Council of Health is adopting every possible means to prevent the spread of the cholera, which is happily still confined to the French troops, the original focus of infection. All arrivals from Gallipoli and the Dardanelles are subjected to a igorous quarantine, and the French depot at Daout Pacha and Maltepe, where some cases of cholera had appeared, are also isolated by a mili tary cordon. There are as yet no signs of cholera either in the capital or the environs. The only in stance we know of was that of a porter, supplied by the Health Office to work on board the French packet Alexander, who caught the infection and died in a few hours. The faculty has decided that this disease results merely from an at mosphetic current operating on certain locali ties, and is not transmissible by contact—and to it we must leave . explanation of this fact. About a hundred Russian prisoners, and amongst them several officers, were brought in two days ago from the Danube, as also 8 prizes, which we hope may prove lawful, heavily laden with grain. Our blue jackets want a little pocket-money, and are all most anxious for an adventure in the Crimea, which is, according to the reports in circulation, the great object in view. Not a Russian sail or steamer is any longer to be seen in the Euxine. MOVEMENTS OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. According to a telegraphic despatch from Vienna dated last night, the Emperor returned yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. An hour later Feldzeag meister Hess was with him. In high military circles in Vienna it is believed that force must be employed to dislodge the Rus sians from Moldavia. The army corps under Prince Francis Lichten stein is ordered to advance from Pesth to Gallicia. The Austrian army in Gallicia is moving towards the frontiers. Archduke Albrecht has removed his head quarters to Cronstadt, iu the south-east corner of Transylvania. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Presse of Vienna says : We have news from Suchoum Kale to the 7th ult., and from Redout Kale to the Bth. Naito Effendi, one of the companions of Shamyl, had arrived a little heforejat Vardou, and had bad a conference with the English officers relative to sending 10,000 Circassians to Batoum, and their incorporation with the Turkish army, Nail) Effendi appears doing everything to succeed in this, but does not conceal the difficulties there will be in per suading the Circassians to join the army of Selim Pacha. The news from Erzeromn comes down to the 6th ult. The Russian army of Alexandropol, 25,000 strong, and having 80 pieces of cannon, had crossed the Aspatchai, and were within 6 leagues of Kars. The Turkish army, 80,000 strong in regular troops, 15,000 Bashi-Bazouks, and with 100 pieces of cannon, was passed only by a few leagues distance. A battle was expected every day. A letter from Trebizond of the 13th July states that Nafiz Pacha, who had commanded the Turkish army at the battle of Nezib, has been named Governor of Trebi zond. On the 13th three Turkish steam-frigates, having on board Admiral Achinet Pacha, had arrived in that port with 3,000 regulars from Varna, 45 pieces of can non, and a certain number of horses. These troops were to set out immediately for Batoum." ERZEROUM, July 3.—About eight days ago the Bashi-Bazouks of Hassan Yazidji had an encounter with the Cossacks on the Russian boundary, who were there feeding with their horses. General Kennedy fell upon them with some squadrons, pos sessed himself of about 6G horses, and the Cossacks fled, leaving on the field about 50 men, with their arms and equipments. Other skirmishes of this sort are daily occurring, with various successes on both sides. THE BALTIC. REPORTED CAPTURE OF BOMARSUND. - - LUBECK, August 2.—The steamer Hengist, just arrived here in fifty-six hours from Stockholm, announces that intelligence had reached that city of the capture of Bomarsund by the allied fleets on the 29th ult. COPENHAGEN, July 28.—1 t is supposed that a new request for the co-operation of Sweden-Norway has been made. The special commissaries who have been sent to Stockholm for that purpose have had an audience of King Oscar. The conditions offered are not known, but they may be easily guessed —money subsidies, the garrisoning of the Aland Isles by the allies, and the eventual restora tion of Finland. The King of Denmark feels daily more and more the galling yoke imposed upon him by his Russian Ministry, and has lately renewed his offer to resign his Crown. The Ministers were silent. A letter from Hamburg of the . 30th ult., in the Independence of Brussels, says ;—" Four hundred English, on the 18th, made. a descent at Kolinga, on the island of Oesel, the most important of the islands in the Gulf of Finland, opposite Livonia, and after having destroyed four boats, which were all they found there, they retired. Since the 23d, the blockade of the ports in the Gulf has become more rigorous. It is not possible for any vessel either to enter or leave. The Customs' duties levied on that coast annually constituted a very important pecuniary resource for the Russian Go vernment, but at present they amount absolutely to nothing. Revel is strictly blockaded by four English vessels. On the 23d, part of the English crews landed at Port Baltick, and demanded that three merchant ships which were under water should be given up to them. As it was impossible to give theta up immediately, they fixed another day, and threatened that if not then handed over they will burn down the town." MALTA. A letter of the 29th ult., from Malta, says the Manilla had arrived with ammunition. The Simla, with the 4th Dragoons, and the Colombo, with the 20th Regiment, arrived on the 26th and departed on the 27th. The Medora, with a company of artillery from he garrison, sailed on the 27th. FR ANCE. The Moniteur publishes the following extract of a letter dated " Santiago, June 14—The two French and English admirals have left this place about a month ago, es corted by all the forces of their station, to go in search of the Russian squadron of the Pacific Ocean, and we shall soon know the result of their meeting. " King Katn6ham6ha 111. has published a proclama; tion destined to preserve the neutrality of the Havaian Archipelago during the present war, and to interdict his subjects from the arming of corsairs under pain of being considered and punished as pirates." The Moniteur contains the programme of the national fetes of the 15th of August. They, as usual, consist of a day and night fete, and are to be on a magnificent scale. They do not make mention of the review of the new Imperial Guard, which, it has been reported is to take place in presence of the Emperor, on the Champ de Mars. From the accounts received from the provinces, it appears that the fine weather of the last few days has had a most favourable effect on the crops, and that all doubts as to the abundance of the harvest are passing away. In almost all parts of France the harvest has already commenced, and the cut ting of barley, oats, and rye is general. In some places only the cutting of wheat has commenced. The quality of the crops is described as excellent. The consequence of all this is a general diminution in the price of grain. It appears that the revolutionists of the conti nent; but especially of Belgium and Italy, feel quite sure that the Spanish revolution will be soon fol lowed by others elsewhere. To Italy their eyes" are turned in a particular manner. The attempt at Parma they believe to be the forerunner of other disturbances of greater magnitude. Already they say the hand of Mazzini is at work, and they trust that the Italian Peninsula will soon give such em ployment to Austria as to render it impossible for her to act against Russia with the allies. They dream a general bouleversement, and they already see a Republic in Spain, and elsewhere. _ . We read in the Moniteur :—" The Minister of War has not seen without great dissatisfaction that the results of experiments ordered by him, and connected with improvements to be introduced into our means of attack and defence should have been made public, and communicated to the jour nals even before they had been made known to the head of the army. There is in indiscretions of this nature a want of patriotism which it will be only necessary to point out for them not to be re peated. The minister is, moreover, decided on not tolerating these infractions on all military duties." General Carbuccia, who commanded the foreign legion in the East, and whose death has been an nounced, entered the army in 1827, and when only forty years of age had risen to the rank of General. He obtained all his promotion by services in Africa. In addition to his military distinction, he gained notice by cousing the remains of the monuments erected by the Romans in Algeria to be carefully examined, and by giving au account of them to the Academy of Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. For this important service the Academy voted him a medal. A letter from Therapia, 20th ult., in the Itioni teur, says The French Chargé d'Affaires has transmitted to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultan the insignia of the grand cross of the Legion of Honour, and the certificates of nomi nation intended for Riza Pacha and Omer Pacha. The mark of distinction, which his Imperial Majesty has deigned to accord to the Seraskier and to the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army, way received at the Pa lace, as well as at the Porte, with a deep feeling of satisfaction. Reschid Pacha immediately ex pressed this sentiment, in the name of the Sultan, in a letter to the Charge d'Affaires de France." A Paris letter, in the InFlependance of Brussels, states that the examining magistrates have decided that sufficient grounds do not exist for prosecuting Count de Montalembert, for having published, or allowed to be published, a letter containing at tacks on the Government. Of domestic news the only event is the death of the Baron de Vitrolles, whose name was so cele brated in the affairs of 1815, and during the Resto ration. He died in Paris on Monday night, in the 81st year of his age. The French Funds were firm yesterday, and closed higher than on Tuesday. The 3 per Cents. were 30c. higher, and the 4i per Cents. 35c. higher, at 71f. 5c., and 98f. 60c. Bank of France Shares have advanced sf. ; those of the Societe Mobiliere have fallen 2f. 50c. Spanish New Deferred have risen The other Foreign Funds are without alteration. This was the preparation-day for the half -monthly settlement in Railway Shares, but the fluctuations have been so trifling during the fort night that very little money will have to be paid in differences. Scarcely any change took place in the price of these securities. Exchange on London (short) 24f. 974 c., money; ditto (90 24f. days) 70c ., money. SPAIN. RECEPTION OF ESPARTERO AT MADRID. Espartero made his entry into the capital (says a Madrid letter of the 29th ult.) this morning at eight o'clock by the Porte Alcala. The wide street which bore that name, and which is for the future to be called the Calle del Duque de la Victoria, was filled with a compact crowd, and every window was occupied. A considerable number of citi zens, on foot and on horseback, had gone out of the city to meet the man of the moment, and were mixed up with the cortege as it entered. Some were as simple spectators, but others were iti uniform, intended to represent that of the Na tional Guard, infantry and cavalry. The infantry wore a sort of blouse, tightened round the waist, and a foraying cap adorned with green ribbon, bear ing the words, " The Constitution, or Death r Troops of the line accompanied the cortege, and General San Miguel, on horseback, was by the bide of Espartero's open carriage. There were also three or four other carriages, in which were seated some superior officers, wearing their uniforms and decorations ; a deputation of the junta, and another of the municipal council of Madrid. This latter body had also sent its mace-bearers in grand cos tume of crimson velvet, laced with gold, and cap of similar velvet and white plumes. They were four in number, and rode in an open carriage. A number of other public officers were also to be see', mixed up in the cortege. It was not without great difficulty that the horses and carriages could get through the immens, multitude, particularly near the Puerta del Sol, where the street becomes considerably narrower. The acclamations in honour of Espartero were deafening, and the multitude seemed to want to take him from his carriage . and embrace him. The cries from the windows were just as enthusiastic as in the street. At the corner of the Puerta del Sol, and of the Rue d'Acala, a number of white pigeons were let go, ornamented with green ribbons. In the Rue Major it was really thought Espartero would be suffocated under the m Iss of flowers which were flung down on him. Espartero, standing erect in the carriage, responded to the enthusiastic recep tion thus given him by opening his arms, bowing to the right and left, and then closing his arms on his heart. He looked well, and did not appear to be more than between fifty and sixty years of age. The cortege arrived about nine o'clock at the court of the palace. Espartero then alighted, and went up to the Queen's apartments, the crowd being so thick as almost to prevent the door of the carriage from opening. The acclamations continued aft( r his entrance into the palace, and redoubled at the moment it was thought he must have arrived in the presence of the Queen. But without doubt the peo ple reckoned on having some share in the interview, for after about a quarter of an hour cries arose of " Al balcon 1" and every eye was directed towar ds the grand balcony of the royal presence-chamber, the blinds of which remained pitilesslclose ranee interval was prolonged in this way fur half an hour, and at the moment Espartero made his a below to get into his carriage, the whole herself at the balcony just nieutioned. with exit bu- Q u e t rr P n i P i e e s l a ] o wed of the crowd then turned toward:4 her siastic cries of " Viva la Reina,.!" " Viva . la hiseina Constitutional !" Espartero, wove away ; fiaiuted, the line, which had begun to Lao standing in , cal- Queen; crying out like the rest, " Viva la and agitating his plumed hat. The Queen, who seemed in high spirits, re sponded to the people and to Espartero by waving her handkerchief. The King, who had come out on the balcony, a little after her Majesty, and who stood on her left hand, did the same. Espartero and the cortege having disappeared, a great part of the people remained ''behind, cheering the Queen. She continued for some time saluting the crowd, and then making her final salute, withdrew. The crowd below immediately after dispersed. The whole of the city is dressed up with green branches, and even with young trees, cut down for the purpose. All the barricades are so adorned, and several of the piles of stones so raised are even painted. ACCOUNT OF THE NEW MINISTRY. .einar When announcing the fact of Espartero's having been summoned by the Queen to Madrid to be at the head of the new Government, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, I ventured to antici pate that he would select the majority of his minis ters from among the more eminent and efficient members of the Progressista party, and that office would also be proposed to a few of the more popular of the Moderados. The list of new ministers veri fies my prediction. On looking over the names I find two among the new ministers who have always been counted among the Moderados. The difference on matters of abstract policy is, how ever, on the present occasion, of little importance ; the chief requirements are firmness and personal and political probity. It is this latter quality, and I speak from acquaintance with most of them, which particularly distinguishes the new Ministers. The President of the Council (without Portefeuille) is the great man of the day, Esparthro. Of him it is unnecessary to say much. His character, his reputation, his gallantry, his high sense of honour, and his probity have long been proved, and are not contested even by his implacable enemies. The history of Espartero is history of Spain from 1835 to 1843. He rose taMitssively to the highest position that any subject could attain to ; and his conduct since his return from unmerited exile till the present moment has earned for him the respect and affection of the vast majority of his country men. He is only hated by those who have brought dishonour on the throne, and exposed their country to imminent ruin. The events that have recently occurred in Spain have brought General O'Donnell before the public: more than any other previous period. O'Donnell is, as his name implies, of Irish origin. His family have been long settled in Spain, and the names of his father and uncle, the Counts of Lubisbal, must be familiar to the readers of the history of the Peninsular War, or of the Duke of Wellington's despatches. They were officers of much distinc tion during the war of independence—at least, in comparison with the military men that Spain produced at that period. Leopold O'Donnell, the present Minister of War, entered the army young, some years before the death of Fer dinand. After the death of the King in 1833, he remained faithful to the Christina cause, while his three brothers, Juan, Carlos, and Henrique, and his two brothers-in-law, passed over to the camp of Zumalacarregur, who raised the standard of Don Carlos in the Basque provinces. Even Madame O'Donnell, the mother of the Mi nister, joined the Carlist son, and while her son commanded in the name of Queen Isabella the pro vince of Giupuzcoa, his mother accepted and long filled the office of Lady of Honour to the Princess of Beira, second wife of Don Carlos, at their sylvan court of Onate, in the same province. O'Donnell is about 46 years old, of lofty stature, the lower part of his face large and massive. His complexion is, or was, rather fair. His military talents are very good, considering Spanish -Generals, and he may safely be classed in the same rank as the Conchas. He never figured much as a politician, though, from his conduct in 1840 and '4l, and his taking office under the Narvaez Government, he was considered as belonging to the Moderado party. He is a man of much energy and determination. There were two persons of the name of Alonso who figured among the Progressista party—one remarkable for his enthusiasm ; this person is, I believe, the present Minister of Justice. If it be the same I mean he is a man of much integrity, andthe m wa in s is a t l e w r a o y f s F.%Lbilbicerwal.orkDs,o isn F a r Colonelan ci Francisco I T of uj Ar ani long tle member the eoaf o k f ielre par o Cortex, gres sai consistentsnt and invariablytill Ar tillery. . H e i s a goo H s e at wa o s n ton and of politician, a a benches d s high honour. He has never swerved from his party even in man of extensive information nor changed his opinions, the worst times. Don Francisco Santa Cruz, Minister of the In terior, belongs to a highly honourable family. His talents are respectable, and his integrity well known. In the list of the Cabinet, the person who figures as Minister of Finance is called lion Jose Manuel Mellaro. I suspect that this is a mistake for. Don Jose Manuel Collado. The former name lam norant of—the latter I know well. M. Collado is the head of a commercial and banking -house established for many years in San Sebastian. He acquired a considerable fortune in the colonial trade, as also by contracts during the civil war. He and M. Sevillano (Marquis de Fuentes de Duero) are among the richest capitalists of Spain. M. Collado was nanied Senator three or four years ago. Though of liberal opinions, he never mixed much in politics ; indeed, not at all until he became Senator. The scandals of the Court and the Government forced him into opposition. He was arrested, together with M. Sevillano, in the last days of the Sartoriu s C a bi net, on the charge of having furnished funds to the in surgents. Both were soon after released. These are the circumstances which inclined me to suspect that the Moniteur mistakes as to the name, and that Collado, and not Mellaro, is meant. General Allende y Sallazar, the Minister of Ma rine, was an aide-de-camp of Espartero. As a po litician he is not much known, but such as he is he has always professed Liberal opinions. Not the least important member of the new Ca binet is Don Joaquin Pacheco. M. Pacheco was one of the most eminent members of the Madrid bar, even at a period when Cortina, Lopez, and Olozaga were in full fame. As a politician he be longed to that small section which always took its place between the Moderados and the Progressistes, and which was equivalent to the Tiers Parti, of Louis Philippe's time. He was always a strenuous advocate for constitutional government, for legality in every sense, for the liberty of the press ; and, indeed, between him and the moderate Progresistas the shade was very slight. He was long a member of the Cortes, and was, if not a brilliant, yet a forcible ,and judicious, speaker. In Spain nick: names are given to everything and every one; and from the strictness of its opinions, the section of which Pacheco was the acknowledged chief was known as the Puritanos. When the " Spanish marriages" were concluded—the deed which has brought misfortune on all, those who contrived it as well as the unhappy victims themselves the perpetrators were scattered in all directions; The Ministry who sanctioned it, and at the bead of which was M. Isturitz, was overthrownin 1 847 • Pacheco was then summoned to form a new Cabi net. He had as his colleagues Salaman, Genera l. Cordova, General Ros de Olano, Patricio Escosurs , Sic., all professedly of the same Puritano s ection,• The intrigue which upset that Cabinet, and was aided by one or two of its own members, put an end to it in a few months, and Pacheco retired _ from power with a reputation as pure as when Ds, assumed it. I have never heard a w or d breathe°. against Pacheco's integrity, and in such times as the present and particularly in Spain this is saying a great deal, and the part which he has taken In recent events must have been forced on him by the necessity of contributing to the salvation of la w country. On the whole the present Cabinet is compose d of men of respectability in a soc i a l as well, as_lacu'' tical point of view. arrived from Henrique, A telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, July 2 9 0 states that on the p • dayalen rented to the Junta. Valencia, and Infante, and was D v : The defenders of the barricades have decorated them with garlands of flowerS. There is a rumour that M. Salamanca has been arrested at Albaceta. A rumour was current in Paris yesterday, that when the Queen of Spain received the letter of General Espartero, and expressed her willingness to accept the conditions on which he consented to form a ministry, she experienced great resistance from her mother, Queen Christina, and that a scene of great violence ensued. On this subject, the Siecle says :—" Our letters from Madrid con tain relative to a scene which took place at the pa • lace between Queen Isabella and her mother, and in which the King was obliged to interfere, certain details which we d© not find in the Madrid journab, and which we will give as soon as we ;hall have had them confirmed. They of a are nature to prove the sad influence which the Queen Mother has endeavoured to maint •am over her daughter's mind, and of the over the policy Government." --- ITALY. The Military Inspector of the Gendarmerie 0 f Parma has published a proclamation granting.an additional delay of 48 hours for the delivering up of arms and ammunition, at the expiration or ,vhich any person having such articles in hi s pO5l .e , siou is to be dealt with according to the laws oz the state of siege. An official article in the Genoa Gazeto Ti*,30,44