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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, JULY 25. Will i•e performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALITS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD TIIINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress , Madame Celeste. TEIS EVENING, JULY 25, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parselle, Paul Bedford, Culler.ford, Woolgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; 3fadame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SAE DANAPILUS. To be followed by TIIE CAMP AT CHOBHA3f. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the .New Drama. THIS EVENING, Jrlx 25, Will be performed the New Drama entitled THE TIMES. Charac ters by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, H. :Marston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderson, H. Gordon, E. Tur ner, and Bartlett. Alter which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude'with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Row under the Direction and Management of Mr. W. Cooke. The tide of success has fal ly set in to this favourite Establishment. No gre 'ter test can bo given than the , rowded state of the Theatre nightly to wirness tho ever-memorable Battle of Waterloo, with its marches, encounters, and brilliant tableaux. New and splendid Scenes in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of known talent—introducing a new entagement, lIOI4ET BEN S AID, the Arabian Grotesque, from the Cirque Royai, St. retersbuigh, b, permission of the Emperor. 61st NI IHT 1)F LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. N.B.— Miss Emily Cooke is re-engaged, an will appear at this Theatre at the c. nelusion of her Continental protes lonal trip. TUTS EVENING, JOLT 25, And during the week, the Performances will commence with BATTLE; OF WATERLOO, with all its orginal military effects. To he foll,ved by , Ir. W. Cooke's Scen e s in the CIRCLE ., intro dnci. g Went unprecedented, innong whom will be found the great .A rah an Wonder, Mahoruet ;len said. To c...iclude with the n successful ' t,po Drama of THE CHASE ; or I.it E ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Chase will take place. Doors open at Half-past Six. Loa-office open daily from Eleven to Four, Stage ..ilunager, Mr. V. •.v ,pt. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of Mr. DI,Aln and Sons (the or7:nal Sax-horn players) and Sirs. Theodore Distil or One Week Only. To-day, Panoramic View of CHUSAN, Splendid and interesting MENAGERIE, (40DFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY Ram% Voctl and Instrumental Concert. Two favourite Songs by Ci ce ly .Nott. A selection of c ncerted pieces. glees and Madrigals, Ly the celebrated Distin Family. Various amusing novelties, concluding with the extraordinary spectacle of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, with grand display of Fireworks, and Explosion of Chinese Fira Rafts. Admission Is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JULY 25, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on yesterday morning. The stations e arranged in order of latitude. LIMERICK—S.W., calm —overcast. MI'LLINGAR— S., gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STRO OD— W., calm—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudless. CREWE—S.W., gentle breez,—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—S. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—fine. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. SNAP—S.W., strong breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock PORT SM OUT H—S. E., gentle breeze—scud. SOUTHAMPTON—S ~ gentle breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. TUNBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE— S. W., calm, scud—rain. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. STROOD—S. W., gentle breeze overcast. SWINDON—S. W., light breeze—rain. LEIGHTON—S.W., gentle breeze—light rain. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudy. CREWE—S., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. HLYHEAD—W., gentle breeze —overcast SHAP—S.E., calm—overcast. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tut- DAT —Morning 6 min. after 5 I Evening 28 miu.aft. 5 To-Una:low—Morning 48 min. after 5 I Evening 9 miu.aft. 9 THE WEATHER.--Srag OFFICE, JULY 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 74—highest since noon yesterday. • 59—lowest this morning and during thu night. 71--this day at noon. BAROMETER, 23.88. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, fine. JULY 25. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.89. WIND, W. to S.W.—Fine. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE S U N" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. F ~ ~~=: t ::. SAM. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1853. The Succession Duty Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday evening, without any division being taken as to its prin ciple. So far all is right ; but, unfortunately, there were indications of " breakers ahead" that threatened to oppose formidable obstacles to its safe arrival in the destined port. Lord DERBY, in a lon g an d a bl e s p eec h, en umerated a variety of objections to the details of the bill, and declared that, although he would not oppose the second reading, he should certainly bring forward amendments in what he committee calculated to remove conside re d the more serious objec tions to the measure We e trust, however, that the Noble Ea r l w i ll t, o contented with recording his protest against the portions of the measure which he may considerunjust or impolitic, with a view to its futureimprovementthis ; and that even should he persevere i intention which he has announced, thei r LordisbiPs generally will not incur the risk of a serious collision with the popular branch of the Legisli:tur.e on a subject which is acknowledged to the key-stone of the entire Budget—the matter en th which the entire financial arrangement of for e the ' the preservation of public credit, and the power Session of making the revenue suf f icient to provid e necessary expenditure of the session, mainly d e _ pend. Such a course would, at any time, and under any circumstances, be most imprudent, but it would, at this moment, be peculiarly dangerous. In,the present lowering appearance of the political horizon, with the Russian difficulty still impend ing, we can scarcely suppose that any Noble Lord - would incur the grave responsibility of rejecting a • money bill, and one, too, of such vital consequence, which had been deliberatelyganctioned by a large and decisive majority of the popular representatives, and ,by an overwhelming majority of the people. It • must not be forgotten that any alteration, how ever trivial—that any change in the least impor tant detail, must be as fatal to the measure as a decided rejection on the second or third reading. The. House of C ommons w ill no t perm it any tam pering with its constitutional and most cherished privilege. From time immemorial it has assumed the office of guardian of the public purse, and provider cf the necessary supplies for the liqui dation of the national liabilities and the maintenan C 3 of the national establishments. It is not at a moment liketl nc T r h o l a e e clun en t on one present that it will sanction such an e of its unquestioned rights. option ac only b'een that of corded to the Upper House has simple acceptance or rejection, and, if a majority of the Peers had made up their minds to braze the consequences of such a step, it would b e mor e straightforward and manly to do so by a direct vote, than to get out of it by a side wind ; and we believe that Lord DERBY would himself be the last to propose or even to sanction a step so inconsistent with the honour and dignity of his order. We cannot feel surprised if he should take every opportunity to express his disapprobation of certain provisions, that he should endeavour to lay the foundation for future alterations, but that he would seriously attempt to throw it out, and, as we have stated, any alteration would be tanta mount to rejection, we cannot and will not credit until we have witnessed the success of the ex- periment. In truth it is not the time, nor is their Lordships' House the place in which a contest on such a sub ject could be waged. Wehave never been indifferent to the many serious objections to the measure, and the great hardships that would be sustained through its operation. We have repeatedly pointed out the superiority of a judiciously and equitably assessed Property Tax as a fiscal instrument to a duty on successions. But unless the Legacy Duty were totally abolished, the extension of the tax to real estate and settled personalty became inevitable. The evasion of the duty by one description of property could no longer be tolerated, and the equalisation of the burden was demanded in terms that could no longer be misunderstood or resisted. The only alternative lay between an increased and modified Property Tax, and a Tax on all successions, without exception of any sort, kind, or description, and the renewal of the Property and Income Tax, with out an y recognition of the distinction between permanent and precarious income, and the preparations for its gradual reduction and ultimate extinction precluded the possibility o f escaping some enactments analogous to those now under notice —enactments which ought to have been carried into operation under the aus pices of WILLIAM PITT, when the revenue arising fromth with. the Probate and Legacy Duties could not be dispensed In passing the bill unmutilated during the pre sent Session, the door will not be closed against future ameliorations, or against the total aboli tion of the entire tax, if an adequate and suitable substitute be provided. No duty can become due or payable for at least . twelve months ; and if ally legislation should take place in the interval, the benefit thereof may be extended to those who s will have incurred lia bilities during the time. We believe that the experience that will have been acquired of its working during that time, the provision which parties may be called on to make for payments trenching largely on capital, will have the effect of changing the direction of the current of popular feeling, and inducing a. general preference for a certain Property Tax levied on income rather than an uncertain Succession Tax levied on capital. Any collision between the different branches of the Legislature at this moment would materially pre judice the chances of an amicable arrangement, and fasten on the burden which it is desired to avert. We look, then, confidently to the imme diate passing of the Bill in its present form. It would be questioning the prudence, if not the sanity of their Lordships, to entertain any doubt as to the result. The reports from and concerning Russia are still all of a pacific tendency. Some declare posi tively that the CZAR has definitively accepted the mediation of Austria, and consented to refer the entire matter in dispute to the decision of his brother Emperor. Others, with equal plausibi lity, assert that he has received most favourably the propositions which have been approved of by the representatives of the other parties to the Treaty of 1841, and that he only awaits further intelligence from Constantinople to carry them into practical execution. These are, no doubt, very satisfactory tidings; but we must see that nothing is likely to occur calculated to dash the cup from the lip at the last moment, and to impede, if not altogether to prevent, the contemplated arrange ments—so that the Russian troops may remain in the occupation of the Principalities during the winter, and proceed en route to Constantinople in the spring, before the combined Fleets of France and England could render effective service in the Black Sea. Considering that so much time has already been consumed without any decided result, and that barely two months remain for maritime operations—considering, too, that an cmeute in Turkey, or a successful result of the diabolical conspiracies that are alleged to exist against the life of Louis NAPOLEON, would enable NICHOLAS to carry out any designs which he may have conceived for the destruction and annexation of the Ottoman Empire—we cannot confidently rely on any auguries, however auspicious, or any promises or obligations however stringent, until the invading army is withdrawn from the Danu bian Provinces, and has recrossed the Pruth with all its materiel and munitions of war. We must confess, too, that we do not very highly approve of the matter being submitted to the sole arbitration of Austria. There have been too many reasons to doubt the sincerity of that Power—too many suspicious circumstances con nected with the proceedings of FRANCIS JOSEPH, to enable us to await his decision without some degree of uneasiness. We cannot forget the ex traordinary degree of influence which NICHOLAS is supposed to exercise over the mind of the Juvenile Emperor—the tardiness of Austrian interference until the flags of France and England floated over the waters of Besika Bay, in close proximity to the Dardanelles—the movements of its troops towards the Servian frontier—and the undue tenacity with which its claims were pressed, at a period so very inoppor tune, on the Divan. We cannot strike out of the calculation the notion, whether well-founded or otherwise we need not now pause to inquire, that Austria is supposed to hanker strongly after some of the Turkish provinces ; and that, if the dis. memberment of the Ottoman empire were fully consummated, it is more than probable that no inconsiderable portion of the spoil would fall to its share. Could we, then, consent that ourancient ally should refer all existing disputes to the arbi trement and final determination of a Power di rectly interested in pronouncing an adverse judg ment ? No. The lamb might as well have yielded itself a prey to the assailing wolf in the first instance, as have purchased a brief respite by submitting its case to the decision of a lupine tribunal, where its prosecutor and the presiding judgewould have participated in the banquet on the torn remains of the innocent victim. We acknow ledge that, we dread the interference of Austria, notwithstanding all its fair promises and apparent impartiality. But supposing that NICHOLAS had even accepted the propositions of M. DE BOURQUENEY, sanc tioned and approved by the other diplomatists, that he was ready to affix the imperial seal to a treaty based on that foundation, would nothing remain behind of which advantage might subse quently be taken ? What arrangements would be made for the evacuation of Moldavia and Wal lachia should it take place previous to or simul taneously with the return of the French fleet ,to Salamis, and the English fleet to Malta ? Count NESSELRODE distinctly declare s that th ere will be no withdrawal of the Russian army until Turkey shall have rendered full satis faction, and"tlie presence exercised by th e atti tude of the maritime powers shall have c e ase d ;" while Lord CLAREIth", tion, avers that th ere shall be no removal of the fleet until the ev acuat i on of the been accomplished. If then the Principalities preposition ef hthe which i s t o Powers should be accepted, yield on the remaining with equal determina to the question, as priority of the naval or military ret rea t ? Au in superable difficulty may arise on this apparently tri vial question. But again, who is to pay if e verything else should b e am i cably arranged, for the expens es occa sioned by the act of agg ression—ex p en ses not a merely of the Russian but of the Turkish prepa rations ? It is generally rumoured, and almost as generally credited, that Russia w ill demand an indemnity, which Turkey could not and ought not to pay ; and that in failure of obtaining satisfac tion thezeof, she will continue her occupation of the provinces. Every circumstance, too, affording ad ditional confirmation to the accuracy of these ru mours, we find an ample supply of provisions for 9 months contracted for, military roads constructed, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 18 5 3 six churches and chapels belonging to the Estab lishment are nearly deserted. Now, one would have supposed that a legisla tor's course would have been pretty clear in such a case. The least he ought to do would be to place things as they were before 1808 (of course reserving life interests), cutting down the 18 clergymen to 6 ; which, as Mr. MACAULAY (who could see no difference between fifteen and six, because both were reductions) was told, adjusts exactly tho disproportion he had represented as an enormous grievance. And considering the size of the flocks, the old stipend of 3301. a-year would have boen munificent. Instead of this Government proposes, Ist, to retain 15 clergymen at 5501. each ; 2dly, and of course justly, to abolish the odious privilege of the College of Justice ; 3dly, to reduce the pre sent rate of 6 per cent. to 3 per cent., and to make it henceforth a municipal rate ; 4thly, to apply in aid of the fund the proceeds of the Royal Deaneries, about 1,500/., which are pure sinecures at present ; sthly, to have all the money paid into the Consoliclatee, Fund !—from which the ministers are to draw . their stipends. This last graceful and delicate device is to save the annuity tax payers the feeling that they are paying their 3 per cent. to a hostile Church ! Really, then, are Scotchmen after all to be caught with such chaff? Our far north fellow-country men approve one thing no doubt, the shuffling off the responsibilty of paying the Edinburgh parsons unto the Imperial Exchequer ; but the Imperial Parliament gives marked signs of pretty strong repugnance to settling a Scotch squabble at the cost of the Empire. There is a scandalous little addition to the Government plan we had almost forgotten. One church has been burnt down, the congregation of which numbered thirty five. Another has been taken by a railway com pany, whose congregation actually amounted to nineteen persons. Instead of applying the com pensation money to lessening the annuity tax, under this bill the latter useless church is to be rebuilt at a cost of 10,1461., and the other is to be re built also. Two new churches for 54 persons ! Our readers will probably think that no clerical job bing on this side the Tweed, and we can exhibit some fine samples in that line, can well surpass the grossness of this Presbyterian scheme to re tain sinecure salaries. It is, however, useless altogether for any Go vernment to force ecclesiastical arrangements upon the people —at least upon the British people. One would think we had had enough of that in Canada, and that after having been compelled, and righteously, to repeal one Clergy Reserves Act there, we should have been slow to concoct an other compromise, sure to become the subject of a fresh agitation, in Edinburgh ; above all, slow to hazard bringing such annuitants as preachers to congregations of 20 or 30 souls upon our Con solidated Fund. Admirably did Mr. MACAULAY observe, when dwelling on the general aspects of the question, " Consider how widely the unpopularity of this tax differed in its essential nature from the unpopularity of other taxes. A police or an army might be unpopular, still the one preserved our property from the midnight attacks of the dishon est, and the other from the aggressions of a foreign foe. A coast-guard might be hated ; still it did its duty, and protected us from illicit frauds. But a Church which was hated was worse than useless; and if it inspired feelings opposed to affection and respect, better that it should not exist at all. He did implore the House, there fore, not to support an institution, which would be useless unless it were loved, by the only means which must occasion st to be hated." The marvel is that Mr. MACAULAY could suppose three per cent. collected for it under a new title, could at best do more than diminish the hate by the three per cent. remitted. To cut the whole thing down to the real wants of the case is what his eloquent observation plainly demanded. COURT CIRCULAR. THE QUEEN. OenspnivEaturday, July 23, 9 a.m. The Queen has pasd through the measles in the most favourable manner, and her Majesty is now convalescent. No further bulletin will b 3 issued. JAMES CLARK, M.D. HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. OSBORNE, JULY 23. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lrdy Anna Maria Dawson, drove out in the grounds yesterday. - Prince Albert and Prince Ernest of Leiningen rode on horseback in the afternoon. The Duchess of Kent and Prince Ernest, attended by Lady A. M. Dawson and Sir George Couper, left Osborne this morning for London. Sir Henry Holland has also returned to London. JULY 24. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. Count Werthern Beichlingen, Grand Chambellan, arrived at Osborne yesterday from Weimar with letters for her Majesty, announcing the death of the late Grand Duke and the accession of_ his Royal Highness the reign ing Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar. The Hon. Mary Seymour has succeeded the Hon. Flora Macdonald as maid of honour in waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent visited the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Glou cester, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leinin gen, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence house, St. James's, on S a t ur d ay afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, visited the Duchess of Kent on Sa turday, at Clarence-house. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Duehess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary and. Prince Ernest of Leiningen, honoured the performance of German Plays with her presence on Saturday evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday for Windsor. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF BANTRT.—&This lady, so remarkable for her many charities and evangelical piety, died last week at her residence, near Cork. Her lady ship was the wife of the Earl of Bantry, and sister to the Marquis of Thomond, the head of the old kingly house of O'Bryen. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. William Musgrave Sherrington is appointed first clerk in the customs de partment, Sierra Leone. Mr. William S. Field is ap pointed sub-collector of customs at Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Thomas Graham is appointed Crown commissioner, surveyor, and engineer, Turk's Island. —Observer. A CABINET ConNcir..—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aber deen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. THE INCOME-TAX IN IRELAND —The Bank of Ire land have stopped six months' income tax from the dividends due on Consols now in course of payment, although the bill only came into operation from the sth of April. The stockholders think the imposition of itself bad enough, but to pay it in advancce they regard as an additional hardship. THE SUCCESSION DUTY.—If the succession tax is car ried in the House of Lords this evening, it will be owing to the votes of the bishops ; that they will vote, we fear there is no doubt, because the Archbishop of Canterbury has paired with a Conservative. The episcopal bench contains the only persons in the kingdom who are not taxed by the bill. They are the exceptions ; yet we, who are strong friends of the Protestant hierarchy, fear they will be the means of inflicting this odious impost on the people of England.—Herald. GERMAN PLAYS. —HERR DEVRIENT'S BENEFIT. —HeIT Emil Devrient, whose personifications of the heroes of the plays of Goethe, Schiller, and Schlegel, have bee n so attractive at the St. James's Theatre, has his benefit underlined for to-night, when he will doubtless receive proofs of the estimation in which his abilities are held by the admirers of the German drama. VAUXHALL.— Great preparations are making at these beautiful gardens for the reception of a portion of the Royal Family, who intend honouring them with their presence. A new royal box is being fitted up in a costly and elegant style. The present entertainments are in every way worthy the . exalted patronage, particularly the scenes of the circle, which nightly create constant surprise and gratification, and attract thousands to wit ness them. The director, Mr. R. Wardell, deserves en coura,gAment for his taste and liberality. BOROUGH OF CHATHAM. —The Speaker has received a letter from Mr. Leicester Viney Vernon, stating that it is not his intention to defend his return for the borough of Chatham. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION PETITIONS. —The general committee of elections have selected the following select committee on the petitions from Peterborough City, viz. :—Mr. James S. Wortley (chairman), Hon. P. Locke King, Mr. Thos. Greene, Mr. R. Ingham, Mr. C. B. Adderley, Hon. H. T. Liddell, and Mr. Wm, Hutt. and fortifications repaired and improved. Every thing that can by a possibility strengthen the position, is effected with reckless prodigality. Where there is such a total disregard of expense, and every indication of a .permanent occupation, we may readily suppose that the AUTOCRAT has made up his mind as to who shall pay the piper, and the means by which he will enforce the liqui dation of his demand. We must not, then, be too sanguine as to the pacific solution of the diffi culty, or induced to let the golden opportunity slip away, in vain reliance on the specious pro mises of the AUTOCRAT, who, having once deceived the Western Powers, is no longer deserving of implicit confidence. The war in Burmah " drags its slow length along," precisely as may have been predicated b 3 any one acquainted with Eastern policy. The men of the burning clime can only be brought to book by force, and our application of force has been from the beginning absurdly directed—more absurdly applied. Only self-sufficient ignorance in supreme authority could have adopted Rangoon for the point of first attack, to render it after wards a base for operating up the Irrawaddy in its whole length, and to reduce a king who can, by retiring, lengthen that line by a thousand miles—who can dispute, if he chooses, many strong positions as he retires, and, if beaten, leave pestiferous swamps to do battle for him ! What, we say, but self-sufficient ignorance in supreme authority could have determined on such a line, when a short safe movement across Arracan and by the Aeng pass, would have brought the army at once upon the river, cutting the long unhealthy line from Rangoon in half, and giving the power to assail the capital up the stream, or Rangoon, by descending it, with the advantage of taking all the Burmah defences and forces in reverse, separating their troops in the lower country from those defending the capital. This pitiable ignorance of the great principles of war, which does not require a military head to forbid—though not to forbid it would be damna tory to the reputation of any General—has now brought the operations to a fix, and negotiations, bullying, boasting, the if and the what I will do, are all brought into play. They will be fruitless. Eastern politicians understand their work. They cannot be beaten in th a t way. They will lie, fawn, flatter, threaten, appeal to justice and to religion. They will promise and interpose delays while they are preparing for battle, and make piteous appeals for mercy, for forbearance, offer ing amity, entire submission, and even love, at the moment their swords are raised to smite. This was the way of the Ameers of Scinde with Sir C. NAPIER. So it is now, apparently, with the Burmese towards General GODWIN, and it will ever be so with the subtle barbarians of the East. Sir C. NAPIER has been, with all the virulence that malice, and ignorance, and dishonesty com bined could produce, accused of having assailed the Ameers when they were dreaming of anything but war. Poor, innocent, sincere, simple souls ! They expostulated against coercion, they declared aloud for peace, they sent their commissioners to negotiate ; they would do any thing to avert the anger of the power which menaced them that is, while their plans for war were incomplete, their gathering army unable to strike, and had Sir C. NAPIER been deceived by their negotiations, had he trusted to the infatu ated political Outram, who, without the wisdom of the Serpent, hissed mischief in his ear, the Ameer's subtle negotiators would have kept the General and his troops in suspense, until the sharp Belooch swords were at their throats. This should be a lesson to General GODWIN. He may be assured that negotiations and promises without acts for guarantee, will end in peril greater, per haps, than is now anticipated. If the whole sys tem of operations be not soon changed, the Direc tors may yet weep tears of blood as freely as they are now weeping tears of gold, for Lord DA.LHOU sif s warlike ignorance. Mr. MACAULAY reminds us continually of his own. Halifax. For all the trimming legislation of the Whigs, their great orator displays an unmis takeable predilection. Two of his three orations this session have been delivered in the cause of compromise, and of compromise with a lion's share !for the advocates of vested abuses. We have scarcely forgotten his endeavour to cover the coali tion work of Sir CHARLES WOOD and the India House from the irresistible onslaughts of the Indian Reformers, before down he comes to the House, to invest, if possible, with a halo of ora torical glory, a most miserable clerical compromise of the Edinburgh clergy with the Lord Advocate and the present Government. Mr. MACAULAY, like Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is successful enough in enunciating noble principles, and we listen, except as taught by experience, with the full expectation of propositions in accordance with them. Uni formly, however, we find this discernment and appreciation of the nobler and better, to be but the prelude to the old avowal sed deteriora sequor, to the defence of some utterly contemptible com promise with confessed evil. Let us glance at the oration for the Edinburgh Annuity Tax on Tuesday night. Mr. MACAULAY declared that the " cost of the Establishment for Edinburgh was enormously disproportioned to the wants of the inhabitants," " frightfully dispropor tionate compared with the scale of other large cities in Scotland." He proved by calculation that it was "at least three times greater than its cost in other cities ;" and that hence the inhabitants of Edinburgh " had a real, a substantial grievance to complain of." Well, to rectify this part of the " substantial grievance," Mr. MACAULAY pro poses that the 18 ministers, whose congregations average some 20 or 30 persons each, should be 'educed by—three ! That 18 clergymen preaching, just like those in the city of London, to nearly empty churches—preaching to congregations which, all, put together, would not outnumber one of the congregations of the popular Free Church preach ers, actually non-resident clergy also, should be reduced, if reduction it can be called, to fifteen, and should still enjoy 5501. a-year for doing next to nothing. A truly substantial redress this of a substantial grievance ! The substance of the Annuity Tax case is this. It affects only the Old Royalty as it is called, con taining about one-third of the whole population of Edinburgh, which now amounts to 160,000. It is a tax of 6 per cent, on house property, and was collected' by the Corporation who paid the salaries of the ministers. Previously to 1808, it could be levied only for six ministers who received 3301. each. In that year, however, a bill was framed on the subject, into which clauses were smuggled as .it passed through Parliament, in virtue of which the number of ministers was increased to eighteen, and their salaries to 7501. per annum. This led to endless disputes, which resulted in the corporation undertaking to pay the ministers 5201. each. The arrangement lasted till 1820, when the clergy again undertook to collect it. Their doing so became the signal for fresh resistance : and summonses, sales of goods, imprisonments, and even calling out the military, were the fruits of clerical tax-gathering. At length in 1848, Mr. J. S. LEFEVRE was de puted by the Government to take evidence on the subject. It became clear enough that the griev ance was indeed "substantial." Out of 10,0001. collected in one year, 8,0001. was paid by persons who never attended the church ! In the Old Town there are eight churches, but out of 8,480 sittings only 655 were let to persons residing within the Royalty. There were in them not less than 5,882 sittings unlet. Another gross iniquity is, that all persons belonging to the College of Justice, the wealthiest portion of the residents, are exemptfromthe tax, and, as Mr. MA- I CAULAY stated, " a poor dissenting shoemaker actually paid to two churches, while the wealthy Lord Provost paid to none." It is scarcely to be wondered at that flesh and blood could hardly submit to such galling provocations as these. Since the s ecesEion of the Free Church, of course, the anomaly and dispr o p or ti on i s far greater than ever. Edinb urg h is now amp ly provided with places of worship, b ut it is by dissent, or, at least, it is the Dissenting Churches which have all the congregations. Seventy-four of the latter are nearly all of them well attended, while the twenty- M.IREBOROUGLT-STREET.-(THiS DAY.) THE NEW CAB ACT.—Thonzas Asker, driver of the cab No. 1832, attended before Mr. Bingham, to answer the complaint of Mr. Johnson da Silva, of Percy-cross House, Fulham, f or d eman di ng more than his legal fare. Mr. da Silva stated that this morning he engaged the defendant's cab on the London side of the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton, to drive him to 128, New Bond-street, where he got out and gave defendant a shilling. The defendant refused to accept the shilling, and said the distance was more than two miles. Com plainant, who doubted it was over two miles, then directed the cabman to drive him to this court. The cabman, in reply to Mr. Bingham, said the dis tance exceeded the two miles. Mr. Bingham told Mr. da Silva he might have the ground measured if he thought fit. He (Mr. Binghatn) had carefully looked over the map, and considered the distance to exceed the two miles by some furlongs. He therefore thought complainant would be in the wrong. Mr. da Silva said ho should like to have the distance measured for his own satisfaction, and paid the usual deposit of ss. for that purpose. The cabman said be had not ss. with him, but would bring it in a few hours. 31r. Bingham—Very well, that will do. The ground should be measured as soon as possible. Complainant thanked the magistrate, and left the court. POST HORSE AND HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES. The following are the resolutions reported to the house on Friday evening : POST HORSE DUTIES. 1. That from and after the 10th day of October, 1853, the duties of Excise payable under any act or acts now in force on horses let for hire, and on licenses to let the same, shall respectively cease a nd det erm i ne ; an d i n lieu hereof there shall be paid for and in respect of every license to be taken out yearly by every person who shall let any horse for hire, with or without any carriage to be used therewith, the following duties of Excise (that is to say) : Where the person taking out such license shall Duty. keep at one and the same time, to be let for hire 1 horse or 1 carriage only £7 10 0 And where such person shall keep, as aforesaid, any greater number of horses or carriages, Not exceeding 2 horses or 2 carriages Not exceeding 4 horses or 3 carriages Not exceeding 8 horses or 6 carriages Not exceeding 12 horses or 9 carriages ....... 40 0 0 Not exceeding 16 horses or 12 carriages 5O 0 0 Not exceeding 20 horses or 15 carriages Exceeding 15 carriages Exceeding 20 horses, then for every additional number of 10 horses, and for any additional number less than 10 over and above 20, or any other multiple of 10 horses, the further additional duty of HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES 10 0 0 2. That from and after a day to be named, the duties now payable in respect of hackney carriages, and licenses to keep and let to hire such carriages, within the distance of five miles from the General Post-office in the city of London, shall cease and determine, and in lieu thereof there shall be payable for, and in respect of every hackney carriage which shall be kept, used, or let to hire within the limits of the act of the present session of Parliament, chapter 33, for the better regulation of metropolitan stage and hackney carriages, the several duties following (that is to say) : For and upon every license to be taken out yearly to keep, use, and let to hire any such hackney carriage £l 0 0 And for and in respect of every such hackney carriage as aforesaid, weekly and every week : Weekly duty, Where the license for such carriage shall au thorise the using and letting to hire of the same on every day of the week, the sum 0f... And where such license shall authorise the using and letting to hire of such carriage, on every day of the week except Sunday, the sum 0f... 0 6 0 P.,0 7 0 LATF ST V( )ItEiti N NEWS FRANCE. The Emperor of the French appears sure of a pacific solution of the Eastern question. Madame Ducos, the wife of the Minister of Marine, who is now making a tour of inspection on the coast, went a day or two ago to take leave of the Em peror and Empress preparatory to a visit to Bor deaux, her native city. She asked an extension of leave of absence for her husband to the 10th August. The Emperor at once granted it, and observed that the Minister need be under no ap prehension of being disturbed from his repose by any warlike announcements in the press ; that he had no pressing occasion for the presence in Paris of either the Minister of War or the Minister of Marine ; and that the only member of the Cabinet whose presence was indispensable at the present moment was the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Emperor and Empress, by the way, paid a visit to the Tuileries on Saturday. The Emperor came in on horseback, and the Empress and her immediate attendants followed in a carriage. The Emperor proceeded to inspect the works going on at the Louvre. No escort accompanied the party. It is expected that on the occasion of the fetes of the 15th of August eight new Senators will be named. Among others the names of Dr. Conneau, first physician to the Emperor and the companion of his captivity at Ham, and the Napoleonist poet, M. Belmintet, are mentioned. Monnet has been convicted by the Court of Assizes of the Drome of the murder of the Vicomte de Dampmartin, mayor of Uzes, and sentenced to be excuted. at Valence. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor had received a letter from Don Jose Maria Obando, no tifying to him his elevation to the Presidency of the Republic of New Grenada. The 4overnment has granted concessions for the railway from Rheims to Mezieres and Charleville, with a branch line to Sedan, and for the railway from Beauvais to Creil. These concessions have been granted to an Anglo-French company, among the members of which are the Duke de Mouchy, the Count Simeon, Mr. John Masterman, and M. ITzelli. The absence of decisive intelligence respecting the progress of the Eastern question, combined with the usual dulness in business at the termina tion of the week, exercised an unfavourable in fluence at the Bourse on Saturday, and a decline in prices took place. The Three per Cents. fell 55c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 30c., both for the account, whilst in the quotations for cash, the Three per Cents. declined 30c., and the Four-and a-Half per Cents., 10c. An advance of sf. oc curred in Bank of France Shares. The final quo tations were :-For cash : Three per Cents. 78f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 40c. ; for the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 25c. ; Four and-a-Half per Cents. 103 f. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 2740 f. Bank of Credit Foncier Shares declined 10f., and those of the Societe Mobiliere, 15f., the former closing at 753 f. ; and the latter at 825.. A gene ral decline in prices also took place on Saturday in the Railway Share Market, although in some few cases the final quotations remained unaltered from the previous day, in consequence of a favourable change occurring just previous to the conclusion of business ; Firthern fell sf. ; Paris and Orleans, 17f. 50. ; Paris and Lyons, 12f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 7f. 50c. ; and Rouen and Havre and Bordeaux and Cette, each, 2f. 50c. Closing prices : -Northern, 875 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 11,35 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 927 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 925 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1100 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 765 f. ; Western o f F rance , 750 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 502 f. sOc. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 637 f. 50c. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 620 f. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The opera of Saturday evening, which was to have been La Favorita, was, in consequence of Mario's indis position, changed to Otello. This piece had not pre viously been given this season, nor, if we remember rightly, was it performed last year. Indeed, though it has great beauties, Otello is by no means one of the most attractive of Rossini's works. The performance of Saturday evening was, on the whole, excellent. Perhaps we have never had an Otello superior to Tamberlik. The music is well suited to his voice, containing many passages in the highest part of the scale which demand all the strength of his powerful and penetrating organ. He looks the character admir ably, avoiding the common error of making the hero a negro. Tamberlik makes the swarthiness of the moor quite consistent with manly beauty. Grisi's Desde mona, though it did not realise the English idea of " the gentle lady wedded to the Moor," was a superb perform ance. Her aspect was noble and imposing, her acting often impassioned, and her vocal execution as facile, clear, and brilliant as it has ever been. Ronconi made as much of lago as can be made of a character which is reduced to mere commonplace, and which, as a musical part, is inferior even to that of Rodrigo, which was very respectably sustained by Stigelli. Grisi and Tamberlik were enthusiastically applauded ; and the opera alto gether had a avowable reception. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 23.—The depar ture of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer City of London, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constanti nople, has been postponed from the 27th inst. to the 10th proximo, in consequence of her having been dis patched on a voyage to the Peninsular ports, in place of the Tagus, temporarily disabled. The screw steam-ship Bengal, under command of Captain Bowen, late of the Iberia, is about to be taken off the Southampton, Malta, and Alexandria stations and sent to India, via the Cape of Good Hope. The Bengal will leave South ampton on the 25th of August, taking passengers for Calcutta, Ceylon, and Madras, and is to be immediately afterwards employed in running between those ports and Suez with the contract mails. The Bengal will be re placed on the Alexandria station by the Company's steam ship Euxine, to sail on the 20th of August. The Gene ral Screw Company's steam-ship Hydaspes, Captain Greig, after having her machinery thoroughly adjusted, is to leave Southampton on the 15th, and Plymouth on the 16th inst., with the mails for the Cape, Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. The royal mail steam ship Orinoco, Lieutenant Hast commander, is ap pointed to take out the next West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails of the 2d proximo. La Platta, with the homeward mails from the same quarter, may be ex pected to arrive home about Thursday or Friday next. The United States' mail steam-ship Hermann, with dates from New York to the 16th inst., is expected off Cowes about Friday next, on her way to Bremen. ELECTION-SATURDAY AT ETON COLLEGE.—On Satur day morning, Dr. Okes, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, with the Rev. Mr. Witts and the Rev. Mr. Thring, the posers, accompanied by the Provost and Fellows, the head, lower, and assistant masters, pro ceeded to the Upper School at Eton to hear the election speeches. The numerous and distinguished company included the Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., his excellency the Belgian ambassador, Mons. Van der Weyer ; Lord and Lady Kinnaird. The school list contains 614 names, an increase of nearly 20 on last year. There are 50 candidates for admission on the foundation, and only one vacancy at present. After the delivery of the speeches the visitors were entertained by the Provost and by several of the masters at their respective houses. At seven o'clock in the evening the customary regatta, or procession of boats, from the Brocas to Surley Hall, took place, and on their return there was a display of fireworks. The whole affair passed off most satisfactorily. To-day the boys leave for a vacation of eight weeks. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY.—A meeting of the scrip holders of this company is to be held on Thursday to re ceive a report from the directors of the terms of amal gamation which have boon arranged between the chairman of the company and the chairman of the East India Railway Company. The directors have re solved to appropriate the remaining 23,980 unallotted shares, pro rata, among the scripholders, in order that the whole capital of 4,000,0001. should be subscribed. This sum, added to the 2,000,0001. at present authorised to be raised by the East India Railway Company, and a further sum of 300,0001. required for the works, will make a capital of 6,300,0001. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. — This short line of railway which runs from the London and North-Western Railway near Willesden, to Kew, and Breutford, and which has hitherto only been worked for goods traffic, is to be opened for passenger traffic on the Ist August next, in connexion with the North London (Dock line) and the Blackwell Railway. It is under stood, however, that only about four trains per day each way can be worked between FenCiurch-street and Kew until the Hamp s t ea d an d Will es d en Junction line is con structed. THE MooN.—Baer, a German astronomer , calculates that whe n we shall have an instrument nine time more powerful than Lord Rosse's, it will bring the moon with in a German mile of us, so as to show an object as small as a man. ROYAL COLLEC OF SUZGEONS.—The following gentle. men having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 22d inst.: --Messrs. Isaac Mennell Williams, York ; John Segar, Ainsdale, near Southport, Lancashire ; Robert Brown, Wintershields, Cumberland ; Edward O'Niell, Mitchells, town, county Cork ; William Lee Dawson, Clougliran. county Dublin ; Evan Pierce Williams, Denbigh, North Wales ; Thomas Windsor, Pincadilly, Manchester; John I DENMARK. Macloghlin, South Australia ; Win. Henry Jones, Lon- don ; George Manias Slaughter, Farningham, Kent, and COPENHAGEN, JULY 19. In its sitting of y es t er - Christopher Young, Yarm, Yorkshire. day the Landsthing, i n spite of the opposition of ARRIVAL OF PORPHYRY FOR THE CRYSTAL PALACE. the Government, adopted the project of a commu -A case of specimens of Swedish porphyry, from the nal law by 21 votes against 9. • Royal quarries at Elfdal, has arrived in England. These A Ministerial crisis was considered imminent. specimens include fifteen distinct varieties, some of great The Volksthing in its sitting of the 16th inst. had beauty ; they have been presented to the Crystal Palace adopted by 64 votes against 8, on the third read- Company by Mr. Charles Henry Edmands. ing, the project of law on a uniform system of CUS TER CHOLERA IN C OPENHAGEN.—The cho l era , which toms for the whole kingdom. is raging in Copenhag en , h as num b ered among its vic- From the 17th to the 18th the number of new tims Madame Louise Hagermann-Lindencrona, the author of several d rama ti c wor k s cholera cases wa s 317, o f w hi c h num b er 156 h ad , which her countrymen I pronounce to be of g rea t mer it, as well as of a variety of • proved fatal. The total number of cases from the novels, tales, and compositions for the piano and the 115th inclusive, was 1841, and 926 had terminated 1 fatally, LITER A TURE. Electra; a Story of Modern Times. By the author of " Rockingham," with Illustrations, by Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. 3 vols. Hurst and Blacked. This novel bears the same peculiarities as those which distinguished its p re d ecessor . There is an impetuosity of manner evidenced in the closet*" tions, and there is a daring spirit exhibited in the actions that redeem it from the charge of raecue crity and endue it with force, energy, and vivacity c i The interest is not so i n t ense as m i ght b e sup posed from the power of the work, for it is entirely eon; ceutrated on one circle, and not on any member e; that even. Lady Glenarlowe, the step-mother, 13 an extraordinary character, but it is impossible to, feel much concern i n h er a ff a i rs, a f ter her crue l and heartless conduct at the commencement of the narrative. She was, in truth, far more fitted to rule despotically over slaves in Barbadoes than to conduct the concerns of a young family in an English home. Nor can her daughter, Florence , lay claim to much attention from her extreme vacillation and indecision. She was led away on e day by her mother, the next she inclined to the en" treaties of Augustus, and then returned to attend tt? Lord George Walsingham to please her mother, an d also to gratify her own fancies. At last she was s° r over persuaded as to consent to relinquish be d early choice, and to become the wife of her sewn suitor. But at the altar her courage gave vial' and the " bride who fled from the altar" was! warning to all who sacrified themselves at th e shrine of mistaken duty. This scene is ably de' scribed, and forms one of the most powerful point in the work. Ele c t ra , the heroine, is the chi ef object of a tt rac ti on , no t that she appears very often on the scene, but, like all really great minds, he r works are evident when she is removed from th e immediate sphere of action ; she influences he r friends' thoughts and deeds, while apparently 11 ,,n . concerned and un connec t e d w ith th em. As gentle as her sister (the step-mother) Lady Glenarlovie was haughty, as calm as she was violent, Lady Hazebrook might well have served for a model a s , heroine of romanc e , or name l ess martyr, unno ti c ed in the strife of a jarring world, but pre-eminently placed among those who are acting for eternity in time. Inspired by the p ures t d es i res f or others,' welfare, she never forsook th e o bj ec t o f h er rega rd, from the moment when the desolate and deserte d school-boy was ill-used and neglected, to the day when the unfortunate man seemed deprived of all human countenance in his adversity. Her efforts were fully appreciated by the hero, and it was but a just tribute to her virtues, a du e return.for her kindness, and a deserved homage t ° her matchless conduct, that actuated him, whe n on the day that crowned hi s l ong -d e f e rred hopes, and realised his d es p a i re d- o f d es i res , the thoughts of her dimmed his joy, and- clouded bade radiance of his future. He k new w h en he bot e her farewell "on what di s t an t course s h e already bound ;" for soon was th e d ar k h ou r s hand, and the framer of the work lived not to 0' 36 its result, and to witness its effect. " There 0 2, one gentle spirit wh o cou ld di scern her ow" heaven-lit path amid the darkness around ne' Through years of doubt—through months of di e ; may—through hours o f a b so l u t e d espa i r, she had' cherished her own firm purpose, and moulded t° its accomplishment ev er y c i rcums t ance and sewt dent which she co u ld no t w h o ll y control. But now the valley of the shadow of death was passe . d' and the hills of Beulah were unveiling thei r smiling expanse before h er . Th e l ong - prow is goal was before her ! Th e earthly ministration e# i the Guardian Spirit wa s over ; b u t we shall meet again. Oh, it cannot b e b u t th a t we shall me et again." In the cou r s e o f th e a d ven t ures t h e be,r ° e met with, he mingl e d i n th e s ti rr i ng scenes of % Peninsular War, and many important engagewel e are here given with great force and spirit. battle of Ciudad Rodrigo is the most striking , 1 detail and des cr ipti on . O n t h e w h ole for an e_s, citing narrative, or f or an a bl e expos i t i on of If. prominent passions th a t i n fl uence an d excite xw; kind, this work may b e regarded with attentiei and admiration. It is a successful sketch . 0 ~ characters that are no t common-place, and 1; epitome of events that will b e remar k a b le for at. It may not be called pleasi ng , b u t i t mus t owned as powerful, and the author may reasonab l y expect for it renown. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. It does not appear that any intelligence has reached the Ottoman Embassy in Paris confirming the fact mentioned in a Vienna paper about the en trance of a portion of the fleet into the Dardanelles and its advance to Silivre, near Constantinople, for the alleged purpose of maintaining tranquillity in that capital. It is observed with much truth that the entrance of five ships of war would be quite as much a rupture of the treaties between Russia and Turkey as that of the entire fleet ; and as it is certain that the representatives of the western Powers advised the Divan not to consider the passage of the Pruth as a fact to be immediately followed by the entrance of the Dardanelles, it would be strange if they counselled what would be tantamount to a declaration of war, and only to call a comparatively small portion of the fleet to Constantinople. The papers and letters which arrived at Stettin from St. Petersburgh, up to the 15th instant, are still devoid of any decisive intelligence on the one great question ; nor can it be ascertained that any body professes even to be in possession of any posi tive news which would bear out the confident assurances that are so lavishly made, chiefly at Vienna, of a pacific solution of the difficulty having been already arrived at. Amongst the passengers was the Russian Minister of the Imperal.House, Baron von Zesckau. Count Gyulai is expected back from St. Peters burgh in the course of the next week. From Odessa we learn that the British Govern ment has sent three steamers to tug the merchant men laden with corn out of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The opinion expressed yesterday relative to the movement of troops towards the Servian frontier will be found to be corrrect : their concen tration is merely a measure of precaution, and a strong proof of this is, that all the battalions have been left on a piece footing. None of the men on furlough have been called in, although the batta lions are but 600 instead of 1,200 strong, and the soldiers actually in service have their usual, and not what is known here as "war augmentation" pay. The Transylvanian Messenger also declares on au thority- that Government has neither recalled the soldiers who are on leave of absence, nor ordered military stores to be collected in the province. The camp, of which mention was made about a week since, will be pitched in the month of Sep tember, and probably in the province of Moravia. About 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse will be col lected, and it is expected that this fraction of the Austrian contingent to the Federal army will be inspected by Prince William of Prussia. The full contingent of Austria to the Bund is 73,501 foot, 13,546 horse, 7,775 artillerymen, and 192 guns. We have letters from Jassy of the 4th. On the 3d the Russian sth corps d'arm6e passed the Pruth at Leova. During the 4th 16,000 men passed by Jassy on their route to Wallachia, of which 4,000 were cavalry. The 4th corps d'armee passed the Pruth at Sculeni, and encamped during the night above Jassy, at Sokola, and continued their route on the following day. The three corps of which the army of occupation is composed are under the General-in-chief,Prince Gortschakoff, and the entire number of all arms is said to amount to 180,000 men, which will form three camps on the Danube, one at Kalafat, in little Wallachia, the second at Tournou (Deli Ormen), and the third at Kalarash, almost opposite Silistria. Three small steamers I are expected to arrive in order to tow the flotilla, which is at Ismael, as far up the river as Orsova. M. Ozeroff, long while Charge d'Affaires for Russia in Constantinople, has been appointed Chef de la Chancellerie politique of Genera.: Gortschakoff. The Prince Gargarin, M. Kalergi, and M. Tim o f e ff , attaches at the Russian Embassy at Constanti nople, have each received appointments in the above Chancellerie. The principal Turkish head - quarters in Euro pean Turkey is at Shumla, where about 20,000 men are concentrated. It is said that the Turks may be able to defend the four passes o f th e B a lk an, but that they had much better not attempt to de fend In the Asia D t a h n r u e b e e p i n n i n c t a s s o e f o e f o :e r n . tration are named. At Batoum 15,000 men are stationed, at Trebizond the same number, and at Erzeromn. 40,000. P a A d r I accountsfrom M Our M. Mo yano was examining with as much care as zeal the voluminous documents • relative to the railway concessions, and the different opinions ex pressed on the subject in the Royal Council. That Council was occupied during three months in pre paring the materials, now submitted to the Minis ter, and which embrace 28 railway lines. M. Moyano's report was expected to be ready in a few days. It was believed that his opinion was favour able to the concessions, w hich he found perfectly legal. Th e C a bi ne t will no doubt ratify it. So confident was M. Salamanca that the concessions would be validated by the Government, that lie intended immediately to set out for Paris, without awaiting its decision relative to the Northern Rail road. The Three per Cents. were done at 43 ; the New Three- per Cents., at 23 1-16th ; the Debt of the First Class, at 10 ; and that of the Second, at 54-. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, JULY 2 4 ' The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steaul-sliih Madrid, Captain Weeks, arrived here this morning alt the usual Peninsul ar ma il s , an d d ates from Gibrio,, the 14th ; Cadi z , th e 15th ; Li s b on , th e 1 9th ; ()pay" the 20th ; and Vigo, the 21st inst. e e The Madrid brings on freight 6 packages of s2 c : (Tot:1?-7e0hebsotxsesofofleemggosn,s,a3n6d boxes a c a k n a gdess of genet me rchandise. , When the Madrid left Lisbon on the 19th, her Ma' jesty's steam•sloop, Bloodhound captain Christie* from the coast of Africa, was coaling in the Tagus, route for Portsmouth. There was no other foreign vege ..' of war in port. The Lisbon exchange quotations by this mail ar e--- London, three months, 544 ; Paris, 528 ; 484- ; Genoa, 527. On the continent little business had been done, and bills on London continued still rat scarce, notwithstanding the arrival of the Brazil 01 so that money remained over at 54k. Business had t e .;,, more active in stocks and shares at 404- to 41 for ,x l r , per Cents. ; Four per Cents., 324- to 334- ; Bank of -r! 3O tugal Shares, 163 to 150 milreis discount per share, th`,, t rates being in Lisbon bank-notes, subject to the curreli discount of 24- per cent. Oporto Bank Shares were 01 at 4 to 5 per cent. premium in metal. oo Our Lisbon letters and papers by this mail contain t particular novelty. A Royal decree had decided the the Cortes should remain open until the sth of Aug, o9 " when little doubt existed that the money bills, it °4 Hamburghl would have passed the upper house. The Queen and Court had taken up their summer r e ; sidence at Cintra, as al so th e D uke de Saldanha, was still unable to transact business at the War DePa:: ment. There appeared no chance of his Grace's snyi pressing, as he had p rom i se d , t h e command-in-chie f ° the army he has held, instead of the King, since the surrection of 1851 ; and it is notable that the Liber!: in the Cortes no longer clamour against an expen dito; they forme r ly d ecr i e d , part i cularly as the Duke's unt!to ness for active duties is now an additional proof of being unnecessary. • A petition from diff erent P ortuguese manufactories had been made to the Chamber of Deputies to reconsicie r f the reductions ma d e i n t h e tariff last year. They, t)„ course, want mo re p ro t ect i on, b ut make out no ene'', and conveniently di s p ense w i t h the demonstration day.; ; fact applicabl e t o any part i cular trade by stating that "all the circum s t ances are so obvious and genera,l known as t o ren d er superfluous the mention of all _ . . 14 . ° them." No doubt th e f acts b est known and most ea s es demonstrated would, in any other country, l ea d to much larger reduction of the Portuguese tariff, but th a t is not likely to take place. The following letter, dated Oporto, the 19th ins t .% gives an account of the appearance and progress of the grape disease : " The most important subject now afloat is the discs ° that has recently appeared in the vine ; there are n3ni.l3•, 1 exaggerated opi n i ons an d reports about it, but the I° , , lowing description may be inserted as truly a u thentic; --Last y ear there were instances of the vine disess both in this neighbourhood and in the Douro d i strit it then m a d e no progress, and caused little alarm ; has again appeared within the last three weeks lo re ', and in the Douro, and many of the northern districts' It is said t o b e pre t ty general, but the number ofvines affected in the same vineyard is not at present gre c , i , except in one or t wo s it ua ti ons . It i s un i versally 3' mitted to be a new disease in thi s country, and no 0 1 doubts it bei ng th e same as th a t w hi ch has desola t e Madeira, and, with the fate of that island before theta: , people are naturally in a state of alarm calculated t f produce exaggeration. Prayers against the rava ges . t • parish the disease have been offered up in many of the churches—a proof of the opinion entertained by the farmers. If within the next ten days it remains near'J g we may fairly hope that we shall save till ut if it extend rapidly, we shall have eves reason, stationary, i tlge ;b reason, to fear that it may do incalculable mischi between the end of this month and the first week ° October. ‘‘ The Civil Governor of Villareal has appoint • ea il commission to examine the report." THE GREAT LONDON SUMMER POULTRY SHoIV.,;; was fixed f or t h e reception of the var i o " n Saturday ens of poult ry, & c., to be exhibited at the 01; the da ig London hummer Poultry Sh ow , t o ta k e p l ac e d , , King-street, P or t man - square, on Wets needs Thursday, and F r id ay next, the arrangem en t " being finally completed. Amongst the contributors 14 „ Lord B erw i c k , Lord Hill, Lady Georgiana Codringte„l Lady Caroline Legge, Hon. Mrs. Astley, Hon. n ia Rev. Ed war d K eppel, Hon. Mr. Hill, Sir Archibal d Macdonald, Captain Hornby, R.N., John Farlie, J. C. Adkins, Esq., &e. The entire area of the bakii i i excepting that porti on w h ere a l arge amount of lifbe is not o bt a i na bl e , i s now f i tted up with pens for t birds. The s p ec i mens w hi c h have arrived have anio n il them some of the fi nes t b reeds in the kingdom. I° °n class alone there are no l ess than 150 pens of chick ens' and, including th e pi geons, geese, ducks, and turkelo. the number of birds to be exhibited will exceed 6,C lu The judges m a k e th e i r awards of the prizes, whoa amount in the aggregate to several hundred pounds , , Tuesday, and th ere w il l b e a private view on that o re n o f ing. Amongst the competitors are a large numbe r oto amateurs, who ha ve never taken any p ar t in Preyiex shows, and the specimens they have contributed ar e dis ceedingly fine. Instead of the course adopted o ' tte s, tinguiahing th e p r i zes b y re d , bl ue, and wh i te r ose be as was th e case at the w i nter poultry show, they Wil l & - recognised b y car d s, pr i nted in different co l o V scribin g th e c h aracter and breed of the birds. sod on ly to the c om f or t an d conven i ence of the public, notfor will a portion of the gallery be tastefully fitted uP in the purpose of refreshments, but arrangement! ~w ere course of progress for introducinc , evergreens and .. 1 1," throughout various parts of th; WW l ' have a very pleasing effect. Ti doni. ' F rei oati, M 1 0 .1.111 are f Ti Char! Cork b Ubli Qt• si Lond A orti Nris Ports: Sarni) Do. Shrev South Stain, Nortl W. mu l' b 4l . t Uzi Ilp au ki/ved I , l\. eti ""qte