The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-21 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Jusrx 21, Will be performed Mozart's Opera IL SERAGLIO. Constanza, Madame Radersdorff; Blonde, Madame Agnes Bary; Sei m , H err Holzel ; Beinaent, Herr Pecz ; Pedrillo, Herr Castelli ; and Gimin, Herr Formes. To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN oLymrE. Prices—Stalls, 7e; Dress Circle, 5e,; flexes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-ofilce open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-slreet. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enekstone. THIS EVENING, Ju 21, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE BOUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Backstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Followed by THE BARRACK ROOM. To conclude with BOX AND COX. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cruksr.ms KEAN. THIS EVENING, Jurrs 21, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal haracters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ay, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; and Mrs. Daly, and Miss C. L,clereq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JUNE 21, Will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. principal charac ters by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. Followed by a new Drama, entitled SUNSHINE TIIROUGII THE CLOUDS. ( haraeters by Alessrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, is; Hughes, ant Miss Oliver. To conclude with BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews and Baker; Miss Wadham, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 21, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Belford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Wocagar, and Miss F. Makell. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALC', s upported by Me. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by TIIE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. To be followed by HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE \ TRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JUNE 21, Will be performei tho Comic Drama called IItIATI MONEY. Characters by Mcs3rs. F ,bsoo, Earry. aid Vince= ; Miss Dormcr, ani Mrs. A. Wig:m. Folowed by A 1110:O EL OF A. WIFE. To cone:ude with TEIE MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lame Mr. F. W. Alicroft.—Dirtress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS' EVENING, Ju 2t, Will he performed the Tragedy of [LAMLE r Principal charae. ter by Mr. Barry z;nilfvan. After which, TIP.; FET3 OF TEIE BALLET. To conclude with :till' Fr.Li.ow-',7Limic.. • qvis, 58.; B3Xeg, 3s. ; Pt , 11. 6.1; oallery, Cl.; Private (lox: 8 ; . .E1 Us. Cd., to be hal of Mr. Allcr oft. 15. New Boni-street. ASTLEY'S EURO?E'S NATIOIAr, ,Ut!PLIETHESTII.&. Lessee and 7tianager, :`,lr. William Cooke. TUTS EVENING, JUNE 21, Will bo presented the new Grand IlistorlcAl Mi itary spectacle, en titled THE COSSACKS ; or, Vive la France. Followed by a series of Chef d'Ouvres of Art, or Equitation DE LA H &UTE ECOLE deve'oped in the Nt,,,ries in the CIRCLE, the whole arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude wi h (2•A time) a Comic Ballet, called THE RIVAL ARTISANS. 133x-ofnee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SI:MILEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the SC3SO'I. THIS EVENING, Jr:NE 21, Will be repeated an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE tl,f FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing tha British Lion and Gallic Cook Tramt.ling on the Russian FA.;le. All the numerous attractions of the gardens as usual, including the beautiful Panorama of Chasan, by I),n , on—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers, &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet on Chusan—Explosion of the B Merles and Ahips, and final Grand Fsplay of Fireworks, by .'outhby. Feeding the animate, Half-past ive. Concert, Half-past tgx. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, Is. TOII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T/211,3 DAY —Morning 56 min.after 10 I Evening 26 min.aft. 11 T0. , 10F,,,,__-moruia., ; 0 min.after 0 Evening 54 nain.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—St rs Omen, Jr :a 21. TFIER3IOMETER, Iv TFITL SHADE. 67 highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this clay, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 09—a sudden rise. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. 4 • & rev+ ct> 414*1 ,„ j cc.. 4 w4:=x LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1854. Were we not told the other day, and that rather confidently, that there was a probability of .he war with Russia being very speedily ter minated, and terminated too, it was said, altoge ther satisfactorily ? It was so intimated by some of the more authoritative of our Ministerial con temporaries. It cannot be forgotten. Hints were thrown out that the retreat of the Russian forces from Lesser Wallachia to the Dobrudscha was only preparatory to the entire evacuation of the Principalities. It was insinuated that the plea for this retrograde movement on the part of the armies of the CZAR would be the coincidence of the demands recently transmitted from Vienna to St. Petersburg, with those already submitted to the AUTOCRAT by the French and English Governments. By some of the more credulous or designing newsmongers, it was pretended to be inferred that the whole of this imaginary project was the result of an artful con spiracy between the CZAR and the secretly subservient councils of Schoenbrunn and Char lottenburg. A. pretended agreement with the maritime Powers was to result in the withdrawal, in obedience to the demands to that effect coming from Austria and Prussia, of the Muscovite forces back once more across the Pruth into the Russian province of Bessarabia. A compliance with. the terms of the requisition sent in from the - Vienna 1 Cabinet to the Imperial Councils at St. Peters burg would, it was said, lead again to the estrange ment of the Prusso-Austrian and Anglo-French Governments. No reason, we were told, would then remain for the continuance of the contest. It was even declared that the German Powers would, under that new conjuncture of circum stances, be prepared to aid the Russian AUTOCRAT in repelling any attempt that might then be made by France and England to avenge Turkey, to ex tort pecuniary compensation from the aggressor for the expenses incurred by reason of the war, and it might be even to obtain from him "material guarantees" for the future tranquillity of Christendom. All these possible evils to Rus sia were to have been averted—whispered one or two among the more notable of our Ministerial con temporaries —by the retirement of the Russian army beyond the Pruth, the Emperor NICHOLAS having at length deemed it advisable to consent to the evacuation of the Principalities. I- Well, a few days have elapsed, and how are matters now situated We hear no more about this promised withdrawal of the Muscovite forces into Bessarabia. We l earn, on the contrary, through the latest advises received from St. Petersburg, that any such retrogressive movement of the troops under PASKIEWITCH and uORTZCHA KOFF was considered in that capital an an event altogether improbable. Instead of that, i t now appears that the Russian Commander-in -Chief has received from his Imperial master express injunc tions to attempt the capture, at all hazard, of the beleaguered fortifications of Silistria ! Meanwhile, looking nearer home than St. Petersburg for indications of the probable future, looking for authority upon that point more ad missible than the hints of a party journalist, or the innuendo of a Ministerial newspaper—what do we discover ? Why, we find a member of the Cabinet as important as the Noble Lord at once Leader of, the House of Commons and President of the Cour.cil, asserting manfully, from the plat form of the Guildhall of the City of London, that the only•peace that can now be aimed at must be a peace which is durable, and solid, and honour able. Scarcely has this declaration been heard from the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when an other, kindred to it in candour and magnani mity, is hearkened to in the House of Lords from an Administrator as authoritative upon the momentous subject referred to as the Secre tary of State for the Foreign Department. The Earl of CLARENDON at length scruples not to avow that any insignificant result of the present war with Russia—would be a virtual triumph for Russia, would be only postponing the evil (which must sooner or later be dealt with) to some less favourable opportunity, and, beyond all that, would be actually unbecoming the dignity of both the French and English Governments. Is there much probability, considering the facts we have just enumerated, is there much probability we ask, of any such speedy termination of the war with Russia, as was promised, or r a th er, we s h ould say, threatened the other day by our Ministerial contemporaries ? At the very time when those threats of a disgraceful compromise with Russia being imminent were first heard, we ventured at once to laugh them to scorn as impossible and ridiculous. A few days have elapsed, as before observed, and lo ! they have " melted into thin air ;" and instead of the retirement of thb • Russian army beyond the Pruth, we learn that there is no prospect whatever of any intention on the part of the CZAR to prepare for the mere con tingency of the evacuation of the Principalities ! It is tri that another Minister of the Crown—not Lord CLARENDON, nor again Lord JOHN RUSSELL—declares within a week after the President of the Council has spoken, as we have already remarked—declares upon the very night, and in the course of the very discussion upon which the Foreign Secretary gave utterance to language characterised by such patriotic ardour, such nobility of sentiment, and such statesmanlike determination—declares within that very week, and upon that very night, that he conceives " we shall not do amiss" if we bring the present war with Russia to a close with some such result as that which terminated a former war between Russia and Turkey, with the Treaty of Adrianople ! But who is that Minister ? Not, we have said, Lord CLARENDON. Not Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Not Lord PALMERSTON. Not the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Not Sir JAMES GRAHAM. Only the First Lord of the Treasury --only the Dissenting Minister — only the Under-Secretary of M. GuizoT—only the " dear," the " good," the " excellent," of the Royal MAcAIRE with the pyramidal peruke and the cotton umbrella. Men shrug their shoulders when they hear this sagacious personage babbling about the peace of Europe not being en dangered by Russian aggression, or about the secur ing tranquillity for 25 years to come being a result "not amiss" under the circumstances. They re member that in him they behold only the dupe of that old gentleman who landed in the spring of 1848 on the coast of England, with his whiskers shaved off, and himself huddled in an old pea jacket, and his name , SMITH ! They can not forget that it is only the " forty years' friend" of that very reputable person who declared he only wanted ten minutes' conversation with Lord ABERDEEN to arrange matters satisfactorily, who knowingly penned untruths in au Imperial Pro clamation, and who celebrated by blasphemous thanksgivings addressed to HEAVEN, that terrible butchery of the Turks at Sinope, which had been . effected through the flagrant violation of his " parole de gentleman !" Remember ing these things, intelligent Englishmen listen with a shrug of the shoulders to avowals such as those we have just particularised—marvelling at the freaks of fortune observable at times even in the distribution of the offices of Government. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bath deserves the thanks and gratitude of every Parent struggling to bestow a University education on some promising child. If his admi- rable suggestion be carried into practical operation, a crying reproach will be removed from one of the ancient seats of learning. Families will no Ilonger tremble at the dangers to which a son or brother is exposed ; and young men themselves will not bo crippled in their means, and impove rished during their entire lives, in consequence of the reckless extravagance of their early years. The temptation of complaisant and bowing trades men forcing their wares on inexperienced fresh men will no longer exist, when the prices can no longer be enforced by legal process, and when, if credit bo given, payment must exclusively depend on the honour of the juvenile debtors. The painful disclosures that have from time to time been elicited in the Insolvept Court prove beyond the possibility of doubt the fearful extent of the evil, and the imperative necessity of affording some degree of protection to the alumni from the dangers by which they are surrounded. A few wealthy young men, possessed of more money than wit, and altogether exempted from the necessity of acquiring their own maintenance, indulge in expensive luxuries, and neglect the studies which form the ostensible objects of their sojourn. To the owners of several thousands per annum the outlay of a few thousands more or less is a matter of per fect indifference ; the payment cannot occasion a. moment's anxiety. Nor will they have to un dergo any privations or inconvenience on account of these claims. Like Mrs. HARDc ASTLE 3 th ey may think that it can't require much learning to spend 3,0001. per annum. Therefore, tutors are neglected, and if they trouble themselves at all, it is merely to save themselves from " plucking." Unfortunately, however, the examples they set are followed by many others who have no such plausible excuses to offer. The son of a cler gyman, barrister, or doctor, who has to make his own fortune by his own exertions, en deavours to vie with the great men of his col lege, accepting invitations to wine parties, and he thinks himself bound to return the compli ment, and speedily finds the allowance which his friends can scarcely afford is totally inadequate to supply his exigencies. He speedily gives up every effort to obtain honours and distinction, and thinks the term reading-man one of the most ob noxious that could be applied. The " allowance" merely serves as pocket money. Everything, whether necessary or otherwise, is obtained on credit. When, therefore, the time approaches for taking his degree, he is found over whelmed with debts, and with all his prospects in life blighted. He must either yield to his fate, or see his entire family straitened in their circumstances from the sacrifices necessary for his extrication. This is no fancy sketch, nor is it a matter of rare occurrence. Not a year elapses that there are not many victims. And any measure of Uni versity reform would be defective which did not at least attempt to provide a suitable remedy. Mr. PHINN has, in the present instance, stepped forward to supply the omission, and from the manner in which his admirable suggestions were received by the Solicitor-General, we may hope for the sp ee d y a b atement of the intolerable nuisance. Mr. p , inzrx s proposition went to the extent not only of barring the recovery of every debt incurred by an yt. person under 21 years of age, while i n S t att Pupellari, in th e U n i vers i ty of Oxford, but also as a.o v acating every d ee d , b ond, or obligation given security f or suc h d e b t. There would no longe r b a mock in qu i ry as t o what should be conside red as "necessaries." Nor would we ,, findj uries on their : oaths declaring that masonic wild and ornaments "gold- " ' champagne ," or even " high-flavoured headed hunting whips",ducks cigars," were " nece,saries" for raw boys of 18 r 19 years of age. We confess that we cannot see that the threatened increase of charges already eufficiently exorbitant; or even the total with drawal of credit, would be any very serious cala mity. It might be a task of no ordinary diffi culty to increase some of the bills ; while the great est blessing that could happen to the students would be the prohibition of any dealing for wines, cigars, sporting prints, and a variety of other articles, except for ready money. We cannot agree with Mr. CARDWELL in supposing that the withdrawal of all credit, even for essentials, would have the effect of closing the doors of the University against deserving young men, who might not otherwise ' have sufficient means to go through the curriculum of study. We do not believe that any young man, however great his talents, could undertake a more perilous experiment than that of acquiring a University education without the .means of de fraying the indispensable outlay. If he has not adequate funds, or friends to afford assist ance, he should be contented with a less ambitious career ; nor should he, even with a worthy and honourable object in view, enter with the intention of habitually incurring liabilities without any reasonable ex pectation of payment. The only reasonable argument was, that the provision should be made universal, without being limited to the students of Oxford University. By all means let it be so. But inasmuch as the grievance is of more formidable dimensions there than elsewhere, and as a general measure could not be introduced in a bill for University Reform, let us take what we can get in the first instance, and wait for the generalisation of the useful en actment to the first convenient opportunity. MILITARY CHANGES. The publication of the Brevet has, from unavoidable causes, been postponed until Friday. Major-General Rowan is to be Colonel of the 19th Regiment of Foot, an honour which, from his long and distinguished services, ho richly merits. Military readers will rejoice to find that the Colonelcy of the 84th Regiment is bestowed upon Major-General Wetherall, who has rendered valuable service both on land and sea. The 'Honourable George Anson has received the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East Indies, prepara tory to taking the command of the Madras army. - He catered the service on the 3th of January, 1814, as an ensign-=he wts never a lieutenant—became a captain in Jan. 1820, major in A pril 1824, lieutenant-colonel in May 1325, colonel in June, 1833, major-general in November, 1851, and now in a few mouths is made a lieutenant general. Major-General the Honourable George Anson served the campaign of 1815 with the Scots Fusilier Guards, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. His subsequent services are to be found recorded in the court circulars, until he was recently sent to the East Indies as a major-general upon the staff of the Bengal army. Let us ask, is it just to men of distinguished military service, that a gentleman, chiefly known as a courtier, without any extensive service, should receive the mili tary prizes that ought to fall to the lot of those who have seen most service in the field ? Look, for instance, at the services of Major-General Fane, of Sir Maxwell Wallace, and of many others senior to the fortunate new com mander of the Madras army.--Daily New;;. THE WAR. - - W e now learn from the Moniteur that Prince Gort schakoff has been woundel This news reaches us but a few days after the intelligence that General Schilders, the chief of the artillery, had been put hors de combat. The mishap of General Schilders had been preceded by the shooting down of Prince Paskiewitscla. In the Russian accounts of the wounding of the most eminent o!' the Russian generals it was st a t e d th a t hi s di sas t er had been caused by the bursting of a shell, but then all the world knows by this time that the Russians never tell the truth. We only know with certainty that the three head men of the Rus-ian armies sent against the Turks have been struck by shot, and the curious question . has been asked whether this result has been brought about by the simple fortune of war, or by the Minie Rifle, or by the hands cf the Russian soldiers themselves. From all that can be gleaned respecting such a matter, it is just nossible that the three .generals have been struck down by their own troops. All the world knows that such things "may happen"—of course "by accident"---and when we remember the horrible way in which the poor Russian serfs are kidnapped, dragged from their homes, and flogged—literally flogged— till they fit, like pieces of a machine, into the soulless discipline of the Musco vite ranks, there to suffer the miseries of war in a swamp like the Dobrudscha, it is by no means difficult to imagine that men in the ranks may adopt a treacher ous but effectual way of their own for making Russian generals sick of a contest in which they, the common soldiers, get only hard knocks without any hope of pro motion. During an engagement it is impossible to say which way a musket may be levelled, and a Russian general may be hit "by accident" instead of a Moslem patriot. If the three generals have not been "accidentally shot down by their own people, the most probable theory about their mischances is that the Minie rifles have done the work. As the war progresses, should the new weapon in efficient hands be found competent to the special duty of bringing down all officers the moment they appear in the field, a new reason will be supplied for supposing that the Russians may be more easily conquered than ever. How disgusting must any such result be to the Russian organ in London which a year ago declared the Turkish troops to be a "mere rabble," utterly incapable of standing before the myriads of the Czar. " Rabble" have already beaten the favourite troops of 'the Czar whenever the latter have ventured to come to blows with their assailants ; and now we find the Russian general hors de combat one after another. If they go on winning in this fashion the Turks may fully calculate on having before long the weathercock journal on their side, for so sure as th e C zar ge t s well beaten the Times, when he is down and helpless, will be the very first to jump upon him with all the ingratitude of savage bru tality.—Daily News. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-liii Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portugal and his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, visited the palace yesterday morning at ten o'clock. They were attended during their survey of the building and park by Mr. Fuller, Mr. Owen Jones, Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, and other officers of the company, and expressed much gratification at what they saw. The number of admis sions for payment at the doors in the course of the day was 11,522, and of season-ticketholders 1,336, making a total of 12,853. As an example of the suc cess which thus far attends the exhibitors' department, we may state that during the past week the agent of the French Muslin Company, which has taken space in the Mixed Fabric Court, sold 700 muslin dresses. A magnificent display of the manufactures of Sevres, Goblin, and Beauvais, contributed by the Emperor Na poleon, has been unpacked in the French Court. Among the objects thus liberally sent over are three splendid vases, and two exquisite specimens of painting on por celain. TIIE NEW PRUSSIAN LoAN.--Advices from Berlin. state that the new Prussian loan was to be opened on Monday. It will be for only 2,250,0001., in a 44 per cent. stock, at 94, less 1 per cent. onamission, and the sub scription lists were expected to be rapidly filled. TILE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.—According to a telegraph . c statement from Amsterdam, the new Russian loan is all taken. The market quotations for Russian stocks, how- ever, were flat. THE STREET CABS.—It is often remarked that the number of hackney carriages now in use is less than before the act of Parliament of last session, which altered the price of fares and gave power for the better regula tion of these carriages. This is, however, a mistake. We are informed that the number of cabs licensed in Juno, 1853, was 3,326, and at the present time, June, 1854, there are 3,421 in use, being an inc rease o f 95 above the number used i n th e former year. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF. POLAND. —On Monday even ing the third of a series of lectures on Poland and its past history, " with reference to the present crisis and the permanent establishment of peace in Europe," was delivered at St. Martin's-hall, Lo ng A cre , b y M r . Ed . Beales ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby in the chair. The lecturer, in tracing the past history of Poland, compared it to Russia, and said that which rendered Poland so odious to that power ought to render it the more dear to those who loved freedom and liberal ideas. (Cheers.) Reverting to times of war be showed that while in Poland all were anxious to bear arms in defence of their country, in Russia fathers and their children were taken indiscriminately and compelled to bear arms against their will, by which it was common for them to so mutilate themselves as to be incapable and useless. Regarding slavery in Russia he related anecdotes of Russian generals gambling away the wives and children of their servants, while in Poland a code of rules formed part of the "constitution," giving full liberty to all in dividuals, and allowing them togo where and serve whom they pleased. (Cheers.) Having shown that the course pursued by the Emperor Nicholas towards Turkey was identical with that taken by the Empress Catherine for the partition of Poland, he said that everything showed the necessity for restoring Poland as it was in the 16th century. (Cheers.) The Earl of Harrowby observed that what the lecturer bad said was of a nature to dispel the impression that the people of Poland were not fit to have an independent government, or that there would be any great difficulty in the way of their obtaining one which would contain within itself the elements of vitality, and which would be found effectual in securing the balance of power in Europe. The necessity felt by Prince Met ternich for the re-establishment of Poland as a cushion between Austria and Russia had been spoken of ; but the cushion was required, not by Austria alone, but by all Europe. He could not take leave of them without expressing shortly his opinion on the subject which had I brought them together ; and when he considered the I war in which we were engaged, and how it was to ter minate, he must say that lie could not see how the secu rity of Europe could be provided for, or how a durable peace could be made, without the restoration of Poland. He did not say that Poland would be restored—that must depend on the will of Heaven ; but looking at the map which hung before them, and seeing the position which Poland occupied on that snap, he did not thit,k that any other barrier could be found that would prove effectual and lasting against the aggressions of Russia, except that which would be provided by the re-establish ment of the independence of Poland. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales,-including 1,000 American and 700 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily without change innrices. The sales comprised 600 American, 250 Pernam and Marnham, at NI to 71d., 100 Bahia, at 61d, 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 7-1 - d., 1,500 Surat at 20. to 4d., and 30 Sea Island, at 10d. to ls. 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were not quite so firm. An attempt is making by the Colonial trade to get permission to exportsaltpetre to the Continent, on the ground that other countries are sending it thither, and that we never have furnished the article to Russia. It is exceedingly questionable whether this permission ought, under the circum stances, to be granted, although some hardship may arise from the prohibition. In a report made by the Jewish Emigration Loan Society, we are presented with the experience of the first year's operations. Ori g inally it was intended to facilitate the emigration of single Jewish females only, under the auspices of the Government, but since then families as well have been assisted, and America has been included in the scheme. Owing , to the increase of population, and the great com petition in trade, there is a large number of poor persons among the Jewish community who earn but a bare existence, but it has been found neces sary to preclude from the benefits of this fund all but British-born Jews, or those domiciled 10 years in this country. Persons only acquainted with trade have been assisted, or those accustomed to domestic service, and single women were only sent out where they had friends in the colony to receive them. Mrs. Chisholm took with her 30 persons. The pecuniary aid given was by way of loan to be repaid periodically. Alto gether 130 emigrants have been sent out, includ ing 75 children, and of these 85 have gone to Aus tralia, and 45 to America. All this has been accomplished at an outlay of 1,366/. Bs. 2d. The applications are still numerous, and the Jewish community have yet ample room for the exercise of further liberality. The ship Prince of Wales has arrived from Syd ney, whence she sailed March 6, with 100 ounces of gold only. The steamer Baltic, from America, brings G 20,000 dollars. She advises an easy money mar ket, but rather dull trade. According to the rumour mentioned a day or , the a( g ils e i n tisi e a, n sf t obr l e v te i an t n h o t s pl ir ,ee s t . eml T oths oct I\ f \i'i t ol hdselalE'nc(xel other c . The iot i s u be s e ; 2b l l.3 n esr - instalments the claci beat the rate of 25 per cent., on prices lJoatiti i2eing f l ol n rt i it A eh be n eg interest d s t t 3e , aaernsetdt com mencing taken eo : l l ; e4 u l3 c ., : l 2a i s g r.s f ,2 r (a ( l ) . m n4p t e h rn e oee B ni t . h lost month, gives an interest for a period of teni e ssl b le on is ds to a b re e a to tte b m e pt f e o d r Notwithstanding the further weeks.tli Teil-1 apparently high rate of interest that is paid, we entertain not the slightest doubt that owing to the power of redemption, this will be found a far more economical mode of borrowing than the routine course of public loans. There is a difference of opinion about the Russian loan, some accounts affirming that it is all taken, while others mention that only about a million sterling will be issued at Amsterdam. The accounts from Vienna state that the Russian loan is only to be issued in instalments of 80 million floi:ins. The new Prussian loan for 2,250,000/. has been opened at Berlin, and is being rapidly subscribed for. It is to bear interest at 41 per cent., less 1 per cent. commission, and to be issued at 94. Further particulars have been received of the new Belgian Loan, alluded to yesterday under this head. The amount, as then stated, is 27,000,000 francs. The contract price is 90 for a 4 per cent. security, guaranteed against all converson until 1861. The interest begins from May Ist, and the instalments will extend over 18 months from the Ist July next to the 31st December, 1855. The anticipation of interest being equal to 3 per cent., the loan will only cost the contractors 87. Messrs. Rothschild Brothers, the National Bank of Bel gium, the Societe Generale, and the Bank of Bel gium are interested, but 5,000,000 francs will be offered to public subscription. There was no improvement in the rates of ex changes at which foreign bills were yesterday after noon negotiated. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 221 to 25, Antwerp at 25 20 to 221, Amsterdam at 11 16 to 17, Hamburg at 13 41 to 51, Frankfort at 118 k to 11N-, and Trieste at 12 53 to 12 55. Bar silver has advanced again id. per ounce, being at Clld. The numerous loans that are now being contracted abroad will indirectly draw away from us some of our bullion, and under these cir cumstances we scarcely expect the money market to become permanently easy. Indeed, it is not desirable there should be a reduction of interest, otherwise speculation in foreign schemes will be liberally indulged. _ . The - funds leave been steady, but some increase in the demand for money has caused them to be less animated. Consols were 93 to 93„ and have just ascended to 93',' upon the news that the siege of Silistria has been raised. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 93 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 924- to 93k. . Bank Stock has been very firm, at 205 to 206. Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount io Is. premium, and India Bonds 2s. discount. Foreign stocks are not very brisk, but generally they maintain their price. Mexican Rends have been 24± to i l , Peruvian Active 67, and the De ferred 50. Grenada Active Bonds have been at 18. Sardinian Bonds have been marked 85f. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 90 to 90k, and Bel gian 41- per Cents. 92. The Railway Share Market has been rather vari able, being alternately higher and lower than yes terday, but with a good average business doing. Great Western have declined, and the other prin cipal lines have been cheaper, though at the mo ment of our writing there is an appearance of re vival, owing to the improvement in Consols. French shares are tolerably steady. The Foreign and Colonial Mining Market i s sup ported with but limited operation. The Joint Stock Bank shares are firm, and the Crystal Palace better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (Front the Oicial List.) nnsdness done. tank Stock i per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 4: 3 4 if 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities shut 3} per Cent. Annuities. 93A 13 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1360 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ••• . 000000 ---- Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d Consols for Opening 10th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. £l000 2500 4 p Small 5 1 P Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equa,dor Bonds Grenada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon lB Mexican 3 per Cont. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Peruvian 3 per Ceat. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ...... 85f 'lrred, 3 per Cent.. 19i .panish New Defe: a, _ per ...- Dividends on the /shove payablo in London. Belgian Bonds 4A per Cent. ex. 25 fr ...... 92 Dutch Exchange, 2.5 per Cent. 12 Gull ..... 611 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July 938 x d PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.07 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.00, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4214 per mark, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.38 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.24, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in . Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent. in favour of England; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE FIRST GUNBOAT FOR THE BALTIC,—The first of the six steam gun-vessels now building from Admiralty drawings, by Messrs. R. and H. Green and Mr. C. J. Mare, has been launched by Messrs. Green from their yard at Blackwail. She was christened the "Wrangler" by the wife of Captain Cannan, R.N. The Admiralty have been so anxious to get these vessels to sea that the most extraordinary exertions have been made by all parties concerned, and only eight weeks have elapsed since the keel was laid. Tee rest of the vessels are in a ve y forward state. They will carry two large pivot guns, and six broadside guns. Their tonnage will be 476 68-94 ; length between perpendiculaars, 160 feet ; breadth, extreme, 25 fret 4 inches ; greatest draught of water, 11 feet 4 inches ; nominal horse power, 160. When completed they will be the fastest, most beauti ful, and comparatively the strongest vessels in her Ma jesty's navy—the real " swallows of the fleet." Success to them A CANNON BALL FROM ODESSA:—In the Under writers's•room may he seen a curious relic of the bom bardment of Odessa, being the first cannon ball fired by the Russians on that occasion, and which fulfilled its murderous purpose by killing James Slater, a seaman on board her Majesty's steamer Terrible. It is of great weight and- apparently a $2-pounder.—.Liverpool Standard. • GREAT CONFLAGRATION.L---(THIS DAY.) IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT STORES AT ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—This morning, shortly after 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of St. George's-in-the-East were suddenly thrown into a state of the utmost excite menT, in consequence of the outbreak of a most exten sive fire, on the premises of Messrs. Pinchin and John son, oil and colour contractors, 26, Cable-street, Back road, whereby, property to the extent of upwards of 26,000/. was destroyed. The premises in question were erected in 1842, and were very commodious, being principally filled with oil, white lead, brimstone, and numerous Government stores, some portion of which were placed in warehouses erected under the arches of the Black wall Railway, between Back Church-lane and Connon-street-road. It appears that the premises was left quite safe on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock, and about 3 o'clock this morning, as Inspector Gernon, of the H division was passing along Cable-street, he had his attention called to a quantity of smoke issuing from the counting-house window of Messrs. Pinchen and Johnson. The officer immediately broke a pane of glass with his stick, and sent a civilian to Wellcose-square for the engines. The flames then rushed out and spread with alarming rapid-- ity, when Police-constable Lineham, 216 H, was de spatched to the Lemon-street station for assistance, when a large body of officers were soon on the spot, under the able direction of Superintendent Steed. Upon passing through the stable-yard of Mr. Hugh Campbell the principal portion of the fire appeared to be raging in one of the store rooms under the railway, from which place huge volumes of flame were issuing, and extending over the side wall of the line, completely interrupting the traffic of the luggage trains which pass to and fro at that part in the morn ing. Inspector Gernon accordingly dispatched officers to Shadwell and Fenchurch-street telegraph offices for the purpose of making the railway officials acquainted with the danger which existed on that portion of the line. The flames soon reached the combustible materials on the ground floor, which ignited, when the fire passed into the warehouse above, which was also extensively filled with Government stores for shipping orders, in tended for vessels now lying in the river and docks, which are about to be for Warded for the army in the East. The firemen, directed by Mr. Braidwood, worked most courageously for several hours, but the chief portion of the building and contents fell a prey to the ravages of the devouring element, and the only portion of these ex tensive premises saved is a wing on the wester❑ side, and the fire-proof vaults, which contain the most valu able portion of the stock. The flames were raging at noon to-day, and such is the extent of the fire at present in the ruins that many hours must elapse before the burning mass will be thoroughly extinguished. Mr.Braidwood made his official report this morning. The firm were insured in the Sun, Defendant, Royal Exchange, Legal and Commercial, and Pficenix Fire Offices for stock and building. A fire of a similar character broke out on the same spot 12 years since, after which the premises destroyed were erected. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) AMOR V. MASTENS.-CHARGE Cr FELONY AGAINST A MEMBER OF THE MARYLEBONE VESTRY. This was an action to recover the possession of a watch, which it was alleged had been stolen by the de fendant, who is a gentleman connected with the Mary lebone Board of Guardians, and employed by them in collecting arrears of rate due to the parish. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. A. C. Pollock were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Petersdorf, for the defendant. The plaintiff stated that- for six years previously to the year 1849, he had been occupier of a house in Fraser street, Manchester-square, and in that year he sold the lease .to a person named Gooding for 501., which sum was to be paid to him in instalments by the rent of the lodgers. In May, 1851, Masters came to plaintiff's ' house in Connaught-terrace, Ealing, and asked for some rates for the house in question. He (plaintiff) said he did not owe any ; and Masters added, " No, you know you don't ; but as they (meaning the parish) have sent me, I must take something, and if you have no money, give me your watch. The plaintiff did so,, and also some silver, and defendant said he would take care of it, to abide the result of an appeal. Plaintiff attended the board, and said he would lodge 301. in the bank to meet the result of an appeal. The next day ho met defend ant., who said he had not got the watch, and ultimately said " Don't you know it was sold at Café's, and fetched just the money." Defendant did not say he had sold the chain. Plaintiff would not have sold the watch and chain for 1001. The parish constable of Ealing, who accompanied de fendant to plaintiff's house to make the seizure, corrobo rated the statement of plaintiff, as to Masters saying I know you owe nothing. Cross-examined— There was wine upon plaintiff's table when we got there. I had one glass, and Masters had two. Mr. Baron Martin—lt was after the wine that defen dant said the plaintiff did not owe anything. Witness—lt was. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—Well, but two glasses of wine will not make a Marylebone official drunk. (Increased laughter.) Other evidence was given at some length to prove the letting of the house, and for which the rates were due, and sale of the lease to Gooding, which closed the plaintiff's case. After the examination of witnesses for the defence, the jury found for the defendant, and leave was given to Mr. Sergeant Wilkins to move for a rule for a new trial. COMMON PLEAS. (Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis, and Special Jury.) HOLLOWAY V. JACOBS.-LIBEL. This was an action to recover compensation for a libel written by the defendant, and which had appeared in one of the Hampshire papers, reflecting upon the cha racter of the plaintiff. The Attorney-General, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Skinner were for the plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Barstow for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a clergyman of the Church of England, and a gentleman whose name has been recently before the public in connection with the Hospital of Saint Cross. A letter, casting some im putation upon Mr. Jacobs, had appeared in the journal in question, and defendant, erroneously supposing it to have originated with the rev. plaintiff, had made an attack upon him in the same journal. The Attorney-General, after briefly consulting with Sir F. Thesiger, said he should not have to trouble the jury, as he learnt through his learned friend that the defendant now expressed his regret for what had taken place, and withdrew the charges contained in the libel in question, and that the whole had originated in a joke. He (the learned Attorney-General) thought that the most fair and manly course that could have been pursued. A verdict was then taken by consent for 405., which carries costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY) ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—Frederick Bennion, Thomas Watson (two notorious thieves), and James Gilday, a marine store dealer, in Peter-street, were brought before Mr. Bingham on the following charge : Sarah Ann Terry, dressmaker, 38, Norton-street, deposed that this morning, about two o'clock, she was in the Blue Posts Tavern, Haymarket, where she saw the three prisoners, who commenced insulting her in consequence of her having prosecuted one of their companions. Gilday spit in her face. She told him if ho repeated that again she would throw the ale, which she was drinking, in his face. The prisoner Gilday then struck her in the face, and Bennion struck her on the nose, which bled profusely. The pain was so great that she nearly fainted, and the prisoner Watson came to hold her up, and, while he was doing so, she saw him take her purse, which contained 2s. 6d., from her pocket. She ac cused him of the robbery, when the other prisoners said, if she dared to do so they would knock her brains out. They then rushed out of the house. She followed him, and spoke to a policeman, who sprang his rattle, and other constables having ar rived, the prisoners were secured and conveyed to the station, where they were searched by Roger, 191 C, who found 2s. 6d. on Watson. The purse was not found. The prisoners, Gilday and Bennion, in defence said they were so drunk that they recollected nothing at all about it. Watson denied the robbery. Mr. Bingham said Gilday and Bennion had been guilty of a very brutal assault upon a defenceless woman, and for that assault he should send them to prison for three months. Watson. was committed for trial. ,OYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen lemon, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 16th inst. :--Messrs. Frederick Broad White, Barnet, Herts ; Gilbert Prout Girdwood, Hawley-place, Maida-hill ; Arthur Austin Davis, Fowey, Cornwall; Edward Burd, Shrewsbury ; Thomas Richard Jones, Aberystwith ; Frederick William Jowers, Brighton ; Richard Tho mason, Holmer, Herefordshire ; James Gerrard, New Deer, Aberdeenshire ;' and Frederick John Mullinger, Bishops Stortford. The following gentlemen were ad mitted fellows of the college at the meeting of the council on the 15th instant :—Messrs. Stephen Edward Viper, Darlington ; James Whatman, Maidstone ; Robert Wood, Ashton-und er -L yne ; Elkanah Holroyd, Man chester ; John Ev ans Beale, Plaistow ; William Ford Bally, Bath ; Thomas Macaulay, Leicester; John Mir shall Robinson, Bolton-le-Moors ; Anthony William Close, Manchester • William Dawson, Lambeth; Thomas Goodier Richmond, Manchester ; William Garlick, Great James -street, Bedford row ; William Bedford. Kesteven, Upper Holloway ; John Robert Ede, Isling ton ; John Hatton, Manchester ; George Edmundson Bearpark, Leeds; Cleinvnt James Hawkins, Chelten ham ; John Vinali, Hackney • David Bolton, Birming ham ; and D av id S to l wort h , S ydney. Mr. Adam Linton Bogle, of Nest Baldon, was admitted an ad earldom memberer of the college, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. --4 THE WAR. RAISING THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. Advices from Silistria of the 16th state that the siege had been raised. A great part of the Russians had: recrosse d th e Danue. The relieving troops from Shumla had effected a junrktion. The following is from a Russian source : " In the action on the 13th General Schilders re ceived a wound which rendered the amputation of his left leg necessary, and Prince Gortschakoff re ceived a contusion. " A Turkish brigade from Schumla succeeded in entering the fortress on the 13th. " General Grotenhjelm's division is said to have defeated two Turkish brigades, with 6,000 cavalry mut 40 guns." Another despatch received via Vienna says that on the 15th a sortie was made on all sides from Silistria, and an expedition undertaken to the Danubian island opposite the fortress, where the Russian batteries and works were destroyed. The Turks are constructing strand batteries on the north side of the fortress, and the siege is raised. The Russians are retiring to the left bank of the river, and their bridges are being broken up. According to letters from Czernowitz, Marshal Paskiewitch, much exhausted, reached Jassy on the 16th. Advices from Widdin, of the 18th of June, in Lloyd, state that it is rumoured that the Turks have taken Giurgevo, and that the Russians lost 400 men and nine guns. Five Russian Generals are reported (according to the Presse) killed or wounded in the affair of the 13th before Silistria. The same journal says that the garrison and troops from Schumla, under Mehemed. Pacha, con pletely defeated the Russians. General Liprandi has evacuated Slatina, and is retiring with his division in the direction of Piteschti. The following has boon roooivod from 13,orlin It is said that much disunion exists among the Russian Generals at head-quarters, probably in duced by the ill success of the late operations. The Turks have driven the Russians out of Tun.- 'tukai, which they have o ccu pi e d w ith a s t rong garrison, and have also strengthened the garrison of Rustchuk. The operations against S ilistria are said to have been suspended. General finders has been wounded, and General Gortschakoff also, but both are said to be going on well. The life of General Schild ers i s i n danger. Prince Paskiewitsch, who was on his road to Jassy, is said to have been ordered to return and take Silistria at any cost. Another communication announces the arrival of the Prince at Jassy. • Advices from Orsova, of the 19th, state that General Liprandi's division is returning from Sla tina and the Aluta, line to Slobodzie, for concen tration in Moldavia. This either menaces the Transylvanian frontier, or covers the probable re treat from Silistria. lIEItMANDSTADT, June 18.—The amputation of General Schilders' leg has been successfully per formed. KALARASCH.—Prince Gortschakoff is severely wounded. Operations against Silistria have been suspended for the present. The Russian troops are greatly disheartened. The recovery of Count Orloff, junior, is hopeless. The death of Mussa Pasha is confirmed. The communications between Silistria and Schumla are open on the eastern side. The vanguard of the relieving forces co-operated with the garrison in the affair of the 13th. Two French staff-officers have been taken pri soners by the Russians. The Wanderer of Vienna has the following from Bucharest, 9th :—" Travellers who arrived yester day from Kalarasch, announce that a white flag was flying on the walls of Silistria, and it was con cluded that the place had capitulated. The fact was, however, soon explained. The late combats, and particularly the explosion of the great mine which the Russians had formed round the fortress,' had caused so many deaths that the putrefaction of the bodies was equally dangerous for Russians and Turks. There had been, therefore, a momentary truce for burying the dead. It was for this reason that the white flag was displayed." The following is another account of the attack on the 29th of May Seriumra, June 4.—The defence of Silistria con tinues most successfully. The defenders are covering themselves with honour and glory. The attack of the 29th of May was most formidable. 30,000 men, divided into three bodies of 10,000 each, advanced successively on the felts of Jellani and Arab-Tabia, at one o'clock in the morning of the 29th. This attack was very near proving successful, and the Russians had already pene trated into one of the forts by the aid of scaling ladders. The Turks, however, had in the meantime received reinforcements, and they beat off the Russians, 150 of them being killed within the precincts of the fort. " On the 31st, at break of day, a fresh attack which the Russians made on the same forts was again re pulsed with the same gOod success. The Russians then hoisted a flag of truce, demanding permission to remove their dead. Country people were sent for this purpose to the vicinity of the forts, and they say that th e num b er of dead exceeded 2,000. The Turks lost, in the attacks of the 29th and 31st, 188 men, between killed and wounded. " A letter from Mr. Grack, the Prussian officer who is in Silistria, announces the death of Mussa, Pacha, the governor of Silistria, which occurred on the 2d of June, at five o'clock (Turkish time). He was wounded by a piece of grenade shell, which entered his left side, and he died twelve minutes afterwards. This is a great loss for everybody. Mehemed Pacha, 'Vizier, and Hussein Pacha, replace him. The latter was wounded at the battle of Oltenitza. " On the evening the 2d of June the Russians exploded a mine beneath one of the batteries of the Arab-Tabia forts. The Turks, had however, discovered what they were about, and had taken their measures accordingly. The mine was badly primed, and instead of causing harm to the defenders, it reacted, and killed 300 or 400 Rus sians, forming part of one of the attacking column which were in readineA to give the assault by the breach which it was expected would be made by the springing of the mine. The Turks then made a sortie, and lost eight men. The Russians have been most unfortunate in these attacks. According to Mr. Grack, 2,000 Rus sian dead bodies were taken from the ground surround. ing the forts, and on the whole their loss is estimated at 5,000 killed and wounded. Captains Nasmyth and Butler aro still in Silistria, and render great service ; they have much distinguished themselves." ANOTHER AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM SPOKEN OF. A Cabinet Council was held at Vienna on Mon day, under the Emperor as president. It was re solved, that if an evasive answer came from Russia an ultimatum, to be accepted or rejected in eight days, should be sent. RECEPTION OF THE AUSTRIAN SUM MONS AT ST. PETERSBURG. According to a communication from Berlin the Austrian summons that Russia should evacuate the Principalities has created the utmost irritation at St. Petersburg. The answer was under dis• cussion. VIENNA, Monday, June 19.—N0 reply has been received from St. Petersburg to the Austrian sum mons. A simultaneous answer is expected to the Austro-Prussian note. Yesterday the Austrian Cabinet despatched an answer to the Bamberg pro positions, simply renewing the invitation to join the treaty of the 30th April. In case of refusal, it is intimated that Austria and Prussia will follow their own course independently. MOVEMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER. The Post Gazette of Frankfort has the following from the frontiers of Gallicia under date the 10th : " They military demonstrations of Russian troops on the frontiers of the east and the north-east of the empire become more and more significant. All the railway carriages of the line from Warsaw to Maczki have been retained by the Government for the conveyance of troops, and the functionaries of Granica, have received orders to put an end to all communicationswith the inhabitants of the Austrian territory. The movements of troops on the fron tiers of the Bukowine are very active. Russian soldiers are stationed along the Seretts. They have already patrols on the Austrian frontier. On the 25th May an officer of the Russian staff, accom panied by several superior officers, placed himself on some heights to reconnoitre the district of the Seretts. Already have the Cossacks occupied se veral places on the frontiers ; and it is rumoured that from 100,000 to 150,000 men from the pro vinces of Volhynia and Podolia are to be armed with scythes." CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE B.—The short spring has quickly been succeeded by strong heat ; and a fierce eastern sun, with a warm south wind, has ushered in the summer at Constantinople. All the inhabitants of Constantinople and Pera are seeking the cool breezes of the Bosphorus.. Pa chas and Armenians, the embassies, and all the Europeans who can move, are hastening to their country residences. This is the Ramazan, the holy feast of the Mussulman ; neither meat, drink, nor smoke, passes his lips from sunrise to sunset. The Paella's boat plies principally for the service of the . Government officials, who have daily to repair to the Porte and to the Government offices at Stamboul. Yesterday it was crowded by these worthies, who monopolise the stern of the ship, on which a pleasant, well-cushioned, and cap ciou3 deck-cabin has been constructed; no European; nor indeed any humble Al ahomedan, being permitten. to venture within it s prec i nc t s . It was a broiling he t day, and most persons kept below deals, to be shel tered from the sun. The Bosphorus is now in its splendour. The hills of Asia and Europe are At full verdure, and the villages and kiosques that En d its banks, with their snow-white mosques 311 tapering minarets, seem vieing with each other in beauty. From Buyukdere to the entrance of the Sea of Marmora, a distance of 18 miles, it is ° n o e panorama, on which the eye . dwells with nnti r j% pleasure, and which, the oftener seen, is the m ore magic in its effect ; indeed, it requires to be st n often, in order to appreciate its manifold and v a. " -- gated beauties. The evening proved showery, and we had the spectacle of a fine rainbow. It was double, 0 seemed to grow out of the garden of the ol d : se raglio, stretching across the heavens to the atic side of the Bosphorus, in two perfect double arch —the Iris of peace in the present warlike eon:Julie ture. It is not known what conclu s ions the Tu rks, who are prone to interpret the signs of the bea veus ' drew from this spectacle, but it was of st riking effect, and will remain engraved in my recoll eeticn• The great barrack of Scutari, and the fleet of transports lying there at anchor, seemed from the : ors spot to bo exactly under its centre, while the waters glistened from the reflection of its beams. The British ambassador and the French eb er g e o d'affaires have addressed an official notic e t t the representatives of all the foreign Power s 3 a Constantinople, announcing that the British 11.110 French Admirals have established an effe ct° blockade at the mouths of the Danube. We have had no news from Asia for florae weeks. Though the main interest is now cone?: trated on the Danube, it is to be foreseen that t he next accounts from Kars will in all probabil announce the advance of a Ruipian force :in tha direction. THE BALTIC. • T i TWO BOATS WITH FORTY MEN 8152 BY RUSSIANS. COPENHAGEN, June 20.—Private letters as sort that two boats, containing an officer and fort' In rbu ! have been sunk by the Russi ans a t G am in Coil l ., in West Finland. Its b o mb ar d men t was 0911sol0 quently expected. One thousand Russians a/0 one hundred Cossacks defend it. The loss at Brahestacl is calculated at ort • lion, and at Uleaborg at three millions silver' re" bles. tiler BARO SOUND, June 14.—The captains and t) commanding officers of the various ships have re_ ,to cently received instructions that vessels bowl" to neutral ports, being freighted with coal, are not of be deemed having on board articles contrabarw ieiv war, if it can be proved that their cargoes aro °`_,J, for the purposes of commerc e . I n the event, ever, of the cargoes being intended for warlike ,1?_"„. poses, they will not be allowed to go to their destle_.: tons. The captains, commanders, and other 03 7 0 mantling officers of the various ships in the fleett ros falling in with, and boardi ng an y vessel freighted and bound to any of the enemy's port are to use their discretion in such cases. If b ut ;'t should be of opinion, after due consideration, ti' tv , the cargo of coal is to be applied solely to ina u _ c i facture or commerce, such vessel is to be a llovr a to proceed on her voyage. On the other hand, ; the coal be intended for the use of the enemy steamers of war, such vessel is to be taken Po se n . sion of and sent to England for adjudicati e to These instructions have referen c e principally .„/$ neutral and British vessels bound to the eneu i ",, ports not blockaded ; but Russian vessels, h ° "., ever laden, will be captured, under all cirel 1 stances, until protected by an order in Coun cil ' Should a British or neutral ve s s e l endeavour to 0 break, or have actually b ro k en , d ur i ng the sai n A voyage, an effective blockad e , of which she ha r received previous notice, s uc h vessel, no Ine t , te a what may be her cargo, w ill b e se i ze d. Nell% vessels which have sailed from neutral P° r „... previously to the declaration of war are to 0 7 . apprised that their proceedi ng on th e i r voyage , Russian ports with articles contraband of w i t . will not be. permitted. Neutral vessels, after af parting from the ports whence they may hav e shipped goods of a contrab an d na t ure prior to th declaration of war, and subsequently touching du i . ing their voyag e at po r t s a t w hi c h th e declarati on of war may have been promulgated before they. proceeded on their voyage, as also Russian vess els that may have taken on board cargoes in neutr al ports, are not to be allowed the indulgence abode specified. The Consul-General of France at Leghorn has communicated some peculia r c i rcums t anc es tha t have occurred. S evera l R uss i an vesse l s o f a large size have arrived at Leghorn with cargoes of grain' made application to, and received permission fro* the Government of the Grand Duke to prosecut e ' their voyage under the Tusc an fl ag, an d w ith th e solitary condition of their appointing to the out mand of the vessels Tuscans as captains, an alr pointment very often of a nominal character. Se veral of such vessels have proceeded under the Tuscan flag to various ports in Eu ro p e — o ne, a etti ally freighted with a cargo of marble for his fur perial Majesty the Emperor of All the Russian, sailed from Leghorn under such conditions for St. Petersburg, and has succeeded in getting into on e of the neutral ports in the Baltic. Other Russian vessels not only endeavour, b ut often are successful in the object of procuring, by purchase, from persons holding them, patents for the Jerusalem flag. A short time since one of th e captains of these vessels had the effrontery to ,g,, ° to the office of the C onsu l-G enera l at L eg h or n iv It' the view of procuring papers of clearance. Being, refused, he subseq uen tl y app li e d to t h e S ar dinian authorities at Genoa, a n d f rom th em was grant°. the necessary papers to enable him to prosecute his voyage. The Greek merchant captains, in ord e !, to conceal their nation a lity, s t r i ve t o carr y into effect a similar subterfuge, but are seldom success' ful. Not long since, between 20 and 30 vessel s, of large tonnage; were at anchor near the Mole el Leghorn, the owners of which determined on lay ing them up, but the crews thereof, with, the vie" of procuring employment at Piedmont, have goo thither. The ships in company with the Commander -in ; Chief got up steam on th e morning of the 9th, an having weighed a nc h or , p rocee d e d out of Bel Sound in line of battle, and su b sequent l y formed order of sailing in two columns. The Bulldog, Captain W. H. Hall, employed for some time P as as a cruiser in the Great and Little Belts, rejoine at noon. In the evening, th e s hi ps, accompand rejoined by Colonel Caulfield, in his yacht, the Myrtl e ' came to an anchor in the Gulf of Finland, in about mid-channel, and opposite to Revel. On the 10th the Driver and Lightning steanier e returned from the Gulf of Bothnia, having ma de a minute inspection of the fortifications of Bomar' sund, the principal of the Aland Isles. The Gorgon,' Commander Cracroft, ar r i ve d on th e 11th, wit h despatches from the British Minister at Stockholm , and the Resistance, from England, with stores and provisions. The squadron, of 12 sail-of-the-line , under the orders of Rear-Admiral Corry, appeare d in the offing about mid-day, and proceeded to Bar° Sound (the Belleisle hospital ship, in charge of the Cresar, 90, Captain Robb, preceding them), where they anchored for the purpose of completing pr°' visions and stores from the Resistance. About half-past five o'clock on the 12th we got under weigh and steamed on towards the " Gibral tar of the North" in two lines—one consisting lof Hogue, St. Jean d'Acre; and Austerlitz, led by the Duke of Wellingt on • the other consisting O Cressy, Princess Royal, and Blenheim, led by Edinburgh, , the Bulldog, Driver, and Esmeralda in company, The Imperieuse, Arrogant, and Basi lisk joined us, when we brought up about eight miles from Sweaborg, although it did not appear more than half that distance. The Dragon, Dri ver, and Basilisk, were now sent on to survey the waters close in by the fortress. They went within 800 yards of the shore, in a position where evi dently there were no guns to bear upon them, otherwise the ships must have been fired upon. The troops swarmed in great numbers along the shore, lookingmagnificent in their polished cuirasses and glittering helmets. The steamers did not fire, unprovoked they could not have done so. The water has been found quite deep. The view of Sweaborg and Helsingfors from the ships was most picturesque. The day was sunny and warm, and not a ripple disturbed the tran quillity of the water. Helsingfors stood before ul resplendent from the whiteness of its palaces in the noonday glare. Its principal cathedral, surmounted by a graceful and lofty dome decorated with purple, and crowned by a golden globe, sparkled and flickered with a lustrous and tremulous light. Its classical colonnade stood out in bold relief, while its minaret-looking angular towers reflected bright flashes from their small gilded points. A three-decker is moored head and stern right across the harbour's mouth; a long narrow rocky island, with an irregular spire, forming a natural sea wall, runs alon g the eastern sid e o f th e h a rbour, over which the tal masts of the ships of the line are showing. To the westward the land is appa rently more broken and irregular, and seems to be occupied by some of the forts in the sea front. 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