The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-10 00:00:00

~ ~ , LONDON &NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN', That the Books in which Transfers of Stock and harea of this Company are registered wi I be CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 25th instant,And that all Transfer Deeds for Registration must be Deposited to this Office on or before that Day to entitle Proprietors to the forthcoming Dividend. By Order. H. BOOTH CHAS. E. STEWART, 3 Secretaries. Euston Station, July 10, 1854. TUEATRR ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JULY 10, Will be performed Donizettrs Opera. LUCREZIA. BORGIA. Characters by Mme. Caradori, Miss Fanny Duddart, Signors Ore gorio, Paves', San% Sonhiern, and Pienini, and Mr. H. Braham. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Prices--Stalls 71; Dress Circle, 5* .; Box es, as. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is.; and Private Boxes, Oae, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-Wiles opel 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-street. Notice.—Doors open at lialf-past Seven. Peeormance commences at Eight. lia:f-price at Half-past trine. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rackstone. TELLS EVF.NUG, Jura 10. Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhor. w. yarren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Followed by AB LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with THE SJAPEGQAT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza Kiwi. THIS EVENING. JULY 10, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters byMesers. 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 Saker ; Misses C. Leclerq, Heath, Taman, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Itadamo Celeste THIS EVENING. JULY 10. Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Miss F. Matkell. Followed by HOPES AND FEARS. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE . , supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IN THE LOW ruKR ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING , JULY 10, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and Robinson; Misses Marston, E. Or. monde, and Miss E. Turner. After which, the popular Comedietta, called HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, &c. To be followed by the Comic Drama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery. White, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. ASTLET'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous and most Successful Hit THIS EVENING, JULY 10, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle. called THE COSSACKS; or, Five la France. After which a Series of Morceaux Choisis de l'Are , e, 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 PERCIIE. The German Bro thers wi 1 exhibit their skill on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. To whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's Burlesque, RUSSIA AGAINS P TURKEY. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY zoo Loom GInDENS. Open for the Season. Under the Patronage of his Excellency Count WALEWSKT, the French Ambassador, TIM F.E GR v_ND UNION GALAS, in honour of the cordial and happy alliance between France and England, will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, July llth, 12,h, and 13th. The Bands of the 2d Life Guards, conducted by Mr. G. Cooke, and the Coldstream Guardi, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, will attend each day. Lieut. Chambers will make an ASCENT in his new BILLOON on Tuesday and Thursday. On Wednesday the Riyal South London Floricultural Society will hold a GRAND FL ,- /WElt SHOW ; and on Thursday a BALL will be given in a spacious Pavilion erected for the purpose. A fall Quadrille Band is engaged. Mr. Flexmore, M.C. Concin4ing each night with a "Great Exhibition " of FIREWORKS, by Southby, who will on this occasion eclipse all his former efforts. Also each evening a VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Itansfonl, and Mr. Manvers will sing several national and patriotic songs. The Gardens will be brilliantly decorated and illuminated by proficient artistes.—Doors open each day at Two. Admission, as usual, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAY —Morning 20 rnin.after 1 I Evening 45 min.sft.. 1 To•Afolutew—Morning 14 min.:Liter 2 Evening 41 min.aft. THB WEATIDII .--9 ms Orme, JULY 9. THiatmomwritß, IN THE SHADE. 66 highest since noon yesterday. 54--lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 82. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with fine, summer weather, inclining to sultry. Afternoon, a heavy fall of rain, and a thunderstorm in the distance. JULY 10. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. C4—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 95—rising. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, with dull weather, and occasional sunshine. Afternoon, rain. • i•• , '" • . 4.1%.• , 4 f% mi .., 7,, ) LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1854. The irritation of the CZAR appears to be un doubted. Our Parisian contemporary, the Debats, gives a minute and seemingly authentic and reliable account of its most recent manifestation. His Imperial MAJESTY betrays more and more, by every additional act and word, his obstinacy in carrying out at all hazard the insensate scheme upon which he has adventured. The reply trans mitted by him to Vienna and Berlin, in answer to the joint demand made on the 2d of June by the Austrian and Prussian Governments for the immediate evacuation of the Principalities— though couched in terms of diplomatic courtesy and affected moderation virtually amounts to all intents and purposes to the peremptory refusal of the last opportunity for a pacific arrangement. The Emperor NICHOLAS still perversely maintains that the religious part of the Question at issue, is entirely a "private affair" between himself and the Sultan ITL-MEDJID—a a matter with which the rest of the great Powers of Europe have no concern whatever. His Im perial MAJESTY still pertinaciously insists that as AUTOCRAT of all the Russias, and, therefore, as Protect.or of the Greek Church, as Head of the Orthodox Religion, as Vicegerent of GOD, over the only true representatives of Christianity—he is required by HEAVEN to carry out to its utter most limits the policy alretul y proclaimed by him, distinctly and res o l u t e ly, in the face of Christen dom; He asserts that the developmh ent of this policy has nothi ng a t a ll to do W it brium of Eur o isthe equili pe—that it a ltogether apart from the interests of couteraporary Government s —that it must be p ursue d b himy to the end at it matters not what sacrifices ! The -Czar. w ill consent to withdraw his troops from the Danube —but this only to the end that they may take up a stronger position behind the Sereth. He will consent to a complete evacuation of Bulgaria and Wallachia—because prudence dictates at the pre . gent moment that retrograde movement but this only in order that Moldavia may be held the more securely as a " material guarantee," by the concentration within its boundaries of the army diminished by 50,000 men since the com mencement of the campaign, deprived by death or wounds of its most distinguished commanders, and signally defeated by the Turks and Egyptians at Silistria, at Citate, and at Olte nitza. He will, however, order his soldiers to recroas the river Pruth—but this not until Austria engages not to allow her forces to ad vance beyond the bounds of Transylvania, and until France and England at the same time recal their respective contingents through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, homewards through the Mediterranean. Plainly speaking, in other words, the Emperor NICHOLAS avows that the ultimatum now offered by hi re , i n th e July of 1854, is pre cisely, "in point of fact," the same as that an nounced at the very outset, in terms of such sur passing insolence, by the Prince MENscHiKoFF. Stripped of all disguise, that is literally the meaning of the answer vouchsafed by the CZAR to the final appeal submitted to his Imperial MA JESTY by the German Governments. Wherefore, it becomes Quite manifest, of course, upon the instant that a craven and infamous peace, or the prompt and vigorous prosecution of the war—remains at length to the Allied Powers as the only possible alternative. Either we must consent to the terms still obdu rately proposed by the AUTOCRAT—or we must bring him as quickly as we can contrive to do so to our own terms instead, by a resolute and vigorous series of warlike operations—ope rations both by sea and by land—operations carried out simultaneously on the Baltic coast of Russia, and on the shores of that empire in the Euxine, before Cronstadt and before Sebas topol. There is no other path to be followed. We must necessarily either make a desperate war, or consent to a disgraceful peace. The CZAR, we repeat, leaves to Europe no other alternative. England or France alone, by bringing to bear against Russia all-the resources of a mighty em pire, peopled by a brave and chivalrous race, fore most in the ranks of civilisation—England or France alone, we say, might by a proper display of energy bring the Russian AUTOCRAT to the unwelcome but unavoidable necessity of submission. United, they may command the despots of Europe at their pleasure. What in truth upon this point is told us by the records of modern history? It is there shown by the annalist that when unaided by England, nay, more than that, when actually opposed by England, France was of herself enabled to over run the whole face of the Continent, taking the capitals of the different countries of Europe in succession, by a series of brilliant victories, won under the walls of Vienna, Berlin, Milan, Rome, Naples, Madrid, Lisbon, and Moscow—so that one after another Austria, Prussia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Russia, were brought to the feet of NAPOLEON the Great—Czar and Kaiser, Kings and Emperors being chained to the triumphal car of the modern SESOSTRIS. This—when France was unaided—was not only unaided, but was actually opposed by England. United with Eng land by a cordial alliance, Franco may surely compete with the Russian AUTOCRAT. United, in fact, we believe, that England and France may dictate terms not only to Russia but to Europe. Their combined fleets and their blended armies are now to this end most happily disposed along the Russian frontiers. If Germany consent not at once to join the Allies in their onslaught upon the common enemy—let England and France, looking only, under HEAVEN, to their mutual co-operation, befittingly pronounce the signal of battle : and, through the horrors of the war, a permanent and satisfactory peace will be insured to the nations of Christendom. We have repeatedly pointed out the total in adequacy of the existing laws for the protection of women. It is certain that imprisonment, even though attended with hard labour, is not sufficient to check the brutal propensities of cowardly ruffians, who feel disposed to vent their ill humour on their unfortunate wives, and also, that in many instances, it operates more severely on the miserable victim than on her unmanly assailant. The first point is proved by the nu merous cases which, we regret to say, are of almost daily occurrence, in which parties are brought before the presiding magistrates for the most wanton and aggravated assaults—the latter by the unwillingness of the sufferer to prosecute the scoundrel, going at times even to the length of perjury to screen him from the penal conse quences of his crime, stating, untruly, that she " had aggravated him," that "he was a good husband when not vexed," and "when he had not taken a drop to drink," or other excuses of a similar character ; and with the generous for getfulness of self—so conspicuous in the sex— taking to herself the blame of a transaction in which she had given no real provocation. The fact is that those who, by their labour, provide the means of support for the family, know too well that their wives cannot afford to complain against " the bread-winner" for any misconduct, however indefensible. While they are undergoing their three or six months' impri sonment, their wives and children may be starving or obliged to submit to the tender mercies of the union workhouse. All the money or property of any kind belongs to the aggressor, and he may so dispose of it as to prevent his victim from obtain ing the price of a single loaf without his concur rence. A pecuniary penalty has been shown by experience to be worse than useless—for the bur den has invariably fallen on the wife herself. And we may say the same of imprisonment, now that the experiment has been fully and fairly tested. The punishment to be effectual should be " short, sharp, and decisive." Not keeping the man for any considerable period from his daily labours ; but still so severe as to inflict a salutary terror even on the most reckless scoundrels, and there by to prevent any reasonable prospect of a repe tition of the offence ; and until some such remedy is provided by Parliament, it is vain to anticipate the abatement of the grievance, or the removal of the unsightly blot from the national escutcheon. As an illustration of the matters above alluded to, we may refer to one of four cases heard on Thursday last before Mr. INGHAM, at the Thames Police Court, in which the accused were sen tenced to different terms of imprisonment, with hard labour, for exceedingly aggravated assaults on females, three on wives and one on a sister-in-law. WM. THOMPSON, described as a well-dressed man, 40 years of age, residing at No. 15, Cotton-street, Poplar, a storekeeeper to Mr. GREENE, the emi nent shipowner at Blackwall, was brought up, charged with a violent and unprovoked assault on ANNE THOMPSON, his wife, who was in an advanced state of pregnancy at the time, and who, on a pre vious occasion, had miscarried, owing to the ill treatment of her husband. After investigating the details of the outrage, the worthy magistrate felt that it was a case demanding the utmost stringency of the law. He accordingly sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, at the same time stating that " there was no question that he had pursued a long ca reer of cruelty towards his wife !" So far the majesty of the law was vindicated, and the public in general might consider that a wholesome example had been exhibited that might deter others from offending in like manner, and that ANNE THOMPSON might consider herself well off in. having her grievous wrongs so promptly and decisively avenged ! But . mark the sequel ! On the following clay the same ANNE TiromrsoN appeared, but with no mark s . u f triu mph at the vindication of her w ron g s. Her care-worn aspect, and bruised and wou nded Ilfa counteuanc©, s • CICIAIy pointed out the suffer ing she had un c l e " the remedy had rgone. But, She was more severprovedely punished than her op , pressor. Previously, though enduring constant ill-treatment, sh e had enough to eat for herself and family—that is to say, children of her husband f°2. the four illegimate born before her • WILLIA3I THO marriage. [ MPSON, though a cross-grained, ill conditioned brute, still r ea ued sufficient to b • "poortith cauld" from beneath his banish had oven a sum f °- money in his pocket and ho . pocket w h en carried from the Police Cou r t to the H ouse of Correction. Poor ANNE THOMPSON, when s he returned home, found that she was without the means of procuring a single meal for herself or the hungry children of her husband. All her means were at onoe cut off, and she was reduced at once from comparative comfort, so far as pecu niary matters were concerned, to absolute want. Such was the triumph which the judicious policy of the law gave to the sufferer. The following day (Friday) she again appeared at the Police Court, but on a very different erran d. She came humbly to solicit his assist ance, either by ordering that a portion of the money in her husband's possession at the time of his committal should be given to her for the sup- ,I port of his children, or for assistance from the Poor-box of the Court for the family, sud denly plunged from comparative affluence into the depth of poverty and distress. The Ma gistrate found himself unable to make any order affecting the money secured by the husband, and now doubtless in the hands of the authorities of the House of Correction. Although an order may be made in favour of the overseers for money expended by them, nothing can be given to avert the necessity of obtaining poor relief ! The wretched applicant was a dressmaker, and could earn sufficient for her own support, although not for the wants of the four illegitimate children of her husband, but the law in its wisdom declared, that notwithstanding the ill treatment she had sustained, notwithstanding that her oppressor sullenly refused to allow one shilling of the money held for him by the prison authorities to be applied for the maintenance of his children—she was still bound to look after them, and protect, and support them. This is certainly a very one sided law, very unfair to the sufferer. Why should she not be entitled to a divorce a mensa et thoro, to support out of his funds, and to the removal of any responsibility ? Simply because she is poor, and cannot set the legal machinery in motion ! Surely the Session is not too far advanced even yet to introduce a measure calculated greatly to reduce, if not altogether to abolish, the practice of wife-beating, and to give cheap, expeditious, and adequate relief to sufferers like poor unfortuate ANNE THOMPSON. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1854. THE CREW OF THE VULTURE. The Admiralty has received the following to-day : " Rear-Admiral Corry has recently intercepted a boat off Baro Sound, who gave information that thirteen English prisoners (belonging to the Vulture), with a boat's gun and a musket had arrived at Helsingfors, and that about as many more prisoners were at some other place." SPORTING NOTES. LIKINGS FOR LIVERPOOL. That the supply of sport at the approaching meeting at Liverpool will be sufficient to give active employment to the speculative fraternity scarcely admits of a doubt. Still the racing seems likely to be devoid of interest, and in all probability no incident of more than temporary importance will mark the proceedings. The fields for the principal events will be numerically insignificant, and, indeed, the leading item in the programme—the Liverpool Cup—will hardly command a dozen competi tors. As a betting race, too, it is likely to be what the Man in the Street calls a "one eye'd affair," for scarcely six horses have yet been backed for it, and of these only one perhaps has been supported with decided spirit. Hungerford is a great and deserved favourite with the public, because should he start no uneasy doubts will exist as to his owner's intentions. He is handicapped at a moderate weight, and his past performances are sufficient to encourage sanguine expectations of his chance. The demonstration that was once made in favour of Indian Warrior, has not been sustained, but within the last few days his stable companion, Kingston, has received some little support. Taking into consider ation the comparatively moderate lot of animals that are likely to muster at the post, I have been induced to re gard the 'Warrior's pretensions with some partiality. Hie owner, however, may deem Kingston more worthy to do battle for him. This horse is handicapped to con cede 91bs., and a year to Hungerford, but his ability to accomplish this task successfully is widely doubted. For the Epsom Cup Kingston met Hungerford at even weights, and disposed of him without any apparent difficulty ; taking this performance therefore, as a trust worthy line by which to measure their respective chances, the probability is that the handicaper's esti mate of Kingston's racing merit is not erroneous. Still, at present, I am unable to determine whether Kingston or the Indian Warrior will be the trusted re presentative of the Hambleton Stable. The distance will scarcely suit Typee, and her " extra Sibs" will effectually militate against her success. The doubts respecting the starting of Dr. O'Toole are not yet dispelled. My opinion, however, obtains, that he will be reserved for the Goodwood Stakes. The betting seemingly indicates this opinion to be founded in truth. It must, however, be received with caution. On paper Dr. O'Toole's chance certainly looks formidable, and should he go to the post he may carry another turf trophy to Danebury. Of the other three• year-olds Jujube and Lady Bird are entitled to notice. Talfourd, Annie Sutherland, and Ulster appear to be the only other noteworty names in the list of acceptances. The race will, I anticipate, result in favour of either Hungerford, or the in tended of Mr. Morris's—either Kingston or The Indian Warrior. On dit.—That Hungerford has been tried since Saturday; with what result, however, is at present unknown. I shall watch the " movements " at Tattersall's this afternoon, and should any transaction of importance come under my notice to-morrow, I will refer to it, and any other little matter I may discover relative to the race. Having given The Cup the priority of consideration, I will briefly pronounce judgment on the minor events in the order in which they are set down in the programme. Lady Palmerston and Sicily will, despite their 3 lbs. penalty, be the foremost competitors for the Mersey Stakes. Of the 37 nominations for the Lancashire Oaks Sortie may be most worthy of support. Strutaway is likely to be the best of the bad lot entered for the Sefton Stakes. The race for the United Trainers' Stakes will be the most interesting event on the opening day. At any rate it is likely to furnish some fun. The horses are to be ridden by trainers of five years' stand ing, the owner of the second is to receive 10 sovereigns out of the stakes, and the owner of the last is to pay the stake of the third. An exciting finish may therefore be expected. lam informed that among the trainers likely to sport silk on this occasion will be Messrs. Dawson, Saunders, Wilkins, and W. H. Scott. This array of " talent" renders me disinclined to hazard an opinion as to the winner. For the Foal Stakes I shall select Orto lano ; for the. Derby Handicap I shall record my fancy in favour of Vanderdecken, Catherine Parr, and Peggy. Lord Alfred and the Moonbeam colt shall represent my interest for the Eglinton Biennial Stakes. In the absence of either of them, however, I shall substitute Siciiy. The items on Thursday's list I shall reserve for future discus sion. A FRESH MAN. July 10. Tin COURT.—Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince, and Royal children, are expected to arrive at Osborne on Wednesday next, the 12th instant. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing•street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cla rendon, Sir George Grey,,tho',l)iike of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir . C,,hrlts)%roizid, the:' Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir W4lifiani . it'olitiVortb, and 'Earl Granville. The Council Sat - three hours and a half. The Duke and Duchess' of Wellington, at the close of the Parliamentary session, intend to make a tour of visits in Scotland. The Earl of Derby leaves town to-morrow, for Knows ley, where the noble earl will receive a large party dur ing the Liverpool races. The Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley will go to Tunbridge Wells during his lordship's absence. DOVER, July 9.—The Count and Countess Walewski arrived here last night and slept at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel. This scorning his Excellency embarked on board the French mail packet, Captain Devot, specially retained, for Calais. The Count was accompanied on board by Colonels Grant and Streatfiold. The usual salutes were tired. The weather is now " set fair," and the consequence is a great increase of visitors and also of continental tourists. Some of the ships intended to convey the French troops are now in the Downs. Lieu tenant Bowyer, taken in the Tiger, landed here this afternoon ; report says he was most hospitably received. EMIGRATION CO3IMISSIONERS.—The Emigration Com missioners have advertised for three vessels to carry emigi.)ttits to New South Wales and South Australia. One, for Sydney, is to be ready on the 22d, and one for Adelaide and one for Portland-bay on the 25th of August next. MUSEUM AT BATH.—An attempt is being made to found a museum at Bath. Mr. Charles Moore has given a large collection of geological specimens to his fellow citizens, and Mr. F. Field has offered some important additions in the mineralogical department, on condition that the collection shall be at all times open and free of access to the general public. MANUFACTURES OF GOLD WARE.—In consequence of the impediments experienced in many of the manufac tures of gold ware in the United Kingdom from the existing law, which prohibits a lower standard than, 18 carats, a bill has been introduced by the Government granting power to the Crown to authorise by an Order in Council the adoption of a lower quality. The same bill also provides that gold and silver wares may be as• sayed at any lawful assay-office wherever manufactured. BAR SILVER.—The limited quantity of bar silver brought by the last West India packet has been sold at 61Rd. per ounce, being a decline of id. The large amount of dollars by the same packet is not yet disposed of, and, as the demand for them at the late high quota tion has nearly ceased, a considerable reduction in the ctoo F mt ; i r , t.tHe o eo F oufs C ei O n a go N ufi IN FRANCE.—There was a consider ableprice is anticipated. fail in the price of breadstuffs on Saturday on the Paris market ; as much as five francs per quintal. intrusted to Mr. A PUBLIC DEFAULTER.—There has been presented uCr inquiry o si m nwt n ao i b o t e n h se misappropriation latel e report E eg i s t ra o r f o a f ot T fi r e e c a so moneys uurryt of Admiralty. H e disapp e ar e d and was never called upon i report states that the 60 000/ He had deficiency in his accounts exceeds last . November, amid the , • given no sureties, rendered no account, cus tody of the suitors' court, and mixed it with unplon committeet: do propose ea lead d n t f h o e r the thought proper. Thef ,briescoelwvnedmiotnaesyituws•ianso.pititalsinitloe security of the fund in future. MON EV M A TM E AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 hales, including 800 American, and 500 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily without change in prices. The sales comprised 4,500 Ame rican, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 6id., 150 Bahia at 60. to 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 41d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. to ls. sd. per lb. Railway Shares were flat. The freight market, according to the Weekly Shipping List, continues dull, and with but little prospect of early improvement. The activity observable last week continues in all the departments connected with the war. Tenders are invited to be made at the Admiralty on the 11th inst. for convoying in a sailing ship 500 tons of Navy provisions to the Baltic, and 500 tons by steamer to the same destination, and both from Gosport. Also, for 300 tons of provisions from Plymouth, and 7 officers and 560 men from the river and Cork, for Malta. Advices from New York report the continuance of a tight money market. Stocks were fluctuating; flour was dull ; wheat tended downwards, and cot ton inactive. Freights were steady generally. In the letters received this morning from the Continent favourable mention is made of the gene ral condition of the money markets, but the Rus sian Loan was everywhere badly received. The weather appears to have been more satisfactory than it is here. The German wool markets have been tolerably active again at Breslau ; several buyers had arrived from England, Austria, and other places. Single clip wool sold at seventy to eighty Rix dollars. The Austrians took the low qualities generally. Prices were with out alteration. At Hamburg, the business doing in colonial produce was chiefly for present wants. In prices there was no particular change. Dis counts were lower, owing to the abundant supply of cash, being 2 to 2i per cent. In Franco the price of iron is tending upwards. There is a very flat market for public securities, for, although prices opened tolerably well, Consols being 921 4 - to 03, they have gone back to 924 A. upon sales by influential brokers, the interpretation of the political news from Vienna not being favour able, and The continuance of wet being apprehended. The nature of the answer given by Russia is such that, unless Austria stands proof against the temp tation, arid acts with the Allied Powers, fresh com plications will arise. There are many who rather confidently expect that she will refuse the proffered conditions of the Czar, even if Prussia entertains *hem. The speculators look, however, at the war as it stands, and seeing a large expenditure before us, under any circumstances, some of them conclude that the funds are too high. Exchequer Bills have been ls. discount, to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds 4s. premium. The New 3.1- per Cents. have realised 921 to 931, and the 3 per Cents. 921 to 921. Bank Stock has touched 209. Foreign Securities have been quiet again, and without any particular change in the quotations. The accounts from Spain seem still to be favourable for the Government, but the Bonds are heavy at 181 to 19 for the New Deferred, which have alone been dealt in. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been marked 39 ox dividend. Mexican Bonds are dull at 24 to ±. Peruvian Stock has been at 67. Rus sian 41- per Cents. are 84h to ex-dividend, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 59k to The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 61 to 6i, Peru vian 3 per Cents. 51 to 53, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39 to 41, Russian 5 per Cents. 97 to 99, ditto 4i per Cents. 81 to 83, Spanish 3 per Cents. 371 to 38k, ditto Certificates 4 to 41, ditto Passive 4 to 41. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Central Peninsula of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. Lond and Greenwich July 11, 10, Coleman-street. London and South-Western July 22, York-road. London, Brighton, and South Coast July 27, Bridge house hotel. Lucca and Pistoja Madras July 18, 33, New Broad-st. Manchester, Sheffield, and - . Lincolnshire North British July 16, Edinburgh. North Staffordshire ... July 27, Euston-square. Paris and Rouen West Flanders Ditto --- -- - - The Railway Share Market has been inanimate, and lower prices are accepted for the principal lines. Eastern Counties bring nearly the previous rates. Midland have receded, and also Brighton, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, and Great Western. French Shares have been merely nominal. Luxembourg Constituted are comparatively firm. The Gold and other Mining Shares have given rise to no transactions. The Banks have been purchased to a small extent, on former terms. The Crystal Palace have been as lbw as discount, and the Land Companies are cheaper. 13 RITISII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the oScial List.) dank Stock ... Business done. p iper Cent. Reduced Annuities 2073 9 4 3 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . ... 92 3e per Cent. Annuities .. 2 92 i g 4 i i 1 India Stock ..p. 230 India Bonds, £1000...... ........... ...... Exchequer Bills, 24d. £1000 Small ......................................... 5 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858 ....................... PRICE OF P 8420: per S E p I caGreNnete. n.t. FUND5 ............ TH1S 7 DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent. ........................ 241 x 41 Peruv ianP ß Po u s e D init a i u i t ve 4 n l Bonds,s3:eon p pß d s e e : Cd c so e t t ‘ P . r i ..................................... 53 8 29 4 1 a Spanish Now Deferred, 3 per Cent......,. 181 Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull ..... 50H1 x d THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening loth•j uly 923 Y d We believe that the anticipations respecting a more than usually short session of Parliament this year are likely to be disappointed. There is still much important public business to be done, and the private bills are so numerous Old so backward as to render it probable that the session cannot be brought to a close before the 10th of August. OFFICIAL APPOIN TMENTS.—Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon is appointed Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness. Captain the Hon. Frederick W. Grey, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Ilannibal, is appointed commo dore of the second class. Mr. G. C. Harrison is ap pointed acting second-class clerk; Mr. R. P. Chap lain is appointedsecond-class clerk ; and Mr. W. Follett Pennell is appointed third-class clerk, in the Accountant- General's department, Somerset-house. Mr. Edward Joseph is appointed to be third-class clerk in Deptford Dockyard. INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL POSTMASTERS.—GeneraI Post office, July, 1854.—Many newspapers addressed to the Cape of Good Hope have recently been posted in this country, unpaid, and the Postmaster-General feels it necessary, therefore, again to give notice that a postage of one penny or by stamp, upon each newspaper sent to t h at colony, must be paid in advance, either in money and that, unless such postage bo paid, the newspapers cannot be forwarded. Postmasters are desired to give the utmost publicity to this announcement. THE leisrt COAST.—A fixed light has been placed in Tralee Bay, the south-west coast of Ireland. SPECIE.—The arrivals of specie during the week have been moderate, the total being a little over 250,0001., of which the chief portion was gold from New York. The exports have amounted to about 400,0001., of which about 200,000/. was silver. ALARMING FlRES.—Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before one o'clock, a fire of an alarming nature broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. P. De Beauvoir, situate at No. 3, Park Villas, Regent's Park. The fire was discovered by a police-officer of the S divi sion, who in passing the building perceived smoke poll* ing forth from the top part. He at once sounded an alarm, and after considerable trouble lie succeeded in arousing the inmates, who all happily effected a safe re treat. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and the West of England were soon on the spot, and a plentiful supply of water having been pro cured, the engines were set to work, and a powerful stream of the opposing element was scattered over the fire ; but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen they were unable to get the mastery over the flames until four of the upper rooms were burned out, their contents consumed, and serious damage done to the lower part of the mansion by fire and water. The origin of the misfortune is enveloped in obscurity, and unfortunately the sufferer was not in• cured.—About an hour later, a fire that at one time threatened most disastrous consequences, broke out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. Fowler, pump - manufacturer and engineer, situate in Whitefriars street, near the Temple. The outbreak began in the basement amongst some rubbish over the steam-engine, caused, it is believed, from the overheating of the boiler. The engines of the London Brigade, West of England office, and the Royal Society's fire-escapes promptly at tended, and owing to the exertions of the firemen the fire was soon extinguished, the damage done being inconsi derable. The premises and their contests were insured in the West of England Office. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE LAST DESPATCH FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, Sunday, July 9.—lt was only yesterday that the Emperor received Prince Gortschakoff. The audience was short and cold. Prince Gortschakoff brought no definitive an swer, but unacceptable propositions. The Czar's definitive reply is expected in fourteen days. Prince Gortschakoff now awaits it here. Decisive despatches were sent to St. Petersburg last night. Despatches confirm the dis grace of Prince Pas kiewitsch. The Russians re-occupy Wallachia. MORE NEGOCIATIONS. We learn from Vienna, that Prince Gortschakoff on Thursday applied to Count Thiol for an audience of the Emperor of Austria, to present to his Ma jesty in person the letter of the Emperor Nicholas. Count Buol replied that the letter should be for warded to his Majesty, and it was accordingly sent to him at the Chateau of Lauenburg. The Emperor immediately returned to Vienna, and held a Cabinet Council at 7 o'clock on. Friday evening. Afterwards Prince Gortschakoff had an inter view with the Emperor, the result of which was the despatch of a courier to St. Petersburgh on Satur day, and a rise of 1 per cent. on the Metalliques, thus renewing the hope of some arrangement. Prince Gortschakoff leaves Vienna on Tuesday for St. Petersburg. He returns with a definitive answer in a fortnight. Meantime Wallachia and Bulgaria are to be entirely evacuated. The bankruptcy of the house of Copeewich, of Odessa, is announced, through speculations in corn. The liabilities are said to amount to 250,0001. AUTIIENTIC VERSION OF THE RUSSIAN REPLY-IRRITATION OF THE CZAR. The following is the authentic version of the answer of the Emperor of Russia to the last propo sitions of Austria and Prussia : " Russia accepts the common protection of the Chris tians in the shape determined on by the four Powers in the protocols of the conference of Vienna. "Russia will evacuate the Ottoman territory if the Western Powers will also leave it, and if Austria will not enter it. "Russia will keep the line of the Sereth for strategis tic purposes. " Lastly, Russia is ready to enter into negotiations on the conditions of the reestablishment of peace, provided that it be guaranteed to him that nothing of an unfa vourable nature against him shall be undertaken during the course of the negotiations." Besides the above there are two autographs ad dressed by the Czar to the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia, but these letters are not identical; and it appears that besides this the two envoys were instructed to give verbal explanations, and to make comments which were intended to complete the written documents, but which it was not con sidered safe to reduce to writing. The Emperor Nicholas still pretends that he wishes to negotiate and to accept all the terms proposed by Austria, with the exception of that with respect to the reli gious question. " That," says the Czar, "is a private affair between the Sultan and myself ; an affair of internal arrangement, which has no kind of interest for the foreign Powers, and which has nothing to do with the equilibrium of Europe. I have been, I am, and I must continue to be the protector of my Church—its born protector— against the barbarians who have oppressed it, who oppress it now, and who will continue to oppress it, let what will be done. This is an article of conscience on which I cannot yield ; you know it, and it is right it should also be known that I am ready for every sacrifice." It is evident that if this be the present feeling of the Czar, he is as far from yielding now as lie was on the day that Prince Menschikoff first appeared at Constantinople. He maintains all the points proposed in his name by that arrogant envoy, and has the impudence to de clare that if all that he has ever asked be granted he is willing to grant a peace. The Debats says that nothing can exceed the irritation of the Emperor. "One thing certain," says that paper, "is the pro found irritation of the Czar, which attacks both men and things ; irritation against the soldiers, who are not in vincible, and who are under the enemy's sword, or struck down by contagious diseases ; irritation against the generals, who allow themselves to be stopped by obstacles which they ought to have foreseen and overcome; irritation against the administrative de partments, which are not able to provide for the necessities of the army, and which have not eaten lated in time the necessary provisions and materiel ; irritation against Austria and Prussia, that is to say, against the movement of public opinion which has manifested itself in Germany ; against the Governments, who were either unwilling or unable to resist that move ment ; and against the two Sovereigns, whose friend ship and gratitude the Emperor Nicholas flattered him self he had secured for ever. On what can one reckon henceforth,' he exclaimed, if the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are wanting in the most hon ourable and dearest sentiments ? Austria employs against me all the resources of her traditional ability. She carries Prussia along with her. I know it ; but what ingratitude ! The King of Prussia and the Em peror of Austria have then forgotten all that they owe me. Without me--,without my armies—the one and the other would have ceased to reign; Alone, I saved them against the world ; but do they believe that all is ended, and that they are in safety ? If I only thought of ven geance, I would let their enemies do what they liked, and the affair would not be a long one. The Emperor of Austria announces to me a declaration of war ; shall not go to meet it ; I shall wait for it ; but let him understand clearly that, if I wish to remain in the prin cipalities, no one will make me quit them. The war, the real war, the great war has not yet commenced ; it will commence soon, if I am forced to it, and they will find themselves in ace of an army of 500,000 men. We shall then see what will happen.' " The Debats adds that the peace party in St. Petersburg, of which Count Nesselrode is the head, endeavour to calm this irritation, but with little effect. The impression is getting general in St. Petersburg that the mind of the Czar is affect od, and that he is no longer responsible for his actions. EXCITING EVENTS IN THE PRINCI PALITIES. Despatches from Vienna say the Turks have crossed the Danube at Giurgevo. The Russians sent three regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry to oppose them. The Russians havo destroyed Matschiu and Isaktcha by fire. 30,000 Rnssians have been ordered from Odessa to the Pruth. The Russians waylaid the Austrian Cronstadt mail near Kalwreshte, and brought it to General Liprandi's head-quarters at Plojeschti, where it is still retained. The Austrian steamer Arpad, with Lieutenant- Colonel Salji on board, has been fired into by a Russian battery below Sistowa, and on her return by the Cossacks stationed opposite Nicopoli. Prince Paskiewitch is in disgrace, and has retired to his estates in Podolia. From the Aluta downwards the left bank of the river is still occupied by the Russians, who are busy erecting batteries on the Transylvanian frontier at Tekutch Piatra, and Okna, in Moldavia. It is evident, from a passage in the. Oest. Corre spondenz, that the Russians do not evacuate Wal lachia, and that the Austrian troops have received orders not to cross the frontier into Little Wal lachia. A letter from Widdin, dated June 28, has the following Omer Pasha has just made the announcement that the Russians have now completely abandoned Silistria. These are nearly the terms in which lie expresses himself : You know that there were before Silistria 80,000 Russians, who were continually attacking the town day and night. In •spite of their efforts during 40 days they were not able to make themselves mas ters-of any point. Yoy. also know that I bad as sembled all our forces - before Shumla, and that I was about to march to the assistance of Silistria. Six regiments of cavalry and three batteries had already left Shumla for that destination. The Russians having become acquainted with this move ment, retreated precipitately upon the left bank with all their artill ery . D ur i ng t h e 40 days during which the investment of the place continued the Russians had 25,000 men killed. DEFEAT OF THE TURKS IN ASIA., According to a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, General Osten-Sacken is appointed Governor of the Caucasus. General An dronikoff gained a great victory over Salim Paella, at Gouriel, on the 11th of June. The Journal de Constantinople announces that the Bashi-Bazouks of Asia have been surprised a second time near to Urzuguette by the Russian General Andronikoff, having 22,000 men under his command. The irregulars, not being able to resist such superior forces, lost 3,000 of their men. Selim Pacha and Achmet Pacha, governor of Ba,toum, covered the retreat of the Bashi-Bazouks with their regular troops. Unfortunately, these two chiefs were wounded in the struggle. CONSTANTINOPLE. -A teleg,raithic despatch; dated 'Constantinople, the 30th June, says :—Admiral Bruat had passed the Bosphorus on the 28th with 8,000 men of the division of General Forey. The captains of the ships composing the naval division have received sealed orders. It is thought that great operations are approaching. The attack against the port of Anapa by Sir E. Lyons has commenced. The fetes of the Beiram have passed off in the midst of the warm enthusiasm caused by the raising of the siege of Silistria. A report from Omer Paella states that the Russians kept firing a part of their artillery the whole of the night of the 22d to the 23(1 of June, to mask their retreat. Fifty of their cannon had been spiked and abandoned by them round the place. Their total loss is calculated at 24,000 men. The following extracts are from the Moniteur of yesterday :—"A letter from Therapia, dated June 25, says The Sultan has signified his ap proval of the decision of the Council relative to the admission of vessels bearing the Greek flag into the ports of Turkey. Redschid Pasha is engaged in drawing up the Note which the Porte is about to address to the Ambassadors of France and Eng land upon this subject.' A report has been circu lated at Constantinople that a portion of the Rus sian fleet had left Sebastopol with the view of at tacking three English steam-frigates which were cruising in that vicinity. It appears that the vessels engaged in this affair contented them selves by exchanging a few cannon shots with our vessels, and that, after a short demonstration, they regained their anchorage in all haste." The attack on the fortress of Anapa, is the most important event announced in the above news from Constantinople. It will be recollected that Anapa is situated on the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea, at a short distance from the entry into the Sea of Azoff, and in the northern part of independent Cir cassia. Anapa is a place of great importance and strength. Its enormous defences are so formidable that Sir E. Lyons thought it unsafe to attack them with his steamers only, arid found it necessary to ask for a reinforcement of ships of the line before undertaking so important a measure. These rein forcements have since arrived, but it is said that in the meantime the Russians have not been idle. They have added a new battery to their defences, which carries 28 heavy guns. This is the last of the lino of forts on the Circassian coast remaining in the hands of the Russians. PRUSSIA INTIMIDATING AUSTRIA. It was reported at Vienna on Friday, and gene rally believed, that the counter-order given to Count Coronini suspending the entrance of the Austrians into Wallachia, was the consequence of strong representations made by the Prussian Minister. RUPTURE BETWEEN PERSIA AND RUSSIA. The Russians have occupied Balfrouch and Aschraf, possessions of Persia on the Caspian Sea, uuder pretext of infractions on the part of Persia of international treaties. Persia, encouraged by the successes of thd Turks and their allies, has de clared herself openly against the aggressions of Russia. The Court of Teheran has sent an extraordinary ambassador to propose an alliance, offensive and defensive, with the Porte. MOVEMENTS IN THE BLACK SEA. The latest movements in the Black Sea fleet are described in letters under date of Varna, June 24. The Retribution, 28, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, arrived at Baltschik on the 21st, from the mouth of the Danube and Kostendji. She communicated with the Firebrand, 8, Captain Hyde Parker ' • and the Inflexible, 6, Commander Popplewell. The Spitfire, Commander Spratt, was sent off with despatches (very hurriedly) from Varna to the admiral, on the 20th, leaving her clerk in charge and two engineers ashore at the time. Lord Raglan and staff arrived at Varna on the morning of the 21st, iu the despatch steam-vessel Caradoc, Lieutenant-Commander Derriman, which then proceeded to Baltschik, and returned on the following morning with Admirals Dundas and Lyons, on an official visit to his Lordship. In the evening they rejoined their respective flag-ships, at Baltschik. The Spitfire returned on the night of the 21st. Commander Spratt has completed his surveys of Lake Devno. Commander Willes, re cently appointed to the Britannia, has joined his ship. Her late commander, now Captain Dickson, had a farewell banquet given him by the gun-room officers on the 23d of June. A seaman belonging to the Queen, 116, Captain Michel, was drowned alongside onthe 21st while repeating a foolish feat he had performed on the previous day, of bringing up something from the bottom in 8 fathoms water. Prince Napoleon arrived at Varna on the morning of the 24th, and was received with a royal salute and manned yards by the French, English, and Turk ish ships lying there. He immediately afterwards proceeded to Baltschik, where like honours were paid him. His Highness returned in the evening to Varna. The Terrible, Furious, and Descartes, on the 15th of June, sent in their boats, and brought out a schooner from Eupatoria, which they sunk imme diately afterwards. A telegraphic message must have been sent to Sebastopol (only 20 miles distant), for immediatly afterwards some steamers were re ported in sight. On closing, 7 steamers, 3 sailing frigates, and 2 line of battle ships belonging to the enemy were descried, the frigates crowded with troops, and in tow of the steamers. As they neared they were cast off, when the allied steamers stood slowly away, hoping to draw the enemy sufficiently far off the land to cut them off from the support of the large ships. Having coaxed them about sor 6 miles from the batteries, our steamers stopped their engines, thos e b c u i r t the eti m s e t i enemy s thereupon o u r vessels commenced d metail.n der d en gaging them, and succeeded in striking the Admiral's steamer twice and the Wladimir once. The enemy's shot fell near, but fortunately did no further harm than splashing some of our men with salt water. Our vessels cruised about afterwards for some days off Sebastopol, but the enemy remained within their prison harbour. The 50th Regiment had arrived, and steamers with transports in tow were coming into Varna almost hourly, and the expedi tion with which the boats of the Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Paulet ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell ; Arethusa, 50, Captain Mends ; the French ships Henri Quatre, Bayard, and two Turkish line-of-battle ships conveyed the troops ashore, was almost miraculous. The most crowded transport was disgorged of its living cargo in an hour, and within another the troops wero to be seen seeking repose under the tents in their camp. The fraternisation of the English and French troops was carried to the most ridiculous lengths, and groups were to be seen in all directions squatted on the green sward. Zouaves with Guards' bearskin shakos ; a Rifleman with the head invest ment of a Chasseur de Vincennes ; a Connaught Ranger and a French artilleryman instructing each other in the numerals of their respective tongues, as a first lesson in the acquisition of a foreign lan guage. The troops and seamen were remarkably healthy, and the universal wish was for a speedy meeting with the Russians. Admiral Bruat's squadron was about to join the allied fleets ; ho had addressed an order of the day to his officers and men, in which he announces that " lie was about to place himself under the orders of the brave Admiral Hamelin, to advance against the enemy." This order of the day was received with great satisfaction by the men under his com mand. A VISIT TO THE TURKISH CAMP. SHUMLA, JUNE 12.—There are now from 50,000 to 60,000 Turkish troops in Shumla and the neighbouring camps, but there are unmis takeable signs that they will not long remain where they are. The clothes of these troops are rather the worse for wear, and their faces and bodies show signs of the exposure and privations of a campaign which for them has now lasted many months, and those months some of the severest and most trying that had been known for years past. Nevertheless tho physical condition of the troops is good ; there are but 1,800 men in the hospitals of Shumla, and among the number of these are all the wounded in the last skirmishes, and the patients that were in the hospitals which have been re moved from the Dobrudscha. The deaths from wounds and disease average about fifteen or twenty a day ; and the diseases, typhus, variola, and camp fever, are less malignant than the experienced re gimental surgeons to whom I spoke have found them in other countries and campaigns. Altogether the condition and morale of the Turkish army under Omer Pacha's command is most satisfactory; 'and, slightly as these troops have been spoken of of late, they will form an important and reliable element in the operations of the allied armies. Omer Pacha has hitherto done all in his power to promote a good undcrstanding with the leaders of the auxiliary corps ; and his generalship, tried and proved in many a critical position, will no doubt weather the dangerous rock of professional envy and false ambition. Shumla will soon be deserted. Already has the Turkish army commenced its movements, which will finally bring the head-quarters of the Mushir in the immediate vicinity of the Russian lines. On the 7th instant the advanced guard of the Turkish army, accompanied by Colonel Canon, and Mr. Meynell of her Majesty's 73d Regi ment, left the camp to occupy part of the forest of Deli Orma, near Silistria. This forest, a most important strategetical feature, though not mentioned on any of the maps which I have seen, is 19 miles long and three miles broad, and stocked with high oaks and dense brushwood. It opposes almost insurmountable difficulties to the march of a regular army, but it offers the greatest facilities to the operations of troops accustomed to guerilla warfare, who in these dense glades can play at hide and seek with their enemies, ha rass i ng th em within an inch of their lives, and yet never stand ing to accept a fight in the plain. Another divi sion left the camp this morning, and followed in the track of the first, while several other corps are under marching orders for the next few days. While the light division of the English army, serv ing as an advanced gu ar d t o th e t wo a lli e d arm i es , uses Devina as its pivot, from where it may either turn upon Silistria direct, or create a diversion in favour of that fortress by marching upon Bazalt shik and the Dobrudscha, Omer Pacha is about to remove his own corps from the heights of Shumla to the banks of the Danube to relieve Silistria, and if a battle is offered, to accept it and fight it out. His Krajova, division, late of Kalafat, is mean while advancing upon Slatina, and Halim Pacha, who commands at Rustchuk, has, obedient to Omer Pacha's instructions, crossed the river to Giurgevo, evidently for the purpose of diverting the Russian army in front of Silistria by a threatened advance upon Slatina, or Bucharest. Now that the matter is nearly over, I can safely say that the Russians have committed a grievous fault in not taking Silistria. They should have taken it at any price, and at any sacrifice of lives and men. The fortress is one of third-class order ; its works are wretched. Its strength lies in the devotion of its garrison, and the prudent management of Major Geach, the chief engineer. Our own officers who have returned from Silistria are astounded. Cap tain Symons, of the Engineers, who came in yester day, declared that the renowned defence of Sara gossa was as nothing compared to the defence of Silistria. That may be so, but since neither the Turks nor the Russians are historical nations, since the latter never tell the truth about any thing, while the former never say anything at all, the glorious defence of Silistria will scarcely be known and appreciated by the generations that come after us. I will, however, do my best to make it known for the day and the time being. Let it therefore be understood that the town of Silistria has long since been destroyed by the hailstones of bombs and shells which, for weeks past, have incessantly fallen upon it ; that the works, not very strong even at the best of times, have for weeks past resisted the assaults of a large army, conducted by General Schilders, and encou raged by the presence of Prince Paskiewitch and Gortschakoff. And yet after many weeks the Russians have gained no advantage, as the very outer works have resisted them ; if taken by the Russians, they were at once retaken by the Turks. The Arab Tabia (or stones) for instance, a mere earthwork, has been taken and retaken half-a-dozen times, and is now occupied by a party of Arnouts, who, by deeds, have pledged their word that they will never leave it. Whatever bits of wall there may have been have long since been smashed by the artillery, and nothing remains but a few mounds of earth, behind which these brave fellows have dug holes, in which they lie, and from which they repulse all attacks. You will no doubt have been informed of the death of the commander of Silistria. A shell struck him while he was at prayer. His death has not even slightly discouraged the garri son. He was but one brave man among many. THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE EAST. A letter from an English officer at Varna, of June 25, says :—The commissariat will be ready, they say, next week, and then we shall probably make a start. Another communication . states that the head quarters of Marshal St. Arnaud are transferred to Varna, in the vicinity of which the army is now assembled, to the amount of 60,000 men, of the allied forces. A private letter from Camp, Aladyn, says : " There is not much doing here ; but we don't know when we are to move on ; but Sir G. Brown keeps us very busy marching into the country— baggage, tents, and all—as if we were not coming back, to keep us on the alert ho says. We are off about half-past 4 on marching out mornings, con sequently have to breakfast before we go bed.' We have had some heavy rain. Races take place once a week ; we have made a course in the bush, rather a rough one, but it does for the baggage ponies, as they are rough enough God knows. Ponies at Scutari averaged in price from 151. to 351. Here we can get just as good from 31. to 121. rather a difference. We are all longing to get up the country." THE BALTIC. We learn from Konigsberg of the 2d of July, that a squadron of the British fleet had sailed for Revel, and that a bombardment of that town was expected. The last accounts from Stockholm say that Ad miral Napier has an idea of wintering the fleets in the port of Bumarsund. Letters from Dantzic, of the 2d inst., state that the allied squadrons were before Cronsta,dt on the 30th ult., and that the Russian fleet quietly re mained in port. It appears that, notwithstanding the measures adopted by the Government tore assure the population, the great es t t error prevailed at St. Petersburg since the junction of the Eng lish and French squadrons. The levying of recruits was proceeding but s l ow ly, an d grea t was th e dis couragement among the upper classes of society, who beheld Russia engaged in a war against all Europe, without any chances in her favour, and without advantages for her interests and pros perity. - Admiral Matuschine, who is high in the confi dence of the Grand Duke Constantine, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief and Military Go vernor of Sweaborg, and that Vice-Admiral Ler mantoff (his predecessor) has been nominated a member of the Board of Audit of the Marine. From this change it is considered that Admiral Lerman toff is in disgrace. The Gazette Nationale, of St. Petersburg, has the following, under date of June 26 : " Last week some important persons visited the localities on the coast and Cronstadt. The two divisions of the fleet are still motionless. The com munications between St. Petersburg and Cronstadt are not interrupted. The passage between Cron stadt and Lysy Ros has been sounded, and it has been found to be impracticable." " The fleet seems destined to aid the forts against the enemy's fleets, but only in the case when the enemy should attempt to destroy the forts singly. A landing in the isle is not feared, although there be in it too few troops to render the occurrence impossible. No one believes it out of the power of the enemy's fleets to cross the Cronstadt channel, and reach as far as the three forts. These latter also have been put in a defensive state. The forti fications on the western side are completed." We read in the Lubeck Gazette :—" Intelligence from St. Petersburg, dated June 27, is thus trans mitted :—‘ Last night there appeared about thirty enemy's ships before Cronstadt, at a distance of nearly 10 versts.' " The Preussische Correspondenz, of Berlin, says • Letters from Memel state that the news given by some travellers worthy of belief positively con tradicts the rumours spread concerning the march of strong Russian detachments towards the Prussian frontier, and the concentration of a body of from 50,000 to 60,000 men between Mittau and Polan gen." THE ANGLO-FRENCH FLEET IN THE BALTIC. OFF CRONSTADT, June 30.—0 n the afternoon of the 25th June, firing being heard in the eastward, the Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, was despatched in that direction, with instructions to anchor within signal distance. The next morning, at an early hour, the fleets weighed under steam, shaping 3 course for Tolboukin Lighthouse, situate on an island west of Cronstadt. The Arrogant in the meantime rejoined, and with the Imperieuse, 50, Captain Watson, was sent in advance, and soon made out 30 of the enemy's ships at anchor in the harbour. After proceeding to within a fair miles of Cronstadt, the fleet wore, and came to in a safe anchorage, eight miles west of Tolboukin Light. The Arrogant, 46, and Desperate, 8, were placed under the orders of Captain Watson, in the Imperieuse ; the Magicienne, 16, and Pene lope, 8, und er th e or d ers o f Captain Sullivan, in the Lightning, 3, and steamed in shore to take soundings, keeping, however, out of range of the enemy's guns. Tho Hecla, 6, Captain W. H. Hall, came up with the fleet in the eveu ing, bringing intelligence of the successful bombard ment of the fortifications of Bomarsund, the princi pal of'the Aland Isles, by the Odin, 16, Capt. Scott, Valorous, 16, Captain Buckle, and Heels. After three hours' cannonading the fort was silenced, a great number of the enemy being killed. All the houses, vessels, and ships' stores in the rear of the fort were burnt or otherwise destroyed. The three steamers took up a position at a distance of 2,000 yards from the batteries, and fired with such admirable precision that scarcely a shot or shell fell short of the mark. Mr. Lucas, mate of the Heels is stated to have performed a most daring act. A shell from the enemy's fort, landing on the quarter deck of the Hecla, Mr. Lucas with great pesence of mind, succeeded in launching it over board before it burst. Not a man belonging to either of the steamers was .killed, and only five wounded. The amount of injury done to the fortifications of Bomersund is not ascertained, as no landing was effected. Neither is the loss sustained by the enemy known, but that it has been severe there can be no question, from the fact of the greater portion of the steamer's shell bursting among them. During the engagement the Hecla ex pended the whole of her ammunition. _ The paddle-wheel steamers employed in takitig• I r- 7