The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

-- c j fIAUTION about FURNACES, OVENS, arc.— LEX STHATENS respectfully cautions .he public against the regeeen, tations of persons Professing .to modify h's system -of smoke greyeritlon,aild saving of Met. He will proceed Against all parde4‘ttiftinglng - on hii pateitidgllt,isliether bPsupposed evasion, direct ftaud, or attempted improvement. His established, method is easily, • gnicitii, and econoinically.4dePted tb furnaces of all forms and 4404 : it reguirei.no movalkble parts whatever ; and any ma chinery atisr,he' d to -it detracts !iota ifs. durability as well as its aimillCALpaterially increases its, cost, and un doubtedly lessens its efficettcy' t 'lEY:l,l•E'S•rytEss will be very grateful for information of airy' uninthorcsed nse of big system kiltearn-tolers, coal-ovens, or tummies of any kindl ancthe confidently invites re.fererice to his list of engineers, nuumfaeturers,rcolliery,..proptiet9re, ultilownerB, brevrers,_4tstilleri, chemists, sugar reiners, dyers, confectioners, bakers, and others in town and Country, who conscientionsly re commend. his invention, oh practical -experience of its unquestion able succesa.--1, Fish-street-hill City London, July 17, 1854. • HOUSEHOLD WORDS on SMOK E.— "Mr. LEE STEVENS'S plan has the great advantage of requiring no machinery ; so that no inattention or unskilfulness of the stoker can affect its action. We ha ve witnessed and tested its eine!. at the office of the TIMES newsPaPer, at the famous black ing mart of DAY and MARTIN, and at the great sweetmeat factory of HILL and JONES."—Dickens's Household Words. MR. LEE STEVENS joins MR. SAMUEL HALL in recommending perusal of their specifications ; whilst he disclaims responsof Fatent Inventions o for what maybe rel found sewheret abou eithe withr , - of them, in The RepertorY out his authority. He has not been deterred by Mr. S. Hall from perfbnaing a sing l e , act. He called on Mr. S. Hall to prove his alle gations of February, 1853, in vain. He promptly offered to take issue with Mr. S. Ball on being threatened with legal proceedings in which tie is still ready to do. And he is thank- October, 1953; fal he has no occasion to envy any success achieved by Mr. S. Hall, who cannot divert him from pursuing his own Patent Smokeless Pumice °filets, 1, Fish-street Hill, City, Lon don. THEATRE ROTAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, dux 17, win •be performed. Anber's Opera, II DIAVOLO. Fr& Dia volo, Mr. Slats Reeves; Lord Allcaah, Mr. Weiss; Giacomo and Beppp,Mcssrs. Legtfer and Farquharson; Lady Alleash, Mme. wais t s Zerlina, Mrs. Siths Reeves. . . Ta cenclade with the popular Ballet,. entitiod lINE FETE EN 01,TX.F.E. /17:pes--_-$4‘ 1 14 74; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. ;" and Private Boxes, Oise, Two, Three and Your Guineas. The Box:•offfoe. opel daily from Ten till _Six, where places may be secured. PriVitistoxes'end" Stalls to be haltif-Nietisfs. Leader and Cock . 113, New Bond.street. „ c Netiee.--Doors open at Half-put Seven-, Performance Commences at Eight, Hail-price atlfall-past Nine. •.. • . 'TftEATEE ROYAL HAYM.4.RICET. ;' t7nder the minagemnne prMr, Rackstoni. •-• • EVENING, jutz 17, Wilk be *formed - the Drama of' THE KNIGHTS OP TR& RIUXI3 TABLE, Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Rowe , G. VJAdeulloc W, Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miskjuln °l ` lsl MI E. Grey, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. FOliowed by AS •LfEE AS . . TWO PEA'S. To conclude with SIIOCKING EVENTS. • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD -STREET. under the Management of Mr. Csaws Kw. • THIS EVENING,. du= 17. Will be performed FROM-VILLAGE -TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley. Fisher, and_ Cathcart; Misses Mur- ray, Heath, and yivash. After which, TUX COURIER OF 'LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Raker; Misses C. Leclereq, Heath, Term, and K. Terry. TO conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 17, Will be performed HOPES AND FEARS. Characters by Messrs. .Welaster and Parselle ; Misses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fanny Maskell, and Madame Celeste. Followed by THE COLTRIER OF LYONS. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with MS pnasT CHAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEXTRE. Lessee ant Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIIIB EVENING. Juty 15, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDEKI:E. Characters by Messrs. R)hson, Emery, and Robinson ; 31133e3 Marston, E. Or- monde. and Miss E. lurner. Ta be followed by THE JE VALTS WIFE. After which, the popular Comelietta, ea led II &IDS Olt TAILS. h Irazters by Mr Emery add Miss Marston, &a. and England have been furnished to an extent ' more than might have been at first deemed requi site—now that the inhabitants of our own coun try have provided their administrators with the means of war so abundantly, that additional taxes to the amount of 10,000,000 1 . have been secured, as a means of, enhancing so far the enormous re sources of our Exchequer. Solicitude, we repeat, is naturally felt by the community, that after all this there should no longer be any uncertainty whatever as to the vigorous conduct of the war by France and England. That solicitude, we again assert, must be satisfied, or at the very least must be somewhat allayed. Hitherto the people have only been rendered impatient by the loud talk about all the grand things that are going to be done—while all that has been done actually has been simply in the way of preparation ! A. change must, sooner or later, be wrought upon the policy of the Cabinet —or another and more formidable change must, sooner or later, manifest itself throughout the population. 1 An important meeting has taken place this day, i at noon, in Downing-street—a formal meeting of 1 the supporters of her MAJESTY'S Government. Summoned as these supporters were to assemble ' by Lord J. RUSSELL, in his capacity as Leader of the House of Commons—summoned as they have been by him at the very close of the session—the incident must be allowed to be sufficiently indica tive of some secret anxieties at the heart of the Government. It is by a significant coincidence, moreover, that this assemblage has been con vened on • the precise day the evening of which has been fixed for the vote on the subject of the War Ministry. What should be done now for their own security by the Members of the Cabinet should be --.... ? Everybody knows what. The proceedings upon which Ministers ought to adventure now are patent, as the phrase is, are patent one and all to the comprehension of the entire 'community. - As to the Session—it should not be ended. Much less should it be hurried to a close. Par liament should be merely adjourned instead' of being prorogued in August. It should be so ar ranged that the Lords and Commons might re assemble any time, say in October. As to the Ministry—the fourth Secretaryship of State, that of the War Department, should be awarded by the Crown, as it has been already awarded by the country, to Lord PALMERSTON. So far as the present juncture is concerned, the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton ought no longer to be shelved as Home Secretary. The Duke of NEWCASTLE ought to be induced to yield his own in deference to the superior claims of his colleague, in compliance with the all but unanimous demands of his fellow-countrymen. As to the war itself—(thanking Sir JAMES GRAHAM for the phrase)—it ought no longer to be pottered over. The Anglo-French fleets and the Anglo-French armies ought, at last, to "go in" with a rush, and—win. Hitherto the Turks have been winning by themselves in the dread game of war—when unaided by their promised allies from France and England. Knowing this, knowing all that might be accomplished by due decision—one yearns for the indiscretion of some princely Lord High Admiral. One longs for the audible stage whisper—" Go it, NED" some signal to NAPIER and DDNDAS kindred to that once upon a time transmitted to CODRINGTON. With vigour, with promptitude—what might not be accomplished ? With our mighty fleets in the Black Sea and the Gulf of Finland ! With 30,000 or 40,000 French soldiers sent out to the aid of the maritime force of the Baltic ! With the British and French contingents united with the victorious Turks and Egyptians, in the presence of the retreating ranks of the Russian invaders ! What, we ask, might not be accomplished under these circumstances, with proper vigour and promp titude ? Why it is only necessary to glance for a mo ment at what has already been accomplished through the aid of vigour and promptitude by the unas sisted Turks and Egyptians ! That will clearly enough imply what might be expected from the soldiers of the SULTAN, aided by those of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON—if only the right signal were given in earnest at last by the French and English Governments. Is that signal to be pronounced ? It remains to be de cided before the closing of the present session of the L egislature. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee I,fr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, JULY 17, Will be performed THE MARBLE LOVF,R. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. After which, THE UNITED SERVICE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND, in which Miss Harriet Gordon will appear. To conclude with FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CROCODILE. Stalls, 45.• Boxes, 2s. U.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private tiox , s zr la. to b e of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. • AwnArs EUROPE'S NATIGNAL AMP HIT HEAT ER. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. PERFECT SUCCESS! THIS EVENING, Jtrta 17, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle, called THE COSSACKS ; or, Vlve la France. After which, the inimitable Scenes in the CIRCLE, and Pm mitre Equitation, including Ban Emily Cooks and Mr. Allred Cooke. LA PERCHE by the Brothers Francisco. The German Brothers on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's laughable Burlesque, RUSSIA AGAINS r TURKEY SOW ON TRIAL. Box-odic° open from Eleven till Four. stage Manager, W . West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Repetition of the Grand Union Fetes, under the Patronage of his Excellency Count WA LE WSK f, the French Ambassador. In con sequence of the complete success of the above Fetes, they will be re peated TO-DAY, and on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. The extraordinary display of FIREWORKS, by Southby, and the arrangements of the Dancing Pavilion, having given the greatest satisfaction, void also be repeated. The acclamations be stowed upon Mr. D. Godfrey's NEW MUSICAL MELANGE, com posed by him for this occasion, descriptive of the Aldance of England and France for the Defence of Turkey, stamp it as the most success ful Musical production of the day. The Unrivalled Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Full Quadrille Band, /k.c. M.C., Mr. Flexmore. Concert at 7 Ball d'Ete at half past S ; Fireworks at le. Admission to the whole, Is. We may well be pardoned if we cannot help taking a little malicious pleasure in the perplexi ties of Honourable Members on Monday night. The Bribery Bill was before them. The concen trated essence of the RUSSELL, the WALPOLE, and the FITZROY KELLY Bills. The last election with its glaring and superabundant corruption, de manded that something be done ; public propriety must be maintained ; the pockets of members, the matter of greatest consequence at St. Stephen's, must be protected, and the grosser appearances of the degrading vice must be " put down." What shall be done ? The Parliamentary doctors, of cour3e, proffer their advice gratis. The author of one Reform Act, and two Reform Bills, and we know not how many Anti-Bribery Bills and Acts, first came forward and prescribed in his usual Parliamentary style. The prescription is but half relished, and those hearty old reformers, Sir FITZROY KELLY and Mr. WALPOLE, volunteer their independent proposals, oaths and auditorship being the principal elements in their recipe. Very good temperedly the Head Physician consents to the reference of all the prescriptions to a commit tee of anti-bribery doctors; they retire and consult. Meantime, and pending the consultation, a boll and honest practitioner comes forward with a well known remedy, one which is found to work most admirably in little republics or in great ones, in Geneva or in America ; one which An opportunity will be afforded this evening made the election of an Emperor for to the _ House of Commons for setting right, at 40 , 000 , 000 of people a scene of order and quiet, last, all difficulties in regard to the incongruity of and which is found of marvellous efficacy in Par liamentary clubs or building clubs, or, indeed, a ' Russian war and an ABERDEEN Government. This opportunity is, fortunately, in no way de - wherever it has yet been tried. It is popular, pendent up on th e freaks and crotchets, upon th e too—decidedly popular, and half a Ministry, and much more than half the professed Liberals in the want of moral courage, or upon the want of House of Commons, have faith in it. It is pro proper judgment of the Honourable Gentleman posed, but alas ! the Liberal Court doctor cannot the M em b er f or the .borough of 'Aylesbury. stomaeh it. " Cure bribery by such a simple ex - It will arise. out' of the substantial motion Pedient ! Pahaw—Pure quackery ! Tell me as fOr ;the_ , _ pro posed Tote of 1 7,000/, for the soon of the cold water cure, or globules. Sheer defraying of the expenses of the quackery, Mr. SPEAKER and gentlemen of the Department of th e Administrati n'ew War House of Commons, I assure you. Did her MA -011. It is about 'TESTY ever recommend such a thing in a Speech , the last chalice ceurrin - •li 4 ie of along gas it does towards the from Throne and laborions session of, the rone . ? Has any Ministry ever pro the Impe- posed such a nostrum ? No, let hon. members , rial Legislature. Will 'it Be allowed to escap e by patiently wait the result of the anti-bribery con the morn liberal alid the more independent our national. representatives: 'A few hours 1 S' W M TB and his unanswered and ours will Sir m. oLEswoit decide ? It will then be seen whetiier the C unanswerable logic ; and enter, on Monday, the mons can be satisfied to witness the forma. w 4.-. at a l_ 11 t: 11 of July, Lord J. RUSSELL, attended by Mr. Warakb meat of his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE in the ~,,,._- Lis and Sir FITZROY KELLY. . . , the'"4lll as h been the pretended objections to Fourth Secretaryship of - State--that of War Ballot,• have they were far exceeded in number and , ,Minister ---awhile the country at large is notori- much aurpaasedin force by the objections to the otisly eager to witness the translation from the Bill on -Monday night. Yet this, be it remem tiered, was • 11-0112e-Ofiice to the War-Office of Viscount quite a Parliamentary Bill. Whigs and Tories joined th • - PALMERSTON. It will be discovered, however; a eir wits and their votes, and as palliative is bett if the Cabinet is to be allowed still further to were by no meanser than nothing, Radical members obstructive. The House seemed, carry out their deplorable policy of delaying when however, like a man und • ergoing the ordeal of walk the necessity of the moment is promptitude, and ing among red-hot ploughshares. If it stepped Of acting hesitatingly, if not weakly, against the towards severity then the bill would no t k if CZAR, when it had long since become manifest to it stepped towards laxity then it 'NOT ; could not work. the world that his barbarous legions and unscru- Sincerely wishin g t o render electi ons cheape r , pro pulous councils ought only to be encountered by I vided they did not lose the power of punishing . the most vigorous and instant opposition. disobedience to the wealthy or the titled candidate, Anxieties have obviously entered at length into Honourable Members were completely bewildered the heart of the ABERDEEN Government. If met in adjusting definitions, legal phrases, and penal with adequate decision by the House of Commons ties, to accordance with their object. What was this evening, reasonable guarantees may even now, meant by "on his behalf ? " Was paying for a before it has become too late, be extorted from the i voter's ride to the hustings bribery ? W as a re embarrassments o f the Administration. The na- freshment ticket per se, or one above 25., bribery? tural solicitude felt by the people of England may Or was " asking" for money, situations, &c., cor be appeased. Th e solicitude very naturally felt rupt and punishable solicitation of the Memb er ? 1 by the multitude that there should be no longer i , Was "indiscreet asking" to be included ? or, ought any uncertainty whatever as to • lasking and actually receiving to be punished alike ? the energetic pro- I seoution of the war against Russia__. n What again, under the treating clause, was "ordi t'that the low gallant Tuxks have fought so long u na id e d— now na ry hospitality," • and what "corrupt, treating? that the obstinacy of the AUTOCRAT has shown A cheerful list of many modes of pure and vir- ' itself to be altogelier . incorriible---nowthat last" desperate 4 . 0 4 t bi Austria and Prussia to Lord JOHN himself caluelvereoa to that renowned bring about fresh negotiations have failed egregi- conclusion, " that there was a good deal to be said oualy—now that the fleets and armies of France 911 both sides of the question." Experience was HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T LIA DAY —Morning 12 min.after 7 I Evening 37 nain.aft. 7 7 0.1tossow—Morning 3 min.after 8 Evening 341311.11.0... 8 'THE WEATHER.—Sux Orme, JULY 16. TNItitIiONIETNR, IN THE SHAM 71— highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BARomierzß, 30•18—a rapid rise. WIND, S.W.—Stiff breeze, with fine, warm, sunshiny weather. Yesterday was St. Swithin's, and though the day was fine, we had a heavy thunderstorm and rain in the evening. The thudder was rather distant. JULY 17. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 59 —lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30•15. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather Tilt a ,- .1 3 k4 4 $ ll IMip LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1854. very diverse ; Mr. Fox had been returned three times for less than 01. 3s. Od. Mr. DENISON testified that the cheapest West Riding election cost 14,0001. Then, again, what was intimida tion ? Mr. MILINS thought the clause should specify " spiritual intimidation as well as temporal ;" but the House, in its temporal wis dom, thought otherwise by a majority of 99. Intimidation by transfer of custom was found very difficult to lay hold of, and " undue intimi dation" by the Lords of the broad acres was left where it is. The Scotch custom of intimidation by literal " spitting at electors" was, at the sug gestion of Mr. BLAIR, taken into custody by the Attorney-General, who promised, if needful, an anti-spitting-intimidation clause. Agency, and the special constableship of voters, were also great difficulties ; but we will not tire our readers, we confess ourselves to have been tired enough with the perusal of the debate. How, indeed, can any honest Reformer be otherwise ? We have, as we well know, and as the House knows, a plain, common-sense, straight forwatkl, irell-tried remedy for all these endless evils. Whether it be the bribery of guineas or refreshment tickets ; intimidation by the Lord of half a county or by a filthy Scotch " spitter," by a " spiritual" or a temporal tyrant, the simple expedient of compelling all to vote in the sight of HEAVEN and their own consciences only, would annihilate, so far as human law can do it, the temptation to corrupt. The evil would be stopped at its source. Lord JoaN and our aristocrats may writhe and wriggle as they please; to this it must come at last, and the sooner the better. The Ballot is the only Bribery Bill worth having. The same conclusion is forced upon us by the debate on the Firznolt KELLY portion of the new Bill on Friday night. The Cordmittee reported to the House that on no provision of the Bill had they been more unanimous than on the appoint ment of Election Officers, who should audit all the accounts of the election ; each Honourable Mem ber making oath that he had paid no expenses except through the hands of this officer, by whom all the accounts, when complete, were to be pub lished. The House, therefore, agreed by a large majority to the appointment of such an officer, but as to how he should be appointed, how long it should be before he should close his accounts, and especially as to what he should admit as le gitimate expenses, the difference of opinion was great and irreconcileable ; and it had, after all, to be left to the officers to decide what they would pay, and what they would not. Endless, therefore, will be the precedents which will be furnished for refusing or admitting elec tion bills. A teetotal auditor will, of course, be stringent enough on public-house bills, while a brewer or a brewer's friend, will deem them the most reasonable of items. Mr. HILDYARD, however, hit the right nail on the head, when he told the squabbling opposers of the Ballot that " all this legislation was useless, for bribery would still be carried on under the guise of subscriptions. Suppose a coal fund were established in a borough, and one can didate subscribed 1,0001. to it, while the other did not, which candidate would be returned ?" We should like to know, however, how much any member would subscribe to a coal fund, or any other fund, if he could not make sure of the votes for which he had subscribed. Pitiable truly was the sight of so many SOLONS scheming to set up an anti-bribery auditor, when they well knew that for election expenses the only effectual audi tor is the ballot-box—an auditor, too, who will cost us nothing ! MEETING OF MINISTERIAL SUPPORTERS. (THIS DAY.) The Government supporters in the House of Commons, at the invitation of Lord John Russell, met to-day, at one o'clock at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. There was a rather large attendance of members, including Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, and all the other ministers in the Lower House. The meeting did not break up until three o'clock. At the time of going to press the result of the meeting had not reached us in an authentic form. It is conjectured that some unpleasant subjects were brought forward, and that the discussion which took place did not contribute in any degree to strengthen the position of the Cabinet in the House of Commons. ~- 1, - t "~ ,r' r . THE `SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17. 1854. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, in cluding 1,500 American taken for export and. on speculation. The market was tame, without change in prices. The sales comprised 150 Egyp• tian, at 6d. to 9d.; 300 Surat, at 34d. to 41d.; 10 Sea Island, at ls. 2d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were firm. The grain market is very heavy in Mark:lane this morning, with large arrivals. The lower Bal tic ports continue sending forward full supplies, and the crops in the United States promise a large surplus. Wheat is about 2s. lower. The General Shipping List gives the current rates of freight from London to the various Australian ports as under :—Adelaide 655., Hobart Town 685., Launceston 655., Melbourne or Geelong wharves 85s. Melbourne or Geelong 555. to 655., New Zealand 1003., Portland Bay 705., Swan River 705., and Sydney 50s. to 605., per ton of 40 feet. There is still much difficulty in filling up vessels for Aus tralia, and the rates are heavy. The Admiralty Commissioners are still busy in viting tenders. On the 18th they request offers for the conveyance of 350 to 400 tons of Navy pro visions from Plymouth to Malta, and also of 7 officers and 560 men from the Thames and Cork. Also for men and officers to St. Helena, aid for stores to Colombo. From Birmingham we learn, in regard to the Iron trade, that the quarterly meetings during the past week have been attended with much ex citement. rlt appears that the advance upon last quarter's rates, instead of being 20s. per ton on the best qualities, will be nearer 40s. before the preliminary meeting at the end of the month. The quarterly settlements have generally been well met. The Pestle July wool fair has not been so brisk as was expected. There were 35,000 cwt. offered. The August fair will be held on the 21st, and pro bably 70,000 cwt. will be on show. From New York the Canada brings $238,000. Money was not much easier, and stocks tended downwards. Freights were generally steady. Flour was firmer, and cotton dull. The amount of specie shipped during the week to June 30, in value, was $712,792. The letters by the Overland Mail have been re ceived, and state that at Calcutta money was abun dant. The stocks of all imports were heavy and more than adequate to meet the requirements of the next three months. The Bank of Bengal had again lowered its rate of discount. From Madras we hear of rain being much wanted. The Indigo, Cotton, and Sugar crops promised badly. The rail way was making but slow progress, but the electric telegraph to Bangalore had been completed. Two or three vessels had arrived at Madras with later dates from Australia, the 18th of April from Melbourne being communicated per Cambo dian. There had been heavy rains at Melbourne, but in the absence of letters, the Indian papers 'furnish no details or commercial news of interest. The Croesus, or the Golden Age steamer was ex pected to leave about the Ist of May. The annual meeting of the Union Bank of Aus tralia was held this day, when a gratifying report was presented, showing the profits of the past year to be 295,9631. 4s. 104 for which a dividend of 16 per cent. for the half-year was declared. The state of the Bank affairs in the colony was satis factory. The liabilities and assets were as follows: LIABILITIES. Circulation £660,673 0 0 Deposits 4,039,060 12 11 Bills payable, and other liabilities 776,460 12 1 Balance of undivided profit Reserve fund ,.£2 ( .0,000 0 0 Paid-up capital 1,020,000 0 0 £6,693,23016 3 ASSETS. Specie on hand, and cash balances £1,905,039 3 3 Bullion - ---- ---£2,216,622 8 4 Bank premises and other property 32,500 0 0 Bills receivable, Government Stock, and other securities Investment of reserve fund (34 per cents ) 200,000 0 0 £6,693,23016 3 STATEMENT OF PROFITS. Balance of undivided profit at June, 1853 £179,073 6 5 To which are now to be added the profits of the past year, ending at the branches 31st December:lBs3, and at the London office, 30th June, 1854 295,963 4 10 £475,036 11 3 Deduct amount of interest paid at Midsummer, 1853 £164,000 Ditto at Christmas, 1853 164,000 328,000 0 0 Balance of undivided profit at this date... £147,036 11 3 RESERVE FUND. As reported at Juno, 1853. £200,000 0 0 There has been great buoyancy this morning in the English Stocks, arising principally from the fineness of the weather, and the proximate settle ment of the account, the speculators who had sold, being evidently anxious to buy back in time, less they may experience a difficulty in getting stock again loaned to them. The news of the further successes of the Turks likewise strengthens the quotations. Consols have been 931 4, and since 92,1 to 93 for Transfer. The account prices have been 93k, then 93k, and are now 92i to 93. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 93i to 94, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 93i. East India Stock is at 2261. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 35., and East India Bonds at 2s. prem. Exchequer Bonds have been to prem. In the Foreign Market there has been but two bargains officially recorded, viz., in Mexican at 241 to 25, an advance of 1 per cent., owing to the payment of the Gadsden indemnity. The following are the nominal price of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Mexi can, 241 to 25 • Peruvian, 66 t o 68 ; di tto Three per Cents. 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 39 to 41 ; Russian Five per Cents. 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 81 to 83 ; Spanish 1 ± New Deferred, 18 i to 1 9 ; ditto Thr ee p er C en t s . 371 to 381- ; ditto Certificat es , 3to 4 ;ditto Passive, to 41. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Central Peninsula of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. East Kent ........................ Aug. 8, London Tavern. Llanelly ........................ July 31 , L on d on T avern. London and South-Western... July 22, York-road. London, Brighton, and South July 27, Bridge house hotel. Madras .............................. July 18, 33, New Broad-st. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire .................. Aug. 2, Manchester. North Staffordshire ....... ...•• July 27, Euston-square. Paris and Rouen ............ July 31, Paris. ' Stamford and Essendiue . . ... Aug. 5, Stamford. The English railway market has been much livelier and at a further improvement in the prices of all the favorite lines. The North-Western, Midland, York and Berwick, and Great Northern have been most dealt in, and are 11. higher mostly. French Shares are rather more freely offered at a slight decline. In the foreign mines there have been a few transactions, the Joint Stock Banks are dealt in at about former rates, and Crystal Palace have been at a slight discount to a small premium. Land Shares are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (Protn the (Vida/ List.) Bugineag rinne per Cont. Reduced Annuities . 93 1 I A 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 i A B 2 1 i 31 per Cent. Annuities . 93i 4 31 i India. Stock .. .. . 226 j India Bonds, £looo_ Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 2 ) d. £lOOO ...... 4 , par 3 p 2'500 .. . ...................... Par 3 P 5ma11............................. i A , A , . Ditto i t i ve . A . i . s . e . c . i .......................... x i 1 0 1-; Exchequer Eonds Scrip . 4 P P RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Slexican 3 pe r C ent. Di vidends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exch ange; 2} per Cent. 12 Gull 6oi a a. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT ADIENDMENT. — Lord Pal merston's bill to amend the Public Health Act of 1848 has been printed. It contains only seven clauses, the principal provisions of which enact that the present act is to come in force at the end of the present session of Parliament. The following is to be the future constitu tion of the General Board of Health. Three persons will be appointed by the Crown warrant under Royal sign manual to constitute the board, and one of these three persons the Home Secretary is to appoint as chair man. The powers of the board are to continue until the 31st of August, 1856. The members of the board are subject to removal by the Crown, and during a vacancy two members may act, with a salary not exceeding 1,5001. The officers of the board are to be a secretary and assistant secretary, a superintending medical officer, and a number of su p er intending inspectors, clerks, &c,, to be det erm i ne d by the Lords of the Treasury. All the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of the former board are to be transferred to the new board, and the salaries and expenses will be defrayed out of the sums which Parliament may grant for the purpose. It is incumbent on the. board to conform, in zdl iespects, to the instruc t'ons of the Home Secretary in the execution of their duties. CHOLERA.—LIVERPOOL.—Two deaths have occurred among the patients sent to the workhouse hospital from the Dirego since the 13th. CHOLERA.— Several eases of cholera have occurred within the last few days at Durham, some of which have proved fatal. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL (THIS .DAY.) NINTH DAY'S INQUIRY. This investigation was again resumed, for the ninth time, at the Sheriff's Court, at eleven o'clock this morn ing, before Mr. Baker, the coroner. After some discussion, during which the jury com plained of the extreme length to which the proceedings were carried, and of the unnecessary waste of their time, Mr. Bodkin having intimated that as all other witnesses having any bearing upon the case had been examined, Mr. Thomas Weedon Cooke, surgeon, of 76, Upper Berkeley-street, Grosvenor-square, was called, and stated that for 10 or 11 years he had been connected with the Royal Free Hospital, and had been full surgeon about three or four months. He first saw the child about six days before the operation, and be and Mr. Scobbell, the house surgeon, examined the child, and with a metallic sound, and discovered the presence of a stone in the bladder. They both felt it, as did also Mr. Morgan, of King's College Hospital, who is a pupil of his (Mr. Cooke's). I told the mother of the child that the child could only be relieved by an operation, and said she had better consult her hus band. I saw the child again upon the Wednesday fol lowing. Mr. Wakley came in and said that the case was his, explaining that as it had come in on Friday, that being his day for receiving patients, and being an out patient of his, the house surgeon had placed the case under his care. I then said let it be so; but he said "No, as it is under your care let it be so." As the child was in great suffering we agreed that it should be operated upon without delay. The child was in very good 1 condition for the operation previously to settling to per form the operation: The next day we had discussed the matter with Mr. Scobell and Mr. Grant, and after that discussion went into the ward to see the child, and made inquiries about the state of its inside and ordered castor oil. The next day I took a friend of mine, Dr. Greener, with me to see the operation performed. When I ar rived at the theatre of the Hospital I found that the instruments for performing the operation had not arrived. They had to come from Mr. Weiss, the instrument-maker, of the Strand, who is appointed to attend operations, and bring all the proper instru ments with him. It is the practice of our hospital. Mr. Baker—Mr. Weiss is, I believe, a first-rate maker ? Witness—He is. Mr. Ballantine—There is no doubt of it. Examination continued—Mr. Wakley was with me in the theatre, to assist me in performing the operation. Finding that the instruments were not ready, I directed the child to be taken back into the ward, and in the meantime the operation of removing a tumour from the arm of a female patient was performed, which took rather more time than usual in consequence of excessive bleeding. She having been removed, I ordered the child to be again brought in, the instruments and every thing being in perfect readiness. The witness then went on to detail the care he had taken of the child, and was under examination when we went to press, THE HOOD MONUMENT. To-morrow, Tuesday, the 18th of July, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Hood Monument is to be publicly uncovered over the poet's grave in Kensal-green Cemetery. We cannot but again direct public attention to the announcement of the hour and the day, now that we are on the eve of this most interesting ceremony of inauguration. Besides the prospect of seeing the exquisite struc ture designed by Matthew Noble to commemorate the Bard and Humorist, while an appropriate ad dress is being delivered on the occasion by Monck ton Milnes, the honourable member for Pontefract —the public have the additional prospect for to morrow evening of a large attendance on the spot of the admirers of Thomas Hood, variously dis tinguished in Art and Literature. A considerable number of general sympathisers in the same cause, we doubt not, will avail themselves of the oppor tunity by attending, punctual to the time appointed, for the purpose of witnessing what is in this coun try a most unusual, and what must in any country be a most attractive and impressive ceremonial. IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS AND BOATS. The experimental schooner yacht Incline Plane, 75 tons, constructed upon Lipscombe's new prin ciple, was launched on the 15th instant from Mr. Cunningham's yard, Southampton. Great expec tations have been formed with regard to this schooner. She will be fitted out as rapidly as pos sible, and it is expected that in about three weeks she will be publicly tried at Southampton. A jolly-row-boat, thirteen feet long, by three and a• half feet wide, lately built upon the same principle, has astonished every one by the excellent qualities exhibited by her. As a row-boat she is remarkably easy to pull, is very stiff and buoyant, and when propelled by canvas alone, sails twice as fast as any other boat of her own size, and has easily outsailed an eight-ton yacht, hitherto considered fast, that was expressly tried against her. A LONG GUN. A new carriage and cannon of peculiar formation as regards the bore have been sent to Sheerness from the Ordnance department for shipment on board the Vulture, to the Edinburgh, Rear-Ad miral D. Cha.ds. It is intended for the use of the long range projectile. It weighs 94 cwt. 3 qrs., and is calculated to throw a projectile nine inches by eight inches. The carriage is of new construc tion, and adequate to carry a long 95 cwt. gun for shot or shell. All ships in the Baltic capable of carrying these guns are to have them put on board immediately. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—His Royal High ness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, has honoured this institution by a visit, for the purpose of witnessing the experiments in optics with the electric light, by M. Dubosq, who exhibited his discoveries to the public for the first time at the cbn versazione on Thursday evening: His Royal - Highness was conducted through the building by Mr. J. H. Pep per, the resident director, and Mr. Wynn, the secretary ; and although he had no opportunity of seeing the ex periments in question, owing to the fact that he had not previously intimated his intention to visit the Institution, he expressed himself greatly delighted with the nunie- TOUS r imp • ovements which have been made in the esta blishment. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE.—(THIS DAY.) —Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accom• panied by their illustrious family, and attended by the Royal suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning, and proceeded by special train to Gosport, where the Fairy, Royal steam-yacht, Captain the Honourable Joseph Denman, will convey the illustrious party to Cowes en route to her Majesty's marine retreat, Osborne. The Queen will remain, it is understood, in the Isle of Wight until a day or two before the prorogation. The Countess of Desart attended the Queen as Lady in Waiting, her ladyship having succeeded the Countess of Gains borough. Viscount Palmerston left Carlton-gardens after the h co e u r n la c d il y o sh n ip Sa w tu il r l d h a o y ld fo a r n ß a r s o s c e k m et bl. El y all, Herts. His lord ship w ill h ave a large dinner party on S a t ur d a y, an d a balloon FA vEus f u e A l in a tobacco a o c c c c o u occupant, and 2d. -- - Abo field,u t belonging o'clock o ton 3,Slart.o Edwardrday night ß last iax . land, of D o ddi ngton, near this place. It was w i thout a nd with nothing nearly' exhausted, j h a a c o k s e t t e , d a , which was the cause of its descent ; the grappling irons, too., were gone, which raises a question whether the aeronauts who ascended have --not met an untimely death. The balloon w as secured, and is now in the pos session of Mr, Blailand. It i s 90 feet in height. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. It is impossible to doubt that deliberations of the gravest and most anxious character occupy the attention of Ministers at those protracted sittings of the Cabinet which we are now so frequently called on to record. They are such as to demand the constant reference from the Cabinet to the Sovereign. Last week we recorded the fact of the Minister of War leaving his assembled colleagues to have an audience of her Majesty, returning from the Royal presence to the council, and remaining for hours in consultation with those colleagues. On Saturday the incidents of the Cabinet Council were hardly less remarkable. The Cabinet Council was summoned for two o'clock. Ministers did not assemble until three ; they then met with one exception, that of the Foreign Secretary, who was detained by an audience with the Queen. Lord Clarendon joined his colleagues at four. Their deliberations then lasted until half-past six, and immediately on the breaking up of the council Lord Aberdeen proceeded to the Palace to her Majesty. We may add to these indications the fact that her Ma esty's stay in London has been already protracted some days beyond the time at which it was expected the Court would have departed for the Isle of Wight. A meeting of his supporters in the House of Commons is convened by Lord John Russell at the official resi dence of the Premier. It is just possible that he is about to take Mr. Disraeli's hint, and suggest to some of those supporters the propriety of testing the opinions of the House of Commons by proposing a vote of confi dence. To-night the vote is to be taken on the estimate of the new Minister of War. It is impossible to say what may be the result of the discussions to which the estimate is sure to give rise. To these perplexities we must add the near approach of that result of our Austrian alliance for which we have been for some time preparing our readers.—. Morning Herald. THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS. TO TUE EDITOR OR THE SUN. SIR, —I cordially sympathise with the " Old Gordon Highlander" who deplores the almost dismemberment of the gallant 92d or Gordon Highlanders, by wholesale volunteering into the other Scotch regiments serving in the East. His consolation, however, must be the Highlanders' thirst for meeting the enemies of their country in combat. To remedy the evil he justly la ments, I would suggest that a similar expedient be now resorted to in recruiting in Scotland as was adopted when the 92d was raised, namely, the offer of a shilling in the Queen's name, and a kiss from the Duchess of Gordon. Only this done, and the Gordon Highlanders will rise instantaneously, like giants refreshed. I am, Sir, ONE WHO SAW THE LATE DUCHESS OF GORDON, DECORATED IN THE GORDON TARTAN, RE• CRUITING TO RAISE THE 92D HIGHLANDERS. London, July 15, 1854. ADELPIII THEATRE An excellent version of The Courier of Lyons by Mr. Webster was brought out here on Saturday evening. It differs but little from the piece now in course of per formance at the Princess's Theatre. Every one is ac quainted by this time with the extraordinary case of mistaken identity upon which the dramatic narrative is built, and the miserable fats that awaited Joseph Les urgues, an honest and respectable man, in consequence of the circumstantial evidence which confounded him with an assassin. At the Adelphi Theatre Mr. Leigh Murray personates the double character of Lesurgues and Dubose, and with great melodramatic ability. His frank open demeanor in the one instance contrasts very forcibly with the course, drunken brutality which he assumes with the garb of the ruffian. As a piece of acting nothing can be more graphic and effec tive. The change from the one person to the other he manages with the necessary rapidity, and an illusion of a very remarkable kind is undoubtedly kept up. The remaining personages we need hardly observe, are of little moment. The robbers Courriol and Choppard are sustained by Mr. Charles Selbv and Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. 0. Smith plays the elder Lesurges. The piece was quite successful, and as it fits an Adelphi audience accurately, it will probably be often repeated. LMr. Leigh Murray announced it for performance every night amid general applause. Mr. Webster takes his benefit, for the first time at this theatre, on Wednesday next, on which occasion Mr. Buckstone has kindly offered his services. We hope the meeting of the brother actors on the same stage will not be the least appreciated of " Adelphi effects" by the public. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, honoured Mr. Noble, the sculptor, with a visit to his studio, in Bruton-street, on Saturday morning. H.R.H. inspected the bas reliefs for the me morial to Thomas Hood, just completed ; the colossal tribute to Wellington, now in progress for the city of Manchester ; the marble statues of the Hero-Duke, pre pared for the East India House ; and of Sir Robert Peel, for St. George's Hall, Liverpool. His Royal Highness was pleased to express his high admiration of these important works ; and also of two fine busts of the late Marquis of Anglesey and Professor Faraday, re cently produced by Mr. Noble. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Lady Alice Egerton, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, is about to be married to the lion. George Byng, M.P. for Tavistock, eldest son of Viscount Enfield. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, who re• turn to London to-morrow, after a prolonged absence on the Continent, will spend a short time at Sion House preparatory to leaving for Alnwick, for the season. The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Maidstone, Hon. Francis Villiers, Mr. G. Payne, Major-General Peel, Captain Lowther, and Mr. Wig , rain, at the annual meeting of the Jockey Club, were chosen the committee for the ensuing year. THE PRUSSIAN LEGATION.—The new Prussian envoy arrived in town late on Saturday night. The Earl of Erne, after a lengthened absence in Eng land, has returned to Croat Castle, Lisnaskea. The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen and family still continue at Bundoran. Viscount Mountgarrett has arrived at the Bilton Hotel, Dublin, from Westbourne-terrace, London. The Marquis of Clanricarde has left town for Por tumna, Galway, the seat of his landed estates. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have left Salisbury House, Arlington-street, for Hatfield House, Herts, for the season, his lordship coming to London occasionally to attend his Parliamentary duties. The Earl of Cawdor arrived in South Audley-street, on Saturday, from Stackpole-conrt, Pembroke, and left the same day to join the countess at Brighton. The youthful Hon. Henry Campbell is on duty with his regi ment, the Rifle Brigade, at the seat of war. His Excellency Mr. Arthur Magenis, recentlyre moved from Stutgardt to the embassy a t Stockholm, leaves town to-morrow to enter on his diplomatic duties at the Swedish Court, in the room of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons. FIRE AT MILE-END. —Yesterday morning, shortly before four o'clock, the family of Mr. L. G. Raby, baker, No. 1, Barne's-place, Mile-end-road, had a narrow escape of losing their lives owing to a fire breaking out whilst they were in their beds asleep. It appears that the oven ran under the shop and parlour, and the heat from the former set fire to the premises. The inmates having escaped, the engines of the parish and London Brigade, together with the Royal Society's escapes, attended, and a good supply of water was procured from the East London Company, and the firemen went to work, but considerable damage was done before they could extinguish the flames. The sufferer was insured in the Sun-office. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. LATEST FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING. The following is from a good source : " An Austrian ultimatum has either already been sent, or will be sent to-clay, to St. Petersbur g , de manding the evacuation of the Danubian Princi palities within a certain time ; the term mentioned is one month." THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 9th of July, contains a short article, to the effect that, " in consequence of the progress of events in gene ral," Prince Paskiewitsch had raised the siege of Silistria, and ordered Prince Gortschakoff to con centrate all his forces near Bucharest. THE ADVANCE OF THE TURKS INTO IVALLACHIA—GREAT BATTLE INEVI TABLE. The despatches from Vienna and Paris confirm the announcement made in this journal on Satur day of the defeat of the Russians at Frateschti. On the 9th and 10th, says a despatch dated Vienna, Saturday, the Turks attacked Brigadiers Pauloff and Soimonoff with other Russian detach ments, at Frateschti, north of Giurgevo. The Russians were completely routed. The Turkish army of 25,000 men is advancing towards Bucharest. A great battle seems inevitable. There are 25,000 of the allied armies at Rust chuk. The following is published in the Ilioniteur of yesterday (Sunday). "On the 11th of July the Turks attacked and routed the Russian rear guard at Frateschti, on the road from Giurgevo to Bucharest. They are in force upon the left bank, and have crossed the Danube at several points. " The number of auxiliary troops arrived from Shumla at Giurgevo exceeds 20,000. " Prince Gortschakoff, with the reinforcements which he has summoned, has not more than 60,000 men. " The Turks and the auxiliaries reach at least that number. " Everything announces an immediate action." The Presse states that, according to advices from Orsova of the 15th, after 5 hours' fighting, Mehe met Pasha drove the Russians from the Dobrudscha across the river, and occupied Czernadvoda. The whole of the left bank of the Danube between Kalafat and Oltenitza is fully occupied by the Turks. Isli Pacha defeated General Popoff's division at Nicopolis on the 9th. From other quarters we learn that the Russians lost 700atFrateschti, and thatOmerPacha marched en potence upon Bucharest, the Russians retreating as he advanced. We find the following in the Journal des Debats with regard to the above exciting news from the East : According to the foregoing news, the war had made a decisive step forward. The Turks, with the co-operation of the Anglo-French, had beaten the Russians and entered the capital of Wallachia. That would constitute the most important fact among those which have already occurred, inas much as the allied troops would then definitively form their lines in a very marked manner. The combat adverted to had taken place at Frateschti, against the rear-guard of the Russian corps. Let us begin by specifying the situation of the field of the conflict : Frateschti is a town on the road from the Danube to Bucharest, at four leagues from Giurgevo, a small fortified place on the left bank of the Danube (Wallachian bank), situate opposite the Turkish fortress of Rustchuk. The affair oc curred on the 14th instant. A despatch from Vienna says that, after this combat, Omer Pacha had proceeded towards Bucha rest. It states, moreover, that he had taken pos session of that important town. The distance from Frateschti to Bucharest is 10 leagues, which makes a long march, or two short ones. If the Turks and the Anglo-French troops actually entered Bucharest the Russians must have experienced a serious check, for they had a great interest in not allow ing themselves to be violently driven from their main resources and magazines, without time to remove altogether the immense provisions of victual and ammunition which they had concentrated there. It is difficult to conceive through what succession of defective and badly-directed dispositions a body of the Russian army found itself exposed to receive the brunt of the allied forces, without the other bodies being within sufficient reach to afford it assistance. The Russian Generals understand war well. This cannot be denied ; nevertheless their operations ever since the beginning of this month are unintelligible, being the result of a strange and incoherent strategy which puzzles all lookers on. What are they going to do now ? Will the Rus sian army be made to quit en masse Moldavia, to be marched towards Bucharest, with a view to dis pute that town with the allies ? Or are they going to fortify themselves still more strongly on the Sereth ? The former alternative takes us conse quentially to a great battle ; the second, to a peace ful occupation of Wallachia, thenceforth evacuated by the Russians. But what will be, in that con flict, the attitude of the Austrian forces ? Can they any longer remain motionless on their fron tiers ? Are they not at length about to execute the treaty concluded with the Ottoman Porte, which gives them the right of occupying the Danu bian Principalities ? Such are the questions which moment. e. have not yet sufficient data to s every one puts to hi m self at thisolv solve them. INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT THE WAR. According to letters from Schumla of the 4th, Captain Butler, the heroic defender of Y e l an di ' Tabia a fort at Silistria, has died of his woun d s. On the occasion of the destruction of the Russian forts at Sulina six Russian merchants were cap tured, and two powder magazines blown up. The Austrian consular authorities in Wallachia have declared to the Russians that their protection is at an end. It is said that the Russian General Aurep has committed suicide by shooting himself. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz of Saturday contains the draught of a projected provincial re presentation for consultative purposes—a kind of Austrian constitution. A Vienna journal says that Omer Pacha has con fided to the command of an English officer (a volun teer), named Canning, with whom are united some other English officers, a corps of 4,000 men, which is to maintain the communications between the Turkish army and the auxiliary troops. A letter from Berlin says :—" The Russian loan meets with very few subscribers. It is said that at Hamburg none of it has been taken, and that at Amsterdam, as well as at Frankfort, the amount subscribed for does not exceed 1,200,000 f. The British Consul at Genoa has issued a notice to the British residents there warning them not to contribute to the Russian loan, as such au act would render them liable to prosecution for high treason. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 3.—Last night her Ma jesty's steam-frigate Retribution, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, came down from Varna, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on board, who returns to Varna to-day at eleven o'clock. This visit of his Royal Highness is for the purpose it is said of entering into some arrangement with the Turkish authorities for the supply of provisions for the Bri tish army. All the accounts of the commissariat arrangements at Varna are most unfavourable : indeed, a general outcry has been raised at their insufficiency. The troops have begun their march from Varna. There is much talk now of an expe dition against Sebastopol by sea and by land. It may, however, only be a surmise. Something cer tainly must be done before winter to ensure the command of theßlack Sea. The numerous trans ports at anchor in the Bosphorus are under orders to keep themselves in readiness to start at a moment's notice. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Times gives, by telegraph, the following summary of an article which appears in the Aus trian Correspondence :—" The recent communi cation from St. Petersburg on the one hand but incompletely answers the expectations of Austria ; while Prussia, on the other hand, think s it con tains materials which may possibly serve as a baSis for negotiations for peace. This must, however, depend on the decision of the Western Powers. This language is, as usual, vague, but certainly menacing for Russia." The Morning Chronicle says the substance of the article is, that as regards the present phase of the Oriental question, and the answer brought by Prince Gortschakoff, the demands of Austria and Pru sia are but im perfectly satisfied, but there are some materials which might possibly serve as the basis for peace negotiations. These are left to the decision of the Western Powers. Upon receipt of their answer, Austria, acting upon her convention with Prussia and with Turkey, and upon a cordial understanding with the Western Powers, will take all the me asures requisite for the re-establishment of the balance of power in Europe, and of the integrity of Turkey, and of general peace upon a safe basis. The o riter of a letter from one of her Majesty's ships in the Black Sea says :—The Vesuvius came down yesterday from the Danube, bringing a Russian (Cossack, I have heard) officer, who was captured by the Firebrand, when they so neatly dropped upon the little garrison at Sulina, at two a.m. Captain Parker, who commanded his men, was the captor of the Muscovite, whose horse was shot, and who was lugged out of a cask, booted, spurred, and speared as he was. The unhappy wretch was sunk in despair and horror at his fate (as he imagined), for it would seem it has been sedulously instilled into his mind (and ex nano disce, tisc.) that we cut the throats of our prisoners, or put them out of pain in some other still more native (Russian) manner. They say that his mind is not yet divested quite of this cheering impression. His brother-officer and comrades (25 in all, or 24 minus our friend), were fortunate enough to escape after making a good stand (but a harmless one, for we had not a man touched). As was " the custom of Branksome-hall," their steeds " stood saddled in stable day and night ;" so it was quick work for the reivers to " mount and ride." LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CAMP AT ALYDEN. " ALYDEI4, JULY 3.—1 have still to date my epistle from this place, where the Duke's division is now stay ing. The light division started from here on Friday last, June 30th. I saw them off. On the following morning, the Duke's division, attended by several sat tiers, came up. The brigade of Highlanders was the first to arrive upon the ground at about ten o'clock. Both the appearance of the men and their order of march ing disappointed me extremely, and certainly from such well-disciplined soldiers and muscular men more might have been expected. All were, to appearance at least, quite fagged, and walked with a dejected, listless air ; while many of them had fallen out of the ranks alto gether. The reason to which I ascribe this is, that no doubt the majority of the men had partaken rather freely of parting cups with the French soldiers the night before they started, and nothing tells with such cer tainty upon the - vigour and marching order of the men next day. The brigade of Guards came by another road ; they arrived, shortly after the Highlanders, and though heavier men, and, generally speaking, less ath letic and less used to marching than their northern comrades, were decidedly fresher in appearance, Each brigade was followed by a train of arobas, baggage mules, and commissariat horses, quite as long and nu merous as itself. "Neither of the brigades took up the ground formerly occupied by the Light Division, but moved further up the hill, and eventually camped in a position, to the picturesque beauty of which it is almost impossible to do justice in words. The ridge selected is a continua tion of the same hill on which Sir George Brown's divi sion remained, but it recedes from the lake, and goes more up the country, joining another ridge about a mile distant at right angles. All round this part of the hill there are the most beautiful ravines, glens, and forest scenery imaginable. On every side rise hills and forests, intersected here and there with (apparently) well cultivated patches of rich meadow land, while in the back-ground lies the upper lake of Devna, the bold and rugged shores of which close in the view. The greater part of the camp is formed along the edge of a steep and narrow glen, which bears a strong resemblance to the better parts of the Dargle scenery near Powerscourt. Also on the edge of this Sappers' Valley,' as it is now called, from having been occupied by a party of Sap pers and Miners for some time, and overlooking the little brook which runs at the bottom, is fixed the duke's head-quarters. " The camp ground of the Guards and Highlanders is already in excellent order, and its rows of bright white tents and crowds of busy figures form a strong contrast with the vacant wasted looking-space where lately the Light Division were. Than the present aspect of the latter place, nothing can be more cheerless and lorn. It reminds one forcibly of a house to let—a winter's day—a ruined town, or other images equally buoyant and consolatary to the feelings. All the arbours and rustic seats which the men had erected for their officers are dry and withered—all the bowers are deserted, the ovens fallen in, and the camp fires, which a little time ago might have been taken as emblems of primitive hos pitality, are now merely yawning black holes, with any thing but a cheerful significance about them. Dried leaves, broken bottles, battered cooking tins, huge half burnt stakes, fowls' heads, fragments of London papers, and impromptu musket racks, cumber the ground in all directions. The only living things which now disturb its solitude are large mysterious-looking land tortoises and elvish green lizards, which, rustling and creeping among the withered leaves, impart an air of dull and ne cromantic vitality quite in keeping with the whole scene. "However, in this forlorn condition it is not doomed to remain long, for the 2d division, under the command of Sir De Lacy Evans, arrives here to-morrow morning, (Tuesday.) During the whole of to-day there has been a heavy gale blowing from the N. E., which has severely' tried the strength of the tent pitching of this division. I have not heard of any contretemps yet, though from the violence of the wind it would not surprise me to hear of many. Showers of flue sand have been blowing about in all directions, and somehow or other getting into everything eatable or drinkable that was in the camp. "The lakes of Devna have now been put to more profitable purposes than heretofore, and instead of re maining as a great pasturage for bull frogs, a system of water communication has been established, by means of which the provisions for the army will be sent by the lakes from Varna to Devna and Alyden. This project, by which an immense amount of slow and uncertain land conveyance will be avoided, has been in contempla tion for some time. When the scheme was first men tioned to the Turkish authorities it was warmly o pposed by them, on the ground that both lakes we r e a bove the sea, and if once a channel was opened the f ormer would inevitably drain off, and leave an extensive and un healthy marsh. But the English auth or iti es were deter mined to ascertain from their own o b serva ti on w hether the undertaking was feasibl e or no t, an d M r. S pra tt, of the Spitfire, was appointed t o survey b o th lakes- ire reported that the design was p er f ec tl y pract i ca b le, an d a canal has accordingly been c u t, a b ou t a m il e l ong, f rot h the sea to the lower lake, an d anot h er a b out half a m ile long from the lower l a k e t o th e upper. Greatly to t he surprise of the Turks, th e wa t er did not instantly dis appear in a rush. To Mr. E. Strickland, Assistant Commissary-General in charge of the duke's division, and' one of the most active and energetic members of the commissariat staff out here, belongs the honour of having been the first to navigate this hitherto unknown water . " It is said that Strickland was sent for one morning , and asked if he would undertake to send up his provi sions by way of the lake, and as there are few things which that gentleman would not manage to succeed, he instantly agreed so to do. In a couple of hours more he procured the ship's boats from the Simoom, an d before five o'clock the same afternoon the first commis' sariat cargo of provisions was landed at the pier erected for the purpose at Alyden. With a fair wind the voyage from here to Varna can easily be performed in tsg ° hours, and a regular communication is thus kept uP' The whole scheme of cutting the lake and the manner in which it has been performed, and the supplies trans' mitted, reflect great credit upon all concerned. T ° render the affair complete, our authorities should hire $6 couple or the small but rapid and powerful steamer s which ply upon the Bosphorus between Constantinopl e and Scutari. One of these would not only p er f o rm the distance from Varna to Devna in a couple of hours, but tow besides a dozen of the largest commissariat boate• On Saturday morning, when the camp arrived, W e received news which excited a sensation of preformd regret among the troops—a regret which, I a° sure, will be participated in, not only by Y° .° readers, but by the mass of the English people' I mean the death of poor young Captain Butler, the gallant hero of Silistria. It is difficult to describe the feelings of sorrow which pervaded all ranks of the eel: vice out here when the rumour of the melancholy fact was confirmed in a manner which left no hope of its be ing false. The details connected with his death hav e been forwarded to his brother, who is on the staff of the Duke of Cambridge, and from those it appears that he died more from fatigue and excessive mental and bodily labour than from the effects of his wounds. He died on the morning of Thursday, the 23d of June, about two hours before the retreat of the Russians was discovered . The whole garrison, which mourned his loss as truly irreparable, attended his funeral with reversed arms. He was buried in consecrated ground in a little Greek cemetery near the town. Mr. Naysmith, his gallant comrade, performed the last sad office of reading the service over him. Omer Pacha, who arrived the day after the funeral, was sincerely affected at the death of the young officer, and was anxious that his remain ° should repose in the Fort of Acotaba, which he had de' fended so long and bravely against the enemy. But the, friends of Mr. Butler judged that it would be better for the body to remain where it had been first interred, a° the handsome monument which the Turkish authoritie s are about to erect to his memory in Acotaba woul d answer all the purposes of his ashes being there. Few officers who have c l o s e d th e i r li ves a t the early age of 27 have ever attained a higher reputation for uly daunted courage and consummate military ability tha n the late Captain Butler. With only the most slende r means at his command, alone, and almost unaided, encountered the whole might of the Russian forces, an d ' after a contest of six weeks of the most desperate and bloody nature, succeeded in utterly defeating the enen3P, The gallant nature of his struggle and the importance his victory cannot be overrated, and the high nature 19.1 the rewards which he was certain to have received from both the Turkish, English, and French Governmen t used to form a favourite topic of conversation among oil officers. Now •no earthly rewards can reach him, ae his friends have only the satisfaction of knowing that he fell nobly in the discharge of his duty, and has left be . A hind him a name which will be fresh in the memory an d admiration of his countrymen when the desolating effect' of the war he has illustrated have passed a wa y like , 11 tale that is told. His heroic example has not been witu; put its moral effect also. With E ng li s h o ffi cers to lead them, the Turks, after hearing of poor Butler's ex ploits : would charge up to the very mou th s o f th e R uss i a n bait teries, while I believe th ere i s no t a s i ng l e officer out here who is not burning f or an oppor t un it y t o distingt! lo ; himself in some such manner as the defender of Silistria. VARNA, July 4.—The whole of the 2d division left here yesterday, and commenced their march in the direU; tion of Devna,. It was not intended that they s hould advance even as far as Alyden, and as the day was e, l ' ceeduigly unfavourable to military movements they onlY marched about five miles to the north of their old can tonments outside Varna, and about four miles distant frozuf the camp of the Ist division at Alyden. Their line ,f t . march was quite diffe r ent to that taken by the otu — t troops along the lakes, and led up the country altnee to the foot of the range of hills which surround the town' Upon a slope of these and near the village of Cara the camp is formed. To-day they were to hive adVan°4s