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he should move a clause to limit the continuance of the I commission to two years. METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL. This bill was read a second time. ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM BILL. This bill passed through committee. The Highway Rates Bill was read a third time and passed. SAVINGS BANKS BILL. This bill, after a clause had been added to it, was read a third time. RETURNING OFFICERS BILL. This bill was read a second time. MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) BILL. On the order of the day for considering this bill as amended, Mr. COWAN - said he wished to know why the Scotch universities were not to receive the same privileges as re. garded diplomas that was to be conferred on the London rniversity ? Mr. BELL said there was a bill before the house which would give them that privilege. The bill was then considered as amended. BENEFICES AUGMENTATION BILL. This bill passed through committee pro lama. JOINT-STOCK BANKS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee without any amend ment. The Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill, and the Turn pike Trusts Arrangements Bill were severally road a third time and passed• CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported with amendments. The General Board of Health Bill, the Registration of Births, etc. (Scotland) Bill, and the Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill, were read a third time and passed. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES BILL. Lord D. STUART having moved the second reading of this bill, Mr. M. GIBSON said he wished to know whether the government had considered its provisions, and whether the house was to understand that it would have their support ? The matter was one of considerable importance, inasmuch as-the bill did a great dei.l more than appeared from the title. He should be glad to hear whether the government took upon themselves the responsibility of the measure. Lord PALMERSTON said he had no objection to offer at that stage of the bill ; the matter could be further con sidered on the other stages. Mr. M. GIBSON begged leave to observe that this was a very important measure. He wanted to ascertain from the government whether they had considered it and ap proved of its provisions. If not, would it not be as well to defer proceeding till they had considered it? Mr. J. S. WORTLEY agreed with the hon. member (Mr. Henley) that the principle involved in the bill was very important, but thought it would be well to assent to the second reading. The discussion would draw pcblie attention to the matter, and the Government would no doubt have made up their minds by the next stage. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. ,THE CASE OF DR. PEITHMAN. On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn till Monday. _ _ Mr. °TWAY said it had been his intention if it had been Proposed to go into committee of supply that evening to call attention to a very extraordinary proceeding in the metropolis, by which it appeared that not only had the hap piness of an individual been compromised, but the laws of the country had been strangely violated. He wished to know whether it would be proposed to go into committee of supply on Monday, as in that case he should then intro duce the subject. Lord FALMERSTON said his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) had announced at an early part of that sitting that he should move the order of the day for going into committee of supply on Monday. With regard to what the hon. mambos referred to he must remark that the case did not at all correspond with the description which had been given of it. Therewas no violation of the law—there was no injustice committed towards anyindividual. That which passed was a proper application of the law and he should be quite prepar e d w h en th e proper occasion came to show that there was no ground whatever for what had been alleged. The motion was then agreed to. INDIAN APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. WOOD obtained leave to introduce a bill to pro vide for a uniform form for Indian appointments, and for the exercise of certain powers by the Governor-General of India. THE TAXATION OF IRISH MINES. Mr. J. FITZGERALD moved for leave to bring in a bill for assimilating the taxation of the mines in Ireland with that of England. Sir J. YOUNG said he should not oppose the introduc tion of the bill, but he was entirely opposed to its prin ciple. He saw no reason why mining property should be exempted from contributing to the relief of the poor. The motion was agreed to. The house adjourned at two o'clock. y I CQI - 11 r,t? k2W- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOIJSE OF COMMONS—JULY 14. BRIBERY, &c., BILL. Clause (appointment before nomination of officer to be called "Auditor of Election Expenses):" several amendments made : motion made, and question put, " That the clause, as amended, stand part of the bill." The committee divided ; ayes 133, noes 74. AYES-433. .. _ _ Alcoa. T. Gardner. R. -- - Mantz, G Anderson, Sir I. Gibson, T. Murrough, J. Babies, Rt. Hon. M. Goderich, Viscount. North, Col. J. Barnes, T. G oo d man . Si r G . North, F. Bell. J. Graham, Sir J. Palmerston. Viz Bothell, Sir R. Graham, Lord M. Pechell, Sir G. Biggs. W. . Greene, .7 - Peel, F. Blackett, J. F. B. - Oregano; S. Peilatt, A. Bowyer, G. Grey, Rt Hon Sir G Perry, Sir T. Bright, J. Hadfield, G. Pigott, F. Brocklehurst J. Hankey, T. Pilkington, J. Brockman, E.D. Butte, Alex. Pollard-Urquhart. W Brotherton, J. Mastic, Archd. Pike, Sir R. Browne, W. Headlam, T. Pritchard; J. Bruce, Lord E. II ervey. Lord A. Pugh, D. Cardwell, E. Heywood, J. Ricardo, 0. Chandos, Marquis of II eyworth, L. Russell, L../rd J. Clinton, Lord It. R. P. Hiudley, C. Russell, F. C. Cobbett. J. M. Hutt, W. Russell, F. W. Cobden, R. Johnstone, J. Sawle, C. Cockg, T. S. Jones, Capt. T. Scohell, Capt. G. Cowan, C. Kershaw, J. Sheridan, R. Craufurd, E. 11.1. Lamm, Sir E. Smith, I. 3. Crossley, F. Langton, H. G. Smith, R. Dashwood, S'r G. H. Layard, A. H. Smith, Abel Denison, E. B. Lemon, Sir C. Stanhope. J. Denny, Sir E. C. Liddell, IL G. Tempest, Lord Drunilinrig, Via. Liddell, 11. T. Thornely, T. Duke, Sir 3. Lindsay, W. Vane, Lord H. Duncan, G. Lockhart, W. Vanaittart, G. Duncombe, Hon.W. Lowe, R. Vernon, G. Dundas, F. M'Cann, J. Vernon, L. Dunlop, A. Macgregor, Jas. Walmaley, Sir J. Da Pre, C. McTaggart, Sir J. Walpole, S. Elche, Lord Martin, J. Wickham, H. W. Elliot, J. Mal!, E. Wilkinson, W. Fagan, W. Milligan. R. Wilcox, B. Feliden, M. Moffatt, G. Williams. W. Ferguson, Sir R. Molesworth. Sir W, Wilson, J. Fitz Gerald, J. Mon crieff, J. Winnington, Sir T. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Monsell, W. Wood, Sir C. Foley, J. Morris, D. Young. Sir J. Forster, C. Mowbray, J. TELLES& Fortescue, C. Mulgrave, Earl of Kelly, Sir F. Fox, W. Mullings, J. Hayter, W. NOES-74. Alexander, J. Freshtield, I. Newdegate, Annesley, Earl of F rewen, C. O'Brien, P. C. Bailey, C. Gasket', J. Pal n, Bird. Barrow, W. Grog, E. Palmer, Robert Bentinck, Lord H. Gwyn an , H. Pennant, Col Blair, Col. J. 11. Hawkins, W. Robertson, P . E. Bland, L. H. I-I enley, J. .Sznily, V, Bonham-Cart sr , I. Herb er t, Si r T . Smijth. Sir W. Brady, J. Hi gg i ns, G. 0. Stafford, A. Burghley, Lori. Illlyard, R. C. Strutt E. Iturroughes, H. Ho them, Lord Taylor, Col. Butt, I. Hudson, G. Tomline G. Cairns, H. Irt on , S. Tyler, Sir G. Child, Smith Jothffe, Sir W. Vance, J. Christie, Samuel Keating, R. Walcott, Admiral Clinton, Lord C. P. P. Kennedy T. Whitmore, H. Cubitt, W. Knatchbnll, W. Willoughby, Sir H, Denison, J. E. Langston, J. H. Ni ise. A. Disraeli, B. Lowther, Col. Wyndham, W Dundas, G. Lucas, F. Wyvil, H. Dunne, 31. Mac Mahon, P. Yorke, E. East, Sir T. Macgu ire, J. Egerton, W. Malin, R. Elmley, Vii. Michell, W. Forbes, W. Mitchell, T. Forster, J. Manly, W. TELLERS. Benenek, G. Massey, W. Clause 21 (No payments to be made except through Election Officer, and except personal and advertising expenses) : Several Amendments made :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the ' Bill:"—The committee divided; ayes 148, noes 67. AYES-148. Arland, Sir T. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Osborne, R. Aleoek, T. Grey, R. Otway, A. Anderson, Sir J. Hadfleld , George Paget, Lord G. Reines, Rt. Hon. M. Hankey, T. Pakington. Sir J. Barnes le arring n, J t°n ' Viii, Hestia. Alex. Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley. G. Thistle, Archd. Patten, J. Betliell, Sir R. Herbert, S. Peel, F. Biddalplr, Col. R. M. Hervey, Lord A. Perry, Sir T. nywo m l Blackett, J. F. B. j • Pao, S. Brady, J.Hep w orth , L. Howard PhLilmore, J. G. Lerd E Brand, H. B. W. Hughes , W. B. Pilkington, J. Brocklehurst, J. Butt, W. Pollard-Urquhart W' Brockman, E. D. Ricardo, 0. Brotherton, J. Brown W. I J ag oh b u s s;.qt e :J, Robartes, ntis : u T. J. Buckley, Gen. Keating, R. RusseU, F. C. Kershaw, i Burmtaes, H. N. King, L.* J . Sadler J ames Cardwell, Z. Savrie, C. Knatchbull W. Castlerome, Via, L angton. 4 .• G Scobell. Capt. Cheetham. Joha Scully, ir. Lemon.ilr C. G. Cobden, R. Scully, v Liddell, H. G. Cogan, W. H. F. Liddell, H. T Shelley. Sir J . Cowan, C. Smith. J Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Smith, lA. J. R. Cranfurd, E. H. J. Lockhart Iv . Crossley, F. , Loyedea, P. Smith, R. Derlng, air E. C. L ow , R. Smith. Abel Duckworth, Sir J. T. M'Cann, J. Stanhope, J. Duncan, G. Maguire, J. F. Starkle, Le G.' Dundas, F. M at i oribanks, D. ?Anat. Hon. Z. St uar t, L ord D. Dunlop, A. M art i n, J. Tempest, Lord A. V. Dunne, M. Mil es , W . Thomely, T Elcho, Lord Milligan, it. Tndway, R. EWot, J. E. Milner, W. Vansittart, G. Fagan, W. Moffatt, G. Vernon, G. Fender', M. Molesymrth, Si.. W. Walpole. 8. Ferguson. Sir R. Houck, Viscount Walter, J. Fitz Gerald, J. Moncrieff, J. Watkins, Col. Fitzgerald, W. Montgomery, Slr G. W e ll s , W. Fi t zroy, Hon. H. Mowbray, J. Whitbread, ts. Foley, J. 3fulgraye, Earl of Wickham, H. Forster, C. Mailings. .7. Wilkinson, W. Murrougb, J. 'Williams, W. Freest tin. Col. Gibson, M. Napier, J. Wilson, J. Goderich;Viscount North, Col. J. Wood, Sir C. Goodman, Sir G. North , F Young, Sir J. O'Brien, P. TELLEILL Graham, Sir J. Greene, Capt. John O'Connel l, D. Kelly, Sir F. Gregson, Samuel O'Connell, J. Hayter, ter, W. NOES-67. Gwyn, Howell Nam, Lord Alexander, J. Baring, T. Hamilton James, H. Newdegate, C. Baring, F. Hawkins, W. Pennant, Col. E. Barrow, W. Henley. J. Percy, J. Bentinck, G. Hotham, Lord Pigott, F. Blair, Col. J. H. Hudson, G. Seymour, Lord Bonham-Carter, J. Irton, S. Srnijth, Sir W. Batt, I. .Toßiffs. Sir W. Taylor, Col. T. Campbell, Sir A. I. Knight. F. Tyrell, Sir J. Child, Smith Vance, J. Knightley, R. Christy, Samuel Knox, Col. B. W. Vyse, Col. R. Clinton, Lora Deides W. Lacon, Sir E. Walcott, Rear-Ad. Denison, J. B. Langston, J. H. Walsh, Sir J. Ladle C . P • If Whitmore, R. Duncombe, tion.Ve.g . t o ' Dunne, Col. F. vain% Lord Wigram, Loftus T. East, Sir J. Im wther. Col. If. C. Willoughby, Sir H. Egerton, W. Lowther, Capt. Wi se , A. ilmleY, Via. 345 cartaal, G. Wo r tl e y, J. S. Fort Freweses, W C. Massey, MacGregor w Jos. Waddington, L Gas Michell, Tr. h% J. Morgan, O. 7 lI.LIiIL9. ouch. C Morris, D. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Gaon, ZdWartt Maiiitror„ - a &ISM, N. C. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1854. It is somewhat remarkable to know that Aus ,ria and Prussia are continuing to act with all their accustomed duplicity in regard to this struggle with Russia, at the very time when France and England are carrying out against the Northern enemy the most formidable warlike preparations. It is especially remarkable, we mean, because Ministers affect to be satisfied with the course now being pursued by the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna, while that course is generally felt to be directly at variance with the great mi litary and maritime demonstrations of the Allied Western Governments. Because of the extraordinary and manifest in congruity observable in this way between the pro. ceedings of the German, and the simultaneous proceedings of the Western Governments—we would here again most stringently urge the people at large to be more than ever watchful as to the events transpiring from day to day, and as to the policy more clearly revealed hour by hour by their Administrators. Nothing should be overlooked. Everything has its significance. The withdrawal to Baro Sound of the Baltic fleet, only the other day heard of as within sight of Cronstadt and its giant fortifica tions. The glimpse obtained from Odessa of the Black Sea fleets steaming direct for Sebastopol. The rumours of an intended attack, here upon the Crimea, and there upon the Aland Islands. The report of the sudden alteration of the retrograde movement of the Russian troops in Wallachia, as notified by the advance of some 30,000 from Bucharest, under the personal command of the Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. Everything, we repeat, has, just now, its particular significance. Even the toast proposed the other day in the presence of his Generals by the KAlsAß—that of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan ABD-131,-MEDJID. Or the inti mation of Baron HESS, taking part in a Council of War between OMER PACHA, and Lord RAGLAN, and Marshal ST. ARNAUD, the French, English, and Turki s h C omman d ers -i n -Chi e f. Vi g il an t as to eve r y scientiously believe that every unprejudiced ob server can arrive but at one conclusion, that the C ounc i ls of •Berli n an d Vi enna are more than ever b ent only T upon cajoling, if possible, not urkey, but of course with Turkey the allied French and Engli The si gna l that sh G overnmen t s . the this design will be re y France, by the removal ndered visible L'Huvs ; and in regard to E of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE have succeeded in in ' of M. matic post at Constantino le. I regard to DnouY N DE °gland, by the recall from pe. t Was startling a little while ago, when it was his diplo somewhat as announced that RESCIIID PACITA had (on the score of ill health) resigned the seals of office as the 0 Ottoma n Minister of Foreign Affairs, and scarcely less matter for serious anxiety at the moment, when nearly about the same time M. DE PERSIGNY was announced by the Moniteur (also for a similar reason, viz., on the score of ill-health) to be no longer the French Minister of the Interior. However, indisposition might have rendered these changes necessary, and so the matter was passed over in each instance, with merely cursory observation. It will be dif ferent under the circumstances already surmised. Supposing the retirement of M. DE PERSIGNY to be followed by the dismissal of M. DROUYN DE L'HUYs from the Foreign-office —supposing the fact of RESOHID PACHA being no longer virtually Prime Minister of Turkey, to be followed by the incident of Lord STRATFORD DR REDCLIFFE'S re call from Constantinople--these events coming together, would be more than suspicious, would be more than mere coincidences : they would afford the world at large positive and conclusive testi mony that the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries, had, after all, been really cajoled by those of Schoenbrunn and Charlottenburg. That such can be the disgraceful consumma tion arrived at we must continue up to the very last moment to doubt with all the energy of our patriotism—in spite of every glaringly and de plorably corroborative circumstance. 'We cannot bring ourselves to believe in any such infamous result, even though wo remain painfully conscious of the fact that the Earl of ABERDEEN is at the head of the British Government ! Although the Aberdeenite Duke of NEWCASTLE is at the head of the "War Department of the Administration ! Although the Aberdeenite member for South Wiltshire is still Secretary-at-War ! No, we are fain at this terrible juncture in the affairs not only of Europe, but of mankind in general, we are fain at this momentous crisis to doubt the evidence of our senses, when those senses point alone to one dreaded and disastrous conclusion. We are unwilling to believe in the possibility of an infamous compromise beingeffected through the means of secret and therefore obviously discreditable negotiations —we are unwilling, we say, to believe in the possibility of any such infamous compro mise, although we hear Austria and Prussia spoken of complacently, at the very time when the Court of Berlin signifies its opinion that the reply recently vouchsafed by the CZAR is in all essential respects satisfactory, and when the Court of - Vienna avows that the Austrian forces will only have performed an act of " armed mediation," when they shall have formally adventured upon the occupation of the Principalities ! Rather than believe in the necessity of what would almost seem at times to be the inevitable inference, deducible from these sinister and alarm ing intimations---we are disposed, at the present moment at least, to direct our regard, with sanguine and exhilarated emotions, to the spectacle in all likelihood about to be witnessed in afew days in the British Channel. The spectacle of the probable meeting of a French and English Monarch once again after centuries of war and estrangement, a meeting more memorable than that of old between HENRY VIII. and FRANCIS I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a meeting upon a nobler field and upon a more notable occasion —an interview upon the blue current of the Channel between VICTORIA I. and NAPOLEON lll.—themost beloved of all the rulers of England, and the thrice-elected Chief of the French popu lation. From this interview—in spite of King and Kaiser—let us draw new auguries of victory, fresh harbingers of a glorious pacification. We had supposed that the " fagging system" was peculiar to our public schools, that it was I only in these polite seminaries that one person was allowed to abuse and maltreat another in a similar position to himself, even to the extent of making life a burden to the unfortunate victim, and that it was only in such establishments that the complaints of the sufferer were totally disre ' garded, and his persecutors encouraged to proceed by full licence and unqualified impunity for their most unjustifiable proceedings. We are, however, compelled to acknowledge our mistake, and to confess that the objectionable system has obtained a footing in her MAJESTY'S service, and that a young officer of quiet habits, who is not a favou rite with his commanding officer, may be more contumeliously and ungenerously treated than a junior boy at Eton or Harrow, and that as little attention will be paid to his re monstrances as to those of a mere fag, complain ing of the conduct of one of his senior school mates. The proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Windsor on Lieutenant JAMES EDWARD PERRY, of the 46th Regiment, are well worthy of atten tion, proving, beyond the possibility of doubt, the nature of the annoyances to which a quiet, in offensive youth—not of a pugnacious disposition —must submit at the hands of those who are supposed to be " gentlemen" as well as "officers." The case is, indeed, one of a very painful charac ter, and, if regarded in a correct point of view, must help to dispel the illusion of boys anxious to don the scarlet uniform, and enter on the unalloyed pleasures of a military life. Let the lads, anxious to get away from school or college, carefully peruse and maturely consider the matters brought to light on the trial of Lieutenant JAMES EDWARD PERRY, before they answer "militia est potior" to the momentous question respecting the choice of a profession. Lieutenant PERRY is, it appears, the son of an officer serving in India. His mother has been for some time dead, and he has no relative suffi ciently near to take any interest in his proceed ings. In this friendless condition he joined his regiment in April, 1853, being then twenty years of age, and has continued on active service ever since, with the exception of a few weeks. He is now in his twenty-second year. His pecuniary resources were limited, and as he was desirous of living within his means, and avoiding the debts which render " faster" young men the slaves of ' the Jew money-lenders who are permitted to tempt them with unsubstantial jewellery and a little money to feed their extravagance. As a " quiet man," he speedily became the recognised " butt" of the Regiment —the object of the practical jests, of some at least, of his brother officers, who was turned into ridicule and contempt on every possible occasion. To use his own simple but forcible language—" He thought it far better to pay his way, and live in good credit, with peace of mind, than to ruin his prospects in life by a heavy expenditure which the means of his parent would not justify !" This was the head and front of his offending. This was the unpardonable offence that excited the ire of his more reckless brethren. He had once lost money to the extent of 501., and made a firm re solution against other gambling transactions, which he kept until the unfortunate affair which involved him in his present scrape. " Time after , time," said the unfortunate young man, in de tailing the unjustifiable and ungentlemanlike (we use the term advisedly) treatment to which he was subjected—have I been dragged from my bed at all hours of the night, and compelled by Lieut. GREER (the person with whom he had the altercation) and others, in a state of nudity, to go through the sword exercise before the officers of my own and other regiments. I have appealed to my superiors, and have met with no redress ; on the contrary, every thing but what I had a right to expect." No wonder that he felt as " a man degraded," as a gentleman dishonoured. And, if we condemn his too patient submission, we must at the same time make every allowance for his truly painful posi tion " as a subaltern, friendless and alone !" Such was the state of affairs when the unfor tunate transaction that gave occasion for the in jury occurred. He was playing at billiards with two Ensigns of his regiment when Lieutenant GREER came in. That gentleman insisted on playing for money, and the two yielding PERRY complied. He lost 6s. at the billiards, but as Lieutenant GREER insisted on tossing up, being apparently anxious to clear off 5/. which he bounced from the good-natured butt, he yielded. The tables then were turned, and Lieutenant GREER added 51. to his origi- nal debt. He then insisted on playing V a different game, and as cards could not be pro cured he gave a chance of winning back at a game with a machine called a roulette-box, produced by GREER. Repeatedly he wished to stop--repeatedly GREER pledged his honour as an officer and a gentleman that i t shou ld b e the last ti me , b ut as frequently violated his promise. He us e d th e most opprobrious language, and even personal vi o l ence, to his brother officer. He even termed the winner " a - son of a -, and a - swindler." The injured individual told him "to consider himself under arrest." The mild and gentleman-like answer was that "he would see him - first." He (GREER) continued " to treat him in the most brutal manner, thrust ing him backwards and forwards, and striking him several blows on the chest and stomach." It was not until this irritating conduct had been pursued for some time that PERRY at length retorted, and struck him in return ; and when he had done so, he was himself the person to procure the assistance of the As sistant-Surgeon ! Never have we heard of greater provocation on the one side and forbearance on the other. No British jury would convict under such circumstances, where the prosecutor should have changed places with the prisoner. We ven ture to hope that no Court-martial composed of British officers will pronounce a sentence without making ample allowance for all the circumstances. We abide the event of the trial with considerable curiosity ; but whatever it may be, the matter cannot terminate there. T t must be ascertained who were the officers who, by refusing to redress the grievances complained of by Lieutenant PERRY, tacitly sanctioned and connived at their continuance. Adequate measures must be taken to prevent the repetition of similar outrages. Oh, for one hour of good old Sir CHARLES NA PIER ! Had he been spared to the country, and placed in authority, such conduct would be visited with suitable reprobation, and we should not have to deplore the occurrence of such unseemly affairs, such scandalous disclosures. MR. LEE STEVENS joins MR. SAMUEL HALL in recommending perusal of their specifications; whilst he disclaims responsibility for what may be found about either of them, in The Repertory of Patent Inventions or elsewhere, with out his authority. He has not been deterred by Mr. S. Hall from performing a single act. He called on Mr. S. Hall to prove his alle gations of February, 1853, in vain. He promptly offered to take issue with Mr. 3. Hall on being threatened with legal proceedings in October, 1853; which he is still ready to do. And he is thank ful he has no occasion to envy any success achieved by Mr. 5. Hall, who cannot divert him from pursuing his own. Patent Smokeless Fern ice Offices, 1, Fish-street Hill, City, Lon don. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JULY 15, Will be performed Anber's Opera, FRA DIAVOLO. Fra Dia velo, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lord Alicash, Mr. Weiss; Giacomo and Beppo. Messrs. Leffler and Farquharson ; Lady Allcash, Mme. Weiss ; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OL FM PE. Prices—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 35.; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-oilice open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock. 63, New Bond-strect. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Per'ormance commences at Eight. Ha'f-price at Half-pa.c a inc. THE TRE ROYAL HAYSIARKET. Under the management of Mr. itackstone. TrIIS EVENING, Juvir 15, Will be perrormed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren. Compton, and Buckstona ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Camara lEsAx. THIS EVENING. Ana 15. Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters byMessrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Sakar; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and X. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directresa, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Juir 15, Will be performed HOPES AND FEARS. Characters by Messrs, B. Webster and Parselle ; Misses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fanny Maskell, and Madame Celeste. Followed by THE COURIER OF LYONS. After wbtch will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a FARCE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Jr/LT 15, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. It9bson, Emery, and Robinson; Misses Marston, E. Or monde, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, the popular Comedietta, oiled HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, & c. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, JuLt 15, Will be presented THE UNITED SERVICE OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND, in which Miss Harriet Gordon will appear. After which, OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS. Followed by FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CRO- CODILE. To conclude witk THE OMNIBUS. Malls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, M.; Private Boxes £1 la. to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, New Bona-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous and most Successful Hit THIS EVENING, .Tigia 11, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle, called THE' COSIACKS ; or, "%rive la France. After which a Series of Morceatrt Choisis de l'Arene, or Scenes in the Circle, in which Miss Emily Cooke and Mr. William Cooke, Jan., will appear. The Brothers Francisco will perform their wondrous feat of LA PERCEIE. The German Bro thers wi 1 exhibit their skill on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's Burlesque, RUSSIA AGAINS TURKEY. Box-ofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 4 ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Repetition of the Grand Union Fetes, under the Patronage of his Excellency Count WALE WSKI, the French Ambassador. In con sequence of the complete success of the above Fetes, they will be re peated on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. The extraordinary display of FIREWORKS, by Southby, and the arrangements of the Dancing Pavilion, having given the greatest satisfaction, will also be repeated. The acclamations be stowed upon Mr. D. Godfrey's NEW MUSIC AL MELANGE, com posed by him for this occasion, descriptive of the Alliance of England and France for the Defence of Turkey, stamp it as the most success ful Musical production of the day. The Unrivalled Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Full Quadrille Band, &c. M.C., Mr. Flexmore. Concert at 7., Ball d'Ete at half past 8 ; Fireworks at 10. Admission to the whole, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rnte DAY —Morning 37 min.after 5 I Evening 59 minakft. 5 Ib.Monnow—Morni n g 23 m i n . a ft er 6 1 Evening 48 unin.aft.. 6 TRH WRATHER.--Htni Orrin*, JULY 15. TaimmobtErma, 111 THB SHAMS. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day, at noon. 13AROMETEB, 29'91—rising. wrvn, light and variable, N.W. to N.E.—A slight sprinkle in the morning —now fine, sunshiny, warm weather. _ ( \/yam 1 §A it,. AY EVENING, JULY l5, 1854, THE. HOOD MOIVUMENT. The afternoon of Tuesday next, at three o'clock, it should be remembered, has been fixed for the public inauguration of the Hood Monument in Kensal-green Cemetery. Whoever may attend upon the occasion will enjoy the opportunity of seeing uncovered for the first time, over the grave of the beloved poet, the exquisitely beautiful testi monial, designed by the hand of Matthew Noble, and of listening to the panegyric pronounced over the dust and memory of Thomas Hood by Monck ton Milnes, the accomplished member for Pon tefract. THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS. (Pros the Press of this day.) The secret negotiations which we announced on the 27th of May last as in active operation, and the object and very existence of which have been denied by so many of our contemporaries, have unceasingly proceeded since that period, and hare already accomplished considerable results. The Court of Berlin has signified its opinion that the reply of the Court of St. Petersburg to the Prussian note is satisfactory, and indicates the basis on which the peace of Europe and the political equilibrium may be success fully and permanently secured. The Court of Vienna has declared that if the occupa tion of the principalities by the Austrian armies take place, that occupation is to be considered in the light of " an act of armed mediation." It is probable that the altered aspect of circumstances will lead, in due time, to considerable changes in the personnel employed at this moment in the transaction of affairs. It is convenient at a period of probable transition from that of active, or provisional, hostilities to one of friendly negotiation and peace, that those who have taken a pronounced part in the prosecution or recommendation of hostilities should withdraw, if only for a period, from the scene. The retirement of M. Persigny has been commented on in the public jour nals. The appointment of M. Droun de l'Huys to a post of high responsibility may be expected. The moment the armistice is agreed to, we understand that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe will retire from her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople. We have reason to believe that Sir Henry Bulwer will be his lordship's successor. The pest will require not only previous ex perience of the scene and principal actors, which Sir Henry Bulwer possesses, having already been Secretary of Embassyat Constantinople, but those qualities of con ciliation without which the amplest knowledge of affairs is often insufficient. We believe that we may announce that the successor of Sir Henry Bulwer at the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany will be the Most Noble the Marquis of Nor manby, K.G. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred visited the Palace at 10 o'clock yesterday, and remained for two hours. They were attended, dur ing their stay, by Mr. Farquhar, Mr. Deane, Mr. Digby Wyatt, and Mr. Phillips. The number of half-crown admissions during the day was 2,382, and of season tickets 3,747. On Thursday the official return showed a total of 15,614 shilling visitors and of 1,410 season ticket holders. The heavy rain which fell on Wednes day did not deter 10,476 people from going down to Sydenham, of whom 9,867 paid at the doors. It would thus appear that the company are losing money by hav ing two days .of the week reserved for the wealthier classes— one day would probably be found quite enough for that purpose, and the extra charge might i.dvan tageously be lowered from ss. to 2s. 6d.—Tintes. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar well, re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent last evening to the Governor of Canada. The Hon. John Van Buren, son of the Hon. Martin Van Buren, formerly President of the United States, has arrived in London. A deputation respecting the Highways Public Health Act had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yes terday at the office of Public Works aisd Buildings in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Mr. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, M.P., Mr. James Harris, Mr. W. Harris, and Mr. G. Sturges. THE STAR CLUB.—The members of this club have appointed Wednesday, the 26th instant, for their last meeting this season, to be held at the Star and Garter, Richmond. Amongst the parties invited and who will be present are the Austrian, Prussian, and American Ministers, the Spanish Charg4 d'Affaires and Madame Comyn, Miss Lane, M. and Madame de Soveral, Portu guese Secretary, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Belgian Secretary of Legation and Madame Del pierre, Mr. Lee, M.P., Don Rafael Florez, Mr. Pll - M.P., the Earl of Kingston, and a numerous party. PARIS BOURSE.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse last evening show an average rise of about a half per cent., with a predominance of money purchases. At Vienna there has been no very material alteration, but the tendency is still unfavourable. In the Amster dam stock-market there has been considerable activity, and an improvement in most descriptions. RATES OF EXCHANGE AT PARIS. —The advices from the continent with regard to the rates of exchange con tinue to present an unfavourable appearance. At Paris the quotation is still fiat, and at Amsterdam it is rather lower. At Hamburg, however, there has been no alteration, and money is abundant there at 2k per cent. The letters from Belgium mention a small failure, the house being that of Loos, Brothers, in the corn trade. DOLLARS.—The dollars brought by the last West India steamer were sold yesterday at 61id. per ounce, chiefly to supply orders from China. This is a decline of 14d. from the late high rate, but under all circum stances the price is considered a good one. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.—At the half-yearly meeting of the East and West India Dock Company, held yesterday, th e dividend declare d was at the rate of 3 p er cent, for the half-year. From a statement made it appeared that the shipping tonnage had largely incr ease d , and that the stock of goods in the warehouses is considerably above that at the cor responding period of 1853. EAST INDIA AND CHINA ASSOCIATION.—The East India and China Association have just published their comparative statement of the number of ships, British and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage, entered in ward and cleared outward from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the Ist of January to the 30th of June, in the years 1853 and 1854. DEFALCATION. —A defalcation is understood to have been discovered on the part of one of the clerks in the issue department of the Bank of England, who has dis appeared from his post. The amount, however, is un important. F IREs.—A, great many fires took place early yester day morning. Considerable damage was done to the extensive warehouses of Messrs. Cook and Co., Carter lane, Doctors'-commons, and the shipping offices and private dwelling were nearly destroyed. Some of the adjoining houses were much injured. Fires, which did more or less damage, also occurred upon the premises of Mess rs . Unthank, linendraper, Oxford-street, and those of Mr. Smith, oilman, Houndsditch, Mr. Hum phreys, milliner, Shoreditch, Mr. Ware, boot and shoe estof th e SOErnVIaC Or d nance Yt maker, Gun-street, Spitaffields, and Mr. Button, West bourne-park-road, Paddington. i ORDNANCEmate erda w y as a given in a supplemental Par liamentary paper amounting to 31,0001., of which 25,0001. is for th e f actory at Enfield, and 6,0001. for experiments estimates es in gun-barrels under the superintendence of Mr. Whit worth. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.-- THE DREADNOUGHT. , —Yesterday the usual quarterly court of the governors of this society was held at their offices, King William street, L ondon-bridge—Admiral Hope in the chair. It appeared from the report that there had been 855 pa tients treated on board of the hospital ship during the quarter ending 30th June, of whom 704 had b een dig charged cu re d or relieved, and 151 remained on board. The accounts showed a deficiency on the quarter, to the extent of 701. 11 s. 3 d ., which, a d ded to former balances against the charity, made the total deficiency 609/. 9s, 7d. The report was unanimously adopted. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning an acci dent happened at the works of Mr. J. 13. Edelsten, Warrington, by which a young man of the name of Ticket was killed almost instantaneously. A large grinding wheel of stone, turned by a steam engine, while at its greatest velocity, suddenly broke in pieces, one of which passed through the wall of the building, hurling the bricks across a street ; other pieces wero driven through the roof, and fell upon the unfortunate youth, who was standing at the wheel, killing him on the spot.7C4estfr Courant. MONEY MA RKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. X2O, 521,240 422,460 14,021,207 194,391 3,265,820 Increase Public Deposits 4,948,822 Decrease 366,376 Other Deposits Increase . 1,451,985 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities 12,977,237 Increase 2,644,442 Other Securities 15,920,198 Decrease 830,203 Notes unemployed 6,777,420 Decrease Yesterday afternoon there was a slight decline n the rates of exchange upon some of the Conti nental cities. Hamargh, however, was firm at 13 5i to 51 for 90 days' paper, and Amsterdam im proved to 11 17 and 174. Paris was 25 22i to 27k, being without alteration. Trieste declined to 13 10 and 13. The subject of gold mining in England has enga ged the serious attention of the Crown officers, and appears to be very well elucidated in certain reports which they have made to the Lords of Treasury, with special reference to the granting of licenses. The fact appears to be admitted that gold is obtainable, but whether in quantities that will pay, is not so clear. The Crown desires, very wisely, to give &de encouragement, without fostering unwholesome speculation ; and the following will afford an idea pf the views which are entertained. The party reporting is Mr. Sopwith, who states : " I beg to suggest that a printed form should be given to all applicants to fill up answers to the following ques tions, viz. --the precise situation, character, and extent of the place applied for ; the tenure of the surface and name of owner ; the description of works proposed to be undertaken, and the grounds upon which such explora tion is deemed likely to be advantageous. As an example of the further details whi c h ma y be included in such a printed form, I may refer to those which were drawn up by the Dean Forest Mining Commissioners in 1833. "I assume that, as stated in your letter, and as I have ' generally understood, the prerogative rights of the Crown extend to all mines of gold and silver, and that these are usually called Royal mines, subject, however, to the restraints imposed by the Acts 5 William and Mary, c. 6, and 55 Geo. 3, c. 134, by which, as regards gold and silver contained in copper, tin, iron, and lead, certain prices are fixed, amounting, in most cases to a virtual extinction of the right. "It is also important to keep in view the opinion which has been held that the Crown has no right of entry upon lands of private individuals to search for Royal mines, whether of gold as found in a virgin state or when in combination with the baser metals. " Such being the more prominent points of the legal bearings of the subject, I now proceed to the several different conditions under which it will be necessary to treat with parties whose applications come under one or other of the three classes which you specify as follows, viz. : Active circulation Increase Bullion Decrease Rest " lat. Where the gold is found in combination with other metals, the whole of which, with the necessary easements for working, are vested in the Crown. " 2d. Where the gold is found in combination with the minerals specified in the Acts of William and Mary, and which are not vested in the Crown. " 3d. Where the gold is found in a virgin state, or secreted in rocks, and not in combination with the ores and minerals specified in these acts, on lands where the minerals are not vested in the Crown. "In regard to the first-named class of mines or mine ral districts, it is necessary to consider them as being either already under lease or licence, or altogether free and open to new arrangements. "In every case where gold is found in combination with another mineral which is already under lease at a proportional royalty, I recommend that licences be granted enabling such lessee to extract gold at the same proportional royalty as has hitherto been pay able under existing leases, and this in some cases may be a fair and reasonable rate ; but I would also recommend, that upon any special cause being shown, the royalty on gold might be re duced ; and in many cases I am of opinion that a royalty of 1-20th part of the gold extracted would be more ad vantageous than a higher royalty, by affording encour agement to work mineral veins producing a small quan tity of gold, the profit upon which may enable the mine adventurer to make larger excavations, and to obtain other ores than gold, but which without this aidmight be wholly unproductive as well to the Crown as to the mine adventurer; and it is in this department of mining that I anticipate most benefit, from the recent improvements in extracting small quantities of gold. "In such cases, then, I recommend, in the first in stance, the adoption of already existing royalties ; and, upon due cause sho wn , a re duction of the same, varying as the circumstances may require, down to a minimum royalty of one-twentieth. The applications made for such reduced rate of royalty should be made on a proper schedule; and if gold mining should becom e extensive and important, the detailed information thus obtained would be of great use. Where gold is found in combination with other minerals that are not vested in the Crown, Mr. Sopwith recommends a, fixed commutation, n o t exceeding 5 per cent., of the value of the gold ob tained. Where gold is obtained in rocks, or in a virgin state, a royalty of 1-12th or 1-20th is recommended. The exports of the precious metals direct from London during the week ending Thursday last comprised 89,461 ounces of silver coin and bars, mostly to Hamburg and Havre, and 5,480 ounces of gold, chiefly to the same places. The steamer from the Brazils brings 42,0001. in specie. - The English Funds have been very quiet, but are 1 per cent. better since the commencement of bussiness this morning, the fine weather and a ces sation of money sales having a potent influence. Consols have been 911, and since 921 for transfer, while for the present account they have been done as high as 92g. The New 31 per Cents. have been 92, and are now 93k, and the Reduced 3 per Cents. from 91 have started up to 92i. Exchequer Bills are par to 2s. premium, and the Bonds of 1859 are premium. Foreign Stocks are extremely dull, the only dealings being in Mexican at 24k .13, a slight im provement ; in Peruvian 4i per Cents, at 674, also an advance ; and in Russian 5 per Cents, at 971 ) being weaker. Vie following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 61, Mexi can 24k to 24i, Peruvian 66 to 68, ditto 3 per Cents. 50 to 52, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39 to 41, Russian 5 per Cents. 97 to 99, ditto 4-i per Cents. 81 to 83, Spanish New Deferred 18 3 / 4 to 182, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 37i, ditto Certificates 4 to 4i, ditto Passive 3i to 44-. Railway Shares are rather quiet, but the ten dency is upwards, and the prices current generally exceed the highest of yesterday. The lines most dealt in are—Caledonian, Great Western, North- Western, and South-Western. French Shares are very inanimate. Mining Shares are quite neglected. Banks very dull, and Land Companies' inactive. Crystal Palace are supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Oticial List.) Business dons. 1 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ls 2i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 914 2 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills,2id. £1000 Small 4 p 2 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 674 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 974 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opaing_l9th July ~..•• ,i I 92 i i x 4 CITY. TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,500 taken for export and on speculation. The market was quiet but steady. Railway Shares were dull. It is remarked in the tallow statement of Messrs. Smith and Charles, that " It appears from a discussion in Parliament last night that the White Sea is positively to be blockaded on Ist August next, and that the allied admirals had agreed on blockading the Black Sea ; but on submitting to Lord Redcliffe their plan, he objected to it. The paper has been forwarded to the French and English Governments, who have returned answers, the par ticulars of which have not transpired. "We have to-day received advices from Petersburg, to 7th July. Exchange 375. 3-16 d. to 375. ; nothing doing in tallow. This, the political information just mentioned, might have been expected to raise the price of tallow, but, on the contrary, the market has been exceedingly dull." The increase which during the week to the Ist inst. took place in the discounts of the Bank of England was the subject of remark at the time, but it was only temporary as we find a reduction in the week to the Bth inst. The amount to the credit of the Government was but slightly di minished notwithstanding thefirst of the quarterly payments, and it is probable the proceeds of Ex chequer Bonds came in aid. In the Government securities there is a very large increase, the result, it may be of the restoration of stock borrowed, or otherwise of advances obtained upon the un issued series of Exchequer Bonds. The precious metals were trenched upon owing to the smaller sums received from abroad to supply means of re mittance or dividend payments. The latter pro bably had most influence, and acted likewise upon the private deposits and the circulation. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as fol lows : LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. NEW RUSSIAN PROPOSALS FOR PEACE. VIENNA, Friday, July 14.—Despatches were forwarded to London and Paris a few days since. They state that Russia proposes to accede to the terms of the protocol of the 9th April, as a basis for negotiations for peace, subject to conditions. The Western Powers will now have either to decide upon these conditions for peace negotiations, or altogether reject them as too vague and unsatis factory. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. The following has been received from Vienna, under date of yesterday : BUCHAREST, July 13.—The Russian outposts have been beaten at Fratcschti. 60,000 Turks have landed on the left bank. A pitched battle is imminent at Frateschti. OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. The subjoined also come vici Vienna : GALATZ, July 3.—Five English and French steamers have destroyed all the batteries at the Sulina mouth. The Russian guns, soldiers, and commander have been taken. VARNA, July s.—Admiral Lyons is cruising off Anapa, in support of a secret expedition of Admir ral Bruat for landing 7,000. THE BALTIC. - From Stockholm, July 11, we learn that the Isles of Aland are strictly blockaded on all sides. A Swedish steamer having attempted to pass was obliged to return. Sir Charles Napier's fleet, says a tele g raphic de spatch from Berlin yesterday, retired from Cron stadt on the 4th, on account of the cholera, and joined Admiral C orr y' s di v i s i on i n Baro Sound, after reconnoitring Vyborg. The Dauntless arrived at Copenhagen on the 11th. MORE TRANSPORTS FOR THE EAST. A despatch from Malta (July 11) says fifty-four French transports (sailing vessels) had arrived and left with 946 horses and 810 men, and steamers with 42 horses and 3,024 men. The Palmyra and Tonning, from Plymouth, had arrived with 1,235 men and 61 horses. FIRST ENGAGEMENT OF THE ALLIED TROOPS WITH THE RUSSIANS. The Moniteur publishes the following telgraphio despatch from Vienna : " - It is positively known that at Rustchuk from 15,000 to 18,000 men of the Anglo-French army have joined the Turkish forces, which are com manded by Omer Pacha in person, and who on the 7th and Bth obtained considerable advantage over the Russians at Giurgevo. It is believed that the Turks crossed the Danube at the same time near Ol tenitza." Other despatches says that the Anglo-French army greatly contributed to the glorious results ; also that the Russians were marching on Giurgevo, and on Oltenitza, and that a battle was expected. JASSY, JULY 9.—The number of the wounded (Russians), on the day of the 7th only, may be imagined from the fact that 450 carts laden with them have arrived here. All the accounts from Transylvania state that the Austrians and Russians are concentrating their forces on their respective frontiers. PECUNIARY NECESSITIES OF RUSSIA. POLISH FRONTIER, JULY 1 0.—General Rudiger has enjoined the clergy of the diocese to make an offering to the country. The Government will accept money, the sacred vessels, or other objects of value. It has already taken from the convent of St. Paul, under the name of a loan, consecrated plate in gold and silver to the amount of 1,000,000 roubles. ' HOSTILITIES BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA IMMINENT. A letter from Cronstadt (Transylvania) of the 2d, in the Moniteur, says:—" War appears to have commenced, or on the point of doing so, between Austria and Russia. For the last three weeks fresh troops have been arriving here. All the houses in the faubourgs are crowded with troops. Scarcely sufficient time is allowed them to take a little repose when they are directed towards the Wallachian frontier. The day before yesterday, a regiment of grenadiers from Gallicia was sent forward to Botsa. Amongst the first troops which arrived here was a battalion of pontooneers, composed of six companies, placed on a war-footing, containing two hundred men, with a complete pontoon-equipage, and sixteen waggons per company. Each waggon, drawn by four horses, carries a boat and all its accessories. A small Russian infantry corps, with a detachment of Cos sacks, has been sent from the interior of Wallachia to the frontier of Transylvania to observe the move ments of the Austrians. Ou June 29, an Austrian patrol of frontier guards having met a Russian patrol, an engagement ensued, in which, it is posi tively affirmed, the Austrian corporal was killed, and two of his soldiers badly wounded. More se rious hostilities are shortly expected in the neigh bourhood of this place ; military hospitals are being prepared here, and this day 18 waggons, constructed for the conveyance of wounded, are proceeding to the frontier. General Count Schafgotsche has been here for some days with Generals Horvath and Chollitch. Several others are expected. The passages leading to Wallachia, which the Austrian troops occupy, are : Temesch, Ochans, Botsa, La Croutcha, Feultchra, and Verechtoroivn. So veral other passages exist, but they are not practicable for infantry." CONSTANTINOPLE. Letters from Constantinople say doubts were about Austria, who, it was sa i d, had made propositions to Turkey t o t rea t separately expressed with her. Count Esterhazy had been sent to St. Petersburg with secret instructions. Her object, as described in the letter referred to, was to induce the Turks to retire, and that the Powers should remain simply as spectators. The allied fleets and a b re being s s o w on e e r r e b a r lso ougshatidinttoobe collisiond i discontented witho ten t t h e e d e a n t e ea n y o t . Letters of the sth, brought by the Euphrates, do not make mention of any very important facts. They state, however, that the Turkish army, with the allies, appeared decided to pass the Danube and pursue the Russians until they should have completely evacuated the Ottoman territory. The movements of the allied forces continued to be very active. The auxiliary corps assem bled at - Varna began their march on the 4th for Shumla, where their definitive destination was to be resolved. It was believed that they were to be at once sent towards the Danube, to Rustchuk or to Silistria. Omer Pacha was in this last place, and was about to distribute in per son the recompense due to the gallant defenders of that fortress. He had also ordered the works to be repaired as soon as possible. The Duke of Cambridge had returned on the 2d to Constan tinople. It was thought the active intervention of Austria would not take place so soon as was at first supposed. Nothing was known at Con stantinople of the movements of the fleets in the Black Sea. Nevertheless, an attack on Sebas topol was considered as imminent, though nothing certain was known of the plan of operations either of the fleets or the army, as the Commanders-in-Chief maintained the greatest secrecy. The Turkish fleet returned on the 3d to Buyukdere, for the purpose of taking provisions on board, preparatory to again putting to sea and joining the allied squadrons. Redschid had resumed, on the 30th ult., his func tions as Minister of Foreign Affairs. " The Greek population," says one of the letters in question, " has recovered from its alleged sympathies for the orthodox Emperor. The Czar now appears, even to his former partisans, as completely powerless, and none have the least desire for the protectorate of that Power whom the Turkish army has kept in check, or beaten, and whom they see flying off the moment that the flags of France and England appear in the distance. THE CARNAGE AT SILISTRIA. The letters from Constantinople, purporting to give an account of what passes on the Danube, are necessarily in arrear of those we have from other quarters. Nevertheless, they generally contain some additional information which is not without interest. A private letter, of the sth inst., from that city, mentions some facts relative to Silistria. It appears that the last assault of that fortress was attended with frightful carnage. The officer in command, Ghiritli Mehemet Pasha, had written to the Seraskier that it was impossible to occupy the fort of Arab Tabia, as the parapets and out works were completely dismantled, and he had, therefore, resolved to abandon it. The Turks resolved to bid their last farewell to that strong hold in a manner that should not soon be forgotten. Nothing could exceed the fury with which they, though inferior in numbers, attacked the Rus sian batteries. They rushed like maniacs on the - enemy, armed with hatchets, and literally hewed down the gunners at their pieces, and spiked the guns. The Russians were dismayed at the fierceness of the attack, and scarcely made a show of resist ance. They fled in all directions, and the Turks returned triumphant to the town, bidding adieu to Arab Tabia, which they reckoned on never seeing 'Due, On the following morning they were sur prised at the complete disappearance of the Rust sians, who had raised the siege. The joy at Con stantinople when the news reached there was, as may be supposed, very great. The same letter announces that the evacuation of the Dobrudscha had commenced. The raising of the siege of Silis tria was p r i nc i pa ll y attributed to the arrival of the allied troops, and the new attitude of Austria. AUSTRIA. (From the Morning Chronicle Correspondent.) VILYNA, July 11.—" P rocrast i nation is the thief of the time." In the present state of things Russia has all the benefit of the most opportune application of this adage. Had Prince Gortschakoff been delayed at St. Petersburg, or on the road hither, with the Czar's answer to the Court of Vienna, only 8 days longer, the Aus trian troops would have been in the occupation ofat least a part o f W a ll ac hi a, and such a fait accomp l i would have silenced a multitude of after-consider ations and after-thoughts. But as it is, the Aus trian Cabinet is once more hampered and clogged in its forward movements; the more so as Prussia — that is, the highest authority in Prussia—is as re calcitrant again at this moment as its worst enemies could wish it. I dare say the same high authority will comp round again after awhile, and the miser able game of " hide and se( k," and the " Jim Crow dance," will terminate at last, and finally give way to graver considerations and more soLer reasons. In the meanwhile, however, the latest Russian propositions are being bandied to and fro, and Count Alvensleben (instead of the individual of high rank whom it was at first intended to have sent here on a mission extraordinary) had the un satisfactory task committed to his care of handing an autograph letter from his Sovereign to the Em peror Francis Joseph, in which the immense desira bility of establishing general peace negotiations among the Powers upon the latest concessions of the Czar, and th e d anger an d a b so l ute inconveni ence—nay more, the positive inadmissibility—of ordering the Austrian army in Transylvania, uncle! present circumstances, to advance into the princi palities, are moat pathetically and eloquently urged, and which Count Alvensleben is charged to support to the best of his abilities. Of course, the conse quence is that negotiations on these points are now being carried on again between the two German Courts, by which the precious time for present action is being wasted ; and thus the immediate will and object of the Emperor Nicholas is fully attained, to wit, the crowings and cooings of the Russian partisans here, who would fain raise Saphir's thread-bare witticism, "It comes to no thing," to the dignity of an apodictical truth. GREECE. Letters from Athens of the 7th announce that General Hadji Petros had re-entered Greece with the insurgent troops under his command, and that Captains Takan and Philantes had done the same with 26 insurgents. They also speak of some discontent on the part of the Prus sian, Austrian, and Bavarian Ministries at the dismissal of M. Wendtland, the King's pri vate secretary. They had also made a declara tion against any act affecting the sovereignty of King Otho. The King and Queen were still manifesting a sort of passive resistance to the allied Powers. A difference of opinion was said to exist between the French and English Ministers on the' re-establishment of the former personnel of the household, to which Mr. Wyse is said to be favour able. The state of Thessaly is as follows :---12,00 0 regular Turkish troops, and 10,000 irregulars; 2,000 foreigners (Greeks) divided into 25 or 27 bands who carry on brigandage, and who have already pil laged, burned, and otherwise devastated village ; 303,000 hea& of cattle stolen, loss of at least half of the crops of the current year, calculated by a Commission to amount to the sum of 30,000,00 0 for the single province of Thessaly. A brig of 3 50 tons, seized near Volo, was conducted to the port of the Piraeus. It had 50 women on board, plenty of ammunition and money. Dr. Taxco was also on board. The brig was not a pirate, but sent with supplies to the insurgents. M. Argyropoules, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had left Athens on the night of the 6th, on board the steamer Otho, to proceed to Syra to meet M Mavrocordato. ATHENS, July 7.—Several pirates have been taken. Captains Gritzano and Moscavitis, who surrendered themselves to the French and English Commissioners, were sent this week on board the Heron, with 300 or 400 volunteers of Volo, to Eubcea. The inquiry relative to the persons com promised in the armament of the brig Thessalia is proceeding. Athens is tranquil. The sanitary condition of our troops is excellent. Private correspondence from Athens give some further particulars respecting the banquet g i ve n to the English and French military officers : JIINZ 27, 1854.—0 n Thursday, the 22d, General Kalergi, the Minister of War, gave a very remark able banquet to all the officers, naval and militarh of the British and French forces at the Piraeus• The number who sat down to dinner amounted to nearly 300, of which the majority consisted of Eng lish and French officers ; the remainder were Greeks. The French Admiral, Barbier de Tinan, accom panied by the Etat Majors of the ships under his command, the naval commanders on the station, British and Austrian, the French General Magran with his staff, the Colonel of the 97th, Colonel Lockyer, and many other officers of distinction, were present. The tables were laid under an awning in the, Parthenon, in the mid s t o f th e b as - reliefs and other relics of the great temple, and commanding a magnificent view over the plains of Attica. At the entrance lately opened by the investiga" tions of Mr. Benli was stationed a guard of honour, and the music of the garrison performed during the evening national airs, Greek, English, and French. The banquet began at four o'clock and continued till sunset. The acropolis was then thrown open to strangers, when a numerous party, accompanied by their ladies, joined in the promenade, and nt dusk the whole was brilliantly illuminated by torchlight. No guests but the military and naval were in vited ; but in the course of the evening the greater part of the Ministers appeared, together with the Nomauk of Attica and Bceotia, the Directors of Police at Athens and the Piraeus, and many other officials, and the Ministers of France, England, Austria, and Bavaria were all present. Nothing could exceed the beauty and effect of this most remarkable scene. The weather, which had been hot and windy during the day, was mag nificent in the evening, and allowed full effect to the music and illuminations. The perfect order, harmony, and good feeling evinced throughout were very striking ; and not the slightest injury to the smallest of the remains occurred, though many hundreds had passed through. Mr. Pettatrys (the superintendent of the antiquities) was loud in his praises of the de corum and propriety observed by all classes. ' The *fete has produced the best impression on both the Greeks and Anglo-French troops. The fraternisation has been complete, and the inter course between all parties is constant and friendly. General Kalergi judged rightly that such an opportunity of showing their goodwill towards their Western allies would be gladly availed of by his officers, and in this he has only added another proof to those daily shown to the Greek public of that skill, energy, disinterestedness, and honesty of purpose which have so pre-eminently distin guished him at all times, but more than ever since his late accession to office. FR ANCE. MOVEMENTS OF THE EMPEROR--VISIT TO THE BRITISH FLEET. The Emperor left his hotel at Calais, at ten yes terday (Friday) morning, mounted, and, accom panied by a few officers, proceeded on a visit to the various encampments. His Majesty was attired in the uniform of a general in the French army, wore the grand cross of the Legion of Honour, and the imperial insignia. He was mounted on a splendid chestnut charger, which he managed with much grace and dignity, and looked well, but as usual serious and reserved. On his left hand rode Gene ral Baraguay d'Hilliers, and his sole remaining cortege consisted of Generals Ducrocq, Grisy, and Dugue, Colonel 4'leury, of the Guides, and a foreign officer in the Sardinian uniform. His body guard consisted of two gensdarme in front, two Chasseurs Cheval behind, and three grooms in the imperial livery. The crowd was very great in every street, and his Majesty was loudly cheered as he passed along. His first visit was paid to the troops in the Glacis, when he rode along the lines amid prolonged cries of " Vivo l'Empereur," both from soldiers and civilians, while the military bands played alter nately " Partant pour la Syrie" and " God Save the Queen." The latter air was at once recognised, and loudly cheered by the crowd. After a short conversation with the officers, his Majesty pro ceeded to the ramparts, paying a similar compli ment to the Chasseurs tie Vincennes, and returned slowly through the Grande Place to his hotel. While the Imperial cort'ge was crossing the Place, a rather interesting incident occurred. Two regi ments were here drawn up to receive his Majesty with military honours, while the band played march. Just as the Emperor was leaving th , e , ground they st ruc k up " God save the Queen, " when he immediately checked his horse, uncovered, and remained on th e groun d until the air was finished. On returning to the hotel, the Emperor dismounted from his horse, and with his suite entexed.theimperial carriages in waiting, and pro'