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. 7 • • • * OttLDHALL, JULY 3, 1854. rrtHE COMMITTEE for.LETUNG the CITY'S • LANDS will meet at 04114.3.11, on Wednesday. the 12th day of July inst., at One o'Clock precisely, to receive Tenders for Letting on Lease for 21 years, from .3fich telmaS, 1854, a House, 81, on the east aide of Mark-lane, Fenchurch-street. Further particulars and Plans may be seen, and Forms of Tender obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. L ONDON and. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS HERFI3Y GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL .SIEETLNG of the PROPRIETORS in this Company will be held on SATURDAY, the 22d day of July instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, at No 34, York-road, Lambeth, when there will be submitted to the _Propr etors then present, in person or by proxy, a Bill pr omoted b y 'an independent Company, now pending in Parliament, intitaled "A Bill for making a Hallway from the London and South-Western Railway, at Salisbury, to Yeovil, and to form a Junction with the Railways at Yeovil of the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies," in which Bill there have been inserted provi sions authorising working and other arrangements between the Com pany intended to be thereby incorporated and the London and South- Western Railway Company. And if the Proprietors then so present shall approve the above-mentioned Bill and provisions, there will also be submitted for their consideration and approval the terms of arrangement proposed (subject to such approval) to be made between the two Companies in exercise of the general powers intended to be :onferred on them by the same 13111 and provisions. Dated this 6th day of July, 1854. By order of the Court of Directors. L. CROMBIE, Secretary. York-road Offices, London. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JULY 7, win be performed NORMA. Principal characters by Madame carsdort. Madame Sedlazek, Madame Heinrich; and Signors Pa vesd. Sant, and Arnoldi. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled TINE PETE EN °VOLPE. rrices--Stalls, 73; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and roar Guineas. The opei daily from Ten till six, where places may be — secured. Private Boxes and Stella to be had of Messrs. Leader and " 'Cock. 68, New Bond-street. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences tat Eight. Hag-price at Half-past 1 , 4 the. THE LITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. liduckstone. THIS EVENING, JULY 7, Will be performed the Drama of TEL KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters► by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoft, W. Farrell. Compton, and Buokstone; Mise Reynolds, Miss E. Grey. and Mrs.lliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To.eonclade with• THE SCAPEGOAT. ROYAL PRISCESNS THEATRE, OXFORNSTREET. -. Under the Management of Mr. CHARIX9 SEAN. THIS EVEICLNU. Juvr 7. Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. 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, Catheart, and Baker; Misses C. Lecierq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. To oonclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. U. Webeter.—Dtreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING JULY 7, Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Pernik, and Keeley ; Mrs. L. Marrero Misses Woolgar, Fanny Maskell, and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by HOPES AND FEARS. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A ROVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IY THE LOWTHER ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. LYCEUM THEATRE. trader the management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, ,Turr 7, *ill be presented THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Characters by Misses. C. baritheits, Baker, and Swan; Miss Talbot, and Mrs. F. Matthews. - • -• Followed by a new lirarns, entitled SUNSHINE THROUG'i THE , CLQUDS, , Characters by; Nlestra. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Hughes, and Mies Oliver. To conclude with THE RAciIELOR OF ARTS. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIIIXTRE • Luseti and Manage:, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Jur. 7. Will be performed the Comediatta, Cl led HEADS Olt TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marstm, Sca. To be followed by the Comic Drama called HUSH MONEY. naraCters by Messrs. F it - Also:1, Emery, White, and Vincent ; Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Chi. !miters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. IL Waite, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs.. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, JULY 7, WM be presented THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES. Cha- Yenta by Messrs. Bedford and Sidney; and Misses Beaumont and iMarton. . which. THE MARBLE LOVER. Molutfolioved ter MRS. WHITE. ' To conclude wide THE - CbEBLER CONIVROR. fa.; Boxes, Pit; 64; Gallery, 6(1.; Private Boa: s, 6d., to be had of *r. Alleroft, , lb, New Bond-street. ASTLET'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL ANPIIITTIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, JCTLY 7, WM be presented the new Grand Historical 31i'Itary spectacle, en titled THE COISACKS ; or, Vivela France. followed by a series of Chef d'Ouvres of Art, or Equitation DE LA HAUTE ECOLE devetoped In tha Rennes in the CIRCLE, the whole arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. 10 conclude with RUSSIA AGAIN3I TURKEY, NOW ON TRIAL. Box-office open from Eleven till boar. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 3. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, JULY 7, Will be repeated the entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lion and Gallic Cock Trampling on the Russian Eagle. All the numerous attractions of the gardens as usual, including the beautiful Panorama of Chnsan, by - Danson—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Caincert : Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers, &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet on Chtisan—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand Display of Fireworks, by Souttily. Feeding the animals, Half-past Five. Concert; Half-past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, Is. - • On TuandaY, WadneadaY. and Thursday Next, Jnly llth, 12th, and 13th. TRUER- OftuND FETES, ander the Patronage of his Excellency Count WALEWSKI. the French Ambassador, in ho nour of the cordial atlunce between France and England. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnts DAy —Morning 49 min.eiter 10 I Evening 22 min.a ft . 11 To•Moasow—Morning 0 tain.after 0 Evening 50 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.--Sus Orrin, Jinx 7, TEINNIIOI.INTER, IN THE SNADIC.- 69 highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'82. WIND, S. to S. S.W.—Fresh breeze, with dirty, rainy weather. g „,„, 4. Z-11 LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1854. j. • Everything denotes a change in the campaign and a news` stir" among the belligerents. Some thing mug code of it-39 one would hope at last —in the way of drawing the events of the war onwards at last to some decisive catastrophe. The combined Fleets of Prance and England in the Baltic have at length `` siohted" Cronstadt. Aft Attack may therefore be expected to be made at length upon that chief gate of the Russian capital, the outer bulwark of that metrop o li s , as we taw; already Called it •the Ostea or Pirus of St. Petersburg. • The combined fleets in the Black Sea, alth•il according to the last,aldvices still at Balchik, ou c la before much l onger now, we do believe y , be heard of not far f rom S e b astopol. - Meanwhile, matters continuing thus at sea on land land the situation is rapidly becoming one of more imminent importance, one. every day more and more obviouo7ca.lcillated to lead to event s o f • , • a, n2' owentous character, • • Everybody knows already of the complete na ture of tho retrograde .movement made by the Russian army in the Principalities. Alm'ost every body is aware, moreover, that the forces of the CZAR. are said to have been utterly routed and dispersed in the Caucasus. Wallachia is, by this time, nearly evacuated by the troops of GORTSCHA KOFF or of PASKIEWITCH—for there are still doubts as to who is henceforth to be regarded as the Muscovite Commander-in- Chief. The rearguard of the recent besiegers of Silistri - had been again defeated by the Turks not far from its gloriously defended fortifications. The Russian retreat has, in consequence, been more precipi tate and comprehensive. Not only Wallachia but the Dobrudscha is being formally abandoned by the legions who, like a swarm of locusts or an irresistible conflagration, were to eat their way way across Bulga r i a an d Ro i• either through, the rooky passes of th e B alkan, o; along the sea board by way of Varna, to the coveted palaces of the SULTAN in the Bosphorus, to the gilded mosques and minarets of Constantinople. Instead of the boastful prediction of the AUTOCRAT being realised, his discomfited so/diers, leaving 25,000 - of their fellow-slaves dead upon the battle-fields, or in the hospitals, are hastily concentrating their thinned and dispirited numbers in Moldavia. Recoiling before the valour of the Turks and the tardy advance of the Allies—only to advance once more to the encounter at the earliest discernable opportunity. At this juncture we hear that fifty thousand of the Anglo-French contingent are rapidly ad vancing towards the Turkish head-quarters at Schumla, from the city of Varna, where they had been disembarked. The advance guard of the French army, moreover, is known to have passed in a sort of ovation through the streets of Adria nople. The gallant OAR PACHA must speedily, therefore, find his victorious army of Turks and Egyptians strengthened by the junction of his na tive forces with those of their more highly civilised, more skilfully trained, and redoubtable auxiliaries. Augmented by the arrival of the French and English contingents, the allied armies will then be in a position to act decisively against the enemy, under the conduct of the Marshal ST. ARNAUD as Generalissimo. At this particular period in the great war with the Russian AUTOCRAT, it may not be uninteresting to revert for a while to a remarkable Contrast sug gested twenty years ago by an anonymous writer of really marvellous prescience, in a pamphlet to which we have already more than once earnestly directed public observation. We allude, of course, to that exceedingly curious, and, indeed, extra ordinary brochure, entitled simply, " England, France, Russia, and Turkey," 119 pages Bvo in all, .and published, without any author's name, by Mr. Ridgway, of Piccadilly. Turning to the 107th page of this prophetic pamphlet--prophetic we term it advisedly, for at that distance of twenty years from the present time, the writer exactly described the position which matters have actually now assumed in re gard to England, and France, and Russia, and Turkey, and the rest of the chief Powers of the European Continent--turning to the 107th page of this prophetic pamphlet, we find the following Contrast or Alternative, literally in so many words thus depicted : " If Russia is first at Constantinople, she corn " bines, necessarily, all the resources of the " Northern Governments ; she developes a power " to which there can be no possible balance in the " Mediterranean ; Greece and Egypt become de " pendencies ; no State can partake in the " Eastern commerce, save by her sufferance ; the " possibility of all useful union against her on the " part of England and. France vanishes : and ci " vilisation itself is threatened wiLh a more dan " gerous eclipse than it suffered from the over " flow of the barbarians in 604." All this, mind, if Russia is first at Constan tinople ! But—observe the obverse : "If England anticipates Russia, she has " with her France, Prussia is left aside, " Austria enters, to hasten the termina tion of the struggle, if necessary, the " Whole Ottoman Empire is called to arms, the " troops and fleets of MEHEMET ALI united to " them, and the only result that will then be "worth accepting, will be the retreat of Russia "behind the Dnieper, which moderate prudence "and sequence in the policy of the Cabinets of " France and England would never have per " mitted her to traverse." Well, the alternative which was thus clearly defined in 1834, has now in 1854 been—in the initial proviso at least--decid.ed. Notwithstand ing the fearful delays of our own Government, and the lawless and desperate precipitation of the Government of St. Petersburg—we have stolen a march upon the Russian AUTOCRAT ! So far from his troops being in possession of Constantinople, they have been so, thbrOughly beaten along the banks of the Danube that they are compelled to withdraw precipitately into the Moldavian Principalities. Thanks, hownv4, nut to England; but to the splendid valour arid deter mination of the Turks themselves ! Consequently, we have been enabled to "anticipate" Russia in her designs in regard to the capture of Constantinople. The result has been precisely that described by the pamphleteer. England "has with her France." —Prussia "is left aside." It remains, of course, yet to be seen whether it is with good faith to to her Western Allies that Austria " enters to hasten the termination of the struggle"—but it is at any rate certain that she is now pledged to war with Russia, while her forces have already, with that implied purpose, entered the Wallachian provinces from beyond the frontiers of Transyl vania. From the commencement of the struggle the Egyptian contingent, both military and maritime, was supplied by the ruling PACHA, not by MEHEMET ALI, but his grandson ABBAS, to the reigning SULTAN, his liege Suzeraine. The object of the war alone remains to be fulfilled, in order to complete this singular prediction—the driving of the Russians back " behind the Dnieper." That is, in truth, as was declared twenty years ago by this anonymous writer, " the only result that will be worth accepting." Again, therefore, we repeat, the watchword of the war is found— the name of the " DNIEPER." "The good old times" have long passed away since it was an ordinary custom, for persons hold ing a tolerably respectable position in Ireland, " to purvey themselves wives after the fashion of the tribe of BENJAMIN." No " Abduction Clubs" now exist in any part of the Emerald Isle, nor are " young Hibernian bloods" accustomed to submit their pretensions to the hand of some bloomine. "heiress of the vicinity to the arbitration of a pack of cards, a pair of dice, or the still more summary decision of a thrown-up halfpenny, or what is vulgarly termed " skying a copper"— the disappointed claimants, like the suitors of HELEN, being compelled to assist their successful rival in carrying off the lady thus unceremoniously disposed of. But the ancient spirit has not altogether departed from the sister kingdom. A recent attempt has been made to revive the obsolete custom, and that not by a vulgar, illiterate, or needy man, but bx ono oc cupying a highly respectable position in society, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of his county, the owner of valuable real estates, in re spect of which he had on all occasions shown him self to bea considerate andimproving landlord. It is needlessto say that such a person was highly respected and esteemed by persons of his own class, popular wit: his more humble neighbours, and idolised by the tenantry of his wide-spread domains. H e had indeed won golden opinions from men of all ranks, and was generally considered to • be one of g n o a f nd a t b h ore ll: w s thi t fix ;h i o u s i vould attempt the perpet y r o a i t i i n o eu -radst stringent enactments had been brutal au d' nyn—inaannlyonotnratrgar for on t a he repression arht:Fale frequerti l ly perpetrators whereof . had not un tracted exile from or by pro deaths llp tit):ham 0 11 .f eir offences by ignominious the hangman, ordernative land. The circumstances' which Mr. JOHN GAR DEN, of Barnane, atte t he now lies in ' pr i son, p awa e d . the offence, for which next assizes, for the county features of no ordinary atrociT day, on attempt on the Sab bwiatsb made w e inn the ee partiesbrea d w light ere from the been offering the to th • R parish church, where they had tribute of praise and thanksgiving en. ea _ venly Father. What could have been the tions of the man who had completed his arrgaenngsae: mea ts for the abduction of one of his in the f rt . g e d : p.uhpr returning r i na trial .disclose a tte worshippers, while apparently joining service, and listening to the exhortations of the officiating clergyman ? How could hehavehardened his heart so far as to proceed to the execution of his nefarious project, while seeing his intended victim engaged in her devotions, and utterly un conscious of the severe ordeal through which she was about to pass ? He did so, however —unfor tunately for himself—and he has now to' meet the consequences of his deliberate viol4tiort 'of one of the most salutary laws of his country. It is unnecessary to dwell at any length on the particulars cf the attack which was so vigorously resisted and gallantly defeated. The vehicle in whiCh 'the young lady—the object of the attack—was seated, had scarcely been stopped —scarcely had she been seized by the ringleader, when her screams and entreaties alarmed the dispersing congregation, and a prompt and ener getic effort was made for the rescue of the young lady, an effort that was happily attended with immediate success. Happily not only for the in tended victim, but for the chief assailant and those who lent themselves to aid in carrying out his ne farious designs. Had he succeeded in carrying off this youthful heiress, he might have subjected himself to more stringent punishment than that to which he is now liable. She was restored to her affrighted sister, while he, after receiving some severe in juries in the affray, was speedily pursued, cap tured, and lodged in the county goal to abide his trial at the next assizes. The offence thus attempted to be revived was at one period so common that special statutes were obliged to be enacted. Early in the 17th century a law was enacted for the punishment of those " who carried away maydens that be inheritors." And nearly 150 years after, with intent either to. marry or defile, forcible abduction was made felony, without benefit of clergy, which subjected the offender to the extreme penalty of the law. The capital punishment continued in force until some twelve years since in Ireland, when, in conse quence of the frequency of the offence, a more stringent law was required than in this less excitable country. It was then mitigated to transportation for life, or a long term of years. It was indeed essential to use every exertion to check the prac tice that prevented any father who had a hand some or wealthy daughter from feeling safe until he had disposed of her in marriage, and thus in terposed an insurmountable obstacle to the de signs of the impoverished and reckless squireens, or farmers of the district. Those who are desirous of reading an accurate, and at the same time glowing, description of the nature of these illegal proceedings, will find well worthy of perusal the admirable speech of the celebrated JOHN PHILPOT CUBRAN, on the trial of Sir HENRY BROWN HAYES for the forciMe abduction of Miss PIKE, in the year 1797—an event which created greater excitement in the "beautiful city" than anything that had occurred for a long term of years before, or at any time since. This brilliant oration will be found in extenso in the able work of Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS* to which we have had the gratification of directing public attention on several occasions, and which we cannot too warmly commend to our readers. The criminal in that case was also a man of fortune and station, who had but two years previously to the o ut rage served the office of High Sheriff of Cork, When convicted he applied that the sentence of death should be carried into immediate execution, but it was commuted to banishment for fourteen years. Twenty-three years afterwards he re turned to Ireland, and survived his sentence some thirty-five years, the observed of all observers. We trust that the unanimous feeling displayed by men of all classes and ranks in society will prevent the repetition of similar efforts, and rescue the sister kingdom from the reproach under which it so long laboured. * Curran and his Contemporaries. By CHARLES PHILLIPS, Esq. Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh. There is, we all know ; a, Pastoral Aid Society, and we doubt not it aids the pastors well, and that a staff of secretaries, clerks, and travelling agents are eloquent in reports, circulars, diocesan school-rooms, and in drawing-rooms too, on the sufferings of over-worked rectors, and the spiritual wants of the thousands whom no man careth for, unless perhaps as the Record hath it, " Dissenters, Papists, and Infidels ;" it is, however, a great mercy for our reporters and readers that societies of this kind do not plead their cause in Parlia ment. We are not sure.whether, there is also an Episcopal Aid Society ; that bishops do need some aid in bearing the burden of their incomes. and estates is, of course, obvious enough, and many have been the efforts of devout Marquises, and reverent commissions to release the Right Reverend Fathers from worldly cares by an easy or luxurious salary disconnected from episcopal superintendence of fines, reversals, ground-rents, &c. But partial success has hitherto attended these benevolent endeavours. It would seem, however, that our Episcopal Church does obtaii effectual aid from certain of her lay offspring— Honourable M.P.'s, who feel it their especial voca tion to do battle on every occasion in her behalf against the other great Episcopal Church in these realms. Never did knight errant in story look out more keenly for Paynim knights, or search more zealously for some oppressor of innocence with whom to break a lance, than does Knight SPOONER, attended ever by his faithful Squire NEWDEGATE, for some Papal foe in the House of Commons. It was apostolic advice to Bishop TIMOTHY, as many designate him, to do his sacred work "in season and out of season," and Mr. SPOONER, believing the charge binding upon him, shows certainly no respect of seasons ; whether it be when votes are taken for the spiritual superin tendence of those whom society has thrown upon their self-communings in' the solitude of a prison, or in one of the most important public financial bills which has been presented to the country for many years, it is all one to our Episcopal HUDl- BRAS—straight he tilts at his grand enemy, " the Idolatrous Antichrist"—whether a prison or the Treasury be his supposed shelter ; or rather, we should say, now he stands lance in rest to repel him from tampering with thieves, vagabonds, and pickpockets, again he charges at full speed to dislodge him from quiet quarters in the Consolidated Fund. Mr. SPOONER has taken on himself the out-and-out championship of Protestant Episcopacy ; nothing else is to have a shilling of State pay ; Ireland may groan under the burden of episcopal wealth, her Protestant Church may in its luxurious endowment be the scandal of Christendom ;—never mind, says our hero, " the sword of the LORD and of CROMWELL," —Parliament to the rescue ! Well, the spirit of episcopacy, like that of prophecy, disdains some times the regular channels ; it will pour down upon those educated for worldly professions, and we are quite confident that the mantle of the Bisuor OF FERNS has descended with a double portion upon this unconsecrated ecclesiastic. Every one who has heard his anti-Catholic oratory will have been compelled to remember the well known picture of his predecessor, and his senti ments : " (And while he spoke his cheeks grew fatter), The rogues may munch their Paddy crop, But the rogues must still support our shop. And depend upun it, the way to treat Heretical stomachs that thus dissent, Is, to burden all that won't eat meat With a costly MEAT ESTABLISHMENT." Mr. SPOONER was defeated luckily on Monday evening by a majority, however, hardly large enough to save the credit of the House ; but what on earth could be more unhandsome, more unprin cipled almost we might say, than to hazard de feating the valuable measure for bringing all the payments out of the nation's Exchequer under Parliamentary control, merely to gratify a paltry spite against Maynooth ? Let Maynooth be all that SPOONERISM supposes, we yet maintain that Parliament ought to frown upon such attempts to accomplish an object per fas aut nefas. While a Commission is inquiring into the state and working of the College, to attack it pending the presenta tion of the report, and when its support had been placed on the Consolidated Fund by Act of Par liament, to attempt to alter the arrangement by a catch vote on a clause foi sted into a bill for a totally diverse object, is, it strikes us, the very perfection of unfairness and of Parliamentar y thimble-riggin g . We trust any renewal of such attempts will obtain the yet more marked dis approbation of the House. We hardly need assert that o ur P rotestantism is, perhaps , more decided than th at of Messes . S POONER and NEWDEGATE, but o ur p rotes taritisin embraces firmly the prac tical and Divine rule, " to do unto others as we would that they shoud do unto us." 1 The Earl of Scarborough, we regret to state, is suffer ing from serious indisposition at his residence in Park street. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and youthful family have arrived at the baths of Fribourg, from Paris, en route to visit the Royal family at Baden, where their graces intend to remain un'il the end •of• the ensuing month. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1854. MONEY ALARKET AND 002 .)I ER (7IIAL IA T ELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, in cluding 1,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds unchanged, except American, at sd. to s&d. per lb., which were in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 100 Pernam and Ma ranham at 64d. to 71d. 100 Bahia at 6/d., 850 Egyptian at 61d. to 9d., 300 Surat at 3,1 d. to 41d., 200 Sea Island at lOd. to ls. Bd., and the re mainder American. Railway Shares were quiet. Colonial produce has been rather quiet this week, and sales have, in some cases, been pressed. Sugar has been dull, but coffee firm. In tea there has not been much doing. Tallow is held for higher rates. Cotton has not undergone any particular change. In cochineal there has been an advance. There has been a disposition to press sales publicly in many articles. Saltpetre has been quiet. At the indigo auction there are to be 14,000 chests offered. As an instance of the little deference paid to the wishes of shareholders in some of the mining com panies, we give a statement that has been sent to us by the Australian Consols Shareholders' Com mittee of Investigation :--- "The following requisition w as add r ess e d to the committee of management and finance of this com pany : " Gentlemen,—We, the undersigned shareholders in the above company, holding upwards of 700 shares in the capital stock of this company, hereby request that you will forthwith convene a special general meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of taking into con sideratio❑ and deciding upon a plan or plans proposed by the Shareholders' Committee of Investigation for the re-organization of the Company, of passing any resolu tions with reference to such plan or plans, and of trans acting such other business in connexion therewith, as the said meeting may deem expedient. Copy of the plan is sent herewith. " 17, King's Arms Yard, 10th June, 1854.' " Signed by the holders of shares amounting to 20,1301." The Directors have not convened the meeting, as requested, and the Shareholders' Committee, therefore, calls a special meeting, according to the powers vested in it by the rules of the Company. The English Stock Market is generally heavy this morning under the combined influence of the return of unfavourable weather, the non receipt of satisfactory news from the continent with regard to the Eastern Question, and the causes which yes terday operated upon prices. Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 93. They opened at 921 to 93 for money, and at 92'4 to 93 for the account, and are now about 93. The Reduced 3 . per Cents. are 92i1 t 093. The New 3f per Cents. 931 to g. Exchequer Bonds continue steady at to prem., and the Bills at is. to 22. premium. Bank Stock is firm, at 207 to 209. India Stock is about 232, and the Bonds at par to 3s. premium. The payment of the half-yearly dividend on Consols, die., commences to-morrow, when one year's Income Tax will be deducted, namely, at the rate of ls. 2d. per pound. Foreign Stocks are dull, and, in some instances, at lower quotations :—Mexican are heavy at 241, and Russian 5 per Cents., at 99. Grenada Bonds, are quoted 17, and Equador 3i, being weaker. Chiliaa 6 per Cents., have been dealt in at 1021. Spanish 3 per Cents., have risen to 37 and 34- Belgian 41 per Cents. are 90 to 91, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 903. A limited tusiness has been done in Railway Shares, and prices have mostly given way. Cale donian have declined about 55.; Great Northern, 10s. to 155.; Great Western, 15s. to 11.; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 55.; North-Western, ss. to 10s:• ' Midland,, 10 s .• ' and York and N or th Mid land, 10s. to lo s . Brighton, however ' are firm, and South-Easte rn s s . hi g h e r. French Shares are nominal.- Dutch Rhenish are better. Mining shares are dull. Pontigband have risen slightly.-_ Joint Stocks present a heavy appearance. Ori ental have receded 10s., and Union of Australia, 15s. Land Companies' are neglected. Crystal Palace have undergone no particular change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the (*dal List. ) Rusin ess done -sank Stock ••. . 207 9 per Cent.. Reduced Annuities 93.2' 1 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 2i tieyr Si. par Cent. Annuities 9B $ • India Bonds, £lOOO ....... ~............. - Ditto P under £lOOO par 3 Consols for Opening 19th J u ly Exchequer Bills, 24d. 11000 2500 2 p Small par 5 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent.. ........ .... ..... EqUador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 11 per C en t Grenada Bonds, Deferred 4exican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Ce n t. £ St,., 99 Ditto 41 per Cent — Ditto Small Spanish. Bonds, 3 per Cent 37 i x d ruvidends on the shove payable in London. Belgian Bonds 4A per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, `2 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT CHISWICK.—We un derstand that the following are the regulations to be observed to-morrow on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Horticultural Exhibition :—The Gate No. 4 in the road to Chiswick House is reserved for the exclusive use of the Royal party, until her Ma jesty's, departure. Previous t o t h e arrival of the Queen the tents will be cleared, and no one except those in attendance on her M a j es t y, or on duty, can be permitted to pass the barriers. The barriers and entrances to the tents will be placed in charge of the police ; and the Council trust that gen tlemen will cordially support the force in the execution of their duty. It is most esp ec i a ll y requested that every one will use his influence to prevent her Majesty being inconvenienced in any way by crowding. All visitors are expected to reach the gardens before four o'clock, that her Majesty may not be inconvenienced in arriving there. THE KING OF PORTUGAL. —The Ring of Portugal and his brother, the Duke of Oporto, arrived at Brussels on Tuesday evening. His Majesty and his Royal Highness Brabant and the Count de Fl andre, and by the Minister owfe Foreign v e by Ad ffa. r s, their and Rwoeyrael Highnesses the Duke de a detachment of cavalry, escorted to the Palace by The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford and family are expected to leave H amilton-place, at the close of the ensuing week, for Tarbat House, Inverness-shire, for the season. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope last evening from the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday from the Gover• nor of Heligoland. OnEssa.-:--The advices from Odessa state that in the Sea of Azoff an impression prevails that there will be no blockade, since it would be inconvenient to watch all the port§ there ; and a fancy is indulged that it would not be legal to blockade merely the entrance. The reason urged for this belief is, that if such were not the case, the Allies would cont ent themselves w i t h bl oc k a di ng th e Bosphorus at on ce ; b ut the argument i s utter l y inap plicable, since the commerce of the world with Turkey would then be interfered with, while in the instance of a blockade of the Sea of Azoff at the Straits of Kertch none but Russi an territory would b e s h ut o ff . laisa PEAT COMPANY.—An adjourned meeting of the Irish Peat C ompany took place yesterday, at which a supplemental r eport was adopted. Th e progress o f the works has l a t e l y been more satisfactory than was at one time anticipated, and when some slight defects in the machinery shall have been remedied, the manufacture of tar, oil, and other articles, which has already been commenced, will, it i s sa id, be successfully developed. In the me an ti me 3,0001. has been ra i se d b y the direc tors, to suppl y a requisite increase o f expenditure, in preferenc e t o making a further call. NEW ACT ON HIGH TREASON.—On Wednesday an act was printed t o assimilate the law an d pract i ce existing in cases of high treason in Ireland to the law and prac tice of high treason in England. By the 7th Anne, c. 21, a list of witnesses, with their abode, &c., and a list of the jury are required to be given at the time a copy of the indictment is delivered, ten days before the trial, in the presence of credible witnesses. It is declared to be expedient, just, and reasonable, that the same should be extended to Ireland, and it is enacted that from the Ist August next the same shall be ex tended accordingly. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHlPWRECK.—Yesterday a general meeting of the committee of this institution was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi. Mr. T. Chapman, F.R.S., deputy-chairman, presided. Various pecuniary rewards were granted for saving life on the coasts. The attention of the committee was afterwards directed to the necessity of providing, without delay, carriages for eight lifeboats which it had recently placed ou different parts of the coast. A carriage is now being constructed, under the direction of the institution, by Messrs. Ransonae and Sims, of Ipswich, which, with the exception of its cost, which we understand will be up wards of 1001., is likely to answer the purpose admirably. The committee sanctioned the sale of a considerable por tion of the small funded property of the society to meet the current expenses on lifeboats, boathouses, &c. They earnestly appealed to the public for increased pecuniary support, to enable them to carry on successfully the ope rations of the institution, in which appeal we cordially join, for we believe that few societies are more deserving of support than this is, considering its really national and benevolent objects. Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald hav ing been announced . as giving the liberal donation of 100 guineas and a grant in aid of the Hartlepool seamen's lifeboat voted, the proceedings closed. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE FLEETS BEFORE CRONSTADT. Other telegraphic advices confirm what we published yesterday, as to the first shot having been fired at Cronstadt. They are to the effect that on Tuesday last, the 4th instant, Sir Charles Napier was still before Cronstadt, with his screw steam squadron, challenging the Russian fleet. H.M.S. Desperate attempted to engage a steamer which peered out from behind the batteries, but the Russian drew back as soon as the shot began to fly. Tho cholera is making great ravages among the garrison of Cronstadt. SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF BOMARSUND. A telegraphic despatch from Copenhagen, dated yesterday, confirms the second bombardment of Bomarsund. The fortress is destroyed. The troops are occupying the place. Under-water mines are said to be sunk at Hango Point. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS. On the Ist, the head-quarters of Prince Gortscha koff were transferred from Kalarasch to Urzitseni. The Russians have undermined all the roads from Moldavia to Transylvania. A private letter - from Galatz (Moldavia) states— " Since the passage of the Danube, we have been unmolested. In my opinion, we have nothing to fear here from the retreat of the Russian forces (which is now confidently spoken of, in consequence of their not having succeeded in taking Silistria), as all the bridges have been removed to the present seat of war, and the water is too high on the marshes (which extend for many miles on each side of Galatz, on the Turkish bank) to allow of a re treat by the route that they took in crossing from hence." THE BLACK SEA. The junction of Admiral Bruat, from the Medi terranean with four sail of the line, has not only raised the allied squadrons to a superiority in num ber of three deckers, but has enabled Admiral Dundas to strengthen the squadron detached to operate on the coast of Circassia. THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND THE BAMBERG CONFERENCE. The following is an extract of a letter from Leipsic, given by the Moniteur— " The Emperor of Russia has thought proper to send to the German Courts which participated in the conference of Bamberg the official expression of his gratitude. Colonel Isakof has arrived at Dresden, charged to present to the King of Saxony an autograph letter from the Czar, and that envoy is afterwards to proceed to the other Sovereigns to fulfil a similar mis sion. " But the confederates of Bamberg do not show that they are much flattered by this step. They only see in it an intention to compromisa them as respects Prus sia and Austria. Already Saxony, which was the most advanced with Bavaria in the coalition of Bamberg, has proved, by the cold reception given to Colonel Isakof, that the Russian Government can no longer reckon on the dissensions of Germany." ANOTHER VERSION OF THE CZAR'S REPLY. A despatch dated Berlin, yesterday, says :—Col. Mauteuffel returned from St. Petersburg to-day. The Russian answer is courteous. The Emperor will willingly resign the exclusive protectorate over the Greek Christians, if Turkey will accede to a common protectorate of the Five Powers. He will evacuate the Principalities when the Western Powers evacuate Turkey ; but will hold a strong military position in Moldavia as a provisional security. _ _ _ The - fleets had undertaken nothing against Cron stadt up to the 29th. ST. PETERSBURG. - The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Ber lin of the 3rd, which says :—"A letter from St Petersburg announces that the reply of Russsia to the Austrian summons will be a refusal, couched in very moderate language. Russia requires, not only that the Western Powers shall quit the theatre of war at the same time as herself, but she insists on preserving the line of the Sereth. As to the reli gious questions, Russia declares that it is not possi ble forher to make any concession whatever. Such is said to be the summary of the reply which General de Benkendorff is to take to Berlin. Travellers worthy of credit declare that the great army, said to be concentrated at Warsaw, has no real exist ence, and that the amount attributed to it is as exaggerated as was that of the army which in vaded the Principalities. The pretended 60,000 men of the Baltic are reduced to a few thousands, who, by continual marches from one place to an other, lead to the belief of a colossal army. Pre parations are being made for the reception of Rus sian troops at Kalish. STATE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. Whilst on this subject, it may be added that the medical correspondent of the Vienna Medicinal eekly Sheet, who is employed in the Russian army, declares that the mortality among the sick, wounded, and so-called " marodeurs " (stragglers who fall out of ranks from fatigue, sore feet, or from worse motives), amounts at the present time to 63 per cent., or more than double what it was three months past. The letter ends thus : "All bad elements and misfortunes, together with the totally sunken courage and completely dissipated self confidence of the Russian troops, have combined, within the last two months, to produce these unheard-of effects among the ranks of the 4th and sth corps, which had been in part admirably held together. In fact, even the oppressed, exhausted, and maltreated Wallachians, now that 'retreat' can neither disguise nor mask flight, feel pity for the sick and wounded passing through, or re maining at, this place (Russian camp near Bucharest). Woe to the dreaded conqueror for whom the conquered commence to feel pity !" Lamentable as may be the loss of the Russian army from sickness, from fatigue, and from unsub stantial food—to say nothing of loss by battle --this is nothing compared with' the profound-noral wound which has been inflicted upon the military y prowess of the army by the compulsory ment of its anticipated triumphant progress, ab of that progress which was regarded as so irresistible that the highest military and political authorities of Austria and Prussia deemed it expedient to guard against "the passage" of the victorious columns over the Balkan, byinsertipg a protective clause in their offensive and defensive treaty. There can be no doubt that the armaments of Austria have necessi tated as a matter of precaution, the establishment of corresponding strategical dispositions and con centrations in Wolhynia, Podolia, Moldavia, and north-oastern Wallachia. Nor can it be denied that the arrival of the Anglo-French troops within four or five days' march of the Russian left flank before Silistria, have rendered it imperative on the Russian general to well weigh the risks of giving or receiving battle in front of that place, and that they have largely contributed to hi s a b an d onment of the right Danube bank. But meantime the Ot toman forces have borne the whole brunt of war from its opening. All that has been effected has been done by them single-handed. Their activity on one side, and indomitable endurance on the other, have barred the progress of the enemy, and afforded time to their slow-creeping allies to arrive nearly within hearing, if not sight, of the enemy. It is true also, on the other hand, that whilst the Russian General has shown himself con summately inferior, the Turkish commander has exhibited military talents of the highest order. IS AUSTRIA HONEST We find the following in a Turin lette; ofJuue 30 : —"I have just passed through Slavonia and Croatia, the Papal States, M o d ena , P arma, and write you from Piedmont. There is only one opinion every where as to the final course of Austria, and all be lieve that she is deceiving the Western Powers. If not, she would have openly declared herself for England and France--the shortest method of keep ing under the revolutionary elements within her own bosom. It is astonishing that the Porte and her allies have been deceived into the monstrous blunder of suffering Au s t r i a t o occupy the Danu bian Principalities. Th e on l y p l aus ibl e reason t o be given is that th ey cou l d not help it, an d sub mitted to necessity. It is a very small benefit to Turkey or t o th e W est to have Austria therein stead of Russia. There is, however, one consola tion, that if she a tt emp t s to ta k e possession o f Serbia she will be everywhere met with deserved detestation a n d a guer i lla war. Poor Serbia, strug gling for freedom and prosperity, and now to be given over to this malicious tyranny ! If the Western Powers put any confidence in Austria, they will find it like a trust in the shadow of Egypt, and a b ro k en ree d th a t w ill pierce their hand. U n i versa l , bi tter, reso l u t e h a t re d is the only t erm t o b e g i ven to t h e f ee li ng o f H unga rians, Serbians, Slavonians, Croatians, and Italians to wards Aust r i a . Th is f ee li ng exists almost without exception in all these countries, and in the whole population. T o b e exac t, I mean in ninety-nine out of a hundred. Austria has driven 45,000 of the best citi zens o f h er Lombardo-Venetiau territory ; into Piedmont as exiles." GREECE. ATHENS, June 30.—1 t is said that the Ministers intend to compel the secretary of the King to em -1 ark for Trieste. General Spiro Milios has been arrested for refusing to deliver up his accounts. HadgiLhas retracted:his, promise of submission. He has quitted Colombano, and has since been beaten by the Turks, and his followers dispersed. M. Wendi an d has loft Athens on an unlimited leave of absence. ASIA. A.report was current at Vienna, on Wednesday, but without any date or place being mentioned, that General Andronikoff had been completely beaten. The Russian army of Asia is said to have been dispersed ; and Mira Pacha, who commands 34,000 men, is said to have taken 13 pieces of ar tillery, several standards, and three camps. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid, of the sth inst., announce that tranquillity continues to prevail at Madrid. The insurgents, discouraged, continue to retire before the royal troops which pursue them. On the 2d the events which had taken place in Madrid were known at Barcelona ; the city was tranquil. According to telegraphic advices reinforcements of troops were arriving at Madriu from all quarters. Private letters, which reached an eminent bank ing-house in Paris, state that the bad feeling against the Ministry among the populace in Madrid was every day increasing, and the impression there was that if Queen Isabella did not consent to change her Ministry, her position would become a very precari ous one. Already the possibility of a change of dy nasty was the subject of common conversation, and the general belief in political circles was that the best selection would be the nomination of the King of Por tugal as the Sovereign of both Spain and Portugal, with a regency during his minority. As respects Queen Christina, her unpopularity was extreme ; and it was thought that, however the crisis might finish, she would be forced to leave Spain. A tele graphic despatch from Madrid received by a Paris banker, states that the irritation among the popu lace of Madrid was still on the increase, and that crowds had paraded the streets with cries of " Death to the Ministers !" It is believed that the insurrection has extended to Valladolid and Saragossa. The Debats gives the following details respecting the chiefs of the insurrection, which will not be read without interest : "General Don Leopold O'Donnell, Count de Lucena, is the veritable chief of the insurrection ; he is an old officer of the Royal Guard, and is renowned for his bravery ; he made himself remarked in the seven years' war—as the Spaniards call the long war which they sus tained after the death of Sing Ferdinand VII. against his brOther Don Carlos, who claimed to be his successor. Leopold O'Donnell was one of the first to attach him self to the cause of Queen Isabella, which was that of liberal and constitutional monarchy. During this war he passed through all the grades of the military career, and at length obtained the superior command of the army of the centre, which was destined to act against the Carlist general Cabrera. After this war, a command was con fided to him in the northern provinces. In 1841 he seconded the movement which was directed against the regency of General Espartero by General Diego Leon, who is still remembered by the most faithful servants of the Queen. This premature attack did not succeed, and O'Donnell left Spain. In 1843, after the fall of the Duke de la Victoria, he returned ; he was then nomi nated Captain-General of the Isle of Cuba. After his return to Spain, he sat in the Senate, where he formed part of the turbulent and unreflecting Opposition, which has so often compromised the constitutional Go vernment of Spain, and produced the existing regime. General Narvaez, who knew the qualities and faults of General O'Donnell, and who did not fear him, confided to him the important functions of Director-General of Cavalry ; but he was dismissed by the Ministers Bravo Murillo and Lersundi. In the month of February Ge neral O'Donnell was one of the members of the Senate who was ordered for exile by a decree of the Queen ; ho refused to submit, and secreted himself in Madrid. The police were not ignorant of it ; but, not withstanding many acts of imprudence on the part of the general, they did not arrest him, either because they were tolerant, or because they were wanting in ability. It is now known that the movement which commenced on the 28th ofJune . was to have broken out on the 25th, and that it was put off from day to day. It is known also that General' O'Donnell, during the three nights which preceded the explosion, walked•about the environs of Madrid in the full uniform of a general officer, waiting for a favourable moment, which at length presented itself on the 28th. General O'Donnell is possessed of a very large fortune. He is making his present expedition in a very commodious way—in a post-chaise, and four. As to General Dulce, ho commanded the Halberdiers, who were on guard near the Queen and the Princess her sister, at present the Duchess de Montpensier, in the night of the 7th October, 1841. He supported in this quality the attack made on the royal apartment by the authors of the insurrection . conducted by Genera. Diego Leon, who wished to carry' Off the Queen in order to remove her from the domination of the 'Re gent, Espartero. From this day General Dulce was dis tinguished ; he had given proof of courage and sarig-fi oid. He belongs to the Progressista party, but is generally esteemed by all other parties. General Maser, Minister of War, had entire confidence in him, and appointed him to the post of director-general of cavalry, one of the highest in the army. The colonel of the 3d Regiment of Infantry, who has joined Generals O'Don nell and Dulce, has hitherto not been very widely known ; his name is Raphael Echague. He served with distinc tion under General Lersundi. Having entered the army as a soldier in 1834, he took part in all the principal combats of the war of succession, and obtained all his grades on the field of battle. Colonel Echague only had with him at Madrid one battalion, which is about 400 strong. But the colonel has also carried of the regimen tal chest, in which there were about 4,000,000 reals (1, 000, 000 f.). The Prince's regiment is considered as one of the richest in the Spanish army. The money will be an important resource for the insurgents." ITALY. TURIN, July G.—Disturbances have broken out at Piacenza and neighbourhood, in consequence of the dearness of corn. The Austrian General Wratisleff has published a proclamation. Nume rous arrests have taken place. The riot has been suppressed. The harvest in the north of Italy has begun. It will be the most abundant that has been gathered for the last three years. This is an Infinite blessing, as the last failed, and the prices are trebleds, si a n nt the misery great. From Ravenna to Bologna and from Bologna to Turin, the whole country eat and trfis like a garden, laughing with abundance. maize, and other productions, cover V land. Between Rav enna and the whol e Bologna there is a vast quantity of hemp. The silk is secured, and the vines, which hang in beautiful festoons from tree to tree, dividing the fields, are sa id t o g i ve no signs of disease as yet. But the last is still doubt ful, and the price of ordinary wine is three times that of common years. AUSTRIA. The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Vienna, says :—" An expression made use of by an eminent personage has caused a great sensa tion. He is said to have stated that Austria is firmly resolved not to return the sword into the scabbard until Europe shall have received every guarantee for its independence and the mainte nance of peace for the future. The position of Austria becomes every day more serious and more threatening, and great events may be shortly ex pected."_ The Independanee of Brussels, of yesterday, says that a despatch reached that city on the pre vious evening from Vienna announcing that the entrance of the Austrian troops into the Princi palities has decidedly been suspended until the receipt of the reply of the Czar. FRANCE. It is considered certain that England and France have received assurances of the active assistance of Sweden against Russia ; and that the Czar runs the risk of losing Finland on the one side, whilst he is sure of losing the Crimea on the other. General Baragnay d'Hilliers leaves Paris to-day, for the purpose of taking the chief command of a division of the French forces now assembled in the camp at Boulogne, and embarking with them forth with for the Baltic. The English Government is to supply the necessary transports, and the division will sail with the least possible delay. The num ber of troops to form this expedition is variously estimated at from 6,000 to 10,000 men. The de spatch of so formidable a land force is very impor tant, as showing that the two Governments do not intend, as pretended by some newspapers on both sides of the Channel, to limit the operations in the Baltic to a simple blockade of the coasts. If that were the object, it might have been accomplished with far less preparation than the two formidable fleets now in the 61ulf of Finland. There can now be no doubt that there are to be formidable land operations, as well as attacks from the sea. The French artillery at Toulon have for some days past been trying experiments with Congreve rockets, on a now model, fired from howitzers. They carry to the distance of 4,300 metres. The Council of State has voted the law sub mitted to it relative to the new organisation of the Credit Foncier. Several of the councillors declined voting. The nomination of M. de Germiny as governor of the new Banque Fonciere is certain. He is to be succeeded as Receiver-General of the Lower Seine by his son. There are several candi dates for the office of sub-governor. It is said that M. de la Guerronniere is endea vouring to induce the Emperor to appoint him Pre sident of the Legislative corps. Such an appoint ment would destroy the little prestige left to that body. The affair of the plot discovered at Toulon has ended in the dismissal of about 30 of the persons in the employ of the Chemin de Fer du Midi. The affair could hardly have been so serious as it was at first represented. M. Manuel, a well-knotn agent de change in Paris, died yesterday morning of cholera. He wa t 5 years of an?. Wednesday morning the obsequies of the Princess le la Moskowa, widow of Marshal Ney, took place at the church of St. Louis d'Antin, and, as might be expected, was attended by a vast number of the first people connected with the present Govern ment. The Emperor sent his carriage, with one of his aides-de-camp and a chamberlain, both in full uniform. The carri ages o f the ex-King Jerome, the Princess Mathilde, of all the ministers and high functionaries, also attended, and the cortege pro ceeded from the church to the Northern Railway, where a special train was ready to carry the body and the members of the family to St. Leu Taver nay, the family burying-place. The Moniteur publishes a long report from General Raudon, the governor-general of Algeria, with respect to the military operations which he is carrying on at the present moment in. the Great Kabalie. The great tribe of Beni-Men quilet has made its submission. The chiefs had arrived on the 24th at the Governor-General's camp with their war tribute, and to offer protesta tions of their submission to France. The example was followed by another great tribe, that of Beni- Baten, and several others. Some of the resisting tribes had been attacked and dispersed. A society has recently been established in Paris for the better observance of the Sabbath, by encou raging shopkeepers and tradesmen to close their shops and cease working on that day. The Go vernment, though approving of the objects of the society, does not wish to be mixed up with its acts, and it throws off the responsibility in the follow ing paragraph, which appears in the Moniteur of yesterday "Some persons have attributed to the Government an active intervention in the question of the observance of the Sabbath. The Government has never had any such intention ; it desires that the law of religion should be observed • it every way encourages t h at o b servat i on by its example ; but it does not wish, neither ought it, to do more. The question is one of free conscience, which neither admits of constraint nor intimidation." At five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon ,all the works of the river in the Bois de Boulogne being I completed, the water was let in, in presence of the Emperor and Empress. The operation, at which the Prefect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, and. a great number of spectators were present, was perfectly successful. A strange circumstance occurred this week at the theatre of the Porte St. Martin, which has since been much spoken of in Paris. Just as the representation of the new piece, entitled Schamyl, was about to begin, an actor, who was to enact the part of a soldier, having tried with his ramrod if his musket was loaded, found that it I was so, but was at the same time struck with the hard feel which the charge below gave to the slight blow of the rod. In consequence, he was deter mined to draw the charge, and was horrified at I finding that the piece was regularly loaded with ball. He immediately gave notice of the fact to the manager, and all the other muskets were at once examined. Not fewer than 13 other muskets were likewise loaded with ball, though for what particular purpose no on-) could say. The man entrusted with the duty of loading the pieces, when called on to account for this strange circumstance, declared that he was entirely igno rant of the matter, and that he had loaded the muskets just as usual, with powder only, and that the balls must have been introduced afterwards. This circumstance produced the greatest excitement amongst the actors, and it was some time before they could be induced to commence the perform ance. The matter has since been brought before the authorities, and a judicial investigation has been instituted into the affair. Little business was done yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. closed at 72f. 90c. for the end. of the month; the 4 per Cents, closed at 98f. 50c.; and the New Loan at 72f. 75 c.; O r l eans Railway Shares, 1,170 f.; Rouen, 1,052 f. 50 c.; H avre, 595 f.; Great Northern, 827 f. 50c.; Strasburg, 792 f. 50c.; New Shares, 630 f.; Paris and Lyons, 928 f. 75c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 840 f. ; Western of France, 660 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 607 f. 50c.; Great Central of France, 500 f.; Lyons and Geneva, 510 f.; Bank of Credit lobilier, 7321. 50c. BETTING AT MANCHESTER (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MANCHESTER, 1.30 P.M: Sto 1 agst Heapy (offered)—(2s to 1 laid last night). Disposition to back Mare Antony --•15 to 1 the highest offer. ROYAL FREE. HOSPITAL INQUIRY. (THIS DAY.) SEVENTH DAY'S INQUIRY. The adjourned investigation was resumed this morn. ins, at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Baker, the coroner. The first witness called was Mr. John Evans, 12, Gray's-Inn-square, solicitor, who said he attended in obedience to a summons, and gave the following statement :—Upon the 22d of April last I was employed by Mr. Gay, of Finsbury, surgeon, to obtain information with reference to the death of child under an operation at the Royal Free Hos pital. He did not know what child, or its parents, or when the operation took place ; but he knew there had been very gross mismanagement upon the part of the parties connected with that establishment. That they had done all they could to ruin him, and he was deter- mined to find out the particulars. He said he had been recommended by Dr. Child, one of the clients. At this stage of the evidence, Lord Dudley Stuart, who had been summoned, arrived, and his lordship's statement was taken. He stated that he was first ap plied to in the matter by a gentleman named Courtney,' a surgeon in Marylebone, who stated the cireumst,ances, and requested he would obtain the interference of Lord Palmerston, and it was not until several interviews had taken place, and also that he had communicated with Mr. Wakley and received a memorial, that he laid the matter before Lord Palmerston. By Mr. Parry —I do not know that Mr. Courtney is an advertising surgeon. Mr. Courtney, who was present, denied that he was a surgeon of that class. Mr. Evans' examination continued—From the 22d Amil until 6th of May I could not get any information about the case, and only then by stratagem I got to see the hospital books. He then went on to detail circumstances of the interview with the parents, and the proceedinv leading to the inquest being held ; adding that, in this event, of the inquest being refused, he was instructed tit obtain a mandamus to compel the holding of one. The inquiry was proceeding when we went to preen, and it was understood that it would not conclude thiS day. LAW INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) BITENSIVE FAILURE OF AN EMIGRATION AGENT. -- MT RN KEELEY. The bankrupt was described as of Royal Exc'hange Buildings, Cleveland-row, St. James's, and Notting-hid, merchant, and to-day was appointed for the considera tion of his certificate. Mr. Lawrence appeared on behalf of the assignee,. and Mr. Linklater for the bankrupt. The bankrupt in 1848 entered into an arranges vent with his creditors, and paid 2001. into Court, and undertook to pay 4001. per annum. The amount, as prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers, of George-3rarcl, Lombard-street, 'showed debtor to creditors 13,050/. 14s. 7d., ditto, holding securities 23,0681. Creditors doubtful debts, 42,0081. is. 2d. ; property, 2001. ; c Vitt° in hands of creditors, 16,0301. Almost the whole of the debts were for money lent, with only two or three I ex ceptions, in large sums to noblemen. The balance s beet subsequent to the arrangement which was not car tied out commences January, 1848, W and shows debtor • to creditors 8,9121. 13s. 10d. ; to ditto, holding securit ies, 3441. lls. 9d. ; gift from friends, 4911. ; capital, 37( M. ; creditors property given up to official assignee, 430 ditto in hands of creditors, 781. 18s. ; trade expens 3821. 19s. 6d. ; advertisements, 1,1671. 13s. 9d. ; r, en* of office, 2371. ; law, 8971. ; interest, 658/. ; expenses oii land travelling, 1771. 108. ; house and persce 4,601/. 6s. id. His Honour, after asking a few questions, granted an immediate certificate of the third class. BOW-STREET. -(THIS 1347). OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—Adam Taylor, a cabman, was brought before Mr. Henry, charged with assault ing Robert Hicks. The complainant, who is also a cabman, was driving Mr. Nanson, of Russell-square, through Charing-cross, from Whitehall, when, happening to pass the defendant (who has some ill-feeling against him), the latter jumped off his cab and overtook complainant—mounted hie box, belaboured him with a horsewhip, and tried to pull him off the seat into the road. The gentleman inside was naturally astonished at the occurrence, and stated that he saw no provocation given by complainant ; but the defendant said he was assailed in a taunting man ner by the other, who called him a ex-policeman. It was stated that the defendant had been foreman of the cab-yard where both had been employed; and had been discharged owing to complainant. Mr. Wontner, who attended for the defence, called a cabman on the Charing-cross rank, who swore that he heard complainant call Taylor an ex-policeman, before any assault was committed. This fact was urged by Mr.. Wontner in mitigation, if not in justification of the offence. Mr. Henry considered the alleged provocation as no. justification whatever for such a violent assault upon a. cabman who was at the moment conveying a fare. Ho therefore fined defendant 51., and, in default, committed, him for six weeks. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes— terday, and commenced the hearing of an appeal from, the Prerogative Court, "Cutto v. Gilbert." The Lords present were Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Ad miralty Court,'Sie J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. .