The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. -ROYAL sURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Ascent in a BALLOON from the Esplanade, in front of the Lake, by the veteran GREEN, the only ascent hero, for Eighteen years. Vocal and Instru mental Concert, by Miss Poole, Miss Ruston' and Mr. Manvers. An extra Military Band daring the day. Extensive and interesting Menagere, ten Lions , thre e Elephants, two Tigers, two Giraffes, two Camels, &c. Various novel amusements, concla;ing with a dis play of F i rewor ks, gorgeous beyond description. The bombardment cf Chusan. Explos,on of Fireships, and Balloon ascent at halt-past Six. Concert at Seven. Fireworks quarter to Ten. Doors open from Nine in the morning. Admission to the whole, Is. THEATIkE NOTAL DRUBY LANE. Lesee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TUI4 EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed MEMO. Fidelio, Madame Rndersdorff; 31arcellina, Madlle. Sedlazek; Florestan, Herr Reichardt; Don Fernando, Mr. Hamilton Braham ; Don Pizarro, Herr liolzel ; Jacqulno, Herr Castelli ; and Rocco, Herr Formes. Followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Pr:ces—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s ; Pit , 2,-; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be sezurcd. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cook, 63, New Bond-street. TR EAT R E ROYAL HAY MARKET. Under the management of Mr. lanekstone. THIS EVENING. JIINS G, ----- Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After wnich, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled ME. BCCIISTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CE3 l'Eft-SQUA.ItE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCES4'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CEARLEs Kr.ax. Till% EVENING. JUNE 6, Will ba performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST 'AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and bass C. Lecie To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha ruters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING, JUXE 6, Will be performed BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthsws, RoxoY. and Baker; bias Wynd ham, &c. Rowed by GIVE A DOJ AN ILL NAME. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jun 6, Will be performed THE MkRBLE HEART; or, The Sculptor's Dream. .Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. (larding. Followed by THE VOUSTACTTE MOVE PENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Parselle ; Mrs. Keeley, fah! miss Mary Keeley. After which, TUE OVERL %NB JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, AA UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WETS ERE, MR? PAUTICULATIA OF THE FAIR ,OPDIA. Prin cipal characters by Mr. Paul 13.thord and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEtt/tE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENINTCI, JUNE 6, Will be performed THE lIIPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha rs:ters uy . .iessrs. F. Robson, J. If Waite, Leslie, and Vincent; Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, awl Miss Marston. To be followed by VIE FIRS r NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leqlie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. APer whieh, MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. 11. Wigan, Pobran, 11. Cooper; ,Misses Marston and E. Turner. 8112.3S1) THEATRE. tole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft.—Direetrart. Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed TILE LADY OF LYONS. To be followed by the New Balet Divertissement, entitled THE SEA NYMPII'S CAVE. To be followed by IHE WATERMAN. Atter which, TII2 MARBLE LOVER. stalls, 55.; Boxes, 34.; Pit, le. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Rort , s, Ll Hs. 6d., to be Lad of Mr. Alleroft. 15, New Boni.etreet. ASTLEY'S EllitOPE'S NATIO,TAL ANIPtiII'iIEATEA. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, Ju 5, Will be produced a new Grand IliAtor:cal 3llMary spectacle, en titled THE COSSACKS ; or, Vive le. France. Followed by a total change of the Scenes In the CIRCLE. To conclude wth a new Grotesque Extravaganza, called THIS HORSE •SILL E SOLD . 10 PAY EXPENSES IF :NOT CLAIMED WIT ZIIN FOURTEEN' DAYS. Boa-Office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Afx. W. West. BAGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tr;ta DAY —Morning 39 cnin.after 9 I Evening 8 tnin.aft. 10 To-‘roaaow—Morning 38 rnin.after 10 I Evening 7 nitti-a - t. 11 VIE WEATLIER.—Sus 027101, Jntz 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 50—Lowest this morning ant during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'13—falling. WrND, N. to N.N.E.—Moderate breeze, but cold, with cloudy weather. e ~~~h ~`: fo Z - 11 LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1854. Additional hard fighting before Silistria, we be lieve, may be given as about the sum total of the news last received from the seat of war in the Principalities. Until the allied troops become united with those of the Turks and Egyptians already actually engaged with the Russian armies under PASKIEWITCH and GORTSCHAHOFF—nothing decisive can of course be anticipated. The sol diers of the SULTAN have shown themselves al ready, it is true, from first to last, perfectly well qualified to maintain a defensive war with their Muscovite assailants. This capacity they have displayed again and again down to the latest intel ligence from the head-quarters of OMER DACHA, at Schumla from the period of their first serious en counter with the enemy at Oltenitza. They so entrenched themselves at Kalafat, that their posi tion at that point was virtually admitted by the foe to bo impregnable—insomuch so, that having tarried before it for some months after the sangui nary struggle at Citate, the Muscovite armament was compelled at last to evacuate the whole of Lesser Wallachia, and march hastily, in full re treat, in the direction of the Dobrudscha, under the strategic plea of the necessity of concentra tion. Again, even now we see the heroic defence of Silistria by the Turks, week after week, and month after month, when invested by a formidable multitude of armed and infuriated Muscovites. We have been watching this heroic defence of Silistria with a consciousness that it is one un paralleled in heroism since the memorable defence of Komorn by Klapka and his gallant Hungarians. We accept it as an incident affording additional testimony of the capability undoubtedly possessed by the Ottoman forces of repelling the further advance, at any rate for some time yet, of the enormously disproportioned hordes directed against them by the despotic power and daring ambition of the AUTOCRAT. Alone, we believe the Turks, though numerically so inferior, to be capable of maintaining for a long while unaided a defensive warfare with Russia. But beyond that, to calm late yet farther would be preposterous and utterly extravagant. Unassisted, the Turks would still find it difficult to maintain for any length of time the line of the Danube, or even of the g igantic range of the-Balkau Mountains. But—to dream of their being , able, unless assisted by auxiliaries to carry the., war into the enemy's country, were simply`ricli eu i ous. rth all our apprecia tion of their bravery andwith all o ur admiratiorifQbbocou skill, rage of their men and genius-of-theirherei c c for they suchorama,uder—to cal culate on their petfoiining any prodigies of va l o ur and good generalship as should conduct them unaided across the Danube and across the Pruth in pursuit of their Russian invaders, We re to look for mira cles where we h ave only a right to expect matters -of-course. Therefore the rep u l se of the Russians, the effectual repulse of them so aato necessitate their withdrawal, through Wallachia and through Moldavia, beyond the boundaries of Bessarabia, c an only be reasonably ex p ecte d when contingentso- have proceeded the Anglo-French from Scutari to Schum la, b y way of Varna, and from Gallipoli to Adrianople, thence to be united with the Turks and Egyptians, looking for orders to the head - quarters of OMER DACHA. When these movements, already commenced, shall at length have been satisfactorily completed, the united foices, ranged on the field of battle against the enormous army of the CZAR, will be prepared at last to draw the sword in earnest for the decisive encounter, the Franco-Anglo-Turkish - Egyptian armament being directed against the foe, after due deliberation, by the collective authority delegated to Manilla). ST. ARNAUD, as Generalis simo. Then, .in_ earnest may we " cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"—expecting," as the no longer remote . result of the conflict, the termi nation of the'scazcely numerable horrors of a ge neral mounter; and the final restoration of tau- i quality to the contending nations of Christendom. ' A pitched battle on the banks of the Danube, — simultaneously with the bombardment of Sebasto pol by the combined fleets under AdmiralsDuNDAs and HAMELIN—and with the bombardment of Cronstadt by the united maritime armaments under Admirals NAPIER and DESCHENES,— the latter attack leading to the crowning onslaught upon the capital of St. Petersburg thus might the maritime Powers con trive to effect the conquest of their gigantic foe as by one irresistible thrust of a trident, or as by the overwhelming rush of a threefold thunder ' bolt. The allied forces having actually set out at length, the English from Scutari and the French from Gallipoli, to unite with the Turkish army at Schumla, by way of Varna and Adrianople--all we can do now is to await the result of these military combinations, sustained in hope by an implicit reliance upon the benignant aid of GOD. The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, which passed through committee in the House of Commons on Friday, will meet with universal approval thoroughout the country. There was scarcely any matter more strongly pressed by fiscal and financial reformers than that of bringing all the expenditure of the nation under the control of Parliament, of subjecting the costs of collecting any impost, to the supervision and direction of the guardians of the public purse. Heretofore it was the "net" returns only that were brought into the Exchequer. A portion of every tax was deducted in the first instance. There was a stoppage in transitu of indefinite amount, respecting which Parliament knew nothing, and could obtain no accurate information. The Go vernment "ouvriers," the employes in all the public offices, were paid their salaries and extra claims without being exposed to any impertinent inquiries or observations on the part of any offi cious member. Everything was involved in a dense cloud of mystery that effectually prevented any hope of amelioration. The medicated atmo sphere surrounding enchanted castles in the old fairy tales did not more effectually paralyse the energies of the chivalrous knight errants burning to I achieve the rescue of sleeping Princesses, or the restoration of deposed Monarchs, than did the system of keeping the accounts puzzle the brains and entrance the faculties of the modern Reform ers of established abuses. The effect was very similar in each instance. The chivalrous assailant, whether armed with glittering and well-tempered falchion or grey goose quill, with steel-pointed lance or adamant tipped, was invariably cast into a deep sleep or trance, during which the abuse vanished from his sight, and such terror was in flicted on his soul that, however brave, ho shuddered at the notion of returning to the onslaught. The most inveterate detector of arithmetical errors—the keenest economist would shrink from attempting the solution of a problem in which all the data were withheld, and there was not the faintest glimmering light to guide him in the devious course on which he had entered. Hence it was that matters, which would attract immediate atten tion if witnessed in a striking point of view, were suffered to linger on until they became " grey iniquities," and their very antiquity was relied on as sufficient to prevent any improvement. But it was not merely the expenses of collection that were deducted from the "gross" proceeds. The system afforded too many opportunities for jobbing to be neglected. Situations were created, not for the purpose of carrying out the nominal objects, but of rewarding political adherents. The waiters on PROVIDENCE not merely looked out for vacancies, but exercised their ingenuity in finding out new offices that, although practically sinecures, would yield handsome incomes to the recipients. Generally some plausible apology was offered that might excuse the nomination ; but if the illegiti mate offspring or favourite of a Sovereign was to be provided for, if a patriot was to be " con ciliated," or, in plainer terms, to be pur chased, the matter was accomplished by means of a perpetual annuity or annuities, which were deducted from the accruing revenue before any payment into the Exchequer. It was this latter part of the case that inter posed the greatest obstacle to any reform. The pensioners were, generally speaking, men of exalted rank, with many influential connexions who were enabled to stifle inquiry. There could scarcely be an Administration, whether Whig or Tory—a joint stock, in which some friend or re lative of the Dukes of GRAFTON or MARLBOROUGH, of Earl COWPER, or other aristocratic sinecurist or pensioner, did not hold a prominent position that enabled him to procrastinate, and eventually shelve, the disagreeable subject. Thus, then, the evils gathered strength in their progress until their duration could be counted not by years, but by generations, and if we desired to search out the origins, we should go back to the profli gacy of the Second CHARLES, or the wide-spread corruption of the WALPOLE Administration. Mr. GLADSTONE is entitled to no ordinary amount of credit for having the intrepidity and disinterestedness to grapple with these monster grievances. If we are ready to condemn any error committed by the Right Honourable Gen tleman, we are no less willing to bestow the praise which he has so richly deserved, and to make honourable mention of his zealous and energetic exertions. It is true that we do not concur in all the details of the pro posed me_tsure—that we should earnestly desire some alterations or modifications in its provisions. But we also feel that it is a long step in the right direction—a large instalment of justice ; and that the man who had not merely " introduced the sharp end of the wedge," but driven it " three parts home," has deserved well of the community, and that his reward should not be alloyed by direct censure or " damned by faint praise." If, therefore, we venture on suggesting any amendment, it is not for the purpose of depreciating the efforts or detracting from the praise of Mr. GLADSTONE, but rather of rendering the measure what we be lieve he desires to make it, as efficacious as possible. The reason for withdrawing the Crown lands from its operation is obvious. A direct and posi tive contract had been entered into between our dearly loved SOVEREIGN and her affectionate and loyal subjects. The Royal Lady had relinquished the lands' revenues of the Crown to her people in return for the provision which they made for the proper maintenance of her dignity. But certain stipulations were made which could not in any degree be interfered with not merely without her direct assent, but at her especial instance. There should not be the slightest appearance of coercion or even pressure. But those who know and appreciate the character of the Royal Lady, will also know that the wel fare of her people is her greatest desire, and that she will not permit any private or personal interest to stand in the way of promoting that welfare. We may, therefore, reasonably hope that the initiative for placing these matters also under the control of the Legislature will be speedily taken. Other things, such as the salaries of Judges, already on the Consolidated Fund, are to be left there. The propriety of these changes are beyond the possibility of doubt, but that is no reason why they should not be left to Parliament. There Should be no question on such matters, and ex emptions and exceptions are always objectionable, as affording opportunities for real abuses under shelter of that which is beyond reproach. We trust this matter may be remedied ere it is too late. One great objection, however, relating to the hereditary pensions we shall not touch on at pre sent—requiring more time and space than we are enabled to bestow in this impression. We shall, therefore, for the present, not notice the claims of n E no a n. rl ou c o o ir w , p.s the it the Dukes of GRArrox a d heirs of the Duke of Sono:muter, and the fortunate assignees of the l a t e C HARLES ' B ° Esq., with whom, howe ver , we shall have word E to say anon, OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—These performances were to have commenced last night with Adam's Le Bijou perdu, but Madame Marie Cabel, and others of the artistes suffered so much from their pas sage across the Channel, that they were unable to ap. pear, and the opening of the theatre waa postponed t o irecinesciv next. MON E Y MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 15,000 bales, including 5,000 taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with an upward tendency at an advance of 1-16 d. for American ; other sorts without alteration. The sales comprised 12,500 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6cl. to 7&d., 320 Bahia at 6d. to 61d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 71d., 800 Surat at 2id. to 3d., and 40 Sea Island at 10d. to ls. 4d. per lb. Railway shares were steady. In reference to the Tallow market, it is stated by Messrs. F. J. Smith and Charles that the trade are now buying conjointly with the bears, and higher prices than those from which the market was precipitated may therefore be expected. Poli tical facts remain much as they were when we were 70s. ; and the difficulties of getting tallow overland are beginning to be felt, now that the time for doing this has actually arrived. St. Petersburg, 15th (27th) May—Exchange, 36. No business doing, because conveyance cannot be procured.: Accounts from Antwerp state that there were four American vessels of 3,741 tons, besides Belgian ships, preparing to leave with 3,700 emi grants. Complaints are made of the town having been inundated with the circulars of a Banking house, at Frankfort, announcing the sale of lottery tickets at Frankfort on the Maine. These being posted unpaid, are charged 20 centimes, and have occasioned great annoyance to the recipients. At Ghent the same proceedings have been adopted. Accounts from Thielt state that there had been a fair sale for cloth goods at that place on the Ist. inst. The railway between Erquelines and Ham mont is expected to be opened 16 kilometres before the end of the present year. It is stated in accounts from Canada that Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, has concluded a treaty with the autho rities at Sitka in charge of the Russian fur trading posts on the Pacific side of the Rocky mountains, by which both parties agree not to allow hostile depreciations between their respective subjects. This convention is not to prevent the belligerent nations from attacking either settlement—indeed, the British Government has already notified to the American Minister of the intention of the allied powers to blockade all the Russian ports in the Pacific. The value of the goods paying duty imported at the Port of Toronto during the quarter ended sth April was 187,1211. Gs. 10d. The value of free goods imported during the same time were 1,473/. 2s. Id., and of the exports, 28,0461. 15s. From the Bahamas islands we learn that marine disasters were very frequent along the coast during the late severe gales, and it was estimated that in the space of a fortnight ending in the middle of April, about 600,000 dollars worth of wrecked pro perty had been cast on shore, and that at least 200 wrecked seamen had been located atNassau during the disastrous period. The appearance of the Money Market within the last two or three days is more reassuring, and the anxiety respecting the renewal ot' the Exchequer Bills now due is set at rest, as the amount for which money has been demanded, cannot, under the circumstances, exceed a few hundred thousand pounds, and, with the existing buoyancy in stocks, this can be speedily replaced by sales in the open market. It would be too much to assert, however, that cash will become abundant or cheap, since the activity of our war movements and the continued large imports of grain must have the effect of draw ing away a good deal of specie. The rate of ex change in China is still so far against us that we send away silver freely, and the favourable set offs will, perhaps, merely suffice to keep our bullion tolerably in equilibrium. Large sums, for example, are coming over from the United States, and the importation yesterday from that country and the Spanish American Colonies, was equal to 500,0001. With upwards of 1,200,0001. known to be on the way from Australia, we shall be prepared to meet some of our liabilities, and yet be none the poorer than at present, but it will be of still greater im portance that the rates for foreign Bills of Exchange should be maintained as they have been of late, and that our large expenditure in Turkey should induce the Ottoman merchants availing themselves of English Commissariat Bills, to extend their purchases of Manchester goods. The. Ottoman army must require these, and the facilities for their obtainment are greater than ever, now the inhabitants are receiving large sums in ready money for grain and cattle furnished to the allied armies. There has been a further important rise in public securities, the market being completely wild, and the Bear party in a state of panic, owing to a large failure. Consols opened at 93 to 93i for money, and have since been done at 94, from the cause stated. For the account, the 19th of July, they have been 93i f, and subsequently 93 and 92g. These quotations will, without a word of comment, sufficiently illustrate the perturbed state of the market. Such a heavy account for the Bears has not been • settled for many years, and to this, quite as much as to any change in the money market or any improvement in the aspect of political affairs, must we attribute the constant advance. The price of Consols at one period yesterday afternoon, had sunk to 924, and they rallied to 922 and 93, although the Bank of England lent a considerable amount of stock. The New 3+ per Cents. have been 93 and 92, and the 3 per Cents. 92:1 and 911. When the account is fairly settled, we should not be surprised if a fur ther decline occurred. Bank Stock is worth 204 to 206. Exchequer Bills are ls. to ss. premium. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have, by the Avon, received advices from Mexico of the 2d, and from Vera Cruz of the sth ult. The re mittance for account of the dividend from Vera Cruz is $45,000, and at Tampico, on the 29th of April, $lB,OOO were waiting for shipment. From Mazatlan $3,241 had, on the 13th of April, been sent on to Panama. Mr. Falconnet writes, on the 2d of May, that they had no official intelligence from the President since the 19th of April, but the Charleston Courier has advices from Mexico of a later date, stating that the President had taken Acapulco and restored the communication between his army and the capital. Foreign Securities have been nearly all at full rates. Spanish Threes 41 to 414, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 42. Mexican Bonds are at 241, and Grenada Deferred at 6g Railway Shares have been generally higher, with moderate transactions. The annual meeting of the Bank of British North America took place this day, at which a very en couraging report was read, showing the profits of the year 1853 to have increased 45 per cent, over those of 1852. All the reports stated the colony to be in a very flourishing state. The nett' profit of the year was 100,6501. 17s. 10d. From the undi vided nett profit of 125,3491.105. the directors now declared a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 255. per share in July next. The report was adopted. Crystal Palace shares are a shade better. ' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official Lisle.) Rosiness done. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 2 li 23 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 933 3 4 31 4 3 24 31 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 921 6 3 2/ 4 2 4 2 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4 9-16 1146 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859.... 4 5-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under 1:1000 5 p Consols for Opening 19th July - Exchequer Bills, 2fd. 21000 ..... 1 5 p par 5 p X5OO l5 p Small l5 p Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent T itto 5 per Cent .......... ........... Grenada Bonds, Deferred 4....1 6a i "exican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent. 63 71 Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4l is 1 Spanish Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. 204 i Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. net fun 4i 5 Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 1 per Cent. ......, 26 5f Dividends on the above parable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Ceut. 12 Gull 6ll Ditto 4 per Cent. Certilleates . I THREE O'CLOCK'. Consols 93 ?mole for Opening 19t4 July 921 t MEI LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE LAST DESPATCH FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, Tuesday Morning, 10 o'clock.—The ,elegraphic despatches from the Danube aro con tradictory. The following is probably correct : Towards the end of May, 5,000 Turkish horse gook the Russians by surprise at Turnu. • Only 107 of the latter escaped to the left bank of he Aluta. General of Division Baumgarten has been miss.' ing ever since the affair. In the attack on Silistria on the 29th Lieutenant- General Sylian was killed, and Count Orloff shot in the eye. On the 30th, at 4 in the morning, the Turks made a sally, and a fearful massacre took place in the Russian entrenchments. Many of the be siegers' guns were spiked. ft is calculated that the Russians have lost 8,000 men on the Danube since the 20th of May. SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. Russian accounts received in Vienna describe the engagement at Silistria on the 29th as " a fresh and vigorous attack by 30,000 Russians," but they admit that the assailants were repulsed with a loss of 3,000 men. The eldest so n o f C oun t Orloff was among the'slain. The Cologne Gazette gives a letter from Vienna of the 31st ult., of which the substance is as fol lows :-- 4, The brave Mussa Pacha of Silistria has found a disinterested ally in the Danube. The river has inundated the islets occupied by the Russians, compelling them to decamp without their guns, which aro now under water. The same generous ally has invaded all the mines made by that skilful engineer officer General Luders, and it has swept away the bridge of boats they had formed at Kalarash. The siege is therefore raised on the river side ; and as the mud made or left by the stream will take time to harden when the waters go down, it will be more than three weeks before operations from those islands can be recom menced. The correspondent of the Vienna Wanderer, who was at Kalarasch on the 21st, writes : " About noon the Russians crossed the Danube half an hour (an English mile and a half) below Kalarascb, .and immediately began to construct entrenchments and mines. After having fruitlessly bohibarded Silistria during five weeks, Prince Paskewitsck has convinced himself that the fortress cannot he taken by storm with out a sacrifice of 20,000 or , 25,000 men. As a conse quence of this General Schilder'a plan for destroying the fortress by means of mines has been adopted. Silistria has not high walls, but between their double lines there is a space completely filled with earth, as is the case at Vienna. The outer trenches are very deep, and at a distance of 200 or 300 paces from them flows the Danube. At this spot the river is extremely deep, and the current so strong that the formation of a bridge is entirely out of the question ; besides this, everything that the Russians might construct here could easily be destroyed by the guns of the fortress. Nothing is, therefore, to be done, but to carry on the siege from the south-east side of Silistria, but even that position is commanded by the guns of the new citadel, at which the Turks have been building these seven years, and of the batteries which are placed below the coffee-house.' Prince Gortschakeff is regularly en camped on the right bank of the river, but the Prince of Warsaw returns at night to Kalarasch. Lieut.- General Luders, who came here two days ago, is sick. It is not known whether Grothenhjelm or Engelhardt will take the command in the Dobrudscha during his absence. I have counted 56 Russian generals in Kala rasch, and can, without the least exaggeration, say, that 100,000 men, are encamped there." The report that Mussa Pasha bad yielded to the " persuasion" of Russia, was a vile calumny, for the gallant soldier is resoled to hold out to the last. If the fortress does fall, the victory will have been so dearly bought that the Russian army will have no cause to congratulate itself. It is con sidered good policy to let the Russians exhaust their strength and energy before the walls of Silistria. The present position of Omer Pasha is the best he can have both in a strategical and political point of view. If Silistria falls, and the Russians should advance towards the Balkan, they haven° chance of success . The Court of St. Petersburg is, however, now only intent on saving its honour, and, therefore, when the fortress is taken, we shall probably hear that it will propose to evacuate the Turkish provinces on certain conditions. If, on the contrary, Silistria should not fall, Russia can not make a retrograde movement without leaving an irradicable stain on its military reputation. As to the negotiations for a capitulation, they appear to have been neither more nor less than a demand on the part of Mussa Pasha, that the unarmed in habitants and the irregular troops might be per mitted to quit the .fortress without molestation. From the preparatiOns made by Mussa Pasha and Mehemed ' Bey, the chief of the engineering de partment, it is evident they have no idea of sur rendering. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, Juno I.—Two German merchants who arrived yesterday from Warsaw inform me that the accounts in the German papers of the assembling of great masses of troops in Poland are exaggerated, there being now a smaller number than usual in that country. Warsaw itself is all bustle, and has a thoroughly military appearance. The forts are also well garrisoned, but very few soldiers are to be seen in the interior of the country, over a consider able portion of which one of my informants lately passed. His impression is that numerous troops have been lately sent from Poland to the Gulf of Finland. It appears by his statements that the country is for the present perfectly tranquil, that no allusion to the great political question of the day is ever made in public, and that no foreign journals are delivered before their accounts of the events on the theatres of war are cut out. Both my , informants state that great misery prevails in Po land, and that the people are in too dejected a state to think of an insurrection. Matters, however, will assume a very different hue the moment the Western Powers throw a gleam of hope over that unfortunate country. The followingparagraph appears in the Liantzic Damphvot :—"ln this town as well as in Neufah-wasser (a large village about five miles distant) arrangements are being made for weekly supplies of meat for the combined fleet. So large a quantity is required that Dantzic alone can not furnish it, and it has been necessary to enter into contracts with other Baltic ports. it is asserted that a Dantzie firm has engaged to deliver weekly 27,000 pounds weight of meat." The Konigsberg Llartungschc Zeitung of yester day, states that since the recent seizure by the Amphion and Conflict, war steamers, of a number of merchant vessels in the harbour of Libau, many families have left that town and gone into the interior of the country. By order of the Czar, the account book and funds of the custom house at Polanger (a little town on the Baltic, higher up than Memel), have been transferred to the town of Erottingen, about two German miles inland. An army corps, sixty thousand strong, under the command of General 'Von Sievern—stretches from Polanger to beyond Mitan, "in order," as the above-named journal states, "to prevent any serious advance of the enemy into the interior of the country." And apropos of Erottingen, it may be stated that the clergyman of the Evangelical Church there has appointed a " solemn church festival," in order to commemorate the pres enta tion to that church, by the King of Prussia, of a crucifix and two altar lamps. Meat is becoming very scarce and dear in Memel, on account of the prohibition of the exportation of cattle from Rus sia. One of the objects of that prohibition is, no doubt, to prevent the English getting supplies. According to the above-named Konigsberg journal, an officer of the Conflict war steamer, who had been much injured by the machinery, has expired in Memel. The name is not given. One of the butchers of Dantzic, who is making arrangements for the procuring of cattle for the combined fleet, is now proudly relating how he had the honour of furnishing meat to Lord Nelson's fleet, and to Na poleon's army, when the one was in the Baltic and the other in Pomerania. The worthy old man, who is much respected hero, supplied also the Rus sian army in 1830, but on that point he maintains perfect silence. Times are changed. ANTICIPATED ATTACK UPON SEBAS TOPOL. We find the following in a Constantinople letter of May 23 :—lt is asserted that the Euphrates brought out orders from France and England for the admirals to attack Sebastopol. These orders, it is said, were communicated to them by the Council of War at Varna. There is nothing un likely in this assertion, especially if, as has been said, Admiral Dundas had secret instructions, which bound his hands, and prevented his striking a decisive blow, while Ministers at home were waiting for " something to turn up." The attack upon Odessa is quite compatible with the existence of such instructions. The firing upon a flag of truce was an accident which it was im possible to anticipate, and it may be assumed that the moment he was compelled to use his own discretion, Admiral Dundas naturally adopted the only'co rso congenial to the feelings of a British sailor. It must also be confessed, that if the hands of the admirals were tied by instructions from home, the givers of those orders were assisted by the winds and fogs of the Black sea, width pre. • vented our operations on a gr ale. These winds and fogs furnish a ready r to any ques tions that may be asked in Parliament. RUPTURE BETWEEN SWEDEN AND RUSSIA. There was a report in Paris about the Court that the Swedish squadron had received orders to com bine its force with the allied fleets in the Baltic, and that the Swedish Minister at St. Petersburg had demanded his passports. LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE RUSSIAN .ARMY OF OCCUPATION. "The Russian army," says the Moniteur de d' "Has suffered considerable losses since the opening of the campaign, not only on the field of battle, butalso by disease. We long predicted that unavoidable result of the sojourn of that army in a damp and marshy country. Some journals have described the plan of operations agreed upon by the Generals and Admirals of the allied land and sea forces. They even assign to each the post which he is to occupy. We doubt the correct• ness of their information. Such decisions generally re main secret, and it is only by accomplished facts that they become known to the public. The only inference we can draw from the relative position of the armies is, that the situation of the Russians is by no means re assuring for the General in command of them, and that we are on the eve of important events. The co-opera tion of the European Powers most interested in the question, and the moral support of those which are either unwilling or unable to take an active part in the conflict, are secured to England and France, and it is accordingly to be hoped that the struggle will be prompt, vigorous, and decisive." CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO VARNA. The Journal des Debats says " The number of transports of every kind col lected for some time past in the waters of the Bosphorus of the Sea of Marmora, admits of no doubt that a considerable body of troops can be conveyed at once, and be landed at Varna in three or four . days after their departure. From that place, eight or ten days' march could, if required, bring the troops to Silistria. It is not improbable that before long we shall receive important news." The following is an extract of a private letter from a g entleman who accompanied Marshal de St. Arnaud from Constantinople to Gallipoli, on his return from Varna. It will be seen that Marshal de St. Arnaud has gone to Gallipoli, to hasten the march of the French army, And that the utmost exertions are now being made to get the whole of the allied armies up in time to re lieve Silistria, and to prevent that important place from falling into the hands of the Russians : " Gallipoli, May 26.—Marshal de St. Arnaud, who left Yeni-Kioi last evening, on board the Berthollet steamer, which was placed at hisdisposal by the Ottoman Government, arrived here this morning. His object in coming is to hasten by his presence the departure of the troops for Varna. The squaron under the command of Admiral Bruat, which is in the roads of Gallipoli, is imme diately to embark the first division of the' French army, under the command of General Canrobed ; and the second div4ion, which is under the command of General Bosqw t. The third division, which, as you are aware, is under the command of Prince Napoleon, is to proceed to Con stantinople by land. It will proceed by easy marches along the banks of the Sea of Marmora. The orders given are, that the troops shall not be over-fatigued, and that their maches shall not exceed four or five leagues per day. It is thought they will arrive at Constanti nople on the sth of June ; but they will remain in the capital only for a short time, as the intention is that they shall follow their comrades by sea to Varna, as soon as the necessary number of transports can be placed at their disposal. The brigade of cavalry, under General d'Allouville, the military equipments, the train of artil lery, and the medical stores, will take the route by Adrianople towards the Balkans. They will not be able to join the rest of the army before the 15th or 20th of June." Other letters state that since the visit of Mar shal de St. Arnaud to Schumla, he has expressed great admiration of Omer Pacha ; and confidence in his talents and energy as a general ; but as respects the Ottoman army, he found it in the most deplorable condition, and wanting all the necessaries for a campaign. A division of the English army was to embark at Scutari on the 26th of May for Varna, while the French army was to proceed to the seat of war, partly by Adrianople, and partly by Constantinople and Varna. Both armies were still in great want of artillery and cavalry. Up to the 25th the English and French armies united could not muster between them more than forty pieces of field artillery fully equipped, which would not be sufficient for an army of 20,000 men. At Constantinople the general feeling was that Silistria must fall, for that Omer Pacha could not succour it, and the English and French armies would arrive too late. CRUSADE AGAINST NEWSPAPERS IN THE EAST. It is understood, says a Constantineple letter, that the commanders of the army have expressed their determination to have no reporters in the camp. The French have in a manner ousted the repre sentatives of their own press ; it is thought that the English generals 1! dmire the practice, and think it worthy of imitation. Vague assertions like these give rise to the most malicious remarks. It is said that our generals are afraid of publicity, and re solved to tolerate no reports of their doings, ex cept such accounts as it may suit them to send home. These rumours we mention chiefly because they have obtained a degree of credit which they certainly do not merit. The officers who command this expedition would ill-deserve, and certainly forfeit, the confidence of the nation if, as chiefs of a muzzled profession, they were to remove from the scene of action the half-dozen gentlemen whom the great journals of England have commissioned to report the incidents and fortunes of the cam paign. There could be but one explanation of such a measure. Its authors could plead no colourable excuse in its favor. For to say that reports sent from Adrianople and the Da nube, and published in the London journals, would inform the Russians of our movements, is a flagrant absurdity, of which none but the igno rant in military affairs can be guilty. It is quite as absurd to say that the presence at head-quarters of half-a-dozen civilians would impede the move ments or shorten the provisions of the soldier. Half a-dozen men neither occupy whole villages nor do they devour the substance of the provinces in which they abide. But the half-dozen men whose expulsion and removal from the scene of action is so lightly talked of, represent, in the present instance, the millions at home who with anxious hearts watch the fortunes of the war. They represent the failing hearts; the sick with hope and anxious thought; the parents, brothers, sisters, wives, and brides, whose hopes, whose wishes, and whose fears hover over the broad expanse of the British camp. To remove the public correspondents would be to withdraw from these the most legitimate, the most sacred subject of interest, and give them in its stead the obscUre phraseology and tardy and partial pub lication of an official despatch. MONTENEGRO. The Moniteur publishes the following from Serajevo :-- "The accounts received from the Herzegovina describe the Montenegrins as determined to invade the Ottoman territory. Prince Daniel has announced to his bands his intention to take the field immediately, and is com pleting his preparations with all possible activity at Cetinye. The Governors-General of Scutari and of the Herzegovina are fully able to repel the aggression, or at least to keep the Montenegrins in check until the arrival of reinforcements from the province of Bosnia." FORMATION OF A POLISH LEGION. The following letter has been received in Paris from General Wysocki, from which it will be seen that the formation of a Polish legion in the service of the Porte is adjourned. General Wysocki's letter is addressed to his compatriots " CONSTANTINOPLE. May 25.—The formation 'of a Polish legion, under my command, has been announced by the German papers, and repeated by those of St. Petersburg, as being in the course of execution at Con stantinople. I believe myself obliged to inform my 'coun trymen who are emigrants, and also those at home : , that this news is premature. " There were moments which were full of ,hol ps for our cause, but the Allied Powers seem to have consi dered it inopportune to raise, for the present, the - Polish question. It is on this account that all has been sus pended for an indeterminate time, and no formatioa of Polish legion, whether under my command, or insider the command of any one else, has taken place. As to the formation of a corps of sappers, composed of per sons of all nations, znd considered as Turkish subjec ts, it cannot by any means be considered as the work of :the tendencies of the Poles. " The question of the East, regarded without preju dice, undoubtedly presents to us favourable chanct!s. Our turn will arrive, but for the present there are only distant hopes ; and I consider it a duty to prevent ally fellow -countrymen from being in too great a hurry to arrive in Turkey. " WYSOCKI, General."" GREECE. According to advices from Athens of the 28th of May, M. Cauaris has refused to enter the new Ministry. The arrival o f M. Mavrocordato is expected with impatience. It is thought that the new Cabinet will needl theinsurgent chiefs, modify the King's Coui t, deprive those officials compromised in the la to proceedings of their places, and request the two protecting Powers not to occupy Athens and Syra. AUSTRIA. According to a despatch from Vienna the Aus trian troops are to be in their positious on the, ClAllAciall frontier by the 19th of June, FR ANCE. RUMOURED RECALL OF PRINCE NAPOLEON:— Marshal de St. Arnaud has sent bitter complaints to Marshal Vaillant, the Minister of War in Paris, of the conduct of Prince Napoleon since his ar rival in the East. He declares that the entourage and intimate friends of the Prince, consisting, as they do, of the most violent of the refugees, may seriously embarrass the commanders of the armies, and disturb the plan of the campaign. These complaints were on Saturday last brought by Marshal Vaillant before the Council of Ministers held at the Palace of St. Cloud, when the Em peror authorized Marshal Vaillant to say that if Prince Napoleon's presence was a real source of embarrassment, he would be recalled. The Prince de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who arrived at Berlin from Vienna on the 2nd of June, is the same prince who recently came to Paris on a se cret mission. He is said to be charged with an important communication to the Berlin Govern ment. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to the lliliister of Finance : " ST. CLOUD, IsT JUNE, 1854. " M. le Ministre,—At the moment when I was most anxious to address to you my sincere congratulations for the success of the loan, it was remarked that I had changed, in the Imperial Almanack, the order of pre cedence of your Ministry. As this change might be badly interpreted, I consider it incumbent upon me to inform you that it solely arose from the necessity of establishing a rule conformable to the most ordinary precedents, and I avail myself of this circumstance to express to you my entire satisfaction for the enlightened zeal, the perfect regularity, and honesty with which you direct the finances of the country." The favourable intelligence from the East gave yesterday a strong upward movement to our market. , The Three per Cents. opened at 74f., and rose to 74f. 95c., the price at which the/closed for the end of the month. SPAIN. 'There are still many rumours current, says a Madrid letter of May 30, of an approaching insur rection at Madrid, and, although some of them have their source at least as much in the wishes of the persons who spread them as in any facts that have come to their knowledge, it is certain that the Government .is not entirely tranquil, and has taken precautions within the last day, or two. It is said that the troops were under arms within the last•4B hours, but a system has of late been adopted which renders such dispositions less apparent to the public than formerly they were. The superior officers of regiments are all quartered in the neighbourhood of their men's barracks, and they sometimes receive private com munications from the Ministers to be on the alert, and in their own lodgings, in case they should be wanted. .Sometimes a certain number of regimen tal officers are ordered to remain at the barracks, and all is in readiness to turn out at the first alarm. There is still difficulty in believing thatarevolt will at present take place. It is not thought that O'Donnell can get any regiment to make a begin nine". If he could, no doubt lie would risk it, trusting that other battalions would follow when once an example waS set; and that others would there can scarcely be a doubt. The first step is the difficulty. Those officers who have suffi cient influence with. their men to lead them into insurrection dislike to appear first in the field, fearing to find themselves alone there and to be set upon by the very comrades of whose co operation they aro assured. Such was very much the case at Saragossa, and it might occur here, or. at any rate they think it might, and hang back. There is evidently little to be done with men in so mistrustful and undecided a mood. There is a report that the Government intends re opening the question of the uncapitalised coupons, with -a view to some more equitable arrangement. Good news if true, but it needs confirmation. It is said that persons supposed to be in the confi dence of the Ministers have sent orders to London for purchases of coupons, which is certainly a sign in the right direction. MALTA. A letter of May' 30th from Malta says :—The French mail steamer Thabor has just arrived. She has on board a Queen's messenger, and one of the aides-de-camp of the Prince Napoleon, with des patches for the French and English Govern ments. Her mail closes for Marseilles at 10 p.m., before her mails are delivered. The melancholy news of the loss of the Tiger is too true. She got ashore in a heavy fog, and used all efforts to get off, by throwing all her guns over board, and discharging her ammunition into her boats. When the fog cleared off, she found herself about five miles from Odessa, under the telegraph ; and a large body of 9,000 men with 15 guns were already assembled. These commenced a fire, and very soon a shot carried off poor Captain Giffard's leg, and another killed his nephew, a midshipman, by his side. The captain, seeing his hopeless posi tion, struck his flag, and the enemy took all the crew prisoners. Just before leaving the ship, the Niger and Vesuvius hove in sight, when the Russians demanded they should be quick in getting on shore, threatening to fire on them if they delayed longer. The two steamers, seeing the enemy assembled in numbers, began to throw shell among them, when the Russians placed the British in front, and led the steamers to discontinue the fire. The prisoners were then marched to Odessa. Captain Giffard was placed in the Governor's house and treated with the greatest kindness. The Russians refuse to ex change prisoners, but allow every liberty to the captives, who have been also permitted to write to their friends, and were visited, under a flag of truce, by the First Lieutenant of the Vesuvius. TEE NEW STAMP ACT.-STAMPEDCIIEQUES AND PENNY RECEIPT STAMPS. The New Stamp Bill contains two provisions which will remove anomalies in the existing law, and which have led to more discussion than all the rest of the pro visions in relation to the penny stamps. 1. In relation to cheques. Our readers are aware that the exemption in favour of bankers' cheques is extended to those drawn payable to bearer, and issued within fif teen miles of the bank upon which they are drawn. With regard, therefore, to cheques drawn beyond that distance, no difficulty has existed, and a penny stamp is required to be used in such cases. But a serious question arose as to the operation of cheques drawn upon a bank within the prescribed distance, but remitted by the post to a distant part of the country and then negotiated. It has, however, been ruled that a cheque is "issued " when it is posted, and, therefore, if the posting takes place within the limit of fifteen miles, it is held that the receipt may he remitted to any place however distant, then posted and negotiated as and long as frequently as the party pleased. Thus, from London a great part of the remittances to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Manchester is made in some cases unstamped, and being negotiated in those cities ultimately find their way back to Lon don. This is an obvious abuse of the exemption in favour of the bankers' cheques. The new act, therefore, provides that no unstamped cheque shall be sent, or shall circulate, or be negotiated beyond fifteen miles limit. In future, therefore, all such rernittancea must be made in cheques drawn upon a penny stamp. 2. In relation to the penny receipt stamp. The old stamp act contained a provision, and which was not altered last year, that an acknowledgment of the safe arrival of money made through the post should be made exempt from charge. But that exemption was so limited in the terms, that it was extremely difficult to know when it was legally made and when not. When that exemption was first altered, the postage rates and receipt stamps were both so high, and there may have been a reasonable ground for it. But now that postage is reduced to a uniform penny, and receipt stamps to the same sum, there is no longer any charge for such an exemption, and all the difficult questions arising out of it are solved in the new act by the repeal of the exemption altogether. We are glad to understand that it is intended to adopt for the future one and the same penny adhesive stamp bOth for cheques and receipts. This will simplify their use very much and save both the public and bankers much trouble and inconvenience.—Economist. The Earl and Countess of Jersey entertained the Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl and Countess of Desart, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Lord Grey de Wilton, Lord George Manners, the Hon. F. Villiers, Mr. R. Knight ley, M.P., Mr. G. H. Heathcote, M.P., Mr. W. Rose, and a select party, at dinner, on Saturday, at their resi dence in Berkeley-square. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and a select party dined with Mr. and Mrs. John Massey Stanley last evening in Curzon-street. Their graces are expected to leave London at the expiration of the ensuing month on a visit to the Dowager Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden at her chateau near Mannheim. The noble duke, we understand, will not occupy Beaufort House, pur chased from the present duke, until next season. We are happy to learn that the Hon. and Rev. Neville Grenville, Dean of Windsor, has, during the last week, greatly improved, and expectations are held out of his ultimate restoration to health. DEATH OF MRS. BAILLIE.—WO announce with re gret the demise, at her house in Lowndes street, on Saturday evening of the Hon. Mrs. Baillie, wife of Mr. Henry Baillie, M.P. for Inverness-shire. This most amiable lady was the last survivini , daughter of count Strangford, and was born aCStockholm, during her noble father's sojourn there, in 1819. She has left five children, of whom the youngest was born on the 19th of last month, Mrs. Baillie has only survived a few months her younger sister, the lamented Mar chioness of Sligo. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODITCE-MAP.KET.— The reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam pro duce-markets state that business was limited, and that prices generally exhibited a tendency to decline. In sugear the transactions were unimportant, and sales could not be effected, although lower rates were quoted. For some descriptions of coffee tht-re was a better de mand, at a slight improvement. The operations in rice and and tea had not augmented, and quotations Were weak. Indigo w‘e heavy, at the late deg.4e: LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) . COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Coinrnissioner Ilolroyd). IN RE P. LEICESTER. This bankrupt was described as of Birchia-lane, City, ironmonger and bill-broker, and to-day came up to p—iis his last examination. The accounts prepared by Messrs. Glover and Son, Bucklersbury, extend from February 1852 to M",rclit 1354, and shows debtor to creditors, 3,2541. 13s. 2d. ; to ditto holding security, 1,9311. 17s. 6d. ; 2,5831. 14s. 2d. ; by creditors good debts, 3881. ; doubtful, 3,330/. ; property in the hands of creditors+ 1,2221. 10s. ; ditto given up, 280/. ; and a deficiency in. February of 3,486/. 13s. 7d. The bankrupt passed. A NOVEL APPLICATION FOR DISCUARGE FROII CUSTODY.— IN RR J. J. mu,. This bankrupt was in custody in the Queen's Bevch prison, and now came up for his discharge under pecu liar circumstances. An application was made yesterday t* Mr. Commissioner Goulburn for a warrant to brim; the bankrupt before this court, as a petition in banh:-. ruptcy had been filed against him, and it was necessar2r for him to come up and surrender before the time ex-'s pired, in order that he might be discharged from ens• tody to prepare certain accounts. His Honour said that some strong cause must be i shown for the adoption of such a course, as he was not t the commissioner before whom the proceedings woul, 1 be taken. The bankrupt's solicitor said there was not theslightc at objection on the part of the petitioning or the other cr e ditors, for the discharge of the bankrupt would be of t greatest benefit to the creditors and every day was of importance. The bankrupt had been employed to wo rt for the Court of Chancery, which only settled accourrds every half year, and this was the week for audit, are . 4 unless the bill was sent in it must stand over t ill Christmas, and the creditors considered it the bet+ ,er course to get any money in Chancery out of it as soon as possible. His Honour concurred in this and issued his warrant. The bankrupt was now discharged. BOW-STREET--(THIS DAIF). MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE. TVilliam Smith, an elderly man, was place d at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with a most in. urderous assault upon his wife. The wife, who appeared in court with her hes A ban daged up, stated that last night, shortly before 12 c 'clock, the prisoner came home drunk ar.d commenced rni busing her in a very violent manner. He had not been home long before he knocked her about, and not conten t with using his hands he got up the poker and struck e'er a severe blow on the forehead which felled her to the ground. Her cries of "Murder" brought assista rice, and her husband was given into custody. She had Ix len married 36 years, and had paid for no less than sinc or seven summonses but had never yet appeared to an y of them. The husband, in defence, accusod his wife of drunk• enness. Mr. Hall said it was very lamentable to see such an old man ill-using his wife in such a disgraceful _manner. He should remand the charge to enable him to► know more of the prisoner's character. The prisoner was then remanded. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)' LONDON, June 6.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N...1 1 . ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. OFF SANDGATE ROADS, June 6.—(Per Elec. Tel.:F. Lizzie Lord, from Cardenas. SOUTHAMPTON, June s.—Arrived—Argyle (s), fr DUI Careutan ; Avon (s), West Indies. OFF DOVER, Juno s.—Confiance, from London, for A, ; Jenny Lind, do., for Demerara ; Fantome; do., i'ar Jamaica ; steamer Janus, do., Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, June s. —Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Ask. more, for Nov Zealand. CROMER, June s.—Some papers relating to the Brendts, of Shoieham, washed up yesterday on Sheringham Beach.. LOWESTOFT, June s. —Wind, N.E. Arrived—Sherator, from Middlesborough, for Harburg, assisted i n leaky. MALDON, June 5.—A brig, on her heath ends and aban doned, is on the Barrows ; another brig, witbiont name, i s sunk in 41 fathoms under the Lower Middle. LIVERPOOL, June s.—The vessel reported to be the Hope, of Philadelphia, burnt in Mobile Bay, May 17, was the Hope Goodwin, from Philadelphia. NEWPORT, June s.—Arrived—John Miller, from Lon don, for New York ; Alexander, and Adelaide, ;from Liver» pool, both for New York ; Parga, London, for Monte Video; City of Peterborough, Bristol, for Ceyl. )n. Sailed - Mary Sophia, for Quebec ; Wm. Ash, do. ; 3 srewbottle. St. Thomas ; Sagitarius, do. GUERNSEY, June 4.—Sailed—Rosa, for Berb: ice. QUEENSTOWN, June 4.—Wind, E. Sailed-1 'emberton, for Quebec. WATERFORD, June 4.—Wind, E.N.E. iled—Mar garet, for Trinidad. TRAVEMUNDE, June I.—The Anna, from NI ava to Eng land, has been assisted in hero leaky, and 3 33.ust repair, having struck the ground off Tehmarn. HALIFAX, N.S., May 25.—The Hibernia (schooner), from Port au Basques, arrived hero on the 154,1`i May, re ports having passed extensive fields of ice up . DI the coasts of Newfoundland. On the 10th saw 76 sail o f large ves soli on the edge of it, among them were the shll Shandon (had sprung a leak, but repaired), Three 801 l s Princess Royal, and Glasgow, of Glasgow; saw a ship a nd brig in the ice, abandoned, and apparently in a sinking state. The new schooner Prince, from St. Mary's to Live rpool, was lost in January last ; crew saved. The Mania is of Bute, from Padstow to Quebec, has foundered in the ice; crew saved. BOSTON, May 22.—The Coriolan, of and fro! n Bremen, for New York, went ashore below Squam Inlet. 17th int., but is not considered to be in a dangerous posit (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday , 10 a.m. Wind, R ; light, and cloudy. Sailed—Sophia, Olive, and Simonds, for Q. uebec ; In vincible and Morning Star, Melbourne; Dolph in, Bahia, Persian (s. s.) Genoa ; P. C. Schierbeck, Arch; angel ; Pe gasus, St. Thomas; Lord John Russell, Alexaaa dria, Man gosteen, Bombay, (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGR PH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10. 15 n.m. Wind, E.N.E. and strong ; tide, 1 hour's ebla ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, sth.—Achilles, from Southwestron .; Spirit of the Sea, Frederickshaven; Heidevjika„Groningen ; Haabet, Christiania; Economy, Antwerp ; Msria Anne, L iamburg ; Janet Shannon, Harlingen ; Jenny, Danzig. Arrived, 6th.—Argo, from Frederickshaven; Ar no ld, Danzig ; Hofnung, emel ; Gipsy, Oporto ; Carolirm, Frederickshaven ; Alma, Christiania ; Twee Zes' s, Wok.- cum ; Ygdrasil, Christiania ; Royal Crnsort, Got tet‘burg ; Johannes, Christiania; Charlotte, Rostock; Emma, Guernsey; Rebecca, Hamburg; Favorite, Havre . ; Argus, Aarhuns ; James, Dunkirk. Sailed, sth—The No, for Vora Cruz. Sailed, 6th—Alar (s), for Dunkirk; Jacobus, - .Portland Bay. DEAL, Tamlay, .V. 2 3.0 a.m. Wind, N.E., fresh and cloudy. Off Sandgate Roads—Sarah H. Nickels, from 74 - atanzcs, for Frederickswall. A French frigate, supposed to be the Psyci from Brest, is in sight, working into the Downs. Sailed—Boadice and Magnolia, for the River. MARKET' NEWS-(TITIS DAY.,, COLONIAL. The markets are closed for the Whitsuntide hvalidays, but will re-open to-morrow with large sales or sugar, coffee, &c. The following are the only public sales : SricEs.-3 cases mace realised 2s 4d for mid. 1S "utmegs —l5 cases were taken in at 2s to 2s 6d for small to mid. SAGO.-31 cases 530 packages pearl sold at 1Q i Od to 20s 6d for low and mid small. TEA.—The market is firm, with fair deliveries. TALLOW.—The market this morning opened with decided firmness ; the delivery for the week was reporter I largo. There were no Petersburg advices ; there was nothing, in fact, to induce holders to sell. Bears became unes sy, and exhibited signs of anxiety to buy. Orders from th e trade, the execution of which demanded instant corn pliance, fixed the price of tallow on the spot at a higher rl I.te than on Saturday. The bears were no longer content to look on, but bought on the best terms they could. Our con cluding prices are—Spot, 634 6d ; June, 63s 6d; Jt ly, 64s ; August, 64s 6cl to 64s 9d ; September, 65s to 65s 3c 1 ; Octo ber and December, 65s 6d. Australian sheep, 61i; to, 61s 6d ; beef, 56s to 56s 6d. South American, 61s. Tallow Elaine, 57s Gd ; tallow oil, 43s ; cocoanut oil, Coclhin 494 Ceylon 47s 6d ; linseed oil, 37s 6d ; palm oil, 45/. per ton. Town tallow is extremely scarce ; in fact, there is none to be had. Palm oil (Liverpool arrival)—businetia done at 45/. per ton. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, 2/ 10s to Si Oa ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 16168 to 2/ 2e per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CIIIIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 51 st; ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECTIAPILL.—Meadow hay, 26103 to Si 0,3 ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Cs ; and straw , 16163 to 21 2 s por load. Trade rather dull. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT OXFORD.— Yesterday afternoon Arthur T. Widement, Esq., com moner of Christ Church, was thrown from his horse and killed on the spot. We gathered the following parti enters from an eye-witness of the sad accident. Mr. Willement was riding on the Woodstock-road, and within about a mile and a half of home, going at about the rate of four miles an hour, when his horse either blundered against something in the road, or put his foot into the rut which is cut on the side of the road for car rying off the water into the ditch. Whichever was the case, the horse stumbled and blundered so dreadfully as to roll his unfortunate rider over his head, and to fall upon him when on the ground. He was immediately picked up by some men who happened to be there at the time. He appeared to have had a dreadful blow at the back of his head ; his teeth were completely shattered — his tongue gone, and his whole jaw frightfully lacerated. The unfortunate young gentleman 11 , iver spoke, and breathed only for a few minutes. There was a. grvat offuzion of blood from his ear. Mr. Vv . . was cow , e7ed as speedily as possible to th e R a d c liffe Infirmary, which is nigh the spot of this grievous event, bub relefjical attendance was of no aYaii—the vital spark hail "THE iil BY CL. 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