The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-31 00:00:00

THEA i KE LOYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and Public, BriberSas can Patrons of the Royal opera, are re.spectinlly informed, n eon gequence of the Intense heat of the Weather, there will be NO PERFORMANCE' THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be suspended until mrther Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Dmry-latie, July 29, 1854.. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rackstone. THIS EVENDTG, JuLT 31. WM be perlbrmed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Mm e a me nd Bow % Fogel% M. Marston, and Backsto n e; Mrs. Fltzwam, Miss Reynoldi . Followed 1# Al SPANISH DANCERS IA a GRAND BALLET. The new Sine AS LIKE AS TWO YEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFO2iD-r3TREET. Undo thi Management of Mr. CHAIM= KW. THIS EVENING. Jura 31. Will be peribrMed FROM TI her T Ca O COURT Misses. PrincMuipar l characters by *mars. Harley, Fi and thcart ray, Heath, and Vivash. F Lddison YONS. Principal characters After which, THE COUR IER O by Messrs. C. Keen, J. Vining, A, Graham, David Fishe., Cathcart, and Salter; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. • To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. TIMATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, yr• 11. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING; Jura' 31, Will be perfo•med A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. PI incipal charac ters by Mr. Leigh :,inrray and Miss Woolgar. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING rAL supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. To conclude with THE COURIER OF LYONS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIM EVENING, Jusx 31. be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E. ►urner. To be followed by THE FIRS r I , TIGIIT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Oran To concede with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Beggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, JULY 31, Will be performed CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. Herb3rt. Morgan, and Belford; Misses IL Gordon , F. Bea a " moat, and Wharton. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. • Pit, is.; Gallery. 6d. - Pr i va te Boxce LI is. to be had of Ur. All Croft, 15. New Bond-street. ROYAL SITRREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "This place fills uP an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSONS COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHITSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, -- in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvera sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardena in saccas.sion, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHIT HEAT it K. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Scenes without a parallel I—Triumphant and brilliant career of the cossacks! First night of a new Mythological Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet d'Action. First appearance of Herr Christctf, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. THIS EVENING, The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Viva la France. After which, the novel and skilful SCEgF.S in the CIRCLE, by Professors of the first class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their incomprehen sible and astonishing performances. The whole to conclude with, first time, a new Equestrian Melo dramatic Ballet, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGII r AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love aiming the Mermaids. Box-oftice open from Eleven MI Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. RIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 7‘-ic DAY'—lforning 38 min.after 5 I Evening 57 min.a ft . 5 To-Monitow—.horning 18 intn.after 6 1 Evening 40 unn.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—Sum Orrics, JULY 30. THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE. 71—highest since noon on Saturday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day, at noon. 3auoiewrna, 30.05—falling rapidly. WIND. S.W.—Light, with occasional sunshine, cloudy, and sultry weather, portending a thunder-storm. At half-past 3, a thunder-storm burst all over the north-west of London, but none in the east or south. JULY 31. 77—highest since noon yesterlay. 62 —llwest this morning and during the night. 75 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'88—still falling. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Fresh, with warm, cloudy weather, inclining to rain.—Afternoon, showers of rain. - <14.-31 ; ;-y ct, »u~~%~ ~~~~ LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1854. The patience of the people of England in regard to the war with Russia has been now, during some months, rather severely exercised. We have been waiting for news of some decisive victory over the Russians—it matters not whether from the fleet in the Black Sea or from the fleet in the Baltic, from the coast of the Crimea or from the shores of the Gulf of Finland. It has not unrea- sonably been felt that expectations of some large success on the part of the Allies might be cherished after all the wonderful things that had been ac complished in the way of warlike preparations. It is scarcely fair to accuse the community of over eagerness in looking before this for news of some decisive advantage. It is scarcely fair, because never was the confidence of the population on either side of the Channel more clearly authorised, as it were, by the unprecedented grandeur and pecu liarity of concurrent circumstances. It may be all very true that even NELSON required time in order to effect any one of his unparalleled achievements. But NELSON was obstructed in his movements in various ways un known to the naval commanders of our own gene ration. He had no steam-power at all—his sail ing vessels being wholly dependent upon the casualties of weather, upon the accidents of wind and tide, mitigated as these were, of course, upon occasion, by the various skill, of his officers, in the science of navigation. Again, NELSON was opposed to, instead of being aided by, the poi,ver ful maritime force of our French neighbours. As to warlike operations upon land, moreover—it is surely not undeserving of remembrance that a campaign was begun and completed within four teen days 'by NAPOLEON. Aud NAPOLEON, not less than NELSON, was unassisted by steam-power. He could not transport his troops -at pleasure from on e p o i n t to another on board Aar-vessels, moved by the fo rce e ith er of the paddle-wheel or the screw-propeller. If he wanted to convey in telligence to any distance with unusual speed, he was compelled to have recourse either to the rapid gallop of the courier, or to the old, tedious, un certain, and often fog-interrupted Semaphore. The Railway system had yet to be organised by old ROBERT STEPHENSON. The electric telegraph had yet to be brought into actual operation by the astounding and almost miraculously successful ex periments made nearly simultaneously just six teen years after the death of the glorious captive of St Helena, at Munich by STETNHEIL, at New York by MORSE, and at London by W HE ATSTONE. It were frivolous, of course, to grumble, because every age has not a NAPOLEON BONAPARTE among it military C o mmanders-in-Chief, or 's because Cher© are not sea Captains comparab le to Ho it,trio NELSON, in every successive generation. I%l ° - ----granted—but it may surely be allowable to complain that, while so much could be accom- Vlisned.by them respectively within such com 'Pa"tirelY short intervals without the steam engine, the paddle-wheel, and the screw-propeller, without the railway and the electric telegraph, without long-ran ge guns, an d mi tl ie bullets and Cola's revolver s _ month after month, one by one, slips by w ith out anything being done by the united (not the opposed, but the united) power of France and England, aided by all these advan tages, combined with many others not enumerated. Never were fleets and armies sent out under such a combination of auspicious circumstances. Nay, the - combined fleets now in the Euxine under Admirals DUNDAS and HAMELIN, and those up the Gulf of Finland under Admirals NAPIER , and DESCHENES, are, we believe, in strength and general capacity, altogether without a parallel in the history of naval warfare. While the military contingents landed by England at Scutari, and by France at Gallipoli, and afterwards hastened onward from the former place to Varna, and from the latter to Adrianople —although they have been surpassed in numbers repeatedly, have never been equalled in condition, vigour, and discipline. Neverthe less, while England and France united have thus sent out against the one barbarous enemy, Russia, such fleets and such armies to aid a gallant Ally already flushed with repeated vic tories—weeks, months, seasons flit by in rapid succession, and absolutely nothing has been yet accomplished. Nothing, that is to say, in any way calculated to bring the struggle to a defini tive conclusion. A terrible abundance of shells and shot has been poured into Odessa. Her Ma jesty's ship Tiger has been lost. The Sulina mouth of the Danube has been cleared and its deserted batteries newly fortified. The vacated strong holds along the Asiatic coast of the Black Sea have been occupied. Steam-frigates have moved inquisitively about the entrances to the harbours of Sebastopol. The vicinity of Sweaborg has been. sounded. Cronstadt has been reconnoitred. There has been the roaring of a cannonade not only at Odessa, but later ,4 - 312 also at Bomer sund. But the pride of the CZAR has not yet been laid low by a crushing victoTY won by the Allies by sea or by land, in the Black S r ea or in o at the Baltic, on the banks of the Danube mou th of the Neva. hard by the capital of St. . Petersburg. Yet artists were sent out with the fl ee ts and armies to sketch the glorious deeds of arms that were to be accomplished ! The photo graphic apparatus accompanied the Anglo-French contingents to secure fac similes of the scent's which were to be immortalised by a series of heroic acNeve mints. As if the hopes of the nation could not be oth Pr wise sufficiently exalted, reviews and banquets were given both at home and abroad, reviews and banquets calculated only while delaying the serious opera tions of the campaign to inflame to the uttermost pitch of enthusiasm the already excited ardour of the population. After all which—spring arrives, Summer elapses, autumn. comes, winter approaches _mid now, when at last the press and the people begin to clamour at the sluggish conduct of the Allies, it is said that they are ignorantly over hasty in their complaints, as they had been pre viously unpfsgfessionally precipitate in their antici pations. Howbeit, war cannot be made against Russia all the Tear round. And again we say __winter approach es. It was winter that destroyed the mighty army, and paralysed the gigantic genius of the Emperor NAPOLEON the Great. Has the lesson taaght to mankind by the events of 1812, indeed, beei3 taught in vain It would be well to bear this in mind now that we are really at war with Russia, and now that being at war with Russia winter is rapidly advancing upon the allies to impede, and at last wholly to interrupt, their operations. Above all, those who were reluctant to enter upon the struggle, having entered upon it, should prove themselves doubly prompt, and strenuous, and determined in their endeavours to bring it as speedily as possible to a successful termination. The trial of the men engaged in the poaching affray in which poor Mr. BAGSHAWE met his death has terminated in an acquittal. Nothing could be more fair and impartial than the investi gation which took place at Derby, on Saturday. After the verdict, an application was made to ad journ the trial of a second indictment, for a felo nious assault on a man named SLACK, one of Mr. BAGSHAWE'S followers, until next assizes ; but this having been rejected by the Court, no evi dence was offered to sustain the charge. A ver dict of "Not guilty" was then taken, and the parties were discharged from custody. Here, then, is the termination of this truly melancholy affair, in which a high-minded and universally esteemed young gentleman was cut off in the very commencement of a car eer that p ro- I tuned to be one of no ordinary prosperity. Bat a few short weeks since Mr. BAGSILIWE occupied a truly enviable position, possessing all that could render life desirable. Ho was Gifted with health and strength, a powerful and vigo r OU3 constitution, and ample fortune to provide the means for every rational enjoyment. He had not long completed his collegiate course when called upon to occupy the important position of an English landed proprietor, and justice of the peace, and deputy-lieutenant. He was an ardent lover of the different field sports, and as we have stated was respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He was just entering on the prime of life, being in the 26th year of his age. Such was the condition of this lamented gentleman on Wed nesday, the 19th of July. Before noon the fol loWing day he was an insensible corpse, and had his life been spared it is more than probable that his intellect was irretrievably gone, and that he would have lingered out the remainder of his miserable existence as a hopeless, drivelling idiot, an object of pity to the hard-worked and scantily fed labourer. This deplorable catastrophe was owing to the rash and headlong impetuosity with which he endeavoured to vindicate his rights, and to put down poaching with the strong hand. His late father, it appeared, possessed a right of fishing in the river Wye, and his executor and trustee had authorised Mr. BAGSHAWE, jun., to use the fishery and preserve the fish, which, according to the Learned Judge who presided on the trial, carried with it an authority to apprehend poachers. A ruling which, however, might have been seriously questioned had the case terminated in a convic tion. Possessing, or believing he possessed, this power, Mr. BAGSHAWE adopted measures for the purpose of detecting persons whom he believed to be illegally capturing the fish in which he conceived himself to have a vested interest. For this purpose he was in the habit of accompanying his keepers at night, to watch the river. On Wednesday, the 19th of July, he found that a numerous body of poachers had assembled, and although his party only consisted of five persons in all, he was de sirous of making an immediate attack on a body of more than double their number, who were probably well armed, and determined to resist to the uttermost. He was with difficulty dissuaded from the rash attempt until he could obtain farther assistance. When, however, he procured a further reinforcement, giving him seven resolute followers, arid a bull-dog, he could no longer repress his excitement, but giving the signal, in the rather emphatic words, "Go into them," dashed forward to the encounter, at the same time striking right and left with a formidable instru ment, called on some occasions " a life-preserver," but more appropriately designated "a i t to skull cracker." Th e b u ll-dog was at the same time let s li p a gainst thepo a chers, and two shots were fired, w hich it s that at be hoped were directed against the dog , and n any of the human assailants. Certain it is at neither Mr. BAGSHAWE nor any of his party took place, in which almost everyißwE, received any gunshot wound. A terrific conflict wounds were the most received more or less in fractured, and h e twelve hours after the affray.AGSHA S died severe. His skull was within little more than no other verdict than that which Under these circumstances, the t l r.person. they concerned returned. jury could find without a word of remonstrance, Poor Mr. BAGSIIAWE was clearly withoutaressor ; for demand to surrender, he rushed to the asoin encounter,gle using a deadly weapon with terrific Had one of the poachers been killed, be, a ma ,,p ist l‘ r . l e t r e . specially deputed to preserve the peace of the district, might have been placed in a very serious predicament. It was true that the parties were engaged at the time in an illegal transaction, but that did not warrant any man, although entitled to take them into custody, to use such formidable violence, or to set on a ferocious brute like a bull dog. His own conduct, rash and reckless in the extreme, was just as illegal as that of the men who were placed upon their trial, and fully justi fied them in striking in self-defence. If they had been arrested they could only have been punished by p, pecuniary fine, not exceeding 0/. over and 1 .1 1 :11E SUN LONDON, MONDAY _EVENTING, JULY 31, 1 854. abo we the Ni - alue of the fish, inasmuch as the water did not "'run through or be in the land adjoining or belonging to the dwelling-house of the person being the owner of the said water." It was therefore clearly wrong of Mr. BAGSHAWE to at teual pt to infliot injuries so far beyond the extent of the -punishment. authorised bylaw ; and through his own culpable ras,hness he met his death, and his coun try has to deplore the loss of a fine, high-spirited gentleman. We trust that other game-preservers may derive a profitable lesson from this melan choly event--that they may strive to act legally themselves while endeavouring to make others re spect the law. Not an assizes takes place that Judges do not deprecate, in the strongest terms, the employment of ferocious dogs and formidable weapons by gamekeepers, matters which stimulate the poachers to resistance. They—the poachers —are bound, under a heavy penalty, not to re sist their lawful apprehension, but there is no law to compel them to submit to be torn by a savage beast, or to submit to a beating from those ap pointed to preserve game or fish a d to capture trespassers. GUN-B 0 A T S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In The Sun of the 22d ult., a letter appeared headed "Gun-Boats," signed "Nauticus," censuring the Times for not sooner advocating gun-boats of lighter draught of water being sent into the Danube, when one Pruth, or one Nix or Salamander would now destroy, without much trouble, or without any risk, the whole Russian flotilla in the Danube, and secure to the allies the command of the river for good, and such a vessel need not have waited for the clearing of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The following may, per haps, show that the Times has (as usual) been with the Government in not acting on, or advocating any mea sures which would be of service to the Turkish empire, by crippling Russia, and tending to insure the imme diate tranquillity of Europe. More than four months since the Admiralty declined the means offered, giving them the exclusive and un control,ed command of the Danube, by lifting any num ber of screw steam-frigates, not only over the bar at the mouth, but also over any shoal they might meet with in the river, thereby preventing the Russians bridging or crossing the river. 4. patented invention for lifting vessels of any size or force was submitted to the Admiralty, without stipula tion, or any remuneration of gain whatever, and in spected by officers named by them at Greenhithe, where a steamer of 200 tons, deeply laden for the occasion, of twenty feet beam, was lifted to half her draught of water, and a remark made by the naval officers then on board, that the same buoyant power, • if applied .to H.M.S. Archer (steam -screw-frigate, laying there) would have lifted her eight feet ; and I find on inquiry, 'that offers have been made to lift any ship . of war to half her draught of water. Competent judges and naval officers have expressed their convictieu of the excellence of the apparatus as to strength, durabilityyand even in passing an enemy's battery, their effectiveness. Yet, as the Times has not advocated the subject it is not adopted. From the building of such useless gun-boats as the Ad miralty are now doing, it is questionable whether the Governmont are really sincere in wishing to obtain the command of the Danube. We must now wait until the Admiralty ..gave done amusing themselves by build ing suitable gun-!loats, or allow Lieutenant Glynn, with his party of blue-jackets, to fit out a few crazy old crafts, such as they may find on the Danube, as gun boats, no match for the Russian flotilla, or in one month from this time have, by the means referred to, three or four British screw-steam-frigates in the Danube, and also lift and bring away the wreck of the Tiger from Odessa.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, NAUTICUS, Senior. NO TREACHEROUS GARBLING OF OUR ADMIRALS' LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVIL SIR, — Your Saturday's article on this subject hits the right nail on the head. Pray, do not lose an hour in calling on some sturdy and indep endent M.P. to de mand-categorically of Admiral Berkeley, firstly, whether he read entire letters, or only extracts of letters, from the Admirals in the Baltic, as to the impregnability of Cronstadt, Sweaborg, &c.? and, secondly, if he only read extracts, whether such extracts were not torn away from contexts, which contained suggestions how these Russian strongholds might be proved, by proper assault and scientific handling, pregnable? At times like these it is perfect treason to the cause of England, Turkey, Europe, and civilisation itself, to publish such opinions, e yen if ungarbled, as they can only tend to the sole benefit and exultation of our enemy ; but if garbled, and auppressing further information as to the pregna bility, by gun-boats and land forces, or other means, of those fortresses, &c., impregnable only to the fleets as constituted at the time the letters were written, the ini quity of the course adopted is worthy of the pillory and the cart's tail. I am, sir, your obedient servant, NO ABERDEEN GARBLER, Brighton, July 30, 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 29. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Princess Lousa, and the Duchess of Sutherland, drove out yesterday afternoon. Colonel and Lady Katharine Harcourt and the Hon. Col. Phipps had the honour of dining with her Majesty. JULY 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and at tended by the Countess of Desart and Colonel Seymour, drove to West Cuwes yesterday. Captain the Hon. J. Denman had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Her Royal T-Tigness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, arrived in town on Friday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. The Royal Duchess returned to Frogmore in the aft,rnoon. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday to visit the Duchess of Suther land, at Cleveden, near Maidehead. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Right Hon. Sidney and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert left town on Saturday for Broadstairs. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat one hour and three quarters. The Duke of Rutland and party are expected to re turn this week to Cowes, from a cruise in his Grace's yacht oti the French coast. The Duke of Portland's health continues to improve. His Grace is expected to arrive at Welbeck in September. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have ar rived at Tarbet-house, N. 8., from visiting Lord and Lady Blantyre, at Erskine-house. • The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency Count Colloredo, his Excel lency Prince Carini, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Earl of Powis, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and a distinguished circle, to dinner, on Saturday evening, at their mansion, in Grosvenor-crescent. The Countess received a " small party" after dinner. The Earl and Countess Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot have left town, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield-house, Herts. The Countess (Dowager) of Verulam has left town for the season. The Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Arabella West, have arrived at Buckhurst-park, Sussex, front visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield-house. The Earl of Carlisle has, during the earlier part of last week, been among the distinguished guests of the Earl of Burlington, at Holkar-hall, near Milnethurpe, in order to assist in celebrating the corning age of Lord Cavendish. The Countess has returned to town from visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at his marine resi dence, at Brighton, and will leave in a few days to join her noble son at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Mahon have left town to join the circle visiting the Earl of Stanhope, at Cheven ing-park, near Sevenoaks. The Right Hon. Sidney and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert, left town on Saturday, for Broadstairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday, to visit the Duchess of Suther land, at Clifden, near Maidenhead. THE Loss OF THE TioErt.—We are requested to state that the Tiger was not in pursuit of a prize when she ran on shore off Odessa. A court-martial will be held on the surviving officers, when the circumstances of this deplorable accident will be fully stated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cooper, ar rived in town on Friday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Royal Duchess returned to Frogmore in the afternoon. The Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Clifden House, near Maidenhead, on Saturday, from a brief visit to her Majesty at Osborne. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and a select family circle assembled there on that day. The Duke of Argyll returns to town to-day, for his Par liamentary duties. The Duke of Cleveland left town on Saturday, to visit the Duchess Dowager at the Isle of Wight. His Grace returns to-day, and will leave town for the season, ac• companied by the Duchess and Lady Augusta Poulett, oats, the week aft er next. EARLY HARVEST.—Mr. W. Bradford, of Keyharn Barton, D evonport, on Saturday wee k last, cut a field of st A nc o e go h s o t us l e s d t, th t e h m e sinmfioknee ccoonndsiutimonin. Tomorrow,and has g Act comes into operation. MONEY MA R KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 hales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with firmness at previous rAtes. The sales comprised 6,500 bales of American, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 61d., 400 Egyptian at 70., 400 Surat at 3d. to 3td. and 20 Sea Island at ls. to ls. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The West India accounts notice the various plans suggested in Jamaica for raising the value of the Island Notes, but none of them seemed imme diately practicable. The Panama Railway was drawing labour away, which had given rise to much discussion. The accounts received from Hamburgh state that the French troops arrived in the Baltic had all the requisites for a winter sojourn, including the hospital necessaries, &c. It was supposed the islands of Oesel and Dagoe would be occupied. These are in the Gulf of Finland, and the first named is tolerably populous, facing, in some measure, the coast of Courland and Livonia. In Poland, General Rudiger, it was stated, will be Commander-in -Chief of the army, and during the war,Prince Peter of Oldenburgh, brother-in-law of the Grand Duke Constantine, will be the Viceroy. Accounts from Holland state that a Dutch mer chant ship, which was captured in the Baltic, and escaped from our English cruisers, had been for mally demanded from the Government, at the Hague, by Lord Clarendon. This story seems very improbable. The meetings of the Danish Cabinet are stated in advices from Copenhagen to be very frequent. Letters from Birmingham referring to the iron trade mention that the re so l u ti on w hi c h was adopt ed at the last preliminary quarterly meeting, when it was declared that the prices of iron should con tinue at figures not before nominally acknowledged, while 20s. to 40s. per ton advance was demanded on the last quarter's terms, had given rise to some dissatisfaction. There was a threatened strike on the part of the puddlers, which, however, would be powerfully resisted. The trade continues firm and prosperous, and with every appearance of continu ing so. There has been a dull market again for public securities, and the quotations are without any material change. Consols have been 92i to for transfer, but not lower than 921 for account. The rumour of several arrests again at Paris was spoken of as adverse to prices, but the support which the market most needs is some positive indication of Austrian policy. The steamer Tamar, from Mexico, brings upwards of 300,0001. in specie. The New 31 per per Cents. have been quoted 93 to 93k, and the 3 per Cents. 92i to 921. Exchequer Bills have been done at par to 3s. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. premium. East India Stock is firm at 225. There have been no transactions in Bank Stock. There is quite a stagnation of business in the Foreign Stock Market, only one bargain being quoted, namely, in Spanish 3 per Cents. at 37i — a slight improvement. All the other securities are nominal. Russian Fives at 97 to 99, and Mexican at 24g to 241. The remittance for the dividend is 72,000 dollars. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24 to 24 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 81 to 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 36i to 371 ; Ditto Certi ficates, 3 to 4 ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 4. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Name. Date. Place. Central Peninsula of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. Cork and Bandon East Kent East Lancashire Aug. 16, Great S. and W. of Ireland Leeds, Bradford, & Halifax Aug. 4 , Leeds. London and South-Western Aug. 10, 34, York-road. Manchester, Shef. and Linde Aug. 2, Manchester. Newpt. Abergavn. & Hereford Aug. 10, London Tavern. North London Aug. 4, Euston-square. Royston and Hitchin Aug. 10, 15k, St. Helen's-p. Sambre and Meuse Aug. 10, 61, Moorgate-at. Ditto ditto Stamford and Essendine Stockton and Darlington Aug. 9, Darlington. Wear Valley There is not much animation in Railway Shares, but there is generally a rising tendency. The lines most dealt in are—Great Northern, Brighton, North Western, and Great Western. The foreign lines are very dull. Mining shares are extremely inactive, excepting Pontgiband, in which there have been several bar gains. Joint Stock Banks are neglected, and Land Companies are flat. Crystal Palace are weaker. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL9(:l‹ (Prom the Oficial List. Business , on ,, • Cent. Reduced Annuities poi 92 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 92i 4 A 34 per Cent. Annuities . Lung, Annuities, Expire sth Jan., ISO 4i i)ittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 44 j [mho. Stock India Bouds, £lllOO Consols for Account 17th August Exchequer iulis, 2,d. I:1000 £5OO 4 p par 4 p Small Exchequer Bonds, 1858 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37j x d Dividends on the above payable ii London. HALF-PAST T WO. Consols Ditto August Account 924 j TESTIMONIAL TO MR. E. T. SMITH. On Friday evening a dinner was given at the Trafa gar Hotel, Greenwich, by the Drury-lane Theatre Coml littEe to Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee, for the purpose of presenting him with a silver claret jug, most chaste in its design, and creditable to the manufacturer, Mr. Abrahams, of the Lowther Arcade. The inscription will sho w the object of the gift : " Presented to EDWARD TYRRELL SMITH, Esq., by the Committee of the Theatre R o y a l, D r ury -lane, as a Testi monial of the admiration in which they hold his satisfactory and successful management of that theatre during his les seeship in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. GLENGALL, Chairman, July 28, 1854." and the caterer, Mr. Hart iorv T isc l oe ie clih, c na h gi a r i ma r The dinner, which embraced every delicacy of the season. reflected credit on the well-known establishment taken uhpepldo r theh: yd li in N' an h a o c t te o l d rs t B a h s e committee of the Theatre. p a vv e n r , as iod s on the right by Mr. Arden and on the left by office Captain cater fl Spencerehali the lessee. There were also present Mr. Dunn, the treasurer. Mr. Savory, of the committee, Mr. Bur gess, the solicitor, and many connected with Literature and the Drama. After the toasts of the Queen and Royal Family, &c,, had been given, "The health of Mr. E. T. Smith" was proposed by the noble chairman, in doing which he briefly stated that at the moment Mr. Smith took the theatre, they were at a loss to know what to do with the property, and a brewhouse was in contemplation. Last year the committee had received rental 4,0001., and this year, though little more than half completed, not less than 3,0001. had been paid. Various encomiums were passed upon the lessee by the chairman in respect of his intergity. straightf)rward conduct, and kind manner towards the ladies and gentlemen of the establishment. After this toast followed the respective healths of the chairman, vice-chairman, Mr. Savory, Mr. Burgess, Air. Dunn, and "The Press," re sponded to by Air. E. L. Bla,ncharl, the whole concluding with the gallant toast of " The Ladies," by Lord Glengali, w h o s tated that one great object of his taking so great an interest in the theatre was, to pro tect the fair sex employed therein, as regarded their m orali ty , which he rejoiced to say was well looked after at Drury-lane Theatre. In fact, no Londo n theatre could boast of such strict discipline behind the scenes as that house." --------- ANOTHER COURT-M A RTIA L ON LIEUTENANT PERRY In another column will 00 io and an account of a most extraordinary addition to t he attem p ts which seem systematically di r ected against this young officer. Oa Saturday morning lie was p ut under another trial by court - ma rtial. There seems to be no intention on the part of his enemies to desist until they have fairly worried their victim to help lessness. Put upon his trial before on the charge of having committed certain offences, he is tried now for the nature of the defence which he was obliged to make. He is accused of " scandalous, infamous conduct, unbecoming an officer and a gentleman," because in a letter addressed to Colonel Upton, the president of the court-martial, he stated that Colonel Garrett made use of a certain as ser t tion, and that he himself m ade use of another ; also because lie made other as sertions in his def ence which aro said to be false. Only on the very morn in g of the da y of the trial (Saturday) did the prisoner ha ie a copy of the charges sent to him. He asks to leave his room in order to be the better enabled to get up his case ' • but he is not permitted to do so, althou g h he com plains that it is small and hot, and has injured his health. He asks to have the trial put off until Monday week, but delay is only granted until to day, although he states that some of his witnesses started for Turkey before lie could possibly anti cipate the trial. This has no effect on the court. He asks for a copy of the minutes of evidence, and is insultingly told to look at the newspapers. A more complete case of persecution has seldom been witnessed, and it is to be hoped that the courts martial which arise out of it will not end with those of Lieutenant Perry.—Daily News. L AT EST FOREiGN NEWS. THE W.R. ANOTHER TURKISH VICTORY. The following despatch is dated Vienna, last night:—" At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 23rd the Russians attacked the Turkish entrenched camp near Giurgevo, hut were totally defeated, with the loss of 2,000 men and 5,000 prisoners. On the 25th 200 waggons loaded with wounded men arrived at Bucharest." _ _ _ Thirty thousand Turks, it is said, had crossed he Danube at Oltenitza. PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE BY THE ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS—POSITION OF THE BELLIGERENTS. Advices from Turnu-Severin of the 27th inst. state that the Anglo-French troops crossed the Danube on the 24th at Turtukai. The position of the armies is as follows : The vanguard of the allied troops is at Oresti. The Ottomans have advanced from Giurgevo to Podima. The Russian rearguard is retreating, fighting, upon Kalogereni. The Russians have concentrated 300,000 men on the Dniester, in Volhynia and Podolia. The head quarters are at Mohilew. The Austrian Correspondent, under date of Bucharest, 26th inst., says that General Budberg had held a council of war at Frateschti, to consult upon a retreat. A Russian corps at Slatina and Rimnik forms the rearguard against the Ottomans from Lesser Wallachia. THE DANUBE. The Lloyds of Vienna of the 25th has the fol lowing " According to a telegraphic despatch from Bucharest of the 21st, new indications exist of the retreat of the Russians ; they are in fact retiring on Fockshan and Kalugereni. The Turks have 60,000 men at Giurgevo, and are fortifying themselves in that town and the envi rons. On the other hand, it is stated in a letter from Bucharest of the 197 h, that nothing is known as to the affairs which have taken place at Giurgevo, all commu nications between Bucharest and Giurgevo being inter rupted. Troops, artillery, and pontoon trains were being constantly sent from Bucharest to Giurgevo. Prince Gortschakoff and his head quarters were on the 19th at Bucharest, and nothing warranted the belief that they were to leave. It is said that all the rumours that have been current as to removal of the head-quarters to Kobonitza are without foundation. The mad from Her- manstadt has not arrived ; so that we have only news via Widdin, and it comes down to the 21st. Up to that date nothing important had occurred. It was, however, said that-the Turkish troops posted near Oltenitza and Sinnitza, had begun to march on Bucharest on the 20th and 21st. It was said also that Omer Pacha was to advance on the 22d, with the centre of the Turkish army, which occupies Giurgevo. Since the 6th Omer Pacha has been almost constantly at Rustchuk. A letter from Widdin of the 19th states that the Turkish troops near Turin' and Sinnitza made on the 16th a grand reconnaissance towards the north ; they went as far as Russowede with out meeting the enemy, anti returned the day after to their positions. In a _letter from Orsova of the 19th it is stated that on the 11th the Wallachian troops in the pay of Russia made a reconnaissance in the two dis tricts of Krajowa ; they passed the Aluta unexpectedly, penetrated into the villages where there were no Turkish troops, and carried off the Turkish functionaries prison ers. Letters direct from Silistria contradict the state ment that has been made that it is to M. Graeht, a Prussian officer, that the honour of the defence of Silis tria is due ; it was an English captain (Butler by name) who there kept the Russians in check for six weeks. A great many families who, in consequence of the promises of the Russians, quitted their country after the raising of the siege, are now wandering about in the most pro found misery, and without a home " Accounts from the Lower Danube, of the 21st, in the Presse of Vienna, say : "The stifling heat which has prevailed for the last few days has proved a fresh enemy to the Russians, who have had an increased number of sick, indepen dently of their wounded. Attacks of apoplexy have already carried off a number of Russians during their continual marches and counter-marches, and a great number have fallen victims to the fevers which pre vail during extreme heats in the lower part of the Danube. The number of sick among the Russians amounts to 32 per cent., while among the Turks it is only 15 per cent. French and English officers are constantly arriving at Rustchuk from Schumla, and to-morrow Prince Napoleon, whose division will be the first to enter the Wallachian territory, Is expected at the Turkish head quarters. A. certain importance appears to be attached to this fact, and Marshal St. Arnaud, after the last council of war held at Varna, arranzed that it should be so. The other divisions will rapidly follow, and the main body of the auxiliary troops will shortly be on the Danube. The auxiliary troops and the Turkish army will shortly pass the river, and force the Russians to a battle at Giurgevo. Everything tends to prove that it is intended ti act seriuusly against Bucharest, and that the last order given by the Emperor Nicholas, to drive back the Turks to the other side of the Danube, mite que mute, will have no more effect than a similar order which he gave to take Silistria." The Times correspondent writes from Rustchuk, July 19.—Since the passage of the Danube (July 7th) the Tux its have occupied themselves in strengthening their position on the north side, and the Russians make no attempts to interrupt their proceedings. The latter are encamped on the brow of a small hill six miles distant on the Bucharest road. They have thrown up some redoubts, which look as if it will require either a battle or the ap pearance of a considerably superior force to make them turn out. I anticipate that they will remain where they are until their spies inform them that we have 15,000 or 20,000 men ready to advance on the north side, and then decamp in the night. The Russian videttes remained in Giurgevo up to the night of the Bth. They had destroyed the bridges across a creek, which separates it from where the Turks landed, and were thus quite safe although within musket shot. On the 9th I ac companied Hassein Pasha, General Cannon, and their staff in a trip across the Danube to examine our position. Giurgevo is quite empty, with the exception of the Austrian Consul and about 50 inhabitants. The remainder had heard of the atrocities committed by the Bashi•Bazouks when they crossed the Danube at Nicopolis, and fear ing that the vanguard of the Turkish force ou this occasion might be composed of the same troops, they retired into villages 8 or 10 miles distant, whence the Russians will not allow them to return as we might obtain information of what their move ments are. Giurgevo is much smaller but more civilised than Rustchuk ; the streets are wider, and the houses neat and comfortable by comparison. There is, moreover , a café, almost the only house open, to which we soon found our way, not having been in su ch a place s ince leaving Constantinople, except a wretched hole at Shumla, undeserving of the name. This was a very comfortable house, in a pleasant situation, with a good verandah. The master, a Greek, received us hat in hand at the door, and expressed as much delight at seeing us there as he had expressed sorrow on the previous even ing, when the captain of the Russian vidette took his last dinner. The townspeople I spoke to said that the Russians paid fairly for all they took in the shape of provisions or forage, but forced the peasants to labour a great deal, and seized all the carts and beasts of burden for the purpose of transporting their stores. They left all the Wallachian vessels belonging to the town unhurt, but on the night of their departure t burnt three sloops sailing und er An„..i_iiar colours. The landlord of the cafe informed us that paid him Russian officers were good cust omers an d him regularly, in proof whereof h e produced a quantity of gold coin, bearing th e image of the Emperor Nicholas. But I am inclined to think this assertion was made to insure our supporting the credit of our nation by doing likewise, for he subsequently confessed to me that Captain Stronge noff and others had been too much occ upied with fighting at the last to fi n d ti me for liqui d ating their , accounts, but he intended sending_ them a " duu' at Bucharest. However, the_ Russians had not cleared out all the cell ar , and plenty of iced Cham pagne was produced. An old Pasha positively re fused to partake of it until we assured him it was only Francez so o (French water), and moreover was not red wine, th e co l our especially forbidden by Ma hornet. Once tasted, the liquor carried with it its own recommendation, and was drained to the last drop. Glass after glass followed, though it is fair to add that his loyalty increased in proportion as his alle giance to the Prophet waxed faint, and he did more justice than any of us to the healths of the Sul tan, Queen Victoria, and the Emperor Napoleon. We returned to Rustchuk without any unwar rantable intrusion from the Russian camp, al though a quarter of an hour might have brought their Cossacks upon us without any on e to g ive the alarm. O n th e 10th made a similar excursion, and found the debris of a Russian repast not yet cleared away. Next day the Turks occupied Ginrgevo in force, which prevents any chance of a mishap occurring on this hitherto neutral ground. The position opposite Rustchuk occupied by the Turks is a very strong one. It is an island of about three miles long and half a mile br oad, forme d by a small creek, ;Inch is only fordable at some diffi cult and marshy ground to the left. Omer P as h a and his staff arrived on the 12th, accompanied by General Prim and his army of aides-de-camp, and several French officers. His arrival, however, did not occasion so much interest as that of 3U English sailors under Lieut. Glyn and Prince Leiningen, R.N., and the same number of sappers under Captain Page, R.N., who came here on the 11th for the purpose of assisting in the con struction of a bridge. They performed the journey from Varna on horseback, and this novel if cruise" afforded Jack much amusement as well as those who had the good fortune to meet him en route. The Sappers have been sent to Giurgevo to assist in the fortifications there ; so a portion of the English army has at last crossed the Danube. VARNA.. Accounts from Varna, of the 19th instant, men tion that a grand council of war had been held at which the allied Generals, with Omar Pacha, wore present. General Hess was on the banks of the Danube. The fleets were still at Baltschik, but operations were evidently on the eve of taking place. Numerous transports of the allies were at Con stantinople ; the crews were at work night and day in taking on board water, provisions, Ike. THE WRECK OF THE TIGER. The Journal de Francfort has the following ac count of the new cannonade of some new works at Odessa, given in a letter from Odessa of the 14th : —" Yesterday, the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty the Empress, three of the enemies steamers appeared off our port. One of them bore the flag of France, the other two that of Great Britain. They directed an efficacious fire on the machines established for getting up the Tiger. Being out of the reach of our cannon, the vessels were able to ,continue their work of destruction. A man and three artillery horses were wounded on the Russian side. Towards the evening, the vessels went away, and the solemnity of the day was closed by a ball, whioh was attended by the military and civil autho rities, and by the Foreign Consuls." THE BALTIC. STETTIN, July 28.—The packet Nordstern, which left Stockholm on the 25th, brings no news of the operations of the fleets against the islands of Aland, but it is, nevertheless, believed that opera tions have commenced. Fifty-five vessels of war are in movement in the roadstead of Revel. STOCKHOLM, July 27.—The French troops have passed Gothland. A heavy cannonading has been heard at intervals in the direction of Bomarsund since Tuesday afternoon. A letter from Hamburg of the 26th, in the In dependance of Brussels, says :—" The Minister of War in Sweden has just addressed a circular to all the military governors of the kingdom, demanding the space of time which it would require to concen trate all the troops in garrison in the different localities on one given point. Is is supposed that this measure is the preliminary to the formation of an army to be ready to march where circumstances might demand its presence." The Journal des I iebats of yesterday has a com munication which furnishes late news of the fleets. On the 21st and 22d ten English line-of-battle ships, and an equal number of frigates and steamers, with eight ships of Admiral Parseval Deschenes' squa dron, and ten light-draught steamers, anchored in a bay among islands of the Aland group, to the south of the largest island. This bay is called Ledsund. The navigation by which this imposing force has reached its present position in the midst of the Aland Archipelago has been of the most diffi cult and intricate kind. The charts supplied to the English and French officers prove more defective than could have been supposed. Islands covered with forest-trees are totally omitted, and from this single fact, we may judge how faithfully the subma rine part of the hy4lrography is executed ; how accu rately rocks, shoals, currents, and quicksands are placed, things of more moment to the navigator than the position of high and easily visible shores. Every movement had to be made with the lead in hand ; and even with the most careful sounding, slight embarrassments must arrise when between two casts of the lead the depth has decreased from 20 to 3 fathoms ! Both fleets got happily through the perilous navigation ; the English having more screw vessels than ourselves (the French), had fewer mishaps. Thanks, however, to the zeal and skill of our officers, and the prompt assistance lent to our sailing vessels by the English steamers, Ad miral Deschenes arrived here in capital order, and with new proofs of the cordiality and respect of our allies. The lighter vessels of the fleet are already feeling their way up the narrow channels which lead to Bomarsund, the strongest place of this group of islands. We are assured that the garrison is not above 1,500 strong. Admiral Plumridge, with a number of steam-vessels, and the French frigates Virginie and Andromaque, blockades the north and north-east of the Archipelago, so as to cut off all communication with the coast of Finland. Admiral Sir Byam Martin, who succeeds Admi ral Corry, is ordered to cruise before Sweaborg, with nine English ships and the French liner Aus terlitz, to hem in the Russian fleet. From these particulars, it will be seen it is cer tain, as soon as the expeditionary corps shall reach Aland, that a blow will be struck at Bomarsund, and the Aland Isles occupied. DENMARK. The constitution, common to the whole kingdom, was promulgated at Copenhagen on the 29th. It will come into operation on the Ist of September. The Council of the Kingdom will consist of 50 members, of whom the five for Holstein are to be nominated by the Crown. AUSTRIA. --- The Breslau Gazette contains the following from Vienna of the 24th :—" The Emperor came here yesterday from Laxenburg to receive the English ambassador, Lord Westmoreland, a t a private audi ence. There is no doubt that the reply of the English cabinet to the last communications of Austria was the cause of this audience. As to the result of the mission of Colonel Manteuffel, I can affirm positively that it is of a nature to undeceive these persons who hoped that the Russian proposi tions might trouble the unity of views of the two German powers." POLAND. of Vienna, under date of Kalisch , ju T iy he 23 L:oyd , says I lately informed you that General Rudiger, the commander-in.chief of the first two corps of infantry and of the corps of grenadiers, was making a tour of inspec tion of the fortresses of Poland. The general, after visited Bresc-Litowski, left yesterday by the Vistula steamb3at for the fortress of Nowogeorgiwsk (Modlin), to inspect the fortification and the reserve of the 2d corps of infantry recently formed. He was accom panied by several superior officers of artillery and engineers. Several journals have announced -that workmen were employed in pUtting theroads in Poland in a proper condition for the transport of light artillery, &c., but the statement was premature. The fact is, tbat Colonel Olorinski, of the engineers, charged with re-establishment of the means of communication in Poland, put up to tender on the 14th ult., the works for repairing the principal roads ; but this measure was not approved by the Government, and no further tender will be made until August next. General Wensegerode, who commands a cavalry regiment at Lubin, and several other generals, have just arrived at Warsaw. The harvest is commencing. in Poland under the most fa vourable auspices ; in Podolia, on the contrary, the crop will only be an average one." • deuce in Spaniards as well as in Marshal Espartero. She announces, moreover, the re-assembling of the Cortes. The proclamation has been very well re ceived. The militia does duty at the Palace con jointly with the infantry of the line. Madrid is tranquil. General San-Miguel displays much ac tivity in maintaining good order. The militia had mounted guard at the palace in conjunction with the troops of the line. Letters received from different parts of Spain announce that the country is tranquil. A telegraphic despatch. from Paris says, General Espartero entered Madrid on the 28th. It would appear. that the conditions which Es partero attached to his acceptance of the Presi dency of the Council have been agreed to by the Queen. The Nacion adverts to the subject in the follow ing terms : " Major-General Don Allande Salazar arrived on Tuesday, July2s, at this Court, with a special mission from the Duke de la Victoria to her Majesty the Queen. " On alighting he went to the palace, in order to state to the Queen with the frankness and patriotiSni which characterise him, the only programme of govern ment with which General Espartero compromises himself to accept the high charge confided to him. " Her Majesty replied that she would think on what he had stated, and would inform him of her resolution. " Senor Salazar was summoned to the palace at 10 p.m., and there being present there the Senor San Miguel, the Queen declared that she accepted, in all its parts, the programme of the hero of Luchana. The San Miguel and Salazar retired at once highly pleased, the latter taking post at once to return to Saragossa. "In sight of this we ought to consider the entry of the Pacificator of Spain into Madrid as very near at hand." The only conditions imposed by Espartero, which were verbal ones, it is said, were these 1. The convocation of constituent Cortes, by universal suffrage. 2. The departure of Queen Christina from Spain. It is expected that very important questions will be brought before the constituent or sovereign Cortes, and it is not certain that the subject of the dynasty will be excluded from their deliberations. The diplomatic body were summoned to the pa lace at half-past eight o'clock on the evening of the 24th at an hour's notice. Our Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Otway, was the first to arrive ; but, to the an noyance of every one, tie members of the corps were informed that a counter order had been given. It was said that the Queen was indisposed. SomO thought they were summoned to hear her Majesty announce her intention to abdicate. It was seriously talked of to blow up the palace, by placing barrels of gunpowder in the subterranean passages, of which there are great numbers underneath and about it, and if the hostile attitude of the palace be kept up it may be attempted. The people have got possession of the powder magazine at the Campo de Guardias. The announoement by the Junta Bads of the Queen's reply to Senor Salazar being factory, and that Espartero will soon be at te head of affairs, may calm the excitement which has hi therto prevailed. The Junta conclude their address to the people with " Vivas for Isabel 11., Consti tutional Queen." The wounded in the military hospital, in conse quence of the late struggle, exceed 800. The deaths probably amount to nearly half that num ber. The 24th was Santa Christina, and in order to show the popular hatred which exists towards Queen Christina, orders were sent by the authori ties of the barricades to all housekeepers not to illuminate, as had been done every night for the last week. In the Calle del Principe a death' s head was displayed over the barricades, with crape around it, and an inscription above, " Santa Chris tina." The was no levee at the palace as usual 01 1 this day. Brigadier Narciso Ameller has been appointed commander-in-chief of the men at the barricades. The Junta have closed all the Ministerial offices, except that of War, which is held at the Palace of Buena Vista. The latter edifice has been prepared fur the reception of the Duke de la Victoria. ITALY. A despatch received by the French Government on Saturday night states that Parma was tranquil on the 25th. Several of the insurgents had been keen killed and 17 wounded, in a skirmish which occurred on the 22d. Two soldiers who had joined the movement had been condemned and shot. Numerous Austrian reinforcements had arrived. EGYPT. The Constitutionnel has the following on the change that has taken place in Egypt : "e sudden death of Abbas Pasha has called to the Government of Egypt his uncle, Said Pacha. Ac cording to European ideas of succession to the throne, it would have appeared that the Egyptian vice royalty should have belonged to the son of Abbas Pacha, Hami Pacha, who has just left Alexandria on a tour in Europe. Such, however, is not the order of succession according to the patriarchal law as set down in the Koran. The heir to the throne is always the eld' est of the family. A curious example of this was seen at the time of the death of Ibrahim Pacha. Mehemet Ali left three sons, Ibrahim Pacha, Toussoum Pacha, and Said Pacha. After Ibrahim Pacha, the viceroyalty fell to Abbas Pacha, the son of Toussoum Pacha, wbo had died some time before, and not to Said Pacha, for the reason that Abbas Pacha beiug born in 1813, and Said Pacha in 1822, the former was the elder, and conse- A ed t , t t h o a t t h p e e p r r i o e j d u , d t i li c e e r o e f f o t r h e e , iqtuwenatslythtehenecphhieef:fwtthme s r u a c c c e e . e uncle ; whereas now it is the uncle who succeeds, to the prejudice of the nephew, in consequence of priority of ' birth. Said Pacha was born in 1822, and he is, therefore, 32 years of age, and not 36, as has been stated by a contemporary. As he comes to power in the prime of life, it may be hoped that he will govern Egypt for many years. He is a prince endowed with fine and noble qualities, and is highly esteemed by the enlightened part of the nation, who have a l ' ways founded very sangui ne h opes on him. His struction is very remarkable ; he not only has a we grounded knowledge of the ordinary sciences, b u t be ha s studied with parti cu l ar attention history and navigation. He speaks with elegance and purity several living lar guages of the Eist and West, and particularly Frew `.ih the literature of which country he is perfectly . rsatit. Being of an enlightened and liberal mind. h e takes pleasure in encouraging a taste for intellectual knowledge in others. H e h as f or this reason stantly supported at his expense, in the different schodilfil. of Europe, numerous pupils belonging to the most i „ th i s tinguished families of the country. A prince o _ e., generous and elevated character, who likes and al:P‘ as elates France, the civilisation and arts of which l s ' ulta s himself studied, and who has always given the . ~n ow proofs of the most unchangeable devotedness, wil'f lic h how to maintain Egypt in the excellent path 430.7.:0110 she has entered, and will worthily continue the Ivo , ' work of his illustrious father," GREECE. ATHENS, July 23.—Yesterday M. Mavrocordato, who had arrived on the 21st, had an audience of the King, which lasted four hours. The sanitary state of the occupation troops is good. The inhabitants of the Piraeus have not lost a single person for the last three days. There is not a single case of cholera at Athens. FR ANCE. On Saturday a good many people visited the column of July. Some persons wearing pinks in their button-holes were arrested. It was reported that Persiguy has been sent for. The Arab Bou Maza, sailed from Marseilles on the 26th for Turkey to take the command of a corps of bashi-bazouks. Several of the papers here have given full re ports of Lord John Russel's speech, but the Pays is the only one that makes a careful commentary upon it. The inference deduced by the writer is, that our Government places strong reliance on the sincerity of Austria and its eventual concurrence in the active business of the war ; and it speaks in high terms of the manly tone adopted by Lord Palmerston. The confidence reposed in whatever the noble lord says is something quite remarkable. Certainly no other European statesman has half the influence on public opinion in France that the name of Lord Palmerston habitually exercises. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. (not reimburs able for 10 years), closed on Saturday at 98f. 15c. 98f.; Four per Cents., 86f.; Three per Cents., 71f. 15c.; ditto, Certificates of 1,000 f., 71f. 15c.; Bank Actions, 2,900 f.; Credit Foncier, 600 f.; ditto, Ob ligations of 500 f., 430 f.; ditto of 1,000 f., 935 f.; Credit Mobilier, 692 f. 50c. 691 f. 25c. ; Discount Bank, GOOf. 605 t. GOOf.; Piedmontese Five per Cents., 83f. 50c.; ditto Three per Cents., 52f. 900.; Romans, 832. SPAIN. " One of our correspondents at Madrid who is usually well informed," says the Messager of Bayonne, " writes to us that three refugees sent from Jersey and London organised the movement of Madrid, with the aid of about three hundred French workmen who were expelled after the 2d December. It was these experienced professors of barricades who taught the people of Madrid the tactics of street fighting." A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne says the Gazette of Madrid contains a proclamation by the Queen. Vier Majesty testifies therein her confi. THE LATE CAPTAIN PARKER• TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. Sir,—An article appeared in The Times yegterdal. concerning the death of the late Captain Parker, with the general character and scope of which it would be unreasonable in any one not to feel satisfied. Still there are in it one or two expressions which I fear might gr,6t: rather harshly upon ears which you would be the 1 0 ' - this moment to wish to wound, and, as I am it' ael; dition to show that they are not rendered necessol 'll the circumstances of the case, I feel sure th at you °sr not refuse me this privilege. The terms of the article to which I refer are the we lowing :—" From what appears in the report which be publish this day, he was not in any way engag ed timely 1,1 business of the expedition when he came to his " end." And again, " Nothing would serve but ganisation of a little excursion for the sake of P lea -ur or T c h u e rio F si i t r y ehr ' and happened to be one of the 14 1, 9 ; which one of your previous articles had good-hu m° ,4% 'nfr a nreferred recenti s e I I a El v a i fs n ot g renr g ine i vdtertnahvtenereles duringcca a n occasional o l n h a oa l wp c ep o i n et v ro e h y t o a h r s e a : ? b - r a l f ceipt of a letter, since the late painful eatas tropu ° Will the excellent young chaplai n of the ship, wh°t, 37 ,lCaPt' remember, together with the surgeon, accomPar",t 000' pdr ker in his galley on the fatal expedition. FbiP tio ns to me expressly that the boats of her MajestPfi t he Firebrand and Vesuvius left their anchorage tring month of the Danube for the purpose of recoo" vro. a battery a short distance up the river , and the? 'the ceeding on an investigation of the difficulties o ho n o navigation further up the stream. It is true 0011 opposition was anticipated, for the boat s had PrWvitefolA landed and destroyed the entrance, without anYailit.s, to prevent them on the part of the enemy. deed, proved to be a fatal error. ider iu But, even supposing that you may n ot cene „natter to have made any material impression on the v , filet of your statement, which, after all, is not new _once of much real importance, yet it is o f real imPoil her that England should form a just estimate ° t be heroes, and therefore I am sure you noting°o sorry to give me an opportunity of the Rev. Mr. Rogers' own words, to the a e bser va• of which, as far as my more limited means of ° ,• 00 tion will allow, I can give most ample corroborabler had " When I lament the loss of the best friends e w y b a n on God's earth, I do not do so without h'Vi,;,ll en d reinetuber what manner of man he has been la -l e be right living while among us here, what an eo E owe ii showed his men, how rigidly every feeling aßrovins of qeorof before that great love of duty which wa s the manifest principle of his life. Anything like the grief fle et , nlrl an not only in his own ship, but throughout the 00 but by the admiral, cannot be couceived. A°Y him,' is the universal lament." e arlier ag t9 Captain Parker had attained hi s rank at XII ,,__ ' t his than mo,t, men in the service, bu t it will be felt t hat elevation bas been justified by his matured merits 1 yo ur his early grave.--1 have th e honour to he. sir, humble servant, C48 1114°. Castle Howard, July 28.