The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, JULY 12, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Supported by Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, Howe ; Mrs. L. 5, Buckingham, Bcc. To be follow ea by MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PA R N ASSUS. To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, JULY 12, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of SAR DANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by Mesers. Harley, J. Vining, Chester, and Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Misses Daly and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 12, win be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parselle, Paul Bedford, Callenford, Woolgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. After which, NORMA. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the New Burlesque. THIS EVENING, Juror 12, Will be performed LOVE AND AVARICE. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke and Shalders ; Mesdames Ander ton and Bartlett. After which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE RAILROAD STATION. Sampson Jones, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This popular Theatre is nightly crowded to witness its combined and unequalled aaractions. the Grand Military Spectacle of The Battle of Waterloo. with all its original effects—introducing Exer cises as at the Camp at Chobham. The in.ximparable Scenes hr the 4 ircie, In which that charming Artiste, Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the world, is received with whirlwinds of applause, and the Sporting Hippo crams of The Chase, form an Entertainment unprecedented in the annals of this Theatre. THIS EVZNENTG, July 12, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the grand national Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be !Mowed by M. Parische en the CORDE DE VOLANTE, and succeeded by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the .Arena, introducing Miss Em ly Cooke In her unapproachable Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons, both torward and backward. To conclude with (for the 50th time) the successful Hippo Drama of THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Roa-otlice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W vat. N.ll.—Glorious Preparations are in progress for Circle Entertain. rnents. LOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JULY 12. CTIUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. flplendld BIEN , ‘GNIIIE, containing many hundred interesting Specimens of Natural history. ODFREY'S unrival/ed MILITARY BAND. Vocal a' d Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Miss Cicely :Nott. Solo, Clarionet, by Mons. Wuille. The whole con cluding with the most extraordmary spectacle ever exhibited, "The Feast or Lanters" and explosion of Chinese Fireships. Brilliant dis play of Fireworks by Southby. N.B.—A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT on FRIDAY NEXF. The em'nent Vocalist Miss POOLE will make her First Appearance I , ere. Extra di7play of Fireworks, Flight of 5 0 Rockets, and brilliant Finale. Admission on this occasion, 2s. 6d. 111CII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tar: DAT —Morning 40 min. after 5 I Evening, 1 min.an. 6 TO. l'lmmovr—Morning 24 mitt. after 6 I Evening 43 min.oft. 6 TILE WEATHER.--Sup OFFicn, JULY 12. THERMOMETER, IN TUE SHADE. 72 -ili7iicAt gine° noon yesterday. F 6 —iowest this ruorniug and during the night. 73—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 12. WIND, N.N.W.—Pine weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" commEscE3 LVE?Y AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAI ?TING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENINGi With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPEEFS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. -Tx(, p twy LONDON, TUES7)AY, JULY 12, 1853. Another Russian Manifesto. Another of those specious documents in - which the CZAR endeavours to justify his occupa.tion of the Danubian pro vinces, his wanton anyession on a friendly terri tory, his deliberate violation of the treaty of 1841, to which he was a party. The present missive comes in the form of a circular letter from Count NESSELRODE to the diplomatic agents of Russia at the different :European Courts, and it is, if possible, more insolo:nt in its assumptions, more illogical i n its reasoning,, and more glaxingly fallacious in its assertions, than : tny of those by which it was preceded. The AUTOCR.&T still manifestly conceives that bullying will prove.efficacious, arid that the most impudent falsehoods will be received as truth, if promulgated with the Alequisite amount of bluster ing and swagger. Th.lt he " reckons without his host" in this respect, iv ill be easily understood by those who are acquaint 4 xl with the almost unani mous feelings of the P 1 ?.OPLE of France and Eng land. We say emphati tally the " PEOPLE," for, however Ministers may vacillate and temporise— or public journals may tergiversate—the PEOPLE will still compel any Government to obey the popular will in some a natters, and any so-called " director of public opin ion" to follow that opinion which it can longer lea, dor direct. His mistake may, however, be attri hatable partly to the fact, that the " excellent An ,KRDEEN" occupied the chief position in the British Cabinet, and that the antics of the Peace Society virt re thought to express the views and feelings of ab . t least a considerable por tion of the English cor c tmunity, and his eyes will not be opened until Ile finds the clear and un questionable expression.. of clear and unflinching determination on the p art of the Western Powers. Be still thinks, as we have already stated, that bullying will prove e f fect " ive, and under that erro neous view of the case he may be led into other proceedings calculated -still further to complicate matters already suffici 3 ntly complicated, and to. materially lessen the pis aspects of a pacific solution of the difficulty. It is with such vieva s that he has sanctioned the circular now under :notice, in which, while he reiterates his hypocritiit al expressions of modera tion, declaring that he requires no new conces sion, makes no demand for the extension of rights and privileges, but SiEa ply demands a confirratt tion of what he had g possessed; and he agai n puts forward the cour:34 ) of action which he ix t tends to pursue, in con s equence of the wilful an d deliberate infraction of the rights which he has .9 o long enjoyed (!) namely, the "protectorate" of ln'a co-religionists in the East it may possiblyhereafte .r be extended to the entire Jobe—and the restora.tiola of the status quo, " the :privileges which they pos sessed ab antiquo under the aegis of their Sove reign." From this protectorate he does not deny that there may result to' Russia what may be pro perly termed a " religio (is patronage." But this, he repeats, he has at all: times exercised in the East ; and he inquires, "If hitherto the indepen dence and the sovereifl ity of Turkey have been, able to reconcile themse h: es to the exercise of this patronago, why should mot both be able to endure it for tie future, from the moment that our pre tensions are reduced to - what, after all, is only a.. simple confirmation ?" :It will thus be seen that. his assumption is something analogous to tlia . .; which the POPE put foirsard with respect to CI Roman Catholic populr...tio n of other countries : but that he goes much further, f9r he claim ;. a temporal sovereign over all vor professor of the Greek religia EL, r , h norever they inc . be' situated, id, the Ea st. est'. ,- Ti)is i s clean _ blished, by his assertiou o f the "privilege chic they (his co-religionist:) possessed ab antilavo UNDER THE MGM OP THEIR SOVEREIGN." • But it is not merely so far as the Porte is ce, n _ cerned that he carries his blust er i ng . n , ad _ dresses trio Western Powers for the first tiabe, if not in directly menacing, at least in very ominous and significant, language. After speaking of his various demands from the SULTAN, he says— "On putting this ultimatum to the Porte, we parti cularly informed the Cabinets of the Great Powers of our intentions. We may especially name France and Great Britain, whom we had engaged not to complicate the difficulties of the situation by assuming an attitude, or prematurely taking steps which, on the one hand, would have the effect of encouraging the Porte in a course of opposition, and, on the other, might involve ti hem further than they then were in a question relating to the honour and dignity of the EMPEROR." This intimation of his sovereign will and pleasure he seems, or pretends, to have considered all that could be required to insure compliance. He could not for a moment suppose that other Powers would have had the audacity to interfere between his rebellious vassals and himself any more than the former would have ventured to refuse his ultimatum. He thus gives expression to his disappointment : " I regret to announce to you this day, that this double inducement has been unfortunately tried in vain. " The Porte, as you will perceive by the subjoined letter of Reschid Pacha, has returned a refusal, or at least, an evasive reply to my note. " Further, the two Maritime Powers have not thought fit to accede to the proposition which we had recom mended to their serious consideration. Taking the ini tiative, they have thought it necessary to forestal, by a prompt and effective step, those which we had merely announced to them as contingent (eventuelles), inasmuch as we subordinated their effectual carrying out to what ever might be the final resolution of the Porte ; and further, at the moment I write, their execution has not yet commenced. They have precipitately sent their fleets to the very shores of Constantinople ; they already occupy the waters and the harbours of the Otto man empire at the mouth of the Dardanelles. By this forward movement, the Two Powers have made a threa tening demonstration towards us, which, as we had already forewarned them, must add new complications to the crisis." And adds : "In the face of the refusal of redress by the Porte, upheld by the manifestation of support from France and Vngland, it has become more impossible than ever to modify the resolutions which the EMPEROR had attached to that refusal." Under these circumstances it is that he has been compelled to order his troops to cross the fron iers, and to occupy the Principalities. He still disclaims every idea of conquest or extension of territory. But he adds to his previous conditions, not only the concession by Turkey of all that he has hitherto demanded, but that she shall " take order to remove the pressure exercised by the attitude of the two Maritime Powers." This he pretends to be one of the causes of his invasion, although Besika Bay is more than 150 miles from Constantinople, and in waters open to all the world. As well might the Ribandmen of Tip perary complain of the establishment of a police foroe as an insult to their honour; or an undue suspicion of their objects. It is unnecessary to offer further comment on this extraordinary production. W© trust it will excite into activity those who have hitherto ex hibited such deplorable apathy and carelessness in matters where the best interests, as well as the honour, of the British nation are so intimatel:, concerned. It cannot be denied that Government has taken a course with regard to Jamaica at once concilia tory and hopeful. It has recalled a Governor whose six years' term of office was expired, and thereby at once removed one of the parties in the quarrel, without giving a triumph to the other party. It has appointed a new Governor, Mr. BARELY, who has proved his disinterestedness, his firmness, and his powers of conciliation also, in another of the old slave colonies, Guiana, where the difficulties to be encountered were of a pre cisely similar kind ; and it has held out to the Assembly pecuniary inducements, which, though great to Jamaica, will cost us next to nothing, .to enter upon a satisfactory course of constitutional and financial reform. It is no mean testimony to the merit of the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S proposals that both Earls DERBY and GREY concurred sub stantially with them, and only offered a little friendly criticism on some points of detail. With such a Governor as Mr. BARELY, and such a disposition as that evinced by the leaders of all parties here, the House of Assembly has an opportunity, such as can hardly be sur passed, of burying all byegones in oblivion, and of devoting itself afresh to the real interests of all classes in the Island. If it will do so, we think with Lord IVIrenNeLIFFE that, in an island where nature has done so much, and where there is a tropical population capable of . great energy, if it be fairly summoned into action, there is no reason to despair of the future for our beautiful Queen of the Antilles. Jamaica has never had a fair trial. Slavery and monopoly were long its bane, and during the reign of these adored but impoverishing tyrants, the cry of "distressed planters" was raised periodically almost as regularly as that of " distressed agri culturists." The almost sudden extinction of slavery, and the lingering death of its commercial monopolies, especially the latter, told most dis tinctively on its prosperity. The whites could not endure to look upon the blacks as fellow-freemen ; it was morally impos sible for them to lay aside coercion for persuasion, the whip for wages. They unfortu nately repelled the negroes from free labour by the double folly of offering very low wages, and taxing vindictively, and therefore heavily, all such imported articles of consumption as were most needed by the negroes. To this they added demanding high rents for their cabins and gardens. Some men of moderation succeeded better with their former slaves ; some called in the missiona ries as arbitrators, and settled a satisfactory scale of wages ; but the generally dogged temper of the dethroned planters, the high rents, and the taxes on provisions, drove great numbers of the negroes, who otherwise were slow to leave the estates, to become squatters wherever they could. More over, with little labour, they could provide them selves with house, food, and clothing for a tropi cal climate ; and kindly-intentioned persons here, co-operating with the missionaries and other island philanthropists, advanced considerable sums of money in the purchase of land, which was very cheap, to be retailed in small allotments tO the emancipated slaves ; a step which whilst it met cases of arbitrary conduct, and tended to create a class of independent and respectable peasants, yet also tended to lessen the number of labourers for hire, and to draw the best hands from the labour-market by the prospect of respectable inde pendency. The Hill Coolie inunig,ration, if it furnished a partial and rather costly antidote, yet worked great mischief through' driving the native population, which after all is the real labour power of the island, more and more to seek their support by any means in preference to working for wages ; and thus in every wa y the temper of the former slaveholders injured their natural sup ply of free labour. Of course the emancipated,. on their part, were not in the temper to find free- dom less remunerative than slavery. Not less prejudicial to the exertion, on which all legitimate prosperity must depend, has been the gradual destruction of the monopoly duties on sugar. First, by equalising the duties on East and West India sugar, and then by admitting slave-grown sugar to competition ; while even till the last session of Parliament they have been deluded by " Planters' friends," with the hope of something again in the shape of protection. That hope was, of course, buried for ever with the im mortal minority of 53 ; and to unrestricted com petition the unfortunate and long-beguiled whites of Jamaica must now submit. Although, how ever, they no longer doubt this, yet, of course, their temper is not improved by finding that hope deferred has ended in hope completely baulked. The quarrel which has lasted for some time be twce the House of Assembly and the Legislative Ciuncil has, in consequence, come to its climax : the former resolve that they will transact no business with the latter, and jic latter refuse to The result being of like effect, with n irreconeileable quarrel betwe:m our House of Lords and House of Commons all busi- givo way. ness is at a stand-still, and the taxes, which are voted annually, wwing ceased, the revenue has ceased also. The Council, however, bears no resemblance to our MUM of Lords. It consists entirely of salaried government officials, its salaries dependent on an an cnual vote of the 1 1Pro Assembly, and to add to the unpleasantness of the affair these very salaries are the point in dispute. The Assembly demands a reduction of 20 per cent., as necessitated by the undeniably diminished resources of the island. The officials plead a vested right in their salaries. Each side has much to say in its own behalf ; but, under all the cir cumstances, we agree with the Duke of NEW CASTLE in thinking it not very creditable to the Council to persevere so strenuously in the cause of their own salaries merely, since it is not pretended that they can continue the same salaries to their successors. High-minded men, not blinded by passion, would have protested and submitted, and to secure among themselves 14,0001. a-year would not have sacrificed 1,0001. a day of the island's revenue, by rejecting the bills which voted the supplies minus the reductions. Mr. BARKLY has certainly set them the right example. The salary of the Governor has already been reduced from £B,OOO to £6,000. He wished his own salary to be reduced from that sum to £5,000 immediately, as an earnest of the course which he considered it essential to take. In Guiana he had in like manner, on learning that it was wished to lower all salaries, sent them word at once to take £l,OOO off his own as Governor. The House then, however, refused to accept the offer during his Governorship ; and no one would be sorry to learn that the planters in Jamaica were capable of a similar appreciation of disinterested conduct in high station. Besides sending them such a Governor, the Duke proposes to offer them the credit of this coun try to enable them to pay 3 per cent. instead of 6 per cent. on their debt of £700,000 ; also a loan of £50,000, to enable them to abolish, by moderate compensation, a considerable number of offices, which, in fact, is more needed than the retrench ment in salaries. It is proposed, however, that out of about 15,0001. saved to them by the loan, they are to apply the larger half to the formation of a sinking fund which will cancel the whole debt in about 30 years. It is also required, as au essen tial condition of the aid, that the Assembly shall place the taxation on a similarly permanent footing to that of the mother country ; and that the As sembly itself shall renounce its present anomalous powers, in virtue of which it combines with its legislative functions administrative and financial functions also. It is quite evident that the grossest abuses do, as might be expected, arise from such an arrangement. Each member seeks the favour of his constituents, by any job he can palm for them upon the island exchequer ; each again to carry his own point must help others to carry theirs. This, together with their taking the management of the public roads, contracts of service, collection of revenue, and, to a great extent, the parochial taxes also, directly into their hands, has resulted in a system of gross and ruinous mismanagement and jobbing• Not unless all these abuses be freely corrected does Government offer to guarantee the requisite credit for reducing the interest of the debt, and diminishing the number of officials. The Duke of NEWCASTLE looks to responsible govern ment as the desirable issue of the present struggle. The Earl of DERBY sees in this, in our colonies, only the rule of party ; Earl GREY foresees the ;ame result, but still thinks the rule of party in finitely preferable to the present system, which, indeed, is just now a perfect dead-lock. We think :,hat though party, as under a WALPOLE or a PITT, may domineer for a time, it must yield ultimately to responsibility and open discussion. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 185;3. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. --- The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were esti mated at 8,000 baps, of which 3,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly. The sales comprised 6,500 American, 120 Pernam and Maranham, at 60. to 7-id. ;20 Bahia at bid. ; 300 Egyptian at bid. to Bd. ; and 1,000 Surat at 3kd. to 4d. per lb. Railway shares were steady but firm. In the private letters from Germany and France there is this morning no particular information in addition to that received by the public journals, but the view taken of the last " Circular ' of Count Nesselrode is that it proves wavering on the part of Russia. There are many here who entertain precisely the same opinion, after careful dissection, throwing aside the verbiage and the Jesuitical pleading of the document. The stake of the Buenos Ayrean markets is very well described in some remarks by the editor of the British. Packet, and should be well considered by exporters. He observes that : " The effective demand or actual consumption has been still less, there is a positive addition to existing stocks, that is much to be regretted ; as it only depresses the general market, entailing a direct loss on both importer and retail dealer, without a proportionate or appreciable benefit to the ultimate consumer. " Foreign manufacturers, we presume, reason in the fol lowing manner :—That goods once prepared for the River Plato market may as well be forwarded to their destina tion, so as to be in readiness when wanted. They are only dead stock in England, for example, and the additional amount of freight and charges is balanced by the chances of a sale. " Were they new articles, or the only articl es o f th e same kind in the market o f their destination, this argu ment would be plausible ; and the probabilities of the adventure a legitimate problem of mercantile calculation. But circumstances alter cases, and if the market be sup plied, and abundantly supplied, with the same or similar goods, the hazards of the adventure are no longer confined to the direct remittance, but re-act on the whole previously existing stock. This has been the effect of the late arrivals, and must continue to be the consequence so long as the present state of things last. . . " Some inquiries were being made for the interior provinces, but the decree declaring the city in a state of rigorous seige, with the consequent closing of the custom-house, prevented their execution at the mo ment ; and it is not unlikely that the parties inte rested may have had recourse to Montevideo, or some other point, where the articles could be procured. By a recent decree, the government has re-opened the custom house, both for shipping and discharging ; an arrangement, that ought not to be deviated from, except in cases of ex treme emergency. In attention also to our exceptional cir cumstances, it has declared the port open for the introduc tion of wheat, flour and provisions of every description for man and for beast; abolishing provisionally the established duties, and ordering every facility and encouragement to be held out for the traffic. "In this department the general market has hitherto been abundantly supplies, with less variations in prices that' might have been expected in the circumstances. The articles most in demand are flour and coal ; which at present command exorbitant prices. " As to return-cargoes, our prospects are as bleak and unsatisfactory as our bitterest enemy, General Urquiza himself not excepted, could possibly desire. Stocks of ex port produce in the city are completely exhausted, and we believe that few of the foreign vessels—certainly none with any pretensions to decency—have availed themselves of the illicit contraband of the besiegers." The English Funds have been very steady, but not so buoyant, and this is ascribed to the numerous "op tions" that are outstanding. The jobbers who have sold these "options" will naturally desire that the mar ket shall be kept as quiet and free from fluctuation as possible, to prevent the "takers" either putting or calling their stock, and it remains to see whether money sales or purchases will frustrate this intention by pro ducing any marked change. Consols have been 98 to 1 for Money and Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1011 to g, and the Three per Cents. 98' Bank Stock is firm at 2281 to 2291. South Sea Old Annuities have realised 1004. Exchequer Bills are down Is., being par to 2s. premium. East India Bonds are 235. premium. Foreign Securities have been looking better gene rally. The Swedish Loan is at Ito 1f premium, being a further advance. Russian Bonds have been quoted 116-1, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 631 to 648 ex dividend. Austrian Bonds are 87, and Belgian 41 per Cents. at 97 to 1. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been 44, and Spanish Deferred 22g- Peruvian 4i per Cents. have risen to 1 discount. The Railway Share Market has been very inactive, and prices consequently are not buoyant. French Shares have been entirely neglected. The Australian Bank Shares are heavy. The Land Companies Shares have continued flat. Some of the gold mines are a little firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the 0.17cia,1 List.) Bank Stock Business done. 229} 8• 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ..... 9B'4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .984 8 x d New 34 per Cent. Annuities lolk g Loug Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16 India Bonds, £l000 South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account 9B Exchequer Bills, £lOOO . .2500 Small 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 31 - exicau 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent. 836 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 42 Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 x d Swedish Loan l4 1 Divldenia on the above payable in London. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Gu. 87 Belgian 4A per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 2.4 per Cent. 63i 4 x d HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July OS A x d ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Donna _Diana is the name given to a very sprightly comedy. Great elegance of language, combined with pointed wit and keen satire, softenddown, withal, by delicate sentiment, are its cha racteristics. This comedy, as given last night at St. James's Theatre, is an adaptation, by Carl West, of the original Spanish comedy by Moreto, a contemporary and a rival in fame of Calderon. Nor is it in Germany alone, where for more than thirty years it has main tained a high place on the stage, that it has been adapted. In France, Moliere made it the groundwork of his Princesse d'Elide; whilst in Italy, under the title of the Principessa Filosofa, Gozzi obtained for it a most favourable reception. The play was eminently success ful ; and praise is due to the performers for the manner in which they filled their respective parts. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The professional friends of M. Jullien having united together to present that gen tleman with some token of their respect previous to his departure for America, gave a concert last night at Drury-lane Theatre, over which the maestro himself presided. The house was crowded, and the reception that he met when he took his accustomed place in the orchestra, proved that the public no less than the pro fession entertain th e warmes t f ee lings of regard for one who has been a frequent and active minister to their pleasures. Tne fittings provided for the bal masque this evening were used upon the occasion, and the orchestra, which spreads its huge length across the back of the stage upon those popular festivals, was brought into requisition now. The instrumentalists mustered in great force—few orchestral players of any eminence being absent. The programme was of a more varied character than that usually constructed for a promenade concert. The music to Meyerbeer's Struensee, the allegro and storm movement from Beethoven's Pastorale, the British Army quadrille, and the overture to Oberon were the principal compositions in which the orchestra was con cerned. The directors of the Royal Italian Opera, joining in the general desire to serve Jullien, permitted Tamberlik, Formes, and Madame Castellan to sing, and the "Il mio Tesoro" of the first-mentioned artist, the "Va 'sbramando " of the second, and the " 0 luce di quest' anima" of the third, provoked not only hurri canes of applause, but in two of the cases vociferous en cores. Madame Doria also sang, and Herr Reichart played his " Carnaval " variations on the flute as only he could play them. Later in the evening Mr. Sims Reeves was announced to sing ; likewise Miss Birch and Miss Dolby. The concert during the time we were present went off with every symptom of satisfaction, and the crowded state of the house intimated the agreeable fact that the pecuniary results were likely to be con siderable, the more so as the ordinary tariff of admission was increased one hundred and fifty per cent. STRAND THEATRE.—Last night was performed, for the first time, in this theatre, the grand burlesque Italian opera, "Sambo Dampalus, King of Tim-buc-too by Act of Parliament." In the production of this new play, the lessee, Mr. Allcroft, has attempted, as he him self says, to render the operatic burlesque more popular than it has hitherto been ; and in this, we may predicate that his efforts will not have been made in vain. With this view, he has selected some of the best morceaux in the chefs-d'oeuvre of Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart, Auber, Balfe, &c. and has adapted them with great ta s t e t o the new libretto, to which the jovial among the public were treated yesterday. It may be stated that the com position of the latter was suggested by Byron's Sardan apalus, but has undergone a complete transformation, and received a more stage-like appearance ; for Byron, it is known, never intended to have that brilliant fancy of his prepresented. The sceneries were as beautiful as could be expected ; the dresses sparkling. Upon the whole, this new piece is an agreeable one, and is likely to he long a favourite. THE HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT.—Yesterday being the day appointed for the Hackney Carriage Act to come into operation, the various stands for the temporary loca tion of cabs presented an appearance different to what t! , ey have exhibited for many months past. There were several new vehicles turned out, and there was nowhere to Le seen those crazy and almost broken down cabs, which were dangerous under the old regime for any one to enter. The effect of the new act will be to take off the road those speculators in cabs who were indifferent to the public convenience, and whose vehicles yesterday were nowhere to be seen. In the evening, omnibuses, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, had lamps in the inside of them, which was much approved of by the passengers. Policemen were stationed at the cab stands, to see that the provisions of the new enactment were complied with, COURT CIRCULAR. THE HEALTH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. The following bulletin of Prince Albert's health was issued yesterday : "BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Monday, July 11. "His Royal Highness Prince Albert is passing through the disease favourably. "JAMES CLARK, M.D." The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald, took a drive yesterday morning in an open landau and four. Colonel Bouverie, Equerry la Wait ing, attended on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. Mr. Dumbell and Mr. Callister, members of the House of Keys, of the Isle of Man, and Mr. J. Mea lows White, as a deputation from the House, had an interview with Vis:iount Palmerston yesterday at the dome-office on the subject of the Customs Duties 811 affecting that island. A deputation from the Local Board of Health for Dartford had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall. The deputa tion consisted of Messrs. Tasker, Sanham, and Hay vitiod, and were attended by Mr. Johnstone, the Sur veyor to the Local Board. ILLNESS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT. From details which have reached us, we believe we are right in stating that there is more illness at present among the members of her Majesty's Government than was ever known to have prevailed among the members of any previous Government. Lord Aber deen and the Marquis of Lansdowne, it is well known, are what is called "generally ailing "—their illness being chiefly that which is incident to advanced years. Just now the dissensions on the Turkish question, which notoriously exist in the Cabinet, have not im proved the health of either noble lord. Lord John Russell's indisposition is generally supposed to be at least partially feigned, because it is more " con venient " for himself and the Ministry generally that he should not be in the House of Commons, to have to answer disagreeable questions or to engage in embar rassing discussions. But in this respect an injustice is done to the noble lord. He is really ill, though some what improved in health. Another Cabinet Minister is also much indisposed, as no one can fail to perceive who observes his countenance ; while the health of one of the most able and enterprising members of the Government, but not holding a seat in the Cabinet, has suffered so much within the last few weeks, that his physicians have found it necessary to order an immediate and entire cessation from the discharge of his official duties. —Morning Advertiser. DEPARTS IN3 OF THE COURT FOR WINDSOR (THIS DAY). —This morning her Majesty and the Court left Bucking. ham Palace for Windsor. The Royal party occupied three carriages, and was attended by a guard of honour to the new station of the South-Western Railway in the Wandsworth-road. Her Majesty and suite were re ' ceived under a magnificent marquee erected by Mr. Benjamin Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark. The august party having taken their seats in the Royal train, the signal was given and the train departed. THE ORDER OF THE TiI.ISTLE.—The insignia of this ancient order of Scottish knighthood, vacant by the demise of the venerable Marquis of Huntley, will, we understand, be conferred on one of the following noble men—the Dukes of Argyll and Hamilton, and Lords Elgin, Home, and Haddington—but the formal investi ture of the new knight will, it is expected, not take place until next season. DEATH OF THE HON. MISS ELPHINSTONE DE FLA HAULT.—The Count and Countess de Flahault and fa mily have been placed in mourning by the premature demise of their daughter, the Hon. Louisa Elphinstone, who died on Friday in Grosvenor-square. The deceased young lady was granddaughter of Admiral Lord Keith. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—lmports of gold from Port Philip have taken place yesterday to the amount of 52,800 ounces, valued at 211,2001., 46,000 ounces having arrived by the Stebonheatb, which sailed on the sth of April, and 6,800 ounces by the Syria, which left nearly a month previously. THE ELECTION OF A SHERlFF.—Yesterday a com mon hall was held for the election of a sheriff, in the room of Mr. Shepperson, who had been elected, toge ther with Mr. Turnley, by means of one .of those dis graceful manoeuvres in use for picking the pockets of gen tlemen liable to be put in nomination for the office. The Lord Mayor and some of the aldermen, the sheriffs, the recorder, the town-clerk, the city solicitor, and other corporation officers appeared upon the hustings at two o'clock. The recorder stated to the very meagre assem bly whom he called the livery, that they were met . to elect a gentleman to serve with Mr. Turnley as sheriffs of London and sheriff of Middlesex, in the room of Mr. Shepperson, who had been excused from taking upon himself the office by the vote of the common council, on account of ill-health. The common crier then an nounced Alderman Wire and Mr. Thomas Morris as the names of the candidates for the vacant office, and the rui l joriiy of hands appeared for the former gentleman, who, was accordingly declared in the usual form to be electe,l. 'The hall was then dissolved. EXTRAOUrINARY DISCOVERY OF A BODY.--Yester day afternoon,. as the City of Paris steamer was passing Freshwater-wharf, Billingsgate, from Boulogne to its station at Londow-bridge, owing to the agitation of the ,vater by its p a ddle-wheels, the body of a man of respect aide appearance -was2orced up from the bed of the river. The deceased was ilrestod in a suit of black, and he had in his possession agm 1d watch and chain. Mr. Wright son, ward beadle, wao informed of the circumstance, upon inquiries being made by him, he ascer tained that the deceased, who was a horse-dealer, and whose name is James Hill, on Friday last shipped some horses on board the City of Paris, which he was to ac company. When the steamer left London-bridge he could not be found, upon which the horses were carried to Boulogne without him. He was about 25 years of age, and was to have been married on his return from Boulogne. How he carne into the water is unknown. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE EGAN. This bankrupt was described as of Knightsbridge, ironmonger. The accounts are in course of preparation by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, but the amount of debts and assets have not been ascertained. IN RE CROUCHER. This bankrupt had carried on business at Clapham as a boarding-house-keeper, and to-day was appointed for the certificate meeting. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the bankrupt, and there was no opposition. His Honour on referring to the proceedings said that the bankrupt was not blameless in allowing one creditor to take all the property ; otherwise, he would have re ceived an immediate certificate, as it was, it must be suspended for six months, then to be of the second class. Protection was granted. SPORTING NOTES. ANTICIPATIONS ANENT AINTREE. Two movements of considerable importance have pro duced a perceptible effect on speculation ; one caused the rapid advance of Cariboo, the other the sudden retrogres sion of Goorkah. Neither was unexpected, although both were made with a determination and confidence which occasioned some little surprise. So eager was the desire displayed to " get on" Cariboo yesterday at the " Corner,' that scarcely 3 to 1 was obtainable about him at the close of business. Goorkah was quite out of favour, and not until late in the afternoon, when 9 to 1 was booked to small sums, was any attempt made to arrest his downward tendency, 'Montague was advanced to 10 to 1, to the prejudice of his stable companion, Water fall, against whom " any odds went a begging." In discussing the Cup chances on Saturday, I pre pared my readers for these changes in the betting. I then selected Cariboo (the best of Isaac Day's) and Goorkah against the field. Cariboo was then quoted at 10 to 1, and Montague was just rising into favour. I expressed, too, an unfavourable opinion of Goorkah, but in consideration of the " money interest," I was induced to include him in the " dangerous division." Now, how ever, I entertain very slender expectations of his success, and taking Harbinger in his place, my final decision will be, CARIBOO, MONTAGUE, and HARBINGER. Should an " outsider" be destined to achieve success, that outsider will, perhaps, be either PELION or MISSIVE. The minor events remaining for consideration require only brief discussion. In the absence of Hobbyhorse, Doublethong will carry off the Foal Stakes ; the Pro duce Sweepstakes I assign to the Reel colt. Longbow, Evadne, and Faux-pas are likely to be the foremost competitors for the Derby Handicap. For this event, however, The Deformed is much fancied by his owner, who, yesterday, backed him at Tattersall's for 2001. At present, I shall not touch upon Friday's races. Much excitement prevails at the various betting-offices this morning, in consequence of the Attorney -General having obtained leave to bring in his "Bill for the Sup pression of Betting-houses." The motion has already materially checked business. July 12. A FRESH MAN. TATTERS ALL'S.—MONDAY. The sale of a portion of General Anson's blood stock induced many provincial turfites to visit "The Corner" to-day, but although several of them now and then turned into the betting-room to ascertain the progress of busi ness there, very little activity was imparted to specula tion ; in fact, during the early part of the afternoon scarcely a bet was laid. LIVERPOOL CUP. At the commencement Cariboo was the only horse in demand—at 4t01,7 to 2, and 3to 1 numerous invest ments were made ; 5 to 2, finally, the highest offer. To wards the close, doubts of Montague's being allowed to start, in consequence of his nominator being in default for bets, appeared to give way to favourable impressions from the expressed opinions of persons of authority-8 to 1 was taken to upwards of 4001. His advancement caused Waterfall to sink to 30 to 1. Goorkah at one time receded to 10 to 1, but one or two late-corners brought him back to Bto 1. Owing to some ill-omened reports, Daniel O'Rourke was quite friendless. DERBY HANDICAP. 5 to 1 was taken to 2001. about The Deformed, and 5 to 1 betted against Longbow's winning this and the Licensed Victuallers' Handicap. GOODWOOD STAKES. Sextus was quiet. 8 to 1 was taken to some money about Hobby House, and 13 to 1 each about Tedding ton and Vindex. The other transactions were to various small sums. ST. LEGER. Slight odds were offered on the favourite. 7to 1 in fifties in betted agst Sittingbourne, and 8 to 1 agst the Reiver. 13 to 1 taken about Cineas, and 18 to 1 about Cobnut. TEE DERBY. 2,600 to 200, and 2,400 to 200 were laid against Autocrat ; the layers of the latter odds were very willing to go on. 20 to 1 taken about Prince Arthur ; 25 to 1 each about Reel colt, Dervish, and Paxton ; 33 to 1 taken to upwards of 300/. about Mandricardo, by Orlando out of Duvernay—a new importation into the outside division. LIVERPOOL CIIP. sto 2 agst Cariboo (3 to 1 taken). 7to 1 agst Montague (8. to 1 taken). Bto 1 agst Goorkah (taken). 30 to 1 agst Waterfall. 10 to 1 agst lanthe and Waterfall coupled (t). DERBY HANDICAP. sto 1 agst The Deformed (taken). GOODWOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Hobby Horse (taken). 10 to 1 agst Joe Miller (12 to 1 also laid). 11 to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 12 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 13 to 1 agst Teddington (taken). 13 to 1 agst Vindex (taken). 15 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken). ST. LEGER. Gto son West Australian. 7to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). Bto 1 agst The Reiver (taken). , 12 to 1 agst Cineas (13 to 1 taken). 18 to 1 agst Cobnut (taken). DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken and offered). 20 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Reel colt (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Dervish (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Paxton (taken and offered). 1000 to 30 agst Mandricardo (taken). LIVERPOOL-(THIS DAY.) ARRIVALS. Evadne, Lerrywheut, Black Doctor, Deformed, Red Lion, Chief Justice, Redmond O'H an l on , Al em bi c, R eel colt, Abdallah, Antigone, Montague, Goorkah, Vander decken, Octavia, Julian, Lady Margaret, Poodle, Har binger Waterfall, Hunge r f or d, C ra bb s, L amprocles, Longbow, Hobby Horse, Auld Acquaintance, Sorlie, Umbriel, The Queen. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. (By Elethic Telegraph.) MANCHESTER (This Day), 2 p.m. LIVERPOOL CIIP. 4to 1 agst Cariboo (taken). 8 to 1 agst Goorkah (offered). Bto 1 agst Montague (offered). 9to 1 agst Harbinger (taken). 100 to 8 agst Chief Justice (offered). 100 to 6 agst Missive (taken). 20 to 1 agst Candlewick (taken freely). 20 to 1 agst Waterfall (offered). 100 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke (offered). MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL SUGAR.—The market is firm, but not much is doing either for home use or exportation, at previous rates. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 3,176 hhds, 273 tierces, 930 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,761 hhds, 149 tierces, 557 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,217 hhds, 1,924 tierces, 5,351 barrels. COFFEE.—There has been an inactive market for the lower kinds of plantation Ceylon, and purchases can be made at previous rates. Fine and good sorts are wanted, and realise very full prices. Native is nominal! at former quotations. Rum.—The quantity landed last week was 809 puns. 63 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 223 puns 6 hhds., and exported 116 puns. 141 hhds. The stock in the samelplace is 8,965 puns. 435 hhds. RICE.—Of 3,385 bags Bengal at auction 1,360 sold at Hs 6d to 12s for good and fine, the remainder being taken at the same prices. SALTPETRE. 141. bags Bengal at auction sold at 28s 6d for 3/ per cent., and 967 bags were taken in at 28s to 29s for 5 to GA per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 53s to Ms per cwt on the spot, and town 54s 3d. TEA.—There is no change in prices, and the transactions are limited. COTTON.—The demand is not brisk, but lower rates are Leclined. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ ss to 41 6s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 59 ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Nto Si 5s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 15s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECITAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 6s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply good, and trade rather inactive. p ED SUICIDE AT CHELSEA.—Yeste r d ay after noon information R info7rlTrn-Nation was forwarded to Mr. Chas. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Groom, aged 53, under th e f o l lowing melan cho iy c ircumstances :—lt appears, f rom what has trans pired,that the unfortunate wo man was married, and resided in Marlborough-road, Chelsea, and has been in a ver y desponding state of mind for some length of time, but it was not considered necessary to place any watch on her movements. One of the inmates, hearing a noise in the room, knocked at the door and found her labour inr, under the effects of a large quantity of oxalic acid, and a severe gash in her throat. She was immediately conveyed to Wellington ward, St. George's Hospital, when Mr. Henry Potter, the physician of the hospital, assisted by the medical staff, rendered every aid that medical skill could suggest, when the ill-fated woman sank gradually and expired in the above-named institu tion. No reason at present can be given as to the catise of her committi ng t h e rash act. The deceased was much espected in the neighbourhood. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRAN CE. The Minister of Marine visited the different works and naval establishments of Brest on the 9th, and - ian Sunday, after these visits, he went to church to hear mass. The Ploniteur states, that when the clergy sang the "Domine salvum fac Imperatorem" all the congre gation joined in it. We have received accounts from Algiers to the sth. The Governor-General had arrived there on the Ist in the Titan steamer from Djidjelly. All the civil and mi litary authorities were in waiting at the Government House to receive him, and through the Prefect congra tulated him on the fresh conquests he had achieved in Kabylia. Moniteur contains a degree authorising the con cession of the thermal establishment at Vichy to Messrs. Lebobe, Callon, and Co. for the term cf thirty years, stipulation being made for a certain number of gratui tous baths daily for the military, &c., and a maximum price for baths, &c., being fixed by the Minister of the Interior. An article in tho Moniteur is devoted to a considera tion of the fortified cities in Germany, of the value of the majority of which, in a strategical point of view, but an indifferent opinion is entertained by the writer. Of Vienna it is stated that experience has repeatedly shown its inability to resist an army, viz., in 1805, 1809, and 1848. Antwerp is included amongst the German for tresses, as it is stated it ought to be regarded as serving rather to the defence of Germany than of the country in which it is situated. M. Brault, Juge d'lnstruction, is following up the in vestigation relative to the plot of the Opera Comique, which it now appears was but a ramification of the one which was to have come off at the Hippodrome. It is ascertained that the chief conspirators, who are most of them strangers (Belgians or Germans), had made every preparation for an insurrection—had engaged surgeons and an ambulant hospital for the wounded. The moment they had dispatched the Emperor and all who were with him, groups who had been stationed in various spots contigu ous to and at a distance from the theatre, were on a given signal to have raised the cry of "Aux armes l" to have thrown up barricades, and immediately to have put to death all the public functionaries they could lay hands on. The Red Republic was to have been proclaimed, and a reign of t error es t a bli shed. Such, at all events, is what is reported. The parties who were to proceed to the construction of barricades were to do so on a given signal, but it appears that they were not aware of the intended murder of the Emperor and his Court. I have not ascertained that the people of the faubourgs to any extent had any knowledge of, or connection with, the plot—but that the conspirators relied on chance, well aware how comparatively trifling spark is sufficient to light uy a conflagration. The Emperor and those that were with him were to have been murdered to the cry of " Viva l'Empdreur !" Every one remarked the unusual crowds that thronged the boulevard near the Opera Comique, an d i t did not escape notice that they did not disperse, as is generally the case, when the Emperor and Empr ess entered the theatre, but still remained outside. A good many waited also in the Place des Italiens, no doubt i n expectation of the signal. On the whole it appears to have been the attempt of some most desperate men, who had made up their minds to risk their lives on the chance of destroying the Emperor and establishing a Red Republic. Although, since the improvement in the weather, the reports from the provinces respecting the harvest are more favourable, the Government has made extensive purchases of corn both in England and elsewhere. The Paris papers contain no additional news from the East. They continue to disbelieve the new attitude attri buted by the Pays and some other papers to Austria in that question. The Assembles Nationale notices a re cent dispatch published in London under the head of Constantinople, June 26, and expresses its conviction that the news that it gives is unfounded, and that the chance of maintaining peace, which would be very slight if that news were true, is becoming stronger rather than weaker. The Assemblee Nationale says : " The telegraphic dispatch from Constantinople, pub lished in the London journals, and which announces that the Russian fleet had quitted Sebastopol, bears the date of 26th June. It is consequently anterior by one day to the dispatch which we published on Friday, and which is dated the 27th. The dispatch of the 27th is quite pacific, whilst that of the 26th, on the contrary, announces that war is imminent. We dwell on these dates to show that no great importance ought to be at tached to private communications by the telegraph. We are of opinion that the situation has not changed, and that the diplomatic agents are endeavouring to find a middle term which can conciliate the interests and the amoursTropres engaged in this matter. We do not believe that Russia, after the occupation of the provinces will want to make a new act of aggression against Tur key, and place the ambassadors of France and England under the necessity of causing the fleets to enter the Dardanelles. No incident could well arise at the pre sent moment, to be of any gravity, except a rising of even a partial character, of the Greek populations. It has been repeatedly said in these latter times that the Sultan could reckon on the devotedness and fidelity of his Christian subjects. We fear that great illusions have been indulged in on that point. We remember that in 1840 the French journals pretended that the Emir Bechir disposed completely of the Christian populations of the Libanus, and that these populations would make common cause with the soldiers of Ibrahim. It may be remembered, however, what took place. At the first appearance of the English fleet on the coasts of Syria the populations of the Libanus turned their arms against the Egyptian forces, and abandoned the Emir. It is to be feared that the same may be the case at present, and that the Greek populations, should the present state of things be prolonged, may rise in several provinces, and that in that way the Sultan's empire may all at once have t o grapp l e w i t h i nsurmounta bl e diffi culties. We desire most ardently in consequence that the diplomatic agents may hasten to come to a close, and extricateusfr from beingthsseploriroesonfgecdo.mpTlihcaetiEonngs., which can only increase by lish Cabinet showed a praiseworthy moderati on i n ad journing the discussions in Parliament. The lan guage of Lord Palmerston has been as conciliatory as it could be, and we trust it will produce a good effect at St. Petersburg. If, in spit e o f th e calm, moderate, and con ciliatory attitude of the Cabinets of Paris and Lon don, Russia should refus e a ll arrangement, she would assume, in destroying the pe ace o f t h e world, a respon sibility which we trust she will never incur." The Univers points out some errors in the French translations of the manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas. It says : "One would say that the translator wished to veil from the eyes of Europe the pretensions of Russia. The manifesto does not only say that the promise of the Sul tan was soon broken, but there is in the text the word`tram torously' (vi6olomno). The last phrase of the manifesto also weakens the idea ofthe Emperor. 'Full of h ope in God, says the Czar, 'we shall march to the defence of the ortho dox faith.' The translator has omitted the word vpered (forward). The Czar does not declare in a general man ner that he will continue to defend the orthodox church, he announces that he will not remain in Moldavia and. in Wallachia, but that he will go further, and will pur sue his march into the States of the Grand Seigneur. This conclusion is in perfect harmony with the spirit which dictated the Imperial manifesto." Considerable firmness was evinced throughout yester day at the Bourse, and a slight advance in prices had even taken place in the Three per Cents, at the termina tion of business, the quotation for money showing an advance of 10c., and that for the end of the month of 15c. The following were the final quotations :—For cash—Teree per Cents., 77f. 10c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. For the account—Three per Cents. 77f. 10c. ; Four-and-a-Half p er Cents., 102 f. Bank Cents., 2,665 f. In the Railw a y Share arket yesterday there was a considerable amount of business transacted, and in several instances at improved prices. Closing prices : —Northern, 857 f. 50c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,072 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,047 f. 50c.; Lyons to Mediterranean, 720 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 725 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A private telegraphic dispatch from Vienna announces that the AmbassadorS of France, England, and Austria, at Constantinople, on the news that the Russians had crossed the Pruth, requested an audience of the Sultan, and asked him not to demand that the British and French fleets should enter the Dardanelles. The Sultan com plied with this request, and confined himself to a protest against the invasion of his territories. asserted Ahaulv l sne t ttr i ein s allige that the British Consul is prepared t o leave Bucharest as soo n as the Russian s shall have occu pied the Danubian Princi p alities. The Austrian I nternuncio at C onstantinople h as de manded that t he Porte shall, within 24 ffi 4 ho o ur e s e , rgsivoef h th im satisfaction for the outra g e whic o h v the er n refugeesoi.has at Smyrna committednavy. oTnhtehTe Turkish h n g s of certain already been dismissed. from Con s t ant i nople is to the 27th June. The i same state of commercial difficulty continued: ottof 200 vessels lately arrived 18 only were disen gaged, and had been chartered, of which three are Eng lish, which were c h artered on the following conditions : Ship W. Whiteley, Captain ~ . at Berdianski (Azoff), for the United.ealr ne s K , 365 . d tons, i l o o o l. per ton, and 10 per m g oln, at -* nent. cent. more if ordered to the cont.- Ship Marianopol, Captain Taylor, 297 tons, to load at Marianop o l (Azoff), for th e Unit e d Kingdom, at 105 s. per ton, and 10 per cent. more if ordered to the conti nent. Ship Harlington, Captain --, 255 tons, to load at Marianpool (Azoff ), for Antwerp, at 115 s. 6d. per ton. The last political news was to the effect that Austria had offered her mediation between Turkey and Russia, and that the occupation of Wallachia , and Moldavia by Russian troops was not to be considered a cases belli. The price of Turkish arms in the bazaar had risen enor mously of late, in consequence of the demand which . exists. It is pretty certain, too, that considerable sup plies of arms, ammunition, and salt had been sent secretly into Circassia, and Daghestan. Accounts from St. Petersburgh of July 2 describe the present excited state of feeling prevalent there as gaining in intensity in inverse ratio with the station of the indi vidual. The higher we mount in the social scale the clearer the atmosphere becomes ; threatening clouds are indeed seen, but it is felt that the storm will blow over. Not that any one here for a moment entertains the slightest idea that the Emperor will give way in any thing, but still the conviction holds its ground that means will be found to arrange the difficulty. Next Thursday, 7th inst., will be the Emperor's 57th birthday, as he was born on the 25th June, 1796 0. S. A committee, under the presidency of the Grand Duke Constantine, General Admiral, has just published the result of its labours since 1850 in the last numbers of the Invaliden. This work is entitled the Nov Naval Reg. lations, and is an adaptation of the former regulations to present necessities. The Russian-Baltic fleet which consists of three squadrons, is at present stationed, the white squadron in the Baltic, the red near Cronstadt, and the blue in Cronstadt, where the war steamers also are. The Emperor has sent the Minister of Finance to Moscow, on affairs connected with his office, as also the two Privy Councillors, Besobrasow and Kaudalisow. The portion of the Petersburgh and Warsaw Railroad from here to the Imperial Palace of Gatzschina (49 werstes) is to be ready for traffic by October next, and its continuation to Diinaburg carried on with vigour. A branch from thence to Riga has been undertaken by a private company in that port, under a guarantee of 4 per cent. from the Government. The Cologne Gazette contains the following from Berlin, dated the Bth :—"The accounts from St. Petersburgh state that the cholera was raging there more relentlessly than ever. It was generally thought that it tended southwards, and if so, fears were entertained that it might commit ravages amongst the troops." Another letter from Berlin, of the same date, in the Frankfurter Journal, says :—"Yesterday there was a grand dinner at the palace of Sans-Souci, on the occasion of the anni versary of the birthday of the Emperor Nicholas. The King wore the Russian uniform, and all the diplomatists and generals invited were decorated with their Russian orders." A letter from Warsaw, in the Ilamburgh, News, statea that since the Hungarian war there had not been such vast military preparations as have been going on during the last winter and spring. The army has been placed on the completest war footing, the reserve and rear are organised. Military colonies have been established at Nowgorod and in the South ; magazines have been or ganised, and large numbers of horses for the artillery and train have been recently bought. The army faces the Danube. Prince Gortschakoff, it is said, has the command under the supreme direction of the Grand Duke Constantine. Prince Paskiewitch is to stay at Warsaw, where a camp of 70,000 men is concentrated. The Russian officers frequently return to Czenstochaut to adore the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary of that place, and to implore a happy return from the war. The army of the South is 150,000 men strong. The Oest. Correspondent contains an article on the Oriental question, so perfectly diplomatic, that, although half a column long, it manages to tell us little or nothin s ,cr. It is impossibl e t o say positively how the matter will end, as so much must depend on unforeseen events, but it is the object of the diplomatic world to find some means of effecting a satisfactory compromise. R u ssia and England are acquitted of indulging in any wish to go to war, " and the conduct of the latter will probably have great influence on the French Cabinet. It is to be hoped that the Porte will not push a 'not blame able' sensitiveness on the subject of its independence and sovereign dignity too far." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 6th do not contain a line of news of any kind. A Madrid letter of the same date states that the Royal Council has come to a decision on the railroad question, but it had not transpired. The Three per Cents. were done at 42. GERMANY. WEI/fAR, JULY B.—The Grand Duke of Weimar died this morning. THE BRAZIL S. - (BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPII.) p LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The clipp er shi E mpCa B arrived yesterday. She has brought ac p counts ruce, from Bahia to the 28th May. The yellow fever was very prevalent 14 Bahia when the E mperor sailed, and had proved fat s among the shipping. Freights to the channel for orders, 28s. 6d, t o 309• per ton. Exchange on London, 281. The barques Royalist and Ranger had sailed f o r the channel. The Enchanter, from Australia, for London, bad pus into Bahia f or water, and sailed again on the 26th o', May. The British brig Francesca, of London, from St. 1: " cent, for Australia, foundered at sea on the Bth of Map► in lat. 4 N., long. 18 W. Crew saved by the Swedish ig Irene, bound to California, which put into Bahl on the 25th of May. The Emperor left the following vessels loading for the Channel :—The Runo, Annie, Diana, Eliza Robsoal Matanzas, and Charles, the latter in want of a captai ii and part of a crew. 'HE CAMP AT allOBJIAlif COMMON. ... - Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales an d the other Royal children now staying at Windsor eagl e paid a visit to th e camp yesterday, arriving abou t 1 o'clock. Th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesses came throng' Colonel Challoner's grounds and passed across the air mon to the Magnet-hill, where they were received hi Major Colborne, aide-de-camp to lalrd Seaton, by wh° l7l a they were conducted through the 9pieen's Pavillion, o,l ;_ e afterwards a ccom p an i e d the Royal carriage along 1 ,,," lines of the e ncampment, close to the tents, at a wad" ing pac e . Th e i r R oyal Highnesses afterwards went Higham, Lord Seaton's quarters, and thence, at o'clock, returned to 'Windsor Castle. The operations of the troops yesterday were confise i , to Virginia Water, where the pontoon bridge was agate thrown over the lake for the passage of such of the reg l ; ments After as had not an o pportunity of cro ss i ng i t on TuesdayTuesday l ast. an early parade the several regiments Ine rr tioned in the division orders —viz. the Ist Life Guards' the 17th Lan cers, the 13th Light Dragoons, the 38'- Foot, the 93d Highlanders, and the Royal Artillerf.; marched from the camp, under the command of t Royal Hi g h ness the Duke of Cambridge, direct for Ar".. ginia Wat er . T he foot regiments crossed Catl in's-valley and march e d th rough Colonel Challoner's groun d s , cavalry and artillery passing down the Staines -road, a$ by that route arriving at the Wheatsheaf entrance 11 ; the Royal p ro p er ty. Th e on l y o b ject of the tree? going to Virginia Water yesterday being to practis e them in the mode of crossing a pontoon-brid ge , no ai r munition was served o u t an d no fighting took plae,e; The foot regiments crosse d the bridge first—espeeP' care being taken by the officers to prevent the me n " keeping step." After the bridge had been veld covered with he a th er the passage of the artillery 03d cavalry was com menced. With the artillery some di d: culty occurred, owing to the restiveness of the hors' attached to some of the guns. One animal in , struggles actually fell into the water, after 'knocking over several of th e sappers and miners by whom the bridge was lined. But for the admirable manse; ment of the artill er y d r i vers -ere can be dou bt many more s er i ous acc id ents would have occurred.g The caval r y crosse d th e b r id ge w i thout accident, and s' the troops having gai ne d th e park side of the wate t , assembled on the upper ground—the same position oee pied on Tuesd a y l as t— w h ere they went through sever al manoeuvres greatly to the satisfaction of their illustriot i ; commander. The cavalry returned to the camp 73 ; Blacknest-bridge, arriving at their quarters about fie o'clock. The 38th and 93d Regiments returned in the direction of th e p on t oon b r i dge, which, on their arrival at the bank of the lake, they found had been broken IA:, into "r a ft s ." U pon these rafts the whole of the tvr. regiments w ere t ransporte d across i n li ttle more 010: quarter of an hour. Half a company went on each re , h' - and without the occurrence of the slightest - accides t . operations were witnesse d These regiments returned to the camp about half-pad Princesses of the Royal family on five o'clock. theirby A t the a r A report of a fatal accident to a private in the il i t " 1 : 1 Lancers yesterday prevailed as we were leaving the fiel d ' pontoon yv tio rti n onc o teh f se th acn e amdp. but could not be traced to any reliable authority. ~,, A general court-martial was held yesterday in the iness-tent of the 93d Highlanders. Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. Cameron, of the 42d Regiment, acted as presideel' The- members of the court consisted of two field offic e ': and one captain from the cavalry brigade and each brr ade of inf antry. Major Norcott was the deputy judge. advocate Colonel Pentinck is going on very favourably.• g e still remains at Higham. No immediate dange r is O s apprehended from the accident. To-day will be the last have of see i ng the troops at present arms. A grand movement is to take place within th lines of the encampment. Fifteen rounds of blank O r munition were served out to each man last evening' Major -General his Royal Highness the Duke of Corr bridge will be general of the day. There will be no evolutions on Wednesday, a s on tha t day the troops in camp will commence to move. Thum' day it irsts anticipated will be a gra n d d ay, far surpass i i l tbe fi day on which the troops assembled. )3 ' least 18,000 men will be within a mile of head qua rter o on this day. hl Scots yerneot taawsenhipalmluesinitierofsi The first movement of troops commences to-day. 06 1 detachment of Grenadier Guards stationed a t bea d quarters will march to Windsor at 1 o'clock, o n beivf. Woolwich. Guardsrnla si milar n s e t a r m en p g . th fr T o 0 7 1 : 0 1 1 ,. ; march out of their quarters e'' There is no intention of deposing Lord Seaton fro o relieveds ,tet Battalion toe c by hrtai a tl the command he so worthily fills in favour of Sir Charl e4 , Napier nor any other officer. The brigadier genert; will also re t a i n their commands over the ne w troops '- be encamped. BRITANNIA THEATRE, HOXTON.—Messrs. G. Benne tt and T. C. Harris appear on Wednesday (to-morrow)/ the 13th inst., at this theatre (for the benefit of a w idol f and orphan child), in Mr. G. Bennett's popular play " Retribution" (originally produced at Sadler's Wells l4 1850). Mr. G. Bennett sustains Mr. Phelps' origi o characte r ~Mr. T. C. H arr i s sustains Mr. G. Bennett s' LARGE IRON WAREHOUSE FOR MELBOURNE, AuSTOi Ll A. — Messrs. Newton and Full, civil enneers, ° Plough-b r id ge - wor k s, Rotherhitheer have latel gi y designe d for Messrs. Westby and Co., London, an iron w are ; house, 300 feet long by 130 feet wide, and will be t li a. largest building of its kind that has ever been ex p n rte The roof and sides are t o b e formed of corrugated iron', Sixty-four cast iron columns support the roof, all which are hollow. The girders connecting the column s are made so as to form a rain-water gutter, at the s 3ll ! i i time to support the roof and main ties. The light 01 . 0 be admitted through rough plate-glass. The w hole . 1 , designed with the greatest simplicity, every par t heft a duplicate one of the other. All the parts of the bin o t`, ing, even to the foundation stones, will be shipped from England. Messrs. Newton and Fuller are likewise d e , Signing a large amount of machinery, including an chimney 80 feet high, to be erected in the same building' Mr. Joh n W alker, of Gracechurch-street, has taken contract for tho warehouse. •