The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

'arnae %ching sia in jetted nyl Is out to orgy from t . the f; the eelen t o f the ely on to the Pl ane° Res" of `f ether- Q tinue Diva n ' 10 r°' of a the TISO LE• Pari 3 , AO ;ed, 19nclu1 te Po P: . ,1 con oily r e : prinl ;si4 tria 0 insl°6 tOOr i , 44 to S" ) 9 trOcf] ,ationt 3r, 13 ° . l o d as 19 to ding 9 t again russia et a leif t C al ) ) 0 1 Jet br Rol 10 1 • to neov fg b a e f e kl :t 3 c I reP oo ell w itp, 'll • a 0 :0 : 08 tier* • 0 1 ~y 1 50;, „TO j r o icD ° 00 P I tr 0 1° tg 0 t bot ':'t, 1, 9st ic ti R. 01 0 ° 9 73000 4 4 rs v P e eV a" l a r _e dee leg 3 ' t o b° l ' o 5 fe e f o r oble Illien not yet landed, the Alegmra having etranded— uckY ii ship that." EFFECTIVE FORCE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. g pamphlet, entitled " The Russian Army," has Just been published in Paris, by M. Tardif de Mello, a gentleman who resided 14 years in Russia. He asserts that in 1852 the effective force of the Rus )l344 army amounted to 900,000 men, thus distri i tit ed :—ln the frontier provinces of Asia , 80,000 ; 8toll; Siberia, 40,000 ; in the fortresses of Fin land, evonia, and Courland, 70,00 0 ; in the g arrison of • Petersburg, 30,000 troops of the l ine, and Moscow of the imperial guard ; in the ga rrison of 60,000 ; in Poland, 100,000 ; in the mi tit:l7 colonies, 250,000 ; corps of observation on e Turkish frontier, 100,000 • reserve marching usAtalions, 100,000. M. Tardif de Mello gives the tunes of all the regiments, and some curious de :lle of the history and organisation of the Russia n 3r m's. CAPTURE OF SEVEN HUNDRED RUSSIANS. A. letter from the Black Sea announces that Ad 'ral Sir E. Lyons had captured 700 Russian re erUits crossing from Anapa to the Crimea. PRIZES IN THE BLACK SEA. n On the 3d inst., at 5 p.m., the Sidon arrived at 'ftstantinople with four prizes from the Black Sea, captured off Sulina—two Russian and two Greek laden with grain, and the latter also partly with ti r loskets, and other contraband of war, bound for ° l O and Prevesa. Every arrival from the Euxine , 11 of course a great incident, and thus the Sidon ,as soon besieged with a host of anxious inquirers. The Sultan, among the rest, ou descrying our zearaer from his kiosque, despatched without de .`ll a chamberlain to ask the news, and who, on Quitting, was honoured with a salute of 10 guns. appears that great despondency exists in the fl eets, meets in consequence of the delay attending ou r tflval operations in the Black Sea. All are impa lent to go ahead and attack the itonghold ; but t his is no easy matter perhaps to accomplish with b it os, unless the allied squadrons be supported a sufficient land force. THE BALTIC. i Yhe King of Prussia arrived at Stettin on the 4.1 44 t h- -On the following day his Majesty passed i' . 4 e troops of the garrison in review, and left at J alf-past one for Konigsberg. On the 10 th of ilac the King and the Prince Royal of Sweden :eft,_ Stockholm for the island of Gothland on board t i te admiral's ship the Charles XII., which escorted e - Norwegian-Norwegia,n squadron. His Majesty in t 4 or to disembark at Slita, and to go afterwards oWisby ; his return to Stockholm is announced glr the 18th or 19th. Since 1487 no King of ' 3 vveden has visited Gothland. tA.RO SOUND, June 14.—T0 obtain a clue to the 'ea' nature of any intended hostile operations or the Anglo-French fleet is a matter of diffi elllty. Those supposed to be well informed on the B , ll bject anticipate that the present campaign will t erminate without the occurrence of any starting !l'ents, and that ulterior proceedings will be deferred until the next season, a strict blockade °f the enemy's ports being enforced in the interim. three English fleet has received during the past weeks various reinforcements. At the pre %fit time there are in the waters of the Baltic six Ong and 13 screw steamships of the line, 4 screw 411 (112 paddle wheel steam frigates, 4 screw and 4 1/ . tithe wheel steam slcops, and 1 steam gunboat; in au 44 sail, carrying 22,850 men, with an armament uf 2,022 guns. The French fleet, under the orders °I Vice-Admiral Deschenes, comprises six line of b attle s hi ps an d four frigates, with an aggregate e ° l oplenient of 6,300 men, and 704 guns. These united maritime forces of England and France t herefore amount to 54 sail, armed with 2,726 1111 s, and supplied with 29,150 seamen and marines. 3 Early in the morning of the Bth inst., the Dauntless, 2) Captain Ryder, anchored in Baro Sound. This "earner had been cruizing for some time pre- Vlously in the Gulf of Finland, reconnoitering the Ports of Helsingfors and Revel. Her boilers are In such a defective state, and her machinery S o much out of order, that her being sent home is a matter of necessity, and she left in the evening nth invalids and Russian prisoners, en route for 41 ogland, touching at Faro Sound to coal, and taking.., thence under her charge several prizes for a djudication. The Conflict steamer, Captain Cum wing, arrived from Dantzic with despatches for t he Commander in Chief and letters for the officers of the fleet. LETTERS FROM BRAHESTAD AND ULEABORG. 11 nAREsTAD, May 31.—Yesterday morning three British steam frigates appeared in th. offing, and t tnehored in our roads about noon. At four p.m. about 200 men were landed, who immedia tel y went to busi ne ss inKlownright earnest, destroying every ng that comes under the denomination of " con traband 41 of war." They set fire to the ship-building Yards, all the deals and planks lying near the beach ready for shipment, the tar magazine, and five s hips lying at anchor in the harbour, so that in 4 Short time the whole place wa s in a blaze. In the ship yards were five large s hi p s of about 'POO tons, just ready for launching, which were a ISO totally consumed. In the tar magazines were .32,000 b arre l s of tar and pitch, and about 1 , 000 loads of planks ; they were all burned, as well as ;!, , ,Swedish brig, the latter of course unintentionally. The damage is calculated at about 350,000 silver roubles. The town itself was uninjured, but the in habitants were so frightened that they ran away as fast as they could, taking with them their goods and ?bagels. At ten o'clock at night the three steamers left the roadstead, steering in a northerlydirection, 60 that it is to be feared they have gone to pay tleaborg a similar hostile visit. IaT,RABORG, June 3.—Early in the morning of the 3 1st of May, a courier arrived here with the intelli gence that a division of the British fleet had arrived B.t Brahestad, and set fire to the dockyard and mi litary stores. On the same day, several English ra en of war entered the outer ro ads, distant ei g ht Swedish miles, but gradually came in nearer, and captured a schooner bound to Haparanda, and 60 1310 small craft, and took them away with them. tn.. co nseq uence of this a panic seized the inha bitants, many of them quitting the town im lnediately, and all of them making preparations for effecting a hasty retreat if needful. The ge neral feeling was depressed, for it was known that th e thirty Cossacks stationed here could offer no re sistance to the overwhelming force of the British. In the afternoon of the Ist June four British steam frigates came in. When they were about a mile from the shore, a boat containing four merchants of this place, and bearing a flag of truce, went off to ask them to spare the town. It was signified to them that all private property would be re spected, and only contraband of war destroyed. At 11 o'clock at night—still daylight in this high latitude (65 deg.)—a party of about 50 men landed from the ships, whilst about 300 it en remained in the boats which were all armed with swivels. The Cossacks had all disappeared, and have up to the present moment not yet returned. After ex amining all the government buildings and a great fart of the private warehouses, they obtained a quantity of provisions, which they sent off to their ships, payinc , for them, however, the full market value. They then set fire to the dockyards, in which were eight new ships of considerable size, and just ready to launch, four other ships at anchor in the harbour, the tar magazines with a stock of no less than eighteen thousand barrels of tar, and a con siderable stock of pitch, besides immense stores of ship-building timber, deals, and spars. The fire is not out yet, and the four steam-frigates are lying in the same position, about a mile from the shore. The damage is considered fully equal to that sus tained at Brahestad—viz., at from three to four hundred thousand silver roubles. Fortunately for the safety of the town, the wind was blowin g off shore, and a smart rain fell in the ni g ht, so that With the exception of a few warehouses and some Private timber stores, as well as a coal depot, private property suffered but little. It remains to be seen whether the flying squadron will pay a visit to Ijo, and burn the stores there, which are very extensive, and equally if not more valuable than those destroyed at this place. FR A_NCE. The Moniteur de la Flotte announces that the Minister of Marine had decided that two naval en gineers should proceed to England to visit the establishments of the ports of Great Britain and the steam-engine manufactories, in order to study the different methods adopted in them, and to in troduce into France the most recent improvements accomplished inEngland. The Minister has chosen for th a t purpose two engineers who have already executed important works M. Moll, Under Direc tor of the Imperial establishment of Indret, and M. Maugin, an engineer attached to the port of Cherbourg. A. battery of artillery and a company of engi neers quartered at Vincennes received the route on Saturday night to march for Boulogne on Sunday morning. In the hurry of packing up traps to obey this sudden order a superior officer was asked, Where are we going to afterwards," and he answered, " I know ; we are going to Sweden." The weather was fine on Saturday, and the day held up without rain until 7 o'clock, when a heavy shower fell. Hopes were entertained that it was about to change. Sunday morning, however, Opened in the same manner as so many of the pre vious ones, and the rain, not very heavy, but inces- sant, did not cease to fall till about 5 o'clock. At that hour the sky cleared a little, and about 6 the sun showed himself for a short time. The sky, however, became again lowering. Prayers were • offered up on Sunday in the churches for fine weather. The recent letters from several of the departments, and particularly from the south, do not justify the alarm that was felt about the crops, nor does the rain which has been deluging Paris seem to be general. Letters from the Pyrenees speak of the " magnificent weather" enjoyed there, and accounts from other places speak of the fine appear ance of the crops. While the rain was pouring down on Saturday evening in Paris not a drop fell in places at a short distance from it. On the whole it is hoped that no serious mischief has yet occurred. The sooner the moisture passes off, however, the better. It is gratifying to learn that there has since been a sudden change. Yesterday Paris enjoyed superb summer weather, which will prove of immense benefit to the crops. It is curious that while officially the Austrian and Prussian alliance is a fait accompli, such re marks as the following in the Siecle of Sunday should be permitted to be published in the present state of the French press : " We have no desire to excite uneasiness with respect to the policy of Austria and Prussia, but there are cer tain known notorious facts which it can servo no good purpose to suppress :-Ist, that beyond the expression of their disapprobation of Russian policy on the score of right, the great German powers have done no act to commit themselves materially to the war in which France and England are engaged ; 2d, that between Austria and Prussia, and several secondary states of t he Ger manic Confederation, there does nut exist any cordial and unreserved understanding ; and 3d, that the influ ence of M. de Mettei nich is again, though not avowedly so, all powerful at Vienna." At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, the extreme fineness of the weather, the sun being hot, with a good drying breeze, joined to the report that the siege of Silistria was raised, led to much higher prices. The Four-and-a-Half per. Cents. are lf. 50c. higher, and the Three per Cents. 45c. higher, at 98f. and 73f. 35c. Bank of France Shares are 20f. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliere 25f. higher. Foreign Securities in general present an improvement. Railway Shares have risen from 10f. to 15f. each. Exchange on London (short), 25f., money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 70c., money. LAW INTELLIGENUF.4-(TBLS DAY). • QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a common jury.) THE ST. JAMES'S CLUB-PINK V. SVirETENHAM. This was an action, part of which was heard yesterday, to recover the balance of 8331., due by the defendant for work done. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant. The defendant was, or had been a member of the St. James's Club, and the present action had been brought to recover the balance of an account for decorations to the club. It appeared that in 1851, the chib being in great difficulties, there was a meeting of some of the members, and some arrangement was made that the members should put down 601., or pay 101. each year for six years, and which would free the club from debt, and defendant, as it appeared, not acquiescing in the arrangement, the present action was brought. The proceedings, which were somewhat confused, ended in a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) BUILDING SOCIETIES. -IN RE JONES. This bankrupt was described as of Lloyd's-square, ma nufacturing jeweller, and to-day came up for his certificate. The balance-sheet prepared by Mr. Watson, Basinghall street, extends from January 1853, to March 1854, and shows—Debtor to creditors, 6711. lls. 2d. ; to ditto hold ing security, 97/. ; liabilities, 435/. ; profit, 1321. 7s. sd. ; capital, Jan. 1853, 1681. 15s. 7d. Creditor—By good. debts, 1151. 15s. Od. ; property given up, 85/. ; property in the hands of creditors, 3001. This property was described as subject to mortgage to the Imperial Building Society, Vernon School-roomy, Clerkenwell, for advances. In May, 1847, the bankrupt took six shares in the society, and had an advance of 3751. to purchase a leasehold house, and was to pay 31. 12 s. per month. In 1851, he borrowed 3161. and took four other shares. Since 1847 bankrupt had paid off 5941., leaviztg 971. due and the property was now valued at 3001 . Mr. Linklater appeared for the bankrupt, and thee e being no opposition, his Honour granted an immediate co r , tificate of the second class. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is flat, and there are large sacs announced for nearly every day this week. Foreign is at previous rates; yellow Havana, duty paid, 35s to 39a for low to fine. The quantity of British plantation landed list week at the East and West India Docks was 460 hhds, 66 tierces, 131 barrels. There were taken for home consun )p -tion 1,817 hhds, 212 tierces, 625 barrels. The stock in ache same places is 7,935 hhds, 144 tierces, 2,586 barrels. 3R.e fined low to fine grocery lumps are at 45s Gd to 49s 6d. Home dealers are more inclined to purchase. COFFEE.—This article is very firm, Native being in de mand at 43s to 43s 6d per cwt, and wanted. Plantation also is at stiffer prices, and fine Mocha and Costa Rica are in demand. RU3l.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West Docks, was 366 puns 407 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 195 puns 48 hhds, and exported 54 ipuns 163 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,193 puns , 1,989 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction, 100 bags Bengal was taken. at 32s for low 10. per cent. refraction. • SPICES.— Pimento, 100 bags sold publicly at 52d to 5; :id per lb. for mid. COTTON.—The market is well supported, and there are several buyers. TEA.—There are not many buyers of black or green ; ord Congou is at lld per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is rather heavy, at 63s to 63s 6d per cwt. on the spot. HAY MARKETS. SUIVIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per lo ad. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51 lls ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 212 s per It )ad. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per h wad. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON; June 20. Wind this day at Noon, W. ; Right breeze and fine, but there has been a thick haze all the morning. OFF DOVER, June 18.—Hanjine, from Ho.mburgb, for Curaco and Porto Bello. PLYMOUTH, June 19.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Peninsula (s), from aldiz ; Ranger, Corunna. FALMOUTH, June 19.—Wind, W. • Arrived—Pilgrim, from Havannah ' • Sofia, Odessa ; Keying, Havann ah ; James Grey, Matanzas. Off Port—Mannion, from Por 4 to Rico. COWES, June 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Maria, from Mazaguez. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), June 19.—Arrived—Tm falgar, from Madras ; Hesper (barque), bound west. BRISTOL, June 11.—Wiud, S.W. Arrived—Corne'tis, from Callao ; Majestic, Nevis. GLOUCESTER, June 18.—Arrived—Vulture, from Yew York ; Laroy, Miramichi. MILFORD, June 19.—Wind, S. Arrived—Abeona, om Licata ; Gesina, Altona ; Rigolo, Genoa ; Annabella, Honfleur. NEWPORT, June 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—William Henry, from Bristol, for Alicante ; Foam, Alicante ; Stag hound, do. Sailed—May, for Mobile ' • Al exa nder, Yew ' York • Strive, do. ; B. Coleord, do. ; S ea man, Quebec ; Rapid, Malta ; Racer, Genoa. QUEENSTOWN, June 18.—Wind,N.W. Arrived-0J from Cardenas, with loss of foretopmast and head of main mast ; Bank, from Alexandria ; Satelite, Liverpool, for Quebec. DUNBAR, June 19.—The Jane (schooner), of Fraser burgh, from Spey to Sunderland, with railway sleepers, has drove on shore about six miles west of this port ; the vessel is a total wreck ; stores and cargo may be saved ; crew saved. HARBOR GRACE, May 30.—The Arendal (Norwegian brig), from Leith to Quebec, was abandoned, May 7, in lat. 45, long. 41; crew taken off by the Haidee, arriv•d hero from Cadiz. QUEBEC, May 30.—The brig London has been wrecked on Cariboo Island ; crew saved by the William and Jos,Dph, arrived here from Limerick. June 3.—The Elizabeth, from London, in ballast to liead at Green we nt on shore, May 26, on Hare Is 'land reef ; has been stripped, and the materials are coming: up in a schooner ; the crew arrived here yesterday. GASPE, May 20.—The Chance, arrived here from Li ver pool, reports having seen a ship founder off St. Paul's, and the crew picked up by another vessel. About 200 sail were seen in the ice off Cape North, amongst them the Gaspe, St. Brolade, Adelina, and He matope (the latter leaky). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) L I VERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 fun. Wind W.S.W., light, and dull. Arrived—America and Sultana, from New Orle ans ; Calpe (a a), Marseilles ; Mary, Felix, Estrella, and Lima, Santander ; Inidas Callao ; Haidee, Rio Haelie ' helmia, Cadiz; Redlickjel, Monte Video ; City ofMan chester (s a), Philadelphia ; Victoria, Bilboa ; Cornet, Holbeck. Off Port—Jane Glassin, Antarctic, and Danube (a FO- Sailed—Anais, Termonde, Victor, Ostend, Alarm, for Mobile ; Cornelius Houtman, Sydney ; Victoria, Rotter dam; Paella, Santader ; Lancaster and Tay, Quebec ; Coronation, Rotterdam ; Jesusa, Havana ; Minho, screw steamer, Oporto ; Margaret, Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.30 aal3. Wind, W.S.W., high water, cloudy. Arrived, 19th—Sumatra, from Boston ; Itusco, Jamaica; Adige, West Coast of Africa ; William, Berbico ; Catlia rina, Porto Rico; Thomas Henry, Barbadoos. Sailed—Alar, steamer, for Dunkirk. Arrived, 20th—Taragon, from Trinidad ; Coquette, Danice Anata, Belize; Ossian, Naples • Jacomina, ;Cat Sippe Visser, Worcum ; Andre Filade'lfo, Odessa a rine Louise, 'Lisbon. Sailed, 20th —W. S. Lindsay, for Bombay ; Braganza, Payta ; Countess of Seafield, Sydney ; Symmetry, Ceylon. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, W.W., light, with rain. Passed, 19th—Mangola, from Cardenas (Cuba) ; Tanjore, Mauritius ; Circassian, • Swansea— all for London ; Ad miral, Rotterdam, for Guernsey ; William 111., London, Port Philip. from Honduras for London ; Passed, 20th.—Odes s a , Enchantress from Barbadoes for London. Sailed.—The whole of the outward bound, except the Challenger, for sydneY. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2O, 1854. SRARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) Leasing Compans. loam Prices yelier!ay. Business this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. [ Loudon & N. West. G. &N. W. RMLWAYB. Closing Prices yesterday. I Badness done St. this day. 50 -----......... St. Gt.Nrthu. Caldonian. 25 Do Gt. Westn "k. New. Berw. Y. &NW D 0........ . Do S. Eastern Do 'Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Wald. Stekton & Darlingt. Aidland.. E. Count Do Do &N.W Zani!Ork Do GtNorthr D 0... Lancash& Yorksh. Ni.MClean Stockt. St Darlingt. D 0......... IGtWestn. NEWCASTLE RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.3o—Trial Stakes. 3.ls—North Derby. 4. o—Members' Plate. 4.4s—Tyro Stakes. ARRIVALS FOR THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—Eva, Kingston, Hunca Munca, Little Jack, Grapeshot, The Skinner, Colsterdale, Candlewick, Doublethong, Early Bird, Bracey, Augusta, Axwell, St. Clair, Sir James Graham, General Breezo, Arribas, Bianca, Erycina, Julius Agricola, Amalgamation, Jetty Treffz, and Baalbec. ARRIVALS FOR OTHER RACES. —Freddy, Rose, Maid of Team Valley, filly by Chanticleer, Sir Peter, Sister of Mercy, Catherine Parr, Diligent, Nelly Hill, Punch box, Middlesboro, Goldfinch, Lindrick, Saguenay, Tom Rintoul, Flashman, and Fairthorn. LATEST BETTING AT NEWCASTLE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst Early Bird. 6 to 1 agst Grapeshot. 7 to 1 agst Aribbas. 10 to 1 agst Kingston. 10 to 1 agst Baalbec. 12 to 1 agst G. Mather's lot. 16 to 1 agst General Breezo. 20 to 1 agst St. Clair. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 12t. - HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) st. St. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. 10 NEW MEMBER. St. Sir G. GREY to the oaths and his seat, on his re- 10 election for the borough of Morpeth. St. St. PRIVATE BUSINESS. St. The Lords amendments to the following bills were St. considered and agreed to :—Blyth Harbour and Docks, St. Crystal Palace Company, Stroud, Pains wick, and Glou- St. tester Roadjand the Surrey Gas. 12 The following bills were read a third time and passed : 50 —Chapel en le Frith Road, Londonderry Port, and the 16 1 Patent Solid Sewerage Manure (No. 2 ). 16 The following bills were •eonsidered, and ordered to be St. read a third time :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boa- 1 4 ton and Eastern Junction (Amendments of Acts) ; Bor- 50 der Counties Railway ; and the Methwold Drainage. 20 PETITIONS. 11 Petitions were presented by Mr. , MACGREGOR, Mr. 10 BAINES, and other honourable members against the St. Police Bill ; Mr. FOSTER, from places in Staffordshire, St, against the Friendly Societies ,Bill ; Mr. BnooK, from 20 places in the manufacturing districts, in'favour of a Ten Li; ' Hours' Bill ; Lord BERNARD, from 129 clergyme n of the a united dioceses of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, against the 50 national system of education in Ireland. 40 WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL. 25 9.f On le motion for going into committee, St. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR wished to know if it 512 s was proposed to make any change in the existing ap- St. pointments of pilots to the Cinque Ports. St. Mr. CARDWELL said the object of this bill was to 50 render the laws affecting wrecks and salvage uniform 25 throughout the three kingdoms. The intention was to WO abolish the office of Receiver-General of Droits of Ad- St. miralty, and the general business of the department 4 4 would bo transferred from the Admiralty to the Board ;,) of Trade. The duties hitherto discharged by the Re- 20 ceiver-General would be hereafter performed by the revenue officers, which would be a saving of public ex denditure. Mr. M'CARTNEY expressed his approval of the bill if properly carried out ; but he disapproved of giving the coast-guq.rds the powers contemplated by this bill, as he contended they ought not to have any interest in wrecks and salvage. Sir G. PECHELL thought it would be a very great satisfaction to know that the Admiralty should no longer have the appointment of receivers of droits of the Ad miralty-, and that the whole department should be under the Control of the Board of Trade. Mr. M'CANN thought persons totally independent of the Customs would be the proper persons to entrust with the duties of receivers. Mr. BENTINCK hoped that this bill would have the effect of preventing the recurrence of those disgraceful and barbarous scenes which occurred at wrecks in this country. Mr. CARDWELL said that was one of the principal objects he had in view in framing the bill. (Hear.) Mr. HILDYARD also thought steps ought to be taken to prevent the depredations of wreckers. He mentioned an instance where a French ship laden with wine got ashore on the coast, and the people, in stead of trying to assist her off, endangered their own lives by getting drunk upon the wine, and otherwise plundering the vessel. The captain of? the ship, who was also part owner during these disgraceful proceed ings, went up and down the deck tearing his hair, and exclaiming " Is this England" ? Mr. V. SCULLY concurred with the hon. member for Drogheda (Mr. M'Cann) that persons unconnected with the Customs would be preferable for performing the duties of receivers. Mr. LINDSAY differed with the last hon. member, tt...., 5 4.6 effect a most desirable change, by transferring the duties of receivers to officers of the Customs and of the Revenue. At the same time, he thought it would not be just to take their offices from the present holders of them, who had hitherto discharged their duties well. He would offer no opposition what ever to the bill going into committee. Sir J. TYRELL said, from the situation of his estates, on the east coast, where he - was the lord of the manor he was interested in having the largest possible amount of wreckage washed ashore, but at the same time he was fully alive to the existing abuses, and he hoped the tribunal to be established under this bill would be so constituted as to secure a vigilant super vision over all wreckage. Mr. CARDWELL said - it would. Mr. HORSFALL thought the bill was a great im provement on the existing law. After some further discussion the house went into. committee. Mr. CARDWELL said he was happy now to be able to reply to the observations of several hon. members as to the objects of the bill. He could state that one of the most particular objects of the bill was to prevent the recurrence of those scenes at wrecks which were a scandal o so great a commercial country as this. LEFT SPEAKING. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Major- General Buckley and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday afternoon at Gloucester House. Prince Albert rode out on horseback in the forenoon, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by his Equerry in waiting. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, at tended by Vicomte de Carieira, Baron de Sarmento, Chevalier de Mello, Colonel Folque ' Lord de Tabley, and Colonel Wylde, left Buckingham Palace at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning to honour the Lord Mayor with a visit at the Mansion House. His Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the House of Lords, and returned to the Palace about seven o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, honoured the Opera Comique at the St. James's Theatre with their presence in the evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Major- General Buckley, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, the Viscount de Carreira, the Baron de Sarmento, Cheva lier de Mello, and Colonel Wylde. A deputation, representing the Shipping Association of Great Yarmouth, consisting of Mr. Torrens M'Cul lagb, Mr. Chamberlain, Captain Briggs, and Mr. Scott, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yes terday, at the Board of Trade. The Rev. W. Queckett had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Malta, and despatches were sent yesterday to the same G o vernors. ENGLISH GLEE AND MADRIGAL.—The second con , cert of this delightful and popular association took place at Willis's Rooms yesterday morning, and the attendance was even a more crowded one than at the first reunion, The same singers are engaged through the series, and consist of principals—Mrs. Enders sohn, Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillipps. The assistants consist of the Misses Phillips, Bamby, and Byers, and Mrs. Goldsmith, as soprani ; for contralti, the Misses H. Phillips and Cummins, and Mesdames Beale and Grundy. Te nori, Messrs. M. Smith, Cummins, and Foster. Bassi, Messrs. H. Bamby, Beale, Frost, Simmons, and Day. From long practice and a full knowledge of other they sing admirably together, and, though we have heard it regretted that the assistants were not some what more numerous, yet we doubt whether a richer effect would be produced, and whether the ensemble, the great charm in these performances, would be so well se cured. The glee ofgentle gales," was charm ingly given. " Where B the bee sucks," is an ever en- lt during favourite, and the quaint old madrigal, whether truly ancient, we doubt, of " Who shall win my lady fair merrily closed the first part. Mr. J. L. Hatton filled up the interval very agreeably by his masterly performance of Covelli 's Concerto in F. The gem of the second part was this pleasing composer's "Sweetly blows the Western Wind." The so justly admired glee by Lord Mornington, "Here in cool grot and mossy ell," was delici ousl y rendered by all the voices ; and Sir R. Bishop's glee and chorus, "Now tramp o'er moss and fell," brought one of the most pleasing concerts of the season to a rapturous close. PIRACY IN THE ARCHIPELAGO.—SMYRNA, JUNE 7. No positive acts of piracy have been heard of lately, ex cepting on small craft near Samos, Rhodes, &c., where numerous piratical boats are out. The great risk in the Archipelago seems to be when vessels get becalmed, when they are in danger of being attacked by small boats from the land and the islands. The Dutch schooner of war Macassar gives convoy to vessels of that flag on the 11th and 12th inst., as f ar as Ca p e Mata p an, and of this 1-` protection English vessels ready for sea will avail them- , selves. Hitherto the masters, when sailing three or four together, have considered themselves sufficiently safe and 1, prepared. 1 23 - 24 5 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —ll disl 17 18 74 6id 96 - 98 62 - 63 15 - 16 •.. 7 - 8 is -: I.'r 12i - 34 -- 26 - -. 62 - 58 - 25 - 58 62 91i 924 70 72 123 - 125 191 - 8.0.1 87 89 11 13 o 11 —l3 p 64i - 65 7 6 d 15 -- -16 - 104 - 114 104 105 1024 - 103 Par P d par d i 85 7 d 6u 81 -: 8 - 7 - is = 6 64i' 65 36 - 38 -d jal 6A di 2i 3 6 8 50 a 34 A 52 - 65 par - 4 p 3ad 76 ld 1 p l• .... ••• 32 - 34 88 92 54 . 56 60 - 70 60 - 70 2i -2( 16 18 8 9 12 14 3 - 3id 64 34 35 4 2d 4 5 io ii 31 19 3a 4 5 20 .4 22 5 1 - 7 71A 72A 7t 7d 4A-- 4d 52 -- 53 Patti RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Bletcbley 100 Buckghamsh all ClydesdaleJc 100 H. Lincoln g - 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. Neils. Dime. all Do. New all Glstr.dt Dn. Fr all llrtlpL Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby 12 20 20 all Do. A Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon. & Greenw all Do. Preference IC3 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar. . all Kidkl.Bradfd all Northern and Basternsp. c M& Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fizeds p e all Prest. & Wyre 12 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.& 100 Do.Shepth.St 18 Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. 9i S. Staftordsh. all WearValleygr 6 per cent all Do 100 Wilts&Somrst MINES 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 108. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 1 d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blasuarvon Ir. &Colt/ 8 10 1 all Eiritish Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at L 5 pna — 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 1 Carson's Creek 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica...-. .•. 40 all Cobra Copper 44 46 5 1 Colonial Gold - ... 15 Cioniapo St. all Copper Mu. or Eng. 50 —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 2 4 p 5 all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg.Co. 1 —2} 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — I 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. . 1 all Aar:quits. 10 9 Vlexican&S.Amoricn 6 1 all New Granada 4 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co • 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pro:ad m t giba i u n cl . Si Smelt. lvel 17 19 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rork 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 9i 104 30 10 Santiago de Cuba 1 all south Australian _ 10 1 Tin Croft — 4 284 all United Mexican ...... 3t - 34 1 all Waller te 1 all West Granada ..• 1 all West Mariposa ...... d 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia ••• 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 83 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American x d 65 6 x d 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia id 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ...d 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 34 3 d 84 9 20 20 bond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l} 214 214 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & Westminster .„ 100 35 National Provincial of England • ••• 20 10 Do. New . • 50 224 National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 474 484 474 25 5 Do. New ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland! 10 all Do. New • ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co t , 25 all South Australia 43 45 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 704 1 V Do. New 7 9 50 10 Union of London — ... 27 FAILURES IN THE WORS Tli D TRADE.—The rumours which had for some days la , :en in circulation of some important failures in Yorksh it a connected with the trade of Bradford are verified. The , most extensive failure that of Messrs. Thomas Taylor :in d Sons, manufacturers, of Ovendon, near Halifax. a house has stopped pay ment, with liabilities to the extent of 100,0001. The credit of other houses is, o f course, involved in the failure ; and independently of it, several other concerns are in difficulties. One house with liabilities to the ex tent of 18,0001., has just colas pounded with its creditors for 13s. 4d. in the pound- The works of another at Wakefield and Bradford are also stopped. The debts in this case are 12,0001. Dun ni the week, likewise, five other firms in Bradford have- 'aeon under the necessity of calling their creditors toge'ar.er. In two of these cases an arrangement has been effe:3ted with the creditors, and in all of them the are not of very large amounts. The trade of the town is in an exceedingly slack and unhealthy slate ; SOI ne of the factories are only working short time. FIRE AT MESSRS. SEARL EE 1' THE BOATBUILDERS. - Last evening, between the irs of 6 and 7, considerable alarm was caused in the im m ,ediate vicinity of Astley's amphitheatre, in consequence- of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the premises belon gi og to Messrs. G. Searle and Sons, boatbuilders to He r Majesty, in Stangate, Westminster road. A num be r of men were engaged framing a dumb-lighter belon,ging to the Westminster bridge (Middlesex side) Steaint .oat Pier Company, when by some accident, the vessel NI •hich was lying high and dry on the shore, immediately under the extensive work shops and offices, took fire d the flames rapidly tra velled from the head to the stern of the vessel. Owing to the praiseworthy exertions' o f the various hands em ployed on the premises and di fli :rent wharfs near, the fire was prevented from destroying the workshops, although at one time the flames were r ising over the principal buildings containing manufacitn red stock of great value. THE FIRE AT CHATHAM DoviKYARD.— Not the slight est trace can be obtained of the origin of the fire which broke out in the saw mills at aaatham on Sunday morn ing, the 18th instant, the anndriersary of the battle of Waterloo. Although a considerable loss has been sus tained, it must be a source of g reat consolation that the wind was very moderate at the time, as, had it been blowing strong, a very serious , fire would have been the result, as it is believed that no thing could have saved the other valuable adjoining 'buildings, especially the building sheds, as the little wii id that was at the time was blowing in their direction, and if they had caught fire the loss of several fine xte'w screw steam-ships of war would have taken place. The fire was discovered about five o'clock a.m., and is supposed to have been burning for some time, as the roof of the building fell in shortly after the discovery that a fire was raging within. On the alarm being given, the troops of the d garrison next for fire duty, an the Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Marines, w ith other parties of the provisional battalion, were soon en the spot, and ren dered valuable service in ccnj untction with a great num ber of workmen, by removing s ► large quantity of valu able timber, which was by that; meanksaved from in jury. The working parties rei nained ill the yard until not a particle of fire could be ;seen. The commandant of the garrison was so well satisfied with the exertions of the troops, that he early in Ore morning cancelled the previous day's orders with reference to the day (Sunday) . parades for church, and consec piently there was no di vine service for the troops, as - they were allowed to re tire for the rest of the day. LICENSING OF VESSELS.—It having been represented to the Commissioners of Custonis that their regulations in respect to the licensing of vessels and boats are in sufficiently known to parties; interested, they have directed copies of the regulation-s to be forwarded to the principal officers of customs of the several ports of the kingdom, which they are to deliver to the master, owner, ' or other person who may apply for the same. They have also been directed to affix copies in the Custom -house and other conspicuous places in their respective ports for the information of the public. M URD ER AND ATTEMPTED So WIDE AT BURY.- -- quest in quest was held at Bury, Lancashire, on Friday, on the body of Mary Ellen Kay, an infant, to whom poison had been administered by her mother. It appeared that the prisoner had procured some mice poison, a small portion of which she administered to deceased, a larger portion to an older child, and swallowed av thd e gre ater portion herself. Mr. Fletcher, surgeon, se the mother and eldest child, but the infant died. A verdict was found of wilful murder. LONDON AND SOUTH-EA June STERN RAILWAY £17,128 .—Traffic 0 re. turn for the week ending 17, 1854 Corresponding week last y ear 17,459 4 9 Decrease in 1854 £33l 4 5 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the w eek ending June 17, 1854 ..... : .... ,, . - 214,852 2 6 Corresponding wee ear year 13,622 4 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 280,446 2 1 Total o f the half-year to this date, 4353.,,,,, 20,133 13 7 !Paid.l 1 :84 B A !' ae b ra nl c fa bg a rci sEast . ee f t , ; n :t ai. n ij g yniu . n ß ect o na s . t all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., 30 Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 3ristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian .... . . all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall 1 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&i3elfastJune all Dundee PerthdrAber• deen Junction all Do. New ..... all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 De., B. Stock 8; Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgowl 94 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. ]lOO Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock LOO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. Neer Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 180 Do., Fifths 11 D Wet. Riding Un all Leeds Northern_ all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwall all Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh. 21 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn. 421 Do., £5O 34 Do. £4O all Lndndrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.;.; Lincln 4 Do., Man. Un 100 Midland 100 Birning. & Derby 471 Midld. G. West. (Ire.; 171 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle :z Carlisle 100 Newmarket 51 Do., Bury Extension 19 i Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 71 Newry & Enniskillen) Newry WaiTenpoint and Rostrevor.. ..... 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Connties Un 100 North British 16 North Dev , m, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred 8 Do., 1 B Guaranteed all North London 5i Do. New £lO Ii is N. &S.Wstm. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 171 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 ScottishMidiand 100 Shrewsbury dßiimg LOO Do. L. &N. Weal,ern Guarante e dSt 10 Shrewaby. & Herefd. all Shrowsby. & Chester (N. W. Min , all Do. Halves,A u all i Do. Osweatry ,Shropshire Union . Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all 'South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do .............. ........ 21 2s Staines, Wok. & - .70k all Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & Hartlepl, 100 Taff Vale . 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21- Thames Haven Dock and. Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 3. West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Whnbledn &Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 134 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 YorknN.Midland LO I 9 5 I 3 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, ann Central In dia,Serip Central of Italy Charleroi (S& 711rqueliu Demerara ;0 all L 74 all ?,0 14 NI) 9 n all Dijon am' 7esancon Dutch Rhenish 5 all K) 10 15 10 )0 40 A I 10 MI all 244 all LOO all 20 5 5 all 20 15 10 10 5 2 5 3 10 5 20 8 20 12 20 132 33i, 33 10 all 20 2 20 alt Fast Indian Do. Extensior Gt. Indian Peninsula M. Juuct. of France Grd. Trunk. of Canada Do. Dekentures Do. do —36 d —24 d a 13 20 1 all 16 all all LO al' .0 I all :o all Gt. Central of France Gt. Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bands (1 st is. ) 1 57 rianiilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & 13sle Lucca & Pistoj a. 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. — 21 p d I .. •.• G— 5 d 7 5d I ... - .. - i P 19 - 19. d AP 7 -- 9 P ~ dis .d 1 i a i•P Miadras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Bk. & Ay Namur & Liege (wits 9 - 9i interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen IParis and Strasbourg ParisCaer & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish ......... Royal 5wedi5h......... Sambre and Meuse... Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. Southerr of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebee (A) • West Flanders ........ Do 5A per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... ......... ii i - 34! 8 -- 17i - 9 18ip 46 - 48 38 - 39 311 - - 324 ... - Pm o 10_:: ;0' all . ;0 12 5 2 ?,0 all ... ••••• •• 19 20 • 2 d Par . a i **B4 9 :0 1 6 :0 8 $i all LO all ?,0 10 LO 7 ?.0 2 ?.0 15 'Zealand ............... 19i 20 ••• '''''' ••• ... ''''' pm ..• 3 --- .. —d xd 6 6p ~~ _ 4~~ MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron „.. 25 17i Australian Agricult. 44 46 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mal 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Laud 74 77 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Stnelt3. and Reduction C 0..• 100 32i ;anad... .... . ......... 80 85 5 5 ; r y s tal Pa1ace........ -54 51 5 New...... ...... § - b 34 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 ' ,Eastern Steam .. .... .. 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 18 19 25 all iDo. (B) .. .. . ............ 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 IGeu. Steam Nlavigat. 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 7i Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Xagdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land.... 2 1 'N .S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian-. 1 4 0. New — 20 10 N rth. of Europe Ste am 5 all P eel Rr. Ld. Miurl. id p 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 35 Do. Do. ... 2 all Portland - - - 1 Co • 4 - iP 100 60 Royal l rail 'Awn 1 all Scot. Aus'Lrr - _. Invest. 21 25 25 South Austral. Land 38 40 39 1 all Subraar. Telegraph.. 11 k 1 all Do. Registered - 1 283 Vau Diemen land 14 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 62i 4 31 16i 16i 171 13i 13 I St; St 25 64 i 60 911 21 n 801 i 651 5 1 1041 51 20 103 1 21 31 1 44“ 65 41 5/ 1 35i 4i 5} 120 per cent. 65 4i dis 724 3 12k 8$ 524 2 li IMPERIAL 94 - 96 94 - 96 133 - 136 ii 17 ii 03 - 105 511- - 52 25 - 26 12 - 13 22 - 234 2 3 / 4 - 2i 6 : ii 56 - 58 THE SMOKE NUISANCE. 133 = lie ii :: iid 29 - 30 92 - 91 TAM ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house met at five o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the Society of Friends, agreed to at their annual meet ing, against church rates. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from a Free Church in Scotland, against the Maynooth grant and the appointment of the Catholic chaplains. The King of Portugal, and his brother, the Duke of Oporto, entered the house shortly after 5, and were ac commodated with seats before the Throne. There was a very numerous attendance of peers. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that to morrow ho would ask whether it was the intention of the Government to give any mark of approbation to non-commissioned officers and private soldiers who had served in the Kaffir war. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to the Earl of DoNouGumoßE, who complained of some informality in the recent election of an Irish representative peer, explained the law on the subject,- and said the Lord Chancellor had no jurisdiction to issue a fresh writ. In reply to Lord LYNDHURST, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, in the course of next week, he intended to move that the nine bills which related to the amendment of the criminal law be referred to a select committee. A short discussion arose on this subject ; but in con sequence of the noise which prev a iled i n th e h ouse, it was impossible to catch its purport. Lord REDESDALE asked the Prime Minister when the Secretary of S tate for the Home Departmentpro posed to issue orders and directions to the commis sioners of police for the metropolitan district and the city of London, in accordance with the provisions of an act passed last session to abate the nuisance arising from the smoke of furnaces in the metropolis, and from steam-vessels above London Bridge, in order that information might be laid against all per sons who should not from and after the Ist day of August next comply with the requirements of the said act. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Secretary of State had instructed the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police to issue notices to the owners and occupiers of all furnaces, to which the act was applicable, of the time when the act would come into operation (the Ist August), and whether steps would be taken to compel its obser• vance. The number of furnaces returned to the Com missioners, which would come within the provisions of the Act, was 8,800. Lord LANSDOWNE -expressed a hope that the act would be beneficial in its operation. After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY and Lord REDESDALE, the subject dropped. THE GERMAN POWERS. Lord LYNDHU RST then called the attention of the house and the Government to the memorandum relative to the Eastern question transmitted by the Courts of Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Germanic Die THE EASTERN QUESTION. Lord LYNDHURST, in rising to call the attention of the house and of her Majesty's Government to the memo randum relative to the Eastern question, transmitted by the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Diet, said,—l presume that the notice of your lordships has been already directed to the important document to which I am about to allude, even although it has not yet been laid upon your lordships' table. It is a memorandum addressed by the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Diet of Frankfort, with directions that it should bo communicated to that body. It states the course of policy which has been pursued by the Four Powers, with the view of obtaining the approval, concurrence, and sanction of that body. It has not been laid upon your lordships' table, and, perhaps, in point of form, it could not be, because it is a document between two foreign States ; at least, it could not be laid upon your lordships' table in the usual manner, but it has been published in the official journals of Vienna, of Berlin, of Frankfort, and of Paris, and I believe, in most of the public journals throughout the continent. It is a matter, therefore, of general notoriety. It has given rise to much discussion both on the continent and in this country, and it has been viewed by some persons with much anxiety and uneasiness. Upon that ground I have thought it my duty to submit it to your lordships and her Majesty's Government, in order that we might come to a distinct understanding with re spect to it. My lords, it is of so much importance to bo accurate upon a subject of this nature that I must read those parts of the document to which I refer. The first passage to which I beg to call your lordships' attention is in these words : "Both Cabinets have agreed with those of Paris and London in the conviction that the conflict between Russia and Turkey could not be prolonged without affecting the general interests of Europe, and those also of their own States. They acknowledged in common that the main tenance of the integrity of the Ottoman empire and the independence of the Sultan's Government are necessary con ditions of the political balance, and that the war should, un der no circumstances, have for result any change in existing territorial positions." Now, my lords, I apprehend it is perfectly clear, according to the correct interpretation of that passage, that, when it stated that " the war should under no circumstances, have for result any change in existing territorial position" it means "territorial position" as between Turkey on the one side, and Russia on the other. (Hear.) The passage is not expressed with so much precision as to be free, per haps, from all doubt ; but, if any doubt does exist, it will be effectually removed by referring to another document the protocol of sth of December—to which tho paper to which I have referred relates. In that passage the Four Powers express themselves in these terms : " In fact, the existence of Turkey in the limits assigned to her by treaty is one of the necessary conditions of the balance of power in Europe, and the undersignegt,plenipotentiariesre cord, with satisfaction, that the existing war cannot in any case lead to modifications in the territorial boundaries of the two empires, which would be calculated to alter the state of possession iu the East established for a length of time, and which is equally necessary for the tranquillity of all the oilier Powers." It is, therefore, perfectly clear, from the document to which I am now referring—the protocol to which the other docu ment relates—that, according to the agreement between the Four Powers, no alteration is to take place, whatever be the result of the war, in the territorial limits between Turkey on the one side, and Russia on the other. In other words, according to the principle laid down by the Four Powers, whatever may be the result of the war, us far as relates to territorial position, the status quo ante is to re main established. Now, my lords, it may be said, and pro perly said, that the protocol and the passage to which I have referred wereframed previously to France and England entering into war with Russia. Undoubtedly that is so ; but after that war had been entered into, the representative of the Four Powers again met for the purpose of confirm ing what they had previously done. In the former proto col and documents they had stated what they considered to bo the principle of the alliance or connexion between the Four Powers ; and after war had been declared by us and France against Russia they met again to sanction what they had previously done, and in distinct terms they stated that they confirmed the principle upon which the former protocols had been founded. Under these circum stances, therefore, and considering the principle upon which we roe now acting, and upon which France and the Austrian and Prussian Powers are acting, as well as we, it is extremely difficult to comp to any other conclusion than that, whatever be the result of the war, we are finally to put an end to it by restoring Russia to, and leaving Turkey in precisely the same state as that in which they wore anterior to the commencement of hostilities. The document to which I first referred adopts the same lan guage, and after the passage which I before quoted it goes on to say— " The last of the protocols shows that, although France and Great Britain have entered into a war against Russia, the four Cabinets invariably adhere to the principle proclaimed heretofore by them in common, and to have united in regard to the basis on which to deliberate as respects the appro priate means for obtaining the object of their endeavours," In conclusion, after the passage to which I refer, they come to this determination —that the principle laid down in the original protocol is to be acted upon, whatever may ' be the end of the war in which we are now engaged. (Hear, hear.) Now, my lords, that that is the principle upon which Austria and Prussia are acting is free from all doubt, because, according to their actual statement, if Russia wore to agree now to withdraw from the Principa lities, and at the same time to enter into a guarantee as to the integrity of the Ottoman empire, there is no doubt that neither Austria nor Prussia would take part in the further contest. And if that be true with respect to those two Powers when they are acting in common and ou one common principle with the two other Powers, it appears to bo clear almost to demonstration — and I must come to that conclusion unless I hear something to convince me to tho contrary from the noble earl opposite--that at this very moment the Powers are acting upon the principle that if Russia should assent to admit the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and the in dependence of the Sultan, and should consent to guarantee that integrity, we must be content to terminate the war upon that principle. (Hear.) Now, my lords, in this paper Austria herself appears to me to be acting inconsistently with that principle, and I do not know how to reconcile the part of the paper to which I am about to allude with that to which I have already referred—l mean that part of the paper which relates to the navigation of the Danube. The navigation of the Danube is stated in that p a per, by Austria, to be of the utmost importance, not to her terri7 tory and her subjects alone, but to the whole of central Europe; and in that paper the importance of the naviga tion of the Danube, and of its freedom from all int s e . r bu p t, tion, is enlarged upon in the strongest possible e e r T he , n the my lords, not in terms by any a importance of the subject warrants—itsnisnilrpoourgtahnceet, tneotthtoe Austria alone, nor to central m G e er re m ie a l n whole of the civilised and coin Germany alone, I say therefore, nay lords, that we must not conclude any peace, we must not put . a end to this contest, unless we insure the free and uninterrupted navigation of that im portant river. Now, my lords, having st ated this a s part o f the document to which I have referred, I beg leave t o call your atten tion to the actual state of that river, and to the circumsta nces under which it is placed ; and will bring me to the conclusion that Austria herself is inconsistent with the document to which I have referred, if she means to say that she will retire from the con test provided the integrity of the Turkish empire is se cured, and a gua rantee is given for th a t security. My know l o rds, we all that by the tre a ty o f Adrianople— the unfortunate trea t y , I must call it, of Adrianople— Russia secured to herself both banks of the Danube, the one in absolute right, the other substantially under her command. We know further, also, that by that treaty she obtained the right of establishing a quarantine in one of the islands in the Danube. For many years having possessed, therefore, the absolute control of that river, Irons its mouth to a considerable distance upwards, she has conducted herself in such a way as to interrupt in the moat effectual manner the free navigation of that impor tant river. (Hear, hear.) Remonstrance after remon strance has been addressed to her by Austria, I,),y..onugt land, and by almost every other European Power 'An effect, and it is quite certain, judging from the unless unless we remove Russia from that position,, the limits which she now holds are chantgeedh jeaiett quite impossible to insure that important wfoill•lthbee future—the free and uncontrolled n avigation of the Danube. (Hoar, hear.) I m ay be . told ld so ih m t e h p i e sv rso e n ry s —and I believe it is thrown out son ent a y paper—that all this may be arranged by treaty. *3 , - lorcip, I ilaYo 110 faith in a t reat y Of thin land Unido `nth Russia. (Hear, hear.) There has been a treaty upon the subject for nearly fifteen years- between Russia and. Ans. tria. Russia, upon the ono aide, undertook to keel* the course of the Danube free from interruption ; and; open the other side, Austria, in consideration of that, engaged • to pay a toll upon ships passing down the river. What has been the course off conduct pursued by Russia in this respect ? She has extorted the payment of the toll in every instance ; but she has not only done nothing to keep the course of the Danube free, but she has thrown every obstruction in the way of it. She has refused to take any steps whatever for the purpose, and the conse quence is, that the obstructions of the river are of such a nature as to have the effect—which 1 believe was in tended to follow from it—of giving a great advantage to the rival port of Odessa. (Hear.) This is what no one who has considered the subject can for a moment doubt. At the time when the Turks were in possession of the river and had the command of its navigation, by a very !ample Process they contrived to keep the navigation clear (hear, hear), and when it passed from their possession the depth of the water at the mouth of ,the ricer was upwards of 16 feet it is now reduced to only nine. - In what way did they do this ? By making use of a most simple apparatus ; by insisting that a kind of drag should be attached to each vessel that went down the river, and, by thus scouring the mud, by the action of the stream they kept the navigation free. Applications have bean repeatedly made at St. Petersburg, to Count Nesselrode and other authorities, to adopt the same mode of proceed ing ; but, they have always refused to resort to this means. Count Nesselrode pretended that some new appa ratus of the most extraordinary kind should be made use, of for the purpose of effecting the object. He was told that it would not answer the purpose, but after a long de lay it arrived on the spot, after still further delay it was made use of, and it turned out not only to be ineffectual, but more than that, it increased the very evil it was in tended to remedy. It soon got out of order, and was no longer used. It was said, why not use the old apparatus in conjunction with this? why not use a steam-vessel to go up and down the river with the drags? But every kind of evasion was practised. The object was to maintain the rival port of Odessa at the expense of Austria and of all the other kingdoms of Europe. If any noble lords wish for any details with respect to this subject, I exhort them most earnestly to read the papers that were laid on the table of your lordships' house last year, and they will be found to afford a lively instance of the shuffling and , co uld I apply such w or d s to such illustrious persons, I would say, the mendacious policy, the diplomatic *kill and false. hood of the Court of St. P i etersburgh. (Hear.) Is it not, then, evident, from the statement, that it is absolutely necessary that a change should take place in the territorial possessions of the mouths of the Danube—(hoar) —that such an alteration is necessary to secure that important and valuable object, on which so much reliance is placed by Austria and Germany—the free navigation of that import ant river? I say, then, that this object is in contradic tion with the principle which has been attempted to be established, that the status quo, as far as territory is con cerned, is not to be altered. Now, my lords, having touched upon this point, allow me to go to another ; allow me to travel to the East. We have, by the superiority of the combined fleets, shut up the Russian fleet in the har bour of Sebastopol ; it does not dare to come out for f e ar of encountering our superior naval power. In consequence of this, they have been compelled to desert and destroy all their establishments except Anapa, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The chain of forts which they had for 50 years been constructing, in order to afford themselves op portunities to evade that territory and to give them free intercourse with their possessions south of Circassia, they have destroyed. Can it be supposed possible that, after wo have encouraged the Circassians and supplied them with arms, it should be intended again to restore that ter ritory to Russia, to place her in the situation which she before occupied ? (Cheers.) How unjust would such con duct be towards the Circassians—how unjust to our allies I I say that such a course of proceeding never can by possi bility be adopted. Allow me now to refer to the general question. If you place Russia in the same situation with respec , , to territory as that in which she stood before the war, whatever may be the events of the war, I ask why, notwithstanding everything that has now been done, may she not hereafter take the first opportunity that she may think will serve her purpose—what security have you that all this matter will not be again re-opened? (Hear,hear.) From the earliest period, from the time of Catherine down to the present day, Turkey has been considered as the ulti mate prey of Russia; every war in which Turkey has been . engaged with Russia has ended in such a wa y that Russia has advanced step by step towards the accomplishment of her purpose ; and now at last, from documents which hay* been shown to us, we know that she considers Turkey as a victim within her grasp, and that nothing will prevent her from using every possible endeavour to seize the spoil. But, my lords, let me . ask you, if you were to place Russia, whatever may be the events of war, in the same situation as far as territory is concerned that she occupied at its commencement, what will be, her actual position with respect to Turkey ? Ido not wish upon a subject of this kind to rely on my own authority, and I will, therefore, refer to an authority which cannot be doubted, that of Count Nesselrode him self. Some time after the termination of the war which was ended by that unfortunate treaty of Adrianople, Count Nesselrode, by the direction of the Emperor of Russia, wrote to the Grand Duko Constantine at Warsaw to give an account of the result of that treaty, and of the relative situation of Russia and Turkey in consequence of it, and I wish to refer to Count Nesselrode's language to show in what position Turkey will stand iu future if the status quo ante bellum be adopted. He says, "we have placed Turkey in such a situation that she must in future be dependent upon our will, and do whatever we desire ;" and he then goes into the question of the principalities. " The principalities," ho says, " aro of no importance to us to retain, but will only be a means of creating jealousies in the other Powers. It would subject us to great expense to maintain troops there ; and we have given them up, knowing, at the same time, that either in peace or in war we shall dispose of them entirely at our discretion. We have obtained," he says, " the key of the position, and the Sultan must feel that if at any future period ho dare; again to brave us the result must be his entile and certain ruin." This, then, is the position in which Turkey will. stand if Russia is to be allowed to retain the position she held before the commencement of the war. As I wish to be perfectly accurate upon this subject, I ii ill quote the passage to which I have referred. It is as follows : "The Turkish monarchy is reduced to exist only under the protection of Russia, and must comply in future with her wishes. The posses,iou of these principalities is of the les* importance to us, as, without maintaining troops there, which would be attended with considerable expense, we shall dispose of them at our pleasure, as well during peace as in time of war. We shall hold the keys of a position from which it will be easy to keep the Turkish Government in check, and the Sultan will feel that any attempt to brave us again must cud in his certain ruin." This would be the consequence of restoring Russia, what ever may be the events of the war, to the position which she occupied at the close of the treaty of Adrianople. But I must further call your lordships' attention to what sours, Russia is likely to pursue, to what policy she is likely to adopt, in the event of her finding a favourable opportu nity, provided peace is concluded upon those conditions, for the purpose of attaining that object which she has long cherished, and which has been considered as an essential part of the policy of her empire, when she is in a condition to pursue it without being embarrassed by European com binations against her. Here, again, I do not wish to ad-. vance anything upon my own authority, and I will do—as I have done with respect to the other point—direct your lordships' attention to the opinion of an unexceptionable witness on the subject-L-Prince Lieven. Prince Lieven was consulted previous to the commencement of the war that terminated by the treaty of Adrianople, as to what course should be pursued by the Emperor for the purpose of carrying into effect the designs he then contemplated, and he expresses himself in these terms : " We must be prudent, we must be cautious, we niusteen eeal our policy, we must be secret, we must collect double armies, and when we have made our preparations without notice, we must be prompt in action, and pour down upon the territories of Turkey before any European force is able to prevent us." The words of Prince Lieven are— " Our policy must be to maintain a reserved and prudent attitude until the moment arrives for Russia to vindicate her rights, and for the rapid action which she will be obliged to adopt. The war ought to take Europe by surprise. Our movements must be prompt, so that the other Powers should find it impossible to be prepared for the blow tnat we are about to strike." Now, give me leave to call your lordships' attention to another document of no inconsiderable interest connected. with this subject, and contemporaneous with that to which I have referred. The history I am about to relate is shortly this—The Emperor of Russia was dissatisfied with the conduct of the other Powers of Europe with respect to the course they pursued at the time of the great Greek in surrection. Re therefore drew off from the alliance, and said—l will act for myself, I will be secret and reserved as to the course I shall pursue, but, before I take any mea sures, let me be cautious as .to my situation ; and he di rected Count Nesselrode to write to the different ambas sadors at the European Courts to inquire what course they would bo likely to take if he invaded the principalities, what course they would take individually, and what pro bability there was of any concert between them c . m. The answ ers returned are of the most curious descripti e m w o e s r t e c e u v r e i r o y u s di.Bniorfrot,thwrheos aeotn stoefpChoyunttepP,ozzegoi —what England do_? overe from her financial questioni is that t T o h t e hi this answer country. is E n T g h l s o n ci d u h e question o r n e l e s and commercial cris is, she is in a condition to go to war, and probably w ill oppose you. She will, if she do es cp . pose you, do you con siderable mischief , great injury, but y not altogether i rrepa rable; with respect to milit ar y operationsinur she ca n do nothing , she cannot oppose the march o f your armies. Then he refers to France, and after throwing some abuse upon the then Minister of that coun try, he thus a nswers the question of what she is capable of doing. France, as to marine operations, would be of no importance, because everything that could be done by her naval force would bo prevented by England ; and, with respect to her military power—l beg your lordships to mark the opinion he has expressed u p on thi s su bj ect —h e r geo graphical position prevents her from exercising it again" us ; nowhere will a field of battle be found in France, and it is well known what their armies will have to expect if they come in contact with ourselves. My lords, we shall see what will be the result of that meeting with respect to which Pozzo di Borgo, who I believe was a Corsican, ex pressed so confident an opinion —(cheers, and a laugh) ; that England and, and perhaps the Emperor may sae • • ' France have now r a ised a barrier a gainst his ambition greater than be ever expected to me e t. I have stated the wi th respect to the po.l- tion of England and France, of Count Pozzo di Borgne d hie conclusion is, thaFrance,33, of the object of Russia. I I_, feelings f therespect were our Powers uvective against that most enlightened forth a torrent o plishing that obj f . t Count roue di Borgo, after pouring statesman, sums country, ho says, war is a calamity, but to To every tatcsnian, seals up the condition of Austria in a very few Austria it iscortain ruin. The result of these considerations Emperor might prosecute his design without any of impediments, for none of the other powers, either cfi3lrectively or separately, would be able to oppose any effectual resistance to it. Such is the policy, and at tho sßtihs:at the same time crafty perfidy of Russia, always intent upon in- creasing her power, sometimes by silent means, by false hood and trickery—sometimes by open violence, as in the caw to which I have referred. But I have not yet alluded to Prussia. (A. laugh.) The policy of Russia is permanent': it never changes ; and so, to a certain extent, is the policy of Prussia also. The coalition between Russia and Prussia is not recent, it is of long standing, and has been main tained with great diplomatic skill, and a great counteract. ing power is necessary to overcome that coalition. I will read what Count Pozzo di Borgo says with respect to Prussia : Prussia b e i ng l ess j ea l ous, and consequen tly more inivar• tial ; has constantly shown by her opinions that she has a pit TO 14a 1 I t