The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-24 00:00:00

REV. HENRY COOKE, MD., LL.D., of Belfast, wilt PREACH (D.V.) TO-MORROW EVENING, a t tialf•past Six o'clock, in the Scotch Church, River-terrace, Wing ton. TLIEATRE ItOYAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. yin y-sisth and Fifty-seventh B.presentations—Sixth and Seventh Nights of the New Sinner ption. The 2d Representation in London this season of Le a Huguenots. THIS EVENING, duns 24, (And MONDAY, Jura 26) Will be performed (2d time) Meyerbeer's Opera LES MITGITE NOTS. Characters by Ma :ame Rudersd,,rff, Madame Caradori, Xdtle._ Janda (her 2d appearance In England), Herr, Reichardt, Sig. Gregorio, Herr Gratin, Herr Zaph, Herr Haase, Herr Pasque, hoer Pecz, and Herr Formes. Composer, birector of the Music, and Conducto; Herr Anchuez. ?ices--Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-Office opei daily from Ten tin Six, where places may be sacured. Private Boxes ar.d Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock r,3, New Bond-street. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences • t Eight. his f-price at Ilan-past N lee. THEXTRE ROYAL HAY MARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, JUNE 24. Mil be per`ormed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OP TILE ROUND TABLE. Characters hy Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandentioff, Farren,•Compton, and Buckstone ; bliss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, the entirely new awl original extravaganza, enti le Mii. BUCESTONE'S VOYAGE HOUND Tao GLOBE (IN CESTER-SQUARE), written by .7. R. Planate, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under tha Management of Mr. Cruax.za TIII2. EVENING, Jams 24, Will be performed FRO VIL LAGE TO C OURT. Principal M ca characters by Messrs. Harley , Flitter, and Cathrt Misses Mur. ay, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERIT. h Caracters by Messrs. C. Kean and Da 7id Fisher ; and Mrs. Daly, and Miss C. le.clereq. / NJ A TEA-CUP. Principal cha- To conclude with A STORM rasters by Mr. and Mrs. NY. Lacy. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Juin 21, win be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac ten by Mr. C• Mathews and Miss Talbot. youowed by a new Drama, entitled SUNSHINE THROUGH T ag CLOUDS. Characters by Messrs. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Miss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews and Baker; Miss Wadham, Soc. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 24, Will be perfonmd TWO LOVES AND A. LIFE. Characters by MeSiti. L. Murray, B. Webster, and Keeley; Mlis Woolgar, and Madame Celeste. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude whh the popular Nautical Drama of the CABIN BOY. Julien (ber original character), Madams Celeste. Tickets, Places, and Private Boxe^ to be had at the theatre. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEXTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JUNE 24, Will be performed the Comte Drama called lIIJA/1 MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F Robson, Emery, White, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. Followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conc:ude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ".Teni Daggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, JUNE 24, Will be presented THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Widow Cheerly, Miss Fitzpatrick. After which, THE MORNING CALL. After which, THE PETS OF THE BALLET. To conclude with MY FELLOW-CLERK. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. Gil; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Box, 5, XI I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Alleroft. 15, New Boni-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITUEAT RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, JANE 24, • • - Will be presented the new Grand histories' Mi.itarysp?ctaele, en titled Z COSSACKS ; or, The la France. ollowed by a series of Chef d'Ouvres of Art, or Equ!tation DE LA. HAUTE ECOLE deve'oped In the 4'enes in the CIRCLE, the whole arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke To conclude with (sth time) a Comic Ballet, cAlled TIIE RIVAL rriSA NS. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER- AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning 5 min.aftor 1 I Evening 26 min.aft. 1 To.Monnow—Morning 46 min.after 1 j Evening 7 min.aft. r 2 THE WEATHER.—Strs Orptcs, JUNB 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77 highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and daring the night. 73—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 25. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. ZilYt : - .§114116 LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1854. The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Aylesbury has given promise of the fulfilment of our most sanguine expectations. On Tuesday evening, the 20th of June, we spoke as follows—one sentence will be sufficient out of a whole column of equally pertinent ob servations. We said : "Reviewing all the Ministerial acts and all the " words which have fallen from, the lips of Lord " Aberdeen, in reference to the war, in regard to ." Russia, and in particular allusion to the North `` ern Autocrat, we can only wonder that some " resolute and honest member of the House of Com ' .." mons has not long since risen in his place and " boldly demanded the impeachment of the First ." Minister of the Crown in the presence of Parliaw nyeiit." A resolute and honest member of the House of Commons has at length risen in his place and virtually demanded the impeachment of the First L - )rd of the Treasury. It was, as we have already observed, on Tues day evening, the 20th of June, that wa spoke, :through these columns, the very words forming the.above quotation. ' . And it was on Friday evening, the 23d of June (yesterday), that Mr. LAYARD announced his -intention to move, on Thursday next, a resolution somewhat to the effect here subjoined : " That, in the opinion of this House, the lan " guage held by the First Minister of the Crown " is calculated to raise great doubts in the public " mind as to the objects and ends of the war, " and to lessen the prospect of an honourable and durable peace." It was rather a significant circumstance, that the House received with " loud cheers" this de claration of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Aylesbury, of his determination to brink forward at last a detailed inquiry into the Ministerial con duct, both by words and by acts, of the Earl of ABERDEEN, still unhappily Prime Minister of Eng land,. and in so doing to at length necessitate a formal discussion of the foreign policy of the Government. The incident referred to, it may not be un worthy to remark, took place 'at the commence ment of.. th e pro d edings in the House of Com mons' sitting of yesterday. Aud therefore it is not altogether incomprehensible how it should have so happened that t owardi the close of last night's , . sitting in the House of Lords, the Earl of ABER DEEN should have rise n and naid __,, Mon day I shall On move for th e production of a despatch, addressed by me Government Y form Ituasian the with respect t o the T to reaty of . Adrianople ; and I will take that opuo. rtnnity of great removing misapprehensions W hi ch • some . - in reference to some observations that I addressed . to _your Lordships the other night." Wonderf u l ! so'v - erY-weederful that the announcement of the .._ _ . _ . Premier was.receiVecl by one feeble, little, insu lated modest, : chillino , "Hear"—unlike the "Loud ch.ceri: which had previously greeted &tr. LAYARD's intimation to the" Lower House of Parliament. 'SO:that my Lord ...41:Eanr,Eic, hearing what Mr. LAYARD bad threatened for Thursday, proposes to move on Monday for the production of a despatch addressed by him formerly to the Russian Poi,ernment in reference to the Treaty of Adrianople. In reference to the Treaty of; .-A dKian°Ple ) . -As it• the question before 'the country-were not the settlement of one of the in - f,iest and m os t Momentous struggles the !. , , ey . eNivktuessed, and no t th e rev i val of oS ki , -., : ::'1 ,4 :1 1 ? i - (.'d "ie , l about the waste paper of that ._:: -..- --i - ', !••'. ' . ~8, f - ~,..- ' , At'. - - - - - - - - - . 13 4,1110; • t . . t - 71 - blundering absurdity called the Treaty of Adri- i anople ! Moreover, be it ob served, my Lord ABERDEEN proposes, on Monday, to remove some great misapprehensions, existing, be says, in reference to some remarks recently ad dressed by him to the hereditary branch of the Imperial Legislature. An acknowledgment, that is, we take it, au avowal sufficiently clear and explicit that there are soiree words of his really requiring explanation. Not a doubt about it— my Lord ABERDEEN. And an explanation that, notwithstanding all its past apathy, the country will have-.-- w h a tever the result, and no matter what the sacrifi ce. Well—the clay of reckoning appears to be ap proaching at last , thank HEAVEN. The thunder bolt of a virtual i mpeachment is about to descend upo n the " forty years' friend" of the Emperor NICUOLAS—upon the Statesman among all States men living, the very least qualified by his past pro ceedings principles to preside with and his known Crown—during honour to the country and with advantage to the th e period of a war with Russia —over the councils of the British Administration. And the effects of this thunderbolt the sagaci ous Premier actually dreams of warding off by lifting deprecatively above his head the tat tered rags of a yellow, old, half-mouldered, nearly forgotten despatch, relating—to the Treaty of Adrianople ! The straw to be thrown up on Monday will only indicate the more clearly the direction in which, towards Thursday next, the political hur ricane will be blowing in the Lower House of Parliament. Already the Hon. Gentleman the member for Aylesbury has the credit justly due to him of having delivered some of the most brilliant and effective orations yet heard within the walls of the British Legislature, in reference to the Eastern Question—the Question which gradually became complicated from a squabble between the CZAR and the SULTAN to a terrible and stupendous warfare between Russia and the chief naticns of Christendom. If Mr. LAYARD only acquit him self, as we confidently believe he will acquit him self, on Thursday evening, of the responsible duty which he has chivalrously volunteered to discharge, he will enhance his already distinguished popularity as an Oriental traveller, as a profound Biblical scholar, and as the illustrious discoverer of the ruins of Nineveh, by the contrasting and auspicious promise of an elevated and endur ing political reputation. Beyond which, suppos ing the Hon. Member for Aylesbury to be success ful in his projected enterprise, he will have de served well of his country by ridding its Councils, at a moment of supreme emergency, of the pre sence of a Minister so blind in regard to the Past, the Present, and the Future, as to dream of the 'Solution of our European difficulties being effected at the suggestion—of all men in the world—of Prince METTERNICH ! Sir WILLIAM CLAY and Mr. BERKELEY may well rejoice in their defeats, compared with those sustained by Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Cabinet. The Government have lost ground with their mea sures, while ground has been as unquestionably gained both for the Ballot W and Church-rate Abo lition. Lord JOHN'S half-and-half measures com pelled their own withdrawal, because, even with out a war, they had not enough in them to arouse public interest ; and, had he persisted, he would doubtless have been left in a smaller minority than the Honourable Members just mentioned. On the other hand, the splendid debate on the Ballot, with all the argument on one side, and, compared with 1853, the large proportional minority, have assured its advocates of a not very distant triumph ; while in regard to Church-rate Abolition, the Whole force of Government, aided by all the old-school Toryism, could not muster i more than a paltry majority of twenty-seven to defeat Sir WILLIAM CLAY. Not to speak of the distressed condition of all the hostile speakers, such a minority was, of course, substantially a victory. The uncertain and confused fire of the enemy; however, for military figures must be excused just now, was very obvious. Every shot fell short, and even the few which seemed to reach the mark missed their aim. The powder, indeed, was damp. No set of speakers avowing, as all did, in terms more or less strong, their conviction that the present law was too bad to be retained, could use their oratory with much effect. Even Mr. GOULBURN, who thought " abolition unjust in principle, and opposed to every dictate of Chris tian charity!"—who characterised the bill as one which would " deprive us of the privileges of reli gious liberty!" —even ho, really did think that " the law of Church - Rates required amendments." The most curious production of the evening un doubtedly was that of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer ; he found himself in a perfect labyrinth of perplexities, till, as Mr. BRIGHT observed, it was very difficult to see which side of the argu ment he took. _ He confessed to speaking with reserve. It was, wo think, clear that he would not dislike the increased independence the Church would gain by relinquishing a tribute to her sovereignty which enables Dissenters very fre quently to trample it in the dust ; but he seemed haunted by a singular and a most absurd fear, that if a rate were a voluntary contribution, per sons who had not contributed would step in and share the administration of the money ! We can assure Mr. GLADSTONE that if such would, as ecclesiastical laws stand, be in that case a legal right, the Englishman who should dare to exer cise it must be the object of parish contempt, and would indeed be powerless. His concluding words, however, sufficiently show his real con victions. He thought it "possible, in the enor mous difficulty of the question, they might be driven to the total abolition of Church Rates ;" indeed he seemed only anxious to show that " to make the measure just, it ought to include pro visions to enable the ratepayers, who were willing to contribute as private individuals, to take into their own hands, subject to the law, the manage ment and application of their own funds." We cannot doubt that Sir W. CLAY and the Dis senters would willingly aid in releasing Churchmen from all laws opposed to this suggestion. No one hitherto has imagined that abolishing Church Rates would not leave Churchmen masters of their own contributions. Mr. GLADSTONE ought I to know, but the supposition seems incredible. As to the Dissenters' quondam friend, Lord J. RUSSELL, he asked for no such securities merely for Churchmen, but contended out and out, in the best style of Sir HARRY INGLIS, for hard-held morsels of Church tyranny. He sees in his old friends nothing but a pack of hungry animals, who are eager to swallow up the whole Establish ment, and who, if what honestly belongs to them be gived up, will only fly upon all the rest as soon as 'they can. He disapproves of Voluntaryism, and supports a National Church ; therefore he will, not encourage Voluntaries by demolishing Wholly an outwork, as lie deems it, of the Establishment, w4iehi s al ready more than half taken, and its strength turned against the Establishment itself. NC4 having eno u 1 f foreign.war on our hinds, he - will get np a g g 1 1 - number of parish battles, to while away th ci - I t ° e:d: idluYztoff ments in the Nortl well also to read formists, -to show, • what _ 1 - 11 ,8 Lordship thought . extracts Item the early Noncon ry evpeeople knew, ew, that some of the most learnedmenwerenonoteVoluntaries ! 1 As if Nonconformists, of all t!:e world and to ' adopt their f p o r r o e f f e a s t s h e e d r s t ' o e b c e e l e's'ifina l ity" i vi ews, ' a s well as the sub stance of their theology ! The most p a th etic part doubtless, his appeal t o lovers of f his tlie s a p n e t e ig eh ue w t as, o preserve the fine old palish struc tures, though many of theaish. wre them were muchwitsoho them for the population of the to be preserved too, but notbeyCrheures n Church Raatd anti es. if these the parish does not want uci qua' feLns do, let the antiquarians subscribe and pre Jserve them. Let not the preservation of costly m onnments of the past be confounded with pro -177 iding for religious worship and instruction. The rin rishioners might, and would spontaneously pro- Vic le for the latter, but the former is, if we look at, it fairly, the concern of those only whose taste inc lines that way. Lord JOHN does not regard the le churches, he says, " as the churches of a sect , but as national churches ;" if so, he ought to 4 ;ive all the sects free use of them in their turn. Mo: it singular of all was his thorough old Tory conclusion. The Church, he says, the hereditary Monarchy, and the hereditary Artistocracy--he should have added the Army and Navy —are all bound up together. If one falls, the others will fall with it. Abolition of Church Hates would be the beginning of the fall of the Church—there fore, of the ruin of "our glorious Constitution in Chvrch and State." Most certainly, then, our poor Constitution begins to shake. It came within twenty-seven votes of the awful danger on Wed nesday night, with every appearance of something worse next session. Lord JOHN, to the rescue, then ! It is, however, deplorable to see this almost venerable Whig statesman thus rehearsing the ELDON predictions concerning Catholic Eman cipation. A short time will prove the RUSSELL forebodings to be as groundless as those of ELDON. Again and again we have asked why our army was never sent into the Baltic as well as into the Euxine, to aid the combined fleets by land opera tions ? Is it simply because the Black Sea is very far removed from the Russian capital, and be cause, consequently, an army sent into the Baltic to aid the maritime movements of NAPIER, and DESCHENES would tend, of course, to secure the settlement of the war at once, and effectually ? Whatever the reasons may have been for sending an army into the Black Sea, and no army at all into the Baltic, the facts of the case are suffi ciently suspicious. A kindred circumstance —a circumstance we cannot but still think most deeply to be deplored—is discoverable in the man ner in which Sir CHARLES NAPIER has been sent out to the Gulf of Finland, without not only troops to aid his fleet by land, but without also an adequate supply of gun-boats, having a light draught, to enable him to push forward beyond Cronstadt, in spite of all the obstacles in the way of shoal-water navigation. It might be as well for Mr. LAYARD, as for some other Members who may follow him on Thursday evening, to demand from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in regard to all these facts, the why and the wherefore. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND THE BALTIC FLEET. It is said that at the last Cabinet Council a despatch from Admiral Sir Charles Napier was discussed, in which he defined his intentions in reference to the ope rations against Russia in the Baltic. The propositions of the gallant Admiral are understood to be of a cha racter quite consonant with the tenour of the most re markable points in his past career, and great news from the North may be expected before long—should no un foreseen changes of intention arise. If we had the most exact kno wl edge of Admiral Napier's plans, our patriotic sense of duty would forbid any publication of them-- remembering as we do that there are electric wires from London to St. Petersburg, and, unhappily, too many people, who,—enjoying the privileges and flourishing under the shelter of our constitutional. system,---would like no better task than giving information or other aid to the Czar. But this we may say, that we have heard enough of the plans in question to justify a confident belief that a great blow will be effectually struck against Russia before long. The Czar's frontier is long and open, and he need now watch its whole line. But no watching is likely to guard him with success from the coming shock.—Daily News. T . IIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, J fTNE 24, 1854. THE BLOCKADE 1N THE BALTIC. The real business of the fleet in the Baltic is, for the present, the blockade, which was formally estab lished by Admiral Napier along the whole coast of Rus sia and across the Gulf of Finland on the 28th of May, and notified in the London Gazette of the 16th of June. About two months elapsed from the declaration of war to the establishment of this blockade, and upwards of one month since the opening of the Baltic navigation. Although, therefore, it was alleged that a considera= ble amount of friendly and neutral property, already purchased and paid for, was lying in the Russian ports ready for exportation when the war was declared, and the refusal of the Allied Governments to grant special licenses lied caused apprehensions to arise that these goods would be shut up by the blockade, it is now ap parent that the owners of this property have had ample time to withdraw it, and even to send in neutral ships to fetch it away before the blockade was put in force. As the belligerent rights affecting • trade with the enemy have been reduced in this war to the two points of blockade and the prohibition of contraband of war, it is, not to he expected that any further relaxation should be made in these conditions, which are essen tial to the prosecution of hostilities ; nor can any ex ceptions be allowed in favour of private interests to these general rules. The great moderation with which the restrictions of war have as yet been applied to those commercial relations which affect not only the interests of Russia, but of all other countries habitually trading with her, may have had the effect of mitigating the pressure of war upon the mercantile interests of the enemy ; but henceforth the severity of the blockade will probably not be confined to the period of its applica tion. The stoppage of our intercourse with Russia will turn into other channels the capital and enterprise which have so long contributed to enrich her. Many of her chief exports, such as flax, hemp, and tallow, can be obtained from India or South America, and we have no doubt that, if the war should continue, we shall draw from our own possessions abroad, or from other coun tries, all that Russia has hitherto supplied us with. In Hungary, for example, the cultivation of hemp and flax may be carried on with advantage to an unlimited extent. In causing the trade of Russia with this country to be diverted from its ancient channels and destroyed, the Emperor Nicholas is inflicting a greater hardship on his people than he, perhaps, imagines, for it will ex— tend beyond the war which has given rise to these ob structiot,s, and will impoverish his subjects even more than the sacrifices they are now called upon to make to saLisfy the demands of absolute power and military am bition.—Times. THE WAR IN THE EAST. ( From the Press of this day.) His Highness Prince Metternich, at the special and personal request of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, has embodied in a State paper his view of the arrangements which, iu the present condition of affairs, may conduce to " a just and honourable peace." \\Te have reason to believe that these views have been communicated, although not officially, to the Earl of Aberdeen; and that little doubt prevails, from previous communications that have taken place, that they will be substantially adopted by the English Minister. The prospects of a speedy termination of hostilities are very favourable. MAHARAJAH DULEEP SING.—His Highness the Maha rajah Duleep Sing, who arrived from I n di a b y th e l as t mail, visited the airman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, at the East India-house, on Thurs day ; and yesterday afternoon the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman returned his Highness's visit at Mivart's Hotel. APOTHECARIES' HALE.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, June 22, 1854 : —Douglas Arthur Reid, Southsea, Portsmouth ; Thomas Batty, Wolverhampton ; James Alfred Turner, Seaford, Sussex ; Andrew Fernie, Yel don, Kent ; Walter Leach, Martock, Somerset. CIVIL SERVICE.—CUSTOMS.—Mr. Wallace, collector of the customs at Lancaster, has been promoted to be collector at Truro ; Mr. Richardson, principal coast officer at Amble, has been promoted to be comptroller at Scilly ; Mr. Andrew, collector at Wisbeach, has been promoted to be collector at Lancaster ; Mr. Upward, comptroller at Wisbeach, has been promoted to be col lector at Wisbeach ; Mr. Hammond, comptroller at Aberystwith, has been promoted to be comptroller at Wisbeach ; Mr. Blake, clerk at Galway, has been pro moted to be comptroller at Aberystwith ; Mr. Cum ming, comptroller at Malden, has been promoted to be comptroller at Chester ; Mr. Bruce, comptroller at Alloa, has been promoted to be comptroller at Maldon ; Mr. Claxton, late principal officer at Wells ' has been promoted to be comptroller at All oa ; M r . Costelloe, sub-comptroller at Ballyshannon, has been promoted to to be first clerk at Sligo ; Mr. Dickson, comptroller at Scilly, has been promoted to be comptroller at Gains borough ; Mr. Fanning, comptroller at Gainsborou z gh, has been promoted to bs comptroller at Carlisle ; Mr. J. .Dunes has been appointed principal coast officer at Carlisle. Inland Revenue Department, Excise Branch : Mr. Thomas, supervisor of Bridgnorth, is appointed su pervisor at Stafford.—Civil Service Qazette. CONSUMPTION HOSPITAL.—The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 having granted the use of the Gore estate for the purpose of aiding the funds of the Consump tion Hospital at Brompton, a bazaar on an unusual scale of magnificence is appointed to commence .there on Tues day next, under the patronage of the whole of the Royal family, some members of whom have signified their in tention of being present. The bazaar is intended to commemorate the completion of the building at Bromp ton, an obj ec t that has just been effected by the erection of the eastern wing and by which the beds AN increased froro 90 to 230, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, - - --- There was a fair general demand for cotton at Liverpool yesterday, the market closing steadily at the highest rates of the week. Sales, 15,000 bales, including 5,000 taken for export and on speculation. Railway Shares were quiet but firm. The following is a report upon the Silk Trade by Mr. H. W. Eaton : " The attendance has been smaller than usual, and the same indisposition to bid evinced, the quantity sold in the room not exceeding about 300 bales, exclusive of damages. "BY private contract, however, a very fair business has been done in Chinas during the week, with a still improving demand for export. The prices realised have been for Tsatlee 11s. 6d. to lb. 6d., for Taysaam 10s. to 113., and for long-reel Os. to,lls. 6d. Best silk, both in Tsatlee and Taysaam, still forms a very small propor tion of the existing stock. "In Bengals the transactions have been extremely limited. "It will be observed that the deliveries continue large, and, on the whole, I think the position of the market may be considered as improved." The position of the Liverpool Wool Market is thus described by Messrs. Abram Gartside and Co., of that place " At the public sales Which began here 20th inst., and concluded to-day, 10,200 bales having been offered, a considerable number of buyers attended, and for the middle and better classes of East India wool, suitable for blankets and army clothing, there was steady com petition, and former prices were fully supported, but Mediterranean and River Plate kinds were neglected and chiefly withdrawn, although holders were willing to make some concession in price. The quantities offered and prices realised are detailed below, viz. :-5,650 bales East India : fine white 101 d. to 12d. ; coarse to middling do. 6d. to 9d. ; fine yellow 7d. to 9d. ; coarse to middling do. 41d. to 6id. ; fine colou re d sd . to 61d. ; coarse and rubbish Id. to 3d. ; native black 24d. to 31d. • grey do. 2d, to 21d. 816 Egyptian : a few Ist white 84d. to 9d. ; 2d, 6d. to 74d. ; coloured and locks sd. to 7d. 670 West Coast : washed Arequipa 101 d. ; inferior Lima 41d. to 6id. 1 ,174 River Plate, 447 Portuguese, 529 Mogadore and Barbary, 542 Turkey, 300 sundries, nearly all withdrawn." The changes in the balance-sheet of the Bank of England for the week to the 17th inst. were of 'some importance, and generally bore evidence of greater ease. In the issue department there was an extension of notes, owing to the large augmen tation in the bullion, but these notes were not taken into circulation, owing to the falling off in discounts, and the sale of Government Securities or their withdrawal from the Bank in consequence of the repayment of loans previously obtained thereon. There was an increase likewise in the deposits, a farther proof of cash being more plentiful. Com pared with the previous week, the changes were as follows £19,700,575 613,530 13,109,377 381,324 3,194,253 Increase Public Deposits 3,212,382 Increase 218,714 Other Deposits Increase 30,361 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities 9,720,499 Decrease..... 303,982 Other Securities 15,374,237 Decrease 425,707 Notes unemployed 6,672,680 Increase The returns of the Bank circulation of the United Kingdom for the month ended the 13th instant, as compared with the previous month, give the fol lowing results : Active circulation Decrease ... - Bullion Increase Rest Increase. Decrease. Bank of England £21,908,951 47 604 Private bank s o f E ng - , land. 3,950,026 45,577 Joint stock banks of England 3,135,188 _ 17,966 Scotch banks 3,967,606 133,508 Irish do 6,585,520 — 55.891 The total, therefore, is 39,547,2911.—an increase upon balance of 57,6241. Compared with May, 1853, there is some increase in the circulation. There was an improvement yesterday afternoon in the rates of Bills of Exchange drawn upon the chief Continental cities. Paper dated 90 days was negotiated at 25 25 to 272 on Paris, 11 17 to I on Amsterdam, 13 4/ to 51- on Hamburgh, and 13 10 to 15 on Trieste. Silver dollars are in demand at ss. 21d. All the gold per Australian steamer has been sent into the Bank of England, there being very little demand for export. During the fortnight to yesterday evening the honourable East India Company drew bills on the three Presidencies to the amount of 59,2981. The Ecuador bondholders held a meeting yes terday, and determined to reappoint Mr. Mocatta as their agent to proceed to the Republic. For this purpose, the sum of 1,5001. is required, and the Spanish American Committee having liberally subscribed, there will not be much more than 1,0001. to raise. Interest at 6 per cent. is to be allowed on this, with a bonus of 25 per cent. when a settlement of the debt is brought about. The report of the Spanish American Bondholders' Com mittee shows conclusively that the Legislature endeavoured to shirk an agreement which they had themselves authorised. The exports of bullien from London direct during the week to Thursday last, were 139,451 ounces of silver, and 920 ounces of gold, all to the Continent. The English Securities have been tolerably firm again, and there has been a good deal d o i ng. Con sols have been done at 94k, and are n ow at 933 to 94k. The New 31 per Cents. pave rea li sed 94i to and the 3 per Cents. after being 941 are now 931. The change in the Ministry at P ar i s al though not of importance, has a slight effect, but the highly favourable Bank returns give support to prices, coupled with the official announcement by Messrs. Rothschilds, that they have contracted for the B series of the Exchequer Bonds at 98. The value of Exchequer Bills is 2s. discount to 2s. premium. Foreign Stocks are very inactive. Mexican are at 24} ; Peruvian 3 per Cents, at 51 ; Equador at 33. Belgian 4-k per Cents. are quot e d 91. There have been no dealings in Dutch, Russian, or Span ish Bonds. Railway Shares are generally very buoyant. Caledonian are up about 155., Lancashire and York shire 10s., Brighton 155., North Western 11., North British 55., Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton also ss. up, and most of the others are at previous rates, with an advancing tendency. Foreign shares were at full rates, but very quiet. Paris and Lyons, however, are somewhat flatter. Mining Shares are very dull and heavy. St. John del Rey are fully 1/. lower. Linares have de clined 55., and Pontgiband 15s. to 1/. Bank Shares are firmer. English, Scottish, anti Australian are up about 7s. 6d., and London and County ss. Crystal Palace are rather better, and Land Com panies' inactive. The South Australian 11. cheaper. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, ( From the °tidal' List. ) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 3i 44 3/ per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 India Bonds, £lOOO . ... ...... 2 d 1 p Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 S5OO 2 d 2 p Small 1 .4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equador Bonds mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 4 per Cent. ex. 25 fr .TIVO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July TIIE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. o f yesterday, I tru s t th a t TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,—ln consequence of the injurious an d grossly mine. t c i u n r e a , te as s r t e a p t o e r m te lts in co t n h t e ain T e i d ma in tho speech of Mr. Ball an . you will allow me, as an act of justice, .to mention that, instead of having operated on the child Richardson during a period of "40 minutes," as alleged by Mr. Ballanti ne, did not operate at all. I did not make a single incision, nor did I once pass a forceps into the wound. The object of the parties who instructed need not be described. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS WALLET, j un . Guildford-street, Russell-square, Juue 22. THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. --This metropolitan fete, to take place at Putney on July 25, 25, and 27, promises to be worthy the name it bears, and an honour to the first city of the world. The liberal prizes to be given to waterinen and crews generally will not fail to bring together from all parts of England some of the best men ever seen on tho Thames, who have signified their intention to compete for them. Its opportune oc currence at the time so many continental celebrities will be over here in connection with the Exhibition fetes must be a source of general satisfaction, as foreigners will see that although many of our sailors have been drawn away we have still a stock left at home, even in the very heart of the metropolis, from which to replenish any casualty ; and they cannot fail to note the useful tendency of our national and manly sports as developing the pbysigal powers of our p opulation. THE OVERLAND MAIL. PrSUBJIAREVE A2VD EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH. TRIESTE, Saturday, June 24.—Th© Austrian Lloyd's steamer Bombay, Captain A. Olivisch, arrived from 'Alexandria at half-past 5 a.m., in 111 hours. ALEXANDRIA, June 19.—The Candia leaves this day, with advices from Calcutta to the 16th May, Madras 21st May, Hong-Kong 6th May, Singapore 15th May, Penang 18th May, Gallee 26th May, Bombay 23d May, and Burmah 3d May. The electric telegraph between Bombay and Calcutta is completed. On the 231 of April a hurricane in Pegu caused much loss of life and property. Serious riots by the Chinese have occurred at Singapore. Exchange—Shanghai, 68 ; Canton, 52. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY, COMMON PLEAS. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LIBEL.-LEFROY V. CRIDLAND. This was an action to recover damages for libel. The damages were laid at 10,0001. The facts of the case were those :—The plaintiff is a solicitor of extensive practice and high standing at the west end of the town, and defendant is a magistrate of Sornersetshire, and the present plaintiff had been his solicitor for about six years.. During that period the de fendant had, it appeared, lived upon most unhappy terms with his wife, which ended in their separation, and the lady finally too's proceedings in the Ecilesiastical Court, which terminated in her obtaining a divorce ; and plaintiff having previously ceased to be defendant's legal adviser, prosecuted the suit for divorce upon the part of Mrs. Cridland. Subsequently, Mrs. Cridland re ceived from the defendant a letter of the most extraor dinary and disgusting character, and which, reflecting more grossly upon the character of plaintiff, she bad handed that letter to him, the plaintiff, and h ence th e libel, and publication thereof which plaintiff com pl a i ne d off, _ The letter (which is unfit to give in full) was put in and read, and began by the defendant saying, " So, madam, you have pawned my knives, forks, clock, barometer, and God knows what else, to keep yourself and your prostitute sister." (The lady, it was stated, lived with her sister.) The letter then went on to state that defendant had not left her destitute, that she had not a rag belonging to her .when he took her, and that he had kept her from a workhouse. That if she did not let him know where her things had been pawned he would advertise her in the Times, and search all the pawnbrokers about Brompton. He charged her with having pawned his credit, and suggested that she could get her living as her sister did by prostitution. He also in the letter added that he had himself had illicit in tercourse with the sister. He then wont on to say, " You need not refer me to your solicitor,"the plaintiff, whom he described in the grossest terms, and concluded by asking her whether he (the plaintiff) paid himself his expenses by being improperly connected with the lady and her sister. There were not, it appears, the least grounds for defen dant's suspicious, and in the course of the trial this day it was denied upon oath that there was any truth in the assertions, and that - both ladies bore the most unimpeach able characters. The chairman of the bench, of which de fendant was a magistrate, had, it appeared, been apprised of defendant's conduct, who had been designated as a man unfit to sit in the company of gentlemen. Mr. Byles, in an able speech, contended that the letter which had been sent to the wife for her alone to see, could not be held to bo publishing a libel against the plaintiff. He the learned c ounse l, regre tt e d t h e letter had been written at all, but still it had not been intended for plaintiff to see, and therefore, as he, plaintiff, had not suffered any damage until he himself made the matter public, this action could only be viewed as one brought with a view to extort damages and costs. • His lordship left the jury to say whether, under all the circumstances, it was not the publication of a libel, the more especially as the defendant was now divorced from the woman to whom it was addressed ; therefore it could not be said to have been written under the sanctity of married intercourse; and,• added his lordship, with the greatest warmth, it is a most disgusting, low, abusive letter, and a man who could w r it e suc h a one i s not fit to sit in the company of gentlemen. There was not the least pretence for saying that Mrs. Cridland or her sister were not ladies of the strictest virtue. The jury almost immediately found for plaintiff—da , mages, 1,000/. _ _ ibe . finding of the jury was received with some applause from the people in the court, which was densely crowded. The defendant is stated to bo a person of great property in the country. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The annual concert of Mr. Benedict was given yesterday, at the Royal Italian Opera, which was filled to overflowing. Not a seat was to be had in any part of the house: The di mensions of Mr. Benedict's programme are always of the longest—his artistes always of the best. The fact of the con cert taking place at the Royal Italian Opera intimates that the singers belonging to the establishment were there. Even Grisi and Mario, who are commonly absent on these occasions, afforded their services, and added no little to the prestige of the undertaking. Besides the Italians, several of the best concert-room artistes were engaged. Among - them Madame Clara Novello, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Miss Arabella Goddard, Herr Halle, Mr. Lindsay Sloper, M. Vivier, Heil• Ernst, and Signor Bazzini. With such an immense body of talent as the above, the attraction could scarcely be less than what it was. The programme was of a miscellaneous charac ter • an agreeable miscellany, in short, of operatic popularities —of such things as the public have often heard before, but which they do not object to hear again and again. There were several encores bestowed on Mdlle. Bosio, Madame Viardot, Mario, and Miss Pyne, whose efforts excited the audience into a pitch of enthusiasm not often witnessed at a fashionable morning concert, where the visitors ar, , prin cipally ladies, influenced by the politest reserve. According to the annual rule of Mr. Benedict, he introduced, in the course of the morning, a brief act of his own composition, selected from the Minnesinger, the Brides of Venice, &c., including, also, a charming concertino for the pianoforte, which was played to perfection by Miss Arabella Goddard. The third part of the programme was devoted to Rossini's Stabat Mater, which was given solely by Mr. Gye's artistes, Grisi being of course the principal female vocalist. Mr. Benedict conducted the concert, long as it was, throughout. He played, with Mr. Lindsay Sloper and Herr Hall 6, in Bache's triple concerto, and experienced a warm personal oration. Mr. Gye has announced another concert, of the same in teresting and inviting class, to take place next Friday week, at which all the members of the Royal Italian Opera company will again appear. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the concert with her presence. Her Royal Highness ocupied the Queen's box, and was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Suffield, and Sir George and Lady Couper. Among the fashionable company attending th e concert were—Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Suther land, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, the Marchioness of Hastings, Lady Bertha Hastings, Lai) , Edith Clifton, the Marchioness Dowager of Conyngham, the Countess of Shaftes bury, and Viscountess Palmerston, Countess Howe, and Lady Adelaide Curzon and Lady Georgina Lygon, Lady Isabella Stewart, Lady Louisa Cotes, Lord and Lady Ove-stone and the Hon. Miss Lloyd, Vice-Chancellor and Lady Page Wood, Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, Lady Mary Saurin, Sir William and Lady Herries, Colonel the Hou. A. Liddell, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Pugh and the Misses Pugh, Mr. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, &c. ROYAL OPERA-DRURY LANE. The long, complicated, but superb opera of The Huguenots was produo2d last night by the German company, in the Ger man language. It was very elaborately rendered, both as to the musical details, and the processions and ballet embellish ments ; and, as the audience had every air they liked re peated, it amounted to one-third of the opera being repeated. It did not conclude till lon past midnight. The arduous part of Raoul was sustained by Reichardt, who, husbanding his resources until the trying scenes at the close of the opera, came out wonderfully well, and was able to give vigorous effect to a tasteful conception of the character. Madame Caradori has certainly added another to the list of characters which has gradually advanced her to a very high position, not only with the public generally, but with the more discrimi nating part of the musical world. Her unobtrusive grace, her deep feeling of the part ; her true and passionate acting in the last great scenes, and her fine voice and powerful execu tion, charmed the audience, who did not seem to know how enough to express their admiration. The next most marked performance was Herr Formes' Marcel. His fine deep tones are well suited for the music allotted to the fanatic. He was greatly appreciated. The Margarette of Madame Rudersdorff had point and effect, but , this lady overlays everything with endless roulades and embellishments of the most florid nature. This is to be regretted, as she has much power of expression. A Madlle. Janda made her first appearance as Urbain, the page, and sang the music with great purity and much point. She has a Mee clear voice, and is quite at ease in the use of it. She is an agreeabloalooking person, and is certainly an acqui sition to the company. No expense has been spared in the getting up, and there was no lack of troops, mobs, priests, nuns, ladies, courtiers, and all the numerous masses brought into play in this opera. The orchestra took great pains with the characteristic and difficult music ; and the important and varied choruses were, on the whole, well managed. Tho production of the opera was entirely successful. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Font the Mining Journal of this day. ) Very little change has taken place in the Mining Share Market this week, but there is a hir average amount of busi ness doing in most descriptions of stock, whilst one or two mines have had a considerable rise in price. Amongst these latter, Cillmars have risen from 51. to 101, ; West Alfred Con sols, 201. to 271. 125., 301. In the Bullion Market—Mexican and South American dol lars, ss. 2id. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for, ss. lad. per oz. standard. Bar silyer without gold, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 778. - 95. per oz. standard. Columbian doubloons, 765. 6d. per oz. Spanish Carolus dollars, 6s. per oz. Fine cake silver, ss. 64d, per oz The Gold Mining Share Market this week has been marked by a trifling depression in some instances. Anglo-Californian and Agua Frias still assume a position in the market ; but this arises from the fact that in neither of these have sales been pressed. The shareholderS in the Anglo-California Gold Min ing Company are looking forward with great interest to the statements and explanations to be afforded to them at the general meeting by Sir 11. Huntley, and which it is antici pated will give some credible information as to the state of quartz [fling in California. The Sydney illarning Herald publish% a Doug article ion the, companies promoted in London for work iug gold miiV in the -Australian colonies, and makes some Severe comments; on the gullibility of the English public, the fraudulent mannerin which most of these associations have been concocted, and animadverts on those who, by the sale of land, assisteoy forgery, contrived to extract so largo a sum from their ignorant dupes. Nearly all the associations formed in London are stigmatised as worthleis ; and it appears a matter of wonder to the colonists that people at home could be so blindly led those who have so wilfully and grossly deceived them. The general opinion, both iu New South Wales and Victoria, is that companies formed in London for working gold mines - there will not pay ; and our own expo. rience within the, last few month has shown that many of these bubble concoctions have exploded, without returning anything to:the shareholders. In Miscellaneous Shares the market has been firm, and land securities have shown an advance, •Iluiron*.id Coal Companies cluing the week but-few trat -, I _ l4 Y4O.Wi huTe4t , lituplace. • LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, SIEGE OF SILISTRIA Advices from the Danubian Principalities state that General Daniienberg has succeeded to the Chief command over the Russian forces, in conse quence of the wounds received by the Generals lately in command. The complete defeat of the Russians on the 16th is confirmed, a portion of the besieging army having been forced to recross the Danub© in all haste. The Turks took several standards and a grew quantity of baggage. Five Russian Generals were either killed or wounded in this affair alone. THE ALLIED FLEETS NEAR CRONSTADT. STETTIN, June 22.—We have just received in telligence that the main body of the Allied Fleets, upwards of 40 sail, of which 16 or 17 are three deckers, have been sighted from the western end of the island of Cronstadt. A despatch from Dantzig says :—On the 21st all the steam-ships of the combined fleets left their anchorage, and proceeded direct to Cronsta,dt. Before passing Helsingfors three of the small steamers ran in within the batteries, and counted thirteen Russian line-of-battle ships lying across the harbour. DEATH OF GENERAL LUDERS. According to information from Bucharest of the 18th, General Luders had his jaw shattered by a bullet before Silistria, and has since died. This fact had been concealed from the Russian troops, who had great confidence in the talent and bravery of that general, and whose discouragement it was feared might be thereby increased. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK UPON GAMLA-KARLEBY. We extract the following from a report contained in an extraordinary supplement of the Invalids Busse : "On the 26th of May, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, two English steamers were signalled as being in sight of the town of Gamla•Karleby. A few gunboats approached the shore to - sound the channel, and at 9 in the evening 9 sloops of 16 oars, and 16 of 20 oars, each armed with a gun, were put to sea. One of them, under a flag of truce, came close to the shore. The burgomaster, who received the English officer who was on board this boat, replied to all his questions and summonses that he could not allow him to come any nearer to the town, or to destroy the vessels, or what he called the contraband of war. The English officer then withdrew, threatening to enter the town by force. In fact towards 11 o'clock at night, the 9 boats advanced towards the shore. Two pieces of ar tillery of the garrison, two Finland companies of the line No. 12, and 100 armed inhabitants of the town, favoured by the localities and the country buildings, received the enemy with a cannonade and a fire to which the artil lery and musketry of the boats replied. The combat lasted till nearly midnight. In the end the enemy was forced to retire, towing two boats which had been da maged with a great number of killed and wounded, and with very few of the rowers left. One of the boats re mained in the possession of the conquerors with 22 sea men, who were made prisoners. Among the latter there were four wounded men. The dead body of the officer and the bodies of five sailors were in the boat, and dur ing the fight several other bodies had been thrown into the sea. With this boat we captured its flag, a bronze cannon of large calibre, munitions, guns, pistols, and the whole of its armament. According to the state ments of the prisoners, the other boats also received severe injuries, and one of them was sunk. Thanks to God, the loss on our side was quite insignificant. Four men only were slightly wounded. Thus the town of Gamla , Karleby, threatened with the same fate as Brahe stadt and Uleaborg, was saved by a handful of troops, assisted by the brave inhabitants. It is to be remarked that these troops rushed from very distant points with unheard-of rapidity." AUTHENTIC DET AILS OF THE ROYAL . CONFERENCE AT TETSCHEN.—POLICY OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Debuts publishes a long article on the inter view of the two Sovereigns of Austria and Prussia at Tetschen, in which it gives some curious infor mation on ie important resolutions adopted during the conferences which took place. The interview, as is known, took place on the invitation of the Emperor Francis Joseph, who wrote an autograph letter to King Frederick William, his uncle, pro posing that he should come to Tetschen to see the new Empress, unless he preferred to receive the visit of his nephew and niece at Potsdam. (The Queen of Prussia, the Archduchess Sophia, and the Duchess Louisa, of Bavaria, are sisters.) The King of Prussia went to Tetschen. The confer ences had a double object ; first, the conduct to be observed by the two Sovereigns with respect to the States which met at Bamberg ; and, secondly, with respect to all the eventualities which might happen in the East. The first was considered secondary, at least for the moment ; and the at tention of the Sovereigns was directed to the second. But on this point the questions were al ready clearly settled by the treaty of Berlin of the 20th April, the military convention between Prussia and Austria, and the note which Austria addressed on the 2d of June to the St. Petersburg Cabinet. The Sovereigns had, therefore, to con sider what they were to do in either of the three cases—first, that the Czar should yield ; secondly, that he should resist ; and, thirdly, that in an nouncing the intention to yield, he should demand previous explanations as to what would be done ul teriorly touching the state of war and the opening of a congress. All this has been regulated at Tots- then with great precision ; but at the same time the Sovereigns were desirous to make a last attempt, and to renew the demands of the note of the 2d of June, by a personal appeal to the Czar. After the conference, other notes were sent to St. Petersburg, again insisting and formally offering the mediation of the two Powers if the St. Petersburg Cabinet would accept the conditions proposed by the two Powers. In these notes an express demand is made upon the Emperor Nicholas that he should order the immediate and absolute evacuation of the principalities by his army, and engage himself to terminate pacifically his difference with Turkey, by means of a conference of the four Powers, which would thus become a conference of six. If the Emperor made these two concessions, and if he executed them without delay or reserve, Austria and Prussia would engage to serve as intermedi aries at Paris, London, and Constantinople, to ob tain for him an honourable peace. These conclu sions do not differ from those of the note of the 2d of June, with this exception—that Russia is no longer allowed to fix the period of the evacuation, and that Prussia and Austria are more explicit in their offers of mediation, and their engagements to procure for Russia an honourable peace. The Debuts then goes on to say : "If the answer should be a refusal, everything is pre- . pared at Vienna as well as at Berlin to commence the war, and to commence it on a grand scale. Austria will take the initiative, leaving to Prussia the care of cover ing her frontiers against internal troubles. The parts being thus distributed, the means will not be wanting to either Power. Austria has given developments to her armies which surpass all that has been previously seen ; nothing is wanting to them—neither discipline, nor in struction, nor numerous battalions, nor stores of every kind, nor able and approved generals. The young Em peror has brought them together in these great circum stances ; and very recently General Benedick, who was the right hand of Marshal Radetzky, has been sent to Vienna. General Hess will remain near the Emperor. We are assured that an Austrian army of at least 180,000 men will enter the Principalities the very day the refusal of the Emperor Nicholas is known in Vienna, and that the refusal is considered irrevocable. Prussia is. ready on her side. She has already commenced the mobilization of her army. That army is immense. The lists of the Ministry of War prove that she can have an effective force of more than 500,000 men. For the present, so great a number will not be collected ; but Austria has assured herself that, in certain foreseen cir cumstances, Prussia will place the whole of that force AA her .disposal. Prussia will not make direct war against Russia ; she will merely assist Austria, so as to allow the latter the free disposal of all her forces, and to direct them against Russia. This expedient was con trived because the King of Prussia was unwilling that his troops should meet those of his brother-in-law in the field of battle." The Debats says that against so great a mass of enemies there cannot be a doubt but that Russia wiltbarotbed to abandon the Principalities, and to defend the - southern provinces of the empire, which will inevitably be invaded, "and after their invasion there can be no longer any qu es ti on as t o the integrity of Russia, for no one will wish-to give up what Russia loses.' Russia will consequently lose by this war what she got by previous wars, and, above all, lose her prestige and influence. If the retinal be categorical, the next step of the Powers is clear. " The chances aro against Russia, who will probably be so much weakened that, for a long time to come, she will not again be a danger to the European equilibrium." TheDebats thinks it more difficult to what will happeii if, the Czar should accede to the propo sitions of the two Powers, repass the Pruth, and consent to another conference at Vienna. " But even in that case," says the Debats, " Russia will not find herself such as she was before the crisis, and it will be justice : for it would be a bad exam ple that she should be allowed with impunity to disquiet Europe and trouble its repose." It fore sees great difficulties in conciliating so many inte rests, but says that the Vienna Cabinet is prepared for that second hypothesis, and that, in accordance with the' Cabinet of Berlin, it will undertake the negotiations, the two Cabinets being determined not to separate, and to insist on the acceptance of their mediation. They will say that -it is a con sequence of their participation in the conference of Vienna.; that it was as paediators they took mt. that conference ; that they have only one wish-- the maintenance of the peace of Europe, the integ rity of Turkey, and the independence of the Sult an —that wh en th e struggle commenced they bad n° direct interest in - it, and that they have only t o continue the part o f me di ators. "If Austria is acceptedas a mediatex, she will 811. ply herself to th e o bt a i n i ng of two great general resu lts. She will strengthen T ur k ey, which she wishes to with draw from any preponderating influence, and she will organise against the future invasioni of Russia a system of defence which may satisfy Europa, and will preserve it from a return of the troubles which have writated it for the last year. In pursuing this double result , Austria will show herself faithful to her old and COn. stant policy. She has never b een of those who have COw tributed to the weakening of the Porte ; she has neve r approved of the dismemberment of the Turkish empire' she never took p ar t i n th e crea t ion of the kieg°°",,, i of Greece ; she never encouraged per approve d ° the attempts of th e p ac h as who w i shed to throw off the authority of the Sultan, and to proclaim their independence. Austria believes in the vitality of the Ottoman Empire, and desires it. She l a g not blind to the causes w hi c h may eventua lly to the destruction of the Turkish Empire, but 511 ' will do all sea can to postpone that destruction. r e ' fore the present crisis this was a cause of difference be tween her and the Russian Cabinet. . , The A-° 11 " trian Cabinet having, however, permitted the eventua lity of the fall of the Ottoman Empire to enter into the discussion, the Ru ss i an an d Austrian Courts perceived that they could understand each other without niu e " difficulty as to these eventualties, for the one and the,. other absolutely ex c l u d e d th e re - esta b lishment o f a great Greek State, of a By zan ti ne E mp i re, and agree d that the only thing they should allow in these great countries was a number of sm a ll St a t es , i n d ependent an d ne utral, placed under the protection of Europe. It is, there fore, easy for Austria to be of the same advice with the Cabinets which supp or t an d protect the Porte . It 13 sufficient for that that th e Bl ac k S ea shou ld a l w ays u a open to the military n av ie s o f a ll countries—t h a t Russia should renounce the protectorate of the Danubian Pri n• cipalities, which has too often served as a pretext for their occupation--and that the m ou th s o f the DaDu be should cease to be in the hands of Russia." This, then, is the plan to be proposed by Austris, for the restoration of peace, should Russia consen,! to accept her mediation. There cannot be a doilyt of the fact, for the article of the Debats is evi dently derived from Austria herself. It is for th e Western Powers to consider whether the terws a re such as they ought to accept. The Debats seems to think that there i s no d ou b t a b out the consen t, of the Western Powers, for it passes that question over in silence. FR A.NCE. The Momiteur of to-day (Saturday) announces that the resignation of M. de Persigny, as Minister of the Interior, is accepted. M. de Persigny is named Grand Officer of t b t e . Legion of Honour, and th e E mperor h as ex pressed his regret in a letter to M. de Persigny that lie has declined to accept th e p os iti on o f a Minister with out a portfolio. M. de Billault, President of the Legislative Boat , succeeds M. de Persi gn y as Minister of the Interior. Who M. Billault's successor will be in the Fre e ; dency of the Legislative Corps is not yet stated with any degree of certainty. General d'Hautpoul sets out in eight or ten Jar / to take the command of the camp of Marseilles. It is understood the Emperor has promised to pay him a visit, togethe r w ith th e E mpress , in tu e course of the summer or autumn. Should the pr° - ject of an Imperial visit to the Pyrenees, already spoken of more than once, be realised, it will, per' haps, be about the same period. The negotiators of the Turkish loan have arrived in Paris ; one of them, M. Durand, visited the Ottoman Ambassador yesterday. It appears they have come with full powers to terminate the affa ir without the intervention of any other functionary' The article in the Journal des Debats, a summary of which appears in another part of The Suit, it i s created a considerable sensation in Paris, as i,b taken to express the opinions of the Austrian "":: vernment, and shows that the Emperor Franc" Joseph assumes to himself the position of being the umpire of the affairs of Europe. The serio us portion of the arti c l e , h ow e ver, is that which shop's that Austria wish es t o save t h e E mperor Ni c he' , from the just punishment to which he has expos ed himself by his wanton attack on the territories of an unoffending neighbour, an d b y th e unpr i n cipled manner in which he has di s t ur b e d th e peace °f , Europe. The con s t ruc ti on put upon th e a rtiel o West' here is, that Austria i n t en d s t o preven t th e We, av ern Powers from carryin g th e war i n t o th e Russ',lT territory ; to save the C zar f ro m the loss of t'" Crimea ; and to force England and France to 0" pose the Circassians to the vengeance of Russi a ' after having induced them to take the field by Pre: mises of protection and support. It is evident that if, as has long been suspected, Austria .means to adopt this system, it will lead to fresh complic a i tions. The liberty of the Black Sea to the fleets ° , the maritime Powers i s not of its e lf. a sufficien t guarantee to the Western Powers against Russian ambition, oven though backed, as proposed bY, Austria, with the fre e d om o f th e navigation, ail the abolition of the protectorate of Russia over the principalities. These two latter stipulations, bow' ever important they may be to Germany, will not insure Turkey against aggression as long as Russia is in possession of the Crimea. For some time past the French Government ha s shown a disposition to adopt a more liberal system of commercial policy than existed either during th e period of the Restoration or under Louis Philip Pei Hitherto, to be sure, it s e ff or t s are ti m id and the right effect in a ge nera l li g ht, b ut t h ey are in toe right direction. The Moniteur of yesterday mot ; ing gives a fresh instance of this disposition. r _ suppresses the duty on co tt on woo l i mpor t e d into France from the French colonies. The measu re would be more useful to the French manufacture rs, if it were extended to all cotton of whatever origin , but still it shows that the disposition of the a udio' rities is to towards gradually relieving the raw 1113 " terials used in manufactures from import The decree is published w ith ou t any ex posg de s motifs, and simply says : " On the report of our Minist er -S ecre t ar y o f State is the department of the Marine and C o l on i es , a nd on i ll . advice of our Minister Secretary of St a t e i n the DePar t ; ment of Finances, we have d ecree d an d we decree 3 follows : du ties. " Art. 1. The duty of sf. per 100 kilogrammes estap idled on the importation of cott on woo l f rom the Frenc h colonies is and remains suppressed. "Art 2. Our Ministers Secretaries of State of th e Departments of Agriculture, &c., are charged with th e execution of the present decree." AUSTRIA. Lord Westmoreland has given at Vienna ass ** rances similar to those made by the French Amy' sador, to the effect that his Gov ernmen t Wow' oppose any attempt at taking the Oriental cat' flict subservient to the projects of the Hungair or Italian national parti es . H e gave, too, " s ates" factory explanation s " a b ou t the recept i on °f Kossuth's renewed agitation in England. ITALY. - The Parlamento of Turin states that on the Died / of the 18th a mob, chiefly composed of women, as" sembled at Genoa before a house inhabited b 7 family of the persuasion of the Waldenses, and be"' gan uttering threats and imprecations against the on account of their religion, and at last throwing stones at the windows. The poli ce speedily inter fered, and dispersed the crowd. The Genoese Radical paper, Italia e .Popolo,ll o seized on the 18th by the P o li ce f or an ar ticle au' vocating the principles of Mazzini. The Constitutionnel says that the Russian Go vernment, finding that Austria is about to join tut ) Western Powers in the Eastern question, is en: deavouring to raise an insurrection in Italy against the Austrian authorities, ind hopes that thief fact will be a warn i ng t o t h e C a bi ne t °f Vienna not - to give cre d ence t o any hypocritical concessions to be made by Russia for the purpose of lulling its vigilance and disarming its energies' It adds that Russia is encouraging the demagogues , and has recalled the too famous Bruno Bauer, t 1 ,13 leader of one of the ridicul o us sec t s ca lled t h e Atheist Communists, who has declared in favou r of Russian polioy in the East and against the Western Powers, as have also Mazzini and his fol lowers. Of this last fact, the r ecen t attempt a' 4, Spezzia is given as a proof. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 18th, states that 011 the 31st May the floating debt of the Treasurf amounted to 312,533,874 reals, and that during the month the negotiation of Treasury bills took place at 9, 10, and 12 per cent. for private individuals , and at 9 per cent. for the Bank. The Tribune, the director of which has just been exiled, has ceased to appear. The price of bread had declined, and a further fall is expected, as the harvest bids fair to be one of the most abundant known for years. Th e Steamer Castilla was engaged in going to ports of Galicia to collect soldiers destined to reinforce the garrison of Cuba. The 18th being Sunday, th e Stock Exchange was not open. SWITZERLAND.. The Milan Gazette of the 14th, publishes an official ord er , dissolving the Austrian military cordon on the frontier of the canton of Ticino. PERSIA. 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