The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

o ceded, accompanied by the officers before men tioned, on board the Queen Hortense, for a visit to the British Commodore, the Hon. W. F. Grey, on board the Hannibal, 91. He subsequently sailed round the fleet, and landed at tho pier. His Majesty walked unattended through the crowd, and was loudly cheered. The Emperor left Calais for Paris yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. The Emperor arrived in Paris last night at eleven o'clock. The Emperor visited the British ships of war yesterday, and was received with all possible li on o ur. It would appear from the following, which is contained in another communication, that the Emperor had some difficulty in reaching the fleet : —At 12.40 the Emperor embarked on board the Refine Hortense ; at 2 p.m. the yacht was approach mg the English squadron ; at 2.8 the squadron saluted, shortly after the Emperor got into the barge, and struggled againt a WSW full wind and tide, for 20 minutes ; at 2.50 the Emperor desired the Fire Queen to stop and take them in tow ; the Corse, French corvette, was also hailed, and took the Royal barge in tow to the commodore's ship. On board at 3.3 and saluted ; a heavy sea going. Marshal Vaillant fell partly into the sea, and was pulled out. The Moniteur of to-day (Saturday) announces the I lockade of Cronstadt, St. Petersburg, and the ports of the Gulf of Finland. EMBARKATION OF FRENCH TROOPS AT CALAIS FOR THE BALTIC. On the whole of Thursday the troops kept streaming into Calais from various quarters, and, with all the alacrity of their nation, proceeded to locate themselves in their allotted quarters. The fine battering train, all brass guns, lumbered sullenly along towards the quay, in order to be as near as possible to the point of embarka tion. Neither men nor horses were in such high condition as ours on a review day at Woolwich, but both looked rough and ready, fit for business, and formed together as imposing and warlike a procession as the greatest military critic could desire. The far-famed Cbasseurs de Vincennes (two battalions) made for the ramparts, and en camped themselves under the trees with the rapidity of magic. The utility of the new French tent was here made perceptible. This primi tive mansion is composed simply of six long pieces of canvass, with buttons and button holes at the edges of each, to form the junction. Each soldier carries a piece nicely folded up on the top of his knapsack, where it forms little or no encumbrance, and when the camp is to be pitched he unfolds his share, buttons it on to his comrade's piece, and so on until six are firmly joined together. One or two light boughs cut without ceremony wherever they offer themselves from the neighbour ing trees complete the preparations, and in a few Minutes six valiant heroes of the grand army are lying at full length comfortably smoking in their e xtemporised pavilion. It must be admitted that the ceiling is not of a very high pitch, being not more than four feet from the ground at its greatest point of elevation, but then the men are of low stature, and have a wond er f u l f ac ili ty o f mak i ng themselves at home at the shortest possible notice, and under the most apparently hostile combina nation of circumstances. The agile Chasse urs were not an hour on the ramparts, when their canvas city stood in regular streets, their short Roman looking swords hung festooned picturesquely round the trunks of the trees, the vivandiere plied her merry calling, and young conscripts of irrepressible musical tendencies were volunteering lyric effu sions, more remarkable for their length and body of sound than their melody. Some of the seniors affectionately polished their carabines, and explained to the wondering fair ones who stood around the mode in which the sight was to be fixed in order to kill respectively at three hundred, five hundred, or a thousand metres, and everywhere there were present the life, bustle, and details of a camp, looking as natural and matter-of-course as if they had been six months in existence. At the end of the rampart stands the Phare, from the top of which similar operations might be seen going on in the glacis, where the third regiment of the line were also making their domestic arrangements. Within the town similar bustle was perceptible, the cafes were all crowded, and the proprietors of the tables d'hote were obliged to exercise more than their usual ingenuity in providing anything like presentable substitutes for beef and mutton. There Was a famine of bread, as an immense order had been given for the soldiers but the prevailing good Immikur smoothed e ver y difficulty, and the people eat, drank, chatted, smoked, and sang until an un usually late hour in the evening. So early as five o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning the shipping of the guns and other material commenced. The infantry marched down to the quay, and piled their firelocks, which w ere i mme di ately taken on board the tenders. General Baraguay d'Hilliers, sur rounded by a numerous staff of officers, superin tended th e s hi pment, and all was life bustle,i and activity. Th e pu bli c were kept at a distance by - a military cordon, kept in their usual free and easy Manner by a very scanty number of pleasant little French soldiers, These compact little bundles of nerve and muscle could not keep still at their posts for a single moment, but assumed all sorts of un military attitudes—played tricks on each other, and joked and laughed with the bystanders. Amidst all these crowds of soldiers constantly filling the streets and quays, morning, noon, and night, at a time, too, when military di sc ipli ne was somew h at relaxed, and everybody was bidding farewell to everybody else, one striking and most valuable fact must be recorded to the honour of the French army, and th a t i s, that not a single drunken sol er was seen in the streets, nor a single infraction of the peace committed by either suldier or civilian. The Consul of France at Valparaiso has sent an account of a terrible gale of wind which took place there on the night of the 6th May and the follow ing day, and caused considerable damage. Three Chilian vessels went to the bottom, eight went ashore, nine were much injured, and twenty boats were dashed to pieces. Six French vessels were in the roadstead, but not one of them suffered any injury : these vessels are the Grand Conde, the Ville de Tonneins, the Callao, the Union, the Cal cutta, and the Alcibiade. It has already been stated that Bou Maza had received permission from the Emperor Napoleon to offer his services to the Sultan in the war against Russia, and that the Emperor had generously an nounced his intenti on to d efray the expenses fo the o u tfi t. The Porte having accepted the offer in B ou Ma za , an d appointed him to a command of Circassia, he is to leave Villers-Cotterets, where he h as been res idi ng for some time, for his post on Monday next. BA/N-k OF FRANCE.—The following was the debtor and credit or account of the Bank of France, i nade up to Thursday, July 13:-- c. C ash a n d i ngots Ca. Fr. 2 76,951,700 41 „ C ash at the branch banks 52 , 5 29,272e98c. are from the branch banks Bills i n the branch banks 118,869,839 54 A dvances on co i n and ingots - 828,100 —D o. in the branch banks on public securities of France 18,961,636 10 uo• in the branch banks Do. on railway securities Do. in th e b ranc h b an k s be. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 i tentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds tHotel and furniture of the Bank eal Property of branch banks xpense s of administration Sundries .... 65,000,000 - 10,000,000 - 55,447,573 97 4,000,000 - 3,764,198 - 77,927 41 1,135,739 96 947,496,721 34 Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund. ....... : ........ 4,000,000 Reserve itninobilire--- 4 66,897,100 DO' to bearer, in circulation 134,178,975 -- Do. of branch banks 5,913,634 54 Do. to order (Post bills) tills p bl • pa eat solt . 10,239,990 Account -current of b Treasury Creditor 68,177,950 78 111,035,595 70 -Various accounts -current 31,993,053 ~ Do• branch banks _lJividends to be paid 3,558,175 25 9,922,068 5 piseount, interest, and expenses 3,629 5 ,-7ore?iission on deposits 916,188 68 Ik e - disc non of the last 111.1 - year Y 111,057 72 Overdue bills ' r 318,553 43 0, sundries .............................. DR. ,46,21 Cet t i S ed by the Governor of the rank of 947 Fra 9 7nce, 34 From th ese returns it appears that th em e metllic reserve has declined 2i millions in Paris and 14 Millions in the branch banks. The discount accom- Moda,tion has diminished 15 millions in Paris and 11.1 millions in the departments. The advances on public securities remain with very little altera tion either in Paris or in the departments. Advances on railway shares and bonds have increased millions in Paris, and declined 2 of a million in the ?f provinces. The advanc© to the State by the treaty June 30, 1848, has been reduced from 70 mil -d°las to 65 millions, and the advance to the Go vernment of 30 millions on treasury bonds has disappeared from these returns altogether. On the sid e of the liabilities, the notes in circulation lAv© increased in Paris 202 millions, and have ditninished in the provinces millions. The credit account of the Treasury has declined 17i -‘4414Q44 i th ose of private individuals have fallwa off 601 millions in Paris, and 2 millions in the branch banks. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present 4511 millions to 601 millions of notes is, circulation. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 70f. 80c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 50e. ; and the New Loan, at 71f. sc. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,145 f. ; Shr. Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 572 f. 50e. ; Great Northern, 810 f. ; Strasburg, 773 f. 75c. ; New Shares, 617 f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ' • Lyons to the Me- St. diterranean, 830 f. ; Western of France, 637 f. 500. • 20 Bordeaux and C e tte, 595 f. ; Great Central o f 50 France, 490 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 502 f. 500. ; 13 Bank of Credit Mobilier, 685 f. SPAIN. 27 THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. The Gazette of the 9th contains the following, 22 under the head of " Ministry of War :" " According to the last despatches of the Captain- St, Generals perfect tranquillity prevails in the provinces. St. The division of operation, at the head of which is the 5 0 Minister of War, left Tembleque yesterday morning in r pursuit of the rebels. Their advanced guard had pro- 2 ( 0 ) ceeded to Miguelturra and Ciudad Real, where the autho- 10 rities and the inhabitants prepared for a vigorous defence 50 were waiting for them ; but even before ascertaining the 25 disposition of the town, the rebels retired without com bat on Aimagro ; and at the date of the last despatches 25 they were wandering in the villages in the neighbour- 25 hood of that town." 18 The Gazette of the 10th gives the following, under 20 the same head : St. "The expeditionary division, commanded by the St. Minister of War, left Madridejos yesterday in pursuit of 25 the rebels, who are continuing their retreat by the road St. of Andalusia, taking with them some carts which are no St. doubt destined to relieve their infantry on the march. 10 The Royal troops ardently desire to reach the rebels, St. who make no recruits, and are the terror of the towns l ° through which they pass on account of their violent . exactions. Accordin g t o th e l as t news , th e b an d of St scoundrels, comm an d e d by B uce t a , h a d qu i tte d the Sr.. rebels, and gone towards the mountains of Cuenca to St. make a guerilla war. The Captains-General in their St, despatches give no new facts. The Captain-General of 12 Valencia writes under date of the 6th by the mail 50 . of yesterday, that a band of republicans corn- 16 manded by an obscure man, named Acebedo, had raised 1 61 the standard of revolt, and after having committed all 19 sorts of excesses and done immense damage to the 14 railway, had possessed himself of the town where so there was no soldier, fortified himself therein, and 20 proclaimed the - Republic. The Captain-General had 11i sent against this factious band troops on whose fidelity 10 and bravery he counted for the prompt re-establishment St. of tranquillity. At six o'clock the Government received St. the following telegraphic despatch Valencia, Bth r i July, 1854, 45 minutes past 9 o'clock in the evening : 123 Yesterday our troops attacked Alcira ; they sustained St: some loss on account of their daring bravery, and the 50 strong position of the place. To-day, however, our 40 soldiers possessed themselves of the town. This event 25 secures the tranquillity of the province, by showing the 25 impuissance of the revolutionists, and the decision of St. the troops.' Her Majesty is highly satisfied with the 812s c, bravery and fidelity of the troops of the district of Va 50St: lencia, and has directed the Captain-General to thank them in her name, and to prepare immediately the re- 25 compenses due to them." 100 The Gazette further publishes a report from the civil Governor of Ciudad Real, which states that the total force of the insurgents is only 900 horses, including those of the chiefs and officers, and of some citizens who have joined them, and from 500 to 600 infantry—one-third of whom consist of dismounted cavalry soldiers, some recruits, and the " vagabonds" who joined them at Aranjuez. The French Ambassador, the Marquis de Turgot, had arrived in Madrid, from Dax, where he had been to take the waters—he was completely re covered from his wound. THE OVERLAND MAIL. 20 (By Submarine and European Telegraph.) 10 MARSEILLES, FRIDAY, JULY 14. 10 The India mail left here at one o'clock this St. afternoon. The cholera is very bad here ; there were 106 20 deaths yesterday, and to-day there is no diminution. :: -- THE BRAZILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Severn we have dates from Buenos Ayres June 2d ; Monte Video, sth ; Rio de Janeiro, 14th ; Bahia, 18th ; Pernam buco, 21st ; St. Vincent, 30th ; Tenerife, July Gth ; Madeira, 7th ; Lisbon 11th. The Severn brings specie, value 42,0001. ster ling ; diamonds, value 8001. She landed 81 pas sengers at Lisbon, and brings 112 to Southampton. Rear-Admiral Henderson, C. 8., late Corn ma,nder-iu-Chief on the coast of Brazil, embarked by the Severn, but died on the 12th inst., and his remains have been brought home. Among the passengers is Captain-General Concha and suite, who embarked at Teneriffe by the Severn in consequence of the news of the insurrection in Spain having reached that island. His departure was very opporttme, for on arriving at Madeira it was found a steamer had sailed the day previously, ordering the General to be conveyed to Manila. AMERICA. 20 20 50 20 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 25 SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday morning. —The U n it e d a States mail steamer Union has arrived off Cowes, en route to Havre, bringing dates from New York to the Ist inst. The Europa arrived out on the 30th ult. _lO The Gadsden treaty with Mexico was ratified at 5 Washington on the 30th ult., and a cheque for 20 $7,000,000 on the United States Treasury was im - 20 mediately handed over to the Mexican Minister. ... Cholera was prevailing in several of the interior 20 towns of Kentucky aaMissouri. 17i In the New York markets increased shipments 20 of bre a d s t u ff s were ma ki ng t o Li ve rpool at former 20 rates in frei g ht. 20 20 Cotton was steady. 5 Fair to good brands of flour were unchanged, 20 while inferior qualities were lower. Wheat showed 25 a tendency to decline, and corn fell two to three 100 cents. per bushel. 100 In the stock-market there was no change of con- 20 20) : sequence. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091; Paris, sf. 11c. to sf. 13c. Discount, 11 to 15 per ..cent. on] -------- --- ----- COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-July 14. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOMETHING LIKE BUSINESS.—The National Freehold Land Society, in 1852, purchased Gurnard Farm, near West Cowes, for 3,4701. ; it contained 143 acres, and was subject to quit-rents of 201. 18s. 9d. per annum. They have this day sold 75 acres that were not suitable for building purposes, to Robert White, Esq., of North wood-park, Cowes, for 2,5001., subject to the whole of the above quit-rents, reserving 68 acres, beautifully situated for villas, commanding views of this island, the island of Purbeck, Hurst Castle, the New Forest, and Southampton water, and, indeed, almost the entire ex tent of the Solent—at a cost to the society of 9701., little more than 141. per acre, for some of the most beautifully-situated building land in the Isle of Wight ! ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—•At the general meeting of the members, this day, a quorum could not be formed. The election of new members was, therefore, obliged to be adjourned. 50 50 2 100 1 25 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, with the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget was in attendance on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at the Council for the Management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house. His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the Master of the Household and Mr. Gibbs, visited the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold took a drive in an open carriage and four. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace in the evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Spencer, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Viscount Sydney, and Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selection : Overture " Marco Spada" Auber. Waltz, "Songs of the Danube" Grand fantasia, "Les Hugenots" Valse et Galop, "De Fascination" Hibernian Q ua d r ill e HERTFORD, JULY 13.—CnowN COURT. —M. Ysquierdo, a Spaniard, was placed at the bar to take his trial for the wilful murder of George Seeles. It will be remembered that at the Spring Assizes the prisoner was charged with the same offence, but in consequence of his refusal to answer any questions . that were put to him, or to plead to the indictment, a jury was etnpa,nnelled to try the question whether he was wilfully mute or mute by the visitation of God, which decided that he was wilfully mute. In consequence of the prisoner's giving no an swer to the question whether h e wou ld w i sh to be tried by a jury composed of Englishmen and foreigners, or not, the trial took place before a jury of Englishmen. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Justice Ef lo directed that he should at once be called up for judgment, and the decision of the jury was explained to him by the interpreters, and he was asked in the usual form whether he had anything to urge why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. The prisoner made no answer, and did not betray the slightest emo tion when the sentence was pronounced. He left the bar "'about uttering a word, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15 . 1854 MA S TIAR (THIS DAY.) KETS. 'HIS DAY). Business done this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. !tlioslag Prices 1 yesterday. 36 - 40 28 - 30 64 - 66 60 - 62 24 - 26 66 68 88i 89 ! 72 74 125 - 127 96 - 98 78 - 791 89 - 91 11 - 13 ID 11 -13 p 6R - 661 64 - 6,i it 14 2: 16, 8 1 1 - 8i 10i 114 107 108 103 - . 1031 Par i P ar p - d 82i 834 9 8 d 8 7d '''''' ••• 21 - 22 - 64 65i 38 - 40 i d i'd r 2 6 2 6 d i 6 - 8 50 - 52 34 31,1 33 ... 34 , 52 Par = 4 P 4i 4ictp 6t ld 1 p ••• ... • 30 - 92 5 68 - 68 - 2i - 18 20 9 10 14 15 34 3id 13 - 15 62i ti 3, 35 - 36' 4 - 4 - 5 ii = ii 3 / 3 _ 3a 19 19i 4 5 23 25 6 6j F = 7' - 601 721 7 41 - 531 23i - 24, 5 - 5,1 9 - 10 11i-10i d 17 -- 18 7 -- 6dl 97 - 99 62k - 62; Thi - 16: 11 13. ... ... r 2d pa 7 - 8 ••• --- ••• 17 - 18 ii . = iij Paid.) 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Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden ........ 15 Zealand MIS all Aubin Coal and Iron' Australian Agricult. 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 8 Australis. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 32?, Canada 5 Crystal Palace 3A Do. 2 Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 Electra Telegraph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Telcg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steara Navigat 18 General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Nlagdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian Do. New 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam ... all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. 28ii Pau DiVincil Land RECOMMENDATION TO OPEN THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDAYS. RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE. No intoxicating drinks to be sold without license. Licenses to be issued by magistrates at sessions hold for that purpose. There shall bo one uniform license for the sale of intoxi cating drinks, that shall be open to all. Persons obtaining licenses shall be bound, and the sureties shall be bound, for their due observance of the law. The lowest amount to be paid for a license in rstral parishes and Email towns, shall be 61. in towns of 5,000 in habitants; and not exceeding 10,000, the license to be 81., and so on, but in no case to exceed 301. Inspectors of public-houses to be appointed, to report upon the condition and conduct of such houses. Coffee shops, temperance hotels, and shell fish shops, to bo required to be licensed, and visited and reported upon in the same manner. The license to be issued for 21. That, with the exception of from 1 to 2 in the day, and from 6 to 9 in the evening, public houses bo closed on Sun days ; and on week days from 11 to 4 a.m. That it is expedient that places of rational recreation and instruction, now closed, should be opened to the public on Sunday afternoons, at the hour of two o'clock, and that so far as any such places are now closed by the operation of the law, such laws should be so far amended as to enable the Lord Chamberlain, or other competent authority, to deter mine what places should be permitted to be so opened, and for what length of time. That the several laws relating to the regulation of licensing of beer-shops and public-houses, and places of entertainment, and the several provisions of the Police and Excise Acts ap plying thereto, should be consolidated and made in accord ance with these resolutions. THE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. We have just received an early copy of the report submitted to the House by the Select Committee on Metropolitan Bridges : " Your committee have examined witnesses, with a ( view to discharging the duty entrusted to them, and have, in the first place, directed their attention to the atate and condition of the several metropolitan bridges. With re spect to these, they have to report that, with two excep tions, namely, Blackfriars and Westminster, the whole of the metropolitan bridges are in a satisfactory and durable condition. Southwark, Waterloo, and Vauxhall bridges, Charing-cross foot bridge, are toll bridges, in the hands of private companies. As to Blackfriars-bridge, the evidence brought before your committee leaves no doubt as to its being in an unsatisfactory state ; and the Court of Common Council has approved of a proposal for removing the pre sent structure, and replacing it by a new bridge. Your committee do not consider it within their province to re port on the condition of Westminster-bridge, as a contract for pulling it down and rebuilding it has actually been entered into. "With regard to the adequacy of the present bridges in the metropolis to accommodate the existing traffic, your committee have examined numerous witnesses, whose opinion they consider valuable as connected with the bridges ; and they report that the present accommodation is insufficient ; that there is every probability of this defi ciency being still further felt, and that it is necessary to adopt measures to mitigate the evil. To meet this end se veral schemes have been submitted to your committee : Ist, It is proposed to open free of tolls those bridges which are at present private property. 2ndly, To increase the width, and consequently the convenience, of some of the existing bridges. 3dly. To enlarge and improve the approaches to them. 4thly. To make the Thames Tunnel available for traffic. sthly. To construct a tubular iron superway, so as to connect the most important points in the metropolis; and, lastly, to build additional bridges. " After a careful consideration of the ovidenco which has been brought before them, your committee con sider that the expediency of removing the present tolls, on the different bridges between Staines and London bridge, is established. They find that, by the pre sent system, the traffic is diverted from the direct route ; and in consequence the open thoroughfares are choked, and rendered at times almost impassable, by the collection of merchandise and passenger traffic, which would disperse and spread itself if there were wore channels of escape provided. This inconvenience is especially felt at London bridge, where not only delay but even danger is incurred by the concentration of traffic on one spot, owing not only to the ordi nar y L on d on traffic, but to the additional traffic produced by the neighbouring railway termini. Similar inconvenience is felt at Westminster-bridge ; and your committee are of opinion that in both instances it would be materially diminished if the intermediate toll bridges were thrown open to the public. The evidence with re spect to the bridges from Vauxhall to Staines establishes the fact that by the present tolls not only is the public in convenienced, local trade impeded, and the accommodation diminished, but that the burden of the tax falls most heavily upon those who are least able to bear it. " Your committee are of opinion that, although it may become necessary, owing to the ever-increasing traffic of the metropolis, to build additional bridges, it will be better, in the first instance, to ascertain the effect of throwing the present toll bridges open to the public, provided they can be obtained on reasonable terms. " Upon the question as to whether additional bridges are required, your committee have examined Mr. Bennoch, Mr. Tite, Mr. Page, Mr. M'Lean, and other competent witnesses. These witnesses agree in the necessity of pro viding further means of communication across the river. " The sites proposed by them are -Ist. Tower-hill, below London-bridge, 2ndly. St. Paul's. 3dly. Charing-cross. 4thly. Horseferry-road. " Without entering into the comparative merits of these sev era l propos iti ons, your committee are of opinion that the bridges opposite Charing-cross and St. Paul's will become sp ee d i ly necessary, especially should the negotia tion with the proprietors of the toll-paying bridges prove abortive. " With regard to the best mode of providing for the purchase, and the future maintenance and increase of the bridge accommodation, your committee are decidedly of opinion that a rate to be levied over the whole of the dis trict to be benefited by the proposed alterations is at once the most just and the most simple plan to be adopted." RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Yesterday a bill in the House of Commons, bearing the names of Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Isaac Butt, and Mr. Montague Chambers, was printed, to render any dealing with se curities issued during the present war between Russia and En g l an d b y th Russian Government a misde meanour. It is recited that it is expedient to prevent as much as possible the Russian Government from raising funds for the purpose of prosecuting the war which it at present carries on against this country, and therefore it is proposed to prohibit the dealing in fina -1 sian debentures, loans, stock, scrip, or other securities, otherwise the parties to be deemed guilty of a misde meanour, and liable to be imprisoned for a term of not less than three months, and to pay a fine at the discre tion of the court. THE RIFF PIRATES.—ADMIIIALTY, July 12, 1854. Sir,—With reference to the recent acts of piracy which have been committed on the Riff coast, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to ac quaint you, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that her Majesty's steam-sloop Prometheus has been again despatched to that coast.—(Signed) R. B. OSBORNE. Captain G. A. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The board of directors having had the accounts for the past half-year submitted to them, have decided upon recommending the payment of a divid en d for the upon recommending the payment of a dividend for the half. year of 21. 6s. per cent. on the consolidated stock of the company. REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COM MITTEE ON PUBLIC -HOUSES. The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to examine into the system under which public-houses, coffee houses, and other places of public entertainment are now regulated, have agreed to their report and laid it before the house. The committee, referring to the evidence which they have taken, notice the great advantage which had been derived by the public of Dublin from the opening on Sundays of the grounds of the Zooliogcal Society, in the Plicenix Park, at a charge of one penny for admission. Further on the committee say- -" A working man living in the neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace, states that there is great drunkenness on Sunday night in the public-houses at Norwood ; a great number of people come down to see the building during the Sunday and stop at the public-houses, where they get intoxicated, and make a great disturbance during the evening. This is precisely what in the neighbour hood of Chatsworth used to happen during the period the grounds remained closed, and from his experience on that occasion, Sir Joseph Paxton apprehends persons going to see the Crystal Palace would in the first place be too tired by their exertions in going round it to have any inducement to go to the public-houses to drink. Their wish would be to take recreation and see the beautiful objects which the place contains ; and when they had been there several hours, he does not think there would be a tendency to stop and drink. " The prevention to the admission of the public to the Crystal Palace on Sunday arises from the act of George 11., which prohibits money from being taken for admission to any place whatever on the Sunday; the act is evaded at several music saloons, tea gardens, dec., by the sale of refreshment tickets being made to cover a nominally free admission. "Your committee cannot but remark upon the impolicy of suffering the continuance of a law which is preventive only to those who will not stoop to devices for its evasion, and who, from the excellence of their object and the superiority of their position should, of all others, be exempt from re strictions. The inconsistency that suffers the singing saloons of Manchester and Liverpool, and Cremorne and the Eagle Tavern gardens to be open on the Sunday, and shuts in the face of all but the proprietors, and those who have free ad mission, to the gardens of the Zoological Society, and the vast and varied school of secular instruction provided within the grounds and building of the Crystal Palace, is too glaring for continuance. There can be but few who will contend that it better becomes a Christian observance of the Sunday that people should be congregated, drunken and brawling, outside the Crystal Palace, than that they should be en gaged in the contemplation of the thousand beautiful and thought-exciting objects within its walls. But there are other places of public instruction, the complete closing of which throughout Sunday seems to your committee less excusable. The National Gallery, the British and Geological Museums the exhibitions a t Marl borough and Gor e H ouse, are paid for by the nation ; there is not an individual, however poor, that in the consumption of taxed products does not contribute his quota to the sup port of these institutions, and it therefore does not seem to your committee a policy that admits of defence that these places should be closed upon the only day that it is possible for the majority of the population to visit them without seri ous loss. It is seldom possible for working men, or any con siderable part of the fully employed population, to visit the National Gallery, the British Museum, or other national in stitutions, unless at the cost, to them a serious one, of a day's wages. • It is, however, objected that to have the several national and other exhibitions open on the Sunday must of necessity deprive the servants of those establishments of their day of rest. Your committee are by no means satisfied that this need be the case : there are numbers of persons who, if it were open to them, would gladly, at a moderate remunera tion, volunteer their services for the Sunday after two o'clock, the hour at which it is proposed that all such pla all be ces shall opened ; and your com m i ttee are not aware of an difficulty in the way of a register, y erious sof person so willing to serve being kept at the s everal inst itutions, or s of their attend ing for a time as probationers, in order to make themselves thoroughly conversant with the requisit e d uties, and it would no the consecutive Sundays." s ame person s s h ould attend on The report generally reviews the licensing system, and the following are the MARKET COVENT GARDEN. The supplies on sale to-day were very extensive, yet the demand ruled active, as follows FRuiT.--Pine apples English, 4 s Od t o 8 s Od eac h ; hot-house g ra p es , 2 s to apples, English, foreign ditto, is 6(1 to 3s Od per lb; peaches and nectarines, 4s Od to 10s Od per dozen; melons, Is 6(1 to 11s each ; strawberries, 2(1 to 6d p er pottle ; raspberries, 2(1 to 6d per pottle; gooseberries, 2s 0(1 to 3s 0(1 ; currants, 3s Od to 4s 6d per half sieve ; cherries, 2d to Os 8(1 per lb. ; lemons, 9(1 to 2s ; oranges, 8s Od to 14s per 100; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 24s per b us h. EGETABLES.—Cabbages, 9(1 to is 2(1 per dozen ; greens. 9d to is 9(1 per dozen bunches; French beans, 9d to is 6d per 100 ; cauliflowers, is 6d to 3s 6d per doz. ; new potatoes, 5s to 8s per c wt.; asparagus, 2s to 5s per bund.; peas, 2s 6d to ssper bush. ; broad beans, is 6(1 to 2s per half sieve ; turnips, 4d to 7(1 per bunch ; carrots, 6d to 9cl per bunch; cucumbers, lid to 8,1 each ; garlic, 8d to is 0(1 per pcund ; spinach, is Od to is 6(1 per sieve; spring onions, 2(1 to 8(1 pe r b unc h ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d p er b unch ; shallots, 6d to 8(1 : horse-raish, 2s Od to 4s 0(1 per bundle ; parsley, 1d to 2(1 per bunch ; rhubarb, Os 2(1 to Os 4d per bundle ; endive, 2s to 38 Od per score ; beet, 6d to is each ; parsnips, is 0(1 to 2s ocl per dozen ; small salad, 2(1 to 3d per punnet; mushrooms, Is to 2s Od per pottle ; artichokes, 3d to 6(1 each ; cos lettuces, 6d to 10d per score ; sorrel, 6(1 to is per half sieve ; radishes 6d to 9(1 per dozen hands. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, Os to Os ; Geslinffs, 5s to Cs 6d each ; Duck lings, 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d; tame Rabbits, ° is to is 9(1; wild do , is to Is 9d ; Guinea Fowls, Os to Os Od ; Pigeons, 5(1 to 8(1 each; Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s Od to 3s 6d per couple; Capons, 4s 0(11 to Cis Od ; Chi c k ens, i s 9d to 3s per couple. Leverets, 3s to 4s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls Oct to 12s 6d, and English lls 6d to 14s 6d per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od; French ditto, 5s Ocl to 6s 6d per 120. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6cl to 15s ; Brills, Is to 7s Od each; Salmon 8d to is Od per ib; Cod Fish, 3s to 6s Od each; Soles, 3d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; - Whitincrs, 3s Od to 9s per doz.; Common Oysters , Natives , to 16 s ; tives, Os Od to Os per bsh; Mackerel, 30s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is 6cl to 2spr doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 5s to 12s per doz. - BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Oid to 100; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 8d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 43 10d to 5310 d ; veal, 3s 6d to 48 8d ; pork, 38 10d 5s Od per 81b$. (Beef, from 4d WHITECHAPL. 3s to 4s 6d ; mu tton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s &1; pork, 38 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 34d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to aid ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to] Od ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 6s 6cl to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; Kents, Os Od to Os Od; Half -breds, Os Od to Os Od ; D owns, 4 s Od to 6s Od ; Lambs, 2s Od to 2s 10d ; Shearlings, Is 2d to is sd. SMITHFIELD.—M H ea A do Y w M h Aß ay, K 2 E I T B B s . to 5/ Os c l l o o a v d er . ditto, 3/ 8s to 6/ Os ; an d s t raw , 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 108 to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 1,318 s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 21 Os per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WIIITEOIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to bt 03 ; clover ditto, 36103 to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 15s to 2/ Os per load. supply tolerably good, and trade dull. MINING INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Mining Journal of this day. ) The market for mining shares has been more active this week, and a fair average amount of business trans acted in various dividend and speculative shares. After the meeting of Sortridge Consols the shares rose to 505., and a great many purchases were made at 47s 6d. to 50s. The market, however, has not been sustained, and the present price is quoted at 425. 6d. to 455. North Bassets have b een l argely dealt in, and the price rose from 161. to 181., and left off at 171. to 171. 10s. ; West Bassets have reached 301. to 321. ; Devon Great Con sols, 4001. to 4051. ; West Seton, 2301. to 2501. ; West ; Alfred C onso l s, 26/. to 271. 10s. ; South Tamar, 101. ss. to 101. 10 s . ; B edford United 91. to 91. ss. ; East Gun nis Lake, 1/ . to 1/. 2s. 6d. Herodscombe, 17s. 6d. ; Venton, 21. to 21. 2s. 6d. Wentworth Uny, 5/. to 6/. ; Clij a h an d , 91. 1 Os. to 10/ ; Trewetha, 4/. ; T e hidy, 21. to 21. 10s. ; We s t Providence, 181. to 201. ; Wheal Harriet, 78. 6d. to 10s. ; Trelawny, 451 . During the week shares have changed hands in the following :- DIVIDEND MINES. -Alfred Consols, Altgoed Consols, Bedford United, Botallack, Bryntail, Castle, Condur row, Devon Great Consols, Dolcoath, East Wheal Mar garet, Gonamena, Great Pol,, , Tooth, Herodsfoot, Hingston Down, Merllyn, North Wheal Basset, South Tamar, South Wheal Frances, Tamar Consols, Tincroft, Trehane, Tre- Iyon Consols, Treviskey, Trewetha, West Providence, Wheal Basset, Wheal Miler. Wheal Golden, Wheal James, Wheal Jane, Wheal Lovel, Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal 0 wles, Wheal Trelawny, Wheal Tremayne, Dhurode, General Mining Company for Ireland, Ken mare, Lackarnore, Mining Company of Ireland, Wick low. MINES WHICH HAVE SOLD OnE.—Altarnum Consols, Beacon, Bell and Lanarth, Birch, Tor, Bodinin, Boiling Well, Boringdon, Carbona, Carvannall, Cas tle Dines, Clara, Clijah and Wentworth, Craig wen, Darren, Basset,D n, arre EastDyg fewni, E Gunnis Lake, gil eb oo Eastk E , Tam a r , a East East r ed , Wheal Russell, East Wheal Vor. Fee Donald, Great Bryn, Great Cowarch, Great Crinnis, Great Hewas, Great Sheba, Great Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Vor, Molland, North Wheal Robert, Orsedd, Polgear, Polti more, Sortridge, South Bog, Trannack, Treburget Tre now, Tyn-y-Berth, West Alfred, West Basset, West Seton, Wheal Franco, Wheal Harriett, Wh. Helen, Wheal Tehidy, Wheal Uny, Wheal Venton, Yeoland Consols, Wyndham Consols, &c. There is still no improvement to be noticed in the Gold Mining Share-market, and we have only to record that the most acoredited descriptions are now at a dis count, without exception ; while those less in favour are scarcely saleable, even at nominal prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) f r CO H. FALMOUTH isv:ja Ijn 1 inu ,al yjh Jul July 1u; 4l jy y—.1C41.. -..--- LONDON, July 15.—Wind this day at Noon, Westerly ; light airs, and cloudy at times. RAMSGATE, July 14.—The Advance, of and from Lon don to Cork, has put into harbour to-day with her limbers choked, and will most likely have to discharge a large por tion of her cargo. PORTSMOUTH, July 14 . — Wind, W. Arrived—Kasen Martha, from Lulea. Sailed —City of Norwich (s), for Baro Sound ; Jason (s s), Southampton , Margaret Evans, New York ; Dian, Eastward. . SOUTHAMPTON, July 14.—Arrived—Severn (s), from the o o Brazils. y ER, July 14.—Ar rived—Progress, from Genoa, for Newcastle. do. Off Port—Union (s), from New York, for Bremen. from Rio Grande ; Neptune, Alexandretta ; Ardina, Tar ragona ; Chase, Matanzas 'Henrietta, Genoa. Off Port— War Hawk, from Malta. PLYMOUTH, July 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived--Sultana Selina, from Rio Grande, a n d .....4 11 . Wind'_u h re W I ") Di . : ed e s y , p A a s l , y r d r . j o y . ° ; A d - Ti e v Caroline ° o r d P' :C u l C. i Trim,iDa Arrived—Juliana, a w , , yra (store ship), for Malta. arelbournper.ocseeadileedd Sailed—L yra Bristol ; fArotiiimsatrlTaslTriioan,Li,cLi ja o du n l; d y o li n n4 , citi L s o r r rioinuds: Bwa;toNa.d.w.oe.s ; ABrrriitvisehd Queen,Ajax, ; IC B :W ert . ha S , Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, July 13.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed— Johanna Christina, for Singapore ; General Belgrano, Suez ; Stain's Castle, Bahia ; Zodiacus, St. Thomas. Arrived—Nornen, Sailed—St. led Alders— S ; t . Jacob, Em m a for Quebec. SHIELDS, July 14.—The Protheroe, of and from Sailed—Auxiliar, do. ; Rose Esther, do. • Eliza, Malta. 14.—Wind, IV.S.w . from Salonica, for Ipswich grounded on the New come Sand yesterday, got off without assistance, and pro ceeded. tch A m LOWESTOFT, ouTH, (schooner), of and from Rye for Dundee, took the round this afternoon on forHARWI CH, GaIes 1:1 for R the LEA bNi : n : no JulyJr t ' ulhl3lyv. Rio a i r 4W d . ,i JaneirolVi which in d ' S* the North Spit, off this harbour ;she has taken assistance and is expected off without damage next tide. to Bordeaux brig Ceci ' Constantinople, and the Danish with lie, from Mar seilles to Falmouth—the former a. general cargo and board, and the latter laden with wheat —were in specie on this port, and both contact about 30 miles off MALAGA, July s.—The Libaa (s : ), from vessels Marseilles to Liverpool, has p ut in here Hodges, from per hour, but it foundered ; crews saved, and landed here. Th e Catharine leaky, making 12 inches water is expected chat ging. that sho will be enabled to stop the leak with out dis- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind W.N.W., and very fine. Arrived—Ellen, from Demerara; Coquette, Alezaadri„. Infacible, Venice; Mary, Licata; Auguste, Ghent. Off the Port—Rubin and John Buchanan. (Br SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 1 1.20 A.M. Wind S.W., tido four hours ebb, cloudy. Arrived, 14th.—Queen, (s.), from Bremon. Arrived 15th.—Alexander, from Pernambuco ; Pioneer , (a.), Hamburg; Love, Jersey; Enchanter, Port Philip. Sailed—Tongataboo, for Port Phillip ; Kate, Constan tbilnoorioi ; Lydia, le ;Hj i ,l a l , o,nd o l, r o en s hge te a nd n. ; John Bunyan, Cape o f Good DEAL, Saturday, 9 .30 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., fresh and cloudy. Passed.—H. Hawksoy, from Pugwash to London ; Jo. hanna Hepner, New York to London; War Hawk, M a lt a to London. Anchored--Pasha, London to Demerara. Put Back and Anchored—Titania, from Isle of Wight, with damage, having been in collision with the brig Mar- mion, and lost starboard anchor and 45 fathoms of chain cable and several spars. Passed Dungeness, I3th—Matilda, from Matanzas, for London; Esperanz, Port Arenas, London ; Martha, Bre men ; Wieland, Bremen ; Mary, Copenhagen ; Louisa Maria, Antwerp. A nchored—Favourite, from London, for Newport; Paquita, London, San Sebastian. Sailed—Hebron, for Newport. CHOLERA IN FRANCE.—MERSEILLES, July 14.--The cholera is very bad here ; there were 106 deaths yester day, and to-day there is rio diminution, 62i 3 79 81 9; 65/ 6 141 81 1076 9 103/ 26 65i 6 14 k per coal dig 73 a i z P 40 44d 107 5 4 1 i 5 TILE "COURT"-EOUS SPY! The Count can scarcely wish, moreover, to keep back any information likely to be of service to his own coun try, and injurious to ours. If he refused to tell all he may learn, he knows very well that the road to Siberia is open day and night for noblemen and others who do not exactly agree with the Czar, and this knowledge would assuredly induce him to comply with the Czar's wishes to the utmost of his ability. If he has any eyes, while in England he will use them. If the information be acquires by this means be of use to the Czar, it will be certain to be reported. It is, then, to say the least of it, a grossly indelicate procedure on the part of a "Cabinet Minister" to appear publicly patronising Count Pahlen in the way which Lord Granville has done. The whole House of Peers (Peers, as a rule, sympathising with despotisms) may come forward and give the Count a good character ; but this will not do away with the indiscretion of a Cabinet Minister's publicly receiving and associating with a nobleman from an enemy's country. Count Pahlen himself is a sharer in the obloquy which must attach to such indelicacy. If it was necessary that he should come here at all, he should have done it quietly and with out ostentation. His noble friends would have acted more consistently themselves, and better for him had they told him to remain quiet, and not parade himself inso lently before the eyes of the English people. We have gone to war sorely(against our wishes, but yielding to the inevitable exigencies of the case. Now we are engaged in war, we accept the heavy responsibilities which it im poses upon us without reluctance indeed, but with a feeling of solemnity. The death of thousands, and utter dissipation of immense resources, are not matters to be lightly treated. It is an insult to England that subjects of the very nation which has imposed this responsibility upon us should be allowed to walk from club to club, from soirée to soirée, as if there was no reality in the fear ful contest that is raging. It is more than probable that half-a-dozen Count Pahlens would never be able to do us mnch harm, but that is no reason why we should be in sulted by his presence here. We don't want him or the Russians in England until their Czar and proprietor has been made honest, and an honourable peace has been secured. We shall be very willing to shake hands with the Russians after their Autocrat has been well set down as he ought to be, but, till then, let them keep their distance. The Times, which sees nothing but evil in the fact of French and English dining together to celebrate their alliance, has not a word to say against English and Russian noblemen performing the dearest rites of friendship in time of war. The good sense of Englishmen will detect the absurdity in either case, and insist upon the absence of hostile noblemen, who have all the opportunities (if not the will) to become spies. (Front the Morning Herald.) The question connected with Count Pahlen cannot be got rid of so easily as some of our contemporaries appear to imagine. We earnestly hope that Mr. Butt will vin dicate his character for sincerity by asking the opinion of the House of Commons upon that question ; but whether he does or not, the Times may restassured that the public will not be satisfied with the very dexterous raillery by which our contemporary attempts to avert attention from the true point. To talk of this case as one involving any question of civilising the usages of war is absurd. The question is this, and this only :—Are we to allow the subject of a hostile power to come into this country, not for the pur pose of residing in this country as a refugee from his own Government, but with the avowed intention of returning to his own nation in a few weeks? Lord Granville has asserted for Russia the unlimitud right of sending any number of agents into this country. If Count Nicholas Pahlen can come without any licence from the Govern. ment—any other Russian nobleman is equally at liberty to come. If Lord Granville may domicile one Russian nobleman in his house, any other British gentleman is n p a I perfectly characternoiit , utt ht ieolfsnfth:euw theeiest at liberty to invite over any Russian friend whom e w may happen to know. The true question a:el:est:id, any repeat, is this—whether Russia is at liberty nageeninftnsaslihyeaptlewaaserswinfttho Russia. With while this nation is Wtue rf ef h e i i g •e h n ciemtpoe importance e t P th a a h t l ent the e im g s r e e l a f i it e ei i r.i s, s t i think, o ti Nicholas Pahlen all that his admirers in ° from na l any considerations question a tissue shouldthe p b e e r k so e individual in whose instance that trua q ie u to e i s rs t . i . on is raised. Suppose Count presume,tho et his character the more do ei a thehim.. asa enemy he is an unfit guest of an of England. The minded subject of the Czar Eti n lhi :ogyh a li ll eesrsh o th u ami i bs er l traitor p aii e ns ot hi f n u s t to e n ghr ß o y i e. nr r u dgs ! s saA s f t s i d s o o a e he ßs t h x ai c h e g ur ah i l s i tt b s s . is now our bitter enemy—the more high-minded he is the more bitter is his enmity, and all the eulogiums that o w i e g r h e t s t o e n l a d r e g d el , y h int e r a u p t ed h, to o e n s fATfilisnht. thatPahlen h e e o u n T a y gh h t u n r e s t d te be suffered to be here. be known—that the e wetfohoLtlheeerdtfsra.ucttllNsteoattf But, let us say— an d i t is well that the truth should e da t h b e s iyn g el: r e . n. ne w oh a ft e s t in nth to e Houseall lordbli blinked ke venturedd in the House of Commons —that Count Nicholas Pahlen is the brother of a gentleman who was the Russian Am bassador at Paris, and who is at this moment holding official rank at St. Petersburg. This fact at once dis poses of all the sentimental cant that has been talked. As none of the friends of Count Pahlen have denied it, it is admitted. It is, indeed, toc notorious to be denied. We ask of the English people to weigh this fact, and to remember that a Minister of Queen Victoria has bad domiciled in his house the brother of the Minister of 1 Nicholas. The impulse of every one will be to ask the ques tion, whether Lord Granville has deserted the Queen, or Count Pahlen abandoned the Emperor of Russia ? One or other of these things seems necessary to have happened. If Queen Victoria and Nicholas be really and in good earnest at war, it seems very difficult to be lieve that the true minister of the one and the true sub ject of the other could live very comfortably under one roof. The relationship of Count Nicholas Pahlen to a high Russian Minister was a ;natter not considered worthy of (From the Daily News.) If any sober Danish soldier, at the time of Alfred's visit to the Danish camp, had proposed to his drunken chieftain the summary ejection of the fascinating harpist, he would probably have been knocked on the head for his pains. He would, at least, have been' called a low bred personage, one who could not understand the claims of hospitality, or recognise the indubitable merit of a good fellow. Nevertheless, every note on Alfred's harp was the death-toll to the hopes of the revellers. 'While his fingers were engaged his eyes were open, and the knowledge that he obtained, says the legend, contributed to ruin the Danes. It was thought impossible that so boon a umapanion could be a traitor, so Alfred took the measure of his enemies, and made such peculiar use of it that he crushed them all. There is an enemy in the camp in England: He may certainly be very harmless, but he is a Russian. He may be all that his friends say of him, but nothing can wash away the Russian taint; and while England and Russia are waging deadly war, we want no Russians walking about our streets of London, and becoming ac quainted with many things which the Czar would be glad to hear. Is the Czar famous for his courteous treatment of Englishmen in his dominions ? Does he not, in vio lation of contracts, try to detain English engineers in his country, fearful that they should publish reports of what they had seen ? Has he not refused even to exchange English prisoners, for the same cause ? We do not wish to copy his brutalities, but we wish politely to decline having Russians amongst us. Count Pahlen is a Rus sian subject, and if he had the good taste of a gentleman he would have taken his departure long ago. Yet at a time when the vessels of the two countries have orders to sink, burn, and destroy each o th er, he is jaun t mixing with English society, where secrets of State, which are ever oozing out, are sure to appear first. He gets a Cabinet Minister to introduce him to one of the best attended of our clubs. It is idle to say that he has not the opportunity of acquiring, by these means, much knowledge that the open and declared foes of England would be glad to learn. B u t, even if this were not the case, Englishmen have several remembrances of the way in which the Russian Emperor and his generals have treated English subjects. Lord Malmesbury spoke of the spirit of chivalry and Christianity displayed by General Osten-Sacken and his " most amiable wife" on behalf of the English made prisoners at Odessa. Why did he not enlarge on the spirit of "chivalry and Chris tianity" manifested in the way that those prisoners were captured ? How very chivalrous and very Christian to attack a stranded and utterly helpless ship with red-hot balls ! How chivalric and Christianlike the " victory" of Sinope ! There are a few other incidents of the war, which we may say has only commenced, which incline Englishmen to be rather sore when they see a Russian nobleman diving into the recesses of society here, on his way to St. Petersburg. The public opinion is ex pressed rather warmly, and then Lord Granville comes forward with what he considers an " explanation" of the affair, and the Russian advocate in the press bullies those who have manifested a distaste to the company of a Illus. covite. What does Lord Granville's defence amount to ? Count Pahlen, he says, is a highly respectable Russian I nobleman, greatly esteemed by many distinguished persons in the country. He might say the same of half the Russian noblemen who have ever been introduced into English society. Lord Aberdeen would say as much of Nicholas himself. Lord Alalmesbury did say as much and more of Osten-Sacken. Count Pahlen is possibly an interest ing personage, but he is a Russian. But Lord Gran ville tells us with a sneer he did not introduce Count Pahlen into English society. At the time of his lord ship's birth the Count was the intimate friend of his lordship's father, of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Grey, and of others. So again, it may be said, were a host of Russian noblemen now alive ; but they are not the less bound by their allegiance to their Sovereign to consider themselves enemies to the English now. But this has nothing to do with the ease. The true question is, did Lord Granville's father, or the Duke of Wellington, or Lord Grey, ever make it their business to strew flowers in the path of the natives of other countries with whom their own country was at war ? There is very little doubt that the Queen, in the exercise of the rites of hos pitality, gave the Emperor of Russia a hearty welcome when he came over h vent her Preparing for heier.m a Thi " s, how ever, does not pre- feren warm welco me " of a dif t nature, should he ever venture out of the ports which, at present, appear hermetically sealed. Count Pahlen, when he returns to his own country, will, it is presum e d, h ave an audience of his own Sove reign. From all th a t we know of Nicholas, have we any right to suppose that the Emperor will be delicate in putting on the screw to obtain whatever news it may have been the Count's lot to gain while in England ? The Czar is a despot, and Count Pahlen is the Czar's property. Count Pahlen is not a free man. He is the subject of an Autocrat, and must do the Autocrat's wig' Not one word has been said in the House of Lords in- TILE TWO NAPOLEONS ; OR, FIFTY YEARS SINCE. Exactly half a century since an Emperor, in the first blush of unparalleled triumphs, stood on the heights of Boulogne, and reviewed a vast armament that cost him years of preparation. He saw around him an extensive encampment, including every arm of warfare, ready to march anywhere at a moment's notice. Below, in the Lianne, and in var i ous fi s hi ng ports up and down the coast, lay a flotilla of innumerable small boats, the crews of which were trained to embark and land again, with many thousand soldiers, in fifteen or twenty minutes. Reward s and honours were distributed on that field of hope ; imperial bulletins and decrees were dated from heights that were to be known to fame ; a pompous pillar was commenced, and orations were continually made with the never-failing point that Albion was in sight, and two or three hours were sufficient to carry an army over the narrow strait that inter vened. It was true that whenever the skies them. selves did not interpose a sufficient obstacle, there wer e seen far off am id th e sunny waves certain dark spots that showed who were masters of the sea. It was true that many centuries before another Emperor had stood on those heights, gazed at the wall of cliffs stretching along the northern horizon, claimed a triumph, and gone back to Rome. Nevettheless, Napoleon only left that spot for the easier work of subduing the whole continent to the alliance of France. His legions marched from Bon logne to Austerlitz. Though diverted from his object, he never gave it up. He was proclaimed Emperor within sight of this island. This was the better part of his empire still to be won, and the new world to be wept for. In order to inflame, not only the ambition, but the animosity of his soldiers, England was traduced as the last stronghold of a tyrannical aristocracy; as the oppressor of her own people, and of all other nations, and the sole remaining obstacle to the progress of an empire that was destined to overspread and to civilise the world. The presence of so vast and determined an armament within sight and sound of our shores was anything but agreeable or softening to our feelings. It took all our faith in England and all our oontempt of armadas to make life tolerable in those days ; and it is no wonder if we carried our national hatred of Napoleon Bonaparte somewhat beyond the bounds of dignity or reason, when we know that he was actually looking at us for months together, and waiting only the pleasure of the winds and waves to ravage our territory, destroy our Government, and reduce us to a province of his empire. The mind of nations ever runs upon precedents, and if ever such a scene has occurred to the recollection, or its recurrence been thought possible, it was only as a slavish repetition of what had once been. Within a very Paris,m • nha f n eatee th e thh y nTe e o r a bwow r atre s hrtn , ceehto m yepup. o ecofa r eoews e snus t t rbsrr h ithal s ani ott n noeyucrr o i fht fe orn c ref e oai once, sgmteahei will lnas stea m ewl reatniacnroiseegibsgw ar m ament , dr panic ih o aodb f nwgotneui nrtogihvn, has fe r arisen eegraaptnrrbdi army provinces. nf h h rc e g a o i There was no lack of motive. Louis Philippe had a popularity to retain, Louis Napoleon a relative to avenge, a family to establish, and a defeat to repair. If there never was any immediate concern, it was because there was no navy or means of embarkation on the spot. Time certainly has brought round the old pageant, and fulfilled these dreams, rather earlier than wont, and this day we actually see a French Emperor, of the family of Napoleon, superintending at Calais the embarkation of an army collected at Boulogne. Here is the very thing so often imagined. Such a thing, indeed, would have been thought impossible ten years ago ; only too likely and too formidable three years ago. Yet historical pre cedents, like dreams, are sometimes to be interpreted by the rule of contraries, and Fate seems to amuse her self with a species of antithesis which carries out the whole resemblance except i n th e mos t i mpor t an t par. ticular. The army which Napoleon 111. embarks this day is not designed against these shores, but against oar cnms mon enemy, Russia ; the place of the famous sati ns is supplied by British ships, and the two nations are more unanimous in their wish and more firmly allied than for centuries before. Had any one ventured to predict such a concurrence but a few years ago, he would have been censured, not so much for its improba tbe n it wouldbility as hafvoer its utterbeenreru ared, incongruity.isbundEvetoon a novelist,bserve s t o u n r e a os or f things,g ng s s , as s n din h they are.i s wildest invention writer t of fables keep a bles pmayer introduce lions and sheep acting like men ; but then he must not make the lions timorous and the sheep brave. So it would have been said that an Anglo-Gallican ex. pedition against Russia is not only certain not to occur —it has not even verisimilitude, or the colour of truth. It has not even the requisites of melodrama, and is told,tooelo As e g tl iy r sl o eot t a eh e n s et q te u thlh e ue ee f e a : in:a t h tlaoh e gel s e t e a egoen to those who rec k on too . y fu o t f ur t e he a p n as d t t . bs T w h is e ee p t a p s ro t, he that best rea d s the pag e of ! history. That, doupwbhteelesstarig: H is e t a ru v e en ; n b o u t t h t i h m ust nothing is it also be r emem b ere d that with pl c s u i en s , bo aet fntodbreethumasetrwtehe is impossibl e , yet everything h oni reenlcieurierkdr e n th e that tofb despair.i events.nod of no t n l l o e future to the past releVointhoiltialiitsioen, we need fear no overweening ambition of empire, however so far unchecked. We no more believe that it is in the power of any one empire to conquer the world, than that the ocean will be permitted to overrun the land. No power en earth can stand the union so signally and so unexpectedly illustrated this day. What may be done in the Baltic on the arrival of this new force it is not for us to conjecture. But we do not doubt that a boundary will be imposed to the most encroaching and absorbing empire of modern times, and that the selfish policy which aimed at the dominion of Europe will receive the rebuke it deserves. Pushed too far, too confidently, and with too little reserve, it has taught the two great Powers of Western Europe to forget their animosities, and to seek glory in an amicable rather than in a jealous ocal' petition. With a great identity of races, and still more of interests, no good reason can be given why England and France should not make common cause for madame to come. All their quarrels have hitherto been historical and accidental, on questions of dynasty and reli gion. Ever sinc e th e d ay th at we were expe ll e d from the soi l of France, f rom th a t very C a l a i s where a British squad ron the interest day f receives sovereigns a n renc oth h Fexpedition,sides the it c hn h a as n e bee l t n o foment mutual j ea l ous i es , an d to intrigue with the dia affected in one another's realms. The motives for th ese crimes have now ceased, and with them the crime s t oo on may now be forgotten ; nor can any reason new be as signed why England and France should not find in unanimity that strength and dignity th e i r rulers ont`n sought in dreams of mutual subjugation.—Times. rth e 2 a 5 t t h Goodwood,, 20th, au 2t7hteh Thamesult . c las h N i n a g . THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA.—Owing to the fixture tional Committee have determined upon a postponement to the Bth, 9th, and 10th of August. This would have been done some time since, but a difficulty arose from wofitthhitshreeggraetatat meetingfo the fact of the Manchester and Salford Regatta being fixed for the only days to which the Thames National could be put off. This is now obviated by the former being delayed, and h ence advantage has been taken to change the latter to a more convenient time. Entries Will u be opal till 2cl August. ___ notice in the House of Lords. Another incident in Count Pablen's history appears equally to have been overlooked. Ho has not come here from Madeira; he has spent, if WS are not m i sinformed, the last four months in Madrid. Now we know that it is the general belief that Russian agents have been engaged i n getting up recent disturb ances in Spain. I t i s, at least, a singular coincidence, that this very same Count Nicholas Pahlen has been in Spain exactly at th e ti me when Russian agency is said to have been in mischievous activity there, and comes to England when all the mischief that could be done in Spain has been done. This is a fact easily capable of ascertainment. Has Count Nicholas Pahlen been any time in Spain ? If it be true, as we are assured it is, then comes the startling question, why has this been c oncealedfrom or suppressed by his friends in the House of Lords. Lord Granville distinctly stated that " he came here not from the Con tinent of Europe, but from Madeira." N ow i f it turns out that he came h ere , from Madrid, the very place where Russian intrigues are said to have been moat act i ve of late—the suspicion, st rong en ou g h in the bare fact —be. comes doubly so when we find that in Lord Granville's apology the fact of the visit to Madrid is altogether sup pressed. consistent with the allegation that Count Pahlen came here charged with a secret mission. Lord Aberdeen de nied that he brought any mission "to him ! 1" Nobody ever asserted that be did. Lord Aberdeen is not one of those upon whom Russia throws away a special embassy. Russia is quite sure of him already. If Count Pahlen be an emissary •F Russia, it is not upon friends of forty years' standing that his mission is intended to have effect. Let us ask why, if there be no object concealed be neath this Russian's visit, he has not himself so stated Nothing could have been easier than for Count Pahlen to have given his host, L - ird Granville, either a verbal or a written assurance that his mission to England was wholly on his own private business, and entirely uncon nected with politics ? He has not done so. More thee this, Lord Granville bas not ventured to tell the House of Lords that he asked his guest for any such assurance. In what position, then, does the matter stand ? A dis tinguished Russian nobleman, connected with a family high in the Imperial favour, arrives in London. One of the Queen's Ministers immediately asks him to his house. He does so without any explanation as to the object of his visit. He does more. Lord Granville vouches fot him at a club of English gentlemen as a fit person to mit with them in their most unguarded moments of social intercourse. Those who will believe, after this, that Lord Granville is really sincere in making war upon the country and the Sovereign of Count Nicholas Pahlen have a credulity ~ that we may admire, but cannot envy. Men may talk of precedents as they please ; but never before in Brit ish history did an English Minister receive into his home as his honoured guest the subject of a Sovereign at war with England, who came here with the avowed intention of returning to the country which claims his allegiance, and, therefore, his hostility to ours. But, we say, at all events let two facts be cleared up. Is it true that the elder brother of Count Nicholas Pahlen is the distinguished diplomatist who some time since represented Russia at the French court Is it true that be has come to England, not from Madeira, but from Madrid ? The general principle is, indeed, untouched by these facts. That principle is simply this—that Russia ought not to be permitted to send agents into this country at her pleasure. If Earl Granville has done nothing wrong in his treatment of Count Pahlen we know not where the permission is to stop. No one will certainly be able to say that it is without precedent if next week we dis cover that Prince Menschikoff is a visitor in the house of Lord Aberdeen. s'