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ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE, genuine, and in fine condition, as recommended for invalids and the table, by Baron Llebig. The pretensions of cerrain parties to any exclusive ness in regard to these ales compel the undersigned to assure the public that a supply can always be ohtaincd from the stores, of the finest quality and charrct,r, both in cask and bottle. Apply to NATHANIEL EASTTY, wine, beer, and brandy merchant, 132, Tipper Thames-street. THEATRE itOYAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Jui 19, Will be performed Mozart's pera IL SERAGLIO. Constanza, Madame Ruder:dorff; Blonde, Madame Agnes B -ry; Seam, Herr Holza ; Belmont, Herr Pecz; Pedrillo, Herr Casteiti ; and Osmin, Herr Formes. To conclede with tke popular Ba)let, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE. Pr:ce3—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 5s ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Ftalf Guineas. The Box-oßlce open daily from Ten till six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. tlnekstone. THI3 EVENING, JUNE 19, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF 'nut ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, ilowe, G. Vandenhor. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Alias E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After wnicbt, the entirely new an 1 original extravaganza, entitled BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE BOUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER-SQUIRE), written by 3. It. Flanche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Clisar.ns KLAN. THIS EVENING, JUNE 19, Will be performed FROXI VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fislur, and Cathcart ; Misses Mar r3y, Heath, and Vivash. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Charscters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher and Airs. Daly, and Miss C. L s..ercq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principd ch a . ratters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. LYCELT3I TLIEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestth. TIII3 EVENING, JUNE 19, Will be performed A CIIARMING WIDOW. Principal char ac ters by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. F o llowed by a new Pram', entitl?d SUNSIINTE THP.OUG"I THE CLOUDS. ch aracters by Mess. Rosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; 'Madame Vestris, Miss Hughes, an I Miss Oliver. To conclude with BEFORE . a BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr . C. Mathews , M essrs. F. Matthews and Baker; Mis s W 'ham, Scc,. THEITRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Mrsetress, Madams Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 19, Will be performed THE THIRST OF GOLD ; or, the Lost Ship, and the Wild Flower of Moto). With the tilique grand scenic effect of the Sea of Ice. criaracters by Messr.4. B. We , ,stor C. Selby, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Madme Celeste, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. After which will be presentel the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALI', supported by M. Keeley, ail M:. Keeley. To conclude whit the popu!ar Nautical Drama of th , , C IBIN BOY. Jul'en (her ori,Tinal chaeacter), liadam:Cele3te. Tickets, Places, ami Private B..xv to be hat at the theatre. u Y .t. 14 0 Y3l P C, "ii ./.; i Lessee and 51anavr. Mr. A. Nrlan. , THIS EVrINING, Jusn !9, Will be performed th 3 Comic D.•ama ealt?d MOSEY. Characters by M ,, 5578, Eimry, Vincent ; 311-s Dormer, anA :Mrs. A. Wigan.. To be folbwed V TIP.; FIRS I' Nl4 - 11IT. Characters by MessrA. AIL e I Wigan, liarwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, awl Miss Wymitnn. Aner TiIE MY. Characters by Mews. IL Wigan, Ro'ison, IL Cooper; Misses Marston and C. Tura,v. STUAND THE ITRE. Fele Lome Mr. F. W. Allenft.—areare3s, Miss Rebscca Islacs. THIS EVENING, JUNE 19, Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET Principal charac ter by Mr. Barry :.•ullivan. After which, THE PETS OF TUE BALLET. To conclude with HY FELLOW-CLERK. as.; B3ees, 35.; Pit, I'. 6,1; Galiery, 6,1. Private £1 Ils. GI., to be hal of Br. AlR:roil, 15, New Bon ,; l-stre,t. ASTLEY'S EUROPZ'S NATIO>: Al. A , IPLilf Lessee and Manazer, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, JusE 19, Wlllbe presented the new Grand Ilistpr:cal MI itary spectacle, en titled THE Ct.ISACKS ; or, Vivo la France. Followe.l by a series of Chef d'Ouvres of Art, or Equitation LA HAUTE ECOLE deve sped in tha S^CII,S in the CHICi.E, the whale arranged and conducted by Mr. William Cooke • To conclude with Ist time) a Comic Balht, coiled THE RIVAL AItHSANS. open from Eleven till Four. Stage Managir, Mr. W. Went. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. VHS EVENING, Jrie 19, 'VIII be repeated an entirely NJI:tV and BRIT.T.IINT PIECE Gf•FIRE WORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lion and aaltic Cock Trampling on the Russian Eagle. .111 the numerous attractions of the irareens as usasi, ine!uding the beautiful Panorama of Chusan, by Daison—the exten. :ye and interesting Ifenagerie Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, Miss Itansford, and Mr. Manvers. &c. Concluding with the attack of the British Fleet on Chusan—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand Display cf Fireworks, by Southby. Feeding the animals, Half-past Five. Concert, Half-past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, Is. TidF WEATIIER.—Soar °rims, Julia 18. TEIKAMOMPITSII, TN THE SILLDIt. 70- highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROWETER, 29'85—rising rapidly. WIND, S.S. W.—Light, balmy breeze, and very fine, sunshiny weather. JUNE 19. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.02. WrND, S. to S.W.—Light breeze, with sunshine and clouds. • 4 §-14 . 4v . 444 LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1854. Remember what was said on Wednesday last, the 14th of June, 1854, in the Guildhall, by Lord JOHN Russia:l,, the Member for the City of London, the Leader of the House of Commons, the President of the Council, and, as such, one of the most important representatives of the policy of her Majesty's Government ! Whatever may be rumoured. about the retreat of the Russian forces, and the evacuation of the provinces to the right of the river Pruth, and the possibility of a disgraceful compromise, leading to a merely temporary, but an everlastingly infa mous, pacification—remember the words that fell froth the lips of Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Wednes day afternoon when addressing the citizen-electors of the capital from the hustings in their ancient Guildhall. The declaration then made by the Noble Lord was sufficiently remarkable. His Lordship had pre viously said, "I think it should be our endeavour to obtain a durable, a solid, and an honourable peace." Observe, a peace—durable, and solid, and honour able ! Three very important requisites. Re ferring once more, towards the close of his oration, to the topic of the day, the all-absorbing theme of the so-called war with Itussia, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—the words are very notable, and should be borne throughout the struggle in perpe tualrernerabrance—"My hope is that that warwill meet with the success which, from its object and its motive, it deserves ; but this I will say, that no insufficient peace ought to be made ; th a t we ought not to lay down our arms until we have obtained security for the future—(prolonged cheering)—that, having made the great exertions that desi we have done, that having our eyes o p en t o the gns Russia, having their eyes open lik ew i se, we should be the most sillyof mortals if we were to si g n an inse cure peace, which would l eave it to our present his bide enemy to time, until by the dim ens i ons of other powers, until by the weakness of s ome of those powers, he should find a better opportunity of design." It was sca rce l y neces sary of accomplishing that the reporter should have added, by inti mation, that this manly avowal was received, as i t oughtto have been received, w hen uttered, with cor - dial and unanimous acclamations. For the opinion therein expressed by the Leader of the House of Commons is the deliberate and rooted conviction of the majority of the intelligent population. _ Immediately after speaking thus plainly in r e g ard to the necessity of crushing out for o nce and for ever the sinister design of the Russian AUTOCRAT, Lord Jourr t oo k occas i on t o d e fi ne the nature of that design, declaring that it amounted s i m ply to this -- th a t " Constantinople should be, like Cracow and Warsaw, subject to Russian protec tion and Russian influences." Whereupon the Noble Lord added —"I say that such a consumma tion would be fatal to the liberty of Europe " observing yet further—" I ask you [meaning thereby, of course, not merely the citizens of London but the people of England], I ask you to oppose such a consummation." Ave, Div L rcl that is the true m a th tt t:l ,, ,i.nin cance of the war against Russia. It is to oppose any niol% disastrous consuramation, it is to pre- • - •zww TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1S 4, HIGH WATER AT LONDON E111.11"tur, Tuts DAY —Morning 54 minolter 8 I Evening 25 miti.aft. 9 To , lionnow—Morniu, 5; atin.after 9 1 Evening 25 rain.nft. 10 vent occurrences thus destructive of the liberty of Europe and calamitous to the nations of Christen dom that England and France have risen in arms together. It is to this end that they have drawn the sword—the sword which must not be sheathed until after the downfall, the complete and perma nent downfall, of this dread design of the Czen shall have been accomplished. It is for this that the gallant soldiers and sailors of France and England have gone forth to battle, side by side, under the blended banners of the union jack and the tricolour. Englishmen should carefully bear in mind the words we have here quoted, literatim et verbatim, the memorable words uttered on Wednesday last from the platform at Guildhall, words particu larly memorable, as uttered by Lord JonN Rus- SELL, not merely as the elected representative of the metropolis, but also, and particularly in his twofold capacity as Leader of the House of Com mons, and President of the Council; and, as such (as we have already intimated) the peculiarly authoritative organ of the sentiments of her MA JESTY'S Government. According to the reiterated avowal of Lord JOHN, the object of the present war is not simply peace—but Peace of a peculiar kind, a Peace hav ing the three remarkable advantages of being durable, solid, and honourable. Now it is quite obvious that a Peace effected without the proviso of—(borrowing a phrase from the Emperor NICHOLAS, " I thank thee, CZAR, for teaching me that phrase !")—some " material guarantee" of the future good conduct of the Russian Govern ment could not possibly be a durable peace, or a solid peace, or an honourable peaee. It could not, we insist, be durable without that absolutely necessary stipulation--nor could it be solid—neither, of course, could it be honourable. An honourable peace, a peace honourable to France and England as the allies of Turkey could only be one securing to the Sublime Porte and its allies the advantages of territorial guarantees and pecuniary compen sation. It is altogether idle to talk of the likelihood of a compromise with the AUTOCRAT on the mere understanding that his troops shall eva cuate the Principalities. A compromise such as that, supposing it were possible for it to be Effected, would brand indelible infamy on the annals of France and England. It would be, not the vigorous destruction, but the cowardly evasion of a great peril to the liberties of Europe and the general well-being of Christendom. It would merely postpone the evil day, and that, moreover, in all human likelihood, to a time when Russia, and not the enemies of Russia, might behold within reach the inesti mable boon of a rare and priceless oppor tunity. Never again can circumstances be more propitious for the champions of civilisation than they are at the present moment. Gon knows if they can ever bo equally so at any epoch in the hereafter ! England and France, each governed by a brave, trustworthy, chivalrous, and constitutional Sovereign, England and Fiance cordially allied, with their armies blended and their fleets combined, with their swords drawn and their banners unfurled in the sacred cause of justice and humanity, and no longer to the lawless ends of Pride and Ambition— England and Fiance thus governed, thus united, and thus gloriously in arms together may, with GOD'S blessing, decide, at once and for all, as it were with one blow, the happy destiny of the, human race, the liberty of Europe, the peace of Christendom, and the progress of Civilisa tion. Will that blow be struck ? Or shall the two-handed sword, _raised against the representative of Barbarism and Tyranny, be ignobly lowered and sheathed ? Remembering what has already occurred, anticipating the pro bable future consequent upon the selection made in that alternative—would it, we ask, be wise, to say nothing about its being either generous or Honourable, for France and England to forego the present glorious and unparalleled opportunity ? Last week we pointed out some obvious objec tions to the Divorce and Matrimonial Clauses Bill, showing that although it was unquestionably a step in the right direction, it still fell far short of the exigencies of the case, and would scarcely be deemed worthy of acceptance, but that it might be regarded as the introduction of " the sharp end of the wedge"—the first attempt at anything like general legislation on the interesting and impor tant subject. We did not, however, restrict our selves to merely indicating the defects in the measure now before Parliament, but briefly indi cated the nature of the remedy which would alone be sufficient to overcome the manifold diffi culties by which the question is environed, and to afford relief at a moderate charge, without in any degree abating the vigilance and strictness essential to prevent connivance, and at the same time to induce parties to exercise mutual forbearance and forgiveness, so that the Court should indeed be one of " the last resort," which should not be sought until everything else had failed, and there was no longer the slightest hope remaining of a permanent reunion. The contemplated tribunal would indeed sup ply every possible security that could be antici pated. But we would remind the Lord Chan cellor that security is not the only desideratum. We have (although not to so great an extent as may be supposed, as we shall presently show) that at present. So great indeed are the precautions taken, that ninety-nine out of a hundred of those entitled to relief are virtually prohibited from making even an attempt to obtain it ; while the more wealthy man, to whom money is iso object, may break through every difficulty. Suits are multiplied ; but that alone is not sufficient. There must be the decision of a Common Law Court in an action against the alleged adultress. There is, however, in that proceeding this strange anomaly, that the action being merely one for damages, which the wife cannot be called on to pay, she has no locus standi in Court—no position that would entitle her to appear by Counsel, or to question the validity of the proofs on which hang her own fair fame and reputation—all, in fact, that ren ders life desirable, nor can she be examined under any circumstances. Although the testi mony of the parties is now admissible in almost every other description of action, it is still ex cluded in actions of trim. con., and some others of a similar character. There is, therefore, no opportunity of examining the wife as to her in nocence, or the husband as to provocation or connivance. In the first stage of the pro ceedings everything is lost sight of but the £. s. d. view of the case, and it is practically worthless as a precaution, although it creates an additional, and frequently an insuperable, ob stacle in the way of a poor man. As a simple illustration of its inutility, judgment may be ob tained by default. If the defendant omit to enter an appearance within eight days, the judgment so fatal to the unfortunate female may be entered, so that she may be sacrificed through the careless ness or connivance of a party over whom she has no control. The next step • ned by the connivance in the Ecclesiastical Court m a y be obtained of the wife, as the former by that o f th e a ll ege d paramour. ln the one And ots: neither is she is sh u t out; they one n e other on h e is excluded.isl parto f the coin • 'nullity to prevent that perly granted, wl ance— an which, if impro ofienceou d be a serious social griev magnitude. against society of no ordi naryis to be found only in The th e real safeguard then process, and ev en i n parr final stag e , th e u lti mate Parliament there is officer to watch th e no public proceedings on t public. It is true th a t the LORD part of th e for the time being, or some other y aw CHANCELLOR in stitutes a very stringent scrutiny Law Lord, into the evi dence, but the nature thereof is i sn some degree dependent on accident, on some casual answer, which opens up a new line of examination ; while, on the other hand, there is the danger of the Judge being partly merged in the Advocate, and attaching undue weight to some point which his acuteness has del-el-Ted , ncl magnified into il'id.l , imr , rt-nr--. re sent system prohibits any attempt to seek relief by any but a wealthy sufferer, who can afford to expend a thousand or fifteen hundred pounds in the experiment, it does not really afford any adequate guarantee against a divorce being obtained by a person not really entitled to it. Nothing like what would be ob tained by a stringent investigation before a single Judge, who would be assisted by a skilful counsel appearing for the Crown, and who would have all the parties before him, the wife, the alleged para mour, and the husband. A new tribunal should, therefore, be constituted, and there should be not merely a Judge, but a specially appointed advo cate, whose duty it should be to resist the divorce a vinculo matrimonii, save on unexceptional grounds. That tribunal should be enabled to afford complete relief, so as to prevent the necessity of any further litigation of any description. It should, indeed, have full jurisdiction over husband and wife, in every matrimonial dispute, decreeing a full divorce—or a mere separation—or, and the suggestion is worthy of notice, a mere suspen sion of conjugal rights for a limited time. It should also be authorised to decide on all ques tions relating to alimony, the custody of children, the separate property of the wife, or the settled property that constituted part of the considera tion for the marriage, and the future earnings of either of the parties. The Court of Chancery would possess many advantages. It has, in fact, all the machinery that could be required in actual operation ; and the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and staff would not be more expensive than of a Judge in any other tribunal. He might also take the testamen tary cases, and thus accomplish the twofold object. From his adjudication, if the standing counsel in such cases deemed it expedient, or if the wife or alleged paramour considered themselves aggrieved, there might be an appeal to the Lords Justices or the House Of Lords. On this part of the case we do not enter into the consideration of details. Something in the shape of security for costs might be desirable to prevent the applicant from being unduly harassed. We, however, allow that to stand over for future consideration. We venture, however, to assert that our plan would afford every security that now exists, while it would take away the reproach from the Legislature, that it enacted ex post facto laws ; or that, where there was a real grievance, justice could not be obtained even by the humblest man in the community. STATE BALL.—The Queen's State Ball to-morrow evening, at Buckingham Palace, the seventeenth anni versary of her Majesty's accession to the throne of these realms, will bo given on the usual scale of magnificence. The invitations issued by the Lord Chamberlain, by command of the Queen, amount to 1,200, including the officers of the small squadron of the Portuguese navy who escorted the youthful Don Pedro to this country. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— At the Royal Chapel, Whitehall, on Saturday, at 11 a.m., George Henry, Earl of Mountcharles, Lieutenant in the Lt Life Guards, eldest son of the Marquis of Conynghatn, led to the altar the Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, only daughter of the late Earl of Harrington, and niece to the Duchess of Bedford. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Highruore, rector of Elvaston, Derbyshire, shortly after which the nolde and gallant bridegroom and his accom plished ',ride left Riehniond-terrace, the residence of the Countess Dowager, to pass the honeymoon at Woburn Abbey. The marriage of the Hon. Robert Herbert, brother of the present Eirl of Powis, and Miss Cludde, a wealthy Shropshire heiress, will be celebrated on Thursday next, the 22d instant. The Queen has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty, to the deanery of Windsor, in the room of the Hon. and Rev. George Neville Granville, deceased. CABINET COUNCIL.— A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign. flice, Downing-street, on Saturday after noon. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aber deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Vise cunt Pal- merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat three hours and a half. SIR GEORGE GREY'S PRIVATE SECRETARIES.—Sir George Grey has appointed Lord Hobart and Mr. Samuel Whitbread, M P., to be his private secretaries at the Colonial-office. Mr. Whitbread receives no salary in consequence of having a seat in Parliament. APPOINTMENTS.—CoIoneI Cecil William Forester, late of the 52d Regiment, is appointed Assistant-Sergeant at the House of Commons, in succession to Capt. Gossett, promoted to be Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, in the room of Mr. Clementson, retired after many years' service. COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS,—Sir H. E. Fox Young, now Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, is to be Governor of New Zealand. Sir William Denison, the Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land, is to be appointed to New South Wales, vice Charles Fitzroy. DEATH OF CAPTAIN R. MORESBY.—A letter from Southampton, dated yesterday, rays :—" I much regret to inform you of the death, at his residence in Carlton crescent, Southampton, this day, of Captain Robert Moresby (Indian navy), commander of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Ripon, much regretted by a large circle of friends." CRYSTAL PALACE.—The following is the return for Saturday last, which was a five-shilling day :—No. of season-tickets sold to this date, 20,208 ; admission at doors, 4,333 ; admission by season-tickets, 7,428; total, 11,761. GREAT CHESS GATHERING IN LIVERPOOL. - The annual meeting of the Northern and Midland Counties Chess Associations is announced to be held in Liverpool on Friday, the 23u, and Saturday, the 24th inst. THE ARMY. —The report of the Royal Commission upon Promotions in the Army will be laid on the table of both Houses of Parliament in the course of next week. We have reason to believe that the recommenda tions contained in this report will be received with great satisfaction by the public and the army. The Brevet will be out, also, next week. All Colonels of 1846 are to be included.— Observer. THE BREVET.—Owing to the great pressure of business at the War Office, the Brevet will not appear until Friday evening. It will be on a very extensive scale. The lieutenant-generals down to Sir Wm. Gomm become generals ; all the major-generals from Major- General Beatty upwards become lieutenant-generals. The colonels, down to Colonel Hall of the Ist Life Guards, will be made major-generals ; the lieutenant colonels, from Lieut.-Colonel Wyndham upwards, be come colonels ; the majors, down to Major Johnson, lieutenant-colonels ; and the captains, whose commis sions as such date before January 1, 1844, acquire the brevet rank of major. Ma, HILDEBRA- ND ROMBERG'S CONCERT. —Mr. Hil debrand Romberg, a young artiste of rising reputation, and member of a family remarkable for musical genius, gave a morning concert on Saturday, at Willis's rooms. Hildebrand Romberg is a fine performer on the violon cello, and displays all the qualities necessary to make the great musician. He was ably supported by Pauer on the piano, and Mme. Doria, whom we never beard to greater advantage. EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS.—The Emigration Com missioners have advertised for four vessels to carry emigrants to Van Diemen's Land, New South `Vales, and Victoria. One, for Hobart Town, is to he ready on the 25th of July ; one, fur Sydney, on the 28th of July ; and one for Melbourne, and one for Sydney, on the Ist of August. Tenders have also been invited for two vessels to convey Indian emigrants from Calcutta to Demerara, in British Guiana. TRADE AND NAVIGATION.—The Lords of the Com mittee of Privy Council for Trade have suggested certain alterations in the annual returns of trade and navigation, with a view of securing a more comprehensive official record of the imports and exports and shipping of the country ; and the Commissioners of Customs have given directions to their officers at the several ports throughout the kingdom to effect that object. SOUTHAMPTON, IJune B.—A fine paddle-wheel steam- frigate, named the Francisco d'Asis, belonging to the Spanish navy, arrived in the Soutbampton waters this morning. The object of her visit was to gain the con venience of one of the large graving docks in connection with the port, for the purpose of effecting certain repara tions which the ship requires. The looked-for boon, however, from the busy state of the port, has been un avoidably withheld from the vessel, but arrangements have been made for the supply of her immediate wants at London, for which port she left this afternoon. THE INDIA MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON, June 18.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Colombo, Captain T. S. Russell, arrived this day at eight o'clock, and landed mails from the following places in charge of the commander. During the homeward voyage of the Colombo, she experienced variable weather throughout. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, June 4 ; Malta, June 8 ; and Gibraltar, June 13. The freight of the Colombo consists of about 1,800 bales of silk from India. On the 25th of May, at 5.40 p.m., about 100 miles east of Gibraltar, observed the screw-steamer Sydney with boat lowered, having lost a man overboard ; they were unable to pick him up. Several transports observed on the voyage, also a great many sailing vessels. The Ori noco entered Malta harbour apparently from Constanti nople as the Colombo left, homeward bound. THE NORTH DEVON MURDER.—The inquiry into the cause of the death of the unfortunate girl, Mary Richards, has, after repeated adjournments, ended in a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Lewellyn Garrett Talmidge Harvey" by the coroner's jury. The prisoner is still confined in the county gaol at Exeter under the magis trates' warrant, where he is very attentive to his religious duties, and has, at his own request, been visited by Messrs. Christopher, 111‘Kenny, and Smith, of Exeter, who are connected with the Wesleyan ministry. On Tuesday last a warrant of detainer, signed by the coroner (Mr. Bremlidge) arrived at the Devon county prison, and the result of the inquest was at once communicated to Harvey. Ile evinced no surprise at the intelligence, rernark2il that it only tN ha , might have 11 a,,Yldl lb aO,lleV, t nut, rlliien, d, hheehhaosiribe c notmade the lea s t admissio n of participation in rime impuWcl to him. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed heavily. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 350 Egyptian. at 61d. to 9d., 400 Surat at 21d. to 4ad, And 20 Sea Island at 9d. to ls. per lb. Railway Shares were firm at higher prices. The rates of freight by sailing vessels from Lon don, for fine measurement goods, is gi ven i n th e Weekly Shipping List, at per ton o f 40 f ee t, as follows Australia— s. Adelaide 7O Hobart Town ...75s to 80 Launceston 7O. Melbourne or Geelong Wharves 100 Melbourne or Gee long 6os to 70 New Zealand...loos to 120 Portland Bay 9O Sydney ............55s to 70 Africa (Gold Coast) 6O Alexandria 4O Algoa Bay 5O Alicante Ancona Antigua 3O Athens Barbadoes Barcelona Batavia Berbice Bilboa Regular ship pers by Aubert's Line of Packets Biluoa —other shippers 50 Bombay Boston 35 Buenos Ayres Cadiz 2ss to 35 Calcutta 4os to 50 Canton Cephalonia •• Ceylon Cochin Constantinople Corfu ...., Demerara Dominica GO Flarburg lOs to 12 . A Hong Kong Honolulu Jamaica .. 30s to 40 Kurrachee Lima Madeira Madras Malaga 35s to 45 Malta Marseilles Mauritius 50s to 55 Messina Monte Video sos to 60 Montreal 3O Naples . . Nassau 40s to 50 New York 3O Oporto 3O Palermo 6O Panama loi Patras 6O Rio Janeiro San Francisco San Sebastian 25s to 45 Santander (steamer) BO Seville 4O Shanghai Sierra Leone 503 to 60 Singapore 70s to 75 St. Vincent 30s to 35 St. Kitts 6O St. Lucia 3O St. Thomas Tobago Trieste 6O Trinidad 3O Valparaiso IValencia GO Venice i 6O Whampoa Zante Genoa 6O Gibraltar . .2os to 25 Gijon Grenada Hamburg ............ 10s to 121, The bill has been printed, which is prepared and brought in by Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Bowyer, for the better prevention and punishment of fraudulent dealings in bills of ex change and promissory notes. The provisions, as far as can be judged, are most salutary and need ful. - The words " bill" and " note" are defined to represent any paper drawn, signed, and accepted as usual ; an d a f ter the pass i ng of this act, every person procu r i ng a s i gnature or acceptance of such paper by f a l se pretences, menaces, force, or other fraudulent means, with the view of appropriating the same to his own use, shall be deemed guilty 01 felony, and liable to penal servitude of from one to six years, with hard labour in certain cases. Any person becoming knowingly the holder of such a bill will be amenable to a similar punishment. Every one likewise who receives a bill, or note, or signature, in order to get it discounted, or for any other special purpose, and fraudulently misappro priates it, will be liable to imprisonment and hard labour ; and every one knowingly becoming the possessor of such bill will be subject to the same punishment. I n any action brought or pending now, the Judge can, upon affidavit, order a bill, alleged to have been faudulently obtained, to be impounded, and direct furt!fer proceedings to be stayed until the plaintiff gives full satisfaction for costs. We presume that if these provisions be, come law we shall hear very little more of " bill stealing." The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company Abardeen Date. Pla^e, &e. June 23, Aberdeen. Central Peninsula. of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. Chester and Holyhead Dutch Rhenish , June 26, Amsterdam. Great Northern Juno 22, King's-cross. Great Western ... June 22, Padaington. Leeds Nurthern June 24, Leeds. Llanolly Llynvi Valley June 23, Paddington. London and Blackwall Jnne 27, London Tavern. London and North Western June 21, Easton Station. London and South- Western June 20, York-road. , London, Brighton, & S. Coast June 21, Bridge-house Hot. Lucca and Pistoja July 15, Lucca. Melbourne Dock and Railway June 30, London Tavern. Norfolk North British July 16, Edinburgh. North Staffordshire ....... Shropshire Union West London June 24, London Tavern. York and North Midland. June 24, York. York, Newcastle, and Berw. June 24, York. 1 The steamer Australian has arrived, and brings 78,0130 ounces of gold. The letters by the steamer from the United States are not expected to be delivered until to morrow morning. From the Continent the intelligence is chiefly of political interest, but the state of the weather is much commented on, and had occasioned an im portant rise in most of the corn markets. One of the Joint Stock Banks is stated to have issued a notice, that they can only allow until further .notice 4 per cent. for money deposited upon "call." They have for some time past been giving 44 per cent. There can be no doubt that the demand for money is subsiding, and that bills are circulating to a more limited extent ; conse quently, the bankers will find increased difficulty in employing their balances. The large amount of bullion received last week also has its effect, as except for silver there is much less inquiry for re shipment. Dollars for China are now as high as ss. 2id. Great elasticity prevails this morning in the Stock market, and the improving tone exhibited after the official hours of business on Saturday has been confirmed in an important degree, purchases having been made almost indiscriminately. The speculators for a fall are too timid to resist the up ward current, and hence the rise is carried far beyond what it otherwise would be. There is more than one cause for the movement. The appearance of greater ease in the money market, and the idea that the Rus sians must evacuate the Principalities, embolden the public to come in and invest, and the operators for "time" take advantage of the circumstance to push up the market. Consols which were at 911 to 92 on Saturday after the usual business hours, opened this morning at 92k, and have since been done at 93 g. The New 3i per Cents. have been at 934 and are now about 931 ,1 upon some rea lisations of profits. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 3s. premium. In foreign securities the transactions have not been numerous, but prices are generally higher. Mexican have been done at 244 1, and Equador at 3;-. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been quoted 401 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at 90 to 91. Rus sian 44 per Cents. are flat at 87. The Railway market is extremely animated, and there is t rise. in some instances of 2 to 3 per cent. Caledonian are better to that extent, and also North-Western and Midland. Eastern Counties are higher, and South-Eastern have risen to I._ Northern of France have improved I, Strasburgh Western of France 1/. to 1/. 55., Lyons 11., Central of France 10s. The Canadian shares are in re quest. For the Gold Mines there is but a dull market. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been at fuller rates, and also the Land Companies' and the Crystal Palace. _ _ _ The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have invited tenders to be submitted on the 20th inst. for two or three ships of 150 to 300 tons, to be ready immedi a t e ly t o co nvey 420 tons of oats to Varna. They a l so req uire, on the same day, ships for the transpo r t o f s t ore s, &c., to Malta. BRITISE FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the O(cial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ............ 92, 34 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities . • 34 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO . .... ........ Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO 2500 ..................................... . .... 1 P Para p Small ......................................... I p par 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent B7 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4Ol Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Cedifieates . HALF•PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19t11 July ...•.•.•• 931 a X d ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—The specie arrival 4 of last week have been very large, amounting to a total of nearly 800,000/. Of this, 106,0001. was from New York, 150,0001. (chiefly silver), from the West Indies, about 500,0001. from Australia, and the remaining 34,000/. from Brazil and other places. The exports have been limited, and have probably not reached 150,0001., in cluding some silver to the continent, several small parcels of gold to Paris, and 30,0001. by the Great Britain to A u-tral;a. ~ , ,,- 1-111;:. 1 th ( si r pie..)c,21...-1 IN,Lje,Ly at the L-,:vc..c; Junt: by the First Lord of the Admiralty, on return from fo reign sotto. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. IMPORTANT FROM SILISTRIA. BUCHAREST, June 15.—At 4 o'clock on the 13th the garrison of Silistria made a tremendous sortie. The battle was still raging when the accounts left. The Turkish reinforcements from Shumla are said to have been engaged. General Schilders was dangerously wounded and transported to Kalarasch. SHUNCLA, June 5.—A corps of 30,000 men have advanced to relieve Silistria. Advices from Silistria of the 12th state that, on the 12th the Russians stormed forts 5 and 9, and were repulsed with a loss of 2000. The Turks lost 800. Mussa Pacha was still alive. The son of Count Orloff, who was stated to be in a dangerous state, is out of danger. The Afoniteur of to-day publishes the following official news from Silistria, via Bucharest, under date of the 15th inst. : On the 13th the Turks attacked the besiegers with fury. The action had already lasted four hours when the messenger left Kalarasch. General Schilders, severely wounded, had just been brought in. It was thought that the troops already arrived to succour the fortress were taking part in the action. We find the following in a Shumla, letter of May 31 : The Russians suffered very severe losses on the 25th, but on the 29th they were beaten off in a manner hich reflects the highest credit upon the defenders of the place. Threo bodies of men, each 10,000 strong, a d vance d successively, preceded by the sappers, with scaling ladders, to mount the entrenchments. The ladders were placed, and some Russians even succeeded in mounting the parapet. The Turks, however, beat them off with the butt-ends of the muskets and the rammers of the guns, and the attack was repulsed. 1,500 dead were left in the trenches and about the walls, and a great number of wounded. The Turks picked up 160 muskets, numerous decorations, the flag of a battalion, twenty officers' swords, drums, and musical instruments, which were left on the field of battle. Six prisoners were made. It is said that before the attack was made, Prince Paskiewitsch assembled all the offi cers, and exhorted them to take the entrenchment by storm, or by any means ; adding that if they did not they were not worth their rations. It proved, however, all in vain. The greatest discouragement prevails in the army of the besiegers. The men in the forts state that the Russian officers literally had to drive the soldiers forward to the attack. The garrison, on the contrary, is daily gaining more confidence, and the artillery has not occasioned much mate rial damage to the town. On the Turkish side they have 50 killed and 80 badly wounded ; in all about 250 men disabled. A large body of troops has left Schumla, and proceeded to Caialdere, on the road to Silistria, three hours distant from the outer entrenchments of Schumla. Mussa Pacha, the governor of Silistria, speaks in the highest terms of the services rendered by, and the bravery of, the two English officers Nasmyth and Butler, who are in the place. In the most critical moments they are always to be seen on the parapets. M. Grack, a Prussian officer, has also much distinguished himself. Hussein Bey, who commands the forts, has behaved most valorously. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA. TREBIZONDE, Juno 4.—Princo Dolgorouki,RlT sian Ambassador to Teheran, has been recalled. Ho is replaced by M. Aniscof. Tho Russians have been surprised and beaten by the Circassians in the Dariel Pass. CONSTANTINOPLE, June B.—The attack upon Auapa, on the Circassian coast, will be made by ships of the line, as the guns of the steamers are not heavy enough to reach the Russian works. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS BEYOND THE PRUTH. The leremden Blatt of Saturday states that Prince Paskiewitsch has received orders to retire beyond the Pruth. Generals Canrobert and Soarlett had reached Varna. All the magazines at Sulina had been burnt. VIENNA. The °est. Correspondenz says that the news in the Itionitcur of a treaty between Austria and the Porte as to the o^cupation of the Principalities is, at all events, premature. Reinforcements are being sent to the Crimea, as the state of public feeling there is anything but satisfactory. CAMP NEAR VIENNA. A camp is about to be formed at Stockerau, close to Vienna. The place in questi on i s on th e .orth ern Railroad, and the troops assembled there will probably serve as the reserve for the Galician army. THE RUSSIANS ON THE DANUBE. A letter from Bucharest of the 3d inst. says that Russia is straining every nerve to meet the diffi culties which are accumulating on the southern frontier. All the troops of the third army corps left in Bessarabia in the spring are at once to march to Jassy. They consist of the 7th division of infantry, 4 regiments of 3,600 each, the 7th bri gade of foot artillery, 4 batteries of 12 guns, 20 men per gun ; and 2 regiments of Cossacks, each of 800 men. WANT OF MEN FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMY. A correspondent writes from St. Petersburg, dating June 9 :—" It has been officially announced to the Czar that the Eastern European provinces of the empire can yield no more levies upon the customary principles of recruiting. The War Mi nister is pr paring a new scheme for further levies, in which large classes of the population hitherto exempt will be made liable to military duty. Owing to the immense numbers lost in harassing marches through the interior, the present war is causing a consumption of men far larger than Europe would be prepared to believe in." DEPARTURE OF RUSSIANS FROM BRUSSELS. M. do Kisselell left Brussels on Wednesday for Wisbaden. His two secretaries of embassy remain at Brussels. All the other Russians of distinction who were residing in Brussels had departed some days previously. The Belgian Ministry will retain office, notwith standing the unfavourable result of the elections. MONTENEGRO. According to the Press, of Vienna, the question of peaco or war will soon be decided. Prince Danielo has assembled the elders of the villages, to say whether they will commence hostilities or re main at peace. It is said that the majority arenot disposed to undertake a regular war, but merely to make razzias on the Ottoman territory. It is be lieved that a proposition to this effect will be adopted. The tenth part of the booty is to go to Prince Danielo. CONVENTION BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION. • The following is the summary of conditions made between Austria and the Swiss Confedera tion :—The Swiss promise to dismiss not or i ous and active revolutionary exiles out of the country. The other refugees will be sent int o th e i n t er i or. The Confederation promises to lend an attentive ear to the reclamations of Austria, and that the Imperial Government shall always have a list of the fugitives residing in Switzerland. Count Rech berg returns to Milan at once. Baron Meyendorff goes to. Gastein on the 22d, and probably will re turn to Vienna no more. CONSTANTINOPLE. A despatch from Constantinople says Lord Red cliffe has quite recovered his health. The Debats admits that it was misinformed when it stated two days since that Prince Napoleon's di vision was to _remain at Constantinople. The Prince was to stay there only two days, and after parading his troops to be reviewed by the Sultan, was to pro ceed at once to Varna. The 42d Highlanders and the Himalaya, with the sth Dragoons, had arrived on the 10th. OPERATIONS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES. It is said the generals of the allied armies are quite agreed as to all the military operations to be un dertaken. The secret as to the precise nature of these operations is religiously kept, and all that is known is, that they have determined not to trust anything to chance. They advance slowly, so as never to be forced to retreat. In short, they cal culate their moves with the precision of a game of chess. They have made their arrangements to be supplied with all the necessary provisions by the country itself, and they are already beginning to think of the winter campaign. Two thousand scythes have been sent to Adrianople for the division of French cavalry, who, during the time of their so- Jotini In t11,.).1 - ; eity, will occupy tli,Aiist , ?vc:-, in _,iL ting and plepari.Ag Lyric &1u t iitiLy A.bell have been sent to Adrianople to purchase up the produce of all the prairies in the neighoourhood of ; the city. The divisions of infantry will also em ploy themselves in collecting provisions through out the country, in constructing magazines, hospi tals, and in repairing the roads to facilitate the communications between the different parts of a country where it has hitherto been impossible to operate in great masses on parallel roads. It would net be surprising if, before winter, there should not be roads across the Balkans—roads as practi cable as those that the Emperor Napoleon con structed across the Alps upon his first campaigns in Italy. THE BLACK SEA. The notification of the Admirals commanding the combined squadrons of the Black Sea is as follows : " In consequence of the passage of the Danube by the Russian army ; their occupation of the Dobrudscha, and their holding possession of the mouths and the two banks of the river, we, the undersigned Vice-Admirals, commanding in chief the combined naval forces of France and England, in the Black Sea, declare by these presents, in the name of our respective Governments and make known to all those whom it may concern, that we have established an efficient blockade of the Danube, in order to cut off all supplies intended for the Russian army. All the mouths of the Danube communicating with the Biack Sea are included in the blockade ; and we hereby warn the vessels of all nations that they can not enter that river , until further orders. • " Baltshik, Ist June, 1854. " HAMELIN, " Vice-Admiral Commanding in Chief the French Squadron. "J. W. D. DUNDAS, " Vioe-Admiral Commanding in Chief the British Forces." RECONNOITERING SEBASTOPOL. The unexpected return to Baltschik, - Ont1; 31st of May, of the Terrible, unaccompanied by her consort, the Retribution, caused for the moment a little anxiety. It appears that about 1 p.m. on the 30th, as the two steamers neared Sebasto pol, they descried, cruising about four miles from the port, two Russian line-of-battle ships, two frigates, a brig, and a steamer of war, and the wind being fair for returning int o p or t, thi s squadron of six pendants, stood away towards it immediately the English steamers hove in sight. Seeing, however, no more ships approach ing, and having oberved none in the offing, the Russians made signals to the ships in the harbour, from out of which four more steamers of war came, increasing the force to ten vessels, whereupon the liners /add frigates furled sails, and were taken in tow by the steamers ; the brig and smaller steamer of war first seen then ran in, whilst the rest stood out gallantly and bravely to attack the two English cruisers—eight against two ! They were allowed to approach within four miles, when it became high time to let them see that, under such disadvantageous circumstances, the English were not so simple as to fight them, for it would have been rashn e s s so to do. ad the four steamers been alone, or even had the four liners and frigates been without an at tendant steamer, there might have been a 'temptation; so the Retribution % and Terrible steamed quietly ahead, without any apprehension of being caught. This state of things went on until sunset, when the enemy, being then about eighteen miles off Sebastopol, finished his day's excursion by retracing his way back, no doubt to concoct a de spatch recounting his having chased away the com bined fleets. How the spirit of their great Peter would have rejoiced to have witnessed his chil dren's bravery in standing out with two liners, two frigates, and four steamers, to fight two steamers mounting 49 guns ! They were last seen well in towards the harbour of Sebastopol, from out of which it is ardently wished they may be induced to make a few more of these pleasant little excursions, for no doubt the Allied admirals will see the neces sity of sending a more adequate force to pay them that attention they merit, and meet them half-way. As the Retribution and Terrible journeyed onwards to report this movement to Admiral Dundas, a steamer at a considerable distance followed them for some time. On the morning of the 31st of May the Terrible, being the faster of the two, was sent ahead ; but the Retribution reached Baltschick not many hours after her. She went on to Kosloo to coal on the same evening. All' accounts speak highly of the appearance of the Russian ships, the furling of whose sails, and manoeuvres for being taken in tow, were performed in right good style. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, June 17. —The Finnish Gazette Confirms the destruction, by Admiral Plumridge's squadron, of wharves, gun-boats, awl timber, &c., at Brahestadt on the 30th of May, and at Uleaborg on the Ist of June. • DANNTzic, JUNE 16.—The Basilisk, arrived here from Baro-Sound, announces that she left 29 Eng lish and 18 French vessels of war at anchor there. The vessels engaged were the Leopard, Odin and others. Many thousand barrels of tar were burned, and several ships, laden with cargoes, were made przes. One thousand five hundred men were landed, to seize, if possible, the bank chests. The inhabitants along the coast took flight to the interior, some of them to Haparanda. The English then visited Ijo, and made a .recon,- naisance up the river of the same name. Fifteen large vessels, besides smaller ones, sup posed to be the French fleet, were off the east coast of Gothland on the 9th, steering north-east. In a letter dated Hamburg, June 13, it is said : —The public has been told wat pains the Russian Government has taken, since the commencement of the war, in the construction of four flotillas of gun-boats and how much is expected from their employment among the shoals and reefs scattered throughout the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. The first of these flotillas, composed of 20 gun-boats, having completed its armaments, has come out of Abo steering for Helsingfors. We know now that the first division of the Russian fleet in the Baltic, the one that has wintered in the harbour of Cron itadt, consists of 20 vessels, most of them two deckers or upwards, - and that the second division of gun-boats is assembled there. Since the middle of May last the different vessels of this fleet, which are all completely armed, have successively left that harbour, and have been drawn up in line on the Cronstadt roadstead. STATE OF ST. PETERSBURG. A letter appears in the Elberfeld Gazette, from Dortmund, dated Juno 13. The writer says : " The foreman of a large engine manufactory, who has lately returned from St. Petersburg, has given we the following statement :—Everything looks now very gloomy indeed in St. Petersburg, in doors and out of doors. Th e city, once so beautiful and full of life, is no longer to be recognised. The palaces are converted into barracks, bridges are broken down, the streets covered with tents, for more than 40,000 Bashkeers are said to have come from the govern ments of Orenburg and Perm, from their steppes and nomad encampments, and to have entered St. Petersburg for the protection of the city,lvhere they make a hideous impression. Whether their numbers are really so treat as assigned I cannot take u p on myself to a ffirin ; but they Miglit, if every man of them has been brought, for the Bashkeors, in 1853, were set down in the census as 29,000 (ami ties. They have still the Tartar weapons of bow and arrows, of lance and billhook, and will there fore make capital food for powder. They steal more dexterously than the crows, and they possess all the other Tartar virtues, theoretically and prac tically. But the proud and magnificent guard has gone away, partly to Poland, partly to Finland, and thus, in the total absence of moving life and daily intercourse, the city looks desolate. On the broad and glorious Neva stream, which once during the clear summer nights afforded one of the most enchanting sights, which bore on its dark waters thousands of ships and boats, a solitary barge filled with bricks is now towed along, or a steamer runs down laden with soldiers for Cronstadt. As the city. is in a state of war, no person is allowed to show him self in the streets after nine at night--a hard blow now for these poor northerners, who have for more than half the year been forced to keep their stove-warmed rooms. The higher classes of society are said to be quite out of tune, for to be always obliged to be making voluntary and in voluntary sacrifices without receiving anything in return is not exactly very edifying. Besides, there seems no end to the whole business, and not a soul will give a rag on tick to another any longer. The common people, however, are fanaticised. " Our dear papa Czar knows best," is a proverb, and grim rage do they feel against the foreigners, whom they insult in the open street, and whom the police are constantly obliged to warn not to go beyond the gates of the city, where they could no longer be protected. For the rest, the foreigners have been obliged to sign a printed form, by which they were compelled to engage that they would submit in every thing to the laws of the land, and suffer them selves to be tried and judged by them in case of their transgressing them. Trade is stagnant, all manufactures are at a stand still, for amongst other causes there are no coals. What stock there was of them has been reserved by the authorities for the whole use of the steamers, though their price has gone up immensely. For this reason most of the foreign inspectors and workmen, &c., are leaving the country. The crowds are so great, wanting to take places in the coach running daily ' to Memel, that if a person does not book his Place six weeks bcfore band, he L t ands a poor chance • ',,;% F -. 1-111: , 31:S Who havc money in itlt3 bank find great difficulty in getting it, for the bank pays out t 9 no person whatever per day more than 50 silver roubles. In this way a poor Frenchman, who- wanted to draw out the hard' earned savings of many years, namely, 1,500 ea' ver roubles, was obliged to run backwards and forwards for more than a month, having to wait every morning in the cro w d till h e cou ld get served before he could get back his own again, though he lost thereby the place he had booked and paid for at the coach office weeks before. These things are all sad enough, and may perhaps incline the Czar to a truce and then to peace, but they rawt be taken advantage of, so that he 'may be kept within due bounds for the future." GREECE. TRIESTE, June 12.—The Austrian frigate the Venus, as well as two light vessels, have received the order to hold themselves in readiness to start for the waters of Greece. VoLo, May 31.—After the Turks had been worsted at Kalambacha they received reinforce ments and totally defeated Hadji Petros. Vow, May 31.—The last accounts transmitted to England have proved but too true. The Greeks surrounded the little town of Calabaka, and set fire to it, and 4,000 Albanians (Turks) found their death there, partly in the flames, and partly by being killed in flight, or shot down. 2,500 wet' taken prisoners. The Albanians had, however , . previously burnt 15 villages, in which numbers or unfortunate families (men, women, and children) were destroyed. This, of course, exasperated the Greeks, who took their revenge in the manner above described. The Turks appear much alarmed. In fact it is dangerous to go any distance from the town. The rebels seized a man near here, and took him up to the mowitains, and now demand 50,000 piastres for his ransom. Numbers of them are still levying, contributions from the unfortunate inhabitants of the villages. In short, the country is in a mos" ,l horn Nate, and no one can see where it will end. FRANCE. The following is from the Paris correspondent O f the Times, dated yesterday :—" It is evident that the moment is rapidly approaching when Austria will enter resolutely on the field, and co-operate with the Western Powers in ejecting the Russian' from the territory they have invaded ; and if vi e may judge . from the intelligence which reaches us from every part of Germany, and the strategic arrangements adopted for the Austrian army, the re can be no doubt as to the resolution the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have come to. The move ments, which was for some time back in the dire e ", tion of Poland, has ceased, and the battalions which were en route for that point are now di rec ted to wards Galicia and the Moldo-Wallachian frontier. The most obvious conclusion for that deviation is, that if Austria has ceased tomove hertroops towards her Polish frontier, it is because she will be covered on that point by the armies of Prussia. It is n°l forgotten that, in accordance with the treaty Berlin, Prussia is bound, when the moment comes for takinga part in the contest, to support the move: ments of Austria by protecting her to the north and east against all attack. The rumours in circula tion of the mobilisation of the Prussian arm)" and the telegraphic despatch received here to-dal which announces a first emission of 15,000 e thalers on the loan already au th or i s ed by te e , Chambers, would indicate that P russ ia is at lss" preparing for the emergencies contemplated by he r treaty with Austria. On the other hand, Buss'a" seems to labour undee no delusion as to the deter" mination of her late friends and allies. We aga in ' hear of new modifications in the plan of campaiger' Jassy, it appears, has become the centre of the three' corps d'armee , the head-quarters of which are to be Warsaw, gilistria, and Odessa. The armY Warsaw can only be intended against Prussia and Austria, while those of Silistria and Odessa are, no doubt, to meet the allies and the Turks 011 the Danube and Black Sea. To render such * plan complete, Silistria must first be taken, sill' as far as we can yet learn, the siege has not maul any great progress ; the'Russians experience ratelj loss, and suffer consid e r a bl e c h ec k s eac h day, 032_,," their chance of successs m us t b e muc h diminish!' now that the allied troops are advancing to the' succour of the army on the Danube, and are: perhaps, at the moment I write, near the enereli• MM. Jerome Bonaparte, father and son, the s° u ,. and grandson of Marshal Prince Jerome by his firs; wife, Miss Patterson, have just arrived on board: the Franklin from the United St a t es . The grand' son is said to be a striking likeness of Napoleon I. The Moniteur of yesterday says The Government of the Emperor had invited ars French Minister at Turin to call the attention of Piedmontese Cabinet re the necessity of adopting the necessary measures forpressing the acts of piracy which threaten the security of navigation in the Mediterranean - General Dabormida has just replied to the Duke 'II Guiche that the Sardinian Government had anticipated' the communications made to it by the measures 3 " adopted on the first notice of the appearance of pivate /. in the Greek seas. It did, in fact, at that tithe send int ° the Archipelago the Eurydice frigate, giving her enEc v wander instructions to adopt, in case of the arrest of nut pirates, measures analogous to those which the Frenvn, and English Governments have pres cr ib e d i n cases 01 that kind. The Sardinian Minister. of Foreign Affaie 4 ' added that he would direct the Captain of the Eurydice to concert with the rear-admiral commanding the Franc division in the Archipelago for the prompt repression . 0 piracy."... The Moniteur de l' Armee publishes two Imps` rial decrees relative to the organisation of the corps of cavalry to be called the Cent-Gardes. is to be composed of 137 men and 11 officers, an, is to be commanded by a lieutenant-colonel. This" squadron is to dep en d exc l us i ve l y f or it s ser vice , and administration on the Great Marshal of the Palace. The expenses are t o b e i nc l u d e d in th' s attributions of that hi g h f unc t uary . Th e p o rtal to be contributed towards the expenses of the war department is to be 400,000 f. for the first yeah (1854), and 300,000 f. for every succeeding one' . For that sum the Grand- - Marshal of the Palaces will be bound to reimburse the value of the horses., supplied to the Cent-Gardes by the services of the' remount, as well as the other objects which maY be obtained from the military stores. The Moniteur publishes the official notifications of the blockades of the mouths of the Danube, anal of the Russian ports, harbours, and roads in th(2 Baltic. The Moniteur announces that the Archduke Albrecht had arrived at Seinlin for the purpose of' reviewing the division of infantry which is quar— tered. in that place, and tha t h e b a d b een visited , by the Prince of Servia. It also s t a t es , un der date Trieste, June 12, that the Austrian f r i ga t e Venus,. as also two smaller vessels, bad r ece i ve d or ders to proceed to the Greek waters. . Some speculators met yesterday on the Boule vard, but very little business was done in. the French Thre• per Cents., which, however, are a., little better than on Saturday, being last done at 71f. 90c. _ SWITZERLAND. The Democrazia of Bellinzona publishes a tele graphic despatch from Chiasso, of the 11th, au pouncing that official intelligence of the raising of blockade of Ticino has been received at Como. FIRE IN CFIATETAM DOCKYARD. The following correspondence has been sent us by the Admiralty for publication : " Chatham-yard, June 18. "Sir—lt is my painful duty to report to you, for the k formation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, that a serious fire broke out in the sawmills of her Majesty's dockyard at this place at half-past four o'clock this morning, which was subdued at half-past eight, leaving the saw mill and the machinery in it a ruin. " As far as can be seen, the fire appears to have origi nated in the centre of the building, though, from reports made by the officers, no collection of sawduit or other inflammable material of any kind was left in the building when closed on Saturday night that can account for the breaking out of the fire. " I enclose the report of the officers of the yard and the director of police, and beg to express my admiration of the existing arrangements at this yard for extinguish' ing fire, which were most promptly put into action byths direction of Captain Richards, and carried into effect by Col. Beresfoid with the troops in garrison, the officers and men belonging to the ships in ordinary, and also the officers of her Majesty's dockyard, and the artisans who came to assist in arresting the flames, to all of whom I feel personally indebted for their individual exertions, by which alone the wings containing the steam engine end millwrights' shop have been saved.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant., " C. WYVILL, Captain-Superintendent. "To Ralph Osborne, Esel. - , M.P." " Chatham-yard, June 18. "Sir,—We regret to state that at about ten minuteg past five o'clock this morning a fire was discovered at the saw-mills, in this yard. Although visited only ball an hour before that time, and nothing unusual observed , yet the fire had then become so intense that the whole of the middle portion of the building was soon in flames• " As there was then no possibility of preserving this, the principal efforts were directed to saving the engine house and the millwrights' shop, which was with much exertion, effected. " We beg herewith to enclose the report of the director of police, which embraces the vzinutice of this unfortunate occurrence. " The whole of the working portion of the sawmills is destroyed. It is proposed to make the sawpits, as far as possible, immediately available. "We are unable to form any conjecture as to the origin of the fire, but it is thought to have commenced at the middle of the lower part of the mills. " We are, sir, your obedient servants, " ALEXANDER LAURIE, Chief Engineer, (::, • :hostel. Attest ant, ,2 aster Shipwright, " JOHN WISE, Director of Police. 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