The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

arm Ching La in ected yl is , ut to orga• 'SS E. ?Aria rs to g at was f the e on that lig ht bt to that the ND [9th ided 'orte ndi r re- inci and will sure C, ' 4L ship Yra not bat landed, the Megtera having stranded— ." i i4ECTIvE FORCE OF THE RLTSSIAN ARM Y. j 4B 4 „l l . l trophlet, entitled " The Russian Army," has been published in Paris, by M. Tardif de Mello, k ritleinan who resided 14 years in Russia. He k i a its that in 1852 the effective force of the Rus lkitlPny amounted to 900,000 men, thus distri lped the frontier provinces of Asia, 80,000 ; LC 3l : l )eria, 40,000 ; in the fortresses of Finland, k ve 'uja, and Couiland, 70,000 ; in the garrison of P etersburg, :0,000 troops of the line, and 4, 5 : 1 9 .of the imperial guard ; in the garrison of lit -s , 60,000 ; in Poland, 100,000 ; in the mi tht4rY colonies, 250,000 ; corps of observation on Turkish frontier, 100,000 ; reserve marching h4t, alions, 100,000. M. Tardif de Mello gives the e 8 of all the regiments, and some curious de -4: of the hi s tory and organisation of the Russian ,Y! CAPTURE OF SEVEN HUNDRED _RUSSIANS. ki & letter from the Black 5.. , a announces that Ad 1--Sir E. Lyons had captured 700 Russian re it3crossing from Anapa to the Crimea. PRIZES IN THE BLACK SEA. the 3d inst., at 5 p.m., the Sidon arrived at 4) t` st aiatinopt, , with four prizis fromprizis the Black Sea, r pla ted off Sulina—t.vo Russian and two Greek ' e ,ro with grain, and the latter also partly with l' e rcts,_ and other contraband of war, bound for of ° and Prevesa. Every arrival from the Euxine h a course a great incident, and thus the Sidon h e !cou besieged with a host of anxious inquirers. Sult an , among the rest, on descrying our 1 4 ' a 9 br fro m hi s ki u squ e , despatched without de nit:chamberlain to ask ' the news, and who, on It ti a ' n g, was honoured with a salute of 10 guns. fi ee il'Pears that gre at de s pondency exists in the te e in Consequence of the delay attending our , ti e ; 9Perations in the Buck Sea. All are impa thie". to go ahead and attack the stonghold ; but opt i 9 9 0 easy matter perhaps to accomplish with -11 ci s's) unless the allied squadrons be supported. a Eilifficient land force. • THE BALTIC. .kue A2th King of Prussia arrived at Stettin on the th e s On the following day his Majesty passed Ilaje r °ops of the garrison in review, and left at ,1111ast one for Konigsberg. On the 10th of t o the King and the Prince Royal of Sweden St ockholm for tho island of Gothland on board thtaltdra.i's ship the Charles XII., which escorted t tt ewedo-N orweg i an squa d r on. Nis Majesty in to disembark at Slita, and to go afterwards of his return to Stockholm is announced 4, e ,"1e 18th or 19th. Since 1487 no King of en has visited Gothland. 4 0 4 - 13 -0 SOUND, June 14.—T0 obtain a clue to the or t ,ilature of any intended hostile operations %i t " Anglo-Fre n ch fleet is a matter of diffi te Those supposed to be well informed on the J e ct anticipate that the present campaign will t h tr ki 4 ,n -.+ -e without the occurrence of any startling q t r,, ts) and that ulterior proceedings will be oqred until the next season, a strict blockade Tl l , teeemy's ports being enforced in the interim. thr English fleet has received during the past ee te llt weeks various reinforcements. At the pre kih:lrae there are in the waters of the Baltic six kleg c , and 13 screw steamships of the line, 4 screw 1)441 .4 Paddle wheel steam frigates, 4 screw and 4 kll t le Wheel steam sloops, and 1 steam gunboat; in tf 2n ßail, carrying 22,850 men, with an armament -i)."1. 2 2 guns. The French fleet, under the orders tat ti l ee-Admiral Deschenes, comprises six line of ships and four frigates, with an aggregate ki l i t i c 'ienient of 6,300 men, and 704 guns. These maritime forces of England and France gibt:fre amount to 54 sail, armed with 2,726 t ar e and supplied with 29,150 seamen and marines. Cin the morning of the Bth inst., the Dauntless, lt ea aPtain Ryder, anchored in Baro Sound. This 11 0 : 1 ' i er had been cruizing for some time pre- Por t : i tY in the Gulf of Finland, reconnoitering the of nelsingfors and Revel.l Her boilers are 41 l eti a defective state, and her machinery /1 „ , 10 1 out of order, that her being sent home is Ivith' t er of necessity, and she left in the evening /I,, l avalids and Russian prisoners, en route for talr 4 c l , touching at Faro Sound. to coal, and thence under her charge several prizes for kiC ii cation. The Conflict CaptainCum th, arrived from Datitzic with despatches for Iqthnander in Chief and letters for the officers e fleet. it TTERS FROM BRAHESTAD AND ULEABORG. 11 4 ki tie rEsTAD, May 31.—. Yesterday morning three ito ett steam frigates appeared in the offing, and hb oi ., ° , l. e(l in our roads about noon. At four p.m. to bs" . 2 00 men were landed, who immediately went tl l i tl l leines s in downright earnest, destroying every tt4i) that comas under the denomination of " con- Yk r 4i la of war." They set fire to the ship-building : ta d s, all the deals and planks lying rear the beach 11 114, 3 ' for shipment, the tar magazine, and five 4 4„ 3 lying at anchor in the harbour, so that in th e "r i _t time the whole place was in a blaze. In 1 100 8 0 up yards were five large ships of about 4 4 0 'ens, just ready for launching, which were 12 totally consumed. In the tar magazines were lo k ,P o barrels of tar and pitch, and about 1,000 n: Of planks ; they were all burned, as well as Th e I'-iishbrig, the latter of course unintentionally. d amageto t o is calculated at about 350,000 silver 1 141 )4 'es. The town itself was uninjured, but the in tkeants were so frightened that they ran away as that e they cou ld, t a ki ng w ith them theirgoods and lof t 7 18 . At ten o'clock at night the three steamers 4o :the 'roadstead, steering in a northerly direction, t ie at it is to be feared they have gone to pay t a , b erg a similar hostile visit. k i t'A llo ßo, June 3.—Early in the morning of the koo, °4 May, a courier arrived here with the intern .,t Be that a division of the British fleet had arrived iit l , r allestad, and set fire to the dockyard and mi 4oh Stores. On the same day, several English 5w",,,,0f war entered the outer roads, distant eight tai t h i sh miles, but gradually came in nearer, and 4 o Si red a schooner bound to Haparanda, and 14 e einall craft, and took them away with them. Lit a e h ° 4 4 .sequence of this a panic seized the inlia tooes, many of them quitting the town im for lately, and all of them making preparations Zie r : f feeting a hasty retreat if needful. The ge the'Yeeling was depressed, for it was known that ti o. ,:eirty Cossacks stationed here could offer no re to ti ,tteo to the overwhelming force of the British. tri: L e afternoon of the Ist June four British steam tto'" e3 came iu. When they were about a• mile of i t l ,the shore, a boat containing four merchants to ,e Place, and bearing a flag of truce, went off t o ask them to spare the town. It was signified hp ec Teill that all private property would be re- At iT 4 I and only contraband of war destroyed. 444' 4 - o'clock at night—still daylight in this high tt o ll- de (65 deg.)—a party of about 50 men landed i 4 " 4 the ships, whilst about 300 1 '.en remained Th e e boat s w hi c h were all armed with swivels. t4' Cossacks had all disappeared, and have up t o 4 14 - i lesent moment not yet returned. After ex liiilnig all the government buildings and a great q u aof the private warehouses, they obtained a titi4l l 4, ty of provisions, which they sent off to their ves paying for them, however, the full market It e ,". They then set fire to the dockyards, in which t e „l eight new ships of considerable size, and just ) 1 ,..3r to launch, four other ships at anchor in the Cuetir, the tar magazines with a stock of no less ;44 41 eighteen thousand barrels of tar, and a con erahle stock of pitch, besides immense stores of t,iitbuilding timber, deals, andspars. The fire isnot th, Yet, and the four steam-frigates are lying in T; S ame position, about a mile from the shore. 'LC,' damage is considered fully equal to that sus la , s - e,( l at Brahestad—Vii.; - at from . three to four t} l l : 4 red thousand silver roubles. Fortunately for hi l ,,' sa fe t. y of the town, the wind was blowing off bc t r e, and a smart rain fell in the night, so that il 14 , 4 the excep ti on o f a f e w warehouses and some kg D ate timber stores, as well as a coal depot, property suffered but little. It remains t . o t o T len whether the flying souadron will pay a visit %:"Jci, and burn the stores there, which are very th'ehsive, and equally if not more valuable than °f le destroyed at this place. FRANCE. It 6 3 follitettr de la Flotte announces t hat the gih i llister o f M ar i ne h a d d ec ided that two naval en ': of e re should proceed to England to visit thetle "lishm en t s the ports of Great Britain and 4 1 s team-engine manufactories, in order to study tr o - Pifferent methods adopted in them , and to in aee"„uce into France the most recent improvements f or ", 11 1, Plished in England. The Minister has chosen sz e ""et purpose two engineers who have already f or important important works , M. Moll, Under Direc k ° A , I the- Imperial establshment of Indret, and Qt; e 7, L augin; an engineer attached to the port of '"ourg zie.er batte - ; of artillery and a company of engi- Sat,,B relay at Vincennes received the route on llio r "„ l aY night to march for Boulogne on Sunday th e :l ll ,g• In the hurry of packing up traps to 14,"a1s sudden order a superior officer was asked, si le :ere are we going to afterwards , " and he ered " . I know • we are going to Sweden.".. Th e held weather was fine on Saturday, and the day ith ow l lP without rain until 7 o'clock, when a heavy sh e " fell. Hopes were entertained that it was ope ut to change. Sunday morning, however, tri o "(I in. the same manner as so many of the pre onesiauci_the not very heavy ? but iaces .._ sant, did not cease to fall till about 5 o'clock. At • that hour the sky cleared a little, and about 6 the sun showed himself for a short time. The sky, however, became again lowering. Prayers were offered up on Sunday in the churches for fine weather. The recent letters from several of the departments, and particularly from the south, do not justify the alarm that was felt about the crops, nor does the rain which has been deluging Paris seem to be general. Letters from the Pyrenees speak of the " magnificent weather" enjoyed there,- and accounts from other places speak of the fine appear ance of the crops. While the rain was pouring down on Saturday evening in Paris not a drop fell in places at a short distance from it. On the whole it is hoped that uo serious mischief has yet occurred. The sooner the moisture passes off, however, the better. It is gratifying to learn that there has since been a sudden change. Yesterday Paris enjoyed superb summer weather, which will prove of immense benefit to the crops. It is curious that while officially the Austrian and Prussian alliance is a fait accompli, such re marks as the followin g in the Siecle of Sunday should be permitted to be published in the present state of the French press : " We have no desire to excite uneasiness with respect to the policy of Austria and Prussia, but there are cer tain known notorious facts which it can serve no good ar l iose to suppress :-Ist, that beyond the expression their disapprobation of Russian policy on the score of rOrt, the great German powers have done no act to commit themselves materially to the war in which France and England are engaged ; 2d, that between Austria and Prussia, arid several secondary states of the Ger manic Confederation, there does not exist any cordial and unreserved understanding; and 3d, that the influ ence of M. de Metter rich is again, though not avowedly so, all powerful at Vienna." At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, the extreme fineness of the weather, the sun being hot, with a good drying breeze, joined to the report that the siege of Silistria was raised, led to much higher prices. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are lf. 50c. higher, and the Three per Cents. 45c. higher, at 98f. and 73f. 35c. Bank of France Shares are 20f. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliete 25f. higher. Foreign Securities in general present an improvement. Railway Shares have risen from 10f. to 15f. each. Exchange on London (short), 251 - . _ - - - , money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 70c., money. LAW INTELLIGENCF,--(THLS DAY). • QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a enrnmiln jury.) Trxr. at. JAMES'S CLUB—PINK V. SWETENHA't. This was'an action, part of which was heard yesterday, to recover the balance of 8331., due by the defendant for work done. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant. The defendant was, or had been a member of the St. James's Club, and the present action had been brought to recover the balance of an account for decorations to the club. It appeared that in 1851, the club being in great difficulties, there was a meeting of some of the members, and some arrangement was made that the members should put down 601., or pay 101. each year for six years, and which would free the club from debt, and defendant, as it appeared, not acquiescing in the arrangement, the present action was brought. The proceedings, which were somewhat confused, ended in a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) BUILDING SOCIETIES. —IN RE JONES. This bankrupt was described as of Lloyd's-square, ma nufacturing jeweller, and to-day came up for his certificate. The balance-sheet prepared by Mr.Matson, Basinghall street, extends from January 1853, to March 1854, and shows—Debtor to creditors, 6711. lls. 2d. ; to ditto hold ing security, 97/. ; liabilities, 435/. ; profit, 132/. 7 d s debts; capital, Jan. 1853, 1681. 15s 7d. Creditor—By goo , 1151.1155. Od. ; property given up, 85/. ; property in the hands of creditors, 3001. This property was described as subject to mortgage to the Imperial Building Society, Vernon School-rooms, Clerkenwell, for advances. In May, 1817, the bankrupt took six shares in the society, and had an advance of 3751. to purchase a leasehold house, and was to pay 31. 12s. per month. In 1851, he borroweds3l6/. and took four other shares. Since 1847 bankrupt had paid off 5941., leaving 971. due, and the property was now valued at 3001. Mr. Liuklater appeared for the bankrupt, and there being no opposition, his Honour granted an immediate cer tificate of the second class. ARAET NEIVB-CriTIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is flat, and there are large sales announced for nearly every day this week. Foreign is at previous rates; yellow Havana, duty aid, 35s to a'Js for 1:)vr to fine. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 460 hhds, 66 tierces, 131 barrels. There were taken for home consump tion 1,817 hhds, 2;2 tierces, 625 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,935 hhds, 141 tierces, 2,5 A barrels. Re- ! fine‘i low to fine grocery lumps are at 45s 6d. to 49s 6d. Home dealers are more inclined to purchase. COFFEE.—This article is' very firm, Native being in de mand at 43s to 43s 6,1 per cwt, and wanted. Plantation also is at stiffer prices, and fine Mocha and Costa Rica are in demand. Buit.—The quantity larded last week at the East and West Docks, was 366 puns 407 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 195 puns 4S hhds, and exported 54 puns 163 hhds The stock in the same places is 8,193 puns 1,989 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction, 100 bags Bengal was taken at 32s for low 10! : per cent. refraction. SPICES. Pimento, 100 bags sold publicly at 58d to Sid per lb. for mid. COTTON.—The market is well supported, and there are several buyers. TEA. —There are not many buyers, of black or green ; ord Congou is at lid per lb. TALLOW.— P.Y.C. is rather heavy, at 63s to 63s 6d per cwt. on the spot. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ 03 ; clover iitto 31 Ss to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 128 to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 11p ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 212 s per load. A full average supply, and'a sluggish demand. WIETEMIAPEL. — Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. ttiott* NEWCASTLE RACES. (TH2 S DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Monimia Sheriff Five ran. NORTH DERBY. Marley Hill Arribas Three ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Knight of St. George Fourteen ran. ARRIVALS FOR THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—Eva, Kingston. Hunca Munca, Little Jack, Grapeshot, The Skinner, Colsterdale, Candlewick, Doublethong, Early Bird, Braxey, Auguhta, Axwell, St. Clair, Sir James Graham, General Breezo, Arriba, , ; ' Bianca, Erycina, Julius Agricola, Amalgamation, Jetty Treffz, and Baal bee, A P.R,VALS FOR OTHER RACES —Freddy, Rose, Maid of 'ream Valley, filly by Chanticleer, Sir Peter, Sister of Mercy, Catherine Pa:r, Diligent, Nelly Hill, Punch box, Middlesboro, Goldfinch, Lindrick, Saguenay, Tom Rintoul, FlaAlman, and Fairthorn. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 20. Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze and fine, but there has been a thick haze all the morning. OFF DOVER, June 18.—Hanjine, from Hamburgh, for Curaco and Porto Bello. PLYMOUTH, June 19.—Wind, W.S.W. Peninsula (s), from Cadiz ; Ranger, Coruuna. FALMOUTH, June 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—Pilgrim, from Havannah ; Sofia, Odessa ; Keying, Havannah ; James Grey, Matanzas. Off Port—Marmion, from Porto Rico. COWES, June 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Maria, from Mazaguez. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), June 19.—Arrived—Tra falgar, from Madras ; Hesper (barque), bound west. BRISTOL, June 11.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Cornelia, from Callao ; Majestic, Nevis. GLOUCESTER, June 18.—Arrived—Vulture, from New York ; Laroy, Miramichi. MILFORD, June l9.—Wind, S. Arrived—Abeoua. from Licata ; Gesina, Altona ; Rigolo, Genoa ; Annabella, Ilonfleur. NEWPORT, June 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—William Henry, from Bristol, for Alicante ; Foam, Alicante ; Stag hound, do. Sailed—May, for Mobile ' • Alexander, New ' York • Strive, do. ; B. CA' &Ord, do. ; Seaman, Quebec ; Rapid, Malta ; Racer, Genoa. QUEENBTowN, June 18.— Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ohio, from Cardenas, with loss of foretopmast and head of main mast; Bank, from Alexandria; Satelite, Liverpool, for Quebec. DUNBAR, June 19.—The Jane (schooner), of Fraser burgh. from Spey to Sunderland, with railway sleepers, has drove on shore about six miles west of this port ; the vessel is a total wreck ; stores and cargo may be saved ; crew saved. HARBOR GRACE, May 30.—The Arendal (Norwegian brig), from Leith to Quebec, was abandoned, May 7, in lat. 45, long. 41; crew taken off by the Haidee, arrived here from Cadiz. QUEBEC, May 30.—The brig London has been wrecked on Cariboo Island ; cre w saved by the William and Joseph, arrived here from Limerick. J une 3.—The Elizabeth, from London, in ballast to lead at Green Island, went ou shore, May 26, on Hare Island reef ; has been stripped, and the materials are coming up in a schooner ; the crew :arrived here yesterday. GASPE, May 20.—The Chance, arrived here from Liver pool, reports having seen a ship founder off St. Paul's, and the crew picked up by another vessel. About 2.00 sail were seen in the ice off Cape North, amongst them the Gaspe, St. Brelade, Adelina, and He matope (the latter leaky). Arrived (UT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W., light, and dull. Arrived—America and Sultana, from New Orleans ; Calpe (s s), Marseilles ; Mary, Felix, Estrella, and Lima, Santander ; Inidas Callao ; H a id ee , ' Rio Hache • Wil heltnia, Cadiz; Re d lickjel, Monte Vid eo.; City of Man chester (s s), Philadelphia ; Victoria, Bilboa ; Comet, Hol beck. Off Port—Jane Glaasin, Antarctic, and Danube (s s).- Sailed—Anais, Termonde, Victor, Ostend, Alarm, for Mobile ; Cornelius Houtinan, Sydney; Victoria, Rotter dam; Paella, Santader ; Lancaster and Tay, Quebec; Coronation, Rotterdam ; Jesusa, Havana ; Minho, screw steamer, Oporto; Margaret, Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W.S.W., high water, cloudy. Arrived, 19t11—Sumatra, from Boston ; . Itusco, Jamaica; Adige, West Coast of Africa ; William, Berbiee ; CAtha rina, Porto Rico; Thomas Henry, Barbadoes. Sailed —Alar, steamer, for Dunkirk. Arrived, '2oth—'Paragon, from Trinidad ; Coquette, Danice ; Aunts, Belize; Ossian, Naples ; Jae,omina, Oporto ; Sippe Visser, Worcum ; Andre Filadelfo, Odessa ; Catha rine Louise, Lisbon. Sailed, 20th —W. S. Lindsay, for Bombay ; Braganza, Payta; Countess of Seafield, Sydney ; Symmetry, Ceylon. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, W.W., light, with rain. Passed, 19th—Mangola, from Cardenas (Cuba) ; Tanjore, Mauritius ; Circassian, Swansea— all for London ; Ad miral, Rotterdam, for Guernsey; William 111., London, Port Philip. Passed, 20th.—Odessa, from Honduras for London ; Enchantress from Barbadoes for London Sailed.—The whole of the. outward. _bound, except the C 1 . 13 .4 0 , 1 1ger , for SYdoy., . • • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, EVENING, JUNE 20, 1854. SHARE MARKETS 'Paid. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILIYAYO. Closing Prices yesterday. 23 - 24 5 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —ll disl 17 - 18 - 96 - 93 62 - 63 15 - 16 7 -i; 16 - i'i4 1.4 : ie4 34 - 38 26 - 28 62 - 61 58 - 60 25 - 26 58 62 1 911 94 70 72 : 1 123 -- 125 79 87 - 89 11 - /3 tt 11. -13 641 - 65 , 7 -- 6 .11 1 . 11 - is 8 i 104 114 104 105 LO2 - 103 par p d par d 84 85 8 71 7 6 d joi 20, 1 64i . 6 5 36 38 4 6A 6 d 24 3 6 8 48 50 3i 31 344 ... 35i 52 55 par 4 p id P n - 3jd / 74 ld 1 p 32 - 34 83 92 51 66 60 - 70 60 - 70 2i --- 2 16 -- 1 9 8 - 9 12 - H 3 - ••• 14 - , 64 65i 34 - 35 4 - 1 - 5 io 32 3a 3fi 18 19 4 5 20 22 51 G~ - 7 71 3 / 4 74 71 7dl 43-- 4d' 52 -- 53 Business done "S 1 this day. 5( ISIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir G. GREY to the oaths and his seat, on his re election for the borough of Morpeth. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Blyth Harbour and Docks, Crystal Palace Company, Stroud, Painswick, and Glou cester Road,land the Surrey Gas. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Chapel en le Frith Road, Londonderry Port, and the Patent Solid Sewerage Manure (No. 2). The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos ton and Eastern Junction (Amendments of Acts) ; Bor• der Counties Railway ; and the Methwold Drainage. PETITIONS. Petit ureic presented by Mr. MAaartrann, Mr. BAINES, and other honourable members against the Police Bill ; Mr. FOSTER, from places in Staffordshire, against the Friendly Societies Bill ; Mr. BROOK, from places in the manufacturing districts, in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill ; Lord BERNARD, from 129 clergymen of the united dioceses of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, against the national system of education in Ireland. WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. JAMES' MACGREGOR wished to know if it was proposed to make any change in the existing ap pointments of pilots to the Cinque Ports. Mr. CARDWELL said the object of this bill was to render the laws affecting wrecks and salvage uniform throughout the three kingdoms. The intention was to abolish the office of Receiver-General of Droits of Ad miralty, and the general business of the department would be transferred from the Admiralty to the Board of Trade. The duties hitherto discharged by the Re ceiver-General would be hereafter performed by the revenue officers, which would be a saving of public ex denditure. Mr. M•CARTNEY expressed his approval of the bill if properly carried out ; but he disapproved of giving the coast-gulrds the powers contemplated by this bill, as he contended they ought not to have any interest in wrecks and salvage. Sir G. PECHELL thought it would be a very great satisfaction to know that the Admiralty should no longer have the appointment of receivers of droits of the Ad miralty, and that the whole department should he under the Control of the Board of Trade. Mr. M'CANN thought persons totally independent of the Customs would be the proper persons to entrust with the duties of receivers. Mr. BENTINCK hoped that this bill would have the effect of preventing the recurrence of those disgraceful and barbarous scenes which occurred at wrecks in this country. Mr. CARDWELL said that was one of the principal objects he had in view in training the bill. (Hear.) Mr. HILDYARD also thought steps ought to be taken to prevent the depredations of wreckers. He mentioned an instance where a French ship laden with wine got ashore on the coast, and the people, in stead of trying to assist her off, endangered their own lives by getting drunk upon the wine, and otherwise plundering the vessel. The captain of the ship, who was also part owner during these disgraceful proceed ings, went up and down the deck tearing his hair, and exclaiming " Is this England" ' Mr. V. SCULLY concurred with the hon. member for Drogheda (Mr. INl`Cane) that persons unconnected with the Cu-toms would be preferable for performing the duties of receivers. Mr. LINDSAY differed with the last hon. member, and thought the bill would effect a most desirable change, by tran,ferring the duties of receivers to officers of the Customs and of the Revenue. At the same time, he thougi.t it woull not be just to take their offices from the present holders of them, who 'had hitherto discharged their duties well. He would offer no opposition what ever to the bill going into committee. Sir J. TYRELL said, from the situation of his estat..ls, on the east coast, where he was the lord of the manor he was interested in having the largest possible amount of wreckage washed ash re, but at the same time he was fully alive to the existing abuses, and he hoped the tribunal to be established under this bill would be so constituted as to secure a vigilant super. vision over all wreckage. Mr. CARDWELL said it would. Mr. HORSFALL thought the bill was a great im provement on the existing law. After some further discussion the house went into committee. Mr. CARDWELL said he was happy now to be able to reply to the obServations of several hon. members as to the objects of the bill. He could state that one of the most particular objects of the bill was to prevent the recurrence of those scenes at wrecks which were a scandal to so great a commercial country as this. LEFT SPEAKING. COURT CIRCULAR. 3t. 100 !O 0 all .3i all a I 28 :7il all 2 IS4 ro 30 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 0,0 all !() 14 0 .4 !r ) all 15 all .8 all It. I all 16i 11f 161 2 St. 100 194 184 14 14 . 10 all St. 100 St. 100 10 1 12 2 St. 100 5 all !,5 all it. 100 2e 44 it. 100 it. 100 $0 4'7 NS 174 0 all 100 64 56 ;5 196 ;t. 1100 t. 100 - 6 16 L 6 all 8 all 8 8 )0 all , 0 öi LO 111 le A 171 2 !O all LO 10 1.0 1 ;t. I too 0M I all 10 I .3i all !O all The tlueen and Prince Albert, attended by Major- General Buckley and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday afternoon at Gloucester House. Prince Albert rode out on horseback in the forenoon, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by his Equerry in waiting. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto , at tended by Vicomte do Carreira, Baron de Sarmento, Chevalier de Mello, Colonel Folque' Lord de Tabley, and Colonel Wylde, left Buckingham Palace at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning to honour the Lord Mayor with a visit at the Mansion House. His Majesty and his Royal Highness visited the House of Lords, and returned to the Palace about seven o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, honoured the Opera Comique at the St. James's Theatre with their presence in the evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcurnbe, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Major- Gtneral Buckley, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, the Viscount de Carreira, the Baron de Sarmento, Chevalier de Mello, and Colonel Wylde. A deputation, representing the Shipping Association of Great Yarmouth, consisting of Mr. Torrens M'Cul lagh, Mr. Chamberlain, Captain Briggs, and Mr. Scott, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yes terday, at the Board of Trade. The Rev. W. Queckett had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Malta, and despatches were sent yesterday to the same G o vei nurs. .r,NGLISII GLEE AND MADRIGAL.—The second con cert of this delightful and popular association took place at Willis's Rooms yesterday morning, and the attendance was even a more crowded one than at the first r6union. The same singers are engaged through the series, and consist • of principals—Mrs. Enders sohn, Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillipps. The assistants consist of the Misses Phillips, Bamby, and Byers, and Mrs. Goldsmith, as soprani ; for contralti, the Misses H. Phillips and Cummins, and Mesdames Beale and Grundy. Te nori, Messrs. M. Smith, Cummins, and Foster. Bassi, Messrs. H. Bamby, Beale, Frost, Simmons , and Day. From long practice and a full knowledge of each other _ they sing a,dinirabiy together, and, though we have heard it regretted that the assistants were not some what more numerous, yet we doubt whether a richer effect would be produced, and whether the ensemble," the great charm in thefie performances would be so well se cured. The glee of "Blow gentle gales," was charm ingly given. " Where the bee sucks," is an ever-en during favourite, and the quaint old madrigal, whether truly ancient, we doubt, of " Who shall win my lady fair," merrily closed the first part. Mr. J. L. Hatton filled up the interval very , agreeably by his masterly performance of Covelli's Concerto in F. The gem of pleasing composer's " Sweetly . The so justly admired glee the blows second the Western p art Wind."t i this 'by Lord Mornington, "Here in cool grot and mossy cell," was deliciously rendered by .all the voices ; and Sir R. Bishop's glee and chorus, "Now tramp o'er moss and fell," brought one of the most pleasing concerts of the season to a rapturous close. PIRACY IN THE ARCHIPELAGO.—SMYRNA, JUNE 7. No positive acts of piracy have been heard of lately, ex cepting on t mall craft near. Samos, Rhodes, &c., where numerous piratical boats are out. The great risk in the Archipelago seems to be when vessels get becalmed, when they are in danger of being attacked by small boats from the land and the islands. The Dutch schooner of war Macassar gives convoy to vessels of that flag on the ' 11th and 12th inst., as far as Cape Matapan, and of this protection English vessels ready for sea will avail them selves. Ilithert , , the masters, when sailing three or four together, haft! 00143i4Pred tioi l lo9lv.o. sufficiently oft awl . KeLairO. '0 212F ' ft. 100 ft. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 50 all 100 50 all 20 15 20 5 ,00 212 s 25 all it. 100 [0 8 it. 100 15 21 0 17 9 all 'b ► 16 !CI all .0 Ha. 3t. 100 !,5 20 l 5 13 3t. 100 9 5 3 ?,0 8 ?,0 2s. :0 all L7t all 9I 9 5 all !O 10 3 10 )0 40 )0 all !O 10 ?,N . all 0 - all 0 5 5 all .0 10 5 '2 5 3 1.0 5 ?,0 8 12 20 13 .0 . 1 all ;0 I all !O all L 6 all ;0I all O all :0 all .0 all ;0 all FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdaru Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy (Charleroi do Erquelin. Demerara Dijon and Besancon. Dutch Ithenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juuct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canad: Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.Y57 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. _ Lake Const. & Basle' !Luccadi Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. 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Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. 4anch. Bxtn and Matloch Aiddlesbro' Itedear 103 - 105 514 - 524 254 - 264 124 - 134 224 - 234 2i - 2i hild radfil Northern an' , Easternsp. e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcdsp, Prest. & Wyr, 93 - 93 56 - 58 Do. i Shares. d.oystn.k Hit. .)o.Sliepth.St ilief.Roth a Goole g. 5 p.c. Staffordsh. $V ear Valleygi 6 per cent... c;i3 136 24 lid Wil ts&Somrst 29 - 30 92 - 94 1 d --- $ 8 - 10 7 9 3i 44 2-24 30 32 d 44 46 A - I 11 - I`2 50 60 2 4n - 24 *i = I. i - 1 i - i 10 - 11 I - 1 17 - 19 33 - 35 9i -10 i 4i - 5 2 - 4 3i - 41 4 - 1* = Idl - .. A - DK BANKS. 81 - 83 . xd I 4d ... - ...d 3 3 d 211 211 47A -48 i 43 - 45 70 - 72 7 - 9 8i 9 211 i 701 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The house met at five o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the Society of Friends, agreed to at their annual meet ing, against church rates. The Duke of. RICHMOND presented a petition from a Free Church in Scotland, against the Maynooth grant and the appointment of the Catholic chaplains. The King of Portugal, and his brother , the Duke of Oporto, entered the h ouse s h or tly after , and were ac commodated with seats before the Throne. There was a very numerous attendance of peers. The Duke of RICHMOND gave notice that to morrow he would ask whether it was the intention of the Government to give any mark of approbation to non-commissioned officers and private soldiers who had served in ' the Kaffir war. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to the Earl of DONOUGHHORE, who complained of some informality in the, recent election of an Irish representative peer, explained the law on the subject, and said the Lord Chancellor had no jurisdiction to issue a fresh writ. In reply to Lord LYNDHUR ST , ' The LORD CHANCELLOIi, said that, in the course of next week, he intended to move that the nine bills which related to the amendment of the criminal law be referred to a select committee. A short discussion arose on this subject ; but in con sequence of the noise which prevailed in the house, it was impossible to catch its purport. THE SMOKE NUISANCE, Lord REDESDALE asked the Prime Minister when the Secretary of State for the Home Department pro posed to issue orders and directions to the commis sioners of police for the metropolitan district and the city of London, in accordance with the provisions of an act passed last session to abate the nuisance arising from the smoke of furnaces in the metropolis, raid from steam-vessels above London Bridge , in order that information might be laid against all per sons who should not from and after the Ist day of August next comply with the requirements of the said act. The Earl of ABERDEEN said the Secretary of State had instructed the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police to issue notices to the owners and occupiers of all furnaces, to which the act was applicable, of the time when the act would come into operation (the Ist August), and whether steps would be taken to compel its °bier; vance. The number of furnaces returned to the Com missioners, which would come within the provisions of the Act, was 8,800. Lord LANSDOWNE expressed a hope that the act would be beneficial in its operation. After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY and Lord REDESDALE, ; the subject dropped. . H,',' - 'S.l'Ailhit. Russia. (Hear, hoar.) There has beeria subject for nearly fifteen years ' betwcom: / 0 - • tria. Russia, upon the one side, undo `N" course of the Danube free from intet .14 rr?': the other side, Austria, in considerate A =.• p "*.• to pay a toll upon ships passing do ~• 70; , 1 r en has been the course of conduct purse • :4 - '1111: - frgifF7 , " respect ? She has extorted the paymen - t-it i v a t ili V i , every instance ; but she has not only doLno ' W,S keep the course of the Danube free, but she has thrown every obitruction in the way , of it. She has x . eftisodio take any steps Ivihatever fot the purpose, and the cense (memo is, , that the obstructions of the river are of suet" a nature as to have the effect—which 1 believe was ix tended to follow from it—of Vying a great' advantage to the rival port of Odessa. (Hetti!). This is what ao oni who has considered the subject catillifcaenome.nt doubt. -- At * the time when the Turks weretialeossession of the Jiver and had the command of its navigation, by a veryiliniplo process they contrived to keep the navigation cleai(hear„ hear), and when it passed from their posseasion the'depth of the water at the mouth of the river Wits uPivarAs ' of 16 feet it is now reduced to only nine. In what way did they do this ? By making use 'of a most simple apparatus ; by insisting that a kind of drag should be attached to each vessel that went down the river, and, by thus scouring the mud, by the action of the stream they kept the navigation free. Applications have been re p e atedly ma le at St. Petersburg, to Count Nesselrode and other authorities, to adopt the same mode of proceed ing ; but, they have always refused to resort to this means. Count Nesselrode pretended that some new appa ratus of the most extraordinary kind should'b e made ode of for the purpose of effecting the object. He was told that it would not answer the purpose, but after a long de lay it arrived on the spot, after still further delay it was made use of, and it turned out not only to be ineffectual, but more than that, it increased the very evil it was in. tended to r e m e dy. It soon got out of order, and was no longer used. It was said, why not use tho old apparatus in conjunction with this? why not use a steam-vessel to go up and down the river with the drags? But every kind of evasion was practised. The object was to maintain the rival port of Odessa at the expense of Austria and of all the other kingdoms of Europe. If any noble lords wish for any details with respect to this subject, I exhort them most earnestly to read the p apers that were laid on the foundta table of your lordships' yaoffnorrda lively and instancehouse I apply such words to such illustrious pers i o nt e gh s e y Idwi:wocolullabi say, theindacions policy , the diplo ma tic hood of Court of St. Petersbnr gh. (Hear. ) it not, skill and false. then,z ea t, from the statement, that it is absolu tely enetierieltry that a change should t a k e p l ace in the territo rial poleessions of the mouths of the Dann be — (hear)—that such an alteration is necessat7 to secure that important and valuable object, on which so much reliance is plate by Austria and Germany—the free navigation of that int por .w ant river? I say, then, that this object is in contredi o. tion with the principle which has been attempted to b. - established, that the status quo, as far as territory fir con cerned, is not to be altered. Now, my lords, having touched upon this point, allow me to go to another ; Allow me to travel to the East. We have, b 7 the superiority of - the combined fleets, shut up the Russian fleet in the her botir of Sebastopol ; it does not dare to oome out for fear of encountering our superior naval power. In consequent, of this, they have been compelled to desert and destroy all their establishments except Anapa, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The chain of forts which they had 'for 50 years been constructing, in order to afford themselYes op portunities to evade that territory and to give them free intercourse with their possessions south of Circassia, they have destroyed. Can it be supposed possible that, after we have encouraged the Circassian' and supplied them with arms, it should be intended again to restore that ter ritory to Russia, to place her in the situation which she before occupied ? (Cheers.) How unjust would such cOh duct be towards the Circassians—how unjust to our allies I I say that such a course of proceeding never can by possi bility be adopted. Allow me now to refer to the general question. If you place Russia in the same situation with respect to territory as that in which she stood before the war, whatever may be the events of the war, I ask why, notwithstanding everything that has now been done, may she not hereafter take the first opportunity that she may think will serve herpurpose—what security have yon that all this matter will not be again re-opened ? (Hear,hear.) From the earliest period, from the tinieof Catherinedown to the present day, Turkey has been considered'as mate prey of Russia; every war in which Turkey has been engaged with Russia has ended in such a way that Russia has advanced step by step towards the accomplishment of her purpose ; and now at last, from documents which hate been shown to us, we know that she considers Turkey se a victim within, her grasp, and that nothing will prevent her from using every possible endeavour to seise the spoil. But, my lords, let me ask you, if you were to place Russia, whatever may be the events of war, in the same situation as far as territory is concerned that she occupied at its commencement, what will be her actual position with respect to- Turkey ? Ido not wish upon a subject of this kind to rely . on my -own authority, and I will, therefore,• refer to an authority which cannot be doubted, that of Count Nesselrode self. Some time after the termination &Abe war which was ended by that unfortunate treaty of Adrianople, Count Nesselrode, by the direction of the Emperor of Russia, wrote to the Grand Duke Constantine at Warsaw to give an aceount of the result of that treaty, and of the relative situation of Russia and Turkey in consequence of it, and I wish to refer to Count Nesselrodei language to show in what position Turkey will stand in future if the status quo ante bellum. be adopted. He says, "we have placed Turkey in such ,nsituation that she must in future be dependent upon our will, and do whatever we desire and he then goes into the question of the principalities. "The principalities," he says, "are of no importance to us to retain, but will only be a means of creating jealousies in the other Powers. It would subject us to great expense to maintain troops there ; and we have given them up, lonowiiig, at the same time, that either in peace or in war we shall dispose of them entirely at our discretion. We have obtained," he says, " the key of the position, and the Sultan must feel that if at any future period he dares again to brave us the result must be his entire and eertain ruin." This, then, is the position in which Turkey will stand if Russia is to be allowed to retain the position she held before the commencement of the war. As I wish to be perfectly accurate upon this subject, I will quote the passage to which I have referred. It is as follows : " The Turkish monarchy is reduced to exist only under tho protection of Russia, and must comply in future with her wishes. The posses-iou of these principalities is of the less importance to us, as, without maintaining- troops thereovhich would be attended with considerable expense, we shall dispose of them at our pleasure, as well during peace as in time of war. We shall hold the keys of a position from which it will be easy to keep the Turkish Government in check, and the Sultan will feel that any attempt to brave us again must end iu his certain ruin." This would be the consequence of restoring' Russia, what ever may be the events of the war, to the position which she occupied at the close of the treaty of Adrianople., But I must further call your lordships' attention to what course Russia is likely to pursuits, to what policy she is likely to adopt, in the event of her finding a favourable opportu nity, provided peacs is concluded upon these conditions, for the purpose of attaining that object which she has long cherished, and which has been considered as an essential part of the policy of her empire, when she is in a condition to pursue it without being embarrassed by European com binations against her. Here, again, I do not wish to ad vance anything upon my own authority, and I will . do—as I have done with respect to the other point—direct your lordships' attention to the opinion of an unexceptionable witness on the subject—Prince Lieven. Prince Lieven was consulted previous to the commencement of the war that terminated by the treaty of Atirianople, as to what course should be pursued by the Emperor for the purpose of carrying into effect the designs he then contemplated, and he expresses himself in these terms : - " We must be prudent, we must be cautious, we mustcon ceal our policy, we must be secret, we must collect double armies, and when we have made our preparations without notice, we must be prompt in action, and pour d own the territories of Turkey before any European force is able prevent us." The words of Prince Lieven are — a ttit u de until the moment arrives fo r Russia to vindicate her O ur policy must be to mainta in a reserved and p rudent rights, and for the rapid action which she will be obliged to a d o pt. The war ought to take Eur o p e b y sur p rise. Our movemen ts must be promp t, so that the othe r Powers should find it impossible to be prepared for the blow teat we are about to strike." Now, give me leave to call your lordships' attention to another document of no inconsiderable interest connected with this subject, and contemporaneous with that to which I have referred. The history I am about to relate is shortly this—The Emperor of Russia was dissatisfied with the conduct of the other Powers of Europe with respect to the course they pursued at the time of the great Greek in surrection. He therefore drew off from the alliance, and said—l will act for myself, I will be secret and reserved as to the course I shall pursue, but, before I take any mea sures, let me be cautious as to my situation ; and his di rected Count Nesselrode to write to the different ambas sadors at the European Courts to inquire what,course they would be likely to take if he invaded the principalities, what course they would take individually, and what pro bability there was of any concert between them. The answers returned are of the most curious description. The most curious is that of Count Pozzo di Borgo, who an swers every question step by step, - beginning with respect to this country. The question is—What will England do ? The answer is, England has recoverild from "her financial and commercial crisis, she is in a condition to go to war, and probably will oppose you. She will, if she does op. pose you, do you c onsiderable mischief, great injury, but injury not altogether irreparable refers t withrahle; nF respect to and after tomilitary opera ti on s she can do nothing , she cannot oppose the march of aimi abusees.Then h pon the then Mi n i s t er o f that tthryro,ywhouienrtg some h us a nswers the question of wh a t s h e is capa ble of doioc.b. France, as to marine operation s , wou ld b e o f no importance, because everything that could be done by her al force would be prevented b by naval England ; and, with the opinion ho has expressed er upon eg yourthis lordshipssubject—her. .. to m g ar oe l respect to her military p ow graphical position prevents her from exercising it *l olingt us ; nowhere will a field of battle be found in prance, and it is well known what theiroaurriuselevsewillmhavloer.dtze:r shall see f they come in contact with see what will be the result of that meeting wit h r espect to which Pozzo di B orgo, w h o I b e li eve w as a ' Corsican, ex pressed so confident an opinion—(cheers, and a laugh) ;.-7-... and perhaps the E m p eror may see tha t England a$ France have now raised a barrier against his ambition greater than ho ever expected to meet. I have stated the' opinions of Count Pozzo di Borgo with respect to the pomi. tion of England and France, and his conclusion is, that even if they were to unite they could not by p oss ibility prevent the accon3plishnieut of the . objeet of Russia. I will now state what were his feelings with respect to Prince Metternich a nd his policy, who was at th time extremely anxious to form an alliance of the Four Powers against Russian ambition, bat was not successful in accom ifs,l,irstlhi i n a g to t r h r i o it n o t b o j f e c in t c e t t: v u e n Count g r a o i z n z s o t i t i i h a ß t o r n g , i o s statesman , ' s t a f e t i e s. l r i g ilo h t u e r n i n ed g sams up the condition of Austria in a very few a T n o' every country, ho says, war is a calamity, but to Austria it iseertain ruin. The result of these considerations wa s that the Emperor might prosecute his design without any fear of impediments, for none of the other powers, either collectively or separately, would be able to oppose any effectual resistance to it. Such . is the policy, and at the Saint) time crafty perfidy of Russia, always intent upon in creasing her power, sometimes by silent means, by false hood and trickery—sometimes by open violence , as i n tl case to- which I have referred. But I have n?t, : yet alluded ° t o Prussia. (A laugh.) The policy Of Russia it never changes ; and so, to a certain extent, is permanent is the policy of Prussia also. The coalition between Russia and Prussia is not recent, it is of long standin tamed irnegadp owl w , e • a i rt t hiscg necessaryorenant Count Pozzo r diplomatic n z zino overcomedi B skill,nrg Borgo and and great hall been n t m e r a 4 :Ji g n : 'Prussia :- 1 " Prussia biin — g tial, bili outultl/ gm% by leiijealous,. and col t ls h : a 7,. a t s :co . w : i.: l l4, t ..iza. l l7 7 llo44l9l, : u .l_ t w T ili tn_ . - . - - - 4": °Pak!: 44. OW *let JOINT-S i kustralasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company Fsritisb N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Unk. of India, Australia, & China • lommercial of Loud. R.,aglish Scottish and O all ;5 5 20 10 20 33 10 all all ;5 I 5 .0 all 5 1 15 all 15 all Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Loudon and County Loudon Joint Stock Loud. & Westmiustei N-ational Provincial of En,glaud Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Mental Bank of Corporation. Do. New I lerovincial of Irelane; Do. New Royal Austrahalkg. & Gold Imp Co , ionth Australia iiniGn of Australia 'Do. New Union of London— 65 6 id FAILURES IN THE WORSTED TRADE.—The rumours which had for some days been in circulation of some important failures in Yorkshire connected with the trade of Bradford are verified. The most extensive failure that of Messrs. Thomas Taylor and Sons, manufacturers, of Ovendon, near Halifax. The house has stopped pay ment, with liabilities to the extent of 100,0001. The credit of other houses is, of course, involved in the failure ; and independently of it, several other concerns are in difficulties. One house, with liabilities to the ex tent of 18,0001., has just compounded with its creditors for 13s. 4d. in the pound. The works of another at Wakefield and Bradford are also stopped. The debts in this case are 12,0001. During the week, likewise, five other firms in Bradford have been under the necessity of calling their creditors together. In two of these cases an arrangement has been effected with the creditors, and in all of them the liabilities are not of very large amounts. The trade of the town is in an exceedingly slack and unhealthy state ; some of the factories are only working short time. FIRE AT MESSRS. SEARLES' THE BOATBUILDERS.— Last evening, between the hours of 6 and /, considerable alarm was caused in the immediate vicinity of Astley's amphitheatre, in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the premises belonging to Messrs. G. Searle and Sons, boatbuilders to Her Majesty, in Stangate, Westminster road. A number of men were engaged framing a dumb•lighter belonging to the Westminster bridge (Middlesex side) Steamboat Pier Company, when by some accident, the vessel which was lying high and dry on the shore, immediately under the extensive work shops and offices, took fire and the flames rapidly tra velled from the head to the stern of the vessel. Owing to the praiseworthy exertions of the various hands em ployed on the premises and different wharfs near, the fire was prevented from destroying the workshops, although at one time the flames were rising over the principal buildings containing manufactured stock of great value. THE FIRE AT CHATHAM DOCKYARD.— Not the slight est trace can be obtained of the origin of the fire which broke out in the saw mills at Chatham on Sunday morn- ing, the 18th instant, the anniversary of the battle o Waterloo. Although a considerable loss has been sus tained, it must be a source of great consolation that the wind was very moderate at the time, as, had it been blowing strong, a very serious fire would have been the result, as it is believed that nothing could have saved the other valuable adjoining buildings, especially the building sheds, as the little wind that was at the time was blowing in their direction, and if they had caught fire the loss of several fine new screw steam-ships of war would have taken place. The fire was discovered about five o'clock a.m., and is supposed to have been burning for some time, as the roof of the building fell in shortly after the discovery that a fire was raging within. On the alarm being given, the troops of the garrison next for fire duty, and the Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Marines, with other parties of the provisional battalion, were 409 D on the spot, and ren dered valuable service in cunjunctiOn with a great num ber of workmen, by removing a large quantity of valu able timber, which was by that means saved from in jury. The working parties remained in the yard until not a particle of fire could be seen. The commandant of the garrison was so well satisfied with the exertions of the troops, that he early in the morning cancelled the previous day's orders with reference to the day (Sunday) parades for church, and consequently there was no di vine service for the troops, as they were allowed to re tire for the rest of the day. LICENSING OF VESSELS.—It having been represented to the Commissioners of Customs that their regulations in respect to the licensing of vessels and boats are in sufficiently known to parties interested, they have directed copies of the regulations to be forwarded to the principal officers of customs of the several ports of the kingdom, which they are to deliver to the master, owner, or other person who may apply for the same. They have also been directed to affix copies in the Custom-house and other conspicuous places in their respective ports for the information of the public. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT BURT.—An in quest was held at Bury, Lancashire, on Friday, on the body of Mary Ellen Kay, an infant, to whom poison had been administered by her mother. It appeare that the prisoner had procured some mice poison, a small poi tion of which she administered to deceased, a larger portion to an older child, and swallowed the greater portion herself. Mr. Fletcher, surgeon, saved the mother and eldest child, but the infant died. A verdict was found of wilful murder. LONDON AND SOUTH-ELISTERN RAILWAY.—T 28 raffic 0 re. turn for the week ending June 17, 1854 217,1 4 17,459 4 9 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 1854 £33l 4 5 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending June 17, 1854 ..... -. ........ . . - Corresponding we ek last year 13,622 4 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 280,446 2 1 DUI of *0 hakyoar to tibia date, IP 21-1,133 13 7 ~,,: jyr~• Y; THE GERMAN POWERS. Lord LYNDHURST then called the attention of the house and the Government to the memorandum relative to the Eastern question transmitted by the Courts of Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Germanic Diet. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Lord LYNDHURST, in rising to call the attention of the house and of her Majesty's Government to the memo randum relative to the Eastern question, transmitted by the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Diet, said, —I presume that the notice of your lordships has been already directed to the important document to which I am about to allude, even although it has not yet been laid upon your lordships' table. It is a memorandum addressed by the Cabinets of 'Vienna and Berlin to their envoys at the Diet of Frankfort, with directions that it should be communicated to that body. It states the course of policy which has been pursued by the Four Powers, with the view of obtaining the approval, concurrence, and sanction of that body. It has not been laid upon your lordships' table, and, perhaps, in point of form, it could not be, because it is a document between two foreign States ; at least, it could not be laid upon your lordships' table in the usual manner, but it his been published in the official journals of Vienna, of Berlin, of Frankfort, and of Paris, and I b e lieve, in most of the public journals throughout the continent. It is a matter, therefore, of general notoriety. It has given rise to much discussion both on the continent and in this country, and it has been viewed by some person s w ith muc h anxiety anduneasiness. Upon that ground I have thought it my duty to submit it to your lordships and her Majesty's Government, in order that we might come to a distinct understanding with re spect to it. My lords, it is of so much importance to be accurate upon a subject of this nature that I must read those parts of the document to which I refer. The first passage to which I beg to call yourlordships' attention is in these words : "Both Cabinets have agreed with those of Paris and London in the conviction that the conflict between Russia and Turkey could not be prolonted without affecting the . general interests of Europe, and those also of their own States. They acknowledged in common that the main tenance of the integrity of the Ottoman empire and the independence of the Sultan's Government are necessary con ditions of the political balance, and that the war should, un der no circumstances, have for result any change in existing territorial positions." Now, my lords, I apprehend it is perfectly clear, according to the correct interpretation of that passage, that, when it stated that " the war should under no circumstances, have for result any change in existing territorial position" it means "territorial position" as between Turkey on the one side, and Russia on the other. (Hear.) The passage is not expressed with so much precision as to be free, per haps, from all doubt; but, if any doubt does exist, it will be effectually removed by referring to another document the protocol of sth of — December—to which the paper to which I have referred relates. In that passage the Four Powers express themselves in these terms : " In fact, the existence of Turkey in the limits assigned to her by treaty is one of the necessary conditions of the balance of power in Europe, and the undersigned plenipotentiaries re cord, with satisfaction, that the existing war cannot in any case lead to modifications in the territorial boundaries of the two empires, which would be calculated to alter the state of possession in the East established for a length of time, and which is equally necessary for the tranquillity of all the other Powers." It is, therefore, perfectly clear, from the document to which I au now referring—the protocol to which the other docu ment relates—that, according to the agreement between the Four Powers, no alteration is to take place, whatever be the result of the war, in the territorial limits between Turkey on the one side, and Russia ou the other. In other words, according to the principle laid down by the Four Powers, whatever may be the result of the war, as far as relates to territorial position, the status quo ante is to re main established. Now, my lords, it may be said, and pro perly said, that the p ro t o col and the passage to which I have referred wereframed previously to France and England entering into war with Russia. Undoubtedly that is so ; but after that war had been entered into, the representative of the Four Powers again met for the purpose of confirm ing what they had previously done. In the former proto col and documents they had stated what they considered to be the principle of the alliance or connexion between the Four Powers ; and after war had been declared by us and France against Russia they. met again to sanction what they had previously done, and in distinct terms they stated that they confirmed the principle upon which the former protocols had been founded. Under these circum stances, therefore, and considering the principle upon which we are now acting, and upon which France and the Austrian and Prussian Powers are acting, as well as we, it is extremely difficult to come to any other conclusion than that, whatever be the result of the war, we are finally to put an end to it by restoring Russia to, and leaving Turkey in precisely the same state as that in which they were anterior to the commencement of hostilities. The document to which I first referred adopts the same lan guage, and after the passage which I before quoted it goes on to say— " The last of the protocols shows that, although France and Groat Britain have entered into a war against Russia, the four Cabinets invariably adhere to the principle proclaimed heret,fore by them in common, and to have united in regard to the basis on which to deliberate as respects the appro priate means for obtaining the object of their endeavours," In conclusion, after the passage to which I refer, they come to this determination —that the principle laid down in the original protocol is to be acted upon, whatever may be the end of the war in which we are now engaged. (Hear, hear.) Now, my lords, that that is the principle upon which Austria and Prussia are acting is free from all doubt, because, according to their actual statement, if Russia were to agree now to withdraw from the Principa lities, and at the same time to enter into a guarantee as to the integrity of the Ottoman empire, there is no doubt that neither Austria nor Prussia would take part in the further contest. And if that be true with respect to those two Powers when they are acting in common and on one common principle with the two other Powers, it appears to bo clear almost to demonstration — and I must come to that conclusion unless I hear something to convince me to the contrary from the noble earl opposite—that at this very moment the Powers are acting upon the principle that if Russia should assent to admit the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and the in dependence of the Sultan, and should consent to guarantee that integrity, we must be content to terminate the war upon that principle. (Hear.) Now, my lords, in this paper Austria herself appears to me to be acting inconsistently with that principle, and I do not know how to reconcile the part of the paper to which I am about to allude with that to which I have already referred—l mean that part of the paper which relates to the navigation of the Danube. The navigation of the Danube is stated in that paper, by Austria, to be of the utmost importance, not to her terri tory and her subjects alone, but to the whole of central Europe; and in that paper the importance of the naviga tion of the Danube, and of its freedom from all interrup tion, is enlarged upon in the strongest possible terms ; but, my lords, not in terms by any Dwane stronger than the importance of the subject warrants—its importance, not to Austria alone, nor to central Germany alone, but to the whole of the civilised and commercial world—(hear) —and I say therefore, ray lords, that we must not conclude any peace, we must not put an end to this contest, unless we insure the free and uninterrupted navigation of that im portant river. Now, my lords, having stated this as part of the document to which I have referred, I beg leave to call your attention to tho actual state of that river, and to the circumstances under which it is placed ; anti that will bring me to the conclusion that Austria herself is inconsistent with the document to which I have referred, if she means to say that she will retire from the con test provided the integrity of the Turkish empire is se cured, and it guarantee is given for that security. My lords, we all know that by the treaty of Adrianople— they unfortunate treaty, I must call it, of Adrianople— Russia secured to herself both banks of the Danube, the one in absolute right, the other subst an tially that her c ommand. We know further, a l so , that y treaty she obtained the right of establishing , a li quarantine Laving etno of the islands in the Danub e . to possessed, therefore, th e a b so l u t e contTiollyof yearstliat river, from its mouth to a considerable distance upwards, she has conducted herself i n suc h a wa y as t o interrupt in the most effectual manner the free navigation of that itnpor taut river: (Hear, hear.) Remonstrance after remon strance has been addressed to her by Austria, by Eng land, and by al m ost every other European Power without effect, and it i s quite certain, judging from th e past, that \ unless we remove Russia from that position, and unless the limits which she now holds are c han g ed,. it will be I quite impossible to insure that important objest for the future—the free and uncontrolled navigation of the . Danube. (Hear, hear.) 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