The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-22 00:00:00

TREA.ARE rOTAL DRURY LANE. Lewes, Ur. E. T. Smith. TilIS ZVEIfING, RINE 22, wilt be performed Bellies Opera of LA SONNANIBUL A. Amt-As,lle. Dun , ; Liss, Madame Greltienhag-n ; Theresa, Ma dame. u e thrien ; Alesslo, z,ig; or Gregorio ; Count Rodolpho, Signor Atnolidi; and Elvino, Bert Pecz (his first appearance in that cha racter). ToZtonelnde with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OLY hi PE. " - rrlces—Statts, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 33.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-ofil,ce opal daily from Ten till Six, where places may be s3cured.„Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and C0c1C,63, NewDond-strut. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, juNE 22, Will he perrorrned the Drama of TIM KNIGHTS OP THE ROUSITI TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhotf, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, 3lms E. 6rey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which. the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled M. BUCK.STONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI- C Is ER-SQUIRE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TFIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CIIASLES Exas. THIS EVENING, JUNE 22, be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT'. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, ray, Heath, and Thash . - Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Followed b us rAT AND MA.RGUERITE. Char acters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; and Mrs. Daly, and Alba ( - 1 . L , clereq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Princ ipal cha rs tut by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCEUM THEATIZE. Under the raanagenient of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JUNE 22, will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac ters by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. Followed by a new . Drama, entitled SUNSrIDTE THROUG THE :CLOUDS. Chaxacters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. miss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. Matlii;ews ; Madame Vestris, To conclude with BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. wathwit, s f ea3 rj. F. Matthews and Baker; Mills IValham, &c. TEtEA.TRE ROYAL ADELPHI. rwprletor, Mr. D. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Ju 22, * Will be lierformod THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, the Lost Ship, and the Wild Flower of Mexico. With the unique grand scenic efreet of the Sea of Ice. Characters by Messra. B. Webster C. Selby. Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Madame Celeste, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conchtde wi.h the popular Nautical Drama of the CABIN BOY. JµVeit (her original character), Madams Celeste. Tickets, Places, arld Private Be'ox to be had at the theatre. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEkTRE L2ssee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JUNE 22, Will be - performed th. Comic Drama caked IIU3H MONEY. Clutcacters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery. White, and Vincent; Bibs 119Fpner. and Mrs. A. Wigan. Folowed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. TA) conclude with, THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Jura 22, •WM be presented THE LOVE CiIASE. Constance, by lldisS Fitzpatrick. ^After which, THE PETS OF THE BALLET. -eonclude with MY FELLOW-CLERK. halls, ss. ' • Boxes, 3s. • ' Pit, is. Gd ; Gallery, Gd.; Private Roc s, Gd.,to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. --ASTLEY'S EOR.OPF.'S NATIOXAL Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tars EVENLNO, Julia 22, Will be presented the new Grand Historical Ml itary spectacle, en titled THE COSSACK.'S ; or, Vive la France. Followed by a series of Chef d'Olvres of Art„or Equitation DE LA 11.11.TTE ECOLE deve'oped in the ^t lezies in the CIRCLE, the - whole arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke . To conclude wi la (4th time) a Comic Ballet, called THE RIVAL AitTISANS. Hoc-Ake open from Eleven tEI Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, JUNE 2?, Wlll ha repeated an entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE of FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lion. and Gallic Cock Trampling on the. Russian Eagle. All the numeroaa attractions of the gardens as usual, including the beautiful Panorama. a Chum, by Daneon—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, 3liss Ransford, and. Mr. Manvers, &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet. on Chusan—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand. Display of Fireworks, by Southby. Feeding the animal., Half-past Five. Concert, Half-past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad— mission to the whole, Is. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuns DAY —Morning 0 min.after 0 I Evening 54 min.aft. 11 ToAtioaaow—Morning 19 min.after 12 Evening 43 min.aft. THE WEATHER.—strx OPPIC7i, JuNu 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69 - highest sinco noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. G 9 —this day, at noon. BAROIIIETER, 30.18—still rising. WIND, W. to W.N.W.—Light breeze. and cloudy', with annshine. We have had some slight rain last evening. • )li3lo remain perversely sceptical, obstinately rejecting the testimony of their own senses—" who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not, neither do they understand." What is daily per formed in Whitechapel , or Spitalfields, or Syden ham, may also be done in Yorkshire, or Lan cashire, or Derbyshire. What TItUMAN and Co., PALMER and Co., the Mint, the Crystal Palace, and many other great establishments easily achieve, cannot be regarded as impossible. If not impossible, then, why should not the statute be made universally applicable t It is but a poor compliment to her MAJESTY'S liege sub jects in the Duchy, or the West Riding, to say that their health and property are not worth pre serving. The BOUNDEItBYS may protest against any interference ; but we do not believe that intelligent, clear-headed men—such as we believe the immense majority of the millowners, and of all who would be affected by the Aet, to be— would continue their opposition, when they found that they could comply with the requisition of the law not only without difficulty, but with profit to themselves. Let Parliament, then, show that it is really in earnest, and all opposition will cease. Men will not believe that such is the case, so long as the legislation is -exceptional, and only applies to one part of the kingdom. If in London and the surrounding districts there are 8,802 furnaces to which the Act is applicable, there must be several hundreds of thousands throughout the entire coun try; and as the Marquis of LANSDOWNE declared on Monday evening, " it now remains for Parliament to prove their perseverance by assenting to any further provisions for literally carrying out the objects of the framers of the Bill." * A map precisely of this character has just been issued under the subjoined title—a map clearly defined and brilliantly coloured, and entitled, by its various merits, to extended popularity : "Stanford's War Map of Russia, showing the Distribution and Military Oiganisa.- ticin of the Empire, with descriptive Letterpress." Bvo. pp. 5. London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross, 1854. The smoke nuisance is really to be abolished, so far, at least, as the metropolis is concerned. The enactments which last session received the legislative sanction are to be strictly enforced, and owners of furnaces who fondly imagined that the matter would be suffered to end—as it began—in smoke, will speedily find to their cost that they have reckoned without their host. On this mat ter, at least, Lord .ABBE,DEEN spoke clearly and explicitly. He stated the number of furnaces to which the Act was applicable was 8,802. This was the return made by the Police Commissioners, who are now printing notices to be served on the proprietors or parties responsible, specifying the provisions of the law, and requiring that imme diate steps should be taken to prevent any viola tion thereof. It may appear strange that so many per sons should have so long neglected that which would not only be exceedingly advantageous to the community in general, but also a source of considerable pecuniary saving to them selves. It required not the decisive and unanswer able statement of the Earl of SHAFrEsnuRy to the effect that " he had collected evidence from all parts of the country with relation to the question, and the invariable testimony that the y was tha. consumption of smoke might be accomplished at a very slight expense, and with a saving of fuel to the extent of 10, 20, and sometimes as much as 25, per cent. The same fact has been long since tablished by the experience of Mess's. Tx' Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, as Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT confessed, did no more on Monday night than ask the House of Commons to be consistent, when he proposed to reduce the salaries of the gaol chap lains belonging to the Established Church by the sum of 1001. The Honourable House had reduced the Government proposition by five times that amount for the services of Roman Catholic Chap lains—had reduced it to nothing, in fact—and it was but mere decency that if Catholic priests were to attend prisoners for nothing, Anglican priests - should attend them on as cheap terms as possible. Not so, however % thought the house, and Mr. SCHOLEFIELD was actually left in a minority of about one-tenth of the house. He took the oppor tunity of glorying in his former success, and doubtless considers himself as the guardian angel of Protestantism,—nay, we should not be sur prised if a Lord Mayor should propose to erect a statue in his lifetime to his honour. He must, however, if his Protestantism has not overpowered his better , humanity, have been ashamed to hear Catholic members declaring that they would not retaliate by supporting the amendment, and depriving Protestant prisoners of the spiritual attentions of Protestant clergy men. To this refusal to return evil for evil, Mr. SPOONER owed what may be called in some sense his second and overwhelming majority. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD'S object was, of course, attained by a cross debate, which expOsed the illogical and illi beral result of the former one. He did not pro bably even wish to save a paltry 1001., or to mulct a single gaol chaplain. A word, however, to the clergy of our own Church. We do not wish a clergyman, more than any one else, to work for nothing ; but we have known cases of clergymen refusing to do duty in workhouses and gaols whore the labour was trivial, and which ministers of other denominations were quite ready to undertake gratuitously. Roman Catholic priests have never to the best of our knowledge declined any oppor tunities offered them in this line, and we are strongly of opinion that, as a general rule, no clergyman, and no bench of magistrates or House of Commons on his behalf, should hazard the charge of mercenary motives being brought against a religious teacher. We exceedingly dislike the tendency of these debates ; it is undoubtedly to foster very undesirable views of the clerical charaz ter. The public out of doors are not only dis • gusted with the illiberality which refuses State pay • to every sect but one, but it is also very apt to draw disadvantageous comparisons between the clergy who patiently continue their ministrations, although refused a single penny, and those whose advocates claim for them the very utter most farthing. The Earl of Aberdeen has given the valuable rectory of Warrington, Lancashire, vacant by the preferment of the Hon. and Rev. H. Powys to the see of Sodor and Man, to the Rev. William Quekett, M.A., incumbent of Christ Church, Watney-street, St. George's-in-the- East, London. The Marquis of Landsdowne will give a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music ou Monday next, at . Landsdowne House, in which the principal artistes of the Royal Italian Opera will assist. The Duke of Portland is expected to leave Harcourt House early in the ensuing week, for Wellick Abbey. Lord Henry Bentinck will again take the management of the Burton Hunt next session. We understand that private letters from Viscount Stratford do Redcliffe, our Minister at the Court of the Sultan, have been received by his family in this country, announcing that his lordship and suite had removed from Para to his villa at Therapia, where, we believe, his lordship, who bad recovered from his recent indis position, intended to pass the summer. The Viscountess and the Hon. Misses Canning are staying in Grosvenor square, and it is uncertain when they will join his lord ship. STAR CLUB.—The usual annual whitebait dinner of the members of this club was held on Wednesday, the 21st inst.. at the Trafalgar., Greenwich, and amongst those present were, his Excellency the American Minister and Miss Lane ; Mr. M. Chambers, M.P. ; the Earl of _ _ Kingston ; 'Mr. Rolt, M.P. ; Mr. Pilkington, M.P ; Mr. Kershaw, M.P. ; Mr. and Mrs. Guidalla ; Mr. Sheriff Wallis ; Mr. Mare ; Mr. Barnes, M.P. ; Mr. Forrester, &c., &c. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., presided. WINDSOR, Wednesday.—The anniversary of her Ma- jesty's accession to the throne was observed here with _ _ _......,.a. .UMA N 2 es._ the usual honotirs.—The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale HANBURY, and BUXTON, who find that during and attendants arrived at Windsor yesterday afternoon, many years they have, for an outlay of 3,0001., by special train on the South-Western Railway, and wenth ovioin Windsor, e :E r the st:Ate and private apartments of the Castle. succeeded in saving 2 , 000 /. per annum, or a con- T . anrev v . ao G a . ot W b ell t e h sley e de h t a h s a f cce t red u the sumption of 6,000 tons of coals; or, in other d eane ry o on. words, about 33 per cent., or one - third of the and Very Rev. Dr. Grenville. The The appointment had first cost price of the fuel, and 66 2-3 d per cent. been previously offered to and refused by the Rev. Lord on the original outlay, which was completely re- O W E r:;t 7 h in e d sl s e o y r. Ru c ss h ealrll aesnd Atlhileeßr ev. Wm. Canning, canon 1 , Esq , principal clerk of imbursed in the short space of eighteen months. the kitchen for many years, is appointed deputy-comp- So far as to the pecuniary results, which should troller of the royal househo l d , i n the room of Mr. No satisfy the most covetous party, even if there ton. Mr. Miller is well qualified for this respon s ibl e 41 office, and is universally respected in the royal house were no public objects to be achieved. In " a° hold.-400 of the 46th Regiment of the _ine, fro m latter point of view they are even more remark- Weedon, marched into Windsor this morning, to join able. It is found iu that gigantic establishmen t the other part of the regiment quartered here, and doing that the smoke is completely got rid of, and that duty at the Castle, under the command of Colonel Gar the weavers of the vicinity are enabled to manu- rat, K.H. - HAMPTON COURT AND KEW-GARDENS. The number facture their fine fabrics without annoyance or ef persons who went to see the State apartment at Ham r, injury. The City Surveyor, in his Report to the ton-court Palace in the year 1 853 was 180,753, being Board of Aldermen, corroborated this part of the 7,000 more than in the previous year, though only half case, declaring, in the most unequivocal terms, its the number for the Exhibition year. The number of week-day visitors to Kew-gardens in 1853 was 210,741, complete efficiency. being 20,000 less than in the previous year, and 120,000 Why, then, should there be any hesitation in less than in the Exhibition year ; but Kew-gardens were stringently enforcing the salutary provisions of the open on Sundays , last summer, and w h ere i visited l on those law ; nay, more, in extending these provisions, so visitorsdaysby l l. as - t o,4 e 6 a 9 r p 3 e 3 rs l o 2 l, , making 0 orrathert numbermoe wrelotheane ven t the that they should be applicable, not merely to the number of the y Exhibition year. metropolitan districts, but to the entire kingdom. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—A special general It would bo a boon even to the proprietors of fur- court of this corporation was held yesterday, at the naces themselves to do so. So long as the matter iScottish consideration t Crane-court, of Fleet-street, e g et - e s c t i r a e l e t., to committeetak e remains optional, they . will behold with apathy appointed to consider de ,best means of preventing and indifference valuable combustible material an y further diminution of the funded capital of the in wasted in polluting the atmosphere. In seeing stitution. His Grace the Duke of Buecleuch, K.G., that which, when properly applied, would be was president read b theof s institution, sore ta r that Tuhiee funded worth hundreds of pounds sterlin g to themselves , property oT the the corporation, It which' npar a few years ago doing thousands of pounds worth of damage to amounted to above 22,0001., has been diminished to th e property, an d an i n cal cu labl e amount of injury t little more than 12,0001., and that the expenditure to the health, and even to the lives of their nei,th , that each man is b 44 ILUTIL non annually exceeded the income, which rendered sales of hours. If t h e maxim of law be well founded stock necessrry from time to time. The report sug gested various economical reforms, which were discussed ound— s i c uteri sue ut alie- at some length ; after which the Rev. Dr. Cumming /cedar —.so to use his own property moved that the report be received, and ordered to lie that ll© shall not . on the table, which was carried by a small majority. of injure another man's, surely the combustion A vote of thanks was passed to the noble president, and smoke should be enforced not in one town. enforced, the meeting separated. 11 or district onl but in meet every locality throughout yv Tnc ATHENAMM INSTITUTE.—Last evening a the length and breadth ing of literary men of the mltropolis was held at the of the land, and th at, although the sanitary I am F r eemasons"favern, to consider the -best means of ad cleanly movement should bevancing their social position and their general interests. attended with con siderable expense. When, then it Mr. Scholefield, M.P., occupied the chair. A motion can be done, having been agreed to affirming that it was desirable to not only without expense, but ;it h a very de- form the literary body into a corporate institution to Bided saving, it is the more imperative in the protect their rights and interests, Mr. Tomlins dilated Legislature to lose no time in passing that which at considerable length upon the disadvantages experienced m iolt, in every sense of the word, be desig n t d by men of letters, from the circumstance of their profes a e sion having no recognised position in society. He con a wholesome measure. eluded by moving a resolution in favour of the Athenesum The only excuse would be the absolute impos- i Institute, but the proposal not meeting with unanimous sibility of the achievement. What one man has I approval, the meeting, after a very prolix discussion, accomplish ; a / done, however, another may .0 upon the best course to pursue in order to carry out when we hear of the triumphant success that has the principle affirmed in the first resolution. attended the experiments of Messrs. TRUMAN, from o AII s RI7 LS OF GOLD.—The Prince of Wales has arrived HANBURY, and BUXTON, we must remain in- valuedyatn:ool. but The ? e o z b a r l i t us fro o m n ly N l e o w o youonrkcesyesterda y different to the protests of those who choose to . has brought 125,0001. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1854. GUN-BOATS FOR THE /3.1 " REVENNONS A NOS MOUTONS." The launch of the " Wrangler affords us the opening for once more returning to this vexata questio. Our readers may not all know that the naming of men-of-war is a Board business at the Admiralty, a matter of discussion, consideration, decision, and resolution. We can well fancy what was the tone of discussion that led to the name of " Wrangler" for the first of the lot of vessels put in hand in consequence of the urgent demand of Sir Charles Napier for gun-vessels of light draught of water. We can fancy how indignation was ex pressed at the insolence of those (whose name is legion) who have, whether professional or unpro fessional men, dared to question the wisdom of the resolve that adopted wholly wooden vessels of great draught of water to partially iron ones, that have been, and again may be built, of about one-half the draught. We can picture to ourselves how the press came in for its share of vituperation, for having both in town and country given every facility to corre spondents, and itself taken no small part in can vassing the question—and how we, among others, , M b o u l Molloy," , sink," and destroy," but are meant—when the authorities, who, like " An " are able to break, tmake,hony are unable to prevent the free discussion of all that part of their doings which comes before the public. The Wrangler's name is settled ; she is called the j ra a t m e, es dis P r Y a e te Swallow of the Fleet. It may be called wrang ling, or anything their lordships like, but we cannot help saying, being a little in the secret —that any one who swallows the belief that these Wranglers are the sort of vessels Sir Charles Napier wrote for must have very large swallows indeed. Here is a vessel, whose draught, ex-cathedra, is pronounced to be 11ft. 4in. We have all along said these vessels would draw nearly 12ft., and we will venture a good bet, that before the Wrangler starts for the Baltic 121 t. will be hqr draught. Will these vessels, the next launched of which might appropriately enough be named " Daddy Long-legs," be of more use than steamers of three times their size and armament already in the Baltic, and which, if lightened of their coal (always leaving enough for the work in hand), would scarcely draw more ? Gun-vessels ought to be able to follow gun•vessels. These things can no more chase into shoal water than cau the Terrible, and we may almost say the Duke of Wellington her self ; that is to say, these vessels draw so much as to cause the same anxiety as to keeping in deep water as 'either the one or the other. We doubt not that, in form, strength, speed, arma ment, equipment, and rig, these vessels will be found everything that is commendable, and credi table to the Surveyor of the Navy ; but they will be of little or no service at all in the creeks or among the rivers and harbours of the Baltic, and utterly useless in the Danube, where, by and bye, we expect, gun-boats will be most wanted. It is well known that Sir Charles Napier asked for gun-vessels of light draught of water. Plenty of time was there between the asking and the end of this month for finishing and equipping. The iron vessels, with wood topsides, such as the Prussians and the Czar have had from the builders of this country, and we cannot help saying great enter prises may be jeopardised, because some people in high places will not take counsel on matters of scientific experience of any but their own colleagues, equals in rank, or those who act as if knowledge, in fact, went by rank, and there could be no appeal from the decisions on professional pcints of men like themselves who are at the top of the tree for the time being. We remember about half a century ago how an Admiralty, of which, for aught we know, some of the members of which are still in existence—sent men-of-war in frames to the fresh-water lakes of Canada, and among other things, the usual complement of water casks ! ! ! These NI ere sold, being useless. We don't antici pate such a fate for the Wranglers, but we shall not be surprised to hear the returns after their arrival will be— " Not fit for shoal water." MONE M A R KE A I.; 7) (104111.1 - EBCIAL INTELL ru-Exu CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 12,000 bales, including 1,500 American and 800 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with a hardening tendency. Compared with Friday's rates, prices were ex treme. The sales comprised 11,000 American, 700 Egyptian at bid. to 81d., 1,500 Surat at 2id. to 41d., and 130 Sea Island at 101 d. to is. 6d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The steamer Baltic brings accounts four or five days later from New York. The money market at New Orleans was tight, and business in conse quence dull. From California the advices received were favourable in regard to mining operations, though some of the ravines were drying up. Seve ral new discoveries had been made. The markets generally were quiet. ' The report of the Peruvian Bondholders has just been completed and published, and will be found to be of much general interest. It certainly reflects great credit upon the industry of the mem bers, and proves not alone the great attention paid to the interests of the bondholders, but the good accomplished, and the injury likely to be pre vented. Among the correspondence we find the followin g letters : "Committee of Anglo-Peruvian Bondholders, 33, "Nicholas Lane, Lombard-street, May, 29,1854 " SIR,— I am directed by this Committee to enquire, whether at the time the proposition was made to the Bondholders to convert the 6 per cents. into 42 per cent. Bonds, and to raise a fresh loan of 600,000/., it was then in your knowledge that a contemporaneous arrangement had been made by the Peruvian Agents on the part of the Government, to convert a large amount of the Do mestic Debt into Sterling Bonds, to be disposed of in the markets of Europe. An early reply will oblige—Sir, your most obedient Servant, " (Signed) " GEO. DISMORE. "Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 15, Angel Court, Thog morton-street." We do not wish to be uncivil, although we con fess ourselves sore for the nation—therefore, we give the authorities all the credit we think they deserve, and possibly the large draught of these vessels is a 'result of mature deliberation. Not-.. withstanding the admiral's wants, they may have considered that, keeping these vessels of draught so near that of the large steamers of one-third or a fourth the value, their taking the ground may make them beacons to keep the more costly vessels clear. We don't say it was so, but it may be so. TIIE BALTIC WAR AND ITS CAUSES. TO THE EDITOR OT THE RUN. Sir,—The news which arrived in London last Friday from the Finland towns of the Gulf of Bothnia was indeed startling—as, for instance, from Uleaborg, that Admiral Plumridge arrived there on the Ist of June with four steam - frigates, that a deputation from the town received the answer, that although private property and persons would be respected, the depot of tar, wood, and shipbuilding, with its materials, must be destroyed. The deputies assured the Admiral that all this was private property, and that no soldier or defence existed, that a great deal of timber, deals, and tar belonged to English merchants, which could not, from want of shipping, be forwarded last autumn, and that the tar was bought at the com mencement of this year for the contracts of London merchants. The destruction commenced, however, im mediately, by which the extensive tar depot, contain ing at the time only 15,000 barrels of tar, and pitch, all the deals and timber, seven new ships on the stocks, ' and six vessels afloat, were burnt, together with ware houses containing merchants' ships' stores and goods in trade. Now, all this appears at first sight wanton and unnecessary, and the more so when the Admiral destroys what he knows before consists of British property; but when we begin coolly to search for a cause, we find it is not at all likely that a British Admiral should act thus without strong and powerful motives. It has no doubt already been observed by Sir Charles Napier that the most formidable weapon in the hands of iltussia against our fleet among the many thousand islands and rocks surrounding the coast of Finland would be a large fleet of row gunboats, and of which it is known the Emperor has ordered several hundreds to be constructed. Besides, the activity which exists in tho dockyards of Sweaborg and Cronstadt for the construction of these gunboats, merchants in Finland ports who are proprietors of shipbuilding yards have taken contracts from the Russian Government to con struct such gunboats, and it is also well-known that several towns have this spring delivered many numbers of them, which, if they have not succeeded in coasting between the islands to Sweaborg, now lie concealed among the thou sand islands of the Abo Archipelago. To prevent such a weapon being continued, built, and supplied by private men to cur enemies is not only sufficient to warrant the destruction of the materials in all the Finland seaports, but becomes also an imperative duty to our fleet to execute, leaving alone other causes, such as drawing the bear out of its lair to defend its young ; and to prove to the many stubborn adherents of Russia in Finland that, with all the past boastful power of their imperial protector, his formid able navy of 30 line-of-battle ships and 30 frigates and steamers, and 200 row gun-boats, cannot protect them, but must themselves seek protection behind the formidable granite walls of Sweaborg and Cronstadt. London, Juno 19. FRITHIOF. THE GUN AND DESPATCH BOATS FOB THE BALTIC. The first of the six gun-boats ordered by the Admiralty from Messrs. Green and Messrs. Mare and as put into the water on Mo nda y last. She is named the Co., iVrangler, and, like the others that will follow in a few days—Arrow, Beagle, &c.—will be at once fitted with her machinery, and will proceed to the 3altic. These vessels were ordered only about nine weeks since, and the most extraordinary exertions have been made to turn them out of hand. The tonnage is about 470; length, 16.0 feet; and breadth 25 feet 4 inches. Messrs. Maudslay, Messrs. Penn, and Messrs. Humphrey are Constructing the engines (160 horse-power), and it is expected that within the next four weeks four at least will be ready for sea. Unfortunately, with so much haste in launching the Wrangler the pumps were obliged:to be kept going on bckard yesterday in the dock. It would, perhaps, have been safer and more workmanlike, and in the long run time would have been saved, if she had been further advanced on the stocks, and not have been sent into the water in so unfinished a condition ; but we believe the slip was wanted for another vessel. As it is she is in the dot k, and she must be kept afloat and completed there. We stated yesterday, that the Admiralty had ordered two gunboats to be built also in the Royal Dockyard Dept ford. These are to be regular gun-boats, and not despatch vessels, like the others. They are to be above 220 tons, 100 feet long, and to have high pressure screw machinery by Penn, of 60-horse power. The larger boats all draw about 11 feet 4 inches, but the smaller class are to draw only 6 feet 6 inches, and then all the machinery will be under the water-lino. There are to be six of the smaller class built at once—four of them by contract. It is expected that the despatch boats will average a speed of 11 to 12 knots, a nd that the gun-boats will average at least 10 knots. The former, as we have stated, all carry six 68-pounder broadside guns, and two 95 cwt. pivot guns. The latter will carry two of the 95 cwt. guns, 10 feet long. It is ruilioured that the present Rear Admiral (Superin tendent W. F. Martin) will have command of a Channel fleet, and that Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence will succeed Admiral Martin as the s uperintendent of the Portsmouth Dockyard .—.21/erning Herald. ACCIDENT IN ROTTEN Row.---Yesterday morning an accident, providentially attended with no serious results, occurred to a young lady while riding in Rotten-row. Her horse—when towards the Kensington end of the row, and when near the bridge which divides the gar dens from Hyde-park —from some cause or other, started off at full speed, and in spite of every effort to check it, completely mastered all the efforts of its rider. Spread ing alarm among the pedestrians, the horse, a fine grey, ran at full speed across the bridge, turning down to the right ; passing through the open space by the powder magazine, across the carriage drive, and nothing daunted by the obstacle presented to its course, in the form of the iron fence which surrounds the drive, rose at it at full speed : the beast cleared the fence, but (fortunately for its fair rider, who maintained her presence of mind wonderfully, and sat her horse like a heroine) slightly striking the top bar, the young lady was thrown on her head ; but nevertheless, owing perhaps to the fact of the horse's speed having been checked by its fore feet strik ing the fence, was able to walk at once, and to reply in a cheerful tone, to inquiries as to whether she was hurt, " Not in the least." The horse did not seem to have sustained any injury. P ) L 2 • vyw „ , . THE WAR. SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. It is rumoured in Vienna that the Emperor Nicholas highly disapproves of Prince Paske wit sch's recent operations before Silistria, but there is no good reason for believing this. The Autocrat's orders were to take Silistria at any sacrifice, and the Marshal only obeyed orders when ho sent his men to the shambles. The Journal de Constantinople gives the follow ing details relative to events which took place at Silistria up to the 2d inclusively " Letters from Schumla, of the 4th, confirm the details which we have before given of the combats at Silistria on the 24th and the 29th ult., and announce fresh attacks directed against that place by the Russians on the 31st ult. and the 2d instant, and in which the Ottoman troops obtained the most bril liant success. Unfortunately, this success has been dearly purchased by the death of the heroic com mander of that place, one of the most distinguished officers in the Ottoman army, Mussa Pacha, who was killed on the 2d. litissa, Paella, died nobly as he had always lived, for his country and for his Sovereign ; and Turkey deplores in him the loss of one of her most de voted sons and most ardent defenders.. He died in trepid and calm in the midst of his triumph after having repulsed an enemy so superior in number. He was a noble heart who in the different posts which Imperial confidence had called on him to fill, had always per formed his duty and endeared himself to all who were placed under his orders ; he was a skilful, bold, loyal, and pious soldier. He received his death-blow at the very moment when he was offering up a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the fresh victory which had, been given to the Ottoman arms. After the attack of the 29th which cost the Russians so many men, and when amongst others 150 who had managed to reach the parapet were killed to the last man, the enemy re retired in order to prepare for a fresh assault, and on the 31st ult. they again advanced with considerable force to make the assault in the same order as two days before. The struggle was long and sanguinary, but being repulsed on all sides they were compelled to retire. In the evening they sent a flag of truce to demand permission to collect their dead. This was granted, and the Imperial troops from their ramparts were able to count their removing 2,000. On the 2d ult. the Rus sians made a general assault, and attacked the forts whilst their flotilla bombarded the town. This combat was most sanguinary and unsuccessful for the Russians, who were met at every point by the Ottoman troops and driven back. About the middle of the day, when the fight was .at its height part of a shell struck Mussa Pacha in the left side ; he only lived a few mi nutes after, but, before expiring, was able to con vince himself that owing to his excellent arrange ments, and the valour of his troops, the attack would be unsuccessful. In the evening the Rus sians had succeeded in establishing a mine under the first battery of Arab-Tabia ; but the Turks, who defended that fort, were able to discover it in time, and by forming a countermine, they blew up from 350 to 400 Russians belonging to the column of attack, who were ready to enter the breach if their own mine had taken effect. Taking advantage of the disorder c.tused by the explosion, the Ottomans made a vigorous sally, which led to the general rout of the enemy, and the capture of his entrenchments. In these last affairs the . , loss of the Russians in killed is estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000. The loss of the Turks was comparatively small. After the affair of the 2d, the Russians, in alarm, removec' the greater part of their heavy baggage to the left bank of the Danube." REPLY OF THE CZAR TO THE SUMMONS OF AUSTRIA. VIENNA, June 18.—The official reply to the last Austrian note is still wanting, but it is re lated that Count Modem, who arrived a few days ago, was the bearer of confidential despatches to the Russian Embassy, to the effect that the St. Petersburg Cabinet was willing to make peace if the Western Powers would consent to relinquish the positions they now occupy. If they refuse to do this, no change can be made in the disposition of the Russian forces. The person from whom the foregoing information was received is well in formed of the state of feeling in the high Govern mental circles, and he is of opinion that if the official reply should resemble that above-n,tentioned a rupture between the two Governments is almost inevitable. The Austrian Cabinet even now insists on the mouths of the Danube being perfectly free for the future, but if once the sword is drawn, Austria is likely to be quite as exacting as the Western Powers. From the very first Russia entertained the idea that financial difficulties would render Austria completely powerless, but in a very few days she will see that she was grievously mistaken. Most energetic measures will be taken to restore the value of the currency, and even the rumour that a large forced loan is about to be raised has sufficed to bring down the premium on the precious metalssome 6 or 7 per cent. The plan appears to be, that 400,000,000f1. or 500,000,000f1. in Government stock shall be raised within four years, and in all likelihood this will be effected• without any great difficulty, it being a notorious fact, that six months after each of the recent loans had been made, all the shares were in the hands of private individuals. The chiefs of the Finance Department can alone positively know what the conditions of the loan will be ; but the preva lent opinion among our best-informed financiers is, that the shares will be emitted at par, and the 5 per cent. interest paid in silver. The publication of the decree concerning this cannot be long de layed, as the Government has hardly the funds necessary for defraying the current expenses of the State. It was averred that the whole of the last silver loan of 30,000,000 of florins had been taken at Frankfort, but perfectly reliable infor mation has been given that such was not the case. Subscribers were found for some 18,000,000 or 20,000,000 of florins. THE PRINCIPALITIES. Considerable bodies of Russian troops are re tiring from Wallachia to Moldavia. JASSY, JUNE 16.—Prince Paskiowitsch has arrived. The exportation of barley and oats from Molda via to Austria has been prohibited. BUCHAREST, JUNE 18.—The Russians have evacuated Mogurelli and Simnitza., Large bodies of troops are retiring from Wallachia to Moldavia. Five thousand Turks have reoccupied Turtukai. Communications between Silistria and Schumla are secured. Though the entire raising of the siege of Silistria is not mentioned at present, the cessation of operations is confirmed. Whether Austria, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, will enter the Danubian Principali ties to commence hostilities immediately against Russia in the event of the refusal to evacuate, or to serve as a sort of mediator , between her and the allies in the event (not considered improbable) of a speedy evacuation, it is believed certain that it will be the signal for the allied armies to enter on the plan of campaign which, if I am informed rightly, has been already adopted. The Anglo-French forces will, it appears, leave the right bank of the Danube and direct themselves towards the Crimea, where it is thought a combined attack will be made by sea and land, in conjunction with the Circas sians. Immense siege preparations are going on, and guns of great power have already been sent to the Black Sea, and, the troops in - Turkey are fre quently exercised in embarking and landing. We may expect; therefore, to hear before long of seri ous operations in the Black Sea. It is now nearly a year since I ventured to urge the absolute neces sity of an attack on the Crimea, and of wresting it from Russia, if it were at all desired to inflict a severe blow on her in that part of her possessions. tbg LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1854. If matters go on at the seat of war as they have been going on there recently, little enough will be left, by the Turks and Egyptians, to be accomplished by the British and. French auxiliaries. .Alone--the soldiers of the SULTAN have been en abled, thanks to their own " pluck," and the good generalship of their Commander-in-Chief, alone they have been enabled to withstand the enormous pressure of the vast military armaments directed against them by the imperious will of the AUTOGRAT. Turkey haanot, of course, been enabled to prevent the passage of the Pruth or the Danube by her Russian antagonists. Au advantage of that kind could not well have been gained by the troops despatched. by the Sublime Porte for the defence of its isolated frontiers. It was so to speak a political and geographical impossibility. The natural barrier of the Turkish Empire, or rather what is at once its head and heart—the capital of its . European dominions—being obviously no other than the mighty range of the Balkan Moun tains. Wherefore the passage of the Pruth, and even the passage of the Danube, became from this point of view a matter of really secondary consideration. Beyond the channel of the two rivers, after having traversed Moldavia and Wal lachia, and a considerable portion also of Bulga ria, the invader would have to encounter the valiant troops of OMER PACHA at bay, as it were, in their final fastnesses. This was remembered by the Ottoman Government with a sense now of consolation and now of encouragement. It was . not forgotten, we may be sure, by the haughty councils of St. Petersburg—borne in recollection, too, without donbt, and this may be with feelings of dread, or, at any rate, of some not inconsider able solicitude, by the Leaders of the advancing lAnscovites—first of all by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, and afterwards by Prince PASKIRWITCH. How ever this may have been there, every intelligent observer of the war all along has felt, there, iu the rear of the whole lino of the Turkish army, has stood, root e d i n t h e eternal hills, in tle, .dzedal bases of the Balkan range the last resource of the Ottoman armaments, even if pressed hard by the num er i ca l ly superior forces of their assail ants, if driven back in spite of every of the effort t o retain their, position along the right bank ' after a series of deplorabl e Danube, until assisted at length, s upreme hour of extremit delays and in their on the scene of conte s t of the y, by the ta r dy appearance long awaited Anglo-French contingent. A recollec 'Lion of all this we cannot prescient but think, mustst have eroic heart an d carried solace to the h judgMent of OMER P A C HA , at mom en t s when the West may have ap the advent of aid from peared most remote, and when at the same time the accumulation of danger s from the side o f the Northern foe appeared mo st imminent inpirited edge by aud threatening. Consoled ; and sknow these reflections, no less than by a l of the justice of their own cause, the Turks h ave contrived hitherto to their own credit, and even to the glory of their arms, to bear the brunt of the unequal contest, unassisted except by the troops -of _their Egyptian auxiliaries. So that even by the dawn of the summer of 1854 they have not found it necessary to withdraw their line of defence to that afforded them by Nature in the gorges and acclivities of the Balkan moun tains. So tbat their own good swords, and their own brawny arms, and their own pa triotic combination of daring and endurance, and not merely a range of scarcely-accessible fortifications, have constituted up to this present month of June the shield from Russian rapacity of Adrianople, and beyond that of Constantinople. Not merely so—s-but actually it has come to pass MIM CONSTANTINOPLE. A despatch from Constantinople of June 12, says Marshal St. Arnaud -has returned from Varna, where another Council of • War has been held. The division under the command of the Duke of Cambridge is embarking for Varna. The division under Prince Napoleon is encamped at Daoucl Pasha. TREBIZONDE, June 4.—Sifer Pasha is appointed Governor of Circassia and Abasia. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna says that the convention between Austria and Turkey was s i gne d at Constantinople on the 14th inst. It assures the occupation by Austria of the Danubian principalities. Letters of the 10th announce that Redschid Pasha, Riza Pasha, Minister at War, Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe, and Lord Raglan met in con ference at the residence of Marshal St. Arnaud at Tenikeni. This meeting is an additional proof that Redschid Pasha has not entirely given up the di:ection of public affairs, and that he is merely relieved from the details of his depart ment. Marshal St. Arnaud left on the 6th for Varna, on board the - Berthollet. The void in the Turkish finances still continues. Even the smallest sums cannot be paid, or at least their liquidation is postponed until the Government chooses to make the proper exertions to redeem its credit. The paltry amount of 3,6001. for some brass cannon has been owing to an English house for the last threemonths, and thopayment is deferred from day to day, in spite of the representations of the agent. The high officials are resorting to a mode of making money, which is by no means new to them, but which circumstances allow them to prac tiSe at the present time on a larger scale than usual. They are, accustomed to pay their subordi nates with money received from the Treasury for the purpose. They are liquidating those claims in English sovereigns, which they force the unfortu nate employes to take at the rate of 140 piastres each. As they themselves buy the sovereign for 130 piastres, it follows that their gain is nearly Bd. INNIIMMI after all the blustering of the Muscovite army and of the Muscovite Government, that the gallant stand_taken by the forces of 02,1 ER PACHA, first of all before Kalafat and after that before Schumla, has driven the enormous army of Russia before the arrival of the French or of the English —to th e unavoidable necessity of a retrogressive movement. Scarcely credible though it may appear —considering the disproportion of the forces under O) ER PAcHA and those under Prince- PASKIEWITCH—it has so happened nevertheless. When the Turkish arma ment was for the most part collected together at Kalafat—its re putation was enhanced by the san guinary trium ph Won over the Russians at Citate. When the head -quarters of the Ottoman Com mander-in-Chief were subsequently established at S c h um la—the prowess of the Osmanli we have seenwithinul the willing last few days, by th e reluctant raising acknowledged by thef ee and this raising of the protracted but fruitless sieae . of S ili s tria. 0 Recollect the magnitude of the Russian army, and the successes hitherto attained by the Turkish forces under 03nsa PASHA will appear in a manner but, little short of the almost miracu lous. According to the most reliable calculations, the grand total of the fighting men at the disposal of the AUTOCRAT amounts to between 600,000 and 700,000 fighting men—the real effective strength of the Russian army being estimated at some 625,000 men in the aggregate. This gigantic force com prises -485,000 bayonets in the grasp of the infantry, 91,000 sabres in that of the cavalry, and a proportionate array of ordnance under the artillery. An empire as vast as Russia, and con taining upwards of 60,000,000 as its popula tion, must be supposed at once, of course, to have its army of 625,000 men (reduced in peace to 500,000, and capable of being extended in periods of extremity during war to a total of 870,000, or nearly 900,000 altogether) to have this army of 625,000 men, very widely distributed. A sup position borne out, of course, by undoubted facts -345,000 being alone, out of this immense multi tude, numbered under the head of Active or Mov able—the remaining 280,000 being set aside, 140,000 as a Reserve, or for garrison purposes, and the other 140,000 as Provincial or Stationary. The last-mentioned class being devoted, of course, to the preservation of order in the more remote provinces -10,000 in Finland, 15,000 in Oren burg, 20,000 in Silistria, and 95,000 in the Caucasus. As to the active movable army of ' 345,000—0 f these 246,000 are distributed in six corps, leaving 44,000 guards, 33,000 grena diers, and 22,000 as the reserve of cavalry. A glance at any military map brought down to a recent date; and deriving its authority from reli able statistics,* will enable any one to compre • hend very readily the capacity possessed by the CZAR to direct an apparently overwhelming force, out of this grand total of his armies, upon the European and Asiatic Frontiers of the SUL TAN'S dominion. This capacity the Emperor NICHOLAS has not been slow to avail himself of, during the past twelve months especially, and yet—Europe has seen how the devoted ranks of the Tuikish 'army have worsted all his plans, have repelled all his attacks, have withstood all the boasted generalship of GORTSCHAKOFF and PASKIEWITC; have compelled the Rus , sian forces to evacuate Lesser Wallachia, to raise the siege of Silistria, and to beat a hasty retreat from the majority of the fortresses in Circassia. Are not these gallant Turks worthy of receiving aid from France and England ? Will it not be a burning shame to the Western Allies of the Porte if there be any further delay in the long-promised movement, which is to bring at last to the field of battle—to the timely assistance of Turkey, and to the final discomfiture of Russia— the heroic bands of the Anglo-French con tingent ? (Reply.) . . "30th May, 1854. " Sir,—Before answering the enquiry made in your favour dated yesterday, I must know for what purpose it is made, and also why the Committee of Anglo-Peruvian Bondholders have applied to me for this information. — I am, Sir, your's obediently, "(Signed) LEWIS H. FIASLEWOOD. " George Dismore, Esq., secretary, 33, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street." The committee speedily gave the required ex planation in the following communication, which, however, elicited a reply precisely similar to the foregoing, showing, in fact, that the question went " home," and was too inconvenient to be met. " Committee of Anglo , Peruvian Bondholders, 33, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, June 2, 1854. . . , " Sir,—l am directed by this committee , to state, in reply to your favour of the 30th ult., that their object in mak ing the inquiry contained in their letter of tha 29th ult., is to ascertain the precLse time when you, in the capacity of broker for the Peruvian agency, was made acquainted with the fact, that the Pervian Government, or their re presentatives, had converted a portion of the do.neatic debt of the republic into sterling bonds, with the view of disposing of them in the London markets, or elsewhere in Europe.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " GEO. DISMORE, Secy. "Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 15, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street." With Lord Clarendon, the correspondence was most satisfactory. The following extract from a letter signed by the chairman, Mr. Richard Thorn ton, will give a fair idea of what has been done, and of the present position of affairs : Puffin. , aside some minor matters, the m a in griev ances of the bondholders rest upon two points, reserve made in the present bonds, of placing at the dis posal of the Peruvian Go rernment, the surplus produce of the guano, over and above paying the dividends, and a 2 per cent. sinking fund, contrary to the intent and mean ing of the bondholders, in agreeing to the conversion in 1853. And the issuing immediately afterwards a large amount of ,bonds representing the domestic debt of Peru, in Bril ish currency, to be disposed of in London." "The remedy that the bondholders require, therefore, is that the bonds representing the domestic debt of Peru in sterling money be withdrawn ; and, as 'Peru is bound to give precedence to the foreign over the domestic creditors, that the whole proceeds of the guano imported into the United Kingdom be appropriated for the payment of the dividends and the redemption of the capital of the debt, and at all events such proportion of the money as will re move all doubt of its being extinguished before the guano is exhausted. " Now, your lordship will be good enough to boar in mind, that the bondholders exclusively rely on the proceeds of the guano, as their security, and it follows as a necessary sequence, that unless the quantity is unlimited (which it is now known not to be) in proportion as it is exhausted, that security is diminished, unless they secure a corres ponding share of tha proceeds. "As the proceedings of the Peruvian Government towards the English creditors has no parallel in the history of foreign liana, the case is also in that respect anomalous, inasmuch as Peru has abundant resources in the guano to liquidate the debt without infringing on her ordinary re venue, and has, therefore, no plea of inability to discharge the obligation." The funds are still mounting up rapidly, and buyers come in upon the belief that the power of Russia is sensibly curbed, and that by vigorous efforts she must speedily be brought to sue for peace. This position of the market is the more worthy of attention, inasmuch as there is a good demand for money in the Stock Exchange, and Exchequer Bills are not higher than 2s. discount to 2s. premium. The bonds are Ito g premium. Consols were 94 when the market opened, rose immediately to 941, and have declined subse quently to 94i 1. The New 3f per Cents. are 94 to 94k, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 94g. Foreign Securities have in some measure parti cipated in the buoyancy of the English securities. The Spanish Threes have been marked 401, and the New Deferred 20 to Peruvian stock has been at 671 to 68 for the 4i per Cents. and at 52 for the Deferred, Buenos Ayres Bonds have been at 541, and Brazilian at 991 to 101, Russian Fives bring 97k, and the 4, per Cents. 851 to /, French 4i per Cents. have been 98 with the exchange 4 at 25 10. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16,275 14,582 Great Northern 17,487 15,825 Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,874 19,425 York and North Midland 29,185 27,181 Newcastle and Berwick These returns do not, in all respects, contrast very favourably with those of the corresponding date of last year. Railway Shares are all rather higher this morning, and there has been a good business done in Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Caledonian, and North-Western. The French improvement in some instances is 1 per cent. French Shares are higher, but not very brisk. The Belgian lines are in some request. The Mining Share Market is brisker, and the Colonial undertakings generally realise higher prices. The Joint Stock Banks are scarcely so high, except Union of Australia. Crystal Palace are better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Oficial List.) Pnainess done. sank Stock 3 ler Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 31 4i 3 / 41 3i 3 por Cent, Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities 944 4 a4B 34 Lung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 48 India Bonds, £3OOO .. Ditto, under £lOOO 1 p 3 d Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 ... 2500 2 d 3 p Small 1 4 5 1 p Exchequer Bonds Scrip 4 p - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. (Tazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOl 991 100 Rueuos Ayres Bonds, 6_per Cent 544 6 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 44 per - Cent. Permian 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 974 Ditto 4A per Cent B5l Sardinianßonds, 5 per Cent... ..... . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 404 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 204 20 Swedish 4 por Ceut.....,.. ......... 87 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 4i per Cent. utch Exchange, 24 per Ceut. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July 934 44 x d . PRISONERS OF WAR.—A. supplementary estimate has been presented to Parliament of the sum required to provide for expenses on account of prisoners of war for the year ending next March. It is proposed to take a vote of 20,000/.--5,000/. for the purchase of the House of Correction at Lewes as a place of confinement for them, and 15,0001. for their maintenance, clothing, &c., and the pay of officers in charge, and incidental ex penses. GOLD DDST ROBBERY. —lnformation has been received at the Chief Police-office, Scotland-yard, that a gentle man was robbed in Rose-court, Upper East Smithfield, of gold dust, amounting to 113 ounces, valued at 4521. It is supposed that the robbery was committed by the members of a gang who are constantly prowling in the vicinity of the docks for victims. The loser had taken the precaution to stow away the gold in a leather belt which he wore round his body, but the thieves divested him of it, as well as the produce of his labour at the diggings. The police of the H dvision have obtained a clue through which, in all probability, the offenders will soon be in custody. EXTENSIVE FORGERY.—YeBterday morning informa tion was forwarded to the city and metropolitan autho rities that au extensive forgery for the delivery of paper had beer committed on Mr. Trounce, a respectable master printer, of Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane. The police were actively engaged after the suspected party. MINIMMINI on every pound sterling. A pasha at the head 0 a large department is thus enabled to make some thing considerable out of his subordinates, in addi tion to his gains from other sources. The formation of a corps of Bashi-Bazouks, to be paid by France, has been decided on. Th is corps, which will at first be 4,600 strong - , and after wards increased to 6,000 if necessary, will be placed under the command of General Yussuf haying un der him Commandant Maoman and Capt. Dupreuil. It is said that the English have it in contemplati on to form a body of irregulars on the same plan. if , as there is every reason to hope, this organisati on should succeed, the greatest advantages may be ultimately derived from it ; the Bashi Bazouks are almost 'all very brave, and accustomed to every kind of privation and fatigue—all th e y want want is discipline. Public attention is ge nera directed towards Silistria. It is stated tba' M. Grach, the Prussian officer who directs tb e ,. artillery, has just been decorated with the order of Medjidie, as a reward for the talent with which be has carried on the operations. It is not Omer Pasha who is marching in person on Silistria. Th e Turkish Generalissimo only went about five league s beyond Schumla. Beiram Pacha, at the head 34,000, continued his march on that place. Or e i e. Pacha, in pursuance of the plan of operations In has laid down, has prescribed to that officer to avoid a pitched battle with the Russians ; his object is to make a strong reconnaisance in view of the be sieged place. The last accounts from thence all nounce that Silistria may hold out for two month& It is said that a corps of 4,000 regular troops, ccin l : manded by Kiraly-Mehemet-Pasha, have entered, Silistria, without the Russians being able to pre vent it. The Circassians, commanded by the Emir Mehemet, are said to have obtained a great victory over the Russians at Dariel, near Kiresch ; the latter have lost 2,000 men and three pieces (), cannon. Schamyl was in full march on Tiflis With 25,000 men and 50 pieces of artillery. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA. KARS, May 15.—A severe defeat bas been OP tained by the Russians in Circassia. Pursuant to instructions received from St. Petersburg, th e strongholds of Redout-Kale, Anakria, Sokura - Kale, and others situated in Abasia, on the Black Sea, were abandoned by their garrisons, who with drew into the interior, and, having collected the garrisons of the minor forts on their way, theY advanced by the Diriel pass, in the direction of Tiflis and Gumri. The Russian force, 15,000 strong, having entered the pass, we ° suddenly attacked in the van and the rear by" a large army of mountaineers, under the com mand of Emir Bey, the second in command te, Schamyl. Thus assailed the Russian advance guard was cut to pieces, whilst the centre and the rear were compelled to retreat with a severe loss. The Russians lost three pieces of cannon, much am munition, and above 3,000 killed. Dariel lies on the high road from Vladikaukas to Tiflis, and is S ilt days' march from the latter place. Had the Rus sians succeeded in forcing the pass they would have at once entered Georgia ; whilst to the army of Kars the accession of this force at Gumri would hav e been most redoubtable. All the above forts ar e ' in the hands of the Circassians. The tool' and fortress of Urzughetti, near Batoum, h ave been abandoned by the enemy, and are now ocela" pied by Selim Pacha. The possession of this placo is of the greatest strategic importance to the Turks. Whilst Urzughetti was in the hands of the enenly.; the army at Batoum was prevented from moving 7 but now Selim Pacha is free to advance, and com bine his operations with those of the army of Kars' An advance on either of these armies would e x p ose, the enemy to a flank attack, whilst, by a skilf,e' manoeuvre, the road from Gumri to Tiflis might ue intercepted, and the capital would fall. The re a : son of the withdrawal of the garrison of Urzughetv.! (8,000 strong) is unknown. There can be tore © suppositions—each one very probable. Either th Russians feared being cut off, and attacked by have combined movement of the Circassians ; or ha v advanced to the Dariel pass, to disengage the troops lately defeated there ; or they have raarchi, to reinforce the army at Gumri, and there coneew trate their forces. At Tiflis there are but a fe lt hundred men in garrison ; but at Gumri the en erel s is 25,000 strong. At the latter place the tr op p aso employed in establishing an entrenched cameo commanded by the guns of the fortress, and at: evidently anxious to attract this army to as vance on their position. _Pas si Lae. The gun' of the inhabitants of Gumri are evident l y .nu : easy, for they have removed all their valuables into the citadel. This trepidation on their pa" is perfectly unnecessary, for, so far from ac preaching Gumri, all the efforts of this army Wl': be directed to outflank 2 the formidable garrison ('-` that fortress, and in capturing Tiflis. An emissari of Schamyl has arrived here with communicati o T from that heroic chieftain. He promises to mares • with a ley een masse, 60,000 strong, the women that this army passes the Arpatschai, but refuses!" move unless the two movements be combinea • Schamyl is perfectly correct in refusing to under take a solitary movement, and we regret that sorcie of his fiery courage and wild energy cannot 1 infused into the hearts of the Turkish col:1111 30 ; ders here. Matters have greatly i m p r oved s o this place. Wheat in large quantities 1111, arrived, and the chariots with their terms of oxen, have been detained for r the use of the arialf . Both baggage horses and mules are daily arrive so that in :few days or a week the army will bo a position to march. Money, the sinews of ware continues to arrive ; and shoes, with clothing , l ` r o anxiously awaited. The troops w hich had be', 3 o quartered on the villages surrounding Kars ha g , been recalled, and are now encamped on the P l3ll l The whole army will go under tent to-morrow, will remain on the plain until the site of a es nar has been selected. THE BALTIC. 111 COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, June 20.—The Leo a and Valorous have destroyed the Crown wharf ai l small vessels at Itemi, in the Gulf of Bothnia. They refrained from damaging Tornea. Details have arrived respecting the affaiX Gumla Kurleby. The Odin and Vulture landed 150 men. T l5 l were attacked by sharpshooters .in ambuscade, an by a masked battery - of five guns. Lieut. Barrington, a midshipman, a mate, ancle three men fell; 2 officers and 14 men vi er j . wounded. One boat was lost. 28 men all mate were taken by the Russians, whose come der was killed. The commander of Bomarzund has been d i ' v missed. All pilots have been sent into the interior. ST. PETERSBURG. Ate Advices from St. Petersburg of the 13th il . r ee that the Emperor Nicholas h a d or dered Pr' ll a t e Dolgorouki, Minister of War, to set out for 4 . Danubian Principalities, and to draw up an !?; r i rate report of the position of affairs in a mil.", point of view. The operations before Silistria were esPed fall recommended to his notice. tioo This measure has produce,l a profound seng..,4o at St. Petersburg, as the Emperor never iutr his Minister of War with such a mission ever occasions of serious importanc3. RUMOURED ABDICATION OF THE a ls f o ' f It is not strange, says the Paris correspondeltiit the Times, writing yesterday, that such an inclu"-01 as the interview at Tetschen between the ICing „r Prussia and Emperor of Austria should hav e " o f cited general attention, awakened the curiosi t l re all, and given rise to many conjectures, all the W a i l that the greatest secrecy has been observed // " 0 01. respect to it. As yet it seems to have baffled ali o . ture, and all that has been safely said is that he_ 4o suit was satisfactory, not onlyto the Sovereigns Tot met on that occasion, but to the policy of ttit' o s Powers. Notwithstanding the mystery w.ble' of covered these proceedings, it is believed by °Peed two persons who have been found to be accurately informed m, matters relating to Gl rra of politics, that nothing less than the abdicatioltihot the Emperor Nicholas was on the tapis, and of though it may not have been the only topi c deliberation, yet that it was the principal oll e itlie Private letters from St. Petersburg speak of the great change that has taken place in the Era . Pe u ioa both morally and physically. They describe, as completely broken down in health and spiv VARNA.—THE BRITISH EXPEDITIOX" t The followhig is from the special correspond° of the Times Broom "VARNA, June I.—On Sunday' last Sir George in the left the barracks at Scutari, and proceeded to Varntthat Banshee, and before his departure orders wore issue d coat' the men belonging to the Light Division under w e the rn wand should embark early the following moinFloclo baggage to be on board at 6 o'clock, the men at 9 ° Oaf Similar orders for their embarkation on the 26th of b o p had been given, as I already-Informed y o u last weekLi e far owing to some change of pl a n s on th e part of the ohthat they were notcarried out, and fears were entertainea the expedition might be delayed still longer at t i l i atigl However, the departuto of the General looked pre'-'ti n gs° and this time the hopes and impatience of those who - I°- 0 1)1 0 or action wore to be satisfied. At daylight there eirfee woke up the camp of the Light Division, and til xYgli t •ments were ready for inspection at 5 o'clock. The 01 00 Division, whi c h i s no d ou bt d es ti ne d to play an i m p4ll b ° part in this campaign, and whose highest glory it to emulate the suc cess e s o f the famous legion of the viregi. sula whose name th e y bear, consists of the following 1 90 'flouts :—The 7th Fusiliers, the 23d Fusiliers, th e v o otp Foot, the 33d or Wellington's Regiment, the 77th es the 88th Connaught Rangers, and the Rifle Brila 2d battalion, attached. Each regiment was 1 315(3 4 tha order of numbers by the side of its etgaliglea 441 from chick. titean ceede was t of wl 'Nap.] of VI just Vesu The ,ft