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EAST INDIA HOUSE, 6th June, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY OWE NOTICE, That the Correspondence which was laid before the General Court this Day, regarding the arrangement proposed by her Majesty's Ministers for the future Government of India, id now printing for the information of the Proprietors, and will be ready to be delivered at this house on Thursday next, the 9th instant. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. BRODIE UN TAX ON SUCCESSIONS, THE BURDENS ON LAND, &c. ATREATISE on a TAX on SUCCESSIONS to REAL as well as PERSONAL PROPERTY, and the RE VIVAL of the HOUSE TAX, as SUBSTITUTES for the INCOME TAX; and on Burdens on Land and Restrictions on Commerce and Loans of Money. By P. B. BRODIE, Esq., Barrister-at - Law . London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buclutone. THIS EVENING, Jettz 7, Will be perß)rmed (second time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry Sullivan. Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Cord, and Ruckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, L. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR smistre, To be followed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, JONZ 7, Will be performed PERFECTION. Pr ncipal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Addison, and Saker ; Misses Virash and C. Leclercq. Will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the French of MODS. Scribe, by Mr. Pairave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. THIS EVENING, Jinn 7, --- - - - - - will be performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. — To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster—Directress, Maclaine Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 7, ►ill be presented THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Cha racters by Messrs. Parselle, H. Bedford, 0. Smith, Woolgar, and P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keelev. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. After which, NORMA. AsTLsrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Eecond Week Of M. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, whose extraordinary Feats have been Nightly hailed with enthusiastic approbation. THE THIRD JUVENILE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PERFORMANCE Wlll take place on WEDNESDAY, June 6, commencing at Two o'clock. By complimentary invitation of Mr. W. Cooke, the boys of the Royal Caledonian Asylum will attend. THIS EVENING, Julia 7, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Mama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, or LIFE ON THE TURF— ilinstrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M. Alphonse Thewlin, the First Gymnaslarque dErien of France, and Inventor of the Cybistique Games under the French and Belgian Breloons, in his incredible Performance of LEd JEUX CYBISTIQUE, Vaulting Traverser iErien of 130 Feet from the Back of the Stage to the Centre of the Circle. To be succeeded by graczful and classical equestrian Achievements in Scenes of the ARENA, supported by till most talented Artistes in Europe. To conclude with the Melodrama of THE FOREST OF BONDY, in which the celebrated Dog Hector will appear. Box-I:Mice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN. Splendid Menagerie, including Six Elephants, Four Lions, Two Tigers,Two Giraffes, Camels, Leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Band, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert ; Two Songs by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wuille, and Cornet A Piston, Mr. Phillips; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Explosion of Chinese Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open from 9in the morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THE. DAY —Morning 11 min. after 2 Evening 31 min.aft. 2 To_lloßsow—Morning 47 min. after 2 Evening 4 min.aft. 3 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON - W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE-E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE-E., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENwion—Calm —partially cloudy. STROOD-S.E., calm—cloudless. SWINDON-N.W., light breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE-S., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD-S.W., gentle breeze—fine. 'I he returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—E., gentle breeze—fine. WirITEY—N., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—N., strong breeze—cloudy. SHAT.--N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICR, JUNE 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 69 this day at noon. BARO3f ETEE, 30'08. WIND, N.N.W. -Fine, sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘, THE S TT N" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LA TE 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. 4g c ibt • LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1853. The Income Tax Bill has finally passed through the House of Commons without alteration or im provement, with all its glaring imperfections and inequalities. The Chancellor of the Exchequer remained obdurate to the last, and steadily re fused to assent to any change, however urgently required by justice or expediency. The Right Hon. Gentleman was perfectly conscious of his strength. He found that on this occasion he could afford to despise the voice of public, opinion, and he did so, without the slightest feeling of com punction or sympathy for the sufferers under the iniquitous measure to which he lent the sanction of his name. Well, be it so. The Fiscal and Financial Reformers now know what they have to look for ward to—they have seen the scandalous tergiversation of many of their most trusted cham pions—they have seen others in whom they had no reason to have reposed confidence faithful to the last, and, when all (save honour) was lost, entering their earnest protests against the atrocious enact ment. These matters will not be forgotten ; they will sink deeply into the minds of the betrayed and outraged people, and may possibly be pro ductive of very unexpected results when another appeal shall be made to the country, and the be trayers have to meet the betrayed on the hustings, and to solicit a renewal of the confidence so grossly and so unwarrantably violated. Were it not for the grave and melancholy im portance of the subject, it would be an amusing task to rip up and expose the frivolous pretexts by which the dereliction of duty, evidenced in the unexplained absence, or the direct and unblush ing abandonment of principle was attempted— We shall not say to be vindicated, for that was im possible, but to be reduced in amount. One had confidence in the men, and was ready to endorse any propositions,•howe'ver unreasonable—to vote black white ha of the Joint-Sek order t o re t a i n t h e serv i ces Administration, l es t an y Mem ber of th e Cabinetshould be disgusted at a servile exhibited gusted and submission not being an insuperable obstagcleex should place " th e therra way of the continu ance in office of mired some other p ort i on o r ts." Another ad proposition about to be brought the for exceed purchase :t s ome ingly, that he was willing to purch w a a s r e d, ' So at any r rice, however exorbitant. Whilelt thes success Tory clique, who saw that Mr. OLADSTON old playing their game, and giving advantages as t o " the owners of accumulated and realised pro perty," which could not be anticipated from Mr. DISRAELI, quietly absented themselves from the discussions and divisions, ready to take advantage when a suitable opportunity should arise, of the disgust and indignation excited in the public mind, at the outrageous injustice perpetrated at the instance of the Coalition Ministry under the Legilative sanction. Through the Ilegligel 2o) and apathy of some, the deliberate withdrawal of others, and the shameless abandonment of principle, by more, this unjust and impolitic measure has received its third reading, and been passed by the House of Commons. It is a melancholy task to direct particular attention to the proceedings. First, there was a protest by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel the Member for Oxfordshire, at a supposed injustice perpetrated on a humble, but large, body of men, which was easily shown to be altogether founded on a misapprehension, and to have no foundation whatever in fact. There are such things as " fighting a cross" in politics as well as in pugilism, and the bringing forward unjustifi able complaints has sometimes the effect of pre venting other matters with a better foundation from being submitted for consideration. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose then stated his reasons for abandoning the at tempt even to improve in any degree, however trivial, the measure, which he permitted to pass without alteration or amendment of any kind. The Hon. Gentleman professed his con tinued attachment to the cause of Fiscal Reform, his belief that " no tax on incomes could be a just one, and that a tax upon properly only was the proper mode of raising the necessary revenue." But he was so deeply enamoured of the tax on successions that he could not criticise any propo sition made to the Financial Minister who brought it forward, and, therefore, he gave his unquali fied adhesion to the Bill, the monstrous injustice of which he had so frequently and so powerfully denounced. The third reading was subsequently carried by a majority of 134, there being only found 55 Members to record their votes against it. Some clauses brought forward by Sir FITZ ROY KELLY, for the purpose of giving relief to the earners of small industrial incomes, were, although just and equitable in themselves, negatived by almost equally decisive majorities, and the Bill finally passed the Commons, and vir tually became the law of the land almost by acclamation. Such proceedings require no comment. We may, however, remark, that although the tax has been granted for seven years, it is still open to the consideration and revision of Parliament at any time. And we trust and believe that an agitation will be commenced—an oppOsition or ganised that will enforce a reconsideration of the subject before two years of the ten have elapsed. If justice cannot be obtained from the present House of Commons, it may from the new Parlia ment, the Members whereof will have to give expression on the hustings to their views of Fiscal Reform. It has been asserted that Sir CHARLES WOOD'S measure for the future Government of India is, practically, neither more nor less than a continu ance Bill, which may be altered or amended, at any time, as the exigencies of the case may re quire. That no pledge is given for any fixed or determinate peri'od, and that, consequently, the moment the necessary information has been ob tained—that the solution of the important pro blem—as to the form of Government best calcu lated to promote the welfare and happiness of One liwudred and fifty millions of human beings ; and also to advance the interests of the United Kingdom—has been accomplished--when in fact the matter is ripe for Permanent Legislation—it will be competent either for the Government of the day, or for any independent member to bring forward propositions by means whereof the great desideratum may be achieved. In support of these views, the statements of Sir CHARLES WOOD in the House of Commons, and also in his explanatory letter to Mr. RUSSELL ELLICE and MAJOR OLIPHANT, have been referred to. In the latter he says—" We do not propose any fixed term for the duration of this form of Government, as we think it advisable that it should be open at any time to the consideration and revision of Parliament." From these premises, then, it is argued, that the earnest request of the native population has been :substantially granted, and that there is no just ground of complaint as to the apparent perma nency of the measure. We cannot concur in these conclusions. On the contrary, we feel bound to record our earnest dissent, and to emphatically warn all the friends of India—all those desirous of opposing the most monstrous job attempted for many years—against being deceived or led astray by these plausible fallacies. The matter must of course remain open to the consideration and revision of Parliament at any time. The East India Company is not now in a position to make a bargain, or stipulate for conditions. Nothing is better settled than that there must be two parties to a contract, in order that it should be binding. There should be some valuable consideration proceeding from both sides. Without that, it would be what in law is denominated a nudum pactum, and, as such, absolutely and entirely void ab initio. Now, the Company pos sesses no claim of any kind on the British nation ; it has nothing to give up ; no privileges to sur render, which could be made the groundwork of a valid and binding agreement. There is no doubt that it formerly possessed such privileges ; that it was entitled to a monopoly, and one of a very profitable character, the value of which might be estimated in some degree by any middle-aged housekeeper who some thirty years since was accustomed to pay from Bs. to 12s. per pound for tea far inferior to that which can now be obtained for from 4s. to 55., and yet we can remember the harrowing predictions, the gloomy anticipations, that were uttered as to the more than probable results of the destructive and unconstitutional project of throwing open the Chinese ports to British merchants. The teas were to be poisoned, and robberies and villanies of the most atrocious description perpetrated daily, if we consented to receive our teas through any channels but those provided by the Leviathan of Leadenhall-street. These gloomy vaticinations were, however, disregarded. The Government and the Parliament determined that, to a certain extent at least, there should be " Free-Trade " with China, and that every per sona restriction should be forthwith abolished, and there has certainly been no reason to regret the decision then arrived at. But the goodwill of the parties was purchased at a tolerably high figure. The Proprietors had certainly no reason to complain of the liberality of JOHN BULL. Not only was it agreed that, for every one hundred pounds of capital stock em barked in the concern, they should receive an an nuity of £lO 10s. per annum, guaranteed not to be redeemed or tampered with for forty years, and then only to be redeemed on payment of £2OO for every £lOO stock ; but, in addition, by far the greater part of the entire Indian patronage was handed over to the Directors, and therefore practically to the Proprietors for twenty years, which term will expire in 1854. It is impossible to estimate the value of that patronage, or as to the mode of its exercise in India. But we can form some estimate as to its value in this country. We know that there are about two hundred and twenty infantry, and about 30 cavalry cadetships, 30 writerships, and 50 medical appointments an nually disposed of ; and, estimating an infantry cadetship at 1,0001. (it was proved to have been sold for 1,0501. in a certain trial, to which it is unnecessary at present more particularly to refer), the cavalry at 1,5001., writerships at 4,0001. (far below their actual value), and the medical appoint ments at the same as the infantry cadetships-10001. each—we shall find that the patronage thus deli vered was worth no less than 435,0001. per an num, which, for the twenty years, was, without charging interest, worth 8,700,0001. sterling, or 2 ,700,0001. more than the entire capital stock of the Company. And here we may remark that, although the writerships and medical appoint mentss.t are, a ccor di ng to Si r CHARLES WOOD ' S pro position, still remai n ion, t o b e thrown opento public competition, the militaryto appointments with s ca th v e air D y ire an t d or infantry, m conse quence of th • • c who, will hav e th e pat eir diminished numbers, 30 parts, now distributed among 18 persons. that, although the th ese matters t o s h ow ar rangement s entered into in c 1833 (shortly aft er th e ex iteme • t the paging of the Reforms Bill coui nt co nse quen on not hitherto have been disturbed, there is nothing analogous thereto at the present crisis, and that Sir CHARLES WOOD could not have even proposed, much less carried, any proposition which should not, at any time, have been open to the consideration and revision of Parliament ; and he is, therefore, en titled to no particle of credit for the resolution which he has just put forward with such pompous pretension. ELECTION COMMITTEES.--(THIS DAY.) ASCOT RACES. The Liverpool, Peterborough, Durham, and Clare County Committees sat this morning, but no evidence of interest was 'brought before them. It is expected that the Clare County Committee will to-day come to a decision on the "intimidation and priestly influence" branch of the case. Should they not unseat the sitting members on this part of the case, the petitioners will then be called on to go into the allegation of bribery and treating. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRIAL STAKES. Ariosto Ephesus Fifteen ran. But the present legislation for an indefinite period is calculated to disperse the reasonable hopes of the inhabitants of British India. Their earnest request, their most ardent desire is, for " public inquiry and discussion in the Imperial Parliament ; " that, as we have already stated, any system of Government, what ever it may be, should be open to alteration and improvement, from time to time, as the well being of the country may require. That periodi cal discussion would afford the opportunity to the people of setting forth their grievances, under cir cumstances that would afford the most auspicious prospects of at least receiving attentive hearings, if not of achieving their objects and obtaining the anxiously-looked-for redress. It would also sti mulate the local Government and the subordinate officers to the more diligent and efficient discharge of their duties, and thus be productive of the most beneficial results. But Sir CHARLES WOOD'S mea sure would not only deprive them of these unques tionable advantages, but would create a direct in terest in a powerful body, armed with great patro nage, and a corresponding amount of influence, in retarding and procrastinating the enquiries, and preventing any distinct or definite conclusion from being arrived at. Can any person for a mo ment suppose that we should have had even the pre sent infinitesimal improvements offered were it not for the rapidly-approachingtermination of the Char ter Most certainly not. The question would have been, if not consigned to the "tomb of the CAPULETS," at least most unceremoniously shelved until a more convenient season, which might never arrive. Once more, then, we entreat every inde pendent Member to resist above all things the in definite duration of the measure, and to insist that any legislation on the subject, with the present defective information, should be only for two, or, at the outside, for three years from the termination of the Charter. There is no reason why any of the suggested improvements might not be carried into practical operation even for that limited period. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom panied by the youthful Royal family, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace this afternoon for Windsor Castle, where her Majesty will dispense the regal hospitalities during the Ascot races to a royal and distinguished circle. The Queen on Thursday, the Cup day, will, with her visitors, honour the course with her presence, attended by the Earl of Besborough, as Master of the Stag-hounds, and the usual royal retinue. THE KING OF HANOVER.—The Hanoverian Legation in Grosvenor-place is in a state of preparation to receive King George of Hanover and his Consort, who are on the eve of leaving Hanover for London. A suite of English coachmen, grooms, &c., have been engaged for his Hanoverian Majesty during his sojourn in England. The King has one son, the youthful Crown Prince, after whom the Duke of Cambridge is in remainder to the throne. In the Act of Parliament, however, granting an annuity of 12,0001. per annum to his Royal High ness, is a clause specifying that the income shall cease in the event of the Duke becoming a foreign Sovereign. OLD • SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES. —Some considerable purchases have been made at par of the Old Smith Sea Annuities by the parties who have sent in Exchequer bills for payment. These annuities will be paid off in April, 1854, but will meanwhile carry three per cent. interest from the sth of April last, so that, for the pur poses of a temporary investment, the exchange has been a very safe and favourable one. AUSTRALIAN EMIGEATION.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show no remarkable variation, and the vessels, with few exceptions, have been of the larger class. They have comprised six to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,966 tonnage ; four to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 2,269 tonnage ; three to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 978 tonnage ; one to Swan River of 384 tons ; and one to Launceston of 388 tons. Their total capacity was 6,235 tons. The shipments of manufactures and ordinary descriptions of merchandise have been large, but the rates of freight exhibit a ten dency to decline. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS.— The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter dam produce markets state that business was rather limited, and that no essential change had occurred in prices. The demand for coffee was principally confined to home consumption, and rates were fairly supportel. Sugar, mw and refined, was, on the average, steady, although in some few cases lower prices had been ac cepted. In rice the transactions had not been active, but the late advises had been well maintained. Indigo was firm at previous quotations, and no important alte ration had occurred in tea. SUICIDE FROM A HOUSETOP.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Freemasons' Arms, Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, on view of the body of Mr. Reeves Wilson, aged 36, proprietor of the Jolly Sailor, Salmon's-lane. Deceased occasionally suffered from delirium tremens. On Saturday forenoon he was in conversation with his wife when he left her as she thought to go up to his room. In a few minutes she was alarmed by hearing that he had got on the top of an adjoining house, from which he had taken a leap and jumped into the street. He was taken up in a state of insensibility and conveyed into his own house, where he was promptly attended by a medical gentleman. He died the following day. Ver dict, "Temporary insanity." ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE ClTY.—Considerable ex citement has been created in the neighbourhood of New gate-market in consequence of a desperate attempt on the life of Mrs. Marianne Kipp having been made last night by Ann Mack, a servant in the employ of Mr. Pike, book clasp maker, carrying on business at No. 8, Oxford Arms-passage, Warwick-lane. It appears that the wounded woman's husband works at Mr. Pike's, and she having conceived a jealous feeling against the maid servant, went a few evenings since and abused her most shamefully, promising to call again on Monday (last) evening. This preyed very much upon the girl's (Mack) spirits, and she purchased a razor during the day, for the purpose it is believed of committing suicide, as she appeared in a very excited state. At half-past nine o'clock Mrs. Kipp again made her appearance, and commenced a tirade of scurrilous language. Anne Mack, who had the razor in her hand, unable to brook such abuse, rushed at her, and inflicted some serious wounds on the neck and breast. The screams of Mrs. Kipp brought assistance and she was conveyed to Bar tholomew's Hospital, and her assailant was taken into custody, and will undergo an examination to-day before a magistrate. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WOOLWICH TERMINUS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Sunday night two accidents, one of them fatal, occurred at the Wool wich terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, which took place in consequence of the want of caution of those who are the sufferers. The following are the circumstances of each case :—The first - occurred to a male person of respectable appearance, who arrived shortly after ten o'clock in a steamer from Woolwich, to go by the up-train to London. Before the vessel reached the pier, he and another passenger leaped off, when they unfortunately fell into the river. Captain Rose, the commander, immediately had ropes flung out, and used other means to save them. One was recovered, but the other individual, owing to the force of the current was carried away and was drowned. The body was not found at a late hour. The other accident occurred to a female, about twenty minutes afterwards, and who was a passenger by the down-train ; on its arrival at the terminus, but before it was stopped, she attempted to get out. Her foot unfortunately missed the platform, when she fell on the line. The driver was looking back at the time, and saw her disappear. He, with great exertion, put on the break, and stopped the train before any of the carriages went over her. She was removed from her perilous position, and instantly brought bazk to the terminus at Shoreditch, when she was placed in a cab and taken to the London Hospital. She was there found to be seriously injured, but there were hopes of her recovery. Both the man and woman - were unknown. CRIME IN NEW YORK AND IN LONDON.—The num. ber of arrests last year were 40,000, in a population o f say 300,000, giving a per centage of 6 6 on the whole number of inhabitants. In London the returns ( ~ f the metropolitan police, for 1850, show 70,827 arres 4 zs, out of a population of two millions and a half , giving a per centage of less than three on the whole n'amber of inhabitants. Thus crimes are in New York rather more than twice as frequent as in London. IneAeed, if we make proper allowance for the superior - vigilance and organization of the metropolitan police of London, and for the notorious inefficiency of our own police force, we shall probably find that, in proportion to the population, there is in ew York thrice as much crime as in Lon don.—New York Herald. OATMEAL PORRIDGX.—We kicked up a great bobbery, that's a fact. In the midst of it, in comes Mrs. McTavish, lookin' as red as a turkey-cock, and struttin' like a bantam-hen, head up stiff and strait, wings ex tended angry-like, till they scraped the floor. She was in a riproarious passion,. If she didn't talk quick, it's 1, pity. First she talkedt Gaelic, and then she translatizd it. She made a long yarn of it ; but the short of it was this, she gave the Indians a pot, of burgoo— oatmeal and water—for their supper, and they refused to eat it, sayin' " May be very good for Scotchmen and pigs, but Indian no eat it," and walked out of the house in high dudgeon. Oh ! didn't little Rory roar, and Mrs. Rory rave, arel did n ' t Igo into convulsions ! I thought I should b:4ve died on the spot for want of breath. I joined in berating the Indians though of course, or I should have heeri obliged to cut stick too; but it was almost too rP.74.1,Ch for my ribs. Well done, hairy scalps, sais I tr 4 myself well done, hairy scalps, your pride has or laughed when he heard Ws this time at any rate. Oh deg-: atdone hairy egg SciFtve.story.—Sam 'Slicks Wi se how Ambassador THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Saturday afternoon, the 11th inst., at Buckingham Palace. The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morn ing, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open landau and four, yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros attended on horseback. The royal dinner circle, last evening, at Buckingham Palace, included the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, Earl Spencer, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lady Cowley, and Lord Seaton. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the Palace during dinner, and performed the following se lection : Overture " Stradella" Flotow Oesterreichische Volks Hymne Hadyn Scans ed aria, " Nino" Verdi Valse, " Rigolette" Barret Aria, " Die Stile" Angelina March, " Null Secundus" Mrs. Philip Crawley. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Baroness de Speth, left town yester day for her residence, Frogmore. A deputation from the convention of the royal burghs of Scotland, consisting of the Lord Provost of Edin burgh, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr.•Whitefoord Mackenzie, and Baillie Morrison; had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Ceylon Railway Company, consisting of Messrs. Robert W. Crawford, R. G. Gor don, J: G. Frith, Rendell, C.E., and Cooper, secretary of the company, had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Exeter had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Whitefoord Mackenzie; from the convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. A deputation from the parish of St. George's-in-the- East had an interview with Viscount Palmerston at the Home-office yesterday. The deputation consisted of the ReV. Bryan King (rector), Mr. Samuel Foulger and Mr. John Gill (churchwardens), and Mr. W. L. Howell (vestry clerk). The Rev. Mr. Lake had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE DUKE OF GENoA.—Yesterday, his Royal High ness the Duke of Genoa, accompanied by a large party of ladies and gentlemen, went to Richmond, and break fasted at the Star and Garter. The Duke, accompanied by his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, drove over to Hampton Court after breakfast, and inspected the ancient palace and gardens. In the evening his Royal Highness honoured the Earl and Countess Granville with his com pany at dinner, at their mansion in Bruton-street. A distinguished circle were invited to meet his Royal High ness. CALLS TO THE BAR. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The Trinity Term calls to the bar, of students of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, were made yesterda, June 6, and they comprise the aftermentioned gentlemen :—Henry Holroyd, Esq. ; Murdo Young, Esq., of Queen's College, Cambridge ; Richard Augustus Bethell, Esq.; John Matthew Jones, Esq.; Robert Richardson, Esq., F.S.A.; Charles Henry Hopwood, Esq. ; and Henry Frederick Gibbons, Esq., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. LINcoLN's-INN.—The Trinity Term calls to the Bar of Students of the Honourable Society of the Lincoln's-inn were made yesterday, June 6, and they comprise the aftermentioned gentlemen : —Henry Bullar, Esq. ; John George Dodson, M.A. ; George Higginbotham, M.A. ; Charles Blayds Molyneux, M.A. ; Charles Come Weston, M.A. ; Charles Brodie Locock, M.A.; William Fry Buchanan, M.A.; George Osborn Morgan, M.A. ; and William Graphel, jun., M A. GRAY'S-INN, JUNE 6.—At a Pension of the Honour able Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Rollo James Bulkeley, Esq., was called to the degree of Barrister at Law. SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES, 1853. NORTH WALES AND CHESTER CIRCUITS. Yesterday the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Campbell, the judge appointed to proceed on this circuit, and hold the ensuing assize in the several counties comprised within this division of the principality, finally appointed and issued his fiat for holding such assize, and fixed the day for meeting tho Hon. Mr. Baron Platt, the judge appointed to proceed on the North Wales Cir cuit, at Chester, for the county and city of which they are appointed joint judges. The following are the days and places fixed throughout the circuit : Montgomeryshire—Saturday, July 16, at Newtown. Merionethshire—Wednesday, July 20, at Dolgelly. Caernarvonsbire—Monday, July 25, at Caernarvon. Anglese—Wednesday, July 27, at Beaumaiis. Denbighshire—Saturday, July 30, at Ruthin. Flintshiro—Wednesday, August 3, at Mold. Cheshire—Saturday, August 6, at the Castle of Chester. City of Chester—The same day, at the Guildhall of the City of Chester. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Ple ts, Sir John Jervis, and the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Parke, the Judges appointed to proceed on this circuit, also finally fixed the following days and places for holding the several assizes throughout the Circuit, viz., for F.uckinghamshire—Monday, July 11, at Aylesbury. F ;edfordshire—Wednesday, July 13, at Bedford. F funtingdonshire—Friday, July 15, at Huntingdon. C 'ambridgeshire—Saturday, July 16, at the County Court of Cambridge. Torfolk—Wednesday, July 20, at the Castle, at Noi vie h. City of Norwich—The same day, at the Guildhall, in the City of Norwich. ;uffolk—Monday, July 25, at Ipswich. 1 le days on the Northern, Western, Midland, and South Wales circuits are not finally fixed. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. !The opening of this theatre, last night, was accom 'arc nied by a couple of novelties, one a five act romantic di tma, and the other a choreographic and musical enter tainment for the introduction of the corps de ballet, w I tich, as we stated yesterday, is to be the chief strength of the company this season. Of the drama, St. Marc, as are is not much to say—its plot is rather complicated, t it treats mainly of the unsuccessful efforts of a libertine to obtain possession of the virtuous • 'ife of one of his followers, which are at length sum o tarily put a stop to by his assassination at the hands of a religious fanatic, whom he has injured in some way n of clearly made out. The interest is well sustained aroughout, and the dialogue in many parts forcible and e levated. It was well acted, Miss Vining and Mr. Daven p 4,rt taking the principal parts—the husband and wife. ballet, The Spirit of the Valley, was very successful. 9 7.ne corps is one of the best we have seen for some time, and • iecuted the various complicated manoeuvres of the piece rith wonderful precision. Mdlle. Plunkett has several very c lever pas in the piece ; one of them—" El Zapateado ' - --Spanish, we suppose, by the name—she danced with a ✓ igour and expressive grace which was loudly ap p lauded. M. St. Leon, besides his dancing, played s .tveral airs on the violin with great taste. We s hould mention that one of the parts which b .e fills in the piece was that of an old ✓ illage fiddler, which gave considerable scope for the d isplay of his pantomimic powers. Miss Julia Harland a lso appeared in the piece, and greatly contributed to its s- access by the manner in which she sung several pretty s ongs intrusted to her. The house was tolerably well a ttended. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. —On Saturday evening a .dramatic version from that master-mind of domestic t Jruths and powerful conception, Dickens's "Bleak louse," was produced here with good effect, both in e levelopment of the characters and scenic display. All t ;he artistes exerted themselves to the utmost, 'and were deservedly successful, more particularly the I 'oor crossing-sweeper, Joe, personated by Mr. Searle. A ir. Travers, Mr. Saville, and the wretched and neglected I lowdon, by Mr. Frampton Johnston, showed their a rtistic conception in the characters entrusted to t hem ; and though last, not least deserving, the N vily lawyer Tulkinghorn, personated by Worrell ( although not quite old enough, according to our con ( teption of the author's intention), was admirably im )ressive, and truthfully crafty and lawyer-like. Mrs. Campbell and Miss Eliza Clayton were very good. The iouse was crowded, and the drama decidedly successful. EXTENSION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—Yes ' terday a communication was received at Lloyd's from the Danish Consulate, announcing that the submarine electric telegraph cable bad been successfully laid down across the Great and Little Belts. This line of telegraph in connection with the Dutch line of telegraph and the submarine cable, extending from Orfordness to Holland, opens up the electric communication between London si nd Copenhagen. °DEM/I.—From Odessa the mercantile letters reach t o the 27th of May. For some days after the return of Pit ince Menschikoff there had been general consterna tion and an entire suspension of business, but the feeling of a larm was now partially subsiding, and some trans act ons had taken place in wheat at about 235. per qua rter, free on board, the price a fortnight or three wee ks previously having been 265. to 275. Freights wen a enormously high, and 80s. per ton had been given for i ,allow—the conclusion being, that in the present stat aof uncertainty of no disengaged ships are likely to visil the Black Sea, and, hence, that this important Bus sian port mist for a long time pay a penalty for the Emperor's proceedings. he price of ships continues to 7mount rapidly up war ds. Vessels of a class which only a few months ago • wou "At have been a drug in the market, are now eagerly sons ht after ; every description of tonnage is at present in - 'oat demand.—Newcage Journal, Vitrb libttion ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIIj 501. SWEEPSTAKES, Boer I. t mprocles Two ran. GOLD VASE. Rataplan Pelion Nine ran. ASCOT DERBY. Ninnyhammer Filbert 1 2 THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. WoomvicH, JUNE 6.—Captain Taylor's troop of Royal Horse Artillery left Canterbury this morning on their march to Woolwich, and will arrive here on Thursday. Captain Richard Blackwood Price's field battery have received orders to march to-morrow for Thorncliff, via Ashford, Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells, Grinstead, and Reigate, where they will halt during Sunday, and thence to Leatherhead, and into the camp on the 14th. The field-battery will be of the following strength :-94 horses, 4 9-pounder guns, 2 24-pounder howitzers, 26 tents, 1 forge, 1 store cart, 1 baggage cart, 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, 1 assistant-surgeon, 5 serjeants, s:corporals, 5 bombardiers, 1 farrier, 2 shoeing-smiths, 2 collar-makers, 1 wheeler, 2 trumpeters, and 130 gunners and drivers, making a total of 159 officers and men. The officers' names are Captain Richard Blackwood Price, command ing ; Second Captain J. R. Gibbon ; Lieutenants Miller, Seale, and Tedcroft ; and Assistant-surgeon W. Perry. The ban.ackwat Thorncliff will be temporarily occupied by a detachment of Royal Artillery, consisting of 1 lieu tenant, 1 serjeant, 4 non-commissioned officers, and 14 gunners, of Captain Swinton's company, from Dover. Each subdivision of Captain Blackwood Price's field-bat tery carries 4 tents, and the two flank guns 5 tents each ; 2 for the men of each gun, 1 for the harness, the nmainder for officers, staff-serjeant, and guard. Each gun carries 268 rounds of blank cartridge, 100 port-fires, and 300 tubes. The gunners are to march on foot and carry their knapsacks ; a system it would be advisable to alter, so far as to allow of the knapsacks being carried on the limbers. The weight is considerable ; and, in addition, Nos. 1. and 2 are buckled up with a pouch, a sword and belt, a haversack, and wooden bottle, and also a carabine. It must be evident that after a march an artilleryman, with all these incumbrances, cannot fail to be very tired on going into action, and not in a very fit condition to rattle a trail about, or to make a very good shot. Their appendages, and the weights they have to carry, will now be thoroughly investigated at the camp, and changes take place for the better. The following circular has been issued to the regiments under order to encamp on Chobham Common : " Horse Guards, May 31, 1853. "Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that itis intended shall encamp on Chobham Common on the 14th June. The camp equipment, with the exception of the canteens, haversacks, and blankets, which the regi ment will draw at its present station immediately, will have been previously delivered to the detachment sent on agreeably to my communication of this date. The regiment will draw its rations from the commissariat from the day of its arrival in camp, and will cook on the ground. A re turn will be forwarded to this department with the least possible delay of the total strength for which camp equipment will be required, adding the number of women, servants,, and soldiers and mounted officers' horses which will camp. Care will be taken that the regulated number of women (six per 100 non commissioned chi cers and men) be not exceeded. To each field officer one marquee will be allowed ; to every other officer one tent ; for regimental guards five per regiment ; for orderly room and stores two tents ; for the mess two large sasxquees; the hospital one marquee ; be sides eight barrack tables and thirty chairs for the use of the officers' mess_ Instructions will be issued as to the form and mode of drawing and accounting for supplies. Mounted officers of infantry will receive their forage in kind. The form of encampment for infantry will be ac cording to that numbered 3 in the Regulations for Encamp ment, dated 11th May, 1853. The regulations provide ra tions of bread meal meat to be paid for at cost price, with a free ration of ft lel, to one washwoman for every twenty: men, and the wor nen are besides allowed thirty trusses of straw to a company to thatch their huts. Instructions have been issued. to the Commissariat to supply fir poles and branches for :roofing and watling their huts. The Com missariat department have been instructed to provide trans port for 15 tons of baggage for every infantry battalion which moves by railway from the point of its debarkation from the railway to the camp. Towards the defrayment of this expense a charge will be made against the commuted allowance for taw regimental baggage. The cavalry and that portion of the infantry which proceeds by march route will provide thair own conveyance in the usual manner. The heavy baggage of regiments must be placed in store at their present st xti on, carefully packed and marked, and in readiness for m by ement, in the event of the regiment not returning to its present quarters. "The wives of officers, however, and those of soldiers now residing in b arracks, and who do not go into camp, will be permitted to occupy their present quarters in bar racks, and in thei r case the use of their baggage will of course be admitted. " I have the honour to be, &c., " J. FREETH, Quartermaster-General. "Officer comm anding - Regiment." THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF OXFORD. OXFORD, MONDAY. Although the inaugurations of former Chancellors have taken piace under more brilliant auspices than that of the Earl of . .,D4 Irby, and the line of conduct which has been taken in giving so purely political a complexion to this occasion is riot very judicious, still the approach of the ceremonial of to-morrow excites considerable interest, and the venerabl'e streets of this city of colleges and churches wear :an aspect of unwonted animation and gaiety. The gre at event of the day has been the arrival of the Earl of _Derby, who entered Oxford at half-past six o'clock, and :proceeded to the Vice-Chancellor's resi dence in Worc es ter College. The noble earl was accom panied by his•co-untess and his eldest son, Lord Stanley, M.P., and was received in due form by the Rev. Dr. Cotton, provost of Worcester, the Vice-Chancellor for the present yoar, and several of the heads of houses. The routine of dinners, balls, and festivities does not begin till to-imprrow. The University authorities have not yet decided -whether any representatives of the press are to be admitted to the dinner in Worcester College Quadrangle, which takes place at half-past six to-mor row evening, 'bu t great apprehensions are entertained that the spirit of exclusiveness will prevail. . Two events of considerable importance in themselves, and deriving adc'itional interest from their connection with the grand affair of the time, took place in the neigh bourhood of Oxford to-day. One was the re-opening of the Abbey Church of Dorchester, a village of great an tiquity, situated about eight miles from Oxford, which was the seat of one of the Saxon bishoprics. The church is an edifice of the later Gothic style, without transepts or clerestory, but an interesting specimen of that class of architecture, though not presenting any examples of great finish or elaboration. It has lately been repaired, the stone-work. partially restored, and the chancel fitted up with woode ti rails and screens of a style in harmony with that of the edifice. The Bishop of Oxford performed service, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Addison, curate of Dorchester, and. preached an eloquent discourse from Matthew xviii., 20, " Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there will I be in the midst of them." The other event alluded to was the opening of the diocesan school for training schoolmasters at Cul ham, about three miles distant. The Bishop of Oxford and the Earl of Derby both spoke at considerable length. Oxford is chokefull of strangers, and the price of lodgings has risen, as usual, enormously. Amongst those already arrived, or momentarily expected, are Lord Colchester, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Disraeli, M,P., Mr. Walpole, M.P., &c. Loss OF THE NEPTUNE, LONDON AND ST. PETERSBURGH STEAM-SHIP.—On Saturday were received at Lloyd's the details of the loss of the Neptune, London and St. Petersburgh steam-ship, and the marvellous escape other passengers and a large amount of bullion which she had on board. She was the property of the St. Petersburgh Steam Navigation Company, of about 700 tons burden, worked by a screw ; and, when she met with the disaster, she was pursuing her first homeward voyage, after a thorough refit with new boilers, &c. She was to have sailed from the Thames on the Ist of the month, on a second trip to St. Petersburgh. She did not make her appearance ; and, on that very day, a telegraphic mes sage was received by her agents, from Hull, announcing that she had been wrecked on the shoals known as the Nickman's Grounds, in the Gulf of Finland. By the arrival of the Emperor from the northern capital, confirmatory intelligence of the loss was re ceived. The latter ship was making her way through the gulf on Friday evening, when a large steamer was observed ashore, some distance off. As the Emperor proceeded, a boat was noticed to be making for her, and on her coming up, she was found to be that belonging to the ;Neptune, and contained M r . Brownless, the master, and. some Of the passengers and crew. The mishap which had befallen the Neptune was reported, and the preservation of 22 passengers which she had on board, and specie to the extent of 50,000 imperials. This, however, 'was effected under very try ing circumstances, as the sea, which was very tempestu ous, made over the wreck, - the poor creatures expecting every moment to be washed off. The Emperor was solicited to stand off during the night, so as to take the passengers off the Neptune, and what could be recovered of her. This was complied with, and the Emperor brought to. After continuin so, however, many hours, and the night becoming moot boisterous, and fears being entertained for the safety of the Emperor should she re main off the shoal, it was deemed advisable to run out to sea, and to pursue the voyage to England, which she did. There is little doubt that all on board the Neptune were saved; but it is also as certain that the ship became a loss, her bottom being driven in, and her hull fast fill ing with water. She was insured for a large amount. The next arrival from St. Petersburgh is expected to bring the passengers and crew from the wreck. ~,~, ~.~. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Emperor received yesterday at a private audience V6ly Eddin Rifaat Pacha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Sublime Porte, charged to deliver the reply of the Sultan to the notifi cation of his Majesty's marriage. The semi-official journal, the Pays, contains a long article on the position of France in the Eastern question. It is of importance, as it is meant to convey the expres sion of the Emperor's ideas, and as marking the line of policy which it is proposed to follow. The article bears the signature of Viscount de Laguerroniere, the princi pal editor of the Pays. After criticising with some se verity the conduct of M. Thiers in 1840, the Pays pro ceeds thus : " Our national pride isimuch flattered, no doubt, at hear ing it constantly said that the Mediterranean is a French lake. Unfortunately, the treaties of 1815 have changed into a dream that expression of a great man. In consequence of these treaties the Mediterranean is not, and cannot hence forth be, other than an European and International lake. It is to maintain for it that character that Egypt ought not to be either English or French ; and that Turkey cannot be Russian. Let us speak in good faith ;--could we permit England, for instance, to establish herself in the Balearic Isles to intercept our route to Algeria, which is henceforth united to France by indissoluble bonds ? And could England suffer that by making Egypt French we should take from her the Bay of Suez, which is for her the gate of the Indies ? M. Thiers threw himself rashly into the question of the East in 1840. He could only end in an impossibility. He completely disregarded the interests of France in that question. The Restoration did not commit such a fault • and its flag floated at Navarino side by side with that of Russia and of England. The independence of Greece was won and settled by Europe. It was also the whole of Europe which intervened to settle the interests at stake between Egypt and Turkey. The day that the Eastern question loses this European character the peace of the world would be disturbed for a long time ; let this be believed ; and it is not France that would: have to suffer from that attack on the equilibrium of Europe, for she is perhaps the most disinterested of all in the question of the East, There are three Powers who have a vitaal interest in the East—Russia, England, and Austria. For Russia it is the interest of her religious ideas, which points out to her the attainment of a political sovereignty where she has the pretension to exercise a sovereignty of dogma, and of faith. For Austria it is the interest of her security and of her de fence on the Danube against the immense weight of the Empire of Russia, which already presses on. her. For Eng land it is the interest of the freedom ant security of her communications with India, where she has immense pos sessions, which are the source of her pro sperity, and the absolute condition of her rank as a power of the first order. But France has only the interest of all—t hat is to say, the balance of Europe and the freedom of the seas. France would not be menaced in her vital intereats, like England and Austria, were Russia at Constantinople. Her expan sion towards Africa and America would not be less free. It may even be said that she would find it a counterpoise to the excess of the maritime force of England, if that force should occasion umbrage to us. France would remain then what she is, and what she will always bey a power of the first order. But that rank, of which she i s proud, of which she is jealous, and which she will no ram •e lose for herself than she will take from others, Austr is and England would infallibly lose the day that the Ott 'man Empire be came the vassal of the Russian Empire. " The Government of Napoleon M. ha is not committed the fault of the Government of Louis Philippe. It has not sought in the Eastern question for an oc c asion of revolu tionary tumult on the drum of propttga,n. Lista • it has not isolated France from Europe. No ; it has placed itself with dignity, firmness, and calm in the ii ght of Europe. It is for that that it negotiates; it is for tl ta,t, that it would fight, if necessary, not alone, but with arl, and for all. France ought not to be and cannot be alone in the question of the East. The simple supposition of her isolation is a folly of so monstrous a character that it: is impossible to think of it for an instant. France is wi tlx England, with Austria, with Prussia ; and she will be also, we hope, with Russia. There exists between the five great Powers, as between them and all the others of Eurt)p e, a common in terest, more intimate for some of them, i nore distant for us, but obligatory for all. If Russia ware to disregard that fact through pride or ambition, is it w ith France alone that she would have to do ? Would France alone take' fire for an interest more European than. 'French ? Could she, from the extremity of the west, separated from Russia by Germany, and from Turkey Iby the Mediter ranean, the Archipelago, and the Dardanelles, have to fire the first shot for a cause which is he only because it is that of every one? Honour would not command so much precipitation, nor would sound pc] icy recommend it. What she ought to have done, she lin s done. At the first signal of the complications she son t her fleet, took up a position near the theatre of events, and was ready for every eventuality. But in displaying her flag in face of the Dardanelles, France showed ht n• right to all Europe ; and her right is the right of all- -that which she could not defend single-handed without temerity, and which the other Governments could not a bandon without weakness, and without relinquishing their proper interest and honour. We cannot imagine a not der situation for France. We know of none more honomra ble for her Go vernment, and which more markedly coati adicts the senti ments of distrust which had greeted its ac cession. Napo leon 111. has too much prudence, patrio tit ,m, and political genius to play with that terrible wor ' war.' That word, which is a part of his glory, has mot dazzled him. Twice only has has he pronounced it since h e has governed— three years back, as a reparation towards the head of Chris tendom, the illustrious Pius IX., repla , 3ed in the chair of St. Peter by a French army ; and nov r, as a precaution against the fear of an encroachment as id. of a violation of treaties. The foreign policy is sufficiently characterised by this explanation. After having had the .honour of saving religion amidst the applause of Europe, Ito now defends the right of Europe, respect for treaties, os •der, peace, and equity. The conqueror who was feared is not lie. Tho people which tremble for its repose is nos b that which ad joins our frontier. No, he renders imp° ssible any coali tion against France ; and he also render a impossible the partition of another Poland, as well as the i conspiracy or the treason of another treaty of Pilnitz ; and h. 3 is ready to take his place in the great European coaltion, to cause the in tegrity of a people and the inviolability of a right to be respected. Besides, this point must not ;be lost sight of, that war, not probable but possible, would not resemble in anything what has been hitherto seen. :It would not be the frontier uncovered, nor the nationalit .y engaged. The Rhine, that natural barrier, would not be menaced by any onemy : and it is not at our doors that t.ht 3 quarrel will be settled. At the utmost, in a distant scen4 ), France would have to appeal, not to defend herself nor t o attack, but to cause treaties to be respected. Such is tae r armed misF•ion. She would have behind her flag the armies 3 and fleets witi-ii could not make default to the cause of the r ight of all against the ambition of one. War on these condi Mons would un doubtedly be a misfortune, but it would. r lever be a peril or a convulsion. Consequently, whether France combats er negotiates, her situation is as glorious as it is strong, for war would only be an act of common l E uropean defence, and peace a treaty of alliance, the indisso lubility of which would have for sanction the permanent it iterest of all the States." The Moniteur publishes an account Of the proceedings of the Governor-General of Algeria against the Kabyles. The Arabs make no resistance, so that there are no killed on either side, but the native vi llages are burnt without mercy. By a telegraphic dispatch, dated the 28th May, the Governor-General announced that " all the tribes have made their submission, furnished hostages, and paid the impost." The market for Government Securities at the Bourse yesterday had been dull, and a decline , ultimately took place in the Three per Cents., in the quotation for cash, of 20c. ; and for the term of 15c. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were, as usual, better supported, and closed with an advance for money of 25c., and of sc. for the end of the month. Bank of France Shares fell 10f. The final quotations were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 78f. 70c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents-, 102 f. For the account—Three per Cents., 78f. 65c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 2,665 f. Shares of the Mortgage Bank still remain at 800 f. ; a decline of 2f. occurred in those of the Socigte 31obiliere, which were finally quoted at 825 f. 50c. The Railway Share Market was also affected by the general want of activity in affairs, though, on the whole, that description of public security was tolerably well supported. The most favoured lines yesterday were the Northern and Paris and Lyons—the former of which advanced 55f., and the latter 20f. Orleans shares also improved 5f., and Paris and Rouen, 2f. Closing prices :—Northern, 950 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,065 f. ; Paris and. Strasbourg, 902 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 935 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,037 f. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 23.—1 t is asserted that Ali Pasha, the Sultan's brother-in-law, is to go on a special mission to St. Petersburgh. The Ottoman fleet corn manded by Aohmet Pasha, is concentrated in the Bosphorus. The arrival of the Egyptian contingent, of from 25,000 to 30,000 men, was expected. SCUTARI, IN ALBANIA, MAY 24.—Omer Pasha has issued marching orders to the bulk of his army. Only three battalions will remain in the pashalik. Omer Pasha himself is about to proceed to Monastir. Advices from Constantinople state that a manifesto is about to be published by the Turkish Government, con taining a detailed account of the present state of affairs. It is also reported that after the departure of Prince Menschikoff, a high functionary had been dispatched to St. Petersburgh by the Porte, in order to furnish the Emperor with any explanation required. All the Paris journals of yesterday contain articles upon the Eastern question. The Constitutionnel notices as follows the admissions of the Debuts in its article of yesterday on the Eastern question : "The Journal des 'Mats has received some fresh infor mation from Constantinople as to the demands of Russia. But this last information has no doubt come by sea, for it is of a quite different character from the news which it declared had come to it by land. This information does not teach us anything new, for it merely confirms what we have not ceased to repeat, namely, that the protectorate claimed by Russia in favour of the Greeks is of quite a different character from the protectorate of France in favour of the Latins, But it is not useless to declare that the Journal des Mtts, better informed by its letters by sea than by its news by land, is forced to admit that the demands of Prince Menschikoff relate to quite other things than purely religious privileges, and that in reality the rights and immunities which the ambassador of the Czar desired to make the object of a synallagmatical constitute a bond fide civil and administrative juris diction." The Assemblee Nationale expresses a fear that the Emperor of Russia will take offence at the language of some of the English and French journals, which have taken the liberty to remonstrate with, and even to menace him. The Assembles asks what could be done for Turkey if the Emperor Nicholas should think that he is bound by a sense of his dignity to per severe after the defiance that has been thrown out by these journals. GERMANY. -------• The Lloyd of Vienna, which has the reputation of be ing well informed on matters connected with the Aus trian Government, states that the Sardinian Ambas sador, who left Vienna in consequence of the recent differences between the two Cabinets, is about to re sume his post. A. letter from Vienna, in the Inclopendance of Brus sels, says :-- " The marriage of the Duke de Brabant and the Archduchess Maria Henr i e tta will take place by proxy at Vienna, in August next, it is said, on the 12th; the Duke de Brabant will be represented by the Arch duke Albert. The ladies fixed on to accompany the new Duchess de Brabant as far as the Belgian frontier, are Countess Clam-Martinitz, as Grand Mistress, and the young Countesses Therese Wrbna and Elise Festetics de Tolna, as Maids of Honour. The last-named ladY i s daughter of Count Festetics, ex-Grand Master of the late Palatine Joseph." The Jews 'of Leipsic, who have long solicited perrai s : sion to build a synagogue in that city , have just obtained it. A subscription was opened to d efra y the expese, and the whole amount was collected in less than a week. Among the subscribers were persons belonging ° different Christian creeds. Isiegotiations respecting a new Austrian loan are being actively carried on at Frankfort, the loan to be in silYer , bearing interest at the rate of 5 per ce nt., and to an unlimited amount. The Austrian Correspondence contains an official arti cle, expressing a positive opinion that peace will be WO' tamed, notwithstanding the present unfavourable posture of affairs at Constantinople ; concluding with an aPPea" to the generosity of the Emperor of Russia. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the let, which arriveaytt morning, mention only one fact worth noticing. -", Howden, the British Ambassador at the Co urt of Spawf left Madrid on the 31st ult., on leave of absence for months. Mr. Otway is to act as Charge d'Affaires. it is not expected that Lord Howden will return to Slain as Ambassador. Three per Cent., 458 ; def., 241. .~ . - `•: THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Times. ) The intelligence published yesterday with reference to the alleged determination of the Emperor of Ruselab/ insist on the immediate and unconditional acceptanctA the Porte of the terms demanded by Prince Mensch_t„ reached us from Berlin in a form upon which we rr e the utmost reliance, and it has naturally prodlicur,ad greater degree of anxiety on this question than Glossal yet experienced. But, when interests of such o°,7it magnitude and universal importance are at stan ce would be dangerous to attach excessive weight to ian single determination, even though it be that of a Ru se t ba Autocrat ; for every day which has passed sinc e s, 30th of May, the date of our last advices fr ezil Petersburgh, must have reminded the Emperor Nichu o , more forcibly of the position in which he stands ----3n an sailant of Turkey without a pretext of complai.°Zoot enemy of the public law and peace of Europe i ,_. g b an abettor or an ally. The Court of St. Peters 74 had greatly misjudged the temper and s P irl os the world if it supposed that such en terP be could be achieved with impunity. There ma e po s other causes of disunion abroad, but in P re lon of acts of this nature there is a CI:" -- 03 8 duty and a common right, and we find with en d satisfaction that there is a common resolution to del e . c h wl ° them. We have already adverted to the part loth Austria has taken in her official communications, ;c1,..„ at Paris and in London, and it has even been state d o f we know not with what authority—that the orncteio mediator had really devolved on her, in conic,f c o n• with the other Powers. We have also read vo which qualified satisfaction the article in the Pays, a non is attributed in Paris to the immediate instiOife-0 of the head of the French Government. It is nee`;`o,o, for us to express our assent to the opinions it consd'ed. for they are precisely those we have uniformly defer' t he The writer insists in the most forcible manner on essential condition of union and concert betwe A el ', l :es the Powers on the Eastern question, and rePuul'oity each successive pretension to separate and e- s nf sive influence, from the intrigues of M. Thiers ri d; Count Walewski in Egypt in 1840 to the de po t ' of Prince Menschikoff in 1853. We Alan i ll . inquire with too much nicety whether the were structions to M. De Lavalette last year tha t conceived in the same spirit ; but the assuranc e nt these are now the opinions of the French Governito is calculated, as far as it can be relied on, to strenVi c e the harmony of all the Western Powers, and t° g 4t e effect to those general principles which are the onlY basis of peace. , t ithe This consideration, far more than what is terme d tP integrity and independence of Turkey," deserv e be weigh with us in discussing the course of policy rid e r pursued on this question ; for we have ceased to ire stand what is meant by the " integrity " of an 1 11 P r in• which has already seen half-a-dozen kingdoms Oa Po of cipalities severed from it, or by the " independen ce i d ol of a State which only exists on foreign protection. o ti the indefinite prolongation of a Mahomedan dY ° ,,, i 0 and of Turkish government over a European natli it wholly distinct from the more extended objects wh . .„'- o et. becomes an enlightens' statesman to have i n " o w Very few years have elapsed since the Christian pop 00 tion of Turkey was released from a state of the T o abject depression. The work of their e manciPt i d has been the result chiefly of the present Sn' oo d, reign, though it was begun by his father, Main c ii ,,io Since then no people has ever advanced more rapie,,t'r education, in industry, in wealth, and in all that cel,ibe tute the elements of society and of political power. 0 1 inhabitants of the kingdom of Greece proper, vr,i th i o fr independent Government, such as it is, have maa e „ t ieo nitely less progress in the lastls years than the Chri s t i 0 subjects of the Porte • and, while everything wbi, c i - bito , strictly Turkish in the Ottoman empire in Europe 0 “ - `...d. symptonms of rapid and steady decline, the Christian 'des' are rising like the undergrowth of a decaying forest'hile tined, we trust, ere long, to emerge from the which has for ages overwhelmed them. Upon these;ro Russia has attempted to impose her protection in , n the not more fatal to the sovereignty of Turkey than' y ip t future independence of the Greeks and Slavoniane j • co o . they belong not to Russia either by the polity anu ia id stitution of their churches, or by their P c ' [he institutions, or by their commercial interests. 08 has vainly sought to identify them on all . t ole. points with her creed, her empire, and her 11*sje Already the vision of a more auspicious and their ' pendent destiny excites their hopes and encouragl.ri, exertions, and whenever the time may come at ` v op tib a Christian State shall once more rise to empire uP e nt lat tl throne of Byzantium, it may be hoped that the nt'' t the planted there will be that of a free people, ands ° tiO symbol of northern conquest and a second deltieg scarcely less barbarous than that which is now 113 e rfli e before the influence of humanity and civilisation) de Turkish Government, to do it justice, ackn ew. o e f that the maintenance and extension of the ri,(t ts t - rea t i i, Christian subjects are its paramount duty ancl ln p dscb i " and in the very last dispatch, addressed hY it s r e ", Pasha to Prince Menschikoff, the declaration r newed that "the Porte owes it to its own h en s e i l l it, cause the religious privileges granted by former e ater to be respected for ever." If any doubt could I v (el tamed on the subject, such a declaration w ool d to peated in the most binding form, and addres se t o n th e the powers of Europe. But Russia is so inten, be t establishment of her own exclusive protectorate) 'cote,: insists on reducing this general, public, a nd le,. t vertible pledge of toleration to a narrow contr.,ll. w or e herself. The Christians of Turkey would net der for protected, but they would be more closely un sian sway. . . wi th •'th ' That is an object, to say nothing of the duP co t which this scheme was begun and the vi el , l ol „ i n end e l ' which it seems likely to end—to which no in'-'7,100, - ,„ State of Europe can patiently submit, for it in v annexation of territory, an extinction of natilrol of pendence, an interruption of important ceniMile ist o bs lotions, and a startling violation of the Pub ea l‘ l ot Europe. The writer, who is supposed to Ibo opinions of the French Government, is entiti eu r pres e t that, if these wrongs are done, France and h e ;0 ,, ~ ruler are at least guiltless of the offence. Ruosst'ost having placed herself in the strongest CO 0. „ti0 , 1 the late convulsive changes of the Fre ne w ed ° l o t has suddenly reversed the scene, and SS t to r s o part which she would have been the tiwrsb.is if Louis Napoleon had adopted it ; i te jte o ° , o Napoleon declares that "he is ready. t to c0,.. 5 „, place in the great European coalitto.l_t_ the integrity of an empire and the inviolabilltYooo to be respected." We had remarked yesterdtf ro ce P o l e before these lines had reached us, that -u d, if 0 0 everything to gain by such a combination, an enters into it in the spirit of those declaratiotiosi; 01:0 be illiberal and impolitic to reject the oPer ess ia, l a power. We ask no more of her, or of and g o fi , that deference for the public engageme nts . , - s e deYetleft interests of Europe which no State can in th ese eon the glect with impunity ; but that much Europol. s fe as j to require ; and we confess we are amu s ,, o d faitp o jtv Emperor ;Nicholas receive a lesson in ,FL . ' ete of r e _ s o o moderation from a Bonaparte, tionary France are sent to protect the rig c l e : on ds (? 0 , 0 of of other nations against the oppressi ve ~ c hola / Sovereign who has long claimed to be ta' legal authority and conservative power. „poi o oingi; o re CITY MlLlTlA.—Notices have been iss}l e cu rits o f all the men attached to the militia 'leery th don, to assemble at the City Art- grounds, lock , t ? h t he ten 0 c bury, on Friday, the 17th inst., at cone trea' mence a2B days' drill. Any men 41 be corps being absent without lawful excus tha t t bi as deserters. me ntion w on ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen that s o th e market for manufactures was heavy, and iS t not be effected except at a decline.Tba follovvi n gbela „" LORD MIDLETON'S ESTATES• , ea teS) result of the sales of Lord Midletopasreb roth er ' C Fir et while t" 7- and Ve t ths Cork, by Mr. Clark, of the firm ?f and Jon° l• ros iiseo d and Lye, of London, on May 311 er Se celi e d day's sale—Net rental of 1,441 • P_ overage. rolis 29,6651., or 20i years' purchase,mo.n_or oniit il ‘ , fo og o , day's sale—Net rental of 4,173 1 . lb; F 840 1 . Ile the ' total realised on both days of 121, _ obo e ; ar _,,,s b e; dock town lands realised 30f years' I.)..n.,r_eare,y s cP T.t.4 92,1751., or 22 years' purchase, llinaruine, ;so JiVe • t o 1 lintubber, 29 ; and the Ba for vo unb the two latter being on long leases d or * olv t l ar :01 4 aO-,, Dunbollog estate was withdrawn,not ht eV' extent, making an offer for it. Wig farms and two head rents were alone on averag-• ne s OnVy'rd i beIVS IRON MANUFACTURE ON THE 'ix-. S. creasingly, and in a rapid ratio. b is 4 w ro an d Araeffia' erected at various places. Bole o an d are bu l l ture of iron on the banks of the_T e e_es i e ro - o es l a; bad:: at Eston 4, at Middlesbrough 3, bn iiding t to bol o, , nutwl 0 01 1 1 dlesbrough 3 ; and Cochrane and_a in 6 fa Eston 4. Gilkes, Wilson, and Co;_, 4 ; Bell Brothrs are building at S u I F 20 i n all. - 31 ,. iirestfite site Middlesbrough, 2—makingaria_ N o rth in '''" o are a re ith eu oPP M.P., chairman of the London inte ret is A y_ Railway Company, is said to ha° ; and 1 1 erati °l Staffordshire firm of Cochrane an In f a ee l. a verred that when all their works are '„,410 0 0 they will employ 4,000 men.--6044 th t gel the