The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-21 00:00:00

,---, to ars 3t h and ective sorao )Deen" at th e L bility that IC 13 as sort . %tent conse" A one e • roll- got ,ra,l! two English armed steamers, a large and smaller vessel, arrived at Degerby custom-house, in the south-east of the Aland group, on the 29th of May. A number of sailors landed, whereon the inhabitants took to flight ; but the officer in command gave his arms to an attendant, and, reassured by this act, the people returned and spoke with their visitors, two of whom (one of them a native Alander) spoke Swedish. The English requested permission to buy fresh provisions. This has been forbidden under dreadful penalties by the Russian Government, and was therefore refused. One old man, however, pro duced four score of eggs, which were highly paid for. The English officer then invited all the custom house people to visit the ships, but they refused. It was said in Aland that the English met with a se vere loss in their attack on Hangey Point, and that the Russians lost 400 men at Ecness. The garri son at Bomarsund is reported to be too weak, and to have no reserve. Nearly every able-bodied man has been sent into the interior. On the same day (the 29th) 20 Russian gunboats, each manned by 60 men, had been seen in Storfiord, some miles from Nystad. Ten of them were towed by a steamer, the Storfursten. They were said to belong to the Abo squadron. A letter from Dantzic, of the 15th, states that a rumour was prevalent there that the squadron under the orders of Admiral Parseval-Deschenes had effected its junction on the 13th with the English squadron. The following is a letter from a gentleman cruising in his yacht, in company with the fleet under Sir Charles Napier : "Off Sweaborg and. Helsingfors, June 12.—My last Was in great haste from Baro Sound, a few days back. We left it with our steam fleet on the 9th, and aft e r a s h or t _ . cruise hither we all anchored in the gulf off Ronskars Lighthouse (on Porkalla Udde) till this morning on account I believe of the thick, nasty weather. Yesterday Admiral Corry's sailtng division of the fleet catne up the gulf, and was sent into our old berth Baro Sound, where it now is. Thus close handy to each other are these two great divisions. Ours (steam screw) numbers nine line-of-battle ships, including the Austerlitz, two screw frigates, and a few Paddle-wheel steamers. The sailing division numbers 12 line-of-battle (of which three are screw), besides lesser ships. We left our anchorage this morning at 5 o'clock with the steam fleet, and were honoured by being towed by the St. Jean d'Acre—our good friend lieppel. On our reaching this, in a few hours, three. Paddle-wheel steamers were sent towards the en trance to Sweaborg (round Miolo Bay), where they Still are, and are engaged, probably, in taking sound ings, exploring the coasts, and making out the channel for an early entrance of the fleet to closer quarters with the enemy. Meanwhile, we are anchored within seven or eight miles of him, our good little Esmeralda holding fast in this deep water by a hawser from the St. Jean d'Acre. This is our first summer's day. We clearly See Helsingfors, the Sweaborg fortifications, and the Russian fleet of nine or ten big ships. One of them, the flagship, is moored across the only now possible (for big ships) entrance to Helsingfors—that between Oustafsvarn and Back Holmen Island. Gustafsvarn, Langern, and the three Svarts's Islands are very strongly fortified, but I believe Back Holmen is not. The other Russian ships are anchored in a line along the north end of Back Holmen, from the flag-ship to its N.E. extremity, but it seems that it is too long from N. to S. for them to do harm to our ships if in the bay outside. However, we, like others, are quite in the dark as to what can be and what will be done ere long in this locale. We hope to learn more after we have had a nearer view of the,, Much -vaunted impregnability of this Sweaborg. When that will be I know not. We may at any moment, after the return to head-quarters of those three steamers, be ordered to go in and anchor in Miolo Bay, near Swea borg, or return to Baro Sound. My impression is, that We are only now com up to reconnoitre the ground, and that we shall not attempt anything great till the arrival of the French fleet. It was at Kiel three weeks ago, and did not come up yesterday to Baro Sound with Corry's division. Just before we sailed this morning; h B ome ships were seen coming from the westwa r d ; per " The Bulldog is just ordered to proceed with the toaster of the fleet close in to reconnoitre Helsingfors. The fleet are under way." The following letter, dated Juno 13, is from an officer on board the fleet : "The grumblers in England, who imagine that the u 4 3's of Nelson and Colli n gwood are p asse d, w ill, per ,,4l)s, be gratified to hear that Sir Charles Napi er h as s hown that still some of the spirit of the olden time exists by advancing close off the wrong fortresses of S weaborg, Revel, an d C rons t a dt with a squadron of ?illy nine line-of-battle ships (the remainder of the fleet . ° ...eing detached off G-othland to form a junction with the -,rreech fleet on their arrival in these waters), thereby 41 resving down the gauntlet to the bragging Russians, . 171 30 in those ports, within a few hours sail of his small ' 4 l ll adron, lie protected by impregnable forts, which can 1)4 4 be attacked by one ship at a time, in the hope that I°lll e casualty may happen to our brave ships that will °liabl e them to pounce on our fleet when in a disabled _,,_ llt ate. From a lighthouse o n an i s l an d c l ose t o w h ere "re are anchored we can overlook them lying quietly tleored in Helsingfors, while the English flag is con temptuously waving in their wate r s on b oar d a squa d ron o f not half their force, blockading thei r p or t s an d de g their trade. " It is the universal opinion in the fleet (anxious as :we all are to distinguish ourselves) that, however dash ibg a thing it might be for our gallant Admiral to rush ;',..„), admadlyagainst stone walls, it would he the hei g ht o f .;"" to endanger the disabling of our fleet, thereby leav 'l:le, the seas open to the Russians, who would know too Zell how t o t a k e a dv an t age o f suc h a s t a t e o f a ff a i rs . I . ll ' Charles Napier is by no means in an enviable posi llen, with the eyes of Europe upon him, at th e same i rlle necessitated to act with 'discretion,' which renders I, s Z i lch caution necessary to enable him more effectively forward the real object for which he is sent here— we all understand is to keep in check and destroy, tf We can, the all-vaunted Russian fleet, of which we have heard so much of late years. Revel is in sight on " 1 - 11 ' right hand, and Helsingfors on our left—Revel 15 Helsingfors 12." ,Tho follo w i n g are the present (June 12) stations 13 K tho fleet 11 . Sir Charles Napier, with the advance squadron, con ,,lßting of the Duke, Edinburgh, St. Jean d'Acre, Prin f',B Royal, Cmsar, Hogue, Blenheim, Cressy, Auster :,,"4, (French), screw-frigates Imperieuse and Arrogant, , e - ' 4 u steam-frigates Bulldog, Driver, and Dragon, are Q -I.ll ieing off Helsingfors, and going in a day or two off b r °natatit, where some advanced frigates have already p, e ". The Lightning has just returned from a survey 11'14R trip to Aland Islands, which are reported to be very. Z°ngly fortified. Admiral Plumridge, with the Leo rd, Valorous, and Vulture, has been away five weeks ,;° ll l the Commander-in-Chief in the Gulf of Bothnia ; news of them since they left. Admiral Corry, with ` line-of-battle ships and two or three steam-frigates, is ,t, ril ising off Gothland (now ordered up immediately to 4°11. 1 the Commander-in-Chief). The Am pion Conflict, Cr uiser, an d A rc h er are i n th e Gulf of Riga, blockading ; l fe ather a t St oc kh o l m , an d P ene l ope o ff M ango H ea d. HCeather cold ; strong easterly wind, with rain. Fleet e althy, The Neptune had several cases of small-pox ; t t le now, Also Breslau, French line-of-battle ship, grnall-nox ; now ended. French fleet, en route, 'ex ,7eted to join in us in a week or so. Austerlitz, a 11 ° ble ship, does her work well. We can count 1 3 118 sian line-of-battle ships and several steamers us Hel efors. A chain is said to be drawn across the narrow ttrance into the harbour. GREECE. IssoLoNom, June 14.—The insurrection in E n M lrusis quelled. The troops are marching to essaly, where the insurrection continues. A letter from Janina, of the Ist, in the Ili oniteur, k ,.." In Schamouria, as well as in the districts of Prevesa - 7 4 Aria, the mission of Fuad-Effendi has hitherto been h ,?Wned with the greatest success. The Sultan's corn -Beioner has been anxious to show to the native Greeks th eauch clem e ncy as he displayed firmness relative to th ° advent urer s f r om Greece. The peasants are re - Oing their labours, confidence is reviving, and calm is kithre-established. There is only at present, to speak exactitude, the district of Arta that has not re 44ttted to th e s t a t e in which it was before the troubles ; t t tt that circumstance is caused by a fact for which the ci data authority is not responsible. One of the first o 0 of Karaiskaki, after having passed the frontier in ~brtirtry last, was to send off into Greece the inhabitants h t hevillages which- he seized on in the plain of Arta. t 'ee persons, at that time asked for nothing better 11 a ll to remove from the theatre of war with their fami -478, flocks, and, in fact, ail they could carry with them. 80 0 n as the troops of Fuad-Effendi had resumed pe rmissio n o f th e country, the emigrants solicited to return home and Fuad-Effendi at once 'eeorded what they wanted ' . But the Greek authorities, t °ll various pretexts, opposed the return of these popula -411`;:a8. The authorities had at first made a great noise t a pretended emigration of rayas, and it could not them that a voluntary return should give them the L e to their declarations. Vainly have Capt. Lefevre of e Prone4th4e, Captain Peel of the British navy, Mr. l a unders, and even the Lord High Commissioner of the °4 ian Isles exerted themselves to the utmost in the t t atter ; nothing has been able, up to the present time, ° d ea ecide the Greek authorities to liberate their cap tip.„ The following extracts from a letter of the 7th, 4.ldressed to the Minister of War, by Rear - Admiral le 4 Larbie r do Tinto, commanding the naval of the Levant and the expeditionary corps in G reece, are published by the Moniteur the on the 24th ult., there was a fresh attack ma de b y Turks on the insurgeets at Sculigaria, in the neigh % "rilood of Arta when the Greeks were beaten, with Ifs I ° B s of sixty killed, and a great number wounded. ~',, as it is hoped, all the chiefs should obey the c t '- 'ev which has been sent them by the new Ministry, Le return to the Greek territory, this rencontre will 1 . 1 „; think, the last in Epirus. That province is CW completely clear ; it will, perhaps, still suffer e - e °ll , some isolated acts of brigandage, but the insur- T i e l 'ulti there is put down for a long time to come. e Chiefs admit this, and almost all have abandoned the t u cause. Grivas and Tzavellas have both re etVed, and their example will be followed by 410 ,,ers of less importance—at least I hope so. The complete tranquillity reigns at Athen', as well as P!ras,t2s. Th‘; inhabitants are accustomed to our B. ° t(iiers ' who behave well, and render themselves ,greeab!e. The officers and sub-officers have received I,l r alission to visit Athens in the daytime, :Ind they are `%ved there with the greatest kindness, and the soldiers of the Greek army fraternise with them. There is not the slightest fear to be entertained, and I gave the permission in the interest of discipline. The French Minister was of opinion with me, that the presence of the French uniform could not but be attended with fa vourable results. The establishment of the camp is , being completed. 'A regiment of English troops, 1,000 strong, arrived here on the 4th, and we feted their ar rival. Their disembarkation took place on the following clay, in the boats of the English and French ships of war. An Austrian corvette, at anchor in the roadstead, also sent her boats to assist in the landing ; and this proof of community of opinion struck every one, and particularly the inhabitants of the Pirmus, who have hitherto entertained doubts as to the part which Austria would take. A guard of honour, the staff, the flags, and the band of the 74th regiment, were in attendance at the place of landing, in order to give the English troops a worthy reception. It was cordial, and even fraternal ; it may be said that we have the same flag. The English troops are provisionally under canvas. A barrack is being prepared, which will hold about half the 07th regiment, commanded by Colonel Lockyer." PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter in the Suabian Mercury says : " The last and most decisive step for the solution of the Eastern question has just been taken. The Count de Benkendorff is the bearer of an autograph letter from our Sovereign to his august brother-in-law, in which he earnestly invites him to an interview on the frontier. All the non-official and semi-official refutations of this news do not merit any confidence. It is on ac count of this projected interview that the Prince of Prussia is to be with the king at Koenigsberg. The inspection of the regiments of infantry in Prussia and in the Grand Duchy of Posen is only a pretext. If the Emperor of Russia does not accept this in vitation, and if the reply to the Austrian note of the 3d be negative, the mobilisation of 150,000 men will take placo immediately after the return of the king." A letter from Berlin of the 17th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The note of Prussia in reply to the propositions of the conference of Bamberg has been sent to the governments which are concerned in it. It is couched in conciliatory terms, but it clearly establishes this alternative— Either the government shall accede uncondition ally to the Austro-Prussian treaty, or there shall be no discussion on the subject of the treaty in the Diet. It is also said in the note that several points relative to the propositions of the conference of Bamberg have been since solved by the measures taken by the two great German powers. As to the participation of the Diet in the negotiations having for object future peace, the decision of that question depends not only on Prussia and Austria, but on the other European powers. As far as re gards the presentation of the treaty to the Diet, it will take place when the particular states shall have sent their separate accession." FR AN CE. Marshal de St. Arnaud having made earnest ap peals for additional reinforcements, and the French Government being sensible that economy in that respect would at the present moment be highly injudicious, the utmost exertions are being made at Toulon to forward the necessary troops with the least possible delay. In consequence of this, it has been found necessary to postpone the forma tion of the proposed camp in the neighbourhood of Marseilles, there not being sufficient troops left in that part of France to make a respectable figure in the field. The sth division of the reserve has been ordered for active service, and a Gth divisiou is in course of formation at the present moment at Toulon. It is reported here that Lord Stratford de Red.- cliff° and Marshal de St. Arnaud have had serious differences since the arrival of the latter at Con stantinople, and that the French Government is very anxious that Lord Stratford should be recalled. In diplomatic circles it is said that Marshal de St. Arnaud, in his recent despatches, strongly insisted on the recall of his lordship. The retirement of M. de Persigny from the Cabinet, or at least from the Home Department, is again spoken of in political circles, and with much more confidence than on previous occasions. The health of the Minister rather than politics is as signed as the cause of the retirement ; and M. Baroche, quite as ardent a friend to the English alliance as the present Minister, is again spoken of as likely to be his successor. Others maintain that the retirement will be merely temporary ; in fact, a three months' leave of absence. __ The weather has again changed. The rapid fall ing of the barometer on Monday evening indicated that the atmosphere had not as yet become settled, and rain began to fall about 12 o'clock, and poured down nearly the whole of the night, and continued yesterday until about two o'clock. At four the clouds cleared off, and the sun shone for an hour or so ; at six the sky became again covered, but the rain had not returned. A conspiracy, having extensive ramifications in the South of France, has been discovered in the department of the Tarn and Garonne. Mare than 1 ,- .0 persons have been already arrested. The jour nals have been ordered not to speak on the subject. The conspirators had formed themselves into a secret society, and their object is said to have been an attack on the person of the Emperor dur ing the visit which it is supposed he is about to pay to the baths in the Upper Pyrenees, in the coming autumn. The Prefect of the Tarn and Garonne has been dismissed for not having got earlier information of the affair ; and he is suc ceeded by M. Levasseur, an officer of the artillery . Of the time of the Empire, who accompanied Ge neral Lafayette on his visit to, the United States during the Restoration. There are to be no more races in the Champ de Mars, the Emperor having determined that a race course shall be formed at the further extremity of the Bois de Boulogne, in the plain of Longchamps, near the village of Surennes. In order that the course may be prepared if possible for the autumn meeting, the crops on the ground have been pur chased, and the whole is to be laid down at once in grass. The first races will take place on the new course in October. The Pays endeavours to calM the public impa tience for news by stating that, although great events are near at hand, nothing important can happen either in the north or the east for some days to come. In the Baltic, Admiral Napier can undertake nothing till the fleet of Admiral Parse val- Deschenes shall have joined him; on the Danube, now that the Russians appear to have suspended the siege of Silistria, the first news to be expected will be in the shape of an attack by the Turkish army on the Russian positions on the Danube; but there Oiner Paella in common prudence, cannot undertake a doubtful contest, against a superior force, at the moment when the allied armies are on the point of arriving, and that in such force as will make the defeat of the enemy an absolute certainty. Then with respect to the fleet in the Black Sea, its operations must depend on those of the army, and now that the fortifications on the Circassian coast have been destroyed, it must wait till the allied armies shall have commenced the attack. In these circumstances the Pays recommends patience, but holds out the hope that in a very brief interval great events will occur in both scenes of action. The Moniteur publishes decrees of six new senators, namely, M. David, Procureur-General at Rouen, and formerly a member of the Cabinet ; M. de Sivry, Prefect of the Meurthe ; General Lyauty, member of the Committee of Artillery ; Viscount de Pernety, gen e ral of division ; the arquis de Cramayel, general of division ; and the Baron de Chasseron, ex-deputy. It also publishes a decree founded on a report of the Minister of the Marine, for the re-organisation of the personnel of the general staffs on board the fleet, an important branch of the service which has hitherto been regulated by a law passed on the 25th Floreal of the year 5, when the French fleet was very differently constituted from what it is at present. General Rostolan has left Paris for Avignon, where the cholera has broken out among the garrison. A letter from Vienna, in the Correspondent of Nuremburg, says :—" We can affirm on good au thority that Baron de Bourqueney has declared to the Cabinet of Vienna, in the name of the Government of the Tuileries, that it is firmly re solved to oppose energetically any attempt to cause the Eastern question to serve for national demon strations which might make it assume a revolu tionary character, and that it has given Marshal St. Arnaud instructions and powers to that effect. It is believed that the English Government will make a similar declaration." PARIS BOURSE.—Closing prices :—Four-and-a- Half per Cent. Rentes, for money, 97f. 70c. ; Three per Cents. for money, 72f. 75c. ; ditto, for account, 73f. ; Bank Shares, 2,040 f. ITALY. According to advices from Turin of the 15th, it is stated that the Judge Gabbri, who had been charged with the preliminary inquiry into the guilt of the persons charged with the assassination of the late Duke of Parma, was mortally wounded with three strokes of a poniard M the streets of Parma on the 12th inst., at five o'clock in the even ing. SPAIN. According to advices from Madrid of the 15th Generals Orlando and Messina had been arrested on a cllargc of harbouring General O'Donnell. General Messina had managed to escape the vigi lance of his guards after the arrest, but General Orlando had been sent off to Galicia. Madrid was tranquil. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2g 1854. • 1-,) Intl) '',:-61e31P 47 4 tttOn This church rate evil was no new grievance ; it v 7as more than a century old, and yet no remedy ha .d been proposed for it. In the absence then of at ly such legal remedy, and being averse to the continuance of these church rates disputes and religious animosi ties, he had no alternative but to support the second rea ding of this bill. Lord J. RUSSELL —But we propose to settle the question next year. Me. V. SMITH said that might be the presen t inten tion of the Government, but at present he saw no Go vernment measure before him, and therefore he :repeated that as he could see nothing but good to the church from the abolition of church rates, he felt bound to support the second reading of this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , observed that it was hopeless to think of passing such a measure as this during the present session, and he d.en ied that the right hon. gentl eman w h o h a d just address ed them had put the case fairly. He said the .question the house had to decide was this—in the, absence or impossibility of providing any othei: remedy for the evil, was it not advisable to. abolish SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. NEWCASTLE RACES. RAILITATB. (THIS DAY.) Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAND STAND STAKES f by Chanticleer Lord Alfred Five ran. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Grapeshot Kingston Hunca Munca Sixteen ran. FREE HANDICAP. church rates altogether ? v Now, he adm itt ed that considerable wrong was inflicted on the Dissei ►te rs under the existing system ; he admitted also that th eir case for relief was irresistible, and the time would sh ortly come when Government would be bound to affo rd them a Nelly Hill Horatio Eight ran. measure of relief. The Presenisittts;ei: -- thela; of church rates was highly objectionable, since it a o t w theof worked c C h h u u s vr r ce c hi h l . ratesa and dt quietlydi oughtd allowed great and successful opposition to be :raised to I sa , l t o h ni a jas t yh e t dhi in the tax, while it was productive of gr eat injury nott to be follow,bn ca ny s h o:l a u w r t i e e s v l h y e e the great bulk of the parishes, not the largely -populated parishes, but the rural parishes throughout th .e country. There were something like 11,000 parish es in the country; but out of that number there had only been church-rate contests in 500, and be insisted that the fact of these contests was not suffi cient to justify the total abolition of church rates. No doubt it was a good reason for passing a bill, which should in some way relieve the Dissenters from the grievance which they complained of, and to that extent he was prepared to go, and no further. Well, then, the abo lition of the law being undesirable, while its at aendment had become almost an absolute necessity, was it prudent to pass this bill in preference to waiting for a Govern ment measure which should go the length not only of relieving Dissenters, but of removing all the other objections to which the existing system was liable ? He, for one, certainly thought no t, and though the settlement of the question in this lat ter way was surrounded with great diiculty, he would venture to suggest, for the oo:nsidera tion of others, that they should in future have in view a measure which should have the effect of separating the parishes favourable from the parishes non-f 'av °arable to the law of church-rates, altogether relieving the latter from the payment of the impost. (" No, no. ") ' Well, this was only a suggestion, but whether it were : tdcpted or not, he could not accept this bill, which, while it sought to establish a system of equality, would, so far as the members and clergy of the Church were c encerned, create a system of legislative inequality. (Heaur..) Mr. PACKE contended that the Church was sup ported by the State, not for the benefit of the , Church men alone, but for the benefit collectivel y of the entire community, more particularly the p oor, and under these circumstances it would be unjust 1;o Aolish church rates altogether. Seeing, then, that Go' rarnment had already promised to bring in a measure t 3 remove the evils and inequalities of the existing By:stem, he hoped the present bill would be withdrawn. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BASS took a very simple view of this question. He thought the continuance of Church rates N va,3 alike unjust to the Dissenters and the Church. Bei! ig of that opinion he should perhaps have contented him self with giving a silent vote. Had lie not been requested: by some of his constituents to present a petition in favo ur of this bill to speak in its favour, and afterwards to vote. for the bill. He had complied with two of these requests, and when the proper time arrived he should be pre pared to comply with the third. (Cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT believed the Cabinet were as much divided on this question as every other F r bich had come before them this session, and therefore he would rather take the opinions of the noble lord, the Pre sident of the Council, upon it, than that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as conveying th e feelings of Ministers. Well, then, the noble lord, on the intro duction of this bill, confessed himself oppos cd to the equitable settlement, and that being so, he re commended the honourable baronet the riat umber for the Tower Hamlets to go to a division on the second reading of this bill, rather than withdraw it in favour of the measure promised by the Chancellor of the E rchequtr. Church rates might have been just and proper 300 years ago when the majority of the people belong ed to the Established Church, but since their establishme re t a large mad influential body of Dissenters had sprung; up, and as a matter of justice both to them and the Church it was only right that church rates should be readjusted or wholly abolished. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL reminded the house that the supporters of this bill viewed it as a matter of gtrinciple. They were anxious to see the voluntary principle triumph over the principles of the Established.. •Church, but as he could not agree with them in that opinion, it could be hardly expected that he should go this step with them in obtaining their object. He could not go the length of entirely abolishing aurch rates, nor could he consent to any amendment of the law which did not at the same time make some provision for maintaining the fabrics of the churches that; now be longed to the State Establishment. The cause of civil and religious liberty, as well as tb e cause of education in this country, owed very much to the Protestant I_)l,oiii,ers, anti other claims to the consideration of Parliament, he, amongst others, was anxious to relieve then a from the grievance which the existing law of church rates im posed upon them. He could accomplish that pur pose, however, neither by adopting the preamble nor the repealing clauses of this bill, be cause the total abolition of church rates would be inconsistent with the maintenance of a church establishtr ,ent, and a practical hardship upon those attending that c b.nrch. He disapproved of most of the other substitutes kror church rates which had been suggested,' such as pew rents, &c., but Ile confessed himself favourably dis posed towards the plan shadowed forth. by his right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, though he . could sanction no measure which did not recognise the right of calling upon the land to maintain the parochial church es of this country. They were not the churches of a. sect, but national institutions, open to all the people, and they ought to be inseparablyconnected with the land Thy whom the church had hitherto been supported. (Checrs.) Sir W. CLAY declined to accede to the appeal that had been made to him to withdraw the bill. HAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) STAND PLATE. Banstead Cranbourne.. Five ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES Cock Pheasant Allington Seven ran. CLAREMONT STAKES. Titormus Bessie Daisy Four ran. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading lB2 Against it Majority ----27 The bill was accordingly lost. BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. _ _ ~,.....______ The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this clay.) HALIFAX, June 17.—The gloom which has for some time hung over the worsted trade in this district has been increased this week, by the announcement of a failure to a considerable amount. The transactions are very limited in wools, yarns, and pieces ; and prices somewhat languid. ROCHDALR, June 19.—We had a very still market to day, and rather less business transacted than on the previous Monday. There is no change in the wool mar ket worth mentioning ; the manufacturers show no dis position to buy beyond their immediate wants, and prices are much the same as they have been for some weeks past. HUDDERSFIELD, June 20.—A considerable improve ment has been experienced in the market to-day. Seve ral shipping houses have had their buyers in the cloth hall, some of whom have purchased good parcels of manufactured goods, chiefly in low qualities of fancy woollens. The better descriptions of black cloths have been little wanted. In the lower qualities of fancy vestings a trifle more business has been transacted, but generally this branch of the Huddersfield trade is much depressed. In the wool warehouses there does not ap pear to have been much improvement . EINR I S 1 all I,gua, Fria 1 all I.nglo Austrln. Gold 10s. all nglo Californian 10 ' 2 k.ustralasian 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold I 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) / 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. di Coal 8 10 1 all isritish Austrin. Gold „. 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pin 34 44 41 30 all De. Cocacs & Cuia4a 2 24 20 .15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 301 1 4 Carson's Creek 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica— ••• 40 all Cobra Copper 44 46 5 1 Colonial Gold $ 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 2 4 p 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co j -24 2 20 all General. 2 all Great Nugget Vein._ S • 2 all Do. Registered.. 3 all Great P o l goo t h 1 all Liberty 3 Linares 1 all Lond.&Califo rn .. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all Vfariquita 10 9 ylexican&S.Amerien —74 64 1 1 all N'ew Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 164 174 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymuey Iron 15 15 Do. New 94 104 30 10i Santiago de Cuba - 48 1 all 'outh Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 2 4 284 all United Mexican 34 44 31 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada ••• ••• 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia. ..... ....••• ••• • ••• 1 all Yuba $ • JOINT-STOCK BANES. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 ' 804 1 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... ••• 50 all British N. American ad Z d 25 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 1 4d 20 2 Chrtd. lank. of India, Australia, & China ...d 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lorl. ..• 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 34 24 d 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 214 214 214 I 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England • 20 10 Do. New — • 50 222 National of Ireland 20 all Now South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 474 484 474 25 5 Do. New ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New . ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... ••• 25 all . South Australia 45 47 454 5 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 71 21 Do. New _ . 50 10 Union of London — AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday; 6.30 A.M.—The Baltic has brought $626,550, and dates from New York to the 10th inst. She passed . the Pacific, from Liverpool, on the 11th inst., and the Union from Southampton, on the Isth inst. The steam-ship Arctic, from Liverpool, the Her mann, from Southampton, and Clyde, from Greenock, had arrived at New York. Full satisfaction was about to be made for the Black Warrior disagreements, owing mainly to the interference of the British Government. News had been received from Texas to the 31st ult., from which it appeared that the Indians were assembling in great numbers, and committing se rious depredations. Many lives had been lost, and a large quantity of cattle. The President's proc:amation had created some uneasiness in New Orleans among the Filibusters, and their movements were to be re-organised in order not to violate the laws. Money market without alteration, and 7 per cent, was considered the minimum of interest. Exchange in moderate demand. We quote Lon don, 109 k to 1092 ; Paris, sf. 11/c. to sf. 132 c. ; Amsterdam, 41i to 41i ; Hamburg, 362 to 36i ; Bremen, 79& to 792: Frankfort, 41i to 411. Stocks had declined generally. New York Rail road, 4i ; Hudson River, 1 ; Reading Railroad, 1 ; Haarlem Railroad, 3; Panama, 1; New York Central, 1. Cotton steady, without change in price. Wheat and flour had declined in price, while the demand was dull. Little freight offered, and freights declining. Tne Gauntlet, Dreadnought, Ben Nevis, Philan thropist, Isaac Webb, Hussar, and Irene, from Liverpool ; Ocean Queen, from London ; and Za chariala, from Hayre, had arrived at Now York. Aberdeen .... StnbE, , . Nottng. Bost, andEastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey...... ... Birkenhd. Lanesh. dr Cheshire JUnet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and A:25 Cons. Do., ....... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Band-on Cork, Black, & Pass. Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian rpo., (£lB E dr Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A, Stock .. Do., B. Stock IDo., New A. lEast Lancashire....., Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prtti & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Westorl Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Laneash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Ult. Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwa it Loud. Tilb. & Sthena., Loud. Bright & S.Cst.., Loud. and N. Westu.., Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry a; Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. lianch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby IVlidhl. G. West. (Ira.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskillen l Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London jDo. New .£lO.. N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Stafford.shire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton ' Portsmouth Scottish Central... Scottish Midland.,. Shrewsbury & Biimg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St Gck Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves,a c. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,&D,fully paid up at per Cont South Devon south Eastern South Wales .3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok l l itockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl. Calf' Val©... Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. ['names Haven Dock and Railway v a i E , f Watcrfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimblodn & Croydon York Nowetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland .., 23 -- 24 5 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —lO dig 17 18 7i —64 d 96 - 98 63i 64 15A - 16 7 - 8 ••• ••• 16i - 17 iii i = i.ii 34 - 38 26 - 28 63 - 65 59 - 61 in in 58 91i 92 . 70 a 72 !123 - 125 iiii 7. iiii 87 - 89 11 -13 0 11 -13 p' 654 - 66 66- - 61,11 1& . 1 -- - id 811 8i 104 114 103 i 1044 1031 -103 i par p d par d 85A 8 — 76 i 7 6d 20 - 21 65; 7 66 36 - 38 i 1 64 d 6 d 4 l 24 3 6 8 48 50 34 31 35 ... 36 55 par p 4h 4 LtP 7 74 1p 32 - 31 90 _ 92 56 - 53 60 - 70 60 - 70 2i- 2 17 - 18 8i - 0 12i - 134 3 -3 t 14 - 16 641 C 54 34 - 35 4 - 23 4 .- 51 ii - ii 31 - 38 1R ',F4 19 4 - 5 20 22 - 51 C -= i* 72 73 71 7 (t 44-- 4 dl 524 -- 534, FOREIGN. Xutwerp&Rotterdam i3elgian Eastu. June ' Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish 3e Sad 3i *d— p 3i 3 d 2 —24 p d par P East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt Western of Canada Shares Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto, Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a. 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref. **6 -= Ea 7 5d i- i P 19 -19 i i d AP 7 - 9 p 1 •• • dis , . .."-• ... Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. do. New 1 . :: il ... - ... }d-4p Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. She.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds 8i - 9 34 -34 8 -- 9 18 -- 18ip Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen. Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec dt Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France , St. Andrew's and 46 - 48 88 - 40 313 -32 k ... -pm 20 22 2 d par 8i 91 ... - pm Quebec (A) West Flanders 3 -- 11 Do 5 per c. Pref .0 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden .5 Zealand 6 - 7 pl .•• - ••• 5i - 4i, MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... 25 17 Australian Agricnit 45 46 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 A.ustraln. Royal Mail 3i 10 4 Berlin Water Works ... 50 40 Brit. American Land 74 77 5 1 Brit. & Colu. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 32i, Canada BO 85 5 5' Crystal Palace sg 5i 5i 5 31 Do. New.. iP 3/ 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam •• ••• 25 20 ElectritTelegrapli(A) 18 19 18 1 1 25 all Do. (B) ••• ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — ... 26 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 7i Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land b lb 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. • Steam Navigat. Co.• ..• ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian.,. 11 1 Do. New ..• •.• 20 10 grth.efEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina id p 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 53 1 50 35 Do. Do. ••• 38 2 all Portland Iron Co • 6 iP I-0 0 60 !toyal Mail Steam all scot. Austral. luvcst —2 i a 25 ,25 South Austral• Land 38 40 38 1 all Submar. Telegraph — lb 1 all Do. Registered. 1 2.sa►Yaa inframen = 5 1 1 :-':: 1 urtb %° A , ttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the Birmingham and Mid land Institute Bill were considered and agreed to. The Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The following Estate bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Landon's Estate ; Mas ter's Estate ; Smith's Charity Estate ; Stirling's Estate, PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. BROTHERTON from Salford, against the Police Bill ; Mr. FREWIN, from a local body of clergy, against the Church Rate Aboli tion Bill ; Mr. GORE LANGTON presented a petition from a Dissenting body, in favour of the bill ; Mr. BAINES, from the Guildford Board of Guardians, in favour of the Poor Law Removal Bill ; Mr. GOULBURN, from the National Society for the Education of the Poor, against certain clauses in the Mortmain Bill ; Mr. MIALL, Mr. BELL, Mr. A. PELLATT, and other hon. members, praying for the total abolition of church rates; Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR, from the corporation of Sunder land, against the Police Bill ; Mr. J. B. SMITH, from Chichester, to the same effect. REGISTRATION OF BILLS OF SALES BILL. This bill was passed through committee. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL. This bill was committed pro forma, for the purpose of introducing amendments. The bill was afterwards ordered to be reprinted, and re-committed this day three months. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Mr. MIALL, in the absence of Sir W. Clay, who had charge of this bill, moved that it be read a second time. Mr. PACKE hoped as neither the lion. bart. who had charge of the bill nor any member of the Government was present the second reading would be postponed until after the other orders of the day. He therefore moved that the debate be adjourned until then. Mr. A. PELLATT said the hon. bart. would be in the house shortly, while the noble lord the President of the Council had come in since the motion for ad journment. . . J " Mr. PACKE under those circumstances withdrew his amendment. Mr. A. PELLATT supported the second reading of the bill, and contended that it was too late to offer any compromise, for no less than a third of the peopto of England had already relieved themselves from the burden of majorities in their respective parishes, another third were still subjected to the evil for the benefit of the remaining third, who ought to be placed on the same footing as their fellow-countrymen, who maintained their own churches upon the voluntary principle—the only prin ciple upon which religious teaching, based upon the Holy Scriptures, could proceed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MURROUGH characterised church rates as un just in principle and oppressive in operation. He there fore gave the bill his cordial support ; believing, at the same time, that it was neither for the interest of the Established Church itself nor the Dissenters that there should be any compromise on this question. Mr, GOULBURN regretted that the bill had ever been brought in, because he considered it was unjust in principle, while it was as inconsistent with political wis dom as it was with Christian charity. He was not one who would say that the law of Church rate's did not require alteration and amendment ; but the bill went far beyond that. It dissevered the State from the Church, and the house might depend upon it that if they once passed this bill the entire abolition of the existing connection between the two would speedily fol low. He had a decided objection to substituting pew rents for church rates, and he warned the house that, if they abolished church rates on the ground of the con scientious objections that were entertained against their payment, they might hereafter be asked to abolish poor rates and war taxes upon the same ground. He moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LIDDELL (Liverpool), seconded the amend ment, though he admitted that it would be the duty of the Government hereafter to bring in a measure to amend the law of church rates, and to place them upon a more satisfactory footing than they rested on at present. He argued that it was the province of the State to provide religious instruction for the poor, and under these cir cumstances it would be highly unjust to abolish the legal claims of the Established Church to its just dues and rewards. Mr. E. BALL approached this question with anything but a feeling of sectarian bitterness, as he was one of those Dissenters who was warmly attached to the Esta blished Church, and who believed that nothing would be more disastrous to dissent than its downfall. But, at the same time he thought Church , rates rested upon a most unsatisfactory basis. They were not legal unless sanctioned by a majority of the parishioners in vestry assembled, and hence they gave rise to much heart burning and ill-blood. (Hear, hear.) The large towns had already succeeded in virtually abolishing Church rates, and, as time advanced, they would bring their influence to bear upon small towns to the great detriment of the Established Church itself. He therefore advocated their abolition, because he felt that it was high time that this great cause of strife in the country should be put an end to. Besides, consi dering the benefits which the dissenters had conferred upon the country, they were entitled to some considera tion in this matter. They were the originators of the Sunday school system which had effected so much good in reforming and educating the people, while their num bers, as shown by the last census, attending their places of worship exceeded those of the Established Church by at least half a million, and upon that ground they were entitled to have this question conceded to them. He implored the house then, as much for the sake of the Established Church as the Dissenters, to pass this bill. peat ILLI his O voteß E of last prepared y ear . He eo admittedv e and over that aga D in r. to P r H e Dissenters had an equitable right to be relieved from church rates, but that was no ground for passing a bill totally to abolish church rates. There was no reason whatever why members of the Established Church should be relieved from the burden, but he did sincerely hope that Government would shortly be prepared with a measure to remove this hateful cause of dispute between Dissenters and Churchmen. Mr. HORSMAN adopted the tone of the last speaker. The question, he insisted, was ripe for settlement, but the Government appeared to be reluctant to move in it. In justice to the dissenters, however, a bill of relief should be brought in, which, while it removed this irri tating source of dispute between the Church and the Dissenters should also place the law of Church rates and obligation to pay them upon a safe and certain footin g . He advocated this course in the interest of the Established Church itself, and he sincerely hoped it would be adopted. At all events, if this middle course were not adopted, he should prefer the total abolition of church rates to the continuance of the existing system of doubt and uncertainty, giving rise as it did to so much heartburning and ill-blood in the country. The Church lost more in influence and in cha racter from these distressing contests than it gained in a pecuniary point of view, from the continuance of church rates ; and, therefore, on the whole, he could not do bet ter, as a member of the Church of England, than advise the house to pass the second reading of this bill. Mr. V. SMITH wished this question to be treated not as a dispute between Dissenters and Churchmen, but a question of expediency. What they should ask themselves was this, viz., Was it expedient to continuo a law which allowed continual attacks to be made on church rates at the expense of considerable acrimony and ill feeling / Ilia an s wer would be in the pegatiye. dIABK.ET NEWS—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market. For all kinds the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. Foreign wheat, the show of which was good, moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in its value. Floating cargoes were dull. We were scantily supplied with barley ; nevertheless, the sale for all kinds was slow, on former terms. The malt trade was heavy, at Monday's currency. Oats were in good request, and the turn dearer. Beaus, peas, and flour sold at late figures. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. ) Barley. I Malt. Oats. 350 I 3,910 20 3,390 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Flour. 420" 11,240 WHITECHAPEL. I,llosks 960br1 The general demand to-day ruled steady, as follows : Beef from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 3d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s Ed to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per Bibs by the carcase. HOP. Although ther e is I BOROU GH ess activity in the demand, last week's prices are well supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) • LONDON, Juno 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze and cloudy. MARGATE, June 20.—The Enchantress (barque), from Demerara to London, was the upward bound ship re ported to have gone on shore on the Shingles this morning ; she was assisted off by a steam-tug this evening's tide, and proceeded for the river. PORTSMOUTH, Juno 20.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Valkyrien (Danish corvette), from Iceland ; Phantom, London, and sailed for New York ; Esmeralda, London, for West Australia, and sailed for South amp t on ; T onn i ng (s), Southampton, for Mediterranean. Sailed—Nile, for Madras and Calcutta; her Majesty' s s t eamer Locust, for the Baltic. SOUTHA3IPTON, Juno 20.—Sailed—Ripon (s), for Alex andria. DARTMOUTH, June 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mohawk, from London, for Sydney, N.S. W., with jibboom, cut water, and figure-head carried away, and other damage, having been in contact with the Era, off the Start, in the morning ; the Era, from London, for Valencia, with lar board-quarter stove, and other damage. PLTMOUTR, June 20.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—The Peninsula (a), for London; her Majesty's steamer Mariner, for the westpvard. _ FALUOUTI4, June 20.—Wiml, W. Arrived—Hane - r, from Aux Cayes; Louisa, Porto Rico. Off Port—Graf von Schlieffen, from Aux Cayes, and sailed for Antwerp. GLOUCESTER, June 20.—Arrived—Nicaragua, from Que bec ; Thomas James, do.- The crew, consisting of 12 men of the Liburn (brig), of Newcastle, wrecked in the ice bergs on the Banks of Newfoundland, have arrived here in the Nicaragua, from Quebec. BRISTOL, June 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Effingham, from Callao ; Wm. M'Dowell, Barbadoes ; Huntress, Havannah. LIVERPOOL, June 20.—An American schooner; laden with oil, for Queenstown, was spoken, June 14, in lat. 50 N., 13 W., disabled, and with lower masts standing, bnt not wanting assistance, by the Prima Donna, arrived here. SHIELDS, Juno 20.—Wind, S. Arrived—Eurichetto, from Licata ; Hannah Codner, Girgenti ; Teresa, Genoa ; Aspem, Etaples. SUNDERLA ND, June 1 9.—Wind, S. Arrived—Mar garet, from Caen ; William, Etaples. SWANSEA, June 20.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Catherine Jenkins, for Coquimbo. BELFAST, June 19.—Wind, S. Sailed—Baldur, for Quebec. QUEENgTOWN, June D.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Mina, from Rio Grande ; Liffey, Barbadoes ; Deodata, Ha vannah ; Franchise, Charleston, and sailed for Elsinore; Minerva, Vienna. Off Port—Sir Colin Campbell, from Callao, and sailed for London. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPII.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.45 a.m. Wind W.S.W., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Oswego, from New Orleans ; Alpha, St. Vin cent; Jane Glassin, Quebec; Chilton, - Sines; Saggitaria, Marseilles. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, W.S.W., fine ; tide, three hour's flood. Arrived, 20th—Enigheden, from Holmstrund ; Wilhel mine, St. ITbe's ; Ocean, Trinidad; Wild Irish Girl, Moul ' mein• Liberty, Antwerp; Spring, do.; Don Coli no , Guern sey; Odessa, Belize ; Twe Gebtoders, Belize; Portenta, Krugen; Lyods, Calmar; Trafalgar, Madras ; T an j ore, Mauritius. Arrived—Albion, steamer, from Boulogne ; City of Lon don, steamer, Dunkirk; Holland, steamer, Ostend; Elizabeth, St. Übes ; John Williams, Emden ; Herald, Mauritius; P , ouven, Aalborg ; Providentia, Hernosund ; Enchantress, Barbados ; Margaret, Philadelphia ; Super, Uddewalla ; Blenheim, Calcutta ; Mangoin, Cuba ; Vrow Maria, Leer. Sailed—City of Rotterdam, steamer, for Dunkirk; Flecha, steamer, for Ghent. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, W.N.W., light, and cloudy. Passed—Bell Rock, from Matanzas, for London. Anchored—Braganza, from London, for Brazils ; Amity Hall, London, for Quebec; Symmetry, London, for Cey lon French war-steamer, Lacrosse. METROPOLITAN SEWERS COM3flSSlON.—Yesterday a special court was held at the chief office in Greek-street, Soho-square, principally for the purpose of ordering the execution of extensive sewerage operations. The com missioners who attended were the chairman, Lieut.-Col. Dawson, and Messrs. Baker, Smith, Redhead, an d Gib son. The secretary reported an available balanceo upwards of 36,0001., to which should be added the amount of the deposit account, 80, 000 /. T h e Court then agreed to payments amounting to 8,5241., _which sum includes the quarter's salaries of the officers, A report was presented from the general committee, which recommended the execution of works in the S urrey and Kent district to the amount of 6..0,4011. ; in the Greenwich district, to the amount of 3,2961. ; in the western division of the Westminster sowers, 501. ; in the Ravensbourne district, to the amount of 17/. ; in the Limehouse level, to the amount of 565/. ; in the Lower Wapping level, to the amount of 5 01/. ; in the eastern division of the Westminster sewers, to the amount of 2901. ; total amount of works recommended by the general committee, 67,3631. The court then unani• mously agreed to the above recommendations. Rates of 6d. in the pound for six months were declared upon the subjoined districts—Finsbury division, Ranelagh district, and Richmond ; and estimates were received for a rate of 4d. in the pound on the Regent-street and Regent's-park district, and advertisements were directed to be inserted. The remaining business transacted was of a formal character. RISE IN TIIE PRICE Or NEWSPAPERS.--In consequence of the great advance which is taking place in the price of paper, it is rumoured that a movement is now going on in Glasgow t o ra i se th e price of newspapers one half penny eac h. The Birmin g ham Mercury has taken the initiative among the English journals, having just added half-penny to its price, - - 50 50 20 20 19i 14 50 20 11i 812sj 1./ is 20 20 10 10 2/ 28 100 100 100 100 21 2E. all 16i 100 20 20 50 20 all 51s. 100 20 133 100-J 9 3 8 2s. 20 25 100 100 20 20i 20i 100 20 63 i i 15i 17 i 13 it 631 411 92 li l 713 124 / 80 791 801 1 64i 5} 5 6 15} i 8 i if 111 104 i 103 } i 85 6 5 i 20i 1 65 47x 5 354 5 13 i 90 57 6 per cent. 15 64/ 5 41 1 34 5 dig 72 12 I 53 2i li i si 9 34a 5 461 32 201 20 j 81 9 81 " THB VICTORY " AT GIBRALTAR. [SECOND NOTICE.] It was recently our gratifying duty, as among the more humble it may be, but at any rate also among the more watchful observers of the progress made in the National Schools of Art, to comment upon the varied merits of this really remarkable masterpiece—still submitted to public examination at 23, Cockspur-street, by the Messrs. Agnew and Sons of Manchester. Another visit to the room in which the original painting continues to be "on view"has enabled us to sit in judgment, as it were, over the assumed accuracy of our first impressions. Those earlier opinions in regard to the picture we are now more than ever disposed to regard as very far, indeed, from having been crudely formed, hastily adopted, or founded merely upon what may be termed, for want of some better phrase, histo rical partialities and artistic prepossessions. Apart from the manifold prejudices resulting not unnaturally, and, it may have been, at the tim3 quite unconsciously, from the inspirit ing associations connected with the subject here treated with such consummate skill by the hand of our great sea painter—apart from the influence of those associations, we do believe that this notable picture of " The Victory," as it ap pared on the evening of the 28th of October, 1805 (nearly half a century byegone), when towed, with the body of Nelson on board, into the bay of Gib raltar, is a work of art in all respects eminently worthy of Mr. Stanfield's reputation. It must be regarded as such, we conceive, even when consi dered—if it can be so considered—apart from its historical and heroical associations. Viewed, we mean, siniply as a representation of one of the aspects of nature, as a wonderful delinea tion of sea and sky—with a rocky headland as the background, and the time selected, the evening when a gale of wind has but very recently subsided. Regarded simply in this light, the painting must, we conceive, irresistibly command our admiration. But, embracing the loftier association s of the picture in our examine" tion of its beauties, that admiration for it, so to speak, in the abstract —as a limning from the face of Nature—is marvellously and appreciably en hanced. Remembering, that is to say, that the scene is the impregnable Gibraltar—the date the morrow of the most glorious sea-fight of England. —the incident the towing of the " Victory" into shelter, the battered hull of the great war-ship bearing on board the remains (literally the remains, shorn of an arm, 'reft of an eye, and scarred by a hundred noble wounds) of the darling hero of Britain—Nelson of the Nile and Trafalgar l The promised engraving from this masterpiece has already so far advanced under the hands of Mr. John Cousen that an impression of the etching may now be seen by those who visit the apartment in which the original picture still continues on exhibition. As an etcher, Mr. Cousen reveals in this plate a skill in the handling of the needle truly marvellous. The work, even as far as it has yet proceeded, is worthy of an artist facile printers among the line engravers of his generation. The light and sparkle of the whole performance entitles him to all commendation—whether it be in regard to the drifting and scattering glories of cloud land, or to the undulation and transparency of the billowing water. Scarcely anything is want ing to complete the illusion beyond colour, and hero and there even that is wonderfully implied by the magical graduations of shadow, the fluctuations or alternations of "shine and shads" —not less ingenious in effect than the perspective revealed through that diaphanous atmosphere. Everything promises, indeed, that the genius dis played in the original picture by the great sea painter will be emulated, as far as the limits of a lesser art will admit, by that cf the distinguished. line engraver to whom the difficult task of copying the scene upon metal has, fortunately both for Mr. Stanfield and for the subscribers, been most judi ciously entrusted. LITE BAT (JIBE. Recollections of my Military Life.. By Colonel Landmann - . 2 vols. Hurst and Bla-ckett. These volumes form the second part of the his tory of Colonel Landmann's adventures ; the first portion having been published' some time since. They are what their name implies—not a connected narrative, and not personal memoirs, but recollec tions of striking or entertaining incidents, full of variety and interest. There are anecdotes of peace and war, and some narrow escapes and perilous exploits. One of these occurred at a great powder magazine at Rozier Bay. As the writer was passing by he thought to his horror that he discovered a smell of burning. Having aroused the store keeper, at the risk of their lives they entered, and, after a few moments of terrible anxiety they dis covered a burning match actually in the magazine. They were fortunately in time to remove it before an explosion, and had thus been the means of preventing a terrible calamity. Another anecdote is the dilemma in which Colonel Landmann was placed by dining on board a ship that was appointed to sail for the West Indies with the first change of wind. He was not aware of the strict regulation that existed that no one was allowed to leave the ship after the evening gun was fired. He was com pelled to wait that night on board, and was aroused at daybreak by hearing that the wind had changed and the ship was preparing to start for her voyage. He was in despair, thinking his prospects weze ruined for life, when a small boat passing under the stern of the ship, he swung himself over the side, regardless of all rules and regulations, and escaped the threatened exile. Those who find amusement in these volumes will be glad to find a promise at the conclusion that the third part, which contains many details connected with Juuot's army, is in course of preparation. Oaktield ; or, Fellozvship in the East. By W. D. Arnold, Lieutenant. Second Edition. 2 vols. Longman. A great deal may be gathered from this work on Indian life and customs, and hence it is interest ing, although it is noi, very pleasing. The hero goes out to India in high spirits, and expects to find in the excitement and engrossments of foreign service an agreeable change from the uncongenial pursuits of an academical life. He is doomed to disappoint ment from the outset. The gorgeous splendour of an oriental career is soon discovered to be vanity and vexation. Oakfield had besides some peculiar 'rations of his own, which did not accord very, well with the free and unconstrained ideas of a military existence. He was consistent and honourable ' throughout, however strange and erroneous might be his opinions. He did not meet with the respect which was undoubtedly his due. He was once summoned before a court-martial, the accounts of which are given in the course of the story, and aro very interesting, affording an insight into the way such matters are arranged abroad. The h ero came off victorious, but h e did not get on more satisfactorily notwithstanding. The very circum stance of his having triumphed against their opinions only urged on his opponents to more violent demonstrations of and hatred. Hardly any ono would speak to him for some months. It was not till after a fierce battle had taken place, in which Oakfield rescued the colours of his regiment as the enemy was on the point of carrying them off. After the courage so unde niably manifested on this occasion, the associates of Oakfield were compelled to retract their former opinion. But the fatigues and annoyances to which he had been subject had made fearful inroads on his health, and he was obliged to return home. There, in the soci e ty o f hi s d ear ly cherished relations, he departed from the world he had found so hard and cold. " The last words of tha t y oun g warrior, a word which his countenance, as it settled into the sleep of death, co nfirmed, that word was 4 P eace, ' saying which, he passed away. THE AluslcAr. UNiox.—The sixth t concert iv of the illis's rooms. rui:hicaplralTisneioisndwuaestohe4r.yEesltlaer(lay a for the judicious selec tion of the music and the performers engaged, which ren ders this society o no of t u a rtet in C (No. 9 , Op. first musical societies in Europe. The programme comprised th e hi g h es t talent The Mozart'sa nn Wilhclma in Clauss, Ernest, Pi a t t i, Goffrie, and Hill.ouncement that Mdlle. Clause was to perform in ua r r r t h e e t inerfGormmainneoer was, • vi n a e n v e u r n y respect, p er f ect. Beethove'sP a usually la rge audience 59) is on e o f the finest compositions ci of that great genius. We do not hesitate to say that it is ono of the best compositions we have heard, and the manner in which this most difficult music was executed elicited the enthusiastic applause of an appreciating audience. The concert concluded by Mdlle. Clatiss performing M en . delssohn's " Lieder ohne W o rte." With the exception of Mendelssohn himself, it has been acknowledged that there never was an interpreter of his music equal to this gifted performer. Aldlle. Clauss's grand annual concert takes place at Willis's rooms on Saturday next, the 24th instant. THE PRESTON STRlKE.—Another balance sheet was last week isseed by the Amalgamated Committee. It shows an income for the two weeks of 571. Os. 11.1,d. ; of which sum 19/, ss. 6d. has been paid over to weavers, 191. 19a. 11d. to spinners, 51. 4s. to distressed families, 3/. to the secretary and treasurer, 61. for printing and for other expenses, the amount of the balance, minus 4s. 10.1 2 d., still in the treasurer's hands. The address is a brief one, and is principally taken up with lamenting that the masters are not,dispo7,ed to forego th e prosecu tion of the " conspirators." It is stated that 280 indi viduals connected with the various branches of factor y labour are yet out of employment.—Pr eston Chron i cle. 'RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—Thu Press of Vienna says that nine Russian officers, who have been ma de p 'sonerti, have been sent from Varna to London , d ondon on oar an Engliwh transport.- ' nerg liad e Dar" :.