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N EWMARKET (BURY EXTENSION) RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the next ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, on WEDNESDAY the 30:h instant, at One o'clock p.m. precisely. NOTICE IS HEREBY TEETHER GIVEN, That the books in which transfers of Sh tres are registered, will he closed from Wed nesday the 23d instant, and remain closed until after the meeting. R. G. C. FANE, Chairman. Conhpany's Offices, 117, Cheapside, 12th August 1854. " THE SUN" ON SIVIOKT; PREVENTION. —" Tliere really ought not to be any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance ; our own experience satisfying usinvented that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, and carried out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Until we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we hoat couldany form no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations Sun. Moveable , wit M oveable parts, and at such very mo d era te expense" Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILERS; BREWERY COPPERS; STILLS; CH EMISTS, DYERS, and CONFECTIONER'' PA.N ; COAL OVENS, &e , with information respecting licenses to manufacture or use the Patent Smokeless Fur naces, g.ven by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISII-STREE CITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FIiRSACES. The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. "Dear Sir,—We are gla Ito say that your apparatus quite bears out the assurance you gave us that it would answer our purpose. " The doubt we had as to its adaptation t furnaces with defective draught is ervirely rfonovi:d. our liquor copper now boils quite as soon as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of the t. "The experhnent we witnessed at nessrs.CHARISTOTON, BEAD, and CO.'S, as t o smo ke prevention, we thought at the time perfectly Succe ssful, and this imp ression we are happy to confirm from actual experience. "It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Barton-on-Trent, but should suggest that it ma y probably be more satistactory to those gentlemen to judge for th e mselves by seeing the furnaces at work, and this they can de at A ny time. " W e remain, dear sir, "Yours, very truly, " JOTIN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH. ii J. Lee Stevens, Esq " copies of official and other reports, and of testimonials in favour Of the invention; as applied to Steam Boilers, Brewery Coppers, stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans Coal Ovens, &c., with information respectin g Li cences to manu f ac t ure or use this well-established system of Smoke Prevention and Economy of Fuel continues to he given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, At the Offices, No. 1, Fish -street-hill, City, London. THEATRE 11.0TAL DRURY LANE: • Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 14, Will be perform NORMA. Norma, by Madame Caradori ; Adegisa, Madame Zimmuman ; Clotilde, Miss Percival ; Pollio, Minors Paves'. ; Fiavins, Eignor Santi ; Oroveso, Signor Arnold'. To conclude with a favourite BALLE T DIVERTISSEMENT. Prices—Gallery, 1.. ; Pit, 25.: Upper Boxes, 3s. ' • First Circle, 45.; Dress Circle, 55.; Stalls, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Twe, Three, sad Four Guineas each. THE A.TRE ROYAL HATILA.RICET. Under the management of Mr. liluckatone. Tlll3 EVENING, Almon 14, Will be performed TILE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe. Rogers, H. Marston, and Backstone; Mrs. Fitzwllllam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANIS:I DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIRE AS TWO PEAS. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 11, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Salford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss S. Gordon. To conclude with THE 0 UNIBUS. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2i. Gd.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes £1 Is. to be had of Mr. Al!croft. 15. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquariuna—Unri- Tailed Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing qever&L National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most ms;nitleent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected.' Fdll Quadrille Band, &c. A STLETS LOYAL A I.IP T HEAT RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Shortly will be produced, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE! THIS EVENING, THE COSSACKS; or, Viye la Franco. After which, SCENES in the ARENA, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the world, will have the honour. of appearing. Grand Entree by 12 ladies. The ilmon of England and France. HERR CHRISTOFF, Premier Funambnle on the Tight Rope. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Actlon, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGH r AND THE WATER LILY; or, Lore among the Mermaids. • Box-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ts= DAT —Morning 47 min.elter 5 Evening 8 inin.aft. 6 'lt-Moaßow—Attorumg 29 onn.a.fter 6, Evening 50 min.aft. 6 TEE NvEATur.R.—scs °mai, AUG. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SI:UDE. 72—highest since noon on Saturday. 59—lowest this morning and during tho night. 73 —this clay, at noon. HoMETER, 29 . 91—falling. WINO. S. to S.S.W.—Rather frosh, with heavy clouds And sunshine. AUGUST 14. 77 —l)Kest slnce nova yesterday. 63 iowe,t this raording and during the night. 71—this day at noon. RA ROM ETER, 29'84. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. T , „7....i.,-;-_,\„.. 4 , N C--A' '- \; ,1 • ,-, ':s::7=T --,- ,-;, , ;,:9.- -..- , T") 1 t $ ,- ( 4i ..' ~= ( 4 - ---- - :;-.::‘ : : ' 14,31, ~.J.-,, f-- .__..,,,...., .....,..., .4. , ,.,--,., ,,, t., , L---- - ...- . 0 which England has received the earliest intelli gence of what is going on—not from their own rulers, but from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. In this instance indeed, as in almost every other connected with the Eastern question and the Russian war which has thence supervened— France has been just one step in advance as com pared with England—the French Government, that is to say, has again, as so often before in this matter, just by one important move antici pated the English Government. Denied any explanation upon a subject of vital importance such as that of the con ditions of a pacification, denied any expla nation upon this head by their own Cabinet, the people of England are once more com pelled to look across the Channel for information. As usual,. they obtain the desired intelligence from the columns of the Moniteur. They learn from the despatch already particularised, the despatch of the 22d of July, the last masterly state paper emanating from the pen of M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS, what ARE, after all, these mysterious Conditions of Peace which our own Ministers have declared to be even beyond the reach of conjec ture, and which the Prime Minister of England, indeed, has asserted must depend upon some such alternative as the fall of St. Petersburg or the fall of Constantinople. M. DROUYN DE L'Huys has written thus plainly upon the subject of these Conditions in his recent communication to the BARON de BOURQUENEY. He has observed : " It may be said, I think, that the common interest of Europe demands this : " 1. That the protectorate exercised hitherto by the Imperial Court of Russia over the principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, shall cease in future, and that the privileges accorded by the Sultans to those depen lent provinces of their empire should, in virtue of an arrangement concluded with the Sublime Porte, be placed under the collective guarantee of the powers. " 2. That the navigation of the mouths of the Danube should be free from all obstruction, and subject to the application of the principles consecrated by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. " 3. That the treaty of 13th July, 1814, should be revised by agreement of the high contracting powers in an interest of European equilibrium, and in the sense of a limitation of the power of Russia in the Black Sea. "4. That no power shall claim the right of exercising an official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, no matter to what rite they belong, but that France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia shall give their mutual con currence to obtain from the initiative of the Ottoman Govern ment the consecration and observance of the religious privi leges of the different religious communities, and turn to account, in the reciprocal interest of their co-religionists, the generous intentions manifested by his Majesty the Sultan, without any infringement upon the dignity of his crown resulting therefrom." Those, then, are the conditions of Peace— those are the concessions, upon the submission to which by Russia, the Allies of Turkey would con sent to recognise the final restoration of tran quillity. Candidly, let us say at once that we think them a great deal too moderate. It is true they include the opening up of the navigation, both of the Black Sea and of the mouths of the River Danube—besides refusing to Russia henceforth any right whatever to interfere with the authority exercised by the Sublime Porte over its own subjects, as well as putting an end, for once and for all, permanently to the absurdity of a Muscovite Protectorate over the Prin cipalities. But—not a word is said about the Crimea— not a word about Circassia—not a word about Finland. M. DROuYN DE L'Huys talks about the mouths of the Danube, and about the freedom of the Black Sea navigation, and about Servia, and Moldavia, and Wallachia, but he writes not a syllable about the enormous and lawless acqui sitions, rather let us call them by their right name, the wholesale robberies from Sweden, from Poland, and from Turkey—by the continued lack of expiation for which by Russia the peace of Europe must necessarily still be . perpetually jeopardised. Therefore, we conceive the conditioas for peace marked out by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs to be wholly inadequate. We believe in our conscience that, if acted upon, they would inevitably in the course of a few years' time from the date of the nominal restoration of tranquillity, prove to have been insufficient for the purpose for which France and England have now for the first time in the history of the two countries sent out, in cordial alliance, their mighty combined arma ments. Never was there so grand an opportunity as the present for securing the permanent pacifica tion of Christendom, and for insuring, as far as is at ail possible, humanly speaking, the steady advance of the nations of the earth upon the path of civilisation. GOD forbid that that magnificent opportunity should be lost through any erroneous ' moderation or most mistaken magnanimity ! Together, England and France, with one blow of their two-handed glaive, may sever the Gordian knot of the Eastern Difficulty. Their cause is good, their power is immense, their capacity to exercise that power, if they list, is undoubted. Let them strike—boldly--and by doing so they can alone—and by doing so they will qffectually, justify their claim to the glorious title of the Champions of Christendom and Civilisation. Her MAJESTY very properly alluded, in the closing Speech of the Session, to the important constitutional principle which gives the Repre sentatives of the people complete control over the public purse, and which places all questions relat ing to the revenue and expenditure of the country under their exclusive management, and even the necessary charges incurred in the collection of that revenue are now properly subjected to the same authority. On this, the most important of all their privileges, the [louse of Commons is natu rally peculiarly sensitive. It will allow no tam pering or interferenee with a " money bill," on the part of either of the co-ordinate branches of Parliament. The slightest alteration by the Lords, although the improvement may be obviou.s—must necessarily prove fatal to the amended measure. It will, as a matter of course, be rejected, al though another bill, in which the wishes of the Peers are attended to, may be introduced on the following day. Nor is this excessive jea lousy extraordinary for it is that ex clusive privilege which constitutes the real strength , and power of the popular branch of the Legislature, which makes the democratic principle the predominant one in the British Con stitution. It now,. however, appears that a Minister of the Crown claims and exercises a power not merely independent, but subversive of that constitutional principle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer dis poses at his mere will and pleasure of funds amounting to s'me THIRTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS STERLING, without acknowledging any responsibility, or holding himself bound to render any account whatsoever of his proceedings. He is, it appears, at present the c 4 LEVIATHANJOBBER," whose dealings in selling out of one security and buying into another amounted in the month of June last to no less than 617,000/., and which might have amounted to six or to sixteen mil lions —aye, even to the entire funds now placed to the credit of the Savings Bank 4. We knew not that there was so influential a " bear" on the Stock Exchange. The " ursine" fraternity must certainly feel highly honoured by the rbeoco4Tiwtihoonse operationsofthedisting m ui u s s h t p edm ro e d m uc b e er v o e t: y th im eir . , portant results on the market. Can we wonder that poor Mr. LAWLEY yielded to temptation ? The only m i rac l e is, that with such opp or t un iti es for m oney - making he did as to rend er hi m indiffernentt a t c o qu a i r e r, r s o u c c o h n s w o e is a i l l t ip h or governorship at the antipodes, and to the "transfer"—we suppose that is an unobjection able thection- able phrase— o f hi s seat for Beverleyn to youngest son of " the good and excellent" Pre mier, who appears, by the way, to have secured a seat also for his eldest born by the exercise of another piece of ministerial patronage ; not, of course, from his own department, but from that of one of his accommodating colleagues. would, of course, be wrong tosayt hat, in the It appointment of the Hon. FRANCIS CHARLESi LA 'MEV by the Colonial-office, or the more recent one of the Hon. Admiral GORDON to a naval com mand, the Prime Minister anticipated any personal benefit ; but virtue is its own reward, and the securing seats for two of his sons within a s ingle month, is a piece of good fortune that does not fall to the lot of many men, how -.1 ever exalted their station or unbounded their wealth. At present, this extraordinary power appears to have been chiefly used for stock-jobbing pur poses by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the part of the nation. It appears that the Right Honourable Gentleman has, of course, lost very considerably under the operation. The cost of the experiment for the conversion of the 3 per Cents. has thus been materially enhanced by the further operations. He has, however, as usual, triumphantly demonstrated that he was correct in his theory, although unfortunate in his practice, and that a financial minister is quite correct in reversing the ordinary principle, by buying in the dearest and selling in the cheapest market. Mr. GLADSTONE has, however, succeeded in proving a little too much—with all deference to his organ, which designated the mild and gentlemanly remonstrance of Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY as " a stupid mare's nest ;"—he has shown the exceed ing danger of this unconstitutional power by a Minister of the Crown. For by way of defence, by way of showing that he did not apply the money thus obtained in bolstering up his pet securities, and " bulling" either Exchequer-bills or bonds, that he ha„ been paying debts with the amount—satis fying the just claims of the Bank by liquidating deficiency bills. These bills, it will be remem bered, were occasioned by tampering with the National Debt, and the consequent reduction of the Exchequer balances in the Bank. The pro ceeds of the sales were, therefore, so much money taken from the public purse, without the assent or, until Thursday, the knowledge of the House of Commons. It was, probably, intended to con ceal the losses occasioned by the Stock-jobbing operations of the Financial Minister. But, on the same principle, the whole Thirty-five Millions may at any time be taken for a less excusable purpose. What an extraordinary and unconsti tutional power would this place in the hands of the reigning Sovereign, in the event of any diffi culty with the Parliament. It is quite clear that, if there were " Savings' Banks" in the time of CHARLES 1., the Parliament would not have triumphed, but the " right divine" of the monarch would have been in the ascendant. We do not anticipate any unseemly contention between our present most gracious QUEEN and her devoted and loyal subjects. But there have been such quarrels, and there may again be similar ones, and we are certainly not disposed to part with any of the constitutional guarantees for national liberty by giving any Minister of the Crown the uncontrolled dominion over funds to the amount of nearly Thirty-five Millions of Pounds Sterling. Nothing,. of course, can now be done until next session, but we trust that no time will then be lost in placing the Savings' Banks funds in such a position that they cannot be used without the assent of Parliament, either for Stock-jobbing or less justifiable purposes. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1854. Hitherto the country has been told by Minis- ters that it is altogether impossible to conjecture while the war is actually still going on what may be the precise conditions for the ultimate restora tion of tranquillity. The Prime Minister, indeed, bas even replied with more than his customary petulance to those who have ventured to thrust an inquiry upon this head upon the Members of her MAJESTY'S Government. His Lordship has gone so far, in truth, as to declare that the conditions of the future peace must be left to be alto gether contingent upon the results of the struggle between the forces of the Allies and those of the Russian AUTOCRlT—vowing to the amazement 'of the entire community that the terms of the paci fication must be wholly dependent upon some such astounding alternative as that of the Anglo-French army advancing victoriously upon St. Petersburg, :or of the Muscovite troops appearing in triumph before the gates of Constantinople. • A craven avowal certainly—and one, we are _bold to say, .altogether unparalleled as coming "from a recognised Leader of the British Govern ment. • As if England and France could consent under any circumstances to an abatement of their just 'demands, or to the fact of the terms of a peace .being dictated by the CZAR of All the Russias, beicanse of his soldiers having won their way at the, point of the sword to the shores of the Bos -phorus ! As if the Western AllieS of Turkey would re quire more than prudence and reason dictate at -this moment, in the event of their combined arma ments taking possession successively, say of 'lel singfors, and Cronstaclt, and Sebastopol ! However, setting aside the morale of the ques tion, the fact of Ministers having declared the the inqui ,impossibility of giving any ans wer to ries, just now, while the war is pending, as to the nature of the conditions for the ultimate restora tion of tranquillity, is wholly and notoriously disputable. The fact of Ministers having insist e d 'icability of entering into these upon the imPracu v eagerly looked - for (and.ery naturally so look e d . for) explanations — is , we repeat, wholly and no toriously undeniable. Insomuch so that, as we have already observed, the Earl of ABERDEEN, in insisting upon the impossibility of explaining the nature of the objects of the war, has daringly maintained those objects to be c ontingent upon the alternative of the allied army appearing in St. ;Petersburg, or of the Russian army entering .Constantinople. Well —and after all these repeated anal l to say the least of theca, most remarkable assertions on the part of the Ministers of the Crown of Eng land—there appears in the Moniteur the notable despatch, dated Paris, July the 22d, 1854, ad _ (Arfssed by M. Duouyxs DE 1:11ITYS to the Baron neßoult QuENEY, in which the Conditions of the Peace. are particula7ised, are given in a detailed 7orm and categorica.By ! 314 by,any =Wu; 4c*farg occasion upon, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1854. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Earl of Aberdeen will pass the greater portion of his time at the Ranger's Lodge, Blackheath, during the remainder of the summer, his anxious and close atten tion to the public business requiring his lordship to be within easy access to the metropolis. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, in consequence of the melancholy death of Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., at their residence in Carlton-gardens, removed on Saturday to the Earl of Shaftesbury's house in Grosvenor-square, where they remain for the present with Viscountess Jocelyn and youthful family. The Marquis of Lansdowne leaves Lansdowne-house, to-morrow, for Bowood-park, Wilts, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Shelburne. Lord John Russell left town on Saturday for Pem broke-lodge, where Lady John and family are staying. The noble lord and lady leave Richmond in the course of the week for Scotland. SIR JeEs GRAHAM, BART.—We are happy to learn the right hon. baronet is considerably better, and was so far improved on Saturday as to be enabled to transact business with the officials of his department, yet not able to take carriage airings. Sir James was attacked by his illness on quitting the Cabinet Council on Saturday se'nnight. The Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exche quer left his official residence in Downing-street on Sa turday afternoon for Broadtiteirs, where Mrs. Gladstone and family had previously arrived. The Puke and Duchess of Argyll have left town for Leamington, whence their graces proceed to Roseneath, N. B. Earl Granville leaves Bruton street in a few days to meet the Countess at her chateau in Germany. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Gran worth leave town to-morrow for their country seat for a short period. EL Haut PACHA, the son of the late Paella of Egypt, had a private interview with the Queen, at Osborne House, previous to his departure from this country. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty went in State on Saturday to close the session of Parliament. At 1 o'clock a guard of honour cf the Grenadier Guards marched into the court-yard of the Palace with the band of the regiment. At 20 minutes to 2 o'clock the Royal procession left Buckingham Palace in the following order : The first carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying three Gentlemen Ushers, Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Colonel Masters, and Mr. Wilbraham Taylor ; and the Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, Major Phibbs. The second carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Groom in Waiting, Mr. F. Cavendish ; the Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, Major-General Wylde ; and the Pages of Honour, Messrs. Macpherson and Phipps. The third carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey ; the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince, Captain Du Plat ; and the Groom of the Robes, Colonel Seymour. The fourth carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Silver Stick iu Waiting, Colonel Parker ; the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget; the Field Officer in Wait ing, Colonel W. Thornton • and the Controller of the Household, Viscount Drumlanrig. The fifth carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, Viscount Sydney ; the Lord in Waiting, Earl Somers ; the Lord in 'Wait ing to Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox ; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Mulgrave. The sixth carriage, drawn by six black horses, convey ing the Lady in Waiting. the Marchioness of Ely ; the Gold Stick in Waiting, Viscount Combertnere ; and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn. • The Queen's Marshalmen and a detachment of the Yeomen of the Guard preceded the state;Coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, which conveyed her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who were accompanied in the carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Wellington ; and the Duchess of Wellington officiating for the Mistress of the Robes. The Queen was conducted to the carriage by Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain. Ten of the Royal Footmen, in state liveries attended the State carriage, and the Royal procession was escorted to the House of Lords by a detachment of the 2d Life Guards. The Queen returned to the Palace at 5 minutes past 3 o'clock, and was received on alighting by the Vice-Cham berlain. The Queen and Piince Albert, attended by the Mar chioness of Ely, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major General the Hon. C. Grey, the Master of the House hold, and Captain Du Platt, took their departure from Buckingham Mace at 25 minutes past 4 o'clock in the afternoon for Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended to their carriage by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Ernest Bruce, Earl Somers, Mr. F. Cavendish, and Major-General Wylde. The Royal party left in three of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment of Carbineers, for the private station at Vauxhall of the South-Western Railway, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Gosport. Mr. L. Gruner had the honour of submitting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Saturday, his design for the decoration of the new ballroom at Buckingham Palace. OSBORNE, AuG. 13. The Queen and Prince, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen-in -Waiting, arrived at Osborne at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock yesterday evening from London. A deputation of the Medical Society of London, con sisting of Mr. Headland (president), Dr. Tyler Smith, and Mr. J. B. Brown (vice-presidents), Mr. Hancock (treasurer), Dr. Smiles (chairman of council), Mr. Sted man, Mr. A. Harrison (librarian), and Dr. E. Smith and Mr. C. H. E. Harrison (honorary secretaries), had an interview with Sir William Molesworth, on Saturday, at the office of Works and Public Buildings, in White hall-place. The Duke of Newcastle left town on Saturday for Brighton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left on Saturday for Broadstairs. Mr. Gisborne had an interview with Viscount Pal mer4on on Friday at the Home-office. Sir Charles Waod left town on Friday for Hickleton hall, near Doncaster. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday, from the Governor of Van Dieman's Land. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The screw steam-ship, Great Britain, Captain Gray, which left the Mersey on the 12th of June for Australia, was spoken on the 29 th of the sab l e mon th i n lat. 8.24 ' N., long. 27.30 W., 17 days out, by the Great Britain ship, arrived from Callao at Queenstown. Captain Gray reported the passengers all well. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CRIMEA. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna yesterday, says ninety thousand allied troops sail from Varna to-day on an expedition against the Crimea. OCCUPATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES BY AUSTRIA. The Moniteur of yesterday states that the staff officer sent by the Austrian Emperor to the camp of Omer Pacha, is charged with the duty of arrang ing with the Ottoman Marshal the entrance of Austrian troops into the Principalities. The Moni teur represents this occupation as being in execution of the treaty concluded last June between the Vienna Cabinet and the Porte. The Cassel Gazette, a well-informed and careful paper, states that Prince Gortschakoff (the ambas sador) notified verbally to Count Buol that the Emperor Nicholas had given orders to evacuate the Principalities. He received an answer also verbally, that the Austrian troops would occupy the Princi palities, but that such occupation had nothing hostile to Russia. The Mon iteur of yesterday publishes a despatch, stating that Bucharest is occupied by 10,000 Turks. The head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff are at Basco. THE DANUBE. According to advices from Vienna communica tions by the Danube between Vienna and Giurgevo have been re-established. Great commercial orders have been sent from Bucharest to Vienna. THE BALTIC. THE ATTACK UPON BOMARSUND. A telegraphic despatch dated Stockholm, Friday, says the Russians at Bomarsund burnt everything outside the fortress when the French landed. Bomarsund is closely invested by the troops and fleets. An official messenger has arrived at the British Legation at Stockholm, bringing a letter to his Swedish Majesty. The following reached Dantzic, on Saturday:— " BOMARSIIND, Aug. B.—Three thousand French troops were landed to-day and occupied Aland. The enemy retired. The fleet suffered no loss." We extract the following from a letter, dated Stockholm, Aug. 5 :—" Something will be done at last," is the expression, half exclamatory and half interrogatory, not unfrequently heard at present in this capital. The arrival in the Gulf of Finland of French troops, provided with winter clothing, cer tainly raises the impression that something serious is intended. On the other hand, the comparative paucity of those troops, the certainty that a large army, composed of the Czar's best soldiers, will be opposed to them, and the near approach of winter, create both doubt and apprehension. That the Bomarsund forts will be attacked, unless, as is not altogether improbable, they be evacuated and de stroyed by the Russians themselves, may be set down ascertain, as well as the occupation of the Aland Isles. What are the French troops and our marines then to do 7 Will they quietly remain on those islands till next May, or push on soon to Hel singfors and Sweaborg without waiting to destroy the strong fortress of Abo, on the Finnish mainland? The mere possession of Aland is not of paramount importance, and as an advanced post it cannot be turned to account in winter. In that season of the year, too, the troops would be exposed to many and great privations, and sickness would to a cer tainty extensively prevail. Were the channel be tween the Aland Isles and the Swedish coast entirely frozen over during winter, the difficulty of procuring provisions would be diminished, but such is seldom the case. There is plenty of ice, but it is often drifting, boats have to be drawn here and there, launched at times into open water, and ex tricated from the ice -blocks, and they are not un frequently wedged in for entire days. Cases have occurred in which parties proceeding from the Swedish coast to the nearest of the Aland Isles have been ten, twelve, and even sixteen days, in accomplishing that feat ; and those travellers who in the depth of winter have effected the compara tively small passage of the Moerdyk, in Holland, will have an idea of the many obstacles in the way of crossing over some twenty miles of broken ice. Should the approaching winter be a very severe one, the entire channel between Sweden and Aland would be, uo doubt, completely bridged across ; but such would be the case, also, between Finland and the above group of islands, and how could the Rus sians be prevented coming over to the Anglo-French winter quarters in overwhelming numbers, whilst the combined fleet is necessarily at a distance ? The mere occupation of Aland by the allies would not be sufficient to inspire Sweden with full confi dence, for that occupation would not be per se, a guarantee against the patching up of a peace. Moreover, the chapter of accidents would be taken into consideration, and the possibility of a winter attack by the Russians, and of that attack being successful would not, of course, be overlooked, particularly as the same Russians who should cross the ice between Abo and Aland might venture on the passage between the latter and Sweden. Under all those circumstances, it is difficult to believe that the French landing troops and the British marines will remain quietly iu Aland during the winter season, or even until the winter is about to set in ; short as the time for a campaign now is, there is time enough for an attack on Swea borg. But is the number of the allied troops sufficient ? The impression in experienced mi litary circles is, that such is not the case, how ever high their opinion of British and F renc h courage allies will daring. Th e mora l cer t a i n t y i s, t h at the will have to deal, not only with the numerous garrison at Sweaborg, but with an army corps outside which, in case of disaster, can fall back on Abo, or retreat into the interior of Finland, ready to appear again in presence of the besiegers of the above-named fortress. It is true that, in case England sends out in good time a numerous flotilla of gun-boats bearing heavy cannon, that fortress may be attacked both by water and land, but the landing troops will be also, for a certainty, placed between two fires---one from Sweaborg and the other from the Russians in the field. As observed before, time is short, b u t it i s ye t am pl e eno ugh for making one grand effort at least at Sweaborg, leaving Cronstadt for next year. It is also ample enough for sending out more land troops, and England should supply them, but not scantily. The allied land force ought to be at 'eat 50,000, aided until winter by very numerous gun-boats ; and Sweaborg once fallen, not only Aland, but Finland might be occupied, provided , ho wever, that Sweden embr ace th e caus e of the Western Powers. That p rov i so i s no t an unreasonable one, for there are f ew persons who would re commend even 50,000 troops to carry on a winter campaign in Finland without being sure of the in tentions of the kingdom in their rear, and without knowing what kind of reception they would meet with in the event of disasters and a retreat—a re treat, too, uncovered and unaided by a fl eet. This leads to th e quest i on , What will Sweden do ? or rather, pe r h aps, w h at i s t o be done with Sweden ? The Western Powers, if desirous, as they no doubt are, to bring Sweden into their alliance, must look chiefly to its Sovereign, and bring their influence to bear principally, if not exclusively, on him. What his personal sympathies, hopes, and wishes may be is a profound secret, unknown in all pro bability even to the two members of the Council of State, whom he bound to consult on foreign affairs, but whose advice he is free to follow or reject. There are good grounds for believing, or rather it is certain, the Imperial Court of France has of late been indirect an d f requent comm unication with the Swe dish one, an d t h at t h at comm unication isnot yet con eluded. Th ere are no t a few grounds of sympathy between th e two. Hi s present Majesty of Sweden is the son of an illustrious French general and of a distinguished French lady, who still lives, and who makes no secret of her warm attachment to her native country. The present King's father always remained a Frenchman at heart, as well as in lan guage, and through that father he is indebted for his throne to that dynasty, which is now ably re presented by Louis Napoleon. All this will, no doubt, have some weight with King Oscar, parti cularly as his son, the Crown Prince, appears to have arrived at the conviction that a war with Russia would be popular, not only with the well- • disciplined army, but with the great majority of the people of Sweden. Meanwhile the Swedes themselves, through their most influential journals, are zealously discussing the question of Swedish neutrality, and are as zealously denouncing it. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TAKING OF BOMARSUND. ____ We find the following in a letter dated before the forts of Bornarsund, August 7 : The uncertainty and delay that have appeared to exist in regard to the landing of the French troops and their operations against this place may Ile accounted for by the non-arrival of the troop ships carrying the seige batteries, so essentially necessary to the success of those operations ; and it may be considered fortunate that, notwithstanding 10,000 troops have been cooped up in our men-of war for an extra week, very little sickness has prevailed, indeed only one case of small-pox has been reported. Much to the joy of every one, 12 French troop men-of-war were reported on Satur day, the sth instant, and they were most cordially welcomed, as bearing the necessary field-pieces. The events in Ledsund have been the following since my last letter : On the 3d inst. the Holyrood and Rajah left for. England, and a French frigate, Le Vengeance, came in. 4th.—Her Majesty's steamer Bulldog arrived with oxen .and sheep, having been sent to the Sound to assist in towing the troop-ships. The Locust, Commander Day, arrived with Admiral Plumridge on board. He informed Sir Charles that a well-protected spot had been dis covered for the disembarkation of the soldiers about three miles to the north-west of the forts at Bomarsund. At 7 p.m. the Locust returned, towing the Julia transport, and at the same time the Driver took up the Belleisle hospital ship. The Sappers and Miners, to the number of 20, had been inspected on board the Duke of Wellington, and then sent to the latter ship, under the command of Lieute nant Nugent. At dusk the Vulture made her number for Eng land. The carpenters of all the ships have for some days been actively employed in constructing platforms to carry 32-pounders. 18 of these are to be landed from the flag-ship, and others, and they are to be independent of the field guns. Lieutenant Poore, R.M.A., takes the command of four 121 b. howitzers, and will be employed in advance in clearing the bush of riflemen, Cossacks, &c. Captain Elliott will be the Brigade-Major of Marines. On the 4th inst. I again arrived off these forts, aed beheld the most entire transformation in the locality surrounding it. What had before been a picturesque landscape now looked a withered scene of desolation. Volumes of smoke and flame were bursting forth from tho houses and huts in the villages ; and as the fire swept along, nothing was left to point out the spot but the tall brick chim nies or the bare walls of the better class of resi dences, and the smouldering remains of the peasants' huts. Night and day the flames poured out and illu minated the heavens with a red glare, and it was not until Sunday, the 6th inst., that the work of demolition was completed. The Russian Com mandant had been the instrument of firing the villages, and whether the policy was in minute imitation of Moscow, or to lay bare the place, and prevent shelter and defence in the advance of the allied armies is at present a mystery. The fleet now before Bomarsund consists of the following, namely, Edinburgh, Hogue, Ajax, and Blenheim (block ships), and Amphion, Termagant, and Belleisle. The French have the Admiral's ship l'lnflexible, Duperre, Sage, and Trident (line-of-battle ships), that must be towed into action ; and five or six troop ships are now here. Admiral Chads has been most indefatigable since he has been here. Every night at dusk, boats with their oars muffled, may be seen quietly departing from the Edinburgh, and approaching the large fort to within 100 yards. The most precise soundings have thus been taken, and the channel that exists within 500 or 600 yards of the battery is well buoyed. The mud battery to the east is enabled to enfilade this anchorage, but the Arro gant has the honourable duty of being ordered to destroy them by a few broadsides, and then to land and spike the guns. A formidable pivot gun has arrived in the Vulture, and has been placed on board the Edinburgh. It throws a conical ball, 14 inches in length, to the distance of four miles, as I am informed. On the sth instant the Termagant brought her troops up here, followed by the Souffleur towing the Tage. The Vulture came in at five, and in picking out her moorings went upon a rock, not before dis covered. The Columba transport, being in tow, ran into the stern of the Vulture with a crash, carrying away jib-boom and topsail yard, and smashing the quarter boats of the man-of-war The Vulture got off again in half an hour. The 12th Regiment of Chasseurs were then landea from the Termagant and Columba, and bivouacked in a most romantic place. _ _ At dusi I proceeded there, and rowing through narrow passages, between the rocky islands, soon came upon the French encampment. They had k selected the shores of a large inlet, and pitched their tents upon a strip of _land where the corn and rye were still standing in leaf. This beau tiful piece of water was dotted with innumerable islands and rocks thrown about in wild disorder. Indeed, the scenery reminded me much of Loch Latrine, with the pine and the silver birch covering the low land and eminences in pro fusion. The French troops had pitched their tents between the shrubs and in secluded spots, and they seemed in the highest state of enjoyment. The men were employed in various ways, some scram bling over the rocks in search of wood and water, fixing tents, digging intrenchments, placing furze and earth around the base of their tents to main tain the warmth, fixing tripods for their swing ing kettles, burnishing their arms, and making all snug for the night ; and others had gathered round them a knot of 40 or 50 men, and singing , with much enthusiasm of the glories of the Em pire. The burden of another song was "France and England combined will lead their sons to glory and victory "—pointing to the forts. The men pressed about the singers, and energetically joined in the chorons. There was not a doubt that these musical effusions tended to keep alive in the men the fire of military ardour so essential to success in warfare. The vivandieres, in their pretty double-breasted coats and large trousers, were seated on a mound serving cut to tie men glasses of eau de vie and schnaps at two sous a-piece. It was quite dark when I left them, but the numerous watch-fires blazing forth from the rock ; lit us along the lake, and cast a wild and brigand character over the scene. _ . _ vv cannoctleve ber eoat On the 6th inst. the Ste. Louise and Tilsit joined us. The Foam yacht came in under canvass, and moored about two miles from the fort. The large pontoons for landing the heavy guts were lowered from the troop - ships, a nd p re p ared all ready for service. At 1 p.m: Sir Charles Napier c ame in the Light ning. He was attended by A dmiral Se y mour and Colonel Jones. He procee ded on board the Ellen burgh, and the final arrangeme nts were made . The French are desirous to send in four of their li n e-of-battle ships with our block ships, and for that purpose they have prepared their stern chain ca ble for mooring fore and aft in line with the forts. hebe e rr d bmirglotoeshre too u ekoi p rrf o s shs n awuci dphpamsypoooi Captain rtnstaheeotrrtiosoh Bunahgot. have a vm S peaF R u ar l issu l fy i nuos v eslti a giindaoe n dnfs , the ; Commander of th e In the tortuous and exceedingly difficult naviga tion of this group of islands, too much credit their way here ; and the manuer i n w hi c h C apta i n ships have grounded a n d one o f th e .tt S nf u oei he l hth pF i i v a t n r n a r h e g e n i a n n : b c b g wh u r . with at times only one, two, o r th ree f ee t water English in comin g here • vsulseagtabrtn: ids s ti fentoa tognui bestowed upon Captain Sullivan, the clever and scientific Commander of the Lightning. It is an error to suppose that a Russian fleet had ever found eientific XIIGIIST 7, 4 rif.—General Baraguay d'Hilliers is just anchored in the Imperial yacht. To-night the whole of the troops will move up, and it is surmised they will immediately land. The en campment of the 12th Chasseurs is now being broken up, and the men again placed on board the Termagant, previous to crossing to the other side of the bay. The attack by land will commence to-morrow. The troops in the Termagant are now being Lustily cheered as she is crossing the bay. MALTA. A letter received from Malta, dated August 7, states that two return steam transports, the Em peror and the Cambria, had arrived at Valetta on the 6th from the Bosphorus, having made the voy age in four days. They bring, says a correspondent, no letters, and apparently no news, save t h e re t urn to Baltschik of the combined fleets from a recon noitring expedition in the offing of Sebastopol, where three ships of the line have been left, in hopes that the enemy may be enticed . out. The Himalaya, with the Scots Greys, arrived on the 3d, and went o n t o V arna on the following evening. We have had no new cases o f c h o l era h ere since the Ist inst. ITALY. TURIN, Aug. 13.—The cholera has diminished very nut-li at Genoa. The maritime provinces have been attacked, as well as Turin, Leghorn, and Rome, but not in a violent degree. SPAIN. According- to advices from Madrid of the 7th inst. a Royal decree re-establishes the provincial deputations which existed in 1843, and suppresses the provincial councils throughout the whole king-- dom. There is some probability of a Customs' union with Portugal. The French Ambassador having been threatened by a band of the populace, headed by Pucheta, who asserted that the Count de San Luiz was con cealed in the Embassy, the Government have thought it necessary to send a detachment of troops to protect the Embassy during the night. BAYONNE, August 11.—It has been resolved by the Government that the constituent Cortes shall shall form but one assembly. The Government is preparing an exposé of the financial situation as it existed just as the revolu tion broke out. BARCELONA, August 10.—Two workmen, sen tenced to death as ringleaders of the rioters who entered the manufactories working by steam and threatened the workmen, have been executed this day. The manufactories have recommenced work ing-, and confidence is returning. FR A.NCE. The Moniteur states that the Emperor, desiring to visit the department of the Basses Pyrenees, will not return to Paris before the end of the month. The Empress, moreover, is obliged by the state of her health to prolong her stay at Biarritz. " Malevolent rumours have been lately in circulation to the effect that several general officers of the army of the East have fallen victims to illness. We are happy to be able to give the most formal contradiction to this report. We can affirm that since the deaths of Generals Elchinge❑ and Carbuccia, the army, at the departure of the last mail from Varna, has not had to deplore the loss of any general officer." The Moniteur de l'Armee says : It is to be hoped this may be safely accepted as an authentic contradiction of the deaths of the four generals alluded to a day or two since on pri vate authority. The annual regatta at Havre is fixed for the 3d September. It is to be under the patronage of Prince Jerome. Invitations have been sent to the owners.of boats in England, Holland, and Bel gium, to take part in it. The Three per Cents. opened on Saturday at 73f. 60f., but subsequently declined to 73f., and closed at 73f. The. for the end of the month ; the Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 70c.; and the New Loan, at 73f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,195 f.; Rouen, 990 f.; Havre, 575 f.; Great North ern, 841 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 790 f.; New Shares, 627 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 955 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 860 f. ; Western of France, 650 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 620 f. ; Great Central of France 502 f. 50c.; Lyons an d G eneva , 510 f .; B an k of Credit Mobilier, 717. 50c. GREECE. The Salut Public of Lyons publishes a corre spondence from the East, which concludes with the following paragraph :—" At the moment of closing my letter important news was communi cated to me from Athens. The Ministry is openly struggling with the King. A part of the popula tion supports the Ministry and the allied powers. The Observateur and Siecle have published articles against Otho so violent that the Minister of Police could not do otherwise than arrest the .editors. The French Minister, M. Forth Rouen, paid a visit of condolence to them in prison. On hearing , this, the Government set them at liberty. A re volution against the Ding is expected." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 3d ; Cadiz, 4th ; Lisbon, 9th; Oporto, 10th ; and Vigo, 11th inst. At Lisbon, exchanie On London was quoted at 54/ to 54; ' • Lisbon Bank notes 2 per cent. discount. At Oporto, exchange, 541 to 55 for bills at 90 days ; wine freights, 30s. The wino disease had made great havoc, but the last accounts were rather more favourable. The crop of Indian corn was good. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). The August session of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., Alderman Farncombe, Sir R. W. Carden, and the sheriffs, under sheriffs, &c. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 123 prisoners, and the session will in all probability last the whole of the week. Mr. Gurney delivered a very brief charge to the grand jury, in which he congratulated them on the absence of charges of violence to the person, there being only one case of that description in the calendar. The only charge of novelty was one arising out of a recent act of Parlia ment, in which a prisoner was charged with having house breaking implements in his possession without lawful excuse, and he said that when the fact of having the instruments was proved, it was for the prisoner him self to make out the lawful excuse, the object of this act being the prevention of crimes of this description. The grand jury then retired. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN ENGINE MEN. It is worthy of notice that out of a staff of about 140 engine-drivers and 140 firemen employed on the southern division of the London and North-Western Railway, about 50 drivers and 50 firemen only have struck work at the present time ; and that not only have the regular engine-drivers of the company on all the branch lines, and those at Camden and Wolverton (two of the largest stations), with the exception of one man, remained at their duty, but that also a large number of the extra and occasional drivers employed at Wolverton came forward and volunteered with great promptitude and the best of feeling to do the work of the men on the strike. We are glad to find that this improper attempt to in terfere with and impede the public traffic on this line has been promptly and successfully met by the good and faithful conduct of the officers and other old servants in the service of the company, and that the trains have continued to bo worked with great regularity. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug.l4.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light brreze, and fine, but cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 13.—Wind, S. to S.S.E. Arrived— Abegail, from Quebec. Sailed — Albemarie, for Adelaide, S.A. ; Jamaica, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug. 13.--Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Lon don, from Akyab ; Beatrice, do. ; Margaret Hodgson, Sierra Leone; Mattas, Bahia; Maria Louisa, Ffavannah ; Ed win Matanzas ; Ariadne, Hava.nnah ; Elizabeth Har rison, Porto Rico ; Brutus, Quebec, for Truro ; Polar Star, London, for New Zealand. COWES, Aug. 13. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Skiold, from Bahia ; Golden Era, New Orleans, and sailed for Memel ; St. Louis (s), New York, and sailed for Havre ; Chieftain, Quebec. PLYMOUTHN, Aug. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Leonard Dobbin, from Quebec ' • Princess Roy a l, M on t e Vid eo. PERNAMBUCO, July 22.—The Cambria (British barque), from Cardiff to St. Helena, put in here, leaky, and has been surveyed. BOMBAY, July I.—The Euterpe sailed hence for Liver pool, June 9, and is reported to have been wrecked near Kundapore (below Goa) ; master, mate, steward, and all, except five of the crew, drowned. 1,100 bales of cotton from her had washed ashore. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, M. Wind, W. N. W. ; fresh, and fine. Monday, 11.15 A. Arrived—Success, from Rio de la Hache ; Brazilian, St. Stephen's, N. B. ; J ames Whi te, New Orleans ; Nes tor, Iquique; Ultonia, Quebec; Tucker, Casa Bianca; Conqueror, Mobile ; Venus, New York ; Ocean, Mar seilles. Sailed—Seringapatam, for Singapore ; Undaunted, for New York. Off Port—Charles Holmes, from New Orleans ; Precur sor, Earl of Mulgrave, Majestic, and Adeline. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 11 a.m. Wind, W.S.W ; tide, four hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived—Paris and London (s), from Paris ; Marie, Lckker. THE BOARD OF HEALTH.—Sir Benjamin Hall trans acted business for the first time on Friday, at the General Board of Health, Whitehall. The hon. baronet has ap pointed Wr. Arthur Berrington to act as bis private secretary, and has continued Mr. Taylor as secretary of the board. The staff of the office is completed with the exception of the inspectors. Dr. Sutherland and Dr. Granger will be immediately employed as Medical In spectors, to act for the metropolis, and to confer with the various local authorities in all measures for arresting the spread of the disease. —Observer. A CASE FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.—There is now in Portsmouth Harbour a vessel, on board of which the vilest treatment has been given to officers and men for some time. As a specimen of the conduct pursued to wards the former, we merely instance a by no means solitary case of one of them, in uniform, on the quar ter-deck, having been called a " liar and blackguard" by another officer, and in the presence of the commander and others, who did not interfere ; and as regards the latter, between 4,000 and 5,000 lashes aro reported to have been served ou t d ur i ng the vessel ' s commission. One quarterly return, if faithfully made, should contain (we are informed) 2,000 or more lashes—some of the crew have had as many as upwards of twelve dozen each —many of the crew deserted, and among them three Marines (an unheard of thing to notice in this loyal and patriotic corps), one of whom is a general officer now in the rebel army in China; another was shot in the ranks of the Imperal army in the same warfare, All three belonged to the Artillery corps, and their names are Lamburn, Pattison, and Shea. The account of these sanguinary inflictions will most probadly not appear in the return moved for by Mr. Hume .n the House of Commons on Wednesday night.—Hampshire Advertiser and Portsmouth Herald. The !Emigration Commissioners brve chartered the William Hammond, to sail from Plymouth for Hobart Town, on the 19th September ; the Wacousta, to sail from Plymouth for Sydney, on the ltd of September ; and the Star Queen, to sail fion Southampton for Adelaide, on the 22d of September. —(Twls DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday Wee very scantily supplied with wheat; yet the demand foray kinds was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices' Barley and malt had a downward tendency. Beans, Pa"? and flour command very little attention. The latest advices from New York state that flour Iva firm, and rather dearer. The Baltic French and Mediter ranoan markets have been dull and drooping for most ar• titles. Very moderate supplies of English grain were receive d up to our market last week. The imports amounted 21,837 quart ers o f w h ea t , 10,084 barley, 22,315 oats, rye, 436 p eas , 15 t ares, 4 , 174 li nseed, 643 ra peseed, 33 sundry seed s , 2,616 sac k s an d 5 , 999 b arre l s o f fl o ur. A very limit e d quan t i t y o f o ld E ng li s h w h e at was re ceived fre s h u p t o our - mar k et to - day coastw i se an d by land carriage; but th ere were a b ou t 150 quar ters of the pres ent year's growth on offer from Essex, Kent, and Sussex, ill excellent condition. These parcels changed hands at from 64s to 75s p er quar t er —th e l atter quotat i on being for Talavera. The first parcels of new corn offered at t he corresponding market day in 1853, and realised from 50e to 63s per q uar t er . For all kinds, the demand wa s in a dull state, notwithstanding that very unfavourable poem" came to hand respecting the progress of the otato dismiss, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of is per quarter. bou The show of fo re i gn w h ea t was t o l era bl y good. .A. an average busine ss was t ransac t e d i n goo d a nd 8n 3 41 parcels on lower ter ms . All ot h er ki n d s were dull, an d 2s per quarter cheaper. No English barley was at market, but the show : of foreig n _ was larger. The trade ru l e d heavy, at from is to 2s Per quarter less money. The inquiry for malt was i n a depressed state, and th e quotations were the turn i n favour of buyers. The trade was heavy, but no m a t er i a l c h ange took Pla ce value. The few beans on offer met a dull inquiry, and P r e - - showed a tendency to decline. In peas, so little was doing that the quotations W e almost nominal. Indian corn was held at full quotations. The flour trade was dull. In prices, however, v ery little change took place. CURRENCY PER Di Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red ...• new 64s to 763 Ditt0........... old 645 77a unto, White new 68s 78s Ditt0........ old 68s 78s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 66s 74s Ditto new ...• •• 66s 74s Rve—Old 505 bls New ......•• •• •• 508 Ms Ba:ley—Grinding..... 31s 35a Malting ......• —s —s Chevalier.... ••• —s —s qalt—SnffolkandNor •• •• •• 665 71s 3rown .•............. 60s 628 KlustonandWare 73s 74s :PERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier • • .. 745 0 75 1 Oats Yorkshie and Lineoinsh., r Feed 283 3 ,i g Potato 309 3 v° Yonghal and Cork Black. 275 3 " Cork, White 281 Scotch, Feed..... 335 b 0;; Beans—Tick • • 435 585 Pigeons. 47 469 Peas—Grey „ 445 519 Maple . .......... 465 White... ...... • . 54s 58i Boilers .... ••• .• 565 e n Floor—Town-mado. 58° iTri Suffolk 5 Al Btocktn & Norfolk 509 E. • SMITHFIELD. We were well supplied with f o reign stock, the clu alit°l of which was very inferior. The dcmand for all kw' heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of _beset! fresh up to-day were seasonably good, and we obser"' decided improvement in their quality. wse - Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyer s 4 good, the beef trade was in a very sluggish s tate, •• . ..1 decline in the quotations of fully 2d per 81bs, con3,,AP6no"'r with Monday last. The top figure for beef was 4 31 ' r ds Wes 81bs. and The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire' Northamptonshire amounted to 2,300 shorthorns ; fr om other parts of England, 400 of various kinds; a nd -r Scotland, 110 Scots. in to The supply of sheep was good, and most kinds ea — 0 6 ,„ hand iu fair average condition. Prime old Dow ns °l o de off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the mu tton t was in a sluggish state , at barely last week's curren°P ".„,10 We were well supplied , with lambs. The trade heavy, at Friday's decline in value of 2d per Os• t r ade The supply of calves w a s ex t ens ive ; and the vela was very depressed, at f rom 6d t o 8d per 81bs beneath Isasv Monday's prices. Pigs were in good supply and heavy rates. nted The total imports of foreign stock last week ern° tl- re to 8,933 head. In the corresponding week in 185 3 Is6o, ceived. 8,104 ; in 1852, 8,695 ; in 1851, 6,660 !_,• in / 260 6,250 ; in 1849, 5,152 ; in 1848, 4,342 ; and in 16•1 1 1 " head. request, at laic IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WM. From Beasts. Sh e ep. Lambs. Calves. rig/...: Ilamburgh 104 ... 1,596 ... ••• ---- '. 57 0 Harlingen ... 2lO ... 1,092 ... 86 ••• 191 ••• 09 Rotterdam 447 ... 2,713 ••• , ••• 477 - _-• Bromvershaveu ... 102 ... ..• 24 •-•-• .•• Calais .. Dordt... ..... 42 ... Tonningen 224 ... Tonning Bremen l9l ... Carrel Oporto ; 12 ••• -....- 27 ... ... ... 91 ... _ ... - ... 300 ... 75 ..• ~- ~ --- • •• ... ___ 599 Total ... 1,525 ... 5,814 ... 161 ... 704 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under ..,.. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 691 1853 ...1,209 ... 4,696 ... 886 ... 622 ... go t 852 .1,267 ... 5,704 ... 78 7 ... 567 ... 67 1951 943 . 7,169 ..-; 53g ... 08 ... "0 1850 1,192 _. 4,834 _. 696 _. 495 ... 31 1849 704 _. 3,960 _. 248 _. 209 ... Per Bibs to sink the arab. s. d. s. d.' ..3 4to 3 6 .3 8 4 C 4 2 4 6' 4 8 410, .3 6 3 .3 1 , 1 4 0, .4 2 4 8, s. d. 0 a (Prime Southdown 410 a s Large crse. calves 3 0 3 4 Prime small d 0.., 310 4 $ Large hogs 3 0 4 Small porkers 4 4 4 11 0 t Sucklingealves ..22 0 2 9 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 2 7 4s 2LI to 5s 4d. FOREIGN suvrtiv• b 863 Beasts ......... .• ••• • •• :010 Inferior Beasts... Second quality... Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c. Inferior Sheep .. Second quality Prime crse.-wiled, Lambs..., TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ..•• .• ............ 4,436 sheep. ...................32,c,99 Sheep .. •• ...... •• •• •• ••" ° l9l Clives ..... ............. 443 Calves • .... •• ...• •• " 10 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ? oi , stock exhibits lk and sold in Smithfield Cattle Marko , 14, Monday, Aug. 5, 1853, and this day, Monday, Aug' 1854. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. 1854 ' 15 Aug. , 1853. lAug.1 4 • 0. a B. d. s. d.;s. d. 3 6 3 oto 3 4 ' 3 4 t 0 4 0 3 6 3 83 ,1 4 6 310 4 o'4 2 41 0 4 2 4 4 4 8 3 8 3 6 310 3 ,° 4 0 4 0 4 4,3 10 ' , 5 4 6 4 B'4 ° 410 5 0,4 10 . 5 4 410 5 10' 4 3.8 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality ditto Prime coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto Lambs ... Large coarse calves 3 4 4 4 i Prime small ditto ::: 4 2 4 8 1 0 0 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 63 4 4 5 Neat small porkers o'4 4 4,536 Beasts , 4021 32, 6" Sheep . 3 2,240 4 4 3 ••• ••• •••360 355 410 ▪ ••• Pigs• ••• ••• ••• sbe e P a j u l e a zz ON SALE 1852.—Beasts,cAaluv• g•e.,165,06;pig5, 4, 33 5' 32 930; Aug. 18, 1851.—Beasts, s 4,267 ; sheep and lambs, ' calves, 363 ; pigs, 380. NEWGATE AND LEADENEIALL n our Since our last report these markets have been Ylf. cier ed• plied with each kind of meat, the time of year caep l o the Gcner lily speaking, the trade h a s ruled inact ive° following terms : Per 81bs by the carcase. d. 6 s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 - 4 Do., middling 36 3 8 D o . , ..... 3 4 " Do., prime large 3lO 4 2 Do. rime ......... 4 4 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Vea1....... ‘ , 9 a; - Pork, large 3 2 4 0 P or k, sma ll .......• 4 Lamb 4s Od to 5s 21. BOROUGH HOP. t i t The plantation accounts are ver conflicting, 1,, e was evident that the growth will be ver y limited. The Id the here is inactive, at barely last week's y currenci, and duty is called 55,0001. Last week's imports w h r o e r gb,_Li viz., 24 bales from Dunkirk, 397 from Ha m em from Rotterdam, 217 from Ostend, 5 from 11 from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, I WO 161. Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 14/. 12s; ditto, ill. Os to 131. 13s per cwt. Bouloga 0 . to BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS• ;t 1•1011 Vag a These markets are extensively supplied h have, potatoes, but the show of foreign is limited. "6d W good demand for all kinds, as follows :—SI IO/8 ' i Regents, 63 to 5s 6d per cwt. ; foreign, 4s to 48 rj:',oo" ket. The imports last week were, 30 baskets fre,, 15 barrels from Cork, and 20 baskets from Rotteraaqa WOOL. The public sales have now been brought 3 el°3e. '111011P: mu , foil 0 , wards of 60,000 bales sold at very full prices. m` v , Cl .o es ing quotations were paid last week :—SY dne ' l l.o is 6,1 to is 66 sheep's, is 3d to 9d ; handwashed ditto, t o to 0 clothing, is 7d to is 10d ; locks and pieces, lus - , IB to greasy, 9d. to lOid. New Zealand—Clean sb e fra 's ; ba to is 10d ; lambs', is 4d to is Sid ; other k, 113 ,:eottre ls 2d. Adelaide—Clean sheep's, is 2d to 1 8 ° ditto, is 4d to Is 8d ; mixed, 10d to is 2d • w a ged, 'L e. ; 11d. Cape—Clean sheep's, is ld to is 5d ' ' as,urto" 1 0 ni 8d to ls. Portland Bly—Clean sheep's, ' is ' 1 “ "'" other kinds, 9d to s 3d. P or t hi—Clean 8d to 2s Od • lambs', Is 8d to 2s 3 p cl; l c iplothingge;lo r b ' 8d to is 6cl ' . Launceston—Clean sheep's, is 6d Pe r lambs', is 6d to is 10d ; o th er kinds, 6d to VI" v alue; The demand by priv a t e con t rac t is steady, and "-,s Jive"' English wool has an upw a rd tendency. Last we el i c 3 „ s sors' tations were-928 bales from Bombay, 60 fr au d 582 fr °lll 214 from Hamburgh, 1,500 from Adelaide, sti es o f eg .. Melbourne. The following are the current rAb t a l s to I° l d d lish :—Down tegs, is to is lid ; half-breds, 11 1 0 .18 - c t ewes, clothing, lld to is 0d ; Kent fleeces', i s 1.! combinc , skins, lid to is 1d ; flannel wool, lid to 1 11 blanket wool, 8d to is Id; and Leicester fleeces Oid per lb. SEEDS. A fool h d Calcutta and Madras linseed has changed forfersver 60s to 61s ; Bombay, 62s ; and Black Sea 5 56 t° delivery, 61s per qr. Calcutta ra 565, with a moderate demand. New seeds are,Z sivi ni ece tain in wdue. Old qualities me neglected. " off steadily, at full prices. Turnip, Wiute, per bush. 14s to 206 Swede .. •••. .. • • 21s 38,1 Mustard, Brown ••••.• I Os 13s White, new ••• • .. 10s 14s Tares,Winter, new.... OsOd OsOd Old.. • • • • • • • Os OdOs Od klanary, per quarter •. 453 48s Rye tress • • ••••• • • • • 263 30s Clover, Red . (cwt.) —s White ••• • „ s rap© is quotee4t lower. Foreign Red --9 White.... —s Trefoil, new......., i'ALLOW. w ell Our market conti n ues firm, an d prices are our ported. Last week'. delivery was 1,760 casks. .r the 1 " t the spot is quot e ,: at 67s 3d to 67s 6 d , and e,r net wish; months 69s Od per cwt. Town tal low, 65s 9a • o 3 rough fat, 3s ftt per 8 lbs. 1850. 4 88 42 3 i gs CarrawaY • • • • • ' • ".. 4 • 103 440 • C or i a nder ••• • • • •arta " 0 ir em pseed, Per 4% 6 .. pis 60 Linseed, Eng.oW 62, 600 Crushing • • • 589 639 Baltic •• " " ▪ 601 JOl 55 n p ver dish co e : or fru)rt..ol:tnt_6.l-1,5,10140. :7;0601 Ltapeseed,Nov,pr lot xo 1851. 1852. 40,308 39sCraw on Od 2, 0 27 '1,372 18,22 0 sls to v o. od 1.644 16,561 1,60 6 10,4e 6 51, 9 d _ • Stock tbb day • • prico of Y. C.' .... Delivery last week • • Ditto from Jane 1 .... Arrivals last week.. Dittotrom June 1.... rice at T own .. f 25,702 32,048 I 36s 6,1 137 8 5 5 9d 0: 18 i o to 0: 3 0d! 3 1,292 13,:31 14,344 1, ( 260 799 12,269 9.859 365 Od 1 393 62 - 852 10,95 2 403 8d 33.5 11 4 ,3 d to 610 6 ° 1, 76° 1 ' 392 hod o,qo ,60, 6d •