The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN DUPLICITY. The State Secret is leaking out. When Austria and Prussia called upon Russia to evacuate the Principali ties, it would.appear that the demand was accompanied by indications that such evacuation would be "made pleasant" to the Autocrat by his seeming opponents but secret allies, Francis Joseph and Frederick William. ,The reply of Czar, borne to Vienna by Prince Gorts chakoff—a brother of the general of that name—was anxiously received by the Emperor. An audience with the messenger followed, and then another imperial note was sent in hot haste to St. Petersburg, whereupon Vi ennese prices rose one per cent. The keen men of the bourse knew what was meant, and acted accordingly. Their view of the real identity of interest between the two despotisms is backed in a very significant way by recent events. Austria having bargained with the Porte to enter Wallachia and put the Russians out of that pro. wince, the Turks refrained from crossing the Danube in pursuit of their retreating enemy ;—whereupon the Rus sians, knowing the Austrians to be no foes of theirs, slacken their retreat almost to a halt. Austria guards them from the victorious Turks—why then should they fly And accordingly Paskewitch is taking things very quietly in Wallachia instead of fleeing from it to make room for the Austrians. Whilst this is the aspect. of affairs on the Danube—whilst Admiral Dundas takes no steps againstSebastopol, and Admiral Napier seems ordered not to risk a general attack pu Cronstadt, the time is ap proaching which every true citizen anticipates with un easiness and dread, —the recess, which leaves the nation virtually powerless for several months as to the admi nistration of its most important affairs. Nobody has yet lost the impression of those painful months of last year, when, between our practice of secret diplomacy and ' the absence of Parliament, we were, as a nation, at the mercy of a Cabinet whose leader we distrusted, and in whose measures the national honour and morality were bound up. For months were the people of England kept chafing under the apprehension that a sot of men who had certainly never taken their pleasure on matters which had risen into the very first importance were, by delay and hankering in favour of Russia, betraying the Ottoman cause, which lay warmly at the people's heart. • We are now about to enter on another such period, and we find that still the Turks have fought their own battle, and saved their own nationality, while British principle, • feeling, and good faith are in peril, somewhat in the same way as last year, but with regard to a different • power. No man among us now attempts to advocate • the Russian cause ; and very few venture to serve it, ex cept in the most covert manner; but the - danger is very pressing, of an alliance with`Austria "so confirmed that it may be no less fatal to Turkey,Poland, Hungary, - and Italy, than' if we permitted the Czar and his Court to make Constantinople their summer I vratering-pla,ce. While all history calls out to us froth 'behind, and the whole Continent front abroad, and political morality from above, - and ail our sympathies from within, to ab stain from active alliance with a power which is in every possible way pledged to despotism, and d , sgraced by ever-renewed treachery towaids every:free nation—(and the Turks in particular)—while inextricably bound to Russia; we are about to be shut out from political action .as a nation for a length of time quite - sufficient for the forfeiture of the national honour, the disappointment of the popular mind, and the wounding of the popular 'heart. We have declared repeatedly that an actife alli ance with Austria can hardly fail to involve us in wars of which no man can see the end ; to defer the settle ment of the Eastern question;to implicate u 4 on the wrong side in the conflicts which must soon arise out 01 the existing war ; and to expose us to all the shame, sor row, and loss of having begun wrong, and being obliged to get right again at an infinite sacrifice. We now de clare, and take the people of Great Britain to witness, that if the wrong is accomplished, the people of Great Britain are not responsible for the consequences. - It is not they who will have made the alliance with the old enemy of the Porte and Poland, and the oppressor of Hungary and Italy, The deed will have been done without their assent, and sorely against their will. A set of men,' some of whom alone they can trust, led by one who understands the people of England no more than they sympathise with the views of dynastic zealots, 'will manage the whole business in secrecy and irrespon sibility—real irresponsibility, because the deed will be 'accomplished before the doers will render their reasons. "Is this possible V foreigners will and do ask. Is England living under representative institutions, and can this yet be true ? It is true. We know it, not only by the painful experience of last autumn and winter, but by a recent communication from a meinher of the Govern ment which, if it tells be nothing that we ought tot to have beeh aware of before, awakens us to a sense of our ,need of a change in our methods, and an enlargement of our popular powers. The people of Notticiham, like those of several others- of our large towns, recently met ,to declare their views with regard to the restoration of Poland, and their reprobation of an active allianee with /Austria. They embodied their views in a petition to ,Parliament, which was confided to the hands of the Duke of Newcastle for presentation. The Duke of New- castle replies that ouch a petition is inadmissible—the power of making and conducting war being exclusively a royal affair—a matter of prerogative—and that the functions of Parliament are in no way concerned with that power, till arcomplished facts are brought before it in the account to be rendered by Ministers. In such a state of affairs, it behoves every citizen to consider ' first, what power he actually hold e -d nr i ng suc h A period of exclusion from political life as that of the eomingautumn :• and next, how we must set about re forming such a state of fatal inability ; a powerlessneFs which is a relic of the old than when there was no po pular participation in Government at all. There was a time when . Sovereigus governed according to their own will and . pleasure : we amended that, and now en gage theux by their coronation oath to govern ac cording to law.• There was a time when our Sings raised money by their own devices, and spent it as they pleased : but we amended that, and gave to the Commons alone the right of proposing the taxes, and.of receiving and pronouncing on the accounts of the Exchequer. The present is a time when the Sovereign has the power of making vair and peace, subject to no other restriction than the inability of acting without the Sanction of the Cabinet ; the Ministers being responsible to Parlienient w hen, but only when, the acts are done. We , mast deal.with them as our fathers dealt with the other mischievous points of our system, and bring the mighty business of making war and peace—the mighty power of practically espousing the right in international affairs—within the control of the national will. It is now only in our power by voting or not voting the sup plies. That power is not enough. However long it may take to procure this necessary extension of our liberties, not a day should be lost in setting about it ; for it is a thing which must be done. Wars were once the personal quarrels of sovereigns. Nations could then have no quarrels e _because they had no rights and interests apart from those of the Pc)ve reigns. Then came, with lapse of time and increase of business, the institutions which became by expansion our present apparatus of executive government. }Kings required a secretary ; and, ere long more se cretaries than one. A rank and place must be assigned to such confidential officers ; and hence our Secretary ships of State—susceptible of increase, as the experienc e or this session has shown. At nearly the same time with the Ministerial, the Ambassadorial function arose. The kings' messengers to other courts became em po.wered, as the need arose, to speak and ant for their respective sovereigns, and even to tender their counsel, founded on their peculiar means of kneveledge. This method of management was precisely what was wanted while all international affairs lay between courts--a state or things which Lords Aberdeen and Westmoreland seem to suppose to be still existing. Very eff:ctually aro we now made to feel that the state of things has chareed, while the apparatus of international action (in a political sense) remains unimproved. The question how to im prove it is the very first which requires popular consi deration. The nation should demand for themselves and their children that liberty of participation in inter national affairs which their fathers won for them in re gard to political action at home. Meantime, while the permanent object is steadily pur sued, we must see what can be done by the diligent use of every Opportunity we can at present command. The popular voice should be heard on all possible occasions, in reprobation of the secrecy of diplomacy being extended a hair'sbreadth beyond consultations. We must what is necessary in all unfinished cannot be disclosed, and reprobate all agreements which_ committed to the notice of Par liament, as soon as the diplomatic agreements a y re have u taken form. If any can be only those which involve c l'endered impossible, it must bring opinion_ (till we can birinna 4 stic interests. We m bear on imp or t an t diplomatic- appointments,eethin g s o else) as t o s to have no West m orela.nds at such a court as that of Vienna. We must obtain a more frequent assemblage declaration of Parliament, through a greater p o libertyleaA of s iau•hat really and decision on the part of the 3 ufister sure are, in their opinion, political crise l S ) . mcned Parliament in autumn, in the day laws, when he found it necessary to open the the corn Minister thinks it necessary to summon Pa!)lliartrnse.nti'l.tO hear of a now Austrian alliance. But, if the nation at large happens to think this last the more important matter of the two—the mos t i mportant perhaps that a could possibly take place, it ought t o h ave the power Of speech by representation at its own time. If the Mi nisters persist, as they did last year, in silence, and dis regard of the popular demand of an account of what is done in the name of the nation, they must be made to hearjwhat the nation wishes and requires by means of those "Meetings " of which the Czar's ambassadors write to him with a curious mixture of amazement, scorn, - and apprehensiveness. Let all who disapprove of any entangling alliance with Austria say so perseveringly_ in Parliament while they can ; in public meetings, and by every mode of legal address afterwards ; and with such plainness and constancy that, if our own Govern ment does not take warning• that the nation sanctions no such alliance, Austria may. Turkey must hear it, and be encouraged. Russia and Prussia must hear it, and be donfounded. The crushed nationalities must hear it, and take heart, and renew their patience, and not rush into premature action, as is only too likely if they sup pose England to have united herself wit h their o pp ressor. England has not done so, and must take care that here after her name shall be no more so taken in vain.— Daily New s . Annrv, 'AL ov THE CHAMPION OP THE SEAS.—On Mon day the new mammoth clipper, Champion o f the Seas, built by Mr. Donald 2.11(ay, of Boston, for :Messrs. James Baines a n d C o. ' s Black Ball line.of-packets, from this part to Australia, arrived in the Mersey from New York, with a very large cargo of breadstuffs. The Champion of the Seas cleared at New York on the 14th ult.,. but owing to the difficulty of procuring seamen, she was detained for a considerable period in the stream, and at Sandy Hook. Notwith standing that she had un favourable and baffling winds during the entire length of the voyage, her performances have been regarded as exceedingly satisfactory ; several of the first class liners for this and other ports which left a c onsiderable time inforo hor not haTing yet made their appearance, 1. 0 1, ME WAR-THE GERMAN SOVEREIGNS. A French journal of repute, which reckons among. its I sources of information the Russian agents who still linger on the frontiers of France and in Western Ger. many, draws a strange and humiliating picture of the attitude assumed by the German Sovereigns towards the Court of St. Petersburg, and of the last negotiations between these personages. According to this narrative of the Journal des .Ds'bats, the official communications Made by the German Cabinets to the Russian Govern ment subsequent to the Convention of Berlin and the interview at Tetschen were in each case accompanied by confidential autograph letters, in which the Imperial and Royal correspondents addressed the Emperor Nicholas in the most affectionate terms, protested that they had no inclination to make war, entreated his Majesty to condescend to accede to their solicitations for peace, and offered is that case to constitute them selves the mediators at a congress at which all pending questions were to be discussed and arranged. It is even added that the King of Prussia had the inexpressible meanrwss to beg his Imperial brother-in-law to honour him with a personal interview on his recent visit to the frontiers of East Prussia—a request to which the Emperor Nicholas sent a flat refusal by one of his Aides-de-Camp, —and indeed the Czar, if this account is at all to be be lieved, appears to have taken no further notice of these puerile appeals to his compassion than to give fresh in structions for the movements of his' troops, and to send as his representative to Vienna a man well known to be a partisan of the war, and a member of the ultra- Muscovite party, while he reminded the Sovereigns of Austria and Prussia that they owed their existence to his protection, and threatened to punish their ingra titude by some tremendous manifestation of his power and vengeance. % It is not for us to discuss the motives which can in duce a journal like that from which we quote these -de tails'to accredit and disseminate statements of this na ture. But it is obvious that the effect of such distorted Versions of the facts which have taken place is to throw discredit and contempt upon the German Feelers, and to forward the scheme of a Congress, or of renewed ne gotiations, on which Russia rests her hopes of escaping ' from her present embarrassments. Whatever may have been the secret relations of Prussia with the Court of St. Petersburg, we Certainly do not believe, without further proof, that at the very time when Austria was concluding a treaty of military operations with the Porte, and exchanging the most confidential com innuications with the belligerent Powers, she was ten dering to Russia, for Russian purposes, a mediation which the Western States had not shown the slightest disposition to accept. On thecontrary, the latest intent gance we receive from Vienna Shows that it is now chiefly' agalust Austria that the fury of, the Emperor Nicholas is excited, and against her frontiers that his principal armies are arrayed. , No one, therefore, knows better than the Emperor of Austria and his Ministers what they' would have to eknect fro:n n negotiation begun under suph auspices.. 'We can only regard publicationeref - this kind as in.shlious attempts to shake.tbat confidence which ought to exist between at least three of the great powers and to injure the general cause of Europe, to which the- Emperor of Russia and his adherents are alone opposed; for, we repeat, it is from Russia, and by Russian agents alone, that these rumours of renewed negotiation have obtained currency in Europe. Let any one, however, compare the probability of such reports With" the terms of the last communication ad dressed . by the Czar to Vienna and Berlin. We stated yesterday that the conditions annexed by Russia to the evacuation'of the Principalities were not then fully known -- to tie. According to ail the principal journals of the Continent these conditions are, that the Western Powers should' simultaneously evacuate the Ottoman territory and that Austria should not enter it ; that Russia should retain the line of the Sereth, that is, the greater- part of Moldavia and Ws capital, Jassy, " for strategical reasons ;" and that nothing un favourable to Russia should be undertaken pend ing the negotiation, a condition which would virtually amount to a* armistice. These condi tions are obviously inadmissible, and inconsistent with all -the principles laid down in the treaties, the pro tocols, and elsewhere. France — and England have en tered the Ottoman territory by virtue of conventions with the Sultan ; Russia has, on the contrary, seized and invaded a portion of that territory in defiance of right and law. There is therefore no parity in the two sktua tions. 'But, even while she speaks of evacuation, Russia claims the line of the Sereth "for strategical reasons"— that is, she announces her intention to hold a large por tion of Moldavia, and the best military position which the Principalities afford, in order that wbeh the next opportunity offers she may again advance to the best ad= vantage. Thirdly, she annexes - to these inconclusive proposals a condition which would practically suspend the operations of war during a negotiation which might be indefinitely prolonged. It is needlesato comment on such a scheme. Russia, in making it, most have known that she was asking that to which no Mieisters of-the Western Powers could by possibility consent ; and she must have formed a very low opinion of the capacity and energy of the Austrian Government if she ima gined that it would be_imposed upon by such language as t4ia. The whole course of modern Russian policy seems to be an p.m...n0:t0 intimidate the vSorla by exaggerated demonstrations, none of which have as yet supported the touch of reality. The Empercif Is re ported to say that the war is not yet begun in earnest, but that sooner or later we shall see him at the head of half a million of men, scattering the nations before him like another Attila. This bombast is all intended for the Same object-to cover his retreat; , and to press and terrify the timid into„negotiations, at which the Em peror is to preserve his exalted position, and magnani mously to vouchsafe that,peace which England, France, Germany, and the East are supposed to be anxiously . awaiting at his hands. Even these fictions are not' new to us. They are precisely similar to the language of Tippoo Sahib, the Emperor of China, or the King of Ava, and show how largely the ussian nation and GovernMent partake of the Oriental character. The truth-is; as every one knows, that for many. months past the whole resources of the Russian empire have been strained to excess, though with results far below what was expected of the Imperial armies ; and the contrary statements which are put forward are so no toriously untrue, that we wish nothing better than to see them brought to the proof by the most efficient and decided' measures that can be employed by the Allied Powers.—rimes. THE FIRE IT OLNEY.—The extent of loss is esti mated to be at least 10,0001., of which scarcely one fourth is covered by insurances, the greater portion of the sufferers being small tradesmen and labour ers. A very liberal subscription has been entered into, and more than 300/. realised, yet very far from the amount necessary to supply even the immediate necessity of more than 300 persons. Several families were obliged to go at once to the workhouse, but the remainder have manaed to remain at home, with such assistance as could be given them. The ladies fer miles round have been engaged in makino. shirts, &e., for the destitut e . A ppea l s have also bee n made from the pulpits of the churches and chapels at neighboueinc , parishes. A poor woman named Perkins, her husband's house being destroyed, was removed to Weston, and the same night (the 26th ult.) was safely delivered of two boys, all doing well. Thomas Hubband, mat maker, who was very ill and obliged to be removed (in an unconscious state) in the midst of the fire, died on the ,following Thursday, aged 74.—Northamptom Herald. SICKNESS.—At the last ordinary meeting of the In stitute of Actuaries, held at the rooms of the institute in St. James's-square, John Finlaison, Esq., president, in the chair, a paper was read entitled "Observations upon the sickness and mortality experienced in friendly societies," by Henry Tompkins, Esq. The author com menced by urging the importance of correct data as to the law of sickness. It was more difficult to determine than the law of mortality. Mr. A. G. Finlaison, in his recent report made by order of the House of Commons, upon the sickness in friendly societies, in which associa tions nearly three millions of persons were enrolled, had determined the ratio of sickness with a greater ap proach to accuracy than had ever been accomplished before. Previous investigations had included claims made on account of old ago with those of sick ness. This had led to erroneous results. Thus at age 60 every man had been stated to be ill on an average one month in the year ; at 70, two and a halrmonths ; at 75, four months ; at 80, five months ; and at 85, six months. In consequence of the promulgation of this erroneous data it was supposed by many that Friendly Societies in general were in an in solvent state, The author proceeded to analyse Mr. Finlaison's report, from which it appeared that between the ages of 20 and 30 each person had on an average nearly seven days illness a year ; at 40 it increased to 8 days ; at 45, to 9 ; at 50 to 111 ; at 55, to 14 ; at 60, elapsing es s to 18 4 ; at 65, to 27i ; t e h la e p S : at R - 0 , to 971, It was stated that the total amount of at 70, to 43,1 ; at 75, to 66 ; and 18 anti 50, was 260 days ; in the experienced by each person in the 32 years 10 years betweenbetween - and 60, I.li days ; between Go and 70, , 5 ,, 50 and 80, 712. Locality had -4 `;_ l e 9 and between 70 little to do with the . ratio of sickness. It had alsory sickness was in the been found that the duration of tack, as shown in the ratio to susceptibility of at with sickness. Thusti proportion of persons attacked nearly 20 per cent. in the northern parts of England • while in the midlarawdei: early attacked with illness, tacked ; but, on the other t lr etl 30 per cent. were so at ness to each sick man in a t te, the proportion of sick average to .50 days, while ine north amounted on the reached only to 36 days : the tli''e midland districts it balanced by the duration, thus rn i a t t lity to attack being once in the amount of sickness experiencedig verY little differ , England when compared with another, in one part of the mortality experienced in Friendly Societies, regard to very light, there being at age 20, only on oe d ieties, it was at 30, one in 130 ; at 40, one in 47 ;at s e o, e o ath in 135 ;; ' at 60, one in 33; at 70, one in 13, and at 80 ne on in ' 67 - I This part of the inquiry coincided with previous investi gations mB. almost to repetition. The Report divided labou r into two classes—viz,, light labour and heavy labo e u u r, 1 and each of these again into the two sections—labour I in the open air, and labour under shelter ; and the re- i sults sh)wed a great difference in their ratios of sickness and mortality., The most healthy condition of existence appeared to be ," light labour in the open air." The I author concluded by enunciating the theory that the I duration of sickness was in direct proportion to the vital power.. Thus, let Stc, the sickness, be multiplied into the numbers out of which one will die, or intensity IT, it should produce a constant number C. It was stated that tables of payments required in Friendly Societies, calculated from the Report by I\lr, Finlaison, were in the press. ANOTHER,‘‘COALX4OS" BILL ABANDONED. The "Divorce anirMairimonial Causes Bill" was last night - forsaken by the Goizernrnent. It forms another item in the list of CoalitTa . failures. Ifs professed ob ject was to remedy some of the evils which at'present cling to ,the law of divorce. But it must be confessed that instead of doing anything to remove the evils of impartial legislation,as far as the question between the two sexes is involved, it would have aggravated them. A clever letter signed " Margaret Hellen," which ap peared in yesterday's Daily Rescs, adverts to this fact with a bitterness of feeling thattan _only proceed from a strong sense of injury. The proposed Bill, if it had become the law of the land, would 'really legalise or crystallise a wrong under which women have long been suffering. The Bill proposed to, give the husband the right of suing for divorce on occasions of the adultery of the wife, but only allowed the'saine remedy to the wife in the event of the commission hy the husband of crimes which to the credit of society are 4o uncommon that they might, to all intents and purposes, be left without notice in the statutehools, , This- fact is quite sufficient to account for the indignation of our correspondent, and to justify the upset of the7BilL " Hardly as our sex has been treated by the matri monial statutes of previous ages in England," said our lady-correspondent, " - it - is reserved for the boasted civilisation of the nineteenth century to endeavour to de privo us of the einall protection against insult and indig nity which law and public opinion have afforded us hitherto ; for, whilst by the measure proposed facilities are afforded to the husband to dissolve his union with an unfaithful wife, -should the cane. be reversed, and the wife the injured party, no re'dresivoLgrievences, no sun dering of the marriage 'bond except under the most ex treme cases of villany, is procurable." This is without doubt a valid case of grievance. While we are obliged to confess, with contrition, that in this wicked world " the weakest always go to the wall," we agree - with Margaret-. Hallea that. it is a disgrace to a nation to make laws to 'compel the weaker to go to the wall—to strengthen by legislation: what is already too strong in fact. It crnot bedebied, either, that our correspondent's objection to the reasoning of the Chancellor is unexcep rithra-tre: say the least of it, rather strange to that legalaligaitary. declare in the House of Lords, on the occasion of the debate on the second read ily, of the bill, that, -" though it might be bad morality, there was no blinking the fact that a husband would scarcely lose caste fcrr an - offence of: this kind (adultery), whereas a wife would forfeit her station in society." This may be, and probably, is, very true as a statement ,of facts, but it is not a statement which the highest legal authority in the land should put forward as a basis for legislation. It may be allowedthat it is not expedient that the laws of divorce shnuld be too much relaxed ; but let us exercise some fairness in our legislation on the subject. Do not say insolently to women. We men may break a mare' precept' without voilating the laws of the country, whereas if you break it you slial,l be ruined. We , Zll thrust you out of society fel-Commit tiiLg an offence whi•ch we consider venial when Corn initted by our*ves.. This surely would be the.very in aotence of legislation. It may be allowed that the legis lation regarding sexual relations is to the. last degree auomalous in England- already, hut do not endeavour to increase the anomaly. -What we ought to do is to assimi late the law of divorce in-England to the Scotch law on the same subject. Daily Nom,. OUR MECILINIC4.L..POTVER. AND THE R. TO THE EDITOI OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir—Yokir leader of to-dayoirthe adoption of improved mechanical means in attacking' the Russian maritime fortresses sounds a note which it is to be hoped will be taken up by the people and the press from one end of the country to the other. " • It cannot be denied that this, the greatest mechanical country in the world, ill conducting the war whiCh is now upon its bands, h as not, the full advantage of the immense mechanical resources which lie absolutely at its disposal. Indeed, how should it have, when those who have the conduct of its operations are for the most part men whose minds Imre beenilrst warped by routine and then stiffened by the, pride of official impractica bility. During the lastlen yeai.a the mechanical genius of the country, which had previously achieved some splendid triumphs, has acquired .a development which, whether measured by the number of minds brought to bear upon the subject, the, greatness of the ingenuity,displayed, or the variety ancLgrandenr of the-works which have been achieved, must be regarded as absolutely without paral lel in the history of the world. One after another every mechanical problem•Which - theiwants or wishes of man kind have forced upon our engineers—whether the diffi culty to be overcome was terrestrial or nautical—has re ceived its solution. And ,s.ow, when we have to deal with the ultimo ratio-reggna, what is to be done with this great mass of mechanical ability ? Some people no doubt will say---k' Oh, but these gen tlemen have ail 'along - been occupiell with civil engineer ing. What we are in want of ie military engineers.'" An answer displaying, certainly, a large Amount of ig norance, as if the problem submitted to civil and. mitt tarp engineers was not ,essentially one and the same, viz. the overcoming of obstacles - by the applica.tieh of force. Mechanical superiority may be made available to the party,possessine it in two ways, viz., by improved rani-' In - dation, and by improved contrivance. Thus 'by our superior manipulation, castings for steam engines are dally made in all parts of Great Britain of a magnitude which nowhere, else in the world can be attempted ; but it remains to be shown that the smile superiority of cast ing has been.taken advantage of to increase the bore of our guns beyond what is attainable by other nations. Again, as,regards-contrivance.. Experirdents have of late years been made; and important results arrived at, as to the effect of particular mixtures of metal and parti- Cular modes of cooling in producing tenacity in iron under certain circumstances. gas any proper system of such experiments ever been extended to our cannon foundries ? or to take a more exalted example of contriv ance ? It is well linown that we can construct' steamboats of any degree of Strength, of any degree of lightness, cf any degree of speed. Does the country in the present war reap thWfull benefit of our mechanical superiority in this respect • If the Government wish to know what can be done in the present state 'of mechanical science and its kindred arts in relation to the above and similar particulars, let them not trust implicitly to their ibutine advisers. Let them cause it to be known that suggestions froin parties possessing a prima facie claim to attention will undergo a proper examination, instead of being systematically snubbed. If-there is. no staff at present available for the purpose, let one be created. Under such a system, it would be unnecessary to 'advertise rewards for inven tions. Amor paliqce and an honourable emulation would alone do-the- bttsiness. - Hoping that you will not let tho matter deep, I am, ctc., ARGUS. • July G. THE FATAL PARACHUTE DESCENT. The inquest upon the body of Moo=ieur Henri Letour, whose death was eacasieiled by injuries sustained in at tempting a descent in a parachute, was held yesterday be fore Mr. Baker, the coroner. Tho inquiry excited much interest. The parachute, which was exhibited to the jury, is in the form of' a largo umbrella, constructed of white and blue cotton, bound with rope line, and when expanded is about forty feet in; circumference. In lieu of a car is a kind of saddle, with a Pair of treadles for the feet to rest upon, and above is some machiaory propelling three long canvas fans, or wings, intended to guide the parachute in de sce,n:ling. Mr. Adams, the, reronaut st Cremorne-gardens, deposed that he was ordered by Mr. Simpson, the proprietor, to take the deceased np in his parachute on the evening of the 27th ult., and he ascended from the gardens about 7 p.m. He had taken up deceased once before, on which occasion he (Mr. Adams) liberated the parachute, and it fell safely somewhere near Blackheath. The machine was attached to the balloon by a rope, and was liber a t e d by a t r i gger iron, which held one of the ends. Havi ng prepare d f or the Clescent, and descended some distance, he looked over to see if the parachute bad expanded, but saw that it had not, and was all twisted, so that it would have been cer tain death to deCeased to have liberated it. He therefore continued to descend, and when passing over a meadow near Tottenham, the grapnel. was caught by some boys, who could not hold it, and the balloon took a course over some land 'until the grapnel caught bythe sideof a ditch when it was brought up. Before then the parachute struck the ground several times; he heard the deceased call out, but ho did not understand what he said. He expected that the de ceaseclwould have cut the belt and thushavoliberated himself the moment he touched the ground, but he did not do so. Assistance came up, and lie saw the deceased carried away. In answer to the jury as to why he did not detach the parachute when so close to the ground, and so have given the deceased a chance of escaping, he said that he did not know but what tho machine had by that time got away, but even had it been so, ho thought that the grapnel, which was trailing along, would either have picked it up or the man. He (witness) did not understand French, nor did the deceased understand English. Mr. Marshall, of Brook-place, Tottenham, deposed that he saw the parachute to which deceased waslashed dragged over the ground for about half a mile. He heard the de ceased call out, and a young gentleman who was with wit ness, and who understood French, said that he was calling to those in the balloon to cut him away. Some other witnesses having been examined, including Mr. Green, the reronaut, who attributed the twisting of the machine and the rope to its being spun instead of plaited, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death. THE NEGROES AT THE DIGGINGS.—An American cor respondent of the Williamsburg Times writes from Mel bourne : -" The coloured people, almost without excep tion, are doinr , well here ; they are lucky as diggers, and always fin e d employment as cooks, and at good wages. Close by us, two men took out $lB,OOO from their claim. Mrs. Stove's work having reached the colony, a good deal of sympathy is manifested for the coloured people who come from America, while those from the East Indies perish like animals. The first step of a coloured man when he arrivcs is to get married to a white woman, and a pretty one too. Oa Sundays no black man is seen without a white lady hanging on his arm. If English men were but only one-half as democratic as English women, Victoria would soon be a republic. I asked a very poor re about .' ' 1 speetable•looking woman why she ma rried a coloured man, and sh e replied, ' because he would tre at me better than an Englishman ; all the Americ ans do.' Do tthat what r ' Why, treat women well.' What makes you think so l see it ; there are a good many Americans i wiv e s ~herei saidm ar , ri , e l d n , and the e y t t l h o e n strike l o a t boii r ilabouring men .1 eknick alwaystlieir give thei r money to their wives ; in America they sel dom do. I though , is a great compliment to wom en. She replied,` Mayn En be that is what makes the labouring classes-sc x gland ; at any rate, I would soone r be the wif e Of a black man than the slave of a white one. Ee ides, my husband just as muc h o f a n American as you are ; h e was born in. the State of Massachussetts. I suppose yo u thought to feet Aplurned., " . bhanao mo ; but, no, I do not 1 v ~nx:. THE WAR. THE EMBARKATION OF THE FRENCH • TROOPS AT CALMS. We have already stated that the Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore the Hon. F. W. (hey, and the Algiers, 91, screw, Captain Talbot, had returned to the Downs from Sheerness, The St.--Vineent, 102, Captain Mansel,‘ towed by the Sphinx, 6, paddle-sloop, Captain Clifford, and the Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcorne, in tow of the Gladiator, 6, paddle, Captain Broke, have joined these ships and now they form a_ squadron of four powerful' vessels. This morning the Vivid, Admiralty yacht, Master- Commander Allenj with Captain Smithett; proceeds to the Downs, and conveys Commadore Grey to Calais, to confer with Admiral La Pierre and the French autho rities there as to the arrangements. It is expected that Admiral Berkeley, C:B., will pro ceed from the Admiralty, on Wednesday or Thursday, to Dover and thence to Calais, and the embarkation, which we understand is to be completed in one day, will take place under his personal superintendence. It is intended that the line-of-battle ships, with their atten dant steamers Sphynx, Gladiator, and Termagant, 24, screw, Capt. the Hon. J. K. Stewart, shall drop down'to Calais roads on Thursday night, and if possible they will return to the Downs on Friday night, after the troops and their equipages are on.board. The Termagant, the Hon. Keith Stewart, got up steam at Portsmouth on Sunday evening late, and work ed her engines for some time. Everything was' most satisfactory, and she afterwards steamed out of the basin into the stream,;where she has been swung to ascertain the deviation Of 'her compass. She proceeded to Spit head last evening, and will take in her powcler and shell, and be paid advance wages, after which she proceeds to Calais roads, to receive on board 500 of the French troops. The Widgeon and Sprightly, steam-tenders, have pro ceeded to Calais from Sheerness and Portsmouth, and other ships will follow theth, to assist in the embarka tion. _ _ The Dashei, 3, paddle, Capt. Le Febre ; Fire Queen, paddle-teuder ; and. Comet and Echo, steam-tugs, are also ordered from Portsmouth to Calais, to assist in embark ing the troops. The Dasher left last evening. It is expected that thousands of Englishmen will pro ceed from Doirer to Calais on Thursday night to-witness the embaikation on Friday. Steamers will run from Dover several times during,the day, and the last packet (the mail steamer) will leave Dover shortly after eleven o'clock on Thursday night for the other side of the Channel. . NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Wildfire, paddlewheelsteam-vessel,stender to the Waterloo, George Brockman master ; the Myrtle, pad- Alewheel .steaih-vessel, tender to the Formidable, W. S. Bourcbier,maSter ; and the Fearless, paddlewheel steam vessel, charles Aiistey (acting master) in command, are. ordered to be temporarily fitted for the conveyance of the French troop, to be embarked •at Calais on board the English line-e 4 -battle ships•which take them to the Ba:tie. They are to leave Sheerness for Calais this day. Each vessel is to have her name painted conspicuously on the quarter and on the stern, so as to enable the Commodore the mere readily to communicate with them by signal;flags, as reqUired. Yesterday intelligence was received at the Admiralty, under date July the 3d, that her Majesty's steamer Con flict had just taken three prizes, namely the Reinhardt, of Papenburgh, bound from London to 'Cronstadt, and two Courland decked boats. They have bown sent in charge of prize crews home to England. By a letter received from Memel, dated July 6, the Anaphion was there refitting in the roads. The Con flict had also arrived on the previous Sunday from her cruising ground. The Amphion had taken her wizen mast out, and was making a new one. This is the second spar that has been fouled defective since she left England, The funeral of the late Captain Foote took place at Memel on the sth, apd was conducted with much solem nity. The procession started from the British Consul's, Mr. Herslett's, house, and was announced by nine guns /from the Castle, the Amphion firing minute guns. Great numbers of the military attended in uniform ; the Con suls also, and numbers of masters from ships in port. The Conflict left on the 6th for the northward. Hers First LiSutenant. (Bore)' goes home overland, to com mand one of the newly-built gun-boats. There are now at Memel 17 vessels, prizes to the squadron, waiting orders either to be sent hpme or to be sold there, which is considered much the safeA plan. One of the Lieutenants of the Amphion and a party had a very narrow escape when returning on board in crossing the bar. The boat was swamped, but, being favoured by a lull, they managed to get her head round and pushed for the beach, where the boat capsized. Sappily, all escaped with a few bruises. It was in ex actly the same spot that Captain Foote lost hi: At 7 30 p.m. yesterday the Vulture steam-ship, from the Baltic, was just coining into Sheerness, and also the Gladiator from Portsmouth. A' new vessel was put out of dock at Sheerness yester day, adapted for carrying heavy ordnance and stores. Her registered tonnage (builders' adineasui ement) is 130 tons ;:-her 41rau 4 1it of water is only three feet aft ; sae is most substantially built, is appropriately named the- Stauccb, and is ..of: extremely large scantling throughout. The crew of the Formidable, 84, are again set on to get her ready for sea. Her rigging is being fitted and her marines are getting her tanks, &c., on board and stowing the hold. • The Portuguese war-steamer Mindello arrived at' 'Southampton on Sunday. from Ostend, having landed at that port the King. of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, ;and suite. i. Commander Calver, R.N. who has - been employed by the Admiralty during tho past three years, making surveys on the north-east coast, has been selected by the First Lord of the Admira!ty to pilot the fleet about to proceed with French troops to the Baltic. The Janus, paddle-wheel steam-vesftl, Lieutenant- Commander Colin C. I. Kane, arrived at Woolwich at 10 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, and on Monday received a number 'of buoys and metal buoy-holders for conveyance to the Baltic. She will leave'Woolwich to-day for her destination. The Industry screw steam store-vessel, Commander Bradley, will be ready at 'Woolwich on Thursday to pro ceed up the river to Deptford to take on board stores for conveyance to the Black Sea. Thi following appointments have been made :-- Lieutenant William C. Geary (1846), from the coast guard, to be agent for transports. Paymaster Stuart Watson (1850), from the St. Vin cent to the Termagant, 24, sere Ar steam-frigate, for ser vice in conveying French troops to the Baltic. Master's-Assistant R. Cooke, to the Sphinx, paddle wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Acting-Clerk Charles A. Goodyer, to the Hornet, 17, screw steam-sloop, at Woolwich. We understand that two martello towers are to be erected in the south docks at the entrance of Sunderland harbour, and that several cannon of large calibre are to be placed upon the piers and un the heights to defend the port. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice at Lloyd's that a sailing vessel was required to carry 500 tons of naval provisions, as also a steam-vessel to carry a similar quantity, to the Baltic, for the use of the fleet under Sir C. Napier ; also a ship for the conveyance of 300 tons of naval provisions to Malta ; and also two steamers to carry 500 tons of bread from Gosport and Plymouth to Varna, calling on the voyage out at Con stantinople for orders from the Commissariat. Ninety-two cases 4 - 4 swords, each containing 120, or altogether about 10,000, and 2,000 barrels of ball cartridges, are being shipped for Constantinople for the use of Omer Pasha's cavalry. The Flora, Dummet master, which arrived at Fal mouth on Sunday, spoke the transport No. 28, bound to Varna, on the 3d inst. She had encountered a gale, and lost fore and main topmasts. Yesterday the Lords of the A.dtniralty gave notice on the Royal Exchange that ships were required to convey 7 officers and 560 men from the river Thames and Cork to Malta, the owners of the vessels to find the necessary provisions for the troops ; also another ship to carry 150 tons of naval provisions to Varna, _ _ Notices were also given yesterday by the Admiralty that their Lordships were prepared to enter into con tracts for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat, the whole to be delivered at the Royal Victualling-yard, Deptford, within six weeks. Their Lordships undertake to make a proportionate allowance for each bushel ex ceeding 601 b. in weight. From Southampton we are informed that the Royal mail steam-ship Orinoco, Captain Wilson, left that port yesterday to embark the 60th Rifles at Portsmouth for the East. The Medway, just arrived from the Black Sea, will probably be made available for further Government service without delay. Tho Avon, also belonging to the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, is expected to be ready in a few days, and will it is said proceed to the Downs to embark a portion of the French auxiliary force for the Baltic. Telegraphic instructions were received in Southampton yesterday to expedite in every possible way the fittings of the Himalaya, Simla, and other steam ers belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company. The Himalaya is now in the graving dock, having gone in there on Saturday to he coated with Messrs. Peacock and Buchan's composition for the preservation of iron ships. She has not sustained the least damage from the accidental grounding on Sconce Point, Isle of Wight. During the time this' leviathan ship has been in the dry dock she has been visited by great numbers of persons anxious to view her enormous proportions and beautiful lines. Sir Baldwin Walker and Captain Milne inspected her on Saturday, and we understand have re ported favourably to the Admiralty as to the propriety of purchasing the vessel for the Government. The Go vernment are also in treaty with the General Screw Steam Shipping Company forthe purchase of the Prince of 2,760 tons, and two other iron steamships of nearly equal size, the whole to be used as troop and transport vessels. Allthe steamers chartered by the Government from the Peninsular and Oriental Company will start from Southampton on Saturday next ; the Himalaya for Plymouth, the Stade, for Liverpool, the Rajah and Colombo for the Baltic. The Candia cannot be made available, as She requ i res t o go to London to have her screw shaft adj us t e d . All th e g reat stearn-packet com panies belo ng i ng to t h e port o f S ou thampton have shown an honourabl e r i va l ry in handing over to the Govern ment, at great i nconven i ence t o their regular business - traffic, so many ships, and those of such large tonnirge. Now that the GoVernment is in an emergency and is understood to be Mill in want of steam tonnage, some dissatisfaction is expressed among the Government authorities that a similar readiness to that exhibited at Southampton has not been shown by other com panies. The Cunard Company is instanced, and it , is remarked th at d ur i ng th e p a st week, although the emergency of the public service is evident to all, not a si ng l e steamer h a s been forthcoming s. from this powerful association. One of the great apo logies for the heavily subsidised companies is, that the ships should be available for Government servic3 in case of war. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the Cunard Company will not continue to be an exception to the general rule, but that efforts Will be immediately made to accommodate the Government, and thus to remove all grounds for the dissatisfaction which now appears to exist. The Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital assembled at the board-room of the Ordnance Hospital at 11 o'clock a.m. yesterday, to pension' the rzen returned unfit for duty, according to their respective services. Captain Mountain, who marched his company, the Ist of the 13th battalion of Artillery, all ypung recruits, into Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in March last, has dismisied them from marching, carbine, and field-gun drill, and a part of them from garrison, gun, and mortar drill, and they aranow attached to horses. The whole company will be dismissed from all drills that can be carried on at Chatham by the end of the month. .Cap tain Mountain and his non-Commissioned officers have been indefatigable and successful in bringing the com pany so quickly forward. Major C: C. Young's No. 2 company, 12th battalion, and Captain Alexander Irving's No. 3 company, 12th battalion, assembled on the Guard Mounting-parade of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich garrison yesterday forenoon in service marching - order,iand were inspected by Major-General E. C. Whinyates, commandant of the garrison. These companies are ready to embark for the East on the shortest notice. Colonel William Campbell, commanding the 2d Dra goon Guards ("Bays") at Dundalk, has been recently called on to furnish fifteen serviceable troop horses for, the 15th (King's)Regimentof Light Dragoons(Hu ssars )o The latter corps has just returned from India, after 15 years' service there, and yet it is said that it is about to' be equipped for Turkey with the least possible delay. Lieutenant-Colonel Warde, of the Royal Artillery, is to take the command of the artillery at Charlemont, in stead of Lieutenant-Colonel Beresford, wbo has been appointed second• field-officer to the field batte'ries nt Woolwich. Captain the Honourable D. Fraser, sta tioned at Charlemont, has been ordered to the East in stanter. Orders have been issued that men who, on medical inspection, shall be found fit, for duty, may be enlisted for military service up to the age of 30. As an induce ment to. the persons engaged in recruiting to exert them solves, the bounty to the bringers of good recruits is now increased to 12s. 6d. The 4th Dragoons will move this daY from Dorchester and Trowbridge to Exeter, -en route for Plym.mth, to embark for Turkey. The army in Ireland is now reduced to four regiments and four depots of cavalry, and four regiments and .28 depots of infantry. They are thus distributed :-2d Dragoon Guards, Duridalk ; 3d, Dublin ; 4th depot, Newbridge ; sth depot, Nowbridge-; 7th Dragoons, Longford ; Bth depot (Hussars}, Newbridge ; 11th de pot ,(Eltissars), Newbridge ; 16th Lancers, Cahir ; 2d battalion Ist depot Foot, Castlebar ; 2d depot Foot, Athlone ' • 3d depot,- Newry ; 9th , do. Foot, Traleo ; 12th do. Foot, Cork ; l3th do. Foot, Clonmel ; 14th do. Foot, Birr ; 15th do. Foot, Londonderry ; 16th do. Foot Athlone ; 17th do. Foot, Kilkenny; - 21st Foot, Dublin ; 30th - depot Foot, Fermoy ; 38d de. Foot. For mby.; 39th do - . Foot, Kinsale ; 40th do. Foot, Limerick; 41st do. Foot, Templemore ; 47th. do. Foot, Temple more ; 49th do. Foot, Fermoy ; 50th do. Fornioy ; 54th d 0.,, Enniskillen ; 55th do., Templemore ; 57th do., Limerick ; •59th depot Foot, Kinsale ; 2d battalion 60th Rifles; do. Buttevant ; 52d do. Foot, Belfast ; 63d Foot, Dublin ; 68th depot Foot, Belfast • 72d do. Foot, Galway ; 89th Foot,' Waterford ; 9Jth 'Foot, Dablin ; Ist battalion 91st Foot, Cork ;- 92d depot Foot, Galway. This forte, exclusive of artillery, might be estimated at about 12,000, men. When the 21st Fusileers and 63d Regiment embark from Cork for the'East there will be only two regiments and 28 depots of infantry in Ireland--La smaller force than has lren in that country for many years, not ex cepting the period of the Peninsular war. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. (From the Navy List fog• July. ) Flag Officers.—Vice-Adiniral —Hyde Parker, C.B. Rear Admiral—Sir John Franklin, Kt. K.C.H. Admiral (on reserved half-pay in receipt of service pension)—John Mackeilar. Rear-Admiral (on reserved half-pay) -James Erskine Wemygs: Retired Rear-Admirals (with pay of Captain)—Abra bam Lowe, Archibald Tisdall. Captains—Francis P. Blackwood, H. W. Giffard, F. R. M. Crozier, William Hayden, James Fitzjames, J., Foote. Reired Captains—J. P. Parkin, William P. .Roberts .dward Johnson. - Commanders—George W. Smith, Charles H. Baker, J. H..Noreock, Graham Gore, Edward Little, Robert B. Stephens. Commanders (on reserved half-pay) ; Sir Thomas S. Dyer ; Richard Bluett, Andrew Kennedy. ' Retired Commanders—G. Wilson (a), G. W. Brown, James Lamont, George. S. Piirsons Thomas A. Simkin, Robert Hughes (b), .Tlkomas Edmonds, Richard C. Mould, Edward G. Palmer,. James P., Arnold, Wm. Nowell. Lieutenants—H. W. Clare, J. Allen, H. T. D. Le Vesconte, James W. Fairholme, George H. Hodgson, J. Irvings, George Kerr, Charles Pechell, Frederick J. Hornby, Robert 0. Sargent, Charles F. De Veux, -R. Thomas, Edward Oration, Wm. 11- lioopor, 11-10 bow a 31. Moorman, Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., James Sam nerey, Nevinson De C. Blennerh asset. Lieutenants (dn Reserved Half-pay)—John Smith (e), J. C. Chesnaye, George Cordry, Thomas P. Wheeler. Master—Richard Thompson. • . _ Masters (on Reserved Half-pay)—J. Cook, J. Tilhy. Mate—William J. Johnstone. Second Masters- Gillies A. Macbean, H. F. Collins. Medic.-1 OVeers—Surgeons—Edward Leah, Stephen S. Stanley, J. S. Peddie, Ales. M‘Donald, Retired Surgeons—David, Cowan, William Oastler, Thomas Jones (b), H. W. Bull, Charles Carter, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon—John Bluett. Paymasters—Charles H. Osmer,' Walter B. Gordon, E. J. H. Helpman. • Retired Paymasters—Benjamin Jennings, J. C. Court, William' Wyuter, Benjamin Chimmo, William Finlayson. _ Royal Marines. —let Lieutenant—Henry Freeland. Retired Lieutenants—Colonel Commandant, David James Ballingall. THE INDIAN ARMY. The following memorial of Brevet Lietitenant- Colonel Henry Tod Tucker, C. 8., of the Bth Regi ment of Bengal Native Infantry, Adjutant-General of the Army, and Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Most Noble the Governor-General, has been ad dressed to the Directors : " Your memorialist begs respectfully to bring to the notice of your hon. Court the disadvantages under which he labours, in common with the rest of the officers of the Indian army, in consequence of the restrictive na ture of the commissions granted to them by her Majesty. " As your hon. Court is aware, th es e commissions ex tend to the East Indies only, and consequently the rank which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accord to officers of this army entirely ceases on their returning to England on furlough, or at the conclusion of their service in India. " It would be regarded as a great boon by the officers of the Indian army were this restriction removed ; and your memorialist is induced to hope , that if t h e matter were laid before her Majesty with a plain statement of details, her Majesty would at once extend to her loyal subjects of the Indian arms the privilege of retaining titularly in England, and in every part of the British empire, while on furlough, or after retirement on the pension of those grades at which they have respectively arrived, the rank now held by them in the East Indies only . "Her Majesty has not a body of more faithiul, loyal, and devoted subjects than the officers of this army, and the services of many her Maje-ty has been graciously pleased to acknowledge, from time to time, by conferring on them the honours of the Bath or by appointing them Aides-de-Camp to her Royal person. Your memorialists would instance Lieutenant-Generals Sir G. Pollock, G.C.8., and Sir W. R. Gilbert, G-.C.8., Bart. ; Cols. T. M. Douglas, C. 8., and Pat. Grant, C. 8., Aides-de- Camp of the Queen, who have been thus respectively honoured. These honours they retain wherever they may be, but their military rank, to attain which, in some instances, half a century has been devoted, they are forced of necessity to forego, or retain on sufferance merely, on quitting Innia ; and, even in the presence of the Sovereign, when called there by duty or affection, they can only lay claim by courtesy to the title of officers or to wear the uniform of the army in which those honours were won. " Your memorialist has had the distinction of the Companionship of the Bath conferred upon him by her Majesty, and has been appointed by the Royal brevet a Lieutenant-Colonel for his services in the field. By her Majesty's royal favour ho will be allowgd, should he re turn to England, to use his military decoration by right, but the corresponding military rank, which, as a soldier of the empire, it has been his pride to attain, he will be no longer entitled of right to assume. "Your memorialist is convinced that, were rank and precedence at home granted to officers of this army, according to their commissions, it would be considered a real boon by all, and thankfully regarded as a gracious acknowledgment of their exertions in the services of their Queen and Country. "At the same time your memorialist would.promi nently bring to the notice of your hon. Court, that the interests of the Royal army would be in no manner affected by granting this concession, as it is the recog nition of their rank only that your memorialist is now praying for on behalf of himself and brother officers, and not for employment for them in the Royal army at home. " Your memorialist begs humbly to state his convic tion that whatever of honour and distinction can with justice be conferred on a soldier is an advantage to the State, producing, as such rewards assuredly do in all honourableminds, the emulation and ambition to excel, a stimulus which is at present wanting in your service, owing in a great measure, as he believes, to the feeling that, even after the utmost devotion to the service, pro longed estrangement from his family and country, and a life spent in an inimical climate, the Indian officer is debarred in his native country from the use of Chat pro fessional rank and distinction, the hope of which is ne cessary to sustain his exertions." CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY 10.—ONE SHILLINCI- DAY. Number of Reason tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Ad mission at the doors, 12,881. Admission by season tickets, 01. Total, 13,682. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S -MONDAY. Speculation was very busy with Typee and Dr. O'Toole for the Liverpool Cup. Both were backed for a good deal of money ; the former closed at 4 to I,' the latter at sto 1. As they advanced Hungerford retreated to 6to 1 : 100 to 50 was betted twice on the field against the first two favourites, and 250 to 200 on Dr. O'Toole agst Hungerford. In the course of the afternoon the Early Bird moulted a few feathers of favour, but after 8 to 1 had been taken to SDI. he returned with renewed vigour to 7to 1. Some money was invested on Talfourd at 12 and 10 to 1, and a little quiet business was transacted about Kingston at 12 to 1, and Ulster at 16 and 16 to 1. For the GoonwooD STAKES Diana was supported with increased strength of confidence. The last bet taken about her was stol to 1751. The withdrawal of fleapy from the Liverpool Cup was regarded by many persons as a favourable omen of his Goodwood chance : 6 to 1 was taken at once to 2001., and afterwards to several ponies and tens ; 1,000 to 70 taken about Nancy; and 500 to 25 about Jouvence. FLr the GOODWOOD Cur Virago was nominally at evens. ST. LEGER.-5 to 2 offered on the field DERBY.-11 to 1 taken to upwards of 2001. about Grwculus Esuriens ; 20 to 1 each agst The Flatterer and Dirk Hatteraick, laid to small sums, and 1,000 to 30 three or four times agst Stroud. CLOSING PRICES. • LIVERPOOL CUP. • 4 to 1 agst Typee (5 to 1 taken) 5 to 1 agst Dr. O'Tooie (taken) 6 to 1 agst II ungerford. (taken) 7 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) 10 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Kingston (taken) - 15 to 1 agst Ulster (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Diana (taken) . 6 to 1 agstHeapy (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jouvence (taken) 100 to 7 agst Nancy (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. Even on Virago. ST., LEGER. 5 to 2 on the field (take 3 to 1) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Grmeulus Esuriens (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraiek (taken) 20 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) _ 33 to 1 agst Strood (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1354. JULY. Liverpool l2 Abingdon l3 Ipswich 13 Stniirbridge l7 Stamford 18 Newton 18 Knutsford..... 19 AUG Bright•in Airdrie Durham 3 Brighton Club... 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 1 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 I • SEPTE War wick Lichfield Western Meeting 7, Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster. l2 Pontefract 18 , Bedford 19 OCTC Chester Autumn 3 Kelso 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham \ 5 Newmaiket S 0 9 Nottingham 0 0 Great Grimsby.., 24 Goodwood' 25 Radcliffe .. 3l Deritend Pool 3l 31 Ripon Egham n 15 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandcmte York Hereford 24 Eccles Chelmsford ,..29 Derby 29 Plymouth 3( Lincoln 31 MBER. Leicester 2O Manchester Autunin 2l Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0 26 IWalsall Northallerton 2B IBER. • Caledonian Hunt 11 Warwick Autumn 17 Richmond 18 Newmarket 11 23 Worcester Autumn 31 NOVE. Epsom Autumn Liverpool aBER. Cowbridge Hunt SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOVSE, JULY 10. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Stadt Dordrecht,, from Dordt : Susanna, Emden ; Christian', Soderhamn ; Treaty, Gottenburg ; "Albatross, Marstraud ; Nymphen, Memel ; Heabet, Nakskow ; Endragt, Worcum ; General Michaels' Rotterdam ; Almuth, Stolpeminde ; Carol, Ro stock ' • Jupiter, Hamburgh ; Waterwitch , Memel ; Rein deer, Havannah ;' Emilie , Gottentiurg ; Det Gods Haab, Marstrand ; Lord Lambton, Dautzic; Sarah, Amsterdam ; Herman), Drontheim ; Terza, Wismar ; Adagio, Stral sund ; Argyle, Callao ; Andreas , Kramforg ;Industrie, Nyland ; Harmina, Dantiic ; Humility, do.; Mary, Hor sens; Fanny, Callao; Matrons, Faaborg ; Bruno, Jiordsn . ; Idaho., Callao ; Elane,'Randers.. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt ; Vr -, w Maria, Korfawc.- ; -Fido, Hamburgh ; Marco Polo, Antwerp ; Ida% • Betsey, Rouen ; Char lotte Wymers, New York ; Jane, Ghent ; Elizabeth, Dunkirk; Lady Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Helena Catharina, Constantinople ; Harmina, Hamburgh ; Pio Nem, Laun ceston.; - Sarah Anne, do. ; Windermere, Geelong ; Alver ton, Hong Kong and Canton, CLEARED OUT WITH. CARGO.—The Lisette, for Ham burgh ; Cornelia Johanna, do. ; Fido, Harburgh ; Albert Louise, Havre ; Siewerdina, Rotterdam ; Frederica Louise, Stettin ; Brazilian Packet, Gibraltar and Cadiz ; Anna Maria, Hamburgh ; Newcastle, Ghent iYldefdhsa, Bilboa ; Pasha, Demerara ; Ztube, Altona ; Expert, Dordt; Trio, Oporto; Prosperity, Dunkirk; Frances. Ann, do, ; Got tenburg, Gottenburg. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. ' The conciperor, of Belfast, Liverpool to Quebec, June 16, lat. 44 N., long. 53 W. The Stornoway, of Boston, outward bound, June 19, lat. 46 N., long. 45 W. Tho Norway, of London, June 24, lat. "50 N., long. 23 W. . The Courier, of• Dublin, Bristol to Melbourne, May 13, Ist. 13 S., long. 30 W. The Victoria Rcgia, London to Syciney, N.S.W., May 14, lat. 11 S., long. 30 W. The Francis (ship); bound south, lat. 7 S., long. 30 W. The Henry Pottinger (ship), Liverpool to New York, June 25, lat. 44 N., long. 26 W. The Europa (steamer), from Liverpool, June 29. The Chariot of Fame, Liverpool to Boston, June 28, lat. 44 N-, long. 27 W. The St. Pauli (Maltese barque), from Liverpool, July 6, lat. 47 N., long. 10 W. The Bengal, London to Calcutta, July 7, 50 miles west of the Lizatd. M. KOSSUTH AT GLASGOW.—We publish to-day the second great speech which Kossuth delivered at Glas gow on Wednesday. As an effort of oratory, we hardly know anything which can be compared with it in the English language. Notwithstanding its unusual length, every word of it will be read with intense gratification. We hold it to be impossible for any intelligent, unpreju diced mind, to peruse that speech and yet have faith in the sincerity of Austria's professions of a cordial adhe sion to the policy of the Western Powers.—Morning Advertiser. THE OLD BANK, BRISTOL.—A change in the partners of this bank has just taken place, by the retirement, after a connection of nearly half a century with the esta blishment, of James Palmer, Esq., and the accession of Montague Baillie, Esq., son o f James Evan Baillie, Esq., one of the old proprietors. The retirement of . Mr. Palmer—with whose appearance at the front desk, be hind the great ledger, the frequenters of the Old Bank had been so long familiar—was indeed an event which; though from Mr. Palmer's advanced age, it might be ex pected, that, nevertheless took'the public, and oven the clerks and partners in the bank by surprise. Mr. Palmer entered the establishment as ledger-keeper, we believe some half century ago, and by his attention to ' business, intelligence, and high character, became in course of time one of the partners, and was for many years perhaps amongst the most active, devoting him self with an applicakion to his duties which peculiarly belonged to what is called "the old school." One of the laws of the bank, however, is that any partner can, without notice, retire at the end of the year, which with them is the 30th of June. As fifty preceding years passed over, so it was thought would the last 30th of June, In fact, no one thought at all about it, when yesterday week Mr. .Palmer appeared as usual in his place, but was soon noticed to be putting his desk in order, and cleared away old papers with a sedulousness somewhat unusual. This attracted a little attention amongst those in the bank ; but his intention no one sur mised, even when he called first two old clerks, and divided between them his stock of pens—then called two others, anti gave each a well-worn penknife, which had for many years stood on his desk. At length, towards the close of business ha:l7*-as he -left his place and walked towards the front door, he—paused for a moment in the centre of the bank, and turning round, said, " Good bye, Mr. Hitchens—good bye, gentlemen ; I close my connection with the Old Bank to-day ; you will not see me at that desk again." So saying he left for the train, to proceed to Clavedon ' where he has b een som e time residing. This was the first intimation his partners re ceived of his intention to retire ; but the step was never theless deliberately decided upon and ,taken. Mr. Palmer is, we believe, in his 80th year, and will doubt less live to try one of those social problems which have been so often tried before,,whether a man, after having devoted all his past life to business, can, in the evening of his existence, find a substitute for that daily employ. ment which filled the measure of his former days, espe cially when bachelorhood is combined with a cessation from business. One thing, however, Mr. Palmer carries with himinto his retirement the respect of the commer cial classes, in a city of whose banking community he is, we believe, the oldest living member.—Bristol Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY'S PILLS FOR THE EFFECTUAL CURE OF DROPSY.—The singular efficacy of Holloway's pills in the numerous cures effected by their use, iu some of the most obstinate cases of dropsy, is very extraordinary. These astonishing pills act with such pecu liar effect upon the system, that the fluids arising from this direful disease are imperceptibly corried off, and entirely prevented from any further accumulation. The distressing symptoms which accompany this complaint being thus dis persed, the sufferer regains buoyancy of spirits, and a coin( pletely renovated constitution. Females at particular periods of life should have recourse to these admirable pills, as they are . the finest medicine 'ever known.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Rolloway's Establishment, 214, Strand, Lyndon. UST. COUNTRY MARKETS. UHELIWORD—JuLY 7. There was a large number of samples of wheat on offer" to-day, but very few parcels changed hands at a reduction of 2s to 3s per qr. A small supply of spring corn, and prices unaltered. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 57s Od to 80s Od, new 57s to 81s ; red, old 47's to 765, new 47s to 76s ; barley, 27d — to 35s ; chevalier, 33s to 38s ; grinding, 21s - to 30s ; malt, 71s t o 75 s ; c h eva li er , 74 s to 78s; oats, 264 to 339 ; peas, partridge, 40s to 45s ; white, 47s to 49s ; boiling 54s to 6Js ; dun, new, 40s to 42s ; beans, tick, 41s to 41s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Mazagan, 40s to 445. COLCHESTER -July 8. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 768 to•• 63; red, 68s to 76s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 30s to 348 ; beans., Ilazag- j an, 42s to 44s ; middle and small, 46s to 488 ; peas, white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 42s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, in the port of London, from the followir the 2d to the Bth July, both inclusive. , &c., receive 1 kf, , ports, from Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon ToHriC 159 - 298) - KIRKCALDY-JULY 8. Here to-day we had a fair supply of wheat, moderate of oats, , and-a iew sacks of barley. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. ]I First Second 35s Oct 345, Oct I _Os Oct Third s4s Oct 30s Od I 323 Oct I Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, OOs Od to OOs Od. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t :ET.--JULY 10. ,he close of the market. a.d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Chester Main 17 6 Cragwood's Hartley l6 6! Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 6 Tanfield South Peareth ...16 0 Tanfield Moor l7 3 TAllfieldlf oor Butes 17 3 sValker Primrose . l6 0 West IlArtley • 16 6 West Taufield 16 0 Grey's West Hartley _lB 3 Wylam - 19 6 Wallsend, F. e. Haswell 21 0 Kepier Grange lO 9 Lam bton 20 6 Lumley.., 19 6 iletton Lyons Main 19 9 Peusher 19 3 Plummer • 20 0 Russell's Hetten ' 20 0 Stewart's 2l 0 South Hetton 20 9 Hunwick l7 0 Hartlepool 2O 0 Heugh Hall 19 6 Kelloe South llartlepool 2O 0 South Kelloe 19 6 Nes • 21 0 West Kelloe 19 6 Whitworth lB 0 Adelaide Tees 3O 0 Dcrwentwater Hartley, 18 6 ffethel Cannel 2B 0 Wallsendi &c. Healey. 18 6 Killingsworth E. l7 6 Now 'Whitworth l6 6 Wharneliffe lB - 6 Eden Main 20 0 Braddyll 2O" 0' Framwellgate 19 -I Hatton - 21 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been extremely dull to-day, and prices have declined per cent. since Saturday :—Caledpnian ' 311; Great Westerns, 79 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 651 ; London and North-Western, 103 i; Manchester, Sheffield, and• Lincoln, 21i ; Midland, 66 ; North British, ; South-Eastern, 19 1-16 ; York and North Midland, 27 ; Dutch Rhenish, 3 dis. MANCHESTER, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market .has been flat, but prices are steady. Chester and Birkenhead (221. shares), 6i dis, ; Sheffiolds, 21 a ; ditto • Now Pref., 1-16 premium ; Dovers, 19 1-16 ; Leeds, 66 ; Midlands, 65k; London and North-Westerns, 104. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.-:--This market was flat to-day ; there was very little inquiry , after stock ; And quotations generally were lower. Shrewsbury and Birminghams were in demand at advanced prices. LEEDS, JULY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market this morning opened dull, and the business transacted unsatisfactory. The fol lowing were the sales effected to-day.:—Lancashire and Yorkshires, 66 ; North British, 8i ; Midlands, 651 ; North Westerns, 7 1-16 ; York and North Midland, &c., 274. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Pcst-office by the night—and 24 by the morning—despatch.) Day when made m. From what Whets COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Oflics„London.. Dispatched.. England. America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool America (by United Sts. I I packet) ..........N ........ Liverpool . • July 12 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Southampton Australia (via South ' • ampton) ..........M July 4 ..... Southampton / August 4 Ditto (via Marseillea) N ..... Dover Ditto (via Cape of t-loedl Hope) .....: ......N July 1 Africa (West Coast) ..Nl23d of the month Plymouth .. 'July 6 Alexandria-- ~... NlB, 9, 24, &30 of m Dover .... Alexandria...—. ....11;4th & 20th of mon, Southampton Bahamas ..... 51117th of the mcinV Southampton Belgium .... .. NI Daily Brazil, ..........M l 9th of the mouth Southampton July 16 Buenos Ayres ........M,9th of the mouth Southamstbn 'July 16 Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope .N 14thI of the month. Southampto n Cape de Verde ......N , l4th of the month Southampton Ceylon (see India) - I ' Ceylon ..............N,l4th of the month ,July 20 Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ,Tu.'en.Sat. .. 3/1 2d & 17th of month Southampton 'July 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover .. Constantinople ,4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M& N 'Twice daily Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily—. Dover ...... ,Twicedally Gibraltar .. ; M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 ofm. Southauptcm 'July 20 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M,2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton July 16 Etamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday Loudon Havannah ..........M 2nd of the mouth Southampton Aug. 1 Holland Honduras .. 34117th of the month Southampton 'July 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M ,4th & 20th of mon Plymouth .. July 20 India (via 3farseilles)M , Bth&24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D 0ver ...... Ireland & N Twice daily Li5b0n.......• ....M 7,9, 17, &270 f tn Southampton 'July 16 Madeira 9th of the month Southamptoe'July 16 Madeira 23d of month Malta (see India) Malta: • 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover ...:..,July 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico ............31.2nd of the month Southampton ug. 1 Naples ..............N bth I s th2sthofmon. Dover ...... New Granada .... ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton New Zealand ........ By private ship Various ports Uncertain . Papal States ........N s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... • Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthcifinon. Southampton Peru ....... ..... 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton July 16 • Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month, Plymouth .. Sicily .... • .........N sthlsth2sthormon, Dover ...... Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmot t . Dover Venezuela . ...,M 2d& 17th of month Southampton 'July 'July 16 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . West Indies „j . 2d & I 7tirot month,Southamptenkuly 16 When any.of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will he despatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the Lop preceding. SOUTH-WESTERN— SALISBURY AND YEOVIL RAIL• WAYS.—Whatever becomes of the Salisbury and Yeovil Bill, it is certain that the extraordinary privileges sought at the expense of the South-Western are not to be con ceded. The chairman of the committee, at its rising yesterday, recommended these parties to prepare an amended clause for the preamble, so as to obviate the insuperable objections to a claim, the rejection of which the Salisbury and Yeovil has declared would make the scheme useless. We sincerely trust that some arrange ment may be effected, so that the rejection of the pre amble, which we anticipate, may not be attributed to a demand for running powers, but to the invalidity and want of bona fides of the subscription contract, on which the committee will have to make a special report to the house.—Railway Times. THE BAR.—The bar is undoubtedly deteriorating. If we compare the present judges with the advocates who are likely to be their successors, we shall,find that the two classes stand in the relation of learned and illiterate men. On the bench] we have senior wranglers and high-class men ; just below it we have mere tradesman lawyers. Of our present judges there are very few who would not be rather more shocked at being detected in a false quantity, than at having made a gross error in law ; of the present leaders there are several who would not know the meaning of the term. We doubt very much whether the nation will benefit by the change, or whether the success of a few Latinless individuals should induce us to change the old system of building a legal education upon a sub-stratum of Greek and Latin. Without question, however, a lawyer has not the same need of a critical knowledge of the learned languages which a clergyman has, but he has need of a great deal, whereof a clergyman may fairly be ignorant.—Ness Quarterly Review for July. BIRTIIS. OF A SON. On the 10th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of Mr. G. S. Herbert. On the Bth inst., at Lowndes-terrace, Knightsbridge, Mrs. J. Nichols. OE A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Shrewsbury-honse, Brixton, Mu. George Grant. On the 7th inst., the wife of C. Monat, Esq., of Russia►- row, ➢silk•street, Cheapside. MARRIED. On the 2d ult., at Hawick, Mr. David Shiel, grocer, to Jessie, daughter of Mr. Walter Scott, cloth-dresser. At the wedding a Scotch reel was danced in fine style by four generations, consisting of the bridegroom's father, son, granddaughter,, and great-granddaughter, th e l as t a lively girl five years of age, who finished the interesting spec tacle by singing beautifully a Scotch song with great glee. DIED. On tho 9th inst., at Shaw-street, Everton, F. Board • man, Esq., aged Al. Oa the Bth inst., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, Mary, wife of H. Egerton, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn. On the 7th inst., at Buckingham-street, Strand, T. Staf ford, Esq.,/ted On the Bthinst., at Upper Seymour-street, Lady Mary Anne Sturt, aged 88. 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