The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

~1~ LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1854. The intelligence is confirmed that the Russian army is in full retreat through the Principalities. Defeated * successively at Oltenitza, at Citate, and before Silistria ; with General SCHILDERS and General LIIDERS killed, and Prince PASKE WITCH seriously wounded ; with 50,000 men destroyed on their side alone since the commence ment of the campaign of 1854—the invading forces are at length retiring with all despatch from the scene of their disgrace ,and discomfiture. Having recrossed the D.inube to the left bank, they have already evacuated the chief part of Wallachia, and are rapidly concentrating their :lumbers within the boundaries of Moldavia, pre paratory, it may be, to an immediate passage once more across the Pruth, and a return within the frontiers of Bessarabia. Whatever may be the next movement on the part of the enemy, there can be little doubt as to the necessity of despatch on the 'side of the Allies, their antagonists. Hitherto, the scheme upon which our plan of warlike operations _would appear to have been founded, has been that of systematic procrastination. We have delayed until the Russians have been so soundly thrashed ,by the Turkish army, aided only by the Egyptian contingent, that the beaten Muscovites have been :compelled to withdraw from the provinces into xluch theyhad (it would seem, even for their own ir iteresta) most mistakenly adventured. We have delayeatuatil, when our troops have at length landed at Varna, and marched inland in the direction of OMER Pacua.'s head-quarters —the game is "up," has been "played out," before French or English c an effect a combination of their forces with those d unertaken t o they had aid in the name of jus tice, in the cause of humanity, and in the inte rests of civilisation. The peculiarity of the position must not be overlooked, because the crisis at which thi ngs have now arrived is of the most imminent and momentous character. The Eaglish contingent, d un-er Lord Itaarati, the French contingent, under Marshal ST. An: sratm— Turkish-are still on their way to join the army under OMER PACHA I • when news is received that the Russians are leaving Wallachia and ling back upon Moldavia, and prepating, according to all appearances, to retire beyond the Pruth, into Bessarabia.' Moreover, simultaneously with this intelligence of the evacuation of the Danubian provinces, or at 'any rate of one of the Danubian provinces, by the forces of the CZAR, comes the intelligence that the forces of the KAISER are preparing at once to occupy those same Principa . lities Why ?it may be asked. But assuredly -. the reason must be sufficiently obvious. It must - be obvious that the Austrian forces are entering - • = Wallachia and Moldavia from the direction of a rg Wrapsyyania simply for the purpose of interposing 3clmi their merely nominal allies, the victorious , - . 1 4 . 1 1 0044 t tOr4r*l4/4160121*04411(104kech THE SUN,. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1854. CONTRACT FOR ASH HOOPS . ateriiiiaii "Devartrastrt of the Comptroller for. Victualling services ssi , oners for Somerset-placeEx, ecuting 28th June,the Office of 1854. THE CO Lord nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Gr eat Britain and Ireland, do Ilereby Give Notice, that on Tnuasnav, the 13th Jnly next, 0 One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such „ m e t a ips may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering Imo her 1443o:eV's Victualling Stores at DLPTFORD all such quan titiesof shall ASH TRUSS HOOPS as from time to time be demanded for 12 months certain, and afterwards Until the expiration of 3 months' warning. Samples must be produced by the parties tendering. The contitiOns of the revised contrac t may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the Said Office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Tender for Hoops," and must also be delivered at THEATRE itOYA.G DRURY LASE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Sinith. THIS EVENING, Suits 29, Wilt be performed Pallas Opera of LA SONITAM I3 ULA. Amles, Valle. Burr ; Ltss, Madame Greiffenhag n ; Theresa, Ma dame Heinrich ; Alessio, ^ , ig , or Uregorio ; Count Rodolpho, Signor Arnoldi; and Elvin°, Herr Pecz. Followed by the New Ballet DivertliSement. 73; Ores& Circle. 5s ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le.; and Private Boxes, Oa?, Two. Three and Four Oulneas. The itl Box-oce ore dilly from Ten till 9.1 x, where places may be and eseured. Private Boxes ant Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader Cool. New gond-street. Notice.—Doors - opeliat Ilalf.past Sev , ma. Per`ormance commences •t Eiglit. Ha f-price, at Haiti)* t aLe. TtIF, VIRE ROYAL lIAYNEARK&T. trader the managensont of Mr. rAuckstono. THIS EVENING, :ma 29. Will be performed the Drama of T RN-MITTS OF THE ar. ROUND TABLE . Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton , and Buckstone ; alss Re welds Nisi E. Grey, awl Mrs. Fitzwiliiann. Followed by RURAL FELICITY. Character, by BUNN, W. Farren and Buckstene; MN. Fitzwilliam, 3,lLiss Featherelo4e, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TILEA.TRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CZABLES Kw. TU( TATEI4IIOI, Jun 29, Wnl be performed FR OM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by MAisrs. iiariey, FT 3 h er.and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath. and Vivash. y00...4 by ra.us'r AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and Da/id Fisher ; and Mts. Daly, and Miss C. leciarcq. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the management of Madame Vestes. TUB EVENING, dors 29, • Wlll be performed A CETAIINIING WIDOW. Principal charac ten by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. - . - Followed by a new Drama, entitled SUNSTIINE THROUG 1 THE CLOUDS. ( haracters by Jlessrs Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Miss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. . . To conclade with BEFORE BRFUICFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews and Baker; Miss Wadham, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jusra 29. Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Miss F. Ma3kell. After wilich will be presenfed the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALF, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IN LOW THER ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. To conclude with 1113 FIRST CHAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JurrE 29, Will be performed a Comedietta, cVled HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, &c. To be followed by the Comic Drama called MUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery. White, and Vincent; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bagga, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alicroft. THIS EVENTBO, JUNE 29, The Performanevi will commence with" the Farce of LUCKY STARS. Characters by Messrs Herbert, JOINS' and Sidney; 31iss F. Beaumont, After Which. TUE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teaee, Miss Fitzpatrick. • To be followed by Two Favourite Dances by the Misses thinness. To conclude with a Favourite Farce. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, is. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, £l.lls. 6d.. to be had of Mr. Alicruft, 15, New Bond-strecl, ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. TILTS EVENING, Jue 29, Will be presented the new Grand Historical Military spectacle, en titled THAI COSSACKS ; or, Vive la France. Followed by a series of Chef d'Onvres of Art, or Equitation DE LA HAUTE ECOLE developed in the S , :enes in the CIRCLE, the whole arranged and conducted by Mr:William Cooke. To conclude with RUSSIA. AGAINST TURKEY, NOW ON TRIAL. unz-oflice open from Eleven UM Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGIC tt, GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS 'EVENING, Jcss 29, Will be repeated an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of -FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lior. anstaallic Cock Trampling on the Russian Earle. All the numerou , attractions of the gardens as usual, including the beautiful Panorama of,Chusart, by Damon—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, Miss Itansford. and Mr. Manvcrs. &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet On Cntuctn —Explosion of the B r les and Ahips, and Idnal Gran.' Irsplay of Fireworks, by 4, outhby. Feeding the anbnal , , Half-pas , Five. Concert, fitlf-p•tit six, Fireworis, Quarter to Ten. .Ad mission to the whole, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnts DAT —Morning 12 nin.after 4 I Evening 30 rainot ft . 4 To Wonnew—Morning 46 nin.after 4 I Evening 5 mtn.efi.t. THE WEATHER.--.San Orme, JuNE 29. ' THIRMOMETER, 1N THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. BAROSIETER, 29'72. WPM, variable from W.S.W. to N.W.—Light breeze and dull weather. , :44 ,gll3l, but at heart the objects of their fullest sympathy), ' the defeated and dispirited Muscovites. From the outset we have done our part in warning the public against any credence in the good faith of Austria as a power pretending to co-operate with France and England in opposition to the Councils of St. Petersburg. The latest proceeding of that power in regard to the immediate belligerents along the banks of the Danube tends, we conceive, to jus tify everything we have hitherto said in reference to the suspicious and probably most treacherous course about to be pursued by the Vienna Go vernment. Were Austria, in truth, faithful to the cause espoused by _France and England, she wou ld act at this juncture, otherwise than by sending troops across her own frontier for the purpose of occupying the Principalities. Have not the Turks, we may ask, have not the Turks, unaided by any but the E g yptians, shown themselves capable of defend ing their own dominions, of so defending them, of contending with their assailants with so much vigour, patriotism, ardour, and determination, that the Russians have at last deemed it expedi ent to raise the siege of Silistria, and beat a re treat back - again across the invaded and ravaged Principalities? And if the soldiers of the SULTAN have shown themselves capable of doing this in the hour of their utmost extremity, might they not be deemed capable (particularly now that the Anglo-French contingent must have arrived in the vicinity of Schumla, and have concentrated their forces at OMER PACHA'S head-quarters), might they not be deemed capable, we may ask, of retaining 'possession (without Austrian assist ance) of the provinces their own unaided valour has enabled them to reconquer, or at least to cause them to be evacuated ? No, we repeat again and again, this latest movement on the part of the Aus trian troops must be regarded, to say the very least of it, as most ominous, as most sinister, as most suspicious. Comparatively little can now be effected, there fore, in that direction, in the direction of Moldo- Wallachia, under these altered and peculiar cir cumstances. Comparatively little can be effected there by the allied armies under Marshal ST. AR NAUD, Lord RAGLAN, and OMEN. PACHA, with a view to bring , about the close of the war, and the arrangement of some satisfactory terms of pacification. The Russians, as we have seen, have retreated And to add to the obstacles in that quarter, the Austrian troops have determined to press forward for the purpose of themselves occu nying the evacuated Principalities ! The latter movement, as we intimated yesterday, with the simple and very apparent purpose of " encumber ing" Turkey, with help, at the very time of all others when Turkey may be said to have least re quired assistance at Any rate on the side of the Austrian Government. Wherefore, it may be at once concluded from all these considerations that the plans of the campaign must require immediate revision and very , considerable modifica tion. The Balkan range is no longer in danger. Nay, the Danube itself is once more relieved from the presence of an invading army of Muscovites. The war is becoming a defensive war instead of, as hitherto, an offensive war on the part of the AUTOCRAT. His antagonists must look therefore elsewhere at this moment than mainly to the protection of those provinces, which, in the contingency of a Russian success, might have conducted the soldiers of the CZAR in triumph, first to Adrianople, and then, if not repelled or impeded, onwards to Constanti nople. England and 'France, and Turkey, must look to he seizure of the Crimea, to the capture of Sebas opol. The necessity for this would appear to have )een already recognised at the seat of war. Some 200 transports Kaye been already collected ,-,ogether at Varna, with a view to facilitate the cmveyance of French and English troops across ,he Black Sea at the earliest possible moment, to yid the combined fleets in their attack upon that iotable peninsula and those redoubtable fortifi ,:ations. Our next hopes, therefore, are that the advance if the Austrians into and the retreat of the Rus sians from the Principalities may be answered on the part of England and France by a simultaneous descent of their united forces—at last—upon Cronstadt and upon Sebastopol. The spider, celebrated in Scottish history for the encouragement which its perseverance afforded to " the BRUCE" was scarcely more -indefatigable in its exertions than the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead. For a quarter of a century has Sir Tnomis MARTON WILSON steadily pursued his object. Undeterred by failure, heedless of ex pense, he has returned to the charge again and again, apparently gaining strength from each suc cessive defeat, until at the sixth application he has succeeded in obtaining a considerable majority in the Upper House in aid of his attack on ono of the lungs of the metropolis. Yes, the divisign of Tuesday night seriously endangers the integrity of Hampstead Heath, for if the bill then read a second time should receive the Legislative sanction, we may look for the speedy enclosure of that favourite place 'of resort, and the exclusion of the public therefrom. It is therefore imperative on every person desirous of preventing any further diminution of the opportunities of breathing pure air in the vicinity of London to lose no time in offering the most strenuous opposition to the fur ther progress of the bill. We do not assert that because a measure has been five times deliberately rejected a further investigation should be sternly prohibited. We do not assert that because the learned Judges to whom the matter was referred had diStinctly and unequivocally reported against the bill, that it should therefore, as a matter of course, be thrown out. We do not assert that, because the public health and the public convenience are greatly con cerned in maintaining the existing state of affairs, that therefore, ex necessitate, the House should re fuse its assent to the application. But this we do say, that these various matters supply powerful reasons for the greatest caution, before the extra ordinary powers demanded should be conferred on the promoter. The Legislature may have acted very erroneously in foiling the five previous at tempts. But when the matter was unconnected with politics—when party feelings or predilections could not by any possibility be enlisted against the demand,—and when such men as Lords TEN TERRE'S, DENMAN, BROUGHAM, and CAMPBELL were ranke Si amongst its most strenuous oppo nents, it shows an amount of authority, which it is, indeed, difficult to overcome ; and which re quired m ore conc l us i ve arguments t h an any ad duced on behalf o f th e promo t er even t o s h a k e . As t o th e report of the learned Judges, the/Lord Chief B aron, and x" we ventur e to - lu. Justice VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, assert that nothing could fall more o strictly within the line of their d u ty tha n th e ad course which th ey And we believe that we shall receive the alm pted ost . na of every disinterested persouninniin statingeus concurrence that these eminent men have entitled themselves to the thanks and gratitude of the community for their report on the question. It is, ridiculous to say that they departed from the usual rule. It may be that such cases have seldom arisen ---that the public are not in any degree interested in 'what are termed " Estate Bills," and that, therefore, the only points rest between the tenant for life and the remainder-men. But when it is otherwise—. when the public in general, or any body of per-. sons are concerned; then it is not only their privi 'looo4Mait lOok t0,t214141-43.4 trig parties, and to defeat any effort at self-aggrandise ment at the expense of others, although these others may be _ unrepresented before them. For what was the order of reference -which led to the report ? It was, according to the statement of the noble Marquis who brought forward the bill— " whether, presuming the allegations of the pre amble to be proved, it _was reasonable that the bill should pass." They answered in the negative, stating that " even if the al legations were proved they would not furnish grounds for a bill at all ;" and they gave the reasons, aye, spund and conclusive reasons, for that opinion, by showing that, while the father of the present applicant, under whose will his title was derived, gave ample leasing powers over the other estates, he avoided any mention of the Hampstead property. If the omission had been through a mere oversight—if it could positively be said that it was owing either to ignorance or negligence, there might be some grounds for an application for relief; but neither allegation could be sustained. It could not be through ignorance, for, by making the provision as to the other estates, he clearly evinced his knowledge of the necessity fur such an enabling clause. It could not be through negligence, for the mention of the other estates specifically led to the irresistible in ference that it was his intention, "from motives of patriotism and benevolence"—as Lord CAMP BELL well remarked—to withhold those powers with respect fo the estate in Middlesex. Were not the Judges then justified, aye, more than justified, in stating that—" It may well be that the tes tator abstained from extending the leasing powers to the lands in question, for reasons which would have operated in his mind with equal force, even if the lands had been as valuable for building purposes at the date of the will as they are now." Surely this was an admirable 3cason for reporting that " under the terms of the order of reference," it was not reasonable that the bill should pass. As to the term " spoliation" that could not apply. The necessity for a bill proved that Sir Mous MARyoN WasoN had no right that would authorise him to build on, and thus exclude the public from, these lands. He sought a privilege, the concession of powers which he had never en joyed. It is not for the public benefit that the privilege should be granted ; and, therefore, as the Bishop of OXFORD declared, there could be no injustice in refusing the favour. The limited nature of the present bill was no reason for pass ing it, for even without the declaration referred to it is quite clear that the indefatigable appli cant .would regard it only as " an instalment," and that it would afford a powerful argument in favour of the next instalment, the demand for powers authorising him to deal with Hampstead heath itself in a similar manner. By the return of the Bank of England for the week ending the 17th instant, it appears that the amount of notes in circulation is reduced to 19,700,5751., being a decrease of no less than 613,5301. within the week. If this were taken by itself it might not be regarded as very alarm ing ; but when we consider that it follows a steady, continuous decline, protracted during a consider able period, and that, in consequence of the in creased war taxation, a larger amount of currency is required, it must be obvious that the indus trious classes must suffer greatly from the absence of an adequate representative and measure of value. The high rate of discount, even on unex ceptionable bills, and the extravagant prices of all the necessaries, which prevent the possibility of any reduction of the cost of manufacture, must materially cripple the operations, and. paralyse the energies, of the creators and producers of national wealth. But the real state of the case is even more than it appears to be. From that 19,700,5751., supposed to be in the hands of the public, must be deducted the loss and missing bank notes, which, though still what is technically termed "open" in the books, and therefore included' in the available circulation, is utterly useless to all intents and purposes. The paper placed in this position must, as we pointed out in a recent impression (that of the 17th inst.), amount to some millions sterling—a very formi dable reduction from what would, even if every pound were in active circulation, be but a scanty supply for the wants of the community. Surely these things should be locked to while there is yet time, and before the commercial and manufacturing communities have been reduced to the verge of ruin by a too stringent adherence to thd letter of the law—already, if the amount at which the paper circulation of the country was fixed in 1844, 700,0001. (in round terms) has been taken away, by the withdrawal of the notes of private banks, either through failures, or ar rangements with the Leviathan establishment. If to that we add, two millions for lost or missing notes (which we believe to be far below the mark we find nearly three millions sterling, or about fourteen percent. abstractedfronithe 22,000,0001. allowed to be issued, without a deposit of specie, and the Bank of England notes in actual circula tion will be found to be little more than seven teen millions and a half, a sum totally inadequate to the increased wealth, increased population, and increased taxation of the country. It has been said that the alioVe estimate is too hi.ll—that the amount of lost bank notes is com paratively insignificant. We should, indeed, be delighted to have it proved that we were mis taken. We would submit to the imputation on our judgment, for the sake of the general com munity, - but we fear that it is not so—that ours has been "an over-true tale." None but the Bank itself can clear up the doubts, and it will not consent to do so save on the authority of Parliament. Will any monetary reformer—any opponent of the Act of 1844—move for a return of the notes which have been alleged to be lost, and for which claims have been lodged, or payment stopped, and also of notes issued morethan a certain time, say three years, a large proportion whereof may fairly be regarded as missing, inasmuch as the Bank is bound to make weekly returns of its assets and liabilities, it could not, we conceive, if required by Parliament, object to give any particulars calculated to throw additional light on the subject, and which would be indispensible in order to prevent the public from being grievously misled by that which was intended to. provide authentic information. It is, we believe, generally supposed by those who have never had occasion to make application for the restitution of the value of a lost bank-,note that the authorities are very liberal in their deal ings with 'the losers—and that, either on a 'satis factory indemnity being given, or on very clear evidence of the destruction of the note, so that no claim could be preferred in proof thereof, the ac count would !•:e forthwith, or_ after a short delay, restored. Never was there a greater mistake. Not only is clear and indisputable evidence, much more than would be required in a court of justice called' for, coupled with an un exceptionable indemnity; but payment •is pro tracted for no less than five years, until the pa tience of the sufferer is exhausted, and he relin quishes a pursuit impeded by so many difficulties. As an illustration of these impediments habitu ally created, we shall refer to a case that occurred a few weeks since. In the month of August, 1852, a gentleman forwarded 101., which he had just received, to his wife in the country. She was at the d time engaged in looking through some accounts and documents, which she subsequently burned. No person was in the room but a child a few months old. The note was immediately missed, and from the evidence no doubt could exist that it had been burned with the other papers. The gentleman ascertained the number of the note, and on or about the 16th August, 1852, made application to the Bank, stating all the cir cumstances. All the particulars were taken down at the time, and he was requested to call at the end of tsllve months, when the matter would` be dealt with. Eta was obliged to cross th6Atlantic during the interval, and some twenty months elapsed before he sent an order to a friend to re ceive the value of the lost note. Applieatson 'was accordingly made; but, after hearing the nature of the evidence, and finding that the note was still " Open," a reply was given to the following effect ;—That as no one had. actually seen the apt & bill4edrit:ol4l4 - DA be paid for.Eve'yta= from the first application, and that, at the end of that time, 'the case might again be brought forward, and would be favourably , con sidered on a satisfactory indemnity being given. Was there ever such a farce as this. It was true that the evidence was entirely circumstantial, but it was such as would be sufficient to warrant a capital conviction. The Directors, however, choose to ignore it for five years, even with the clearest guarantee against loss. We believe that the amount could be recovered in a Court of law ; and we earnestly hope that the responsibility of the Directors for lost notes may be tested by a legal decision. We have referred to this case, which we have verified by indisputable testimony, to show that there is no real foundation for the much vaunted liberality of the Directors ; and that, therefore, the amount of lost notes must be very considerable. A return such as we have indi cated would however decide the question, which must be one of c3nsiddra.ble importance when the question of the renewal of the charter comes to be ventilated, as must speedily be the case. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAM-SI:TIP HIMALAYA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The Himalaya steamer ran on a bank off Yar mouth last night. Three steamers are gone to assist her off. She is within a stone's-throw of the shore, but has twenty feet of water under her stern. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 12,000 bales, including 4,000 American, and 1000 Surat, taken for export, and on speculation. The market closed very firmly at full prices. The sales comprised 1.0,750 Ameri can ; 550 Pernam and Maranham at 51d. to 7id. ; 100 Bahia at 6/d. to 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 6d. to 81d. ; 3,000 Surat, at 3d. to 4(.1., and 300 Sea Islands at 10d. to 2s. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were buoyant. All applications for the Belgian' loan for less than 17,000 frpmcs will receive 500 francs, and sub scribers of 17 to 34,000 francs will have an allot ment of 1,000 francs. The steamer Atrato brings 1,898,345 dollars in specie, and the West Indian and Mexican mails. The advices from the West . Indies are not of a very encouraging nature, in respect to trade at Jamaica, but one scarcely expects any improvement in that respect. The duties collected upon ruin for the first of January amounted to 3,2471. The introduction of new copper coins was affording much accommodation. The Island Notes and Ex chequer-bills were much depreciated. Referring to this, a Jamaica writer remarks : "But we sincerely trust that the period is not now distant when it will be in our power to announce that the Government has applied to Parliament for authority to guarantee a loan for this island, and that the prospect of an early redemption of the paper now in circulation has presented itself. With Consols at a rate which yields 3i per cent. interest, we do not despair of our four per cent, stock being taken at par. When this is done, we trust all complaints will be put an end to by the withdrawal of the Island Notes, and especially and par ticularly that our trading friends will never again be subjected to the inconvenience they now experience." The crops in Trelawny were abundant, and were being fast taken in. Rum, however, owing to its relatively higher price in the London market, was more freely manufactured than eugar. Costa Rica is at present, it is said, in a more flourishing state than it has ever been, and is de cidedly the most prosperous and advanced part of Central America. A magnificent steam sawmill, imported from the United States at a cost of $40,000, is now being erected at Putna Arenas, and will soon be completed. _ _ The crops are good and_increasing every year, and the revenue of the republic is now consider ably greater than the expenses, so that the Govern ment is at present enabled to undertake several fine public works, which do much credit to the country. A very neat theatre has recently been erected at San Jose, and ,is under the management of Mr. Further, who is very successful in big per formances. A splendid public hospital is being erected at San Jose, and another at Punta Arenas. Trade throughout the country is tolerably brisk, and the country generally in a very satisfactory position. A very serious calamity occurred at San Jose on the night of the 26th February. The coffee mill of Mr. A. Joy, through some neglect, caught fire, and the entire establishment, with about 700 sacks of coffee, was totally destroyed. The loss is esti mated at $30,000. The Government of Costa Rica has ceded to Mr. Luis Bayer the privilege of fishing for pearl shells on the Pacific coast by submarine boats, for the sum of $12,000 annually. It has also granted to' the same gentleman the privilege of extracting cocoa nut oil from the trees which exist on the free lands of the coast, for the , sum of $4,000 annually. A very neat and well compiled periodical, entitled El Compilcidor, has been recently started. in San Jose. It promises well. At the meeting of the Canada Company this day a report was presented which stated that the re ceipts from the land sold in the half year was 100,3531. 12s. 9d. The balance in hand was 85,0261. A dividend of 2/. per share was declared. The English funds have been very firm again, and rather higher even than previously. Consols have been 94i and 94i, and. since 93i to 94, the latest political intelligence regarding the alleged retirement of M. Drouyn de l'Huys being calculated to excite uneasiness. The New 31 per Cents. have been 941 to 941, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 94g. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 3s. premium, and the Scrip of the New Bonds at to prem. Foreign Securities have been quiet again, but the prices are not depressed. The amount received for the Mexican dividends is stated to be 54,000 dollars. The Bonds are at 24/ to R. Grenada Deferred Stock is at 61. Russian 4i- per Cents. have been 8G to 87. Sardinian Bonds are flatter at 85 to 86. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 40g to 41, and the Deferred 201. The following - are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per C e nts., 41 to 43 ;Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99; Spanish Certificates, 4 to 4/ ; ditto Passive, 4to 41. The Railway Share Market has been extremely active, under the influence of the settlement of the account, and the advanced prices of yesterday are exceeded. The lines most dealt in have been Lan- cashire and Yorkshire, which have risen again ss. to 10s. The Caledonian up nearly It., the Great Northern 21., the Midland 11., the York and Berwick 11. 10s., and the Eastern Counties, North Stafford, and some others, in proportion. These prices are' given relatively to yesterday morning. French shares were dull. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day-are in round figures as under : • 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Westf•rn South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 17,688 17,197 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16,309 14,498 Great Northern • ~ 18,114 15,904 Lancashire and Yorkshire 20,360 20,244 York and North Midland ' Newcastle and Berwick 32,918 28,038 Leeds Northern The Australian Land Shares are rising. Mines and Banks are firm. BRITISEI FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES, Front the Oficial List. ) Pnaines! 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94,i 31 44 4 34 per Ceut. Annuities 944 3 44 India Bowls, 11000 Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d 2 p Bank Stock for Account - 208 Consols for Opening 19th July • 944 4 4 g 31 4 3, exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO 2500 1 p par Small • • 2 p par Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1855. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equa,dor Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred. iexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St _ „ . . Ditto 44 per Cent B7 6 . Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B5l 6 54 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4os 1 40/ Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2O/ Diyiden,la on the'ehoye payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 por Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,~, THREE O'CLOOK. Consols (or Opening 19th July 93 j x d ANOTHER ACCOUNT. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Intelli gence was received this morning that the Penin sular and Oriental Company's large screw steam ship Himalaya had got ashore. It appears that she was steaming up the Solent, by Hurst Castle, last evening, and, in endeavouring to clear a brig, touched the shore opposite the eastle, and, being an ebb tide, she was obliged to remain during the night. Immediately upon gaining the above information Captain Engledue, the superintendent, despatched some steamboats for the purpose Of towing her off, and no doubt she will be afloat by midday. From the state of the shore on which the Himalaya lies, there is no need of apprehension as to any serious consequences, and it is fully expected that she will be got off without injury to either her hull or machinery. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. ADJOURNED INQUEST (THIS DAY). The inquiry was resumed this morning at 10 o'clock. The jury having assembled, a discussion took place of one hour's duration as to the admission of the evidence of a gentleman named Chaplain, a member of the Col lege of Surgeons, and apothecary to the institution ; and his evidence, which was ultimately admitted, went to prove that he had sounded the child, and could not de tect the presence of any stone in the bladder. Mary Rosser sworn, said—l live in No. 13, March mont-place. I was nurse to the child in the hospital about a week. lam a friend of its mother's. The child was first taken to the hospital upon a Friday, and it was in my arms. Dr. ScobelL sounded the child, and said there was no stone ; he could not feel one. Mr. Cooke sounded him afterwards, and said there was a stone, and we were to make up our mind by Satur day whether the child should come into the hospital, as it could not be done without. It was taken in upon the Tuesday. It was a healthy child in every other re spect, excepting when it required to urinate, and then it screamed very dreadfully. At the request of the mother I was allowed to be in the hospital with him to see the operation performed. The child played about the hos pital up to the Thursday morning. Dr. Scobell saw the child several times when it was in the hospital. No inquiry was made about the state of the child, who had been confined in his inside for one or two days before that. Upon that morning-it had bread and but ter for its breakfast at the hospital. I took the child home to its mother that morning, but it did not have anything to eat. When I came back the nurse took the child from me ; and having brought it back to me, she told me to undress hirn, and was in such haste thatl had barely time to take its clothes off. I was not allowed to see the operation. The nurse told me that the doctors would not allow it. She shortly afterwards brought the child back, and dashed it down upon the bed, and said it would be a good job when the dirty little wretch was dead. (Sensation.) The chil,d was in a dreadful state ; it had a long cut underneath its person. No directions were given to me how to attend to it ; it cried much for drink. The nurses did nothing for it, and the day-nurse said she would jump down its d—d little throat if it teazed her for drink. The doctors did not see it again until half-past ten the next morning. Dr. Scobell and Mr. Cook saw it, and spoke about it being very bad, and ordered it some brandy ; and this the nurses gave it, but that was all that was done. On the next. day and Saturday they again saw it in the morning, and give some directions. It died upon Sunday about half past eight. After some further evidence the inquiry was ad. journed. The Inquest-room was densely crowded, and the proceedings created the greatest interest. THE QUEEN'S ANNUAL EXCURSION.—Her Majesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, went out of Pcrtsmouth Harbour yesterday, for her trial cruise, to prepare for the reception of the Queen on her Majesty's voyage to Liverpool and Scot. land in the course of next month. ROYAL VISIT TO MONT BLANC.—Yesterday morning her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the whole of the royal children and a large number of the children of the nobility, paid a visit to the 'Egyptian hall, to witness Mr. Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc. The royal party enjoyed the entertainment thoroughly. Her Ma. jeety in particular was much a m used, and laughed heartily at Mr. Smith's voluble commentary on the topics of the day in the famous " Galignani "song. A t th e con elusion, her Majesty expressed her warm appreciation of the merits of the entertainment, and was pleased to ac cept a copy of the " Story of Mont Blanc." THE KING OF PORTUGAL AT LIVERPOOL—Liver pool, June 28.--His Majesty the King of Portugal, with his Royal brother, the Duke of Oporto, and suite, are expected to arrive in Liverpool, by special trai n f rom Manchester, to-night, about 10 o'clock. The distin guished visitors will at once proceed to the Adelphi Hotel. In the morning early his Majesty will be joined by the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. J. B. Lloyd), and will make a hurried inspection of the principal places of in terest connected with the town and port, including, no doubt, among others, St. George's-hall, which is now approaching completion, the Free Library and Museum, the Albert Dock warehouse, the Custom-house, the new Wapping Dock, in the process of construction. His Majesty's stay will be very brief, owing to his intention to proceed to-morrow (Thursday) to Holyhead. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—It is rumoured that the only son and heir of Sir George Warrender, Bart., of Lochend, lladdingtonshire, is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished, beautiful, and only daughter of Sir Hugh Hume Camp bell, Bart., of Marchmont, Berwickshire. The mar riage will take place in London before the close of the season.—Kelao Mail. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—A quarterly general court of the governors of this corporation was held yesterday at the offices of the institution, Crane-court, Fleet-street ; Mr. Webster in the chair. The business of the court was of but a formal nature. The minutes of the last court' were read and confirmed, after which a vote of thanks was passed to eight of tee governors for their very handsome present of a new banner to the corpora tion bearing its insignia and the names of the donors. The usual compliment to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. --At a meeting of the South Australian Cornnany held yesterday the dividend declared was at the rate of 6 per cent., and the report was unanimously adopted. The chairman (Mr. E. Divett) stated that the accounts received from the co lony were most satisfactory, and that the sole drawback was the absence of a sufficient supply of labour to carry out public worke. The general improvement in the value of land had exercised a considerable influence on the property of the company, and there was at present ' no expectation of an unfavourable reaction. THE EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S GREAT STEAMER OF 22,000 TONS. —The immense screw and paddle steamer, building at the yard of Messrs. Scott Russell, at Millwall, for the Eastern Steam Navi gation Company, is to be completed in twelve months. tier keel has been laid down, and several of her bulk heads, or compartments, are raised, and the works are proceeding with energy and expedition. A railroad has been laid down along the entire length of her way. to facilitate the conveyance of the materials from the fac tory to the different parts of the vessel. The exact dimensions of the ship are as follows :—Teninige, buil ders' measurement, 22,000 tons ; tonnage burthen, 10,000 tons ; extreme length, 680 ft. ; extreme breadth, 83ft.; ex treme depth, 58ft.; power of engines (screw and paddle), 2,600 horse, Her engines are in thecourse of construction by Messrs. James Watt and Co., of Soho, and Messrs. Scott Russell, and will be fitted in the vessel before she is floated off. The hull will be entirely of iron, and of more than usual strength, the magnitude of her size enabling Mr. Brunel, the architect, to introduce many preoutionary measures conducive both to support and security. From her keel up to six feet above the water line is, double, of a cellular construction. The upper deck will also be strengthened on the same principle, and will form a complete beam, similar to the tube of the Britannia-bridge, so that any external injury will not affect the tightness or the safety of the ship. She is divided into ten separate water-tight - compartments, each being 60 feet in length, enabling her to take out :utrinient. fuel - for a` voyage Auktfou!k, ,1 44 .I*./4 gland wit, , LATEST FOREIGN N IN S. 12,000 men. Turkey will, however, have to supply theta with ar n i s an d equ i pment. " • - I In add i tioll to the above information from Con stantinople, a letter of two days' later date IntS reached Paris, via Malta, brought by the English steamer the Admiral, and from thence to Mar a -illes by the usual packet. On the 17th the earadoc, which had taken Lord Raglan to Varna, returned to Constantinople. That vessel announced that on the 16th the allied fleets were still at Baldjick, and the Turco-Egyptian fleet at Cavarna ; she also brought the intelli gence of another assault on Silistria, so that on the 17th the news of the raising of the siege was still unknown at Constantinople. The last division of the English troops took their depar ture for Varna on the 17th. The Russian prisoners who had been brought by the Sidon and the Cyclops were transferred to the Megere, to be conveyed to Malta. They amount to about 220, some of whom are officers, and others Greek ,sail o rs. All the Greek vessels which arrive from the Black Sea and the Danube are seized, and their crews confined in the arsenal. The blockade of the Sulina continues, but all the vessels hitherto taken at that point by the English and French have been let go , after having been subje c t e d t o a s t r i c t searc h a t aldjick or Varna. It was rumoure t at Constantinople that Rifaat Pacha, who had succeeded IVlaissa Paella at Silistria, was killed in a sortie. THE WAR. ASIA. Knts, May 30.—Schamyl is reported to - have advanced to Kachetie. Three British officers are with him. The_ Ottoman army here is being organised. Its moral state is satisfactory, and supplies are begia fling to become abundant. _ Ii is known, besides, that the armv of the enemy is not numerous, and is not in a condition to.assume the offensive. Trebizoride letters of the 9th make no mention of a rep )rted defeat of the Turks beyond Redout Kaleh. THE ANGLO•FRENCH .EXPEDITION TO THE EAST. VARNA, June 19.—The Duke of Cambridge has arrived between Varna and Shumla, on the Balkan. The English forces are estimated at 20,000, the French at 40,000. A letter from Constantinople, of the 15th, in the Moniteur, says :—" Some foreign journals have spread the report of the concentration of the supe rior command of the Ottoman troops in the hands of the General-in-Chief of the French troops, and of dissensions having taken place on th e subject 'between Omer Pacha and Marshal de St. Arnaud. These reports are totally unfounded. Omer Pacha preserves the fullness of his command ; and, in their first interviewat Varna, the three commanders of the allied armies came entirely and without diffi culty to an understanding on all the combinations which they had to concert." LETTER FROM THE BRITISH CAMP, NEAR VARNA. We extract the following from the letters of the special correspondent of the Times : "Camp at Aladyn, near Varna, June 12 —The light - division received orders to march at five o'clock on last - Saturday morning. It rained all the previous night, and early in the morning Captain Pearson, A.D.C. to Sir George Brown, rode out to countermand the march, for some reasons which appeared good to the authorities at Varna, and which may be supposed to have altered the intentions of Marshal St. Arnaud and the English General. There is now no sign of a move. The divi sion parades every morning early, and marches out with baggage, mules, artillery, &c., for a couple of miles and returns. . " The 10th company of Sappers and Miners (Captain Gordon, Captain Bent, Lieutenants Creyke and Pratt, R.E.) are busy every morning repairing the roads and making a bridge across the lake. "The camp healthy, and the men in excellent health. "June 13.—The first division arrived at Varna yes terday, and the Duke of Cambridge, his Staff, and the Brigade of Guards landed on the following day. Lord Raglan has not been able to come up here in conse quence of an indisposition, which confines him to his quarters at Scutari. The vessels in which the division commanded by his Royal Highness arrived were the Melbourne, the Jason, the Hydaspes (broken down), the Andes, the City of London, the Emperor, and the Golden Fleece steamers ; and the Sir George Pollock, - the Pyrenees, the Coigrain, the Morayshire, the Arnskt* dale, the Negotiator, and the Monarchy sailing. trans ports. The division consisting of the Brigade of Guards!' and the Highland Brigade (42d, 79th, and 93d Regi-- ments) was conveyed with the greatest eamfort and celerity from Scutari, and err{ this letter leaves the men now on board will be landed in all probability, with bag rage stores, horses, &c., complete, as the boats of th e English, French, and Turkish men of war lying in the bay are all working in friendly rivalry, and rowing the troops on shore as fast as they can. The Himalaya, with the sth Dragoon Guards on board, arrived in the bay on Monday evening, havin left Ck on the 28th May. She carried 320 horses an d 323 men of the reg i ' rnent, and she reached Malta in 7 days and 22 hours (all well). It need scarcely be stated that she has made the quickest passage ever known. The feat is no easy one, as few vessels, if any, have ever gone over the same course, but it will be difficult hereafter to matc h her astonishing performance. From point to point she was only 11 days and 19 hours under steam between Cork and Varna. " The commanding officer, Major Le Mai chant, and the officers of the regiment, presented Capt. Kellock, the able and indefatigable commander, with a highly flattering and very complimentary address, in whic h they expressed their deep sense of the attention paid to their comforts, and of the kindness and consideratio n with which they were treated on board his noble ship ; and Mr. Lane, the purser, received a letter to the same effect, and, was complimented on the excellent forage provided for the horses. The men disembarked this morning in fine order and spirits. Every man rode his own horse (a fact, perhaps, without a parallel after such a voyage) ; and both the Frenck and the natives on shore testified in the liveliest way their admiration at the gallant martial look of the regiment as it formed 00 the beach, and rode away to its camp, by the side of th e bay, opposite to the town of Varna. Only two hors'es were lost on the passage, and these died from disease contracted on shore. The Jason, with 297 pack horses and mules, belonging to the Uuards and Highland regi ments, arrived this morning all well. She had on board Captain Butler (staff), Drs. Cooper and Wishart, "Mr' Burgoyne, and Mr. Bouvelie (Guards), Mr. Strickla n d, Mr. Blackwood, Mr: Rolleston, See., of the Cominissa. riat department. "The disembarkation of the Guards was effected this morning in excellent order, and with a rapidity and corn' fort which confer great Credit on the officers engaged in superintending it. The French assisted with the most hearty goodwill. Of th e i r own accor d th e men of tme artillery and the Chasseurs came down to the beach, - helped to load buffalo carts, and set to work at once to thump the drivers, to push the natives out of the way, t ° show the road, and, in fact, to make themselves gen e ' rally useful. The men, though not quite so stout as We a re -accustomed to see them in London, were neverth e less je capital ease, and good-humoured and high-spirited, not withstanding a heavy storm of rain that broke over then on the march to their camp, about a mile outside the town. The tents of some of the Egyptians are pitch ed on the road-side, and as the first company of the Grena diers marched past a murmur went through the place, and the swarthy little warriors came swarming out like bees, and drew themselves up with staring eyes and opa l ff mouths to gaze on the Anakiin. At fi rs t they appeare d to be affected by mute wonder only, but as man after man strode by, and the fact grew upon them that there was a whole regiment composed of such tall fellowst• they burst into a grin, and at fast expanded into iaughter ar.d chatterieg delight. Tue two troops of the 81,11 Hus sars lying outside th e t own gave th e men a hearty cheer :is they came in sight. Most of the men wore no stocks. It appears that soon after Sir George Brown came up to Varna an order was issued to the Duke'S division an cording to which the wearing of the stock was optional. Most of the men at once flung off their leathern cncenli brances, but with 'the usu a l taste of 501,1i,-rs for civ i l attire, they began t. - wear ga . ..ioldtired han ',kerchief% and neckerchiefs, so that the authorities weee obliged t O order them to wear either the stock or nothing. " The Dragoons wore white calico covers to their hel mets, but Sir George will not allow them to wear the m if he can help it. He dislikes these covers exceediner because they are, he thinks, unsoldier-like ; an 1 his own division (the Light) is forbidden to wear them oil any account. They certainly do not improve the appear ance, but as surely they contribute greatly to the Ora' tort of the men. "For the present the division will occupy the site o f the camp of the Light Division before it moved t o Aladyn. " 1 role into Varna from the camp this morning, bu t so changed was the appearance of the principal stree ts by the restless activity and energy of the Fr e nch, that could not recognise them. Old bli n d s id e wa lls bad been broken down, and shops o p ene d, i n w hi c h not only necessaries, but ev en l uxur i es cou ld h e purc h ase d ; the streets once so d u ll an d silent, re-echoed the laugh ter and rattle of d oin i ee , 4 i n -the newly e gii-R1,1;. bed eerl' Wine merchants and sutlers from Algiers, Oran, (-)°°; stantine, Marseille,, Toulon, had sec no uoutiis an shops, at which liqueurs, spirits, and French and count* . wines could be purchased at prices not so tolerably high. The natives had followed the example. Strings of German sausages, of dried tongu e s, of wiry hams, , 0, 1 bottles of pickles, hung from the rafters of an 01 ' Turkish khan, which but a few days before was the abode of nothing but unseemly insects: and an empt il y storehouse was turned into a nicely whitewashed en gaily painted " Restaurant de l'Arinee d'Orient pou r Messieurs les Official; et sons Officiers." The names of the streets according to a Gallic nomenclature, painted in black on neat deal slips, were fixed to the walls, so that one could find his way from place to place without going through the erratic w andering s which generally mark the stranger's progress through a Turkish town. One lane IS named the Rue Ibrahim, another Rue de l'Hopital, a third Rue Yusuf ; the prin cipal lane is termed the Corso ' the next is Rue des Postes Franc: ises ; amid, es all these names are very Con venient, and h .vs a inCarlitiglattadheetto them, no oleo' ing ought to deter one from confessing that the /leech manage these things better than wo do. Where is the English post-office ? No one knows.. Where does the English General live ? No one knows. Where is the hospital to carry a sick soldier to ? No one know s ' Does any one want to find General Canrobert ! the first Frenchmen you meet, and he will tell you to go up the Corso, turn to the right, by the end of the Rue de l'llOpital, and then you will see the name of the General painted in large letters over the door of his quarters. The French post-office and the French hospi' tal are indicated sufficiently by the names of the streets. Our sappers and 'Mews have done useful work by the seaside, have built piers, trenched up the shore, and deepened the little harbour. The French have done the same ; they have built piers and banked up the shore, and erected a - sea-wall to land at. Lord George Paulet has been inexhaustible in his bospi . talitits on board the Bellerophon, and has done much to "amalgamate" the higher officers of both ar mies by his friendly reunions, so that they become bet ter friends every day. There is no jealousy between the men, or any rivalry, except in the path of honour. Ru mours are afloat that the French marshal and our gene ral were not quite so friendly at the close of their recent interviews, as they differed materially in their views of the mode in which the war has to be carried on, but I know nothing io make me give credence to these reports, which I only mention because they aregenerally circulate' l • Besidee, Sir George Brown only commands a divie'D and it is scarcely probable that be would act in any way without the authority and concurrence of Lord Ragl an ' Sir George Brown still continues with his staff at Varn e l General Telden is camped with his staff by the side oa the bay, ne ar the cavalry camp, and contains Captains Gordon and Hassard, Mr. Martin of the Royal Engl . Deere, and a few sappers and miners, remain in t he town, close by the wall, in order to be ready for all work in their way. I" As to the camp at Aladyn there is not much to g a p' I Never were tents pitched in a more lovely spot. `vis a the ;wain 6314 144 riwa wooded the riot 111;14% RUSSIANS ON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER. On the 25th, says a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, the Cossack picquets entered far into the Rothenthurm pass, in Transylvania. In several places on the Transylvanian frontier supplies for the Russian cavalry have been col lected. RUSSIANS DEFEATED BY BASHI BAZOTJKS. The Journal of Constantinople confirms the suc cesses of the troops at Silistria. Three thousan l Bashi-Bazouks, who had taken a Russian outpost, had been attacked by a Russian force triple their - number.. After a desperate struggle 1,500 of them were killed, Asham Bey among them. The Russians lost 1,400. MOVEMENTS OF THE CZAR. Letters from Berlin, dated on the 27th, confirm the report that the Emperor. Nicholas and the Czarowitch are about to proceed to Sieve, to be near the approaching military operations. ALBANIA. PREVESA, June 10.—The Derbend Aga, at Arta, has been arrested, and a commissary has gone to arrest some Albanian chieftains at Paramythia, who had ill-treated the Christians. CONCENTRATION OF RUSSIAN FORCES EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CRIMEA APPREHENDED. The Transylvanian, Messenger states from Cron stadt, near Moldavia, that the Russian officers commanding the detachments stationed along the frontiers of that province have received orders to transmit to head-quarters all the information they can glean respecting the movements' of the Aus trian troops. The posts of Cossacks have been withdrawn from the frontier, and concentrated at Roman. Various rumours are in circulation at Jassy as to the motive of the concentration of Rus sian troops in Moldavid. Many persons look upon it as a preliminary step to the evacuation of ,the principalities ; the Russians, it is said, are to retire into Bessarabia, in order to march upon the Crimea which is considered likely to become the theatre of offensive operations on the part of the Anglo- French forces. The Lloyd of Vienna, under date of Vienna, 14th, says :—" The Russians have rendered the Strait of Kercht, close to- Odessa, inaccessible to ships of war, by sinking 32-large barges laden with stones. There will be exchange of Russian and English prisoners, as notice has been received from St. Petersburg that the Government consents to it." A letter from Schumla states that the auxiliary troops, in concert with the fleet, and under the personal command of Marshal Saint Arnaud, are certainly to undertake an expedition against the Crimea. 200 transports are being prepared in con sequence at, Varna and at Baltschuk. TURKISH LOAN. The Moniteur says—" Mr. Black and M. Durand are empowered to negotiate in France and England on account Of the Sublime Porte a lOan that will have to be ratified by the representatives of the Sultan at Paris and London." AUSTRIAN LOAN. The Austrian loan will, it -is slid, probably be made public on Tuesday next ; 500,000,Q00 of florins are spoken of as the maximum, and 350,000,000 as the minimum amount. • PERSIA. ' The Lloyd of Vienna says :—" The armament of the Persians; continues ; 10,000 regular and 20,000 irregular troops are to be assembled ou the Aran which forms the boundary between Persia and Russia. The attitude assumed by Persia towards Russia becomes every day more and more threaten ing. Letters from Teheran state that Persia de mands the restitution of the provinces of Nakitchavan and Erivan which were ceded to Russia by old treaties." CONSTANTINOPLE. By the arrival of the Indus we have advices from Constantinople to the 2Jth inst. The embarkation. of.. French troops for Varna continued. The terms of the treaty between Austria and Turkey had transpired. They lay down that the ancient order of things shall be re-established in the Principalities, without admitting a control over the measures taken by the Austrian troops. Military measures will be concerted between the two Powers signing the treaty. The evacuation of the Principalitie3 to take place on the conAu sion of peace. The latter to be based upon the maintenance of the sovereignty of the Sultan and the integrity of the Ottoman empire. Prince Napoleon's division has left for Varna. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 19.—Reschid Pacha still transacts diplomatic btOuess. Schekib Effendi presides over the administrative department of the Foreign-office. It is hoped that a new French loan will be concluded. A letter from Constanti nople of the 15th says :—" The last accounts from the coasts of Circassia announce that a lieutenant of Schamyl had stopped, in a gorge of the moun tains, the Russian troops who were effecting their retreat from the fortresses of the coast to join the principal corps of the Russian Caucasian army at Tiflis. A sanguinary combat took. place, and the Russians were defeated by the Circassians, with a loss of four guns. Three Polish gentlemen, Messrs. Tanski, Bodoski, and Gradovich, left Con stantinople on the 14th for Bulgaria, having been sent on a, mission by Marshal St. Arnaud, in order to furnish him with all the information they can collect with regard to the Russian army, and also on the subject of the state of feeling in Bulgaria, where Muscovite agents are actively intriguing, THE FRENCH EMBARSY.—His Excellency the French I though, it is said, without success. Workmen are Ambassador and the Countess Walewski gave a superb actively employed in fitting up the new hospital entertainment on Tuesday evening, at the residence of which has been provided for the French troops, and the French Embassy, Albert-gate House, to their Royal it was expected that it would be ready in a few Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess days for the reception of its inmates. It is a very Mary, where several distinguish e d p ersonages were i n - extensive building, and capable of accommodating vited to meet the Royal guests. At ten o'clock, the 2,000 patients. It is well situated, not far from ambassadress threw open her salons for the reception of the sea, and of very easy access for any sick who a brilliant cire.e of the corps diplomatique and the aris. may be brought by steamers from the army. A tocracy. The visitors included nearly all the most dis- few days ago a suspicious-looking person was ar tinguished leaders of fashion. / rested near the powder magazine established in the ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—This morning, at 10 o'clock, old chateau of Gallipoli. He is said to be a Ras a repectable female, who refused to give her name, than spy, and had gone there for the purpose of attempted self-destruction by drowning herself in the Thames, at Blackfriars. Just as she was i n th e ac t of setting fire to the wo oden b uilding, by which the whole town would have been blown up. The health sinking a waterman passing jumped out of his boat into of Reschid Pacha is said to have lately consider the river and saved her life. . a bly improved._ Some more Greek vessels have A MAN KILLED IN TOOLET-STREET.—This morning been captured in the Black Sea with supplies on a man named Driscoll, agek,ss years, who resided at board of them for the Russian army. The march Tattle-place, Bermondsey, expired M the accident ward of Prince Napoleon's division from Gallipoli to of Guy' s Hospital, from the effect of severe injuries re- Constantinople was an exceedingly fatiguing one, ceived by an immense box of iron falling on his legs,,. which shattered them in such a frightful manner thatparticular, the part of it from Gallipoli to allti in amputation was the only thing that would have saved Radosto. A company of Sappers, and another of his life, which he refused to have done, and by his ob. Chasseurs of Vincennes, marched in front to cleat stinacy he lost his life. away obstacles, and snake a road in such places as INTREPID CONDUCT OF A LONDON FIRE BRIGADE- none existed. It was necessary to throw bridges MAN.--This morning two youths named Williams and over some places, to fill up some enormous holes Watson, residing near Bankside, were bathing in a very in others, and, in fact, to perform the office of dangerous part of the river near Southwark-bridged I pioneers in the fullest acceptation of the word. when one got into a hole, and his companion endeavour.ed But in the midst of all these difficulties, the utmost to save him. For some time the boys wT43 suckedcarrie gaiety prevailed. In ono place was to be seen . in along with the tide, and were in the act of being scribed with chalk, on a huge piece of rock by the under a barque, when G. Legg, belongingto the firesteaamnd fl ating. engine rear the spot, stripped off his coat . roadside, m. the following_ Gallipoli in large letters— wa'stcoat, jumped into the boat, and succeeded in saving nip road from uallipon to Moscow, No. 1, and the lives of both. This makes the fifth time the same . the bons-mots uttered would delight a vaudevillist. party has been instrumental in saving life. ! There are very few ill, but I regret to say that five Mn. FRANC TUSSAUD has just completed a most , soldiers of the marine infantry died on the march. excellent likeness of Mr. G, V. Brook e, the eminent Still every possible precaution had been taken to tragedian. The bust represents Mr. Brooke in the cha- ' have nothing wanting on the road, and the Prince ratter of VirgiOus, one of this gentleman's most popular carries to a degree of extraordinary mi uuteness his ___ personations, the Roman costume being highly char: n.. : attention to the comforts of the men. The Walla teristic and admirably suited to busts of this class. All c, uians have at last obtained permission to form a who know this eminent actor will be greatly pleased by the young and the success obtained in the likeness by legion, which is to be placed under the command 0,,, Iv A il,,Th ~,._ I orGeneral Maierm. As he is botalented artist, VA Wit is P 1 1 494 ill --.*.--eQwLI it ill i 08 , 14 y eiloug u oir Lim to “410 Qt AtifrArcO Of W exceedingly popular, Roves. . v .. done, o ber of have ji ing pi eorditi " Tt Tcbek( officer( BET] of t .Au all occ bet are Rru