The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

Irtirb I,3bition. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DERBY HANDICAP. Orestes Snowdon Dunhill Antonia Six ran. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII.) LIVERPOOL CUP. Amm0nia............... .................... Ulster was scratched. EGLINTON STAKES. Sicily THE WAR. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. The following is the Times Paris correspondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : At no moment since war was declared have the preparations for carrying it on been more extensive and more energetic than at the present. An expeditionary corps is on the point of leaving Boulogne to co-operate in the movements and second the operations of the Baltic fleet ; and in another direction the army of the East is receiving each day, from France as from Eng land, fresh reinforcements to complete the formidable army destined soon to strike a fatal blow against the power of the Czar. On every side the blockade of the coast of that Empire becomes mere strict, and the fleets approach more closely to its shore, and but for the ex cessive discretion, which might well deserve another name, and which keeps the Russian fleets under the shelter of its batteries, the defiance so flung at them ought long since to have roused them to take it up. It is in this resolute manner that the Maritime Powers keep on their way, without hesitation or delay, to the attainment of their object, while we are told that some other States occupy themselves in framing and ex changing notes and propositions more or less insidious, though said to be pacific, but the secret of which is to break up the alliance formed against Russia. The Maritime Powers are neither softened nor led astray by the intrigues of the Cabinet of St. Peters. burg, nor by those delays which are the usual con sequences of purely diplomatic relations. England and France do at this day what they did when they resolved to adopt action for negotiation—they still make an appeal to the civilised nations of Europe to join i❑ the noble strife which they have begun. The hesitation of others does not and will not affect them. They will not halt on their way, nor will they suspend for a single instant the preparations which are necessary to make success certain. It has been frequently shown how great is the importance attached to the resolution of the German Powers, and how highly it is appreciated ; but it would be a mistake to suppose that the active inter ♦ention of Prussia and Austria is not much more in their own interest than in the interest of that result which France and England lavish their resources to ob tain ; and after all, the free navigation of the Danube and the evacuation of the Principalities, which the Ca binet of Vienna has so much at heart, touch Germany, and in particular Austria, more nearly than the rest of Europe. Europe at large has something more to de mand and something more to obtain than the retreat of the Russian army behind the Pruth. It requires that the aggressive policy of Russia shall be arrested once for all, and that the civilisation and liberties of the West shall not be stifled beneath the gigantic barbarism of the North. It is clear that it is less on the banks of the Danube than in the Baltic and the Black Seas that such a result is to be obtained, and that the only effectual way to reduce Russia to the proportions of a continental from those of a huge preponderating Power is to crush once and for ever the fleet which she has been accus tomed to look upon as the instrument of her strength. The destruction of her navy is the best, perhaps the only, guarantee against future aggression and aggran disements, and when the Russian flag has ceased to float in those seas, except on more modest conditions than hitherto, Europe will then, and then only, be freed from the alarm which her unbounded and unprincipled ambition has caused it. It is not Prussia or Austria that can do this. France and England are the only powers sapable of effecting it, and after all it is perhaps not otherwise than in an indirect manner that the other powers can second them. The " ignorant impatience" of popular opinion finds fault with the tardiness of the naval operations, and those who are at such a distance, and who are unaware of the difficulties to be surmounted, pretend to find fault with the commanders by sea and land. According to them Cronstadt should have long since been destroyed and Sebastopol razed to the water's edge ; but these complaints do not retard nor prematurely hurry the movements of the fleets and armies. Whenever the day comes for such deeds, there need be no doubt that they will be executed in such a manner as to leave no wish unsatisfied. When that result is obtained, I suspect that we shall hear no more of the hesitation of the Ger man States, great or small. It has been observed, and perhaps with some reason, that the public mind is unduly and ex cessively occupied with what passes abroad, and that little or no attention is paid to events that occur at home. The great duty of resistance to ambition be longs more peculiarly to England and France. If the German States join in the task so much the better ; if not, which is improbable, the Western Powers will go on alone. It is denied here that there is any just reason to suppose a defection on the part of the German Powers. It is evident that they have not once varied in the col lective declaration they have signed, but that they have up to the present pursued the same object by means of many solemn acts--the convention of Berlin, the secret article which accompanies it, the treaty between Austria and the Porte, and last, not least, the summons ad dressed to Russia is to quit the Principalities. But -whatever be the conduct of those Powers, or of one of them, England and France are determined to pursue with the same energy the line they have traced out, and if others hesitate about driving the Russians from the Principalities these Powers will manage to do so in some way or other. At the moment I write an event is taking place within sight of the shores of Eng land which is not the least remarkable of the many extraordinary circumstances which have occurred for the last 25 years. Twice since the commencement of the present century a camp was formed at Bou logne, and on each occasio n an Emperor named Napoleon went thither to inflame the military ardour of the army. The first great host was massed against England. The second—it is on board British steamers that French battalions are embarked, and the flags un der which they are going to fight are the united ones of France and England. In 1804 France and England were arrayed against each other ; in 1854 they are both engaged in the same crusade of civilisation and public law against the common enemy of the peace and pros perity of Europe. I have received the following letter from Erzeroum, elated the 19th. My letters from the same place which I transmitted on Monday were four days later, and gave the result of the engagement between the Turks and Russians to which the present one alludes, and which has turned out differently from what the writer antici pated. It is evident that the advantages obtained by the Turks of the Asiatic army tend to make them care- less, and to this we attribute the disaster which has been recently recorded. The letter of the 19th is as follows : " I only returned yesterday from the tour which I an nounced to you in ray last letter, and which I extended to the extreme limits of the Turco -Russian frontier, visiting all the advanced posts of the Turkish army. I regret that I have not time to-day to communicate to you all the ob servations which I have made on the actual state of the army of Anatolia to send them by the next courier. For the present I. limit myself to the following few facts, the only ones indeed which have occurred for the last 15 days. I had sca rce l y returned from the last advanced post which ri the Turk s h ave i n front of Guin whenwreceived in formation th a t th e R ussians were making demonstration in that dire c ti on, t h at they had crossed the Arpatchai to the number of 8,000 , that they occupied at this moment places whi c h we had quitted, and that they were - gaged with th e B as hi- Bazouks of Ismail Pasha (Geneernal Kmetty). Immediately a regiment of infantry and two battalions of chasseurs were sent from Kars, under the command of Aalan Pasha (General Bistrzonowski), to the succour of the Bashi-Bazonk s . In a very short time the enemy was repulsed, and the Bashi-Bazouks, in their turn crossing the Arpatchai, pursued them to a very short dis tance from Gumri. From 15 to 20 men on both sides were killed or wounded in this affair. A serious attack is ex pected from one day to another on the part of the Russians, but on another point ; perhaps they may be anticipated. The Russians are not so strong in this direction as they were supposed—as they are no t more t h an 56,000 men. It is true that the Turkish army is not more numerous, but it is composed in great number of troops accustomed f o r a long time to warfare, and it is eager to take, as soon a s possible, its revenge for the defeat of last autumn. As to the Bashi-Bazonks, whom it was so difficult hereto. fore to reduce to discipline, they have shown in thi s affair what may be expected from them, and from the b rave chief who commands them. 1,000 of them sufficed t o pursue 8, 000 " Russ i ans ms as far as Gumri, and it was only when forced by superior nnm — b t er e s, v a w n b d om the a c s a in n g n l o e n c o a f nn t o h n e fortress, that they r e etreste( ib shot generally sufficd to put to rout. - Th e French Consul at Teflis arrived here some day s since, accompanied by his dragoman and a French merchant, theesirrestoftlw him. the French residents net having manifested yellers of some particulars We are inf orme d by these which st reng th en our opinion esetravelers that if a small French divi sion w ere sent to K ars it m i g ht advance in a few days to Teflis, where the population is disposed to receive it well, but if the rumours in circulation are false, that is if no expediti o n ary corps be sent, there is reason to fear that the Turki s h t roops passing the winter at Kars will not hold out till nett autumn." A. private letter from Constantinople, of the 30th , , speaks of the unpleasant effect produced on the people by the announcement of the marriage of the son of Reds- chid Pasha with the daughter of the Sultan, and which is, I believe, announced for the 15th. As the nuptials will no doubt be celebrated with the usual solemnities, and entail vast expense, it is thought that the present moment, when the troop s of the Sultan are without shoes, and the Treasury without money, and when the most desperate efforts are made, and hitherto unsuc cessfully to find resources for the most necessary oh isct, is not the most propitious for such displays, which . insult the public misery. It is not the time when the widows and orphans of Sinope are still lamenting their loss, and when the same day that the raising of the siege of Silistria was known the accounts also reached Con stantinople of the disaster that had fallen on the army of Asia. The nuptial presents expected from the Sultan on the occasion, and which are also customary from the Pashas, and the sums which will be spent by Redschid himself, had better be given to the army chest of Omer Pasha. A private letter from the Gulf of Bothnia, of the 30th ult., states that the small Russia island of Siguisklar, had been attacked by the Valorous, and that the tower of the lighthouse, facing the coast of Sweden, had been destroyed. According to a letter from the coast of Finland, the Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Cronstadt on the 2d inst., and left it again on the morning of the 4th for St. Petersburg, after seeing the combined squadrons, which were then in sight. The Prince appeared very sad and pre•occupied, and could not refrain from deploring the humiliation of the Imperial navy ignominiously block aded in the Russian ports. The greatest terror pervaded the whole country. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The house met a five o'clock. SALE OF CIRCASSIAN WOMEN. The Bishop of OXFORD said there appeared in the public journals within the last few days a series of state ments which were calculated to lead their readers to imagine that the first effect of the deliverence of the I Circassian coast from Russia had been the revival of the slave trade in its most hideous forms. One of the com munications said that trade was carried on at present with extraordinary activity in consequence of the high prices obtained at Constantinople, and the re moval of the restrictions. (Hear, hear.) The right rev. prelate strongly deprecated the revival of such odious traffic, which, he said, if continued, would greatly tend to alter the opinion of the public with regard to the just and necessary war against Russia, and concluded by ask ing the Foreign Secretary whether he had received any information on the subject The Earl of CLARENDON referred to what took place some years ago, when Sir Stratford Canning, in reply to the instructions of Lord Palmerston, who was then Foreign Secretary, said there was no reasonable hopes of interfering successfully to abolish a practice which was so mixed up with Turkish customs. Though he (Lord Clarendon) was not in possession of any infor mation which would enable him to confirm or otherwise the statements in the newspapers, he had the satisfaction I to say that he had just seen a despatch from Admiral Dundas, saying his attention had been called to the subject, and that he had given strict orders to officers commanding her Majesty's naval forces on the coast of Circassia, to interrupt and prevent the traffic by all friendly means. Admiral Dundas also mentioned that, having ascertained that Schamyl was unfavourable to the trade, these officers were directed to communicate with him and his deputies, in order to concert measures to put it down. This was the first time his attention had been called to the interference by this country with the internal affairs of Turkey, and he hoped it would be the last. COUNT PAHLEN. The Earl of GRANVILLE wished to call the atten tion of their lordships to a personal matter of . some im portance. The grave charge was made against him of having introduced into English society, and the Travel. ler's Ciub, a subject of the country with whom we were at war. He alluded to Count Pahlen, who was now in this country ; he was known to several of their lordships for his high character and accomplishments, and his partiality f,,r this country. (Hear.) He had come not from Russia, or any part of the Continent, but Madeira, where he had spent the winter; his object in coming here for a very short time was the settlement of some small pecuniary matters, as well as to take what, considering his great age, might be his final leave of some intimate friends. The Count had been the intimate friend of his (Earl Granville's) father, and of the Duke of Wellington, the late Earl Grey, and a great many of the most dis tinguished men in the country. (Hear, hear.) From the earliest time of his life, he (Earl Granville) had received kindness from him, and he found be was always treated with respect by those on whose judgment he had always relied. On his arrival in England he (Earl Granville) (signed the usual printed form which was required before the admission of a foreigner into the club, and to show that his conduct was not considered disgraceful by that society, he might mention that in passing only a short distance along Pall-Mall the Count met no less than twenty members of the club, who expressed to him their indignation at the complaints which had been made. On the general question he (Earl Granville) denied that it was unjustifiable on the part of an Englishman to treat with civility and kindness the subject of a power, when his country was at war with that power. (Cheers.) The noble lord then entered into a justification of his conduct, by reference to the law of nations. The Earl of MALMESBURY, Lord LANSDOWNE, Lord BROUGHAM, and other noble peers, bore testimony to the high character of the Count, and generally condemned the attack made on Earl Granville. The Earl of ABERDEEN observed that the authority generally respected by the noble lords opposite, though happily not Igo on the present occasion, said that Count Pahlen had come to this country with a secret mission to himself. (A laugh.) So far, however, from that be ing the case, he had not the slightest knowledge of the Count's arrival until these complaints originated. The discussion then dropped. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were considered, and agreed to :—Darlington Local Board of Health ; Dublin and Wicklow, and Dubli❑ and Kings town Railways ; Inverness and Nairn Railway ; Lon donderry Port ; Ouse and Derwent, sze., Drainage ; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ; Wells and Fakenliam Railway. The Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Several petition 3 were presented against the opening of public-houses on Sunday; and others praying for a a more stringent enforcement of the Ten Hours' Act. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This bill was read a third time. Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved to insert the following clause in lieu of clause 43 of the original bill :—" The Inclosure and Drainage Commissioners shall not autho rise the execution of any work whereby any dwelling house or inclosed park, garden, or pleasure ground, or ornamental waters, adjoining thereto, would be taken or interfered with ; nor shall it be lawful to construct any open drain within one hundred feet of any dwelling house except with the consent, in writing, of the owners of such dwelling house, park, garden, pleasure ground, or ornamental waters respectively."—The clause was agreed Mr. HORSFALL moved to strike out the word "injuriously" in clause 59, so as to preserve the rights of Canal Water Companies, &c., whether effected in juriously or otherwise. Mr. W. MILES opposed the amendment, contending that they might as well give up the bill altogether as agree to it. - The house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 57 Against it 55 Majority The word was accordingly struck out. Some other amendments were made in the Bill, which was afterwards passed. CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed. On clause 12, Mr. I. BUTT moved an amendment, as follows : " Provided always that nothing herein contained shall interfere with any authority or power now vested in the Court of Queen's Bench to visit or regulate any such prison, nor with the right, power, or authority of any coroner or justice of the peace to enter such prison, upon any occasion upon which he now lawfully might." He was very unwilling to take away the power of the Queen's Bench over any prison in the United Kingdom, parti cularly as political prisoners might be confined in them, and corporal punishment could be inflicted. The amendment was opposed by Sir J. YOUNG, and supported by Colonel DUNNE. After some discussion, the amendment was withdrawn, on the understanding that it should be moved on the third reading of the bill. The clause was then agreed to, as was clause 15. On clause 16, and add the fol lowing clause, with I h . th . e ß a U pp T ro T val m oved anamendment ; ee r e ta rtyo, andeave f r o o u m t line 27, d own to the eonfdthoef Chief authorising: " the provided be valid unless and until same shall rule or regulation l infliction of f that no eo r s p u o c r h al Bench." Il e said, by the bill as it now stood of and s i gned by three judges of the Court b e e n o t f a t 1 13 ey p Queen' r w °v e d e s delegating power to three commi=sioners, removable at the pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant, to decide upon the floggin g of prisoners ; a n d to prevent t h at monstrous power was the object of his amendment. The committee divided, when the numbers were — AFor the amendment ........................ 10 gainst it ................................... 139 Majority ..................... --129 The amendment was consequently lost. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill passed through committee, and the house resumed. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BILL. This bill went through committee pro forma, with the view to introduce amendments. It being now four o'clock, the sitting was suspended. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was - (LEFT SITTING.) RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 12. STOCK EicHANGE.—The market has been very flat to-day, and closed dull at a decline of about per cent. on yesterday's quotation :—Caledonian, 30i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 651 ; London and North-Western, 103; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 211 ; Midland, 65; South- Eastern, 18 13-16. DUBLIN-Jax 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—DubIin snd Belfast Junction Rail way, 4K paid, 43 ; Dublin and Wicklow, 81. 10g. paid, ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 301. paid, ..13 ; Great Sbuihern. and Western Eighths, 6 per cent. Pref., 61, 51, paid, Si. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1854. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR. The following Estimate of the sum required to pay the salaries and other expenses in the department of her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for War, from the 12th June, 1854, to the 31st March, 1855, has just been published in a Parliamentary paper : Salaries of the Secretary of State and Under• £ Secretaries Salaries of clerks and others on the establishment 4,147 Total salaries for the regular establishment 10,407 Contingencies, 2,8881.; (4) Messengers' salaries and bills, 1,0121. 14,307 Estimated amount of postage to be defrayed from the funds of the department in consequence of the abolition of official franking. NEWCASTLE. Downing-street, July 10,1554. Note.—A portion of the clerks provided for in this estimate will be taken from the other public offices, by which a corresponding reduction will be effected in such offices. Estimate of the salaries of the establishment of the Secretary for the War Department, from the 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1555: — Secretary of State, from 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Under Secretary of State, from Ist July, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Under Secretary of State, ditto Clerks.-Ist Class : Three senior clerks, from 6001. to 1,0001. ditto 1,350 Four assistant senior clerks, from 3501. to 5451 ditto l, 050 Four junior clerks, from 150/. to 3001. ditto Four probationary clerks, from 1001. to 1501. do 300 Private Secretary to Secretary of State, from 12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Librarian, keeper of the papers, and clerk of parliamentary papers, from 3001. to 5001. from lstJuly, 1854, to 31st March, 1855 Private secretaries to Under• Secretaries of State, ditto First office keeper and housekeeper, increasing after six years' service from 1501. to 2001. First office porter, ditto from 1001. to 1201. ... 75 Second ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001. Third ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001. £10,397 MILITIA ESTIMATES, 1854-55. The report of the select committee of the House of Commons appointed to prepare the militia estimates fur the ensuing year, ending the 31st of March, 1855, has been printed. It appears from the statement thus prepared that the total strength of the militia for the year 18545 is to be 124,074 officers and men, including the Irish and Scotch militias, both of which forces are to be called out The charge for the year 1854-5 to defray the cost of raising the additional numbers and the maintenance of this body will be 928,000/. The strength of the militia during the year 1853-4 was 91,812 men, and the charge 478,7401. The total amount of 998,000/, is distributed under the nine following distinct charges :-I. For regiments to be embodied, 360,000. 11. For raising and training the militia in England and Wales, 89,176 strong, in cluding the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 430,000/. The corresponding vote for the year 1853-54 was 400,090/. for 88,958 officers and men. 111. For raising and training the militia in Scotland, 10,800 strong, including the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 35,0001. There was a charge of 3,800/. for the permanent staff only, 76 in number, in 1853-54. IV. For raising and training the militia in Ireland, 21,600 strong, including the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 60,2001. There was a charge of 9,2001. for the permanent staff only, 170 in number, in the year 1853.54. V. For dis embodied allowances for 236 subalterns, 11,8001. The corresponding charge in 1853-54 was 13,0001. for 314 subalterns. VI. Reduced allowances to officers, 53 in number, 3,900/. The charge under this head is the same as last year. VII. Retired allowances to officers, 256 in number, 16,3001. This charge was also the same last year. VIII. Retired allowances to local militia adju tants, 48 in number, 3,3001. This charge in 1853-54 was 3,8001. for 54 retired adjutants. IX. For the out pensioners of militia and local militia, 1,855 in number, 27,5001. This charge in 1853.54 was 28,6001. Total force of the militia of the United Kingdom for the year 1854-5, including retired officers and out-pensioners, 124,074 ; charge, 998,000/. With respect to the first charge, for regiments to be embodied, no particulars are given ; but under the second charge, for raising and training the militia in England and Wales, the bounty to be paid is estimated at 115,000/., against 106,0001. in the previous year. The training expenses, including the estimate for the extra training of certain regiments, is set down at 128,0001., and the allowances at 147,0001. ; total for raising and training 390,0001., making, with 90,0001. for the pay and allowances of the permanent staff, 480,0001. for the active force of militia in England and Wales during the year 1854-55. For the Scotch and Irish militias the sums stated as above are described for the pay, allow ances, clothing, &c., on account, without any further particulars being given. It also appears that in the militia for England and Wales there are 50 colonels, each receiving ii. 2s. 6d. per diem, 92 lieutenant-colonels, each receiving 15s. Ild. per diem; 111 majors, each receiving 14s. Id. per diem ; 803 cap tains, each receiving 10s. Gd. per diem ; 805 lieutenants, each receiving 6s. 6d. per diem ; 801 ensigns, each re ceiving ss. 3d. per diem ; 86 adjutants, who receive 6d. per diem each when called out, in addition to their pay of Bs. per diem, charged to the expenses of the perma nent staff ; 12 adjutants of artillery, who receive ls. per diem when called out, in addition to 9s. per diem charged to the expenses of the permanent staff ; 99 surgeons, at lls. 4d. each per diem ; 78 assistant-surgeons, at 7s. Gd. per diem each ; 87 sergeant-majors, at 2d. each per diem when called out, in addition to ls. 10d. as belong. ing to the permanent staff ; 12 artillery sergeant majors, at 6d. per diem when called out, in addition to Os. per diem on the permanent staff ; 1,512 sergeants, at O'id. per diem when called out, in addition to ls. Gd. perma nent pay ; 160 sergeants, at 411 d. when called out, in addition to ls. Bd. permanent pay; 94 artillery sergeants, at 4d. per diem, and 2s, 2d. permanent pay ; 17 artillery sergeants, at 4d. per diem, and 2s. Gd. permanent pay ; 829 sergeants, at ls. 6:1,d. per diem ; 36 artillery ser geants, at 2s. Gd. per diem ; 2,501 corporals, at is. 24d. per diem; 147 artillery corporals, at ls. 44d. per diem ; 756 drummers, at ld. per diem when called out, in addi tion to ls. permanent pay; 77,509 privates, at ls. each per diem ; and 4,491 artillery privates, at is. 2d. per diem. This makes a total charge per diem, exclu sive of the permanent pay, of 5,482/. Bs. Bd., which, for 28 days' training, gives 153,5081. 2s. Bd., to which 15,0001. is added for the extra training of certain regi ments ; but an allowance of 40,5081. is to be deducted for vacant pay of officers and men absent or not enrolled, which leaves the total charge for the pay at 123,0001., exclusive of the regular pay of the permanent staff. The allowances include the following sums :-Ex penses on enrolling and attesting volunteers, 5,000/. ; to commanding officers, 2501. ; contingent allowances to captains of companies, 2,2501. ; to adjutants, as acting pay and quarter masters, 1,000/. ; beer money to 86,198 non - commissionedofficers and men, 10,000/. ; marching money for / ditto, at 3s. each, 13,0001. ; innkeepers' al lowance for ditto at a halfpenny each, for twenty-eight days, 5,000/. ; conveyance of officers, including baggage, 3,0001. ; forage allowance to field officers and surgeons, 1,0001. ; for medicines, 11. ls. for every 100 rank and file, 8501. ; mess allowance, is. a day for each officer, 4,000/. ; hire of hospital accommodation, expenses of men left sick, &c., 5,0001. ; rewards and expenses at tending apprehension of deserters, 1,0001. ; purchase of books and evening schools, 5001. ; for officers and men under instruction, 9,000/. ; allowances to sergeants of the line and out-pensioners employed as drill instructors during training, 1,0001. ; to clerks of general meetings of lieutenancy, 5,0001. ; new clothing, including great coats, knapsacks, &c., 75,0001. ; contingent expenses, 4,1501. Total for allowances, 147,0001. ACCIDENT AT THE - ULSTER RAILWAY.—On Saturday last a porter in the employment of the Ulster Railway Company was severely injured by being squeezed be tween the buffer of a lorry and a heap of spare wheels, while the loaded lorry was being shunted to a spare line. The poor fellow had several of his ribs broken. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (METROPOLIS).—A bill, prepared by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Masterman, has been introduced into the House of Commons for the purpose of facilitating the administration of justice at the Central Criminal Court, and at the various courts of session of the peace in and near the metropolis. By the provisions of the bill, which has just been printed, it is proposed to enact, that, in lieu of a bill of indictment to the grand jury, on the committal of prisoners for trial at any of the above courts, an information shall be put on the files of the court by the clerk or other proper officer. Toe form of the information is given in a schedule. The filing of this information is to have the effect of an indictment, as to trial or otherwise. It is also proposed that no information shall be quashed, or acquittal taken, by reason of the offence charged in the information differing in its legal definition from the offence specified in the commitment or detainer, &c., provided the offence can be reasonably inferred from the depositions taken before the commit. ting magistrate. No objection, also, is to be taken after filing information, except such as may be made to indict ments, and there is to be no necessity to set out the pro ceedings before the magistrates in making up the record. It is also to be held unnecessary to summon the grand jury every session, or more than four times a year, or at the London or Southwark sessions, unless the judges or justices of the court, or any two of them, may think necessary, in the latter cases not less than 16 days pre viously. The act is to take effect on the 2d of Novem ber next. [ A.DVERTISEUENT.I Holloway's Pills an effectiverndi eine for Epilepsy a nd Apoplectic Symptoms.-41r. Smi th lon, a reti re d pu b lican, res idi ng a t Arbour-terrace,Nor wood, who was of a very full habit of body, suffered to a fearful, extent from an overflow of blood to the head, giddiness, and every symptom of apoplexy, a last resource, he began to take Holloway's Pills, that . itso bad at times which was considered unsafe to trust him alone. His medical attendants failed to do him any good, therefore, as he continued regularly for several weeks, and they have been the . means of r es t or i ng him to sound health, feeling Med ,now as.light and b uoyant as a youth Sold by all dealers in 244, St icine, and at and, London. Professor Holloway's imtablioluneat, THE BALTIC ARMY. EMBARKATION OF THE FRENCH TROOPS AT CALAIS FOR THE BALTIC. The following men-of-war left the Downs yesterday at 4 p.m. for Calais Roads, to embark the French troops for the Baltic ; the whole under the command of Com• modore Hon. P. W. Grey, C.8.:-- Hannibal, screw, 91, Commodore Grey. Algiers, screw, 91, Captain Talbot. Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcome. St. Vincent, 101, Captain Manse!. Sphinx, paddle, 6, Captai4 Clifford. Janus, paddle, 5, Lieut. Commander Kane. Lizard, paddle-tender. With two steamers from the river. Wind N.W. Commodore Grey and Captain Talbot, with the five masters of the ships in the Downs, accompanied by Captain Smithett, of the Dover Royal Mail service, proceeded from the Downs on Tuesday morning to Calais in the Vivid, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Commander Allen, when Captain Smithett pointed out the anchorage for the men of war and transports in Calais Roads. After conferring with the French autho rities, the abovo officers returned to the Downs. Yesterday, as will be seen by the above telegraphic communication, the men of war left the Downs for Calais Roads. Another telegraph gives their arrival off Calais. To-day (Thursday) part of the baggage, &c. will be put on board. The embarkation of the troops will commence on Fri day (to-morrow), as early as the tide will admit—the small steamers to leave the harbour about 10.30 a.m. perhaps. The ships which the different regiments and companies are to go on board of will be distinguished by a particular flag. This will be given to the commanders of the steamers also, which will prevent any confusion or mistake, as each division will know before leaving the harbour the ship to steer for. The following are the ships of war that will be em ployed : Hannibal, with broad pendant, screw two•decker. Al g iers, screw two-decker. St. Vincent, three-decker. Royal William, three-decker. Gladiator, 6, paddle-frigate. Sphinx, 6, paddle-frigate. Termagant, screw-frigate. The following are transports : Prince, screw, 2,700 tons. Belgravia. Herefordshire. Fox. Columbia. Clifton. Julia. Nimrod. The Columbia alone will go into the harbour to ship the staff horses (21). The French Government steam-packets Reine Hor tense and Corse will assist in the embarkation ; and the following English steamers will be employed to convey the troops to the ships : Dasher, 3, paddle, Captain Lefebre. Wildfire. paddle, tender. Echo, paddle, tug, Fire Queen, paddle, tender. Fearle-s, paddle, tender. Sprightly. paddle, tender. Adder, paddle, tender. Comet, paddle. Avon, paddle, tender. (All of the Royal navy.) Four Royal Mail steam-packets, three of the South- Eastern Company's steamers, and one Dover-harbour tug, with as many fishing-boats as may be found neces sary. The Dover Royal Mail steam-packets carry parties to Calais this afternoon and evening, who will witness the interesting embarkation from the ramparts, whence a good view is attainable. A South-Eastern steamer is announced to take an excursion party on Friday morning. CALAIS, WEDNESDAY. This place is all bustle and excitement, consequent on the continued arrivals of the steamers appointed to carry the gallant French soldiers to the Baltic. The first of the embarkation vessels was the Dasher, Cap tain Lefebre, which came from Portsmouth, and got here sufficiently in time to save her tide into dock ; this was Tuesday a fternoon. The next in succession was the Sprightly, Master Commander Allen. She ap peared at the pier at seven last evening, but w as o bli ge d to wait three hours until the tide served. This morning (Wednesday) the Fire Queen, Master Commander Paul, and the Echo, s team-tug, arrived, and w ere l a id along side the quay, under the direction of the harbour-master. To-morrow (Thursday) the materiel will be embarked on board the line-of-battle ships under Commodore Grey, which squadron will be in Calais Roads this afternoon, and be ready to receive the materiel to-mor row. The Emperor Napoleon has been reviewing the troops at Boulogne to-day, and to-morrow will arrive at Calais. The good people of this ancient port are anticipating a great treat. There will certainly be three days' great excitement. It is a pleasure to witness the excellent understanding that exists between the two greatest na tions upon earth. Long may it continue for the world's benefit The greatest courtesy is shown by the French authorities ; and the same kind feeling is apparent be tween the naval officers of both services, who vie with each other to promote that harmony that so happily ex ists at this moment. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty and the Court are expected to embark at Gosport to-morrow for Osborne. There is a rumour that the Royal yacht will convey them to witness the embar kation of the French troops in the English squadron, but we cannot trace it to an authoritative source. A mail fur the British army in Turkey and the fleet in the Black sea will be made up and forwarded via Marseilles from the General Post office this evening. A mail for the White Sea squadron, via Hull and Chris tiansand, will be despatched to-morrow. The following notice has been put up at the gates of Woolwich dockyard. "Letters for the Baltic fleet will be despatched by the Kangaroo steamer from Deptford on the morning of the 14th inst. " Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in the Baltic fleet will be forwarded by this opportunity, if posted in time, and marked 'By the Kangaroo steamer.' " The postage of ld. must be paid on the letter at the time of posting it." By letters received on the arrival of the Vulture, paddle-wheel steam-frigate from the Baltic, it has been ascertained that the Boscaw en , 70, i s on h er way home from the Baltic to England, for the purpose of proceed ing to the West Indies, to become flagship of Rear- Admiral Faeshawe, C. 8., of that station. Her Majesty's screw steamship Exmouth, 91, was successfully launched from the Devonport dockyard at 5.50 p.m. on Wednesday (yesterday). The Resistance troopship, .Master-Commander Brad whew, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Baltic. The Resistance, when in 58.8 north and 20.5 east, fell in with the French line of battle screw steam-ship. Bres lau, Captain Quilhermy. The Breslau's boat was lowered and making for the Resistance, when the resistance hove ship to ; her rigging was fully manne d . an d on pass i ng under the Breslau 's stern, she gav e h er crew th ree h ear ty English cheers, which were immediately responded to by the Breslau hoisting the English ensign at her main. Her rigging was thronged with seamen aloft and below, and they returned the cheers of the Resistance with three times three real jolly cheers, and well timed. Captain Bradshaw offered t o wa i t a s h or t ti me for letters or despatches from her ; C a pt a i n Q u ilh er my stated he had nothing to send ; co mp li ments were ex changed, and they parted company. The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag-ship, Captain Lord Frederick Kerr.--Li eu t enant John K. E. Baird, late of the Phaeton, prom o t e d on the 16t h o f February, 1854, whilst serving in th e S y bi lle In dian station, whi c h promotion' 40 guns, o n the East wa s confirmed on the 28 th of the same mon th b y t h e Admiralty, is. shortly expected here t o t a k e up hi s c ommission(waiting his arrival) as flag-lieutenant to Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. The let and 2d class boys and ordinary seamen . have been at daily target p ract i ce w i t h th e s hip-gun stationed on the beach. The . boys Welch and Arnold, two 2d class boys of the Waterloo, did duty to the gun as captains , and every shot fired (the gun being elevated and laid by them) w ou ld most certa i n l y h a ve sunk a jolly-boat had she being moored abreast the target at a distance of 80 . 0 yard s . I t h as b een pro posed by an experienced of fiicer here (who has particularly watched the progress made by boys who have entered the navy for some fiv e to six y ears past) t h at a s hip of the line e. ve smart boys frould be fitted as a sch oo l shi and any number of active should b e entered and trained for the n av y , by which a , p continual supply of fine lads perfect i n g u nnery exercise could at all times be drafted away as they were required for act ua l serv i ce, as goo d gunners are now quite as es sential as good sailors. The Ganges, 84 guns, is to be put out of No. 1 dry dock, and the Vulture is to be docked immediately for survey, in order to ascertain the extent of damage she has received by getting on, or rather striking stem on, a rock off Gamla Carleby, in getting in to bombard the forts there. In a recent attack on one of the Russian forts the enemy fired twenty shot, and every shot told on the hull or rigging of our steam-vessels. .Their firing was very slow, b u t very prec i s e. It is the opinion of experienced officers serving in the Baltic fleet that, with the expe. rience of our gallant admiral, Sir Charles Napier, as sisted by the senior French admiral, the junior English and French admirals will render most essential service to the cause when full operations take place. The French rear-admiral is an officer in the full vigour of his middle age, equal to our junior admirals and commodores. The French rear-admiral appears quite the life and soul of the French Baltic fleet. A proposition has been sent to the Admiralty by an officer of the Navy of high standing, for the perfect sealing up the entrance to Cronstadt, by doing which the Russian fleet could be kept there for years, and if necessary for ever. The plan is now under the conside ration of the Admiralty, and we are credibly informed the gallant Anglo-French admirals are being consulted on the practicability of the same. To give furth er ex planations at present would be most injudicious. If car ried out, it will release nine-tenths of our fleet from that part of the Baltic ; after which Sveaborg and Helsing fore may have similar cards played at a cost of a, few shot or shell, and most certainly without loss of lives, com pared with Gamla Carleby. The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo flag-ship, Master Commander George Brockman, left Sheerness yesterday with stores brought down from Deptford for the accommodation of the troops now embarking in the Downs for the Baltic ; 12,000 beds with bedding are being shipped for them. The Adder steam-vessel, se cond master in command Mr. Munchen, has also taken in stores, and left yesterday for the Downs. The Gladiator, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Captain George N. Broke, is to proceed to the Downs immediately. She has coaled and drawn stores. She will attend the troop line-of-battle ship squadron to the Baltic. The Vulture, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam•frigate, Captain Frederick H. H. Glasse, is ordered to take on board 340 tons of coals, and her defects are to be ex pedited to enable her to join the squadron in the Downs, and proceed to the Baltic. Tile Termagant, 24, screw frigate, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, lies hors de combat at Spithead. All the attention bestowed upon her by the engineer power of Portsmouth dockyard has failed to make her " move on," aid it is feared that she cannot be got away to the Downs to ship the Frenrh troops befure to•morrow or Saturday. The Wellesley, 72, in dock at Chatham, will leave by the end of the present week for the Downs, to assist in conveying the French troops under orders for the Baltic. The frigate Andromache, 26, having been misted, has been warped to the new basin in the dockyard to be jury-ribbed, previous to her going to Pembroke. The Avon steamer, Master-Commander Veith, was towed alongside the dockyard on Monday to have de fects made good, and she sailed on Tuesday for the Downs to assist in the embarkation of troops. The Meander, 44, is ordered to be ready to go out of harbour on the 20th inst. The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Impreg• nable, 104, Captain Wise, in Hamoaze, were paid wages on Monday. _ The Comet steam-vessel, in charge of Mr. M'Dougal, and manned by riggers, has been hurriedly got away from Portsmouth for Calais, toassist in transhipping the French troops to the ships in the Downs. The Stromboli, 6, paddle-wheel steam sloop, has com pleted her coaling, and will, most probably, leave Ports mouth to-day for Calais, to assist in embarking French troops. The Portuguese war steamer Mindello sailed from Southampton yesterday for Lisbon. By letters from the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Vice- Admiral Dundas in the Black Sea, dated Baltschik,June 20, we learn that the ship's company had presented a highly complimentary address to Captain Dickson, on his quitting them on promotion. The address begged the gallant officer's acceptance of a fine piece of plate, ordered at home, and bearing upon it a suitable inscrip tion. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice at the different resorts of the North Sea merchant captains that a number of Baltic masters were required to pilot the English and French vessels about to convey the French troops to the Baltic. They are to receive 15s. a day for their services. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty issued contracts for the supply of 50,0001 b of tea, 50 tons of sugar, and 15,000 gallons of vinegar for the use of the Royal navy. Twenty volunteers for the Royal navy were last even• ing despatched by rail from Liverpool to London. The Sealark, 3, Lieutenant Fenwick, sailed to-day for the Downs. The Fairy, steam-yacht, Master-Commander Welch, hauled on the graving slip to-day, to reship her pro peller. APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments have been made : Captain—Patrick Campbell (1854), to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard. Surgeon—Matthew Burton, M.D. (1851), to Yar mouth Hospital. Master's Assistant—Richard Mumford, to the Cal- cutta, 84. From Southampton we are informed that the Govern ment has purchased from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company the steam-ship Himalaya, to be used for troop service. The price g iven for this noble ship is und ers t oo d t o b e a b o ut 140,0001. sterling. For the present Her Majesty's ship Himalaya will be officered and manned by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, until other arrangements can be made by the Government. The royal mail steamer Medway arrived at Southampton yesterday ; and, after going into the graving dock, will be got ready for further troop service in the Baltic or Black Sea. The Himalaya steamship will embark at Southampton to-morrow Lieutenant-Colonels Seymour and Tracey, with their servants and officers, and she then proceeds to Plymouth, to take on board the 4th Light Dragoons, for Varna. The mail steamship Simla will embark at Southamp ton to-morrow one officer, 12 men, and 40 re-mount horses of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 13th Light Dragoons, and 17th Lancers, to join their regiments at the seat of war. She then proceeds to Liverpool, to embark the 2d regiment (Scots Greys) for the same destination. The Orinoco steamship embarked at Portsmouth har bour yesterday afternoon the baggage, horses of the officers, and camp equipage of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The regiment, upwards of 1,000 strong, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith, with a detachment of the 68th Foot (who are on their way from Belfast), will go board this morning and they will put to sea to-morrow. The Rhadamanthus steam•tran_sport, Master-Com mander Belam, left Portsmouth yesterday on her return to Woolwich, after unloading the machinery she took round for the new screw sloops Harrier and Swallow. The bark Peltoma, Captain Knaggs, arrived on Tues day to embark Government stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard for the Black Sea. The mail steam-ship Colombo will embark the 34th Foot at Portsmouth on Monday next for Varna. The whole of the men of the 12th Lancers, recently returned from India (with the exception of one serjeant and one farrier, who have completed their time), have joined the depot of the corps at Maidstone. Two companies (the first division) of the 35th Regi ment of Foot will leave Chatham for India on Saturday next, and the second division on the 19th inst. The men of the 10th Hussars fit for duty, who arrived in the Balcirre freight-ship from India, left Chatham on Monday for Maidstone, On the departure of the 35th Regiment from Chatham, for India, the 94th Regiment will occupy Brompton barracks. Yesterday a company of the 68th Regiment, under the command of Captain S , )merville, arrived at Liver pool, from Belfast, en route for Portsmouth. They were billeted in the town for the night, and were this morning to proceed by rail to Portsmouth, where they will be embarked on board the Orinoco for the East. THE SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM THIS DAY. Preparations ofilß.ll hay .pn have been Albert hrt and made e Chathamatapartf the itoy o forthe al re ception Family, who will occupy a stand on the top of the flank of the casemate barracks next the Medway, from which they will have a commanding view of the whole of the siege operations, which are to commence at half past 1 o'clock to-day, Thursday, July 13. The Royal Artillery will fire a royal salute on the arrival of the Prince. The royal carriage of the South Eastern Rail wayline of Company that co mwpaa'ntyrieydesdteorwdnaya,nadndupie n th o e w N at or t t h h e K L e o n n t . don-bridge station in readiness to convey the royal party to Chatham. A large and select party will be entertained at the Royal Engineer mess-rooms, at the conclusion of the siege operations to-day. Admiral Lapierre is to superintend the embarkation of the French troops for the Baltic on Friday. 9,000 men will be embarked at Calais on board of English s hips ; and 3,000 men, with siege artillery and 100 horses, will embark on board French sailing ships, which will arrive at that port two days later. The English ships will anchor at the distance of a mile and a half from the shore, fitted up as transports. The troops will also arrive the same day, a part on foot from Bou logne, and a part by railway from St. Omer. Fifteen French steamers will be ranged along the Calais quays in order to convey the troops from the shore to the English ships. The embarkation will begin on the morning of the 14th. The 9,000 men will be embarked in one operation, and the rest will be taken a day or two after on board French sailing vessels. The total force that will proceed to the Baltic in subsequent de tachments will be about 30,000 men. The 2nd company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under orders to proceed to the Baltic, under Captain King, Royal Engineers, paraded on Tuesday morning in the square of Brompten Barracks, Chatham, and were in spected by Colonel Harry D. Jones, Director of the Engineer Establishment. The company has received subsequent orders that they are not to embark until after the grand field-day on Thursday, July 13. Twenty privates of the 2nd company were detached from it some time since, and sent to the Baltic for service in the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw -steam flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and as they will join the company on its arrival in the Baltic, the number of privates to be sent out under Captain King will be 80, making a total strength of 100 in the company. The 94th Regiment of Foot paraded on Tuesday at Chatham, and were instructed in the duties of field working parties, which they will have to perform at the siege operations to-day. Fifteen horses left the field batteries at Woolwich on Tuesday afternoon by the North Kent Railway for Chatham for service with Captain Mountain's company. The Camp er d own transport, with the head-quarters division of the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment, which embarked at Queenstown on Thursday week for Melbourne, sailed on Saturday. She had made the necessary preparations to sail on Mo day evening, an d h a d got as f ar a s the harbour's mouth, when a telegraphic message arrived the arrival i arrived re quiring her t o d e l ay h er d epar t ure to await of a G overnment agent i nten d e d t o sa il in her. e Th l is gentleman arrived i n C or k on Friday, and so urgently were his service s re quired that he stated he had been e y n only 27 hour s i n E ng l an d, after returning from foreign service, when he received the order to proceed with all haste to Queenstown and go out in the Camperd own. Two companies of this regiment are still in barracks, awaiting a transport for conveyance to the same destina tion. Like other military stations in Ireland where entire regiments had been stationed, but are now occupied only by a depot, Cork, too, is likely shortly to be without a regiment. In anticipation of the departure of the 91st from that garrison, the depots of the 39th and 59th Re giments at Kinsale, and the depot of the 9th at Tralee, received letters of readiness on Friday to march for Cork. The Kerry Post says that on the departure of the depot of the 9th from Tralee that barrack will be occu pied by the local pensioners, under command of Captain Stokes. When the depot leaves Tralee there will not be a soldier in the county of Kerry, with the exception of the local force, or a solitigy recruiting party, For many months back there has not been any military stationed in the west riding of the county of Cork. A number of Insh constabulary officers have been se lected for employment in the east, whither some of them have already proceeded. They have received 12 months' leave of absence, and will have remuneration at the rate of 11. per day. Draughts from the following depots are under orders to proceed at a short notice to the east :-3d Buffs, from Newry, 1 officer and 60 men ; 62d, from Belfast, 100 men ; and 68th, from Belfast, 6 officers and 120 men. No women to accompany these draughts. The last two will reduce the garrison of Belfast to its last " man-at arms." The draught of the 68th depot is to embark at Belfast for Liverpool, en route to Portsmouth, to be embarked on board the Orinoco, for Turkey. The 54th depot has been ordered from Enniskillen to Dublin. The companies of the 15th depot, at Ballyshannon and Sligo, are to replace the 54th at Enniskillen. A few men of the 15th are to be left at Ballyshannon to take care of the pensioners' arms and barracks. A Belfast paper says—" We understand that the de pot of the 62d Regiment, now quartered here, is under orders for foreign service, and will be replaced by the East Middlesex Militia, a regiment which was many years ago in this garrison." SONGS OF SCOTLAND -MR. SHERER'S LECTURE. M. Kossuth's remarks at Glasgow the other day in dicating an affinity betwee❑ the Scotch and Hungarian people, are much in accordance with an opinion which Scotchmen, intimately acquainted with the latter, enter tain of both nations. The Hungarians read in their own language the poems of Ossian and some of the works of Sir Walter Scott ; while those who have seen Dr. Bow ring's work on the Poetry of the Magyars are much struck with the remarkable similarity in the sentiments and in the general domestic habits and circumstances of both nations. M. Kossuth's allusion to these facts was not to identify them as one race, but to direct attention to corresponding points in their history as incorporated kingdoms, and particularly to their common struggles against centralisation. There is no doubt, however, that people who interest themselves in such questions as the Caucasian mystery" and others beyond the pale of au thentic history, must rely in a great measure on poetry and music in tracing the earlier migration of races, and iden tifying geographically remote groups of population. Like their ancestors, who "kicked up their heels" in the halls of Tara and Cashel, and the Courts of those kings of Scotland of whose existence modern pundits doubt, the Celts of the present day are poetical and musical in their idiosyncracies, and the same sentiments and music excite the same feelings and emotions in their bosoms, in every quarter of the world. A remarkable instance of the fact, is the enthusiasm which the music of the Scotch brigade awakened among the inhabitants of the Basque provinces during the Peninsular war. No man did more to popularise the songs of Scotland than the late Mr. Wilson, who was the first to familiar ise the general public of England with their beauties, and with that success that many of them are quite as well known here as on the other side of the Tweed. The gap which the unrivalled Scotch vocalist left in the mu sical world has not yet been filled, although there have been many talented aspirants. One of the most pro mising is Mr. John Sherer, who last night delivered a lecture on Scottish minstrelsy at the Burlington-hall, Saville-row. The vocal illustrations comprised several of the most popular of the amorous, bacchanalian, and pastoral songs. Mr. Sherer is possessed of a voice of admirable quality, although hardly to be compared in mellowness and power to that of the late Mr. Wilson, who also showed greater care in its cultivation and manage. ment. Mr. Sherer exhibits a thorougliacquaintanceship with, and appreciation of, the Scottish muse, but a stiff and retiring manner operates to his advantage. Mr. Wilson's prefatory remarks were always enlivened with amusing anecdotes and bons mots, and, in this respect, we would commend his imitation to those who Mould succeed with an English audience. THE BOARD OF REALM'. There are probably not a dozen persons in this country who feel any confidence in the Board of Health. Mr. Chadwick believes in himself, and Lord Shaftesbury be lieves in Mr. Chadwick and in Dr. Southwood Smith ; but it would be exceedingly difficult to name any one who participates in his lordship's opinion of those gentle men. For Lord Shaftesbury individually a large part of the community feels admiration, sympathy, and re spect ; but his semi-official character as a member of the G-wydyr House department is not even generally known, and it is a flagrant anomaly to entrust administrative functions to an unpaid member of the Legislature, who is in no way responsible to a Cabinet to which he may, perhaps, be politically opposed. It is perfectly natural, however, that an active philanthropist should welcome the opportunity of carrying out, in an official capa city, the schemes to which his personal energies have long been devoted. Lord Shaftesbury wishes to improve the dwellings of the poor, and to provide them, by com pulsion if necessary, with the means of obtaining air, light, and cleanliness ; and these or similar objects were contemplated by the Legislature when the Board of Health was constituted—water supply, flushing of sewers, removal of nuisances, as well as many other salu tary provisions, being included in the clauses of the Pub lic Health Act. The members of the Board were all enthusiasts in their way, and they were eager to exercise their powers to the utmost, until it should be the will of Parliament, at some future time, to enlarge their attri butes. The utter failure in which their indefatigable activity has resulted may, in some degree, be ascribed to the individual characters of the functionaries employed ; but it was impossible that a Board so viciously con stituted could work satisfactorily. Experience has abundantly shown that no secondary public department can be prudently trusted with large administrative powers. No amount of personal ability will supply the want of that authority which the great officers of State derive fe an the confidence reposed in them by Parliament and by the country. A head clerk may possibly be superior, both in general capa city and in special knowledge, to a Secretary of State ; but he is not recognised by the community at large as the legitimate depositary of the executive power. So long as the spirit of our constitution remains unaltered, the leaders of Parliamentary parties must necessarily enjoy a monopoly of the higher administra tion. The established method of deciding contests for the possession of the functions of Government is proba bly as little objectionable as any other which could be devised ; but, be this as it may, it is enough for the present to know that it exists. The Board of Health, having been authorised to exercise certain powers, soon found that it was necessary to obtain the control of suf.- ficent funds for carrying out its various projects ; but, whenever the demand was preferred, the Minister of the day refused an application which was undoubtedly in , consistent with the ordinary course of administration. Mr. Chadwick and his colleagues consoled themselves for their failure, not only by straining to the utmost their legitimate powers, but also by extra-official activity in publishing pamphlets, which were generally marked by charlatanism, and by encouraging popular agitation on sanitary questions. The paid members of the Board have always been remarkable for their disposition to substitute official interference for every kind of spontaneous movement, whilst their titular chief has spent his entire life in the atmosphere of platform excitement ; and successive Ministers have uniformly found it necessary to refuse their co-operation to the Board, so soon as they became acquainted with its practical working. Lord Seymour took the lead in de nouncing their mischievous quackery—Sir George Grey overruled their obstinate opposition to all rational plans for improving the water supply of the metropolis—and Sir William Molesworth had determined to go to the root of the evil by remodelling the entire department, and had actually prepared a bill for the purpose. Lord Shaftesbury's influence has, however, once more beme to the rescue of his own authority and of the Board. Lord Palmerston has unfortunately been induced, from deference to the ornamental head of the department, to take the question out of the hands of his colleague, and to claim for the Home-office a class of functions which a Secretary of State has neither the leisure nor the means to disoharge. Under the provisions of the Bill now before Parliament the Board will be retained without any material change, and Mr. Chad wick and Dr. Southwood Smith will continue to render sanitary reform odious by circulating, at the public ex pense, absurd and exaggerated statements. Whenever an indignant member asks a question in the House of Commons with reference to the proceedings of the de partment, the Home Secretary will blandly give utter ance to some answer with which he will have been pre viously supplied ; whilst, in the House of Lords, Lord Shaftesbury will still enjoy the privilege of defending his colleagues in the official tone which might become a responsible minister. The new bill is evidently founded on the assumption that, although the system has become too unpopular to be defended, it is desirable to change it as little as possible ; and, in fact, had Lord Shaftes bury brought forward a measure drawn by Mr. Chad wick, it would probably not have differed widely from Lord Palmerston's attempt at legislation. Any efficient reform of this branch of the public ser- TiCe must start from the principle that there is no occa sion for the existence of a Board. The Chief Commis sioner of Works is not adequately employed, and there is no reason why he should not combine with his present duties those of Minister of Public Health ; nor can the personal respect entertained for Lord Shaftesbury justify Parliament in entrusting important administra tive powers to an unpaid, irresponsible, and practi cally irremovable functionary. According to the bill as it stands, either the third member of the Board or the Se cretary of State is a superfluity —according to the bill as it ought to be, the Minister of Public Health would not require an amateur colleague, however high in rank or benevolent in intentions. The remaining and supple mental condition of a sound measure on the subject is, that it should place the whole department in due subordination to the chief. A Parliamentary func tionary, responsible for all that takes place in the office, will be able to avail himself of the advice of his assistants, while he retains in his own hauds the final decision of all questions, large and small. This clear and intelligible principle of administration is so well established in this country by practice and experience, that it is scarcely necessary to argue on the expediency of assimilating a moderate department to those of older date ; and no personal considerations ought to be al lowed to stand in the way of so necessary and obvious a reform.—Morning Chronicle. I CRYSTAL PALACE. —WEDNESDAY (SHILLING DAY). — Number of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Ad mission at the doors, 9,867 ; admission by season ! tickets, cO9-14,757. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Rainthorpe-Hall, Norfolk, th° Hon. Mrs. Frederic Walpole. On the 11th inst., in Belgrave-square, Lady Octavio Shaw Stewart. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOHOUSE, JULY 12. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Leon, from Grave lines ; Coq, Cherbourg ; Vesta, Oporto ; David, Memel ; Neptunus, Wismar; Ranen, Sundswall ; Isabella, Dantzic; Christine Maria, Buenos Ayres ; Industry, Antwerp; New Prosperous, ditto; Friends of Eliza, Gothenburg; Wester botten, T_Tmea ; Celerity, Boulogne ; Ida, Libau ; Alex, andra ' Memel ; Johan nes , Alt ona ; Sh e l a h , D antzic ; Dol- Karrebeksminde ; Hoffnung, Horumersiel ; Lionne, Graveliues ; Helene, Dantzic ; Maria, Nykiobing; Prinz Frederick Carl, Colberg; Severus, Dantzic ; Swallow, New York ; Blossom, Stettin ; Constant, Messina ; Anna Mar garetha, Konigsburg ; Oscar, Calmar; Grietje Elizabeth, Dantzic • Providentia ' Svenborg ; Fi re S os t re , B an dh o l m; Fire Sodskende, Griefswalde ; Z wee Gebruders, Neuhar lingerseil ; Johanna, Groningen; Immanuel, Leer; Fre derico, Havana ; Robert, Stralsund. ; Patrioten, Christi ana ; Metta Catherina, Randers; Tvende Sodskende, Aalborg; Comet, Madeira; _Spring, Dantzi c . ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Johanna Maria, for Ham burg ; Tallint ore , V a lp ara i so ; Catharine, Stockholm ; Azores Packet, Santander ; Agatha ' Rotterdam ; M ar i a and Bertha, St e tti n ; Francisco, Dantzic ; Maria Cabrielle, Sydney; Monk, Ghent; Si:perior, Genoa; Maria, Amster dam; Amelia and Anne, Ghent; Harmonie, Alton a . CLEARED OUT WITH ARGO.—The Catherina, for Ham burg ; Victoria, Christiania ; Graaf von Sumberg Stiren l Amsterdam ; Fra Margaretha , Hamburg ; Rival, L'O r i en t ; Berharnpore, Sydney ; M arco Polo, Antwerp ; Ida Helle china, Konigsberg. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ellen, of and from Liverpool, July 4, lat. 45 N, long. 14 W. _ _ The Iris, of and for London, from the Canaries, same day. _ _. the Cyclone, standing north, April 15, lat. 22 S, long. 63 E. The Chatham (barque) with troops, May 13, lat, 20, long. 3. The Catherine, of Shields, for Rio Jsneiro, lat. 44 N, long. 12 W. _ _ The W. S. Lindsay (ship), July 2, lat. 44 N, long. 10 W. The John Davis, from Liverpool to Quebec, July 3, lit. 48 N, long. 17 W. The Prince George, from Sydney to London, June 20, lat. 35 N, long. 36 W. The Mary Carson, of L'pool, July 4, lat. 43 N, long.l6W The Mary (brig), same day. The Fifeshire, outward bound, June 27, lat. 43 N, long. 10 W. The Queen of the East, steering S.W., July 1, lat. 47 N, long. 15 W. The Cupid (schooner), steering S.W., July 8. The Taranto (barque), for Quebec, June 20, lat. 35 N, long. 36 W. _ Tie Diana (Hamburg barque), from Callao to Cowes July 3, lat. 45 N, long. 20 W. The Scud, of London (schooner), for Barbadoes, June 9, lat. 24 N, long. 37 W. The Constellation (barque), June 13, lat. 21 N, long. 35 W. The Fanny (schooner), July 14, lat. 23 N . , long. 36 W. The Dorothea (brig), July 6, lat. 46 N. long. 16 W. The Apolline, from London to Bermuda, June 19, let. 32 N, long. 39 W. Tie John Muller (ship), from St. John's, N. 8., July 4, lat. 47 N, long. 15 W. The Magellan (barque), from Cuba to London, June 28, lat. 42 N, long. 27 W. The Bontmeg (brig), of Montrose, from Monte Video to Queenstown, June 30, lat. 42 N, long. 25 W. The Owen Potter, from Liverpool to Calcutta, June 1, lat. 2 N, long. 22 W. The Lady Rodney, from Shields to Calcutta, Juno 2, lat. 2 N, long. 22 W. The Adventurer, of Goole, bound W, July 1, lat. 45 N, long. 23 W. The Rubens, from London to Melbourne, May 14, let. 4 S, long. 25 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-JULY 11. There were in the market to-day, 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-18 at 21. 10s, 0 at 0/. Os Oct, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET JULY 11. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions ill the market, except barley. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 7s Od to Os Od per kemple of 16 s tones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to Os Od ; barley do., 6s Od to 8s 01. Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-JuLY 10. There were in the market to-day 59 bags of oatmeal, 13 of barleymeal, and 2of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was is down ; the second was is down. and the third was is 3d down. Pot-barley on the top price is down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —8 Od —s 0A Pot-barley, per ditto LEEDS, JULY ii. The arrivals of wheat limited. Trade was slow. Fine fresh qualities brought about Friday's Wakefield rates• Barley nominal. Oats and beans steady. Other articles unchanged. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at tl 7.-JULY 12. s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Chester Main 18 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton l9 0 North Percy Hartley _l7 6 Redheugh Main 16 0 Taufield Moor l7 3 Taufield Moor Butes 17 3 West Belton l6 3 West Hartley 16 t Willingtou Hartley lB t Wylam 19 6 Le close of the market. Wallsend, ke.. ;1 - P. .1 . ) Braddyll 2O 6 (Framwellgate l9 ° I Hetton 2l 0 Haswell 21 ! Lambton 2O 6 Plummer 2O 0 Russell's Hetton 20 0 South Hetton . 20 9 itcwart's Hetton Lyons Main 19 6 Cassop l9 9 6 Heugh Hall 19 Cclloe 2O . 3 , Mouth Hartlepool 2O .) south Kelloe 19 9 fees 2l ‘ O, West Kelloe 19 Whit wor th lB 0 Adelaide Tees 2O 6 Derweutwater Hartley 2 9 0 Low Bitchburn 19 0 Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close 19 Gosforth lB ( 1 Killingsworth E. l7 C Riddell lB f Wharneliffe lB C Lambton Primrose . 2 t 0 Eden Main 20 0 Belmont 19 fii SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet-oft• by the eight—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made u: From whit: When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. Englan d ' A.merica(byftrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. packet) Liverpool ,July 1 6 America (by U. States packet) ...7'....... .. • • Southampton Australia (via South ampton) .......... M July 4 ..... .. Southampton August Ditto (via Marseilles) N . Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of t. 1014,1 Hope) ............NlJuly Uncertain Africa (West Como_ Nl`l3d of the month. Plymouth... July 6 Alexandria.......... N l B, 9, 24, & 30 of in Dover Alexandria.. Bahamas ,17th of the mom , !Southampton' Belgium Dover ...... Brazil ........... . ..M 19th of the month.. Southampton Jul,' 16 Ruenos Ayres NI '9th of the m on th .. Southamptoit'July 16 Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the monti Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N , 14th of the month.'Southampt on Cape de Verds 'l4th of the month Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon N , 14th of the monthi July 20 Channel Isles ........NlMon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southampton To. r t.. Sat. Chili.. ............3112d & 17th of mont+. Southampton 'July 16 China (see India) Constantinople '7,8,17,24 ) &27 of m. D0ver...... . Constantinople „14th & 20th of mon.,Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N 'Twice daily ...... !Dover Twicedaill Egypt (see India) France . ... M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ...... Twicedailf Gibraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm ISouthampton i.July 20 Greece (see India) Orcytown „ m 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampto n ( July 16 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday 'London Havannah m 2nd of the month, Southampton Aug. 1 Holland Daily .. .... Dover Honduras ...... 117th of the month. Southampton July 16 India (viaSouthampt.)ml4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. 'July 20 India (via Marseilles)lll l Bth&24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see 1nd147, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ..... & NiTwice daily ...... Holyhead ..•ITwlcednil/ Lisbon 7, 9. 17, & 27 of m. Southampton!July 16 Madeira ............Ns 9th of the month Southampton:July 16 Madeira 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta ▪ ...N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. D0ver...... July 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ......., „N 14th of the m on th Mexico • ..ml2tid of the month..lSouthampten Aug. 1 'sth 15th25thormon.1Dover New Zea1and ...... .. ., s ti t y hi p s r t i h v 2 a , t t e i lh fin i New Granada 2d & 17th of month 'Southampton P on .. . D V Papal states ........ N o a v ri e o r us .. p . o . r . ts . Unc ertdin Peninsula • ... • M 7th17t1128 thou/ion, Southampton Peru M 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton July 16 Port Natal 14th of the month rPlytnoutk Sicily .... ...„ „N s tlll s th2Sthotmon, 'Dover ...... Tuscany ...„ „ N s thl s th2stholmon. Dover ...... Venezuela „ '2d& 17th of month Southampton July 16 Van Diemen's Lan ti (see Australia) .. West Indies „„„M 2d& 17th of monthlSoutharripton July 16 !July 16 * When any of these dates tall on a Aunday, the 'nods will despatched on the following day, with the exception of the Indi Southampton). ar.d the Malta, both of which will be despatched t 4 precedi.ig day. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at 12, India-street, Edinburgh, th e wife of Arthur Campbell. jun., W.S. On the 11th inst., at Tavistock-squara, the wife of pr . J. H. Gladstone. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Willesden Church, George Whiift l Bradbee, jun., of the G range , Will es d en - green, an d 11 5 j Newgate-street, to Loui sa , w id ow o f t h e l ate Ed w ard Prosser, Esq., of Glynfield-house, Willesden, and Laurence' lane, Cheapside. DIED. On the 9th inst., at Venice, on his way from Indio' Adam Bell, EPq. M.D. of On the Ist inst.,' at Malt a , G eorg i na , th e b e l ove d w ife Lieut.-Gen. Balneavis, C.M.G., K.H. On the 10th inst., aged 44. Eliza.beth, wife of Char l6l W Alexander Harries, 11, alcot-parade, Bath, surgeon. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOtr— gat of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 .1 Strand, in the Precinct of the S a v o y, i n th e oolintY ThlutdaY, 13, Isl 4,