The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

The inhabitants of that capital are in complete ig norance of the intentions of the Czar. Thegreatest activity prevails in the War Hepartmant, and cou riers hurry to and fro by day and night. Largo bodies come and go, though no one seems to know where from or where to. Reviews aro held daily. The fortifications at the mouths of the Neva have met with the approbation of the Emperor, " but. they will hardly answer the purpose for which they aro intended." The evil '.tidings from the Danube were so totally unexpected, that the equanimity of the Emperor was sorely disturbed. For some days ; the Monarch was much cast down, but he at last rallied, and returned to business with redoubled energy. If the people at St. Petersburg are unable to penetrate the mystery in which the intentions of their Sovereign are in volved, we see clearly enough what is about to take place. The Autocrat is resolved to attribute the disasters which have happened to his armies to Austria rather than to the Turks, and he is pre paring to let her feel the consequences of his anger. The tremendous concentration of troops on the Austrian frontiers continues without interruption. For a time the directi on t a ke n b y th e R uss i an troops which marched through Poland was to the north-eastern extremity of the Austrian empire; but orders have now been issued for large detach ments to proceed in the direction of Cracow. THE BALTIC. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 30th, states that the Danish squadron had just put out to sea for an experimental trip on the Baltic. - It was to visit the isles of Bornholm, Fttalster, Laahand, and Langeland, and the ports of Tonningen and Apen. rade, and then return to Kiel. . " The departure of the squadron," sayS the Patric, "had produced a great effect on the population, which was mani festing more and more each• day its_ sympathy for the Western Powers, and detestation of the ambi tious conduct of Russia." A letter from Dantzic, to the 3d, states that in telligence had been received there that the Rurik tender, belonging to one of the most influential members of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg, and armed for war, had been taken by au English frigate, not far from Cronstadt. . SOUNDING IN THE BALTIC. We extract the following from a letter dated Dantzic, July 1 : ' "No landsman who has not once in his life lost his way in a snow-storm, upon a wide common, where he knew that there were several gravel-pits, of Whose ex act situation he was ignorant, can picture to himself the difficult duty the various vessels of the Baltic fleet which have been employed in sounding and surveying have had to perform. In this needful and arduous duty, which is but little recognised by the public, her Majesty's steamer Gorgon, Command; r Cracroft, has -taken a patient and laborious part. The Gorgon-has, indeed, found no opportunity f"r the exercise of the fiery energy of the combatant ; no scene in - which the gladiatorial virtues 'of the fighting man coal be tested.; n,o field for conquest, and but little hope of fame ; and while every letter and every n ews p aper h as been reminding he r , 'clly by day, that she is part of that ' fleet from which England expects naval victory, she has been chained to the inglorious tantalism of heav ing the lead and buoying rocks; with the vexing cer tainty that all that could mark her labours 'would be; presently destroyed by skulking foes, who hid them selves behind rocks she could not reach and navigated channels she could not enter. "In this duty the Gorgon . has not been alone: She is not the only man of war that, constrained by the pecu liar warfare that Russia wages, has been forced t o h o ld her guns h arm l ess, an d to keep her armament silent. The Driver, Desperate, Basilisk, and m an y o th ers, h ave been compelled to put on the dress of a Trinity yacht, lumber the decks' with buoys, and content themselves with the labours of a surveying ship. "In this particular service the want of means for effectual performance is painfully felt. A channel of thirteen feet deep is the only sea-road to St. Peters burgh, and the Earl of Aberdeen has sent vessels draw ing seven-and-twenty. If Cronstadt were totally de stroyed, if, every Russian gun were silenced, and every Russian soldier killed, the Duke of Wellington could get scarcely five miles nearer St. Petersbnrgh than she is to-day; and if every buoy with which the Baltic fleet is supplied were laid upon the sunken rocks off the Coast of Finland to-morrow, by next week there would not be one remaining. "The Gorgon affords an instance of-the sort of labour in-vain work ire which the steamers have been engaged. After several days unremitting work she was successful in, discovering three rocks of which she was sent in search—one of them she bumped'against. She laid down the three buoys—two near the coast and the other out in the gulf; and she then accompanied the fleet to Cron stadt. Three days afterwards she returned to the same places, and not a vestige of the buoys was to be seen.. "The Bulld og an d D r i ver ,have been engaged in the same sort of employment, but with more excitement' and With more success. On the 28th June they went close into Cronstadt and surveyed and sounded the mouth of the harbour." OPERATIONS BEFORE CRONSTADT. The following is from a letter date .1 the British fleet off Cron'stadt, June 30 : " Vessels are now occasionally chasad which are found to contain floating villages—men, women, and Children, with all their goods and chatt e i s , d esert i ng • their farms and honies on some little islands; where, had they remained, they imagined death by shooting or im prisonment from -the" ruthless English awaited them. Those poor creatures become regularly terror-stricken when boarded, caused in some measure by the usual Preamble of firing a shot, often more across their bows to oblige them to heave to. The poor women, like so many trembling gazelles, are found huddled together in som e little hiding hole. However, the poor things are soon reassured by kindness, and see that we are not the brutes they were led to suppose we were. We Part —no longer enemies, but now real friends ; much to their surprise they are again set free, and continue their route without further molestation. On one occasion we had much ado with the women to reassure them of our skind intentions. We fired off our muskets as guarantees, but alas ! good intentions are often mistaken. It was most decidedly the case in this instance, for it made them ten times worse—this 'very firing. So much for our ride way of inspiring con fidence. . After having stayed a couple of days off Les her, the squadron moved on for Cronstadt. The gulf narrowed as we approached its cu/ de sac. The land on either side is covered with a sea of r ich waving woods of Pine-trees, especially on the Finnish shore, which is the higher ; occasional oases appear in this moving mass of green, revealing snug hamlets and cultivated fields Which often slope down to the dark, nasty water of this great brackish gulf. As we closed with Cronstadt, and as soon as the tall masts of the Russian ships in harbour (19 ships of the line and 5 steamers) were de scried from our topmast heads, great excitement prevailed through the fleet. A rumour is set afloat that the Russian Ships, not expecting us up so high, are at anchor out side the forts. Not a breath of wind prevails to carry them inside und er p rotect i on of their batteries ; if such be the case, visions of immediate action, certain "v e ,ictory, an d captured Ships, seize upon our imaginations. S hips ar e i n a d vance of the squadron, looking out for the `infernal machines.' All the ships have watches posted' in their tops, reporting every floating log of wood that floats near us, bearing any resemblance to a buoy—an appendage said to be attached to all those submarine traps. W e draw closer and closer. A mirage now begins to tantalise us ; it clears, and a lighthouse of Tolboukin bow stands out in white relief. The rigging of the ships becomes more disti nc t, an d, a l as , so do the prodigious te. The men-of-war are skulking under their guns V ithiu the harbour. The admirals consult. The combined squadron come to an anchor ; on our approach there was evidently a great stir amongst the Russian ships. The steamers in harliour immediately got steam up, and all seem e d on the alert: Our squadron made a sweep, and retracing its steps a little, dropped anchor about eight or ten miles off Cronstadt. Seven or eight ships, amongst which are the Iniperieuse, Arrogant, Desperate, Pene lope, Magicienne, Lightning, Driver, &c., have becu Plaped in a position off the mouth of the harbour, about three miles. Some boats belonging to ono of those b niPs was sounding, a few evenings ago, off the island of Cronstadt, when a Russian steamer, with steam up, was observed coming out of harbour to cut them off'. The Desperate quickly got steam up and made a dash to catch the Russian, who immediately rushed back again into Port as if the devil was after her. Vessels are constantly g,oing reconnoitring the place and sketching the fortifica -IPOs, which appear to be of amazing strength, and not a lair match for wooden walls. The lighthouse of Tolboukin 14 abandoned. Several officers have landed, and have , Tounted the to wer , from whi c h po i n t t h ere i s a splendid oird' s - eye view of the whole place. Just fancy onr audacity doing all those things under the very eyes of the Czar, th whose name invincibility has hitherto been coupled. Most likely the steamer_which came out, or attempted ° r come out, the other ev en i ng , h a d an a d m ir al on board, Cr the vessel carried a flag at the fore. Could it have 'b een the Grand Duke who was thus forced to an igno zoinious flight before the Desperate ? ' Oh, how the ni ghty are fallen.' The Driver went up towards the 'ighthouse yesterday, with Admiral Chads and party 1 1 board. He went to visit the• tower which the Rus sians seem to have relinquished in our favour. It is s aid there is some intention to endeavour to get at eof th e su b marine torpe d os. I t i s current l y re- PitPrted th a t th ere are small buoys placed to mark their °. What fun it will b e if- we can manage t o ge t at them ! "We have got cholera in the fleet. Mr. Graham, a lieutenant of the St. George, has committed suicide, () ' lt ' d his vac a n c y h as b een g i ven to Mr. Clarke, mate tlf the Duk e o f W e lli ngton. It is a most unfortunate li ng- He shot himself with' A revolver pistol," General KalergyGß, the E Gr ECE eek Minister of War, 841 'e a banquet to. the French and English officers sc'f the army of occup ation and. also to the naval t t leers of the two powers, and to those of the Ails r44/1 rilv on the 22d. A h un d re d o ffi cers of the G re ek army, or the an c i en t P h ilh ellenic army, t s er e remarlwd there. Th e b anquet was given in fr 0 Acropolis; at the Parthenon, and thus borrowed tal°4l the lo ca lit y a gran d eur w hi ch forcibly struck the forei gners presen t. I n or d er that the enter-. t m eeent should have a chara c t er exc l us i vely mili arY) it was agreed before hand th a t ,no toasts oula' b e giv en . The cordiality of sentiments among the guests, nevertheless, found a means of expressing itself, and it was with the greatest warmth of feeling that the Greek Ministers pre sent pronounced the names of the Sovereigns who in taking on themselves '.to re-establish order in Grexe have saved the counfry froth certain ruin. FR A_NCE. A copy of the answer of the Czar was received in Paris yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but it has not yet been published. It is considered, notwithstanding the shape in which it is put, as an absolute refusaal of the propositions of Austria. According to the accounts given by the War Department at Paris, the pre t eise number of the English and French armies already assembled at Varna is 75,000 men. It is thought that there will be a new levy of 31),000 men ordered in France within the next Lvir weeks. The new Imperial Guard is to be reviewed by the Emperor in person on the 15th of August. Placards are posted in all the streets of Paris, in forming tailors that they will find work for the clothing of the new Imperial Guard. The Emperor leaves Paris on Wednesday for the camp at Boulogne, for the purpose of reviewing the troops about to proceed, under the command of General Baraguay d'Hilliers, to the Baltic, It was the intention of the Emperor to have gone in the first instance, to Biaritz with the Empress, and to proceed from thence by sea to .the camp 'at Boulogne ; but the necessity of ' despatching the troops without delay has forced hint to' change his plans. The Emperor will be absent a week. He finally leaves Paris for Biaritz on the 21st. Gene ral Baraguay d'Hilliers left Paris for Calais on Sunday. The 'auxiliary army which is to be sent out to the Baltic, under command of General d'Hilliers, will be much more formidable than is generally supposed. From official sources we learn it will amount in a very few days to between 23,000 and 25,000 men. It will consist of the division of Franck troops which accompany General Baraguay d'Hilliers, a body of English :marines, and a body . of French artillerie de la marine and infauterie de la marine. The 'precise point to which this formid able force will be sent is kept secret, and it is said that the commanders of the eipedition themselves ,will start with sealed orders, which they are not to open until they are fairly at sea, and which will reveal to them their destinatioo. Some officers of the Emperor's ,household have already arrived at Barrita, near Bayonne, to prepare for the reception of their Majesties ; and some carriages and bergelf s have been sent e to that .placo. - The Marquis do Turof, French Ambassador in Spain passed through Bayonne a few days since from: the baths of Dax on his return to Madrid._ A letter from Calais says :—" A great movement of war materiel has taken place here. Gun. car riages,- heavy pieces of , artillery, and 'largo quantities of gunpowder have arrived. A!l is destined to be embarked for the Baltic. An English rear-admiral and a French admiral have arrived in Calais to make the necessary arranae m:ants. The movements of the troops are to tale place in such a way as to enable them to be e barked on the 14th." The Ocean of Brest states thht the vessels which ;are fixed on by the - Minister to winter in that port are the Inflexible, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Parseval ; jemmapes, Tage, Austerlitz, Breslaw, Duperre, and Trident, ships of the line ; Psyche, Darien, and Asmod6o, frigates ; Licorne and Indefatigable, transports . ; and Souf fleur, Lucifer, Fulton, Brandon, and Dairn,. steam corvettes. The Indus steamer, belonging to the M2asa genies Inaperiales, which left, Marseilles f6r Con stantinople, on the 6th, carried ou t 914 men_be longing to lifferent 'regiments. The Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday gave an audience to a deputation on the subject of the claims of the holders of bonds of the Portuguese claims of 1833. The Minister, after expressing to the deputation the interest felt by the Government in. the affair, assured them that instructions had been sent to the French Minister at Lisbon to claim from the Portuguese Government the execu tion of its engagement to repay, at least, that part of the loan of which it had derived the benefit. The Moniteur announces that the Imperial sub commission for the Exposition of 1855 has decided that the period originally fix,:d for the 15th of July current for the enregistering by the committees of the persons who desire to take part in the Exposi tion, is prorogued to the 15th of August next. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid of the 6th state that on the previous evening "a column of operation" left Madrid, composed of three brigades of infantry, one of cavalry, two batteries of artillery, and a company of engineers, of which the Minister of War was to take the command on that day. General Freron had assembled the disposable troops from Logrono, Burgos, Vittoria, and Pam peluna, a n d was expected at adrid. The Captains-General of Granada and Andalu sia announced that they had assembled their troops to march against the rebels, and that the utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout the districts under their command. The Three per Cents. arc at 35.50. Later advices from Madrid, of the Bth, state that the Rebels were marching upon Ciudad Real. The . regular troops were on the point of reaching them, and they are said to be completely demora lised. Madrid remained perfectly tranquil. The .Heraldo says :—" the Queen, yielding to the generous impulse of heart, and to the suppli- i cations of Mme. Garrigo, for the pardon of her husband, has granted him a pardon." , The same journal publishes a letter addressed by Mine. Garrigo to her Majesty, expressing profound and eternal gratitude for her goodness. , The_ Debats says : " General O'Donnell recently addressed two letters to Queen Isabella : they ' were written in language full of propriety and respect, and contained protesta tions of his devotedness arid fidelity to the Queen., What ho had done, he said, was not caused by any sentiment of hostility, but, on the contrary, by the sincere desire to protect the Queen and her dynasty from the imprudence of those who, under pretext of serving a cause dear to ail Spanish hearts, compromise it by their temerity and violence. The general called to mind his old' services; he compared them with those of the persons who have placed themselves between the Queen and her most experienced servants ; and be called on Ministers for `an account of the 'use they have made of the confidence of the Crown. He tccused them of having shamefully abused that confidence, and of thereby having excited new disturbances in Spain, which only desires to piosper under the legitimate sceptre of her sovereign, and under the regular and legal protection of constitutional government. The letters of General O'Donnel at first proddced some impression on the mind of the Queen, and a good deal of agitation in her court. There was a talk of conciliation and of a com promise, and schemes for negotiations were proposed and supported by personages who occupy at court itn portantand confidential charges ; it was even remarked that the Queen herself did not absolutely reject these dispositions to indulgence. The intervention of the -President of the Council of Ministers caused them, how ever, to be set aside. Count do San Lnis represented that the authority of the Queen would be ruined if nego tiations with the insurgents were to be entered into,; that there was only ono good line of conduct to follow, which was, that the insurrection should not be feared, but be boldly met, and that the only question for the moment was to combat and vanquish it. These councils prevailed, and it was determined to redouble energy and activity. It is unnecessary to add that the letters of General O'Donnell remained unanswered." HANOVER. The Hanoverian Government has just authorised the establishment of a submarine telegraph between the coast of England and some point of the Ost Friese, reserving to itself, however, the control over it. The Chambers of Hanover have placed at the disposal of the Ministry the necessary funds for the construction of a railway from Gcettingen to Thuringen. THE WINDHAM CLUB.—Mr. Higgins, who has for seven years fill e d th e arduous office of steward to the Windham Club, is in a few days to render up his final account. During his stewardship he was ever kind to those under his orders, and the domesttes have mani fested their feelings towards him in raising a fund by subscription to purchase a handsome silver snuff-box, with an appropriate inscription, which is to be presented to him on his retirement from the establishment. AFFRAY ON BOARD A SHIP. --A SEAMAN SHOT BY HIS MASTER.—LIVERPOOL, Monday. —This morning a serious mclde took place on board the American ship Harkaway, which was about to sail for South Carolina, in the course of _which ono seaman was dangerously wounded by a pistol-shot from his'captain. It appears that the misunderstanding originated with the steward, who was the worse for liquor, attempting to take pos session of the cabin, which was prevented by the cap tain. Tne mate then, for some reason unexplained, made an attack upon a portion of the crew, who were engaged in heaving the ship out of the Canning Dock, who retaliated by knocking him down with their hand spikes, and infiioting some serious wounds on his head. At this stage of the affair, the captain, it is stated, fired a pistol among them, and shot one of the men in the head, who was afterivards Carried away to the hospital. The captain, together with the remainder of the crew, were arrested by the pclice, and taken before Mr. Mans field, stipendiary magistrate, and they were remanded until to-morrow morning. The parties chiefly impli cated are the captain, Joseph Breck, and the chief officer, Thomas Devine. The captain, it is alleged, came on deck with two pistols, and fired them, and was about to fire a third one, when the police came up. The wounded man is called Lorenzo Canzen, Doubts are entertained of his recovery. THE SUN, LON DON. TUESDAY EVENTING, JULY n, Icls-1. LAW INTEL. THIS DAY), MARKET ElliViS-(1 1 111 j DAY:. COLONIAL. SUGAII.—Tho marketiSciaii - t.and there is not alarge quantity offering publicly. The quantity of British plan tation landed last week at the East and West India docks was 2,216 hhds, 233 tierces, 923 barrels ;- there' were taken for home consumption 1,573 hhds, 195 tierces, 561 barrels. The stbak in the same is 7,9;;6 hhds, 1,33 D tierces, 2,514 barrels: CoFriE.—This article is flat. Native Ceyloh, 41s per cwt. R Int: —The quantity landed last week at the East and West India do4s was 812 puns, 277 hhds; there were taken for honk) consumption, 118 puns, 17 hhds ; an d ex p or t e d, 187 puns, 293 hhds. The stock in the same place is 9,631' puns, 2,142 hhds. Bicic.—At auction, 1,301 bags Bengal, nearly all sold al .13s to 133 6d for good, a few being taken in at Lis. ARROW ROOT.-45 barrels St. Vincent sold publicly al 344 l to 3A(I per lb. • TEA.—Not much is doing. The deliveries are fair. TALLOW has continued firm, without any groat activity. Tim concluding prices are :—Spot, 66s 5d to 66s 9d ; Aug., 67s to 67s 3d; Sept. 678 9d ' • Oat. and Dec., 695. Aus tralian sheep, 60s 3d t o 65s 9d ; beef, 55s 3d to Ole 6d. Cocoanut oil—Cochin, 50a ; Ceylon, 425. Tallow oil, 40S. HAY MARICtTS. SmrrtiFlELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ £3.1 to 4/ 15s ; clover 20 . 3/103 to 5z 15s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2:N per load. 20 A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. ..• CIIBIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 51 N ; clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ Os per load. 50 Both hay and straw moved off slowly,"at our quotations. ; St. WHITECIIAP.EL.—Meadow hay, 21 88 to 41 13s; clover 42 ditto, 3/ as to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 03 per low'. 20 Supply toler4ly good, and trade dull. 5 LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS 2 DAY.) I LONDON, July 11.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, July 10.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Her Majesty's st. Stromboli, from the Mediterraioan ; .River dale, London, for the Mediterranean ; American Congress, do., for New York. PLYMOUTH, July 10.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—William Stewart, for Sydney, N.S.W. FALMOUTH, July N.W. Arrived—Eliza, from Callao ; Julia, Pernambuco ; Amalie,, Porto Rico ; Secret, Akyab ; Familien, Beyrout. Ofi Port—Mariner, from Sierra Leone, for Sheerness ; Duchess of Northum berland, Havannah ; Toresita, Matanzas; Agnes, Ja maica ; Nereide, do.: Hardwick, Constantinople. . GLOUCESTER, July 9.—Arrived—Annandale, from St. Stephen's, N. 8.; Josiah, Odessa ; Tempo, - Eupatoria. BRIDLINGTON, July 10.—Wind, N.E. A.rrived—Ca .tharina Middlesborough, ' for Hambureh, towed in dis , masted by the Kathleen, Hartlepool for Amsterdam, which proceeded. SHIELDS, July 10.—Wind, N. Arrived—Fortuna, from Nantes. Sailed - -Stirlingshire, for Salem, U.S. ; Argo, Oporto; Derwent, Brest and Quebec LJunius, Athens. SUNDERLAND, July,lo.—Wiud, N.N.E. Arrived Retreat, from Quebec. Sailed— Wanderer, Quebec ; Sisters, do. ; Prodroino, Carthagena. YENZINCS, July B.—Wind, N.N.W Arrived—Tyne, from Alexandria, for Liverpool. JERSEY, July 9.-1,1 ind, W.S.W. Sailed Ocean Queen, for Cadiz._ QUEENSTOWN, Jply9.—Wind, E. Arrivotl —Henrietta, from New York. Off Port—William Roanio, from New York. (UT ELECTRIC TELEGRAM Z .) too LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 11.9 a.m. too Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Do Jonge Andreas, from . Smyrna. Off igae Port—Sarah Brag, Swordfish, Univers'n, from Montreal • Lord Althorp, Golconda Darkly, Caroli ne Shenk, Johnl Dillon, and.Rsjah-Gopaul. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEDBAPII.) - GRAVESEND, Taesday, 10.51 A.M. Wind E. by S. ; tide, ono 'hour flood ; weather, raining. - Arrived, 10th —Venus, from Altrina ; Justinia, Ham burg; Westerbotten, Kylow ; Faaborg, Faaborg ; Union, Stirrer; Gertie Elizabeth, Ternorn ; Vandora, Rio Janeiro; Swallow, Now - York; Ida, Dantzic ; Osprey, .Palormo ; Engliih Rose, Stralsund; Metta Catherine, Randers ; Costante, Messina; Providence, Sweaborg ; Cadiz. Arrived, 11th.—Leon, from Gravolines ; Apollo, Rio Grand° ; Neptune, Wismar; Maria Christina, steamer, Santander. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N. 8., moderate, with thick rain. Several vessels passed from the north. A. brig, with caloura flying (apparently Sardinian), on shore on the Goodwirn Sands. Particulars unknown. A. deputation of shipmasters had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cmiwell and Lord Stanley of Alder ley on Saturday, at the office of - the Beard of Trade, with reference to the loading of guano at the Chinehe Islands. Ronr.x.—Letters mention that the market fur rnEttu- Lactures had slightly improved, the attendance of foreign buyers having ineremed: TDE FIEST LIEUTENANT Or THE TIGER.—The first lieutenant of the ill-fated Tiger, Lieutenant Alfred Royer (1841), has reached London, and had reported himself at the Admiralty, having been released on parole on his arrivarat St. Petersburg. Russrate PRIEOSEES.—The Rtissian prisoners of war at Constantinople,. 204 in number at present, are to bo supplied with rations, tenders for which, on the follow ing scale, have been advertised, and to commence from the Ist of July : —For each man, daily, —.one pound of bread' (second bazaar quality), two-thirds of a pound of meat (beef and mutton alternately), one-third of a pound of vegetables, one ounce of sugar, one third of an ounce of tea, one sixteenth of an ounce of salt, and two pounds of firewood. Telegraphic advicea from Trieste state an expecta tion that Mr. Spiridone Gopcevitch is likely to resume payment. It is said that during a second visit to St. Petersburg, although he was unable to ob tain a release for the grain he has purchased in the Sea of Azoff and elsewhere (the plea being that it is wanted for the Russian army), he • received an intimation that the entire quantity should be paid for. Under these circumstances the Bank of Vienna are reported to have consented to make advances to enable hint to meet all his current liabilities. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ‘AINSTAL PALACE. —Yester day a fatal accident occurred to one of the workmen en gaged in painting the exterior of the centre transept of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. It appears that he was working on a platform which was gradually lowered by ropes from the summit, - when he slipped and fell a considerable depth into ,the gutter below, and received such severe injuries that he died almost immediately, and information . was forthwith forwarded to the Coroner. MURDER AND GOVERNMENT REWARD. --- In conse queries of a communication made to her Majesty's prin cipal S e cret ar y o f St a t e i n re f erence t o a highwayrob bery and murder on the Hinchley turnpike road, n i Leicester, h er M a j es t y ' s G overnmen t has offered a re 20 ward of 1001. to a n y p erson w ho sh a ll g i ve such infer- 5 mation and evidence as shall lead to the discovery of the 50 murdererser murderers. The deceased wad a Mr. Sam. 50 uel Adcock farmer of Ashby Scrubbs, who was found murdered on the rnerning of the 18th tilt., havin g b e e n 100 at Leicester market the day before, and was returning 1 home alone. It is not known vrliether he had anypr 2 1 ' perty of value about him, but none was found when. he Was discove re d lyi ng on tjse road. 20 10 20 20 15 20 2r3 20 • _COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) JUDGMENT—BENNETT V. DUKE OF MANCHESTER. His Honour upon taking his seat this, morning, pro ceeded to deliver jedgthent in this case; which bile from time to time appeared at length in the columns of 274 e Suva newspaper, and which it will be recollected is an application for a new trial upon the grounds of misdi rection. After going at length into the facts of the case, his Honour stated that he thought the jury ought not to have had anything to do with the domestic differ ences of the parties concerned, and that .he did not find any trace of the Duke desiring to keep Lady Olivia Sparrow from visiting her daughter, in fact she admitted that she saw the Duchess once a day. Having paSsed over all the antecedents he would now look at the character of the individual charged with the forging . of the instrument. There was not a shadow of evidence that the Duke had desired the large power which was vested in him, as husband, in tho disposition of the • property. The evidence, of Dr. Verity was of importance to the duke, showing as' it...4%A that the dahess had spoken of the matter 'before her ilhiess, and of her 'dissatisfaction with the previous disposition of her property. With regard to ,the duke's evidence,. he (the Vice-Chancellor) had been struck with its candour in many respects, and it ap peared to him that the duke did not attempt to make the most of his ca';e. It was most unfortunate that the duke, upon the conversation of - the duchess, 'when. she expressed a wish that the children should not bo inde pendent of the duke, did not send for his own solicitor, instead of giving all the power to his land eteward.. A person contemplating a 'fraud would,. in hie opinion, '. have been stricter. As to the charge of secrecy, ho did not believe there was any foundation for it. The conduct of the duke in 1851 was no criterion of hisfrau dtilent conduct—if fraudulent it was—in 1848, and he thought' . that by referring to it 'at the trial it only I tended to embarrass both the judge Arid the jury.— He was of opinion that it was - an unhappy circumstance that the duke did ristt communicate with Lady Olivia g t , Sparrow, that such a will had been made s h or tly a f ter et. the death of the duchess, for that mitt hive saved much s t , trouble and litigation. The conduct of the lady was St. very natural. There was nothing in the course of the St. case which showed that the duke had any knowledge of 12 the tlouded and eccentric state of mind of the duchess, 50 which had been charged against hi m . H e -W as fi rm l y of , opinion that the conduct of the duke in rnaki! , g the set- '4 3 tlement of 1851 was very blameable, and he did not IN ' think that the duke was justified in introducing_the Clause 14 in favour of the children of his second marriage. 'lt was 50 plain that such a settlement was never intended by the 20 lats. duchess. Now, with regard to the capacity of the 11h lady in making the will complained of, he was satisfied 10 with the verdict rendering -it valid. Having gone at St, great length into the particulars of the case, - his Honour St. stated that it was clearly proved that up to the 17th of the 20 month in which the duchess died she was not in a fit state to N . 4 execute a will, bUt froth that time up t o the_ 26th, she s e I had frequently lucid intervals. .In again directing the aa case to the attention of the jury, he might state that it 40 would be a matter of extreme importance to ascertain 25 whether the delusions of the duchess !were. rooted in- 25 sanity or. not. At present he was not satisfied St. 1 as to whether the duchess was at the time in •,qnes- 812 s 1 tion in a fit state to execute an instrument as ' her St. last will and' intentions or not. His Hon our th en went " S i) * 1 into an examination of the excepti ons t a k en t o th e sum- :35 ming up of Baron Parke, and concluded by stating that t oo the case must be remitted back to Nisi Prius for a new St. trial. 6i The court was crowded to exce s s. - SHARE MARKETS (TRIS DAY.) BRITISH RA ILIVA . RtztwATa. Closing Prices this day. Lt. I Paild.l 30100 !g3 8; iO all 31 all 741 an !2 lB, 15 30 it. 100 it. tOO i 0 all !O all !O 14 0 ;5 I all 15 I all 5 all .8 all 1 - 1 all It. all Stock _ 00Ibe., B. Stock.. 35, 8 Do., Now A. ..... it. [OO East Lancashire it. [OO Edinburgh & Clasgoa . 0 .o.i Minh. and Peebles._ it. [OO . Edin. Pali & Thindec .0 1 Forth & Clyde Jtine. 100 fldasgow &S. Westornl 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock [OO :it. Sth. &West.(lre., 100 Great Western........ ,12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 111, Do., Thirds i 2 Do. New Thirds_ _ [OO Lancash.andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 111 Da., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Sontlipt all London & Blackwal all Loud, 'Lib. &Stlien,i. 100 Lond. Briglit &,S,, c s t 1.00 Lond. and N. Westn 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.811.,M&8,,„( 21 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42:i Do., £5O 34 - Do., £lO au Lindrrya Col erai DC all Lndrairry.&Ennisk. [OO .Nfanch„Shef.&Lincln 4it Do., Man. & Lin. Uti. 100 'Midland 100 Do. Birmn g. &Derkr 476 Alidld. o.lVest. (In.) 176 Do. lialf Shares all Newcastle & Carlin% .00 Nowrnarket Do., Bury Extensithi 19: Nwpt. A borg. k Hrfd. 7 6 Newry & Enniskillen. all Newry Warrenpoint add Rostrever......, 00 , Norfolk 36 Northn.Co - antios Cu, LOO North British 16 ' North Devon, No. 1, all Do., No. 2 all Do., i A Deferred , 8 D 0.,, B Guarantee( a ll North London 56 Do. New .£lO - li is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp• stead, and City Jo., 176- North SLatfordshirc , all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.....,,, 1.00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhainpton ... '2/ 2s Portsmouth .., 100 Scottish Central [OO ScottishMidiand 100 Shrewsbury & Biting 100 Do. L. &N. Weston Guaranteed Si cek 10 Slarewsby. & Ileiefl all §hrewsby. & Clgsto , • (N. W. Min,; all Do. Halves, - t. all Do. Oswestry 6. Shropshire Union _. Do. A, B, C,& D, full: paid up at per cent, all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do a 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok all itockton & Darling 1 . 6 Stockton & Hartlepl. .00* "Taff Vale, 8 Do. £lO shares. [OO Do. Pref., No. 1 21 [lames Haven Doe] and Railway 17 Vale -of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall. 1 West End of London 20 20 10 10 and. Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledu & Cioydoi, 100 YorkNewetl:&Berw. 20 Do. Ektensions 130 Do. G.N. E. Purchase ,100 York& Ist.itidland Iberdecn • Noting. Bost, and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkerihd. Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. dt Birk , £5O and 225 Cons. Do., £20... ...... & Tyno origina,l £25 (issd. at £45 / Bristol and Exeter.' Caledonian. Chester, & Holyllead. Cork and Thuidon Cork, Black, di Pass Cornwall Cried' Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber teen Junction.,,,, Do. New. ...... East Anglian Do., (.£lB E & I.4la.stcrn Counties Eastern Unimi, A 24 - 25 4j - N 9 - 10 11i-10A t 1 17 - 18 7 - 6.1 98 - 100 624 - 62; 15 - 16 11 1.4 21 par 7 - 17 • . - is a - ::: iii 40 - 41 *zo --- 31 64 - 65 60 - 6. 24 - 26 66 C 8 8) 90 72 74 123 - ;27 1.N3 - 98 - 78.1 69 - 91 ll - 13 r) 11 - 13 p 65i - 66 ii; 83 8i 11 iO6 107 iO3i 101 par sp —c: 83 0 8 a 3 —7(. ii = i. ss -e -;.3'J • - 41 a I'd 2 6 i 6 d z 6 - $ 50 - 52 3 4 n 33 ... 34 53 par P 44'— 4 - i Id —lpj 30 - 32 92 7: ; . 53 60 65 - 70 G 5 - 70 2i - 2 17 - 19 8i - 94 13 - 14 3i - 3#.t 14 - 16 62. 63. 35 - 36 4 4 - 5 - 34 3 11 - 3. 1 [9 20 4 - 5 23 25 6 - • 6 -, 7 73 71 7 Gid 44 3/c1 53§ 51§ 731 13,1 9 541 1 4 3i 13 usiness done this day. 3edford and Blotchley— luckgbainsh. Jlydesdalo Jc E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent • 1181. Barr. & Neils. Direct )o. Nery [dr.& Dn. Fr rtlpl. Dk. & Railway ilull & Solby Do. Sham.' ilo. Shares. Lou. & Greener Do. Preforence - Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. ?ranch. Man. and Matlock ‘fkldlosbro' 11,c:dear. Aidld.Bradfd V'orthern and Easternsp.e. Jo. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p 4 I ?rest. Wyr,. Do. aoystn.& Hit. Do. Shop th Si Slicf.ltoth i 11 ( .4001r4.5 Sta.ffordsl). • .Veer Ira Ileygt 6 por cont Do , Vilts&.,Sotnrs , FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. S Beziers to Graisseseac 25.. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, Scrip . Central of Italy all Charleroi Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension 'all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junet. of Franc, 10 Grd. Trunk of Caned. • I Do. Debentures all Do. d o., 10 it. Centr a l of Franc: .......... . all Gt. Wcsternof Cana,h Shares ... Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 all ilamillon & Torotatt. all ' o. 6 per cent. 5 Lako Coust. & Basle all rAcca & Pistoja 5 p.c Pref. 15 Luxembourg .......... 10 Do. (Railway) ..... 2 Do.. Pref. 3 Do. (Cana1).............. 5 Do. 6p. et. pref..... 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Moditerran. 134 Madras ................. 33:4 Maria Antonia ...... all Do. do. New ........ 2 Melbourne Dk, & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with interest) ............ all Do. (ex interest)._ all Northern of , France. Do. 201. 3 p. c Bcl2 all (fmy. B. Ams. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPrc 10 Paris and Lyons all !Ditto Bonds .... 1 -41 'Paris and Orleans... all Paris and Rouen__ all Paris and Strasbourg] 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 10.? Quebec & Ijichmone all Rouen and Havre 15 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5i p. cont. Prof 6 Southern of France St. Andrew's arnl Quebec (A). all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 10 Western of France_ 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 31 3c.f it 3 d #d-ir P d par, S —1) 4i 3jd 6 4 d Par' 19 —2O - 3 P par 1p 6 7p dis i• - I P .., ...... ... id i P 7a 8 y 33~ .•- 3~ ~ 8 - 16 g 1741 4o .::. ig Mi •-• 34 2 2 1 d 1 1 , 8i 9 ••• Pra - (1 5- 6 p , • .-.• . 4 ~ - 3.# 1 MISCELLANEOUS all Aubin Coal and Iron 17 Australian Agricuit. 14 Australsn. Pciflc. Mail 8 ingrain. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 '3rit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction (Jo,. j 321 Canada.. i 3A '-roYstNalel Palace .... 2 . .jrratal Pal.of FranC ei 3 ' Eastern Steam,.., 1 20 ' Electo.itTol.wreph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 ' lon. Stein Na3iigat , 18 Gietel t al screw Steam, 76 Irish Beetroot Sugar' 10 Afagdalena St. Navig. all at. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian i Do. New 10 Nrth.ofEuropoSteam all Peel Er. Ld. & Mier]. all Peninsular& Oricutal 43 Do. Do. all Portland IroU Co 03 Royal Rail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 25 South Attstral.Land all Submar. Telegraph all Do. Registered. 28,i Yu Dinuou Land 41i -45 i *8 85 - (,),) - J 4 ) " 21) e . 20 - 2L - •.. - - - 1 i 1- - :i If i- i p ••• .•. 13 - 2,3 - 37 - ]A 4 12 13 RAILU'ATP. 100, lberdeen WO Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Myth and Tyne 10 per 6. prof. (issd. !a:My 100 iris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p.' c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhca,:l Guar. 53 per cent 64 .Junk &Bandanslp.c all , Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (i.:3105; 6 per cent all Do. (X5).7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension' 5 p. c. No. 1. all '..)0. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 p. c. St. alh Eastern Union;Serip 6uar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 Tier cciut all Do. 10/. Delientr.Slz- IDO East Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West York- Shire June. Pref.,. all EdinbPrth.&Dundoe 4 per cont. LOO llasgow&S.WesterLi Guar. 5 per cent._ Co( ;Treat Northn. 5 p. c. .00 )0. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. C. prem. LOO Do. 4y p. c. g :t. N. of Scot. ISt Prel all A. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths), 5 Do. 4 per c. Prof: Sh. 6 ut. Westn. (Borks _ . Ilants Ex. 5 p. c) WO Do. cov. rod. 4i p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Dc.,. irrcd. 4p. c 6 :an, &York. F. £2( 100 60. 6 p. c. Stock , 13 Leeds N. 3p. c. No.l 9 'Do. Quarters, 1848 100 riondon and Brighton. Guaranteed 6 la. c 100 Do. Pref., sp.c. St i all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c WO Lon. &N. W., Cov. clz Nuncaton 5 London &S. Wester Con. Thirds all I Londonderu& Cole: Simms all Coady. & all Vlan., Sher., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO P Do. £6 all :Aarypt.&Carl.4p.c al! Do. 44 per cent 10 Do.. 100 Aid. Consol.6 WO Do. Canso). Bristol & 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent 6 Not-folk Dabeutnre 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool; 100 Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. 56 per ct.pref 100 De. War-. Val. sp. c 100 goal' British all North Staffordshire too" Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls,o p.c 15 Do • all scot. Cent. , Now Pref all Throws. & all S irewsby. & Chests - - - - - (Nor. W. Min), 8 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 4A per cent all S. Eastern (Reading, Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. , 100 Do. , liper cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar •all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Bartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. ,00 York, Neweastle,and E..erwiek,4 p.c. Prcf 5 Dr 10 York, &. Midland 11 mid S. Porch. PREFERENCE SHARES. all Figua Fria all knglo Anstrin. Gold all Inglo Californian 2 Instralasian 6 1 lustralian all kustralian Cordillera all tustralian Freehold, all Ave MAria, all ladeli (Gd. Duchy of, all Jiaenarvon Ir. &Coal rll isritish Austria. Gol 13. f, British Iron . 24f Brazilian Imp.(igsue(' at £5 inn all )o. Cocacs & Cala& 15 Do. St. Jolra Dcl Re) A Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica_ _ all Cobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Cop:apo all )opper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. N. p. cent. all English and Austrin Copper Sinel tg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein._ all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Loud. &Californ. Golrl Quartz Crush. Co , all Itariquita 9 Aexican&S.Amerien all S'ew Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co: all Nouveau Moudo all Pontgibaud Silve: Lead Min. 41 Smelt 1 Port Philip all quartz Rock. all ithymuey Iron 15 Do. New - 3antia.go_de Cuba .. all i'outh Australian .. 7 Pin Croft .... all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all Nest Mariposa 12s. Northing Mining o • - Australia., all V'uba JOINT-STOI BANKS. all t kustralasia all Britimh Colonial Bank SL - 83 and Loan Company all British N. American 5 01tartd, Dank 9f Asia) I 2 Chrta. Vuk. oflnuin, l - Amaraltat, 25 J01 , M1141, Awmu4erci,i,l of Loud 14 (Gr.~lish e.q.>: . ti4,A1,1 and Australian 20 Lond.,Cilart. Bk. of Australia ;:t ... di ".• too 3 —lid 21 - 20 fiondon and Ctouuty.. 10 Condon Joint Stock.. 20 I Lonil: W4triijnspr 35 ,•• • • _ of England, 10 Do. New 22, gatidi,til df all von Smith Wal6.••• all 'Oriental 'Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland ali Do. New ............ 1 loyal All3trAln. k g. & cold 1m1C0.., ali i'outlt Australia all Union of Australia 2. Do. Now 10 Union of London.., 4G - 48 42 44.;d 74 76 8 10 xd 7414 j j oNotnsr AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for if;lie week ending July 8, 1851 R19,459 14 4 Dap Corre9ding week last year 19,027 17 4 - Increase in 1e44 s43l 17 0 Leasing Compaus. London N. West. L&N,W. Jaledon...l 3t.Nrthn. I .lt. Westia Yk. Now. Borw. V. &NAM' Do t . Do r 3. , Eastorn Do gorfolk.. & MiWd. itekton Darlingt. E. Count, L. k, N. W. &.1 . 4.1.4,;11k Jo '.l.t Nor tin. Letneash • V° iksit. If.Ateleal 3 too k t. Darlingt.' 4tWostn lostita Prices this day. 95 - 103 95 - 97 134 - 137 23 - 30 103 - 105 514 - 524 254 - 23 12. -13 i 234 - 244 2 - 2j 6 :-: ii 57 - 59 134 -- 137 2~ : i ,~ 293 - 301 93 - 951 Basints this day, 621 i 1 154 89i 90 594 t. 73 - S 784 71 St. 20 St. 66 53 a 151 15 8 i MI 7 7 ; s# 43i 0: li 83 2i 2 2113 per cent .634 a 21 3G 54 I 1 1 10s, 10 20 13 1 31 10 1 1 50 81 15 30 3i I 28i 1 I 40 411 5 tta 2f 20 i i 5 10 St. 5 95 - 97 td .•• - 3i 4 - 1.413 - liP 13} - 131 22 - 21 34 - 31 '•••X‘ 5 - 117 [OB - 110 .00 - 102 - - ... - - OA 98 - 100 90 - 92 93 - 95 14 - 25 -- 131 ,• ''"'' * • ~ "". ••• r• " ••• ••• .'"... PO 2i- 3 1H 5i -- 6 i 8: 4 - par p .. -* ... [35 - 1:;7 1 - ,3,[1 106 - 109 9j -10 i 1G -- 17 91 12 -- 14 la r 231 -- 231 100 -- 102 ~. ... 2 1 d 92 - 95 3i - 4 i - i'l i - 1 - g 1 - - 2 - 7 - 9 3 - 4f 14 - 2.1 28 - 30 45 • - 47 A - i 11 - 12 50 - 60 4 - 2 1 -- ii 10 -- 11 - - * - . i 161 171 g 34 91 101 4 5 a 2 4 31 4 1 . = ii.d ..i 7 i' pla purl 2S xa 46j 53 82 si)oP,TiNG NOTES. ANOTHER LOOK INTO THE LIVERPOOL CUP. Things were deadly-lively at Tattersall's yesterday. Until nearly 5 o'clock the operations on the Liverpool Cop werecribb'd, cabin'd, and confin'd, bound in by saucy doubts and fears ; in vain Donald offered " copious and perpen= &cuter odds ;" and after trying his best he decisred that he could not get a " termer" out of anything. Au offer, however, to bet "good-looking odds" against Early Bird was eventually closed with ; ho was "had" at last, and ho booked the bet, agreeing to say nothing about it. The most important movement,-perhaps, was that in favour of Typee, whose Upward. tendency in the betting was strong and unmistakeable. Still, notwithstanding the powerful demonstration which caused her advance to-the position of loading favourite, I am disinclined either to alter or modify the opinion which I yesterday expressed respecting' her chance.' I still hold t the belief that the distance and the "extra slbs." will militate materially against her snceess- The betting has strengthened my belief in the formidable-. ness of Hungerford'a chance. I have, however, heard nothing relative to his reported trial. Whether Kingston or Indian Warrior bo inlendel yet remains in doubt. Dr. O'Toole was again strouglyampported, and the good *pi nion which I entertain of his chance is confirmed by the betting. I shall expect to see him one of the foremost competitors. After Early Bird's running at Newcastle, I shall not on prineiple " stand him." As to the probable result of the race, I still adhere to the conclusion at which. I arrived yesterday. I then wrote :—" On paper Dr. O'Toole's chance certainly looks formidable, and should he go to the - post ho may carry another turf trophy - to Dane bury." Frees the field, therefore, I shall select Hunger ford, Dr. O'Toole, and the inteuded of Mr. Morris's (King ston or the Indian West-rice). In the "notes" which were published yesterday, my anticipatory remarks extended to Thursday's racing only. I will now "discourse" in a Lay brief sentences respecting the events to be decided on Friday. I must premise, how ever, that the result will be materially regulated by the running on Wednesday and Thursday. Twenty-seven are handicapped forth° Ben tinck Testimonial Plate, Ethelwolf, Eulogist, Aribbas. La Belle, and Black Boss constituting a " lot well in." For the Lancashire Produce Stakes I have ceived a good account of the filly by Simoom oat Of Clincher's dam. She is trained in Ireland, and'many per sans may object to her because s h e i s therefore a " fo reigner !" In her default I shall evince some partiality for Claret. The Knowaley Dinner Stakes may be done to a turn by Acrobat, who will perhaps also add the Liver pool St. Leger to the list of his successes. In his ab sence I shall "stand" Champagne, even, indeed, if Scy thian enter the lists against him. It would be ridiculous to express an opinion as th the probable winner of the Li censed Victuallers' Plato, as all calculations respecting it must be entirely guid e d by c h ance. This afternoon I hope to be safely located at. Liverpool, so, in the words of the "Complete Letter Writer," no more at present from Tues lay Morning. A FRESH MAN. FIARROWGAT-E RACES. (YESTRDAY.) TWO-YEAR-OLD STA.E:ES. Sylvia Donald .......................... 2 AUSTRIAN DUPLICITY. etre hate Secret is leaking out. When Austria and Prussia called upon Russia to evacuate the Principali ties, it would appear that the demand was accompanied by indiestion s that such evacuation" would be "made pleesent" to the Autcerat by his seeming opponents but secret allies, Francis Joseph and Frederick William. The reply of the Czar, borne to Vienna by Prince Gorts chakofi—a brothe r of the general of that name —was anxiously received by the Emperor. 'Ase audience with the messenger followed, and then another imperial note 'was sent in hot haste to St. Petersburg, whereupon Vi ennese prices rose ono per cent. The keen men of ilia' bourse knew what was meant, and acted accordingly. Their view of the real identity of interest between the two despotisms is backed in a very significant way by recent events, Austria having bargained with thePOrte to enter Wallachia and put the Russians out of that pro. since, the Turks refralaed.fronerossing. the Danube in pursuit of their retreating enemy ; — whereupon theßus simie, knowing the Austrians to be no foes of theirs , slacken their retreat a l m o s t toa heft. Austria guards them from the victorious Turks—why then should they fly t And accordingly Paskewitch is taking things very quietly in Wallachia instead of fleeing from it to make room for the Austrians. Whilst this is the aspect of affairs on 'the Danube—whilst Admiral Dundas tales no steps against Sebastopol, and Admiral Napier seems ordered not .tee risk dgeneral attack on Cronstedt, the time is ap .proaching which every true citizen anticipates with un easiness and dread,—the recess, which leases the nation virtually poweidess for several- months as to the'admi nistration of its - most important affairs. Nobody has yet iost -the impression of those painful months of last Tear, when,- between our practice of secret 'diploinacy- and the absence of Periiament, we were, as a nation, at the mercy of a Cabinet whose leader we distrusted, and in ' whose measures the national honour and morality were bound up. For months were the people of England kept chafing wider the apprehension that a - set of men' who had cestailyelever taken thei r pl easure onenat t ers which had risen ' into the very first importance were, by se:ay and hankering favour of Russia, betraying the Ottoman cause, which lay warmly at the people's heart. We are now about to enter on another such period, and we find that still the Turks have fought their own battle, and saved their own nationality-, while British principle, feeling, a n d good faith are i n peril, ' somewhat in the seine way as last year, but with regard to a different power. No man among us now attempts to advocate the itussian cause ; and very few venture to serve it, ex cept in the most covert manner ; but; the danger is very preei :g, of an alliance with Austria so confirmed that it may be 11,/ less fatal to Turkey, Poland, Hungary, and Italy, than if we permitted the Czar and his Court, to make Constantinople their summer watering-place. While ail history cals . out to us from behind, and the whole Continent from abroad, and political morality froth above, anikall our sympathies from within, to ab ' Stain froth active alliance with a power which is in every possible way pledged to despotism, and disgraced by ever-stewed treachery towards-every free nation—(and the 'Turks in particular)—while inextricably bound to flus , ia, we are about to be shut out from political action es a nation for a length of time quite sufficient for the fuefeiture of the national honour, the disappointment of the popular mind, and the wounding of the popular 'heart. We have declared repeatedly-that an active alli ance with Austria can hardly fail to involve us in VMS of which inc man can see the end ; to defer the settle ment of the Eastern question ; to i m pli ca t e us on th e wrong sid e in the conflicts which must soon arise out of the existing war ; and to expose us to all the shame, sor row, and loss of having begun wrong, and being obliged to get right again at an infinite sacrifice. We now de clare, and take the people of Great Britain to witness, that if the wrong is accomplished, the people of Great Britain are not responsible for the consequences. It is not they who will have made the alliance with the old enemy of the Porte and Poland, and the oppressor of Hungary and Italy. The deed will have been done without their assent, and sorely against their will. A set of men, some of whom alone they can trust, led by one who understands the people of England no more than they sympathise' with the views of dynastic zealots, will manage the whole business in secrecy and irrespon sibility—real irresponsibility, because the deed will be accomplished before the doers %sell render their reasons. "Is this possible ?" foreigners will and do ask. Is En; land living uuder representative institutions, and can this yet be true ? It is true. We know it, not only by the painful experience of last autumn and winter, but by a recent communication from a member of the Govern ment which, if it tells us nothing that we ought not to have been aware of before, awakens us to a sense of our nee 1 of a change in our methods, and an enlargement of our popular powers. The people of Nottingham e like those of several others of our large towns, recently met to declare their views with regard to the restoration of Poland, and their reprobation of an active alliance with Austria. They embodied their views in a petition to Parliament, which was confided to the hands of the Duke of Newcaetle for presentation. The Duke of New castle replies that such a petition is inadmissible —th e power of making and conducting war being exclusively a royal affair—a matter of prerogative—and that the functions of Parlia men t are i n no way concerned with that power, till accomplished facts are brought before it in the account to be rendered by Ministers. In such a state of affairs, it behoves every citizen to consider, first, what power he actually holds during such a period of exclusion from political life. as that of the coming autumn : and next, how we must set aboet re forming such a state'of fatal inability; 'a powerlessness which is a relic of the old time when there was no po pular participation in Government at all. There was a time when Sovereigns governed according to their own will and' pleasure : we amended that, and now en gage them by their coronation oath to govern ac cording to law. There was a -time when our Kings raised money by their own devices, and spent it as they pleased: but we amended that, and gave to the Commons alone the right of proposing the taxes, and of receiving and pronouncing on the accounts of the Exchequer. The present is a time when the Sovereign has the power of making war and peace, subject tcdno other restriction than the inability of acting without the sanction of the Cabinet ; the Ministers being responsible to Parliament when,' but only when, the acts are done. We must deal with them as our fathers dealt with the other mischievous points of our system, and bring the mighty business of 'making war and peace—the mighty power of practically espousing the right in international affairewithin the control of the national will. It is now only in our power by voting or not voting the sup plies. That power is not enough. However long it may take to procure this necessary extension of our liberties, not a day should be lost in setting about it ; for it is a thing which must be done. "Wars were once the personal quarrels of sovereigns. Nations could then have no quarrels, because they had no rights and interests apart from those of the sove reigns. Then came, with lapse of time and increase of business, the institutions which became by expansion our present apparatus of executive government. - Kings required a secretary ; and, ere long more se cretaries than one. A rank and place must be assigned to such confidential officers ; and hence our Secretary ships of State—susceptible of increase, as the experience of this session has shown. %t nearly the same time with the Ministerial, the Ambassadorial function arose. The kings' messengers to Other courts became em powered, as the need arose, to speak and act for their respective sovereigns, and even to tender their counsel, founded on their peculiar means of knowledge. This method of management was precisely what was wanted while all international affairs lay between courts—a s tate cf things which Lords Aberdeen and Westmoreland seem trsurrpose to be still existing. Very effec tually are we row made to feel that the state of things has changed, ia themselves - deration. The nation should demand re i nsi while se) the m a ai p n p a s international rautnuismopfrove. lequestiontion (in o_aw to political for sen irn p op tril l prove it is the Very first which requires and and their children that liberty of participation in inter national affairs which their fathers won for them in re gard to political action at home. Meantime, while the permanent object is steadily pur sued, we must sce what can be done by the diligent itse of every opportunity we can, at present command. The popular voice should be heard on all pos iib le occasionse in reprobation of the secrecy of diplomacy being extended a hair'sbreadth beyond what is necessaryain all unfinished consultations. We must reprobate aßagreements which cannot be disclosed, and committed to the notice of Par liament, as soon as they have taken form. If any diplomatic agreements are thus rendered impossible, it can be only those which involve dynastic interests. We must bririg opinion (till we can bring something else) to boar on important diploMatic appointments, so as to have no WestrnOrelands at Bach a Court as that of Vienna. We must obtain a more frequent assemblage of Parliament, through a greater liberty of declaration and decision on the part of the people as to what really are, in their opinion, political crises. A Minister sum sinoned Parliament in autumn, in the days of the corn laws, when he found it necessary to open the ports. No Minister thinks it necessary to summon Parliament to hear of a new Austrian alliance: But, if the nation at large happens to think this last the more important matter of the two—the most important ',perhaps that could possibly. take pla ce , it oug ht t o h ave The power of speeoliby representation at its own time. If the Mi nisters persist, as they did last year, in silence, and dis regard of .the popular demand of an account of what is done in the name of the nation, they must be made to, hear what the nation wishes and requi re s by means o f those "Meetings " of which the Czar's ambassa dors write to him with a curious mixture of amazement, o_ any corn, and apprehensiveness. Let all who disriPpro n of entangling alliance with Austria say he perse vering ly— in etinge, and Parliament while they can ; in publ ic F f rw o ur own Govern by every mode of legal address afterwards Ine rds ; and With such. plainness and constancy that : m eet does not take warning that th e urkey nation sanctions no l mes a' 1: Austria may. must bear it, and be ericenerageo. Ruseia d P ru ssia must hoar it, and be coi:founded. The na tionalities must hea r it, and take heart, and renew a n their pa tience, and not rus h i s on ly t oo lik e ly if th ey sup - c rushed into premature action, a e as ; s un ci i:ted herself with their oppre ssor . po England, se a nd must take c are th at h ere- E rig after her , England name d im t e t , ahaitbo no more so taken i n va i n .— Daily News. • • A nu rvACOF TI — aCIL'LIiPION OF THE —On Mon day the new mammoth clipper, Champion of the Seas, built by gr. Donald Al . Kay, of Boston, for Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s Black Ball line.of-packets, from this part to Australia, arrived in the Mersey from New Y or k, with a very large cargo of breadstuffs. , The Champion of the Seas cleared at New York on' the 14th ult., but owing to the difficulty of procuring seamen, she was detained for a considerable period in the stream, and at . Sandy Hook. N otw i thstanding that she had un favourable and baffling winds during the entire length of the voyage, her performances have been regarded as exceedingly satisfactory ; several of the first class liners ior this and other ports which left a considerable time "'potent her 1103 haying yet made their appearance. Fi vo ran. HAIIIIOIVGATE HAND:CAP. D. 0 Maid of Team Valley Twelve ran. SELLING STAKES. Hotchpot... Sanctity .. Anchor filly 2 AMATEUR STAKES (aniding heat). Cardsharper Dregs Improver Westwood and Star of the West also ran. ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. CONSOLATION HANDlCAP.—Bridekirk, Braxey, Julius Agricola, Goldfringe, Monimia, Surveyor, Reveille, De termination, Helena, M a id o f T eam Valley, Tamerlane, Cardsharper, Brother to King of Troy, Ann Eliza, Mi3s Chance, Miss Agnes, Priam the Third, and Sir Rowland Tren eh ard. GRAND STAND STAKES. — Baronet, IRO colt, Cherry Brandy, , Donald, Katie, Rudston, Sanctity, filly by Chanticleer out of Slayer's Daughter. Thalia filly has arrived. The races commence at half-past two. A __RRIVALS AT ;IVERPOOL.—Domino, Patience, Nell Hill, and Arribas. BETTING AT MANCHESTER,. (BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPIL) MANCHESTER,'I P.ar. LIVERPOOL - CUP. 5 to 1 agst Typee (offered). 11 to 2 agst Dr. O'Too!c. 6 to 1 agst Hungerford (offered); 8 to 1 agst Kingston (taken freely). 10 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken). 20 to 1 agst Mentmore Lass (taken). BOYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. The return of Mr. Sims Reeves on Satn;day night, after his late serious indispositi o n , filled the th ea t re i n every part. The o p era o f L uc i a di Lammermoor was well selected for the rent)* of the great English tenor, as it is princi pally to his personation of Edgard° ho is indebted for his operatic reputation. Mr.. Reeves was received with deafening and prolonged cheers on his entranc). and on two or three occasions in the course of the performance ereated'a perfect furor by his magnificent singing and the energy of his acting. Mr. Reeves was in the full command of his voice, and never used it with greater effect. At the end, when Mr. Sims . Reeves appeared, the enthusiasm was at its height,,and the people seemed as if they would never cease from cheering. Mr. Reeves was supported,-as before, by Mdllo. Agnes Bury as Lucy, and Mr. Weiss as Henry Ashton. The lady sang extremely well throughout the opera. • Mr. Weiss sings with skill and power, and has a fine bass voice. ST. JAMES'S TBEATRE. Auber's Diamans de la Couronne, produced here last night, has long been one of the most popular in this coun try of the gay and exhilarating c l ass o f mus i c to which it belongs; and the verdict that it is among the best speci mens of Auber's lighter fancy, is not likely to be discoun tenanced. The original representative of Catarina in Paris, Maclaine Anna Thillon, was also the original representative of the part in London. Later wo have had Madame Charton, who during the speculative operatics of Mr. Mitchell, represented Auber under circumstances the moat agreeable and fascinating. We have now Madamo Marie Cabel, who equals either of her predecessors in those pleasant qualities of delivery and bewi!ehiug graces of manner upon which the success of music of this airy and fluent order so materially rests. The performance last night possessed the greatest in terest, as a specimen of bright and • skilful • v:,- calism. Thu music written for the heroine of the Diantans is admirably suited to the voice of Madame Cabel. It is in the gayest music that she appears to the most advantage. Her voice, small and thin, is better em; ployed upon such rhythnsicll vivacities as " Ab, je veux briser ma cnaine," and the like, than in pas sages o f a s l ow and tender character. Not but that her cantabile singing; is smooth and delicate, as we are made aware of in the-re citative to the air " Jo suis femme," and in °Orr in stances ; but the real practical citrus of her voice is in its flexibility, and the certainty with which it accomplishes flights of the most fantastic discursiveness. Madame Gabel fully maintained last night the reputation which her mechanical facility has won for her in the Pro mise of Clapisson, the Filic Regintrut of amizAti, and other works. The vo.calism of Mdile. Girard was exceedingly neat and effective. The other personages were filled in an inferior manner to our former 'experiences in the opera at this theatre. M. Legrand, who was the Don Sebastian; is a steady and business-like singer, but has prestijes either of voice or person. The principal tenor part, however, is that of Don Henriquo, the lover of Ca tarina, and this was sustained by M. Carre—with great zeal, but with small result. The pompous official, Campo- Mayor, fell, as a matter of course, to the lot of M. Leroy, who played the character with more sobriety of style than is his habit, but with proportionate detriment to his whim sicality. M. Grignon was the Robolledo. The opera, as a whole, was performed with genuine French spirit. Among the fashionables present wore her Royal High- , ness the Duchess of Kent and Princess Mary of Cambridge. ASTLEY'S AMPRITHEATRE. The unprecedented success of the grand histo:leaf spec tacle The Cossacks will become quite a memorable event in the annals of A stley's Amphitheatre. Every night the -house is crowded, and the piece is appreciated with much gusto not only on account of the opportunity it gives for tho exhibition of the anti-Russian feelings of the audience, but of its sterling dramatic and equestrian merits. The scenes in the circle in which Mr. William Cooke, jun., a nt i Miss Emily Cooke still continue tolake the most prominent the part, have lately been augmented in their attractions by the addition of the Brothers Francisco, whose daring evo. lutions in the performance of La Perche are n o t excelled by anything of the kind wo have before seen, a n d German brothers, who do some very wonderful t'n. by ; al. The e rill with whiel ng a 8 3 u4ba gininteraeln; iti4 consequence' and amusing, o their feats on the double trapezo. eluded the entertainments—the burlesque by Th. h con- Simpson of Russia against Tuacy --j 3 c l ever 5l •W. p. j a e n e c t l m h , a h s io t 4 he is m n er o i lv t o(fiodteiballyin . passing events. COURT CIRCULAR. in an op Prince Arthur and tlo Princesses Helena and LouiFa four. took a i ll, the foreno on , en varriage and 16Ththe p , rr J i . t ;,L.,1, : e a 51., j yeAsati i y 7e 7 ti d hie P p rif i z e A ss lb ß e o rt, ll a e r cirri in t' e rd A !..4. it,re i d 7 elena, and L y oUisa, ' and Prince Ar thur, *talk at half past four o'clock in the afternoon, to visit thd Duchesg of Gloucester, at the juvenile ball given by the RoVti Lin'hos liar £ aside nc e, Gloucester House, Piccadilly. The Ladies and Gentlemen in - Waiting were the Coun tess of Gainsborough, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Mary Seymour, Earl Somers, Lord Alfred Paget, Colo nel Seymour, and Mr Gibbs. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, and their Royal Highnesses . the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Suffield and Baron Knecebeek, were also pre sent at the juvenile ball at Gloucester House. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, last evening, included the Austrian Minister, Count Collo redo, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Granville, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, Lady Emily Seymour, and Lady Alfred Paget. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Ann-ry Maria - Dawson and Sir George Couper, 'honoured the 'performance of the Openly Comique her presence yesterday evening, with I n 124# 343,} Ili St: St. 25 15 8 10 . MU 103 i