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MR. LEE STEVENS'S PATENT FUR NA.CES.—Copies of official and other reports, and of testi monials in favour of the invention, as applied to Steam Rollers, Brewery Coppers, Stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans, Coal Ovens, &c., with information respecting Licences to manufac ture or use the PATENT SMOKELESS FURNACES, given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, 1, Fish street-hill, City, London, where references are obtained to Firms in L o ndon and elewhere on whose premise& a r e o is in daily operation. HOUSEHOLD WORDS on SMOKE.-- "Mr. LEE STEVENS'S plan has the great advantage of requiring no machinery ; so that no inattention or unskilfulness of the stoker can affect its action. We have witnessed and tested its efficacy at the office of the TIMES newspaper, at the famous black ing mart of DAY and MARTIN, and at the great sweetmeat factory of HILL and JONES."—Dickens's Household Words. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active an 4 essential principles —effecting a cure much more raPidlF than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men , and supplied to the leading hospitals of Europe. Half pint bottles, 2s. 6d. ; pints, 4s. 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, A.NSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. THEA. fRE LOYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TEIL4 EVENING, TOL"! 12, win be performed NORMA. Principal characters by Madame Caradori, Madame Seellazek, Madame ileinrl.;ll ; and Signors Pa- Toye. Sant', and Arnoldi. conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OLT MFR. rtces —stglis, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le.; and . Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box „,,fltee opal daily from fen till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock. 03, New Bond-street. Notice. —Doors open at ilalf-past Seven. rer`ormance commences at Eight. Half-price at Half-past Mac. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the managenaent of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jinx 12. WIH be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE RIITND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vsndenhof4 W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fltswilliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with THE SJAPEGOA.T. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza Exam. THIS EVENING. dear 12, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath. and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Sean, T. Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Baker; Misses C. Leclerq, Heath, Ternan, and R. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JPLT 12, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED EON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Miss F. Maskell. Followed by HOPES AND FEARS. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A moymo TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IN THE LOWTHER ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. For the BENEFIT of Mr. A. WIGAN. THIS EVENING, JULY 12, Will, be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and Robinson ; Misses Marston, E. Or monde, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, the popular Comedietta, ca'led HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, /cc. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENDT(3, Jinx 12. WIII be presented THE UNITED SERVICE CF FRANCE AND ENGLAND. After which, OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS. Followed by FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CRO CODILE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. .tails, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, I. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boars Ha. 6d., to be bad of 31r. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous and most Successful Hit THIS EVENING, JULY 12, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectack., called THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which a Series of Morceauit Choisis de PArene, or Scenes in the Circle, in which Miss Emily Cooke and Mr. William Cooke. jan., will appear. file Brothers Francisco will perform their wondrous feat of LA PERCH& The German Bro thers wi 1 exhibit 'heir skill on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude, with Mr. W. T. Simpson's Burlesque, RUSSIA AGAINS C TURKEY. Boa.ofilee open from E►even till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Under the Patronage of his 'Excellency Count wALEWAYI, the French Ambassador. THREE GRAND UNION GALAS, in honour of the cordial and happy alliance between France and England, will take place THIS DAY, and TO-MORROW. The Bands of the 2d Life Guards, conducted by Mr. G. Cooke, and the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, will attend each day. Lieut. Chambers will make an ASCENT in his new BALLOON on Thursday. To-day (Wednesday) the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold a GRAND FLOWER SHOW ; and on Thursday a BALL will be given in a spacious Pavilion erected for the purpose. A full Quadrille Band is engaged. Mr. Flexmore, M. Concluding each night with a "Great Exhibition " of FIREWORKS, by Seuthby, who will on this occasion eclipse all his former efforts. Also each evening a VOCAL and INSTRIT MEN I'AL CONVERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Hai - Mord, and Mr. Manvers will sing several national and patriotic songs. The Gardens will be brilliantly decora• en and Illuminated by proficient artistes.—D,ors oyes eaah day at rwo. Admission, as usual, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tlns Dap —Morning 7 min.after 3 I Evening 34 min.aft. ?, To - Mammy—Morning 58 min.after 3 1 Evening 23 min. aft. 4 WICATHER.—SIIN OFFICA, JULY 12. THORKOMETHR, IN THE SEIADIt. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 54—leweat this morning and during the night. 59—this day, at noon. 2 .II.ItOMICTZE 29.89—f a lli ng . Wm), N. S.W.—Rather fresh, with dull, cloudy weather, and artial rain. Afternoon—heavy rain. Q ^lt ~~. §AAIT, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1854. While England and France are making active preparations for carrying on the war with vigour —Austria and Prussia are using every exertion to set on foot a series of fresh negotiations. France is aboilt to send a powerful body of troops into the Baltic. England is about to convey them in her own war transport-ships to their destination in the Gulf of Finland. Precisely at which time, diplomatic agents are being despatched from Berlin here to London, and there to St. Petersburg. It appears, according to advices from the Prussian capital to the Bth inst., that upon the evening of that day the Comte DE R " siGsm 'ax was about to set out with secret instructions to the Russian metropolis. In telligence simultaneously arrives to the effect, that in all likelihood our own capital is about to be visited from that same good city of Berlin by an emissary n o l ess i mportant than a relative of the chief of the Prussian lGovernment, to say nothing of th e mysterious e Count PAULEN. Colonel Ma rrET Stranger, m i s e said to have been entrusted with th: EL s o delicate, and certainly very • suspicious, mission of conciliating, if possible the opposition whi c h it is feared at the Court of Charlottenburg has recently begun to show itself at the Court of St. James's against the notion of any renewal o f negotiations. Accompanying the rumour o f which sinister mission comes the no less sinister intimation that the AUTOCRAT would, in the event of any such renewal being agreed to at St. James's or the Tuileries, graciously s how himself not averse to a tardy abandonment of the line of the Sereth, and a withdrawal of his army within the boundaries of his own territory of Bessarabia. Now, we would here most earnestly warn the English public to be watchful of events at the present very singular and mo mentous conjuncture of circumstances. We con sider it, to say the least of it, rather provocative of anxiety, not to add of actual suspicion as to the designs of Austria, and of Prussia, and of Russia that exactly at the very juncture when England and France are preparing in earnest to carry out vigorous warlike ope rations both in the Euxine and in the Baltic —these specious Lints, innuendoes, and even distinct suggestions should come weeping over to Paris and London front the CZAR and through Germany! Rather suspicious, we say, the coinci dence is, all things considered—somewhat sinister and rather suspiciou s ! Will this ambidextrous proceeding on the part of the Prussian Cabinet, acting as it does on the Part and in behalf of the Councils of St. Petersburg, be tolerated by the French and British Governm ents ? induce ourselves to believe soWe cannot notwith s tanding all that has occurred hitherto, and al tilough the Earl of ABZILDEEN, the "forty-years' friend" of the Em peror Nicuous, still unhappily remains at the head THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 12, 1854, of the British Administration. It is scarcely proba ble, even although the "dear" and "excellent" still continues the farce of nominally holding the post of First Lord of the Treasury, it is scarcely pro bable, even with Lord ABERDEEN still Prime Minister of England, that a cordial reception will be granted to any such proposition as the one above explained—in the event of its being actually brought hither by Col. MANTEUFFEL or any other Plenipotentiary. Especially now that a powerful military force is about to be supplied by France, to be carried out to the Baltic in the war vessels of Eng land. Now, when the EMPEROR of the French is about to review the troops destined for this expe dition, and when it is not altogether improbable that the QUEEN of England may herself visit the fleet by which they are to be conveyed to the Gulf of Finland prior to its departure. The visit of the Emperor NAPOLEON to Calais, St. Omer, and Boulogne—constitutes in this respect a guarantee that there is little chance of the CZAR succeed ing through Prussia in bringing about any fatal renewal of these merely illusory negotiations. Happily, moreover, at the very time when the EMPEROR of France is about to review his army, and when the QUEEN of England may be probably about to review her fleet—immediately anterior to their departure on their Baltic destination—the principal organ of the policy of delay for the pur poses of diplomacy veers suddenly and entirely round, openly avowing at last the same views which, from the outset, we ourselves have per tinaciously, and, we venture to say, consistently and unflinchingly advocated. Insomuch that the opinions expressed today by the chief of our morning contemporaries are in a great measure i den tical with those proclaimed by us in these columns from day to day, from week to week, from month to month, throughout. These things should not be overlooked or forgotten by the community. They should not be allowed to pass unnoticed by ourselves through any feeling of mock modesty, or affected reservation. They are facts, simple facts, but facts not altogether, we conceive, with out peculiar significance. Another " innocent" has been immolated. Another effort has been made to bring the session nearer to its termination, and to allow the excellent ABERDEEN to negotiate with his "friend of forty-years' standing," without the interference of Parliament ! Yesterday had its appropriate victim. The Divorce and Matri monial Causes Bill was surrendered without a struggle. Surrendered after it had virtually passed the Upper House, and been fully and ma turely considered by their lordships. Whether it was that the influence of the select family party at " Doctors' " Commons, so greatly predominated in the " People's" Commons, that any inva sion of their snug monopolies could not be carried, or that it was known that considerable time must necessarily be occupied in the discus sion on its various provisions, every movement of which would occasion terror and anxiety to the Premier, it is unnecessary to say. It is sufficient ' that Doctors' Commons remains unscathed by auy of the various shafts aimed at it since the meeting of Parliament, and that the period of prorogation has been pro tanto advanced by the postponement— perhaps we should rather say the unconditional with drawal of the measure now under notice. Be it so ! We shall feel greatly surprised if the Ecclesiastical prove any exception to the general rule ; and as the preservation of the Franchise to East Retford led to the disfranchisement of many other rotten boroughs, it is by no means improbable that the temporary impunity obtained by these obnoxious tribunals during the present session may lead to their total and unconditional abolition at no very distant date. We confess that we cannot very greatly regret the postponement of the Divorce Bill ; for al though it was unquestionably a step in the right direction, it by no means went far enough, and, had it passed in the form in which it was intro duced, some time must have elapsed before a further instalment of justice could reasonably have been anticipated. Now we may look forward with hope, if not with confidence, to a general revision of the matrimonial code, in which some of the chief anomalies now in operation may be removed, and the " rights," or we should rather say the "wrongs," of women dealt with in a fairer and more equitable spirit, while all disputes be tween married persons may be cheaply, expedi tiously, and effectually adjudicated on. With the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts the fiction on which marriage with a deceased wife's sister was prohibited will be entirely disposed of. It is unnecessary here to repeat the arguments by which we have repeatedly proved that there was no Divine in junction against such contracts, and that the ob jection thereto, if any, rested solely on some doubtful canons of the Church —canons, the in terpretation whereof was disputed by some of the most distinguished and zealous bishop ministers and lay members of the Establishment. Before 1835 these m Irriages were not void, but merely voidable. Should any intrusive person institute ' a suit, the Ecclesiastical Court might dissolve the marriage ! But on what ground? Pro salute anima;, for the soul's health of the party whom it thought proper to censure. From the very rea son assigned for the decree, and on which alone it could rest, it must be obvious that none but Churchmen could be affected thereby, and that the judgment could not apply to those who de spised Ecclesiastical censures, and did not subscribe to the canons to which undue force and meaning was attributed. A straightforward and sturdy Dissenter, who repudiated every species of Eccle siastical domination, would rest as easy under the Church censure for a marriage which in his soul and conscience he believed to be right and proper as he would under a condemnation for the von payment of Church Rates, and we can scarcely imagine that any attempt would be made against such a person. And as from the avowed object —" for the soul's health "—no proceedings could be taken after the death of either party, there could be no subsequent attempt at impeaching the legitimacy, or interfering with the rights of the issue. Such was the state of affairs when the Bill of 1835 was introduced—a bill which was apparently a remedial measure ; but which, by an artfully contrived, but hastily and recklessly accepted, " amendment " (amendment, forsooth !)—was converted into one of persecution. A serious and most unwarrantable invasion of civil and religious liberty of the subject, an attack on the most sacred privilege of those who conscientiously and honestly dissented from the dogmas of the Church by law established. The bill was, as vie have said, introduced as a remedial measure. It was for the benefit of the Noble Marquis, the heir to a Dukedom, that the ancient titles and wide spread domains of the family might not be di verted from the direct line. A private Act could not be obtained, and therefore for the sake of one high -born 1 1 :e distinguished and wealthy nobleman indulgence given to the thousands, in a similar aye, the my riads of less persons who were placed position. A general measure then was introduced, the render all such sole object o f w hich was to nuptials previously contracted, to all intents and A clause w as prr"es valid and binding. declaring that fc introduced at th e last moment, r th e r mar riages should, no t as f utureore these theretof voidable, but absolutely , be merely v This was carri e d i n ab initio. the Lords,b re jected in the Comm ons . T he but popular branch of the Legislature, however, subse quently rather than prevent th e yielded passing of an enactment that gave assurance and security to so many and we have seen the result of that well; 5 nes% Not one in a thousand of such cases was previously in terfered with. Although the law was not in a satisfactory condition, it was looked on more as mere brutum fulmen than as a real evil. But it speedily became a substantial grievance of the most onerous and vexatious description, and one that has hitherto been enforced with the most perverse and desperate tenacity. Every attempt to get rid of the obnoxious, and, so far as the Dissenters are concerned, most unjustifiable and vexatious enactment, has been foiled, and it has still been maintained, a blot on the national statute-book rendering the law of England different from that of every Protes- • taut country in Europe, aye in the world. The abolition of the spiritual jurisdiction in mar riage cases, must lead to that of the objectionable law that sprung directly therefrom, and hence there is another cogent reason for the total de struction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, which we earnestly hope and firmly believe will follow, from the postponement of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, and of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. Most unexpectedly the Lords have proved more Ministerial than the Commons, and quite as liberal. They not only agreed without a division to the abolition of the Matriculation Oath, which excluded Dissenters—not only sustained by a large majority the clause permitting them to take the Bachelor's degree without signing the Thirty-nine Articles, but they even restored to its integrity the Ministerial clause for the election of the Weekly Council (our readers will forgive our dropping the uncouth word Hebdomadal), which is pretty fairly compared to the second house in po litical legislation. Ministers originally proposed that this important body should be elected in certain proportions from the several Academic officials by " Congregation," a body to con sist, as of old, of the effective force, or work ing staff, of the University. The Commons carried au alteration that the different classes should each elect their own members of council. The heads of Houses, who are the parallel of Old Toryism in politics, were to elect six heads of Houses, the Pro fessors as many professors, and so forth ; a plan which seemed likely not only to insure an eternal war of classes, but, as matters stand at Oxford, to insure also an overwhelmingly predominant clerical influence in the management of the Uni versity. It is this clause, on which Ministers laid much stress, and the defeat on which Mr. GLADSTONE appeared to feel keenly, that the Lords have restored to its primary form. Indeed, they have passed all the meritorious parts of the bill, either by large majorities or without dividing. Thus far Ministers have triumphed ; but we hope they will not forget the severe rebuke prac tically administered by the Lords in not even dividing on the admission of Dissenters. It fully sustains our repeated observation' on the manner in which the Coalition has courted defeat. Lord JonN RUSSELL will, just for the nonce, give a less liberal vote on a question of religious liberty than the Earl of DERBY, or the Bishop of Oxford ! He sells a national demand to fear of the Lords and the Bishops, and the House of Commons re fuses to betray the nation, and the Lords coolly declare, that they too will not be dragged through the dirt of bigotry. We only hope the warning will be taken, and that mea sures worth offering to the nation will hence forth be the rule and not the exception. A very foolish and maudlin tenderness was affected towards the Established Church by many of the noble speakers. Their fear seemed very great of doing anything to touch the close and holy alliance between the University and the Church of England. As Church of England men, we cannot thank them for what, to us, savours too much of cant. We have always argued honestly. and openly for the free ad mission of all classes to the National Universities, and we scorn on every ground to accompany the concession of a right with puling speeches for the National Church. We do not wish Dissenters to come to Oxford and be told, as it were, that they must not breathe freely, that they must speak with bated breath; and perhaps, even put their shoes from off their feet, for the place on which they stand is holy to the Church ; but still more do we object to such a tone of speaking for the credit of the Church itself. The Church of England is no baby now. It does not want a nursery where it can be kept out of harm's way. It has come of age centuries ago, and has cer tainly not yet reverted to second childhood. Why, then, all this silly twaddle about hoping to do her no injury by a possible Dissenting Private Hall or two among her numerous rich and wealthy colleges t Really if we shared the fears of some Noble Lords, we should be ashamed to give utterance to them. If the Church were actually in danger from the admission of Dissent ers even on the most equal terms, we should think that, as an ecclesiastical system, she deserved to fall. Dissenters of every class will, we hope, avail themselves of the opening now afforded them. After the decisive votes of both Houses of Parlia ment, Oxford, reforming itself in detail under the guidance of the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, can hardly venture on obstruct ing the obvious will of the nation. If it does, the Legislature will certainly not be ap pealed to in vain. We wish Dissenters to do their part not only for their own sakes, but because on no point do we feel more strongly than on the value of honourable and friendly associa tion in early years as the means of abating secta- rian bigotry and rancour ; and of generating also mutual understanding and respect, where separa tion now originates mutual ignorance and antipathy. In the Commons some remarks were made about the impossibility of separating Catholics and other Dissenters, and Mr. LUCAS thought Catholics would not come to Oxford. What harm in the world could they do them? . They could never surpass Puseyism as a maker of proselytes for Rome ; and probably Mr. SPOONER and Dr. MAC HALE would both have been better men had a common education taught them to appreciate each other better. At all events it is now settled that our Universities must more and more every year deserve the character of National Institutions. We invite the attention of the Admiralty to a letter on " Gun-boats," in The Sam of this day, signed R. B. Feather. The subject has been fre quently canvassed by ourselves; and we cannot help wondering that no prompt step has yet been taken to remedy the grievance, so naval and so national. What has been done goes for nothing for all practical purposes. KING OF PORTUGAL.—At Brussels on the Bth—A. grand review was held here in honour of the King of Por tugal. 8,000 men of the garrison of Brussels and the neighbouring towns were assembled. At noon, King Leopold, with the King of Portugal on his left hand, and accompanied by the Princes his sons, and the Duke of Oporto, passed the troops in review. The King, Don Pedro, and the Duke of Oporto will be present at the annual fete of Malines, and will con tinue their tour through the principal towns of Bel gium. • DEATH OF LADY MARIANNE STURT.—We have to record the demise of Lady Marianne Sturt, at the ad vanced age of 88. Her ladyship was daughter of the fourth Earl of Shaftesbury, the grandmother of Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., and was therefore connected with the noble houses of Cardigan, Lucan, and Shaftesbury. CRYSTAL PALACE. —TUESDAY (SHILLING DAY). — Number of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Ad mission at the doors, 13,699 ; admission by season tickets, 1,058-14,757. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday, the first of a series of grand galas, under the patronage of Count Walewski, the French Ambassador, in cele bration of the union between France and England, was given at these gardens. In addition to the many cus tomary attractions of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the visitors on this occasion was treated to the rather unusual display here of a balloon ascent, which was very cleverly and prettily effected under the able mronautship of Lieutenant Chambers, in his elegant new balloon. There was also a double band, consisting of the band of the 2d Life Guards, under Mr. Grattan Cooke, and that of the Coldstreams, under Mr. Godfrey. The pyrotech nic display was on an extraordinary magnificent scale, comprising a huge bouquet of five hundred rockets. The gardens were tastefully decorated with emblematic devices in coloured lamps, and the attendance of visitors was numerous and fashionable. PRICE OF GoLD.—The quotation of gold at'Paris is about 4 mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.07 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.00, it follows that gold .; about 0.28 per cent dearer in Paris than in London. By advices; from Hamburg the that Hamburg on London n per r n c en at t s price o f gold is 424 per mark, which at the English Mint pri ce o f 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, givesgold d s 0.06 an exch ange o f 13 3i ; an d, the exchange at being 3btro ,i t than follows in e of London. Th e course or short b r e in H exchange at New York on a London f or bill s at 6 8 0da 6 109/ per cent., and, ys' sight is 4 the par of exchange betty 109 23.40 per c en t , ee n England and America being follows that the exchange is no minally 0.17 per ce * • nt. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for char ges o f transport and difference rate leaves of interest, the p resent r es a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. MONEY MARKET AND CO 211.111ERCI.A. r, INTELI; TGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, in cluding 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed very quietly, without change in prices. The sales comprised 500 Surat at 3d to 31d. ; 30 Sea Island at is. Id. to Is. 5d., and the remainder American. Railway Shares were very flat. The report upon the indigo auctions, as furnished by Messrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co., is as follows : " The quarterly sales of indigo commenced this day, consisting of 13,925 chests (including 4,185 chests of old goods, bought in at or withdrawn from former sales, and 1,090 chests in second hands), comprising the foliowiug, viz. :—Catalogues A 9,322 chests Bengal, Oude, &c. ; 1,373 Madras, 1,311 Kurpah, 56 Bthilipatam, 21 Sa lem, 71 Pondicherry, 24 Java ; 480 withdrawn. 177 lots warehouse sweepings, 12,835 chests. Catalogue B 1.090 chests, various, in second hands. Total 13,925 chests. The qualities of Bengal are about one-third good and fine, and two thirds middling and ordinary ; the Madras one-fourth good and fine, and three-fourths middling and ordinary ; the Kurpah one fourth good and fine, and three-fourths mid dling and ordinary ; the Bitnlipatain chiefly ordinary, with one or two chests of good ; the Java good and fine ; the Oude, three-fourths middling and ordinary, and one-fourth good and fine. After the announcement of 248 chests being withdrawn, the sales opened with a parcel of good middling ordinary Madras, which sold with fair spirit, the lower qualities at barely last sale's prices, but the better sorts at an advance of 2d. to 3d. per lb. Bengal qualities have ruled from last sale's rates to 2d. per lb. under, the fall being upon the finer qualities. For Kurpah of good and fine quulity, there was strong competition, and an advance of from 2d. to 4d. per lb. was realised ; but the in ferior sorts were not in demand, and prices were rather easier. " We quote fine Bengal 2d. lower, middling and or dinary about last sales. Madras, good ord fine 2d. to 3d. higher, ordinary sorts about par ; Kurpal, good and fine 2d. to 4d. higher, ordinary sorts barely last sale's rates. The room presented a fair attendance, and the sales have opened much better than was expected. 1,228 chests have passed to-day, of which 385 were withdrawn, 212 bought in, and 631 sold." Accounts from France state that one-fifth more wheat has been sown there this season as compared with last. There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rates for Bills of Exchange upon some of the Continental cities. Hamburg, 90 days, was not higher than 13 51 to si, and Paris was 25 221 to 27k. Amsterdam was at 11 17 to 171. Frank fort was at 118 a to 1188. Trieste was higher, being 13 to 13 10. The annual accounts of the Union Bank of Lon don was held this day, Sir Peter Laurie in the chair. The profits of the year ending 30th June last was 84,6311. lls. 2d., from which a dividend, after the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was re commended, with a bonus of 5 per cent., making 15 per cent. for the past year, clear of income-tax. The sale of the reserved shares would raise the reserve fund to 126,0001., and clear off the prelimi nary expenses. The report was adopted. The following are the principal passages in the report : "The fifteenth annual report, which affords the most satisfactory evidence that the progress of the business in every department, and the prosperity of the bank during the past year, have not been exceeded in any period since the establishment of the company. " The profits of the year ending the 30th of June last, amount to 84,6311. lls. 2d., after allowing for all current charges, and for the sum of 107,739 17s. sd. interest paid and due to customers on their current and deposit accounts. "On a careful consideration of the accounts on the 31st December last, the Directors felt justified in raising the dividend from 8 to 10 per cent, per annum, for the half-year then ended ; the profits of the last six months have fully equalled their expectations, and the Direc tors have now the satisfaction not only of declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, but of adding a bonus of 5 per cent., making together 15 per cent. for the past year, clear of Income-tax. " After payment of the dividend for the year, and the bonus amounting to the sum of 63,4351., and the usual appropriation of 5001. in reduction of the preliminary expenses, there will remain an unappropriated surplus profit of 20,6961. lls. 2d., to be carried to the credit of profit and loss New Account. "The directors are, of opinion that the time has now arrived when the reserved shares may be appropriated with benefit to the Bank and advantage to the proprie• tors ; they have, therefore, resolved (in pursuance of the powers prescribed by the deed of settlement) to is'ue them to the present proprietors, in the proportion of two additional shares for every five shares now held, at a premium of 51. per share. The details of this arrange ment will be read to the meeting at the close of the report, and subsequently communicated by a circular letter to each proprietor. The paid-up capital will then amount to 600,0001., which the directors feel convinced has be come desirable from the magnitude of the business, and will extend the influence and augment the prosperity of the Bank. " The premiums thus receivable on the reserved s hares will be appropriated, fir-t, to raise the reserved hind' to 120,0001., being 20 per cent. of the paid-up capital, beyond which amount it is not at present intended to increase that fund; and next, to tho entire liquidation of the preliminary expenses, which have been hitherto in course of repayment by annual instalments. " The appropriation of the reserved shares will leave 794 undisposed of, and affords an opportunity which the directors have long cleared, of expressing in some substantial manner that entire and cordial approbation which the proprietors have so frequently recorded of the eminent services of Mr. W. W. Scrimgeour, the general manager, as well as of other valuable officers of the company. " It would be an agreeable duty to the directors to enlarge upon the manner in which Mr. Scrimgeour has discharged his arduous and most responsible duties, but the present position of the Bank best attests his un wearied zeal and tried ability, which have so materially contributed to that result, and the directors feel assured of the hearty concurrence of the proprietors in the pro position to appropriate the residuary shares at par, to Mr. Scrimgeour ; as well as to Mr. Barton, the assist ant manager ; Mr. Clack, the manager of the Regent street branch ; Mr. Wight, the manager of the Charing cross branch ; and Mr. Walter Laurie, the secretary, who have each, in their several departments, well en titled themselves to the respect and confidence of the proprietors." A crude report has been circulated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is negotiating for a new loan. The English Stock-market has been further de pressed, and there is still a fair supply of stock. Consols have been 90K- to 91k and are now 911- The operations connected with speculative opera tions, according as parties have the " call" or " put" available, partly influence prices, but the poli tical uncertainty, together with the absence of sunny weather, are also acting upon the quo t a tions. The valu e o f B an k S toc k i s higher again, being at 210. Exchequer Bills are par to 2s. premium. The Exchequer Bonds of 1859 have been done at 1 premium. East India Stock is at 228. The New 31 per C en ts. have realised 91, and since are 911 I. Foreign Securiti es h ave b ee n heavy. Grenada .1, Stock has been done at 161, and Mexican at 24. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been firmer at 37 to 371, ex dividend. Russian 5 per Cents. have been at 96i, being still heavy. In Dutch 21 per Cents. there have been several transactions at 58'4 to 59k, ex dividend, and in the 4 per Cents. at 891- to 901. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 61 to 61, Mexi can 231 to 24, Peruvian 65 to 67, ditto 3 per Cents. 50 to 52, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39 to 41, Russian 5 pe r C en t s . 96 t o 98, ditto 41- per Cents. 80 to 82, Spanish New Deferred 181 to 19, ditto 3 per Cent s . 37 to 38, ditt o C er tifi ca tes 4 t o 41 , ditto Passive 4 to 41. The Rail way M ar k e t i s i n fl uen ced by th e d ec li ne in the English s t o cks, and although there is no material pressure of sales, the disposition is rather to part with shares. Great Western, however, and Great Northern A stock are better supported than others. Brighton are down, and the North British also. French Shares are neglected. Mining Shares are inactive. Banks flat, and Land Shares though dull are steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOS 2 i o N tisi G inlea P is ß dio l n C e. E S. (Prom the Oficial List.) ' Bank Stock ... • par Cent. R e d uce d A nnu ities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 904 1i 904- 1 90i New 3i per Cent. Annuities 9lk A i i i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 4 India Stock Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 240. 1.000 .ESOO Small 4 2 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858 ..... Ditto Scrip, 1851 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Grenada Bonds, li per Cent l6l mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 9ii4 Ditto 4A per Cent.. B2 Spanish B - onds,"3 per Cent 37i 7 x d Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 4. 13 , 3 r Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 2s per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for )penin 15th July 9O x d LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. WITHDRAWAL OF THE FLEET FROM CR ON STADT. Telegraphic despatches from Dantzic announce that Admiral Sir Charles Napier, after spending above a fortnight before Cronstadt, endeavouring to tempt the Russians into action, has returned with his ships to Barosound. The cholera was raging at Cronstadt, and the Admiral was un willing to keep his men unnecessarily in its neigh bourhood. The fleets retired from reconnoitring Cronstaclt on the 6th. THE DANUBE. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz of yesterday contains the following :—" On the Bth, after a long struggle, the Turks got possession of the islands of Mokan anti Olneika, and subsequently of Giurgevo. The Russians were then totally defeated on the Wallachian territory." Prince Gortschakoff is forming a camp of 30,000 men between Bucharest and the Danube. The same journal gives it to be understood that the Russians will not withdraw from Wallachia, and that the Austrian troops will not pass the frontier. Other despatches confirm generally the state ment of the defeat of the Russians, but they differ as to the day when the engagement took place. One says : " A smart action took place on the Danube on the sth. The Russians lost 160 killed, and 800 wounded. Everything implies a defence of Bucharest." Another, dated Belgrade, July 11, is to this effect : " On the morning of the 7th, the Turks crossed the Danube at Rutschuk, with 40,000 men. At 11 o'clock they were masters of Giurgevo. 900 men of General Seymonoff's army were killed or wounded. " Prince Gortschakoff was to take up a position on the Bth, four miles in front of Bucharest, but has only 30,000 men with him." The Presse mentions that Osten-Sacken is ex pected at the Russian camp. According to a letter of the 3d from Bucharest, the Russian transports and gun-boats that have arrived at Galatz from their station off Silistria, where they were employed, are having their arma ments taken out. This seems to be the commence ment of what has become necessary, the entire breaking up of the Russian flotilla on the Danube. This subject is at this moment most seriously occu pying Prince Gortschakoff's attention, and it is thought by no means impossible that the ships will be burned. The mouths of the Danube are block aded by the allied fleets, and the Russian vessels have no longer an escape that way. A letter from Schumla of the 28th ult. states that the Turkish army of the Balkan is continuing its movement on the Dobrudscha ; detachments of the auxiliary army are expected to arrive at Pra vadi on the 24th inst. KuStendji is occupied by the Turks, and the Egyptian regiments of the gar rison of Varna are marching on Bazardschick. There now only remains at arna a garrison of French and English troops. The Duke of Cam bridge has left for Schumla. An expedition against the mouths of the Danube and the Crimea is spoken of as certain. Omer Pacha was to leave Schumla on the Ist for Silistria and Rustchuck. A letter from Orsova, of the 7th, mentions that the Arpad steamer which was to convey to Rust chuck the suite of Colonel Kalick, had not been able to pass Sistowa ; on her return the Russians fired at her when near Nicopolis. The Russians occupy the left bank of the Danube from the Aluta. Consequently these positions have not been eva cuated, as was alleged. THE BRITISH CAMP, NEAR VARNA. We extract the following from a letter, dated : "Camp at Aladyn, near Varna, Bulgaria, Monday, June 26.—0 n Saturday a Tatar with an escort rode past the camp by the Shumla road, at full speed for Varna, and, on arriving there, at once repaired to the quarters of Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan, with despatches from Omer Pacha. The two Commanders-in-Chief held a conference, at which several of the French and English generals were present, and on the same evening two steamers left the port of Varna with despatches, one for Constantinople, and the other for the Admirals at Balts chik. Another messenger passed through the camp the previous Friday from the Turkish generals, and it was generally believed that be carried important tidings re specting the progress of the siege of Silistria. Of course, the rumours which flew from camp to *amp were various and contradictory. Some said that Omer Pasta had sent for assistance in urgent terms, and re presented the immediate fall of Oilistria as all but inevita ble, unless speedy relief was given by the allied army ; others that he expressed himself in terms of the highest confidence with regard to the defence ; and others, again, that he merely recorded the operations of his troops, respecting which nothing whatever was known here. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the noise of a distant cannonade ha 1 been hbard at intervals by the officers and men of the outlying pickets from the direction of Silistria, and hypothesis and conjecture were busy hatching canards, which flew about the tents in ever-varying plumage and form. But on Saturday the great fact was known at Varna, and it soon travelled out here, that the siege of Silistria was raised, and that the Russians were in full retreat from the scene of their discomfiture. Late on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, Lord Burghersh passed the camp of Aladyn, on his way to the advance post of cavalry under Lord Cardigan, which had already established its quarters about five miles beyond Devno (or 16 miles I from this), and was sweeping all the country up to wards Shumla and Silistria. Lord Burghersh is sup posed to be the bearer of despatches commanding the Earl of Cardigan to push on with all possible speed, so as to reconnoitre the country towards the Danube, and to ascertain, if possible, the route taken by the Russians. llt would seem that the garrison at Silistria had scarcely I any cavalry, and that the Russians had retired so pre cipitately after their last defeat that their route could not be accurately ascertained. Parties of the sth Dra goon Guards, 17th Lancers, and 13th Light Dragoons were immediately advanced, and are now extending their files by Yeni Bazaar and to the eastward of the plains of Shumla towards iladschi Oghlu. " It may readily be believed that this news, which no one doubts, has made a profound sensation here. The prominent feeling among the men i s one of disappoint ment, that they may lose the chance, " after coaling so far, of having one brush with the Russians." Sir D. L. Evans is said to have addr essed his division in order to I soothe their spirits on this point. Beyond this pardon able military enthusiasm there is a great desire to escape from the strenuous inaction of camp life, its t o il so me parades, and the relaxing effects of the climate. The Generals- i n-Chief are in conference again to-day, but no orders have as yet been issued to any of the divisions which indicate a move of any kind. A large proportion of men-of-war and transports is still retained, however, in Var na B ay. "The sickness and diarrhcea in the camp here are greatly on the decline, but sore lips among men an d officers Pre common, principally from exp osure t o th e sun. The Duke's division seem to be grow i ng b ear d s with impunity. His Royal High ness , w h o l ives ou t close to his division under canvas, having abandoned his quarters in Varna within a few dlys after he got into them, has his men's parades and field-days before nine o'clock. The Brigadiers here prefer the hours between 9 and noon, under the impression that the sun is not so powerful then, on account of the forenoon breezes, as it is earlier in the morning. We have a thunderstorm almoseevery day, and very grateful ft is, for the tem perature is always lowered 10 or 12 degrees by the rain and electrical discharges. The commissariat are doing their duty manfully. The quality of the meat is really very good, though the doctors think a pound a-day is not enough for each man in such a climate, especially as the meat is rather deficient in gelatine and in nutri tious quality. " Two French soldiers have been shot at Varna for insubordination. Another is to be shot to-morrow for stabbing a Voltigeur. He is a Zouave, and in an alter cation with his countryman he drew his bayonet and thrust it through the body of his opponent, at the same time exclaiming that he desired to be shot, a wish which a colonel who rode up assured him should be speedily gratified. We have not been without our share of offenses. Several men have been flogged for breaking into the village of Kojuk, close at hand, for theft, and other crimes against law and order. " Some Turkish troops marched past yesterday on their road to Shumla. They had no baggage of any kind. Tile flight of the araba-drivers continues. Tbey hate the service, and will escape from it at any risk. One of the Bulgarians drew his knife on the soldier who was taking bim off with his cart for the use of the surgeon of the Rifles last Friday, and, when he was disarmed, he broke up his cart and burnt it, out of spite and mor tification. We have little skrimmages of this kind every day. A soldier and a Turk the other day had a dispute near the commissariat stores. The Turk drew his pistol from his belt, but the soldier rushed in on him, wrested it from him, and fired it off. The ball went near Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, who hap pened to be riding the bush to visit the camp, and the soldier was arrested for discharging a weapon so carelesily. "No order for marching has arrived from head-quar ters. The Light Division would be sure to move first, if any movement were to be made. Sutlers are beginning to appear, and hams at 3s. 6d. a pound, and preserved meats at large prices are to be had now and then. Bad brandy is 3s. 6d. a bottle. The first supplies came up to day. THE BLACK SEA FLEET. The following is an extract from a private letter received from an officer in one of the ships in the Black Sea, dated Baljik, June 29 : "I hear that the combined fleet—French, Turkish, and our own—goes to sea in a few days, for the blockade of Sebastopol. Now that the troops have landed at Varna, our ships there will rejoin the admiral. The Bellerophon has been there all the time. She has pre eminently kept up the good name of the service by her hospitality tu our gallant red-coated brethren. Her captain, Lord George Paulet, is never more happy than when presiding at a capital dinner, with the accompani ment of his splendid band. The Firebrand and Vesu vius have been doing something in a small way up the coast, at the north of the Sulina mouth of the Danube —burgling military stations and dispersing their little gar isons, cutting down telegraph posts, and so on. The Sans pareil returned from the Circassian coast a few days ago, leaving the Firebrand and Sampson there, at Soukouin or Redout or Kale. These are to be relieved soon, it is said, by the Sidon and Inflexible. I dare say you have heard that the Sanspareil arrived at Redout Kale just in the nick of time. The Russians, who had been dislodged by Sir Edmund Lyons' squadron, were just returning in force, and would have made small bones of the Turkish garrison, when she hove in sight. The Muscovites thought better of it, exercised their discre tion, and retired. Now, I believe, both places are capable of defence, guns being mounted again in the former, and the fort of the latter havin g been insulated and otherwise strengthened. The Banshee brought up word yesterday that Lord Raglan had returned from a vi-it to the banks of the Danube, and that he confirmed the report of the Russian retreat. It is said that Lord Cardigan with some light cavalry has been pushed on in the direction of Kustendje. If he has fallen in with any of the Cossacks said to have been seen by the Inflexible on her way down from the Sulina mouth some days ago, that roving rabble will have had cause to rue the meet ing. How beautifully the Greeks have been checkmated —or rather, I should say, how Master Nicholas has been brought sharp up in Greece by the combined occupation of the Pirmus ! When the Inflexible was there two or three months ago, recruiting (volunteering) was going i on openly for the affair in Epirus, within three minutes' walk of King Otho's abode." REPLY OF ADMIRAL HAMELIN TO THE RUSSIAN VERSION. BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. Admiral Hamelin, commanding the French flaet in the Black Sea, has addressed to his government a second report on the results of the bombardment of Odessa. His statement appears to have Leen evoked by the mendacious reports ou the event which have been published under official authority at St. Petersburg. The Admiral writes : " VILLE DE PARIS, June 29, 1554.—Monsieur le Ministre.—When I had the honour of reporting to you the losses which the Russian Government must have sustained through the bombardment of the imperial port at Odessa by the steamers of the combined squadron, I was only able to mention such as were visible from the decks of our vessels. Your excellency will readily un derstand the difficulty of appreciating exactly whether from the ships engaged, or from vessels witnessing the action, the destruction caused by our projectiles in the midst of the enemy's ranks, or in the arsenal itself. " We plainly saw and heard a powder magazine blow up ; saw the ships on fire in the midst of this arsenal ; saw the burning barracks and magazine successively fall in, and the guns and carriages lying about dismounted on the molehead. For three consecutive nights the flames did not cease. These general results were all that we were then able to ascertain. " This is no longer the case ; and thanks to informa tion proceeding from a person worthy of belief, who was at Odessa during the attack, and who remained there afterwards, I am able to give your excellency the details as requested in the despatch of May 24. The following then is the damage sustained at the imperial fort of Odessa, in consequence of the attack of Apt ii 22. " Among the ten pieces of ordnance that defended, some the entrance, others the head of the mole, these last were completely dismantled ; this was the work which our steamers had particularly in view, and the accomplishment of which permitted them to approach the imperial port, in order to destroy the Russian ma gazines and vessels. " The powder magazine, erected for supplying the mole battery, blew up ; the explosion killed or wounded nearly all the troops that manned this battery. The Government magazine, that contained all the stores re quired by the steam-packets of the State in the Black Sea, was entirely consumed. A barrack built for the Cossacks, shared the same fate, entailing the destruction of a great many horsemen and horses : it was the same with a large store-house of corn, straw, and hay. " The mole itself, struck by a great number of balls, was seriously damaged. In short, the field battery of four guns, which had ventured to cope with the guns of our frigates, was almost entirely destroyed, with men and horses. "The imperial port contained 53 sailing vessels, three steamers, and five dredging machines. Of the three steamers, one, the Dneister, an iron boat of 40-horse power, the property of the Government, having received several balls in its bull and keel, filled in five minutes and went down. They endeavoured in vain to raise it again. Another iron steamer, the Luba, sank after re ceiving 16 shots ; it is thought impossible to make her float again. A third steamer, of 90. horse power, the Claudia, went down also, but it seems she has been since raised. " Of the five floating dredging machines, the newest was entirely destroyed ; it sank the first day, and there is no chance of its being made seaworthy ; the four others experienced more or less injury. " Of the 53 sailing vessels in the port of Odessa, one, Nicholas 1., of about 600 tons, was destroyed by fire : two brigs were entirely burned, as also a collier full of Newcastle coals, and bound for Ismail. The rest of these vessels, which were Russian coasters of different sizes, were more or less damaged by the balls, the greater part foundered. " As for the enemy's loss in men, in order to esti mate it it was requisite to have recourse to private sources, the Russian government having abstained from publishing the numbers officially. It results from this information that the number of killed and wounded was not less than 200. " Your excellency did not stand in need of these details to be convinced beforehand that the documents contained in my previous reports were rather below than above the truth. Perhaps the same cannot be said respecting those of the enemy's general, especially in what concerns the crippling of I don't know how many of our steam fri gates at the close of this engagement. Your excellency is aware that not one of our steam frigates or steam cor vettes, receiving as they did not a single shot in their machinery or boilers, was prevented from following the squadrons ; and, strange to say, not one of our men was killed or wounded by the projectiles of the enemy, whilst ours was making havoc in his ranks, his flotilla, and his arsenal. "As for the confusion prevailing in the arsenal at the beginning of the action, I have been again assured of its having been the case ; this explains why, as I al ready have had the honour of writing to your excellency, the authorities of Odessa fought without a flag ; and yet the Russian colours were hoisted often enough on the custom -house and the quarantine buildings.—l am, &c,, " Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the "Black Sea Squadron, " HAMELIN." THE CREW OF THE TIGER. An officer serving with the Black Sea fleet writes to his friends : " BALJICK, June 18.—The First Lieutenant of the Tiger has been summoned to St. Petersburg. Her crew has been divided into two or three portions, one of which is, I hear, immediately to proceed inland to at tend some Russian college. They are enjoying them selves exceedingly, though prisoners. They are allowed seats at the opera, and carriages to go about in. " ST. PETERSBURG. We read in a letter from Hamburg of the Bth : "The Russian Government has recently adopted a new measure, showing how anxious it is to avail itself of every military resource which it can dispose of. There exist in Russia, and particularly at St. Petersburg and Moscow, several military schools, where a great number of pupils receive an excellent education in everything relating to their intended profession. In the end, after severe examinations, they are granted commissions in the army. At present, in consequence of the continual augmentation of new battalions, all the pupils have been withdrawn by the Emperor from the schools; and placed as officers in the battalion of the guard and line. In the last list of decorations granted by the Emperor of Russia, the names of several Austrian officers are to be seen. Information has been received that the merchant-vessels which have en tered the White Sea to take on board cargoes of corn have not been molested by the English cruisers. They have even received from the English commander autho rication to return without hindrance to theneutral ports for which their cargoes are destined." A letter from in of the Bth, in the Cologne sa y s "Count Koenigsneark, commander Gazette, of the fortress of Rheinsberg, is to be charged with a mission for St. Petersburg. He is to present a letter of felicitation from the King on the occasion of the anniversary of the Empress's birthday." Tho /vational Gazette of Berlin has the follow ing from Warsaw, dated the 4th :—The reserve battalions of the 3d division have left for Lublin : there are now not more than 20,000 men here. The authorities of the governments of Radom nnd Kalisch have received orders to put the roads in a state to bear artillery. The troops are in general proceeding towards Podolia and Ybraez. The officers have been ordered to wear cloaks like those of the common soldiers, in order not to be so much exposed to the aim of the enemy. The Czar him self wears one of these cloaks. The Russian journals publish a report of Prince Menschikoff, Governor of Sebastopol, giving an account of the affair of the 15th June. The Prince admits that the two steamers Gromonassetz and Wladimir had suffered from the fire of the enemy, and had had 20 officers and as many non-commis sioned officers wounded, and several killed. He then adds in a triumphant manner that the enemy fled, and that the victorious Russian flotilla re entered Sebastopol. Those journals are completely , silent respecting the siege of Silistria, but they an nounce with emphasis that, on the 3d instant., the Emperor caused a 'Tc .Deum to be sung in the Church of the Winter Palace, on the occasion of the glorious victory gained by General Andronikoff in Asia. RUSSIA AND THE GERMAN POWERS. According to letters from Berlin, of the Bth, the Comte de Koenigsmark was to set out on the even ing of that day, for St. Petersburg. Colonel Manteuffel, it was said, was to leave Berlin on this day for London, on a mission, of which the object is to conciliate the opposition that has shown itself to a renewal of negotiations. It is added that the Czar, if a renewal should be agreed to, would even abandon the line of the Sereth, and withdraw the Russian troops into his own territory. It is stated from Hermanstadt, under the date of the Ist, that in the two previous days great in terruption had taken place in the transport of mer chandise between Moldavia and Transylvania. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, under date of Vienna, 7th, says—" Various reports are in cir culation as to the contents of the autograph letter from the Emperor of Russia, delivered to the Em peror of Austria by Prince Gortschakoff, and as to the mission of the latter. I can announce to you, in the most positive manner, that at St. Peters burg the Austrian summons relative to the eva cuation of Moldavia has not been taken into con sideration on the conditions proposed by Austria. It is positively stated that Prince Gortschakoff is authorised to make entirely new propositions to the Austrian Cabinet, but it is not thought that they are of a nature to lead to diplomatic negotia tions, our Government being firmly decided on maintaining the summons in every respect." STATE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. The Vienna' papers are informed from the Prin cipalities that from 9,000 to 10,000 sick and wounded are now on the road from Bucharest to the Sereth. The Warsaw correspondent of the Fresse affirms that the demoralisation of the Rus sian army is complete. The soldiers before Silistria loudly complained that they had been led to the shambles. The front ranks of the storming par ties before Silistria refused to advance towards the Turkish works. Prince Paskewitch ordered two Greek priests, bearing the sacred pictures, to place themselves at the head of the men, and when even this powerful stimulus failed, the veteran left his saddle and, seizing a flag, led on the men him self. The loss of officers has been tremendous. Russian officers who have recently joined the army relate that the Emperor is indisposed, and suffers from depression of spirits. When his Majesty ap pears in public he always wears a large Greek cross, the symbol of his spiritual sovereignty. LETTER FROM ABD-EL•KADER TO OMER PACHA. Omer Pacha has lately received the following Eetter from Abd-el-Kader, dated Broussa, tile 18th:--. "My very dear Brother--The gates of Paradise opened themselves for me, -when I had a conversation with the only prophet in a dream on the eve of the Ist Ramazan. I heard all the great and holy souls who re pose in Abraham's bosom proclaim your name with shouts of joy, and I saw a large rainbow extend across the striking ranks of the holy sous when they called you by name. God is with you, my brother. Wherever you go glory and victory wilt attend you. I envy you. Carry off the camps of your enemy by your troops. May my blessing accompany you. The enemies will fly be fore you like jackals, and our children's children will glorify your name. Do not draw back, but march your troops forward. The Prophet wills it. The day of ex piation is arrived for the gmours of Moscow. Blessings on you, my brother. ABD-EL-KA.DER." FRANCE. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AT BO ULO GNE. The Emperor left Paris yesterday afternoon for Boulogne, to review the troops which are about to depart for the Baltic. He arrived at Boulogne in the evening, and took up his quarters at the Hotel du Nord. It is understood that his Majesty will be present at the embarkation of General Baraguay d'Hilliers' division. The Emperor on leaving Paris drove along the Boulevards in an open carriage, absolutely without an escort of any kind, and with only one person with him in the carriage—probably one of the chamberlains. Both were in plain clothes. There was a complete absence, not only of military, but of any state whatever. A considerable number of per sons had previously assembled at. the Northern Rail way Station when the carriage arrived. The Empe ror descended and passed through the crowd, who received him with every mark of respect. Flags and other such ornaments usual on the occasion had been placed at the entrance, but they were removed, as well as every other mark of distinction, as it was understood to be the Emperor's wish that no dis tinctive ornaments should be employed. The ground.was kept clear by a squadron of Sergens de Ville. The Emperor was received at the sta tion by some members of the Administration, and in a few minutes was at full speed on his way to Boulogne. The Emperor will be met at Boulogne by Count Walewski, the French Ambassador, who has been at Calls since Sunday, and by Admiral Lapierre, who is to superintend the embarkation of the troops. 9,000 men will be embarked at Calais on board the English ships ; and 3,000 men, with siege artillery and 100 hoi 'lei, will embark on board French sailing ships, which will arrive at. that port two days later. The English ships are expected on the 13th ; they will anchor a mile and a half from the shore, fitted up as transports. The troops will also arrive the same day, a part on foot from Bou logne, and a part by railway from St. Omer. Fif teen French steamers will be ranged along the Calais quays in order to convey the troops from the shore to the English ships. • The embarkation will begin on the morning of the 14th ; and so ad mirably has every arrangement been made, and so well does every man know his place, that it is ex pected the operation will be over at mid-day, or very soon after. The 9,000 men will be embarked in one operation, and the rest will be taken a day or two after on board French sailing vessels. The total force that will proceed to the Baltic in subse quent detachments will be about 30,000 men. Several regiments have within the last few days been sent off by the Northern Railway for Calais and Boulogne. At the station. crowds were as sembled to see them leave, and greeted them with loud acclamations. Several departures took place, and each one gave rise to a demonstration of the popular enthusiasm. At about nine in the evening a detachment marched up, and there were loud cries from the crowd, which was very numerous, of " Viva l'Empereur !"—cries in which the soldiers joined. There were also amongst the people cries of " Viva l'Angleterre ! " which were probably raised in the belief that the troops were part of those who are about to be embarked on board English vessels for the Baltic. Some ar tillerymen of Vincennes have gone to Douai to take possession of siege artillery, and they are to convey it to Calais. The sth company of the ouvriers d'administration, consisting of butchers, bakers, and carpenters, has arrived at Lille from Metz, and is to proceed to Boulogne to form part of the Baltic army. The public in Paris is rather surprised, not to say disquieted, by the continued silence of the Moniteur respecting the reply of the Emperor of Russia to the note of the Austrian Cabinet ; and as it is pretty certain that they are acquainted with its tenour, but that they observe the moit profound secrecy on it, the inference is that they are not sa tisfied with it. It is also remarked that the Itioniteur has recently been most communicative when Austria was concerned, and when there was good news to tell, or anything which resembled good news. Hence there is a certain degree of dissatisfaction, which is unfounded no doubt, but which is not to be wondered at under the circum stances, particularly, when the Austria occupation of Wallachia announced as a fait accompli 80r110 days since, has not yet taken place. The funeral of M. Emmanuel de Las Cases took place y esterday at Passy. The Emperor was re presented at the ceremony by one of his chamber lains, the Duke de Tarente. The corners of the pall were borne by General Ricard, Aid-de-Camp of King Jerome ; Baron de Heckeren, Senator ; a colonel of Polish Lancers, who followed Napoleon I. to St. Helena ; and M. Boulay, de la Meurthe, ex-Vice-President of the Republic.. Among the other distinguished persons present were General d'Hautpoul, the Duke of Padua, and Messrs. Pierron and Archanibault; who were with the de ceased at St. Helena. The Bourse continued heavy yesterday. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 25c., rose to 72f. 40c., and fell to 71f. 85e., the closing price for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 75c. ; and the New Loan at 72f. 20c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,155 f. ; Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Havre, 555 f. ; Great Northern, 820 f. ; Strasburg, 780 f. ; New Shares, 621 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 840 f. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 600 f. ; Great Central of France, 495 f. • Lyons and Geneva, 502 f. 50c. ; Bank of CredieMobilier, 710 f. SPAIN. The Moniteur contains a despatch dated Madrid July 10, stating that the insurgents continue their march towards Andalusia, by Valdepenas, in a state of extreme discouragement. Other accounts aro in opposition to this, and it is certain that the insurrection continues. MADRID, July 7—On the sth their wain body was at Manzanares, and their rear guard at Puerto La Biche. On the same day the column of Royal troops arrived at Ternbleque. ST. PETERSBURG.—The St. Petersburg advices yester• day are to the 4th of July, and state that on Sunday, the 2d, the allied fleets had sailed, and were out of sight of Cronstadt. General depression prevailed in business, although some considerable quantities of produce were still being sent overland to Memel. In imported geodes in which great firmness might have been expected frore the effects of the blockade, extreme dulness prevailed , and the quotations for indigo especially were such a s to, indicate a degree of caution and apathy on the part or the great manufacturers which can only be attributed to their knowledge of the internal diareEe of the countli°