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He had considerable natural quickness of ap pr6hension, intelligence, and activity, and was zealous and anxious to discharge his duties faithfully, added to which he was a kind, good-hearted man, beloved by his dependents. His death is a great loss. Hussein Pasha, who had been in charge of the force at Arab Tabia, now assumed the command of the fortress, and was succeeded by Colonel Latif Bey. The surmise of yesterday regard ing the Russians having sunk a mine under Arab Tabia was confirmed by his springing it about 6 p.m. It was, however, so mismanaged that in place of destroying the bastion the explosion was carried backwards into their own batteries, doing considerable injury to the storming party, who were there all ready to rush in. 5,000 Bashi-Bazouks, under the command of our old Bazard schik acquaintance, Mehemet Pasha, arrived. Nothing beyond the usual cannonade occurred during the night. JUNE 10.---This morning we had another attack on Arab Tabia, in which the enemy was repulsed, with great loss. Our loss is about 100 killed and wounded. The Tenders are to be addressed to her .Majesty's Postmaster- General, and must be delivered not later than 12 o'clock i.oon, on Monday, the 24th Instant, endorsed, "Tenders for the supply of Fire Wood." LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, J LILY 4, 1854. General Post-office, July, 1854. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Court of Directors heray 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 the proprietors of shares registered in this country, on aEd after the sth day of July next, at the office of the Corporation, No. 7, st. Helen's-place, Bishousgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four, and that a further SUM of one p. and five sh Rings per share taken from the profits of the year 1853, wit be paid to the pro prietors at the same time—the latter pay atent eing free of income tax. N 0 . 19,273.] [PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, THIS EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Three. Stalls, is. (which can be taken at the box. office every day from 11 WI 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. THE WAR. THE SEVENTH VOLUME IS Now READY, Price 7s. GI., bound, with Portraits, of the CHEAP EDITION of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEEN'S of ENGLAND. Comprising the Life of MARY 11., Queen Regnant, Consort of William 111. Published for H. Colburn, by his succestors, Hurst and Blackett. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. No transfers can be made between the 20th instant, and the sth proximo, as the books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court, G. DE 13. ATT WOOD, Secretary. No. 7, St. Helen's-place, 6th June, 1854. FAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. —The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY COURT or GENERAL MEEEING of the said COMP ANY will be held, pursu ant to the direction of the Act Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 52, at the DOCK HOUSE, No. 8,1111 liter-square, on FRIDAY, the 14th of July next, for the purpose of choosing and appointing Eight Directors, in the room of those going out of office by rotation. At which Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company, for the Half-year ending the 30th Jane. By Order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, No. 8, Billiter-square, Ist July, 1854. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'Clock precisely. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—TRAVELLING to SCOTL ‘1 , 113 via CARLISLE. — The Public are requested to take notice that on and after the Ist of July (and until further notice) Third-class Passengers from London Will be conveyed daily to Edinburgh and Glasgow only by the Train leaving the Euston Station at 9 a.m., reaching Edinburgh at 8 p.m., and Glasgow at 8.20 p.m., and Third-class Passengers to these cities will cease to be conveyed by the 6.33 a.m. Train. In like manner Third-class Passengers will be conveyed from F dinburgh and Glasgow to London only by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 10.30 a.m., and Glasgow at 10.10 a.m., reaching Euston at 11.25 p.m., and Third class Passengers from these cities will cease to be conveyed by the Trains leaving Edinburgh at 4.50 and Glasgow at 4.30 a.m. Third class Passengers from London to Stirling, and stations north of it, are conveyed by the Train leaving the Euston Station at 8.55 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and from those stations to Londo , on the same days, by the Train leaving Aberdeen at 2.33 P.m., arriving in London at 11 o'clock the following morning. Passengers with first and second class through tickets by any train to Stirling, and stations north of it, may break their journey at Car lisle, by remaining the sight and proceeding the following clay. The new hotel adjoining the station there is open, The usual allowance on family tickets (above a certain amount) will be made to parties proceeding to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling, and places to the north (.f the latter town. Full particulars may be obtained on application to the station-master at Euston. By order. Liston Station, June 1854. BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—" I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my own experience enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent English physicians, as a very agree able and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the Invalid and the robust.—Giessen. May 6. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE ONLY is BOTTLED by PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 534, PALL-MALL. IMPERIAL MEASURE. Quarts, Bs. ; Pints, 55.; Half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of 16 gallons and upwards. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by 11. Laurent , the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. ELEGANT PERSONAL REQUISITES. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.----The suc cessful results of the half century have proved beyond ques tion, that this unique discovery possesses peculiarly nourishing Powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human In the growth of the Beard. Whiskers, Eyebrows, and Mus tachios, it is unfailing in its stimulating operation. Price 3s Gd., 75., or Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. Gd., and double that size, 21s. 114 OWLAND'S KALYDOR.—An Oriental Bo tanical Preparation of unfailing efficacy in thoroughly purl qing the skin from all pimples, spots, redness, Freckles, Tan, and discolorations, in producing a healthy freshness and transparency of complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands and arms. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. RLANDS ODONTO, or PEARL DENTI FRICE, a white powder, Prepared from Oriental Herbs with °W unusual care, and of inestimable value in preserving and beautify ing the Teeth. strengthening the Gums, and in giving sweetness and perfume to the breath. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Beware of Spurious Imitations! The only genuine of each bear the name of " Rowland's " preceding that of the article on the Wrapper or label. Bold by A. ROWLAND SGSoNs, 20, Hatton Garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. CAIITION.—Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS find it necessary to caution the Public, and especially Shippers Of their Ales to the Colonies, against frauds committed by parties in Selling spurious Ales for those of Messrs. Allsopp and Sons. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SANS have felt compelled by the extent to which this disgraceful practice has been carried, to proceed in Several cases by obtaining injunctions from the Court of Chancery, and have ultimately been driven to prosecute criminally for the com mission of this offence. They beg to call attention to the Case of N u the QUEEN v. GRAY and Gosux, in which Lord Campbell sentenced the parties charged to " Twelve Month s ' Imprisonment, with Hard + ur.l—vaair. Times' Ma - "llLorning Advertiser," of the 18th may. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS will thank all persons having rea- Soh to doubt the genuineness of any article sold under their name, to send them the earliest information, in order that immediate steps May be taken for prosecuting the parties. Messrs. ALL4OPP and SONS will be happy to furnish the names of respectable houses, where a supply of their Ales may be depended oil as genuine from the Brewery. Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, Ls a remedy for Relaxation, Spernaatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eralicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cuhebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of avast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, !Stile great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which Unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at i Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, L a ll e m an d, Roux, ass., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ton, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. UNITY OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND.- Mutual co-operation has taken place —an unity of interests has bent discovered, that will render the two nations the admiration of every kingdom en earth. They have their distinct talents and Peculiarities, but, once amalgamated, there is no bound to their pro gress. It will have been observed that E. MOSES and SON were the first to exhibit the c3mmercial consequences of the unity of France and England. France produced its fancy fabrics for SUM MER ATTIRE, and E. MOSES and SON fashioned them into the rm os t approved costume for that snvon, for special or ordinary wear. Thus France has produced for E. MOSES and SON, and they have Manufactured for them—having their Patrons in France as well as all other countries. E. MOSES and SON never overlooked the advantages which the Public derive from the unity of France and England —their present stock of SUMMER ATTIRE is the most satisfactory illustration Which could be attained in HATS, CAPS, FANCY HOSIERY, LADIES' DRESSES, SHAWLS, MANTLES, PARASOLS, &c. Prance and England are represented in the most effective manner at E. MOSES and SON'S City and West- end Branch Establishments, and the 3enetits of the international compact are discerned in the v ery economical prices charged for the most elegant articles of the season. JUVENILE ATTIRE, which E. MOSES and SON have produced for the MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS, partakes of all these advan tages, and is distinguished for novelty and cheapness, which exceeds all former preparations. The WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, which is the largest and Most select Stock of SHIRTS, BOOTS, and SHOES, &c., secures the most desirable advantages to Merchants, Captains, Emigrants, or Courrry Buyers, the articles being much better and considerably cheaper than at any other house. Pull LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladles and Gentlemen, with ship. Balling information, may be had on application gratis or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard she Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehcod of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anti for Obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85 , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-streets Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailors. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset, on Fridays to sunset 0 11 Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Pablic Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure- Inent. Pte., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici I'on parle Francais. Qai si Darla Italian°. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Acma as babla Espano. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY ; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper nlatorrheea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more successful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative BYstem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, excesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrho3a, To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, a nd on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these i mportant disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37 , REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Cdin• burgh, Honorary Member of the Loudon Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &.c., &c. Theessential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal manaaternent which cannot be violated without i ncurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self - indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, add how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional de rangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. l'he Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are Unfort unatelY teen too general l y confided to the care of ignorant uldrics who inflict great injury on those who are in d uce d t o pl ace r, f aith in ).11eIr pretensions. I'TERYous DEBILITY may be had, price 2:, of Messrs. Piper, x t r dthm and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hanna,. 63, Cxford-.treet ; f rn a ' n n,. Cprnhill ; or free by post for thirty stamps, to any address —4 l the Author's residence, 37, Bedford-square. 144 till 4t ho Eightme for consultatioa daily from EleTeU till Iwo, and aom Just published, one volume Bvo., price 55., L.ITTSOMIAN LECTURES on INSANITY ; JLA delivered before the Medical Society of London. By FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L., Late President of the Society, and Editor of the " Journal of Psychological Medicine." London: J. Churchill, Princes street, Soho. Just published, LAYS OF THE WAR. By a GRADUATE, Post Bvo., Is. 0, C. Marcus, 8, Oxford-street. THE VOTE BY BALLOT.—SPEECH of the Right Hon. Sir WM. ➢TOLESWORTH, M.P., in tke House of Commons, 13th June, 1854. Price 2d. ; post free, 4d.; or 12s. per 109. Published by the Vote by Ballot Society, and to be had at their Offices, 5, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, and of E. T. Whit field, 178, Strand, London. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for Consumption, Brochitis, Asthma, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Scrofulous Complaints. Pure and unadulterated, containing all its most active and essential principles—effecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men, and supplied to the leading hospitals of Europe. Half-pint bottles, 29. 6d. ; pints, 4s. 9d. Imperial Measure.—Wholesale and retail depot. ANSAR, BAR FORD, and CO., 77, Strand. THE LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COM• PANY.—Capltal, Two Millions.—Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Greenock, and No. 2, King-street, Cheapside, London. LIFE DEPARTMENT. BONUSES—EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits apportioned to the Assured triennially. No charge whatever for Stamps or Policies. FIRE DEPARTMENT. BONUSES—FIFTY PER CENT. of the Profits apportioned to the Assured annually, on Policies of three years' standing, an advan tage offered by few offices. JAMES NORTHCOTT, Secretary to the London Board. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, NATIONAL ASSURANCE & INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. _ /THE WARRANTS for the HALF-YEARLY JIL. INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, on De posit Accounts, to the 30th June, will be ready for delivery on and after July 10th, and payable daily between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. Parties residing at a distance will, on application, have their Dividend Warrants forwarded for Sienature. The Warrants will be paid on presentation at the Head Office in London, or the amount may be received at the various Branches, orlttirough Country Bank ers, without delay or expense. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 21st June, 1854. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Investment Accounts sent free on application. IMPORTANT TO HOUSES OF BUSINESS. Reduction on the Government Duty on Fire Insurances to Insurers. UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Capital Two millions, with Seven Thousand Shareholders. Chief Offices :-40, Pall-mall, London. Insurers in the " UNITY " are allowed the MI Discount which the Office receives from the Government upon the Duty chargeable on their Policles, at the rate of 51. per cent. on Country, and 41. per cent. on London policies. Insurers receive Two-thirds of the Profits. Parties desirous of insuring with this Association may be personally waited upon by a gentleman from the Office, and thus be spared all trouble or loss of time. Applications for Prospectuses, Agencies, and all other information, are requested to be made to THOMAS H. BAYLIS, General Manager and Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN ANCZ SOCIETY, No, Establisl FUND LIFE ASSITR . 26, Cornhill, London. in 1838. A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. I E. S. Symes, MD. John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. I J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. 3. Leander Starr, Esq. (General). I Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor John Radford Young. MEDICAL EXAMINIRS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Wooßlouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Ewens, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to] 1 41 0 e9 0 4 0 14 4663 4 , 01 194- 'Under the following hitia are briefly entmerated principles of this Society : OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life Assurance may be effected either by One Payment, or • 32.. A o b Lu y itf Policies: l A ,mswithdrawingua Annual ryarib coo P en roe,: one-half l u t fbo n Premium, f e w ff t the y this privilege, the rates arttlieeAdolnor'owl no w ealrt it h h er o a u lyi t fine t oo h of e ts p . riv l l f le w ge ith of Joint Lives or Survi vors hi ps. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingen also men, not Endowments for n active i dhil Children. a t n , o t w h i e l r l , on be 5. lavai granted;and Milit ar yrcign service, as sure I without extra charge, and allowed to with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment go abroad of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not requiring to continue the Pollee, on its surrender one-half the annual payments will be returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this means, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is re moved. its cash va'ue being fixed and determined beforehand by the Society at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon a vast class of society will thereby be admitte d ; and every indivi :nal, while steadily pursuing one object — a pro vision fir his family at death— will have, by the plan of this Society, a door o p en to his savings, which will never be closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance, and every description of ne•iessary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rates, and full information on all points, fUrnished, on ap plication at 26, Cornhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville,gab-Governor. George rearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. Robert Ilanbury, jan., Esq. William Soltan, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE---SRMUCI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Midsummer will expire on the 9th of July. FIRE ani LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Participating Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee ling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees , and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia. LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted ander Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older lite office in existence. _ . FARMING STOCK. The Corporation having determined on a reduction of " One Shil ling per Cent." in the rate of Premium for the Insuranee of Farm ing Stock and Utensils in England and Wales, the Company's agents have been fully instructed upon the subject, and aro authorised to accept Insurances on that class of property accordingly. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGIIA.M, Actuary and Secretary. G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. NOTICE.—DAY TICKETS are issued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them or by the London and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Raliway will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WN ER DAYS. SUNDAYS. Terrace Pier Time 7% 8% 11% 1% 3% 5 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch•street Stati very quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICIC WIIARF. BLACKWALL, lowing Trains from the Fenchurc wEmc DAYS. ion to all parts of London , on the arrival of the fol ;h-street Station. SUNDAYS, Fen church Street Fen ch arch Street Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .• Os. 10d. Betwaen Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, L. Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os.; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Pac'iets or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Company, Star Office, Fenchurch street Terminus, Blackwall Railway. July 1, 1854. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Under the Patronage of 11.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Establishment is now placed UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT, and that alterations and improvements are in progress in all its departments, which it is hoped will render it even more worthy of the support of the public than it has hitherto been. Communications in future should be addressed to J. H. Pepper, Esq., the Resident Director. All the LECTURES, OPTICAL and other EXHIBITIONS, are continued as usual. Open daily from Eleven till Five, and every Evening except Satan day from Seven till Ten. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children ender ten years of age, Half-price. CANADA. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. MONTREAL, JUNE 19.—0 n Tuesday last his Ex cellency the Governor-General proceeded in state to the Chamber of the Legislative Council, in the Parliament-buildings, Quebec. The members of the Legislative Council being assembled, his Ex cellency was pleased to command the attendance of the Legislative Assembly, and, that house being present, his Excellency was pleased to open the Second Session of the Fourth Provincial Parlia ment with the following speech : " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Asssembly, " During the recess the province has sustained, I re gret to say, serious loss by fire, in the destruction of the Houses of Parliament, and of the building which was subsequently secured for the temporary occupation of the legislature. The best arrangements practicable under the circumstances have been made for your ac commodation. "Her Majesty the Queen, our most gracious Sove reign, having failed in her anxious and protracted en deavours to preserve for her people the blessings of peace, has felt herself called upon by regard for an ally, the in tegrity and independence of whose empire have been re cognised as essential to the peace of Europe, by the sympathies of her people with right against wrong, and by a desire to avert from her dominions most injurious consequences, to tike tup arms in oonjuction with the Emperor of the French for the defence of the Sultan. " The manifestations of loyalty to the Sovereign and sympathy with the parent state which have been so general throughout the province at this conjuncture, will, I am confident, be heartily responded to by the legislature. The cordial co-operation of England and France in this war is well calculated to call forth the sympathies of the inhabitants of a country peopled mainly by the descendants of those two powerful em pires. Having during my recent visit to England been ho noured by the Queen's command to endeavour to effect the settlement of various important questions bearing upon the interests of the British North American pro vinces which had been long pending between the Go vernment of Great Britain and the United States, I pro ceeded to Washington, where, after frank discussion with the authorities of the United States, I was enabled ononelude - a - treaty which now awaits ratification, upon terms which it is my firm conviction will prove in the highest degree advantageous to the colonies generally, as well as to the United States. A measure to give effect to that treaty will be submitted for your approval. " I will communicate to you a despatch which I have received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with reference to the addresses to the Queen from the two Houses of the Legislature on the subject of the con stitution of the Legislative Council, transmitted by me at the close of the last session of the provincial parlia ment, in order that they might be laid at the foot of the throne. " I recommend to your consideration the passing of a law for bringing into early operation the act of last session which extends the elective franchise, in order that a constitutional expression of opinion may be ob tained as speedily as possible under the system of repre sentation recently established on the various important questions on which legislation is required. " Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, " The public accounts for the past year and the esti mates for the present year will be submitted to you with out delay ; and I rely with confidence on your willing ness to make the necessary provision for the exigencies of the Government. " The prosperous condition of the revenue may sug gest to you the propriety of making such redu c ti on i n th e tariff as may be compatible with security to the public creditor, and efficiency in the public service. "Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen, "During my sojourn in England, I was muc h s t ruc k by the proofs which I received from all qu ar t ers o f i n • creasing interest in Canadian affairs, and I trust th a t m y acquaintance with the provin ce derived from long resi dence within it, may have enabled me to render some service in spreading more widely a knowledge of its re sources and of the feelings of the inhabitants. " Although a state of warfare has a necessary ten dency to restrict operations involving large expenditures of capital, I feel confident that the credit of Canada has attained a position in English opinion which it never before achieved, and that, to enable you to retain it, no thing is requisite but prudence in your undertakings and the maintenance of the high character for fidelity to pecuniary engagements which the province has at all times borne." The house having adjourned, it did not meet until Friday, when the house voted an address echoing the sentiments of his Excellency. The paragraph relating to the war is thus expressed : " This house heartily responds to the manifestations of loyalty to her Majesty the Queen our Most Gracious Sovereign, and of sympathy with the parent state, which have been so general throughout the province, at this conjuncture, when her Majesty having failed in her anxious and protracted endeavours to preserve for her people the blessings of peace, has felt herself called upon by regard for an ally, the integrity and independence of whose empire has been recognised as essential to the peace of Europe, by the sympathies of her people with right against wrong, and by a desire to avert from her dominions most injurious consequences, to take up arms in conjunction with the Emperor of the French for the defence of the Sultan ; and that we believe the cordial co-operation of England and France in this war is well calculated to call forth the sympathies of the inhabitants of this country, peopled mainly by the descendants of those two powerful empires." From a report just published by the Montreal Board of Trade, it results that in 1827 the exports from the British American provinces to the United States fell short of half a million dollars ; in 1852 they exceeded six millions. In 1849 the entire exports and imports amounted to eight millions of dollars. In 1852, after an interval of only three years, they had increased in amount to sixteen mil lions. In 1849 the exports and imports from the Canadas alone amounted in round numbers to five millions ; in 1852 they had more than doubled, amounting to eleven millions. In 1849 the quantity of wheat exported to the States from the Canadas was equivalent to about 25,000 barrels ; in 1852 it amounted to nearly 467,000 barrels. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODDOE.—The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets state that business was limited. A slight increase in the demand for coffee had created greater firmness, and for some descriptions higher rates had been paid. Sugar, raw and refined, exhibited little variation. Sales of rice had caused an unfavourable reaction, the state of the weather having been good for the grain crops. Metals were heavy, and but few transactions had taken place in indigo. COMPLETION OF MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS.—CHEAP EDITION.—The seventh and conclud ing volume of this work is just published. " This volume possesses even snore interest than any of the pre ceding. The work stands at the head of this class of English literature. Wholly different from the Diaries of Evelyn and Pepys, or the Letters of Walpole and Lady Wortley Montague, it possesses, in a high degree, some of their hest qualities. The great charm of Madame D'Arblay's Diary and Correspondence is to be traced to their good sense and ingenuousness. The air of a court had not spoiled her natural character. Madame D'Arblay had the good fortune to mix largely with the most dis tinguished persons of her time ; she was admitted to a closer view of the domestic life of the Royal Family than almost anybody else, and her literary reputation drew around her crowds of people celebrated for taste and genius. These circumstances contribute to cufer a peculiar value upon the work."—Atlas. A TROOP FLEET. ----- The Royal William, 120, Waterloo, 120, St. Vincent, 102, Hannibal, 91, Algiers, 91, Powerful, 84, Calcutta, 84, and Formidable, 84, are all under orders to proceed to Cherbourg, and embark French troops to aid in ope rations in the Baltic. It is for this object, and not as stated by all the Portsmouth papers on Saturday last, that a " formidable fleet" is to be formed. The St. Vincent, 102, Captain Elliot, is now being fitted up a Spithead with all despatch to receive these troops, and will sail on Thursday, attended upon by the Sphynx steam-frigate, She will embark, it is reported, 2,000 troops, her lower deck guns having been removed for their accommodation. The Algiers, 91, Captain Talbot, passed Portsmouth from Devonport on Sunday night for Cherbourg. The Colossus, Captain Robinson, has ceased fitting, having lent her men to help in expediting the St. Vincent, Termagant, and Sphynx for this special service. The latter will be ready this day (Tuesday), and the Termagant on the 11th. The latest news from the Black Sea fleet is contained in a letter from Baltschik Bay, dated the 19th ult., at which date the Britannia, Agamemnon, Albion, Queen, Trafalgar, Rodney, London, Retribution, Apollo, and Banshee were at anchor there. The Caradoc despatch vessel arrived there on the 16th from Varna, Lord Raglan, Colonel Steele, and C o l one l L or d B urg h ers h . Lord Raglan was received with a salute from the Eng lish and French flagships, and left for Varna in the evening, where a large party, consisting of the Duke of Cambridge, General Sir George BroivAlujp., met him at dinner on board the Bellerophon. He started that night in the Caradoc for Constantinople. The French fleet was lying at Baltschik, and the Turkish fleet at Kavarn a. Mr. Dalyell, Acting-Lieutenant of the Terrible, has been promoted by Vice-Admiral Dundas to the rank of Lieutenant, vice Sir Henry Blackwood, deceased. The Apollo troop and store ship was to leave to Baltschik on the 19th ult., with obsolete stores for Malta. The Bellerophon, Vengeance, Arethusa, Sidon, and Spitfire, with the French ships of the line Henri Quatre and Bayard, and three steam•frigates, and two Turkish line of battle ships, were at Varna on the 18th ult. Commander Spratt, of the Spitfire, was employed in surveying Lake Devno, in order to the baggage, &c., of the land forces being forwarded that far in flat-bottomed boats. The Sidon towed the London on the 16th ult. to Baltschik, and returned to Varna in the afternoon with the Vengeance in tow. Lord George Paulet has been giving large dinner parties to the naval and mili tary dignitaries on board the Bellerophon at Varna. The Sanspareil and Sampson are on the coast of Cir cassia. The Highflyer is gone on a secret mission. The Terrible and Furious are reconnoitring off Sebastopol. Admirals Dundas and Lyons and some of the captains of their fleet went from Baltschik to Varna on the 17th to pay their respects to the Duke of Cambridge. The following is a copy of a letter from Sir Charles Napier to Captain H. R. Yelverton, commanding her Majesty's ship Arrogant, enclosing a desp a t c h f rom th e Duke of Newcastle, expressing the Queen's great satisfaction at the gallantry and zeal displayed by the officers and men of her Majesty's ships Arrogant and Hecht at the destruction of the defences of the town of Ekness "Duke of Wellington, Baro Sound, June 16. " Sir,—l beg to forward a copy of a despatch I have received from the Admiralty, conveying the Queen's sat isfaction at the gallantry and skill displayed by the officers and men of the Arrogant and Hecla at the late attack at Ekness, and it gives me great satisfaction to transmit it to you, and in assuring you I highly estimate your conduct in managing your ship and the Hecla through such an intricate navigation. " I have the honour to be, sir, " Your obedient servant, "CHARLES NAPIER, "Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. "To Captain Yelverton, Commanding Her Majesty's ship Arrogant." (Enclosure No. 1.) " Admiralty, J u ne 6. " Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 23d ult., transmitting a report from Captain Yelverton, of her Majesty's ship Ar rogant, of the operations at Ekness, I am commanded by their Lordships to express to you their satisfaction in en closing a letter from the Duke of Newcastle conveying her Majesty's great satisfaction at the gallantry and skill dis played by the officers and men of the Arrogant and Hecla on this occasion. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " B. 'OSBORNE. "To Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, &c." --- (Enclosure No. 2.) " Downing-street, June G. "My Lords,—l have laid before the Queen the papers transmitted to me by your Lordships relative to the de struction of certain batteries at Ekness, and I have received her Majesty's commands to desire that you will signify to the Vice-Admiral commanding her Majesty's fleet in the Baltic her Majesty's great satisfaction at the gallantry and skill displayed by the officers and men of the Arrogant and Hecla on this occasion. " I am, my Lords, " Your Lordships' humble obedient servant, " NEWCASTLE. _ _ _ " To the Lords Commissioners of the Adrnfralii." ;.--- The Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, was to leave the Gulf of Finland on the 2d inst., for England to recruit her crew, replace the lost paddlebox boat, &c. Sir Charles Napier was off Seskar on the 24th ult., with the Duke of Wellington, Hogue, St. Jean d'Acre, Imperieuse, Blenheim, Princess Royal, James Watt, Edinburgh, Cmsar, Cressy, Royal George, Majestic, Arrogant, and Nile ; and the French ships Austerlitz (screw), Inflexible, Darien, Hercule, Jaroe, Duguesclin, and Indret. These were towed by their own paddle wheel steamers and screws, except the Austerlitz ' which was towed by our Ma g i c i enne. Three F r ench ships, the sailing squadron, and the Ajax (screw), are left with Admiral Corry, watchinl• Sweaborg. Admiral Plum ridge has gone back to the Gulf of Bothnia with two or three small vessels. Our Malta correspondent in his letter, dated Juno 26, says,— "The arrival of a French mail-boat from Alexandria menab leslast, m h e e y t e o n d c o w n h t i i n e u h e t t h h e o r e s is lit of h a i r n r g i v e al s theof s t l r i o g o h p t s e since st in terest to communicate. " June 22.—Rip Van Winkle No. 82, from Liverpool 32 days,—Captai n C ampbell, C O rnet Hartop, Veterinary Surgeon Poett, 67 t roopers and 65 horses, Ist Royal Dra goons, Assistant-S urgeon Casach 47th Regiment. "June 23.—Burmah No. 85 —Lieutenant Morgan, Cornet' from Kingstown, 25 days, Muttlebury, 47 men, 41 horse., together w ith an assistan t-surgeon (name not given) of 4th Dragoo n Guards. steamer, from Wool wich 10 days,—Lieutenants 0 The Taurus Assistant- Surgeon Loughnan, • commissariat officers (D. A. C. G.) Gerraud and Bailey, 95 rank and file R al Artillery. "June 24.—William Jack ' Owen and Sterling, —Major Forrest, Capt • ain Robertson Cornet Wilkinson 53 troopers, and 56 horses, 4th DraGuards; son No. 93, from Kingstown, z on Assistant- Surgeon Pollard, 93d Regimen -`) • t ; Veterinary Surgeon Delany (Staff). 98 , from Pl ymouth 19 d ays ,—C ap t a i n To‘ Ta,l Tower, er Quarter master J. Marshall, Assistant - Surgeon Boats, 55 men, and a t ve ie r n a, te No. Hunt, Cornet Rawlinson, 56 horses, 6th Dragoons. " Cormorant, No. 103, screw steamer, Woolwich, 11th, —Captains Brandling and Spurway, Lieutenant Tillard, Assistant -Surgeon Fasson, 35 horses, and 42 troopers, Royal Horse Artillery. "Besides the English troops, the passage of the French has been active since the 22d inst. "The Jean Bart, with 17 officers and 1,100 troops, has reached and proceeded to her destination, and a number of transports carrying their living burdens of men and horses, in number—men 450, horses 474 ; and the Thabor, with 14 officers and 518 men." Yesterday evening the mail for the British army in Turkey and the fleet in the Black Sea was made up, and forwarded from the General Post-office, via Mar seilles and Constantinople. The mail for the Baltic Fleet, via Dantzic, will be made up and despatched this evening. Intelligence was yesterday received that on the 11th of June the Eurydice, Captain Ornnaanney ; the Mi randa, Captain Lyons ; and the Brisk, Captain Sey mour, forming the British portion of the White Sea squadron, sailed from Hammerfest , for Vardo, to operate against thei Russians. Advices were received yesterday, under date Ham burg, July 2, announcing that a part of the allied fleets, under the command of Sir C. Napier, had advanced to the Isle of Siskaer, near Cronstadt, without meeting any resistance. Advices were received yesterday, under date Christi ania, June the 24th, announcing that the Bonus Finus, Hulm master, had been captured by her Majesty's cruisers, attempting to break the blockade, and sent home a prize to England. Yesterday another Russian prize, called the Franciska, Michelson master, arrived at Sheerness in charge of a prize crew. Another Russian ship, called the Ernest Mork, has been seized by the Customs' authorities at the port of Hull, with simulated papers ; the necessary proceedings have been taken in the Court of Admiralty to insure her condemnation. The Sphynx, 6, Captain Clifford, is taking in a supply of coals in Portsmouth harbour, and will leave for Spit head this day. The screw steam-ship Malacca, 17, has been commis sioned by Captain Farquhar, and is to be fitted for sea with all expedition, and yesterday the entry of men to form her crew commenced at the naval rendezvous, Tower-hill. Her Majesty's ship Spy has been put in commission by Lieutenant R. Boyle ; the Merlin, paddlewheel steamer, is ordered round from Deptford to Woolwich. Both these ships are to be brought forward for service immediately. Her Majesty's ship Mariner, 12, Captain F. John stone, arrived at Plymouth, from Cork, yesterday, hav ing been on a cruise. Yesterday her Majesty's ship Wolverine, 12 guns, Captain J. Corbett, arrived in the Downs from the river, en route for the West Indies, The French transport ship Infatigable sailed from off Deal yesterday to join the allied fleet in the Baltic. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, returned to Portsmouth from her five days' cruise yesterday (Monday) morning, and hay ing replenished coals from the dockyard, hauled off to her moorings ready for service. The Black Eagle steam yacht arrived at Sheerness at 11.30 a.m. yesterday, from Chatham, with the Right Hon. Sir James R. G. Graham, Dart., G.C.B. M.P., &c., Rear-Admi ra l M aur i ce F . F . Berkeley, M.P., P &0., and Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, R N., K.C.8., who made an official visit to the Hannibal and Daunt less ; after which they proceeded on shore, and left again at 6 p.m., by the North Kent Railway, for Lon don. A number of the naval coast volunteers have entered to go out to the Baltic to bring home the Russian prizes taken by her Majesty's cruisers. The following appointments have been made : Captain George A. Eliot (1838), from the St. Vincent, 102, guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth, to command the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Captain George Mansel (1840), from the Powerful, 84, to command the St. Vincent, vice Eliot. Masters—Henry Harper (1843), from the Powerful, to the St. Vincent ; Joseph N. King (1828), from the St. Vincent, to the Powerful; Thomas H. Fraser (1849), to the Malacca, 17, screw steam-sloop, at Chatham. Assistant-surgeons—Jam es F. Stoddart (1850), to the Spy, 3, brigantine, at Chatham ' • John L. P a l mer (1848), to the Jackall stea m - vesse l , at Woolwich. Clerk Frederick Lucas (paymaster of 1854), to the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice at Lloyd's that ships were required to convey 300 tons of ordnance stores, shot, and tilled shells to Malta ; six tons of ordnance stores to St. John's, New Brunswick ; and 72 tons to Cape Coast Castle ; 90 tons of victualling stores to Halifax ; eight tons and a half of victualling, medical, and ordnance stores to Valparaiso, and one officer and 56 men to St. Helena. Their Lordships also gave notice that several steam vessels of not less than 900 tons burden were required to convey troops to the Black Sea. A Southampton correspondent informs us that the Royal Mail steamer Orinoco is being prepared for sea, to take out a regiment of infantry, and the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ships Himalaya and Simla. The former is ordered to embark a regiment of cavalry from Plymouth. The Government has also chartered the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's steamer Prince, of 2,760 tons, now fitting at Blackwall, for the conveyance of troops. The whole of these steamers are to be got ready without delay. 13 waggons full of musket ball-cartridges (weighing about 60 tons), and other mi litary stores, have arrived at Southampton for shipment to the East. The destination of the troops to be sent out by the Orinoco, Himalaya, Prince, and Simla, is not known, but it is understood the steamers are to proceed direct to Constantinople, there to receive orders as to their final destination, which is supposed to be a port in the Crimea, for the purpose of co-operating with the land and sea forces now in the Black Sea, in a combined attack on Sebastopol. The depots of the 3d (Buffs), at Newry, and the 62d (Wiltshires), in Belfast, have been ordered. to send out strong draughts to the service companies of their re spective regiments stationed at Malta with the least possible delay. DEPARTURE OF THE SCOTS GREYS. The 2d Royal North British Dragoons, or Scots Greys, having been ordered on foreign service, left Nottingham yesterday. The occasion of their departure excited great enthusiasm in the town, and it was calculated that 30,000 persons were present. On reaching the centre of the market-square, they were met by a civic procession from the Exchange, headed by Mr. Reckless, the mayor, and Mr. Mundella, the sheriff, and which consisted of the magistrates, town council, the municipal officers, many of the principal townsmen, and by all the corporation servants in their ancient livery, bearing the mace and other insignia. The mayor's valet carried the "loving cup," presented to the Nottingham corporation by Henry, Duke of Newcastle, in 1631 ; and other attend ants conveyed a plentiful supply of wine wherewith to replenish it. The " Health of her Majesty the Queen" having been drank with great enthusiasm, the Mayor, grasping the "loving cup," addressed Colonel Griffiths in energetic terms, telling him that it was the wish of the corporation and people of Nottingham to drink, on the eve of their departure for the East, "Success and prosperity to the noble regiment of Scots Greys." His worship having drunk to his toast, the cup was passed round, and the civilians within the circle did the same, the band meantime playing "Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled" and other stirring tunes ; the people, who thronged every inch of pavement, every window around, and nearly all the housetops, meanwhile waving flags and handkerchiefs, and unanimously cheering with enthu siasm. Colonel Griffiths, having expressed his anxious desire to return a complimentary toast, was asked to allow his men to partake of a parting cup of "Notting ham ale," which the corporation ordered immediately. He then proposed "The Health of the Mayor, Corpora tion, and every individual of the town of Nottingham," which was drunk by the officers from the " loving cup," and by the troops from their cups of ale, with three times-three hearty cheers, and many more. The Rev. S. M'All gave a few words of exhortation and a parting blessing, shortly after which the order to march was given amid hearty cheering. DIARY OF TRE SIEGE AT SILIST.RIA. We make the following extracts from a detailed account of the siege of Silistria : May 16.—At five in the morning the enemy opened fire from his batteries on the islands, and continued to throw shot and shell into the town throughout the day. Casualties, 12 killed ; wounded, no return. The amount of casualties, particularly of the wounded, is exceed ingly difficult to be ascertained, as no return of wounded is made, and the amount of killed is frequently con cealed. The amount of killed and wounded among the townspeople, of course I do not attempt to estimate ; they have remained, however, throughout the siege in vaults of their own construction, where they bad taken refuge on the bombardment commencing. We estimate the total force of the enemy on both sides of the river to be about 35,000 men. 17th.—Cannonade commenced at daybreak, and continued throughout the day till about seven p.m. Between 10 and 11 heard smart firing beyond Arab Tabia, and a report circulating in the garrison that a force from Shunala, marching to our relief, is attacking the Russians. Much excitement in consequence. On arriving there I found, however, it proceeded merely from our skirmishers being hotly engaged with those of the enemy ; the former after some time driven in as be fore from want of guns, severely shelled as they retired. The Russians, however, not advancing, they were again sent out. The enemy during this day having obtained the range of the north-east bastion (Tschengel), it be came necessary to place gabions on the top of the parapet to shelter the men from his fire. While this work was going on during the night, a furious fire was opened on it as well as the northern face of the works, and was continued at intervals, answered by our guns, till morn ing. 18th.—A four-gun battery, erected during last night on the island of Salhane, opposite the Tschengel bastion, opened this morning. The Russian fire throughout the day was very slack, ceasing nearly altogether between ten and twelve. At sunset it increased, and was sharply carried on during the night. The sick were removed from the hospital and put under canvass below the citadel, the former situation not being safe from the enemy's shell. 19th.—The enemy broke ground, opening his first parallel across the Rassova road, at a distance of nearly two miles from the fortress. Its extreme right resting on the river, where a steamer keeps pace with his move ments, supplying materials from the opposite side, the parallel extends along the line of heights next but one to Arab Tabia. Another battery on Salhane was opened for the purpose of silencing Fort Yelanli. An officer who had been sent to Shumla to report the commence ment of the siege returned with Omer Pasha's answer, that we were not to expect any relief for at least fifteen days. The trees to the east of the town were directed to be cut down ; this order, however, like many other Turkish ones, was not carried out. Firing continued throughout the night, some of the shells sent from the enemy's batteries on the opposite side bursting close to the citadel, a distance of fully two miles. 20th.—The enemy commenced his second line of batteries on this side of the Danube. About half-past three a smart affair commenced, and lasted about two or three hours, between our Chasseurs and Albanians and the enemy's riflemen. Butler accompanied the skirmishers, who drove the enemy, nearly double their number, over the hill, into the valley beyond, although his field-pieces kept up a vigorous fire of grape and shell on them the whole time. Butler says that the Russian riflemen worked well, taking admir able advantage of every cover afforded, whence they kept up a brisk fire on our men as they advanced. During the affair a battalion of Egyp tians, who had been thrown out in reserve, were foolishly brought forward by their commanding officer in line— n a . mistake of which the enemy did not fail to take ad tage, directing on them a severe fire from both gunesvaand light troops, till he forced them to retire over t - th hill. in l edia While doing so, some shells falling m the battalion caused a slight confusion in its rear re ranks, about ks ie u rm nt e il i on Butler's suggestion, the commanding officer his men, and made them lie down under the brow of the bill. A man who had been found within the . enemy' s line by some of our skirmisher s on their advance, W as brought in, suspected of bei n g a spy,an , d, not bei ng able to give a satisfactory ac count of himself, was ordered into confinement. Cannonade lasted the greater part of the night ; not replied to by us. 21st.—About 10 a.m . we heard firing in the direction of Arab Tabia and the ground between it and th e r i ver. We hurried up there, and found our skirmishers h ar d a t work in the same po sition as on tue 17th. Two Circas sians (one of them severely wounded) were brought in as prisoners, and told us that at 2 o'clock a general at tack on the redoubt would take place, a thing which seeme d by no means unlikely from the disposition - of the enemy, who had been distributi ng hi s forces as if with s ome view of this nature all the morning. At a quarter before 2 o'clock p.m. two large bodies of cavalry were seen advancing against Arab Tahiti, while a third body, with infantry, proceeded westward towards the ground in front of the citadel. On the guns of Arab Tabia and Fort Order opening on them, however, they retired, and left us for the day. Cannonade on the town as usual, • We got up a sweepstakes to name the day on which we shall be relieved, each naming the day he thought most probable. They ranged from the 3d to the 15th of June, Mussa Pasha having chosen the first and his se cretary the last of these dates. Casualties, seven killed. 22d—Enemy's fire slackened in the course of the forenoon and ceased altog e th er f or a b ou t t wo h ours, after which he opened a very heavy fire on the Arab and Yelanli forts from seven batteries at once—practice very good. Demonstrations against these forts con tinued all day. Made out from the Circassian priso ners that Paskiewitech was commanding, and not the Archduke Constantine as was previously supposed. Casualties, upwards of 50 killed and wounded. 23 d.—During the night the enemy threw up a 15- gun battery beyond Arab Tabia, and three additional ones on Salhane. From all these he opened fire on Yelanli and Arab Tabia in the afternoon. 24th—(Queen's birthday)—Received the weloome news from Mussa Pasha that in eight days we might expect to see the English red-jackets topping the heights. Nothing particular occurred to-day, and in the evening Butler and I loyally drank her Majesty's health in a mugfull of sour wine. 25th—The quiet the enemy has maintained yester terday and to-day bodes no good. An orderly from Mussa Pasha requested our attendance at his quarters, where he found a council of war assembled to decide oil,a very important question. In the middle of this a tremel dons hailstorm came on, and the enemy, taking advan tage of, it, commenced an attack, under g a furious can nonade, on Arab Tabia. A body of cavalry with guns suddenly appeared in front of it, when, halting at a short distance, from behind each horseman leapt an in fantry soldier ; these formed up, and commenced an ad vance on the redoubt, but being received by a severe fire from its defenders, the cavalry halted, leaving a gun be hind, and the infantry drew out of range, and quietly began to pitch their tents in the valley below. We had hardly returned to our quarters in a little barrack inone of the bastions when the alarm was again given, and drums beat to arms. Scuttling back in the dark, knee deep in mud, and fancying from the sound, which ap peared very close, that the body of the place was a tt ac k e d, we were suddenly called on to halt by the gruff chal lenge of a sentry demanding the parole. Doubtful of accomplishing the correct pronunciation of a 12- syllabled Turkish word, we answered Inglis Zabit (i.e. English officers), a reply which seemed fully to satisfy the curiosity of the inquirer. Arrived at the rallying point, the Stamboul gate, we found an attack taking place on the forts of Yelanli and Arab Tabia. It lasted upwards of an hour, during which time an uninterrupted flash and roll of musketry proceeded from that direction, while shells were sent blazing through the air in all directions from both our own and the enemy's batteries. By 10 o'clock it was all over, and soon after a report from each of these forts showed that we had suffered little damage in the affair. Dur ing the day a Turkish officer, who had been made prisoner at Kalafat and afterwards escaped from the Russians, arrived—he states the force opposite to be 100,000 men. Rockets, thrown at Arab Tabia and Ye lanli fort, were used for the first time by the enemy here. 26th.—A few solitary shot and shell only thrown by the enemy this day. He is not idle, however, being employed in fortifying his position, constructing strong breastworks on the Ada Kien heights, as if with the view of awaiting the arrival of the allies. 27th.--The Russians during the night have cleared the neighbourhood of their position of all wood that might afford cover to the riflemen of the allies, showing mueh greater foresight th an our f r i en d s t h e T urks. Considerable injury was done to the blockhouse and parapets of Fort Yelanli by the enemy's shot and shell during the cannonade of this forenoon. About sunset the enemy turned his attention to the abovenamed forts, opening a strong fire from hi s b a t ter i es upon them, to gether with rockets during the night. He seems to have abandoned all idea of the town, for the present at least, and appears intent on taking Arab Tabia, thereby completing his line and securing a retreat in the event of being defeated. He has now a large redoubt on the Ada Kien hill, and is busy constructing another near the river. On the former he has a sort of observatory, on which some of the Turkish sentries told me they had soon ladies. I suspect what they saw 'were only some Russian officers in their long greatcoats. 28th.—Awoke about 3 a.m. by a furious cannonade, which last:all day. Another council of war on the subject of making a sortie on the enemy's batteries ended in smoke, ' Mussa Pacha not being able to make up his mind to risk the loss of men that might ensue. A watercourse, which supplied part of the town, and which at the commence ment of the siege had been cut off by the Russians, was again allowed to run by them. About midnight aroused by the report of musketry from Arab Tabia, and on reaching the rampart at the Stamboul-gate found that a second and much more serious attack on that work was going on. The first assault was on the left face, the enemy actually penetrating into the redoubt before they were observed. A Russian officer who led it, and cut down a lieutenant of artillery, was immediately brained by a handspike. A severe and desperate struggle took place, terminating in the repulse of the enemy, who were driven into the ditch, having suffered severely from our grape and canister tearing through them. Re-form ing, they again attempted it in the same place, led gal lantly on with drums beating, but were again driven back with great slaughter. After about a quarter of an hour a third attack was made, this time on both left and front faces at once, but meeting with the same determined resistance. After a bloody fight the Rus sians were finally beaten off, the Albanians pursuing them into their own batteries. The force in Arab Tabia at the time was only four battalions of Egyptians and 500 Albanians, under the command of Hussein Pasha. The lowest estimate of the numbers with which the enemy attacked is nine battalions, and it is not improbable, from the number of his dead found in and about the fort, that this is considerably under the mark. The affair lasted from midnight till after daybreak, and is one of the most brilliant occurrences in the whole course of the siege. Casualties, 68 killed, and 121 wounded, many officers being among the former. The loss of the enemy may be reckoned at 2,000 killed and wounded, although those who removed the bodies declared there was up wards of this amount in killed alone, which allowing for wounded in the smallest proportion, would bring their loss to upwards of 6,000. 29th.—Went down to the Stamboul-gate, where we saw the arms, accoutrements, &c., of the enemy's slain being received and registered. While there a ruffian threw down before Mussa Pasha a pair of ears, which he said he had cut from the head of a Russian officer. He was quite surprised at the Pasha, instead of rewardin, him as he had expected, ordering the ears to be buried, and turn ing from lion with disgust. Several heads were also brought down, but were not allowed inside the walls. It is to be hoped that this disgraceful mutilation of the dead will be abandoned by the Turks when they come to act in concert with the Allies, it being, moreover, in direct violation of a special firman from the Sultan. In justice to the Turkish soldiers, I must state this bruta lity was confined chiefly to the irregulars and towns people, who seemed to take a savage delight in dis figuring the bodies of those with whom. the latter had not even been engaged. In the afternoon Butler and I went up to Arab Tabia, where the enemy's conical bul lets were singing through the air in great profusion. Heaps of dead were lying in the ditch and about it. All k the former were stripped, and many were headless. The Russian riflemen had apparently done their best to pre vent the mutilation of those outside, as most, if not all, still wore their clothes, although their arms and accoutrements had been brought in. While at Arab Tabia we saw a body of infantry, with . cavalry thrown out, which had, as they came in sight in the distance, on the brow of the hill near Medjidie, all the appearance of the advanced guard of a large force. Cries resounded on all sides that the Shumla re- lieved army had arrived. Off we galloped, taken in like the rest, to welcome them. It turned out, however, to be merely a clever dodge of Hussein Pasha's to deceive the enemy, and make them suppose that a reinforce ment menraen march. cat Arabhad a r4-avbeida who lt hadbeing necessary been tber e t o f relieve rom th e thee ims round-aboutm went of th e methodsiege, of Hussein do in Pasha g saocuc7 a ;t d hs o pii p nas gtneydat morning,tthbee ab o sameavce who took the dead up to the o en enemy's dead flag, squadrons r o o f ccoa wasv lr cavalry e t n o t withstanding they were fired on oatnfirrsetooblyvitnhge etnheemy bodiesuntil a tb ß e u o s fa si e a e n r officer spoke his etienim36°Pttahvfn.yin g batteries. a lo y t interposed. in most indignant terms of the state in which they were handed over to him, but was told by the officer in charg e of our party that it w as the result of th e B ashi-Bazouk handiwork, and that everything had been done by the Tu 3 r i k s i t s . h_a N ut o h t o b r i i n t g ies pa to rti p e r u e l v a e r ntit . beyond constant firing took pla j c u e n d e uf . tg T t h h e n e d e ay e . my was busy all d a y i n b r i ng i ng ov er his siege train and materiel to his batteries oppo site Arab Tabia. Information was received to-day th a t Om f Omar Pasha i s ea route f rom Shumla, with 28 battalions, 60 guns, and a large force of cavalry. Also that the first divisio n o f the alli es were supposed seen at t Varna arn containaon the tb e 29th ult., an d several vessels, re mainder, were the same day seen in the offing ; so that ev e may expe c t t o see t h em here about the 7th. 3,000 Albanians, with some irregular cavalry, having been re ported to have arrived at a village a few miles from this, an order was despatched to hasten their march, so as to reach this before night. Galleries of the mines in the counterscarp of the ditch in front of some of the bastions were finished this afternoon, so that, in the event of the enemy trying an escalade, he will meet with rather a warm reception. Firing was kept up without intermis sion throughout the night, and shells came unpleasantly near our tent. 2d.—At 1 o'clock this day Mussa Pacha, the comman der of the fortress, was mortally wounded in the left side by a piece of shell, which burst near him while sitting outside his quarters at the Stamboul-gate. He lived about 12 minutes after receiving the wound. He had just received intelligence that a messenger was at hand, bearing the Sultan's order of Medjidie of the second class, which had been sent to him, and was waiting for in structions as to whether it was his Excellency's wish to receive the decoration publicly and with the usual ceremony or otherwise. Mussa Pasha replied that it would be better to bring it in quietly, remarking at the same time that this was no season for pomp and IHE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, August 4, 1854.—The magnificent screw steamship " CAL CUTTA," 1,800 tons, Captain J. 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" Russia will resist to the last man and the last rouble." So runs the reported reply of the Czar to the Austrian demand for the evacuation of the Principalities. The fudge about an immediate retreat "out of high con sideration to Austria " is now, therefore, fully exposed for a Stock-Jobbing trick. With Austrians in Walla chia, it is less likely than ever that Russia should with draw beyond the Pruth. Why should she fly before the face of so old an ally and so peculiar a friend as Francis Joseph ? Nothing that has occurred since the commencement of the,war seems more strange than the present state of doubt and difference in the English mind about the Aus trian alliance. We do not want to prophesy, or to see anybody else prophesying, about future turns in the pro gress of the war, or issues of international relations. We have the past for our guidance ; and in forming opinions and wishes about the Austrian alliance, a due regard to the past would assuredly preclude a large pro portion of the difference of opinion about what Austria will do, and what we s h ou ld w i s h h er t o d o, w hi c h must be rather consoling to the Czar, if be has time to attend to it, and not a little amusing to the German states, who must be wondering whether we have eyes in our heads, or are labouring under a loss of memory, that we can be in doubt about what is so clear to everybody out of England whose opinion is of any value. We must re member that what is consoling to the Czar and amusing to the German courts must be highly exasperating to certain people with whom we have more sympathy— certain Poles, Hungarians, and Italians, w h o h ave some interest in the question what Austria can and will do. For their sakes, and that of the Turks, and for our own, we are bound to rouse our faculties on this most vital of all questions. We must not go on playing with our respective imaginings on the matter, and passing the time in speculations ; but we must consider and decide, by the evidence of the case, whether it is possible first, and then desirable, for Austria to be our ally ; and, on the other hand, whether it is possible or desirable for Austria to be neutral. The Times did some real service last week in rousing us to this duty by its preposterous proposal that a great portion of our Baltic fleet should be sent to the Black Sea. If you ask a clodpole where his heart is, he will look at himself all over ; and if you tell him his heart is in his right foot he will not dispute the information. The Times is pleased to try the same sort of experiment with the British nation. It tells them that Sebastopol is the heart of the Russian empire. But the nation bad a preconceived notion that St. Petersburg was more like the thing ; and, as the sword is actually pointed there, we are not disposed to drop its point, and aim solely at its right foot. Even the simplest newspaper readers,lwho are apt to believe everything they see in print, are startled by such a moral to a pathetic sermon against impatience with our Baltic Admirals. Others, who see a little further, are not sorry that so o p en a s i gn i s given of solicitude for both Russian and Austrian inte rests. Of course it would delight the Czar that we should withdraw our best ships from the Baltic; but it would be equally gratifying to Austria that the central scene of the war should be one in which she should be the most important party, as the one whose decision might be ex pected to turn the scale. It would not suit Austria at all that we should make the breach in the Russian for tress of despotism through the Baltic. We should, of course, secure to Germany the freedom of the Danube just the same, whether we walk in upon the tyrant from the west or from the south ; but the objects which Austria has even more deeply at heart could not prosper if Napier and Plutr.ridge should get the start of Dundee and Raglan, and bring the Czar to a parley, altogether independently of Austrian intervention. We owe it to the rashness of the Times that people are at last hasten ing to the right point of view of the whole question, and making a few significant inquiries of each other. For instance :—What made the Czar rely so inso lently, as we know he did, in his conversations with Sir G. H. Seymour, on the co-operation of Austria in his schemes ? There must have been some reason. What was it ? What but this ;—that Austria had been the steady coadjutor of Russia against the Porte, as Russia was the coadjutor of Austria against the Hunga rians. The Czar was justified in his expectations from the young Emperor by precedent, and by his claim on the gratitude of the House of Hapsburg. He had up held and preserved that dynasty ; and when, moreover, it was notoriously true that Austria had thus far been his virtual ally against the Turks, the Czar was surely altogether reasonable in reckoning on the continuance of that virtual alliance. The most superficial observer of the Montenegrin affair could no more d ou b t t h an Nicholas himself that the Romanoffs and Hapsburgers were in the same boat, and pulling together. The fact being so, what sort of foe can Austria possibly be to the Czar ? How hard will the fighting be ? Of course it will be much like the desperate-looking wrestling that may be seen in Arab cities, where the combatants make fierce grimaces and gestures, but are seen by those who are near enough, to be so thoroughly greased that neither can get a good gripe of the other, and, more over, to smile covertly and betray a secret under standing. We need not ask what, in this case, would be the value of Austria as a nominal ally. And supposing the time to have arrived for that rank ingratitude which Prince Schwartzenburg declared would become necessary, should we like Austria any better for an ally ? Character is of some importance in forming a political as well as a commercial partner ship : and what testimonials to character can be brought by a power which has treated a benefactor and former partner as Austria will then have treated the Czar ? Who will venture to ask the Porte to sign articles with a power which has steadily reinforced Russia for a long course of years, and now begins the pretended alliance with the Sultan by occupying his Danubian Provinces as the successor of the Czar ? The case ought to be clear to all rational men. Austria cannot be sincerely the enemy of Russia without being guilty of such tergiver sation, treachery, and ingratitude, as should exclude her from participation in any honourable cause. The case standing thus, the news given by the Times, presently proved false, that the Czar would evacuate the principa lities out of deference to Austria, would, if true, have been only another instance of collusion. But the collu sion would have been too clear to allow the pretended news to be true. Looking at the relations of the two Emperors from every poi n t of view, the conduct of Austria must evinc e e ith er d ece ption towards the allies, t or treachery to the Czar, and the precious alternative may be left to the choice of all observers. There But, u neut ral hat ? is sa n y o need som to some, whywos waste timeould on: this h A i ulstresiatio be question, now Austria has shown that she does not mean to be neutral. Nothing can make her occupation of the principalities pass for a neutral act. She may endeavour to trim ; but she can no longer observe a genuine neutrality. BY keeping the Allies out of the frontier provinces, she may hope to bribe the Czar not to take ad the Allies f a i r , and marching her armies vantage of the hatred of the Hun gar i ans aga i nst her ; and, upon bythe Rssa speakin guinfrontier, she may h ope to secure t h e aid of France in keeping her fo o t upon th e nec k o f Lom bardy ; but she has not within her own borders the unity and peace which are indispensable to a state of genuine neutrality. Austria is the Logan-stone of European structure ; and people actually look to it for equilibrium at a season when all the winds of heaven are rushing into uproar. The touch of a finger tip on this side or on that sets it rocking ; and yet we are required to trust to its being as steady as the rocks around it which are rooted in the depths of the earth and sea. If we had to choose, we should say—let it rock. Its oscillation is circumscribed ; and it can exceed that oscillation only by a total fall. That fall we ac knowledge to be the issue we anticipate—in the event of either peace or continued war. If Austria leans to Russia in war, Lombardy breaks away, and down she goes on that side. If she leans to the allies, the Czar will not only conquer but win Hungary frem her ; and then she goes down on that side. Whenever peace comes, she will in the one case be punished by the allies, and more than ever subjected to Russia ; and in the other case, she must quit her grasp of Hungary and release it, as a measure of self-defence against Russia. Believ ing that she will never bring herself to do this, we anti cipate her humiliation as one of the European powers. She cannot be more grievously humbled by any future adversity than sh e a l rea d y i s b y h er d ou bl e -d ea ling, her despotic tendencies, h er crue lt y , h er i gnora nce of the principles and l a w s o f na ti ona l we lf are , h e r insolvency, and want of inte rna l un it y , mu t ua l t rus t, and national spirit. Thus regarding her state and position, we de precate an active alliance with her—all alliance which can affect our action in regard to Russia. We do not doubt being able to deal with her if she should prove an enemy. It she de c l ares herself neutral (tor which, how ever, it is now too late) we shall, if we are up to our duty, take care that she does not intercept the aims of the war. And if she persists in claiming to be our ally, we may easily permit her to call herself what she pleases, after a clear declaration on our part that we shall pur sue our own objects in our own way, and shall not lift a finger to help her in any trouble that may come upon her, in any critical hour, from her own nominal subjects, who ma y be expected to seek their retribution precisely in the crisis of her need.—Daily News. RAILWAY TRAFFIC BETU.RNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending July 1, 1854 £16,134 7 1 Corresponding week last year 11,662 16 9 Total of the half-yeas to this date, 1854 314,422 15 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 269,003 18 5 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending July 1, 1854 £18,688 16 8 Corresponding week last year 17,851 12 11 Increase in 1854 £B37 3 9