The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-03 00:00:00

BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Court of Directors herety give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of six per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will be pay able to ti.e proprietors of shares registered in this country, on and after the sth day of July next, at the office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten an,l'loeur, and that a farther sum of one pound five shillings per share taken from the profits of the year 1853, will be paid to the pro prietors at the same time—the latter payment icing free of income tax. Ncr transfers can be made between the 20th instant, and the sth proximo, as the books mtut be closed daring that period. By order of the Court, G, DE B. ATT WOOD, Secretary. No 1, St. Ileter‘s•-placi., tith Jane, Mi. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, JULY 3. Will be perforated NORMA. Principal characters by Madame Cara' sort. Madame Sedlazek ; Herr rtiz, and Signor Arnold!. 'To conclude with the popular Ballet, entitled UNE FETE EN rJLY M PE. Pecos--Rtfels, 7s; Dress Circle. 5s ; roses. 3s. ; 2i. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, Ono, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The itox-ortlze oNI i dally from Ten till Six, where places may be secure 1. Private Boxes ant Stars to be hat of Messrs. Leader and Cock li3, New Bond-street. ~notice.—Doers open at Half-past Seven. Per'ormance commences at Eight. Ha f--pries at half-pa..t ins. VLF, 'III.F. ROYAL HAYNIARKET. Undo: tha managemalt of Mr. Mackstone. _ _ _ 11413 EVENING, :MT 3, Will be performed the Drama of T:IE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Character 3 by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenlioff, W. Farrell, Compton. and Huelstone; Miss lteyn3lll, MIAs E. Grey. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Followed by AS LIKE AS TWO PEA. 3. To conclude with the Farce of DR. DILWOR-111. ROYAL PRINCESi'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Manag<tmcat of Mr. CUIRLES KEAN. VHS EVENING. JULY 3, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COUR C. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, TEIE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addisoa, Grahmn, David Fishe - , Cathcart, and Sakur; Misses C. Leclerq, Heath, Tertian, and K. Terry. To conclude with TUE HALT OF THE BALLET. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestris. For the BENEFIT of Mr. and M:s. F. MATTHEWS. THIS EVENING, JULY 3. Will be presented THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma hews, Baker, and Swan; Miss Talbot, and Dirs. F. Matthews. Followel by a new Drama, entitled SIINSIIINE TFIROUG THE CLOUDS. Characters by Messrs. Itosiere, Gladstone, F. Matthews; Madame Vestris, Miss Hughes, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with T IE RINGDOVE3. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. • THIS EVENING, JuLt 3. Will be performed MASKS AND FACES. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, L. Murray, P. Bedforl, areadam-. s Celeste, Wool. g tr , &c. 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 CIIER ARCADE IN A RAINY DAY. To conclude with lIIS FIRST CIIAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Jura 3, Will be. performed the Comedietta, ca led HEADS OR TAILS. Characters by Mr Emery and Miss Marston, Stz,. To be followed by the Comic D-ama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F Robson, Emery, White, and Vincent ; Miss Dormer, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. White, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Al!croft. THIS EVENING, Jula 3, Will be presented THE LOVE CRASS. Constance, by Miss Fitzpatrick. After which, THE PETS OF THE BILLET. The Performances will conclude with the Farce of LUCKY STABS. Characters by Messrs Herbert, Jones, and Sidney; 3liss F. Beaumont, &c. talla. 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. Gd; Gallery, 6d.; Private Box. s, £1 Its. 6.1., to behad of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL ANIPIIITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, Juror 3, Will be presented the new Grand Histor:cal Ilidtary spectacle, en• titled THE ; or, Vive is France. Followed by a series of Chef d'Ouvres of Art, or Equitation DE LA HAUTE ECOLE deve'oped in the Scenes in the CIRCLE:, the whole arranged and conducted by lII*. William Cooke. 'To conclude with RUSSIA AGAINST TURKEY, NOW ON TRIAL. -Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL, GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be repeated the entirely NEW and BRILLIANT PIECE t.f FIREWORK on a gigantic scale, representing the British Lion and Gallic Cock Trampling on the Russian Eagle. All the numerous attractions of the gardens as usual, including the beautiful Panorama of Cilium, by Damon—the extensive and interesting Menagerie— Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers, &c. Conelilding with the attack of the British Fleet ort Chusan—Explosion of the Batteries and Ships, and final Grand Display of Fireworks, by Southhy. Feeding the animals, Half-past Five. Concert, Half-past Six. Fireworks, Quarter to Ten. Ad mission to the whole, Is. MGT! WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning 52 min.after 6 Evening 18 mln.aft. 7 To .Nreuitou—Mornin 44 min.after 7 Evening 11 min. ft 8 THE WEATHER.--Sus OFFICR, JULY 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66 - highest since noon yesterday. —lo west this morning and during the night. 69—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 02. Wncn, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with passing showers. JULY 3. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 58 —lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 85—a sudden fall. WIND, S.S.W. to S.W.---Light breeze, and fine weather Tbx, SAM LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1854. Exactly a year after the passage of the river Pruth by the Russians, the CZAR rejects, alto gether and peremptorily rejects, the final and, it must be admitted, the sufficiently courteous de mand made by Austria and Prussia for the evacua tion of the Principalities. The oircumstance of this last insensate proceeding on the part of the Emperor NICHOLAS is of particular importance, and one the more entitled to observation, if pos sible, occurring upon so memorable an anniver sary. It must not be supposed, of course, that the intelligence of the AVTOCRAT'S reply to the I Imperial and Royal communication recently tiSnstnitted from Vienna to St. Peters burg is iuconsis.tent in any way, or clashes either dire c tly or indirectly, with the accounts previously r eceived from the Seat of War to the effect that the defeated Muscovites were making a retrograde movement from, Wallachia, through Moldavia, towards Beas arskaa. There is no ques tion whatever about the fact of that retrograde movement. There is no dox i i, t , of the aggressor having metas to the forces with tt:traordinary discomfiture all along the ba n k s of the Danube from the vi c i n it y o f K a l afat to the border% of the Dobrudscha. N o t th e smallest amount of •ao. tainty exi s t s as t o th e reality of the trinte, e ; - . achieved by the soldiers of the SULTAN, unaided o n the field of battle by any auxiliary force beyond that furnished by the Egyptian Contingent —n o t the slightest uncertainty exists as to the value of the victories won by the Turkish army over the legions of the AUTOCRAT, whether at Citate or at °He nan,. Any more than there is room for incredu lity in regard to the severity of the losses expe rienced by Russia in the course of these memorable encounters. In surveying the record kept of the events which have transpired during the lapse of the past twelve months, betweeen the passage of the Pruth and the rejection of the Austrian summons . for evacuation—the Emperor NICHOLAS can only find occasion to peruse a long catalogue of enor mous and indisputable misfortunes. During that ono terrible year, his principal generals have been either killed or wounded, While his army itself has been in a manner decimated. General SCHILDERS is dead. General LUDERS is dead. Prince GORTSCHA KOFF is dis abled. Prine3 PASKIEWITCH is so severely wounded that it is still matter of uncertainty whether he can possibly continue loeger iu his responsible post as Generalissimo. The cannon balls and the musketry of the Turks have mean while done such havoc in the ranks of the unfor tunate army under the rule of these luckless Com manders, that 50,000 men are said to have fallen on the side of the Russians during the campaign of 1853-1854 1 according to a gene rall y receiyal, and, we believe, in no way exaggerated calculation. Compelled to retire from Lesser Wallachia in the direction of the Dobrudscha—threatened by the approaching armies of France and England, hither to encamped at Scutari and Gallipoli, but hastening at last towards. the head- quarters of 03IER PACHA by way of Varna and Adrianople—convinced, at heart, that sooner or later the forces despatched into Moldo-Wallachia must be withdrawn from thence before the aggregated array of the allied armaments—the Commander-in-chief of the forces of the Russian AUTOCRAT determined, at least, that he would obey the mandate of his Emperor in one particular, namely, by signalising the date of his memorable retreat by the bril liant and glorious capture of Silistria. How utterly the unfortunate leader of the Muscovite legions was worsted in this last des perate endeavour, Europe has just witnessed with delight and admiration. The heroic defence of Silistria, the unflinching valour of the Turkish soldiers, the gallant death of MUSSA PACHA, their Commander, will long be cherished in the world's remembrance. It capped the climax of the Me- CC3S of the brave Mussulmans. It completed for the Russians the long sequence of disastrous dis comfiture. The latter at once commenced a re- ,rograde march through the ravaged Principa- lities—in the midst of which movement the CZAR nevertheless deems it befitting his dignity (!) to reject the Austrian demand of evacuation. The Emperor nosoras, in other words, will, if it so pleases him, agree to concentrate his forces once more in the vicinity of the Pruth, with a view not to submission, but to farther operations against his antagonists, but he will not consent at the summons either of Austria or Prussia, any more than he had hitherto done at that of France and England, to order his soldiers formally to withdraw from the Principalities. Pride is the one dominant passion by which his Councils are directed. Pride altogether precludes him from the possibility of listening to the summons of any power upon earth. England and France have had their demands refused. And now Austria and Prussia have been replied to precisely in like manner. And thus has the CZAR signa- lised the anniversary of the passage of the Pruth by his troops—at the very time when those troops diminished by 50,000 men, and with their prin cipal leaders killed or wounded, are making a hasty and general retrograde movement through the two ravaged Principalities. Let it now be particularly observed how this reply on the part of the CZAR will be met by the chief powers of the Germanic Confederation ! Virtually, those powers are pledged to co-operate with England and France in defending Turkey from Russian aggression, and not only the pro vinces and the capital of Turkey, but the liberties and civilisation of the principal States of the European part of Christendom—in the event and on the condition of the AUTOCRAT refusing to evacuate the Principalities. Well—the AUTO CRAT has so refused : he has refused, again and again, and again, in reply to an almost intermin able series of diplomatic communications—now persuasive and now peremptory. What, there fore, it may be asked, will be done by Austria and Prussia in this juncture and under these circumstances 7 Some of the more credulous class of politicians may expect that they will demonstrate their sincerity and good faith by at last openly joining in arms the ranks of the still-increasing contingents sent to the EAst by the British and French Governments. Ho nestly—we do not. We believe they will persist to the very end in temporising. If for no other reason, at this moment our jealousies must be aroused in regard to Austria by the suspicious pretexts and the ominous moment selected for the entrance of her troops into the Principalities. The last returns from the Bank of England showed a very large increase no less than 760,5981.—in the amount of bullion stored up in the vaults at Threadneedle-street. But not withstanding that increase—notwithstanding the easy and comfortable position of the " Old Lady" in all material points, there is still a further re duction of the notes in general circulation—a re duction following the heavy diminution which has been going on, without exception, for a con siderable time past. How, we ask, will it be possible for the overburdened tax-payers to meet the additional war imposts to which they have recently been subjected if the nation is still to undergo further depletion, and to witness, week after week, the continued withdrawal of the "life-blood of industry?" How can the unfor tunate pater familias, who is compelled to ears his daily bread by his own exertions, continue to make both ends meet, while the demands on him are materially enhanced, and his earnings neces sarily diminished in consequence of the constant withdrawal of Bank paper ? It is clearly impos sible for struggling men to maintain the unequal contest. If the Bank Directors persevere in the course on which they have entered, demanding extraordinary rates of interest, and keeping on the screw, we shall, ere the cicse of the year, wit ness a more disastrous state of affairs than that which paralysed the industrial energies of the nation in 1847, and spread dismay and ruin on every side. It is impossible to estimate the extent of the mis chief that must follow should Parliament separate without eliciting the views of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the renewal of the Bank Charter Act, and the mode by which an adequate circulation may be maintained during the interval. Never was there more striking illustrations of the fatuity and short-sightedness of our so-called statesmen than in tin" various monetary enact ments that have from time received the legislative sanction, all tending to restrict and diminish the supply of money, the representative and mea sure of value, to create virtual monopolies, and to prevent anything approximating to "Free Trade" or "unrestricted competition" in banking. These various regulations have been occasioned by con founding the shadow with the substance—by thinking that the currency must have intrinsic value in place of being merely the representative of that value. What would be thought of the existingt 'sanity of any person who proposed that no Bill of -4zehanae or promissory note should b e issued tlie unlessengraved on a gold plate, equal in valu e fi a r m m o s u n should therebybe secured,limited or to that the a mount of all such bill or not as the y had out at a they show greatly they t 1,4. "-ena their business operations, P a 'tioular p er iod, and that no matter how not, under any circumstances, be al lowed to increase th e amount of such securities, while every new firm should be sternly prohibited from at all dealing on c redit, being obliged to send bullion back war d s and forwards for every tranasaction ? Th e person Rho Proposed it would lunatic, be almost universally deemed person who ventured t o Su and every laughed to scorn by the commerci t al Ppor it would be and yet it would be difficult to show otZraatiniutnity, in any respect more ridiculous, or more untenable than the code which is regarded as the perfection of financial skill ! We have recently seen the Nottingham carpenters striking against the use o f machinetry, prohibiting everything that might diminisl inianual labourarid lead to cheaper produc tion. Our legislatorial wiseacres, our City SoLoiss and bullilonists of every class, wax eloquent on the folly and. ;absurdity of tlic,se comparatively ignorant men. Th :y spout the maxims of political economy to prove t he mistake into which they have fallen, but althol agh thus clearly perceiving the mote in their nei9 ;hbour's eye they are utterly insensible to the be am in their own. They virtually strike against ti le "labour-saving machinery" of an ade quate ci r culating medium ; they prohibit that whi c h we mid enable us to obtain cheap production, not in one or two articles merely, but in every . species of manufacture. They strive by these ex travagantly landed regulations to make money scarce, and therefore dear, and thus to bestow very unfair advantages on one of the belli gerents in the great Contest of Capital versus Labour. Let them then reform their money laws before they dare to condemn the folly, or to sneer at the ignorance of the Nottingham carpenters ! Why, wo as'.-, should there not be free trade in money as well as in any other commodity ? Why is banking the only business in which unrestricted competition is to be prohibited ? Why should we place notes and deposits on a different footing, rigidly insisting, so far as the Bank of England is concerned, on not merely full security for the one, while no guarantee is demanded for the other, but requiring that security of a particular class, for all beyond a certain amount, while up to that amount a different kind of security is taken ? Why, as to all private and joint stock banks, save the Leviathan, do we altogether dispense with se- curity up to certain amounts, but refuse to accept any securities, even the deposit of bullion beyond these specified sums ? These various glaring in consistencies, proving that our Legislature is not based on any fixed principle—that arbitrary rules have been framed without resting on any recog nised basis—all prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, the necessity of a speedy modification of these rules, and the transfer from a private although wealthy establishment to the public exchequer of the privilege of making money that shall be made a legal tender, and of the control and management of the national currency. At present all is doubtful. Threats have been used by a Government organ—significant hints have been given. We desire that these should be carried out fully and fairly, and that the nature of the intended changes should be made known, for the prevailing uncertainty is far more inju rious than any distinct and definite course that could be enunciated by the Financial Minister. Sir JAMES GRAHA3I 2 in reply to Mr. MILNER GIBSON'S question touching the nature of the pro perty destroyed in the Gulf of Bothnia, carried with him the feeling of the house by his spirited appeal in behalf of the officers, seamen, and ma rines employed in the execution of the orders of their superiors. We should be sorry if the same alacrity of sympathy be not responded to by every Briton whenever such appeals are made ; but we must not, nevertheless, allow ourselves to be car ried away, or to be hoodwinked as to the real question at issue by the First Lord's eloquence. Ist, Was the property destroyed the property of the Emperor or of the State ? 2d, Are the Fics Russian at heart ? 3d, Have we not been told that all the Finnish sailors taken in the prizes have been anxious to enter into our own service and to fight against Russia, or, if not all, many of them ? 4th, Is anything gained by harassing and Tex.- ing the Fins ? sth, Has one single vessel, in any way intended for warlike purposes, been destroyed ? We merely put the questions, leaving it to our readers to reason upon them. We have our own opinions, and we are free to admit, that the more discontented the whole population of Russia can be made, the more it can be shown that she is unable to throw a shield over her population, the more contemptible she can be made to appear as a naval power in the eyes of her own people-4h° nearer may be the approach to some internal commotion or home convictions such as, by some means or another, may result in that sort of peace that will insure guarantees against future en croachments or outraging of general interests in the lifetime at least of the present tyrant. There is another side to the picture which will not escape the scrutiny of such of our readers as condescend to reason on our queries, but time and space call upon us to enter upon the real ob ject of our article. Sir JAMES GRA.HAI2 said well that " if the enemy would not face us in the open sea, we were bound to follow or seek him in his recesses." The inference is, that orders have been given for so doing, and that the merit or the blame for late transactions is not with our Ad mirals, but with our Admiralty or our Govern ment, or the authorities by whose orders the Admirals have acted. The result and loss of life are most lamentable, and we would ask,whether in giving directions fur destroying property in ports, harbours, and rivers in the occupation of inoffen sive inhabitants, proper provision ought not to have been made fur the protection as much as possible of life and limb in the event of a sur prise, such as came upon our poor fellows who fell ingloriously, or were taken prisoners at Ganda Carleby ? Did the Admiralty furnish the Com mander-in-Chief with gun-boats capable of going into as shoal water as ships' launches, and whose bulwarks would have protected the crews from the shot of Minie rifles, to which men in our boats are so exposed that half a dozen good shots from an ambush are more than equal to a whole boat's crew pulling for a landing? A launch's crew, or the crew of a paddle-box boat, such as was taken or destroyed, would, with the officers and marines, number perhaps thirty men ; and from the time they came within point blank range, when with a cool enemy every bullet would find its billet, until the boat touched the shore and the enemy could be reached, if they did not cut away, probably ten rounds might be fired from one rifle at the backs of the poor sailors, nervously rowing—amid the dropping of their companions —the catching of crabs—the un shipping of oars—alarm and confusion—no matter how courageous. Talk of six rifles. One well handled would almost suffice to unman the best manned boat, where the crews, from the small of the back to the crown of the head, are exposed, and whose sides are more or less unable to pre vent the passage of a rifle, or common musket, or oven pistol, ball lower down. We say, and we say emphatically, if our sailors and marines are ordered - upon services within point blank range of the mus ketry of the enemy, they ought to be provided with steam-vessels of as light a draft as possible, with a rudder at each end, and with, at the same time, as heavy an armament as is equivalent to the scantling, whose bulwarks would protect their crews from the rifle and musket balls of the enemy they are ordered to molest. Such vessels the Prussians and the Russians have, which were built in England. Such vessels have been built by Mr. LAIRD, for one power, and Mr. RUSSELL, for the other. Such vessels have been advocated by Captain CODRINGTON, Captain CLAXTON, and other officers of the Royal Navy, who have had experience in boat service, and such vessels, drawing from 5 to 6 feet of water, Sir CHARLES NAPIER has asked for. Snell vessels our Admi ralty have not sent, but in lieu have spent, per haps, 200,0001. on vessels whose lightest armed and equipped draught will be over 10 feet ! ! and greatest, probably, not less than 12 feet ! ! ! If we stand alone we shall cry shame, until what we feel to be, and what we know is professionally thought to be a proper end, is arrived at. A. Cabinet Counsel was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were— the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lmsdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cla rendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—The revenue to be made up to Wednesday next, the sth July, will, as far as - can be safely estimated at the present time—wanting three days to the completion of the quarter—show a decrease on the principal items so far as the quarter is con cerned. In the Customs this will hive been anticipated. In th e Excise, it is possible there may be a slight excess, but it is very likely that both in Stamps and Taxes there last Wit 1 lie a Cccrease, though to no considerable extent. On the i _ other hand, as regards the Property-tax and the -1 - ! i t-0 under ale; there will, in all likelihood, be an increase. increase will e=pecially appear, it is anticipated, during the -e of operation s t h iv ,e,v. the latter head. As regards the revenue of the ) attri , m a t i a t t iough i the chief items may show a decrease— attributable whicho tiie li e a d v u e c n ti o o w ns co o n f ie du f t u y lly m i a n d th e up to the sth dullr.obable that the total amount received sponding year, e Y a '• lBs4, will exceed that of the cone- ERRA.TUM.—lnadvnelaimently, in our impression of Times. ending the sth of July, 1853.—Sunday in the list of Divinity p ." of y evening, th e don. It should hate rizenaen at King's College, Lon o been J. C «J. C. Hase" was given . SOBE. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVRNJNG, JULY 8, ltitl4 GUN-BOATS FOR THE BALTIC. We announce a fact which has come to our knowledge at the last moment. The Prussian Government has been asked to make over to our Admiral the two gun vessels, Nix and Salamander, whosedimensions and armaments have been so often lauded by ourselves, and advocated by the press, with the exception of the Times and one other journal, as the models on which the vessels ought to have been built which were asked for by Sir Charles Napier. If any member of the Imperial Parliament in either house doubt: our assertion, let him so word his question as to prevent evasion from the responsible or responding Minister. Let him ask, " Has any overture been made by our Government or any - particular offer of the same re specting the transfer, in any shape, of the two gun vessels, Nix and Salamander, belonging at present to the Government of Prussia, for the use of the fleet in the Baltic ?" If he asks about hiring, the answer may be " No"—because the loan may have been sought ; if about lending, again it may be " No "—because it may be hiring ; if both, again it may be "No"—because an offer may have been made to purchase. It is well known how Govern ment authorities wriggle and twist matters rather than give a straightforward answer to a plain ques tion on a subject they have been in fault about; so, if a question be asked,. the foregoing wou ld, we thi n k, prevent evasion. We announce the fact, and we challenge denial—and what a fact to announce full three months after the Admiral's entreaties fur vessels of light draught of water—nearly nice months after the country, through the press, be came aware of the wants of the service ! Just three months since Mr. Russell. and Capt. Claxton bestirred themselves, in consequence of Mr. Ken nedy's question in the Commons, which brought out first the one, and then the other corro borating on the use made of their names, and, as near as may be, the time in which our builders would, under penalties, have under taken to place similar vessels at the disposal of the Admiralty ? What, may we ask, becomes of the reported objections to iron vessels on the score of shot effects or boiler exposure If they really exist, why make an offer which will entail greater loss of life, or risk of damage, than would ensue in the case of vessels of wood ? The ground on either of these scores is cut from under the First Lord, who, though responsible, of course, knows no more about ships and vessels than a Spanish cow knows about handling an English handspike. But who have been his advisers ? That is the question now to be asked in the face of the great consequences which may be effected by the refusal of the Prusiman Govern men t, an d th e non - su p p ly of similar vessels by our own, for the in-shore service of the fleet, or operations on the Neva, up which river we have not sent, nor is there building, to be soon ready for launching, one single vessel that can go. We am glad overtures have been made for the vessels, and we hope for the sake of the service the request will be acceded to, although we doubt it. But what a field for reflection does the fact itself, the mere asking, open out I What must Prussia think of the conductors of the greatest naval power of the world, England ! entering upon a Baltic and Black Sea war with au enemy pre pared and armed to .the teeth with gun vessels of heavy armament and light draught of water, without herself having one such vessel for the outset, or preparing one even for the onslaught ? We blush for their Lordships, and, with all our lungs, cry "Shame I" The defence is to be, when the time comes (for come it will), that iron is not so good as wood against shot. We will not say we doubt that proper experiments were made, but we will say that to be fairly tested, a wooden thing of the same scantling to represent the sub stance of the thin old iron or tin thing fired at ought to have been experimented on in the same way; and we, furthermore, feel certain that, end on, the only probable way these vessels would be exposed to the enemy's shot, seeing they need never turn, every shot that struck them would glance off harm less. But, once more we say, and we are almost tired of stating it, even this chance might have been obviated by wooden topsides, similar bulwarks, similar protection in every way to the long-legged craft their Lordships have in their wisdom so unac countably ordered to be fitted out in acceding to Sir Charles Napier's request for a supply of steam-gun vessels of heavy armament, and the least compatible draught of -water. We tell their Lordships that a heavy responsibility is on their shoulders, and that, should an attack be made, the want of the. vessels such as they are now anxious to obtain from a purely military Government (and having which, sooner would have prevented the bloodshed and loss sustained in the Gulf of Bothnia), will prevent our Admirals from prosecuting up rivers and creeks any advantages that may be obtained against fortresses guarding their mouths after hard fight ing. As we said in our last article on this subject we shall return to it when occasions offer, or until some decided step is taken by Government in what we boldly assert is all but generally thought to be. the right direction, with the exception, in fact, of a very few pig-headed naval authorities. SPORTING NOTES. NEWMARKET AND WORCESTER. Worthy Dogberry declares that " comparisons are oderous," even so weighty an authority, however, will scarcely induce turfites not to institute them between the two meetings which are about to take place at Newmarket and Worcester. At the former place, indeed, the supply of sport is likely to be scanty, the attractions weak, and the attendance limited to a few old fogies ; whilst at the latter the racing will at least be sufficiently interesting and ample to command the attentionand presence of the principal metropolitan and provincial speculators. Newmarket and Worcester not inaptly represent the two systems of racing—the effete and antiquated, the newly organised and popular. The July and Chesterfield Stakes are the only items in the Newmarket programme which require discussion, the others consist of stakes and plates, for which the en tries have yet to be made. Among the nominations for the July Stakes, figure the names of Bonnio Morn and Dirk Hatteraick ; the former is an animal of tried and approved racing merit, whilst the latter possesses a high reputation for the promise of future excellence, which he has displayed in his ‘‘ privat e per f ormances. " The curiosity, therefore, to witness the debut of Dirk Hat teraick is not a little eager ; but it is somewhat doubtful whether it will be gratified to-morrow. Even, however, should he go to the post I shall expect him to succumb to Bonnie Morn. Of the animals which comprise the "dark division," I have no trustworth y i n f ormat i on. I have, however, heard a good accou n t o f Chi me. "youngsters "— a ll at present unknown to n ve ominated for Th e Ch esterfield Stakes. Re -eks favourably of Al coyne, but I have not suffi cientThirtyfive speaks faith in it to induce rue to place sanguine expecta tions in the realization of its truth. The well-filled list of sport published by the 'Worcester Race Committee affords a gratifyin g proof of the well directed efforts and judicious liberality of the promoters and managers of the meeting. Twelve events are ap pointed for the two days _within will constitute th e three days ' sport a t head quarters. The field s , t oo, are likely to be large , an d it is probable that for the within two of the number principal r ace—the Worcester shire Stakes—the number of starters will scarcely fall short of that which contested it last year, when twenty one animals were brought out. The proceedings will commence with the Trial Han dicap, for which seven are entered. Domino, moderate as his recent running has proved him to be , may be capable of achieving success. For the Two-Yr-Old Stakes I shall expect Bessie and Mary to occupy the first and second places. Speculation on the Worcester shire Stakes has scarcely commenced, it is, therefore, puzzling to indicate with any degree of accuracy even the intended competitors. Indian Warrior will most likely be reserved to do battle for the Liverpool Cup, but his stable will not, I opine, be unworthily represented by the Knight o f St. George. Among tho " old uns" fa vourably handicapped ar e Sleeping Partner, Candle wick, and W aterfall. Of t h e f our -ye ar - o ld s , th e b es t "in" seem t o b e Hope Massaroni, and Whalebone; and of three-year-olds, in , addition to the Knight of St. George, Hercules, St. Clair, and Punchbox are mcst entitled to notice. Calculating upon a start, I shall select Knight of St. George, Candlewick, and Punch box against the field. Master Slender, Hazlenut, and Nelly Hill are the most attractive names among tLe entries for the Witley Court Handicap. The Flyii g Handicap will occasion a "scurry," in which Forester, Battery, Pope Joan, and Clinicina may get home in the first flight of competitors. For the Handicap Plate I shall select at a venture Braxey, Wellsbouree, Hazlenut, and Red Rose. Leaving Newmarket to the aristocracy of the turf, I shall be at Worcester, among those whom it is now the humour of certain people to call the roughs of the ring. July 3. A FRESH MAN. The FOX Club had their annual fish dinner at theTra faigar, Greenwich on Saturday last. There were pre sent the Right Hon. Sir R. Adair, the Earl of Scar. borough, Mr. Alston, Colonel Boldero, the right Hon. Edward Ellice, Mr. Stephenson, the Hon. E. Coke, Lord Cretaorne, the Hon. R. Carew, Colonel Ferguson, Sir H. Ferguson Davie, Sir J. Cholmeley, the Right Hon. Lord M. Hill, Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. A. Stephenson, the Earl of Ileliester, the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Mr. H. Langston, Lord Mostyn, the Earl of Zetland, Lord Charles F. Russell, the Hon, H. Duncan, &c. MON E Y MA RKE T AND COMATERciAE INTETEMENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 2,000 American, and 150 Surat taken for export, and on speculation. The market closed firmly without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham, at 60. to 74d., 250 Bahia, at Old. •to 6,1 d., 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 94d., 700 Surat, at 3d. to 41d., and 160 Sea Island at 10d. to is. ld. per lb. Railway Shares were flat at lower prices. From Birmingham the letters inform us of an advance of 20s. per ton in the iron market. This was necessitated by the ruling high prices of pig iron consequent ou the dearness of materials. The iron most in request is the pcoduction of South Staf fordshire. In a statement received from Messrs. Joseph Robinson and Co., of Liverpool, the wool market is reported as having continued inactive last month, and prices •of most descriptions have fallen, but such is the absence of demand that they are gene rally - nominal. The English clip has been coming forward, and the quantity offered is, so far, not by any means so large as last year, the low prices causing the farmers to hold. As the consumption is much lessened, it is expected the growers will give way. In the short wool districts more is doing, and a large Government contract for blan kets has been given. The number of passengers from Liverpool to Australia during the quarter ended the 30th ult. was 12,623, against 5,575 in the previous quarter, and the tonnage 52,202, against 30,668 tons. By a statement recently made by a contemporary, it might be inferred that the East Indian Railway Company had hitherto constructed their works with celerity and economy, because they found the line would be executed for 9,0001. per mile, instead of the estimate of 14,000/. per mile ; whereas the very reverse is the fact. The original estimate of the East Indian was 8,0001. per mile. This was sub sequently increased to 14,0001. for the original line to Mirzapore. Captain Western, of the Bengal Engineers, having estimated the Rajmahal line at 4,4001., and the originator of the line from Howrah to Rajmahal, npw being constructed by the East Indian Railway Company, made the cost 8,0001. per mile; and because the East Indian Railway has exceeded by more than 1,0001. per mile all these estimates, with the exception of their own subse quent extravagant calculation, we are to give them credit for economy ! The fact is they have been wrong in their data, and have paid, there is good reason to believe, for their earthworks more than they ought to have done. Colonel Kennedy states, in his memorandum recently printed, that the original project of this company was so " crude and unfitting" that it would not only have failed, but " would.liave blighted the principle of such works." This is the opinion of the late con sulting engineer to the Indian Government as to the project of the East Indian Railway Company. As to the agency and management so injudiciously lauded, we turn to the recent report of the present consulting engineer, Major Baker, and find the following : "The partial failure of the contract system with us (for such, I fear, must be confessed, as regards both. economy and rapidity of construction) is attributed to causes some of which are accidental and transitory, others permanent. " I have seen good reason, in the progress of the pre sent works, to desire that our future operations may be entrusted to a better and more efficient agency." The railway meetings announced are the follow ing : Date. Place, &c. Aberdeen . July 6, Radley's Hotel. Ambergate, &c. Central Peninsula of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon. Eastern Counties Eastern Union Edinburgh and Glasgow London and Greenwich July 11, 10, Coleman-stree Lon., Brighton, & S.-Coast July 27, B. H. Hotel. Lucca and Pistoja Junels, Lucca. Manchester, She. and Lincln Aug. 2, Manchester. Newmarket July 6, London Tavern. North British July 16, Edinburgh. Paris and Rouen West Flanders Ditto. Company. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty re quire tenders to-morrow for the conveyance of 300 tons of ordnance stores to Malta, including 20 tons of " filled shells." The shipping interest are looking forward to active employment for vessels as transports, in consequence of the greater vigour manifested in the prosecution of the war. Accounts from New York by the Niagara, which brings $558,000, contain the new tariff bill, and as its operation would only reduce the customs revenue to forty-five and a half millions of dollars, it met with much disapproval in many quarters. The money market was stringent, and Stocks were declining. Freights were steady, breadstuffs heavy, and cotton rather cheaper. The growing wheat crops in Canada would in all probability be much above the average, although the reports were conflicting. In some of the high grounds near Hamilton a great part of the wheat had been winter killed, but not to such a degree as to warrant its being ploughed down, and al though the crop would be considerably thinned yet with fine weather a good yield was expected. The steamer Candia has arrived with the remain der of the Overland Mail from India. Australian advices are expected about the middle or end of the present month. The ship Alfred, from Geelong, Australia, has arrived with 10,378 ounces. As she sailed Feb. 18, her advices are not so late as those previousl y to hand. The letters from the Continent received this morning advise generally drooping markets for corn, the weather being fine upon the whole. The wool markets in Germa n y have been brisk, the English buyers having operated somewhat freely. At Hamburgh, 12,000 stone of German, and 5,000 stone of foreign wool ere brought to the fair. The former sold at 13 to 14k, and fine sorts at 15 to 16 rix dollars per stone. Ord. and mid. went at 8 to 11 rix dollars. There were some purchases on Swedish account. The English funds have been in a very different position this morning, having experienced a fall of to 1 per cent. This has been occasioned chiefly by the reply stated to have been given by the Em peror of Russia, that he will hold out to the last. The greater preparations for the war are also looked upon as significant of the opinion at head-quarters, and many think the " tug" is only just beginning. On the other hand, the revenue for the quarter ending next Wednes day is expected to exhibit an increase compared with the like date of 1853. Consols have been 93g and since 93 to 93g. Exchequer Bills have been at 2s. to 3s. prem. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 93 to 934. Bank Stock has been very firm at 208. Exchequer Bonds have been at . 1 lr premium. _ Foreign Securities have been extremely dull. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 24k. Danish Three per Cents. have been at 77i. Russian Five per Cents. have been at par. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. have been at 59i ex div., and the Four Per Cents. at 911. The Railway Share Market has been weak in proportion to the fall in the funds. The Cale donian, Great Western, North-Western, Midland, York and Berwick, and South Eastern are all lower. Foreign Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent about the previous rates. Gold Mine Shares are very dull, and South Australian are weaker. Joint-stock Bank Shares are heavy. Australian Agricultural have risen 55.) and Crystal Palace are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS'THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (Front the (*dal List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93} i 3 i it 4 34 per Cent. Annuities . 931 ti a Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 a Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4i Consols for Opening 19th July 'Exchequer Bills, 24d. 41000 2 par 1d 2 p ..)•••••• £5OO 2 p 3 Small . Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 185 . 3. . Ditto 1849 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 por Cent 774 voxican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. 4oi Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lOO Spanish Bonds,r.3 per Cent 3i 9i 9 Spanish Now Deferred, 3 per Cent l9 x d Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 59 x d Ditto 4 pox Cent. Certifieates ..... . THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Oponhag 19th July x d LNT EST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE RUSSIAN. REPLY T,O THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN SUMMONS. BERLIN, Sunday, July 2.—The Russian reply to the summons of Austria and Prussia was received here last night. It is unequivocally negative in the essential points. Russia will resist to the last man and to the last rouble. The Post Ampt Gazette, under date of Vienna, 26th ult., says : " In a conference which Baron de Meyendorff had a few days since with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he indirectly remarked that the Emperor of Russia would consent under certain conditions to the resumption of negotiations. In reply to the question what those condi tions would be, Baron de Mayendorff read a note which he had received from Count de Nesselrode, and in which , they were detailed at length. The ambassador was in the same note ordered to demand explanations as to the extensive armaments of Austria, and as to the military preparations which she was making on all her frontiers, particularly on those of Gallicia and Transylvania. It is not knuwn what answer was given by Count Buol on the subject of the armaments-; but, as to the conditions set forth, it is certain that Baron tie Meyendorff was told that they could not serve as the basis of fresh nego tiations, unless they were very considerably modified. As it is, therefore, by no means probable that, under existing circumstances, .the Cabinet of St. Petersburg will consent to such modifications ; it may be concluded that diplomatic negotiations will not .be very soon re earned." RETROGRADE MOVEMENT OF THE RUSSIANS. The Moniteur publishes the following despatch : " BUCHAREST, Juno 26.—The Russian troops which were concentrated before Silistria are effect ing their retreat by Ourzitseni, and take the road to Plojesti and Kimpna. It is at the latter place that they are establishing themselves. By this movement Russia appears to assume a defensive attitude towards Austria, Kimpina commanding the communication between Transylvania and Wallachia, by Cronstadt and the pass of Temesch." KALARASCH, June 26.—The Russians have - re crossed the Danube without being molested. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, SATURDAY, JULY I.—On the 21st of June the Hecla, Odin, and Valorous, under Captain Hall, bombarded Bomarsund. Two batteries were silenced, the magazines de stroyed, and the fortress fired in several places. Only four Englishmen were wounded. Admiral Plumridge's squadron has been ordered to Baro Sound. A bombardment is reported near Baro Sound. Flames were seen on shore. GULF OF FINLAND, June 25.—The main portion of the Anglo-French fleet has advanced up the Gulf of Finland to within 30 miles of Cronstadt. On the morning of the 22d inst. the rear squadron of the English division, under the orders of Rear- Admiral Chads—comprising the Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett ; Cressy, 80, Captain R. L. Warren ; Caesar, 91, Captain Jno. Robb ; Royal George, 120, Captain Codrington ; Nile, 91, Com modore Martin, C.B. ; and Majestic, 80, Captain James Hope, C.B.—steamed out of Baro Sound, followed by tke centre squadron, consisting of the Duke of Wellington, 131, flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief; Hogue, 60, Captain W. Ramsay ; St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel ; Blenheim, 60, Captain Pel ham ; Princess Royal, 91, Captain Lord C. Paget ; and James Watt, 91, Captain G. Elliott, accompanied by the Inflexible, 92, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Parceval Deschenes, and five French sailing line-of-battle ships, together with the English steam-ships Penelope, Magicienne, Desperate, Gorgon, Lightning, and Porcupine; the four French steamers Lucifer, Darien, Phlegethon, and Souffier. The van squadron of six English line-of-battle ships—the Neptune, 120 ; St. George, 120; Prince Regent, 90; Monarch, 84; Boscawen, 70; Cumberland, 70; the screw steam-ship Ajax, 58; and a few small steamers, under the orders of Rear- Admiral Corry ; the Duguesclin, 92, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Tenaut, and the Austerlitz, 100, remained at the anchorage in Baro Sound. The Leopard, 16, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Plumridge, weighed with the fleet for service in the Gulf of Bothnia, with the intention, in con junction with the Odin, 16, Captain Scott, of touching at several ports on the eastern coast of the Gulf, in order to seize and destroy any of the enemy's vessels and stores that they meet with. The Cuckoo, 3, Lieutenant A. C. Murray, and Zephyr, 3, Lieutenant Crawley, have arrived from England ; the former on the evening of the 21st, the latter on the morning of the 22d. inst. When abreast of the fortress of Sweaborg, the allied squadron were joined by the Imperieuse ' 50, Captain Watson, and Arrogant, 46, Captain Yel verton ; leaving the Euryalus, 50, Captain George Ramsay, cruising between Helsingfors and Revel. On nearing the Island of Hogland, 80 miles to the eastward of Baro Sound, the Arrogant was sent to examine the anchorage, which, not being deemed suitable, the fleet proceeded in an easterly direction. The Lightning, Captain Sullivan, with Li eu t e nant Commander Jackson, the were Porcupine, sentin advance to indicate a safe course for time The fleet anchored for a short the night, weighing early in th e e larger during ships. morning, and arriving about noon of the 24th at Seskar, a low woody island, situate in lat. 60 deg. 3 min. N., and long. 28 deg. E. and within 30 miles' distance of Cronstadt. Oithis island the fleet is at present at anchor, but for what period it will remain, or whether it will approach still nearer to Cronstadt, has not transpired. The French division of the fleet is in a most effi cient condition, more especially so the Duguesclin, 92, Rear-Admiral Tenant. The crew of this ship have been together for upwards of a year, and are in an excellent state of discipline. The men belonging to some of the other ships are young for the most part ; but by constant drilling at the great guns, both in harbour and at sea, they are becoming very perfect in the various evolutions appertaining thereto. Between the English and French the utmost cordiality prevails. On the day prior to the departure of the fleet from Baro Sound the French officers were entertained at dinner by the officers of the Duke of Wellington. The Bulldog steam frigate, Captain W. H. Hall, joined company with the fleet shortly after their arrival off Seskar. The Gorgon, Commander era craft, was despatched to Dantzic with despatches from the Commander in Chief and officers' letters. The warm weather has set in, and will continue until the middle of August. DANTZIC, June 30. -L - 0n Thursday forenoon, the 22d inst., Admiral Napier, accompanied by both French Admirals, started from Baro Sound for Cronstadt, taking with him all the screw line•ol battle ships (except the Ajax), twelve in number, besides smaller craft ; the French—one screw, five sailing ships, and smaller vessels. Plumridge left in the evening, with " Crickos" in company, for the Gulf of Bothnia. The Basilisk left the sailing division under AdMiral Corry at anchor on the 27th instant, off Baro Sound. The Hecla, passed through the fleet on the 26th in stant, to communicate with the commander-in chief, and reported having made an attack at Bomar Sound (Aland Islands), in company with the Odin and Valorous, upon a masked battery, which they succeeded in silencing, occasionally throwing shell into the principal fort, the shot from which fell short of the steamers. Before leaving, some build ings in the fort were observed to be on fire. A midshipman on board the Hecla (Mr Lucas), picked up a shell that fell upon her deck, and threw it overboard, the fuse at the time being ignited. The May of Dundee (schooner) arrived on the 21st inst., with sundries for the fleet. There is a report that Mr. Murphy (mate), who was in charge of the Vulture's paddle-box boat, and several men, are prisoners. COPENHAGEN, June 27.—A French steam cutter brig, Le Milan, has anchored in Kodjupet, near Stockholm. The Finnish papers are filled with statements, and often with bit ter complaints, against the ravages of the English along their shores. Much of the success of the enemy is attributed to their having obtained the services of so many excellent Finnish pilots. English officers who were engaged at Brahestadt have declared that as they were landing they were attacked by sharpshooters in ambuscade, whereby five officers were killed and sixty men wounded. It was this treachery which induced them to fire the ships and stores. The Norrlands Posten declares that three English sailors tried to escape on shore on their boat being captured at Gamla Carleby, but were seized by the Russian soldiers, tied to a tree, and used as a target for their bullets. A Sardinian frigate is expected at Stockholm, to take on board a number of cannon cast in Sweden. The Royal Swedish College of Commerce has been graciously pleased to declare Glasgow fected with cholera, and the other Soottiah Lard bourn suspected of the same. The harbours in Cork and Waterford are declared free. THE CZAR AND THE POPE. •The Moniteur publishes the following :—Some Russian journals, desirous, no doubt, to deceive the country as to the opinion of Europe upon the policy of their Government, have stated that Pope Pius IX. had openly expressed his wishes fur the success of the arms of the Emperor Nicholas. We shall confine ourselves to the duty of recalling to recollection the fact that the Holy Father, having had occasion, scarcely t., o months ago, to commu nicate with the Ottoman Government upon the subject of the Armenians residing at Constanti nople, expressed himself in regard to the Sultan in the most flattering terms. Upon a more recent occasion—the anniversary of his accession to the pontifical throne, when re ceiving the homage of the Ambassador from the Emperor—the Holy Father renewed to that envoy the assurance of the interest with which he fol lowed all the measures of French policy, and the expression of his hopes for the happy issue of the war in the East. The sentiments of the Court of Rome could not be loft in doubt upon a question where morals and policy were so completely in accord ; and when the Russian press thinks it right to distort facts in order to support its cause, it ought, in the first instance, at least to pay some attention to proba bility. INSURRECTION IN GREECE SALONICA, JUNE 13. The French steamer Solon, Captain Baron Rous sin, arrived here the day before yesterday from Dafne, a port near Mount Athos. It brings news that in consequence of the attitude assumed by the new Greek Cabinet, Caratasso had capitulated to Baron Roussin, with all his men, on the following conditions, but without the intervention of the Turks : 1. Djami Caratasso and his followers, whom he stated numbered 600 men, give up their arms and baggage into the hands of Baron Roussin. 2. They are to be embarked at Dafne, on the 13th of June, either on board the French steamer, or by a► transport, and to be taken to Calcis in the island of Eubea. 3. On their arrival there, Caratasso, his men, and the arms and baggage, are to be placed in the hands of the Greek authorities. The steamer came here purposely to inform the Paella of this event, bringing a letter from the Turkish admiral to obtain coals, and a ship to take off Caratasso and his followers. As a good many Rajahs (subjects of the Porte) are supposed to be amongst Caratasso's followers, measures are being tatten to separate them. Cara tasso left his Lieutenant Zacaropulo in the hands of Baron Roussin as hostage. This news has had a very good effect, as it frees the neighbourhood of Salouica from agitation. It is also hoped now that the continual passage of regular and irregular troops through the villages will cease. The Solon also carried the French consul of Sira, an English man, and three Greek agents, to Thessaly. They ire on a mission to Pappacosta, who exercises great influence over the insurgents, and it is hoped that he will be persuaded to retire with all his followers. Letters which have just come in by the postal steamer from Athens already announce that Pap pacosta, Bazaris, and Tzavella, have recrossed. the frontiers and regained the soil of Greece. FR ANCE. Yelp Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador, was to visit St. Cloud yesterday, in order to present the brother of Omer Pasha to the Emperor. The Moniteur publishes a decree ordering that the vacation of the Council of State shall commence on the 15th of August and dose on the 15th October. The Moniteur contains a decree for the reorgani sation of the Grand Opera, which for a long time past has been in a deplorable state in consequence of the pecuniary embarrassments of the direotor. In terms of this decree the opera will henceforth be under the dixection of the Imperial Civil List, and placed within the attributions of the Minister of the Emperor's household. A commission is in stituted to give advice to the Minister on all ques tions of art, and on all the measures proper to in sure the prosperity of the opera. The commission consists of M. Troplong, President of the Senatel M. Baroche, President of the Council of State ; the Count Bacciochi, First Chamberlain ; M. Rouher, Vice-President f the Council of State ; the Count de Morney ; M. Chaix d'EA-Ange, advocate ; and M. Gautier, secretary-general of the Minister of State. The whole of the present debts and liabili ties of the director of the opera are to be paid off by the civil list, which is henceforth to conduct the establishment at its risk and peril. M. Roqueplan, the present director, is to be continued as director under the new regime, but is to be merely the salaried servant of the State, and to have no risk or responsibility. SPAIN. MILITARY INSURRECTION-MADRID DE CLARED IN A STATE OF SIEGE. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, of June 29, states that General O'Donnel (who was condemned to exile, and was concealed at Madrid) and General Campuzano left on the 27th at the head of 2,000 cavalry of the garrison of Madrid, who have mutinied, and are already on the road to Alcala. The Queen, who was at the Escurial, has returned to the capital with the • President of the Council. Madrid is tranquil. A letter dated Paris this morning, says :—A combat took place yesterday between the rebels and and the Queen's troops. The loss of the insurgents was considerable. The garrison remains faithful. Tranquillity has not been disturbed at Madrid. Orders had been despatched to the adjacent towns to send out troops to surround them. It is said that desertions have taken place from the rebels. Many of them were enticed away from Madrid under pretext of a review. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). The July session of 'the above court commenced this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Aldermen Sir G. Carroll, Moon, and Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. Sheriff Wire, Mr. Under Sheriff Anderson, Mr. Under Sheriff Smith, and the usual authorities of the City of London. The first edition of the calendar comprises the names of 59 prisoners. This is a much smaller number than usual, but it is accounted for by the circumstance that there is always a shorter interval than usual between the June and July sessions on account of the circuits. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, expressed his satisfaction that their labours would be very light on the present occasion, and he observed that, al though there were some very serious cases to be disposed of, yet as the bills were proved at the former session the grand jury would not have the trouble to investigate them. The majority of the cases, he said, were of the ordinary description, and the only case that was likely to present any peculiarity was a charge against three persons connected in some way with the legal profession, and it appeared to be imputed to them that they had, by conspiracy and perjury, endeavoured to obtafn the dis charge of a prisoner upon bail. If these facts should be proved, they amounted undoubtedly in law to an offence, and it would be their duty to find a true bill against the parties. The grand jury then retired. LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 3.—Wind this day at Noon, S. ; light airs, and fine sunshine weather. RAMSGATE, July I.—The schooner reported to have taken ground to-day on the inner part of the North Sand• head of the Goodwin, belonged to Goole. July 2.—Arrived—Capella, from Amsterdam, for Ba• tavia, with cutwater and bowsprit carried away from con• tact with a schooner off Folkstone. SOUTHAMPTON, July 2 . — Arrived—Candia (s a), from Alexandria, left Gibraltar June 27. COWES, July 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Peterhof, from Havannah; Charles Kerr, Maulmain. PLYMOUTH, July 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—William Stewart, from London, for Sydney; Themistocle, Rio Grande, for Havre. Sailed—Candace (a a), for the West Coast of Africa. POOLE, W. and N.W. Sailed—Prince Eugene, for Newfoundland. BRISTOL, July I.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Chaleo, from Africa.; Swordfish, Newfoundland; Pearl, Messina. SHIELDS, July I.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Thalia, from St. John's. QUEENSTOWN, June 30.—Wind, N. Arrived—Wham poor, from Batavia ; Warrior Queen, Mauritius ; Henry Skelton, Cardenas; Nordstjernen, New York; Augusta, do.; Forest State, St. Andiew's, N. 8.; Eliza Morrison, Cardiff, for Valparaiso, leaky in top-sides ; Golden Fleece, Pernambuco ; Joseph Wheeler, Barbadoes, both for Liverpool ; Eleanor Thompson, Cuba ; Luna, Hondu ras ; Two Sisters, do., for London. SCILLY, June o. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Her Ma jesty's steamers Victoria and Albert, from Portsmouth, on a cruise. MILFORD, July 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Strive, from Newport, for New York, leaky. Sailed—Ariel, for New York ; Talent, Quebec; YARMOUTH; N.S., June 17.—The St. Mango, of New Glasgow, from Pict( n, N.S., to Boston, U.S., struck upon one of the Raged Islands off Shelbourne, N.S., June 8, became a wreck, and has been advertised for sale on the 20th of June. CHRISTIANIA, June U.—By advice' from Elsinore of the 21st, the Bonus Finis (sloop), of Stavanger, has been captured by the English, and sent to England; a part of the crew has been landed at Copenhagen. ST. JOHN'S, N. 8., June 19.—The Nova Scotia (barque), from Boston to this port, went on shore near Gannet Boolr. June 14, and it is feared will become a total wreck.