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of .d Don regiment 4t-Colonel Oulianoff, was sent to that point Ascertain the enemy's force. At a distance erBt ' in front o f R a d ovan , the Cossacks drove ,„ '"e'lci chain of Bashi-Bazouks, but seven squa tilar Turkish horse hastened to their sup :relll3°n Colonel Jellonoschkine charged the t I 4 , and compelled him to retire. A party h "Bh cav a l ry, w hi c h occup i e d th e village of "t near Rasservata, met with the same fate. 4Colonel ValJuleff, commanding the 223 Don "ett forward fr o m the detachment of General (thee 2 sotnias o f h is reg i men t. drove back the bor(oc direction of B asar d sc hik. Upon these oc nring un the opposite flanks) the Turks, ac -14 ?oils rece i ved, suffere d great loss. Nothing , f flu occurred along the Danube line up to A p ri l (query, 11th of May, new style)." r NS ACKEN SENT TO SIBERIA. , k nred at Constantinople that General qtd p was menaced with disgrace, and that ICU 1. 41 all probability be degraded to the los. l , and sent to Siberia as a private sol - Ostanding the Grand Cross of St. Au hina for the " victory" he gained at letters say that he stands charged with 4 / g applied t o i ts proper use a l ar ge sum of Ifo r li f t b s ome time since by the Emperor of N r ,' 4e repairs of the defences of that city . was instituted after the bombardme nt, it l e o llilt has been highly unfavourable to the ktn, th e parties to whose hands the funds 4 tA , GREECE. ir-ING OF THE FRENCH TROOPS ATION OF THE MINISTERS. l hav el M ay 31. Eight thousand French Gr eei _ 44 (!ed in the Piraeus. l otis k Ministry has resigned.du° has declared that without a Ministry lt h ee .ide nothing. of .:, r to-day (Thursday) has the fol ,pire2oth of May the French troops landed 0 11 „s3 and seized the Greek vessels. 4gi a „?.) accepted the propositions of France I p 4 " on the 26th. I. v t oclaination he declared complete neu- A aere l er ls a change i of Ministry." ta,. (l espatcl from Trieste, later by a few hap Nre news from Athens to the 26th. King !li er ' l l, f g threatened to leave the capital and d e the Ambassadors of Prussia and ,k l e w a 'red their intention to follow him. 118 sidors of France and England have 'e lt „ ' l i cin obtaining from his Majesty an en , t° °hserve a strict neutrality and to no- Ilzt' f he w Ministry. 4, qhes e negotia,tions were in progress, six ' , and French ships arrived, and the N t '? ° card them disembarked and occupied of the Piraeus and its neighbourhood. ,tia," t ne tin e th e Greek ships hauled do wn N°' the King signed the engageme nt, and l _ ' t adors of the W e stern Pkowers presented aiesty' s acceptance the list of a new arfved with the French troop s . telegraphic despatch, dated Athens, ' 4 44 13 ) a body of French and English troo p s it 111 the Pirmus. toil:citatio n of the Prussian Consul has led to ' th: 6ll g results : 04 1 , 1) ,!esence of all the foreign Minister s, l ki,, - ; “,as promised neutrality, and a cha n g e f n , Stry . 11 . 1 ' 1 :( 11°Wi " list of a new Cabinet has been : i l kez, : " -I \eavrocordato, President and Fin ance ! 01 ',Paland r i os , Interior ; Peri les Argy ' °reign Affairs ; Kalergi, War ; Petoalis, hl°niteur says :—The Greek insurrection, 44414,riust f a il e d i n Epirus, has broken out I p oah 'hessaly, where bands of Hellenes have eie es sion of twenty villages. Unfortu natel y , lha b—, reason to doubt that this new attempt 'Nit:sequence of orders recently sent from ; the frontiers. Tcha,mi-Karo-Tassos has re t h v i ?n , Mount Athos with a part of his band. troops sent against him to Ormilia PleV ie d to Salonica, brin g ing back with them tep o - s 3 of cannon captured from the Hellenes. pai la confirmed that on commencing the One chief in question burnt alive the Turks i 4 ttli k ' l number of 150, had taken refuge, with tkttth", in a church. tNt .l) ,,,,r o ra Athens of the 22d state that the dismay prevailed among the partisans of ll_ th N R I the menaced occupation of the country by h : ti,c'Prench force. The Queen, in particular, tiC t ed to a pitch of frenzy that made her ✓q t l l tear that her mind was disordered. She is 1 ; 1 4 )01. 4 ' 7 "e repeatedly declared that if the occupa- N,*l place, she would that moment mount on ' t kly:k, place herself at the head of the Greek L ep' ll ( l lead them across the frontiers and rouse e 1 r!'lilation to arms. Her Majesty's baggage had , 71 q, cl ered to be prepared, and everything por '"itrr early departure. At length she yielded to ItOf entreaties, and even, it is said, to the So the King, who conjured her not to talc. le t i h t ,7 4 a step ; and in his supplications he was A riY aided by the ladies and the servants of ~4 , 4 1 14 -t . ,e e • Nevertheless, the writer of the letter "k ° ' of opinion that her Hellenic Majesty had t 4ti lip all idea f Dlaci'ig her lance in rest and ith - 1 , 4 a heroine of romance. The excitement 111:i t' alace was very great, and the indignation e t i lfri - : l ,',„ i an party beyond description, while t of the country were !,!ratitied at the Rt fkl e a q the troops, who would enable them to Conspirators and adventurers. AUSTRIA. t 5 Ih test from Vienna says, this day a courier /134 411, ( C i e Vienna for St. Petersburg, wit h the stud of the evacuation of the Principalities. 4 414 sends troops to Orsova. life the was held at Vienna, on the 27th tde Gomorel e apartments of the Duke of Coburg, at T4le Lamb. It was attended by L ord West- OW 0 ) Baron Bourqueney, Arif Effendi, the th,, 11 , 4 1.1 E3 4 .,evoY, Count Buol, Mr. Bach, Coun N 't.l l)l ,' the First Adjutant-General of his Majesty C li PtAr r or. Nothing has transpired of course 1 1 'it il i`g the nature of their common deliberation, llst have been serious, since it lasted several 111 4 tli FRANCE. e Em our was circulated in Paris y esterday that -eg o -Peror of Russia manifests a desire to resume Voi at i i :. ll a, and even to evacuate the Principalities, m 'leu that the Powers will agree to the estab tne-',(3f the status quo. If such propositions have 6,0 1 4 ',F, it is evidently with the object of detach -1.445e t w "la and Austria from the European alliance, Ito n i e Powers being supposed to be against any ~711V( 1. tend to dismember or diminish the Rus "itlitillPire. Yet the Emperor of Russia, not 4bth th e l; l ing his arrogance, must be really alarmed ` D .,7t4 Perilous condition in which his folly has more The circle in which he is enclosed a l 'arrower each day, and every issue beco mes 411 41 , d more difficult from the measures adopt ed 'rea' oiuts of his Empire with a powerful and p VVh e n le en t y. Ori ß General Baraguay d'Hilliers arri ved at c' he proceeded to the Palace of ' l ' a. b ," 11 c 1 ) where he was received by the Emperor Tli .-..v ate audience. aertt e e a French residents at Constantinople pre hay'a a complimentary address to General Barad th(i on the occasion of his recal ; an nletleral returned the following reply to it: .th t , e h very thankful, gentlemen, for sh hat you do me '4e h o nour to say. To preserve to the flag of France, to h ;:iullence which it is entitled to possess in the East, of '„,'nteet your commerce there, to hasten the solution oy r 4oll • r affairs, to neglect nothing that can be useful to di n :nant r y which we love the more, the more we are (> 4 nt f rom it, s uch was my prog ramme on a rriving at . 4 antinople, and I am convinced that I have acted Bret It. I came here with hope, and I leave with re to, t i o since to obey the orders of the Emperor, who calls tvl io near him, I must separate from you, gentlemen, of th 'ave sho w n me so muc h s y m p at hy. The souvenir ty tt , e time which I have passed amongst you will, how -1 Wili al waYs be precious to me. In returning to France, Vi:l t h e conv e y t o the Emperor histive solicitude for his y k i` that c an increa,,e the prospy o h f our country, re l t i d — aiesty, be assured, will not lose rig t o v f o th e e d Frenc . h ' er lta at Constantinople, who are so de t to his o ry , wan his person. tio b 7 r e is no w no longer any doubt of the forma- The Colonise of th at o f a camp near Boulogne. tar Place states that the commandant of the mili kettengincers has received orders for the establish 1b °I a first camp to contain 12,00 0 men. It ll Will b e formed at Wimereux. One thousandw. huts Two t ota e built of clay and covered with straw. ected th er P ,, al lies of the sappers and miners are. Ivor]; 111 a few days to commence operaticpwsp.. tr imi l nen belonging to the neighbourhood will be cot4, e l Yed, if necessary, as everything st be la R e : ete d in six weeks or two months at date lataetc,—* A. letter from St. Omer of the same fr om -a that 1,600 sacks of wheat had arrived there L°ridon, intended for the troops which are regime rtl to assemble in that neighbourhood. Four et i ,nts were expected there in a day or two, and ce l l,fles had been made in all the surrounding Old b 5 to ascertain how many men and horses be accommodated. gar I laanorid, the English Conc.ul at Cherburg, ci " grand dinner to tho isaval, military, and out authorittes of that port on the 20th, in bon ° the annivereary of the birth-day of Queen .111111611=1"frOof his regimen ,uisown, and 11 of the 42d r ivanlTlcr. proposed the health of Queen Victoria, adding, " May our banners for the repose of the world i always remain, as they are now, cordially united." The English Consul acknowledged the toast i a short and appropriate speech, at the conclusion of which he proposed the health of the Emperor of 1 the French. After which the Sub-Prefect pro posed a toast to the generals, the officers, and the soldiers of the expeditionary army. All these toasts were responded to by loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive la Reine d'Angleterre 1" " Viveut les Armees de Terre et de Mer de la :France et de la Grande Bretagne 1" During the dinner the band of the Marines played " God save the Queen," " Partant pour la Syrie," and other ap propriate airs. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 70f. 50c. rose to 71f. 40c., and closed at 71f. for the end of the month • the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 06f. 30c. ; and the New Loan, at 70f. 50c. ; Orleans Ra ilwa y Shares, 1,140 f. ; Rouen 930 f. ; Havre, 472 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 832? 50c. ; Sq.asburg, 757 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 595 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 922 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 788 f. 75c. ; Western of l!'rance, 650 f. • Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f. ; Great Cen tral of France, 487 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 485 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 672 f. 50c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 25th have arrived. A military force is being collected at Cadiz to be sent to Cuba. The works of the two railways which go to Barcelona are rap idl y advancing. On the Northern one, the section of Granollers will be completed in a few days ; arid on the Eastern line, the section to Martorell will, it is expecired, be opened in the course of the summer. A letter says —" Pressing despatches from the Marquis de Viluma, Spanish Ambassador at Paris, have been received during the last few days, to apply with great solicitude on the part of the Emperor and Empress of the French for news of the health of Queen Maria Christina. The Court has been much pleased with this attention. The Government has received from several governor s of provinces, and especially from those of Cadiz, Guadalajara, Palen cia, and Segovia, official notifications, that volun tary subscriptions have already been made to the amount of the taxes of the respective provinces, for the advance demanded by the Government. There is every reason to believe that the country will, more readily than had been expected, make the loan." The 25th being Ascension -day the Stock Exchange was not open. The Queen had notified her intention of leaving , for La Grinja at the end of June. Queen Chris tina had been able to leave her bed. Some new financial measures were to be submitted to the Queen by the Ministers. SWITZERLAND. The Swiss papers announce that the Grand Coun cil of the Canton of Ticino has resolved to postpone the revision of the Constitution to a less agitated period. THE ,TEAM-SHIP CANDIA. - - - - SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, May 31.—The Candia, 1 a beautiful new clipper steam-ship, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, went out on a trial trip this morning, with a few scien tific gentlemen on board, including Captain Thornton, R.N., a director, and Mr. A. Lamb, the engineer in chief of the company, Messrs. Taplin and Waterman, Government surveyors, &c. The Candia is the hand somest screw steam-ship, as far as regards her external appearance, that has yet been produced among the very numerous fleet of splendid ships possessed by this company. She is about 2,200 tons burden, with geared t rusk engines of 450-horse power, by Messrs. G. Rennie an I Co., the ship being constructed by Messrs. C. J. Mare and Co., Blackwall. Her dimensions are as follows : Length, 281 ft. ; breadth, 38 9-10 ft. ; depth, 26 2-10 ft. The cylinders have a four-feet stroke, with an effective diameter of 71 in. The screw is 151 feet diameter, with a 20-foot pitch. It is impossible to speak too highly of the admirable workmanship and . engineering skill dis played in the engine department, or of the general excel lence of the cabin arrangements, which latter are on such a scale of elegance, combined with comfort, as to leave nothing to be desired. The fittings for the convenience of the passengers prove, iu fact, that perfection in this respect has almost been attained, as it is difficult to be lieve that in a first-rate hotel superior accommodation or comfort could be supplied. The speed made at the measured mile in Stoke 's Bay to-day ol was as follows : Min. Sec. See. Knots. lions. Steam. let run ... 5'5, equal to 11'803 ... 36 ... 221 b. 2d run ... 4 30, 13 . 333 ... 36 ... 211 b. 3d run ... 5 . 36, 10 ' 711 ... 34 A ... 201 b. f i t c , 3 4th run ... 4 . 4, 14 ' 745 ... 37 ... 221 b. showing an average of 12 . 65 knots, equal to 14 . 45 sta tute mites per hour. Beyond a slight disarrangement, owing to a heated bearing (usual in newly-finished engines), the machinery worked in the most satisfactory manner, and the boilers, which are on the flue principle, p a tented by Messrs. Lamb and Summe rs, gave an excel lent supply of steam. The Candia, under the command of Captain Field, is immediately to take her place on the Southampton, Matta, and Alexandria line, and will, without doubt, do great credit in her subsequent per formances to the successful and energ etic public company to which she belongs. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERNL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June 1, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale:, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 78s 9a 37s Id 293 Ild 53s lid 49s 4d 44s 7d THE KIX WEEKS' A AVERAG BE E. WH. i PARLET. I OATS. I EYE. I NS. I PEAS. EAT 793 2d i 373 2d 28s lld 523 2d 48s 2d 45s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 65,791; Barley, 8,316; Oats, 16,842 ; Rye, 45 ; Beans, 3,868; Yea, 229 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SlirrfirrELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 108 to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. A. full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND_—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. 'Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. ,44WHITECHAPF,L.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 51 Os; clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 6/ Gs ; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MAII,SETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL.—Each kind of meat sold freely, at this market to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3u 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Bd. per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTEIALL, May 31.—We bad a brisk sale for beasts at an advance of 2d to 4d per Sibs. Other kinds of stock were stead:— Beef, from :3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 54 Od ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to, 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, May 31.—Our market is firm to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od ,to 5s 2d Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s Cki to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s ; 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, June I.—Wind this day at Noon, Easterly ; pleasant breezes, and fine. CHATHAM, May 31.—Wind, E. Arrived—Jane and Barbara, from Sierra Leone. SWANSEA, May 31.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Pumavedo de Minho, for Cate de Verds. SUNDERLAND, May 31.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Maize, for Quebec. NEWPORT, Ma►y 31.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Achille, for Rio Janeiro. Put back—General Taylor, New York, leaky. QUEENSTOWN, May 30.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Espem lador, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed—Standard, for Callao. MEMEL, May N.—The Keepsake and Conquest, in putting to sea yesterday, got in contact ; the latter has put back with damage. ANTWERP, May 31.—The Capella, of and bound to Hamburgh, from Cochin, was destroyed by fire on the 30th Apiil ; crew saved by the Twee Antonys. (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, E.S.E. ; light breeze, and dull. Arrived—John Barbour, from St. John's, N.B. - Lady Bassett, Tarsus ; Alert, Rotterdam ; Ingleborough, Bom bay; Portland, Mobile. Sa il e d—Portland, for New Y ork ; George, for New Or leans Charles Brownell , Rio Janeiro ; Juniata, Calcutta. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH 10.40 a.m. .) G R AVESEND, Thursday, Wind, E. ; tide, last hours' ebb ; weather cloudy, and blowing strong. Arrived, May 31—Token, from Bombay ; Rodolph, Porto Rico ; Jantina, Memel ; Fides, Odense ; Prima, Hamburgh ; Theodor, Memel ; Lind, Gothenburgh ; Gustav 111., Doderhalste ; Joh annes, Ditzum ; Vereine gung, Accermanseil. Arrived, June I—Baron Osy (s) , f rom Antwerp ;l Earl M of Auckland (s), Rotterdam ; Holland (s), do. ; agnet E (s m ), A en msterdam ; Os Dantzic ; Julia, Na,skore ; Emma, d ; Brilliant,litta, Memel ; Genoa Margaretha, from Groningen. DEAL, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. ; strong, and cloudy. Passed—Planet, for Port Philip ; Competitor, for Mel b' urns ; Ashmore, New Zealand ; Florence, Barbadoes ; Flekke Youre, for Cadiz—all from London ; brig Harry, from north to westward ; French full-rigged ship, from north to westward. Several vessels aro passing at the back of the Goodwin Sands to the westward. DEATH OF COLONEL SAMUEL WHITE.—We regret to announce the sudden death of Colonel Samuel White, of Killakee. Ile was seized with an attack of apoplexy yesterday, while sitting at table with his family, and, though the best medical assistance was shortly afterwards on the spot, he only lingered a few hours, and never became sensible from the first. The deceased represented the county of Leitrim for several years in Parliament, in which representation he succeeded his father, the late Mr. Luke W hite. He died without any issue. Colonel White was possess , d of large landed property in the country of Leitrim, aria was a kind and indulgent land -1 1 ' -te•stlf,, :t and A r felit friend In early life he i ,- ,f. and a , < , e to n present at . ninst of the vic rtiersedobthtaeinaeriduybyaltAhde was s uko of Wellington,—Pub/in Evening Mail. (THIS DAY.) (BY F,LEOTRN TELEGRAPH.) FOUR-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Dabehick Tobolski TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. 1I thr Bessie 1 I ',,,,t Eight ran. OAKS. Crosslanes and Alas were scratched on Monday last, at 3 p.m. ORDER OF RUNNING. 3.3o—Stand Plate. 5. o —Queen's Guineas. s.3o—Cobham Plate. ARRlVED.—Antoinette, f. by Epirus out of Pelion's dam, Duett, Oulston, Cockspur, Rifleman, and Master Adam. OAKS.—The following fillies are here :—Bribery, Me• teora, Miss Worthington, Apropos, Mincemeat, Diana, Sort e, Kitty Clover, Malmsey, Durindana, Strutaway, Little Gerry, Crosslanes, f. by Cowl, Austrey, Olitipa, Honeysuckle, Hopeful f., Glengowrie, Mishap, and Folly o' the Day. No betting on the Oaks. SPORTING NOTES. THE DERBY DAY DREAM DISPELLED. " The Dream's here still; even when I wake, it is Without me, as within me ; not imagined, felt." The Cockney's annual holiday was yesterday cele brated at Epsom Downs, and was marked by its usual incidents of riotous fun, excitement, and mirth. The weather was most propitious ; the sun shone gaily, and the atmosphere was fresh and balmy. To describe the • leading characteristics of a Derby Day would, however, occupy more time than I can well spare. My present business is with the race. An egregious mistake was made with Dervish. The prejudice which existed against him was well-founded, and it was shared by almost every person except his trainer and friends. On what grounds John Scott built his confidence it is difficult to determine, and what ex planation he will give of -the horse's running to its owner I shall be rather curious to ascertain. They who boldly declared that he would never get round Tattenham Corner with the leading horses had their predictions fulfilled to the letter. The partiality for An dover increased up to the very hour of start ing, and never were horses saddled that looked in finer condition than he, and his stable companion Hermit. Andover won with ease. He is the joint pro perty of Mr. Gully and Mr.. Padwick. The latter gen. tleman has this season had a large share of the good things of the turf, as the suc wesses which he has achieved with Virago, Scythian, Prince Arthur, and others, amply testify. The Andov, party backed their horse with unflagging spirit to the last, and, consequently, win a large stake. Book-makers, of course, "throw out." The settling is likely to be satisfactory, although in certain quarters time, it 'has been already hinted, will be required. Had King T am, however, won, a " tight ness" in the market would doubtless have been long ex perienced, This horse ran well and gamely, and had no accident befallen him, his owner, it is just possible, would at last have gained the much coveted "blue riband." Under the circumstances, the defeat of King Tom was a heavy blow, and sore discouragement, to Baron Rothschild. The Trapper met with an accident on Tuesday, and was " scratched." He overpowered the boy the boy that was riding him at exercise, and bolted into a hedge. Bad hedging this for his backers. Autocrat went to the post. No attempt, however, was made to start him with the other animals. When the flag was lowered he was fully twenty lengths in the rear ! My calculations as to the result of the race were not utterly upset. My confidence in Dervish was misplaced, and in giving him the precedence over Andover and Hermit only was I wrong. The above notes hastily penned contain all the little particulars of interest which I can at present think of. I shall, however, take ano ther glance at the Derby and the Doings when the meeting is brought to an ending post. Notwithstanding John Scott's ill-luck yesterday, for tune may yet take a turn in his favour. I shall expect an animal from his stable to win the Oaks. Indeed, the betting indicates the race to be reduced to a match between Meteora and Bribery. To Meteora I shall give the preference. The minor stakes I shall not touch upon. June 1. A FRESH MAN. L A W INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) 1 st. io st. GROSS CONDUCT OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICER.--The At torney-General, previously to this case coming on moved for a rule of attachment againt Henry Luckett, an offi cer of the Sheriff, for having abused the power of this court by giving the summonses of this court, ordering jurors to attend the Grand Juries for Middlesex, to his assistant, William Luckett, whom it was alleged, had offered, for a gratuity of 55., to let persons, who were summoned, off serving. It did not appear that Luckett had received any money. Lord Campbell said there could be no doubt the conduct alleged was very gross, and granted the application. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Gel (Sittings in Banco.) 20 20 THE RIVAL OPERA-ROUSES.—LIIMLEY V. GYE. 50 This case, which has become somewhat celebrated 2 0 from the number of times it has been before the public, came on again this morning in this court, before Lord 20 Campbell, Mr. Justice Crompton, and Mr. Justice 1 0 Erle, for argument to show cause why a rule nisi, ob- St. tabled last term by Sir F. Thesiger to set aside the ver- 25 5 diet obtained against the plaintiff, should not be made 11. absolute. Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Hag gins, Q.C., and Mr. Huddlestone, were for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Wills, and Mr. Creasy were for the defendant. It will be recollected, that an action had been brought by the plaintiff, the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket, against the defendant, lessee of the Royal Italian Opera, to recover damages from defendant for having induced Mdlle. Johanna Wagner to break her engagement with plaintiff, to sing at her Majesty's The are, and contract with defendant to sing at the rival opera house. Upon Mademoiselle Wagner being announced at the Covent-garden establish ment, the plaintiff, George Lumley, obtained an injunction from the late Sir James Parker to restrain IA her from singing there, which was confirmed, upon 11 an appeal, by the Lord Chancellor. The plaintiff then commenced his action, which was tried in February last at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell, and a verdict given for the defendant ; the jury finding that he, the de fondant, had no knowledge , at the time of h is con- I tracting with Mdlle. Wagner, that Mr. Lumley's con tract was then in existence. Lord Campbell having read his notes of the evidence taken by him upon the trial, The Attorney-General then proceeded to argue against the rule, giving a history of the first acquaintance with Madame Wagner, and contending that he, Mr. Gye, had long contemplated the engagement of the lady before Lumley had obtained her, and in fact had been under an understanding that she would appear first with him ; and finding that was not to be the case wished to arrange for a few nights' performance after her engagement at her Majesty's Theatre. The learned Attorney- General then alluded to the circumstances of Mr. Lum ley, and at some length contended that Mr. Gye had done no more than in a fair spirit he had a right to do, namely, make her an offer to come out at his theatre, if her contract with the present plaintiff was not likely to be carried out ; and, also, that the plaintiff had failed, by non-payment, to render the original contract a valid one. rkVe shall give the result in our late edition.] MARLBOROUGH -STREET.---(THIS DAY. ASSAULTING A POLICE-CONSTABLE. ] Mr. Vivian:, Webber, who was described on the charge 1 sheet as an officer in the army, was charged before Mr. 1 Bingham with being drunk and assaulting Police-con stable Oxer, 111 C, while in the execution of his duty. , Th e constable stated th at on the previous night he 11 was on duty near the Argyle-rooms, Great Windmill street, when his attention was called to the defendant, who was very drunk and obstructing the visitors to the rooms. Witness desired defendant to move on, which he refused to do ; and on witness putting his hand on his shoulder to remove him, he (defendant) struck him on the mouth. Witness then took him into custody. Defendant admitted being very drunk and excited, and while in that state might have conducted himself as the constable h a d described, for which he was exceed person in defendant's position ingly sorry. b e tter than raise his hand against o a u p M g o h l r f c t e o ß c i h o n a n g v: leaankw said a bilneo.n It was very fortunate for defendant 1 that the officer was not hurt, and as a warning to him for the future he (Mr. Bingham) should fine him 40s. The money was at once paid. THE UNIVERSITY TESTS. --A petition was adopted by the corporation of Manchester yesterday afternoon, in a very full meeting of the council, praying " that all ecclesiastical tests for matriculation and degrees at the University of Oxford and for degrees at the University of Cambridge may be abolished. (PHI BRITISH RAILWAYS. Ped.l RAILWAYS. Closing Prices l yesterday. I 23 - 24 41 - 5 8 - 9 13 —l2 dial 100 Aberdeen . . 81 Ainbg Nottug. Bost. and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire June t all Jo. Chesh. di Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £20..... ..... 30 Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 1100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon._ all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall 6 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian..... all ')o., (£lB E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A 1 Stock 100 De., B. Stock 84 Do., New A 'lOO East Lancashire 100 P:dinburgh & Glasgow 54 Edinb. at: rl Peebles 100 - Edin.Prth & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston! 100 Great Northern Stk. 1 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ...... 100 Gt. Sth. &,West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 114 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 184 Do., Fifths 11t D D., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soatlipt all London & Blackwell Br, Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 (2ond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...t 24 Do. Eighths 100 Londor audS. Westn. 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O a ll Lnndrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Aanch.Slief.&Linclr 44 Do., Mar. & '2in. Un 100 Midland 100 ,)o. Birmng. &Derby 47/ Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 61 Do. , Bury Extension 171, Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd V Newry & Enniskillen all 2 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk ... 31 Northn.Cennties Un. 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 6 8 , Do., A B Guaranteed all North London 61 Do. New £lO ,1/ is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 171 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, t Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 icottishMidland 100 Shrewsbury & Biting 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed. St eta._ 10 Shrewsby. & Illefefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves,'. a all Do. Oswesta y 64 Shropshire 1., 1110,1 ... Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent, all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dur 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok ,:, Wok all Stockton & Darling 16' 3 Stock.on & Hartlepl. ,00 Tad' Vale.. 8 Do. £lO shares. LOO Do. F. 6., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Rail way 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Water;onl&Limerick 16 West Cornwall . West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon' 100 YorkNewctL&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 130 Do. G.N. E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland .0 9 5 3 !CI 8 !O 9 !O all .N) 2 5 all 25 71 1.00 30 LOO all 20 10 201 all 201' all LOO all 20 5 5 all 20 15 10 10 5 2 5 3 10 5 20 8 20 12 20 33 3 3 10 all 2C 2 20 all 20 1 all 16 all 20 all 10 all 20 10 40 all 10 all 20 all 20 all 20 10 104 10i 20 all 20 12 5 2 20 all 6 20 6 20 8 8i all 10 all 20 10 10 7 20 2 20 15 15 17 8 7d 92 - 551 146 - 9 94 564 151 11 ii : 45 7 - 8 is' 1 - "_ ii = 55i - 6 4 :q 61 - 56 23 :- 58 62 83 89 71 73 121 - 123 14 - iii 85 87 10 12 o 10 12 p 614 —61 i 78-- 7i (f! iii = iii -8 1 --7 8 1024 1034 981 984 1 d d • 7S 7 9 11 —10 i 10 191 - 20, 60 - 60. 33 - 35 561 7 ... d-- i al 6A siti' 2i 2i 60 t 56 6 - 8 46 - 48 34 31 32 ... 33 &) Evi hci—ip - 401 v - 7A 29 - 31 S 5 8i 52 54 56 - GO 55 - 60 3 - 26 15 17 7a 8§ 11 13 4 3id .•• ••• 14 76 62 34 -- 35 4 -- 2d 4 0 io = 32 3 -- 3i 17i 18 -- 5 20 22 ii = 6i ••• ••• 661 67i - 48 - 49 67i 7 ai• Bt. 20 25 49 8i 9 I 25 Compass• London & ' N. West.] L. &N. W. Gt.Nrthn. seialdonian. Do t. Weetn Ik. New. & /3er fr. T. &N Do Do 3. Fasten 1.01 -- 103 50 -- 52 25 -- 26 12i -- 13 22A -- 23 IDo iorfolk.. G.& N. W. & Midld. Itcliton Darlingt. 2i - 2i ... 88 - 90 1 0. Conn' Do ..... Do - J. & /. &Lniak Do GrtNorth Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. D 0... GtWestn. 55 - 57 ad ad 2. ~d 28i - -- 92 IttAit ES. 93 - 95 o• '''' ••• ~ '''' ... FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. June.' Beziers to Graissesoac Bombay, Baroda, and Central lud 4 a.,Serip Central of Italy Charleroi uc :I , :qyelin Demerara D D ij ut o c n h a ß til lie ß n e ' sa sh nC°n East Indian Do. Exteus'on Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France! Gt.Westerno:Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is. )'57 tiamilton Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca (St Pistoja 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6p. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, Niadras Niaria Altonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & By Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fray. B. di. A.ms.Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPret Paris and uyons Ditto Bop( Paris and Oris: ..,. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen &Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Roya' Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 p. cent. Pref Soutt err of France at. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flpnderb Do 5* pec c. Prof We :tern of Franco West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 5 all 5 17 0 14 LO 8 LO 4 50 40 5 1 1 1 0 • all all 284 3 - i : \ubiu Coal and Iroul lustralian Agricult. \ustralsn. Pcific. Mail tustraln. Royal Mail Merlin Water Works American Lane Brit. & Coln. Smelt,g. and Redaction Co Canrda Crystal Do. New... .. • Crystal Pal.of Frar ce Eastern Stew Eleciaitr"elograph(A) Do. (B) Electric Tel:j. o' Ir. Gen. Steam i`Trv:gat. Gemini Sciew Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar MagdaleuP. St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Nett erlands Land.... N. S. W . Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. S. B. A astralasian... Do. New NAIL ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Le. R. Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do Do. Portland L- m. Co Royal WA] c 4 co . ;. 2,12_. Invest. got: ii Austml..Land Snbmar. Telegraph.. Do. Registered........ Aran Diann 4.114 3i 3 d , 1 3. 3i 2A a— i P ii ----4 p d l. 2p, 1 d i- i P ... ... J - 7 tl - 2 d 18} 19 par 1p 7 —9 p .• ...' • e• 5} 5i } 3i i 1 1 i 1} li lid, 14 00 ... ... , cl par ••• ''''' • • p•• •• 7 - 71 33} - 33 8 -- 9 16i -- 17ip 45 - 47 36 - 30 k pm •3 = i:di d - 8 8i ... -pm —d ad 5 6 I 3 -, 0 x MISCELLANEOUS - 48 ;io _ so - 85 - 61 it 17 - 18 **i - li 1 - li 21i 2 li 1 -- iP i -- iP ..• , ',;c; 4t) A -16 27i 22 25 50 50 20 20 50 40 25 25 Business done St• this day. 50 St. 88i 981 72 123 95i 76 511 62k i 2 99 8i per cent. 63 21 314 md ► 1 Paid.l ,MATS all Bedford aad • Elatchley. . 100 Buckgbams h. all Clydesdale.lc. 100 E. Lincoln 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & - Neils. all Do. all Cilstr.di Dn. Fr all flrtlpl. Dk. Sv.j all Hull Sc Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. d Shams. all Lon.t , Greeiaw all Do.Preferertc -100 Lowestoft gr. '4 per cent. LOO Do. 6 per et. all Jilanch. Bx tn. _ _ and Matlock' all Middlesbro' Iteclear ....... all Hidld.Bradftl all 'iorthern Rid' Easterrsp.c. Do. 6 per et. all Do. Ziacds pe all Prest. bz Wyre' 12 Do. Sharer. 1.00 Roystn.k Ili+. 100 Do.Shepth.St 18 7 Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. a. 9A S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per 25 al St, 11 1 Do lOU Wilts&Sommt PREFE R.EN G'.l& 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cori_ &Bandonsip.c all D and ee Pe-th &Abar deem Junction all EastAnglian (XS 10s) 6 per cent all Do. (.£5) 7 per rent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Du. 10/. Debentr.Sli- I® East Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West, York shire June. Pref all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5 10 St. 5 _ 54 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Westera Guar. 5 per cent , 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. &deem , St. 20 126 St. at 10 p. c. prem. .. 10 Do. 4 p. c. Scrip .... 6 at.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southn. &W estm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 46 p.c. 4 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. C.... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock . . 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. QuarLers, 1848... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed sp. c . 1.00 Do. Pref., 5 p , . c. Si. all IDo. Convertible, 5 p.' e., 1852 .00 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. .00 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds... all I Londonderry& Coler, 10 . St. St St. Shares - all Londy. & Ennis. Sh all Sian : ,'Shef.„ & Lin. Shares, l';To.. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO . 44 Do. £6 all garypt.& Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 44 per cent 104 Do 100 (id. Concol.6 p.c.St. too Do. Conso3. Bristol St Ulna. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture , .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. 5A per et .pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, k Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. 15 D 0. ., all Scot. Cent. , New Pre all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44per cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent . 5 Do. do. do. all M ockton and Hartle. r,ol, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.Sailk.6p.c. 100 York, Neweastle,and I Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do 10 10 York&N.MidlandH , and S. Pnrch,,,, yesterday. 93 • ---- - 96 - i - 12A - 23 - 24 . ..-... • .• 3 -3; ,11 116 ,07 - 109 9,i -10 i xa 6 - 64 95 - 97 87 - 89 89 - 91 Id pa 128 132 lip • 8... 21 -2! p ss— -8§ 9 —d 131 133 1 - 14 d P 6 - 98 Si -- 9 15 -- 9i -- 11 -- la - 22i - 98 - 15 - 2 - 88 - 3 - MINES all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of; all Blaenarvon Ir. &Coal all isritish Austrin. Gold 13.11 British Iron 241 2 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek ?1 Clarendon Con. Min ' Co. of Jamaica . all Cobre Copper 1 Z.lolonial Gold 15 Cop 4 .lpo all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7.i p. cent all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.dtCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. all Mariquita 9 Aexican&"4.timerien. all New l.,:auf.Aa I all New T Auareb Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. dr Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Roe:. all Rhyniney Iron 15 Do. New 10 Santiago de Cuba all F mth Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Llexicaa all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining ot Australia ..... all Yuba I 7 i JOINT-STO I BANKS. all Australasia all I British Colonial Bank, 78 - 80 and Loau Company) all British N. American,l 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia _ _ 1 icl 2 101 2 Chrtd. 11nk. of India, .A astralia, 1 1 / 4 China 25 Colonial '2O Commercial of Loud 12 English Scottish and 4 3d Australian 20 bond. Chart. Bk. of 20 - 21 Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. $,; Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. 224 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all '4o.ith Austrrlia all Union of Australia Do. New 10 Union of L0nd0n..... 46 - 47 41. - 43 70 - 72 7 - 8 QUICK PASSAGES.—The Australian advises, received by overland mail, mention the arrival M atMelbourne on 20th of the Marlborough, "Young, from Plymouth, after a very quick pasge of 78i days ; and p as s at Sydney, of the Speedy, on the 22d of Biaroh, from London, in 81 km. id li i i a P i d 3 I - 7 - 9 2k 31. d 43 - 45 i f - li 10 - 12 50 -60 2 - 4 pl 11 - 2i I ------ I 1 - 14 10 - 11 - 6 - 61 - :,••• 5 - z 16 - 17 29 - 31 9 - 10 3i - 4i 1 - 2 - 4 21 - 31 i - 30 20 1 1 1 10 1 1 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 thb day. ♦ 7 9746 161 10 13 i P *.ls ine progress or tnie - aum triromprrrovrairreriv-seamer will be resumed this evening, should be facilitated by a very remarkable ineident. A direct petition in favour of the measure, deprecating delay, and praying the House of Commons to pass the bill "in its principal provisions as brought in by her Majesty's Government," has been signed and adopted by two-thirds of the resident body of the University, including 50 or 60 of its most distin guiKhed ornaments. Two or three years ago such an event would have been pronounced incredible, and it now fur nishes most striking evidence of that change of feeling to which we have more than once adverted. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the minds of statesmen, and especi ally of those charged with the representati?n of University, opinion, that this opinion has been completely trans formed since the question now before Parliament was first obscurely raised. There no longer prevails in the Universities any dread of change, or any aversion to the interference of the Legislature. On the contrary, it is felt and acknowledged, both at Oxford and Cam bridge, that nothing but the action of Parliament can reinstate the University constituencies in the rights of self-government, or remove the restrictions at present impairing the utility of th e i r l arge endowments. The Universities, in short, are no longer opponents of Uni versityGtheevgeornomd e in n t tr a t n io d ns t , h b ey ut d o is f e t e h rn e f v r e ie ry ndl n y lea sy reform. They h ave b een assure d, no t only of rl ra y p thatath i e s new o institutions are absolutely i n di s p ensa bl e t o the f main tenance of their own position in the eyes of the country. —Times. TILE FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARMIES. On the arrival of Lord Raglan, General Brown ad dressed to him a letter, containing an especial expres sion of thanks to General Canrobert and Admiral Bruat for the assistance they had given him in disembarking the troops. The letter was forwarded to Marshal St. Arnaud, who sent it to his subordinates with the fol lowing letter : " Head-quarters, Constantinople, May 15, 1854. "My dear General,—lt is with lively satisfaction that I transmit to you the copy of a letter which I have just received from Lord Raglan, to which is subjoined a report from General Brown. "It is more than a pleasure for me—it is the assured pledge of the success of our future enterprises—to see so cordial and frank an accord subsisting between the two armies. The French flag and the English flag now only constitute one, as every one can clearly perceive. " Thank, in my name, your brave officers and soldiers, after having communicated to them the letters of the Eng lish Commander-in-(fief and his Lieutenant; and allow me to thank yourself, who, during the time that you have been at the head of these Urave troops, have known how to inspire them with sentiments alike becoming soldiers and Frenchmen. " The brave Admiral Bruat has a large share in the results which we are so rejoiced at, and ought also to ob tain his just share of praise. When I speak of the land forces I speak also of the naval body, since they are united in brotherly feeling, both by their courage and their de votedness to the Emperor and to France. "Receive, my dear General, the assurance of my most friendly senti " ments. A. DE ST. ARNAUD, Marshal of France, C o mmander-in-Chief of the Army of the East." COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. The following Peers voted in the minority upon Lord St. Leonard's amendment on the third reading of the Common Law Procedure Bill : PRESENT. EARLS. Donoughmore Harrowby Haddington Hardwicke Lonsdale Mornington Pomfret Romney Stradbroka Wicklow Vane DUKE. Buccieuch. MARQUISES. Bath Drogheda, Exeter Salisbury VISCOUNTS. Canterbury Ha,warden Strangford BARONS. Cloncurry. Colville of Culross Colchester Redesdale EARLS. Beauchamp Clancarty Cawdor Derby Desart Southampton St. Leonar4 PAIRS. EARLS. Limerick DUKES. Beaufort Hamilton Cleveland BARONS. Bayning Castlemaine Crofton Lanesborough Mayo . ... .. EARLS. Dela warr Eglinton Enniskillen Erne Hare wood Jersey Macclesfield Po wis Roden Wilton VISCOUNT. Combermere Douglas Delamere Forester Lyndhurst Polwarth Sondes Wynford The Archbishop of Canterbury was honoured by the company of His Royal Highness Prince Albert at Lam beth-palace on Tuesday evening at an entertainment given by his grace to the prince and the other stewards of the Bicentenary Festival of the Sons of the Clergy. The company present comprised the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Westminster, the M arqu i s o f Abercorn, K.G., Earl Spencer, K.G., Earl Howe, Earl of Auckland, Lord Palmerston, Viscount Torrington, Lord Saye and Sele the Lord Bishops of London, Win chester, Bangor, Ripon, St. Asaph. Chichester, Here ford, Manchester, Peterborough, Worcester, Oxford, Lichfield. Lincoln, New Zealand, and Adelaide, the Dean of Winchester, Archdeacons Bentinck Lane, Freer, Har rison, and Sinclair, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Copeland, Moon, and Wire, Sir Percyvall Dyke, Bart., Sir R. H. In glis, Bart., Sir J. P. Boilleau, Bart., Sir Thomas Phil lips, Loftus Wigram, Esq., M.P., T. W. Horsfall, Esq., M. P., J. Pritchard, Esq., M.P., B. T. Woodd, Esq., M.P., the Principal of Magdalon-hall„ Oxford, the Mas ter of Downing College, Cambridge, the Regius Profes sor of Divinity, Cambridge, Canons Jell, Russell, and Jennings, the Rev. H. Howarth, J. E. Kempe, J. Molesworth, D.D., J. V. Povah and G. C. Rowden, D.C.L., the Mayor of Oxford, Major Moore, W. H. Tinney, Esq., Master in Chancery, W. Cotton, Esq., W. Gladstone, Esq., J. H. Gurney, Esq., D. Har greave, Esq., Hy. Hoare, Esq., J. D. Powles, Esq., Travers Twiss, Esq., D.C.L., Charles Heberden, Esq., F. Salmon, Esq., T. H. Poynder. Esq., C. J. Baker, Esq., Charles Few, Esq., jun., and many others of the clergy and laity. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.—At this Court the deeds of conveyance of ground for the cemetery were executed, and thus final possession of the land was completed. It is understood that the expenditure has been already 30,0001. to the citizens, and it is supposed that nearly as much more will be expended in the necessary works of chapel walls, catacombs, and plantations. Deputy Corney brought on a motion to have the assessments of the wards of Billingsgate and Tower revised. The Court, however, seemed to consider the proposition to be an invidious selection of a portion of the City, and an amendment was carried by a large majority to the effect of a revaluation of the whole of the City by surveyors—thus reverting to the original order passed a short time since, but subsequently rescinded. The commissioners were occupied up to a late hour in receiving tenders for paving with wood per tain streets, and also for repairs to sewers, and keeping the sewers clear for a term of years, and doing the sca venger work in certain parts of the City. A large num ber of persons were summoned for not doing works of a sanitary nature, as required, and, in many cases, orders were issued to have the works executed within 7 days. SERIOUS FIRE.—On Sunday morning at an early hour a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of pro perty and almost fatal consequences to a great number of persons, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Edward Carter, termed the Norwich Arms, situate at ex b No. 73, Snow-hill. The property in question was three floors above the bar, and was adjoined on one side by the extenive ail and colour warehouse of Mr. Drivers, which contained a large stock of the most inflammable articles. The discovery was made by the police officer Mesh. After some trouble lie succeeded in arousing Mr. Carter and the other inmates, who upon jumping out of bed found the boards of their respective bedrooms so hot as to nearly draw the skin from their feet. They, therefore, at once made for the staircase, hoping to escape by that way, but they bad no sooner opened their doors than a huge body of flame could be seen rolling up wards, clearly indicating that all egress by the regular means was cut off. They ran to the second floor front and screamed pitiably for help, when the fire followed them, and in order to avoid falling in the flames, three or four persons in their night clothes got out of the win dows, and clung to the sign-board running under the window sills of the 2d floor—they expecting momentarily to be obliged to fall, on account of the heat below and the suffocating nature of the smoke that was encom passing them from above. A few seconds before this distressing scene occurred, one of the male inmates, having procured a rope, passed it under the arms of a young female, and had lowered her as far as the first floor, when she slipped from the rope, but was fortunately caught by the persons below, and thereby received not the least injury. The escapes of the Royal Society for the Preservation of Life from Fire, from the New Bridge-street and Hatton-garden stations, arrived in the course of a few minutes after the discovery, when one of the machines was raised in front of the blazing premises, and Harker, the conductor, ascended it, and brought down in safety the whole of those who were clinging to the signboard. So dense was the smoke, that persons living two houses distant were unable to get down the stairs ; and h avin g called for help, Harms worth took the New Bridge-street escape to the premises, 47, King-street, and brought down a Mrs. Ashley and her two sons. The conductors, as they brought the affrighted persons to the ground, were loudly eered. DREADFUL SCENE IN A POLICE COURT. —During the progress of the business before the conunty magistrates a t Rochester on Wednesday, a woman amed Harvey, of almost giganti c stature, and who had been frequ entl y before the magistrates to complain of the alleged ill usage on the part of her husband, was once more com plaining to the sitting magistrate (Mr. Smith), her hus band at the time standing by her side. While the wo man was making her statement the husband was ob served to turn ghastly pale, and, swaying forward, appeared to fall lifeless against the table. Several of the bystand ers immediately hastened to his assistance and caught him in their arms, when, in a moment, they were nearly covered with blood, which poured like a torrent from the man's mouth, owing to the sud den bursting of a blood-vessel near the region of the heart. He was immediately conveyed, apparently dead into the open air. While the means for his recovery were being used the brutal monster of a wife looked on with the utmost indifference, never once lending any a ssistance to those benevolent persons tending her hus band, and, indeed , for a long time would not believe that he was not feigning ill. The instant he was re moved from the court, and before any signs of conscious ness were discernible, the woman actu a lly b a d th e au &city to return iuto court and renew her complaint against what was then thought to be her dead husband. No hopes whatever are given of the man's recovery.— eoutivEadarai Cfcgc4o. her unrivalled collection of water-colour drawings to be engraved. The greater proportion of these are ne'w in hands of the engraver ; the remainder are on view at the premises of the Messrs. Colnaghi. A cursory view of these admirable specimens of the art of water-colouring will convince the spectator into what able hands—for none of the pictures are original—the task of copying has been entrusted. The collection is very varied, both as to subject, as to the original artist, and to the artist who has undertaken the copy ; and so faithfully has the last been executed, that any copy, with the original of which we are acquainted, may be recognized in the exquisite fidelity with which the copy follows in its minutest details. 'Perhaps the finest picture exhibited is the reception of Cardinal Wolsey in the abbey of Leicester. This work is in an unfinished state, but quite enough has been done to show what it will be when finished. The cardinal—a life likeness—is being lifted from his mule, and received hy the abbot with all his attendant functionaries. Nothing can exceed the benevolence beaming in the face of the ab bot, as he stretches forth his hands to receive the fallen statesman. The picture is filled up in the foreground with the brethren, noble-looking men, and behind the group of ecclesiastics by the men-at-arms, who accompanied a n d guarded the cardinal. This fine work is due to Mr. Cope, Proceeding round the room, we find a most spirited representation of the Battle of Meanee by Armitage. The combatants are mingled together, and admirably grouped. A homestead by Paul Potter, with stable and cattle, is one of the best efforts of the master. " Abun dance," by Van Gycker, presents an exceedingly beau tiful girl, bending over two sleeping infants, who in return are reposing on a basket, teeming with grapes and flowers. It is a masterpiece of soft and luscious painting. An Ariel couched on the leaf of a flower is as pretty a fancy as can be conceived—only we think we have seen some of the same kind before. An interesting scene opens to us all the characters of Midas—the snappish old justice, and Apollo as the shepherd, supposed to be singing, "Pray, Goody, please to moderate the rancour of your tongue." The picture is finished with the characteristic minuteness of de tail which marks the style of Mr. Maclise. The next picture we have to notice is one of a very striking na ture. It represents "The Wise Men journeying." The scene is night iu the desert. A party of men, mounted on camels, are following the guiding star, which fl in gs its rays acro ss th e ar id sand. Altogether the effect is both striking and associative. "The Wolf and the Lamb," the bullying boy and the timid boy, by Mul ready, is too well known to need description. Her Majesty is in possession of the original. The next and last—and it is one full of sad associations—is the " Empty Chair." The scene is in a room well known to all who have seen Allen's picture of Sir Walter Scott's study. Miss Scott is represented as kneeling in the attitude of prayer, her hands in an imploring attitude on the arm of the empty chair. TURKISH IiABITS. The extent to which Abdul Medjid has cast aside the old repulsive forms of Turkish courtly etiquette has been amply commented on. It certainly is a startling pheno menon to witness the Sultan, whore predecessors never lent to their hospitality the finishing grace of their per sonal presence, receiving in public, and familiarly convers ing with, the distinguished C hristian g u e s t s entertained in his palace. Still more striking—more suggestive of thought and far-reaching anticipations—is the scene where the Sultan placed himself on a sofa, with a French prince of the blood on one hand, and an English prince of the blood on the other, examining the pupils of his military schools. It is alleged that the instruction which the clews receive in the military schools of Constantinople, Adrianople, and Broussa, is more showy than substan tial. In Europe it is not easy to obtain data whereby to test the justice of this censure; nor is the question of much moment. The pupils of these schools enjoy a training which elevates them above the mass of their countrymen ; they have ideas instilled into them which awaken and liberalise their minds ; they are a new edu cated interest called into existence in the Ottoman em pire, to counterpoise the hitherto exclusive influence of one educated class of the Uleinah, whose learning at least equally superficial had the additional disadvantage of being as narrow-minded and unfruitful as that of our European schoolmen of the dark ages. The recent ex amination of the military schools by the Sultan presented the hopeful sight of the Sovereign of the Osmanlee sur rounded by a young, ardent, and instructed class, as ' anxious as himself to earn their country's admission into the full brotherhood of the system of European States. It may not unnaturally be feared by the less san guine that the Sultan and his military and civil officials and students are too much in advance of their nation, that they may do more harm than good by too hastily adopting European customs and habits of thought, still repellent to the great body of Turks. But the accounts received from Constantinople of the rapid decline of the old habits of Mussulman isola tion from social intercourse with Franks since the arri val of the French and English troops go far to allay this apprehension. The cordiality with which the European and Turkish soldiers fraternise is remarked with astonish ment by the professional reporters, and by the officers who have recently arrived in Constantinople. And pri vate letters from intelligent and observant Europeans and Americans, who have been long resident in Constan• tinople, and who have hitherto laboured in vain to esta blish intimate social relations with the inhabitants, speak in undisguised astonishment of the progress that has been made since the arrival of the troops in breaking down the wall of partition which formerly excluded all Franks from anything like the establishment of a friendly, familiar position in the domestic circles of the Turks. The numbers of the military guests, and their rattling, unconstrained, soldier-like fashions, have proved too much for even Turkish reserve to resist ; and in many houses of private Turkish citizens the Franks are now received with as frank a hospitality as the native burgh ers. This is important. It is only necessary to consult the interesting account lately published by Mr. Smith of his wanderings in Asia Minor and Salonike to the Danube, to see that the Turkish country gentlemen are noways averse to such familiar intercourse. But in all nations the citizen—the industrious townsman—class have always been found the last to abandon their preju dices against foreigners, and even with them it is now apparent that these prejudices are giving way. True, the pages of history are rife with examples which prove that the emancipation of a people from even a bigoted and exclusive nationality may let in corruption and dissolution of national morals instead of ameliora tion. But there is something in the present position of the Turkish people and state to warrant hopes of better results. The pressure of a foreign war upon the orderly and industrious class of citizens is favourable to their cherishing earnest, not frivolous, views of passing events. And there are important reforms in progress in the ad ministrative Government. This opinion is not irrecon cileable with the admission that there is too much truth in the complaints that are heard of local departmental corruption and oppression in they,Turkish magistracy. Generations must pass away before the taint contracted under the old system can disappear. But the enor mously augmented influx of Europeans into Turkey, occasioned by the war, is bringing a healthier public opinion to bear upon public functionaries. The merest soldier, the most reckless adventurer, attracted to Turkey by the present commotions, has learned in Europe to pay homage in his language, and to a cer tain extent in his actions, to higher principles of mo rality than obtained in the Ottoman empire under the old regime. The growing familiarity of intercourse be tween Mussulmans and Christians will teach the former to test by these principles the conduct of their rulers in the first place, and of their neighbours in private stations in the second. Here is a powerful element of social purification and popular political con trol over magistrates. Nor is its influence likely to be confined to those Turkish provinces which are now the resort of foreigners : if there be truth in the news (and there appears no reason to doubt it) that the energetic and intelligent Colonel Youssouf, himself a Mussulman and distinguished by hid services in Algeria, is to have l a principal charge in th e attem p ts to reform and d . • cipline the Bashi-buzuks, even out of these desperadoes may be trained efficient missionaries of law and order for their own remote provinces. the exi One thing is certain —that in such an infusion of a better and more elevate d s p irit into sting estab lished institutions of T urke y appears to consist th e best hope for the future of that empire. Such hopes have been built on the emancipation of some of the dependent ra ces or nationalities i n Turkey, but experience has dissipated !them. Even in Servia, its all but indepen dence has only led to the establishment of a local Govern ment servilely framed upon the models of Austria and Russia, with their debasing and enfeebling systems of finance, passports, pedantic restrictions, and political es pionage. As for the Greeks, it is but too obvious that they have been taught . no more by their centuries of bondage, than the Bourbons by their years of beg gary and exile. What was said of the Bourbons on their restoration—that they had forgotten nothing and learned n othing—may with equal truth be said of the Greeks. They are now the same plausible, quick witted, insincere, fickle, short-sightedly selfish race that the Latin crusaders found them, in all their negotia tions with the court of Byzantium. Vain of their tradi tional glories and inherited intellectual culture, they are t en t upon exercising a despotic authority over races m ore rude it may be, but of a more robust physical and moral enlightenment nl i hte progress ennm oft constitution os tryof moral t han and n their own. tee settled industry, among all the races subject to the Porte, holds g out a prospect of their ultimate equalisation and fusion, which alone a permanent independent state bupon can They who look for such a final res u lt from the present based. resent turmoils must not be too impatient —too dis couraged by occasional o u tb ursts of senseless easilyand even destructive popular passio n . Old antipathies of race are not obliterated in a d a y ; ru l ers are aft all mere fallible re mßuent" revoluti ons are not ma d e w ith rose - wa t er ." Turkey, as elsewhere, permanent order may row out of discoura • commotions, • • grow out since it is now clear that the Czar's eager wishes deceived him when he flat tered himself that the Ottoman empire was in articuli mortis. DEATH [OF WILLIAMS, THE SCRIPTUEE READER. — Poor Williams, the Scripture-reader, beaten some months ago at Aghada, died on Saturday, at Milltown, county oelierry, his medical attendant (a Roman Catho lic) stating, as we are informed, then be died of the in juries then received. With what feelings the intelligence will he read by those whose consciences admonish them of the share they bore in the assault we know not ; but the man is dead—dead in consequence, it is medically stated, of the cruelties inflicted by thei illin r ha him" nds, a ser or at their Instigation ; and if they deem kg vice to God," they may exult, if they like, over the suc• cess of the means they employed to accomplish it,— Cork oflozugitagion. 13 1 al .71, al 79 3 / 4 9 60 a i 13i I 331 i 47 6i 6i 7 31 533 3 35 A 3i - # - i P i P i P 13