The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

N ORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. - Notice is hereby Given, that the FIRST GENERAL MEET- Iug of the SUAEEHOLDERS of the METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at No. 47, Parliament -street, in West minster, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st of August, at One o'clock p.m. precisely. By order of the Boaxd, M JOlll4 lIENCIIAN, Secretary, 47, Parliament-street, 17 th August, 1863. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the usual DIVIDEND of Five per Cent. (less income tax), on the paid up capital on the shares of this Sociecty will be PAYABLE at this office on and after SA ay TURDAY, the 2 0 th d of August inst. GEO. li. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. No. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TIIIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD TIIINSKIN. Characters ty Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Ylvash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST IT, Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Pan:elle, Cußente& Woo'gar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0, Smith, and C. J. Smith, Miss Woolgar and Ain. Keeley. After which, will be presented SAM DANAPALIN. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CIIOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT ! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AuGusT 17, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, foil Shalders; Ifesdaraes Ander Lon, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCE, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with VIE WANDERING MINSTREL. .Tem Zags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Important Notice to the Public generally. —The national spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has on its revival been attended with such brilliant success, far beyond an y precedent, must sarily be withdrawn to make room for a classical novelty, o wnhich has been for months in preparation , and will be produced Sa turday, 27th inst., on a scale of grandeur and extent never before attempted.—Miss EMILY COOKE re-appears at this theatre on the conclusion of her continental engagements. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, And during the week, will be presented (52d night) the glorious Spectacle of BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro ducing his celebrated Black Charger Raven, whose performances have elicited unbounded applause, and the Great Equestrian, Mr. Alfred Cooke, in one of his principal acts. Concluding with (Seth time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. " The best ventilated theatre in the world." Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Second Week of Miss POOLE, the eminent En Vocalist.—First Exhibition of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a collection of Sea and Fresh water Fish alive, in five large glass tanks, procured ex pressly for this occasion by P. H. Gosse, E-q., author of " A Natu ralist's Ramble, is Devonshire," &c., forming the most Instructive and amusing object ever yet presented to the public. THIS EVENING, ArruusT 17, CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss Poole, marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, Is. The Boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, accompanied by their Military Band, will visit the Gardens. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning 5 min. after 12 I Evening 38 min.aft. 12 Ta-Mchutow —Morning 8 min. after 1 Evening 35 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICB, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 6T—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'63. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other Nevs 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. - Un LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1853. CAminkro's knife-grinder last evening addressed the House of Commons in the person of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. " Story, GOD bless you ! I have none to tell, sir," might have been the Noble Lord's candid avowal to Mr. SPEAKER, in lieu of his elaborate but meaningless and most uns9,tisfac jory explanation. For, stripping his speech of all its superfluous phraseology, the so-called dis closure made by the Leader of that branch of the Legislature amounts, in point of fact, to no reve lation whatsoever. It concludes, indeed, with the .kpression of a hope that before any considerable 'lapse of time these difficulties in regard to Turk fsh independence may be brought to something like a satisfactory settlement. But circumstances, we conceive, required from a British Minister at this moment rather more than the utterance of an empty aspiration. It might have been reasonably calculated at least that the country would have learnt something positive in reference to the pro bable issue of recent negotiations—instead of being left quite as much in a state of uncertainty as ever on the very eve of the Prorogation of Parliament. We might not unreasonably at any rate have conjectured that for once the tim orous silence of the ARERDEEN Coalition might have been broken ; that for once its pusillanimously i nterrupted recensions might have been full, or, at least as far as they went, explicit ; that for °nee th e l a have been in employed in its name might dignity, the n all essential respects worthy of the British c4overesolution, and the authority of a thus characterine-nt. Instead, however, of being in the H ouse nr e e l , the speech delivered yesterday :mons by Lord -T was remarkable OHN RUSSELL, most unwarrantable its surprising and, all things considered tions. Everything announced nawarrmitable reserva- Lord last evening by the Noble was Qu al need perfectly well known to the great mass of r th ea e dy ' - 'option. No thing at all was added by l ina a n d d recise situa popular intelligence relating to to the sum o f o tion of affairs between th e S ULTAN CRA T. It was absolutely not or i ous, for example, AUTO example, that the proposals forwarded from Vienna in the name of the Four Powers were generally under Stood to have been accepted by the CZAR, accord: ing to the latest advices received from St. Peters burg. What it was desirable should be learnt was—not the rumour of that acceptance—but the nature of those propositions. Withholding from us in the name of diplomatic expediency, the information that could alone be viewed as of any importance, the Cabinet of Lord ADERDEEN imparts to the public, succinctly enough, a variety of particulars with which the majority were al ready acquainted. England is still expected to repose a blind and implicit confidence in the po licy of the Coalition Government, although the Leaders of that Administration persist in with holding facts from the country such as ought moat assuredly t o cons tit u t e a t thi s hour its only rational justification. It is under these auspices, mor eover, that the Legislative Session is brought to the time when botCHouses are to be prorogued. parliament in fore i , other words, is about to separate, be anythin % whateverthe has b een p os iti ve ly con cluded b etween negotiatin g C a bi ne t s o f E urope before anything enunciated by the w'at:ever has b een di s ti nc tly of Coalitionmanly a, Ministry i n th e way of uncertain Planthe Yet, at thi s j uncture ty, natil d is e xPeetel to complete and unconditional reliance a cer;ty of the pa c ifi c v i ews in the sin .Emperort .bthe .Emperor NICHOLAS, as we ll as t in 11-te4 to :th e patriotic policy of the Earl o f A BERD andwise Nis most mysterious Administration. Credit is to be attached to the pacific views of the AUTOCRAT—after the duplicity with which he treated the Powers of the Continent in the mat- ter of the Holy Places—after the arrogance with which he insulted the Sublime Porte, for the pur- poses of intimidation—after the insolent words of MENSCHIKOFF, and the aggressive acts of GORTZSCHAKOFE—nay, after the passage of the Pruth and the usurpation of the Danubian Prin cipalities ! Reliance is to be placed in the foreign policy of the ABERDEEN Coalition—when it is known that that policy prompted the Divan to permit the seizure of the Moldavian and Wallachian pro vinces by Russia, without the faintest effort at retaliation—when it is seen that that policy tolerated, with little more than an impotent mur mur, the Muscovite interference with the rights of the Hospodar at Jassy—when it is understood, moreover, that that policy is so arranging recent differences between the Powers at St. Petersburg and Constantinople that the SULTAN will concili ate the CZAR by more concessions than were ever demanded by the Russian Government ! Entirely, though -reluctantly, do we find our selves compelled to acknowledge the justice of the condemnation pronounced last night, by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the member for Ayles bury, upon the members of the Coalition Govern ment. Cordially do we sympathise in the indigna tion with which Mr. LAYARD declared that, in the management of this affair at Constantinople, Eng- Iland had been degraded to the position of a second rate, and Russia elevated to the position of a first rate, Power in Christendom. Yes! the melan choly truth glares through all this veil of pretended victory—through all this haze and mist of minis terial self-glorification. Ruglandhas consented to a disgraceful compromise, and is striving to con sole herself by calling it a triumph of diplomacy. She has permitted Russia to commit the most flagrant acts of injustice with impunity to herself, but with loss of dignity to the rest of the nations of Christendom, and with a virtual loss of inde pendence to Turkey. And all these degrading results of our policy are to be compensated by the maintenance of international tranquillity—a peace purchased by the most ignominious concessions made to the lawless pride of the AUTOCRAT. No wonder that a policy such as that elicits the eulogium of those politic poltroons who are always running a-muck after the Will-o'-the-wisp of Arbitration. Any sentiments more disgraceful to the House of Commons were, perhaps, never uttered within the walls of that assembly than by the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, towards the close of yester day's discussion ! Sentiments derogatory to the honour of Great Britain, and (from being strictly in accordance with the acts of her Minis ters) injurious to her influence, and destructive of the glory and the majesty of her reputation. Mr. CARLYLE once spoke of Mr. COBDEN as a " politi cal bagman." It is deeply to be regretted that a man of his eminent abilities should ever have given that vulgar soubriquet the shadow of a sem blance of its applicability. If ever the sneer of the Scotch Dreamer was justified, it was assuredly upon the occasion of that speech delivered by Mr. COBDEN in the House of Commons yesterday. Talk, forsooth, of crumpling up the Russian Em pire like a sheet of paper ! Rather talk in future of our cringing like stricken hounds before the brandished knout of his Imperial Majesty the AUTOCRAT ! Let it be observed that Mr. COBDEN closed his most un-English remarks of last evening with a panegyric upon , the " peaceful policy" of the Coali tion. Praise such as that was rather too bitter a pill to be swallowed with anything like complacency by Lord PALMERSTON. Accordingly we find him rising on the instant to protest in words that burnt with something of the warmth of his ancient fervour, that encomiums like those lavished upon the Ministry by the Member for the West Riding, were, at least by one of them, promptly, loudly, and indignantly repudiated. Alas ! the force of that noble but impotent protest—noble in origin, but impotent in influence—goes at this hour for absolutely nothing. Mr. COBDEN is only too well justified in commending as he has done what he delights to designate the " pacific policy" of the Coalition GLvernmen t. The eulcgium may be instinctively recoiled from, it is true—but it must also be officially endured—by Lor 1 PALMERSTON. After refusing to eat humble pie upon a memor- able occasion, when the seals of the Foreign-office were thrown aside like the veriest bagatelle—it must be terrible to nibble, with a smiling face, at the leek of a FLUE-GLEN. It cannot be supposed that the reformers of the landlord and tenant code will be prepared to yield submissively to the spirit displayed by certain hereditary legislators in opposition to the land bills, and to the very great want of spirit exhi bited by the Premier on the same subject, to which we directed the public attention last week. Lord ABERDEEN apparently thought that he had achieved a signal triumph when he persuaded the dissentient Peers to abstain from a very striking' demonstration by utterly rejecting measures, the fruits of constant labour for many years, and which, if found practically operative, would have done more to effect the complete tranquillisation, and with it the regeneration, of Ireland, than all he statutes that have been enacted since the great measure for the removal of the civil and re ligious disabilities of our Roman Catholic brethren received the Royal assent. He entreated with humility, almost equal to that with which he would have supplicated an Envoy from the CzAR, that they should not be ignominiously kicked out of the House—surrendering at the first appearance of opposition all that was really in dispute, by consenting to the withdrawal of all the bills for the present session. He freely and willingly pledged himself that if the several bills were read a second time, it should be on the understanding that they should proceed no further for the time being. The enemy should be fierce indeed who would refuse to assent to these conditions— who would not allow a strong antagonist to • march out with all the honours of war on surrendering possession of a still tenable for tress. What, in fact, more beneficial to the cause of landlordism could they have accom plished than the withdrawal of the bills ? The hereditary legislators are not desirous of coming into collision with the representatives of the people on trivial or insufficient grounds ; they are too well aware that they must eventually retire from such a contest, and a reckless deter mination to precipitate the crisis would only have been injurious to themselves, not to their oppo nents. That which is gained by diplomacy is far better than a similar acquisition by open force, and the malcontents must have hugged themselves with. joy when they found the proposi tion emanating from the " excellent ABERDEEN," that all the measur es sh ou ld b e tranquilly shelved for the for an i n d e fi n it e per i o d . A s t h ere was no thi ng in such a course binding them to any future pro ceeding, it was, of course, assented to ; and thus, of th e upresent, stand s th e a ll-i m p or t an t qu estion relati ons b e t ween th e owners an d the occupiers of of the soil in the s ist er ki n gdom. We c on f ess unexpected termianra,Yt feeling o f temp t e h r at, although we cannot help a disapp o i n t men t a t thi s ver y have been s o ably andnlld. of the proceedings that since last November, it is carried on con viction that the p ost ponementstill our firm fic will be bene ial to the good cause, anci of the actual occupiersthat the rights of t he soil will be more clearly and better define d under th e new legislat i on; t h at is inevitable, and that at a very early period, - Li tan under the measu res thus shelved for the time he ing. The popular cause is invari ably benefited by procrastination. A. spirit is excited among the disappointed suitors who have justice on their side, which astonishes their op_ in the first in- Fon nts, and sp e edily lead s to even more extensive con ssions than tvere de ;nanded. stan_ e. The Fybi books was found el on ll iY a. ' thoroughtliof the knowledge of human llustrated in the seen the prlncip.le powerfully nature ; and ever 1 within our own times we have extraordinaLT impetus given to the demand for a large and c om prehensive measure o f reform, by the conteraptu ous refusal to confer the Elective Franchi se on i some o f the more important inanu facturing t ows in lieu of petty boroughs, by whose systematic corruption it had been justly forftiked. Had the members been given to Bir mingham, on the disfranchisement of East Ret ford, the modern Magna Charta (the Reform Bill) would not have been so speedily carried, or by any means so extensive in its operation. The ad vocates of " Tenant Right," in its due significa tion, such as that which has been in ope ration in certain districts of Ulster since before the Commonwealth, may console them selves with this reflection. The justice and expediency of their demand has been recog nised by men of all parties in both Houses of Par liament. It has found its way into the inmost recesses of Downing-street under the DERBY Go vernment, and under the Joint-Stock Administra tion. The Attorney-General of Lord DERBY has been zealously and .efficiently seconded by the Solicitor-General of Lord ABERDEEN ; KEOGH has sustained and supported NAPIFX, ; and whatever doubts may be entertained as to the ardour of either Cabinet, there can be none as to the enthu siasm, the efficiency, and the honesty of the Irish Law Officers of the Crown on the great question of Landlord and Tenant Reform. We rejoice to find that justice has been done to these Right Hon. Gentlemen by the northern deputation, and that a well-merited tribute of praise has been accorded to KEOGH and NAPIER for their inva- luable exertions in promoting the industrial rights of their countrymen. Whatever differences may exist on minor points, or on the details between these Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, both are ani mated by an equally zealous and honest determi nation to prove that if " property has its duties as well as its rights," industry likewise has " its rights as well as its duties"—that legislation must no longer be one-sided, but must look to the inte rests of the occupiers as well as of the owners—of the cultivators, as well as of the proprietors of the soil. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 16. The Queen and Prince, the Princess Helena, and the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and the Hon. Captain de Ros, drove out yesterday afternoon. --- A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walter Westrup, the inventor of the new system of grinding wheat, Dr. Dun das Thomson, F.R.S.E., the eminent millwright, Mr. Middleton, Mr. W. Pairtt, miller, the Solicitors and others, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, to support the peti tion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Lord Port man, C. P. Villiers, M.P., R. A. Christopher, M.P., Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., C. Hadley, M.P., W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., J. B. Carter, M.P., and B. B. Cabbell, F.R.S., M.P., for a Royal Charter of Incorpo ration of the " Royal Conical Flour Mill Company." In the unavoidable absence of Lord Beaumont, Mr. North house, the Parliamentary manager of the petitions, in troduced the deputation, and argued the case. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governors of the West India Islands. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Gover nors of the West Coast of Africa. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Platt.) ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. Edouard Baynaud, 36, described as a tailor, was in dicted for unlawfully attempting to conspire with others to kill and murder Louis Napoleon the Emperor of the French. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson conducted the prose cution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wollett. The trial excited a good deal of interest, and the court was very much crowded. Prince de Joinville occupied a seat on the bench, and was attended by his secretary. The whole particulars of the case have already been published in detail, and it will only be necessary to re capitulate some of the main facts. The prisoner, who is a tailor by trade, lived at 4, Gerrard-place, Golden square, and he was charged with sending three letters to Prince de Joinvillo offering to assassinate Louis Na poleon, the Emperor of the French, for the sum of 201. On receiving these letters, his Highness handed them to Sir Richard Mayne, the Commissioner of Police, who set an inquiry on foot, and the prisoner was traced to Southampton, and apprehended. On being taken into custody he expressed his regret at having sent the let ters, and said he wrote them while labouring under an affection of the head, for which he had been under treat ment at the hospital at Southampton. The present pro secution was instituted against him by the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Prince de Joinville was the first witness called. He was examined through an interpreter, and deposed to re ceiving the letters, but said lie knew nothing of the pri soner, and saw him for the first time at Bow-street. He added, in cross-examination, that he was in the habit of receiving many applications from exiles for money. A Russian, named Lemiot, identified the handwriting of the prisoner, and said he had frequently gone with him in search of work. Sometimes they were unsuccess ful, and on these occasions he was very much upset and depressed, and seemed troubled in his mind. John Saunders, of the detective force, said he arrested the prisoner at Southampton, and that he expressed his regret at having sent the letters to the Prince. The letters, and a literal translation of them, were then put in and read. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Wollett objected to the prosecution on the ground that Claremont, where the letters were received, was beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. Mr. Baron Platt over-ruled the objection. Mr. Wollett then addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. He contended that the prisoner had no intention of carrying out the threat contained in his insane letters, andthat his only object was to get money. If he really had any serious thought of assassinating the Emperor, he would have made some preparation, but no e vidence was adduced to show that he had in his possession any infernal machine, knife, pistol, or other weapon, with which to commit the deed. Under these circumstances he did not think the jury would be justified in finding him guilty of the serious offence alleged in the indictment. Mr. Baron Phtt then summed up the case, and said the only question for the consideration of the jury was whether the prisoner intended to induce Prince de Join ville to join in the conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor. If they believed that to be his object, they would find him guilty ; if not, they would return a verdict of ac quittal. The jury then retired, and after an absence of about twenty minutes, they returned into court, when the fore man announced that they had agreed to a verdict of not guilty, intimating that they thought the only object of the prisoner was to extort money from Prince de Joinville. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAIL WAY.—Last evening, a fearful collision, attended with numerous personal injuries and a great loss of railway property, occurred on the South-Eastern Railway, near the Croydon station. The express train which left Dover at 7.20 with a long line of carriages, was pro ceeding with its usual rapidity when, on nearing the Croydon station, it dashed into a cattle-box which was attached to an engine and tender that was proceeding on the same line. The engine-driver and stoker of the latter instantly jumped off and fortunately escaped. Many of the passengers were severely wounded. The officials instantly procured surgical aid, and had two or three cases that presented rather a serious aspect re moved to the surgery of the nearest medical gentleman. Dr. Bryant, of Bristol, accompanied by his lady and daughter, occupied the third carriage from the engine- The doctor, who is in a very delicate state of health, suffered severely by the shock, while his lady was sorely wounded about the head, and his daughter had one of her teeth knocked out. All the passengers were knocked off their seats and dashed with great violence against each other. As soon as the passengers had recovered from the fright and shock, they were transferred to an other train, which conveyed them to the London Bridge terminus, where they arrived an hour after their usual time. A YOUNG FEMALE BURNT TO DEATH AT TOTTENHAM HIGH-CROSS GRAMMAR-SCHOOL—This morning, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, received information of the following frightful occurrence, which resulted in the almost immediate death of Maria Knight, aged sixteen years. It appears that the unfortunate young woman who was employed at the Grammar-school, Tottenham, High-cross, was engaged at the kitchen-fire last evening, when by some accident a portion of her dress became ignited, and in affright she ran screaming into the yard, where the wind made the flames spread rapidly, and be fore assistance arrived her clothes were burnt to tinder, on removing which, portions of the flesh adhered. A surgeon was called in who recommended her removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and she was conveyed to London by the half-past 6 o'clock train vid the Eastern Counties Railway. On her arrival with the matron at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, she was immediately taken under the care of Mr. Archer, resident surgeon in Har ley's ward, but the injuries were so extensive, her chest being completely denuded of flesh, that she expired in a very short time after admission. opera tions ' PRODUCE MARKETS .— The weekly reviews from the b little d Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets state that htiuoousnivnse e vs s eh s ro, h we a eo d da n air o i: t lieg lic i been very tendency ry su ac ttoiorytee.d,Caonfidee someantl d eo s s u pe g err a i pa r, : advance. The • AMERICAN ALiOnEt in nee were not . numerous, but holders manifested a esi e re at to press sales. Purchases of indigo had ibnegenhZhct prices, improvement ; dried fruits were bring firmness. es, and the quotations for tea exhibited ALOE. --A beautiful specimen of this plant Earl of Mount Ed bloom in the Italian garden of the courrnbe, at Plymouth. It is now is now bursting nearly as high as theg feetge conservatory, hen but it is The plant is said to be about w 100 years ise ex pected to reach aboutaartsitosixl'ulalngdrowth. ssom. there s are about 30 spikes of flowers coming y into blossom. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1853. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for export. The market closed heavily with but little alteration in prices. The sales com prised 3,000 American, 1,000 Pernam and Maran ham at 60. to 7-W. ; 20 Egyptian at 9d., and 1000 Surat at 4 1-16th per lb. Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. A conversation that took place last night in Par liament, possesses a good deal of interest for the banking community. The inconvenience felt by the circulation of half-crowns and florins at the same time,. has been a matter of complaint of late, and it is very satisfactory to learn from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that there have been no half-crowns issued for the last year or two. It would have, perhaps, been desirable how ever, that Glvernment should have gone still further, and have decided upon calling in all half crowns, or at least of instructing the Bank of Eng land to exchange at the Mint all that it might re ceive. The Chancellor of the Exchequer urged, in reply to the latter sumestion, that there w,as a good deal of preliminary inquiry and arrangement necessary before the decimal system could be con veniently introduced, but a measure so simple as this, one might have thought could have been at once carried out without interfering in any way with the interests of the public. The accounts received from Australia entirely corroborate the assertiors that the markets would soon be much more amply supplied with produce and manufactures. Tie arrivals had been very large, and already there was a decline in the prin cipal necessaries and luxiries. According to a state ment by Messrs. W. Parrett and Co., there had been, in 28 days, flour tnd wheat equal to 45 days' consumption received fir= Chili and America. Still the colony grows so little for its own consumption that it is most desirable that these supplies should be kept up, and it may be hoped that there will be a sufficient margin of profit to preserve the induce ment to continue these shipments. The arrivals of wines and spirits were very large, but the con sumption was considerable—much more so, in fact, than the health and morals of the Australian popu lation rendered desirable. For groceries the de mand at Melbourne in the early part of June was not so active, and it is very important to bear in mind that the Americans supply many ar ticles in this line, and that no calculation which does not include their shipments, will be a guide to the exporter from Europe. Timber was high, but a reduction in prices was expected about August or September, as increased imports would then probably reach. The banks were sellin g bills at 2 per cent. premium. Gold dust was 765. 6d. per oz. In the quotations for Bills of Exchange upon the principal Continental cities, there was no par ticular change yesterday. Paris, 90 days was at 25 20 to 22k, Amsterdam at 11 18 to f, Hamburgh at 13 61 to 7, and Trieste at 10 56 to 59. English Securities have been very steady and not in any way affected by the discussion last night in Parliament upon the Eastern question. It seems to be pretty well understood that there will be no war, and this is the point upon which specu lations generally go. At the same time, no pru dent man will consider the question settled until the provinces are evacuated. Consols have been 971 the New 3+ per Cents. 100 . 4 to 101 k, and the 3 per Cents. 98k /1. There is still a talk of the rate of discount being advanced to-morrow. Ex chequer Bills have been rather better, being par to 2s. discount. India Bonds are 12s. premium. India Stock has been firmer at 257 to 259. In the Foreign Market there has been a better tone as regards a few of the Securities, but with out much doing. Grenada Deferred have ad vanced to 91 Sardinian are 96k. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been at 471 , to -a, and the Deferred at 23k. Russian 4i- per Cents. are not higher than 101 i. Mexican bring 261 to 27. Buenos Ayres have receded to 65. Brazilian 41 per Cents. are at 992. Dutch 2i per Cents have been at 641. The market for English Railway Shares has been rather heavy this morning, and there has been a preponderance of sellers. The French lines are decidedly higher, the Bears having left their ac counts open until the last moment, and now find ing the shares bought in against them. Indeed, with the statements which the English companies are submitting to their proprietary, showing a large increase of receipts, and yet no augmentation of dividends, it is not surprising that French shares should, even at the current high rates, be prefer red. There is nothing but the political uncer tainty that would dispose any one to hold them as an investment, and with persons of small means should always be regarded as a serious objection, however capitalists may afford to run a risk. The Gold Mine Shares are heavy again, and also the Australian Banks. The Land Companies' Shares do not improve. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( Prom the Official Li.st.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 98j 1. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 97i if New 31 per Cent. Annuities loli 114 100; 7 ,- 1, Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 India Stock 25 I n dia Bonds, £ l OOO ....... ............ 17 9 7 2 Ditto, under £lOOO 2O 15 Consols for Account Bth September 97i 8 74. Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £500 Small 3 d par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 43 per Cent 99i x d Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 65 Milian Bonds, 3 per Cent. . 79 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred ➢Zexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, s'per Cent 9 6 -1 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47 -I Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 231 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. ......... 641 X d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 984 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 97i S Ditto September A ceount 974 8 RAILWAY TRAFFIC! RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 £22,011 4 2 Corresponding week last year 19,014 9 6 Increase in 1853 £2,996 14 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 218,383 13 2 Corresponding week last year 12,811 10 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 112,357 10 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 100,417 1 2 CORDILLERA AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPANY.—The Cordillera (Australian) Gold Company have received advices of the arrival at Sydney of Mr. Baker, their geologist, whom they sent overland to wait the arrival of their vessel, the Tory, despatched in March last with a body of 115 men, a steam-engine, &c., to work the land leased by them from the Peel River Company. The following extract from his letter is the only part that bears on the prospects of the undertaking :—"P.S. I have sought an interview with Colonel Marney, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Liverpool Plains and Peel River district, and, upon representing myself as the geologist of your company, he at once frankly conversed with me about the district of the Peel ; and I am happy to say that, after I had explained to him the preparations the company had made and the freedom they had allowed themselves of change of location as circumstances might require, he told me he thought we had the best chance of succeeding of any oompany he had heard of. He also said he had granted licenses re cently to 400 men, who were at work close to Tam worth, and pointed out to me several places on the map within a few miles of the Australian Agricultural Com pany's land, where men were at work and doing well. He informed me he considered the Peel River district as highly auriferous, and showed me some fine specimens of quartz which had been sent him thence." ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, AUG. H.—Captain Grant's troop of Royal Horse Artillery assembled yes terday morning in heavy marching order, and proceeded to the Common, where they were drawn up in line for the Commandant's inspection. Colonel E. C. Whin ; Yates, C. 8., arrived at a quarter before 11 o'clock, ac companied by Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Brigade Major Bingham, and Captain Riddell, Royal Artillery. The Commandant ,inspected the men and horses, with their appointments very minutely, and the troop marched at 7 o'clock this morning, headed by the brass band of the Royal Horse Artillery, as far as Charlton, the troop being under orders to return to their former station at Weedon. It is expected that Captain Taylor's troop will return to their previous station at Canterbury on the separation of the troops now in camp at Chobliam. Orders have been forwarded to Captain Dennis Pack's field battery at Kilkenny, to leave that station and proceed to Brist ol, where t he entire battery, with the horses, guns , and ammunition, will remain until further orders. Nineteen gui?n!rs of the Ist bat talion, in charge of a non-commissioned officer, left Woolwich on Thursday mor nin g for Shorncliff, to fill up station. Cap tai Richard T he gentlemenßla c Blackwood ebeaxtcteelrlyenat in at that Thursday, t. tar and howitzer practice on ursday, for the first time this season. cadetsPr i had ee' s fieldso m irft,4.7l n V trb kE= YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DIINDAS STAKES. Antigone Captain Cornish Surveyor Seven ran. Fine race. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Mayfair ... Mistletoe , Nicotine Won by a neck. Nine ran. CONVIVIAL STAKE:4. Meteora Alas Won in a canter. EBOR ST. LEGER. Sittingbourne Dear Me Misletoe Three ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP Snowdon Dunhill Nine ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2. o—Dundas Stakes. 2.3o—Yorkshire Oaks. 3. o—Convivial Stakes. 3.3o—Ebor St. Leger. 4. o—Chesterfield Handicap. 5. o—Her Majesty's Plate. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. King of Trumps, Sally Warfoot colt, Chief Justice, Mistletoe, Holiday, Wild Huntsman,Ammonia, Boiardo, Newminster, Honeydew, St. Andrew, Neville, Captain Cornish, Feversham, Dervish,' The Queen, Broughton, Meteora, Goorkab, Sittingbourne, Kingston, Nicotine, Dick Turpin, Peggy, Mayfair, Welham, Nabob, Evadne, Nerva, Auld Acquaintance, Bianca, The Sheriff, North Pole, Rosaline, Itch, Exact, Astolfo, Boddicot, Barrel, Catspaw. . PAID FORFEIT. County Plate—Longbow and Malice. Ebor Handicap—Gossamer and Fancy Girl. Prince of Wales Stakes—Applause, Exactly, Bonehill, Tadcaster, and Beauty. Great Yorkshire Stakes—Belle, West Australian, colt by Melbourne, Auld Acquaintance, Mabella, and Bracket. West Australian is scratched for all his engagements here. Lord Lieutenant is expected. Ariosto does not go to York. Flutter does not run. LATEST OFFERS. EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Pantomime. 8 to 1 agst any other. Nothing doing. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken). 7to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken); 7 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken). 10 to 1 agst Adine. 14 to 1 agst Goorkah. 15 to 1 agst Newminster. 100 to 6 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 100 to 6 agst St. Andrew (taken). SPORTING NOTES. FRIDAY'S RACES AT YORK. The events to be decided on Friday'now alone remain for discussion, and I shall dismiss them with brief ob servations. The most important item in the list is the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which there are 133 nomi nations. West Australian is not likely to figure among the competitors ; should the field, therefore, be numeri cally strong, a good betting race, and an interesting en counter may be anticipated. The animals whose chances appear formidable on paper are the Queen, Mayfair, Umbriel, Vindex, Honeywood, and Lord Fauconberg. The starting of the Queen will entirely depend upon her nominator ; but should she go to the post, I shall ex pect to see her obtain a forward position in the race. In her default, I shall expect either Honeywood or Vin dex to achieve success. Boiardo and Cyrus are my selections for the Gimcrack Stakes. Torment will probably carry off the York Cup. My opinion as to the probable result of the Ebor Handicap has undergone no change. lam still firm in my allegiance to PANTOMIME and ADINE. The best of Dawson's lot will be a formidable opponent, but I am not prepared to say which of his horses will be intended, I have received a mysterious hint about Dick Turpin whose day, it is said, has come. York, Tuesday night. A FRESH MAN. RACING FIXTL The figures within parent] day's AUG JRES FOR 1853. thesis denote the number of racing. -UST. Birmingham and Spark brook (3) l5 Bungay (1) l6 York (3) 17 Boulogne (2) 17 Paisley lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 Barnsley (2) ... ...... 22 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 Hereford (2) % 25 Eccles (3) Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 Plymouth 30 SEPTE Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) 6 Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting 8 Rochester &Chatham (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 'MBER. Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) 13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) l9 Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Canterbury (2) ... 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 )BER. Warwick Autumn (2) lB Caledonian Hunt and Kelso 18 Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket (H.) (6) 24 OCTI Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth YorkshireUnionHunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2) Newmarket S. 0. (5) —lO IRISH RACES TO COME. AUGUST. Kilcock (2) l5 Down Royal Corpora- Bellewstown (2) l7 I tion (4) TEE CAMP AT CLIOBHAM COMMON. The weather has held up well to the close of the camp, and now at its last days it seems bent on giving the troops another taste of Chobham inclemency. We are afraid the men are destined to finish as they began, and to wade out of their cantonments after all. Yesterday, as all the metropolitan world knows, was a very wet day, yet it did not in the least influence the attendance at Chobham. The crowd.; of visitors were very great, and poured into the camp almost as con tinuously as the rain. The fares by. the omnibuses (a sure sign of the numerous concourse) rose at once to 4s. each way, and would, we doubt not, have run higher, but that many visitors, deterred by the miser able aspect of the weather, went no further than Chertsey. Contrary to general expectation, a sham battle took place, nevertheless, though its effect was much marred, if not quite spoilt, by the drizzling showers which fell during the whole time. The troops paraded at ten in front of their tents, and after inspection defiled by their right, and passed through the tents across the Bagshot-road into the valley in the rear of the lines. Here the whole force halted and un derwent the scrutiny of Lord Hardinge, Lord Seaton, the Duke, and a numerous staff of officers. The troops returned to their cantonments about two, the evolutions having been considerably shortened owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Directly the sham battle was over the sightseers, who had crowded the hills in great numbers, made a great rush off the common, to seek some shelter from the heavy rain which they had braved the whole morning. The fares by vehicles to Chertsey instantly, and, as a matter of course, rose to most exorbitant rates, though even then there were not half sufficient to convey the numbers of persons willing and anxious to pay them. °DEM/I.—The Odessa letters of the sth inst. state that there was again great activity in the wheat market, 5,000 quarters having just been sold at 2s. to 2s. Bd. advance, and transactions being checked only by the high demands of holders. The purchases, however, were apparently almost all destined for the Mediter ranean, scarcely any being now made for this country. Freights were still enormously high, the quotations being 100 s per ton for tallow, or 15s. 6d. per quarter for wheat. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—The report of the Bank of New South Wales, one of the Sydney institu tions, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last, has just been received, and presents a result which the directors truly state to be without a parallel in banking enterprise. It appears that on a capital of 300,0001. the profits for the six months amounted to 141,6401., th e appropriation of which has just been effected by increas ing the capital from 300,0001. to 400,000/. a step equi valent to a bonus of 61. 13s. 4d. on each 201. share, be sides declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, adding 14,280/, to the reserve fund, which now amounts to 40,0001., and carrying 4,9601. to a new ac count for future distribution. The report, however, admits that no repetition of these things can be expected since " the harvest of the gold discovery has now been reaped, and the profits of banking are rapidly returning to their former standard." At the same time, it is con tended that colonial banking, notwithstanding the com petition of the new London companies, must, from the rapidly extending trade of the country, continue to prove remunerative. The branches of the Bank of New South Wales are at Moreton Bay, Melbourne, Geelong, and Mount Alexander, and it has also opened an a gency oil this side, in lieu of keeping an account, as had hitherto been the case, with the London Joint-Stook Bank. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC; TELEGRAPR.) ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. At noon to-day the United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt. West, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Atlantic left New York on the 6th inst., and besides the mails has brought about 140 passengers, but no specie. The United States mail steamer Washington had arrived out at New York on the 4th inst. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara reached Boston on the sth inst. On the Bth inst., the Royal Mail steamer Africa, from hence for New York on the 30th ult., was passed by the Atlantic. The political news from the States continues of an unimportant character. O'Donoghue, the Irish exile, who escaped from Van Diemen's Land and lately landed in New York, has got himself into trouble. From infor mation lodged with the authorities, he had been arrested for intending to fight a duel, but was libe rated on procuring bail. Business had taken an unfavourable turn at New York since the departure of the previous steamer, and the pressure on the money market amounted to almost a panic. Prices of Stocks had consider ably fallen, and the tendency was still downwards. The Market for Breadstuff's was active, and prices very firm, at the following quotations :—Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 25c. to 5 dolls. 374 c. per barrel, very firm ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 34c. to 1 doll. 36c. per 601bs. ; lndian corn, sound yellow, 76c. to 78c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dolls. 12ic. to 3 dolls. 25c. per barrel. The cotton market at New York is reported brisk, with a good average amount of business doing, at slightly advanced prices. The following are the quotations :—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 124 c. to 13c. ; Uplands, 11/c. In the provision market there had not been much doing, and prices were weak. The freight market was in a good firm condition, and shipowners were asking increased rates. Flour to Liverpool paid 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel, and cotton, id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London , 4 1 109 to 1091, but not well sustained ; Paris, 5 121 to 5 15 ; Hamburg, 364 to 361 ; Bremen, 791- to 80. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. In consequence of the fete of Monday, which was also the religious holiday of the Assumption, only two of the Pans journals appeared yesterday—namely, the Moni teur• and the Gazette des Tribunaux. The former appears to have been published partly for the purpose of announc ing some further nominations in the Legion of Honour, and giving a long list of persons to whom the Military Medal of Honour has been granted. _ _ The Marquis of Clanricarde passed yesterday through Paris. He proceeds to Hamburg. The Minister of Foreign Affairs gave a grand diplo matic dinner on Monday. All the members of the corps diplomatique were present. The Minister of the Interior has addressed the fol lowing letter to General the Marquis de Lawcestine, Commandant-in-Chief of the national guards of the Seine : "My dear General—The review of Sunday has testi fied in a striking manner both the good feeling and the excellent appearance of the national guards of the Seine. Those 30,000 men whom you presented to the Emperor with so much military precision figured with honour by the side of our admirable army. This is a fine compli ment to pay you. The Emperor charges me to express to you his lively satisfaction, and I am happy and proud to transmit it to you. Accept, my dear General, the ex pression of my sentiments of high esteem and attach ment. "F. DE PERSIGNY." The Ilioniteur publishes telegraphic dispatches from a great number of towns in the departments, announcing that the fete of Napoleon had been celebrated there with great. enthusiasm. A ;,telegraphic despatch from Toulon announces the arrival there of the Montebello from Besika Bay. It is also said that letters from the Levant announce the arrival at Constantinople of the Friedland. She was to rejoin the squadron in a few days. There has been a manifest improvement in the trade of Paris since Monday last. Several large orders, which had been given two months past and subsequently sus pended, have been confirmed within the last week, and the manufacturers have been compelled to use increased exertions to recover the time lost. The provincial shop keepers, moreover, having disposed of the stock on hand, are now coming into the market, and, of course, increase the demand. The shopkeepers and hotel-keepers of Paris have gained considerably by the influx of foreign ers, particularly English, within the last few days, to witness the preparations, and assist at the national fete, It is calculated that 150,000 strangers have arrived in Paris within the last two days. The accounts received by the last mail from New York are highly satisfactory to the French merchants and manufacturers. It appears that the stock of foreign manufactured goods is considerably reduced throughout the United States, the greater portion having been ex ported to California in return for gold received from the mines. The French manufacturers have likewise found a new market in Australia. Any business formerly transacted between France and that colony was con ducted by English houses ; the French export merchants now trade there on their own account. The wheat har vest is now nearly concluded throughout France, and, although the weather has been so favourable during the last three weeks, the result is by no means satisfac tory. Several accounts are evidently exaggerated, which estimate the deficiency as equal to one-fourth of an average crop. The truth appears to be that it will be. come necessary to purchase from foreign countries 10,000,000 hectolitres of wheat, equal to one month's consumption of the population of France. There has been a considerable amount of business transacted at the wine-market of Bercy during the last week, with less firmness in prices. The arrivals of consignments of Bordeaux wines at Bercy since the opening of the entire line have been considerable, and the accounts of the improvement in the appearance of the vines since the late fine weather are calculated to cause a further reduction in price, but unfortunately the spreading of the Odium is so general that fears are en tertained for the general crop. The destruction com mitted in the Aude and the Var is alarming. Some pro prietors in the neighbourhood of Narbonne do not ex pect to obtain one hogshead of wine from vines which produced 100 hogsheads previous to the appearance of the disease. The accounts from Burgundy scarcely mention the oidium. They agree in stating that the grapes are making great progress to maturity, and that they have entirely recovered the effect of the heavy rains. The Government securities were very firm yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 90c., rose to 81f. 25c., and closed at 81f. 15c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, I,llof. ; Havre, 515 f. ; Great Northern, 905 f. ; Basle, 370 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 1000 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 815 f. ; Western of France, 765 f. ; Bourdeaux and Cette, 650 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 627 f. 50c. ; Dijon and Besancon, 550 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Cr6dit Mobilier, 885 f. ; Bank of Darmstadt, 550 f. THE FETE OF THE EMPEROR. If some great prize were proposed to the competition of all the cities in the world for superior excellence in getting up a great public fete, beyond a doubt Paris would prove immeasurably victorious in the strife. Each year sees a fresh demand made on the talents of her decorative artists, but so fruitful is their imagination, and so pure their taste, that always something beautiful is offered to the public admiration, and in most cases differing essen tially from anything invented for former solemnities. The present occasion furnishes an additional proof of the vast superiority of French decorative talent, the ornamenta tion for the Fête Napoleon being distinguished alike for novelty and for good taste. The fête commenced at six in the morning by a salvo of 101 guns fired from the Invalides. Even as early as that hour a number of promenaders were already enjoying the cool air of the morning in the Champs Elysees, where thousands of workmen had been busy from the first light of dawn in putting up lamps and completing the various preparations. The weather was propitious, rain having fallen in the night and laid the dust, and the atmosphere being just so cloudy as to prevent the rays of the sun from falling on the earth with too much force. As the morning ad vanced the crowd gradually increased, and at nine o'clock the various points on which the ornamentation was most attractive were already thronged. The ground selected for the principal decorations comprised the garden of the Tuileries, the Place de la Concorde, and the Champs Elysees, up to the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile. But the fete was not merely in honour of the Empe ror ; it was also, to a certain extent, a religious one, since the Fete Napoleon and that of the Assumption fall on the same day. In the various churches of Paris the image of the Virgin was dressed out with great splendour, and a grand service was cele brated in her honour. The attendance at these services was exceedingly great, and the churches continued to be crowded until twelve o'clock. In the course of the morning also provisions were distributed at the different marries of Paris to the poor and aged, and on this occa sioniyncwreearesed. illuminated. The e v r a a s l T h t e h the usualublic allowanceo ffi es g el) dome of the Pantheon, the cornice of the Legislative Chamber, and the Arc de Triomphe were lighted with g as. The Hotel de Ville, which was handsomely dressed out with flags and hangings, was at night brilliantly lit up. The Column in the Place Vendome was illu minated at the top and bottom with lampions, but the effect was not very striking. It may be as well to mention, that in the afternoon a num ber of old soldiers paid a visit to this spot, and deposi ted crowns of immartelles and flowers on the steps. The railin g s were dress e d w ith bouquets and wreaths of laurel, and the general effect was pleasing. Along the Boulevards and the principal leading streets, the illumi nations were pretty general, but they looked insignifi cant after the fairy-like scene in the Champs Elysees. The whole cost of the fete was 70,000fr.,i of which 80,000 fr. were distributed in alms. The expense iS f/ be equally divided between the city of Paris and the State. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. A letter from Constantinople, dated August 1, giv e 3 a resume of the events of the last few days, wbich cer: tainly cannot increase the expectation of a speedy and pacific termination to these differences. The note wid'e was sent off to Vienna on the 24th July, is state ou d to have been a single isolated instance of any atteraPt the part of the Porte to conciliate Russia, but in fact advances the matter nothing a t all, as it s n in li c i / offers what Russia has already refused. then a manifesto of the Sultan to his subjects 05 riblished on the 30th of July, in which, corninene: ing with the demands made by Prince Menschilcoftl the whole course and present state of the affair is se' forth, the reasons given why the Russian dem ands have been resisted, and the population informed of the, occupation of the Principalities having been protested, against and foreign mediation accepted. The recal the two Hospodars, the closing of the Russian post, the approaching removal of the Russian Commerc ial Chsn' cellerie, and the departure of the Russian Consul frl Adrianople, do not bear a very pacific character. It, the same Council, at which the a b ove manifesto as signed, the progress made in preparation for defence Oa reported and the statement received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Zeit and the Frankfurter Zeitung look on the manifesto of the Sultan as another pledge of peac e ; his asmuch as, instead of working up the passions 0 . 1 juer , subjects against his enemy, he seeks to allay the on,fs nal animosities of the Turks and Christians under cil. rule. The latter journal points out, however, a P le fp liar danger to which the peace of Turkey is expos the event of the present forces being disbanded, oani.,,es;' that the Turkish soldier, who, in his extreme P t has been compelled to leave ife and children at home unprovided for, looked forward to booty, to be obtaia7d in . battle, as a means of recruiting his own finanee%so if sent home empty will help himself on the r °o 'fhis anything he may feel inclined to in the possession °- unarmed haspcountrmen. The Zeit published a translation of four ci . ° c t li c ; meats :-1. The letter of the Prince of Moldavia 5 , Redschid Pasha, June 25, informing him that the T o , sian Consul-General at Bilcharest• had sunini°n ed • 115 in . the name of the Emperor to suspend his relat o of with the Porte, and withhold any further par len u ts ve• the tribute. 2. The letter of the Consul-General 11,°•10 mentioned, dated June 23d. 3. The dispatch .6:0 Count Nesselrode to the Consul-General g a tehol te ; ordering the above measure, June 3d. And 4' Let. from Redschid Pasha to Stirbey, Price of wnllao July 25th. The two latter may erhaps still have,la interest, particularly the former of the two, a i i r t a serve as preliminary answer to Lord Claret: l ° n wand for explanations : " COUNT NBSSELBODE TO THE CONSUL-GENE't° KATCHINSKI. g 3. " St. Petersburg , " The military occupation of the Principalities 'S'oist• have already informed you, to cause no change in the trsti o ing order of things as regards the civil admil lig , s 0 10 and the personel of the superior officers, w ile; sto s Hospodars themselves should consider the cl;ange, ° , s t Fos; employes necessary to the introduction of the gres." e and Bible regularity in the various branches of the serv; c o .',6 s . particularly in that of providing for the Imperil" Mist There is still one question, however, on which No c , so make our views known beforehand to the two Pin boe We that they may guide themselves accordingly. , to speak of their relations to Constantinople and be man Ministry. These relations must necessarily °a. the off on the day the military occupation of the lan d w o of part of our troops commences, and at the same unie novv er action, every influence, on the p ar t of the so vereigni' s tste must for a time cease. Another consequence of til t ? 00 of things will be the stopping of th e tribute which these provinces are bound to pay the Porte. The arms (the same as hitherto) have to be paid, must remai n "eg to disposal of the Imperial Government, which rese ll itself to make what use of them it thinks proper. tent s " You will communicate to the Hospodars the c ° ll , 3 colli l of this, which I have the Emperor's commands to you of." 0 0. " REDSCHID PASHA TO STIRBEY, PRINCE OF NV-- 1 " 25. "Prince ! When Russia ad " v C an ons ced tan h tin er o t p r l oo e' P j s u , ll o ,i a re tle d Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, she u rrt ,Thi.r.. that she had no intention of changing the public a „ o sv ments which govern those provinces, or to alter the r o i tion which is guaranteed to them by solemn treatieS ;tor, the Sublime Porte, which trusted this dee l „ 3 l, his thought it might leave your Highness, as well poSt 9 ; Highness the Prince of Moldavia, at your respeet,e l , e z , see . ; We learn, however, from the letter which has n r t b r us by the Prince of Moldavia, that the Russian tnos - i 3 ; issued an order that you, as well as the Prince of 3-1-° l , so d shall break of your relations with ConstantineP.';cl t l3 keep back the settled tribute. This has surPrl— excessively. °f P P ; "As the Russian Court has attacked the system posy,' winces in the point which immediately affects 4° l ' o'er ) possessed of Sovereignty in them—in a word, in ~1,."0 tins foundations—the Sublime Porte sees clearly, th at • o sly state of things the exercise of rightful authority in able ner due to its holy and uncontested rights, is iroP,„e s , s e sob" the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. 0 0 , lime Porte has therefore determined that your s i g ~ ll for as well as his Highness the Prince of Moldavia, etuo been the present quit the provinces, and this order he 315 0 0 0 ' officially communicated to the great Powers. I ° 4 l o 1 0 ,; therefore, as is due to commands issuing from 410vi r penal throne, quit the provinces immediat e ly ; and it happen that you act contrary to th ese or ders, air ablel nennalda gladly Porte y n duembracewill ad to o adopt such on ipt measuresperoersttansoitny , ah,ses occasion. c a 8 a o I P ° From St. Petersburgh there are dispatches to the bo a instant. Th e f orma l proposals had arrive d, au 64 met with the p rom i se d recept i on. Noth i ng is w i fiitieg but the adhesion of the Sultan, when the Princ i P oo will be at once evacuated and diplomatic relations AS pletely re-est a bli s h e d . Constantinople is, theref°l.3`lor present the centre of a tt en ti on , an d th e next s te A for bringing news from the Turkish capital is 10 0/0' with the greatest impatience. ITALY. The Voce della Liberta, of Turin, quotes 0_! elltzerllo the sth, issued by the police department of Syn, fi' ordering the arrest of two refugees from Lou Hungarian deserters, and a Turk from Bosnia, t i ° Ol e acts of robbery and theft have been attributo,'" d e " refugees are to be taken to Berne under escort ; 1. " serters are to be given up to Austria. mat We read in th e G en o a G aze tt e o f th e 12th -- nade t Dowager Queen of Sardinia has been labouring o de' indisposition at La Spezzia , serious enough t _ i ° :see° bleeding necessary. Her Majesty ' is now cord"- SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th jus t ', tbs t The weekly Council of Ministers was held n ° l , e ec' day at La Granja, under the presidency of the w it:4 g A. commission of engineers had been sent t io c the works of the Aranjuez and Tembleque oc, which was to be immediately opened to public tr 0 the result of the inspection was satisfactory. ~,e The Three per Cents. were done at 43i P Three per Cents. at 23 7-16 ; the Debt of the Firs at 101 ; and that of the Second at 51. A G dvi ß c E es A fr T om N th U e G G G re E at T N V ug E ge l t lV lT : c 3f ora •P p t: " ::_ or, 0 4 ( 8° South Wales) have been received to the 31st of ,3 1, Pr, warding a resume of their general proceeding s, ~:p1 ;I ticulars of which are already known, and als ° : n deo be notes received from Mr. Spence, the Superi u r 's t ° ~d the Colonial Gold Company, by whom the r fr it worked, dated, from the spot, on the 30th of .t'. - r iv i ecit he the 14th of May. From these, which are so b i`:,,itil_,t4 appears that Mr. Spence is steadily proeeeding,io erection of the machinery to enable him to c[ r diog,o wash 100 tons of rock and earth per day, ac'° ,l3d ' f , r e the agreement between the two companies,erviceed meanwhile the Chinese labourers in hi s i n clu t be tb ri e ne m st p uhl l et o s y No e duf Nugget he twi Company's s ot h mh s ep o as m ne yc e se o t f cal t ra h yi e mp,r om alluvial moi d l ys e h p ra e e p o " o i 7 roce for ses be sent to London with ` regularity q o 15 53 ;0' , r _ , Louisa Creek, API' „, 0. 1 "I found on my arrival here a letter from r o ; p eet° t ing a desire for some information as to our Pr e 4igertoi' proceedings. I believe I have been a little n atan t ,eep • this respect, but my frequent absences and 11100 of 1 `. ° 49 ous occupation have interfered with my bites" ing your board acquainted with the results o lg tiD a operations. , 61' 61 , so • " You allude to certain extravagant reP°l; 4. a tart - r igi' in Sydney as to the anticipated produce of te o oti t iot alluvium. I beg to assure you that they 11 1: rs t0 0 ` e fer nated with me, and wish it to be di s tinctly sing grace I never authorise any statement whatever, sgiace ence to the returns from these claims, brit t he to, in my correspondence with you. Parties visl"7,,peoP:of may be so charmed with a specimen, °r of a lucky prospecting pan, as to forget ale aboo t w or th of such things, and the enormous expe nse, there is no doubt whatever. That your slArviesh:r-, teve in c - st a handsome premium I really believe , f°rP,„ your°,4o the issue of the undertaking to my eourn i oollo t ' e so B inevitably be in the receipt of a large ffic i e nt. g je little or no deduction. Ido not see any beol at present to regret the step I have tu," rtje toi,' a re mind the many considerations that urge" . e sides the probable richness of your elol i :;01 er: i d making good progress. The Chinese work v 4401 30 0,', me to reduce the average cost of labour, mach probably be remunerative. A:large portion et tn epa ral er i 6 is on the ground, the foundations Are _P e T to t, ool u stone for the building is e xcavated , au_ k, soc_ c es, growing rapidly into shape • all other w a y_ r d the erection of workshops and habitationitsiou:hieriseet:is:, &c., is beginning to make an appea"n the l o pll, tinning the level north and south aTI e t" !Jo , L breaking out the lode so as to accuroulaws2o. _teu,oce hopedof a ; r t t o z. t heTosoutthhei it equals i m t y i x l p e e s c s t 0 the I nittl ° 0 1 f other shall atl ii!ilfaec b reo e si; s a t ob arrivel shortly, artz .ativs from ilew hd have fivoenbistebererveuen! b e s n s f t : a r ungd 1. vat, rssoot 001 with the alluvium this month, and, n° t :''' t o f the e t ; ) s. very bad weather, and a little eccentricl93,,out ° .oo cil the depobits, the produce since the 4th a n six whole and two half licenses. The be woriod of the stuff rejected will yet pay ~lUf fig' to IS S 14, 3 iff• chinery." " Louisa Creek, 2 t a i 0 .,10,77., 11 " Yours dated the 6th only reached e T ioa rtz correct Orr yr e W ie a ld nt 4 iB oZ to- „„,,, s teo! to ; but then it is selected, and compo s es row go t co'Pr ol d the vein we call the leader.' I bai lee' PurP ° '-' o °" nur l3be t h e i assuming fori ptrhoavtetdhietre . ; s teetkr owriti 0, men upon the ground for all median wo ood large troop of Chinese forerdinaryot r` j d u u s e t e a o b u o t u t o 100, th e a a l told. the run of the deposit ; still I e xpect we ringly onward, instead well this month. 1 ,, I remain , F v.TC y " Superintendent Colony `EDWARD t ol d Coll 3 P In of l a co t e n h l ti y a n v , ienbnge n o t g ot issvivii-oea-sylfierririist i; .1 .2 .3 ....: i