The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-07 00:00:00

LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. —Notice is Herehy Given, That the SPECIAL or EX TRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of this Company, ad vertised to be holden at the Bridge-house Hotel, in the Borough of Snethwark, on the 17th day of June instant, WILL NOT BE BOLDEN on that day, such Meeting being POSTPONED until the 2lst day of June instant. Dated this 7th June, 1854. SAMUEL LAING, Chairman. FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST RAILWAT.—Notice is Hereby Given, That an EXTRAOR DINARY or SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the P TORS of the LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY COMPANY will be held at the Bridge-Heuse Hotel, in the Borough of Southwark, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of June instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of authorising the Company to raise an addPional capit. 1 not exceeding 369,0701., by the creation of new shares or stock, or partly by the creation of new shares or stock, and partly by mortgage or bond, to be issued on such terms, and at such times, in such meaner and amount, and to such persons as such Meeting may determine, and to pass such reso lutions thereon as such Meeting may deem advisable. Dated this 7th day of June. 1A54. SASCUE'L L VINCI. Chairman. FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME CELESTE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Madame CELESTE (Directress of this Popular Establish meat) begs to inform the nobility, gentry, and public in general, that her ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, June 7, when will be revived (for this night only), the celebrated drama of THE THIRST OF GOLD • or, the Lost Ship, and the Wild Flower of Mexico. With the unique grand scenic effect of the Sea of Ice. Madame Celeste, Mr. Keeley, and )4r. B. Wooster sus taining their original characters. After which will be produced a New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the popular Nautical Drama of the CABIN BOY. Julien (her original character), Madame Celeste. Tickets, Places, and Private Boxer to bo had at the theatre. UTHITSUN HOLIDAYS.-ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Ascent in a BALLOON from the Esplanade, in front of the Lake. by the veteran i t i a v n e d an 3 d fr in l e fa re n s v t e i rs ng . GREEN, tte only ascent here for Eiahteen years. Vocal and Instru mentalansExtbter Concert, by Miis Poole; h M e i d s a s y ß . An extra Military Band during Menagerie, ten Lions, three Elephant+, two Tigers, two Giraffes, two Camels, &c. Various novel amusements, Conan ling with a dis play of Fireworks, gorgeous beyoni description. The bombardment of Chusan. Explosion of Fireships, and Balloot ascent at hap-past Six. Concert at Seven. Fireworks quarter to Ten. Doors open from Nine in the morning. Admission to the whole, Is. THEATRE tOTAL DRURY LANE: Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIII4 EVENING, JUNE 7, win be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Agnes Bury; Ali,e, Madame Hendrich; Raymond, Signor Arnoldi ; Lord Arthur, Signor Suitt ; Norman, Signor Casteli ; Lord Henry Ashton, Mr. Weiss; and Edgardo. Mr. Sims Reeves. Followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Prices—Stalls, 71; Dregs Circle, 5s ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Oafiery, is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be hal of Messrs. Leader and Coos, 63, New Bond-street. THE %.TltE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Mackstone. THIS EVENING. DONE 7, Wall he peeormed the Drama of TIM KNIGHTS OF THF, ROUND TALE. Characters by Messrs. Chlopendale, Howe, G. Vandenhotf, W. Farrell, Compton, and Buckstonc; Miss Reynolds, Xiss E. trey, and Mrs. After w the entirely new and orldnal extravaganza, entitled MR. BUCKATONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (EN LEI- C rEf4-B'./UARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCE:I3'3 OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Casattra 'Craw. Tilt% EVENING, JUNE 7, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Barley, Fi,her, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAJTST AND MARqUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Loan and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Leclercq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha. r rters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM T LIEATRE. Under the management of Madame Veetris. THIS EVENING, JUNE 7, Will be performed BEFORE BItT,AKFAST. Character , by Ifr C. IS athews, Messrs. F. Matthews, Swa,, and Baker; Miss Wad ham, &c. Followed by GIVE ADO AN ILL NAME. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 7, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEITRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JUNE 7, Will be performed the Comic Drama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F Robson, Emery. White, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by TII! FIIS NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. After which. TIIE MUM WY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, IL Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. STRAND THEATRE. Fele Lessee Mr. F. W. A.lle:roft.—Diroetresq, Mk Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, *lusts 7, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. To be followed by the New Ballet Divertissement, entitled THE SE& NYMPIUS CAVE. To be followed by 141 E WATERIItN. Alter which, 'FLIP: MARBLE LOVER. Stalls, os.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. (Id; Gallery, Cd. -, Private Boxes, X 1 lie. fid., to be had of Mr. Alleroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLF.Y'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, JUNE 7, Will be produced a new Grand Historical Midtary spectacle, en titled THE COSSACK'S; or, Vivo la Franca. Followed by a total change of the Scenes in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a new Grotesque Extravaganza, called THIS HORSE. WILL 13E SOLD 10 PAY EXPENSES IF NOT CLAIMED WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. EIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOE. Tills DAY —llording 38 min.after 10 Evening 7 min.raft. 11 Tv-lioß.Row—:Morning 35 min.after 11 Evening 0 rnin.at . 0 THE WEATHER.—Strx Orriox, JuNn 7. THERHOMETER, IN THE SEIA.DI4- 58 highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'14. Wm% N. to N.N.E.—Light breeze, but cold, with dull, cloudy weather, and occasional sunshine. There are some indications of a change. g •.14 rt;‘ , t ~~~~e LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1854. It is no way surprising, of course, to hear the known partisans of Russia in this country still throwing out suggestions for the bloodless solu tion of the difficulty—suggestions of the most monstrous and even laughable extravagance. In arguing thus as they have done all along in a great measure, these sinister friends of the °LAr and sympathisers wish his autocracy are only, so to speak, consistent in their very inconsistency. Now this we insist is true, although undoubtedly paradoxical. ABERDEENISM is consistent even in the midst of its apparent inconsistency. For--the fact of all these delays, and delays, and delays must be allowed to explain everything. Appa rently the Ministerial admirers of the EMPEROR NICHOLAS have accepted the gauntlet thrown down to the Western Powers by the AUTOCRAT with such insolent bravado in the presence of observant Christendom. Apparently even my Lord ABER DEEN. has accepted the challenge of the Northern Aggressor. But all the while the sending of a powerful fleet into the Black Sea, and of another fleet still more powerful into the Baltic, and of ship-loads of troop s to Gallipoli and Scutari—have all been marred in effect by a series of paralysing and disastrous procrastinations. And now, when news comes that the French soldiers have at last taken their d eparture from the coast of the Dardanelles to u pon Adriano march forwa r d ple, now wh en we l earn that the English troops have really (incredibl e th ough it m ay seem) been ordered t o push onwards to Varna and thence to S:thwalla, from t 1 • leir en campment on the Asiatic borders of the 13 05 _ now, forsooth, we hear it coollyphorus, sug gested that all the Turkish army has it within its power to do is to fall back upon the lino of ehe Balkan Mountains ! To retreat before the Rus sians—to yield to the many, the long defended, and heroically retained fortifications of Silistria. Never were suggestions more manifestly insidious. They might actually have come to us direct from St. Petersburg—nay, for their mean ness and cowardice, we might almost have expected to trace them to the council-chambers of Charlottenburg. Instead of which, however, they are actually the hints thrown out in the June of 'lB4-by an English journalist. It is deplorable / to mark the successive vagaries into which the English partisans of Russia are driven by their unnatural and Unpatriotic infatuation. Most grotesque and liclicrous of all, however, is this Wet, the one in . the progress of which an influ t 11;7: - ,iinlial contemporary has ventured to propose . that the only rational course to be pursued by the Turkish army at the very time when the Anglo- French contingents are moving rapidly towards his head-quarters at Sebumla, is to yield up Silis tria to the Russians, and to withdraw in full re treat upon the Balkan Mountains. Turkey, in fact, is to kiss the rod by a retreat, we presume merely as a preliminary to the yet more ignoble subjection of England and France to the pride of the Northern AUTOCRAT by a peace based on the status quo ante bellum, a vir tual triumph for the foe, the avowed and auda cious foe of Christendom and Civilisation. No—a very long while since we maintained that Ministers, with all their loud talking, parti cularly in the House of Commons, had entered without heart upon the war against Russia. Have our words since then in any way been falsified ? Or are we still witnessing the development of their complete justification ? It is true that we have sent enormous maritime armaments to the Baltic and the Euxine—but the former has been left without proper gunboats to enable our seamen to press forward from the conquest of Cron stadt to the capture of St. Petersburg ; while of the latter, we learn that it has returned to cast anchor snugly at Baltschick, after dawdling and pottering about for a whole month before the entrance to the harbour of Sebastopol. It is perfectly true, again, that our soldiers have been sent out eastwards thousand after thousand— but this, we cannot forget, was only at last done when every ingenious contrivance in the way of postponement had been exhausted, and when the country was ringing with the sounds of indig nation provoked by balls, and banquets, and reviews, and complimentary farewells, while the Turks and Egyptians were fighting desperately along the banks of the Danube from Ibraila up as far as Kalafat against an enormous disproportion of foes—numerically. 'We repeat it—Ministers have entered upon the war with Russia without heart, much less with enthusiasm. The evil conse quences of which are at this moment before us when as the Anglo-French contingent at last in the Juno of 1854 are on their way to the Turkish head quarters, we have mutterings again about Proto cols and further diplomatic negotiations, accom panied by suggestions from the Government organ, to the effect that Silistria should be delivered up to the Russians, and that the soldiers of the SUL TAN should retreat before their Cossack assailants to take up a last deiperate position upon the range of the Balkan Mountains. In our observations respecting the Public Re venue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, we purposely abstained from commenting in any manner on the provisions relating to the heredi tary pensions to the Dukes of GRAFTON and MARLBOROUGH, and some other aristocratic reci pients of the public money. The importance of the subject, and the limited amount of space at our disposal, prevented us from putting forward our earnest and uncompromising protest against the portion of the measure relating to these sti pends, the sole, but very serious blot on that which in other respects merits the highest praise. It is painful to find that even Mr. GLADSTONE has been compelled to bend to the powerful influences brought to bear on him from every quarter, and that these flagrant abuses have been exempted from the operation of the proposed law. It is not, however, mere " exemption" that we have to complain of. There is something even worse in the back ground. It is the intention to abolish these scandals, but how I Not by immediate or prospective abolition—not by announcing to the pensioners, "Ye have too long wallowed in cor ruption ! Ye have fattened for too many ages on the painfully-acquired earnings of industry-- on the taxes wrung from the hard hands of over toiled operatives or miserable sempstresses. Hence forth, and for ever, strive to earn a more honest livelihood. These sources must be cut off." Nor even, taking a more lenient view of the subject, by fixing a time for the termination of these an nuities, and thus breaking the fall of the reci pients. Far from it. Neither of these methods are to be resorted to. It is unnecessary to say that either would be fully, aye, more than, jus tified, and the limitation of any compensation to the life terms of the present annuitants, or to a fixed term of years, could only be regarded as unmerited indulgence. But in place of either of these obvious courses, Mr. GLADSTONE proposes "to buy up, and so to dispose of these charges." Nay, more, we are told that " a certain portion of these pensions had already been bought up"—that, "in point of fact, substantially the whole matter was concluded so far as regarded the most important pensions." The Right Hon. Gentle man, however, added—" But from one cause or another, the arrangement in several cases was not yet ready to take effect. Until it did take effect, he proposed to leave these pensions precisely as they were at present, inasmuch as the Government did not look upon them as permanent charges, and it was not worth while to enter into new ar rangements respecting them." There is, there fore, yet time for the independent representatives of free and independent constituencies to interpose and prevent the contemplated arrangements from receiving the legislative sanction, or the public money being absorbed—more especially at a time when there are so many and such urgent demands on the Exchequer in relieving posterity from burdens which might be disposed of in a very diffe rent manner, and at a much cheaper and easier rate. We are required to make a strenuous exertion to bear the extra war expenditure. We have also been required to meet that extra expenditure with crippled resources, in consequence of having liqui dated no less than eight millions of the debt con tracted by our forefathers. Surely these might be considered sufficiently onerous, without sad dling us with the purchase money of the " GRAF TON" pensions, amounting, in round terms, to some 10,700/. sterling per annum, and on account whereof the family of the distinguished recipient have already received sums which, at compound interest, would amount to more than TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLIONS OF POUNDS STER LING ! or sufficient to liquidate the whole of the national debt, funded and unfunded—to purchase up every other pension—to provide for the ad ministration of justice without charge to the suitors, in every tribunal—to render trade and commerce perfectly free, removing everyimpediment of every kind ; and, with economy, to provide permanently for the maintenance of our civil, naval, and military establishments, and for the support of incapable paupers, for none but " incapables" could then require assistance. All this has been lavished on a single family, all this has been ap plied to maintain the dignity of the Ducal House of GRAFTON—tO spread its connexion far and wide, and furnish it with a host of defenders ready to lend their aid to cushion anything in the shape of inquiry, and to intimidate even a man like Mr. GLADSTONE from dealing justly with the unjustifiable burden on the community. The first recipient of those pensions —for the Duke was, and is, a pluralist sinecurist—was 11P4iltY FITZROY, second illegitimate son of Rin g Ca arAs 11., by the then Countess of ~ CASTLAI L I4 (who was s u b sequen tl y crea t e d Duches s o f OnnvELA./ TD). when about nin e The fortunate yo u th, years of age, was crea t e d a Baron, Viscount, and Earl of England, and before he was quite twelve years of age, - was Five rank in the Peeraae. elevated to th e hi g h est years afterwards,when a s yet scarce seventeen years old, he was in s t a ll e d as a Kni g ht of of honours, Garter. N othing further, in th e way the were within even sovereign power. It was on l y necessary to add substantial sweets to these coveted titles. The first expedient was a union with a wealthy heiress. The Court of Wards had n o t then been abolished. The only child and heire ss of the Earl of ARLINGTON was under its juris diction, and the wealthy young lady was be stowed on "little GRAFTON," as a provision fur the fitting support of his all - but regal dignity. This ; however; did not satisfy the claim of his 1111111111111 M THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1854. worldly-minded mother. What he got by mar riage was in some degree "self-acquired." There was what the law deemed "a valuable considera tion." He should have some unmistakeable evidences of Royal favour. Accordingly, two pensions were given, one charged on the Post-office revenue, the other on the " Beer-tax." These charges amount ing in the aggregate to 10,7001., have been duly paid for One Hundred and Seventy-two years, and, as we have stated, the receipts have amounted at compound interest to no less than TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLIONS OF POUNDS ster ling. This it is which arrangements have been made to purchase --arrangements to which the legislative sanction is indispensable. It is for the public to say whether the guardians of their purse shall give that sanction. They can judge for themselves on the simple facts above 'elated I LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TBIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. HARRISON.-EIGHTS OB NAVIGATING THE RIVER BY NON•FREEMEN OF THE WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN'S COMPANY. This case came on in the shape of a special appeal, for the opinion of the Court upon the construction of the acts governing watermen, lightermen, and wherrymen, to navigate boats, vessels, and wherries upon the River Thames, between Windsor and Yantlet Creek. The defendant in this case had been convicted by Mr. Ingham, magistrate at the Thames Police-court, for navigating a steam-tug, he not being a freeman of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company. The offence he had committed was that of having towed The Pacha of Egypt packet from l3lackwall to Gravesend, he not being a freeman of the said company. The appeal had not been carried to the Quarter Sessions, but had by consent been made special. Sir F. Thesiger, who appeared to support the appeal against Mr. Ingliams's conviction, contended that the Legislature never contemplated that large vessels should be governed by this act, which, although it set forth, wherries, lighters, and other craft, did not include steam-tugs which were used for a special purpose. Mr. Ballantino having been heard in support of the conviction, Lord Campbell said that he was clearly of opinion that this conviction could not stand. There was no doubt the Legislature intended to include a steam-tug within the meaning of the act, but this was not a ves sel employed to carry goods or passengers, and it was never intended that the act should give a monopoly to the Watermen's Company, and extend their functions to those which did not belong to them. M r. Justice Erie was of opinion that the penalty could not be recovered, as the defendant had not navigated a lighter, wherry, or other craft within the meaning of the act. A steam tug might be called a craft, but it was evident that, used for the purpose it was, namely, to tow the hull of a vessel down the river, did not come within the intention of the Legislature. Mr. Justice Crompton said he entirely concurred with his learned brothers, and thought that no penalty could be recovered. The appeal was alloWed, without costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Mr. Commissioner Fane was the Commissioner of the day, but the only cases were audit meetings not requir ing the attendance of his Honour). SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) THE GAREAS LEAD MINE.-COLLINS AND OTHERS T. COX. The plaintiffs in this case represent the Garras Lead Mining Company, near Tavistock, and the action was brought to recover the value of a certain rope, which defendant by allowing judgment to go without pleading, admitted he had unlawfully converted to his own use. Mr. Harcourt and Mr. West appeared for the com pany._. - It did not appear from the statement of the learned counsel how defendant became possessed of the rope, but as he had not pleaded the only question was the damage sustained. Mt:: Harcourt submitted, on the authority of cases Harrison v. Harrison, and Carrington v. Payne, that in an action for trover, which was merely to recover the value of property unlawfully converted, and without requiring contingent damages the plaintiff was entitled to the fullest vaiue. The learned counsel rather hu morous l y put the case to the jury, and said the action was not for special damage, but as the plaintiffs could not get an old rope to suit, they were entitled to a new rope, at the present rate of prices, which have considerably increased since the war. Mr. J. Diamond, Mr. Fos, and other mining agents, were called to prove the value. The Learned Secondary, in addressing the jury, said he was always inclined to tell the jury that in such cases they should take a liberal view. for, in many in stances, the intrinsic value of an article might be light, but the loss might be severely felt. The Jury gave a verdict for 601., being the amount estimated by the witnesses. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. VIBNNA, Tuesday Morning, June 6.—Divers private despatches from Bucharest state that the Russian loss in the affair at Silistria, on the 28th, was 186 killed and 379 wounded.. General Silvan was killed, and Colonel Costanda and Count Orloff, jun., severely wounded. The latter was shot through the eye. Under date of Sebumla, May 31, the Presse says :—" On the night between the 29th and 30th the Turks made a sortie from Silistria. There was a fearful carnage. The Russians lost from 1,500 1,800 killed." A letter from Bucharest, of the 2d June, says that the Russians have taken possession of some of the outworks of Silistria. The Ost Deutsche Post says that since the 2d inst. Silistria has been completely invested by the Russia's, and that 3,000 Russians were advancing on the road to Basardschik. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a tele graphic despatch from Belgrade, dated June 5, which confirms the news of the recent success of the Turks at Silistria, but gives May 27 as the date of the engagement. There werel,soo Russians slain and 3,000 wounded. The Moniteur announces that Mussa Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of Silistria, addressed to Omer Pasha on the 24th of May the letter of which we give a translation below. It will be seen that it confirms and developes the accounts given by the telegraph relative to the energetic resistance made by the place. It will also be recollected that news of a more recent date by a week made known that the resistance of Silistria continued on the 29th with the same success : " SILISTRIA, May 21.—Yesterday (Saturday) the Russians sent a few troops against the outerworks. We made it our duty to repulse them, and we succeeded, thanks to the valour of our soldiers, after having expe rienced a slight loss. The Russians had more than 150 men killed and a great number wounded. " To-day (Sunday) the Russians have again attacked the external fortifications. During the action two Cir cassian Mussulnians, lieutenants of cavalry, named Osman and Hassan, left their posts and passed over to us, induced by their love of Islamism, to make us ac quainted with the projects and movements of the Rus sians. According to their statement, the enemy marched upon Shistria with three corps d'armee. "To-day (Sunday) they propose to carry Stiistria, or to annihilate their troops, and they are snaking every arrangement to carry their intentions into effect. At -the moment I write the enemy seems disposed to at tempt a general attack upon the outerworks. The fire from the ramparts, however, preventing the enemy from approaching, he has ordered his battalions to halt beyond the reach of cannon shot. As for us, our troops have been stationed and spread about the fortifications, in order to enable them to sustain the shock and to repel it." CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 30.—Sir George Brown, with a division of the Rifles and 7,000 men, left yesterday for Varna. Mehemet Pacha, formerly ambassador at London, replaces the Grand Vizir. Halil Pacha is appointed Capudan Pacha. SEMLIN, June 6.—A Tartar has arrived from Constantinople with the following news (without dates):—The Minister of Marine, Mehemet Pacha, is appointed Grand Vizir, in lieu of Mustapha Pacha, who is dismissed. Halil Pacha is appointed Capudan From Vienna we learn that there has been a change of Ministers at Constantinople. Mehemet Pasha, recently Minister of Marine, and formerly Ambassador in London, has been appointed Grand Vizier. Halil Pasha, brother-in-law of the Sultan, suc ceeds Mehemet Pasha as Minister of Marine. THE DANUBE. Intelligence received from Belgrade of the sth, at noon, states that the Pasha of Widdin writes that on the 31st of May an affair took place at Sla ting, where the Russians, with 2,000 men and four guns, held a position in front of the bridge across the Aluta. When the Turks advanced to observe their poFd tion. the Russians attacked them, but the Turks, taking the offensive, killed about 600 of the enemy, and took the four guns, besides some prisoners. Russian fleet, defied in its ports, has not dared to leave them for the purpose of avenging that check ; that it is interdicted, under pain of capture, to the Russian fl ag henceforth to plough the waters o f tlte Black Sea, which hitherto the Czar has put forth the pretension of making a Muscovite lake ; if one considers, in fine, that all the Russian possessions on the coast of Circassia have been destroyed or abandoned, and that, consequently, the dank of the Russian army in Asia finds itself uncovered, one cannot help acknowledging that the first phase of the operations of the squadrons already produced results which are pretty notable, all to the advantage of the Western Powers, and all to the detriment of the Russian influence in the Black Sea.—l am, with respect, ace. " HAMELIN, " Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Black Sea Squadron." The following letter from the Black Sea fleet gives its latest movements, and some further par ticulars of the ill-fated Tiger 4 ' CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25. "The English and French fleets, with the exception of the Agamemnon, Highflyer, Sampson, Mogador, and Charlemagne, arrived at Baltschik on the morning of the 20th ult. to water. The Turkish squadron is at an chor there also. The Inflexible was sent to Varna for bullocks for the squadron. A few cases of scurvy have made their appearance in the Vengeance. The Retri bution arrived at Varna on the 20th with despatches from Rear-Admiral Lyons. Before leaving the ad miral, she captured two vessels off Ghelinjik, with troops on board, and sixty-five women and children. The latter were landed, together with those who were sick and wounded among the troops. The vessels were under Greek colours. The Caton with the French admiral, and the Furious with the Eng lish admiral, arrived at Varna on the 22d to confer with Lord Raglan, expected from Shumla, whither he proceeded with the Turkish Minister of War, also Mar shal St. Arnaud and Omer Pasha. They returned on the evening of the 22d, and after a short council with the admirals, they respectively embarked in the steam ers Caradoc and Berthollet for Constantinople, where they arrived on the evening of the 23d. The Furious went to Odessa on the 14th, and was allowed to send things to the crow of the Tiger. Accordingly, money and what clothing the officers could spare were sent to them. Captain Giffard had suffered amputation of the left thigh, and the right leg was badly wounded. His nephew (Giffard), a midshipman, suffered amputation of both legs, and died shortly afterwards ; three of the crew were killed ; all are being well treated by the Rus sians. The Vesuvius arrived at Constantinople on the 23d, with a prize in tow. The Niger arrived on the 23d with a prize, and left this evening for Malta, to be docked, Waving been ashore for four hours off Kertch, and towed off by the Highflyer. Russian sol diers to the number of between 200 and 300 are now prisoners in the fleet. The admiral would gladly ex change them for the poor Tiger's. There is a report that a French boat's crew, while watering on the Cau casian coast, were made prisoners. Mr. Osborne Dal yell, mate of the Britannia, is appointed acting-lieutenant of t he Terrible, vice Seraggs, who has been allowed to retire by the admiral. Numbers of merchant seamen are now volunteering for our men-of-war. The Cyclops has re turned from Gallipoli, and is now alongside the Megmra, embarking stores for the fleet. Lieutenant-Colonel Pratt. R. M., Lord Ashley, and eight clerks, R.N., have gone by the Niger to Malta, en route to England. The clerks are for service in the Baltic fleet. On the after noon of the 11th of May the Tiger, Vesuvius, and Niger were detached from the fleet, with orders to recon noitre Odessa. Immediately after a dense fog led to their separation, and on the following evening, at half past six o'clock, the Tiger grounded close to the light house, and under a high cliff. They immediately got out her boats and laid out anchors astern, and lightened her by throwing guns overboard. Some time afterwards the Russians discovered her misfortune, and brought down field-pieces, with which they attacked -her, de fencelesss as she was, when she surrendered, but not until young Giffard, a midshipman, and Captain Giffard were wounded, and three men killed. The enemy gave them permission to remove their effects, hut, unfortu nately for them, the Niger and Vesuvius hove in sight a few hours after their capture, when to avoid a recovery of the vessel, the Russians re commenced firing on the Tiger, and succeeded in blowing her up. The Niger and Vesuvius beat to quarters and commenced firing shell at the enemy with good effect. The Niger had three men slightly wounded, but they are now at their duty. The Highflyer had been ashore on the Circassian coast ; a battery of guns opened fire upon her, but she silenced it at o nce , an d th en h au l e d o ff. Th e Q ueen ' s birthday was celebrated in a right loyal manner by the regiments at Scutari. There was a review in the morning, and the afternoon was devoted to English sports—such as those of the Camp at Chobham, to the no small diversion of crowds of Turks, Armenians, Greeks, &c., who for the first time in their lives saw the game of jumping in sacks, although the sack has been lone. used by Turks for a far more serious pu r po se . A cons iderable number of Turkish and Armenian ladies were present in their carriages, who enjoyed beyond measure the tumbling of the men in the sacks. The Guards erected a column in the centre of their encampment, which was decorated vory gaily, and in the evening they illumina ted it with some hundreds of glass lamps. The Cyclops sailed last night for the fleet. Ships now lying at Con stantinople :—The Magmra troop-ship, Commander Johnston ; the Niger, 14, Commander Heath ; th e Vesuvius, 6, Commander Powell ; Caradoc, Lieutenant Derriman ; and Banshee, Lieutenant Reynolds." AWFUL MURDER IN NEWINGTON. At the Southwark police-court, this morning, Henry Simmons, 25, formerly an advertising agent, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with the wilful murder of Rose Murray, a widow about 50 years of age, at Mead's place, Newington-causeway. Mr. Solomon appeared for the accused, who, when placed in the dock, seemed to be suffering extremely front delirium tremens. It appeared from the evidence of Alfred Paxter, a colour-grinder, that lie lodged with deceased at No. 2, Mead's-place, Newington-causeway. The prisoner also lodged there, and occupied the front parlour, while deceased slept with a little girl in the back parlour. This morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, he was roused up by hearing the cries of the deceased below, He got up and descended the stairs, when he saw the prisoner leaving the room, with a knife in his hand. Wit ness saw Mrs. Murray, and took her hand, and on asking her what was the matter, he found she was insensible. Witness ran for a doctor, and not being able to get one, he went and gave information at the police-station, Stone's-end. On his return to the house with a constable the deceased \ was quite dead, and the prisoner exclaimed "I have done it." He had known the prisoner about two months, and believed him to be insane. Ann Carter, a married female in the same house, said she was called up, and as soon as she opened her door she saw the deceased, with blood on her hands and clothes. She fell back, and a doctor came shortly afterwards, and found her to be quite dead. This witness was cross-examined by . Mr. Solomon, and she said the prisoner had been in a bad state of mind for two months, and she was afraid be would do something wrong. In fact witness had warned Mrs. Murray to be careful of him. The evidence of the medical gentleman who was called in, showed that death was caused by th e di v i s i on of the great arteries of th e thighs, which had been cut to some extent with a sharp instrument. When the prisoner Was taken into custody he seemed quite unconscious of what had occurred, but on being searched at the Nike station a large Spanish knife was found on him covered with blood. Mr. A'Beckett remanded the prisoner to enable the medical gentiemen to examine the knife, and test whe ther it was blood that covered the blade; also, for fur ther evidence, if any. The prisoner was immediately removed to Horse monger-lane Gaol, to be removed into the infirmary, where he will be attended to by the surgeon. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your correspondent Leisure, in your paper of last Saturday, makes a mistake in saying that Mr. Philip Lee is superintendent of the Architectural Depart ment, under Sir J. Paxton. Mr. G. H. Stokes is the superintendent, Mr. Lea being merely one of his draughtsmen.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, BUSIN ESS. The Dowager Duc . ness of Cleveland entertained a select click) of the aristocracy to dinner yesterday even ing, at her grace's mansion in Grosvenor-square. The Marquis 0:1 Exeter gave a grand banquet yester day evening to ' A distinguished circle of the aristocracy, at his lordship's mansion in Grosvenor-square. Loss OF LIFE BY FIRE AT WALWORTH.—This morn ing (Wednesday) information was received by Mr. W. Payne, th 4 coroner, of the death of Mrs. Frances Wiles, aged 100, years, at Beresford-street, Walworth. The deeeas - 4d was found lying on the ground enveloped in one mass of flames. The alarm was given by deceased's (1 , ,, g howling in a most piteous manner. Some of the lodgers extinguished the fire, and conveyed her to Queen's Ward, St. Thomas's Hospital, where Mr. Web ster, house surgeon, was promptly on the spot, but the unfortunate creature gradually sank, and expired. VISIT OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday morning his Majesty the King of Portugal. his Roy a l Hi g h ness P r i nce Albert, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, attended by Lord De Tabley, Lord in Waiting to the Queen, Colonel bliylde, Groom in Waiting, and Count de Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister, and other memb ers o f th e su it e, left Buckingham Palace at ten o'clock, in two of her Majesty's private carriages, for Sydenhani, to inspect the Crystal Palace previous to its opening on Saturday next. His Majesty the Kin°. of Portugal, his illustrious brother, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, were re ceived by the managing directors and professors on their arrival, and conducted through the various courts. The Royal party remained in the palace a considerable time, when his Majesty, as also the Duke of Oporto and Prince Albert, having expressed their approbation of the arrangements made for the opening on S a t ur d ay, returned to town, P. BoußsE.—The last accounts from this Bourse show a reaction of about + per cent, in the money quo tation for Rerites, and a fractional rise in that for the account, so that they have at length resumed the natural positio n of being h;gher for time than for immediate de liver. • Tiii:i ;:l.ange i d ,1:1.):1,66 O 5 LO' to tl.:;.: n . ..:sit,cr of transaction s closed on Monday, when, it is said, 18 or 20 failures were declared among the speculators, with aggregate liabilities estimated at more than 100,000/. AUSTRIA AND THE PORTE. The Moniteur has also the following : " We announced by a telegraphic despatch that the Porte had transmitted to the Ottoman authorities of Albania the order to receive, amicably, the troops that Austria would send into that province to assist in the maintenance of the power of the Sultan. On this sub ject the Divan has addressed the following instructions to the commanders-general of the provinces of Janina, Tricala, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Scutari, Albania, and Salonica ; as also to the Pacha of Belgrade, to the Im perial Commissary in Epirus, Fund Effendi, and to the Governor of Roumelia. " The Austrian Government will send some vessels to the waters of Prevesa and Arta to support by sea, in concert with the vessels of the allied Governments, the cordon of troops which will be established on the fron tiers of Greece, in consequence of the disturbances which have risen in the provinces of Janina and Tricala. It will also cause to advance towards Albania a por tion of the troops which are in the district of Cattaro, to prevent, on the one hand, the insurrectionary move ment extending to the north of the province, and, on the other hand, to prevent the Montenegrins joining the rebels, should they feel inclined to do so. "This measure, which testifies the unity of views and accord Which exists on this question between the Court of Austria and the Governments of England and France, allies of the Sublime Porte, and its good sentiments for the Government of his Imperial Majesty, has been con certed between the two Courts. On the other hand, it concerns the dignity of the Sublime Porte that troops sent by a neighbouring and sincerely friendly Govern. ment to testify actively its benevolent intentions should enjoy the most perfect treatment under the auspices of his Majesty the Sultan. "It is, therefore, necessary that the motives of the appearance of the Austrian vessels of war should be per fectly understood, and that they should be treated with courtesy. Should troops of the same nation come from the Albanian side, they are als o t o b e treated as friends with all possible civility (egarcls) during their passage, and during the stay they may make, till the object of their visit is obtained. "The greatest care must be evinced to procure for them everything they may want. As these troops will naturally return to Austria as soon as their object shall have been obtained, that is to say, when the disturbances shall have been put down in the countries in question, the same facilities shall be provided for them at their departure as on their arrival. Moreover, as Bosnia, Servia, and Herzegovina are next to Montenegro, it is to be supposed that great excitement would be created there in the public mind if the real state of things was not known there. And as the entrance of these troops has been decided upon with the consent of the Sublime Porte, and on sufficient guarantees, there is nothing in this fact which may give rise to suspicions, and wise and prudent means must be adopted to refute any in exact ideas which might be circulated on the subject. " His Imperial Majesty has, therefore, ordained that instructions shall be addressed on all these points to the Governors• General and other functionaries, who ought to be informed. In consequence, necessary orders have been issued to the proper quarters, and a special com missary will be appointed and sent here." VIENNA, Tuesday, June 6.—Austria has resolved to raise the military cordon on the frontier of the canton of Tessin, the Swiss Federal Council having given satisfactory assurances for a future good un derstanding. THE BLACK SEA, REPORT FROM ADMIRAL HAMELIN. The French Government has received the follow ing report from Vice-Admiral Hamelin , comman der-in-chief of th e French squadron in the Medi terranean " On board the ship La Ville de Paris, Baltchiek, May 21, 1854. "Monsieu le Ministre—Having left Kavarna on the 17th of April to commence their operations of war in the Black Sea, the two combined squadrons cast anchor on the 20th of May before Baltehick, where they imme diately set about taking in the necessary water and pro visions. "It has not depended upon us that the acts of war with which the cruise of more than a month has been sown were not more numerous or more important ; but the Russian naval forces have kept themselves so com pletely shut up in Sebastopol, under the shelter of the thousand cannon of that port, that during twenty days passed in cruising at a little distance from that point, we have not been able to bring a single one of the enemy's ships to fight—not even with our scouts. "On the other hand, our steam cruisers brought in from all parts of the Black Sea vessels carrying the Russian flag, which constitute a sufficiently large num ber of captures since the commencement of hostilities ; and finally, the division of steam-ships and frigates sent on a mission along the coast of Circassia have ascer tained that the Russians themselves have abandoned the forts arranged during more than half a century, and after so much labour and so many combats, over the 200 leagues of coast which separate Anapa, near the Sea of Azoff, from the port of Batoum, in the neigh. ! bourbood of this Turki.h frontiers—a elleok, it ap. to "In short, Monsieur le Ministre, if your Excellency will well consider that the imperial port of Odessa has been completely destroyed by our steamer); ; that the THE WAR IN ASIA. A letter from Trebisoude says An aide-de camp of Selim Pacha, who commands at Tchourouk- Sou, arrived here on the 11th May with the news that the Russians had abandoned Ozourgueti and taken the direction of Notais. The Georgians of Ozourgueti immediately informed Selim Pacha of the fact, and the town was at once occupied by the Ottoman troops, under whose protection more than 15,000 inhabitants of the neighbourhood came and placed themselves. Selim Pacha appointed one of the primates of the Countre Kaimacan, and at his request the Governor of Trebisonde has sent pre sents to the Georgians to the - value of 40,000 piastres. It is generally thought here that the intention of the Russians in abandoning the fortresses they pos sessed on the coast or in the interior, and which they could not hope to defend, is to concentrate their forces on Tiflis, so as to be able to resist the incursions of Shamyl, who, it is said, is within 18 to 20 hours' distance of that town." The subjoined extracts from leders from Kars will give an idea of the state of things in Asiatic Turkey : " KARS, April 30.—0 n the 25th inst. a staff-officer returned from an expedition to the outposts with the startling intelligence that the advanced guard of the Russians had crossed the Arpa-tschai, and was in full march on Kars. The inhabitants of a town threatened with an assault are not expected to be over cheerful, but the good people of Kars took no pains to conceal their terror, which was ludicrous in the extreme. A council of war was instantly held by the high military authori ties, and several energetic measures proposed by the European generals who are here. They were, however, overruled by the native pachas ; and instead of despatch ing a force to watch the enemy, and to attack him should he advance too far, the council determined on merely sending forward two reconnoissances. Of these, one under the command of Asian Pacha (General Bystro nowski) pushed past Soobattan, towards the frontier ; and the other, under Ismael Paella, (General Kmeti), advanced in the direction of Anni, and scoured the neighbouring villages. Both these generals returned within two days, and the following report will describe the information they collected with regard to the ad vance of the enemy, his heroic and sage operations, and his final retreat. On the 24th of April a Russian column, composed of four battalions of infantry, a thousand Cossacks, and a field battery, concentrated at Usumkilis4, were under cover of the revolted vil lages. On the 25th they advanced, but owing to the difficulties experienced in crossing the plain, it was eight in the morning before they arrived at Ergin4. Here 75 Turkish bashi-bazouks were stationed, at Mokus an equal number, and at Geschit there were about 1,110, under the command of Hassan Yanegi, their chief. The Russians cut off the road from Ergine to Mokus, and took the latter station by surprise. Their infantry was posted in the neighbourhood, whilst the cavalry sur rounded the villages. Those of the 75 bashi-bazouks who could not escape took refuge in the houses, and answered a summons to surrender with their muskets and pistols. The cavalry then dismounted, and after an obstinate resistance, forced the houses. Ten Turks were killed, 15 taken prisoners, and the remainder escaped. The musket reports brought on the ground several detachments of bashi-bazouks, stationed in the neighbouring villages, and who, to the number of 200, fell on the Russian cavalry. The Russian battalions then advanced, whilst their artillery opened a tremen dous fire on the bashi-bazouks, who retreated with a trifling loss. This glorious action finished, the Russians, instead of marching forwards, wheeled obliquely on Kisillchacchack, and from thence to Mokus, where they reposed. The same night they recrossed the Arpa tschai and withdrew to Gumri, taking with them all the inhabitants of the revolted villages. In render ing justice to the success of the Russians, in surprising the Turkish advance posts, I enlist observe that the revolted villages offered a favour able screen, and facilitated the concentration of their troops. The movement, however, was marked With timidity, and displayed the weakness of the Russians, for after having surprised the first stations, they should have advanced at least to the borders of the snow, and have destroyed all the bashi-bazouk stations. This ex pedition of the Russians appears ridiculous in the ex treme, when we reflect upon the imposing force brow ght to bear against a handful of irregulars. A few hundred Cossacks would have sufficed to surprise the other sta tions, if any advantage is to be gained by so doing ; but the idea of assembling 5,000 men of the three arms, •and retreating after having dispersed for a moment the irregular garrison of a little village is inexplicable. The height of the absurdity lies in the employment of infantry, and especially of artillery, against 300 badly-armed 'Ash i bazouks in the presence of 1,000 mounted Cossacks. As a strategic movement it was badly planned, for greater attention will now be observed in the outposts; whilst the expectation of an attack from the whole .Ruesiaq for ce , of which this division was presumed to be the advanced guard, has developed the greatest activity at head quarters. So tar from having had a terrifying cfleot on on the minds of the population, this expeditiiin has hei.cOltened the 'illinntion of vi!, ex,,eptit V.- inb . ,l)itlrt3 of wliu dread, 'expect, 'oeiu,g pil.'4ged by the slams, and by their own countrymen, should the latter sustain a defeat. The quiet retreat of the enemy has been ascribed by the villagers to the inTkicible bravery I of the baShi-bazouks, and that ragged body has accepted this homage with pleasing modesty. I should not have alluded at such length to this unimportant skirmish had I not feared you might one morning, have read of a bril liant victory recorded in the Abeille du Nord, or some other veracious St-Petersburg journal." "SAT, 2, The apprehension of an attack from the RuFsian forces concentrated at Gumri has had a most wholesome effect on the spirits here, and has roused the activity of the Turks. The fortifications on the Kara dagh, and on the other eminences domineering the town and plain, have been pursued with remarkable vigour, and a few days will witness their completion. On the Karadagh two regiments have been con stantly at work, and the labour they have per formed is really wonderful. Twelve heavy pieces already mount the works, and fresh ones are daily being dragged up the steep height. Kars is now safe from any assault on the part of the enemy, and, whilst a fortnight ago an attack would have met with probable success, at the present moment it would result in certain failure. The out-door work to which the soldiers have lately been subjected has had a most beneficial effect on their health and spirits. The latter have, moreover, been heightend by the arrival of remittances from Constantinople, so that the long arrears of pay owing to the men will be somewhat re duced. I cannot too often repeat my admiration of the patience and goodwill of which this army has given proof, during the long period of misery and neglect to which it has shamefully been abandoned. Within six months it has suffered every evil to which an army can be subjected ; typhus and famine have smote down 4,000 victims, and yet the spirit of the remainder is undaunted, But with the buoyant spirits peculiar to the Turk and Arab, all past sufferings have passed into oblivion, and the prospect of receiving a few months' pay has spread cheerfulness and satisfaction over all. The amount re ceived in silver and in paper money is 17,000 purses, or about 85,0001. This will be the first trial to introduce a paper currency in this part of the empire, and no dcubt its circulation will meet at first with considerable diffi culty. The last week has witnessed our deliverance from the snow, and by the heat of the sun, and a few slight showers, the plain' has been metamorphosed into one vast mass of mud. All military operations have conse quently been rendered out of the question. We trust, however, in a fortnight to be clear of this obstacle, which a May sun will soon subdue. The troops will go into camp in a very short time, and active operations will soon commence." " MAY 3.—Some important intelligence has this moment been brought in by Turkish spies. The garrison of Gumri has been called to Tiflis, where it <appears Schamyl is creating peat alarm. The troops are en gaged in digging a deep fosse around Tiflis, and strength. ening that town as far as its open position will permit. Prince Woronzoff has been recalled from the leave of absence granted to him, and is daily expected there. It would appear from' these grave precautions that some decisive step is meditated by Schamyl, but it is doubted if the season will permit of his appearing at the head of any considerable force, for the brave mountaineers whom he commands will be actively engaged in t►lling their land and sowing. A month later, and every man in Circassia will follow him ; and then woe to the Muscovite ! A regiment of regular cavalry has been despatched from hence to strengthen the outposts. The troops have been paid this morning, and are animated with a capital spirit." - " MAY 9.—The army will be unable to move from here until provisions become more abundant, for it is still livin g c , from day to day, and in the mos t i rregu l ar manner. For two days the troops have received no bread—merely a little flour, which they have to prepare as best they can. This is shameful, and such improvi dence on the part of the Turkish authorities threatens to fill the hospitals once more. Typhus, which ravaged the army for several months, has nearly disappeared ; but affections of the chest are prevalent, whilst scurvy has taken a most dangerous turn. The number of medical men has been greatly reduced by deaths from typhus, and they are now quite inadequate to the num ber of patients. Proper medicaments are wanting, as well as practitioners. The poor inhabitants are now occupied in driving out into the country those of their flocks and herds that have not perished from want during the winter famine. The roads are strewn with dead bodies of cattle that have not had strength to walk a few hun dred yards, and have thus fallen from exhaustion. The grass has not grown from want of rain, so th.tt even in sending out the cattle they obtain but little nourish ment." " May 10.—My letter of yesterday will keep you au courant of what is going on here ; but, hoping to be in time for the post, I send you this postcript. At Gumri (Alexandropol), there are at this moment 25,000 Rus sians, viz., 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, with a park of artillery; of about 60 pieces. A division, 5,000 or 6,000 strong, had left in the direction of Batoum, probably to reinforce the army opposed to Selim Pacha. The army h6re will go into camp in a few days, and every preparation is being made to expedite its depar ture. The probable site of the camp will be in the neighbourhood of Soubattan, but nothing decisive is known." .~.~:._ MOROCCO. The Governments of France and England have informed the• Court of Morocco of the state of war existing between them and Russia, and the obliga tions resulting therefrom for neutral States. The Emperor Muley-Abder-Rhaman, through kis Mi nister Sid-3/lahomed-el-Katib, has expressed lo the charge d'affaires of the two Governments at Tan giers the satisfaction which that communication has given him, and he has declared that no Rus sian vessel, or vessel bearing a flag friendly to Russia, shall be received in the ports of his empire during the war. _ SMYRNA. Letters from Smyrna of the 26th ult. state that 41 Russian merchants residing there, who had pe titioned the Sultan, through M. Bruck, the Aus trian Internuncio, to be permitted to remain to regulate their affairs, had received a favourable answer. The Ottoman Government has granted them a sufficient time to arrange their commercial transactions, but not to undertake any new opera tions. The anniversary of the birth-day of Queen Victoria was celebrated at Smyrna on the 24th with great pomp. The American frigate Cumber laud, Commodore Stringham, the Dutch galliot Makassar, and the Austrian galliot Artemesia saluted the British flag with 21 guns. The crops in the neighbourhood of Smyrna promised to be abundant, if they should escape the locusts. GREECE. ATHENS, Nay 29.—King Otho has signed a de claration of strict neutrality, in presence of the the ambassadors. 3,000 French have landed. The remainder have been sent to Patras. ATHENS, May 29.—A1l is now quiet in Greece. The King's Adjutants, Colocotroni, Mamuri, Gar dikiotti, and Grivas have been dismissed. The greater part of the foreign vessels have left Greece. A report, which is probably unfounded, is in circulation of a great victory having been obtained by the insurgents. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, June 6.—The Constitu tion Festival was held here last evening by fifty thousand persons. It passed off without accident or commotion. The Court was absent. HANGO, May 27.—Although there is nothing of importance to communicate subsequent to my de spatch of the 24th inst., via Copenhagen, the pro ceedings, &c., of the fleet up to the present time may be not devoid of interest. The steam-ships in company with the Commander-in-Chief have had their fires banked during the past two days, for the twofold purpose of being able to proceed to sea without unnecessary delay, and of condens ing water through the medium of the apparatus in connexion with their respective machinery. The watches on deck have been exercised in shifting jib-booms and top-gallant masts, the only evolu tions of that description - which have been perform ed in the Baltic. At daylight (2.30 a.m.) of the 25th inst. the Imperieuse, 50, Captain R. Watson, was despatched on particular service, with direc tions, if she fell in with the Dauntless, 33, Captain. Ryder, and Basilisk, 6, Captain the Hon. F. Eger ton, to take them under her orders. The Gor gon, 6, Commander Cracroft, in the forenoon got up steam by signal, for the purpose of towing out of Hango-bay the St. George, 120, Captain Eyres, but, owing to the strong head wind which pre vailed, was unable to do so. The St. George, after drifting some distance, cast off the tow rope, and let go her anchor. The force of the wind having considerably decreased, the St. George parted company in the evening under canvass. The Tyne, storeship, Master Commander Tucker, was towed into the offing by the Gorgon, and sailed for England with invalids, returned stores, th. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Koppel, was inspected on the 26th by the Com mander-in-Chief ; the Cressy, 80, Captain R. L. Warren, by Commodore Seymour, Captain of the Fleet ; and the Caesar, 91, Captain John Robb, by Rear-Admiral Clads. The crews of the respective ships were •exercised at their quarters, firing three rounds of blank cartridge, and subsequently mus tered by open list. The Basilisk came into Hango bay in the forenoon, and after communicating with the Commander-in-Chief was despatched outside, in conjunction with the Lightning, Capt. Sullivan. The Cruizer, 17, Commander the Honourable G. H. Douglas; joined company in the afternoon with despatches from the squadron, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Corry. The division of the fleet with Sir C. Napier, on leaving Hango roads, will proceed along the north ern coast of the Gulf of Finland to within 20 miles of Helsingfors ; Rear-Admiral Corry, with the sail ing ships, at the same time, cruising bff Port Baltic, &c., on the ,aanthern coast. The two divisions of the fleet will continue their respective cruizes until they arrive in the vicinity of Cronstadt, when they will unite and anchor in a line across the Gulf, thereby cutting off the enemy's comma- Of Ji 3 e',U2,1,11 1 .g. The French fleet are reported as having united with the squadron under the orders of Rear-Ad. miral Corry, Two men, Finlanders, deserted .wr • from the enemy, and came oir voluntarily to ale St. George on the night of the 25th inst. ARMIES OF THE SMALLER GERMAN STATES. A letter from Hanover, Ist, states that, w ith the exception of Wurtemburg, all the German states have increased the effective strength of their armies. Bavaria, which before had only 16 regime nts of in fantry of two battalions each,'6 regiments of ,lavalry, and 16 batteries of artillery, has now 48 battalions of infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and 34 battalions of artillery, making altogether a total of 75,000 men. Saxony has also increased her army by 4,000 men- Whilst Brunswick and Mecklenburg-Schweriust which have only a population of 810,000, furnish PI contingent of 14,000 men ; Hanover, with 1,820,00' inhabitants, furnishes 21,000 men.• It is state a• that a proposition has been made to her to increar that strength to 27,000. Hanover has neitht fortresses, nor a budget of marine, and her finance are in a good state. The Cologne Gazette says :—" The news is con firmed that Prince Gortschakoff, Russian Minister r at Stuttgard and Frankfort, has been summoned: to St. Petersburg to give, it is said, personally 111 detailed report to Count de Nelselrode as to th 0 „ dispositions and tendencies of certain States C Southern Germany." • PRUSSIA. A royal decree has been signed forbidding 0( exportation of gunpowder, caps, and war amniuni • tion of every denomination from Prussia. FR A.NCE. HAMELIN'S ADDRESS TO THE BLACK'. SEA FLEET. The following order of the day has been address e d by Admiral Hamelin to the squadron in the Bla Sea. It is dated the 20th ult.:-- "The Vice-Admiral commanding-in-chief testifies b satisfaction to the squadron at the manner in which i fulfilled its duties during the last cruise, which has no been without some lustre for our arms. The Imperia port of Odessa reduced to ashes, with all that it contained, the enemy challenged in Sebastopol, and not daring t' come out ; Russian merchant vessels captured at sea o r in open port ; the fifteen forts which Russia had Ite l4l for the last half century on the coast of Circassia, aban doned by her in expectation of our attacks ; and, lastly,- the Russian flag driven from that Black Sea where iU pretended to be master ; such are the first results o tained by our ships of the line, cr by the steamers actin f; under their mgis. Another fact, not less remarkabb has been proved, which is, that the nineteen sail of th te line of the two combined squadrons have sailed in con 1" pany for more than a:month with perfect ensemlle; an 4 that, in the midst of thick and almost owitinual fog. they have cruised for twenty days off Sebastopol wit!). out any accident or being separated, so constant hag been the attention of each to watch the movements of the admirals, and the signals which were made too btaie the above result. The Vice-Admiral commandincr-in* chief has hastened to point out to the Government o f the Emperor the fresh claims which the squadron has 0 08 acquired to the confidence of the country. The pre len t order of the day shall be read to the crews assembled for the purpose, and posted up on the mainmast. "By order, " C. BOUET-WILLAUMEZ, Chef d'Etat Major of the Black Sea Squadron."' The Monitcur publishes the following offic announcement "The Emperor received to-day in a private Rutile) tee Baron de Hubner, the Austrian envoy, who lia ( l' , the honour of presenting to his Majesty a letter from the Emperor of Austria, notifying his marriage with the Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria." The Semaphore of Marseilles, in mentioning the arrival of the steam-packet Thabor, with the n 10 ,11 of the 25th ult. from Constantinople, states t. hat she has arrived three days before she was expect( id• While at Smyrna she was joined by the Govez meat steamer Berthollet, which had come fro 1:4 Constantinople with all speed to put on board t: he Thabor very urgent despatches for the French at to English Governments, giving, at the same time, directions to the captain to proceed with all possible speed, and to shorten the period of his stay at the different ports at which he had to call. It is sup posed, adds the Semaphore, that the despatches in question relate to some important event which ha 0 , taken plaCe on •.the theatre of war near the Lowe t Danube. The Paris piwers of yesterday had not arrive. a when we went to press. We have, however, ro ceived the following telegraphic message : PARIS, ME! itAY EVENING. —The market fo: r public securities was again firm to-day. The Three per Cents;. closed at 47f. 75c. for the end 0 the month ; the Four and a Half per Cents, RA , 99f. 15c. ; and the New Loan, at 74f. 25c. G leans Railway S hares, 1,177 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 480 f. ; Great Northern, 868 f. 75c. ; Stras burg, 810 f. ; New Shares, 640 f. ; Paris an d Lyons, 947 f. 50c. ; Lyo ins to the Mediterrane an , 815 f. ; Western of Fra ,nee, 670 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 625 f. ; Great Central of France, 506 f. 25 c. ; Lyons and Gent ,va, 5001. ; B an k of Credit Mobi her, 780 f. ITALY. M. Giovanni Delavo had written to the Parla ment° of Turit t that he had thought proper to countermand th e sale of the plain of Marel:q;o, w ith the museum am I monument to the memory of ..Sae poleon, inaugui ated by him on the 14th of June, 1847. The sal e was to have taken place on the 15th of Augus t next. We extract the following from his letter : " Educated by a father who had seen Napoleon a Ge' neral, First Cons .ul, and an Emperor, and who gloried in the exploits of France, the genius, the magnanimity, and victories of F :onaparte, I devoted my entire fortune to purchase the p lain of Marengo, and to preserve in a palace worthy of the heroes of the 14th of June, 1800, all the holy relics of a battle and victory which had secured the supremacy of France and Bonaparte in Italy. That monument has n of ceased to be visited by the most illustrious Italian s and foreigners. Obliged to part with an object so dear to me, I resolved to put it up to public auction ; but, cot isidering that this monument s hould belong to France, whose Lhildren ought to be ambitious to possess it, before aclverti4ing it I sent to Paris is per son who was to exl ?lain to the lovers of natioaal glory the necessity uncle r which I was to dispose of toy pro perty. My appea l was responded to. The public sale of a plain conseera .ted by French blood, and the witness of so much glory, ;struck the Imperialists of France as an act which the 21:)..ti0n was bound to prevent. A so ciety of distingui: shed personages accordingly formed itself, with the praiseworthy intention of purchasing Marengo for Fran.ce. In order to promote that generous project, I have res (dyed to suspend the public auction. being persuaded t hat all classes of the French people will concur in the noble inspiration of the founders of that society." SPAIN. A private leKer from Madrid, of the 31st ult.) says : "His Excellent y Lord Howden has been giving a series of farewell dinners previous to his departure for London, which t: ekes place to-morrow. Mr. Of,;waY becomes Charge de, Affaires. It is generally understood and intimated by Lord Howden himself to his friends that his return to I his Court is more than doubtful, an important command in the East having been pl ace d a t his disposal, and considering . his paramount atta c h me nt for his military profession, in which he is completely wrapped up, there is little doubt w h a t hi s Lordship's course will be, however much his services as a diplO• matist may be required at Madrid, where he leaves many and most sincere friends, well-wishers, and ad mirers." SETTLING DAY,---This has been settling day in the English funds, and from the position in which the spe culators for a fall have been placed by the long-con' tinued rise in prices, the market was characterised by A degree of excitement rarely witnessed. Consols, which closed last evening at 92k, opened at 93 to , and, owing to many of the operators having left their accounts unsettled up to the last moment, a sudden pressure for stock was manifested, which could be supplied only with the greatest difficulty, and which caused a quack advance to 94, From this point there were several rather violent fluctuations, and although it was again reached late in the day, a permanent reaction ultimately occurred after the general transactions were arranged, the final quotation being 92i to 93 For the July account the highest bargain at any period was at 931, and they closed at 92i to il l -. The circumstance of the transfer books shutting to-morrow rendered the demand for the delivery of stock in each case more urgent, and the occurrence of two failures, coupled with the distrust occasioned by the large amounts involved from the fluctuations between the last and the present account having been nearly equal to 7 per cent., seemed at one period to make it almost impracticable to complete the necessary transactions upon any terms. —Times Mono./ Article. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MAY, 1854.—The mail packets established under a contract made by the Governmen t of Canada, to run between Liverpool and Quebec, ar e appointed to be despatched from Liverpool on the 10th and 25th °teach of the months of June, July, August , September, and October next. Mails will be made up for conveyance by these contract packets, an d such eo r " respondence will be forwarded by them as may be SP S ," cially addressed " by C ana di an mai l pac k e t." The pos y ' age upon letters sent by these packets will be 6d. for 3 ' letter not exceeding h a lf an o u nce in weight, ls. for on a exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one oun ce ' and and so on, according to the scale for charging letters, and such l e tt ers may be paid in advance, or Jt. warded unpaid, at th e option of the sender. Upon b oo the rate of postage of 6d. for a packet not exceeding lb, in weight, ls. for one exceeding A 11), and lot excec:_f; and on, will be ewsp9P will be free of postage. Books and newspapers, as !v2 O as letters intended to be sent by these vessels must , b Ppecially addressed, "by Canadian mail packet.", ( The sal e stimated neat' and lation. den cy. American dearer, at sales corn to ; Inainder were dull The Irc 2 a. declia one wont The am sth h e "Unite of 11 ,270 62 1853 . ' The Di a( lvertisir 13th just is II( CO2