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

WHITSTTIT HOLIDAYS.-ROYAI SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Ascent in a BALLOON from the Esplanade, in front of the Lake, by the veteran • GREEN, the only ascent here fcr Eighteen years. Vocal and Instru- , - mental Concert, by Miss Poole, Miss Ranstord and Mr. Manvers. An extra Military Band during the day. Extensive and interesting Menagerie, ten Lions, three Elephants, two Tigers, two Giraffes, two Camels, &c. Various novel amusements, concluding with a dis play of Fireworks, gorgeous beyond description. The b o mbardment , of Chusan Explosion of Fireships, and Balloon a cent at halt-past six. Concert at Seven. Fireworks quarter to Ten. Doors open from Nine in the morning, Admission to the whole, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THI-1 EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed FIDELIO. Fidelio, Madame Rudersdorf:; Marcellina, Madlie. Sedlazek ; Florestan, Herr Reichardt; Don Fernando, Mr. Hamilton Braham ; Don Pizarro, Herr Holzel ; Jacquino, Herr Castelli ; and Rocco, Herr Formes. Followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Prices—Stalls, Ts; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 38. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Bost-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cod, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Junk 6, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THG. E ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, - Howe , Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Ildiss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which. the entirely new and orig inal extravaganza, entitled Ma. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI (: KSTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cnaar.zs KW. THIS EVENING, Juwe 6, Will ba performed FROM VI LL AGE TO CO TUR Misses T . Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; • say, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST A'.ND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. 3 7/installley and Miss C. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha mfers by Mr. and Mrs. VT. Lacy. LYCEUM THEATRE. under the management of Madame Pastes. THIS EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews, Roxby, and Baker; Miss Wynd - ham, Br,c -7L.llowel by GIVE A DOl AN ILL NAVE. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. THEATRE ROYAL ADE.LPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed THE MARBLE HE A.lll' ; or, The Sculptor's Dremn. Cbaracters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madams Celests, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. I tailing. rulowed by THE WOUATA.CfIE MOVENf&Nr. cha— rslters ig Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and farselle; Mrs. Keeley, O.lAt ,41.113 Mary Keeley- Atter which, Tile. OVEIMA - NO JOURNEY TO CONSTANT - s Oet , r., Ai UNDERTAr.UN BY LORD BITENIAN, WIT :I Ii F,REs mai rAturcui..kn OF TILE FAIR t'OPIIIA. Prin c-pal chaia:tera by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mrs. Keeley. KOYAL OL YMP Lc II F. A. 2is E. Lessee and liana - pm', Mr. A. Vr;.ga.n. THIS EVENISG, JUNE NVUI be performed THE 1I ‘PPIF,tiT TINY OF MY r,TFP:. chn_ r %;rprs by Messrs. F. 11.073 'it, J. It. I.u.iie, sal Vincent ; Chatterley, MOS I'. aiot llts3 :tlarston. To be tollowe4 by THE F(I.S C SilO.llT. Characters by Mesqrs.. Ali. e 1 Wigan. Frank., I lamoosi Coop.3r, an! Vincent. ; Miss; Horton, ant I , llsa Wyndham. Aner vehte ,, . THE MUMMY. Charicto-s by Ifes3rs. Ft. Wiga*.i, Robson. 11. Coo;er; Misses Marston and E. Turner. ziTIZA.ND TREAT ax.. &RD: , Lessee Mr. F. W. ll:c7cift.—Directre 4,, Miss liabecca -Isaacs THIS EVENING, Arsz Will be performed THE L 1D1." OF L PONS To he followed by the New Ballet Dwerti3semmt, entitled THE SEA NYMPti.'i CAVE. To be followed by THE PirATERAtisT. Atter which, THE MARBLE LOVER. ~L etle, be.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. lid ; gallery. Gd.; Private fl , oces .41 Ils. 64., to be bad of 34. r. Allcroft. 1.5, New Bond-itreet. ASrLEY'S EUROPVA NA.TIOAAL A APDATDEA.f Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, Joss 5, Will be produced a new Grand Historical Military spectacle, en titled THE COSSACKS; or, Vlvc la Franca. Followed by a total change of the Scenes in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a new Grotesque Extravaganza, c lII.d THIS HORSE WILL BE sOLD 'lO PAY EXPEN3E3 IF NOT CLAIMED WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS. Dos-Wilco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ,IIGI.I WATER AT LONIiON T7tl Der —Horning 39 mia.after 9 I Evening 8 min.aft. 10 IN)-xfoaanw—Moruing 38 min.after 10 / Evening 7 m , n.aft. 11 WEATLIER.—Scrs Oriics, JuNs 6. THERMOMETER, IN TiE SHA.DE. 62 highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BA.RomUTER, 30 . 13—falling. WIND, N. to N.N.E.—Moderate breeze, but cold, with cloudy weather. Zibt 411:e nit ~~` LONDON, TI7ESDA V, 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 GORTSCHAKOFF—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 PACHA 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 be impregnable—insom uc h so, that having tarried before it for some months after the sangui nary struggle at Citale, 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, unde r the strategic plea of the necessity of concentra,- tion. Again, even no 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 Bilistria with a consciousness that it is one un paralleled in heroism since the memorable defence of Komorn by Klapka and his gallant Hungarians. Wt 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 enormouslydisproportioned 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 count Y e t farther' would be preposterous and utterly .extravagant. Unassisted the Turks would s till a thnedlinit e dirn of ° lll th t e temai , ntai n for any length of time range of th e B a l k Mountains. beinb Danube, or even of th e gigantic an o l untains. But—to dre am to of theicarry the r in ess assisted by auxiliaries awlea; unless were simply ridiculous tothe . enemy's cou n t r y, ion of their br ave With all our apprecia ry and skill, with all our admiration for the courage taraan e d ir men and of th • for the genius of their heroi c co should of com mander —.t o cal culate on their performin g and l ot acr eo osa ndu th et good generalship a s valour and them unaided across the Danube e Pruth in pursuit of their Russian invader, were to look for miracle s where we hav e only a right to expect matters - of - c ourse. Therefor e the rep u l se of the Russians, the effectual repulse of them so as t o necessitate their withdrawal through Wall ac hi a and through Moldavia, beyond the boundaries of Bessarabia, can only be reasonably expected when the Anglo-French contingents have proceeded from Scutari to Schumla, by way of Varna, and from Gallipoli and. Adrianople, thence to be united with the Turks and Egyptians, looking for orders to the head-quarters of OMER PACHA. When these movements, already commenced, shall at length have been satisfactorily completed, the united forces, ranged on the field of battle .) abinst 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 ggyptran armament being directed against the foe, sager due deliberation, by the collective authority clglega - tdd to Marshal ST. ARNAUD, as Generalis , sim o ., Then, in earnest may we "cry havoc and ' l 'l jet slip the dogs of wae—expecting, as the no longer remote result of the conflict, the termi nation of the scarcely memorable horrors of a ge neral encounter, and the final restoration of trail- quillity to the contending nations of Christendom. A pitched battle on the banks of the Danube, — simultaneously with the bombardment of Selo.sto , pol by the combined fleets underAdmiralsDurrlnAs and HAAfF.T,IN—and with the bombardment of Cronstadt by the united maritime armaments under Admirals NAPIER and DESCIL NES,— the latter attack leading to the erfy wn i ng onslaught upon the capital of St. Peteiuburg 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 lbolt,. The allied forces having actually set out at le sigth, the English from Scutari and the French fi •om Gallipoli, to unite with the Turkish army at S chumla, by way of Varna and Adrianople—all vi '0 can do now is to await the result of those iilitary combinations, sustained in hope by an i nplicit reliance upon the benignant aid of GOD. The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, which passed through committee in • sal • the Ho use o f C ommons on Friday, will meet with univer: approval thoroughout the country. 'There was scarcely any matter more strongly _PresF,ed. by fiscal and financial reformers than that -13 f b ringing all the expenditure of the nation under - the control of Parliament, of subjecting the costs of collecting any impost, to the supervision and .rection of the guardians of the public purse. Leretofore it was the " net" returns only that were b rought into the Exchequer. A portion of every tax was deducted in the first instance. There vas a stoppage in transitu of indefinite amount, r expecting which Parliament knew nothing, a,nd. , 4could obtain no accurate information. The Go -vernment "ouvriers," the employes in ail the public offices, were paid their salaries and. extra 'claims; without being exposed to any impertinent inqvaries or observations on the part of any offi cieras member. Everything was involved in a dense cloud of mystery that effectually prevented a' ny hope of amelioration. The medicated atmo f There surrounding enchanted ca-Ales iu the old : fairy tales did not more effectually paralyse the , energies of the chivalrous knight errants burning to achieve the rescue of sleeping Princesses, or the, . restoration of deposed Monarchs, than did' Vac system of keeping the accounts puzzle the brains and entrance the faculties of the modern Reform era of established abuses. The effect was very similar in each instance. The chivalrous assailant, wl 'ether armed with glittering and well-tempered fa Achim or grey goose quill, with steel-pointed ante 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, he shuddered at the notion of returning to the onslaught. The most inveterate detector of arithmetical errors—Vac) keenest economist would shrink from attemp 4 ,;ing the solution of a problem in which all the data were withheld, and there was not the faintest I glimmering light to guide 'him in the devious course on which he had entered. Hence it, was that :matters, which would attract immediate atten lion 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 nomijal 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 measure—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 an t d hoa e pt x p ceptions are always objectionabl e , asshealifte°rrdioll g o w r h tu io n h iti i e s s b fo ey r on r d eal re a p b ro us a z . under lve trust this matter may lat. One e be remedied ere it i s t oo great objection, however, relating to the hereditary pensions we shall not touch on at pre sent—requiring more time and space than we a re enabled to bestow in this impression, therefore, for the p resent, not notice the w all claims of the Dukes of GRAFTON and MARaasonotrou, the heirs of the Duke of SCHOHBEROH, Earl COWPER, and the fortunate assignees of the late CHARLES BOONE, Esq., with whom, however, we shall have a word 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 wore unable to ap pear, and the opening of the theatre was postponed to Wednesday next. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1854 MONEY MARKET 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 6d. to 7/d., 320 Bahia at 6d. to 6/d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 7/d., 800 Surat at 21d. to 3id., 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. P. J. Smith and Charles that the trade are now buying conjointly w ith the bears, and higher price s t h an those from which the mar k e t was precipitated may therefore be expected. Poli tical facts remain much as they were when we were 705.; and, the diffi cu lti es o f gett i ng t a ll o w overland are beg-inni ng doing thi s h as actually arrived. St. Peters b urg , to be f e lt, now that the time for 15th (27th) May—Exchange, 36. No business doing, because conveyance cannot be procured. Accounts from Antwerp state that there were four Am er i can vessels of 3,741 tons, bes id es Belgian shi ps, grants. C omp l a i nts are made of the town h av i ng preparing to leave with 3,700 emi 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 Saha in charge of the Russian fur trading posts on the Pacific side of the Rocky mountains, I by which both parties agree not to allow hostile depredations 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 157,121/. 6s. 10c1. The value of free goods imported during the same time were 1,4731. 2s. ld., rzad 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 000,000 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 anxioc/ respecting the renewal oF the Exchequer Bills-now due is set at rest, as the amount for which money has been demanded, cannot, under ' 61,0 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 assort, 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 iu 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 ilk equilibrium. Large sums, for example, $t owning over from -the United States, and the n l Portatian iesiterclay yon that country and the jaPitnith 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 thau At c .vresen,t, but it will be of still greater im- PertaLice : 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 931- for money, and have since been done at 94, from the cause stated. For the account, the 19th of July, they have been 93* 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 chango iu 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 92g, and they rallied to 92i and 93, although the Bank of England lent a considerable amount of stock. The New Si per Cents. have been 93 and 92, and flint 3 per Cents. 921 and 91i. Wh en 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 Is. to ss. premium. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders, have, by the Avon, received advices from Mexic o of the 24, 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, b een sent on to Panama,. Mr. Falconnet - writes, on the 2d of May, that they had no official intelligence from the P res id ent 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 commrmication between his army and the capital. Foreign Securities have been nearly all at full rates. Spanish Threes 41 to 414, and Portugue:s . e 4 per Cents. 42: Mexican Bonds are at 24i, 'and Grenada Deferred at 61 Railway Shares have been generally higlyer, 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 nourishing state. The nett profit of the year was 100,650/. 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 AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Oirceica List.) Rosiness done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 21 1 2 2 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 9 32 3 4 3i 4 3i New 31 per Cent. Annuities 921 h 3 21 1 2 k 2 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4 9-16 1146 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859.... 4 6-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto ' under £lOOO Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO £5OO 1 5 p Small Exchequer Bonds - Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent .... Grenada gouda, Deferred moxican 3 per Cent. Peruvian 51. Bonds, 4} per Cent. 6B Ditto 3 per ent Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4 i A 1 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent,. 2Ol i Ditto Passive (Converted) Venezuela Bonds, 3A por Cent. ......... Dividends on the shove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Ccut. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates .... .4tA ZP-P AST TWO, consol s 934 a Consols for Opening 19th July 14 AT EST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE LAST DESPATCH FROM VIENNA. VIENNA, Tuesday Morning, 10 o'clock.—The telegraphic despatches from the Danube are con tradictory. The following is probably correct : Towards the end of May, 5,000 Turkish horse took the Russians by surprise at Turnu. Only 107 of the latter escaped to the left bank of the, Aluta. General of Division Baumgarten has been miss ing ever since the affair. In the attack on Silistria on the 29th Lieutenant- General Sylvan 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. It is calculated that the Russians have lost 8,000 mon 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 son of Count 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 :—" 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 are 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 Kalaraseh on the 21st, writes : " About noon the Russians crossed the Danube half an hour (an English mile and a half) below Kalarasch, and immedi a t e l y b egan to construct entrenchments and mines. After having f ru itl ess l y b om b ar d e d Sil i str i a during fi ve wee k s, Prince Paskewitsch has convinced himself that the fortress cannot be taken by storm with out a sacrifice of 20,000 or 25,000 men. As a conse quence of this General Schilder's plan for destroying the fortress by means of mines has been adopted 7iilistria 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 sleep, 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 time Russians might construct here could easily be destroyed by the guns of the fortress. Nothing is, therefore, to bo doe; but to carry on the siege from the south-east side of Silistria but even that positi on i s comman d e d b y t l e^ 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 Gortschakoff is regularly en camped on the right bank of the river, but the Prince of Warsaw returns at night to ICalarasch. 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 had yielded to the "persuasion" of Russia, was a vile calumny, for the gallant soldier is resole ed 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 have no chance of success. The Court ofBt.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 retro gra d e 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 Meheined Bey, the chief of the engineering de partment, it is evident they have no idea of sur rendering. vented our operations on a grand scale. These winds and fogs furnish a ready reply 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 tho Swedish Minister at St. Petersburg had demanded his passports. LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. " The Russian army," says the Moniteur de Armee,— " Has suffered considerable losses since the opening of the campaign, not only on the field of battle, but also by disease. Wo long predicted tnat 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 Debate 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 gentleman 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 2d.—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 Canrobert ; and the second division, which is under the command of General Bosqu , .l. 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 roaches 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 ancr 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, iii which would not be suffi ' ' or an army of 20,000 men. At Constantinop genera l f ee li ng was that Silistria must fall, at Omer Pacha could not succour it, and the English and French armies would arrive too late. #,, CRIJSA DE AGAINST NEWSPAPERS IN THE EAST. It is understood, says a Constantinople 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 admire 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 I 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. THE BALTIC. DINTZIC, 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 over made in public, and that no foreign journals are delivered before their accounts of the events on the theatres of war are cut out. , Beth 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 following paragraph appears in the Dantzic Dal4pAvot 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. Sc) 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 Dantzic firm has engaged to deliver weekly 27,000 pound; weight of meat." The Konigsberg flartungsche 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 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 Siovorn—stretches from Polanger to beyond Mitan, "in order," as the '::bove-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 here, 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, Adidial Dundas naturally adopted the onlycourse congenial ;:o the feelings of a British sailor. It must ,p4o ,btkeopfessed . , 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, which pre- I 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, hag 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 hope 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 formation of Polish legior, whether under my command, or under 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, and considered as Turkish subjects, 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 chances. Our turn will arrive, but for the present there are only distant hopes and I consider it a duty to prevent my 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. Canaris has refused to enter the new Ministry. The arrival of M. Mavrocordato is expected with impatience. It is thought that the new Cabinet will recall the insurgent chiefs, modify the King's Court, deprive those officials compromised in the late proceedings of their places, and request the two protecting Powers not to occupy Athens and Syra. AUSTRIA. Abcording to a despatch -from vienna the Aus trian troops are to be in their positions on the Gallacian frontier by the 19th of June. FR ANCE. RUMOURED RECALL OF PRINCE NA PO LEON. 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. Ho 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 Minister 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 they 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 clay or two. It is said that the troops were under arms within the last 48 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 that arevolt will at present take place. It is not thought that O'Donnell can get any regiment to make a begin ning. If he could, no doubt he 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 ho set upon by the very comrades of whose co operation they are 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 uucapitalised 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. THE NEW STAMP ACT.--STAMPED CHEQUES AND PENNY REC'EIPT 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 be 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 remittances 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.—We 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 surviving daughter of Vis count Strangford, and was born at Stockholm, 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 ! ohion ess of Sligo. AM&TERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE-MARKET. — The reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam pro duce-m ar k s -its state that business was li t m o ited,ly2d that l prices gener.lllY exhibited a tendency decline. and sales n -tnsactions were unimportant, sugear the tr.rates although lower were quoted. could not be effe. ' ted ' For some descript..°rls of coffee there was a better de t. The operations novemenrice in mand, at a slight imi. and and tea had not nted and quotations wer e at the late decline. weak. Indigo was heaih. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd). IN RE r. LEICESTER. This bankrupt was described as of Birchin-lane, City, ironmonger and bill-broker, and to-day came up to pass his last examination. The accounts prepared by Messrs. Glover and Son, Bucklersbury, extend from February 1852 to March 1854, and shows debtor to creditors, 3,2541. 13s. 2d. ; to ditto holding security, 1,9311. 17s. 6d. ; liabilities, 2,5831. 14s. 2d. ; by creditors good debts, 3881. ; doubtful, 3,3301. ; property in the hands of creditors 1,2221. 10s. ; ditto given up, 2801. ; and a deficiency in February of 3,486/. 13s, 7d. The bankrupt passed. A NOVEL APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE FROM CUSTODY. IN RE J. J. HILL. This bankrupt was in custody in the Queen's Bend I prison, and now came up for his discharge under pecu ' liar circumstances. An application was made yesterda I tr Mr. Commissioner G-oulburn for a warrant to brin g the bankrupt before this court, as a petition in banl ruptcy had been filed against him, and it was neces sal for him to come up and surrender before the time ex pired, in order that he might be discharged from cus tody to prepare certain accounts. His Honour said that some strong cause must; be shown for the adoption of such a course, as he was D ot. the commissioner before whom the proceedings w °Lad. be taken. The bankrupt's solicitor said there was not the slig htes l objection on the part of the petitioning or the other cre ' ditors, for the discharge of the bankrupt would be 01 f th( greatest benefit to the creditors and every day w, as importance. The bankrupt had been employed to v tort ; for the Court of Chancery, which only settled accoi, int every half year, and this was the week for audit, ax unless the bill was sent in it must stand over t 41 1 Christmas, and the creditors considered it the bet te r course to get any money in Chancery out of it as sc Boa as possible. His Honour concurred in this and issued his warra The bankrupt was now discharged. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY). 'URDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE. William, Smith, an elderly man, was placed th bar before Mr. Hall, charged with a most murd erou assault upon his wife. The wife, who appeared in court with her head bar daged up, stated that last night, shortly before 12 o'clocli the prisoner came home drunk and commenced abusin % her in a very violent manner. He had not been hop) long before he knocked her about, and not content wit using his hands he got up the poker and struck her severe blow on the forehead which felled her to tb ground. Her cries of "Murder" brought assistant' ti and her husband was given into custody. She had be. 111 married 36 years, and had paid for no less than six 11 ; seven summonses but had never yet appeared to any 01 them. The husband, in defence, accused his wife of drun k' enness. Mr. Hall said it was very lamentable to see such tu 1 old man ill-using his wife in such a disgraceful manner, He should remand the charge to enable him to kno 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.E.. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. OFF SANDGATE ROADS, June 6.—(Per Elec. Tei.)-- Lizzie Lord, from Cardenas. 1 SOUTHAMPTON, June s.—Arrived—Argyle (a), f ro - 0 Careutan ; Avon (s), West Indies. OFF DOVER, June s.—Confiance, from London, for A , V; laide ; Jenny Lind, do., for Demerara ; Fantome, do., f at Jamaica ; H.M.'s steamer Janus, do., Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, June s. —Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—A 1 more, for New Zealand. CROMER, June s.—Some papers relating to the Bren ( I , ll ' of Shoreham, washed up yesterday on Sheringham Bea 0 " . LOWESTOFT, June s. —Wind, N.E. Arrived—Sheral from Middlesborough, for Harburg, assisted in leaky. MALDON, June 5.—A brig, on her beam ends and ab Or, doned, is on the Barrows ; another brig, without name t, sunk in 4 fathoms under the Lower Middle. LIVERPOOL, June s.—The vessel reported to be th e Hope, of Philadelphia, burnt in Mobile Bay, May 17, 10 the Hope Goodwin, from Philadelphia. NEWPORT, June s.—Arrived—John Miller, Iron Loir don, for New York ; Alexander, and Adelaide, from VOX. pool, both for New York ; Parga, London,. for Monti" Video; City of Peterborough, Bristol, for Cey.lon. Saiieu• Mary Sophia, for Quebec ; Wm. Ash, do. ; ~) ! Tewbott ' l e' St. Thomas ; Sagitarius, do. GUERNSEY, June 4.—Sailed—Rosa, for Berbic e. QUEENSTOWN, June 4.—Wind, E. Sailed—Pet nbert l3l39 for Quebec. WATERFORD, June 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed :—Diar" garet, for Trinidad. TRAVEMUNDE, June I.—The Anna, from Narva t O.EDE land, has been assisted in here leaky, and must r e ,pas-P having struck the ground off Tehmarn. HALIFAX, N.S., May 25.—The Hibernia (Bobo(); tier ) ' from Port au Basques, arrived here on the 15th May , r e ;„, ports having passed extensive fields of ice upon thee. 0 ° ,7 of Newfoundland. On the 10th saw 76 sail of large sels on the edge of it, among them were the ships Slim ,dos (had sprung a leak, but repaired), Three Bells, Prin 05 ; Royal, and Glasgow, of Glasgow • saw a ship and . 0 the ice, abandoned, and apparently in a sinking state. "' As new schooner Prince, from St. Mary's to Liverpool, lost in January last ; crew saved. The Marquis of Bs from Padstow to Quebec, has foundered in the ice ; saved. BOSTON, May 22.—The Coriolan, of and from B rest 'e ll ' for New York, went ashore below Squam Inlet, :17t h ka st " but is not considered to be in a dangerous position., (BY ELECTRIC) TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10 sin' Wind, E. ; light, and cloudy. Sailed—Sophia, Olive, and Simonds, for Quebec ; vincible and Morning Star, Melbourne ; Dolphin, 4 1,114 , Persian (s. s.) Genoa ; P. C. Schierbeck, Archangel gasus, St. Thomas; Lord John Russell, Alexandria, . gosteen, Bombay. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.15 a ,10•_.. Wind, E.N.E. and strong ; tide, 1 hour's ebb ; wet <i Iv" cloudy. • •tof Arrived, sth.—Achilles, from Southwestron ; Spill t the Sea, Frederickshaven ; Heidevjika, Groningen • Ha ir3b_ . o : : Christiania ; Economy, Antwerp ; Maria Anne, dam) ; 101 ' ' Janet Shannon, Harlingen ; Jenny, Danzig. Arrived, 6th.—Argo, from Frederickshaven ; Ai 11° - ; Danzig ; Hofnung, Memel ; Gipsy, Oporto ; Car oli°`: Frederickshaven ; Alma, Christiania ; Twee Zusters, cum ; Ygdrasil, Christiania ; Royal Consort, Gothen barb: Johannes, Christiania ; Charlotte, Rostock ; E 413 113 _7 Guernsey; Rebecca, Hamburg; Favorite, Havre; trgu't Aarhuns ; James, Dunkirk. Sailed, sth—The No, for Vera Cruz. ea Sailed, 6th—Alar (s), for Dunkirk; Jacobus, Po Ails Bay. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.20 a...1 0 ' Wind, N.E., fresh and cloudy. Off Sandgate Roads—Sarah H. Nickels, from Mai:a 0 6 for Frederickswall. A French frigate, supposed to be the Psyche,. 1 03 Brest, is in sight, working into the Downs. Sailed—Boadice and Magnolia, for the River. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. The markets are closed for the Whitsuntide hoslidoe' but will re-open to-morrow with large sales of zugo r ,' coffee, &c. The following are the only public sales : SPIC ES. —3 - cases insets realise&2s 4d for mid. N. a bud s —l5 cases were taken in at 28 to 2s 6d for small to i D id. SAGO.-31 cases 530 packages pearl sold at 16s 6d " 20s 6d for low and mid small. TEA.—The market is firm, with fair deliveries. a TALLOW.—The market this morning opened with closcia c firmness ; the delivery for the week was reported larg e ' There were no Petersburg advices ; there was nothing, ` ct fact, to induce holders to sell. Bears became uneasy, an exhibited signs of anxiety t o b uy . Orders from the I tra de, the execution of which demanded instant compl fixed the price of tallow on the spot at a higher rat. ) °lei on Saturday. The bears were no longer content t 0 10 0 on, but bought on the best terms they could. Ou r eluding pri ces are —S po t , 63 s 6d ; J une , 63 s 6d ; J u ly ,t August, 64s 6d to 64 s 9d ; S e pt em b e r, 65s to 65s 3d ; u c g "i; ber and De cem b er , 65 s 6d. A us t ra lian sheep, 6ts to v 6d ; beef, 56s to 56s 6d. South American, 61s. Tall ow Elaine, 57s 6d ; tallow oil, 43s • coco anut oil, Cod tin 490 ' ' Ceylon 47s 6d ; linseed oil, 37s 6d ; palm oil, 45/. per tef Town tallow is extremely scarce ; in fact, there is D one be had. Palm oil (Liverpool arrival) — business done 6' 451. per ton. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 51 Os ; clu/e! ditto, 31 103 to 6/ Os ; and straw , 1116 s to 2 1 2 s per loDo• Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 5/ ss; cloYeir ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw , 1 / 16 s to 2 / 3s parJoac" A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPZL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to Si Os • elt iv l er ditto, 31 lOs to 6 1 6s ; and straw , 1116 s to 2 1 2s per ' loam' Trade rather dull. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT Oxyroß Yesterday afternoon Arthur T. Willement, Esq., C 013 3; moiler of Christ Church, was thrown from his horse al:. killed on the spot. We gathered the following 1 313r 'r culars from an eye-witness of the sad accident. Willemeut was riding on the Woodstock-road I st3 e. within about a mile and a half o f h ome , go i ng at'abou• the rate of four miles an ho ur , w h en hi s h ors e 6011 blundered against something in the road, or put his o ° , into the rut which is cut on th e s id e o f th e roa d for et r e rying off the water i n t o th e dit c h . Whi c h ever was tm as case, the horse stumbled and blundered so dreadfully 1 1 to roll his unfortunate rider over his head, and to fi a .' upon him when on the ground. He was immediately picked up by some men who happened to be there at T o time. He appeared to have had a dreadful blow at back of his head ; his teeth were completely shattered ~933 his tongue gone , an d hi s w h o l e j aw f r i g htfully lacera te % The unfortunat e y oung g en tl e man never spoke, t gr breathed only for a few minutes. There was a eat effusion of blood from his ear. Mr. W. was cony hlOl~ r as speedily as possible to the Radcliffe Infirmary, WP. I is nigh the spot of this grievous event, but - 1 338$ attendance was of no avail—the vital spark had Mc" associa nary c cence. Lry from ] the 22 with had s $700,1 ThE scribe his p Navin Mr arrest case c deelir Franc guilt} An the C ;perso capsi: Th the 1( logo ~'+~.. - .o _. " TI direc Co., cent of tl on t Te - r 1 Part Eng late chal ton, pro, prig