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be made subservient to despotism, only because there I were some in Great Britain who, confounding freedom with monarchy, trembled in blind fear at the very word democracy. I would address myself even to those very men who call themselves emphatically the friends of peace. I will sot quarrel with them about their having mistaken oppression for peace, and, in the name of phi lanthropy, countenanced the scaffolds of bloody despo tism. I would call on them thus :—Yon have done all you could to prevent war ; still war there is, it was a ecessity. So, be consistent with your peace principles. Since wa: there is, help to make it short and effectiTe, and rewarded by a true lasting peace. Alliance! with ; alliances despotic. Governments make the war long with nations make it short. The former make the re sult fraught with seeds of new inevitable wars, the lat ter make the result rich with the blessings of a lasting peace. Be consistent with your principles. Since war there must be, help it to result in the greatest possible good to the greatest possible number. (Loud cheers.) Ye ministers of the Lord pray to Him for that result, and exhort your flocks to do their Chris tian duty as men and as citizens to help to that result. Sir, I have finished ; tired myself, I have tired you all ; but, perhaps, my work and your indulgence have not been in vain. Perhaps, Glasgow has something contri buted to-day to the effect, that blind expediency should not prevail over comprehensive wisdom, nor vice over patriotism, nor impious sophistry bear the sway over Christian philanthropy. Mine is but the prayer ; yours will be the merit of action. Heaven grant the profit be all to humanity ! (Cheers.) The illustrious speaker wa s greeted throughout his speech with frequent bursts of applause, and resumed his seat amidst great cheering. GENERAL A. F. MACINTOSH. Just published, in 2 vols. post Svo., with Maps, price 215., AMILITARY TOUR in EUROPEAN TURKEY, the CRIMEA, and on the Eastern Shores of the BLACK SEA, including Routes across the Balkan into Bulgaria, and Excursions in the Turkish. Russian, and Persian Provinces of the Caucasian Range; with Strategical Observations on 'the Pro bable Scene of the Operations of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Maior•Generai A. F. MACINTOSH, K.H., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., Commanding her Majesty's Troops in the lonian Islands. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. TBSEVEN SISTERS ESTATE, TOTTEN -L.—The CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—On Wed nead ay, July 19, at the Offices, 33, Norfolk-street. Strand, will be ALLOTTED the Seven Sisters Estate, Tottenham-green (Middlesex). The property is within an easy distance of the Eastern Counties Railroad, and five miles of St. Paul's. There are 86 plots to the plan , of allotment, of which 43 are 801. lots, 12 of 1501., of 751., 3of 871. 10s., 7of 85/., 2of 1251., lof 4001., 6of 501., and 4of 371. 10s. Plans of the Estate may be had of CHARLES LEWIS GRIM. EISEN, Se c . The Mansion on the Estate, with timber, ornamental shrubs, &c.. together with Lots 44 to 49 inclusive, will be offered to the holders of rights, according to rotation, for 1,2001. or any less number of these Lots, with the house, proportionally to the marked Price s on the plan. The whole of th e es t a t e w ill th ere fore be a ll otted with reserve. TREATS - IC ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JOLT 13, Will be performed LUCIA DI LMAMERMOOR. Lucia, 3fdlle. Agnes Bury ; Anse, Madame Heinrich; Raymond, Signor Arnoidi ; Lord Arthur, Signor Santi ; Norman, Herr Grohn Ashton, Mr. Weis; and Edgardo, Mr. Sims Sleeves. To conclade with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMEE. priees—t3tans, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is.; and Private Boxes, One, Twe, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be bad of Messrs. Leader and Cock. 63, New Bond -street. Notice.—Doors open at Half-past Seven. Performance commences at Eight. Hai-price at Half-past .sine. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rackstone. THI3 EVENING, JuLi 13, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, %V. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fltswilliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. To conclude with A NABOB FOE AN HOLM. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza JUAN. THIS EVENING, JITLT 13, Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and lasses Heath and Murray. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, jITLY 13. Will be performed MASKS AND FACES. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, L. Murray, P. Bedford, &c.; Mesdames Celeste, Wool gar, &e. Followed by HOPES AND FEARS. After which will be presented the New Extravaganza, entitled A MOVING TALE, supported by Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. - - - To be followed by WAITING FOR AN OMNIBUS IN THE LOW THER ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIRA.TRZ. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. For the BENEFIT of Mr. A. WIGAN. THIS RviaNING. JuLT 13. Wlll be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. R.ibson, Emery, and Robinson; Misses Marston, E. Or. monde, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, the popular Comedietta, caged HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, & C. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, Jove 13, Will be presented THE UNITED SERVICE OF FRANCE AND ZNGLAND. After which, OPPOSITE NEIGHBOURS. Followed by FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PLAYFUL CRO CODILE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. vuine, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, is. 6.1; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes Al 113.6 d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft„ 15, New Bond-street. UTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous and most Successful Hit! THIS EVENING, JULT 13, A Grand Historical Equestrian spectacle, called THE COSSACKS; or, Vtre la France. Attar which a Series of Morceant Choisis de PAre ,e, or Scenes in the Circle, in which Miss Emily Cooke ant Mr. William Cooke, jan., will appear, the Brothers Francisco will perform their wondrous feat of LA. PERCIIE. The German Bro thers wi 1 exhibit ,heir skill on the DOUBLE TRAPEZE. The whole to conclude with Mr. W. T. Simpson's Burlesque, RIISSLi AGAINS r TITRKEY. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. Under the Patronage of his Excellency Count WALEWSICI, the French Ambassador, A GRAND UNION GILA, In honour of the cordial and happy alliance between France and England, will take place THIS DAY. 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 ; and To-day a BALL will be given In a spacious Pavilion erected for the purpose. A full Quadrille Band is engaged. Mr. Flexmore, M.O. Concluding each night with a "Great Exhibition" of FIREWORKS, by Southby, who will on this occasion eclipse all his former efforts. Also each evening a VOCAL and INSTRUMEN rAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ranstord, and Mr. Manvers will sing several national and patriotic songs. The Gardens will be brilliantly decorated and illuminated by proficient artistes.—Doors open each day at Two. Admission, as usual, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tql9 DAT —Morning 58 nain.after 3 I Evening 23 min.aft. 4 To•ltow.ow—Morning 48 znin.after 4 1 Evening 11 Mitl.ali. 5 THE WEATHER.—boa Orricm, JULY 13. THERMOMETER, n't THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. " — li , ' day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'92—rising. WM, N •W_Moderate breeze, with fine weather. N.,.; b 1 N C e,ele!",: far', IP** . —lviwKaafe LONDON, THIIRSDA.Y, JULY 13, 185 It is not for th e fi rst time that M. The has spoken in E ng li s h marvellously. liossum delivered by hi m i n th e City Hall of Glasgow, oration en Wednesday evening, the sth instant, is only an other of those remarkable harangues, with the fluent, and eloquent, and thrilling utterance of which the illustrious patriot has so often before electrified great masses of our fellow -countrymen. Seldom has any native of these islands spoken so rhetorically, so persuasively, as this noble wan derer from Hungary. Never has any stranger from a foreign land breathed words like these in our, mother-tongue. The aptitude of M. Kossu' as an orator, his perfect mastery of our language, his intense and burning enthusiasm, the memory of his astonishing career, of his triumphs and of his calamities, of his power and of his exile—all combined, present to the mind of the intelligent observer a spectacle which at once commands in terest and awakens curiosity, if it does not pene trate the heart and captivate the imagina tion. Here, indeed, in the banished leader of the Magyars, is a worthy study for the philosopher and th e psychologist. Wonderful, however, though the capacity revealed by the Liberator of Hungary as an o r a t o r (whether in his own or in a foreign language, it scarcely matters which) unquestionably is still more wonderful is the ardour of his enthusiasm of his self-devotion patriotism and the to the cause of his fellow-countrymen. Because was ultimately overthrown in hi s grea t d es i gns for the regenera .., tion of the_ Magyars, and for the consolidation of • • ~Hungarian' Independence...46=mi he - wa i l oi,er.. 1 1. thrown by the treachery of GoRGEY and the Cos sack hordes under PASKIEWITCH, the ignorant may regard him as nothing more than an unsuccessful adventurer. But those impartial witnesses who have perused his history aright and without prejudice—those contemporary witnesses who can think for themselves from the facts transpiring around them, and recorded (as they transpire) in the public newspapers, must already have judged him very differently, as he will be judged years and years hence by the European annalist of the hereafter. The unprejudiced and impar tial observer must have recognised in this remark able man no mere speculator in politics—no merely selfish or unprincipled demagogue. Through all the calumnies heaped upon him by his enemies, through the haze of malignant - vituperation in which he has walked ever since his foot was first pressed upon the shores of England—his fair fame as an Exile of Patriotism has to the discerning only loomed the more grandly throughout. We speak of this man now, in the days of his misfor tune, precisely in the same terms as those in which we spoke of him in the hour of his success, when he was the acknowledged leader of the liberated and victorious Hungarians. We speak of him when powerless, as we spoke of him when powerful. Success or failure signifies nothing in the individual. The man is still the same in himself—before or after. HANNIBAL was still HANNIBAL, still the peerless general, after he had been vanquished. NAPOLEON was still NA POLEON, still the marvellous conqueror, after Water loo. History and posterity have in each instance ratified the decrees of the more discerning, or of the . most unprejudiced, of immediate contemporaries. HANNIBAL is still—the wide world over —recog nised as greater than SCIPIO: NAPOLEON as greater than WELLINGTON. And so to history and to posterity, exile and defeat are of no account in the balance that weighs the intrinsic value of the really illustrious. So it is with M. KOSSUTH. So it will be universally recognised to have been with him in the hereafter. At present he must rest satisfied with being appreciated by certain divi sions of the population. To the hearts of the vast multitude his words of fire will probe with the force and magic of electricity. Out of the fullness of his heart his mouth has spoken—has spoken again eloquently, ardently, persuasively. His oration will be found else where in our columns of this evening—an oration eminently worthy of perusal and after-consideration. Differing from the illustrious orator, though we may repeatedly in the course of his candid and manly argument, we cannot fail to recognise in him the ardour of the patriot and the skill of the rhetorician—in it, a masterly exposition of the present juncture in the war with Russia, and of the future prospects of Christendom. Matters are still—both in the Euxine and in the Baltic—simply in a state of preparation. Great things are going to be done —not actually doing, but going to be accomplished, or, at any rate, to be attempted. After drawing near to Cron s tad t and reconnoitring, Sir CHARLES Narixit's fleet has retired again to Baro Sound— deterred from making an attack upon those re doubtable fortifications until the French troops may have arrived, or until the Asiatic Cholera shall have disappeared. Simultaneously the com bined fleets in the Black Sea are getting ready for, or are at all events hesitating about, a descent upon the Crimea, and a formal onslaught upon the garrison of Sebastopol. All the while the soldiers of France and England are actively bestirring themselves. All the while the allied contingents are gathering at Varna, are marching upon Schumla, are pressing onward towards the actual seat of war beyond the Danube, from Scutari through the Bosphorus, from Gallipoli by way of Adrianople. Meantime, at home an English fleet has been assembling in the Downs for the purpose of crossing the channel to embark some 20,000 or 30,000 of the gallant soldiers of our ally, and thereupon to convey them through the Baltic I to their Russian destination. The EMPEROR him self proceeding to review the troops in the historic vicinity of Vimereux ! Everything is ready it would seem—but the signal. That signal is now looked fog, is now listened for eagerly both in the Black Sea and in the Gulf of Finland. So that this dread war may be the more speedily termi nated—may that signal soon become audible in the battle cries pealed by the fleets and armies of France and England in the names of VICTORIA and NAPOLEON ! The House of Commons is very desirous of preventing bribery and intimidation, so it is posi tively alleged, and we are bound to credit the assertion, for are not its members all " Honour able Gentlemen I" It is strange, then, that when there is such complete unanimity as to the end and object to be attained, the direct and simple mode by which it may be accomplished is disre garded. Why take such pains to avoid the obvious course leading to the desired goal, and to encounter serious impediments, which may easily be avoided. If secret voting be sanctioned by the Legislature, corruption, if not altogether banished, will be reduced within the narrowest limits. The candidate, or his secret agent, will not trust the man ready to barter his birthright for a mess of pottage, to sell his most sacred privilege for the sake of a few paltry pounds, or even shillings—for " the gratification" has occa sionally been paid in silver. He will not give any credence to the promise of a man ready to violate his most solemn obligation by taking the bribery oath if tendered. No payment in advance then will be made, and if the voter be inclined to sell his conscience, he must give credit to the promises made on behalf of the candidate. He will not, however, be in any degree more willing to do so than the candidate is to trust him. He is too well aware of the proverbial difference be tween the would-be, and the actual legislator. The former is willing to promise anything and everything. Like the ancient knight-errants, he refuses no boon that may be asked, while he is willing to undertake any task, however arduous. He is, in fact, the ehampion of distressed and suf fering virtue all over the world, and happy is the nation that numbers so distinguished a philan thropist amongst its children. But, unfortunately, when success has crowned his efforts, when that which he has declared to be the highest of earthly honours, the subject of his warmest aspirations is accomplished, his enthu siasm rapidly evaporates ; like 808 Acnz's courage, it " oozes from his finger ends." He suddenly sinks to a rather commonplace, but far more prac tical, character. He looks at matters in a much more sombre point of view ; and, if he holds a seven years' tenure of his seat, he is by no means so complaisant or yielding in his disposition. He can refuse a constituent, and with a serious counte nance rely on the pompous platitudes he has publicly put forward. N a y, m ore, he may not be averse t° expose a too pressing applicant, and thus ac complish a double purpose, by sacrificing a victim at the altar of his time deterring fur therMOLEBWOB.TII 8 0 others from annoying him by own purity, and at the same speechorru on "the There would then, as Sir WILLIAM awbhilechclearly • out in his very Ballot," be but one mode in p b oli p ted ractised, when the voting was secret, viz , a promi se to pay every voter willing to acc e pt it, in thethisif event of the election of the candid a t e . Now not altogether im practicable, w ou ld b e so e xceedingl so exceedingly di ff i cult y above epensive, all, so easy of det ec ti on, that it would very seldom, if ever, be resorted to. In the first place every voter should be bribed, no matte* place er ow he voted. It would not merely be the few who reserved their votes until they found the probability that they might turn the scale, and were thus enabled to strike an advantageous bargain. The remunera tion, or, in plainer language, " the bribe," should be so small as scarcely to tempt any but the most needy and unconscientious voters, or it should be so large as to prove almost ruinous to any but the wealthiest and most unconscientious bribers— and as universal silence could not be anticipated, the bribery would be speedily detected, and be susceptible of easy proof. There would thus be the very strongest reasons against its adoption, and even if it were resorted to the corrupt electors wOuld vote in favour of the , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1854. man whose views they believed to be in accordance with those of the majority, and, therefore, even with such bribery as could be practised the same conclusion would be arrived at as if it were totally checked. Bribery and corruption would thus be nearly, if not altogether, avoided if " the Ballot" were in troduced ;so far, indeed, that the exception would even more strongly prove the rule, while any offence would be hunted out with a keener scent, and punished with more stringent severity when the detectors and aven gers could conscientiously declare themselves to be free from any taint of the offence. But the remedy would be complete in cases of intimida tion, whether of landlord, creditor, employer, or customer. It would be impossible to punish any man for what could not be brought home to him. The tenant in arrear might go up boldly to the polling-booth, without dreading to find a distress or an ejectment for non-payment of rent awaiting his return. The debtor would not fear arrest, the workman discharge, or the small tradesman a loss of custom, for having given a conscientious vote. Nor need the sacerdotal malediction or mob violence be dreaded. Why, then, resort to such round-about methods of achieving that which may be directly accomplished ? " Melius est pet ere fontes, quam sectari rivulos." Far better to strike at the root of the evil than to strive to punish the few cases that may be de tected. If the House really wish to prevent, or even materially to check, the practice, let them resort to that which alone can prove effectual— the Ballot. The other matters may be valuable adjuncts, but, without the grand protection, must prove worse than useless. MONEY MA RKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 hales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame and heavy, with prices slightly in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 60 Pernam and Maranham at 611 d. to 6d., 60 Bahia at 6id., 200 Egyptian at sid. to Sid., and 500 Surat at 3d to 3id. per lb. Railway Shares were flat, at declining prices. The Enchantress has arrived from Geelong with 1,056 ounces of gold. Her dates are only to March 17. The overland express from India reports trade dull at Calcutta. The letters via Marseilles will be here about the 16th inst. The Brazilian Mail has arrived. Trade was rlther dull at Rio. Exchange 26id. to 27d. on London. The weekly meeting of the Bank of England Di rectors has broken up without any alteration in the minimum rate of discount being announced. What ever may be said of the inconvenience to the mer cantile community with small profits and 51 per cent. to pay for even short dated and unexception able bills, except where accommodation is sought in Lombard Street, at the slight difference arising from competition, it has to be borne in mind that there are capitalists whose trade is in money, and who seek every opportunity of making a profit, regardless of any general result. The only way to repress this inclination, therefore, is to destroy the chance of gain, but it is unfortunate that the plodding trader, keeping fairly within his means, and only seeking occasional legitimate aid, should be pinched to serve this end. We have always been of opinion that a marked distinction should be made in such cases, and in critical periods the Bank of England has done its duty in this respect by declining to discount the paper of leviathan firms, not upon the ground that the security was bad, but that the money was to be shipped to the continent or else where, or that some other operation adverse to the exchanges was to be entered into. Just now it would afford great relief if this distinction could be drawn. We hear, for example, that exports of gold to a larger amount than of late, are likly to be made ere long, and we can easily surmise which are the firms that will be concerned therein. It would be unwise to interfere ' with the free course of business, by prevent ing the necessary payments for goods received here, or to impose obstacles to specie remittances which our Government must periodically make to the forces engaged in the war, but the houses inte rested can well afford to pay the highest charge asked at the Bank, considering the magnitude of their operations, and their comparative safety. The mere speculator in produce, useful as he is in attract ing supplies from abroad, and balancing the markets, so as to obviate alternate glut and scarcity, is nevertheless not fairly to be placed in the same category with the steady going merchant, and could likewise be made to pay handsomely for loans, but 5 per cents. would be fully as much as traders in general can now afford to give. The lower range of prices in the English Stock Market, has not only brought in buyers for money, but has likewise caused a few Bear speculations to be closed, giving an additional impetus. There is now some difficulty in,ascertaining whether the ac count is not Bullish, although within the last week the tendency has been to operate for a fall. Con sols opened at 901 / for Transfer, dropped to 901 upon its becoming known that the Bank of England had not reduced the rate of discount, and are now 91i ft, a rally of 1 per cent. The time dealings have been at 901, and since at 911 g-. The New 3i per Cents. have been 911 and since 91i to 92, Bank Stock is up 1 to 2 per cent., having reached 210. Exchequer Bills are Is. discount to 3s. premium, and the Bonds to premium. The Foreign Stock Market has been very dull. Venezuela Bonds have been done at 25, and the Deferred 10/ to 111. Mexican Stock is at 24, and Buenos Ayres at 56. Russian 4 per Cents. have been 81i, and the 5 per Cents. 98. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 90. Nothing has been done in Spanish or Portuguese. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :----Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 61, Mexi can 24 to 24k, Peruvian 65 to 67, ditto 3 per Cents. 50 to 52, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39 to 41, Russian 5 per Cents. 96 to 98, ditto 4i per Cents. 80 to 82, Spanish New Deferred 181 to 19, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 371, ditto Certificates 4 to 41, ditto Passive 31 to 41. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 19,459 19,027 Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 16,309 14,455 Great Northern 18,2:1 15,708 Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,852 19,442 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 30,020 27,195 Leeds Northern The railway share market has been about A per cent. better for some of the English lines, but with no increase of business, the adjustment of the ac count occupying the dealers. The interest charged for carrying over shares is very small generally, and in some cases they are placed " even" to the next settling day. Caledonian, York and North Midland, Great Western, and North-Western, are most ,buoyant, not being very fully supplied. French shares have been quiet at about the former rates. The Gold Mine Shares and Banks are dull. The Crystal Palace Shares have improved toe discount. The land shares are firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Oftcial List.) Hank Stock ..... 2083 10 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent Consols Annuities,,,,,,, 903 34 per Cent. Annuities . ....................... 91A 2 1i 2i a L u ng Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 43 India Bonds, £lOOO • • l3 p 904 1a Exchequer Console for O p ß e i n ll i s n . g 2 l 44 9 , July B 1000 2500 par 3 p d Small 1 4 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858 ..... Ditto Scrip, 1&)9 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY, Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent „i„ u 3 per Cent. ......... . ... . ..... . Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ * St. Ditto for the Account 9B Ditto 44 per Cent .......... . Venezuela Bonds, 34 per dea . t. 25 Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent ll4 105 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 25 per Cent. 12 Guil 585 x d Ditto 4 per Cont. Cortifleates . THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 19th July COUNT NICHOLAS PAELLEN. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the following despatch, dated Trieste, yesterday : " The steamer Calcutta arrived to-day at 10 o'clock a.m., in 112 hours from Alexandria. " The India mail, with advices from Calcutta to the Ist of June, and Bombay the 7th of June, left Alexandria on the 7th of July for England. " Trade in India was dull. " Exchange at Calcutta 2s. Oid. " No mail has been received from China by this opportunity." LAW INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY). QUEEN'S BENCH. THE LATE FORGERIES IN THE CITY.- GURNEY V. WORHSLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 30111. 9s. 7d. upon a forged bill of exchange, which the plaintiffs bad paid. The plaintiffs are Messrs. Overend Gurney, the bankers, and the defendants are bill brokers in the city. The jury found for the plaintiffs. THE COURT.—It is confidently stated that her Ma jesty the Queen and the Royal Family will take up their residence in Windsor Castle soon after the prorogation of Parliament, and that the annual visit to the High lands will either be considerably shortened or entirely postponed. The reason assigned for this arrangement is the probable - necessity of holding frequent Privy Councils during the progress of the war ; and there are unequivocal symptoms at the Castle that the arrival of the Court is there considered as no remote contingency. Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart was safely delivered of a son on the 11th inst., at the mansion of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, in Belgave•square. Her ladyship is daughter to the Marquis of Westminster. Ma. CLAUDET.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Sir George Couper, Bart., and Lady Anna Maria Dawson, visited Mr. Claudet's new photo graphic gallery, Regent-street, yesterday morning, and honoured him with a sitting for a stereoscopic portrait. We have to record the demise of the Hon. Miss Monckton Milnes, a member of the noble house of Gal way, who died a few days since, at an advanced age. Her ladyship was aunt to the present Viscount Galway, M.P. LORD GC:MGR.—This noble veteran and hero arrived on Saturday on a visit to his son, the Hon. Captain Gough, of Rathonan-house. His lordship, we are happy to say, appeared in the full enjoyment of good health.— Clonmel Chronicle. THE NEW SECRETARY Or STATE'S OFFICE.—The es timate of the expenses of the new office of the Secretary of State for War was laid on the table of the House of Commons on Tuesday evening. The total sum required will be 14,3071., of which 10,4071. is for the regular salaries of the officers, 2,8881. for contingencies, and 1,0121. for messengers, salaries, and bills. The Secre tary of State is to have 5,0001. per annum. Two under secretaries 1,5001. each ; three senior clerks from 6001. to 1,0001. ; fbur assistant senior clerks, 3501. to 5451. ; four junior clerks, from 1501. to 3001. ; and four proba tionary clerks, from 1001. to 1501. each. There are other allowances for private secretaries, &c., but as several of the clerks will be taken from the other public offices, a proportionate counterbalancing reduction will take place. THE BOURSE. —The last accounts from the Paris Bourse last evening show an average fall of 14 per cent., with apparently heavy sales for money. At Vienna there has been rather m3re steadiness. EXCHANGE,—The continental exchanges remain with out material alteration, but the tendency is not favour able as regards France, and if there were any Austraiian gold in the market rather large amounts would be taken for transmission. The Dover Royal Mail Service steam-packet Violet conveyed from Dover to Calais, on Monday night, the largest India mail ever sent across the Channel. The mail consisted of no less than 101 boxes. The screw•steamer Himalaya has been fitted up to take out 2,000 soldiers and 500 horses to the East. She will take in soldiers and horses at Devonport. A 'Arty of the Ambulance corps will be taken out to Turkey in the Himalaya. The Simla is to take out a cavalry regiment from Devonport. She is to be provided with a flat boat to land the horses and troops. _ _ Mr. Sullivan, the naval instructor of the Tiger, and who is a prisoner of war at Odessa, has been ill with fever and ague, but not dangerously so. Mr. Joseph Dodd, gamekeeper to C. K. Mainwaring, Esq., took from a line in Blackmere, near Ellesmere, adjoining Oteley Park, an eel, which, on opening, con tained a full-fledged young pheasant. How the bird got in the power of the eel remains a mystery to be solved by naturalists.—Shrewsbury Journal. THE AYRSHIRE Moons.—Recent inquiries over a pretty large surface of the moor land in Ayrshire con firm the accounts of considerable mortality among the grouse just about pairing time, and many birds are yet picked up dead, and others very weakly. It is some what strange that the black game, though on the same food, are unusually plentiful. The recent continued rains, however, will doubtless have destroyed many broods of both black game and grouse.—Ayr Advertiser. HERRING FlSHlNG.—Several attempts have been made at the herring fishing in the north, but with very poor success. Thirty to forty boats were at sea last week, but only one morning did they reach a quarter of a cran. There are several English and Scotch buyers in the market, and the price of green fish is likely to rule pretty high for the next eight days. The quality of the fish is improving daily. The Stornoway fishing con , tinues prosperous, with a good demand for fresh fish.— John o'Groat Journal. The estimates for the mail-packet service for the year 1854-55 have just been printed. The total sum required is 812,826/. Nearly the whole of this sum is for the payment of steam-packet companies who contract for the carriage of the mails. The following are the sums set apart for the service between the places named :—Liver pool and the Isle of Man, 850/. ; Holyhead and Kings town, 25,000/. ; Southampton and the Channel Islands, 4,000/. ; Dover and Calais and Dover and Ostend, 15,500/. ; Soithampton and Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, and Gibraltar, 20,500/. ; Liverpool and Halifax and Boston, and Liverpool and New York, 172,840/. ; Southampton and West Indies, 240,0001. ; England and West Coast of Africa, 22,500/. ; England and India (overland route), 205,600/. SHEFFIELD, MONDAY.—A young woman, named Ann M'Canna, employed in a flax-mill at Rotherham, committed suicide yesterday by taking ➢oison. She had been seduced by a man of the name of Courtney, who had promised her marriage, but afterwards refused to do so. ROBBING THE DEAD.—On Monday John Alderson, sexton of All Saints' Church, Newcastle•on-Tyne, was brought before the borough magistrates, charged with stealing lead from the coffins interred in the old graveyard. The prisoner was committed for trial. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A small sailing boat, containing four persons, was upset off Wandsworth meadows on Monday afternoon, through the unskilfulness of the per sons in her. Two of the party were unfortunately drowned. Their names were John and William Sawyer, and they were both under 20 years of age. The two others, named Robinson and Valentine, saved them selves by swimming. The two unfortunate youths re sided in William-street, South Lambeth. A GANG OF SMASHERS.—At the County Magistrates' Court, Shrewsbury, on Saturday last, the four indi viduals alluded to in our last as having been apprehended on a series of charges for uttering counterfeit coin at Hookagate, Longden, Pulverbach, &c., were brought up for examination. They now gave their names as George Lane, paper-stainer, of Liverpool ; William Rhodes, brickmaker, of Bilston ; Jane Webber of Wellington and Shrewsbury ; and George Griffiths, shoemaker, of Stafford. The derositions of a large number of witnesses were taken, and the cases were very clearly made out against them ; but in accordance with the usual custom they were remanded till Saturday next, in order to communicate with the authorities at the Mi nt. The amount represente d b y t h e b ase coin fo un d i n their possession is 251. 13s. Shrewsbury I°7:ESaiENT non THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TO THE SOCIETY OF A RTG.—A having ar r i ve d • - Society of Art s , esty's Treasu r y h ave in this country, the same having been sent as a present quantity of books, maps, &c., from the Dutch Government to the the Lords Co mmissioner s of her Ma _ purpose. given directions for their free dmiuion for that p MARKET Arß ws—(Tiiis DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 13, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the dif f erent Cities and Towns in England and Wale:, per imperial Quarter. WITEA.T. BARIAL 1 OATS. 1 RTC I BEANS. I PEAS. 76s 6d 36 8 61 30s 2d 438., 2d 488 Id 47s Id _ ___ 783 23 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. wrizer. I HAZ LET. OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 37 2 lOd 30a 2,1 491 2(1 49a 5d 47s 4d WHEAT. DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I lumpy OAT , c. BEANS. PEAS. 18 Od li s Od . 1I i s Od is En I lOd Is Od Is Od . wh QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WERE. 4 —eat ' 40 . 173 ; Barley, 4,059; Oats, 8,945; Rye, 62 ; Beans, 2,080; Peas, 243 quarters. ditto, 3/ HAY MARKETS. .SITEIF/ELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, .3/8s to 5/ 156 ; and straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 19s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CU MBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 8a to 5/ N ; clover 8s to 5/ 16s • and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. Both hay and straw Moved off slowly, on former terms. W IIITEOHAPP.L.—Meadow hay, 21 10 s to 41 15 s; clover ditto, 3/ 108 to 51 16s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to ll 198 per load. Trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWCIA.TE AND LEADENHALL. — These markets con tinue firm to-day, at the following quotations : Beef, fr om 3 8 4d. to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4(.1 to 4s 10(1 ; Lamb, 4310 d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 12.—The demand for most kinds of stock was steady. In prices very little change took place. Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 10(1; Mutton, 3s 6(1 to 101 ; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s Sd ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3 8 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, July 12.—Our market was but moderately supplied with stock to-day, which moved off steadily, a s follows :—Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 5s Od ; Mutton, 38 611 to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 49 8d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1 • Pork, 3 s 4d t o 4s 8(1 per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pi gs , 21s to 2.i.a each. VIENNA.. --A telegraphic despatch was received to day from Vienna mentioning circumstances which, it is assumed, will place the Messrs. Gopcevitch, both in Trieste and London, free from embarrassment. It ap pears that at an extraordinary meeting of the directors of the Bank of Vienna it has been resolved to advance, upon securities offered by Mr. S. Gopcevitch, the sum of 3,000,000 florins (equal, at the present rate of ex change, to about 250,0001.), to enable him to resume bis payments. This gentleman is still at St. Petersburg, whither he has made only one journey, and not two, as was supposed ; and he reports that, from the date of his first arrival down to the present time his representations have met with favourable attention. Mr. Mark Gopce vitch, of London, is brother, nob nephew, to Mr. Gopee• !itch of Trieste. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, —An attempt is being made to raise a very un generous and inhospitable prejudice against Count Nicholas Pahlen for the offence of being at this moment in London. As I am one of the oldest of his many English friends, I ask leave to offer a short explanation, which will show how false and ridiculous is the charge of his being "a Russian emissary" and "the agent of Nicholas." Count Pahlen has passed the last 25 or 30 years in almost every part of Europe except in Russia, but princi pally in England- - the country of his predilection. He has never been employed in the Russian service in any capacity whatever—civil, military, or diplomatic ; and, with the exception of one short visit, eleven years ago, to some of his relations, he has not been in Russia for above twenty years. All last year he resided in England, and when the winter came on his health compelled him to go Madeira, where he remained for several months. While he was there the war broke out, and after that event, being aware that be could no longer take up his abode either in England or France, he resolved to come here to settle his anirs and take leave of his friends, and then proceed to the continent. Accordingly, he arrived in London a week or ten days ago, and as soon as he has arranged the business that brought him here (for which not many days will be necessary) it is his intention to depart. It may be proper to add that Count Pahlen has never taken any part in political affairs, nor been employed in any way, in his own or in any other country.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, C. A correspondent of the Morning Herald, signing him self "A War Tax Payer," asks,—" Why does not some bold Britisher forcibly seize upon Count Pahlen, and have him lodged in gaol, as, being an alien enemy, he cannot sue for false imprisonment, and then we shall see whether Earls Granville and Aberdeen will, as substantial householders, bail him out ? At all events, he might be held till the crew of the Tiger were given up." GUN-BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR, —I read in your columns of yesterday an excel lent article on gun-boats. To myself, particularly, the discussing the subject of the necessity— now more than ever—existing for gun boats, tempts me to venture on urging you not to abandon so vital an arm to a fleet employed in a line of an enemy's coasts, studded with islinds, and affording shelter to formidable flotillas of heavily-armed gun-boats. In steam we are superior in its appliances to vessels of war to Russia ; and let it be waged in every legitim a t e f orm b y which the notice of the Admiralty can be drawn, the immense advantages a fleet must possess in a very numerous flotilla—say 100 gun-vessels, in three divisions each vessel with one 68-pounder long gun, on an angle with the keel, so fitted that it can be fought as a bow or as a stern gun, by the slide running from within eight feet of the stern and within eight feet of the stern post or rudder head (leading the yoke lines, or tiller ropes, when engaging astern, amidships). The slide, or we may term it the ways, for this fore-and-aft shift ing the gun, must be strongly supported. When, by reason of a very narrow channel, a fire astern with a waiving of, say four points, muzzles right or muzzles left, may be necessary, the boat will not need to be worked or her head brought round, requiring a consider able sweep; we shall merely have to shift the fighting bolt by taking out the forelock secured through the beam below and always cle4r, run her in by the reliev ing tackle, wind, or turn her; muzzle aft, when about amidships, hook on the side tackles, run her to the point or lower the bolt, or unship the forelock below, breach with the after breaching to the lines forward, back her in, &c., and the division or subdivision form line abreast, engaging from stern guns, without having lost ground or time. These boats should be very wide in their flooring, and, with coals, 250 or 300 rounds, anchors, chains, &c., need never draw any more than five feet, or less ; no mast, merely an ensign staff. These are the craft for an advance or reconnoitring force, always, by their screws, able to preced e h eav i er vessels, and if troops ar e t o be landed, each boat could either take troops on board, where the depth of water would allow of gun-boats being used, or a flat or troop boat be in tow of each gun-boat. A commodore to command the flotilla ; first, or red division ; second, or white division; third, or blue divi sion--by commanders. Each boat commanded by a lieutenant ; the divisional force to be subdivided, and the senior lieutenant in command of it : a medical staff on board the commodore, with a gig alw a y s i n rea di ness . The object of this light or guerilla force is to avoid rendering the vessels being a mark for the enemy. How very seldom were our gun-boats, in 1809, up the Scheldt, ever struck : they were as low in the water as a ship's launch—in fact,!the men were the most prominent objects for the French artillerymen. We had on that unfortunate expedition eighty-four or more gun-boats :—they were armed with a long light 24-pounder forward, on a line with the keel ; a 24-pounder carronade on a circle a ft ; p u ll e d 24 sweeps, or oars, shipped in grummets to iron towlers (all objectionable iu the event of being hit by shot) ; and would show their saucy noses—ay, and did so, very often—under the enemy's dykes, up his creeks, and might have laid there perdue for 24 hours, hard abreast, but for our masts. This force caused the enemy more real annoyance than all the mighty armament on the lazy waters of the Scheldt. From recollections of that time of day I certainly then considered the low —or, as it was termed, shovel nosed bow—a good plan. It was, in fact, an inclined platform, coppered, over which the long gun was run out to the very trunnions ; but such bows would not be so to a steam gun-boat. In a night approach the oars were noisy, and the rig inconvenient. I give this description of a flotilla as it was, 45 years back, that we may have one as it ought to be, bearing in mind speed, armament, and, as highly essential, the lightest possible draught of water—five feet maximum —and let each boat be commissioned by an officer under Admiralty appointment. —I am, sir, &c., Sunderland, July 7. FLOTILLA. COURT CIRCULAR. The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Judge Advocate General, had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by Colonel Seymour. The Prince, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, went to Burlington House in the afternoon. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Suffield, Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby, Lord Howden, Sir George Couper, and Major Home Purves. Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of taking the last sitting for a miniature of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, painted by command of the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Mr. J. D. Powles, Chairman of the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and Mr. Elias Mocatta, Commissioner of the Ecuador Bondholders, had an inter view with the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign Office. The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, Parliament street, yesterday. The commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Dodson, and the Rev. Canon Selwyn; and M r . H enry Kingacote , secretary. Sir Ncilliam Molesworth gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers last evening at his residence in Eaton-place. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day and heard an appeal from Bengal (ex parte), " Ram mohuu Mullick v. Charles Reed." Their lordships also heard an appeal from Jamaica, " Turner v. Barclay." POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY OF BERKSHIRE, NORTHAMF. TONSHIRE, &C.—We have more than once had oc casion to speak in terms of high praise of the correct and skilfully compiled provincial directories which Messrs. Kelly, urged on by the success of that monarch of works, the London Post-office Directory, have, within the last two or three years, issued from their establishment. We have now before us the second edition of the directory for the six counties of Berks, Northampton, Oxford, Bedford, Buckingham, and Huntingdon, corrected up to the time of publication. That its details generally may be implicitly depended upon, we have not the slightest doubt, for we are in formed in the preface that the collectors have visited every town and village enumerated in its columns. The maps of the different counties, which have been ex pressly prepared for the work, leave nothing to be de sired either in regard to the information they supply, or the clearness with which they are printed ; and they possess the additional merit of including the most recent alterations in the various localities. The historical and statistical notices which precede every county, town, and village, though concise, contain that all is necessary for the purposes of a directory, and the manner of ar ranging the lists of gentry, professional men, farmers, tradesmen, and public officers, is such as greatly to faci licate reference. The want of good provincial directories has long been felt, and the large circulation which the present one, we are sure, will obtain, will probably in duce the proprietors to extend their labours to other portions of the United Kingdom. OPENING OF THE NORTH DEVON RAILWAY. —Barnstapl. was yesterday the scene of great rejoicing, in celebration of the opening of this line of rail—the first sod of which was turned about three years ago, but owing to the scarcity of money the works have but slowly p ro g ressed . Its length is 31 miles, and it is connected with the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter lines by the Crediton branch lines. The importance of the line is manifest, when it is recollected that the large and fruitful district of the North of Devon has hitherto been without railway accommodation, and that by it the Bristol Channel is, for the first time, connected with the port of Plymouth by rail, the distance between Barnstaple and Plymouth being traversed in about 3i hours. A. meeting of the Peninsular (copper and lead) Mining Company took place yesterday, when a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share was declared. The report states that the profit of the year's operations amount to 5,4261., and that this rate of distribution will take 3,125/., leaving an available balance in ores and cash of 2,301/. The opinion of Mr. Jehu Hitching of the future prospects of the undertaking is favourable ; but, if the workings are greatly extended, further capital will have to be subscribed. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. ANOTHER AUSTRIAN SUMMONS. A telegraphic despatch dated Berlin, this (Thurs day) morning, says that Austria will finally sum mon Russia to evacuate the Principalities within a month, and occupy Wallachia without waiting for an answer. General Osten-Sacken has been deprived of his command. IMPENDING BOMBARDMENT OF SEBAS TOPOL. The following has reached London to-day by telegraph, via Vienna : ODESSA, July 7.—The allied fleets, amounting to fifty-eight sail, have been sighted, sailing direct for Sebastopol. THE VICTORY OF THE TURKS AT GIURGEVO. The following is the last despatch received re specting the recent defeat of the Russians : BUCHAREST, July B.—The occupation of Giur gevo by the Turks is confirmed. 30,000 Ottomans and 12,000 auxiliaries, under Omer Paella, encircled General Siamonoff, near Giurgevo. He cut his way through, and retired upon Bucharest. The contest lasted eleven hours. Nine hundred Russians were killed and wounded. General Chruleff lost an arm. Prince Gortschakoff has gone to the Danube. Large Russian reinforcements are arriving from the south. VIENNA, Wednesday. " Prince Gortschakoff is advancing with3o,ooo men in forced marches, towards Giurgevo. " It was thought that the Turks would not risk a pitched battle, but 15,000 Anglo-French troops being at Rutscltuk, the Turks will undertake any thing. "'the Turks have also crossed at Oltenitza, but all details are wanting. "One hundred and fifty waggons, with wounded, have already arrived at Bucharest. Among the wounded are 80 officers." THE DANUBE. A letter from Belgrade of the 3d, in the Press of Vienna, says :—" Field Marshal de Hess is ex pected at Semlin this day, and on the sth at Ruts chuk, where the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Napo leon, Marshal de St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, and Omer Pacha are to assemble on the same day. A grand council of war is to be held here. Letters from Vienna state that with the retire ment of Prince Paskiewitch and the reinstatement of Prince Gortschakoff in the command, the Rus sian plan of action on the Danube has been changed. The order recently given by Prince Paske witch for the evacuation of Wallachia has, it is said, been entirely disapproved of at St. Peters burg. We venture to question this statement, as letters from St. Petersburg, written before the siege of Silistria was raised, mention the despatch of orders to the Danube to excuse the movement or retreat. In a letter from Giurgevo, of the 28th ult., in the Vienna Lloyd, we read—" The Russians here are not in the slightest hurry to leave this position. Five hundred waggons were sent off to Bucharest yesterday, which looks like an omen of approaching change ; and there is a rumour here that the troops are shortly to be on the move, but it looks as if it had been purposely got up for the sake of putting public opinion at fault, by throwing out another rumour at the same time that counter orders had arrived, to give greater countenance to which some defensive works have been begun, as implying a longer sojourn. The Russian officers, however, and even the common men, speak publicly and without reserve that they are to leave, so that we need doubt the fact n• longer. The uncertainty of what is impending in the immediate future causes great alarm to the inhabitants, since it is universally stated that all the public officers, even those of the law and the police, have received or ders, as well as the Wallachian military, to accom pany the Russians in their retreat. In this man ner our country would be deprived of all its safe guards, and the door would be opened for every thief and robber to enter. This anxiety, however, would seem to be without foundation, for the Wal lachian militia has been already disarmed and dis banded. Be that as it may, it has put whole fam ilies to flight, especially some Greek ones, who on account of their notorious sympathy for the Rus sians thought the arrival of the Turks boded them no good. One thing meanwhile remains unchanged and unchangeable, and that it is the delight by all in town or country at the prospect of Russian evacuation, the only means of releasing all classes from the intolerable burdens to which they are subjected. CONSTANTINOPLE. Advices from Constantinople of the 3d state that the Duke of Cambridge had returned to that city. Considerable bodies of French troops were daily despatched to Varna. The works of the Russians at the Sulina mouth of the Danube have been bombarded. THE BALTIC. A letter dated Copenhagen, July 7, says :—The Vulture, Captain Glasse, started to-day for England. He will assure you of the mild character of the few sporadic cases of cholera which have hitherto occurred on board the Admiral's ship. The French small-pox patients have now been transported on board the hospital-ship rAlgerie. An agent from an American company has lately been here, to request the permission of the Danish Govern ment to lay down wires over Iceland and Denmark, as part of the line from America to Eu rope. All expenses will be paid by th e company. Private letters from St. Petersburg are as gloomy as may be. Trade is at a standstill. All the British houses are breaking up their establishments, and all who can are returnin g t o England. Among' them is the British chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Law, who, finding himself sans congregation and income, will quit the sc ene o f hi s labours. The Norwegian com Agricultural Association has had a very favourable gathering at Christiania, attended by nearly 500 members. The re i s no D an i sh news. The tele graph has been interrupted, but is now in order again. Warlike exercises continue. The Danish fleet has commenced its evolutions under the command of Admiral Mourier. The following extracts of letters from officers on board her Majesty's ships in the Gulf of Finland, although of somewhat earlier date than other in telligence which has reached us, give some details of considerable interest : " H.M.S. —, off Cronstadt Lighthouse, July 1, 1854.—Sir Charles Napier is at this moment anchored about nine or ten miles from the harbour, with fourteen screw liners, one of which is French, and seven French sailing line-of-battle ships—in all, twenty-one. Closer in to Cronstadt, that is, within about five miles of the batteries, we have an advanced squadron, of two steam frigates and five large steamers, well on the look-out to prevent fire-ships, or anything of that kind getting out of harbour to annoy or even examine the fleet. Y es terday Sir Charles ran down from the flag-ship in a small steamer, protected by four of the advanced steam-squad ron, and closed within two miles of the batteries to re connoitre the place. Our people distinctly counted six teen sail of the line and four large frigates. It is to be feared this is all we shall see of them, unless they muster sufficient courage to come out, which, to do their prudence justice, cannot be expected. They must wince awfully at seeing our fleet where it is, and our steamers running to and fro under their noses. Our people land at their lighthouse (probably the Tollbucbin) every day, and take a look at what is going on inside the harbour. The impression among us is that nothing will or can be done against Cronstadt unless we had troops to effect a landing, to be covered by our ships ; but no one knows what may occur at the next moment. We keep our steam up constantly, and are ready for work on the instant. Admiral Corry blockades Swea borg with eleven English liners, so that no ships can get in or out of that place, even if they were bold enough to make the attempt. The health of the fleet is as satisfac tory as can be desired, and the utmost cordiality exists between our people and our merry French friends. The only rivalry existing is about who shall first be able to get well at the Russian wallflowers." " H.M.S.— June 30, 1854.—W e ar e now i n s i g ht of Cronstadt, about eight miles distant, having cast anchor here the day before yesterday. Upon our arrival the signal was made to 'prepare for action ;' so each man put on a light fighting dress, and loaded his re volver. We all expected an immediate attack upon the fleet, which is anchored under the protection of the bat teries ; but I suppose Sir Charles thought it no go' just at present. A little excitement was also caused by the signal to 'look out for machines,' and grapnels were accordingly trailed about. The forts even at this distance look almost too much for us, and I do not think it likely we shall attack them. We have an enemy in the camp in the shape of cholera, and we buried two of the gunners yesterday, and one marine this morning, and a number of men are ill in the ship. The duke also has it, and I believe we are going to try a change of air, as the advanced squadron of small steamers has just been recalled. They are about five miles nearer Cronstadt than we are, keeping just out of range of the forts. A fast rakish-looking Russian steamer, supposed to be the Grand Duke's yacht, comes out now and then and leads them a chase. I went on board the Hecla yesterday to see a messmate, who dined with rue She is quite covered with marks of rifle bullets, and has several round shot in her, though only twelve pounders. One came through into the master's cabin, and, taking a slanting direction, passed through six bulk heads, and lodged in the mids' berth, at the other side of the ship. His sou'-wester hat received two large splinters in it, as it was hang in up. gad the gentleman been in .bed it would , have just taken his head off. We got a couple of shee yesterday, which were to us as manna to the children of Israel. We had to-day for dinner roast mutton, hashed mutton, and mutton pudding. Brandy and water is a very agreeable beverage, and certainly green vegetables and fruit have nothing to do with the cholera. It is thought the water is partly the cause of it, as the men like the water alongside better than the distilled water, and many of them have been drinking it, as it is quite fresh. The French are sensible fellows ; they stayed at Kiel while we were cruising about ; they smoke right and left on board their ships ; have splendid bands, and get up supper parties, with flags, &c., in the gayest manner possible. As to fighting, I should be quite willing to back them against the Russians, and have no doubt they will do good service when the hour of trial comes." A letter from Memel of the 6th, in the Corres pondent of Hamburg, says :—" The funeral of Captain Foote took place yesterday. The officers and men of the Conflict and Amphion accompanied the body from the house of the English consul where the coffin had been lying in state, orna mented with flags, and having the sword and hat of the deceased placed. on it. The town band, play ing a funeral march, preceded the hearse, which was accompanied not only by the crews of the two vessels mentioned above, but by Captain Wiebe, commandant of the fcrtress of Memel, all the foreign consuls, the English residents, and a con siderable number of the inhabitants. Three dis charges of musketry were fired over the grave, the cannons of the citadel and of the two frigates firing a salute each time in return." GERMANY AND THE CZAR. A letter from Leipsic, 7th, in the Moniteur, says :—" The first impression produced on the Prussian Cabinet on learning the resolution of Austria to enter Wallachia has been since much modified. Baron de Manteuffel has, it is said, or- dered M. de Binsmarck-Schcenhausen, Plenipo tentiary to the Diet of Frankfort, to avoid care fully anything which might lead to a supposition of there being the slightest disaccord between the two Cabinets, the necessity of a complete union of all the Germanic States being now felt more strongly than ever both at Berlin and at Vienna. The reply of the Emperor of Russia to the Austro- Prussian summons has become the object of gene ral attention ; it is regarded as evasive and unsa tisfactory, and not of a nature to lead to the de sired end. The King of Wurtemberg has not yet replied to the last Austro-Prussian note relative to the Conference of Bambeg, but this incident will not delay the presentation to the Diet of the treaty of the 20th April. A great majority has been ac quired beforehand to that document, and all that is waited for is the order for it to be brought un der the examination of the Assembly. GREECE. Letters from Athens of the 17th ult. state that piracy was increasing. Twenty Samiote vessels had been burnt by an English steam-ship. Domiciliary visits had been made at the house of M. Metaxa, ex-Minister of Greece, at Constanti nople, at the office of the Bank of Athens, and at several other places. M. Deliani, Secretary-General of the Interior, had been dismissed. The Moniteur has the following from Athens, dated the 26th ult. : "A military commission has been charged to examine into the use made of certain sums of money furnished for the service of the insurrection. Spiro Milio having refused to recognise the competency of this commission, General Kalergi immediately had him arrested and shipped off br Napoli. We have received from a companion of Karatasso some curious information relative to the Greek expedition intd Macedonia, and its relations with the religious establishments of Mount Athos. Karatasso always represented himself to the monks as being sent by Russia to deliver the Greeks from the Ottoman yoke, and it is in the name of the Brnperor Nicholas that he exacted assistance in men, money, and arms, which were only granted to him through fear. At length his demands became so extravagant that the monks resolved to join the Turks to attack him. The great achieve ments of this chief amount to nothing more than acts of pillage. The massacre of 150 Turks in a Christian church is one of his most brilliant acts. Those unfortu nate men vainly called for quarter, and supplicated Karatasso to accept their ransom, but he was merciless, and caused them to perish to the very last, under pre text that he had no other means of action than terror. FRANCE. THE FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FOR THE BALTIC. The Emperor arrived at Boulogne from Paris shortly after seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of reviewing the auxiliary army in tended for the Baltic, previous to the embarkation of the first division in British ships. His Majesty, who was accompanied by a numerous staff, loudly cheered upon entering the town, and large crowds of people followed his Majesty to the Hotel du Nord, where he is at present staying. At eleven o'clock this morning his Majesty, ac companied by General Baraguay d'Hilliers, Gene rals d'Hugues and Gresy, Colonel Fleury, and nu merous other military officers, proceeded to the ex tensive camp now formed at Wimereux, a short dis tance from Boulogne, where a very large number of French soldiers are at present encamped. The troops were drawn up in lines of regiments in the separate camps, to receive the Emperor, whose appearance on the ground was the signal for the usual military salutes. As his Majesty proceeded on horseback along the lines, each regiment shouted " Vive l'Empereur !" in the most enthusiastic and unanimous style. The inspection having been brought to a close, his Majesty summoned the officers of the respective regiments, about imme diately to march, towards him, and a circle having been formed, the Emperor, in the hearing of a large portion of the troops, and many of the spectators, delivered with much animation the following ad dress : " Soldiers—Russia having forced us to a war, Franco has armed five hundred thousand of her children. Eng land has called out a considerable number of troops• To-day our troops and armies, united for the same cause, dominate in the Baltic as well as in the Black Sea. I have selected you to be the first to carry our eagles to those regions of the north. English vessels will convey you there— a unique fact in history which proves the in; titnate alliance of the two great nations (peuples ), ana the firm resolution of the two Governments not to air stain from any sacrifice to defend the right of the weak, the liberty of Europe, and the national honour. "Go, my children ! attentive Europe, openly or secretly, offers up vows for your triumph ; our country, proud of a struggle which only threatens the aggressors accompanies you with its ardent vows ; and I, whose imperious duties retain still distant from the scene of events, shall have my eyes upon you, I shall be able to say : They are worthy sons of the conquerors of AUS' TERLITZ, of EYLAU, of FRIEDLAND, and of Monows. " Go, may God protect you!" Loud and prolonged shouts of " Vive 1130 1- pereur 1" and other loyal cries followed this ad dress. Several of the non-commissioned officers were afterwards decorated, and stepped forward to receive medals from the hands of the Emperor. The 12th battalion of Chasseurs, the 2d light in fantry regiment, the 3d regiment of the line, and the 48th and 51st regiments, then departed in excellent style, in full marching order, before the Emperor and his staff, and proceeded en' route for Calais, the place of their embarka tion. The enthusiasm of the the troops, with their evident anxiety to be employed in " the de fence of the weak, the liberty of Europe, and the honour of their country," imparted a large amount of interest to the proceedings of the day, which, in other respects, were not characterised by any of those more exciting features usually connected with reviews and military movements. His Majesty re turned from the review just at the moment when the steamer from Folkstone had steamed up to the jetty, and the numerous passengers (210 in number) and crew gave him a warm and truly English cheer. The whole number of troops to be embarked on Friday from Calais is 9,300 infantry ; there are also a number of the horses of the staff. Admiral Berkeley has, in concert with the French Vice-Admi ral Lapierro, made all the necessary arrangements for carrying out the embarkation. The troops will embark in English ships, but the artillery and heavy ordnance will, it is expected, be conveyed bY ships of the French navy. The present division will be formed into two brigades, under General d'Hugues and General Gresy; the whole force un der the command of General Baraguay d'Hilliere, General Renault, and General Niel of the En gineers. Nothing has transpired with respect to the destination of the forces in the Baltic, though the report that it is intended to take military pos session of the island of Aland, as a point d'appui fr is very generally received. The whole strength°tifie' of the division intended for service in the Baltic, including some English marines, will be equal to 25,000. A large flotilla of steamers and small vessels will arrive at Calais on Thursday evening, to carry the troops on board her Majesty's ships Royal William 120; Hannibal, 91; Algiers, 91; ,St. Vincent, 102. The squadron of French ships for the transport of artillery and stores will consist of two of 100 gulls , two of 90, two frigates, and some smaller vessels- The hour of embarkation is fixed for nine o'clock on Friday, and it is stated that by four o'clock all the troops will have been put on board. The Boulonnais are sadly put out that the ern; barkation is not to take place from Boulogne, and that Calais has b e e n se l ec t e d in prefere nce t o th l s port. There is considerable difficulty in making the " overland journey" from Boulogne to Calejn• while conveyance by water is out of the question . It was expected that the south-Eastern Comply would have run one of their steamers on the oaf, don, but it appears that the 'pare portion of - Ore •••••e —••