The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

feat has hem frapreozact hate the, more important service of conveying the troops on Friday. His Majesty leaves for Calais to-day (Thursday) morning. WHAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT THINKS OF THE CZAR'S REPLY. Although the French Ministerial journals con tain nothing of a very positive character relative to the reply of the Emperor of Russia to the demands oT Austria and Prussia, there can be no hesitation in concluding, from the way in which this reply is alluded to in the course of remarks on the war, that the French Government does not regard the answer as presenting any opening for negotiations for peace on the basis laid d o wn by the Western Powers as essential, and that it entertains a belief that the Prussian Government will, if possible, cause new delays in order to prolong the system of armed neutrality, which can be favourable only to Rus sia. This is evident from what has been said by the Pays, and is still more from a long article by M. Granier de Cassagnac, now published by the Constitutionnel. Whilst the Moniteur is from its official character necessarily silent, M. Gra pier de Cassaguac, who may be supposed to be well informed as to the views of the Govern ment, takes care to prevent an impression which could raise doubts as to the energy of the Go vernment, or as to its having a due sense of what is due to its dignity. For most persons, perhaps, the acts of the Government are sufficient to show that it does not allow itself to be deluded by false hopes; but for the public at large something may be neces sary in the way of declaration. If the answer of the Emperor of Russia had been such as to hold out any reasonable prospect of peace, there would have been some delay in the execution of the new mea sures resolved upon for the prosecution of the war. The expedition to the Baltic, urged on as it is with almost marvellous rapidity, must convince the public that the Western Powers consider it neces sary to strike some decisive and important blow as the only means of bringing the Czar to a true sense of his position, and compelling him to offer real and material guarantees against the possibility of any future attack upon Turkey, which, if successful, would endanger the political equilibrium, and consequently the security of Europe. M. Granier de Cassagnac regards as the fixed policy of Russia the possession of Constantinople and continued encroachments in the south. He describes this as the necessary consequence of the position of Russia and of the interests of her Government, and declares that there will be no security for Europe until the Russian Government shall by severe and decisive lessons have been convinced that the policy is impracticable. It was rumoured in Paris yesterday that the French army has received a check in Africa. Public securities and railway shares again de clined yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents, opened at 71f. 25c., and fell to 70f. 70c., the ; closing p r i ce f or th e en d o f t h e month the our and-a-Half per Cents. c l ose d a t 97f; and the New Loan, at 70f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway shares 1 ,145f.• ' Rouen, 992 f. 25c.; H a v re , 551 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 805 f. ; St ras b urg , 770 f. ; N ew Shares 615 f. Paris and Lyons, 918 f. 75 c . ; L yons to the Mediterranean, 830 f. ; Western of France 635 f. • Bordeaux and C e tt e , 592 f. 50 c. ; Great Centr'al of France, 485 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 495 f. ; tank of Credit Mobilier, 685 f. SPAIN. THE INSURRECTION. -• The Moniteur of to-day publishes a despatch from Madrid of the 11th, according to which the city was tranquil. Some republicans bad shown themselves in Va lencia, but troops had been sent in pursuit of them. The division of troops expected from the pro vinces had arrived at Madrid. The Three per Cents. were done at 36 ; the New Three per Cents. at 19 ; and the Debt of the Se cond Class at 4.75. LLOYD'S SKIPPING--(THIS DAY.)- LONDON, July 13.—Wind this day at Noon, Westerly ; light airs and hazy, but inclining to be fine warm weather. PORTSMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Diana, from Callao ; George Turner, Havannah. Sailed— rier Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, for Woolwich. FALMOUTH, July 12.—Wind, N. Arrived—lnsuperable, from Venice ; Surprise, Marseilles. SOITHA.MIPPON, July 12.—Sailed—Emigrant, for Ade laide, S.A. ; Mindells (port f r i ga t e ), Li s b on . — Th e David Roadley, from Antwerp to New York, has put in here leaky, and will land her cargo for repairs. BRIDLINGTON, July 12.—Wi n d , N . E . Arrive I—Els wich, from Aarhuus, for Portsmouth, leaky, and with Puma choked. OFF PENZANCE, July 11 . — Arrived—Burrells, from Gir genti, and sailed for Gloucester. GLOUCESTER, July 11 . — Arrived—Elizabeth Thomson, from Alexandia ; Boyne, Memel. BRISTOL, July 12.—Wind, N. W. Arrived —James Grey, from Havannah ; Mary, Cadiz. CARDIFF, July 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Febo, from Goa ; Buen Guiseppe, do. ; Antoinette, do. Sailed Ellen, for Monte Video; Juliette, Cape de Verds. OFF DOVER, July 12.—Atalanta, from Stockholm, for the westward ; Tetti, Genoa, for Newcastle ; Egham, Cadiz. SWANSEA, July 11.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Alfred, for Faval. NEWPORT, July 12.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Thalia, from St. 'Vial° ; Glaneuse, Cherbourg, both for St. Thomas • Brilliant London, to load for New York ; ' ll °Y, Bristol, to load for St. Thomas; Selkar, Constan tio.ople ; Tom Roberts, Plymouth, to load for Genoa. §_ a uled—Sailor, for City Point ; Ocean Queen, New York ; Mala y Lind, do. ; Florence Dombey, do. ; Bonne Mere, ' 44l aga ; Boinba New York ; Wanderer, St. Thomas ; Trinidad, do. Y.' (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.34 a . m . Wind N.N.W., and cloudy. b Arr ived. —Willing, from Akyab ; Ripple, Lisbon; Gany -Ide, Stubbekiobin,g ; Union, M a lt a ; M at hild e, Nykio g ; Ifercules, Callenburg ; Cromarty, Nieustadt. Or SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.53 A .. Wind - W.N M .W. ; tide flood ; cloudy and variable. Arrive d , 12th.—Hern4n, from Konigsb erg; G race, anz ig ; Flying Fish, Jersey ; Prospero, T arragona ; 4 -dley, Hamb urg ; Chenahus, Rio Janeiro ; St. Mi c h ae l , St. Kitt s ; Agnes, Jamaica Ocean Child, Marstraud ; Robthorpe, Drontheirn ; Providentia, Randers ; Augustus, Da nzig; Anu Fawcett, Antwerp; Johanna, Konigsberg; Cuprinia. Maria, Stettin • Speedwell, Seville ; Emily, Intrepid°, from the Coast' of Africa ; Stanton, Got tenborg ; William Cannge, Zate • Four Sisters, Stock -1,11°1131 Arecina, Meme y l ; Fior n Bro' edore, Faaborg ; Jo- Jarme n • Concordia (s) R o tt er d am ; B aron O sy, Antwe r 'p ; Soho, Havre. Sailed, 12th. — Stadt Dorbrecht, f or D or t ; L ucy, M a l ta ; Mary and Emily, Montreal ; Pilgrim, New York, via e wcastle • William Jolliffe (steamer), Calais ; Ocean, DEAL, Thursday, 10.20 a . m. Wind N.N.Vir , light, and cloudy. ZiadVeloz, from Lond on , f or Malaga ; John Wil yolras, from L on d ou, for Cardiff ; Bona, from London, for k y; Governo r B rown, f rom Newcastle, for Nzw Sailed—Emelyn, for Mauritius. THE LOST PRIZE.—HAMBURGH, July B.—The cargo of the Russian ship Cesarewitsch has been already dis charged, consisting of tea and silk, valued at about 1,000,000 Russian dollars, or 150,0001. The whole, it has been intimated, will be forwarded overland to St. P etersburg. The crew of this ship have been likewise lent away to their homes via Copenhagen and Sweden into Finland, and four Hamburgh police-officers accom panied them the day before yesterday as far as Lubeck. Th e master of the Cesarewitsch belongs to this place, Which accounts in some degree for the clever way in Which he managed to avoid the Channel and pass our cruisers into the Elbe, having a thorough knowledge of the navigation. The Dirego, which sail e d f rom t h e Mersey on Thurs day l as t, with' 420 Government emigrants on board, re turned to Liverpool on Monday, several deaths having occ rr urred,, and about 100 passengers suffering from diahceaThe vessel, it appears, had reached Queens town, when the disease b , cante so alarming that it was deemed prudent to return to port. A number of the sick have, it is stated, been placed in the Government emigration depot at Birkenhead. THE WEATHER. —Appearances for the last day or two would seem to indicate that we may calculate on more settled weather than has been recently experienced. Since Saturday no rain has fallen, and though there has been an absence of summer heat, the crops cannot but have benefited by the change. —Edinburgh Advertiser. PRIOR OF BREAD. —The bakers of Edinburgh have intimated that the four T he loaf will be sold at 91d., re ady money, or if paid within a month ; and 10d. credit. The Montrose and Arbroath bakers are selling the four- Pound loaf at 70 . — Edinktrgh Adveltiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —. Her Majesty's Royal Letters P atent, for valuable and extraordinary improvements is th e most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, an d Perspective Glasses (glazed with German Glass), t know the stances of objects viewed through them--of great importance to the viewed th roug h and others. Messrs. S. and 13 • 4ciilomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 'rve—oPposite the York Hotel. —These telescopes pos sae:seligh extraordinary powers that some 3, inches, with e-piece. will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn': r e llg, and the double stars; scope can be seen a person's tenance three miles with the same tele and a half distant, aannddaialn sizes, with 12 to 14 miles. They are of larger accordingly.—The Royal vith increasing powers l 1851 —Valuab e, newly-invented, very small, powerful Exhibition, • glass the size of a walnut, by wlib waistcoat-pocket rson can be seen and known 1i mile distant • the a s pe on the race-course, and at die opyeraalower severy nary, and ships are clearly seen at 5 ttios°6* ' purpsoesee. c l u es n . try The are invaluable for shooting deer.staiking inyalchtin,, They sPortamen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and toUri-sts. o;era, racecourse, camp, and perspective g l asses, with wonderful oNver ; an object can be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles ctistant. Newly-invented Spectacles ; immediately the 3 are placed before extremely imperfect vision , ever object becomes clear and distinct ; the most aged, di finfective eight is brought to its youthful, natural, and i al state. Deafness—New Discover rot or, Organi c o V r i Prator, au extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invented 1118trument, for Deafnes; entirely different from all others, IMPERi AM ENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The Sin:AKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ . The Loris amendments to the following bills were considered, and agreed to :—Darlington Local Board of Health ; Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kings town Railways ; Inverness and Nairn Railway ; Lon donderry Port ; Ouse and Derwent, &c., Drainage ; Shropshire Union Railways arid Canal ; Wells and Fakenham Railway. The Rateliff Gad Company Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. I - Mr. HORSFALL move d to strike out the word " injuriously" in clause 59, so as to preserve the rights of Canal Water Companies, &c., whether effected in juriously or otherwise. Mr. W. MILES opposed the amendment, contending that they might as well give up the bill altogether as agree to it. The house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 57 Against it Majority The word was accordingly struck out. Some other amendments were made in the Bill, which was afterwards passed. CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was then resumed. [LEFT SITTING.] SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR. The following Estimate of the sum required to pay the salaries and other expenses in the department of her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for War, from the 12th June, 1854, to the 31st March, 1855, has just been published in a Parliamentary paper : Salaries of the Secretary of State and Under- Secretaries Salaries of clerks and others on the establishment 4,147 Total salaries for the regular establishment... 10,407 Contingencies, 2,8881.; (4) Messengers' salaries and bills, 1,0121. 14,307 E-timated amount of postage to be defrayed from the funds of the department in consequence of the abolition of official franking. NEWCASTLE. Downing-street, July 10, 1854. Note.—A portion of the clerks provided for in this estimate will be taken from the other public offices, by which a corresponding reduction Will be effected in such offices. Estimate of the salaries of the establishment of the Secretary for the War Department, from the 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855: Secretary of State, from 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Under Secretary of State, from Ist July, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Under Secretary of State, ditto Clerks.-Ist Class : Three senior clerks, from 6001. to 1,0001. ditto Four assistant senior clerks, from 3501. to 5451 ditto Four junior clerks, from 1501. to 3001. ditto Four probationary clerks, from 1001. to 1501. do Private Secretary to Secretary of State, from 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Librarian, keeper of the papers, and clerk of parliamentary ;papers, from 3001. to 5001. from Ist July, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 ... Private secretaries to Under• Secretaries of State, ditto First office keeper and housekeeper, increasing after six years' service from 1501. to 2001.... First office porter, ditto from 1001. to 1201. . Second ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001. Third ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001. 1,125 7,125 1,350 1,050 450 300 240 112 75 60 60 £10,397 MILITIA ESTIMATES, 1854-55. The report of the select committee of the House of Commons appointed to prepare the militia estimates fur the ensuing year, ending the 31st of March, 1855, has been printed. It appears from the statement thus prepared that the total strength of the militia for the year 1854 5 is to be 124,074 officers and men, including the Irish and Scotch miiitias, both of which forces are to be called out The charge for the year 1854-5 to defray the cost of raising the additional numbers and the maintenance of this body will be 928,000/. The strength of the militia during the year 1853-4 was 91,812 men, and the charge 478,7401. The total amount of 998,0001. is distributed under the nine following distinct charges :-I. For regiments to be embodied, 360,000. 11. For raising and training the militia in England and Wales, 89,176 strong, in cluding the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 450,0001. The corresponding vote for the year 1853 54 was 400,0901. for 88,958 officers and men. 111. F or raising and training the militia in Scotland, of 10,8 th 00 e strong, including the pay and 3,8001. for the permanent staff only, permanent staff, 35,000/. Theresr 76 in sach n a n r,, m ee be o r, f in 1853-54. IV. For raising i r n ai o. n training payth e militia in Ireland, 21,600 strong, a in n e d lud t T an h d ere wasa allowances charge of 9 o f the permane nt 9,2ool. for the permanentstaff, fiO, 2 s o t o a / tl . only, 170 in numb er , i n th e y e a r 1853-54. V. For dis embodied allowances for 286 subalterns, 11,8001. The corresponding charge in 1853.54 was 13,0001. for 314 subalterns. VI. Reduced allowances to officers, 53 in number, 3,9001. The charge under this head is the same as last year. VII. Retired allowances to officers, 256 in number, 16,3001. This charge was also the same last year. VIII. Retired allowances to local militia adju tants, 48 in number, 3,3001 This charge in 1853-54 was 3,8001. for 54 retired adjutants. IX For the out pensioners of militia and local militia, 1,855 in number, 27,5001. This charge in 1853.54 was 28,6001. Total force of the militia of the United Kingdom for the year 1854-5, including retired officers and out-pensioners, 124,074 ; charge, 998,0001. With respect to the first charge, for regiments to be embodied, no particulars are given ; but under the second charge. for raising and training the militia in England and Wales, the bounty to be paid is estimated at 115,0001., against 106,000/. in the previous year. The training expenses, including the estimate for the extra training of certain regiments, is set down at 128,0001., and the allowances at 147,0001. ; total for ra i s i ng an d training 390,0001., ma ki ng, with 90,0001. for the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 480,0001. for the active force of militia in England and Wales during the year 1854-55. For the Scotch and Irish militias the sums stated as above are described for the pay, allow ances, clothing, &c., on account, without any further particulars being given. It also appears that in the militia kr England and Wales there are 50 colonels, each receiving 1/. 2s. 6d. per diem, 92 lieutenant-colonels, each receiving 15s. 11d. per diem; 111 majors, each receiving 14s. in, per diem ; 803 cap tains, each receiving 10s. 6d. per diem ; 805 lieutenants, each receiving 6s. 6d. per diem ; 801 eneigns, each re ceiving ss. 3d. per diem ; 86 adjutants, who receive 6d. per diem each when called out, in addition to their pay of Bs. per diem, charged to the expenses of the perma nent staff ; 12 adjutants of artillery, who receive ls. per diem when called out, in addition to 9s. per diem charged to the expenses of the permanent staff; 99 surgeons, at lie. 4d. each per diem ; 78 assistant-surgeons, at 7s. 6d. per diem each ; 87 sergeant-majors, at `Lid. each per diem when called out, in addition to ls. 10J. as belong ing to the permanent staff ; 12 artillery sergeant majors, at 6d, per diem when called out, in addition to 3s. per diem on the permanent staff ; 1,512 sergeants, at Oid. per diem when called out, in addition to le. 6d. perma nent pay ; 160 sergeants, at 4/d. when called out, in addition to ls. Bd. permanent pay; 94 artillery sergeants, at 4d. per diem, and 2s 2d. permanent pay ; 17 artillery sergeants, at 4d. per diem, and 2s. 6d. permanent pay ; 829 sergeants, at ls. 6/d. per diem ; 36 artillery ser geants, at 2s. 6d. per diem ; 2,501 corporals, at ls. per diem; 147 artillery corporals, at is. 41d. per diem ; 756 drummers, at ld. per diem when called out, in addi time to ls. permanent pay • 77,509 privates, at ls. each per diem ; and 4,491 artillery privates, at is. 2d. per diem. This makes a total charge per diem, exclu sive of the permanent pay, of 5,482/. Bs. Bd., which, for 28 days' training, gives 1 53,508/. 2s. Bd., to which 15,0001. is added for the extra training of certain regi ments ; but an allowance of 40,5081. is to be deducted for vacant pay of officers and men absent or not enrolled, which leaves the total charge for the pay at 128,0001., exclusive of the regular pay of the permanent staff. The allowances include the following sums :-Ex penses on enrolling and attesting volunteers, 5,0001. ; to commanding officers, 2501. ; contingent allowances to captains of companies, 2,2501. ; to adjutants, as acting pay and quarter masters, 1,000/. ; beer money to 86,198 non-commissioned officers and men, 10,000/. ; marching money for ditto, at 3s. each, 13,000/. ; innkeepers' al lowance for ditto at a halfpenny each, for twenty-eight days, 5,000/. ; conveyance of officers, including baggage, 3,000/. ; forage allowance to field officers and surgeons, 1,0001. ; for medicines, 1/. ls, for every 100 rank and file, 8501. ; mess allowance, ls. a day for each officer, 4,000/. ; hire of hospital a ccommodation, expenses of men left sick, &c., 5,000/. ; rewards and expenses at tending apprehension of deserters, 1,000/. ; purchase of books and evening schools, 500/. ; for officers and men under instruction, 9,0001. ; allowances to sergeants of the line and out-pensioners employed as drill instructors during training, 4000/. ; to clerks of general meetings of lieuteuancy, 5,0001. ; new clothing, including great coats, knapsacks, &e., 75,0001. ; contingent expenses, 4,1501. T o t a l f or allowances, 147,000/. Several petitions were prvsented against the opening of public-houses on Sundays, and others praying for a a more stringent enforcement of the Ten Hours' Act. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This bill was read a third time. Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved to insert the following clause in lieu of clause 43 of the original bill :—" The Inclosure and Drainage Commissioners shall not autho• rise the execution of any work whereby any dwelling house or inclosed park, garden, or pleasure ground, or ornamental waters, adjoining thereto, would be taken or interfered with ; nor shall it be lawful to construct any open drain within one hundred feet of any dwelling house except with the consent, in writing, of the owners of such dwelling house, park, garden, pleasure ground, or ornamental waters respectively."—The clause was agreed to. VHS SUN, LONDON; IIIII7II,SDA. Y RYINING, JULY IL iSi4m SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) Pald.l RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. r 'losing Prices yesterday. Business this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. _.29 10 _.29 5 _.3e 20 _ . 31 20 'PRUSSIAN DUPLICITY. The alliance of France and England in the affairs of the East being firmly established, and the hos tility of these powers to the claims of Russia openly declared, the next consideration in these momen tous qeestions has been the conduct of the German Powers, and the necessity of combating day by day, and foot by foot, the influence which Russia has exerted, and still continues to exercise, on some of the Courts of that country. So tenacious is this influence, that at the very moment when the strongest hopes are entertained that the time of hesitation is at length past some fresh oppostion is started in one part or another of the Confederation, and we are disagreeably reminded that even among those States which have bound themselves by pro tocols and by treaties to the policy of the Western Powers Russia still numbers her adherents and secret allies. We do not mean to imply by these remarks that we have any reason to doubt the con sistent resolution of the Emperor of Austria to ad here to the system of policy which he has adopted, and to fulfil the engagements he has contracted with the belligerent gmers ; but the difficulties and dangers against which Austria has to contend are incalculably increased by the obstacles thrown in her way by those States which ought to be her nearest confederates and allies, for the experience of the last few months has shown beyond question that Prussia and some of the minor German Courts have engaged in these negotiations chiefly for the purpose of affording to Russia all the assistance they could venture to give to a cause they had ostensibly condemned. Early in the spring the convention between the Four Powers, which Austria herself had proposed, w as defeated' by the timidity of the King of Prussia and the machina- I tions of the Russian party in Berlin. The conven tion was changed into a protocol, to which Prussia gave a reluctant assent ; and this protocol was followed by a treaty with Austria, in which the contingency of war was limited to one or two occurrences which were thought beyond the reach of probability. Austria then proceeded to nego tiate a further treaty of her own with the Porte, whereby she engaged to occupy the Principalities, and the order was already sent to the Imperial Generals to enter Little Wallachia, when Prussia availed herself of this pretext to make an abrupt and angry declaration that she should withdraw from the treaty of the 20th of April if this occupa tion were carried into effect, as it seemed likely to be, by the forcible expulsion of the Russian troops. Meanwhile the answer of the Emperor Nicholas was brought by Colonel Manteuffel to Berlin, and, although all that is known of this commu nication is obviously inconsistent with every principle laid down by the Four Powers, Prussia affects to treat it as a suitable basis for further negotiation, and has sent eff her emissaries in consequence to different parts of Europe. We believe, however, that it is a mistake to suppose that Colonel Manteuffel is despatched on a mis sion to this country, for Count Bernstorff, the new Prussian Envoy to this Court, is expected to arrive to-morrow, and will, no doubt, be the bearer of the last contrivances of the peacemaker of Potsdam. It is worthy of a passing remark that one of the last conditions of Russia, to the effect that France and England shall evacuate the Ottoman territoryparipass u with her own forces, is identical with the proposition made by the Conference of the minor German Powers at Bamberg, and was no doubt suggested by those agents whose interest it was calculated to serve. It matters little whether the King of Prussia is the dupe or the author of those intrigues, but he is surrounded by an unscrupulous cabal of men who are not ashamed to prostitute their rank in the service of a German power to the exclusive advancement of Russian interests, and who prac tise their ar t s w i th success on the' vanity and the enthusiasm of their Sovereign. In comparison with the bulk of the German people, and with the whole phalanx of men who are ready in all ranks, from the heir apparent of the throne down to the youngest subaltern in the army, to do their duty to their country, and to defend the honour of Prussia and the common interests of Europe, this camarilla forms an insignificant minority. It is the conspiracy of a faction main taining itself chiefly as the instrument of a foreign Power, and supported only by the most reac tionary party in the Prussian dominions. But in the present state of that country this faction is omnipotent, and the apparent concessions they have suffered the King to make to the policy of the Western States were only designed to impose on public opinion, to extort a loan on false pre tences from the Chambers, and to retain that position in the Conference of Europe, which they have used for the purposes of their Russian master, at the expense of their German country. We speak thus plainly because we are satisfied that from first to last in these transactions Prussia has been playing false to the Wes tern Powers and false to Austria, that all her moves have in reality been dictated by Baron Budberg or from St. Petersburg • and that, unl ess some great chang e i s brought about, we shall see her play a still more ambiguous and hostile game in the course of the important events which are impending over Europe. The interests now at stake in this war, and in the great political questions which have been opened, against our will, by the aggressive policy of Russia, are far too serious to admit of this trickery ; and Prussia, the least powerful and the least secure of the leading European Powers, has no claim to thwart and overrule the policy of the mighty empires which have admitted her to their confidence and friendship. Assailable alike by each of the Four Powers, and on every point of her frontier, Prussia appears to forget that she owes her present territorial existence to the public law of Europe rather than to her own strength or union ; and, should she persevere in a course which detaches her alike from Austria and from England, she runs the risk of kindling a war in Europe by which she would be the most certain and imme diate sufferer. But, without at once contemplating these extreme consequences, and assuming only that Prussia retains that isolated and selfish posi tion which is occupied by her present rulers, enough has occurred to release the other Powers from any obligation to consult her convenience or her opinions. At the present moment the Prus sian ports in the Baltic are reaping a rich harvest by the indirect Russian trade, and they are lending their active commercial assistance to the enemies of England and France. If, however, the Prus sian Government should provoke the forbearance of the Allied Powers beyond its utmost limits, and attempt to use its position for the purpose of checking the necessary operations in the East, and of nullifying its own engagements, the maritime States have the means at band to check in turn this species of clandestine alliance with their adver sary, and to insist upon conduct more consistent with the principles which the Cabinet of Berlin has at least professed to follow. We are confident that the sentiments of Germany are with us in this con test. We are satisfied that no event could occur so fatal to the independence, the national interests, and the honest pride of the German people, as a rupture with the Western States of Europe, or a breach of the treaty so recently concluded between the Courts of Berlin and Vienna. The union of Germany and the stability of Europe depend on the maintenance of those relations, for he who is not with us is against us ; and it is impossible to regard that "friendly neutrality" which Russia demanded of her German allies otherwise than as a wilful complicity in the policy of a Power against which we have been compelled to draw the sword. Prussia has formally recognised our good right in this war, and has even pledged herself to co-operate for the attainment of the same objects ; so far we are willing to accept her engagements to p ad vance in the course which the Western Powers and Austria are gradually pursuing ; but, if she h o ld back or betray us, we sec nothing in the position of Prussia to entitle her in any degree to influence the decisions of Europe ; she will not ret ar d b y a single day our military operations, nor advance by a single day our diplomatic negotiations, and the wisest and most dignified resolution, both for Aus tria and for ourselves, is to pursue the course which our policy prescribes without reference to a State which must eventually follow in our path.— Times. r V.rX'~.;~'• r FAILURE.—The stoppage has been announced of Mr. Mark Gopcevitch, the nephew and London corres pondent of Mr. Spiridone Gopcevitch, whose failure at Trieste for a sum supposed to be equal at least to 250,000/., was mentioned on Saturday. It appears that since the difficulties of the Trieste house transpired Mr. Mark Gopcevitch has continued to meet his acceptances to a considerable amount, but the absence of further re mittances compelled hint to suspend. On Monday and Saturday bills to the extent of nearly 20,0001. were duly met, but the acceptances still runninz here are supposed to be from 120,0001. to 150,0001. They are, however, rather extensively distributed, se that the damage will not fall with extreme severity on any in dividual holders. THE MORTALITY ON BOARD THE DIREGO--Up to Tuesday evening 44 cases of cholera had proved fatal on board the emigrant ship Dirego, lying in the Mersey and 10 more cases were under treatment, of which one half it was feared would not survive. The owners and the emigration officer, Lieutenant Prior, have been unremit ting in their attentions in any way that can be useful. They have engaged iron houses and procured a site at Birkenhead for the reception of the patients, and have taken every means possible to prevent the spread of th e .te disease. Th e Di rego was on h er f i rst trip, being qu it e new, and before she left had undergone a searching ex amination. She was well light e d an d vent il a t e d, and t well found in every respect. It i s suppose d th a t he disease was communicated al m by es a t t f h a e mi l l an y t th tb at at e e a m m b e from embarked before the vessel sailed. LIVERPOOL RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA PH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.3o—Derby Handicap. 4. o—Liverpool Cup. 4.4s—Biennial Stakes. ENTRY FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATE.—Arribas, Domino, Kingston, Hungerford, Jujube, D. 0., Chaseaway, and Marc Antony. ARRIVED.—Lady Bird, Miss Agnes, Voucher, Game lad, Helena, and Octavia. LATEST CUP BETTING. 3 to 1 agst Typee (taken). 5 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 5 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken). 8 to 1 agst Kingston (taken). SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING—WEDNESDAY. 50 The CROXTETH BTAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 20 added ; ;hree-yr-olds, Gst 101 b ; four, Bst 21b ; five, 20 Bst 101 b • six and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings 10 allowed 21b. One mile and a quarter. Seven subs. T Baron Roth sc hild' s O restes, by Orlando, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 25 lton) 1 25 Mr. Morris's K n i g ht o f St. George, 3 yrs, (Ch 6st ar 10Ib 2 5 (Wells) 2 18 Mr. Farber's Dominio, 3 yrs 6st 101 b (Clement) 3 20 Lord Glasgow's Coalition, 4 yrs Bst (Flatman) 4 St. Betting-6 to 4 agst Orestes and Knight of St. George. Domino cantered off with the lead, Knight of St. St. George, Orestes, and C oa liti on f o ll ow i ng i n t h e or d er 25 named. On entering the canal side of the course the St. pace was improved. Domino kept his place in front to t t ) - the half distance, where he dropped off. Orestes then challenged K nig ht o f S t. George, and at last defeated 1 Sto. him by a neck. A l engt h and a half b etween the second st. and third. Bad fourth. St. The MERSEY STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 50 St. added ; for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. St. The second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. St. Winners of 1001. clear, 31b extra. T.Y.C. Nine St. subs. 12 Mr. Worthington's Lady Palmerston, by Melbourne, Bst 71b (including alb extra) 161 Mr. Meiklam's Sicily, Bst 71b (including 31b extra) St. (Aldroft) 2 Lord Derby's Crown Pigeon, Bst 71,3 (A. Day) 3 14 Betting---5 to 2on Lady Palmerston, 4to 1 agst 50 Sicily. Sicily made the running with Lady Palmerston 20 in close attendance. A fine race with the two from the 11A half distance ended in favour of the latter by a head ; 10 bad third. St. 1, The SEFTON STAKES of 30 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr- g old fillies, 84 71b. One mile and a hAf. Ten subs. 10 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Rosaline, by Orlando (Charlton) 1 12i Mr. Payne's Strutaway (Flatman) 2 St. Mr. Mather's Meliora (Marlow) 3 50 Betting.-6 to 4on Rosaline. Rosaline was first off, 40 but was quickly passed by Strutaway, who took a long 25 lead. Mehora lying close up with Rosaline until they 25 St. arrived at the Bridge turn, where she dropped back. 812 s Rosaline waited on Strutaway to the half-distance, St. where she went up and deprived her of the lead, gallop- st , ping home an easy winner by six lenths. Bad third. 50 The UNITED KINGDOM TRAINERS' STAKES (HANDICAP) 25 of-5 soya, each, 3 ft, with 40 added, for three-yr-old-i 100 and upwards. The second to receive 10 soya out of St. the stakes, and the last to pay the third horse's stake. o gi Ridden by professional trai ners o f fi ve years standing, ;,3 or who do not ride publicly or pay in either fiat races, 20 steeple-chases, or hurdle-races. One mile and a quar ter. Seventeen subs, C - Mr. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 5 yrs, list 101 b _ (I'Anson) 1 Mr. Peace's Lady Ponsonby, 3 yrs, lOst (Owen) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's Lady i❑ Waiting, 5 yrs,_lost 121 b - (G. Taylor) 3 Mr. T. Harrison's Chaseaway, Gyrs, 12st 41b (Tempest) 4 Mr. J. Wilkins's Coleraine, 4 yrs, list ....(Wilkins) 5 Won by a length and a half. THE LANCASHIRE OAKS. Midsummer Sister to Mercy Sortie 2 20 3 10 10 Five ran. %Von by four lengths. SELLING STAKES. Chili of the Mist Gold Dust Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Miss Emma Andromache . Four ran. The weather was fine, the running ground in excellent condition, and the muster of company of an average strength, but the amount of sport in regard to the num ber of competitors fell short of expectation. Although seven races were set down for decision, the first was not run until half-past two. This arrangement might suit the booth-keepers, but it gave much dissatisfaction to the sporting public, it being nearly six o'clock before the last race was run. 20 LATEST CUP BETTING-12 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. 20 . 3to 1 agst Typee. 20 5 to 1 agst Hungerford. 25 6 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole. 7 to 1 each agst Early Bird and Kingston. St. V " RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. JULY. Liverpool l2 Nottingham 2O I Abingdon l3 Great Grimsby 24 Ipswich , 13 1 Goodwood 25 Stourhridge l7 I Radcliffe 3l Stamford Newton 18 Ripon 31 Knutsford. l9 AU( Brighton Airdrie Durham 3 Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 -lIST. Egham Folkestone, Hythe, and Smdgate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B _ _ tsford 20 20 50 20 NOVE Epsom Autumn Liverpool I Derby Plymouth . Lincoln .... , MBER. Cowbridgelliunt HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. I VI (Prom the Report of the Registrar-Gener a l. ) The present return affords very satisfactory evidence of an improved state of the public health ; the mortality, which has been long above the average, having fallen last week below it. The number of deaths registered in London last week was 984. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-53 the average number was 951, which, is raised in proportion to increase of popu lation, becomes 1,046. Last week's registration, there fore, exhibits a number less by 62 than the calculated amount. Zymotic diseases produced last week collectively 253 deaths, which is near the amount that may be expected at this season. Scarlatina declined from 72 in the pre vious week to 55 in the last ; fatal cases referred to typhus were in the two weeks respectively 47 and 44, those referred to measles were 22 and 27, those to hoop ing-cough 35 and 39, those to diarrhoea 25 and 32. It requires notice that a death from hydrophobia was regis tered in the previous week, and that another was regis tered last week. Last week the births of 752 boys and 718 girls—in all 1,470 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number was 1,380. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.618 in. ; the mean reading on Sunday was 29.815 in. The mean temperature of the week was 56.9 deg., which is 5.1 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average in every day of the week. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri day it was about 7 deg. below it. The highest tem perature of the week was 72.5 deg., on Tuesday ; the lowest was 46.6 deg., on Friday. The mean dew•point temperature was 51.6 deg. ; and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 5.3 deg. The wind blew generally from the south-west. The amount of rain that fell in the week was 0.53 in., nearly all of which fell on the last three days. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 8. Zymotic Diseases 253 Diseases of Un cer t a i n Seat ................ Tubercular Disease s ... 44 177 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 35 Diseases of the, Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 126 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ... .• ............................. 62 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .......................... 18 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, S EC . ............... 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ......... 9 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ................................. 2 Malformations ............................................... Premature Birth and Debility ........................... 26 Atr0phy............. . ........................................ 40 Old Age Sudden 7 Violence, not specified'ce,Pnvation, Cold, and Intemp erance .. . .. 25 Cu DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. 01 1353. Week. West Districts North Districts 490.396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 «. 286 South Districts ... : ........... 984 Totals Males Females 1,103 984 516 468 20 25 100 100 20 20 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.. Males Females.. 752 Total ,,,... 1,740 'Paid.' RAILW AIS. 100 Aberdeen. 8_ A.mbg Nottng. Bost. and Eastu. all i3elfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh &. Cheshire Junct ...... all Do. Chesh. & £5O and E 25 Cons. 184 Do., X 20...., 30 Myth & Tyne origina3 £25 (issd. at .£45, 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, & Pass, 14 Cornwall 6 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. all Dundee Perth&Aber• deep Junction . all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (XlB E & H),,, all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 86 Do., New A.. ; ... .00 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh dr Glasgow 94 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth drDuntlee 1 Forth & Clyde June., [OO Glasgow &S. Western [OO Great Northern [OO Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock [OO Gt. Sth. &West.(l) l .00 Great Western....... 12 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 184 Do., Fifths 11.1 D 3., Wst. llidingUn. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwali all Loud. Tilb. & Stlieuil. .00 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. .00 Lond. and N. We stn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh. , 26 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Wcstn. 42) Do., £5O 34' Do., £4O all Lndudrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. LOO Aauch.Shei.& LWOW 4A Do., Man. & Lin. Un [OO Midland 00 Do. Birmng. &Derby 473 Midld. G. West. (Ira.) 176 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle .00 Newmarket 5) Do., Bury Extension 10.), Nwpt.Aberg..& Hrfd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all :iewry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. 100 Norfolk 3.3 Northu.Counties Un No. 1 L a o ll6 o l !IN N 00 0 r r . h h Ni ß o) .e r v i 2 t o i s a h , all Do., 6 A Deferred 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed all North London 5A 'Do. New £lO Ella N.&S. Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn_ 17. North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn, June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester..,..,,, 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central : 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Bi r mug 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Suck.., 10 Shrewsby. & Ileiefd. all Shrewsby. & Chestei (N. W. Min,; all Do. Halves,i u . all Do. Oswestry 6c, Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Easi.ern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & 100 . Pair Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. • 100 Do, Pref., No. 1 21 (lames Haven Docl and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon 51s. Wimbledn & Croydoi, 100 York Newetl.&Be rw .j 20 Do. Extensions 134 Do. G.N. E. Purch ase , 100 York& N.Midlaud j Claming Prices yesterJay. 23i - 24 4i -6; 9 - 10 111-10 i d 17 -- 18 7 -- 6dl 97 - - 99 616 - 62 15 - 16 11 13 id -per 7 -- ii' - ii 121 -- I3J 36 - 40 28 - 30 _ 6 4 - 66 60 - 62 24 .2 id 66 e ) ;§ 88 89 72 74 125 127 96 98 ni —78 i 89 - 91 11 - 13 u 11. - 13 p 65 - 654 6i -- 6/1 u, 14t .164 11 11 8 , 106 107 104 - 1034 par p par 4 p 82 83 9 83 8 7d 21 -I -641 - 38 - 40 4 61 6 a 21 - 52 , ~. 33i 32i .. - 55 - P - 44 t - 74 -' p - 32 GO - 70 - 70 - - 19 - 9i - 3itt 62 35 - 32- 3j - 38 19 20 4 - 5 23 '25 6 - 6,i 6 - 7 724 . 73. 7 - 60; 4 1 - 31(i i 53 -- 54 FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June 8 Beziers to Graisseseac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia, Scrip ... Central of I ..aly all Charleroi Er. all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 )utcli Rhenish all Zast Indian, 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Juuct. of Franc. , 10 Grd. Trunk of Canad , Do. Debentures .... all Do. do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc, all Gt. Western o:Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist all Hamilton & Toronto all t Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basl e all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. 15 Lu xembourg 10 Do. (Railway) ..... 2 Do. Pref. 3 Do. (Canal) ........ 5 Do. 6 p. ei;. pref, .... 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & tlediLerran. 13 Madras ............... ;34 33 . 1 Haria Antonia Ai all Do. do. New 2 Nielbourne Dk. dti By O all Namur & Liege (wit) interest) !O all Do. (cx interest) .6 all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds O all (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. .0 all Sorwegian'frunkPre . O 10 Paris and Lyons 10 all Ditto Boids .0 all Paris and Orloans.,.. all Paris and R0uen......, all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen&Cherbrg, 10 i 'Quebec di Richmond all IR oueu and Havre 15 Royal Dan'-' , l 2 Royal Swec - s' , all iainbre and Meuse 6 Do. 5A p. cent. Pref 6 S'outberr of France 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand AUSCEL: all Aubin Coal and Iron 17; lustralian Agricult. 14 I.ustral sn. Pei fic. Mail 8 Australn. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 3rit. & Coln. Srueltg. and Reduction Co 10 32A Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace 5 3s Do. New.... ...... 4 2 ;rystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 0 Electrit Telograph(A ) 11 Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of 4 (len. Steam Navigat. , 8 s;eneral Screw Stean 7e .2 Irish Beeteoot Sugai , 0 Magdalena -4t. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel, 3 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... Do. New 10 Nrth. ofEuropeSteam all Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph all Do. Registered. 284 Van Diemou Land 3t - - 3 Si i - 11 3i kd-ip ••. 2 - d 5 5 4d 6 4 d id 'Par 18 19 41 ) 7p ••• dis Par i-PI i d i P 7 § - 8 33i 33, 8 _ 9 - 161 - 161 45 41 oul 301 iii 2i 1 d 1p - , --- d 84 9 ... - pm .•• 1 4 ••• 3 d • 5 pl 4} --- 3,~a 'E01:73 3 P d Zip par P *iii = i'ii i3'i - ii 85 - 90 4i - 44 i - 4I) 20 - 21 i - li 1 - i* 4 -= fi - i = fpl Li - 2i 35 - 37 I - " - li 12 = 13 - letiford ant Mete()ley 100 Ruckghanish all Clydesdale Je. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all 'Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New all Olstr.dg Dn. Fr all tirtlpl. Dk. Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. 3 Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. i.OO Do. 6 per et. all Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar. all Midld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp. c. q D .1! o. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixecls p 4, 1 all Prest. & Wyrei 12 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 100 Do. Shep Lh. St 18 Shef.Roth.anci Gooleg. 5 p. c. 9 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 100 I Wilts&Somrst 4111,10 D ..\ N. %V:, L. &N. l' Caledon. Gt.Nrthn. ICaldonian.'l Gt. Westn ik. New. & Borw. Y. &NlSid Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Btekton & Darliogt. E. Count. D 0... Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Do Laucash& Yorksh. H.MClean itockt. & Darlingt. D 0.. . HitWestn. 95 - 100 95 - 97 134 - 137 ii :_:- io 103 105 - 514 - 524 254 - 264 124 - 134 234 - 244 2 - 2i ii - ii 57 - 59 ik = lii 2# -- lid 29i -30 t 93 - 95 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Do. Pref., p. c. St. Guaranteed 5 c all 'Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler Shares all andy. &Ennis. h Sh, all Nan., Shef., & Liu. f Shares, No. 1. , all Do. New, £lO , 4ilDo. £6.. allNfarypt.& Carl. 4 p. c. all Do. 4i per cent 1000 - 100 - Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. .00 Do. Consol. Bristol EL Firm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 10 • St. St. St. 100' Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext WO Do. 54 per ct.pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire Lop Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c 15 Do a ll Scot. Cent., New Pref _ - all ihrews. & Birm.N.G. all &irewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 44 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. [OO Do. 44per cent. all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Cuar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1858 Waterfd.& Kilk.6p.e. [OO York, Neweastle b and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 York&N. MidlandH and S. Pn re . 100 .berdeen 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. i 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ) 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . 100 Caledonian £lO i all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent., 64 Cork dzl3andens4p.e all Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction all EastAngliaa (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. c 6 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Seri! Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 ner cent, all Do. 101. Defientr.Sh• 100 East Lancash. 6p. eta. all East and West York shire June. Pref all Edinb Pith . &Dundee 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent..,. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 190 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof all Gt. Southn. drWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Westn. (Borks & Haute Ex. 5 p. c).. 1.00 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. LOO Do. con, red. 4p. c. 1.00 Dc,. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. & York. P. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 100 London and Brighton Id • • • ••• ••• ... 2i -- 81 par ••• '''' ••• ..... . • . ....." ''''' ••• -- ... - ... - 97 - id -...... ... - 3~ 98 -- 90 - lip lip 13i r• .--. ill 103 92 95 par 137 ~ ..-.. ••. 135 137 1 1 id 106 -- 109 1G 17 12 14 9i 104 #a-- 4P 234 —23 i 100 102 2 1 d 92 95 ai 4 all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal all isritish Austrin. Gold 13. t, British Iron 24i Braziliaulmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Res Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper MM. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 71 p. Cent. all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg.Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all 19reat . Polgooth all I Liberty - - all Linares all Lond.dlCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. ea Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz lio3k all Ethymuey Iron 15 Do. New R:1 10i S'antiago de Cuba ~ I all ?outh Australian .0 7 riu Croft !8A all United Mexican , 1 all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia....... all Yuba JOINT-STOI all i kustralasia.. all jßritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Ilnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 14 English Scottish and Australian 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of' Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincia! 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Iroland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New ......... . 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New. 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg. ay Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia.. 2. Do. New 10 - Union of London GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN R AILWAT. - -ITaffio re turn for the week ending July 8, 1854 R5,540 19 7 Corresponding - week last year 4,624 3 5 'nonage in £916 16 2 Business done I St, this day. 50 98 611 2 120 I 12i 12i 134 St. St. 25 106 1024 , I Sts. per cent. I St, 15 8; 8 10 25 10 [.0.6 dis St. 20 25 531 i I 25 50 1 20 35 1 10 1 1 4i i i - 1 i 0 l td li— 2 1 :-: 44 i - I 7 - 9 *i -- iO 3 - 41 1 - 2i 28 -30 - #( 45 - 47 11 - 12 50 - 60 li - 2 1 - li 10 - 11 i i 61 6i -- * - i 164 -- 174 32 -- 04 9i -- 104 4 -- 5 2 -- 4 ••• --- ••• i • II d *i 7 *i** BANKS. 81 - 83 ... i ... i 1 d ... - ...a 3 2h al 21 —2lixd 46 - 48 .•. 42 -g4x(l 74 - 76 8 - 10 1051 mmusreit Our French neighbours have a Minister of War and a Minister of Marine. We have hitherto pre ferred half a dozen independent departments for the army, and in the navy a single Board, repre sented in Parliament by its First Lord and its Se cretary. Each of these systems has its drawbacks, but it may with safety be affirmed that none is so radically vicious as the heterogeneous jumble and confusion of offices which have for a century past carried on the administration of the British army. We are now to have a Minister of War, and the question is only as to whether military authority is really to be concentrated in a single hand. Re sponsibility and authority go together, and should remain undivided, if we obtain, at the present estimate, a really responsible and capable Minister, one month's war experience will save ten times the annual cost of the new department ; if we are to have only ano th er S ecretary, co-equal and co ordinate with the rest, we shall have only increased confusion at the cost of 15,000/. a-year.—Times. (From the Morning Advertiser.) It was intended that the vote for the new War Department should be taken to-morrow, in which case it is probable that the whole question of the Eastern war would have been gone into, as well as the appointment which had been made to the new office. But Lord John Russell intimated, towards the conclusion of the sitting on Tuesday evening, that the vote for the new War Department will not be taken till Monday. We regret the postponement even for so short a period as from Friday till Monday. The country is much dissatisfied not only with the exclusion of Lord Palmerston from the ne w office, but with the whole of ou r p rocee di ngs relative t'e. the Eastern question. The patience of the public is now fairly exhausted. We have, up till this moment, literally done nothing. The Turks have received no assis tance from us. They have had to fight their own battles as best they could. Nor, if what is confi dently stated in well-informed quarters be correct, is there any probability of our pursuing a more vigorous course for the time to come. We believe there is no doubt of the fact that Sir Charles Napier has written home to the Government that Cronstadt could certainly be taken, and that he has asked the Admiralty to rescind the orders by which he is prevented from attacking that impor tant fortress. We are sorry to be obliged to add, th..t we fear it is equally true that Government have refused to give him the necessary power to make such an attack. It would be impossible to overstate the mischief which has already been done, or to calculate the amount of injury which will yet be entailed on England, Turkey, and Europe, by this culpable inactivity on the part of the Western Powers, if she ever had any serious intentions of identifying herself with their Eastern policy ; it encourages Prussia in her friendship for the Czar : it feeds the hopes and increases the audacity of Russia ; and it disheartens and paralyses the Turks. The Czar must by this time have ceased to fear this country, and the Sultan to cherish any hopes from it. All our extensive and expensive preparations for war have as yet been no better than so much mere idle display. Nor are those evils of our do-nothing pro cedure, which we have pointed out, the only ones. The prestige of the British name has grievously suffered, and will suffer yet more seriously, from the inaction which we have so much cause to de plore. If that inaction be continued much longer, we shall, as the Times of yesterday very justly re marks, be covered with ridicule. l lt is due to Lords John Russell, Clarendon, and Palmerston, to say th a t th e pr i va t e i n f orm ation which from time to time reaches us, as to the state of matters in the Cabinet, leaves on our minds the impression, that they are in favour of a policy. more vigorous, and mo r e worthy of the charac ter overruled by been pursued. pursued. But theyt eroafre,le England vare thantold, o h u as t_ v y o e t t e d be a the Aberdeen section of the Cabinet. But why, it will be asked, do they not, in such circumstance s , resign ? We say they ought. We hold th a t pa triotiom, and a regard for their own individual characters, would prompt them to the adoption of that course. They, however, do not seem disposed to take a step which we think their own honour their at aMajoes tover v etor hands. tshoen rd I f t o r i head s i t e s a id h rd e threatti in h a p t e ra Lord o ti f v a e dl i mp e r a tive l y requiresAberdeeneig her Derby, and not for either of themselves, in the event of his being compelled to resign. We should hope that any menace of that nature would not deter men, filling such exalted • • positions, from pur suing a course which they deemed to be right. But, be that as it may, the present state of matters is, in e very sense, unsatisfactory, It is most in jurious to th e country, and most disastrous to the national ch arac t er. It makes people suspect all public men. They are driven to the conclusion that private interests are always statesmen to the national honour and the public good. W e emphatically say, that if Lords John Russell, Palmerston, and Clarendon cannot pre vail on the pro-Russian Premier to prosecute the war with the Czar, in the way which they think the exigencies of the case require, they are bound by every consideration which ought to influence honourable m en t o res i gn the offices which they severally fill. UNION BANK OF LONDON.—The dividend declared at the meeting of the Union Bank of London, held yes terday, was at th e r a t e o f 15 per cen t., an d the report and accounts wer e unan i mous ly adopted. The chair man (Sir Peter Laurie) stated that business has greatly increased, and that teere is every prospect of its being maintained. During the past year the assets have been augmented to the extent of 2,000,0001., the divi. dent has been doubled, while the interest to customers is more than twice the amount previously p a id. Special votes of thanks were passed to the directors as well as to 4 the manager, Mr. W. W. Scrimgeour, and it has been agreed to acknowledge the services of the latter gentleman and his assistants by the appropri ation ,at par of the residue of the reserved shares w hi c h are now to be issued to the general proprietary at a pre— mium of 51., in the proportion of two for every five m sh e a n r t e i s o n a tedp thatresen t t h e h e b l a d n . k fsnn answernot an r e t s o t ed qu i n es t t h i e o n fi s et i i t ti w ou as s o w f a t r h r e an c t l s er d ks isc h o a v v e e red lat i e n ly ci b r e c e u n lat i i n o c n r , ea a sned. and that t th t e he sa t l er ar m ir .. nation of the meeting the directors were requested to cause a portrait of Sir Peter Laurie, to be painted and pla m ce l ti ai n rAr t ßi d_ b o pi a n r e d t E - a r cx o he o mt m e e . r n t s e o e f t the d F o f u r t m h D Light esteDra goons een dTw Topshamo bTrowb ri d ge, route for Ply mouth , and marched t g b e a ' barracks, The C e a r va a l y ry r b e arracks are oc cupied by the 15th Hussars, and the p ortion of that regiment which w ere stat i oned at Topsham have for the present been billeted in the city. The estimate of expenses for the new Depart ment of the Secretary of State for War has at length been published. The total amount is com puted at 14,0371. We are not disposed to find fault with the es ti mated cost of the new depart ment, if the business of the army is to b e concen trated at last in the hands of a single efficient chief. There would not, indeed, be wanting persons who would say that the estimate rendered is either too little or too much. It is to o little, if we ex pect that all the responsibilities of the War Depart ment, all its arrangements, all its embarrassments are to be assumed, carried out, and mastered for so small a sum, while fitting reductions are made in other departments which have hitherto been conducted on a footing of independence. It is too much, if all the advantage the public are to derive from the change is the creation of another and a fresh department of war, where too many offices of a similar character already existed. The esti mate, indeed, as it s t an d s , tells us little or nothing of all we most desire to know. It would be desir able to have before us a statement, which could be comprehended at a s i ng l e g l ance , o f the various alterations p ro p ose d i n t h e severa l coequa l an d in dependent d e p ar t men t s w hi c h , b y th eir united action, carry on the military business of the coun try. If we are to have indeed a Minister of War— we purposely avoid the ambiguous term of Secre tary of War—we should wish for more accurate information as to the extent to which modifications are to be introduced into the business hitherto carried on at the Horse Guards, the Colonial-office, the War-office, the Ordnance-office, &c. Is there to be one controlling mind—one Minister who shall be ultimately responsible for all that is done in the offices of the Commander-in-Chief, the Master- General of the Ordnance, the Colonial Minister, the Secretary at War, &c. If this be so, it would appear to follow as a natural consequence that the other high offices are shorn of a portion of their im portance, and that the holders of them are reduced in some measure to the condition of subordinates. A . t all tim es i t w i ll be necessary to find men of stand ing and experience to presid e over th e var i ous de partments, in order that the country and the army may have confidence in its administrators ; but it is needless to add that they never can be in times to come what they have been of old, if the altera tions which the public have been lead to expect are effectively carried out. We must embrace this consequence of the contemplated change, if it is to be effected in such a manner as shall effectually promote the public service. Questions of great moment must naturally arise as we endeavour to follow out the details of the scheme ; but they are not such as are by any means impassible of solu tion. We shall be compelled to break, great measure, with the old traditions of administration, but any heart-burnings or awkwardness are of slight moment inde e d, w h en com p are d with the inestimable advantage of securing a supreme and undivided control over the management of this department, important, indeed, in time of peace, but which almost absorbs all others during the war. ,l