The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-20 00:00:00

- THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. B. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Tr:Li 20. Will be performed MEMO. Fidelio, Madame Caradori ; Mar cellina, Madlle. Sedlazek; Florestan, Herr Reichardt; Don Fer nando, Mr. Hamilton Braham ; Don Pizarro, Herr Collin ; Jac gain°, Herr Grohn ; and Rocco, Herr Formes. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled 'UNE FBTR EN OLYMPR. Prices—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; GallerY , Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas• The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Hoses and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 53, New Bond-street. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences at Bight. Half-price at Half-past tr ine. • THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, Jurt 20, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs . Chippendale, Howe, G. vandenherr, W. Farren, Comp t o n, and Buckatone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitswilliam. • Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. Between the first and second part of the Ballet, the new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza Kern. THIS EVENING, JULY 20, win be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by hissers. W. Lacy. Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. F o llowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters b 7 Messrs. C. Kean and Dail(' Fisher ; and Mrs. Winstanley, and MW C. Leclercq. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jolt 20, Will be performed the Drama of THE MAID OF CROISSEY; or, The !return from Russia. Characters by Mr. B. Webster, and Mr. Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by HOPES AND FEARS. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster and Parselle ; Misses Woolgar, Mary Keeley, Fanny Milliken, and Madame Celeste. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE COURIER OF LYONS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. JULY 20, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and Robinson; Misses Blanton, E. Or mond., and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, the popular Comedietta, caled HEADS OR TAILS ? Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, &o. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, JULY 20, Will be performed THE MARBLE LOVER. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Alter which, THE UNITED SERVICE CF FRANCE AND ENGLAND, in which Miss Harriet Gordon will appear. To conclude with FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CROCODILE. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes AI is . to b e of Mr. Allcroft. It, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. PERFECT SUCCESS! THIS EVENING, JULY 20, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle, called THE COSSACKS ; or, Vivo la France. After which, the inimitable Scenes in the CIRCLE, and Pre miere Equitation, including Miss Emily Cooke and Mr. Alfred Cooke. LA PERCEIE by the Brothers Francisco. The German Brothers on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's laughable Burlesque, RUSSIA AGAIN'S I.` TURKEY NOW ON TRIAL. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Atr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Repetition of the Grand Union Fetes, under the Patronage of his Excellency Count W MEW:aI, the French Ambassador. In con sequence of the complete success of the above Fetes, they will be repeated THIS EVENING, and also on Friday neat. The extraordinary display of FIREWORKS, by Southby, and the arrangements of the Dswciwo Psvihtorr, having given the greatest satisfaction, will also be repeated. The acclamations be stowed upon Mr. D. Godfrey's NEW MUSIC kL MELANGE, com posed by him for this occasion, descriptive of the Allance of England and France for the Defence of Turkey, stamp it as the most success ftil production of the day. The Unrivalled Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godrrey. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. M.C., Mr. Flexmore. Concert at 7 Ball d'Ete at half. pasta ; Fireworks at 10. Admialon to the whole. Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 7 min.after 10 I Evening 41 min.aft. 10 To•Nou.ow—Morning 15 min.after 11 i Evening 0 min.aft, 0 WEATHER.—Sux Orauns, JIILT 20. 'rEZRZONITITI, THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMITILS, 30.18. WIND, N.N.W. to N.E.—Light breeze, with sultry, cloudy weather, and occasional sunshine. t„4. , :44) rwilt it &I S' LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1854. Minister of England, " War did not frighten us— Peace clid." "We were not alarmed for Lord RAGLAN and Admiral NAPIER—aII our apprehen sion centred itself in Lord ABERDEEN." Our apprehension, that is to say, lest the status quo ante be2lum were really after all to be accepted as the necessary basis of the pacification, whether Turkey were to be still left in peril from the perpetual possibility of Russian encroachments, or whether the ravaged provinces of Moldo- Wallachia were still to be awarded to the SULTAN as nominal suzeraine, but to the CZAR as actual Lord Paramount. The First Minister of the Crown of England, about the time which we have already particularised, had the extraor dinary cowardice, and yet, at the same time, the extraordinary daring, to avow his belief that it would be " unwise to lay down conditions" for a Peace with Russia, seeing that Peace, he argued, would be dependent upon the casualties of the campaign, upon the alternative, say, of the Allies taking St. Petersburg, or the AUTOCRAT tak ing Constantinople. Upon that base and most despicable avowal from the lips of the English Premier, the Quarterly observes—the words are worthy of particular note—" If we could force our own terms on the CZAR at St. Petersburg, at the mouth of our cannon, we should be sorry to ask more than would effectually secure the cause for which we have taken up our arms. If we found the CZAR holding his council within the walls of the Seraglio, we should blush for England if it accepted less." Language like this is worthy of every true-hearted, magnanimous, and chivalric Englishman ! Words that will find an echo in every corner of the land to which they may pene trate ! Yes, the Quarter l y is right. The war undertaken against Russia by France and Eng land is not a war of conquest or a war of ambi tion—and therefore the terms of peace would not be appreciably altered by the capture or destruc tion of St. Petersburg. The Allies of Turkey are not calculated to be so very seriously affected by the casualty of a Russian defeat, or the accident of a Russian victory, that they could consent to modify the clauses of the final treaty • of pacification. With the keenness of this tren chant and two-edged retort, the Quarterly re viewer has severed the little, fumbled-up knot of casuistry, twisted by the tremulous hand of the Prime Minister, in defiance of its unravelment. Altogether, the argument from which we have here quoted, and to which we would thus direct the attention of the public the more pointedly, is one, to our thinking, so noble in its sentiments, so clear in its arrangement, so irresistible in its con clusions, as we have said before, so logical, and lucid, and chivalrous, that it reflects honour at once upon the ability and upon the patriotism of our contemporary. ciently onerous, we see the imperative necessity of some relaxation of the stringent regulations now in force. If we are to pay " war taxes," we should insist on a " war currency." The demand for an extra vote of credit will form a suitable opportunity for bringing the question under the consideration of the House and country, and for eliciting the Ministerial intentions on this vitally important topic. A very logical, lucid, and chivalrous argument in regard to the War, in allusion to the noble sentiments of Lord LYNDHURST, and iu reference to the craven policy of Lord ABERDEEN, appears in the new number of the Quarterly, recently pub lished. It is the old, old story all all over again, as a matter of course : but the reviewer has con- , trived to infuse into it fresh interest, if not by the bitterness of invective, by the tartness of sar casm—by the vigour of a sententious and epi grammatic style, if not by any great novelty or liveliness of illustration. It is thus tersely he reprobates at one moment " the bloodless statecraft by which Russia has construed, with Punic fraud, the treaties she has extorted with Scy thian violence"—and at another insists that in abet ting Turkey, and in confronting Russia " we have no necessity to re-create an Eastern C2ESA.R, but to block out the inroads of a Northern ATTILA." In referring to the inquiry sometimes advanced, and almost always depreciatively as to the vitality of the Turkish Empire, as to whether the Ottoman realm can by any possibility maintain itself much longer, intact and erect, in the presence of Christen dom, our contemporary awards a magnanimous tribute of eulogium to the valour and genius re- Our readers will have seen in The Sun a brief Abstract of the Report of the Parliamentary Com mittee on Public-houses, and the resolutions which they have attached to it. With the gene ral spirit of the Report all judicious and impartial persons must agree. The Committee evidently desire to encourage amongst the poor a taste for rational and improving amusements, to lessen the temptations to sensual and depraving pleasures, and to uphold, to a reasonable extent, the reli gious claims of the Sunday. Whether, indeed, it be possible, by prohibitory legislation, to secure a religious observance of the day set apart, not by Divine, but by Church authority, for worship, we more than question ; still the attempt has been made so long, that, like Protection and Fac tory Acts, and chartered monopolies, the thing is not to be got rid of in a day. It will be many long years before our legislators, devout men all, will believe that religion does not need their pious cradling and guardianship. The Com mittee, therefore, prudently would close the Gin Palace and the Crystal Palace alike till after morning service. It quite understands that Par liament will forbid those who will not attend a morning service to go anywhere else. Men shall not be amused if they will not be edified. We refrain from displaying the logical and prac tical consequences of such legislation, only remark ing that we quite agree with Archbishop WHATELY, no mean authority, that the province of Govern ment is to prevent crimes against man only, not sins against GOD. A simple rule which, if well understood, would save the House of Commons and the House of Lords too, much sanctimonious speechifying and debate. On the Sunday, the Committee propose to give, in summer at least, the advantage to intelligent recreation over the gin-shop. The latter is to be opened on Sunday only from one to two p.m., and from six to nine p.m., while the Crystal Palace, the British Museum, and similar places, it is proposed should be opened from two p.m. for the rest of the day. We do not understand why it is not from 1 p.m., when the partial opening of public-houses is to be permitted. They have I hus endeavoured to give intelligence a comparative advantage over sensuality ; the former is to have an uninterrupted course from two till nine ; while the latter meets a check of four hours between one and nine. On one point the Report is justly emphatic, namely, the impossibility of continuing the restriction on ra tional entertainment on the Sunday, while drunken ness and other forms of debasing gratification are hardly interfered with. Nothing surely can more revolt all common sense as well as morality, than that. our Legislators should freely open " dram and jerry shops" to the multitudes whom they deprive by law of their ordinary occupations, while they shut in their faces the doors of the Crystal Palace. Men may spend their earnings in brutalising them selves, in ruining their health, in impoverishing their families, and even in drinking themselves in to wife beating; but they may not spend them in what must enlarge and improve their minds, and what their families can share with them! The selfsame Legislature will sell on Sunday its tax-paying spirits to the multitudes, whom it compels to be idle, at the corner of every street, while it will allow no one, except those who will stoop to evasions, to sell ocular instruction in art, science, nature, and his tory! We may surely demand that such egregious inconsistency shall not disgrace our statute-book till another Session. Nothing on earth can jus tify, first, legislating against Sunday work, and then offering to the unoccupied the most seduc tive and demoralising of gratifications only. The whole question of the sale of intoxicating liquors, especially on the day when ordi nary employments are illegal, is just now attracting unusual attention. Our Judges have so unanimously pronounced intoxication to be the cause of the greater part of the crimes they are called upon to try, and our police reports bear such superabundant testimony in the same direc tion, that men, far enough removed from tee totalism, are beginning to ask whether Govern ment can do nothing towards suppressing one of the most fruitful causes of crime. The adoption of the Maine Liquor Law by several A merican States, even by the Legislature of New York itself, though it was lost by the Governor's veto, and the prohibition of the sale of spirits in Scotland itself on Sundays, show that the evil must have become great indeed which could induce Govern ments to resort to such violent methods. It is also a sign of the times, that even the Edinburgh Review has, in its last number, substantially argued for the Maine Law—seeming, indeed, to, have little to say against it, except that, if carried out rigidly in Britain, it would deprive the Chan celler of the Exchequer of some 15,000,0001. per annum ! We do not, on this occasion, touch on the argument on either side ; we only point the attention of the fair-minded public to the growing sense of the evils of the present facilities for intoxi cation ; indeed respectable public-house keepers themselves expressed before the Committee their wish that the New Scottish law should be adopted in England. Should this ever be the case amusement must be permitted to those who will not attend worship, otherwise they will be driven for excitement, which human nature will crave, to secret vice. But should it not, and should, which is much more likely, a partial opening of such places be still allowed on Sundays, then in common decency we ask that the people may at least have the option of seeking pleasures which are assuredly innocent in them selves, and which no man has a right to prevent another from enjoying, merely because he thinks that he should offend GOD by enjoying them him self. Such prohibitions are doubly wrong, for they first lay down the law for another man's conscience, and next they step beyond the pro vince of human legislation. They confound sins against GOD with crimes against men. We should scarcely feel surprised if, at the pre sent moment, " the state of the weather" consti tuted the chief subject of discussion, not only amongst agriculturists, but of all classes. Eng lishmen have often been ridiculed for making it their ordinary topic of conversation, but it has assumed a peculiar importance which more than justifies the selection. On the continuance of fine weather for some five or six weeks will mainly depend the prospects of the approaching harvest, and, as a natural consequence, prices of food, and the comparative comfort of the working popula tion of the country during the ensuing winter. An old proverb declares that " a bushel of March dust is worth a King's ransom." It is even more important at this time, when the continuance of unseasonable weather for several weeks led to serious apprehensions for the cereal and other crops. Fortunately they had not sustained any actual deterioration, and if ST. SwITHIN fulfils his promises, if the auspicious auguries afforded by the bright sunshine of Saturday be realised, we may look forward confidently to cheap and abundant markets—to the large loaf, with enough and to spare for all. It is not only in the United Kingdom that these cheering prospects are perceptible. All through the European Continent and among our trans-Atlantic brethren the same goodly promise is held forth. We need not dread active compe tition in our markets, nor the exportation of the breadstuffs so urgently required for the wants and exigencies of our own people. Should we require any assistance from other quarters beyond those usually obtained therefrom, they are easily obtain able, so that we need not dread any deficiency in consequence of the withdrawal of supplies from Odessa and other Russian ports. In Mark-lane there has been a general fall in the quotations ; and as it is we are told that "prices are merely nominal, inasmuch as the millers and other dealers decline increasing their stocks until the appearance of the new crops in the market, and that the offers were so much below the prices lately cur rent that the factors could not make up their minds to accept the same." We thus find that the estimate of those best qualified to arrive at a sound conclusion is altogether in favour of an .ample supply, and a material falling off in prices. Should these anticipations be verified, we may look for very important results. The first will probably be a less earnest demand for money, and a diminution in the rate of interest demanded. The cheapness of all the ne cessaries of life will require a lower amount of money for the transactions of every-day life. Much gold now in circulation, from our absurd and impolitic prohibition of small notes, will be released, and will therefore find its way into the Bank coffers. The Old Lady herself will be com pelled, for very shame sake, to relax the screw, i or, as MON'TAGUE TIGG might exclaim, to " dis pense with cue half-quarter of ounce in weighing out the pound of flesh." Additional notes will, as a matter of course, be issued against the gold thus accumulated, and employment must be found therefor, and if 5 per cent. will not be paid for the pecuniary accommodation, it must be granted at 5, or 4, or possibly 3i per cent. This will send up the quotations not only of the Funds but of all other securities, and the Bears will receive another severe but salutary lesson of the dangers of the course which they have so earnestly, but so recklessly and incautiously, pursued. Nor will these be the only good effects of productive crops. Every branch of industry will receive a de cided impetus, for the capitalists will not be enabled to bear off " the lion's share of the profits" when money can be obtained on reasonable terms, so as to allow fair remunerations to those who undergo all the risk, toil, and anxiety in the creation and production of wealth. Our readers will perceive that the foregoing observations have been offered in accordance with the present condition of the monetary code. The blessings we have indicated might in a great de gree be obtained —although much, under any circumstances, will depend on the state of the har vests all over the world, or at least in the nations with which we have been in the habit of dealing by' a judicious modification of our monetary code. For all domestic purposes, a one pound national note Would be not merely as useful as a sov erei g n, but Would possess many advantages not appertain ing to a metallic currency. For instance, there would be n o wear and tear, no injury from dimi nution of weight tended with nor would its destruction be at any actual loss. The experience of the sister ki ng d oms when existin • • o proves that it would speedily, „, prejudices had worn away, be even more acceptabl e t h an go ld. In Sawdetsl Ireland s overe i gns are seldom seen in gone craelvesuse. them, lf he forthwith dealer or tradesman sen d s them, m aScotland a an i f o re ceives e-f i full weight, so thattliewrheicl hle be keeps n p o s his deduc tion, w i will into the bank with ac count ; and we hav e known many instances where change for a sovereign was refused whe n it would readily be given for a one pound note of i n good credit. Why, then, should notsome a ttempt be made to obtain even an instalment of monetary reform, to obtain the legislative sane ti DR to the issue of small notes by the Bank of E ngland and other joint stock and private banks ? Thei charter must be dealt with next year ; and it would, even if no other pressing necessity existed for the change, be right to pave the way for the altoration in the circulating medium that is in evillable. But when, we consider the enormous bur dens that have been added during the present see: lion to charges which were previously sad vealed by the Turks in the last great war of de fence against Russia, namely, during those famous campaigns of 1828 and 1829, the narrative of which has been recounted by Baron VON MOLTKE, as is here finely and nobly said, "with a spirit and precision unsurpassed by POLYBIUS," Mind ing to that " mischievous question which has been the fons maiorum," the Quarterly Reviewer here remarks :—" One thing is clear, that the vitality of states must be judged by the rallying Power they evince in the crisis of danger. Of this power Turkey has shown herself marvellously Possessed. Even in the war of 1828-29, when Mahmud in his haughty London h a d l ost all aid ad sal sympathy from the Christian , rne of the treaty of his fleet s of were w d as estro t y o e r d n from his thro ne , when monarchies—wh en Greece. undiscipned at Navarino, w h en his recruits seem e d lik e l y to replacewith effect even the turbulent valour of the janissarie s_it is startling to see the energy with which the country met the invasion of Russia —delayed her march, baffled her generals, resisted her si eges, wasted her forces, and, yielding at length vered from pecuniary extortions that statesm en prophesied would leave her bankrupt, maintained the national spirit—the proud desire of redemp tion ; and rose with as superb a crest as if never bowed at Adrianople, against the first renewed aggressions of her gigantic foe—undaunted at the moment when her present allies seemed about to desert her, and the statesmen of France and. England urged her to accept the peace which. would have signed away her independence." These words are words of very lofty panegyric, CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl Of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. S. Herbert, Sir W. Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat four hours and a half. THE COURT.—We understand that her Majesty and the Prince Consort, and the youthful Royal family, are expected to prolong their sojourn in the Isle of Wight until after the Prince's birthday, the 26th of the ensuing month, on which occasion the Queen will give the annual rustic fete to the domestic labourers on the Os borne estate. Her Royal Highness 'the Duchess of Gloucester and suite leave Gloucester House, Park-lane, early in the ensuing week, for White Lodge, Richmond Park, for the season. The Earl of Hardwicke has left town for Dover, to embark on board his lordship's yacht the Susan, now at anchor in the Downs, to witness, we understand, th e embarkation of the French troops for the Baltic. The Count and Countess Flahault have left Grosvenor square, for Brighton. The Hon. Miss Elphinstone Fla hault is staying with Lord and Lady Shelburne, at Lans downe House. Viscount Brackley has arrived in Grosvenor-street, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, at Brighton. . Lord and Lady Feversham and the Hon. Miss Bun combe have left town for Buncombe Park, Yorkshire. Sir William and Lady Molesworth entertained at din ner, yesterday evening, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Marchioness of Ailesburv, the Marquis and Marchioness of London derry, the Duke of Newcastle, the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl and Countess of Essex, the Marquis of Granby, M.P., the Hon. Mrs. .Dyce Sombre, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Baron Marochetti, Viscount Torrington, Mr. Knightley, M.P., &c.. Sir Joh n an d L a dy Lister Kaye and family have left town for their seat, Denby Grange, Yorkshire. By letters received on Tuesday from Constantinople, intelligence has been communicated of the death at the Turkish capital of Mr. William Hale, _the inventor of the rocket w i t h out a tail or a st i c k . Mr. Hale's name will be known to many, owing his connection with the seizure by Government some time ago of a large quantity of rockets of his manufacture, at Rotherhithe, on the supposition or information that they were made for the refugees living under the protection of this country. but the world is their witness that they aro ---- • .. eminently deserved and without the faintest blemish o f exaggeration. As the reviewer observes farther on, "Our course [in regard to the result of the war) is as clear to wisdom as it is to honour." " We find a power already established 11 1 -Tu r k ey, w i th ancestral attr ib u t es o f n ational i lltilgrity and independence—that power, under very adverse circumstances has shown a courage a . nd tt'naper to,assist the object of civilised Europe in maintaining it s own stronghold against the progress o f R ussian " This ambition." . . power, then, it is our business to confirm and strengthen." As th e w r it er in the Quarterly h as said before th a t , when speakiu,,.., caused by th e d e pl orable, an - a the alarmd let us say, the dis graceful words utt ere d a moth ago in the H ouse of Lords (on th e 19th of June), by the Prime MIN, LONDON, THITIIIIIAT PVWSTINTG, arrtv te, 1 $4. MONEY MA RKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,500 American and 500 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market continued tame, but steady, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 6,500 American, 200 Pernam and Ma ranham at 6i3. to 71d., 100 Bahia at 68d. to 61d., 200 Egyptian at 51d. to 9d., and 1,000 Surat at 21d. to 31. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. Accounts from Hamburg of the 16th inst. state that large amounts of gold had arrived there from London, and been re-forwarded to St. Petersburg. The advices from New York record two failures in the Stock Market, where a panic had existed. Flour was lower and wheat dull. Freights were steady and engagements light. The forgeries of Messrs. Schuyekill are stated to have amounted to two million dollars, and have caused much excite ment among American Rail way Bondholders. The meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank proprietors has been held this morning, and the directors have made a very encouraging statement. The dividend is at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. As regards the loss sustained by the late forgeries of warehouse warrants, the Bank, it was stated by the chairman, Mr. Goldney, had only lost 5,0001., which has already been " written off ' the profit and loss account. The following report was adopted : LIABILITIES AND ASSETS; FRIDAY, 30TH JUNE, 1854. THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. Dr. To eapital paid up, viz., 6,000 shares at 101. each To amount due by the Bank •To amount of " The Guarantee Fund," 31st Dec., 1853 To six months' interest on ditto, at 3 per cent per annum 153,549 3 6 To amount carried to profit and loss account £6,697,498 3 2 By Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, etc £689,018 8 11 By bills discounted, loans, and cash By building, furniture, etc., in Princes•street £20,025 0 0 By do. in Pall mall 28,775 0 0 £6,697,498 3 2 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1854. To current expenses, proportion of building expenses, directOis' remuneration, bad debts, income tax, &c. £24,370 9 2 To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet due 26,982 13 3 To dividend account for the payment of half a year's dividend, at the rate of 101. per centum per annum, upon 600,0001., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,003 shares To balance, being undivided profit for the past half-year 24,695 7 3 2106,048 9 8 By balance brought down £106,048 9 8 " The Directors have agai❑ much pleasure in meeting the proprietors, to place before them the annexed state ment of the liabilities and assets of the Bank, and of the profit and loss account for the half-year ending the 30th June last, by which it will be observed that the net profits amounted to 54,695/. 7s. 3d. " From the continued prosperity of the Bank, the Di rectors have felt themselves justified in increasing the dividend, and have accordingly appropriated 30,0001. for the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, which has left a balance of 24,695/. 7s. 3d., as undivided profit to the credit of the current half-year. " The dividend will be payable on and after Friday, the 28th inst." The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of New South Wales was held at Sydney at the end of April last. The report presented by the directors was prepared upon the accounts ending with the March quarter. The balance sheet shewed 66,4971. 17s. as available for division after deducting current expenses, rebate on all bills under discount, &c. The gross profits for the six months were 91,0591. Bs. 11d. The direc tors' recommendation as to the payment of divi dend, &c., was adopted as follows : To payment of Dividend of 10 per cent. fo - r the half-year -Z40,000 0 0 Increase of Reserved Fund 20,000 0 0 Carried forward for future division 6,497 17 0 The Reserve Fund had thus been increased to 70,0001., and the intention of the directors was to further augment the same until it reached 100,0001. New local agencies, in addition to foreign ones, had been successfully opened, and the business of the Bank exhibited every sign of still further im provement. The improved tone of the English stock market, observable towards the close of business yesterday afternoon, has been fully maintained, and so far the settlement of the account has assisted prices. Consols have been 92 to for transfer, and 92k to for account, being at present rather buyers at the highest of these quotations. The payment of differences arising from the speculation of the last three weeks has been in progress, and with the ex oiation of the small failure noticed yesterday, has gone off satisfactorily. There is considerable cu riosity respecting the financial plans of the Govern ment, and according to some of the on dits authority to raise 8 or 10 millions sterling will be a portion being for Turkey. The New Quarter per Cents. have been at 921 asked, Ttoh9re3: - a a nda and the Three per Cents. at 92k to 92k. Bank stock is steady, at 210, and South Sea Stock at 1121. Exchequer-bills are at Fir, and the Bonds of 1859 at 4to pm. India Bonds are 2s. to ss. pm. Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish 3 per Cents. realise 36 , and the Deferred 18. Rus sianper Cents. are heavy a t 82 ; Dutch 4 per Cent4s.llhave been at 901 ; Brazilian Old Stock has been at 991 to 100. IVAR-MAP OF RUSSIA, TURKEY, cf:c. -- fhe following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Mexi can, 24g- to 24i ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; ditto Three per Cents. 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 39 to 41 ; Russian Five per Cents. 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 82 to 84 ; Spanish N ew Deferred, 171 to ]Bl ; ditto Three per Cents. 351 to 36A ; ditto Certificates, 31 to 4; ditto Pas sive, 3i to 4. The last week's r a il way rece i p t s ascerta i n e d up to this day are in round fi gures asunder : BY G. M. THomrsox. This really remarkable map contains a super abundance of information. It lays before us, in one comprehensive view, European Russia, Euro pean Turkey, the Euxine, and the Baltic. It marks out the whole of the continental railways, as well as all the continental and submarine telegraphs, together with the lines of their probable extension to Tunis in Africa, under the waters of the Medi terranean. Added to all which, this very novel and noteworthy war-map of Mr. G. M. Thompson, is accompanied and illustrated by distance tables in English miles, particularising the various routes from London to the seats of war in the Cacausus and in the Principalities. The distances between numerous important places on the Danube and along the shores of the Black Sea, are also indi cated, besides those extending between St. Peters burg and Moscow, and Constantinople. Occa sionally we observe that the compiler contents himself with giving the distance in round numbers, as, where it is said that 144 miles spread out be tween Adrianople and Constantinople, the real length of the main road connecting those cities be ing only, in point of fact, 137 miles altogether. It would be invidious, however, to carp at errors, which are only minute and exceptional. Until the issue of Mr. Thompson's useful and valuable map, we believe the information contained in it had never before been brought together—informa tion, that is to say, in regard to the distances, in regard to the railways, and in regard to the electric telegraphs, submarine and continental. 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern ... 20,310 19,095 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16,351 15,037 Great Northern 18,105 16,350 Lancashire and Yorkshire 20,776 30,073 and with moderat e d ea li ngs i n Midland, The Railway Sh are M ar k e t h as -been buoyant, South- Eastern, Great Northern, and North-Western. In the foreign lines there has been several bargains at the previous ra t es . The Mining Market is dull. There h as been a purchase of London Joint Stock Bank at 27 /. The Australian Ag r i cu lt ura l Shares are lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Oticial List.) Business done. Bank Stock i per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92,i i a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 34 per Cent. Annuities . 93 24 i 4 i 3 2B New 2i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years Expire sth Jan., 1 860 4 India Bonds, £lOOO .. Ditto, und er £lOOO 2 South Sea st ock Console for Account 17th August 924 I i i a 2,i 2 Exchequer Bills, 2id• ZlOOO . Small 5 p par Exchequer Bonds Scrip — Ditto Scrip, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bond s , 5 per Cent. lOO 99. Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent lexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cont. 67 Ditto for the Account 99 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent B2 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 36 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Ccrtifieates 9oi THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto August Account 92 THREE THOUSAND MILES FOR TH REE-HALFPENCE.— By a new postage law just passed by the United States Congress, a single letter. conveyed out more than 3,000 miles is to be charged 1/d., and for a greater distance sd. For a single letter conveyed not more than 3,000 miles, wholly or partly by sea, and to and from a foreign country, the postage will in future be 2/d. ; and if above 3,000 miles, sd. The postage on ali inland letters must be prepaid, and after the Ist of January next this must be done by stamps. On all letters intended for delivery in the towns in which they are posted, the postage will in future be /d. each, and all not-known letters, after being advertised, will be charged each an additional id. In the United States all letters the owners of which cannot be found, are advertised in the public journals. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. LAST DESPATCH FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, Wednesday Evening.—All the Austrian reserves are to be called out, and made mobile. The French troops at Adrianople are marching towards Varna. r GOVERNMENT FINAIVCIAL SCHEME. We understand from good authority that Go vernment will attempt to draw on the gullibility of the nation towards the expenses of the pro blematical war, in the shape of a supplementary estimate, to the extent of many millions—many millions 1 ! A proposition to this effect will, we understand, be submitted to the House of Commons. It may be mitigated or amended—but such was the inten tion of Government yesterday. A fierce dispute had taken place as to the amount of money which Parliament would consent to grant, and a still more personal discussion as to the ways and means by which the money sought should be repaid. The Peelites were, to a man, for an aug mentation of the income tax. They were beaten by the section of the Ministry in the Cabinet who were at last convinced that there was nothing but a loan to answer a direct appeal to the resources of the country. Eventually a compromise was, we understand, adopted, and it is now, we hear, intended—can audacity dare it ?—to ask for millions as a vote of credit, leaving the ways and means in the hands of Mr. Gladstone, and the expenditure in the grasp of the Aberdeen Coalition.—Morning _Herald. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last evening, after the performance of the Knights of the Round Table— which has now reached its fifty-second representation—a new company of Spanish dancers made their first appearance at this theatre. The Spanish dancers lately created an immense sensation in• Paris at the Gymnase Theatre, and received the immediate patronage of the French Emperor, who, it seems, is an admirable connoisseur of Spanish dancing. Mr. Buck stone, conceiving they would prove an attraction in Lon don, engaged them for a limited number of nights ; and the reception awarded last night to the new candidates for terpsichorean honours proved that the manager was not erratic in his judgment. The Spanish dancers were received with an enthusiasm unparalleled at the Haymarket since Macready's last appearance ; and, whatever their real merits, there is no questioning that they delighted the audience in an unusual degree. The Spanish dancers consist of two principals—the Senora Perea Nena, premiere danseuse of the Theatres Royal at Madrid, who is exceedingly handsome, and the Senor Antonio Ruiz, premier danseur of the same theatres, with twelve coryphees. Senora Perea Nena is a danseuse of the most extraordinary capabilities. Such flexibility of limb was, perhaps, never before exhibited in this country. The dances are all national ; and of these we had last night the Seguedilla, Chacana, Bar randa, Tirana, Jacara, &c., of which several were en cored, especially those in which the Senora Perea Nena assisted, and drew down tumultuous applause. The Senor Antonio Ruiz is a quick artist on his legs, and supported the fair senora with vigour and vivacity in a pas de deux. The dozen of coryphees are excellent assis tants, and their ensemble steps are quite perfect. The manner in which they beat the castanets and keep their time is surprising, and excels anything of the kind we have witnessed before. The only drawback to the performance is the want of variety in the steps, and the monotony left on the ear by the music being all in three time. The Spanish dancers, nevertheless, cannot fail to attract from the novelty and perfect execution of their pas, and are well worth a visit to the Haymarket. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY LANE. Although the Sonnambula was performed last night, for sixteenth time, by the Drury-lane operatic company, it was Mr. Sims Reeves's first appearance as Elvino, and the performance had all the attraction of a novelty. The enthusiasm which greeted him throughout the opera last evening must have satisfied all concerned in the government of the theatre that a great mistake was com mitted in not before joining Mr. Sims Reeves's Elvino to Mademoiselle Agnes Bury's Amina. Mr. Sims Reeves's Elvino may, we think, be ranked with that of any Italian artist who has made himself famous in the part. The music suits his voice even better, perhaps, than that of Edgardo. There is more delicacy and more pathos required for the former, and for both of these qualities Mr. Sims Reeves's singing is remark able. The tenderness in the two duetts in the first act last night could not be surpassed, while the passionate grief in the scene where Elvino discovers Amina in the Count's bedroom must have gone home to any heart. Of course the emphatic hit of the evening was the famous "Tutto h sciolto," which made the audience frantic with delight ; but even the fine energy and grand vocalisation displayed in that scena did not, to our thinking, surpass the exquisite feeling of the " D'un pensiero" duet, half the beauties of which were apparently lost upon the hearers. The performance last night was one of great excite ment. Mr. Sims Reeves was called for, with Mdlle. Bury, four times during the evening. The theatre was crowded in every part. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 19. The Queen and Prince walked out early yesterday morn ing, and again in the afternoon. The Royal children also took their usual exercise. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir G. Couper, honoured the Opera Comique with her presence last evening. A deputation of the None Valley Drainage Commissioners had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yester day, at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Childers, Mr. Stopford, Mr. Marshall, the Town-clerk of Wisbech, Mr. Higgs, Mr. Cox, Mr Brad field, and Mr. Mein, Messrs. George G. Day, and John Archbould, solicitor to the commissioners, and Mr. Parkes, parliamentary agent. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong. The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad a dinner party last evening at his official residence in Downing-street. The company consisted of the Right. Hon. Henry Goulburn, Mr. Glyn, M.P., Lord Robert Clinton, Sir Alexander Spearman, the Governor of the Bank, Mr. Robert Philli more, M.P., Lord Monck, Mr. G. H. Vernon, M.P., Mr. Alexander Wood, Mr. Pressly, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. J. Wilson, M.P. CONTINENTAL MONEY MARKETS.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse yesterday evening show. an aver age advance of about a quarter per cent., with a prepon derance of money purchases. At Vienna there is a diminution of distrust in the money market, the exchange on London having experienced a reaction of nearly two per cent. Simultaneously with this movement there has been a decline in the funds ; but, as it was not nearly equal to the enhancement in the value of the currency from the difference in the rate of exchange, the altera tion that has tak en pl ace i ntr i nsically amounts to an Ina provement. At A ms t er d atn there has been a decline in most description s o f stoc k , and especially in Sp a nish and Russian. CONTINENTAL EXCHANGES.—The Continental letters generally yesterday mentioned no alteration in the ex changes. At Paris business of all kinds is stated to be dull. At Trieste several failures are reported to have taken place, but they are not understood to be of im portance. GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.—The Samuel Boddington has arrived from Port Philip with 24,266 ounces of gold, valued at 98,0001. The Leonidas is also reported from Sydney, but the amount by this vessel has not been ascertained. It was mentioned on Tuesday that the Maid of Judah had sailed from Sydney with specie valued at 88,025/., and the Nile with 69,2761. From Melbourne the shipments during the five weeks preced ing the 3d of May had included 25,646 ounces of gold by the Prince Alfred, 38,033 ounces by the Tudor, 14,254 ounces by the Nelson, 42,304 ounces by the Med way, and 21,505 ounces (or, according to some state ments, 36,000) by the Marian Moore, making a total of 141,712 ounces, worth 566,9681., or, together with the Sydney shipments, an aggregate of 724,2691. SHIPMENTS OF SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine amount to 300,0991., of which 246,2681. is silver and 53,8311. gold. The silver is still principally despatched to Calcutta, Hong Kong, Canton, and Shanghai, and 35,0001. of the gold consists of sovereigns for Alexandria. A court-martial assembled .en board her Majesty's ship Impregnable, 104, Captain Wise on Monday, Admiral Stopford, president, to try Lieutenant Fre derick G. Leigh, on a charge of drunkenness. The court sentenced the prisoner to be discharged from her Majesty's service. IMPORTANT FROM THE BLACK SEA. The following despatch, dated Wednesday morn ing, has been received from Vienna : " The allies are occupied in removing certain sunken vessels from the mouth of the Danube. "The Russian batteries at Sulina have been re, paired and occupied by the English. " The Russian Danubian flotilla must either be destroyed or fall into the hands of the allies. " The Presse says that on the 7th the combined fleets were seen off Alcerman, sailing east. _ "It is said by the Froncien Blatt that Admiral Bruat has forced the entrance to Novorossisch, south of Anapa." Advices from Constantinople of the 10th, re ceived in Paris yesterday, confirm a portion of the above. They say an Anglo-French force, landed by Turkish steamers, had occupied the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The Russian steam flotilla, threatened on all sides, was wandering up and down the Danube in despair of safety. The navigation of the river was completely re established, and the steam-boat of the Austrian Lloyd's had arrived at Galatz. COLONEL MANTEUFFEL'S MISSION TO VIENNA. Colonel Manteuffel is at Vienna for the purpose of enforcin g the views of the Prussian Government respecting the treaty between itself and the Go vernment of Austria. The Prussian cabinet is satisfied with the advances made by the Czar as a beginning, and intimates that the aid stipulated for in the treaty would not be due from Prussia should Austria now enter into hostilities with Russia. EVACUATION OF THE DOBRUDSCHA BY THE RUSSIANS. GALATZ, July 12.—The Russians have evacuated Matschin, which they have burned down, after re moving the supplies. Preparations are being made to abandon tho strong places in the northern penin sula formed by the upward bend of the Danube. It is feared that Isaaktcha, Tultcha, and Tschardak will share the fate of Matschin. TURKISH VICTORY IN ASIA. TREBIZONDE, July 9.—We learn that Zarif Pacha had left Kars with 30,000 men. Kerim Pacha surprised 12,000 Russians at Ardaghan, in the Akalchik Pasch, put them to the rout, and took six pieces of cannon and 400 prisoners. Selim Pacha, who was wounded in the last affair against the Russians, has been able to main tain the position of Tchourouk-Sou after having rallied the remains of his corps. TURKEY DEMANDS AN INDEMNITY FROM GREECE. According to advices from Constantinople of the 10th, the Porte consents to open its ports to Greek vessels, but it demands an indemnity for the ex penses of the war, and for Turkish subjects who have suffered from the depredations of the Greek sympathisers. A commission has been appointed to inquire into the matter. AUSTRIAN HOSTILITY TO RUSSIA. The Foreign Minister of Austria has just given a splendid banquet at Vienna to Prince Gortscha koff ! RETURN OF OFFICERS NOT ON SERVICE TO ENGLAND. The Cassel Gazette contains a letter from Wisba den, which says—" It is affirmed that the English officers residing here have received from their Go vernment a notification to return immediately to England, the last news received by the British Go vernment not allowing any further hope to be en tertained of a peaceful solution to the Eastern ques tion. A similar invitation, it is said, has been sent to all English officers in foreign countries." OPERATIONS ON THE DANUBE. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 14th says : "Marshal St. Arnaud arrived at Giurgevo on the 10th, and Omer Paella left the same day for Oltenitza. On the 10th a body of Turks occupied Frateschti, three leagues from Giur gevo, and afterwards marched towards Kalagie reni, where they fell in with the Russian ad vanced posts. A combat took place, but did not become very general, and ended in the retreat of the Russians with some loss. The Russian head quarters were transferred in haste from Kalagiereni to Bucharest. A letter from Orsova, 13th, states that Sali Pacha, the commandant at Nicopolis, passed the Danube on the 9th, with a considerable force at the ford of Clomunda above Nicopolis, and after a se vere engagement with a corps of Russian infantry posted on the opposite bank, and commanded by General Popoff, compelled them to retreat. The Russian General was seriously wounded. On the 10th Sali Pacha had occupied Turnal, and re-estab lished communications with Iskendov-Bey, whose left wing was at Islat. On that day the Turks were completely masters of the Wallachian bank of the Danube from Kalafat to Oltenitza." Letters from Bucharest, of the 12th, state that the Turks were throwing up very strong fortifica tions at Giurgevo. The main body of the Russian army was still on the defensive in their positions on the Argis. A. letter from Vienna says :—" The late combat at Oltenitza was not less severe than at Giurgevo. The Turks occupied the island below Oltenitza with the intention of getting of getting possession of some pieces of cannon placed on the bank of the r i ve r. The Russians defended them with great ' obstinacy, and only retired when the Turks ad vanced in great force." Accounts from Widdin of the 12th state that, on the 10th, 3,000 Turks, forming the advanced guard of a more considerable body, crossed the Danube below the mouth of the Wede, and marched to wards the north. Their destination is said to be Babile, near Bucharest, in order to support, if re quired, the movements of Omer Pacha, and to cut off from the Russians the line of retreat by the Argis. The Patric says that it has advices from Vienna confirming the suicide of General Aurep, who had Ibeen disgraced by the Government for want of suc cess. The event has made a deep impression on the /1 ( Russian troops. LAST "MOVE" OF THE GERMAN POWERS. The Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have commu nicated to the English and French Governments the impressions produced upon them by the answer of the Emperor Nicholas to the summons sent to him by Austria to evacuate the Principalities. The German Powers announce to the two Go vernments, that in their opinion the proposi tions contained in the Russian answer, if not altogether satisfactory, appear to them to be calculated to serve as a basis for further nego tiations, and they propose that Prague should be fixed upon as the seat of the conferences. These Powers are moreover said to express an opinion that it would not be possible to call upon Russia to evacuate the principalities, if it were not at the same time clearly understood that the allied Powers should stop in their movements in advance. It is almost unnecessary to say that any such proposition can never be listened to by France and England. The answer to it has not yet been sent, but the language held by the French Em peror himself at St. Cloud, to some of his friends, shows that the communication has met with no favour. ST. PETERSBURG. We extract the following from a letter from Berlin, dated the 16th : " I have just had a conversation of the most interesting kind with a person who has just arrived from St. Petersburg, where he remained a considerable time, and where he was enabled to judge of the impression produced on Russian society by the events which are now passing. The Emperor Nicholas is now more than ever under the influence of the old Russian party. He will not make the sacrifice of one of his ideas, and he persists in believing, in spite of the checks experienced by his troops, that the moment has arrived for the accomplishment of his designs. At the period of the departure of the person of whom I speak (the let instant), great movements of troops were taking place in the capital, and reinforcements were every day directed towards those parts of the coast that wore the most menaced by the allied fleets. The Emperor held frequent reviews of them. The population abstained from all sorts of manifestation, and hid under en apparent calmness their uneasiness. It is, however, believed at St. Petersburg that there is nothing to be feared in the direction of Cronstadt, which is looked upon as impreg nable, especially since the construction of the new and important works. At Cronstadtthe most minute precau tions have been taken, the garrison is always under arms, and the artillerymen aro night and day at their pieces ready to open the fire. Notwithstanding the movements of the troops to which I have alluded, many important points on the coast are without defence, or defended imperfectly. It is now quite evident that the military resources of Russia had been much exaggerated, in the same way as its other r esources had been. The truth is, that Russia is in want of men and money, and that the immensity of her terri tory, of which she is so proud, and for the extension of which she made so many sacrifices, and so indefatigably in trigued, opposes to-day to her defence the most serious mate rial obstacles. Russia is punished by her very sin. .Those sam e material obstacles have notallo wed her to maintain an effec tive force of more than 120,000 or 130,000 men in the Princi palities, notwithstanding all assertions to th© contrary, and those obstacles also prevent her, in spite of her exertions and her successive appeals, to line her coasts, along the Baltic and iiirinland, with a foroa ,dilated 1 0 defend them. You may regard this intelligence as positiv e ' Every day Russia loses part of her prestige. The Euipern A r Nicholas had foretold the dissolution of Turkey. He h 3 ". been too hasty, or rather he had deceived himself. It wa s the destruction of his own influence that was at bald' Many political men, even among the most enlighten ed ' were, it is true, deceived like himself ; but it is no longer permitted to-day to be blind to the result of pa s ' ing events in progress, and not to see that the influenc e of Russia has received a shock from which it (1 111 never recover. Russian society appears to be aware of Reasonable men in Russia are terrified at the situation in which the obstinacy of their master has placed their eclat' try, and the rest of the population, the small portion which reflects, is beginning to waver in their high 00 1101 1 of the Emperor, and cease to consider him as a denit-gad since the signal defeats experienced by his armies. Ther e is at bottom a latent but general discontent, which mat d sooner or later manifest itself by an insurrection, a nd bring about a catastrophe." THE BRITISH LIGHT DIVISION IN BULGARIA. The following are copies of letters received froltt an officer in the Light Division of the Exped i ' tionary Army, by his friends : " ALADYN, June 26.—1 have received yours °I the Bth inst. some days ago. I suppose the 0: 1 7 ' weather must at last have left you • if not, we coo' spare some of our surplus heat with mutual advan' tage. It is now between two and three in th e afternoon, and the thermometer in the shade, and with a smart breeze passing over it, stands at ° degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature beconle; very cool and pleasant towards evening. The p art of the day which appears hottest is between seven and nine a.m., when the sun's rays are nea l l horizontal, and before the breeze springs up, Till ° . hitherto it has generally done about nine or to " o'clock. "As I supposed, the difficulty of procur,,il transports has led to our being detained here. 1 -,u th night before last a courier passed through 11 . 1 s news that the Russians had raised the siege of Sil o i d ; tria and suddenly retreated. Yesterday I r , 0 ., over to Dewina, about seven miles further on "„ r wards Schumla, where the greater part of °" c i cavalry are encamped. On arriving there I learn,eo that Lord Cardigan had received orders during t ° night to proceed with 300 troopers to reconnoit , 7 and ascertain the direction in which the RUSsia r army had moved, and the party was then away l ° ' that purpose. The cavalry camp at Dewina (Pf e ti; nounced Devena) is on a broad sandy plain, irl., a small but rapid stream running through 1 which in its course, turns a considerable numbed of mills. On either side of the plain are ranges . hills which rise from 1,200 to 1,500 feet, and °,l; the declivity of one of these is seen the brown r oe S of the long, straggling village of Dewina itsei.t, Here d there vineyards and fields of ba rl ,7 l present themselves, but the general effect of tPeo scenery, from the sence of detached farm-hoes r y or houses of any kind, is that of a coal' 0 neglected and turned to little account. BetWe e x , Varna and Dewina no homes are to be seen e the cepting those congregated in villages. On ~...01 lower or southern bank of the two lakes, whiff extend nearly the whole distance between o ' o two places, the ground rises with a gradual sleV and from the trees frequently opening and s howl, t r, large patches of bright green grass, in contrast vr i 0 the dark foliage of the wood, with here and Wi l d solitary tree or clump of trees, almost as if arrang be expressly by art, the traveller might imagin e fo r was passing some extensive parks, were it no - b j , the total absence of house or residence of any lc, l 'i l o It is impossible to avoid thinking, as fresh " lic h open on the road, to what excellent account ° ie . land would be turned at home. The roads are 00 famous, or rather there are no roads, p r operlY, it called ; in the direction that one cart has fou nd it possible to go another has followed, and so on Iwo a track is established. Such as I have seen I r e , be altogether impassable after much rain. c o ; quently the road diverges into three or four tr ° , t he which, after fifty or si x ty y ar d s , aga i n meet ' l4 to main road, showing that it has been eas' e i iet strike a new way through the bush than to fe' t f the old route, in consequence of some tereP er ce r difficulty or obstruction. The carts and c on antes are as rough as the roads : they are - . o a wholly of wood, the wheels without any tire% oo , as they move slowly along, they creak and ter dies and are only kept together by yielding and ben 0 0 with every bump and thump they meet wit eel, the road. If the shaft, or a portion of the `% 05 r0 or any other part breaks, the driver, who is 9 ' r e. provided with tools, goes into the wood an hi pairs the injury. The carts are usually dravfroe oxen, or a couple of savage-looking buffaloes. 0 0 drivers are the most picturesque-looking fell o w 7, o ir the world : from the looseness and bulk of ts' attire, and, the variety of colours in the s e/ A e OB parts of it, especially in the head-gear, an' i ost capacious wrappings round the waist, each - , io cl seems to have a special costume of his 0vi119,70/ the jaunty air of independence which e v er y fe'All assumes is quite in keeping with his d res s. a 0 are armed, carrying in addition to pistols 0 , ° , 0 ( i knife, the handles of which peep out of the f' u t i e it their sash, not unfrequently a long gun acros s ore t shoulder, which, however, by all accounts, j 5 333 00 employed in procuring them a dinner whe n We i halt comes than for any more serious purpose o ta, met a train of upwards of a hundred of these e cr o or arabas, as they are called, returning from Shumla yesterday. They had taken stores 1 Varna for Omer Pacha's army. WO We are now all interested in c o n j e cturing , 00 will be the effect of this move of th e Russ' fl oa t. our operations. All manner of rumours are a b 7 i t i! I suppose we shall imm e di a t e l y move o n, ; 1 1 al' will really look as th oug h we remained (111.'3-00 the time the enemy were battering Silistrial t he only advanced when they ran away. At las t ii ' t di' stock has been a lt oge th er di scar d e d i n th e lig' the vision, as for some time past it has been ill, the Brigade of G uar d s, to t h e i n fi n i te com f o rt '7 the men. We still want something lighter 0 %04 shako, less confinement at the upper part of the e se cl a less heavy pack, and less shaving. The office/ o a men have been suffering much from scorch' 00 0' ulcerated lips. In the heat of the day the rae ° , o o o stautly carry a small piece of green leaf hev er lip their lips to keep them—especially their 1 0 0 0 —from being blistered. lam going to try ,e b ap my way to the advanced French camp, wril' e , ca ° pears to be about seven miles from hence ; ; o f 0 just se© a few of their tents on the suirania, very high hill, in a north direction from Ve r- te ee ° l " The day before yesterday an amusing in ° o o o' of fraternising was seen at Varna. Two re i i o ef our artillery, and two French soldiers of th e „ ell were rolling arm-in-arm thr oug h th e stree" 4 o o four considerably more than half seas overkte , not particularly qui e t. Th e y ma d e sun d r y atte c ab each impeding the o th er i n hi s e ff or t s , t o g et th' the open door of a ca fe, in which were sever a l' lish officers. J us t a t the time the piquet P h ere to whose care the two drunken artillery[ne ° / th e committed. The annoyance and disgust %jot° Frenchmen at h av i ng their English cornP ° 04 thus removed were unequivocally manifested; bet offered no resistance to the measure, howeve r 'thei to testify their sympathy beyond all douhtY loo l insisted on being made prisoners too, and P 4 themselves by the side o f th e i r f r i e nds, they mar to the guard-house together. iv 3 , " CAMP DEWINA, se- , a tio " I had written the preceding letter, but h ts ° l o' safe opportunity of forwarding it. Our Pot seed: rangements are so uncertain and bad that th e e ter ing or receiving a letter becomes more or lessipra°, dental. Days are fixed for the mail to leave le tter:, and Constantinople, but when we ask boy ( g oo , ' are to be sent, the reply is that an orderly dr el goes into Varna daily, but that he cannot t 9 ' TV receive any letters that are not strictly officill'aalli e fact is there is so much discontent that it is ge li c, c ot' believed the authorities do n o t w i s h f or mu% th e respondence to take place. W e arr i ve d here 0 " e iel last day of June ; this is the 3d July, and % t ea° have had nothing but their hare rations 0 %0.: and meat ; no coffee, sugar, salt, or other ne e l f , / Dr i „ Their breakfast this morning consisted of dry fi le cuit and water. The water is about haler, g oo; from the camp ; it is a small stream and T m thLee at the source; but from the number of men v-it be' and washing and a number of other causes,.. it comes very indifferent for drinking. The r e f t ici ° department throws the blame of the ins . ° 00 supplies upon the commissariat—they, in rod say the military men will give no means of c o sto r e ing the supplies, of which there are plenty fo re /1,, at Varna or Constantinople. The day be• i° Oil t - re left Aladyn a commissariat officer told 115 0 lye 0 could have had ale or porter all the time '' o oti ° h there, but that General Brown would n ot a ir liic the cost of the cartage—a mere trifle, an en t°°.o the different regiments would only have,u, ; ;bed i n i happy to pay. The general has now pnc . , e ce - ,1 orders that he did not forbid the conveY c ji r ee u t e e o porter to the troops, but that he„ d tP, Je that the rations should first be suppn e n : e na i v ie groceries, and then porter. This is r ° ' - a t ',' enough, if only due provision were mad ° 0 0 ; same time for the conveyance of the things' o el' i ° of ever, as matters have stood, we have 1 0 ,,, i 0 e, O portunities of getting beer, and very ge ld pay sugar, rice, &c. The consequence is that the re fi ditiet fallen off very much in appearance and e ° e 61 and I am sure, from what I hear around I?l'sjoi3' di vi 0 , generally discontented, at least in this rot eg We hear that there have been different ° v illag e r ments in other divisions. The B u l g arian t w e O r are small, ill supplied, and any things th ° Te ry 12 .,4 get from them, such as eggs, milk, , cte./ til l ' certain, and in consequence of the nurnlys high to purchase, the prices are extravagaTioJente.r. You can imagine the effect of seven relfl er of r a - 0 infantry, a brigade of cavalry, and an,°,.., t he tillery, as we are here, sudden placea ' A I N ; OP — of two country villages, and all deloll"' ,~, - ~. ;. . ; r