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children, the country was doing more for them than was I strong for his hon. friend, and he was obliged to retreat, done for the children of h ar d wor ki ng i n d e p en d en t ' utterly and ignominiously defeated. (Laughter.) A most labourers. material saving had been ma de should il in andprsiunbt*- After a few words from Mr. J. O'CoNNELL an d Colonel ing department, and they etatin, ot the d nover stationerymention this DeneNE, Sir J. SHELLEY thought th a t th e num b e r of poor- I was due to Mr. M'Cullo i j ect in the h ouse w ithou o t h for his t e h x a e t r t t i h on e a g i r a e t a h te ie st re c e r p e e d et it . of the terms of the printing for law inspectors might be diminished. The working of the He thought that a retu r n r law was well understood, and there was really no necessity the public offices an d u . fo n h r the fr t io w n o d. hop t s w es as o c f les P h a a r b li l a e m th en a t t for inspection. would surprise even his on. t The vote was then agreed to. • `Upon the vote of '82, 4 041 for the Mint, including tionery for the two h they should distingui o u sh s e s b o e f w p e ar en lia t m h e e nt p . rinting and eta T co h m e p r l o a po in rt ed of of th t e h s e ta d t e e l t a e y L in aw ge c tt o i ra ng . e • chinage.- in y e e t differenceb een delivered. oa the e u ll h j e ee t understood between thatthe • Mr. HUME wished to have an explanation as to the re ports th l e ir. sum of 21,0001. and odd charged as deficiency in the vote missi on . h , ad t p o n a o o t CitA- U ri F n U te a d D . of last year; and also to know whether the colonial ooin- was ovfine Queen's prin ter and the printer of thewreehHicdoheuhsaerroefdCfoormamloonasg; ago was carried on at the Mint ? Mr. WILSON sa id that the deficiency in the vote a but whatever k was .. th t e h c e a a ur v , au th ta e g y e w e had arisen from list year was caused by the unprecedented call which was tini e ta a frem the pcooiltLmninertEtnaeotnahepicaoimaemdistshiaotn. the report on the sub made for silver and copper coinage. With regard to the other question of the hon. member, he had to state that jest of the law of partnership, which was presented to the the coinage Sw the colonies was struck at the Mint. Mr. HUME thought that the estimates ought to have h ous e before the Easter recess, was no t yet i n th hands of members. Sir J. SHELLEY wish e d t o k now why the printing ex peenied the amount of coinage struck during last year. He hoped such a meagre account would not be furnished in future. ponses of the Board of W or k s were 1 ,0701 , whilst those of the Office of Woods were but 5001., and those of the Home- The vote was then agreed to. ottice,, 51. Mr. WILSO N was unable, in the absence of his right 12,6911: for the salaries and expenses of persons employed in the care and arrangement of the public records. Mr, Irmo would like to see a ll th e rec ords brought hon. r frimenw l, AEfON complained th a t ac t s o f Parliamenttostahe the d e t a il s o f expen d iture. together in one b u ildi ng . H e s hould be glad to know • whether the fees demanded for consulting them were now ewhearregetod by ye t h h a e d Q f e ro e m en , e pri p y ri at n e te p r. rint ( e H rs ea f r o , r h l e e a s r s .) tha l n t a was we more reasonable th a n f or merly ? Mr. WILSON sa id th a t th e co ll e ction of the records into desirable that the price of acts of Parliament should be one place was under the consideration of the Government. reduced to the lowest sum. (Hear.) The fees had lately been reduced,ble. and were now very rea- Mr. HUME a g r ee d w ith th e h on. gen tl eman i n t hi n ki ng that acts of P ar li amen t s h ou ld b e so ld at t h e l owest rate. sona . Tile vote was agreed to.agreed The vote was then to. 15,1151. for the expenses of the inspectors and sub-in- On the vote of 68,6001. for the expenses of the Privy specters of factories, mines, Sic. Council-office, which had been postpo ne d f rom th e p rev i ous Mr. HUME had always objected to the appointment of evening, as it was thought desirable that the house should these inspectors. The measure had been dictated by a be furnished with further information regarding the in spurious philanthropy, and had been productive of much crease of the salary of the clerk of the council from 2,0001. mischief. He trusted that they would be speedily abolished, to 2,5001., • The vote was agreed to. Mr. WILSON said that in making further inquiry, he 1,705% for the salaries of certain o ffi cers in Scotl an d an d found that the state men t h o ma d e on th e p rev ious evening other charges formerly paid from the hereditary revenue. from recollection was substantially correct. The present Mr. W. WILLIAMS wished to know whether the sala- clerk of the council was appointed under patent in 18W. rice of certain persons in this vote, such as the Queen's The salary was regulated in 1808, and he succeeded to the limner, clookmaker, historiographer, were to be perpetual, office in 1821. He was first paid by fees which amounted Or were to cease at the death of the present holders of these to a large sum. But an order in Council was made, fixing offices? He objected strongly to the votes for the Queen's the salary at 2,0301. a year, but raising it to 2,5001., when Plate to be run for at Edinburgh, the Caledonian Hunt held for three years. The order in council also required Plate, and the Royal Company of Archers' Plate, in all that the 5001. should be subject to deduction, where the amounting to 2171. Of course her Majesty might bestow party held any other place or appointment under the Crown. leer gifts as she c h ose, b ut he objected to the public money When Mr. Greville succeeded to the office in 1821, ho re being spentfor an immoral purpose, as he considered racing ceived 2,0001. a year, and, having held it for three years, to be, and he should move that these items be struck out. he received 2,5001. from 1321 to 1829, when he received Mr HUME a l so o b jected to these race cups, but he must another patent o ffi ce in Jamaica. The salary was then re .also object to a much larger sum, namely, 1,0901. , the salary duced to 2,000 1 . ; but last year , Mr. Greville having vo aed expenses of th e secretary to her Majesty 's printer. luntarily resigned his Jamaica ffice, he put in a claim for That functionary had been appointed to revise every edi- the increased salary of 2,5a01. The claim was considered, tion of th e Bibl e, Testament, Psalm-book, and Short Cate- and the conclusion come to was that as Mr. Greville's chasm; but he had been found to be quite useless. The salary was fixed by order in council they could not object arrangement was only meant as a temporary one, when the to his claim. _Bible monopoly was abolished. By that measure Bibles In reply to Mr. O'BRIEN, had been cheapened 100, and in some cases 200 per cent., Mr. WILSON said that the Jamaica office was abo and he trusted it would be extended to England. (Hear.) lished. No compensation was given. Mr. WILSON did not think 1,0001. too much to pay for Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the doctrine that the house • an arrangement which had been found to be p r oductive o f had no power to oppose the vote because it was regulated so much good. At the same time the Government would by order in council. He hoped the house would refuse make enquiry into the matter. As for the race cups, they the vote on this occasion. He thought that the vote ought amounted to an exceedingly s mall sum, a nd had long be e n to be resisted, which the house had power to do. paid out of the h ere dit ar y revenues o f th e crown . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUER was quite The committee divided on th e amendment— sure the hon. gentleman would believe that the Treasury Ayes Noes The amendment was therefore lost, and the original vote would be the last man to decline to act on the rigid and was then agreed to. scrupulous rules of good faith by w h ich t h e house was 6,2831. for the salaries of the officers and attendants of always bound. It was not the case that this gentleman the household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. had for a long time received a salary of 2,0001. a year, which Mr. W. WILLIAMS also objected to a charge of 1,5741. was not raised to 2,5001., but Mr. Greville had be en ap for plates in this vote, b a t h e wou ld no t di v id e upon it. pointed under an order i n counc il ouncilo f 1 808. and though it might be argued that it did not b in d P arl iament to con- He had drawn att en ti on on th e prev i ous n i g h t to t h e hi g h sounding titles of the officers connected with this mock tinue his office for life, yet Parliament had uniformly royalty. The Lord Li eu t enan t' s h ouse h o ld was ac t ua ll y on chosen to be bound in cases where vested i n t eres t s were the same scale as the Queen's, although ho bore to her created, and the order in council according to the prin- Majesty about the proportion that a rushlight bore to the ciples which the house had adopted, had given Mr. Greville a permanent inte res t i n the office which it sun. (Laught er .) H e s h ou ld b e g l a d if some h on . mem ber for Ireland would tell him—for he did not think the had conferred upon him That office was accom- Irish Se cre t ar y cou ld— w h a t were th e f unc ti ons o f th e Panied by a salary, whi c h was t o b e at the rate "two gentlemen-at-large" who were charged at i 231. 18s. of 2,0031. a year for three years, and 2,5001. a ft erwar d s Bd. (Laught er .) for life, but with an exceptional provision that if he Sir J. YOUNG said that this was the name given to two held any other office, a portion of his salary of 2,.5001 gentlemen who attended the Lord-Lieutenant o n State would be abated, but on the termination of the tenure of occasions. that office the salary would remain at 2,5001. There was a . ' Mr. PETO wi s h e d t o as k th e G overnmen t w h e th er t h e p ositive title on Mr. Greville t o th a t w hi c h h a d b een con viceregal establishment was intended to be continued ? ferred on him by the order in council, and he (Mr. Glad- Mr. WILSON said that two ye irs since the Governm en t stone) was informed that he might, even by judicial prc of the day aid propose to abolish it ; but it was found, after cess, compel the payment of the salary by the Treasury. If the recess, that there was an all but unanimous feeling , there was any grievance, it was on the part of Jamaic a , amongst the Irish members against such a step, and the which had to bear sinecure offices created in this country, 'design was abandoned. The present Government had no which were held by gentlemen who never saw the island, intention to take a different course. and he believed that the house would be ready to go any Mr. HUME said the only question was, what would be length to cure such abuses. the best for Ireland? For his own part, he thought that if Mr. KINNAIRD said that as he had opposed the vote Scotland had had such a pageant she never would have last night, he was bound to say that the explanations of made the progress she had done. There were some of his Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Wilson were satisfactory, and this countrymen said to talk of the injuries of Scotland, and of it would be only just to adhere to an honourable engage establishing a viceregal court at Edinburgh, but such men ment like this. could have reflected little on what the consequences would Mr. HUME, while he did not agree that the house had • be. It was his belief that if the plan of Mr. Pitt had been not the power to deal with the vote, said that it was only carried out, and the Irish lord-lientenancy had been abe- consistent with good faith. lished in 1800 Ireland would now have been the most pros- The vote was agreed to. porous part of the United Kingdom. (Hear, hear.) 17,0791. for sheriffs' expenses, officers of the Court of Colonel DUNNE said that, whatever might have been Exchequer, Rsc., and 8,4151. for the Insolvent Debtors' the feeling of Irishmen during the viceroyalty of Lord Court, were agreed to after a short discussion. Clarendon, none of them would now wish, after the a d- The next vote was 92,4351. for criminal prosecutions and miuistration of Lord Eglinton, to see the e stabli s h men t other law charges, Scotland, and was agreed to. abolished. (Hear, hear.) : On the vote of 55,4701. for criminal prosecutions and law Mr. PELLA.Tr objected to the items of 1821. 12s. Ba. charges in Ireland, and 411. 10s. for the chaplain and the reading clerk in the Mr. Iti'MAHON complained that the system which chapel at the castle. prevailed in this country with regard to the expense of Mr. VANCE defended the items on the ground tbat the criminal prosecutions was not adopted in reference to chapel was frequente Iby great numbers of the public. Ireland. Dublin, at all events, was a Protestant city, as was shown Colonel DUNNE also objected to the practice of making by the members it returned. (Laughter.) prosecutors pay their own expenses, instead of leaving After a few words f ro m M r . CHEETHAU, them to be defrayed out o f th e conso lidated fund, as was Mr. HUME said ho was prepared to vote against the the case with regard to such expenses in England. grant to the Lord Lieutenant altogether. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if Mr. MIALL did not think this a good opportunity for the argument in support of the objection were pushed to takiug the sense of the house on the religious question. the farthest extent, it would not bo very favourable to the Mr. PELLATT consented to withdraw his amendment. pecuniary interests of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) It would Captain SCOBELL said he could not allow the vote to then be impossible for Parliament to confine its view to pass without protesting against the item for horse-racing. the expense of criminal prosecutions. About 550,0001. He had no objection to horse-racing itself, but he did not was paid out of the consolidated fund for the expense of wish it to be paid for out of the public money. This was a the Irish constabulary force—(hear, hear)—and if the two time when all such items as this should be weeded out of countries were placed on the same footing in that respect; the national expenditure. There was enough to do with Ireland would be a considerable loser by the change. our horses without encouraging racing. He therefore (Hear, hear.) moved that the vote should be reduced by 1,5741. Colonel DUNNE said the payment of the expense of the Mr. HENCHY supported the vote, on the ground that constabulary had been put forward as a set-off for twenty raciug encouraged the breed of horses. different things • it could not be made to stand for ev er y- Colonel PEEL rem i n d e d t h e committee that racehorses t hi ng. (Hear, h ear.)i paid a much higher duty then other horses. Mr. MACARTNEY said Ireland might fairly rest its After a few words from Mr. WYSE, case on the promise of Sir It. Peel in 1846. Sir R. PRICE said that there never was a lord haute- After some further conversation, in which Mr. T. Chem n6ncy more ably conducted, under more difficult circum- ben, Mr. Serjeant Slice, Lord Be rnar d, Mr. Whiteside, stances, th an th a t o f L or d Cl arendon- (Hear, hear.) He and Mr. 11`alahon took part, the vote w as agreed to, as was had carried th e coun t ry sa f e l y t h rough the greatest di ffi - another of 27,0001. for the expense of the Dublin police. culties ; and he had regretted to hear the remarks of Colo- The Chairman then reported progress, and the committee nel Dunne in reference to different noblemen. was ordered to sit again on Monday. Colonel DUNNE said h e h a d grea t respect for Lord M r. WILSON sa id t h e Stamp Duties Bill would be taken Clarendon's talent; but o f th e cond uc t o f the Government first on Monday, and afterwards the estimates would be of which the noble lord was the organ in Ireland he totally continued. disapproved. They had treated as a rebellion that whi c h The report of the resolutions passed in committee of was nothing more than a contemptible outbreak. (Oh.) supply on the previous evening was then brought up and Of Lord Eglinton's administration in Ireland all parties agreed to. united in speaking in p ra i se . COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. Mr. CROSSLEY hoped the hon. member who had moved On the motion for the second reading ef this bill, the amendment would di v id e on it. The breed of horse s M r . WHITES IDE said it was an excellent bill, and he needed for the cavalry was far diff eren t f rom th at of race- hoped it would be extended to Ireland.lt would enable horses; the former required more blood and stamina. parties to try causes in the superior courts without the aid Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to these grant s b e i ng o f a j ury, and he would suggest that it should also enable all( 6 " Queen's Plates ; " they ought to be described as chosen in action to be assignable at law. `plates paid for out of tiro national taxes, for the encou- Mr. ATHERTON and Mr. S. WORTLEY approved of the ragement of horse-racing." principle of the bill, but trusted ample time would be afs Colonel DUNNE asked what the Government intended forded for discussing its details. to do with a fund now existing, arising from fines ? The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be Sir J. YOUNG said the subject was under considers- committed on Thursday next. tion. He hoped that a better method would soon be de- BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second read vised by paying th e c le r ks of petty sessions. The veto was then agreed to. in of the bill, and explained that its object was to estab- The next vote, 6,7041. , for the expenses connected with li s p t h e S cotc h system in England, whereby a bill of ex the office of Paymaster of the Civil Service in Ireland, was change was treated as a judgment at law, but at the same agreed to after a few words from Mr. FRENCH. time the party accepting the bill would have power, with- The next vote was 24,2181. for the Board of Public in six days after noting, to go before one of the courts to Works, Ireland. contest the validity of the bill and insist upon having it Colonel DUNNE complained that great injury had been tried by an issue at law. done to landed proprietors in I re l a nd by commencing Mr. J. C. GLYN said the bill met with the cordial ap works which had never been finished, and said he hoped proval of the mercantile cla-ses, but they complained of the report of the commissioners who were appointed to in- this piecemeal amendment of the commercial law. sport the works would be laid on the table. Mr. LOCKHART suggested amendments to be made in Mr. WILSON said the way in which this question had committee. been dealt with by tee Government had exhibited at all Mr. CAIRNS had only one objection to the bill, and events an earnest desire to do full justice to the land'ords that was that it did not go far enough; it should be made of Ireland, who had been aggrieved by the way in which to extend to Ireland. these works had been carried on. They last year received Mr. ATHERTON complained that the bill reversed the thereport of th e comm i ssioners, in consequence of which rule of law which threw the onus probandi upon the party arrangements were made f or a l arge rem i ss i on of t h e snaking the claim • but still, as it met with th e a pp rova l o f amounts charged for the w or k s , an d th ey were ta ki ng the mercantile ' com munity, be would not oppose the second means for winding up the works as soon as possible Alter some further conversation the vote was agreed to. reading. The next vote, fa'`',oo 1., for secret service money, passed Mr. CRAUFURD was satisfied the effect of the bill without remark. ' would be highly beneficial to society, as it would make par- The n ext vote was 255,5601., for stationery, printing, acce pting bills of exchange and other and binding, n ti e e g s o l t u i o ab e lo ca in u s t t i r o u u m s i e n nts. Colonel DUNNE asked what local authorities they were Mr. KIRK, as an Irish merchant, hoped the bill would to appeal tevaciso of be extended to the sister kingdom. overcharge of the income tax, and also whet al Mr. S. WORTLEY thought that some provisions might The Committepeetelsa weuldbe made to collectors ? be added to the bill to meet the evil of bill discounting. en divided. For the amendment The The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the bill ought Against it. . 'neat 51 The vote Was then ************** * --- to. *********************** 85-34 to be extended to Ireland. The bill was then read a second time. 6,144/. salar i es tarp of Ireland. ' and expen o f METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. sea the office of Chief Sacra- Mr- W. WILLIAMS con Sir the committee on Sir B. HALL moved for an address for returns from there being a reduction ofhoedarly one-half in the salary of • each parish and extra-parochial place within the city of the chief secretary. R e wkintokwngreaantyergeeffintoleienreyn Westminster, and the several Parliamentary boroughs of discharge the duties of that onfeficeer Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, South than the hon. baronet who at pr work, and Greenwich, setting forth :—l.—The population esent held it, (H ear. ) of such parish. IL—The rateable value. 111.-1. In Iu answer to Mr. MACARTNEY, what manner the vestry of such parish is constituted; 2. Sir J. YOILN - G stated that he had done all in his p ower If by any local act or acts to state such act or acts, with to carnv out the recommendations of the commiss ioners dates thereof; 3. If a select or appointed vestry by . whom_ with reference to the reduction of salaries. In the depa r t- elected ;4. The number of vestrymen ;5. General periods ment of the Andit-office, they had, however, fallen into r aof meeting. IV.-1. Whether the vestry have the ma great mito transa c t th e nagetnent of the poor; 2. If no t, b y w h om are t h e guar stake ; for it would be im ss ib l e business with a smaller numberEef c p le o rks.diens el ec t e d ; 3. U n d er w h at acts; 4. Whether parish is The CHANCELLOR of the XCHEQTJER said h e w as a single parish or in uni on; 5. If par t o f a un i on, to w h at at a loss to conceive wh at relation t here was b etween th a t uni on d oes it belong. V.-1. Under whose jurisdiction subject and the vote for the i expense of prin ting and et a . the paving, cleansing, and lighting , is •2.1 fby a board gallant colonel would move for aelearate . from the vestry, t state is; what tionery. If the hon. and o . un der acts ap p meeting: a return cf those allowances, t col old be laid on th e pointed 3. The mode of election ; 4. Number of such trustees, or other wise Air duration in office ; 6. General periods of table. With regard to the question of a eals, he thou ht board ;5. Th tense nonce of the S u any other boards of commissioners, he had made it understood that, c in parochial matters,ise, in such parish, having jurisdiction 1 grounds, or otherwise , as baths and washhouses, burial peals in Ireland having been so m l u n ch on few ci er than was ah - - ticipated, there was uo justification fo r maintaining in purposeto state the act or acts constituting Westminsterseparately a.a)noddAetnah(oeti:mspiornalreilliatatrf. Ireland a separate commission, inLondon, and consquentlall a their election.. peals would come direct to the commissioner s . mentary borough cityf appointed , Mr. HUME observed that the amount of p e rmtingan e d f house\\n t h return from the parishes f l l , ' stationery for the :douse of Lords and for th e o esvishann Elth We s e t ntinster Schedule or the 1 brook, and from each of th • ekes l and Lee, Kid regard t o h t e hae P A ai t l i a o m f tehne e°ailhotta. ought to he placed under di ff erent heads. . i : . of Parliament the ;being 0 parishes and places (n t regard to the gazettes they were by Act appear, a parish in the city of London or the liberties nape: a in which the notices of every kind were to app • ' . t ta h r e y rer ,o f, rat t i h g e ho e m ity ent o i, f me W d but he did not think that the charges for advertisements , should be as high as they were. He did not wish that the 15 and 16 Vic., c. 85, and from all other public should lose molten, but he found that a pro fi t of D i ace s, if any (except as excepted), incleded it t!l i i: e : and 8,1031. a year was made by the London Gazette, 6771., by :,veddy tables of mortality. (Parishes in uniou Londonfor the liVinburdh Gazette, and 7811., by the Dublin Gazette. relief to be grouped together, so far as they are included He thought the advertisements bhould be printsd u t the lowest possile cent, an d as f ar as his inquiries extended in this return). one gazette wou l d ' , newer for all purposeß. CONV ICT PRISONS (IRELAND) . The CHANCE LLOR of the E Si r J. YOUNG moved for leave to bri ng i n a b ill for in the spirit o f the remarks of the hon. XCHEQ UER agreed end regulation of convict prisons i n I re l and , e gentl e man. the formation . bill wa s to provide means whereby the The charges for insertions in the London Gazette had been The object of the • mi g ht be employed in certain industrial considerably reduced already, and he considered that a , Irish convicts further reduction might be thought of, if it was the opi- : occupations. nion of the house, as it was th e opinion of his hon. friend, Lord NAAS as ke d whether the right hon. gentleman as it was his own opinion, an d the opinion of the Secretary , meant to bring in a bill for the purposes of regulating of the Treasury, that the three Gazettes ought to bo consoli- county prisons he had such a bill prepared, dated ; but it was onlyjust to the Treasury to mention that Sir J. YOUNG said tha t . he did not feel • a vigorou s eff o rt had been made by his hon. friend la it but in the present state of the session in session to get the _Edinburgh Gazette consolidated with the dined to bring it in. London Gazette, but local and national feelings proved too • The house adjourned at 10 minutes to one o'clock. THEA.rhE LOYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TUB EVENLNG, JUNE 10, Will be performed LUCIA DI LkSIMERMOOR. Lucia, Sidlle. Agnes Bury; Alice, Madame Hendrich; Raymond, Signor Arnold': Lori Arthur, Signor Santi ; Norman; Signor Cazteill ; Lord Henry Ashton, Mr. Weiss; and Edgard°, Mr. Sins It eves. Followed by the pew RALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled UNE FEE EN OLYMPE. Pr.ces—Stal!s, 7s; Dress Circle, Ss ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; and Private Boxes. One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Rox-oftice open daily tram Teu till Six, where places may be seeoree., Private BOXOS and Stalls to be bad of Messrs. Leader and Cock. 63, New Bond-street. TILE [TILE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Uncle: tho management of Mr. Muckstono. THIS EVENING, JUNE 10, • Will be per'ormed the , Drama of THE KNIGHT 3 OF THE TNLIGE. Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone; Miss Reynold% Miss E. ‘,rey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. fter w !ich, the entirely new an.l original extravaganza, entitled tsUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE HOUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI- C ::•ITEIt•SQUA.ICE), written by J. K. Planche, Esq. iIOYAL PRINCE:34'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Eras. TIM EVENING, JUNE 10, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fitinr, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vicash. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by vicars. C. Kesn and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstahley and Miss C. Leclerc i. To conclude with A STORM IN . A TEA-CUP. Principal cha rs.ters by Mr. sad Mrs. W. Lacy. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1854 LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING, JUNE 10, Will be performed BEFORE BREAKFAST. Characters by Mr C. Mathews, Messrs. F. Matthews, Swa and Baker; Miss Wad' ham, &c. Followed by GIVE A DO 1 AN ILL NAME. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. THELTRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura - a 10. Will be performed THE SSAILBLE HEARD; or, The Sculptor's Dream. characters by :Views. I'. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web der, and C. Selby; Madame Celesta, Miss Woolgar, and Mist E. [larding, ' After which will be produced the New Extravaranza, entitled A. MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the popular Nautical Drama of the C A.B IN BOY. Julien (ner original character), Madame Celeste. Tickets, Places, and Private Boxer to be had at the theatre. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JUNE 10, Will ha performed the Comic D-ama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Mt sets. F Robson, Emery. Whi , e, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by THE FIRS!' NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan. Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. After which. THE MUM WY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. • STRAND TDEA.TRE. ole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft.—Direetresi, Miss Reb3cca Isaacs, THIS EVENING, JUNE 10, Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. To be followed by the New Ballet Divertissement, entitled TIIE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE. To he followed y 1110 WA.TERNIANT. Atter which, THE MARBLE LOVER. he.; Bases, 3g.; Pit, lg. 6d; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes, £1 Ile. 6d., to be had of Mr. Alleroft. lb. New Bowl-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A dPIIITILEArdE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. TIIIS EVENING, JUNE 10, Will be produced the new Grand historical MI itary spectacle, en titled IHE COSSACKS ; or, Vlve la France. Followed by a total change of the Scenes in the CIRCLE. To conclude wi:h a new Grotesque Extravaganza, called THIS HORSE 1%1, P.E r 0 PAY EXPENSES IF :.NOT CLAIMED WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS. hoz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH' WATER. AT LONDON infirm.. . %TN DAY —Morning 48 min.s.fter 12 Evening 13 min.s,ft. 1 ro.Moßnow- -Morning 36 inin.after 1 Evening 59 inin.aft. 1 THE WEATliEit.—Son Orrice, JUNE 10. THCHHOMETER, IN THE SHADE 66 - highest since noon yesterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 98. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, and line, sunshiny, warm weather. It rained a little early this morning, but the day has cleared up Right Royally (as usual !), and most auspiciuusly for the opening of the Crystal Palace. (- ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ I ^.. '. ~iW~l §asll, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1854. England to-day, in the midst of War, celebrates the triumph of Peace. Having despatched her land forces to the seat of war on the Danube, having sent forth her mighty fleets into the Baltic and into the Euxine, having unfurled her banner and drawn her sword in defence of the weak, and for the punishment of the oppressor—England commemorates to-day the benignant glory of the cause for the vindication of which she has risen in arms against the legions of the Northern AUTO CRAT. That cause, the twofold cause of the tri- uruph of industry and the progress of civilisation. It is sufficiently indicative of the conscious strength of the British Empire, that at the very period when the country has but just accepted the challenge of the CZAR and entered upon a struggle with all the enormous resources of his gigantic and irresponsible despotism —an event should take place like the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. The incident is a fitting precursor of the inauguration next year at Paris of the Great International and Industrial Exhibition. Everything in the way of preparation for the latter occurrence is steadily advancing at the very moment when the allied contingents are pushing forward to the battle plains at Bulgaria —at the very moment when the combined fleets are medi tating here the seizure of Cronstadt and there the capture of Sebastopol. Everything in the way of preparation for the former occurrence, namely, for our own pacific jubilee, for our own industrial and artistic festivity, has not only been hastened forward satisfactorily, but has already attained the hour of triumphant completion. For, during the forenoon of this 10th of June, 1854, the Palace of the People was solemnly opened by the dignitaries of the State, assembled together for that purpose in the presence of the SOVEREIGN. It had already been remarked as somewhat significant, at this period of general warfare, that, during an interval of such formidable and pro tracted anxiety, the funds should have continued so high, both on the Bourse of Paris and the Ex change of London. It has been felt from the out set that there has been good promise enough in ternally for both countries, seeing that, at a time externally so tempestuous, the great political ba rometer betrayed such exceedingly slight, and, indeed, scarcely perceptible, fluctuations. Another circumstance, moreover, has been noted in England, scarcely less propitious, we mean the steady develop ment through every obstacle of the mercantile enter prise of the entire community. While another likewise has been remarked among our Gallic neighbours as replete with the happiest auspices —reference being here made, of course, to the astonishing rapidity with which the voluntary loan of 250,000,000 francs was contributed to the imperial coffers by all classes of the popula tion. Is it not equally propitious, is it not equally significant, that the war should have in no way impeded at Paris the vast and magnifi cent works for the completion of the Louvre, and that it should have in no way interrupted, near London, the enormous and splendid project of the opening by the QUEEN and for the People, of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ? We cannot but conjecture that the progress in France of the Palace of the Louvre, and of the completion in Eng land of the Palace of the People, will be regarded by the rest of Europe as incidents expressive of the calm self-possession, and the perfect self-reli ance with which the two mighty allies of Turkey can continue to cultivate the arts of peace, while driven to participate in the horrors of war—reso lutely advancing, while valiantly defending, Civilisation It is when considered in this point of view that the event of to-day assumes, we cannot but think, a really national importance. Regarded in this light it will be recalled, we believe, years and years hence, not without peculiar emotion to the popular remembrance, insomuch that we cannot deem it improbable that the future historian of our country will record the occurrence of to-day in complacent tcruis of gratulation, as not the least remarkable incident in the national annals, as certainly not the least• gratifying event in the reign of our beloved SOVEREIGN. Hereafter it will be remembered that at the very time when England was engaged in a terrible struggle with the forces of Barbarism, her QUEEN and her People assembled among the green mea- dews and woodlands of Sydenham to celebrate the glorious advance and benignant development of Civilisation. It will be remembered even when the Crystal Palace may have been swept from the surface of that verdant landscape, when the printed annals of Art and Industry may alone preserve the record of that wonderful structure in which all the memorable triumphs of the human intellect were commemorated in some manner by visible representation. We rejoice to find that the Engine-drivers on the London and North-Western have expressed, themselves fully satisfied with the explanations obtained from the Board of Directors, and that there is no longer any danger of proceedings which must necessarily have led to great inconvenience to the community, considerable pecuniary loss to the company, and total ruin to the great ma jority of the malcontents. The complaints, it appears, arose from a complete misconception on the part of the drivers. They believed that it was intended to render the contract system com pulsory, and that the probable result would be a speedy dimiLution of the prices offered in the first instance, and a corresponding reduction in the amount of earnings by those who agreed to the terms, who would have to submit to additional laboUr and increased responsibility without any extra remuneration. These doubts and fears were unquestionably fomented by parties such as are to be found in every large establish ment where many men are congregated together— parties who would treat vague suspicions as con clusive evidence, and rush upon certain tangible evils in avoiding the shadows which they had themselves evoked. The consequences might v imowever, have been of the Most serious character but for the judicious conduct of the officers of the company, more espe cially of Mr. WCONNELL, the locomotive super intendent, who, by his conciliating demeanour and " temperate firmness," allayed the angry passions of the dissentients without sacrificing a single particle of the interests of his employers. Had it not been for his popularity with the men, and the knowledge on their part that implicit con fidence might be reposed in his statements, a strike must have taken place, and the trains on the south ern division of the line have ceased running. His appeal to his past proceedings, to the kindness and justice which ho had invariably exhibited towards every man under his control ,was enthusiastically responded to, and induced the malcontents to await the ordinary meeting of the Board. At that meet ing the assurances of the locomotive superin tendent were completely confirmed, and every remaining difficulty removed. A deputation of the men engaged at the Birmingham, Rugby, and Camden Station attended at Euston-square, yes terday, for - the purpose of receiving the decision of the Directors, and of affording any explanations that might be required in the event of that de cision proving unsatisfactory. An audience was granted to the deputation before the meeting. After a short time a communication was forwarded to the delegates to the following effect :—" The Directors having considered the representations of the engine-drivers. Resolved,--That time trial of the contract system must be entirely optional. It was proposed under the expectation that it would w.,rk most beneficially both to the men and to the Company, and if any constraint on the subject has been exercised, it has been quite con trary to the orders and wishes of the Directors. The Directors therefore wish the men to be informed that such as prefer it may continue to work on wages as heretofore, while such as prefer working On contract may do so. With this ex planation to the men, the Directors have only further to state that, on comparison of the scale of wages on the London and North-Western Rail way with the wages given on other lines, they do not find that there is any fair ground for corn plaint.—C. E. STEWART, Secretary." This was promptly and willingly accepted, and the dispute was, wa trust, completely and permanently healed. It will be *teen from the foregoing that there were two points referred to in the memorial of the drivers ; that there were complaints, not only as to the alleged universality of the contract system, but also as to the wages paid to the lower class of drivels. The real dispute, however, only related to the first topic, and the other matter was only thrown in as a sort of " make-weight." A plau sible ground, on which, if the former breach could not be healed, public sympathy might be enlisted on their side. They could not indeed assert, with any degree of truth, that the scale of pay ment was not fully as liberal as that of any other company ; and time moment the first point was disposed of, the other was waived by the deputa tion. It is now settled that the contract system is perfectly optional. That any man who prefers receiving the ordinary daily wages of his class may do so ; but that if he pleases to avail himself of the advantages tendered for his acceptance, he is at perfect liberty to do so. Should he re fuse lie will not be visited with the displeasure of the authorities ; while, on the other hand, the men will not resist his adherence to the new sys tem. A little calm and dispassionate considera tion will unquestionably satisfy the drivers, that their first impression as to the probable working of that system was totally unfounded. It could not lead to the diminution of wages, inasmuch as the old rate of wages was guaranteed to the men, and it was found that they had invariably re oeived handsome additions thereto ; and if, as was generally supposed, the company also de rived material benefit therefrom, it could scarcely be supposed that their superintendents or officers would adopt any measures that could imperil a system productive of such felicitous results. Nor is there any danger of additional work being required, or the drivers being kept on duty for a greater number of hours than at present. In the first place, there is the distinct and positive pledge that no man should be occupied more than twelve hours per diem. No eoinplaint could be made of " overwork " by parties who had at least half the day to themselves for rest or amusement—to dispose of, in fact, as they thought proper. A little calm reflection, too, might convince thetn that this salutary regulation will never be infringed on. It is more the interest of the Company than of the drivers that it should be ob served. •In an occupation requiring so much vigilance, where the consequences of any oversight or mistake might be so formidable, no sane per sons would be disposed to overtax the energies of the drivers. The slightest hint of su c h an at tempt would enlist the public in the quarrel We know how anxiously many persons are on the look-otit to "pick a hole in the coats" of Railway Directors to get up even a plausible ground of com plaint. If such an opening were afforded as keeping drivers 16 or 18 hours at work, how many threats would be fulminated, how many missiles dis charged at their devoted heads. The outcry would not cease until its cause had been com- pletely removed. The drivels need not fear any infringement of the salutary rule, because they have not only the solemn pledge of the Board, which would alone be sufficient, but also they know that it would be a suicidical policy for the authorities to endeavour to disturb it. We trust, then, that not only will all traces of dissatisfaction be entirely removed, but that the men will se,3 how desirable it is that they should enter into arrangements alike beneficial to themselves, the Company, and the community at large. His Majesty the King of Portugal, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, the Duke de Terceira, Viscount Careira, and a numerous suite, at tended by Lord de Tabley and Col. Wylde, honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F. Hancock, the eminent jeweller, of :39, Bruton-street, with a visit this morning. These distinguished personages were pleased to express their approval of the magnificent assortment of jewellery, plate, and works of art submitted to their inspection. The King and Royal Duke were graciously pleased to honour Mr. Hancock with their commands. Her ex-Majesty the Queen of the French, accompanied by her family and suite, passed through London, en route from visiting the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, at Seville, to Claremont. HEALTH OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.—The Duke of Devonshire, according to the subjoined bulletin, issued by his grace's medical advisers, Dr. Ferguson and Mr. Nu4sey, yesterday, was progressing towards recovery : " The Duke of Devonshire continues to go on well." The inquiries from the nobility and geutry were again extremely numerous. MUNE Y MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK There was a fair demand for cotton at Liverpool yesterday ; sales 7,000 bales, including 2,000 taken for export and on speculation. The market was quiet and prices steady. Railway shares were quiet. There seems to have been rather a listless week for the Bank of England up to the 3d inst., but this negative position may be deemed favourable on the whole. The increase in the bullion was but trifling, but the circulation was not materially drawn out, although the discounts increased be cause the deposits pretty nearly balanced each other. Compared with the previuus week, the changes aro as follows : Active circulation... Increase £20,540,330 80,790 12,750,169 9,300 3,180,665 Decrease Public Deposits 2,557,654 Increase 67,710 Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 30,675 Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities 15,494,525 Increase Notes unemployed 5,466,545 Decrease There wai an alteration for the worse yesterday afternoon in some of the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 25 to 27-i- ; Amsterdam, at 11 17 to 17i ; Hamburgh, at 13 6 to 61- ; Trieste, at 13 15 to 20. Bullion . Increase Rest A very useful bill has been brought into Parlia ment to permit the registration of dishonoured bills of exchange and promissory notes in England, and to allow execution thereon. The preamble truly states that— " The mode of recovering on dishonoured bills of ex change and promissory notes which prevails in the law of Scotland, known as the process of summary diligence, is found to be of beneficial operation, and it is expedient to introduce a similar mode of recovering on such instruments into the law of England, so far as may be consistent with the forms of procedure of the latter." There may be many salutary changes made in either country by adopting the peculiar laws there established, the bankruptcy procedure being no toriously inferior to our own on the other side of the Tweed. The following is a summary of the clauses of the new bill :—lt is to come into opera tion on the 24th of October next, and all bills and notes are to be protested as usual. "It shall be lawful for the holder of a bill of exchange which has been noted for non-acceptance, or of a Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note which has on the day of its becoming due been noted for non-payment, and which Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note is free from erasure or alteration in any material part, except by striking out the name or names of endorsers, to proceed under the provi sions of this act at any time after protest for non-accept ance or for non-payment and before the expiration of six months after the date of such bill or onto becoming duo." "It shall be lawful for her Majesty to appoint an officer to be attached to the Court of Common Pleas, who shall be called ' The Registrar of protested Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes,' and the said Registrar so appointed shall keep a Register in the said Court of Common Pleas, in an Office to be assigned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, for the Registration of protested Bills and Promissory Notes as hereinafter provided ; and such Re gistrar may by a Writing under his hand and seal appoint a deputy or deputies, who shall be previously approved of by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and all registrations made and other Acts done by such deputy or deputies shall have the same effect as if made and clone by such registrar." "A holder of dishonoured bill or note may register a protest in the Court of Common Pleas, and obtain an order for the payment against any of the parties to a bill or note. Order to be endorsed with name and abode of at torney, or a memorandum that writ has bean served by plaintiff in person. Attorney, on ,:errand, to declare whether order issued by his authority, and to declare name and abode of his client if orde ed. If order issued without authority of attorney, proceedings to be stayed. Order may be served in any country. Before execution, a party served with an order may apply to the court to stay execution. Corporations may be served through their chief officer. Where proper grounds are' disclosed, court may direct an issue in law or in fact. Party seeking to stay execution must furnish security for debt and costs. Attornies and solicitors are not exempt from the provi sions of this act. Execution against a debtor issued within two inonths of filing petition, is to be null and void." The amount of gold exported from London dur ing the week to Thursday last was 490 ounces, and of silver 72,590 ounces, all to the continent. There are no late arrivals this morning. Letters for the Great Britain steamer will be in time if posted this evening ; and as the Australian accounts per Overland Mail via Southampton are expected on Monday, it would be very convenient it the date of sailing had been made Tuesday,'to give time for replies. The company, however, being 'a loser by the detention, can hardly be expected to postpone again its day of sailing. The English Stock Market has been very quiet this morning, but it is extremely firm, and Consols even opened at an advance, being done at 91i. They are now 91g The New 31 per Cents. have been at 92 to 1, and the 3 per Cents. at 91g to 1. Bank Stock is firm at 205 to 206. Exchequer Bills are par to 4s. premium. Foreign Securities are neglected, and rather flatter. Mexican have needed to 2341- g, and Pe ruvian 4i per Cents. are at 661. Sardinian Bonds are at 85. Dutch 4 per Cents, have been 89k, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 601. The Railway Share market is to per cent. better in some instances, but with very restricted dealings. Midland are a b ou t 10 s . hi g h er , and also Great Northern and Y or k an d Berwick. The French lines have been nominally rather higher. Gold Mines are heavy, Banks at fuller rates, Land Companies lower, and Crystal Palace dearer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the Ogcial List. _ Business done. Rank Stock ...... 206 5 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li g 3, per Cent Consols Annuities ' New 34 per Cent. Annuities 924 2 Consols for Opening 19th July Exchequer Bills, 24d. 1000 11500 4 p par Small . 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. frazillau Bonds, 5 per Cent. ' Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 9l Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent . .... ...... 85 a d Swedish 4 per Cent............................. 86/ Iviiien.iN 11 , 1 Ult., " ,. .'Ve 0.'...‘ U. Loudon. Dutch E xchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gnil ..... 604 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ....~. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Openim; 19th July ... 911 a d MINIST RI A L C MINCES. The Duke of Newcastle retains the Secretaryship for War, relinquishing the Colonies. Sir George Grey accepts the Colonial office. Lord John Russell becomes President of the Council, from which Lord Granville retires. Lord Granville accepts the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the room of Mr. Strutt, who retires. NEW WRIT FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. ADDRESS OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. • The creation of a War Minister has led to other Ministerial changes. Lord John Russell is no longer without office. He has become Lord President of the Privy Council, vice Lord Granville, who, it is un derstood, will be Colonial Secretary, vice the Duke of Newcastle, now Minister of War. Sir George Grey has been mentioned as probable Colonial Minister ; but this arrangement would not provide for Lord Granville. The position of Mr. F. Peel may be affected by the charges now made. Mr. Hayter last night moved that a new writ do issue for the City of London. The announcement caused by this notice. coupled with the fact that the President of the Council has generally been a peer, excited the general inquiry, " Is Lord John Russell going to the upper house ?" His address to the electors of the City settles that point. "TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. "Gentlemen,—He r Majesty having been pleased to con fer upon me the office of President of the Council, my seat in Parliament has becoMe vacant. "In requesting you to replace me in the honourable po tion of one of your representatives, I cannot feel it neces sary toexplain to you my past conduct. " There is no vote which I have given which I have not give openly in the face of the world—no speech which I have made which has not, at least in its substance, been re peated to the public by a watchful and intelligent press. " Her Majesty's Ministers are engaged in the conduct of a great struggle. A mighty military power seeks to overawe Europe, and pretends to set aside the verdict of the civi lisei world. We have stood against this encroachment, and hope to check its further pro-ress. " This contest has absorbed the attention of the people of this country. We all desire a solid, durable, and hon ourable peace. " Impressed with the necessity of carrying on the war till such a peace is established, I solicit the honour of your support, and the continuance of that confidence which it is my pride to haveenjoyed fur a period of thirteen years. .oitbetycshseEnLtLs.er v—al,n,theahveeshtithine . h r o ia n c o e u , r j t u o ne be 9 , , gentlemen, lBsl.” your ELECTION FOR MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. PROCLAMATION AT GUILDHALL THIS DAY.. COBRI. 'aerable surprisp was manifested this morning in tne neighbourhood of Guildhall in consequence of it hav ing been rumoured that there was a vacancy in the re presentation of the city of London, few being aware that one had occurred through Lord John Russell's sc. cepance of the office of the Lord President of the Council. At ten o'clock, in conformity with a writ from the Speaker of the House of Commons, directing the Sheriff of Lonhon to proceed to the election of a representative of the city of London, in the room of the Right Hon. John Rtpsell, commonly called Lord John Russell, the Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman aid Sheriff Wbe. and Mr. Sheriff Wallis. accompanied by Mr. Seco:Idol. Putter, caused proclamation to be made in Gui'dhall, and fixed Wednesday, the 14th inst., at one for two o'clock. for the election to take place. LATEST FOREIGN NE v‘l6 THE WAR. The following despatch has been received from Vienna anted yesterday evening : " The Oest. Correspondenz states that it has intelligence from Czernowitz, in the Bukowina, by which it becomes evident that Russia meditates an attack upon Austria. " It is expected that the head-quarters of Prince Pas kiewitsch would be at .Jassy on the 13th. "The position of the Austrian Embassy in St. Peters burg was painful in the extreme." VIENNA, Friday, June 9.-- 2 The Austrian Correspon• deuce publishes the following despatches : " CZERNOWITZ, June 7.—Marshal Paskiewitch trans fern his head-quarters to Jassy on the I2th. The Russian infantry regiment Maro!isky, with three batteries and the brigade staff of the 10th infantry division, has been ordere I from Firgut Formes to Bokani. The 2.1 regi ment of Lancers has been counter ordered from Waslin and Berla'l to Firgut-F)rmos via Jassy ; and one regi ment of Rifles, one battery, and one company of Cos sacks from Waslin to Roschietry via Leova." "1-I.EnmAtisTADT, June o. —Cossack pickets occupy the mountain passes on the Moldo-Transylvanian fron tier. The Russians withdraw from the Aluta to the in terior of Larger Wallachia. The Turks retire again from Lesser Wallachia to concentrate at Ralafat. Count Orloff, jun., is reported to be dead." . MEETING OF THE GERMAN SOVEREIGNS. PARIS, Friday.—The Moniteur, in noticing the meet ing of the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia to day at Teschen, says there is no doubt but that the object of the interview between the two sovereigns to concert together respecting the eventualities pointed to by the treaty of Berlin, and that the best results are expected from this interview. VIENNA, FRIDAY.-It is credibly rumoured that the conference with the King of Prussia is held because a negative answer is expected from Russia, and the Empe ror of Austria is unwilling to renew the summons. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Ost Deutsch Post says :—" Although the news has been contradicted, it nevertheless appears certain that the Russians passed the Danube at Oltenitza on the 29th ult., and occupied Turtukai. Prince Paskiewitsch has removed his head-quarters to the right bank of the Danube, in the country situated between Silistria and Kuggun, and has collected round him all the troops that were at Kalarasch. This removal proves that the state of affairs appear critical enough to the General-in-Chief of the Russian army for him to wish to be present, and conduct the affair in person." CONSTANTINOPLE. --- The following is the copy of the official note commu. nicated by the Sublime Porte to the Austrian Inter• nuncio at Constantinople : " CONSTANTINOPLE, 21 CILtBON, 1270. (25th May, 1854.) " I have the honour to receive the official note of your Excellency, dated the 4th of May, stating that the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria might send to the waters of Prevesa and Arta some vessels which, with those of the allies of the Sublime Porte, would have to support at sea the operations of the troops of the military cordon which it is necessary to establish on the frontiers of Greece on account of the insurrectionary movements which have occurred in the provinces of Janina and Braila, and that it might also decide on giving orders to a certain number of its troops stationed in the district of Cattaro to move into Albania, with the twofold object of preventing the insurrection from extending to the north of that province, and restraining the Montenegrins in case of their making common cause with the Greeks. The note presented at the same time refers to the case of the Ottoman Government giving its assent to the measures abov'ementioned. " His Majesty the Sultan feels much satisfaction at seeing that the Court of Austria shares in the same sentiments which in this respect animate the Govern ments of France and England, allies of the Sublime Porte, and it appreciates in the highest degree the now proof that his Majesty' the Emperor desires to give als; bi this circumstance of the benevolent intentions whieh, as is well known, animate him with regard to the Otto man Empire. The notes to be exchanged relative to this question having the value of a convention, it becomes necessary to make it clear in a fitting manner, and to enter into the following explanations : First of all, the arrivals of ships of war belonging to the Imperial navy sh dl be notified to the authorities of the coast of Albania as far as Prevesa. The Sublime Porte consents to the advance of the troops of the Austrian territory directly from the district of Cattaro to Albania, as it also consents that, in case their presence in this pro vince should not be necessary, that they should advance only into Montenegro if the inhabitants of that country should excite disorder there; and, as in case of an expe dition of the Imperial troops directly into Albania, the direct route which they will have to follow, after having traversed Montentgro, passes by the province of Siodra, by some districts of Roumelia, close to the coat, and by the province of Janina, orders will not only be given to the agents of the Government to which it may belong that these troops shall be treated with all possible re gard and in the most friendly manner, as well during their passage as during the period they may have to re main in those parts in order to attain the object they have in view, and that the provisions of which they may be in need shall be furnished to them, but also a special commission shall be sent for that purpose on the spot itself. " Herzegovine, Bosnia, and Servia are (conterminous with Montenegro. If the real cause of the events in question was nut known, then it might givcrise to a fermentation in those provinces, therefore accurate in formation shall be given to the authorities as to the true state of affairs. " Such, then, are lobe intentions of the Sublime Porte, and until such time as both parties shall have previously agreed between themselves, permission will not be given to enter into those provinces. " That expedition in the districts above-mentioned, not taking place unless in case of real necessity, it will be necessary that the Imperial Government, so soon as it shall have resolved on adopting that measure, and ready to execute it, shall at once give information of it to the Sublime Porte. " As the Imperial troops, once their object attained, that is to say, the revolt repressed, will naturally re-enter the Austrian States, the proper authority will be en joined to offer to those troops, on the occasion of their departure, the same facilities which have been accorded them on their entry. " Having the honour to notify to you the preceding resolution, by express order of his Majesty the Sultan, I avail myseif of this occasion to present the assurance of my high consideration, &c." THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. _ _ FROM AN OFFICER.) Smiultn.t, May 24.—1 have already written to you concerning the bombardment of Silistria, which oe. curred on the 11th and 16th of this month. A courier, who arrived here yesterday, announced that the Ru-- sians were encamped in front of the detached outworks which surround the town, on the heights to the S.E., and that they were making every preparation fo! an attack on one of these outworks, called the Arab Tabia. The Russian riflemen were spread out in a chain, and some masses of infantry were drawn up behind to support them. Mussa, Paella ordered out some thousand irregular cavalry. They fell upon the riflemen, and cut them to pieces. It is considered that 200 of them were killed. On the 20th and 21st, the Russians renewed their attacks upon the same outposts, but wi has little success. The artillery from the forts made great havoc amongst them. Two Circa. sian officers, deserters from the Russian army, found their way into the town, and announced a vigorous attack for the 22d : and we are now awaiting the news of the result with impatience— it indeed Silistria is not entirely surrounded. These deserters state that the army hesiegine. tri t numbers 90,000 men, and is composed of three different cops d'armee. It is, however, reasonable to suppose this to be an exaggeration, though it is very probanle that troops belonging to three corps d'armee may be there. These deserters also announce that the Grand Duke Constantine has the command of this army. There is no doubt, however, that the Russian army wilt he sufficiently strong to impede the sending of aid to Silistria, and so disposed as to face any army that should come up for that purpose. This is the main fact, and it shows that a great battle must take place in a few weeks, between this place and Silistria. Silistria is in a very good state, and the outworks are very well constructed. Not one of them can be taken without the greatest sacrifices on the part of the besiegers ; and even then there remains the walled outworks, which could not be taken without opening regular siege trenches. All this, it may reasonably be calculated, will give sufficient time for operations on our part. SCIIUMIA, May 25.—1 n my yesterday's letter I said that Silistria was completely surrounded. This is not correct. On the side of Turtukai it is still open. A courier arrived this night. No attack was made on the 22.1; but those of the 21st were vigorous, and thrice repeated. These attacks are made on one of the outworks, which lies distant about 2,500 yards from the town, and which cannot be much protected by the guns of the other forts, on account of its advanced po sition. Nevertheless, this fort (Arab Tabia) has resisted most obstinately and successfully. All assaults have been repelled, and the enemy has suffered severe losses, for the garrison of the fort itself has been seriously damaged. Fort Arab Tabia is in a most important po sition. When it falls—which it must, as it is only con structed with the intent of delaying the enemy's approach —there remains a second circle of detached forts about 600 metres distant from the place ; and then you come to Silistria itself. If things go on as usual, lam of opi nion that they may resist for five or six weeks. Silistria has been attacked now for eight days. THE BALTIC. - ----- The following despatch, dated yesterday, is from Dautzie :—" Th e frigate sperate, Capt. D'Eyncourt, has arrived here. She left the fleet on the 7th. After Hango had been bombarded, without success, the fleet proceeded to Helsingfors." GULF OF FINLAND. The postscript of a reliab!.e letter from St. Petersburg, dated the Ist inst., states that a number of English vessels of war were "near" Cronstadt, engaged in taking soundings. THE FRENCH. BALTIC FLEET. A letter from Rostock, dated June 4, says day, at noon, the French fleet, composed of 12 sail and 2 steamers, was signalled, since nine in the morning, in sight of Warnetnunde. The ships have steered away in -- z ~.. a north-east direction, with a slight breeze dead agh ast them. The W arnemunde seamen have declared O c et they were und er sa il t h e whole time, that they mad e no signals for pilots to come off to them and thatil i as the fleet was cl oses t i ns h ore, they saws the ship witt the Admiral's flag. As well as they could judge. 3 such a distance, the fleet seemed in excellent cond:tiotlf and sailing beautifully, althouqh it had encountered th e day before a very violent north-easter." NEW ATTITUDE OF SWEDEN. HAMBURG, Friday.—lt is reported here, on " I I respectabie authority, and generally believed, that S'' e c i den has declared openly against Russia, and has real ° her Minister from St. Petersburg. GREECE. According to advises from Ath ens t o th e 30th, li n g Otho has amnestied th e o ffi cers o f th e G ree k army roe have taken part i n th e i nsurrect i on i n E p i r i us :—" szrant," says his Majesty, " a complete amnesty tO „ those officers who have broken their leave, or who ba b abandoned, w ith ou t l eave. t h eir posts to take par t e t insurrection of the ne i g hb our i ng provinces o f the Ot i a ° : man empire, a n d a l so to t h ose of fi cers who have left t service in compliance with a request preferred by tbe,° l in consequence of recen t events, prov id e d t h a t wit, blo the space of a mo n th f rom t h e d ate of th i s d ecree a b e t' present themselv es b e f ore th e military authorities of the.l realm. Officers comprised i n th e last category will ! the same time be restored to their rank in the servio 3 '. A letter from Athen s , o f th e l et , says— fQThe 1 03 Pi t s, try has taken the oath. All it s acts are o f a na ture .; give complete satisfaction to the Porte. Epirus is P el t fled after a fresh advantaae gained by the Turk Radowitiz. The accounts from Theissaly are not so oa; tisfactory. Nothing is known of the state of affairs 0 1 Macedonia. The pres ence o f th e F renc h troops ,1 d produced an excellent effect. Their appearance 0' a mirable. The accoun t s f rom th e prov i nces are tea o, quillising." The Patric states—" The private telegraphic deep announcing that the Ott oman t roops h a d su ff ere d e u n , feat in Thes sa ly was s t range l y exaggerated, and t he a j gagement in question had not the importance ascr 4,l7 ; to it. Reinforcements, moreover, have been sen e il Thessaly, and it was hoped that in that province, as as in Epirus, th e o di ous pro j ects of the rebels wouliL defeated." The following fact, says the same paper, will shot' , t f, what extent the R uss i an G enera l s carry their fanatici"; in the present war. At one of the last assaults on k'i l „, tria, the Russian Commander ordered the Greek di*, lains to give th e sacramen t t o a ll t h e sold i ers. Thi i I°, der was execut e d i n th e morn i ng at b rea k of d ay. non-commissioned officers, born in Poland, having nos Glared to the priest th a t, b e i ng C a th o li cs, t h ey cou ld I!, without committing a sacrilege, receive the commtin t it/ o f from his hands, w ere i mme di a t e l y tr i e d b y a C oun d" War, and shot, VOLO, May 23.—The reports sent in from Lrixis ° by Mr. Blunt's agents are as follow : Calabaka, has for the last eight days been block by 10,000 Greeks. They are now without 1 0 ,t sions. &lira Pacha, Ismail B e y, an d Od a Bey ealc. the head of the Turks, b u t a ll commun i cat i ons ail, Ito" tercepted. An att em pt was ma d e b y t h e cava lrf release the Turks, but the Greeks picked them off :fr°t, the mountains, and they were obliged to retil f ` e , having about 200 men killed and wounded. The:f tired to Carditza. oe Calabaka—or, properly, Kakabaka—is situate the western slop e s o f M oun t O ssa, near to the Pi e ee d plain, ten mile s f rom L ar i ssa, and seven miles Bou t b the pale of Tempe. The slopes of Mount Ossa are ' l l l l O t i steep, and in f ac t p rec i p it ous, i n the v i cin i ty of p above-named vill age o f K a l a b a k a, not far from the oe known manufacturing town of Ambelakia. the At Verdacou‘h, in the province of Duschcartei - t Albanians, under the command of their chief Ge roo s f : tacked the Greeks, and slew 60 families —men, W w o m en= and children. The Greeks sent to Captain Taco is",: aid, and he came to their assistance. He In i t . ; rounded 1,000 Albanians in one village, and set fire the place, when all were consumed. Papa Costa is about to join Captain Kronia, Gresh 0 8 ' :;nd Flarita. The latter has sent letters to every vit. on the way to Larissa, demanding cattle, flour, tr,j . without del a y, an d th rea t en i ng to b urn down everyt bt° and spare nobody, if his wants are not immediately °° plied, Things look worse than ever in these parts. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, June G.—The Due de Cobourg has retari l to his residence. Th e i ntent i on of his mission •6 1 ‘ 9 to b e make the Cabinet of B er li n per f ectly understand, io ' 0 name of the Aust r i an G overnment, that the latter Icto resolved, in the ev en t o f an unsat i sfactory answer 10, St Petersburg, t o have recourse to such coercive vl e " . , sures as should give effect to the political consevel ice involved in the Austro-Prussian Treaty. The Due de Cobourg acquitted himself of this duty the course of several conferences with the King Prussia and his Ministers. FR A.NCE. On Thursday evening the Emperor received the weir hers of the Senate at the Palace of St. Cloud. The Ministers were present at the reception, as well as the President and Vice-President of the Council of State. The Moniteur announces that, on an invitation received from the President of the Sydenham Exld' bition Company, the Imperial Commission for the Universal Exhibition of 1855 has delegated the fe l ' lowing personages to be the representatives a t the opening of the new Crystal Palace, namely, Gen e ' rat Morin, Director of the Imperial Conservator , ' of Arts and Metiers, President of the Executive Ce ra : mittee of the Uni versa l E x hibi t i on ; the Count d e Lee' seps, Minister Plenipotentiary of the First Class, Direr' for of the Fo re i gn Aff a i rs, M em b er of the Impe de Commission ; a nd M. Dufour, Member of the Chamb er of Commerce of Lyons, Secretary-General of the le r perial Commission. M. Jollivet de Castelot, member of the Legisbti v° Corps, died suddenly on Thursday. ed The Moniteur o f y es t er d ay contains a decree, iastt by the Austrian Government, prescribing the ce nrse; be adopted by th e commanders of vessels carrrying t he Austrian flag during the war between England, Fraze; Russia, and T ur k ey. Thi s decree is dated May 25, e and is signed " Buol Schauenstein, Bach, Krauss, Ball'; gartner, Bamberg." It commen !es b y stating that t'>` use of letters of marque, or any participation in the arm i filament of a ves s el, no ma tt er un d er what flag, is str ie f ,t4 forbidden to the subjects of h's Imperial Majesty. who shall infringe this order will not only be deprived the protecti o n o f th e A ustr i an G overnment, but w ill be liable to be p un i s h e d b y anot h er State, and will also proceeded against in the criminal courts of Aust ri i; l'he entry of foreign privateers into Austrian ports to interdicted. Vessels under the Austrian flag are not s transport troops belon g i ng t o the belligerent Powe r :, nor are they to carr y art i c l es contra b and of war. infringement of this regulation will be visited by tat "$ withdrawal of the protection of the Austrian Governinel?l o in case of se i zure or confiscation, and will also ent s t i punishment. Vessels und er t h e A us t r i an fl ag are n ot enter any ports b es i ege d b y t h e P owers at war. A n e%' t he ceptioe, however, i s ma d e t o t h e e ff ect t h at, i n spite o f present war, there is to be no interruption in the con ,nerve and navi ga ti on o f A ustr i an vessels with the ports f of the bellig eren t P owers, an d t h e merc h ant vessels I: these Powers are t o b e a ll owe d f u ll l i b erty to enter itu,". .rian ports. Th e d ecree proceeds to state that, in t he full confidence that th e A ustr i an neutral commerce W ill e respected by the belligerent Powers, Austrian el,: tains are not t o oppose themselves to any search niade fl ood faith by the former, but are to produce, without 11: sistarc e , any papiri or documents that may b e require,; The b e ll igerent Powers, adds the decree, have (:"",, eially given sat i sfactory assurances, that prope l ender a neutral flag will be respected, with the exceptiO, of article s con t ra b an d of war. Prizes made by belligeren t Yovvers will not be admitted into any Austrian ports' with the exceptiJn of Trieste, where their contents roil be sold, after a l ega l con d e mnati o n. Th e d ecree is t nave immediate effect, and it provides, in conclusio n, that if any Austrian vessel should be subjected to if% proper treatment, information is to b e immediately gig°, to the nearest Au s trian Consul, i n or d er t h at t h e vernment of his Imperial Majesty may demand reps' lv tion and satisfaction. St. It wa,-; stated last night a s p os i t i ve that Marshal - A Arnaud bad written , to the Government dernand iii i another division. It would appear that some discontent s felt at the conduct of Prince Napoleon. He is, s a , 3l a, to be in constant communication with refugees—in,,,u e ;b, the fact of his having been accompanied by M. - 6 1 3 ',. Girardin from Paris to Marseilles occasioned consider' able displeasure in the highest quarters. It is said ther, is every p ro b a bili ty of his being soon recalled if he cl° not give up th e d e li g h ts of Constantinople and repa ir to the camp with his division. A nephew of Omer Pasha, a lad about 12 or 14 yea rs of age, has just arrived in Paris for his education. per Pews BOURSE.—Closing p r ic e s—Four-and- a -H a lf Cent. Renter, for money, 96f. 25c. ; Three p e r Cep'. ditto, for money, 71f. 75 c . ; ditto fo r accoun t, 72f. Bank Shares, 2,920 f. The Duchess Dowager of Hamilt on arr i ve d i n r' rt• mart-square yesterday, from Easton-p ar k , S to k e iN eh, ford, Suffolk, for the season. ea STAR CLUB.—The special meeting which it was resold to hold, and to invite the corps diplomatique, as we ll to some of the distinguished foreign ers w h o have corny witness the opening of the Cry s t a l P alace, i s to L l k e a place in-the month of July, at th e O ld Roya l Pslac Richmond. it f A THE OVERDUE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN . ra.. Information was this morning received at the ‘-'r e-e e r• Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, respecting the e sr ,.. due mail packet, the Symlie, due at Southampton last turday. From a telegraphicmessa another vessel, all anxiety is dissipated, as it is he ° oo , the Symlie left Malta on the 30th inst., under eaelo having broken her screw. She is expected to arriv e e_ ii ,, ge from Trieste, througg7.o morrow, and brings 245 boxes from Australia and " This is her first voyage out and home. THE GREAT BRITAIN.— Liverpool, June 9 . d to screw - steamer Gre a t Britain, which was advertise I,r, sail for M e lb ourne to-morrow , will not take her de Ps. ture until Monday morning. She has 200 more i d ) to senders tha n w h en she last set sail, but was compe lle ,uo return, and she i s as f u ll o f cargo as she can h o ld. will also take out a large ship mail. ° f 4 RUSSIAN - DUTCR LOAN. —Under the convention ro t 1815 the R uss i an -D utc h l oan i s b eing paid off by 4 , 0 5 Britain ( an d h as b een i n course of payment ev er e P rf that year) at th e ra t e o f 1 per cent. (250,000 florins) _ e v gr ,, year, with i n t erest at 5 per cent. per annum on the °f of r dually decre a si ng principa l unpa id . T a ki ng the rinc/- exchange of the Ist Jan. last, we have paid, forjogt, pal and mtereet, 4,110,96 M, And have to pay 3 , 38 "' more. 1 i ...,, --...____ OFFIC The ceived ; das, Cc dated I Reds detach! aulmtn Offic: Scham 3 forc es i The I tlaek §ir,— %oilers Shumla tarrisoi Were in atta c k 2. TI Grand estimat CR The ( this aft fitting smiling openitq to-day Chilly Was eve • the day quarter as sev4 th e mo brid ge l east ] fair si toile is The nu differen from ei the of Palace, appearE arrang( Influx ( each ye to the adjaccu its turn Perhaps scriptio equipN on the Patron nothinl ham. the pat pedesti Iles. equal]) taencec and frx Was 11 over i Two 01 sion, tickets second feeling Pense Exhibi nal pal time /I of her conseq the differe was e