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V ." TELEATEE nOYAL DittllZY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public, Subtrribers and 'Patrons of the Royal Opera, are respectfully Informed, that, in con sequence of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there will be NO Pxß , Olt VANCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be suspended lath iurther Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director! Theatre Royal, Drop-lane, August 2, 1854. THE &TEE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 1 Under the management of Mr. Muckstone. THIS EVENING, Amon' 2. Will be performed THE OLD CRATE W. Characters by Messrs Howe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Btickstone; Mrs. Fitzwidiam, and . Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISEI DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CskaLes KEAN. THIS EVENING. AM/VEIT 2 Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COITRT. Principa' characters by vt,ssrs. Harley, Fi,lat.r. aid Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, TIIE C'OCRIER OF LYONS. Principal characters. Addison, Grah tm, David Fishe by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining', Cathcart, and Salter; Misses C. Leciercq, Heath, lernau, and K . Terry. -- To crane:ale with TUC lIALT OF THE BALLET. TORATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Arcrit 2, Will be perfo - med A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Principal chime ters by Mr. Leigh Murray ant Miss Woolgar. After wtdch will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled MOVING FAL , supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. To conclude with THE COURIER OF LITNS. ROYAL OLYMPIC TgL Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2. WV! be performed TO ORLI:3E REVAON. supported by Mesa , Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Misa E urner. To be followed by THE FIRS(' NIGIIT. Characters by Mee Pared Wigan, Legit% Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss v. Ho, ton, and Miss Emily Orm nde. To cone ude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL . Jem Daggs, Mr. F Robson. STRAND THEATRE. mole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING. AUGOIT 2. Will be performed CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters by 3fessrs Herbert, Morgan, and Belf)rd ; Misses H. Gordon, F. Beau mont, and Wharton. Fol'owed by FAU4T A' D MARGUERITE. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. 4s.• ' Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, 1.. ; oallery. ticl.; Private Roza £l ls. to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15. New Bond-street ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN,i. "MIS place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumantal nvisic of the fist order, and • display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palaze." DAMSON'S COLOS 4 AL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri vallad Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—Ali the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession. concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns." and a `most m ignifieent display of Fireworks by Southby Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been rented. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATIV,. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. 3 cones without a parallel !—Trinnvhant and brilliant career of the - Coszacitli i 2nd Night of a new Mythological Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet d'ActioTi, 2nd appearance of Herr Christcti:ihe first Rope Dancer in the universe. THIS .EVENING, The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, the novel and skilful SCE `ES in the CIRCLE, by Professors of tne first class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their in,omprehen sible and astonishing performances. The whole to conclude with, 2nd time, a new Equestrian Melon dramatic Ballet, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love am ,n 4 - the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR. Tans DAY —Morning 2 rnin.after 7 Evening 27 miI:IAL 7 To-Monitow—Morning 52 caiu.after 7 j Evening 26 =i.e. 8 THE WEATHER.—SUN Orrice, Ara. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72 highest since noon on Saturday. 54 —lowest this morning and during the night. • 72—this day, at noon. ZAROILICTER, 29'78. lArtNn, N.W. to W.N.W.—Fresh breeze, with heavy clouds' and sunshine. ~~~~ ~= un LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1854 . There are two countries of Europe now en ' deavouring to " settle down" into quietude, after having each of them but just emerged from r, revolution. Spain and Greece—kingdoms situated • at opposite extremities of the Mediterranean. This occurs, moreover, at the very time when • general war is agitating the whole political systen of the eastern hemisphere. The latest advice 'ham Madrid inform us that General ESPARTERO ' had just entered that capital for the purpose o! reorganising a Constitutional Government. Tht most recent despatches from Athens acquaint with the arrival in that capital of M. MAVROCOR DATO, entrusted with precisely the same onerous responsibility. The coincidence of events—in certain respects—is sufficiently curious. Espait- TERO has been carried by the successes of other, to the very summit of authority over the Spanish Administration. MAVROCORDATO, in the same way, has been carried by the successes of others to the supreme height of power over the Greek Government. The military rising at Madrid took place while ESPARTERO was still quietly secluded in his private residence at Lc) . - grono. The diplomatic movement at Athens was triumphantly accomplished while MAVROCORDAT O was calmly sojourning at Paris, in his capacity as ambassador. What was achieved for the latter by the sagacity of Mr. WYSE and Baron ROUEN, was effected for the former by Don DOMINGO DULCE and Don LEOPOLD O'DONNELL. In both instances the evils which the people—here in Spain, there in Greece—have been rid of, were evils brought upon the two countries by the duplicity, the weakness, the folly, and infatuation of the reigning Sovereigns. Insomuch that it can scarcely be doubted that it must have been with a sense of guilt and abasement, and with a poignant knowledge of having been egregiously outwitted, or crushingly defeated, in all their nefarious designs against the liberties of the race entrusted to the governance of each, that the other day Queen ABELL A Is gave audience to General ESPARTERO, and King OTB O to M There i s thi s • 431AVROCORDATO. glarinry difference, the diplomatic coup t, p at how ever , b e t ween insurrection. Athens and th e S pan i sh That Whereas, in the instance of Greece, all the good that has been done for the country by the late movement has been accom plished through foreign ageooy, through th e saga - Mr. WYSE and o f B aron city, as we have said, o f ROUEN, followed by the sudden landin g of Eno.- . • lish and French troops at the Piraeu s_vreatever benefit has been secured to Spain by th e move ment in that country has been obtained through the daring and patriotism of the sons of her ow , • soil, through the civism, and the valour, and the de eision of SERRA.NO, DULCE, and O'DONNELL. Tin contrast is one that augurs well for Spain. Th e successful leaders of her new and not least glo rious revolution have well earned those " highest military honours," which report now says is about to be conferred upon them by the councils of the land to which they have opened up the pat] of emancipation. The Marshal's baton is, in truth but the due of both DULLS and O'DoN.NEnn The y everything upon the hazard of a great rising, artal they have succeeded. They have suc ceeded. in puttin g an end to a Government con ducted by mendacious impostors and unprincipled adventurers. They have brouoitt about the dis grace of SA RTOEICS and his collea gues , an d the downfall o f Q ueen C HRlstiav A an d t h e M UNOZ family, and, w i t h all this, the pos s ibili ty of goo d i n the future f or th e S panish as the adroit di populati on . P rec i sely diplomacy of M x w • •, Tsß and his French colleague. at Athens, prepared the way for the crushing out .of _the. Russian conspiracy fos tered under the' patronage of OTHo and AMU - A a hydra of political calamities, all the heads of i which were struck off at a single blow by the fact of the Anglo-French occupation. The question now is—both at Athens and at Madrid—like an echo of the old inquiry, "Under which king, BENZONIAN ?" The power of King arno is doomed: So likewise "is that of Queen ISABELLA. AU that can be effected in behalf of each_ respectively, by MAVROCORDATO and ES PAR TERo—is. to delay for a little while longer the inevitable hour either of quiet abdication or of violent expatriation. The alternative is before OTHO. It is before ISABELLA. The necessity for its acceptance may, we repeat, just possibly be postponed for a while by ESPARTERO and NIAVROCO RDA TO. Neither of them can altogether lissipate it. The downfall of both OTHO and ISABELLA we believe to be no longer merely "looming in the future," but to be here—close it band! Whence it follows that the question is, it this moment of supreme emergency (for Spain and Greece), Who are to be their successors ? It is the double problem now remaining to be solved in the midst of all the disturbance and confusion of a general war among the great Powers of Christendom. There is a delusion very prevalent amongst officers of both branches of her MAJESTY'S ser vice, and in which they frequently endeavour to • )btain the participation of civilians. They will gravely insist that the " Court-Martial " is the est tribunal in the world, and that it invariably administers impartial justice, without fear or pre judice, favour or affection. Strange as the .ssertion may be, it is put forward in per fect good faith, and with a strong convic tion of its- truth and acouracy ; and any in , credulity on the part of the audience occa iionally excites the ire of the gallant veterans to an extent very unpleasant to the sceptic. Obser vations are made, in no measured language, on the ignorance which could alone lead to any doubt or difficulty on facts so notorious, and hints are given as to a mode of terminating the argument that speedily enforces belief. In truth, the advocate of the ordinary.tribunals is seldom sufficiently well acquainted with the proceedings of these model courts to venture on any very positive assertion in reference thereto. He cannot speak of his own knowledge, and is, therefore, generally compelled to yield to his more energetic and more boisterous • antagonist. Now, however, something is known of the mode of administering what we suppose is designated " justice" by the military tribunals, but to which we should feel disposed to apply a very different term. We have had ample opportunities of judging for ourselves, during the series of court martials in which Lieutenant PERRY has recently been engaged, as to the most approved mode of " crushing an obnoxious junior." We see the nature of the practice, if there be anything at all of established practice, and consequently are able to reply to these statements by specific instances of unfair and arbitrary conduct. We do not complain of the first inquiry into the conduct of Lieutenant PERRY. He had in flicted a personal injury on . a brother offi cer, and it was just and expedient that a strict and searching investigation should take place into all the circumstances connected with the untoward transaction. It might have been well for the prosecutor (Lieutenant-Colonel GARRETT) and others if it had only been brought before a court of inquiry, where, the proceedings being carried on with closed doors, nothing would have come to light of the pleasing diversions of the high spirited officers of the 46th. The full and com plete acquittal of the unfortunate young officer would not have answered the purpose. His quiet tnd economical habits did not suit the gallant 46th. That the selected "butt" should turn on iris oppressor—that ho should vindicate his out raged honour by striking to the earth the man by whom he was insulted, was too bad. Nothing but his ignominious expulsion from the service would suffice, and for that the sentence of a gene ral Court-Martial was indispensable. A formal complaint was therefore preferred, the accusations drepared, and the prisoner, who had been kept in close custody in a small inconvenient room, was placed upon his trial. Had the injunctions of the Court with respect to the non-publication. of the proceedings been re 3pected matters would have gone on in the ordi nary course. Pupr PERRY would have been juietly extinguished, and Col. GARRETT wou►d ►ave been contented with the injury inflicted on the intended victim. Fortunately, however, for .he ends of justice —aye, and for the well-being if the service itself—the order was disregarded, and public attention was at once excited by the extraordinary nature of the transactions brought o light. The order itself was a mere brutum 'a men, which the parties by whom it was made had uo power to enforce. Such an order may bu made by the civil tribunal, but it is only so on very rare occasions, and where the ends of justice may be prejudiced by a . premature publication. [lad there been any reasonable probability of such 1. result, we are convinced that the good feeling •,f our brother journalists would have required but the slightest intimation of the fact. A ,:ourteous request might have been attended to, even though there had been no possibility of evil consequences. But it was manifest that no injury could be occasioned, and the impudent as sumption of power which did not exist could not be tolerated. The fourth estate was not subjected to Martial-Law, nor amenable to the ukases of a military tribunal. The proceedings were, there fore, very properly reported, and thence it is that we hear of a second and third Court-Martial growing out of the same transaction. The first matter worthy of notice, appears to be the appearance of Lieutenant-Colonel GAR RETT, the person at whose instance the trial was instituted, appearing as prosecutor. A very short time shoWed the animus by which he was actu ated. The intense desire, in every way, to pre judice the cause of the youthful prisoner was Mainly perceptible from the very commencement. The contemptuous tone in which he indulged -lowed that he participated in the feelings of those whose gross ill-treatment of Lieut. PERRY led to these painful events. Now, we contend that it is nut right toplacea "commanding" officer in such a posi tion with respect to one of his subalterns. The very position as a prosecutor naturally creates a bias in the mind. A personal collision is very probable, and angry feelings may be excited, that would render a change of regiment indispensab!e, even in the event of a full and c irnplete acquAtal —a triumphant justification of the conduct of the Lccused. Besides, the appearance of a " com mander" in that position induces a strong leaning amongst the judges, whose chief object is to sup port authority, and who would consider any strong observations in reference to such a person as little better than " rank blasphemy." We have already seen one of the manifold evils of this course in the third Court-Martial, which was partially occa ,Lieued by the fact of Lieatenant-Colonel GARRETT i)eing placed in so anomalous a position in the two former trials. The next point to be noticed was the refusal to r t e h c e og p n ri i s s o e n e a r n ! P I Rules s thatinreus bl e requireadviser to or be, e, assistant au a a t r o e so frequently strained, in order to admit of an escape from their stringency, must be unwise and injudicious, and should be forthwith rescinded. What a farce it is to I 'ar mit " a friend" to ac t advocate, while a regular • • • practitioner is excluded. The more eminent the Counsel, the better. It is paying a very left-handed 1. comp.nnent to these model tribunal, to suppose that they could be influenced to do what is wrong by the talent or ability of the person appearing for the prisoner. Such fallacious notions were once entertained, but they have been completely dispelled ; and we be lieve there is not a single person throughout the length and breadth of the land ; that impeaches , ; he accuracy of the principle on which the P r i- 1 soners' Counsel Bill was framed, or that its adop tion has not promoted the cause of justice. We may hereafter point out other evils con nected with Court-Martials, but time and space alike force us to conclude our present observations' Y -41 A - R - K E T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken. for export and on speculation.. The market closed tamely, but steadily. The sales comprised 250 Bahia at 61d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to Id., 30 Sea Island at ls. to ls. 6d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were flat, at lower prices. The Board of Trade returns for the month and six months, ending July 5, have been issued. The declared value of the exports, exclusive of the un e numerated articles during the month was 7,707,641/. against 6,772,7331. in the corresponding mouth of last year. The imports increased in wheat, oats, Indian corn, currants, guano, hemp, rice, cassia lignea, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, -rum, tallow, and wine, but a falling off in oxen, sheep, cocoa ; coffee, flour, flax, mahogany, palm oil, opium, .saltpetre tobacco, and brandy. The shipping returns show an increase in the month 'of 22,171 tons for the entries inwards of vessels employed iu the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, and of 19,305 tons for •the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade 28,088 tons less were em ployed than in the same month of 1853 for the entries inwards, and the clearances outwards de creased 7,375 tons. There appears to have been some objection in Parliament to the Bills.of Exchange Bill, which is intended to permit the registration of dishonoured bills and promissory notes in Englan I and to allow execution thereon, the argument being that its provisions are too stringent, and that creditors will he compelled to use coercive measures and press their debtors when otherwise not so disposed, in order to comply with the terms of the act. To this it may be replied that there is a want of facility, for the circulation of small bills, and that in Scotland the process termed summary diligence is found beneficial. It is proposed that all bills of exchange or promissory notes unpaid shall be noted and protested in case of need, like foreign bills, and an officer of the Court of Common Pleas is to keep a register thereof. When this form is gone through ; an order for payment within 7 days, in cluding the day of service, is given, but the party served can stay execution by application to the court, and by an affidavit. disclosing what would be considered a legal defence. The case, if the court thinks fit, may tht•n tie brought to trial. The act is to be entitled "The Summary Execution on Bills of Exchange Act, 1854." The following are the forms that will be adopted : No. 1. In the Common Pleas. A.D. 18. To C.D. On the day of VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, etc.; of in the county of E.F. of in the county of &c. (England to wit.) A.B. in his own proper person (or by G.H., his attorney] appeared and craved that the protest underwritten should be recorded in the Register of this Court for Protests of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes for Execution, according to the " Summary Execution on Bids of Exchange Act, 1854," which was accordingly done, and of which the tenour follows in those words : THE gtis4l,' \ LONDON, WTED_NES D A.Y E ; VENING, AUGUST t, /864. [Take in the Bill and Protest] " Therefore it is considered that the said A.B. recover against the said C.D., E F., &c., with interest thereon since the said Bill became due, together with the sum of £ for costs of protest, registration, and charge We command you, therefore, that within six days after the service of this writ on you, exclusive of the day of such service, you make payment to the said A.B. of the said sum of £ and take notice, that in default of your so doing the said A.B. may proceed to execution against you. Witness, &c. No. 2. (Same as No. 1.) Indorsement to be made on Writ 13fore Service thereof. This writ is for service out of the jurisdiction of the court." Yesterday afternoon bills at 90 days were nego tiated upon Paris at 25 25 to 27k, upon Amsterdam at 1116/ to 17, upon Hamburg at 13 6f to 6/, and upon Trieste at 12 24 to 53. These rates exhibit a slight decline on Paris and Trieste, but an improve ment upon Hamburg. Amsterdam was firm. There is still a slight demand for gold for expor tation. The stock market was lees firm this morning when business commenced, Consols being 92 1 /3- for transfer, and 921 ft for account, and they have since dropped to 92k i for money, and to 92k i for time. The business done has not been large, but there is no support given by purchases for investment, and consequently a sale or two has a marked effect upon prices. Exchequer Bills have been quoted par to 38. premium, and the Bonds are if premium. Bank Stock has fluctuated from 2U9 to 214. East India Stock has been at 223. The New 3k per Cents. have been 921 to 93g. The foreign intelligence, both as regards the Russian retreat and the Spanish ' Ministry, conjoined with the fine weather, might have been expected to give a better tone. • The foreign market has been very inert, but 1 Spanish Bondi are firm, the Deferred at 18i i ex div. The Certificates are at 41. Dutch 2i per Cents. have been 61/ to 61 ex div., and Mexican Stock is steady at 244. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24 to 241 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents. 55 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 81 to . 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 19 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 38 ; Ditto Certi ficates, 4 to 4k ; Ditto Passive, 3k to 4k. The English Railway Shares have been rather drooping, and sales are more pressed. In the French lines business has been quiet. The Mining Shares have been rather flatter, and the Banks and Miscellaneous Companies, including Crystal Palace, are cheaper to buy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO , prom, the (Artezal Lot. Itt6iTlP, ~ nn J.ank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 A i i ti ii :', per Cent Consols Annuities 92 g g 4 ii per Cent. Annuities i.,,,n€, , Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1880 , 44 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4l ndia Stock consols for Account 17th August 92 i a .1 Exchequer Bilis, 2id. . .. , ..1000 2500 email • - Exchequer Bonds, 1853 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. , !exican 3 per Cent. . 24i 4 panish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ...... S'panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4 .. . , . lividemis on the 4hr - we payable irt London. Dutch Exchange, 2i p 4 -1. Cent. 12 Guil 6l 60A Z d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 92 j Litt() August A ccou'it COURT CIRCULA R. OSBORNE, AUG 1. The Queen and Prince walked out yesterday i❑ the grounds. The royal children also took their usual exercise. The lion. Mary Bulteel has succeeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr as maid of honour in waiting, and Capt. Du Plat has relieved Colonel Seymour as equerry to the Prince. G. J. Wood, LL.D., member of council of University College of London, and J. Storear, M.D , of University College, hail an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in aiwiling street. The Attorney-General, the Solici , or-General, and Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview w►th the Chan. tenor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resilence in Dow►►ing-street. Dr. Forties Winslow had an• interview with the Earl of Aberdeen at his official residence, Downing• street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary we about to leave Cam' ridge Cottage, for Cowes, Isle of Wight, where their Royal Highnesses intend to sojourn about three weeks. Tile Earl and Countess of Cawdor left South Audley street yesterday, for Cawdor Castle, N. 8., fur the sea son. WAGES AND LABOUR IN CANADA.—So great is the demand for labour of every kind in Canada, that the farmers are now inducing men to quit the railway and other public works in progress there, by giving them not only the cash wages they receive from contractors, namely, one dollar, or 4s. 2d. sterling a day, but they also furnish them with their board into the bargain. Boys of from 11 to 14 are now found so useful that they are earning, both on the works and as farm servants, from Ms. to 224. sterlin, a month and their board. What ti,e latter is may be judged from the breakfast which a gentleman lately saw one of them eat on the Grand Trunk Railway :—a large slice of roast beef, five mealy potatoes, two thick slices of first-class wheaten bread, and air egg-cup of fresh butter, washed down with a pint of unskinnued milk. 110%v many thousand bOys in the old cout.try would think their fortunes made if they had the wages without the board ! Active well-grown lads of 17 receive mans' wages, and no young man past csot w ere sreb from as withinmera 18 would wor k f ur less. A b ou t th re e years ago some 3 00 young gir l s, of agesfrom 11 to 15 , who had b e en 12s. seiit t 3 out, 20s. byunions i n t h e wes t an d s outh-west of Ireland, ed" as fa rm - servants, at farm-houses, a t wage s bpheearrlsf o f the fa roa hou r o f th e ir arrival at Toronto " ab month. r willi whiche ttreatedhey reside, n every i judging x e b e y ep t the shee past w ieh therees to r e m ain a is n y ot eofthetn spinster, the will b e single,age of 18. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS. VIENNA, TUESDAY EVENING.—The evacuation of the Principalities by the Russians must be for strategic reasons, as no official communication of the fact has been made by the Czar to the Aus trian Government. The diplomatist Gortschakoff has been informed that after the Emperor of Austria has joined the army no further negotiations relative to the evacu ation of the Principalities can be carried on. Montenegro is in a very disturbed state. Generals Hess and Kellner arrived from the army to-day. The Oest. Correspondenz has the following au thentic intelligence : On the 27th July the Russians quitted, and the Turks occupied, Frateschi. The Russians were retreating in forced marches to Schelava, and thence to Poposoti and Obileschti, with all I heir artillery and waggon trains. The Bucharest hospitals were to be evacuated by the evening of the 29th. OltenitzaT was evacuated by the Russians during the night of the 27th, after the Me du pont and the bridge of boats had been destroyed. The Turks imin.ediately • occupied the island opposite Kalarasch. On the 28th, the Russian army quitted Kaluge reni, and in the evening were to bivouac between the Argish and Saban. Their artillery carriages, hospital and baggage trains were leaving on parallel roads towards the Sereth. The complete evacuation of Bucharest was to be effected on the 31st July. During tbis retreat or flight the thermometer was 104 in the shade. DEMONSTRATION OF THE RUSSIAN SENATE AGAINST THE CZAR. The Press, of Vienna, has the following from Warsaw, dated the 23d ult. It is said at St. Petersburg that the Senate of the Empire has taken the liberty of making a sort of demonstration against the Emperor and his policy. It is alleg d that, after the receipt of the last news from the theatre of war, a considerable number of the most influential members of the Senate addressed a me moir to the Emperor, in which they spoke strongly on recent events ; they could not, they said, ap prove of the foreign policy of the Government, which all Europe condemned, but in which, never theless, the Emperor persisted ; and they declared that they could not accept any responsibility for what might arise out of it. They at the same time expresSed the wish that the Emperor would satisfy the demands of Austria and Prussia, by with drawing his armies from the Principalities, which he himself had declared his intention of evacuating, and that he would thereby put an end to the dis astrous war in which he is engaged. Several eminent personages are named as having signed the memorial ; even the Hereditary Prince is saki to have adhered to it. It is not known what effect the demonstration will have. Immediately after. receiving the memoir, the Emperor left for Cronstadt, and has not yet returned to St. Petersburg." CONSTANTINOPLE. Letters have been received in Paris from Con stantinople, which state that the marriage of the Sultan's daughter with the son of Reschid Pacha was definitively fixed for the 16th of August, but that many still doubted if it would take place on that day, on account of the expenses which the fetes and the establishment of the young couple would throw upon the Government. That expense was calculated at more than six millions of francs —an expense which, in the exhausted state of the Imperial treasury, was thought unadvisable. The report was current in Constantinople that Marshal de St. Arnaud was to be recalled, and to be suc ceeded in the command of the army by General Canrobert. Both Riza Pacha and Marshal de St. Arnaud were severely attacked for their prodigal administration of the army. M. de Bruck and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe have been rather cold to each other since the nomination of the Hospo dars of Wallachia and Moldavia. The candidate recommended for one of these posts by Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe was General Maglievo. It wa, believed that the Ottoman Government had aban I cloned the idea of depriving the Bank of Constan tinople of the firman which gives it a right over I the Egyptian tribute. TACTICS OF l'Ar; RUSSIANS. A letter from Warsaw, of the 25th ult., in the • Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, says :—" It is certait, that new orders have reached Prince Gortschakof from St. Petersburg to withdraw his troops in :f north-eastern direction, following the course of tin , A uta, the first stations heitilr Vrestie, Slobosie and Salt!. It is consequently certain that tin Russians will not accept a battle offered to them. Tile disposable troops in .Poland have received orders to march towards the South. Titere remain at Warsaw only the number of men necessary foi the service of the citadel. The last assemblages of troops on the Northern frontier of Gallica have been carried more to . the South, and are at present to oplete. Prince Gortschakoff has 950 pieces of is .non and 200,000 men under his orders." The German Journal of Frankfort contains p letter from St. Petersburg of the 22d ult., whit), sa y s: --'" The corps of Orenburg has been put in movement. The fortresses of Aralsk, Uralsk.. Orenburg, the fort Perowski, the forts Nos. 1,2, and 3, that of Karsbutak, and that of Nowo- Petrowski are subjected to a severe inspection. The garrisons have been reinforced and replaced by others. A part of these corps can in case 01 need be employed on the theatre of war in Um west." LETTER FROM. SILISTRIA. We find the following int erest i ng d e t a il i u a sini works . . ba i t dP t e x letter e and r noetrenches d there July n cBh of the fortress, and Up . I. have just com e to Sili s t r i a , es which the Russians rai se d against them. The first i m p ress i on on my m i n d was, an d the chi e f i mpression still is, one of ex treme wonder. liow was it possible that such a P l ace could resist, e ven f or a couple of weeks, the and examined ni assaults of a 9 large and well-disciplined army of 80,000 men . The Turks have made of Silistria what the European engineers never intended it to be—a place of great strength, fit to repulse the attack o divisions of infantry, and to defy the destructi powers of numerous batteries of enormous strength. To take Silistria, a third-rate fortress, the Russians, mustering on the whole 80,000 met , ou either bank of the Danube, lay two month before Silistria, and bombarded that fortress for t hi r ty. nine days. In the course of that time they threw 50,000 shot and shels. They had 16 batte ries on the islands of the Danube, coin mandi►►:,. the w ater-side, the 'weakest of all the weak point: of Silistria. They stormed almost every (Abet day with large storming columns of sixteen batta lions, and always led fresh troops into the fire, while the besieged had to repel these attacks with the same troops that fought and bled in the previ ous encounters. And for all that, at the end of 30 days, the Russians, after having two of their gene rals killed and one woun d e d, were compelled t, raise the siege, Without having gained possession of a single g l ut — without having established them selves, even for a day, in any one of the en trenchments3 and without carrying off a baske even front that A; ab Tabia against which thei chief assaults had been directed. The Aral Tabia is a mere sandhill, open at the gorges surround.-d by a small ditch, and inward by earth baskets with e mbrasures for six pieces o; artillery. Of these, four were always cousidereo to be silenced by the heavy fire of the Russian bat teries, and there was hardly a day when more than two guns were Liebeg w o rked in the Arab Tabia. The gallantdefenders of this entrenchment—Turk ish artillerymen formed in the school of Genera, Rutshkowski and Captain Wendt, supported by - ArnoutS and Arab sharpshooters—held out to the- last amidst an incessant shower of shells, balls, and bullets, which literally rained down upon them. The troops, that had no space to move in the Tabia, and the small ditch at its left flank, lay in holes which they had dug into the earth, waiting anti: their turn came to a dvance and belabour the Rus sians. The artillery of the Tabia did good execu tion, especially when loaded with grape and cards ter; it poured its contents at a deadly vicinity int,. the ranks of the storming columns. Bat what chiefly arrested the progress of these columns was the incessant and w ell-aimed musketry fire which the Arnouts and Arabs kept up from the battery , and their ditch. They singled out the officers, and thus spread consternation among the ranks of the- RUsSiaTIS. Still the enemy forced their way more than Once into the battery and the ditch ; but on, each occasion the Arabs and Arnouts, returning to the char,-e, expelled them again, and even pursueo thetu into their own trenches. The town of Silistria, itself, exposed to the fire from the Russian batteries, is in a lamentable con dition. Tuere is scarcely a house but has had a shell through its roof, or a couple of round balls having split its sides, and forced their way through and through. The mosques and public buildings are in part unroofed; the church, which the Em peror Nicholas built fur the Christians of Silistria, has been burnt by his own artillery. The streets fire full of large holes, where the bombs forced their way into the ground, and the pavement is torn up and the stones strewed about with the ex plosions. Of course, the inhabitants of the town were not safe in their lath and plaster houses, which were about the worst places they could be in. They dug holes in their gardens and yards, covered them with rafters and layers of earth, and they lived, an extemporised nation of troglodites, and quaking with fear at night when the bombs and rockets illumined the sky, and the shells fell and burst in every direction around them. Con sidering the heaviness and frequency of the Rus sian fire, the list of eventualities is very small. The besieged had 500 killed on the spot, and 630 wounded. A great many of the wounded died afterwards, for all their wounds, especially those from the 'conical balls of the Minie rifles, are very severe. No account could be kept of slight casualties, as the men never gave in, or reported their wounds, if they could by any means keep on their legs. The Russian losses are far more severe, and on a moderate computation have been estimated at 12,900. They lost two generals—Selwa,n, who was killed in an assault, and Schilders, who died after wounds he received. Prince Gortschakoff himself was wounded—whether dangerously or not is not known in Silistria. The reports of the spies on his Serene Highness's condition were confused and contradictory. The Russians had made about 12 miles of lines and trenches round the town, in which they established their batteries and collected their forces previous to the assaults. All the trenches are deep, large, and comfortable, with broad steps, leading up, and in the flanks. The highest credit is due to the Russian engineers for the solidity, and, I might almost say, the finish of their earthworks. Vaults, with divans made of earth, are dug out at the most interesting spots, to serve as resting-places for the generals, on their rounds through the trenches. The last graves dug in the hurry of departure are close by, and, from their extent, show that the losses in the last Clays of the siege must have been severe. The last of the dead were buried with great carelessness. I saw arms and legs sticking out of the graves, and actually lying on them. The earlier graves of the Russians, near their chief camp, show that the for mer burials were conducted with more care and decency. The graves were well covered with earth, and no traces of defunct mortality remain. The camp itself must have been splendid. The Russians nave done there what they never, by any chance, do in their own country—they haVe dug wells and made roads, and excellent roads too. The tents of the generals must have been perfect palaces, the traces on the ground give such indications of size and roominess. THE CAMP AT DEVNO. We extract the following from a letter, dated— Near the Camp at Devno, July-19.—1t is astonish tug that in the sayings and doings of some 25,000 men there should be so little worth recording—at least, if anything there be, it is confined to the temple of the official Eleusis, under snap locks, fastened up with red tape, or pigeon-holed in the ample recesses of our chieftains' portfolios. Surely our march ought to be sure and ought to be lengthy. If success depends on secresy, our army ought to be crowned with profusest laurels, however late in their coming. Well matured indeed the plans of our leaders must be ; but Mariana, in the "bloated Grange," was never more weary of these long delay,' than most of the young officers out here, while time is ripening for the mystic coup. It is actually delightful relief for them to plunge into the ex citing details of the great beard and moustache question—that weighty matter, as to which dis cussion never ends, and illustration never tires, and which agitates alike the Commander-in-Chief and the meanest. Truth to tell, the orders issued hy Generals of Divisions and Commanders-in-Chief have had far more to do with dress and undress, with " neck and crop," and with the capillary li centiousness of the soldiery than with aught else, and their souls must burn - Within them at the un dutiful conduct of Bashi-Bazouk subalterns, who• will persist in getting out of uniform whenever they can, and getting into the wildest plaids, the most taring checks, and the most vivid shirting that De 4ign, assisted by Colour, can invent. Wby do these t3ashi-Bazouks vex their chieftains so ? Simply be ;ause their uniforms are uncomfortable and mean, and mufti is loose and easy. What stout man of taste would wear a red shell jacket, with dingy green or yellow collar and cuffs, even though no eye but that of a rude Bulgarian peasant or wooden-faced peasantess gazed on his fair proportions, if he could wander forth in a frock or other garment more suited to the development of his figure ? Would any Irian take out his sword to give it an airing in a rural walk if he 'could leave it behind arid take a -itick.? and who, with the thermometer indicating 110 degrees, would wear a neckerchief and stand-up collar if he could go without them? If a strauget approached our camp he would meet figures which t would puzzle him much to make out, and to define whether they were grooms or gentlemen, so strange their attire, so battered and contused their " wide ewakes," so curious their jackets and trouserings Ind leggings. Very, very hard set indeed are we ,o kill time while waiting for the harvest ot laurels o bird. For the last week 'there has been a de iglktful change in the weather—it rain 4, thun= lers, lightens, and blows for a great. portion of each lay—anything is better' than being baked alive. rhe r%in falls down from the heavens in splashing itreams, the thunder is ear-splitting, and: rattle; for hours through the mountains, the lightning is Forked, fierce, and vivid, and the wind is strong 3tiou ; h to t , hake tent poles to their foundation, i.nd sometimes to overturn the saturated canvas on :ts unhappy occupant. It is in such times as these that comes on a man like a demon,-aided very often by diarrhcel., or a gentle dysentery. It is then that azure diabulicals flutter down in shoals upon him, and make him think of horrible thiugS, which he announces to his dismal friends, such as "sending in my papers, and cutting ie whole kneed thing altogether," and then it is that co- •onels • are consigned to distant and unpleasant ~laces, and generals are denounced as "confounded yid humbugs." Books there are few indeed ; I :snow of oue copy of the "Trois Mousquetaires," and " Vingt Aus Ayres," which is at this present writing going through a regiment in detachments, the main body being bound up in an elastic band, ind the bits being distributed in order, a few pages at a time, to the various readers. A cargo of cheap novels would make a famous investment. Not many games can be played, for there are few im olements, but there have been so me _a g matchesodman at 'irieket, at which the sun st um p ed lien, and nearly realised th e fearful picture o Jingle. the y " Bat in blisters," drawn by Mr. Alfred Dog-hunting was popular, but it palled after a time, and, besides, it was not in favour with the tnth o rities. Mounted parties of 15 to 20 would ride about the neighbourhood of some village, and it would not be long ere a fierce, wild-looking, tnd shaggy cur was roused from his lair, and ;carted across the plains at a rattling pace which would do no discredit to a Leicestershire or Gal way Reynard. He generally made for the hills, Lnd got off after a good run, but sometimes he was airly run down—killed if he was savage, spared if properly submissive. There are, however, occa sional meets still made for this exciting sport. There was a grand battue through the woods the other day by the men, and officers of Sir D. L. Evans's division, about four miles from this. AboUt -iOO men beat through the woods, but the sport .vas meagre, consisting of a few roe deer, wood pigeons, doves, &c. Frequently hares run through he camp, and whenever the alarm of such an event s given; men run like mad through thistle, briar, ,ud prickly bush, till poor puss, headed on all sides, :rid turned by hundreds, takes refuge in some ;lump of thorn, and is made an easy capture. Last veek a wild boar was led by his aspirings after the inknown to take a saunter one moonlight night vi thin the lines. Ho was seen by a sentry : the men urned out, and Porous fell, transfixed by many a oayonet, in a plucky but unlucky charge to break the line of his enemy. As yet, the only trophy of vhich we can boast is a magnificent young eagle, oelonging to the 33d regiment. His appetite and lis courage are alike groat, and his ferocity is akin 6o both. We have had races, bdth at the Guards' ,Amp, at Sir D. L. Evans' camp, and at this, and same of them went off well ; but even these are as lat as the course, and have now lost the charm of novelty. There is much talk about "moving soon," And the destination varies according to the whim. of the talkers. Sebastopol is a favourite resort, so is Anapa ; a few talk of Bucharest. Colonel Ha,lik las returned. One of the Bth Hussars has died of fever contracted (luring the recent cavalry recon naissance. Two French 'engineers, who have just returned from surveying the passes of the Balkan, -eport that there are no impediments of consequence the march of au army over any part of these `mghear mountains. yesterday, an old woman, .said to be Fatima Hanoum, the K; t rakizla (Black Virgin), Kurdish chieftainess, passed through De vii o on rier way from Varna, attended by a rabble rout of 30 or 40 Bash--Bazouks. She stopped at the rude khan or cafe, and enjoyed her pipe for a time, so that one had an opportunity of seeing this Turk ish Semiramis. She is a lean, withered, angular old woman, of some 70 years of age, with a face seamed and marked in every part of its dark ma hogany-coloured surface with rigid wrinkles. , Her nose is hooked and skinny—her mouth toothless and puckered—her eyes piercing black, restless, and sinister, with bleary lids, and overhung by tufty grey brows. Her neck, far too liberally ex hibited, resembles nothing so much as the stem of an ill-conditioned, gnarly, young olive tree. With most wanton and ~unjustifiable disregard of the teachings of Mahomet, and of the pre judices of Deussamans, she shows all her face, and wears no yashmak. Her attire con sisted of a green turban, dirty and wrinkled as her face ; an antiquated red jacket, with remnants of • embroidery, open in front, and showing, as far as mortal sight could gaze upon it, the lady's bosom ; a handsome shawl waist scarf, „tilled with weapons, such as knives, pistols, and yataghans ; and wide blue breeches. Hanoum is a spinster, and her followers believe she is a pro phetess. The followers were Bashi-Bazouks pier .qtng, very wild and very ragged, and stuck all over with weapons, like porcupines with spines. Their horses were lean and scraggy, arid altogether it was a comfort to see this interesting Virgin Queen of the• Kurds on her way to Shumla, if, indeed, it was the Fatima Hanoum or some bumble imitator. The lady refused to visit our camp, and seemed to hold the Giaour in profound contempt. To-day there was a much more interesting arrival. Some five-and-twenty horsemen rode into the village, attired in the most picturesque excesses of the Osmanli; fine, handsome, well-kempt men, with robes and turbans a blaze of gay colours, and with arms neat and shining from the care bestowed on them. They said they came from Peshawur and other remote portions of the north-westerri provisoes of the Indian Peninsula, and while the offieer who was conversing with them was wondering if their tale could be true, the officer in charge of the party came forward and announced himself an English man. It turned out to be Mr. Walpole, formerly an officer in our navy, whose charming book on the East is so well known, and it appeared that the men under his command were Indian Mahomedans, who had come up on their pilgrimage to Mecca, and who, hearing of the Turkish crusade against the Infidels, had rushed to join the standard of thk , Sultan. They are to be attached to Colonel Beat son's corps of Bashi-Bazouks, and to form a kind of body-guard to the Colonel, whose name is so well known in India. Mr. Walpole seems quite delighted with his command, and, as he has the power of life and death, he seems to think there will be no difficulty in repressing the irregularities of his men. ' Outrages on the Bulgarians are of common occurrence in the neighbourhood, and_ Sir 'George Browii has expressed his determination to punish all Turks found guilty of them, and above all to suppress the infanions practice of child-steal ing and kidnapping. 'ADHESION OF THE GERMANIC DIET TO THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN TREATY. .The following is a translation of the document containing th 9 adhesion of the Germanic Diet to the defensive and offensive treaty of Austria and Prussia of the 20th of April. This adhesion, it may be observed, was carried by 15 out of 17 votes, in restricted council. The abstainers were the two Mecklenburgs, forming the 14th curie, or vote, and Denmark (for Holstein Luneburg), forming the 10th. Holland has acceded for Luxemburg, but not for Lemburg : "In consideration that his Majesty the Emperor of Austria and his Majesty the King of Prussia have laid before the mostserene German Confederation on the often sive and defensive treaty concluded between them on the 20th April ult., with an invitation to adhere to the same ; • in consideration and acknowledgment of the grounds which have induced both the most august Go vernments of Austria and Prussia to conclude and lay this treaty before the constitutional organ of the Con federation ; in consideration of the exalted mission of defending with united power the general interests of Germany, even beyond the federal territory, against all encroachment ; and guided by a desire to stimulate German unity, loy-dty, and strength, for the welfare of the common fatherland, by adhering to the said treaty, the German Diet resolves— "1. On the grounds of Art. 2 of the acts of the Con federation, and Articles 1, 35, and 47 of the Vienna concluding acts, in the name of the most serene Ger►nan Confederation, to adhere authentically through the present declaration, and for the duration of the war that has broken out between Russia on the one side, and Turkey, England, and France on the other, to the treaty' concluded between Austria a+►d Prussia for the esti& lishment of a defensive and offensive alliance, which treaty runs thus (here follows the body of treaty of 20th April); and also to the extens►on to Art. 3, con tained in an additional article, which runs thus, (here follows the additional article), under the agreement that Ins. Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and his Majesty the King of Prussia, -hall fulfil the engagements en tered into by them, in virtue of Art. 11 of the Fedet.a acts, by means of their entire German and non-German , force. " 2. The measures requisite for carrying out the above resolution remain reserved for special consideration. For the purpose of preparing for the same, the special com mittee selected in the sitting of the 24th May ult., shah be charged to place itself in communication with the military committee." STATE OF THINGS IN GREECE. We read in a letter from Athens, of July 22 At last Mavrocordato has arrived. A French steamer brought him from Syra, where he had an rived with the Marseilles steainergoing toConstan tinople. The King sent for him to have an inter view; fortunately, King Otho's fascinations are lost upon the Premier. He is the only man in Greece of whom this opinion is entertained, by partisan a well as adversary. Mavrocordato has the hardest, task which, per haps, ever fell to the share of a Premier. In a country without any public spirit, where a vile in triguing Court has for 20 years carried on a 'con sequent system of corruption, where the most violent popular passions excited by the Lit(' events have hardly subsided, where the Se , vereign, the sworn enemy of the constitu tion, has large sums of money at his disposal, while the public Exchequer is empty,—to be in such a country Prime Minister and respoi!si tile adviser of a so-called co nstitutional King is certainly no enviable position—Ty it would be absolutely untenable wore it fori the 6,000 foreign troops at thePiraeus.Tn l army of occu- not patiou, first intended chiefly to compel Greece to a strict neutrality, has now become a matter of neces sity for Greece itself. If it was withdrawn anarchy would be the consequence, while, perhaps, by the. moral influence which its presence - exercises a salu tary change of the whole system hitherto carried on ma y be effected. T . To say that either the alli e d forces or the new Ministry is popular would. be f a lse ; both are endured as necessary evils which cannot be helped. The sight of au army of occupa tion can never be very exhilarating to a people, as it reminds it always of its own humiliation. Tue Ministry, on the other baud, has made many ene mies.by the distribution of places. Everybody knows what a difficult thing it is 'to satisfy the claimants for employ went in the best-governed countries-, but few have an idea w hat an onus patronage isiu Greece. You know how former Ministers have obviated this difficulty, by adopting either an auction or by intro ducing a fixed tariff for every employment. By abolishing this practice the new Ministry set nearly the whole male population of Greece above 16 place hunting. The Anglo-French party was of late in such discount that it numbered very few members worth speaking of ; consequently, it was not enough to supply the demand for employes ; on the other hand, the Government would not keep in office the employes put there by the Court ; so all those who have had hitherto no places, although *most —nay, one may say, all—of them tried hard for it,. came now forward as the martyrs of constitutionalism, and as the sufferers for their Anglo-French sym pathies, and claimed places. The Ministry, having, unfortunately, very few good men of its own, and not wanting to employ its avowed adversaries, although these latter were quite ready to serve, was forced to take many of this mongrel set, which numbers not one known name, and whose mem bers cannot be said to belong to the most dis tinguished class of society. Now that Mavro cordato has arrived, it is hoped that things will settle down. There will be very likely some changes in the Ministry itself, as Mavrocordato will scarcely be able to carry on, together with his onerous task as Premier, also the Ministry of Finance, which requires so much routine work. The bnly difficulty will be to find somebody for the latter place. Unless he be an accomplished alchy mist who has indeed found the philosopher's stone, it cannot be seen how he will bring the Greek budget to an equilibrium. The whole town of Athens, as well as the Pirmus, has been in a state of great excitement since the beginning of this week. The report was spread that the cholera had broken out among the French troops, and that it is begin ning to spread also among the inhabitants. The truth is, that the mortality among the French troops has increased lately to a fearful degree, and all the deaths are in consequence of a violent diar rhoea or cholerine. Nor is this at all surprising, if one considers the position of the French troops, They are encamped on the bare chalk hill wilich separates the Pirmus from the Munichio, under tents which, instead of keeping off the heat, rather concentrate it, by interrupting the current of air which always prevails near the seashore. They have until lately been obliged to get up at two o'clock in the morning, make a long march, and exercise with knapsacks and other burdens. They come back exhausted and dripping with perspiration, eat quantities of bad and unripe fruit, drink shocking resined wine, and bathe afterwards for the rest of the day in the sea. Besides this, their provisions are bad, as they pay low prices. What nature could hold out against such odds ? One must acknowledge that things are far better managed with ,the English troops ; they are in barracks—for which, of course, they pay about three times the price they usually fetch ; they get capital meat, because they pay from 85 to 95 lopta ' while the French pay 65. Not a single man is allowed to go out between 11 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon; they are no.: over-drilled—and .but not least, they are so much more cleanly in their habits, One sees strikingly the effect of these arrangements, for since they die here only one man has died, although the heat this year, owing to the continual sirocco, is greater than for the last 20 years. SPAIN. THE NEW MINISTRY. A telegraphic despatch froth Paris this (Wedne3•' day) morning says the new Spanish Ministry is composed as follows Duke of Victoria President of the Council. O'Donnell War. Alonso Justice Lujan Public Works. Santa Crux lnterior. Millar() Finances. Salazar Marine. Pacheco Foreign Affairs. O'Donnell and S In Miguel are made marshals. SEVILLE, July 24.—A Consultative Junta has been formed. General Serrano has been appointed Captain - General of Andalusia. • A. telegraphic despatch, dated Madrid, July 28, iays the National Guard is already composed of nine battalions and two batteries of artillery. A decree of the Junta suppresses the Royal Council, and another calls into force the Press Law of 1837. The decree which exiled the Infante Don Enrique to Valencia is revoked. The Junta has also abrogated the prohibition laid on the circulation of certain foreign journals. Another decree orders the arrest and trial of same of the ex-Ministers, and also of General Quinto, ex-Governor of Madrid. It is said that the Ministers are concealed in the hotels of the diplomatic body. Queen Christina has not as yet left Madrid. M. Salamauca has been arrested and imprisoned, at Albacete. General Lara, Mata-y-Alos, and Quesada, who conimmided the troops in the late struggle, have their choice either to retire to a fixed place of resi dence or to leave the country. It is said that General Blaser's force has "pro nounced" at Baylen. On the 25th General O'Donnell was at Cordova, on his way to Madrid, at the invitation of Espartero And the Junto. Another telegraphic despatch from Madrid, on the evening of July 29, staters that since the en trance of Espartero into Madrid the state of affairs has improved. The Bourse has re-opened, and the Funds have risen. The Three per Cents. were done at 31, frQui which price they rose to 35. San Miguel has addressed a circular to the oar tain-generals, demanding the adhesion of the pro vincial juntas to the Queen's authority. PERPIGNAN, July 31.—Barcelona is tranquil• The strike of the workmen has ceased. FR A.NCE. For some days past it has been rumoured in Paris that Prince Napoleon is to resign the corn" inand of his division, and to return to Paris. Let ters received from arna, of the 16th July, stale, that among his entoura ge hi s re t urn i s con sidered certain, and that he is already making his prepara tions to winter in Paris. The same letters stat e that both the French and English troops were be ginning to show discontent at their inaction, Or motives of which they are unable to comprehend' The Turks also murmur at the passive attitude assumed by their allies, and it is to be feared that if employment be not speedily found for the troops, a bad feeling will be engendered on both sides. It is now doubtful if the Emperor will return to Paris for the fetes of the 15th of August. The price of wheat fell in the markets of Satur lay, at the different towns near Paris, from if. 500. to 4f. the hectolitre. In the more distant markets there is an average fall of about 7f. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2, 5.55 A.U. The Baltic has arrived this morning from New York, with $557,083 in specie, and I'7B passengers. She brings dates from New York to the 22d July. The steam-ship Franklin remained in the same position, and it was thought she would not be got off. In the Senate an effort was being made to force the ratification of the Canadian reciprocity and fishery treaty, so that the House could act upon it before the adjournment of Congress. On the 21a the Senate passed the bill appropri -ding $8,500,000 for the redemption of Texas Bonds. Liter accounts have been received from Mexico; r.he reports of the ,success of the revolutionists in Michoacan were deniel by the official papers, which represent that the rebels had been defeated, their principal chief shot, and their leaders in?' prisoned. Other accounts assert that the insur rection was pro g ressing. . , Advices fromHavannah to the 14th s t a t e that a iteamer, belonging to the Nicaragua Transit Com pany, had been wrecked on Coralando reef, west end of Cuba. Toe yellow fever was on the increase. The political news contains no new features./ On the 18th Mr. Thos. Francis Meagher committed violent assault on Mr. James McMaster, editor of the Freeman's Journal, knocking him down in the -street and beating him about the head. Mr. McMaster fired a revolver at his assailant, the ball passing over Mr. Meagher's shoulder. The police apprehended the belligerents, who were both held to bail to keep the peace. The cams belli was an article in the Freeman's Journal reflecting on Mr. Meagher. Money was unsettled. Second-rate paper rang' Ing froth 15 to 18 per cent. Exchange limited. Bills on London 109 to 1091. • , Low middlin g co tt on i u limited demand, and prices easier. Flour, with a fair export inquiry, had improved 50c. to 62-ic. per barrel ; a firmer fe e li n g existed for whe a t, an d on l y a moderate supply of g° ° ' quality. Mess pork had slightly advanced, but beef Wag without alteration. Freights dull, and lower rates had been accepted. John Bull, Tornado, and William, from Liver pool, at New York. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS; The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circ ti c i lation of the private and joint-stock banks in Eng l _t n „ and Wales for th e f our wee k s ending the Bth of Jul" 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly co' culation of those banks during the past month, viz. Private banks ,23,624, 1 n Joint-stock bank s 2,930,47' , Average weekly circulation On comparing the above with the returns for the Pr e ' ceding month, ending the 10th of June last, it shows" A decrease in the circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulati on o f th e j o i n t- s t oc k 92,721 banks Decrease on the month £228 ,653 and, as compared with the return for the correspoodO g period of last year, viz., July 9th, 1853, it shows-- _. . . A decrease in the circulation of the private 03,944 banks of i A decrease in the circulation o f th e j o i n t- s t oc k 359 banks of ,4 Decrease on the year £lBl,3v; A ea On comparing the a b ove wit h t h e amounts of t h e fix issued, the followi n g a pp ears to b e thecomparative state of the circulation : c. 42 61 The private bank s are b e l ow th e i r f i xed issues 29.0-1.A6,5 Th2joint-stook b an k s are b e l ow their fixed issues 39' Total below their fixed issues _,.„ 21,378,40' COURT OF BANKRUPTCY -(THIS DO). (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) Most of the cases during the morning were for Au k which no point of interest transpired. • IN RE WAITE. This bankrupt was described as of Wormwood- 5004 City, butcher, and now came up for his certificate. A The balance-she e t, p re p are d by M essrs. Ro bi ns on an Knowles, Basinghall-street, commenci n g, Decem ber lBsl, and ending April, 1854, shows—Debtor to credl: 6 tors, 9611 is 7d ; to ditto holdi ng secur i ty, 8111 165 ! N . capital, December, 1851, 4731 15 s 7d ; pro fit s , I,° ou purchases to the amount of 15,9671 78. Creditor::" By good debts, 2621 16s 7d; cash, 14/ ; property 113 hands of creditors, 4781 is 5,1 ; losses, 588/ ; trade B.l ' penses, 1,3461; domestic, 1,1641 33 4d. The bankrupt was granted an immediate certificate of the third class. The E trl and Countess of Dartmouth and youthful Taut ly have left Grosvenor -sq uare , f or Pe i s h a ll Efull se ' near Wolverhampton.. His lordship's family Ina" i°ll ' in St. James's-square, will be occupied next se ason bl the Earl of Derby, wh o has taken the mansion 011 long lease. THE CHOLERA.—ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL-"" Eight cases of cholera have been admitted into the lib° . hospital ; but although they were severe, providentialY only one has prov e d t ital--four patients having been di: charged cured, and the others are in a fair Way 0f „,. 0 . covery. There are two rooms in the casual wars a .P.r: tv priated for the reception of such patients. In the vlur l a„ of the hospital, in the courts and alleys in St. Bar t u ° mew's-close, and West-street, Smithfield, the drainage , t exceedingly b a d. Th e C omm i ss i oners o f Sewers for tu' City have issu e d a no ti ce to t h e i n h a bitants, not o nl y o ! keep their own places clean, but to give any informatl.: of any no i some stenches or n ui sances . Many of the 1 habitant s o f th e ne i g hb our h oo d h a ve'urged a house•te• house visitation of the above localities. I