The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-24 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAP EXCURSION to STROUD, GLOUCESTER, CHELTENHAM, and CHEPSTOW.—A. Train will leave Paddington on Sunday, July 30th, returning the same Evening from Chepstow at 7 ; Cheltenham, 7.30 ; Gloucester, at 7.45 ; and Stroud, at 8.15. ?intern Abbey and the Valley ot the River Wye (celebrated for its picturesque scenery) ar in the immediate neighbourhood of Chepstow, at which station conveyances may be obtained. Fares there and back—Stroud, 9s. and ss. ; Gloucester or Cheltenham, 10s. and 65.; Chepstow, 11 s. and 7 8. Tickets may be previously obtained at 27, King-street, Cheap side ; 269, Strand; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 351, Oxfora-street ; and at the Paddington station. lIANWELL COLLEGE and PREPARATOR Y SCHOOL. The Vacation closes the 24 th inst, College, conducted by Dr. Emerton, is fully sustaining the high character it has acquired. We find that former pupils of Ilinwell College have been either high wranglers or first-class men of our Universities d tiring the present year; and this Is the twentieth in t‘tance of success at Sandhurst or Addisclanbe we have had to record within short time."— United Service Gazette. Prospectuses may be had on application to the Rev. Dr. EMJEATON, Hartwell College, Middlesex. COALS, 21s. 6d. per Ton, best Derbyshire, screened by machinery; best Sintstone, 225. 6d. ; best Clay Cross, 235. 6d. ; best Waliiend, 255. 6d.; Small, 15s. ; for cash may, delivered immediately.--address, T. Jones, manager, Northern and Ea tern Railway Coal Office, 32, Great Marlborough-street, Regent street. - - ESTABLISIIED 1803. GLOBE INSURANCE, CORNEILL awn PALL-MALL—LONDON. New Tables of Life Premiums—Participating and Non-Partici pating, Every class of FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITY buelnefs transac'ed. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM Empowered bySpecial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA MITTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or Without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, S ecre t ary. 1, Princes-street, B an k , London. L ORD CHIEF BARON NICHOLSON'S FETE, Flora Gardens, Wyndham-road, Camberwell. TO-NIGHT, TO-MORROW NIGHT, and WEDNESDA,Y NIGHT. P leuure-seekers and fun-hunters, start at once—delays are dan gerous. Omnibus to Camberwell or Kennington-gate will put down Itrithln three minutes' walk. The sports commence at 4 o'clock with Hurdle Races by Lady Jociles. —A Mock Election for a Member for Camberwell. Sir Maltby Lush starts as the advocate of the Licensed Victuallers, and it is quite clear they want one. Had Sir Maltby Lad a seat in the House on Fridat night last, the clog would have been put on Patten's bill, and no mistake. Drinkall Rivers, late of the C oldstreams, appears on the Hydropathic interest. At 6 o'clock 3 "..." will be in time for the speeches of the candidates.—Remember Y t orch-light, LADY GODIVA'S Ride through Coventry, with Gran d Equestrian Procession, illustrate' by Miss Taylor, of th e a ll* Yal Academy, as G o di v a, an d a ll the fifty of the fair sex who p e r- I nrlned at Coventry on the 19th ofJame. In fact, there will he more Poses than will fill a volume, with the Chief Baron as FALSTAFF, supported on each side by female grace and loveliness. If you can about not come early, better late than never. The cavalcade will move b alf - Past 10 o'clock. A guinea was paid for a secoud floor *billing• oindow t o view the lady's ride at C oven t r y .— Admission only a 'wog the whole day.—Dancing t o excellent bands through the 11/1 1 DDLESEX.—Metropolitan Buildings Act, 7 th and Bth Vict.. cap. 84.—NOTICE IS HEREBY E N that the Court will proceed on Thursday, the 24th day of agust next to the ELECTION of a SURVEYOR fort he district of Ham mersmith, in the said county, in the room of Mr. Christopher, " e ased, and that such election will be subject to the standing ,11°orders of the Court as to districts and district surveyors ; and that D e mon will be admitt e d a candidate unless daly qualified under e• act and such standing orders ; and every candidate must, on or Irbefore Saturday, the 12th day of August next, address to me, in ri tinC, a statement of his name, residence, age, and qualiflca en, and must also personally appear before the Committee for afterno on ne ral Purposes appointed by the Court, at two o'clock in the precisely on Monday, the 14th day of August next, at the Casio : s House, Clerkenwell-green, and produce to them satisfactory evidence that he Is of the full age of 30 years, and a certificate horn the Board of Examiners appointed under the act of their ap ?loDrove', and also such other testimonials of character and qualifies n as h e may deem expedient or the Committee may require ; and !t . eDproved by the Committee, will then be sanctioned by them to be a candidate for the said district. C. HEATON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace. &salons House, Clerkenwell, July 20, 1854. • I RELAND. —IMPORTANT AND AT TR AC TWO SALE. LOUGHCOOTER CASTLE and DEMESNE, near Gort, Count Galway. TO BE SOLD, by AUCTION, in the Public Sale Rooms, No. 9. Upper Ormond Quay, in the city of Dublin, on FRIDAY, the Ilth day of August, 1854, at the hour of One o'clock in the aPernoon (unless previously disposed of by private contract, of which due no toe will be given), The Fee-simple and Inheritance of the Castle, Offices, and Demesne Lands of LOUGHCOOTER, together with the Lake (3 miles in length) and the several Islands therein, 17 in num b r ; also, the two Towialands or Out Farms of Pollougli and fira loughane, bounding the Demesne; also, that part of the Lands of Ardmullivane, called Peakroe, and that part of Cabir Bryan, lying outside the demesne, situate in the barony of Kiltarton, and county of Galwa% —the whole, exclusive of the Lake, containing 1,269 a. 2r. 4. statute measure, or thereabouts. DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. The above valuable and beautifully-situated property lies within three miles of the market and post town of Gort, and about 12 miles Of the Oranmore stati , n of the Midland Great Western Railway. The Castle, Offices, and Gate Entrances were erected by the late Viscount Gort at an expense of over 80,0001., designed by the cele brated architect, Mr. Nash, from whose designs Windsor Castle was built. The Demesne is beautifully planted with ornamental and :tvaluable timber, the woods abound with game, and the lake well oc his ked with fish. To' describe tally the beauties and advanttues of de sirable residence and property would far exceed th e li m i ts of an advertisement. AS a resid ence it is unequalled in Ireland, and should be seen to be aPpre,titzl. The property having been purchased about two years I.3laiince by the present vendor In the Incumbered Estates Court, a Par t+ For Title can be given to the purchaser. j_Fmers further particulars, rentals, &c., application to be made to Sinnott, solicitor, having carriage of sale, 23, Lower Ormond Dublin ; William uryden, Esq., Parli amentary agent, 4, New e Pai ace-yard, Westmi nster, London; to R. F. F. Steele, solicitor and agent, Bath ; at th e o ffi ce of the Journal of Auctions, 29, Essex street, Strand, London ; to fir. T. Miller, Irish Estates Office, 6, St. A ndrew-square, Edinburgh ; and to JOHN LITTLEDALE, Auctioneer, 9, Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. PROVISIONS, WHERE AND HOW TO BITY THEM. GROUSE, VENISON, GAME, POULTRY, &c., AND THE PLACE TO SELL IT. GEORGE & EDWARD BROOKE, Provision Agents. Game and Poultry Salesmen, Leadenhall-market, Current Prices for Exportation for Cash : Cheese, Dutch . .. ato .£2l per ton. 0.. best . . 74 to 84 •• Bacon ... • • 70 to 80 •• 1)° utter, :. • • ...... .. •••• .. • • 70 to 90 • I , ' f reah •• • • •• • • •••• • • • • • • • 1; s. per dczen, in boxes of 4 doz. .............. ..... 7s. to Bs. per hundred. Potatoes ..... ............. erg v.. ons, by ordering a single cwt., will be supplied at a small ad .ace on the above prices. All Goods Warranted. Poultry, Game, &c., Sold on Commission. Returns and Cash Daily. C I A.UTION.—Mes srs . ALLSO PP and SONS 1 find it necessa r y t o caution the Public, and especially Shippers '3l their Ales to the Colonies, against frauds committed by parties in °ening spurious Ales for those of Messrs. Allsopp and Sons. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS have felt compelled by the extent to which this disgraceful practice has been carried, to proceed in s everal cares by obtaining injunctions from the Court of Chancery, aril have ultimately been driven to prosecute criminally for the com- Ithe lbssion of this offence. They beg to call attention to the Case of QuEEN v. Quay and Gomm?, In which Lord Campbell sentenced the parties charged to " Twelve Months' Imprisonment, with Hard Xabour."—Vide " Times" and " Morning Advertiser," of the 18th Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS will thank all persons having Bon to to d ou bt th e genuineness of any article sold under their name, lo send them the earliest information, in order that immediate steps 144 Y be taken for prosecuting the parties. .s.Messrs. AtLiOIT and SONS will be happy to furnish the names V e aPectable houses, the Brewers where a supply of their Ales m a y b e d epended ""„, s ks genuine fro m . 'rawer's', Burton-on-Trent. T E TLEY'S PALE ALE.—The great p o p u larity ,t, of this b eer h av i ng produced much opposition, and great efforts to, Jure its rep u t at i on from interested parties, Messrs. J. TETLEY e nd sCitc give notice that all resnectable Bottlers vending their Ales theres u pplied with Bottle Labels on application. Any parties, ;„erse, aster this notice, affixing . any other labels, or selling their le under another name, will b 3 proceeded against in the most g"oUs Manner. The t o .. Public are requested to furnish any information that May tend stne d iscovery and conviction of such offenders. br.e.rsons desirous of obtzening thes,?. Ales in amend urity may 4,7 rUrnished with the names of respectable dealers bottlers in u thair o wn neighbourhood. 14011 don BtOre9-169, Upper Thames-street, foot of Dowgate-hill, BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS. 60, Middle Abbey-street .. .. .... • • Dublin. Black friars .. .. —..—•••• • . .. .. • Manchester. Swinegato .. • . York. nigh -street . The Brewery. Leed 3, Jul Hull y, 1854. ....—__ P r RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters k _ Patent of England, a n d secured by the Seals of the E co l e de l' garniacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. le TRIESEMAR, No. 1 . - retnedy for RelaXation, Spe rmatorrhcea, , and Exhaustion of the l iYste ni. TRAR, No. 2, sar it e,T a allY, In the short space ESEM of three days, completely and entirely b -m-I,_ a c ates all tr aces o f those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs e: :: so long g beim thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the h ea lth t4 v ast porticii of theT ß op i lla s t E lo m n. Aß, No. 3, 11 c great Conitinental Remey for that class of Disorders, which Zt rta aatelY tire English physicen treats with Mercury, to the in ea4laarldirtirue htrionoorfltdhoeinpi cannot remove. e c v o e nstitution, and which all the si eTt lt h! tS tAl n A t it, e li v o. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, Vriti i ': all t aus eating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table gold their use being suspeeted, aep 4r . g in tin eases at I ls , each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into Rte :a doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, tee . :e. a- -To bo had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John lso, „ , Cornhin • Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, uziord-etrf.et. Ilit c . 41,14 t 'CRE'I! INFIRMITIES OF YOUTHAND MATURITY.Dablished, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, IN- ,„..11,-VOITS DEBILITY; tiblatorm--. Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Spec ceem'e a , With Practical Observations on a safer and more ;;shim-'` ,_ P cs:Xbs of treatment of the diseases of the Generative `gating; ckctalived by the use of the Microscope in detecting and " ''rY ~..,4 , bY urinary examination, thy: real ~ ause and effect . of Cettge;'ltY Of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, Nebo()p,•ltaccident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded ,i i „3• Years' experience in the treatment of Impuissao . c e e, are euel,ebllity, Looal Weakness, Spermatorrhrea, Sco• To with whi re h Zititioit,;Z,ntnt:mtntarles on the Physiology of Marriage,p - il l f al the d ; on the evils emanating from empirical practice, eat in,,_ alflgerous remedies advocated by various writers on Portant. disorders. b 3 7, Is R ,aY sAMITEL LA'MERT, M.D. ( nOr O f A im i ~"PORD-SQUARE, LONDON, arha/0-44,e. Matriculated Member of the University of Kiln 14nentiateriorrere s- A --. ' nnk Tansbe r of the London Hospital Medical Society, qrcnc Thee ssenti e al -""caries' Hall, London , &c., &c• ~....._ _ r obieet of this * • . es exulti ng frc, zeatise.is to po int o . ut the fearful con -11,,....h have produ M eertain habits, irregularities and e . xcesses, ,Z .! and prerna tur ea d _, More misery in Youth, degradation in Man p-i,Ztreticliass of di seas ; i no z n a a to t all modern of Life, than,. perhaps, any their Ph r,accronlended to peinrsonesrn t f t , e it rt ho i l it ogists. Its per bts i e i f t he : 4 1 3 . 7 ..! 1c a1. conditi on entitled:4 liaPPines; , and who are c e ons • a of irci:e, hazarded beingis and privileges to which every ruinn'an It to ~,,..., Ortlieb,l""utelY necessary thatall men should know, that there are i ncur r l esil Brierersonpaenl management eimir when which cannot icsadnoinnot boivirolated without the 4e1,1 ous d ay b71,..0_f h_lcOnsiderate self-indulgence, hove theezrseetpesunejtieeeda th il d itt h t zw er - T he 6 e a v L Tan. b d w its t c h o e n tt e i g ng eonfetehsemi a b y it i L en a r o s i s d i e n d ayanbg removed, or faubnecvtieonealli ,ar!reangeZi_g,s,careely any degree of physical infirmity" Drea4etitho.rulltsos verohircahstel%timei;lyyeaaidrsoifesecoleneoceacannot apply a cure. Weriensive abfo, t „ e _ ic the treatment. of these delicate gcognesdplailintas" tepiri:Ll4tEly heen too generally confided to the care 7, t I;n e o h ra e i re foinh'.`_•g,, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to Place At ol their eietensi.,,, h Olge f ' 12 ogl e I N . Cr C.AVUlthtft 414.14 from Ellyori tll Two, ar..4 ,:tom —wile MR.. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANCN? including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON THIS EVENING. and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except S aturday) ; and Tuesday, Th u rsday, an d S a t urday Mornings, at 'inite. Sta ll 3, 33. (which can be taken at the hex-vine* every day from 11 till 4 ; area. 24.• gallery, 13.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 90. EN G, JUL PUBLICATIONS. THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, August 4, 1854.—The magnificent screw steam-ship CAL CUTTA," 1,800 tons, another of the fine fleet belonging to the Gene ral Screw Steam Shipping Company, will be despatched from South ampton with her Majesty's Malls for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and S'ydnoy, on the 4th August next. This fine vessel has maintained her high reputation for rapid styling and punctuality, and is a sister ship to t Argo," which has made the quickest v. yage to and from Australia up to this time. The Calcutta has been employed carrying the Mails to and frotn England and Calcutta, and from her superior sailing and steaming qualities, it may be fairly assumed that she will make the run in 60 days. Rates of •Passage from 30 to 100 guineas, She will be followed, on the 4th of October, by the Cacesus, of 2,500 tons. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage Money at the Corn pany's Offices, , 7 Cannon-street, City. tary glory and material results, have something in return for our money. We all believed that in four or five weeks after the amount asked for was given, our troops and those of France would have been in the thick of the conflict, on the banks of the Daoube, and that by our valour and skill in the field, in conjunction with those of our ally on the other Ride of the Channel, we should by this time have expelled every Russian in truder from the Principalities. What the facts are it is unnecessary to say. Never was there a greater variance between anticipations and results—between promise and performance. The mil lions we voted some time ago are all gone, or are going very fast ; and yet we have literally done nothing. The Turks have done marvels, but the Anglo-French army have as yet achieved no conquest. We might as well, notwithstanding the immense expenditure we have in curred, have remained at home. Instead of sending out one of the finest armies that ever confronted a foe, we might. speaking as regards the past, have sent out an equal number of automatons. It now turns out, that, notwithstanding all the positive assertions which have been made, to the effect that our troops had taken part in the battles of Oltenitza and Rustchuk, no one solitary English soldier was engaged in either of these affairs. Down, therefore, till the present hour the Russians have not lost a single man through the English ally of the Turks. We have not fired a shot —no, not one. As regards the Turks, it has been, and is, a war in reality, and mos t no bl y have they acquitted themselves in it. But as yet we are not at war. If, therefore, the 3,000,0001. are to be voted this night, let it not be pro fessedly for that for which it is not in reality. Let not the House sanction the use of a misnomer; Let it not give its consent to the p re tendedapplicationof 3,000,000/. towards a war with Russia, when it is for no such object. We have not, down to the present, time; been Actually at war with the Czar, notwithstanding all that we daily hear to that effect. Let the 3 ,000,000/.—if that sum is to be given —be given avowedly for keeping our armies in any part of Turkey except where they can fight for the Sultan ; and for keeping our fleets in the Black Sea and Baltic in that state of inglorious inactivity in which they have remained ever since they reached those waters. It is right to remind the members of the House of Commons, that if they this evening acquiesce in the ad ditional 3,000,000/. which are to be asked by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer for the purposes of the war, without exacting from ministers undoubted guarantees that something material will be done for the'money, they will become implicated in the Government guilt, and will have to answer for their complicity to their consti tuents and the country. There is one thing which, we presume, those members who arrogate to themselves the terms independent and patriotic will take care to see done, namely, that Par liament shall re-assemble after an interval of seven or eight weeks. Any member voting the public, money to-night, without extorting from ministers a pledge that Parliament will be again called together in the course of the autumn, will incur a responsibility of the gravest kind, and one which he will afterwards have cause deeply to regret. 13, Great Marlboroagh-street. NOTICE.—QUEEN ELIZABETH. THE NEW and CHEAP EDITION of MISS STRICKLAND'S "LIFE of QUEEN ELIZABETH" is now ready, comprised in a single volume of eight hundred pages post Bvo., with portraits, price only 7s. 6d. baund. A few maiming copies may also stilt be hid of the Library Edition, uniform with Macaulay's England, price 10s. 6d. la ,- ,und. Orders received by all Booksellers. Published for H. Colburn by his successors, Hurst and tliackett. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 3 , T AGDALEN HEPBURN. A Story of the Scottish Reformation. PATRON—H.H.R. PRINCE ALBERT. RE -OPENING of the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. In conseqnence of the numerous inquiries after M ons. DUBOSCQ'S OPTICAL EXPt, RI MEN TS, Mr. PEPPER begs to announce that the SPLENDID ILLUMINATED CASCADE, displaying a Variety of Colors, will be shown every Evtning (except Saturday) at a quarter past Nine. Lectures by J. 11, PEPPER, Esq., on comes, illustrated by Mons. DUBOSC Q 'S apparatus ; and by. Dr. BACUOFFENER on the PL URAL iT Y of WORLDS, illustrated by A,TRO NOM ICA L DIAGRAMS.—DISSuLVING VIEWS of the SEAT of WAR in the BALTIC and on the DANUBE ; and also a series after TURNER'S Views on the RIVER LOIRE, in France. The PHO COGRAPHIC GALLERY for takine Portraits and teaching the art is open under the direction of Mr. Scorr. A Band of Music, conducted by Mr. WAUD. Open daily from 11 till 5, and every evening, except Saturday, from 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission, Is. Stalls, 2s. Schools, and Children under Ten years Of age, Half-price. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland," &c. " Magdzden Hepburn' will sustain the reputation which the author of ` Margaret Maitland' has acquired. It is a well-prepared and carefully-executed picture of the Society and state of manners in Scotland at the dawn of the It&ormation, and the author has made skilful use of authentic materials—the chief characters have all the air of stately historical portraits. John Knox is successfully drawn." —The Athenaeum. "In many of her descriptions the author equals Seott."—The Critic. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. On Monday next, in 16m0., price 2s. 6d. cloth; or in 2 Parts, price Is. each. LAING'S NOTES of a TRAVELLER on the SOCIAL and POLITICAL STATE of FRANCE, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, and other PARTS of EUROPE, during the PRESENT CENTURY. First Series; forming Parts 65 and 66 of the " Traveller's Library." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. ELEMENTARY WORK PUBLISHED BY PROGRESS OF THE WAR. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and SONS. NEW GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS. By ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S E., &c., Geographer in Ordinary to her if ajet.sy for Scotland, author of tlw "Ph} Meal Atlas," &e. (Prom the Times.) We are now approaching the sixth month of actual hostilities, and as yet not a shot has been fired by the land forces of England. The troops despatched on the "expedition to the East" took up positions successively on the Dardanelles, on the Bosphorus, and at Varna ; but though the enemy lay within a few days' march, they have never hitherto been brought face to face with Russian soldiers. By our intelligence from the seat of war, the public will have been circumstantially apprised of the actual stations last occupied by the several divi sions of the British army, and will have learnt that the advanced force is at or about Devno, and the remainder encamped in different positions between that place and Varna. For the information, however, of those read ers who posses s no d eta il e d maps of the locality, we may state that the several points of the Devno, Aladyn, Ko juk, &c., are all so close to one another and to the coast that the entire army may almost be considered at Varna still, and it would certainly be far easier to re-embark it at that port for transport to the Crimea than to conduct it forward to the Danube. This, it must be confessed, after all our exertions, performances, and anticipations, is not a very satisfactory announcement, but the facts admit of much explanation, and the general result, if short of our d es i res , i s still by no means unfortunate. If the war had been undertaken for the single purpose of expelling Gortschakoff from the Principalities, the plain course would have been to carry the allied forces across the Danube with all the expedition attainable. But such a movement, though calculated, perhaps, to produce a brilliant campaign, would have done very little for the true object of the war. The atmost success of such an advance could only have accomplished a little earlier and with somewhat more completeness what the determined valour of the Turks has almost accomplished as it is, while the flower of the British army would have f found itself in a desolate country, under a destructive sue, and in face of an enemy which, however discom fited, was approaching its own resources exactly in pro portion as we were drawn away from ours. An immediate advance into Wallachia, therefore, would, with refer ence to the b roa d po li cy of the war, have been a mistake. This policy consists in striking at the very heart of Rus sian power in the East, and that heart is Sebastopol. The forts and arsenals of Sebastopol constitute the source, the secr e t, an d t h e symbol of Russian en croachment upon Turkish rights. It is from this re doubtable stronghold that the Czar incessantly threatens the Ottoman capital, commands the mouths of the Danube, domineers over the Black Sea, and spreads the terrors or attractions of his name over the shores of Asia Minor. To destroy Sebastopol is no thing less than to demolish the entire fabric of Russian ambition in those very regions where it is most danger ous to Europe. This feat, and this only, would have really promoted the solid and durable objects of the war. Then, why was such an achievement not immediately undertaken, and why were the British troops not landed at the Crimea, instead of being detained on the other side of the Straits ? The reply is obvious. When the ex pedition first sailed the strength, or rather the weakness, of Russia could not be accurately estimated. It was not known but that she might cross both the Danube and the Balkan, or even carry Constantinople by a coup de main. Moreover, the first detachments of the allied forces were comparatively weak, the state of affairs was very imperfectly ascertained, and it would have been the height of folly to expose our battalions to attack and dis aster without protection or support. If the British expe dition of 25,000 men had been thrown on the Crimea— that is to say, upon Russian territory—in March last, it might at once have been assailed by twice its numbers, and possibly cut to pieces. The first position, therefore, was the isthmus of the Dardanelles, a position which our command of the seas rendered impregnable, and from which au army marching on Constantinople could be taken in flank. From this point, as the truth began to clear, and as it became evident that neither Constan tinople nor the Balkan was likely to be visited by Rus sian soldiers ' we advanced su ccess i ve l y to S cutar i and to Varna—the latter place being the most favourable point of departure for Sebastopol. But why, when at Varna, was not the army employed either on one duty or the other—either carried on to the Danube or across to the Crimea ? Why have we halted between these two attractions, and so accomplished no thing at all The result, we suspect, though undoubt edly due in a great degree to the vacillation of Austria, may also be traceable to the indecision naturally arising from the vicissitudes and uncertainty of events. The problem before the allied commanders was not simple. It was true that the occupation of the Crimea was the chief object, but it was not the sole one, and in finite mischief might have ensued if the absence of the allied forces had exposed Omer Pasha .o decisive defeat, and opened the road to Con stantinople. Admirably as the Turkish army has behaved, it is still but a single army ; there are no reserves in its rear, and it might at any time be outnumbered, if reports are true, by a concentra tion of the Russian divisions. While the allied troops were known to be interposed between the Danube and ithighly imp ,d ete r r r o ebd encouraged the the Russians from any sudden advance, s C b o l n e s t a a uudt thisno pl species e a f n m o o n r a s I l a s u u g p h p t o r w t, a s whe Turks to redoubled exertions dutyul t i by • mate safety. Until, therefore, this particular of could be assumed by some other Power, the allied com manders seem to have hesitated, and their hesitation has that the assurance been unfortunately prolonged by the delays of Power whose acti on wa s ex p ec ted. Danube, and thus Austria, by movem en t s ex t reme ly easy to herself, can most effectually clear the line of the disengage the forces of England and France for opera tions against Sebastopol. This service she stands ac tually pledged to render ; but the ambiguous attitude of Prussia, and perhaps the menacing dispositions of the Czar, have hitherto impeded her proceedings. That she might be exposed to attack in her Gallician provinces is, of course, unquestionable; but, even if we admit that the reports of the . Russian forces on this frontier are more faithful than they have been found in other casee, it seems impossible to conceive that a Power which has been unable to make head against a Turkish army, with a division of the allies in its rear, should be com petent to override the forces of another empire owning one of the finest armies, in the world. To suppose that Francis Joseph is afraid of what the Czar can do against him is to suppose Austria more timorous the tuaitio a t r u ne. tphrla In t the ehaeb Porte, a meantime, e fo nd to r u rteogoa, invaderr regard t shthahoneu the should o eb a re d o a t o d to Viennaßyßyzan tium, asn remembered, that by this overt accession of Austria to the cause of the allies she is securing the tranquillity of her own Austrianp e t or trust, s h at r e , m r t fhyue into n u e tf r oo e r eth policythat h apt r t ti o nh w ce pr r ae d ru s et. t i we h se e d m m s a e ad l y v v e a e s un . provin ces , wh i ch discernin such a co-oper a ti on th e b est c a e b l o e f t t the e allied forces to embark for the Crimea while the season r s e h a s o %I n d b t eo otherwisef , t o e u rthenemies w o i u l t s h t i e ll fshsauveeolfittthl the still permits th e expedition ; but, even if the result sealed campaign. blowportioncalamities t ho t efo h ß fp e w u oo s a f ri sioiraedoewofsT! The he f u e n f Franc eos o cctu t zsuaa h hrdar v ywo e e o nh or England, inflicted aerpu exposed ndui smallest roeahsl will salt vessels Is have traverse every sea in safety. The presence of their troops in Turkey has guaranteed the safety of the capi tal, and urged the Ottomans to efforts before thought impossible. Russia, on the other hand, has been foiled before Silistria, has been worsted in repeated actions, has lost the line of the Danube, and will hold only a portion of the Principalities, if she holds them at all, because it is not worth while to purchase her expulsion from that desolate territory at the cost of operations far better calculated to damage her power. SCHOOL ATLAS of PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 18 maps, im• perial 4to, half•bound in Bvo., 12s. 6d. SCHOOL ATLAS of CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 20 maps, With index, imperial 4to, half-bound in Bvo., 12s. 6d. SCHOOL ATLAS of GENERAL and DESCRIPTIVE GEO GRAPHY. 22 maps, with index, imperial 4to, hall-bound in Bvo., 12s. 6d. SCHOOL ATLAS of ASTRONOMY. Edited by J. R. HIND, F.R S, In the press. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATLAS. 20 maps, including a map of Canaan and Palestine, and index. Demy 4to, 7s 6d. GEOGRAPHICAL PROJECTIONS. In a portfolio, 2s. 6d, These Atlases lay claim to a degree of accuracy and an amount of information not hitherto attempted in educational works. The maps have been constructed with a special view to the purposes of sound instruction, and are not copied from any existing Atlas : hence they will be found free from the common faults of overcrowding and con fusion with which so many School Atlases are justly chargeable. By means of a new process of production, the maps combine the accu racy and neatness of the highest style of engraving with a mechani cal application of colours, the effect of which is to secure a clearness correctness, and elegance, unapproached by former methods. OPINIONS. EDUCATIONAL TIMES, They are as superior 7; all School Atlases within our knowledge as were the larger works of the same author in advance of those that preceded them. The Plates in the Physical Atlas excite our warmest admiration for the clearness of the engraving and the beauty of the colourm2. . . . A more complete work for educational purposes never came under our observation. THE BLUNDER. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. Decidedly the best school atlases we have ever seen. SCOTSMAN. The plan of these atlases is admirable, and the excellence of the plan is rivalled by the beauty of the execution.. . . . The best security for the aceuracy and substantial value of a School Atlas is to have it from the hands of 'a man like our author, who has per fected his skill by the execution of much larger works, and gained a character which he will be careful not to jeopardise by attaching his• name to anything that is crude, slovenly, or superllclal. in not fulfilli ng has committ e d a " gross bl un d er " llachia. We are in its engagement to oecu py W a The Times think s th a t th e A us trian G overnment com mitted, not by A us t r i a , b ut b y th ose w h o re li ed upon her word. clined ,to think th a t th e gross bl un d er was It now clearly app ears, as was i n d ee d tolerably evident from th e fi rs t to all who have paid atten tion to dates and are acquainted with distances, that the allied forces had no share in the successes of the Turks at Giurgevo and other points on the left bank of the Danube. Although the English troops, after passing more than two months in utter inactivity, contrived to reach Varna at the commencement of June, yet they were even then, as we repeatedly alleged, utterly unprovided with the means of making the few days' march which still separated them from the Danube. Not a horse, not a cart, not an ambulance had been p rovided ; and, although serviceable horses could live been purchased in Asia Minor at a very small cost, no step appears to have been taken for this purpose. If we inquire why a measure which the military authorities must have known to be indispensable was neglected, the answer will be, that the, English Government relied upon the assurances of Austria that she would interfere at the first moment the Russians attempted to cross the Danube. Acting under the conviction thus produced, the allied troops have lost the glory of sharing in the tri umph of the Turks, and the immense advantage which must have resulted from attacking the Rus sians with an overwhelming force at the very mo ment when they were in full retreat, humiliated by their defeat at Silistria, and deprived of the only generals who could i nsp i re th e wretched soldiers with the sli g ht es t con fid ence . Austria has thus succeeded in impeding the ad vance of the allies until a season when it can be prosecuted only a t th e greatest disadvantage. The heat during July, A ugus t , and September is, in the great Danubian plains, intolerable. There, no shelter can be found against the fierce rap of the sun, which from morn to eve looks down pitilessly through a cloudless sky. There are few w ells, and the air is oppressive and sultry. Some idea of the climate may be formed from a fact stated: in the German papers, that of 6,000 Russians who com menced a day's march, one-half were left upon the I road, and had to be conveyed in carts totheir desti nation, m os t of them affected by coups-de-soleil. The Rus s i ans h ave also, as appears by the late s t accounts, taken a d vantage of the movement toVarna rendered necessary by the breach of faith on the part of Austria, to prepare a warm recept i on for the alli es at Sebastopol should they now proceed to attack that port. Our Austrian friends have thus contrived to cut out for us some very agreeable work. In the meantime, according to the correspondent of the Times in Vien na , th e wits of that city are "sneering and jeerin g " a t t h e delays of Englishtroops mainly att r ib uta b le to Austrian intervention. Austria conti nues h er armaments, while the English are doing he r wor k , and opening the navigation of the great G erman river. When enough ughanridasFrbeenecri been done to suit her interests, she will doUbtless offer her mediation, backed by a Powerful army. The proverbial gratitude of the House of Hapsburgh will then have full scope. But the mere threatened occupation by Austria, ducing a disastrous effect in after the retreat of the Russians, is already pro- Turkish Government had decided on appointing General Maghero, an honest, patriotic, and very as the Wallachia. The influential man, a native of the principality, Governor of Wallachia. It was to this General, whilst in Vienna, that the Russian Government had offered 100,000 ducats (nearly 50,0001.) to common ca ß u e s s e ch w ia i with t a h sh em a He rejected the proposal with disdain, and at against the Turks. proceeded to Con stantinople. His appointment had been decided upon, but the convention with Austria, from has which so much benefit been re aped, put a stop to it. There is even too much re aso la to fear, that if the Wallachians continue to fi nd make the their interests by the allies entirely disregarded ~ , they will be induced to follow . the councils of those Russian an ultra-dem o , emissaries, who with ra lc zea are t . 1 now urging them to attempt a revolution on their own account. (Front the Morning Advertiser.) If there by any public spirit, any real patriotism, any true independence, in the House of Commons, we may look for a display of these qualities this evening. Never before was such an opportunity afforded for their exhi. bition ; never perhaps—certainly not this session —will there again. The house is to be asked to-night to accede to a proposal on the part of Government for a sum of 3,000,0001. to carry on the war, over and above the millions that have already been voted for the same pur pose ; and, what is more, which have been spent. Under ordinary circumstances, the amount asked for would have been granted without a word. The millions already voted were given with right good will, Even Mr. Hume did not grudge the sum. He assented as freely and cheerfully as any man in the house. But the case is very different now. The house is asked to vote 3,000,000/. to carry on the war, after the several millions already voted have been expended, although we have had no actual war at all. When the large sums which Mr. Gladston e d emanded, four or five months ago, w ere so promptly and so generously voted by the house, its consent was given with the full conviction, that before 13U had elapsed, we should, both in ) no doubt with es :Sephia, the of Austria has In th. C-- -m e -an time, the Arch-Duch mother of the " stern and resolute" ror, and the great supporter of the J e " so u it g par Eni ty pe; the view of drawing closer the alliance betwe en be placed Austria, has proceeded to Berlin Burin elithe two cabinets. The influence he . rto exerci se d b the Arch-Duchess over the councils been most pernicious. She was at the —b ead of the conspiracy which preciitated the war with H an _ untry, gary, and led to the deposition of . the R moeror Ferdinand in order that he . r son might on the throne. To her i t is that . nearl ~..‘, a u intelli gent Austrians attribute the evils which the last five years have gone o . n accumulating - w i t h such frightful rapidity in their . unhappy co and which threaten it at no distant period vi i t i; bankruptcy, dismemberment, and revolution, Examiner. JOINT-STOCK BANKING. In 1825 there were 37 commissions of bankruptcy issued against country bankers in England, and in 1826 no less than 22. In 1816 there were 37 ; in 1810, 26 ; in 1814, 29 ; and, in 1815, 26. In all, between 1809 and 1826, there were 158 such com missions issued. Moreover, many other banks— not bankrupts —stopped payment, to the great in jury of the public. Throughout the period Mr. M'Culloch—from whose "Commercial Dictionary" the statement is borrowed—adds, that not a single Scotch bank gave way. The law passed in 1708 which limited the number of partners in a bank to six only was confined to England. In 1826 that law was repealed, and the act known as the Joint- Stock Banks Act was passed. Inasmuch as this act laid down conditions for the formation of such banks, it continued restrictions : inasmuch as it abolished a positive prohibition to form them, it extended free dom, and the result was the establishment of a con siderable number of joint-stock banks in different places in England as well as London. Since 1826 there have been two or three miserable failures of such banks, and half a dozen or more failures of private banks ; but there have not been either so many or such disastrous bankruptcies as occur red prior to 1826. Some persons attribute the improvement to the restrictions which were left on in 1826, or were then added ; we attri bute it to the portion of freedom then given. But not to trouble our readers with a doubtful ques tion of theory, we have alluded to the former condi tion of our banks and the numerous bankruptcies which occurred amongst them year after year before 1826, to contrast with that their present condition. The present is the age of successful, as that was the nge of disastrous, banking. Within a few days the accounts have been Pub lished of the half-yearly transactions of seven J o i n t Stock Banks, all bodies appealing to the public for confidence, and thus responsible to the public gene rally as well as to their shareholders, all inviting scrutiny and all successful. Let us place before our readers their names and the amount of their de clared dividends. If others, equally successful, have 0110Ped our AQ'tiCe i Or PO yet t 9 publish their SILVER MANUFACTURE.—The Goldsmiths' C ompany, on the occas i on o f t h e G reat E x hibition o f 185 1, in order to test th e s t a t e o f ar t as app li e d to silver manufacture, awarded a sum o f money f or p l a t e , open to th e compe tition of all the trade. In this competition, Messrs. Hunt and Roskell were successful, and the examples of their work, which are now on view at the establishment in New Bond-street, are well worthy of inspection. They consist of a large candelabrum, on which is represented the granting of the charter of incorporation to the Gold smiths' Company by Richard 11. ; a candelabrum for 10 lights, with figues of Cellini, George Heriot, and Sir Martin Bowes ; a similar candelabrum, with a group re presenting M. Angelo in the studio of his master, Ghirl landaio ; and two groups illustrative of the benevolence and the business duties of the Goldsmiths' Company, The whole of these pieces of plate are designed and mo delled by Mr. Alfred Browne, and they do credit to his invention and powers of execution. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The British and North Ame rican Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain James Stone, sailed from the Mersey for Boston, via Halifax, with the usual mails for the United States and British possessions in North America, 160 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The Marco Polo, Captain Wild, sailed per same tide for Melbourne, with 616 passengers, a very large mail, including 9,000 letters, and an immense number of newspapers, and a full Cargo of Merchandise 014 freight, ,G 7 ' T ~" f .• — f • - , ‘ 1 . , I , • 77, ; 1 / • . ,•• ' ; , , .., A I _ , te. - . . p . . . . ~,-,, N• 'P' ** ** Ili s t, AI: 4 5: ::. , ,_ C ifr. • r• ,--., .......• '-- t '.--, # - 11111- z :,.4 ., 4 ,---,, , i, tc... . -,,.. , ~,T , ,, , -, ,' '''oct, '. -s- I. * u 'iir. ,- :-•-,,_4r, l e .! Xeci,,- .•- .p 1". (...,.• ' * 4 :" .., ,14i ~,,.. 1.. r ~,;.:' -. .? :k: ; isli \;,w9'f' '- ';•- ti t • - *` --7- '---, ''' 1 .......-., l- • , ~• 1 7. ' 'l4 . -.., ' -'''''' ',-- . '.' '.,, 3. ... O l / 4;2: , 4. l `t, \ '''—'''. ) 4 4; V k,.... <Yu. _:* Nat .- , ig, - i- --". * • ' gf__. ' N . :i . y e • ~." • I A. ~.... :.... ~ .t ..,,a. r,A, e.,.-- , , 14 \...,,,.,,,,,,,,,.-- -- /- , i , i .,, ~..:.' 1,.., • \ 4 , 3i,-. , , ,, , r , ..i. -:- .; -- ;. 7 ". / .. 4-- -, 1 ; .: f ic - - 1 . ?,0 ,- .0 *4 , . IYIL `',. , 4 ' l / ',' , 3 : 1 •.,,r, 1S• t " .1...• ,31:V" I ) ? i Y.i .- "." . '.' • V, •.. • .............•02 1 - 44 (-_—.< ."'.-: / t ' !,. .'IV .t ~. il l _ ... , "r''''''''j"""u"°"°"'"—L_''''"n"'rr::7r.'J'.........sm ,-a...........rc5-nrententamoneemeaumeee-sr.mareeeneveemairee......-- MORE iIIONEY-TIIE QUESTION? To -night's debate will doubtless be wordy and discursive, but the one real point for consideration and settlement is very simple indeed. It is this —Whether from August to February Lord Aber deen and the Peelites are to do as they please about the War, or whether the country shall have the protection, such as it may be, of a Parliamentary guard over the Cabinet ? Shall we be ruled for the next six months by Aberdeen alone or by Aberdeen and the House of Commons ? Shall costly war or dangerous negotiations be continued in Ministerial secresy or with the power of now and then getting a question answered in Parliament or a return made, or a despatch printed by the same authority? Shall we wholly resign ourselves for half a year to I the dangerous and unsuccessful Russian guidance of Aberdeen, or insist upon having a speedy return to something like Parliamentary surveillance of the Coalition ? A want of vigour in the Cabinet when the Pruth was first threatened has involved us in war. Are we to content ourselves by leaving the prosecution of hostilities under the sole control of the same muddling, undecided, and unsuccessful Executive ? We say this is the real point to be settled to-night; because, once settled, there is no wish in any quarter to refuse what money may be really needed for the proper prosecution of the war. We do not expect to have Russia put back without paying the sailors and soldiers who are to perform that duty. What is objected to is that the money should be taken and the work not be done. Recent experience does not encourage very sanduineexpectations on thesubject of rapid victories, nor encourage us to look at once for that solid peace which ought to follow great successes ; but whatever our hopes, we have at least one certainty, which is that, once free from Parlia mentary supervision, Lord Aberdeen and his Peelite colleagues will do less than ever to free us from the position we now occupy. Parliamentary super vision must therefore be secured. One way only is open for this purpose. The House of Com mons is a real power only by virtue of its custody of the purse-strings. Those strings the Cabinet want now to unloosen. They want "just that little three millions" out of taxes now in hand. The industrious people upon whom the burden of paying for the war is now about to fall in reality have contributed a large sum, from which Mr. Gladstone asks power to take a huge amount. The Commons are to say Aye or Nay. The Cabinet for the moment cannot do without their vote. Now or never is the time, then, for the representatives of the people to make terms with those who seek this favour at their hands. If this chance is lost, there will be no other. To vote the three millions without the needful guarantee from the Ministers is for Parliament to invite dismissal for six months, and to give the whole nation —its honour, pros perity, and fat e --i n t o th e clutches of that old friend of the Autocrat, lecher Aberdeen. Will the Tories, who dislike Lord Aberdeen because he is too liberal and not sufficiently English, consent to do this ? will the Reformers who complain of Lord Aberdeen as not liberal enough—too dyn :die and Russian-- will they agree to do this ? Will those who have any memory for past hustings' pledges or hope for future electoral success neglect the requisite pre cautions for saving their constituents from six months' secresy relative to the war, with Lord Aberdeen pulling the strings ? The public have no very vast amount of confidence in the present House of Commons, because so many of its mem bers are landlords' nominees; or the holders of bribery -gained seats ; but there certainly are some representatives of the people from whom the nation expects better things than any sanction to a vote of all the money Ministers may ask, in order that Aberdeen may at once prorogue Parliament for the usual period, and then " make things pleasant" with the Autocrat in true Aberdeen fashion. The Russian organ of course points out to mem bers of Parliament the discomforts of an Autumn sitting. It is quite natural to hear such a plea from such a quarter. The Russian organ wants nothing done that might prevent a snug little hole- I and-corner arrangement by which the twin despot isms of St. Petersburg and Vienna might obtain at the hands of Lord Aberdeen terms good for themselves, but bad for freedom. The Russian ad vocate expects to carry its point by appealing to the selfishness of Parliament. " Don't work so hard • don't trouble yourself so much ; don't keep bad hours at Westminster because the interests of your country are at stake. Never mind the na tion, never mind the national honour or interests. Stop quietly i n th e country, at your Highland shooting boxes, and your English manor houses ; or go out in your yachts, or make your long tours, and don't care a farthing about the war, or the country, or th e t axes, or the future. e (the Russian journal) and our protégé, Lord Aberdeen, will manage all that for you whilst you are away for a holiday. We can settle the business of Eng land, of Turkey, and of Europe • we can bar ga i n with the Cza r , an d can negotiate with the Em peror, and can settle the basis of a peace a vast deal more to our satisfaction, if you don't trouble your selves to meddle with what we do. Go away, there fore, like obedient serfs or sucklings, and play with your guns and your yachts, and make your little tours, and dine in little parties at Paris, or Naples, or where else you please, whilst we settle your fate in your absence." After this fashion runs the treacherous exhortation of the Russian journal amongst us. What a compliment such advice pays to the Commons and Peers of England ! It is tantamount to telling them they are all brainless idlers, indifferent alike to their own and their coun tay's welfare at a moment when England's honour, power, wealth, and position amongst nations are at stake. For 40 years there has never been a time when this country more thoroughly needed the best help, aid, and counsel of her best sons than she will need them during the coming six months. And this is the moment chosen by the favourite organ of Russia and of Lord Aberdeen to counsel the repre sentatives of the people to enjoy the doles far niente and leave their country to the imminent risk of betrayal ! We are no toadies of the aristocracy, no flunkeys of the Parliament; but this we will say, that we have too much faith in the honour, the honesty, the industry, the common sense, and pub lic spirit of the Peers and gentlemen of England, to believe they will allow thoughts of their own amusement, or considerations of personal indul gence or ease, to weigh down considerations of duty when the interests of England .are at stake. We do believe that they have a sense of patriotism and of the public weal much higher than Russian instruments give them credit for. Believing thus, we confidently anticipate that Parliament this evening will not vote the three millions until they have got from Lord John Russell a pledge that the war shall not be secretly "managed" till February by the Coalition, but that a much earlier day than usual shall be named for the re-assembling of Par liament.—Daily News. / - 7" ~- ~~ HARVEST PROSPEO2 W. an the nort h , according t ____ ___ o the Inverns zes Courier : "This has been a favourable week for maturing the crops, the weather having nniformlY Is maturing warm and genial.. There never was a better prosp ;act of a plen teous harvest, if a continuance of the prose art weather is vouchsafed to us. We are sorry to learn that the Po tato-blight has show n i tself in some districts .and several - .C2/30111111.1111111 ..._:l____-.- --.-- - - • farmers at the Muir of Ord Market expressed anxiety a s [ - PRICE SD. to their fields. The c ases may have arisen atom the u se of bad seed, but in this ne i ghbourhood the crop looks -------------- ' healthy and vigorous." In the Lowlands the grain crops continue to be hig hly accounts for the half year, it is from no intention ke of, and with a continuance of fine spo n weather the to be partial or do an injustice that we omit them: harvest cannot fail to . be greatly superior to ave London Union, dividend at the rate per an.. 15 per cent. years, both in quantity and quality. , . e London Joint 5t0ck......... .. 10 ' Londo n an d C ommercial, and TRE CROPS.—We have had an o th er week of ins Londo n and Westminster, including bonus bonus - m .. 12 . weather, and the improvement in a ll th e crops is most of 16s. cheering. The hay harvest is going on. under the hap per share Chartered Bank of Asia ........................ 4 piest auspices, the weight of the swathe varying w i t h 1 the situation ; but the quality good everywhere. The Colonial Bank 4 i corn harvest in these parts will be somewhat late ; but Union Bank of Australia contin ua ti ons of dividends equally good The divid en d s f or t h e present halt= jean are the - Potatoes t urn up well ; as yet, no signs of di seatie.— for the preCarlisle atriot. vious half - year, and the p rom i se of equal dividends In the P midland counties we h ave the authority of the for the half-year to come. Besides the circumstances Derbyshire Courier for stating that "the wheat crops favourable o banking, the great increase of f trade and t reat demand for money have con_ have made rapid progress during the last fortnight, and generally present a healthy apParance. Hay - thaking tributed to the result the one great element of the 'is almost universal in the neighbourhood, and good success of the banks has been the confidence of the crops will be•well got if the present weather continues." public, more due to the good management of the In Buckinghamshire, says the Buck Advertiser, "an banks than to the posse,sion of au immense extraordinary quantity of hay has been gathered this capital. The Union Bank which paysl.s percent,, week in excellent condition. The change in the weather has only of paid-up capital 42 2,9001. ; but this ha s within the last few days has materially improved the harvest prosp.ects." sufficed, with the confidence of the publice, to give it a command of 7,000,000/. The deposits` of The splendid weather we have had during the past week has had a magical effect upon the crops, and the its customers amount to about that sum, and pnaurmtaeroofutsheacocoounntts which we have had from numerous a ry nd g w iv i e th t owe do s r t a and they enable it, including the discount of bills So the of their progress, g b ra ar in t g h e n i ; co nn tg to transact business to this amount. Joint Stock has a paid up capital of 600,000/ , rent prolific qualities. Should the weathe r ws still remain aP Pa and deposits of upwards of 6,000,0001., and favourable all hearts will surely rejoice at the blessings business to an equal amount. Again, the Lou- of plenty. The public at large can sea I scarcely conceive the don and Westminster has a paid-up capital of s hortened circumstances of thousands upon thousands in 1,000,0001. ; it discounts bills to the amount of t h i s .avecaorotry, arising from high prices of food ; and we 6,600,0001., and commands the use of a capital of a great corn rine on n to ts believe that the granaries of our nearly 8,000,000/. Thus, with a capital of about this particular a Were scarcely ever more bare at mean t han at present. The wheat 2,000,&001., these-three banks have business to the o f m e , h eweyer, has been . most _ . trade, in a languid state , and amount of 21 , 0 00,000/.—nine-tenths of the capital the harvest being now close at hand, with eve app ; r. they used being placed in their hands by the eenfi- ance of abundance, both here and on the Contine:; i e i l is deuce of their customers. It is thou g ht th e B an k no t surprising that buyers should exercise extreme Call a England did an immense discount business last lion s buying only —to use the old expreesion:—.,,srom last year, amounting to 25 4/00,0001., which has, hand to mouth." The hay is a very unequal crop, and we believe, only been exceeded twice in its history) in some places has b e en da maged by the wet, bat the but its paid-up capital is more than 14 ,000,0001., bright sunshine of t his wee k ha s enabled the grower s to or seven times as much as that of the three Joint- stack a good . deal Potatoes, so far , are m • yield.' ii °l f r 'ing' ant promise an abunda n t . the and insects are Stock Banks, and they with a capital of only very abundant and troublesome in garde:A.—am. 2 ,000,0001., have a discount business —for that con bridge Independent Press. stitutes the bulk of their transactions—three -fourths as large as th a t o f th e B an k of England. This Bank BRECHIN.—The weather has b een exce ll ent for all being pl ace d b y it s c h arter a b ove the public, havin g sorts of growi ng cro p s o f l a t e ; an d t h e potatoes and g turnips are looking most promising. The best turnip to regulate the currency as well as carry on the buss- field we have seen in this quarter is one of swedes, be ness of bankers, shows little orno disposition to stoop longin g to James Cooper, Esq., Murlingden. They are to the needs of the great majority of traders. It nei- already covering the ground, and the roots are about the ther supplies their wants, nor obtains in an equal size of a man's dar fist.—Montrose Sta y nd degree with the J o i n t S toc k B anks their support The weather still continues ver fine, . and the cereal and confidence ; and its 14,000,0001. capital wooes crops look most beautiful everywhere in the district ; to itself littl e more t h an double its amount, while and with a c on ti nuance of the present favourable wes that of the Joint Stock Banks attracts ten times • harvestthe a r c)onta o w t i h ll . be A commenced in this neighbourhood As yet there is no appearance of the its amount. The great capital of the Bank is ac- l b n light amongst mn the po tatoes, . which have a most pro. cordingly less profitable than it would be if man- mising appearance, and, if stored in a sound condition , aged without a charter, exclusively to supply the will be a plentiful crop.—Montrose Standard. wants and obtain the confidence of the trading THE HAY HARVEST.-- During the past week a con public. Though the joint-stock banks pay interest siderable quantity of hay has been carried in this neigh on some deposits, and the Bank of England pays bourhood. The crops are, however, far below the ave. none, they can afford, in consequence of the large rage, and we may expect hay will reach a high figure capitals entrusted to them, to do business at a before next spring.—Saropshire Conservative. lower rate than the Bank of England. The facts stated of joint stock banks have an important bearing on the question, now beginning to be agitated of a State Bank, which finds favour in certain high quarters. Successful banking is the result of skilful management, commanding and securing the confidence of the public. We can say without the risk of being charged with error or ex aggeration, that there is no example of the skil ful management of such an institution by Govern ment, as to command for a considerable period the confidence of the public. Why, even the Post-office, which performs a duty approaching to a mercan tile operation, supposed to be more within the at tributes of Government than other similar duty, does not command the entire confidence of the public. By penalties the people are obliged to use the Post-office, but, notwithstanding the reforms introduced into it by its able manager, Rowland Hill, the complaints are continual that the service the public have a right to expect of it is often performed inefficiently. The conveyance of letters by private hands, it is believed, if the conveyance of them were not retained in the hands of the State as a source of revenue, could now by the ordinary facilities of travel, be more effectu ally organised, and more cheaply performed, both as concerns the transmission and distribution of letters at home and abroad, than it is done by Go vernment. A State bank, we may be quite sure, would not be skilfully managed. No regulations, no system, could secure constant activity and vigi lance, care and hon es ty ; an d i t never could com mand, in the same degree as Joint Stock and pri vate banks, the public confidence. Such a bank would want the chief element of success. It is a mistake therefore to suppose that it would succeed, or could supply the place of other wants. It is equally a mistake to supposo that the profits of Joint Stock or Chartered Banks are something de ducted from emoluments which rightfully belong, being the prerogatives of the Crown, to the State. They are, on the contrary, the result of public confidence in private individuals, and in their ma nagement of business, which, by its very constitu tion, the State, and all which proceeds from it, is incapable of acquiring. Mr. Burke long ago stated that paper money was valid on 'Change because it was not valid in West minster Hall. It was not coined nor issued by the State, and therefore it passed current with the mer chant. The essence of Government is coercion. It does not make a bargain ; it dictates the terms of obedience and of its own duties. It does not stinu late to receive a certain sum for doing so much work ; it chalks out for itself what it will do, and settles even to the salaries of its door-keepers what the people must pay for its services. How cad deposi tors place confidence in a body which is under no control. To the State individuals look to decide between them when they differ, or to enforce jus tice when wrong is done. But what power can settle disputes, or judge between individuals and the State ? A body which possesses uncontrolled power, or a power only controlled and checked by a fear of revolution, will never command like the Banks the pecuniary confidence of pri vate depositors. They may be ready to advance money at a stipulated rate of interest authorised to be borrowed to a specific amount by the national authority, and guaranteed by it ; but the floating balances of which they may need to avail them selves every hour—which they trust to bankers often to receive from them temporary loans of a far greater amount than their deposits, they are not likely to place in the hands of a national bank which will care nothing for their custom, and can not be reached by their complaints. It is a delu sion to suppose that a national bank, like a private or joint-stock bank, can be a source of profit to the State. It will consume more in salaries than it can possibly earn. If it be merely intended to take care of the money of the State, the Exchequer is already established for the purpose ; and it is a very significant fact that the money in many cases was only ordered to be placed in the Bank of England because it was found by experience to be safer in the hands of a private company than in the hands of irresponsible officials.—Daily News. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, July 21.—The magnificent weather which has now prevailed for nearly a week has worked a miracle in many of the hop grounds in this district. It is true they were not so far gone as in other districts, and their recovery, is less surprising. In every dis trict, or nearly so, there is a change for the better ; and Mr. Bass, M.P., the celebrated brewer, wbo has been making a tour of the hop districts of Kent, de clared a day or two ago that he would rather bet on 150,0001. than against 50,0001., the Borough betting. In some districts, however, it is no doubt an impossi bility that there should be any hope ; but we rejoice in the prospect that the picking will not be so miserable an affair as was anticipated. • CRANBROOK.—We have had another week of fine July weather ; and it is impossible not to observe a " turn for the better." In many grounds where the bine was attacked early, and consequently checked in its growth, the plant exhibits still an unhealthy and wretched appearance, and looks as if it was jaundiced ; but if the present weather does but continue, even now a small sprinkling of hop flowers may be obtained there from. The vermin are becoming every day "small by degrees and beautifully less," and a very strong effort is now making by the bine to go a-head. In those grounds where there is most foliage there is still a large quantity of vermin, but not so much as last week. CANTERBURY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.-0111 appearance is worse than last week ; full of filth. IlicnAlr.—Th e bine is improving. There is a little fresh fly; but the nigger is very numerous. HoLLrxcnorfax.—There has been a trifling improve ment since the warm weather in some grounds, whilst others have got worse, and the verm i n follow the young shoots. Taki ng them altogether,' they present a wretched appearance, and without the least hope of a crop. Icsitmu.—Some gardens promise well, but the greater part very foul and bad. MALLING (WEST).—Generally good ; no flea • a good many lice ; very li tt l e fly ; no mould to hurt. ' The hot weather has done wonders for our hops. Lice are dying very fast. The bine is shooting out beautifully, with some few exceptions, where the bine is very short. With a continuance of hot weather we shall grow a good sprinkle of hops. MARDEN.—The appearance of the plantation is, on the whole, unfavourable, but in some grounds there are in dications of improvement. MEREWORTIL —The bine looks better. The fine weather this week has very much improved the appearance of the gardens. In our parish there is a prospect in some grounds of growing a middling crop. ROLVENDEN.—The last few warm days have caused the bine to throw out a few fresh shoots and put on a healthier appearance ; the lice follow very fast. ROCHESTER.—In some places in this neighbourhood the bine has increased, but so closely followed up by vermin that there is no possible chance of any hops on it. Tile whole district of Mid-Bent is decidedly worse Lan last week. STA.PLEUURST.—In some grounds the hops may be said to be improvin g a little, b ,t i n ot h ers they daily grow worse ; many o f the young shoots are completely covered with lice. What this fine warm weathernow experienced may do for them remains to be seen. Thanitutst —We have a slight improvement in some grounds. The lice do not follow the young shoots so close, but we have abundance of them still alive. WATERINGBURV.—Our hop bine certainly has im proved very much this last week, and the young branches have shot out from 12 to 18 inches, and look a good colour, but in some grounds there is still lice and mould._ WROTEAM (LOWER DIVISION).—A slight iimprove entn is now perceptible i n th e h op p l antat i ons here. T h e m hive t is growing, and the vermin do not follow up the fresh shoots. YALDING AND WEST FARLEIGIL—The hops are gene rally in a worse state than they were last week. A f ew pieces may have improved where the bine has kept grow ing, and the lice have not been so numerous. The nig. gers abound, but they have too much to eat.—Maidstone Journal. EXAMINING CHAPLAIN TO THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.—We understand that the Rev. R. W. Browne, M.A., prebendary to St. Paul's cathedral, pro- . fessor of literature in King's College, London, and chap lain to her Majesty's forces in the garrison of London, has been appointed examining chaplain of the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. THE TAXIDERMY OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—One of the most interesting features in the Crystal Palace is the collection of preserved animals and birds which illustrate the zoology of the various parts of the world. In order to carry out this important branch of natural history, the services of Mr. Bartlett, the celebrated T ax i dermist, have been secured ; in proof of whose skill and ability it ma y be well to mention that he received froFmewthpeerJeuernye of the Exhibition of 1351 the prize medal. are aware of the difficulties which the Taxidermist has to overcome in the preparation of, tahtethsepecimens to pre and life-like characters i s m er p v a e rt th t e e m th fr e o m m th d e es n tr a u t c e t r i a o l n ioarnin d which alone can convey to us a correct idesaarnafethtelinheabittos of the animal kingdom. That Mr. Bartlett has suc ceeded in this, the specimens exhibited d fully prove. The groupes to which we wish particularly to direct the at tention of onr readers are—Two Leopards Fighting, the natural ferocity of these animals is finely represented, Thean rtihgeerfonramnto2feitthhEe laeirlh u a se nl es is carefully developed. by the dying Antelope, t, and the Leopard wounded they pourtray interestingeinaesiodeveetrye ieeffeacntiivmeaglrloiutepcs,s men tioned by Mr. Gordon Cumming, the celebrated " Lion Hunter." At the north-east end of the building is a splendid group, consisting of two Mexican I f n u d l ians de fending themselves f rom t h e attack of a which h as b een wounded in the side bypoawnearrroiwagfuroamr' one of the Indians. The man has fallen to the ground almost under the paws of the enraged creature, and the expression of the face is well rendered. His companion has assumed a cold and courageous attitude, which con trasts well with his prostrate and fear-stricken friend. The jaguar (a splendid animal) appears smarting under the effects of the arrow, and is one of the most perfect specimens of this interesting art. Upon inquiry, we find this group is the joint-production of Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Piericcini, and was intended for another part of the building, but, for want of space, or some other cause, is placed as before indicated, where it is seen to every advantage, and creates more inquiry, perhaps, than if it had km placed is its proper department. /7//(- lIEPRING FISHING. ABERDEEN.-- The half-dozen b oa t s h ere have made a commencement, with very slight success, the average as yet not being worth setting down. STONEHAVEN.—The general commencement here has not been encouraging, the whole of the 60 boats em. ployed having altogether taken probably not more than 20 crans. This, however at this early part of the sea son, is no criterion as to future prospects. WICK.—Our fishing fleet i s d a i ly increasin and course indeed week the wh o l e force will have musin tered—, except th e west country and Moray Firth boats, they may be said to have already all arr success of the fishing a t th e L ewis up to a recent date has delayed th e arr i val of the boats from that place, and the stiff breeze which for some days has been blowing in on the opposite shores of the Moray Firth prevents the arrival of boats from that quarter. The delay, however, has occasioned no loss to those interested, as no good has been done during the past week by the boats which are here. The entire take during the week will not yield an average for the few boats at sea. Last night only two boats put out here, and we do not expec t that a gener a l t r i a l will be made before the b eg i nn i ng o f nex t week. the D s ti t N at ß i A ou ß ; 200 boats were o ff last night ; the highest has: bu S t in acpepe last a a n reportc es are little very favourable. has been e delivered 111-'t 1900 fish, an d most o f them had a few, bu t it w; 7s. n to o Ss. a hundred.meansasuc successful beginnin g . S e ll ing price from At Gourdon, this week, a few boats out. The prospect is pretty fair, and we expect to be able by next week to send you an average.—Montrose Standard. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAIL. WAY EXTENSION TO BROMLEY AND FARNBOROUGH.-- The preamble of this bill has been proved before the committee of the House of Lords ; Earl Desart in the chair. The objet of the line is to open up the district of East Kent, and to connect it with the east and west. end station of London. There is every probability of its being extended forward next year to the South-eastern igt miles in length, as estimated by Messrs. Railway at Tunbridge, so as to avoid the elbowed route former engineer has before Parhamenta for il by the Brighton Railway by Rcdliill to D over, Continent. The probable cost of the line theh e to Fa h and Fulton, is sO,OOOl. Tha rßoawrtlher: rinter, of Breslau, in favour of A i‘ l r r . . almost annually been brought This measure has : 11 3e 7 stii g o d u ne g re d last twelve years. AN OLD PRINTER.— celebrated, a few days ago, the first book printed in his establishment. 350th anniversary of the German legend of some This book is a M. Barth's printing Ora e rank, and appeared in 1504. has been for 350 c is the oldest in Europe, and years bill auccitin ii, uninterrupted4i; the hands o 1 andinnelt—Literary ' k Mxs. So:amyll.LE. They are 53 almirably executed that I consider the publication of them an important improvement in the study of geography. The "Atlas of Physical Geography" as an illustration of what I have described is invaluable. Professor PILLANs. I have no hesitation in saying that I look upon the publication of Mr. Keith John ton's General and Physical School Atlases as the greatest boon that has been conferred in my time, on a branch of knowledge and of public Instruction which is becoming every day More important and more popular. (COMPANION TO THE CLASSICAL ATLAS.) Just published, price 45., LEMENTS of PHYSICAL and CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Comprising the Geography of the Ancient World. in so far as it is subservient to the understanding of the Classics. With an Introduc tion. By Professor PILLANS, of the University of Edinburgh. EPITOME of ALISON'S HISTORY of EIIROPE, for the use of Schools and Young Persons, Seventh edition, post Bvo., price 7s. 6d. bound. PROFESSOR JOHNSTO VS CATECHISM of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY and GEOLOGY. Thirtyseventh edition, price Is. - • • - Sir D. K. SANDFORD'S INIMODUCTION to the WRITING of GREEK. A new edition, price 3s. 61. bound. Sir D. K. SANDFORD'S RULES and EXERCISES In HOMERIC and ATTIC GREEK. To which is added a short system of Greek Prosody. A new edition, price 6s. 6d. bound. Sir D. K. SANDFORD'S EXTRACTS from GREEK AUTHORS, with notes and a vocabulary. A new edition, thoroughly revised by the Rev. W. Veitch, price 6s. bound. AINSLTE'S LAND-SURVEYING. A new and enlarged edition, embracing Railway, Military, Marine, and Geodetical surveying. Edited by W. Galbraith, M.A., F.R.A.S. In Bvo, with a quarto vol. of plates, price 21s. An INTRODUCTORY TEXT BOOK of GEOLOGY. By DAVID PAGE, F.G.S. To be published in October. A CATECHISM of PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E. In the Press. 45, George-street, Edinburgh, and 37, Paternoster-row, London. I ATOVELLO'S EDITION : CHERUBINI'S TREA.TISN on COUNTERPOINT and FUGUE. Price 68.6 d. bound; post free, 75.: being the first of the series of "Kovello's Library for the Diffusion of Musical Knowledge." J. A. Novello, London and New York. NOVELLO'S SCHOOL ROUND - BOOK, 50 Rounds. Price Is. NOVELLO'S ANALYSIS OF VOCAL ' ',RUDIMENTS. Price 6d. rAwKiNs's HISTORY OF MUSIC. -&—a- 2 Vols., 358.; Portraits, 16s. NOVELLO'S CHEAP Bvo. ORATORIOS. a , (22 ready.) Catalogues gratis on application at 69, Dean•street, Soho, or 24 Poultry. SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—This Valuable DEODORISER and DISINFEC TANT instantaneously destroys all BAD SMELLS without pro ducing any itself. Its free use, as directed, PREVENTS CHOLERA. and all CON TAGIOUS DISEASES. Sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at the Office, 18, Cannon street, London-bridge. N.B.—Beware of a spurious and low-priced imitation. THE CHOLER A!!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by . the Col lege of Physicians. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Qusrts, 25., Pints, is., Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London. N.B.—CREWS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and finer preparation.—Medical Circular. yAIIRENT'S CASINO, A RGYLE Rooms, .4 (Lessee, Clue. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes - La belle Francaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. D R. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION, BRONCHITIS. ASTHMA, GOUT, RIIEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active and evential principles—effecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men, and supplied to the leading hospitals of Europe. Half pint bottles, 2s. 6d.; pints, 48. 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, A.NSAR, RAEFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. TO THE POINT.—The weather has become too warm for algument and too inviting for discussion ; there fore to the point at once. Excursionists, -iportsmen, Ladies, Gentle men, Men of Business, Tradesmen, Mechanics, Youths, and Chil dress, reqaire Attire suited to the change which has so suddenly taken place. Suffice it to say, E. MOSES and SON have prepared an assortment of luxuries in Dress, which are beyond comparison, and perfectly above enumeration. They combine the eleganeies of manufacture from every country, and they display the most distin guished abilities of artists and workmen whose talents are of the highest order. The richest fabrics and the most captivating fashions, the most serviceable wear, the most elegant and comfortable fit, the best designs and the lowest possible prices, are observable at the Establishment of E. MOSES and Sox, and at their West-end Branch. The Summer Dress tor Noblemea, Gentlemen in the professions, Travellers, and all others, is prepared with dispatch, correctness, and economy, which bath no paralle'. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots, and Shoes, offered by E. Moses and Sox, are the greatest novelties which have been introduced, and for lightness, neatness, fashion, utility, and cheapness, have had no pre cedent. In point of elegance and superior style there is not a house in the world can equal that of E. Moans and Sox; but for the zenith of summer, for toe hot days coining, their stock is resplendent for no velty, adaptation, and c mfort. E. MOSES and :Ws gigantic Wholesale Branch is a point of at traction with Shippers and others. The goods are suited to the home trade, and are the most profitable exports. As Wholesale Clothiers, Shirt Makers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, E. MOSES and Sox are known throughout the world. Their goods are more sileable and more profitable than any which have been exported. Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship. sailing information, gratis on application, or post free. CA.IIT 10 N.—E. MOSES and. SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like hal:Eh (ad of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concerts," has been resorted to in many instances., and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTLIER HOUSE IN Oft OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 505, 5 07, 506, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fugate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailozs. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures the lowest price, from which no a batement can be m a d e. , Tho Establishments are closed from sunse on Fridays to sunset on Aattirei,ys, whom business is resurniA till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitleQAdat"iniali;hatrear;;;ltsaiofziwianPuoanb.ligc.Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Id. Von parie Francais. Hier opricht man Deutsch. f