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CHURCH OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE INSTITUTION. _ 3otice is hereby given, that the Half-yearly Dividend on the Shims of this Institution will be in course of payment at the head °face, No. 5, Lothbury, City, on and after the 15th day of July fn itant. By order of the Board of Directors. WILLIAM EMMENS, Secretary, 4th July, 1853. L ONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILIVAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next ORDINARY BALE-YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at the Bridgehouse Hotel, Southwark, on Monday, the 25th day of July instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the general purposes of the undertaking, and also to determine upon the consolidation into Five per Cent. Stock of the Five per Cent. 501. shares of the Company, lettered F, created on the 10th day of August, 1847, to be thence forth denominated " Five per Cent. Stock, No. 3 " The Trans! er Books of the Company will be closed on Monday, the 111 h day of July instant, and remain so until after the Meeting. SAMUEL LAING, Chairman. - FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary, London Terminus, 4th July, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enekstone. THIS EVENING, JULY 4, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. H. Corri, Tilbury, W. Farren, Buckstone, ullivan, Compton, Howe, Rogers, Braid, and Edwards; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buck ingham, and Miss Reynolds. To be followed by MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAftN ASSUL.I. To be followed by BATTINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EYENLNG, Jury 4, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. Atter 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 Messrs. Harley, J. 'Vining, Chester, and Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Mimes Daly and C. Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JOLT 4, Will be performed ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, &c. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, and R. Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Robertson and Ellis. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Ana 4, Wilt be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben, Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parsee, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. After which (fourth time), 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 Drama. THIS EVENING, JOLT 4, 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; Portia, Miss Fielding (in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. A. Phillips.) To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Beggs, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Leak* and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Nightly Equestrian Galas.—Extraordinary Feats of Equitation.— PeaTicuLha NencL.—The grand national spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, one of the greatest glories of the immortal Welling ton, our Hero of a Hundred Fights, is nightly received by crowded and fashionable audiences with enthusiastic rapture. Visitors from the country are respectfully requested to note this warlike spectacle, realising many features in continual practice by her Majesty's Troops at Chobham. Commences at Seven o'clock Miss Emily Cooke, the most talented juvenile equestrian artiste, will (by desire) appear every night. THIS EVENING, JvLY 4, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the grand national Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with more than its original brilliant effects. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's unsurpassable scenes in the Arena, Introducing the most celebrated Artistes in Europe, combin ing the talent of the World's Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, whose gracetul performances have become the theme of admiration, her daring Leap through 16 balloons, both forward and backward, having created quite a furor. To conclude with the successful Hippo Drama of THE CHASE, or LIFE ON THE TURF—❑lugtrating a Sporting Man's Career. By express desire of several Families of distinction, and in accord ance with the flattering request, Mr. W. Cooke has made arrange ments to give another Grand Juvenile Morning Performance, and positively the Last, on WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. Box-cfllce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JuLy 4, CIIUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Splendid MENAGERIE, containing many hundred interesting Specimens of :Natural History. GoDFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY RAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by _Miss Cicely Nott. Solo, Clarionet, by Mons. Wuille. The whole con cluding with the most extraordinary spectacle ever exhibited, " The Feast of Lanters" and explosion of Chinese Fireships. Brilliant dis play of Fireworks by Southby. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JULY 4, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitucib. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N.W., light breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—W.S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. STRooD—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE-W., strong breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—W.N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy showery. The returns from the following places did not reach this office in time for publication on Saturday ; they therefore indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock :- LIMERICK—N., breeze—partially cloudy. MULLINGAR— ,gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON- W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cl ou d y . GREENWICH—W.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—S.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W., fresh breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH-W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—S.., gentle breeze—fine. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAP—W., gentle breeze—rain. DIGIT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tin, DAT —Morning 26 min. after 12 Evening 48 min.aft. 12 To-Mnaaow—Morning 9 rain. after 1 I Evening 32 min.aft. THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, JULY 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 69--this clay at noon. BAROMETER, 30'31. WIND, W.N.W.—Light airs, and fine weather. JULY 4. 70— highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'24. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather, w•• - ;Z Olt LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1853. Considerable " excitement," we cannot call it " alarm," was on Saturday occasioned by the in telligence from the East, more particulary that which, on the authority of a telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, declared that "12,000 Russian troops had actually crossed the Pruth and entered J ass y," the capital of the Turkish province of Moldavia, on the 25th of June. Although a little discrimination would have shown the im probability of this statement, it had its intended e ff ec t. The Ursine fraternity turned the ominous rumours to the best account. The funds (and with them stocks and shares of every descripti on ) were what is technically termed " b ange d . ,, Con sols, which on Friday evening had closed at 98 fell to 97i 11, and Foreign Securities, generally speaking, sympathised with the fall in the English Market. A gleam of returning sense, or possibly calmer reflection on the subject, led to a .partial recovery, and business was transacted after regular hours at 97/, Let us, then, for a moment, consider what was the foundation for this " alarming rumour" of which the Bears so skil fully availed themselves ; and what consequences might be apprehended, even if the statements had ample foundation. On the first point then, viz., as to the actual invasion of Moldavia, ' and the occupation of Jassy by Russian troops every rea"ll t° be lieve on the 25th ultimo, there is inaccurate. The intelligence the accounts to be totally telegraphic dispatch fromigence contained in the Vienna has been ex pressly and formally contradicted Government, and even : evi c ted by the Austrian denial it had been generallyT to that official account, that orders had. been :credited. The St. Petersburgh to set the Rte.Tana raided from motion, and to invade not mererl troops in tories of au ally, without sum y c i e r terri " but even the very provinces whi c h th ca ; use, gressora were essentially bound " to prot ect ; :ga that in violation of t rea ti es en t ere d into with in dependent Powers, po ssesse d o f suff i cient strength to resist and avenge the unwarranted outrage against the law of the nations and the best in. terests of society, only alleged that the command had been issued by the CZAR on the 25th of June at St. Petersburgh ; and it would have been utterly impossible that it could have been carried into practical execution on the same day, at so great a distance, and without the existence of auy extraordinary means of transmitting instructions. Other rumours manifestly false, and clearly with the same end and object, were circulated at the same time, such as the half-frenzied declarations of the AUTOCRAT to the French and British Am bassadors, to the effect that he did not care even for the loss of his entire fleet ; he would avenge the insult (!) to which he had been subjected by land, dr,c., &c. Other equally unwarranted state ments were eagerly circulated, either in the form of direct assertions or vague surmises. There was " The muttered hint, the shrug, the hum, or ha," all tending to the same purpose, to create a panic, and enable the speculators to take full advantage of the opportunity. In some " the wish" might have been " father to the thought ;" they would readily credit that which, if true, would have been so greatly to their advantage. But in others, the more gross the falsehood, the more infamous the lie, the more ready would they be to take advan tage of that which would be speedily detected and contradicted. The palpable mendacity of one series of state ments afford strong corroboration to the scepti cism that has been expressed to the others. We are therefore warranted in stating that, although there are strong grounds for supposing that the AUTOCRAT may be reckless enough to send troops into the Danubian Principalities, for the purpose, as Count NESSELROPE expresses it, " not of declar ing war," bet of obtaining "national guarantees," for the observance of the conditions which he has deemed it expedient to demand, the unjust aggres sion has not yet taken place, or, at least, in the manner and form asserted by the natural allies of Russia —the " Bears " of the Stock Exchange —on Saturday last. We still believe that peace may be preserved by the maintenance of a steady determination and unflinching resolution by those whose honour and interests are alike involved in checking the rapacity and insolence of the AUTOCRAT, maintaining the provisions of the Treaty of Adria nople, and preserving the balance of power in Europe, by preventing the spoliation of one of our most ancient and faithful allies. NICHOLAS, since he has assumed the bullying aspect, will probably go to the utmost extent he can with impunity. Encouraged by the position of " that excellent ABERDEEN" at the head of the Cabinet, by the fact that Lord PALMERSTON, although holding a seat in the Cabinet, is not to be found at the Foreign-office, and that, therefore, the manly po licy which that Nobleman ever displayed in emer gencies may be looked upon as virtually abandoned by the Joint-stock Administration—encouraged, we say, by these facts, and still more by the ridiculous twaddling of the "Peace Congress," and the know ledge of the mode in which he himself would treat the remonstrances and the propositions of the broad-brimmed ambassadors who were to show the impropriety of his conduct and call on him to refer all disputes and differences to arbitration— he may persevere to the very uttermost ; but he will create no irreparable breach, he will commit no act that must necessarily lead to hostilities, until fully acquainted with the degree of cordiality ex isting between the French and English Govern ments—the feelings of the people of these great countries, and, above all, the state of preparation for actual hostilities. Until he has made himself thoroughly au fait on all these points, the wily despot will refrain from driving matters to ex tremities. He may maintain a lowering aspect— his threats and menaces may be issued forth—but he will abstain from that which must be regarded as a declaration of war by France and England, and further diplomacy unavailing, and all nego tiations fruitless. He will growl most ominously ; nay more, he may " show his teeth," but we are quite satisfied that he " will not bite." But were it otherwise, if everthing that has been asserted were perfectly well-founded that the Russian Bear indeed became rabid, and endea voured to enfold his unoffending neighbour in his deadly embrace, what injury could it do to Great Britain or to France ? What would either have to dread from a step so reckless or so desperate ? The CAMPBELLS were accustomed, in the olden time, to exclaim, in answer to any menace, " It's a far cry to Lochgoil." If the followers of ARGYLL felt thus secure from aggression in the inaccess bility and remoteness of their dwellings, may we not feel doubly confident in our insular position and maritime power ? How could Russia proceed to invade England ? Were Turkey altogether powerless, the SULTAN deprived of that support which has been so cheerfully accorded to him, and ready to fall an easy victim to the aggressors— were Circassia tranquillised, and the deeply-in jured and chivalrous Poles and Magyars induced to let the golden opportunity slip away —how would he transmit his Cossacks across Europe and waft them to our English shores ? No, we have nothing to fear from NICHOLAS ; and Russia is not so profitable a customer that we need care for the suspension of commercial intercourse. In 1851 our export trade to Russia amounted to less than 1,300,000/., while we have admitted her raw produce, her hides, and hemp, and tal- low, to an enormous amount, on the most favour able terms. Her magnates will regret the loss of our custom far more than we shall theirs. The balance of trade is largely in their favour, and they will not willingly relinquish the advantage. There is nothing, then, to create apprehension, or to depress the public securities, even if McKolas should carry his greatest threats into execution, a matter which we still believe to be very impro bable. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has unequivocally admitted that " the preponderance of argument is in favour of the total - abolition of the Advertisement He also acknowledged that " the duty was a very considerable duty, a very heavy duty, and no doubt it was an impediment to trade, and an ob struction to the supply of those wants an that information which the people would desire to have." Much doubt could not previously have been entertained on these points by any disin terested and unprejudiced person who had listened to the conclusive arguments adduced by Messrs. MILNER GIBSON, COBDEN, BRIGHT, and other Hon. Gentlemen who had taken part in the dis cussion. It was not simply a " preponderance," but a "monopoly," of argument ; for not a - single valid reason was assigned in favour of the ob noxious and impolitic impost that could justify its imposition if there was a heavy deficiency in the public revenue, and the Financial Minister was bound to find means to supply the necessary funds. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself did not venture to controvert a single assertion put forward by the advocates of reduction. The only justification he attempted, if justification it could be called, was that there were other taxes also of a very objectionable character which still remained in operation. There were, he granted, very serious expenses of collection, and great an noyance and inconvenience inthe means resorted to for the purpose of insuring payment of the duty, it being required that a copy of every newspaper and periodical publication, of every edition indeed, if the alteration consisted of only a few brief lines, should be transmitted gratuitously to the Stamp office, in order to fix the amount payable (and which it appears the authorities in Dublin have recently attempted to extend to every kind of publication), but every tax was subject to the expense of collection, and as to its inequality in levying the same duty on large and small adver tisements, why every rated duty was an unequal duty. Indeed, its inequality appeared to consti tute its chief recommendation in the eyes of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He dwelt on the advan tages of the penny postage system, which he justly declared was " a duty moderate in amount, and which worked well for the public interest ;" but there was an inequality-there, inasmuch as a letter was charged the same whether it travelled ten or one hundred miles, and from this he deduced the argument that the servant girl who wanted a place, the sempstress who sought employment, or the small tradesman who desired to make known I the quali ties and prices of the goods in which he THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, '1853 was dealing, should pay the same amount of duty as the nobleman that offered an estate worth a million sterling for sale, and had several columns of a. leading journal occupied with a glowing description of its numerous advantages. These arguments are so palpably ridiculous as scarcely to require a single word of refutation. We may, however, remind the Right Hon. Gentleman that, under the postage system, a great benefit, worth far more than the charge, is conferred upon the person who pays the penny, in the transmission, safe keeping, and delivery of the letter, although the distance be only ten miles, or even a single mile. That he could not have the same service performed on his account, with equal security and dispatch, for far more than the Go vernment charge ; and therefore there can be no complaint on their part if they receive ample value for their money. Nor is the inequality so striking as he would induce the public to suppose, inas much as the greater portion of the cost is required for the maintenance of the establishments in the towns where the letters are dispatched from and arrive at, and in the labour of sorting and de livering the different communications. And these important items are the same, whether the towns be ten miles or one hundred miles apart. But where is the value given by the Government to a servant advertising for a place, or a sempstress for employment, in return for the ls. 6d. (the D unjustly oes it extracted render frompric e of th e three wretched day's the publication of their advertisements in any de gree r so more valuable by attracting additional atten tion, or does it render the chances of the want being supplied more numerous ? If not, there is no analogy between the cases; and the sharp, clever Mr. GLADSTONE, has put forward a puerile argu ment, for which a schoolboy would merit castiga tion. If it were worth anything, it would go to this extent, that the Times should charge the same for the insertion of a notice that " a good plain cook, with four years' character, wanted a place in a gentleman's or tradesman's family," as that "an estate, offering every possible inducement to the capitalist," was about to be submitted for public competition, with a graphic description of its various beauties and capabilities—although the former may occupy only two lines, while the latter might fill two columns. Besides, as Mr. COBDEN pointed out, " there was not the alleged inequality in the postage system, after all, inas much, as if the letter weighed more than half an ounce, it required a twopenny stamp, and so in proportion to its weight." Really, Mr. GLAD STONE must bring forward something more plau sible if he hope to maintain his character for smartness and efficiency. Even Sir CHARLES WOOD himself could not hhve adduced a more unfortunate illustration. What, again, we ask, had the injustice and in expediency of other imposts to do with the pro priety of maintaining a duty on Advertisements ? What bearing had it on the question under discussion ? Granted that " the paper duty is an impolitic tax altogether"—that it im poses on the trade of the country a burden totally disproportioned to the amount of revenue received ; " that " it interfered with employment throughout the country in a most inconvenient form, because the paper trade, if free, would not be confined to the great centres of population, but would find its way to other localities throughout the country, and diffuse employment among a dif ferent class of the population." We fully and cordially concur in every one of these assertions, • and in the conclusion, that " the paper duty is a tax essentially bad in itself, which ought to be repealed so soon as the state of the Treasury would allow it." Nay, more, we are so strongly impressed with its impolicy, that we think it ought to be unconditionally abolished, and a substitute sought elsewhere. We also agree that the tax on insurances is " a tax on trade, a duty on pru dence," and therefore one that most unquestion ably ought to be relinquished. But, surely, if these obnoxious imposts were a thousand fold more objectionable, they do not afford the most trifling argument for the maintenance of what he himself described as " tax on trade and labour, principally on trade, and partly on labour ;" and, which the Ministerial Leader in the House of Commons acknowledged to be " a very heavy duty, an impediment to trade, and an obstruction to the supply of those wants, and that in formation which the people would desire to have." It might as well be said, that there should be no attempt to check pocket-picking on Ludgate-hill, because they could not altogether suppress smash ing in Whitechapel ; that they should not inter fere with drunken riots in St. Giles's, because they could not prevent agrarian outrages in Ireland. Nor does it at all diminish the gross disrespect, the contemptuous disregard, of the votes of the 14th of April, that five or six motion; for the re peal of the duties on attorneys' certificates, had been carried by different majorities, and that these expressions of opinion had been treated with in sulting indifference. It would be scarcely consi dered a good defence to an indictment for larceny, to prove that the prisoner had embezzled to a large amount from his employer. He must deal with Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR and his majority on the attorney question, and with Mr. MILNER GIBSON on the Advertisement Duties. In each case the views of the majorities should be re spected. The House should not suffer its decisions to be despised, or treated with contumely or neglect, more especially when the insult was offered in endeavouring to maintain "a tax on trade and labour—a tax on the intercommunica tion of wants and wishes"—a tax which, "in a commercial community, strikes at the very root of all transactions." THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN. The Queen and Prince Albert, according to present arrangements, will leave town on Tuesday, the 12th inst., for the purpose of honouring the Exhibition at Dublin with a visit. Her Majesty and the Prince will travel by the London and North-Western Railway from= the Euston station direct to Holyhead, at which port the Victoria and Al bert Royal yacht will arrive on Monday next to be in readiness to receive the Queen and her Royal Consort and convey them to Kingstown. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, if in England, will accompany her Majesty ; but, owing to the illness of the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, some apprehension exists that the Prince and Princess may be summoned to the Continent during the present week. Her Majesty, it is anticipated, will sleep on board the Royal yacht in Holyhead Harbour on the night of her arrival at that port. The return of the Court to town is not expected to be delayed beyond Saturday, the 16th inst. CABINET CouNcrL.—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord J. Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. ENORMOUS MAILS FROM AUSTRALIA.—On Saturday morning a number of boxes and bags, containing letters, l arrived by the Melbourne from Australia. The weight of those boxes and bags was 12t tons. They were in number 30 boxes and 217 bags. A good deal of curi osity was excited in the arcade of the General Post Office, by the appearance of the empty boxes when piled up and deprived of their contents. The bags and boxes were delivered at the Post Office at five o'clock in the morning, and simultaneously with them arrived the American, East Indian, and West Indian mails. We were informed by the officials that this was the heaviest morning they have ever had at the office ; and, consider ing the number of letters which must be sorted and placed in their proper divisions, it is no wonder that the Post Office officials should have been greatly fatigued. In the interior of the office, however, everything was conducted with order and regularity, and the immense mass of correspondence was despatched in a systematic and business-like manner. Tsn MAILS TO THE NORTH.--A further acceleration w Nbi a ler s wghc n a : s ade on the let Newcastle, Berwick, which hwitc hkinhabitants a n in d s t i the all o day f intervening m o York, a t i ol Durhamwto n s E Edin burgh, i will, receive anthc too, of their aboutranch lines, an h ou p r - a a r n t d o - a f - t h h a e benefit f earlier. o f this acceleration will be extended to some important places, including Sheffield, Leeds, and Bradford, which, though nearer to other railways, will now be most ex peditiously reached by the Great Northern. This new acceleration, in connection with that effected three months ago; will expedite the arrival of the day mail at Leeds by four-and-a-half hours ; at York, by more than five hours ; at Newcastle, by six hours ; and at Ber wick, by seven-and-a-quarter hours ; the latter town being now reached at an earlier hour than a few months ago was the case with Leeds. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The July sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened to-day before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Aldermen Sir C. Marshall and Sir R. W. Carden, attended by the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs. After the selection and swearing in of the grand jury, The Recorder delivered his charge, and said he was happy to state that there was no case which called for particular observation. The only one to which he thought it necessary to direct attention, was that of woman named Fitzgerald, who was charged with at tempting to drown her child in the river. The child was, fortunately, saved. He thought, on looking over the depositions, that it would be better for them to find a true bill, for the purpose of the case undergoing fur ther investigation before the petty jury. The Grand Jury then retired to their private room. FRAN CE. The following note appears in the Moniteur:— " The Government has several times already de clined all responsibility in the articles of the press beyond those of the official journal. The importance which appears to have been attached to some recent publications renders a new declaration necessary. It is useful to contradict and rectify the facts which might give a false direction to public opinion. Thus a journal has announced that the Government had sold 50 or 60 thousand muskets to the Ottoman Porte. There has, in fact, been a cession of 40,000 muskets ; but in that case the Government has not gone beyond the usages invariably followed with respect to Powers which are friendly to France. It has also been said that French officers had been authorized by the Minister of War to take service in the Tnrkish army. The fact is entirely untrue. When the Government has com munications to make to the public, it uses the columns of the Moniteur exclusively. The Constitutionnel says that, although the Rus sian Government has given orders for the passage of the Pruth between the sth and 10th instant, it has reason to believe that that period was antici pated, and that the order was carried into effect at once. The news of this event has not been re ceived officially in Paris, but private letters worthy of credit affirm that the passage of the Pruth has been actually accomplished. On the other hand, the Assemblee Nationale says that " it begins to hope that the Emperor, of Russia will give a striking proof of his moderation by allowing his army to maintain the position they at present occupy on the frontiers of the Principalities, but without passing them." It adds, " that the Emperor has given so many proofs of his love of peace that he will perhaps recoil in presence of the great risk even a simple occupation of those pro vinces would occasion to the security of Europe." It is asserted that Admiral Hamelin has been ordered to pass through the Dardanelles. A decree has been published, convoking the Conseils Gene raux for the 22d of August next, and the Councils of the Arrondissements for the Ist of August. Marshal Santa Cruz presented a letter yesterday to the Emperor at St. Cloud, from the President of the Republic of Guatemala. His Majesty admitted the Marshal to a private audience on the occasion. The departure of the Emperor and Empress for the Eaux-Bonnes is said to be fixed for a day be tween the 16th and 20th of July. The Emperor proposes to return to Paris by the 15th of August, the day of the fete Napoleon. Great preparations have been made in the south to receive the Impe rial visitors. The chateau of Pau is magnificently furnished with Imperial furniture from Paris. NEW COURT. George Iletherington, 39, law agent, was indicted for obtaining by false,pretences, in various sums, the amount of 601. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr, G. P. Doyle defended. It appeared that the plaintiff, a poor man, had been imprisoned in Horsemonger Gaol for the costs of au ac tion ; and as far back as 1851 prisoner came to prose cutor in prison, and told him that if he would tell him the truth he would try what he could do for him, as he had got out a prisoner in the room below who was in very great trouble. The prosecutor having been just before this duped by a sham attorney, asked prisoner if he was on the Rolls, and he said he was. He then, under the faith that he was an attorney, drew from the wife, who it appeared had some property, a number of sums for a variety of alleged purposes to ob tain the discharge of her husband. Upon one occasion, 8101. to obtain a writ of Error, then money to retain Sir F. Thesiger, and afterwards to commence an action, for what purpose it did not very clearly appear. These matters he carried on until the present year, the husband having been discharged, when it was found out that prisoner was not an attorney, and the present proceed ings taken, the husband having paid the debt for which he was confined, and not received any benefit from the prisoner. The jury had not given their verdict when we went to press. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The fourth and last concert this season of the Royal Academy of Music, took place on Saturday last, at the Hanover-square Rooms. It was the best attended and the most successful of the season, and we were glad to notice that the programme displayed a larger selection of the compositions of students and ex-students than has been the case for some time. The most prominent of these, among the MS. works, were—a very clever over ture, entitled the Student's Dream, by Mr. Brinley Richards ; a chorus, by Miss Charlotte Rowe ; a song, with clarinet ob/igafo, by Miss Ann Baird Spratt ; a trio and chorus, of remarkable merit, by Mr. W. Lovell Phillips ; an overture, by Mr. Cusins ; song, by Mr. R. Thomase ; a part-song, by Mr. B. Gilbert ; and a song, by Miss Jane Finch. The instrumentalists Mr. Cheshire, on the harp, in two movements from a well written concerto of the late Parish Alvars ; Miss Fox, in the first movement of one by Hummel ; and Mr. M. Clementi in a violin con certino of Kalliwoda, were all, the last especially, entitled to praise. Mr. Arthur O'Leary performed on the piano forte the first movement of a concertino by Sebastian Bach, in which he introduced a cadenza no less spirited than ingenious. The singers —Misses Jackson, Murie, Ber tha Street, F reeman , A m y D o lb y , Buckland, and Hughes, Messrs Blake and Bolton—must be credited rather for the pains they took generally than for the excellence they displayed individually. ASTLEY'S AMPIIITHEATRE.-MISS EMILY COOKE. We had the pleasure the other night of witnessing, ' between the roar of the Battle of Waterloo and the ex citement of The Chase, the very adroit and daring leaps taken by Miss Emily Cooke, through paper " balloons," from the back of a horse, not cantering at common circus pace, but at a quick gallop. This young lady— she does not appear to be above eleven years of age—gives un ' mistakeable tokens that she is destined to take a fore most place in the art of equestrianism. She possesses a neat, slight, compact figure ; and, if we may be al lowed the expression, "stands" her horse with perfect steadiness and self-confidence. After two or three ordi nary exploits, eight paper "balloons," which, as most people know, are large hoops, with circles of tissue paper stretched over their diameters, were held in the usual way all round the circus, a greater number by nearly one half than we ever saw ordinary equestrians venture upon. To Miss Emily Cooke, however, the matter seemed per feet child's play. Urging her horse—a noble animal— ' to its speed, she leaped through the eight balloons almost in as many seconds, and then, without the shadow of a pause, took four of the eight backwards. The fifth was carried away by her dress, and she stopped for a moment until it was disengaged, when, putting her horse again to its mettle, she actually leaped backwards through twelve hoops without touching one of them, and alight ing on the saddle after every spring as deftly as a fairy —only, however, to bound from it, and through the next hoop. The display was certainly a wonderful spe cimen of conjoined daring, adroitness, and perfect pre sence of mind. A single swerve or a single falter would have spoiled the whole, and perhaps given rise to an awkward tumble ; but the young performer seemed, so far as her features could be distinguished in her rapid round, to be so perfectly at her ease that the audience were so too. We cordially recommend Miss Emily Cooke's performance to the public. It will well repay, of itself, a visit to Astley's. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is the text of the note addressed by Redschid Pasha to M. de Nesselrode, in reply to the-Russian ultimatum : " SUBLIME PORTE—DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "To HIS EXCELLENCY THE COUNT DE NESSELRODE,— " Sir, I lost no time in laying before His Majesty the Sultan, my august master, the despatch which your Excellency has done me the honour to address to me on the 19th (31st) May last. " His Majesty the Sultan has always shown, and on all occasion, the greatest regard f or hi s M a jesty the Emperor of Russia, whom he has ever looked upon as his sincere ally and well-disposed neighbour. The Sublime Porte, while entertaining no doubt of the generous intentions of the Emperor, has been deeply grieved at the interruption of relations between them which has unfortunately occurred, and which arises perhaps from the Emperor not understand ing the real impossibility in which the Porte has found itself placed on the question raised by Prince Menschikoff with reference to embodying in a diplomatic engagement the religious privileges accorded to the Greek religion. Nevertheless, it is consoled by knowing that for its part it has in nowise contributed to produce such a state of things. In truth, the Ottoman Government has shown, from the beginning, the best disposition, and every facility relative to the questions which Prince Men schikoff was commmissioned to settle in pursuance with the orders of the Emperor. And even in questions so delicate as that of the religious privileges of the Greek Church it was still inspired by Pacific — sentiments, and not refusing the assurances which tehded to remove and reduce to nothing all the doubts which might have been excited in that respect, the Sublime Porte hoped, espe cially from the well-known wisdom of Prince Menschi koff, that that Ambassador would be satisfied with the project of a note which had been communicated to him in the last instance, and which contained all the assurances that had been demanded. " It is true that his Highness Prince Menschikoff has, the second time, abridged the minute of the Sened which he had at first given, and in communicating at the last a project of a note he has made certain changes as well in the terms as in the form and title of the document ; but the sense of an engagement being still found there, and as that diplomatic engagement cannot accord either with the inde pendence of the Ottoman Government or with the rights of its sovereign authority, it is impossible to give to the motives of utter imposibility presented on that point by the Porte the term of refusal, and to make of that a ques tion of honour for his Majesty the Emperor of Russia. Moreover, if complaints have been made of that im possibility by attributing it to a sentiment of mistrust, I3ussia, by paying no regard to all the assurances offered in the most solemn manner by the Sublime Porte, and by declaring that it was indispensable to embody them in an instrument having the force of an engagement, does she not rather give a patent proof of her want of confidence towards the Ottoman Govern ment, and has not the Ottoman Government on its part a right to complain ? Nevertheless, in answering on these two points, it refers itself to the high and known justice of the Emperor of Russia, as well as to the high reasons and the eminently pacific sentiments of your Excellency, which, moreover, each has been able to re cognise and appreciate. " His Majesty the Sultan, by an imperial firman bearing his august hatti-scheriff, has just confirmed anew the privileges, rights, and immunities enjoyed by the members and the churches of the Greek rite abantiquo. " The Sublime Porte will never hesitate to maintain and to give the assurances contained and promised in the project of the note transmitted to Prince Menschi koff a short time before his departure. The dispatch re ceived on the part of your Excellency speaks of causing the Russian troops to pass the frontiers. That declara tion is incompatible jwith the assurances of peace and of the friendly disposition of his Majesty the Em peror. It is, in truth, so much opposed to what one is justified in expecting fr9m a friendly power that the Porte knows not how it can accept it ; the military preparations and the works of defence ordered by the Porte, as it declares officially to the Powers, are only those rendered necessary by the considerable armaments of Russia. They constitute a measure purely defensive. The Government of the Sultan having no hostile inten tions against Russia expresses the desire that the an cient relations which his Majesty moreover regards as so precious, and of which the numerous advantages are manifest for both parties, may be re-established in their primitive state. _ _ EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP A GOLD-DIGGER.—On Sa ,urday information was received at the various City and metropolitan police stations, that on the previous day a man named White, who h a d recently returned from Aus tralia, had been robbed of nearly 2001. in the following manner :—lt appears that White, on board a ship bound for London, became acquainted with a person named Jones, who had also left the • diggings. When they arrived at St. Katherine's Docks they went away toge ther and took lodgings at Milgrove's eating-house, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street. On Thursday night White left home, and while out picked up a woman. Having nearly 2001. in his possession, but not thinking it safe to carry so large an amount about with him, he returned to his lodging, with the intention of depositing it in the landlord's hands for security. The landlord, however, had retired to rest, and White went to his room, where he found Jones, who volunteered to take care of the money. White foolishly deposited it in Jones's hands, and then went away again. When he returned the following (Friday) morning he ascertained that Jones had taken all the money, and everything else away with him, while Mr. Milgrove was at market. Jones has not yet fallen into the hands of the police. SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN THE RIVER THAMES. —Yester day (Sunday) afternoon, information was forwarded from the various metropolitan police stations of the dis covery of the body of a man that was found on Satur day evening in the river Thames, near London-bridge. Mr. Sergeant Martin, of the City police, has issued the following description of the deceased :—" Male, about 40 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches in height, dressed in a black coat, black waistcoat, light cloth trousers, cotton drawers, and linen shirt." The body was placed in a shell, and removed to the dead-house of St. Magnus the-Martyr, London-bridge, for the body to be owned, and an inquest held. From the appearance of the de ceased he seemed to have moved in a respectable station of life. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon a de termined act of self-destruction was committed by a gen tleman named Caleb Sawyer, at his residence, 13, Queen street, Golden-square. The deceased, who was single and about 40 years of age, had occupied apartments at the above address for above three years, where latterly being attacked with deiriunt tremens, the landlord deemed it necessary to have some person to attend con stantly upon him for the purpose of watching and guard ing his movements, the person so employed being a Ger man, named Schimdt, who had the use of his right arm only, the left one having been amputated at the shoulder joint. On the previous night at 11 o'clock deceased went to bed, and in a sitting position commenced look ing over some papers, in which he had been engaged for about. two hours, when the attention of Schimdt, who " I pray your Excellency, &c., was in a chair by the bedside reading, was attracted by ' (Signed) "REDSCHID." seeing him draw his hand across his throat, from which Of the extreme moderation of the f orego i ng no t e the blood gushed out, and which he was cutting w ith a ! there can scarcely be more than one opinion ; in knife. Schimdt en d eavoure d t o secure th e k n if e , b ut ; deed, it may be thought by some that th a t modera being disabled as stat e d was unabl e t o d o so , an d f rom 1 tion is carried so far that it cann o t we ll go f ar th er. the subsequent appearance of the wound, which was 1 In this respect it presents a striking contrast with jagged and extensive, no doubt his endeavours facilitated ! tone of Prince Menschikoff's verbal b the suicide. An alarm b e ing ra i se d, M r . E vans , sur- the haughty 0- and written communications, as with the eon, was sent for, in whose presence d ecease d shortly . ill-con afterwards expired. Info r mation of th e sa d event h as cealed arrogance of the note to which it is a reply. been forwarded to deceased's family in Wiltshire, and The Porte would seem desirous, by the very mild the body awaits an inquest. I ness of its language, of keeping Rus s i a i n th e diffi cu lt SUICIDE AT DEAL.—A melancholy case of su i c id e t oo k position she is now in before the world, and of place at Deal on Sunday evening, which has caused a • proving beyond the remotest doubt the unreason general feeling of regret in this town. The lady who , ableness and injustice of her demands. It seems, committed this deplorable act, by suspension, during the moreover, resolved, neither by act nor by word; to widow of Mr. Williagm Pain afford Russia the slightest p re t ex t f or th e i n i qu i t i es q cording to repo r t, the deceased incautiously absence of her hue was Ports e thlot res she is perpetrating. It i s pro b a bl e th at this'ex- Cin hter at chugrcpi. A mixed up with some navigation company, by taking c- became pected treme prudence is anythi ng b u t pl eas i ng t o R uss i a, shares, and the li a bility to a repetition of call s who would earnestly desire to see the Sult an re paid 201., it is supposed preyed upon her mind and havin caused turn haughtiness for haughti ness, an d i nsu lt f or insanity. A co ron er's inquest was h e ld on th e b o d y on insult ; but in that it has been di sa pp o i n t e d . Monday. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." Kent After the despatch of Redschid Pasha's reply , I Herald. , to Count Nesselrode, M. Balabine, Secretary to LIVERPOOL ELECTION.—LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—A n - the Ru ss i an Mission, left last Friday for Odessa, other candidate has appeared in the field for the repre- carrying with him, it is said, the archives of the sentation of Liverpool, in the person of the Hon. Sir legation and all the members of the mission. Erskine Perry, formerly Chief Justice of Bombay, who M. Argyropulo is now the only diplomatic comes forward on the Lib er al i n t eres t. Th e M ayor o f functionary remaining in Constan ti nop l e. It Liverpool (Samuel Holme, E s q.), h as announce d Th urs - . is most difficult to estimate the rea l f orce that day next as the day of nominatio n . A requ i s iti on , 1 Turkey is able to place under arms. It is said, signed by all classes of politicians, has been presented to however, that the discipline d force will consist of Mr. Bramley More, asking hi m t o a ll ow hi mse lf t o be 260,000 men, about half of which are in Europe, an d put in nomination ; but it is n o t k nown w h e th er h e w ill . consent to the wish of the requisitionists. A meeting of •• •even Sir E. Perry's friends is to be held in the Royal Amphi- ;probably be exaggerated, certain it is, , from r p e a m ll y St. nomad pet e r tribes, sburg , aheaddated y June u o n r born half in Asia. This estimate may possibly or that should a war break out the number of irre- FATALtheatre on Monday evening. 111`these mostly Durham, aged 34, expired St. in Bartholomew's Hospi- (in Asia at least), composed of cavalry, well mounted ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man named William g ar warriors would be immense, and lowing circumstances :—lt appears that the deceased and bred to an irregular military lif e. tal, from the effects of injuries received under the fol- and A being was in the employment of Mr. East, facing the North- , Western Railway, and on the 22d ult. had been to the 27, announces that the order to . 'lam occupy the pn South-Eastern Railway with a carriage. In returning palities has been given by the Govern end . Russian _- home he rode on the horse's back, and on gaining the meat. A telegraphic dispatchP rprincipally c dispatch announces that Ad of Prince's -street, Bank, the animal stumbled, and . Ad the unfortunate man fell to the ground, when the horse m iralHamelin, commander of the French squadron, rolled over him, and caused such fearful internal injuries , le f t Toulon yesterday to take his post. as to cause his death yesterday Pon4ng. 1 It is also rumoured that intelligence bafi been re , "I entertain the hope that the Court of Russia will appreciate, with a feeling of confident consideration, the sincere and loyal intentions of the Sublime Porte; and will take into account the utter Impossibility in which it finds itself to defer to the desires which have been expressed. Let that impossibility be appreciated as it merits to be, and the Sublime Porte I can assure your Excellency, will not hesitate to instruct an Ambassador-Extraordinary to proceed to St. Peters burg to re-open there the negotiations, and to seek, in concert with the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, an arrangement which, while it may be agreeable to his Majesty, shall be also such as the Porte can accept without affecting either the basis of its !independence or the sovereign authority of his Majesty the Sultan. • " Your Excellency may regard it as certain that for my part I most earnestly desire such a result, and I in dulge in the hope that such is also the desire of your Excellency. ceived of the success of Russian agency in exciting great fermentation amon g the Christian population of Servia and Montenegro', and directed against Turkey, and which, it is - calculated, will be still further encouraged by the) passage of the Pruth by the Russians. It is considered that, if such really be the case, it has been done to complicate still more the Eastern question., and to excite greater difficulty in the way of En glish and French inter vention. The Russian vessels of wa r are continually coming out of Sebastopol for the purpose of keeping a strict watch all along the shore. On the 20th a Russian frigate, the Kalumna, advanced on a reconnoitering expedition, and pro ceeded to within three miles: of the entrance of the Bosphorus. _ If is said that in case the Russian troops enter the Danubian Principalities, Austria will defini tively unite with (s'approchera) England and France. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, announcing that, on the 25th ult., 12,000 Russians had marched into Jassy, has been contradicted. The note addressed to the authorities of Wal lachia and Moldavia by the Cabinet at St. Peters burgh, announcing the speedy entrance of the Rus sian troops, states that the measure was impera tively demanded, for the purpose of assuring the protection of persons professing the religion of the Greek Church, who were reported to be in danger. By intelligence from St. Petersburg we are in formed that the regiments of artillery of the guards were reviewed by the Emperor on the 21st ult. Such displays have been of frequent occurrence lately, and a grand review of cavalry regiments was appointed to take place on the 25th. The squadron under the command of the Em peror's brother had arrived at 0 urlac. A letter from Constantinople of the 21st ult. an nounces that the greatest activity prevails amongst the Russian ships in the Black Sea. Ships of war are constantly leaving Sebastopol to maintain strict watch along the coast. The Columna Russian fri gate had on the preceding day advanced and tasked within three miles of the entrance to the Bosphorus, the wind having permitted her to fall into the eddy of the current. A letter from Sainte Petersburgh of the 23d ult., announces that the Emperor, in full uniform, sur rounded by his staff, proceeded on. the 22d to the Church of Saint Isaac. He wore the grand Greek cross on his breast. This cross is one of the dis tinctive signs of the head of the church. A letter from Jassy of the 20th ult. states that it appears from the preparations made by the Rus sian authorities that the Russian troops are to remain for the winter in the Danubian P • cil) ali ties. Engineers and staff officers are already ex ploring the country to discover the most advan tageous positions for encamping and feeding the various corps of the invading army. A gentleman, who has just arrived from the Danube, affirms positively that the Russians are building a fort at Sulina. He states that all com merce is suffering severely from the present circum stances. On the occasion of the presentation to the Sul tan of the newly arrived Austrian internuncio, the Baron de Bruck, it is said that hiS Majesty showed unusual feeling in welcoming him, saying he had never doubted for a moment the good feelings of the Emperor of Austria towards himself, and that, in appointing an ambassador whose talents had gained him a European re nown, the Emperor had given another proof of that good feeling which was so warmly recipro cated. PRUSSIA. The war which threatens just now to break out between Russia and the Western Powers who support Turkey is represented by most as a struggle for political and territorial aggrandisement on the part of the former ; by others as the struggle between two rival Christian Churches, each seeking increased influence in the East ; it may also be represented as a struggle be tween restriction and freedom in commerce, between prohibitive and free-trade duties. The commercial re sources of Turkey and the Danubian Principalities are the prize which Russia longs to carry off from those who have hitherto nearly excluded her. As regards the statistics of Turkish commerce the data are not readily to be found in any accessible or authentic form ; but Otho Hubner, the editor of a sta tistical periodical here, has lately been at the trouble of extracting from the Customs' entries of almost all other States, in the year 1850, the amount of their imports from, and exports to, Turkey and its dependencies, the results of which are as follows : Imports from Exports to Turkey. Turkey. England... 29,903,772 26,895,160 Austria 22,058,666 22,515,333 France 17,027,420 11,256,000 Russia ' 5,434,418 7,479,484 Belgium 293,330 1,036,533 Netherlands 571,360 458,000 Greece 1,312,500 333,000 United States 1,351,854 341,599 Hamburg 694,940 57,105 Bremen 70,601 5,636 Portugall 9,946 Prussian thalers 78,728,807 70,377,849 1 The Customs' accounts of other countries do not afford anything like exact information, but as the port of Leg horn alone imports from Turkey to the amount of the about 4,000,000 thalers, it may be assumed that, with the addition of the trade to Spain, Italy, the Barbary States, and to the coast of the Red Sea, the total im ports of TUrkey and the Danubian Principalities must amount to 90,000,000 Prussian thalers (13,500,000/.), and the exports to 100,000,000 of thalers (15,000,0001.) The considerable amount which here figures under the bead of Austria is due in a great measure to her being the carrier and forwarding agent for the rest of Germany as well as to herself. The amount which stands under the head of Bremen and Hamburg is probably a very small portion of the amount of business done by the Zollverein with Turkey. Of the great Powers we see that England's share in the Turkish trade is 37.5 per cent. ; Austria's 29.5 ; France's 18.7 ; and Russia's 8.5. In the struggle of commercial interests it is clear, thus, that Russia has the most to win and the least to lose ; for, whenever she possesses Constantinople, or even her influence is preponderant there, there will be 40 time lost in reversing the above proportions. LATER FROM THE BRAZILS. By the clipper-ship Oberon, Capt. Williams, which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, we have received later news from the Brazils. The Oberon sailed from Pernambuco on the 3d of June, and has consequently made the run in 27 days On the 4th spoke a large ship, supposed to be the Earl of Egremont, with passengers, for Sydney, in lat. 5 38, long. 24 29. On the 18th spoke the brig James, from Bahia to Liverpool, in lat. 21 11 N, long. 41 W. O n the 30th spoke the brig William Nicholson, for London, in lat. 49 48, long. 13 28. On the 31st ult., off Cork, passed the brig William Punton, from Harbour Grace to Liverpool, with loss of bowsprit and other damage, having been in contact with a steamer. The weather at Pernambuco was fine, and although fever had made its appearance, it had not made much progress. Te arrivals of sugar were slow, and prices were very stiff. Cotton was also advancing in value, the last price quoted being $5 800 per arroba. Hides were quoted at 140 rs. per lb. In freights the last rate done for the Channel, for orders, was 455. to 475. 6d. Cotton 'to Liverpool, id. per lb. Exchange on this country, 281 d. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3 .. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam - s hi p Tagus, Capt a i n J o y, h as j us t arrived with her usual mails. Her dates of sailing are—Gibraltar, June 25 ; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisb on , 29 ; O por t o , 30 . Th e Tagus brings 73 1 passengers, viz., 60 first class and 13 second class ; also thre e p ac k ages o f spec i e , va l u e 620 1 ., 85 boxes o f eggs, 654 chests of oranges, "3 ditto lemons, 58 boxes almonds, 80 bundles cork, 55 boxes onions, 120 ditto potatoes, 402 ditto raisins, and 24 packages of sundries. At Lisbon the weather is intensely hot, and every body who can is leaving for the country. Th e fi nance committee having pr esented thei r report upon the budget, the Chamber of Deputies are busily engaged iu discussing that important subject. As the report does not embrace the estimate of revenue, the public are left in the dark as to whether there is any deficiency or not. Her Majesty's ship Cruzzer and the usual Portuguese squadron were lying at Lisbon. Lisbon exchanges on London, 544• AMERICA IN LESS THAN FOUR Euv ys.--we are en abled to announce that by a new and much-improved construction of vessels, it will be perf ectl y p racticab le to accomplish the Voyage between the United S tates and the U n it e d Kingdoyna g in considerably less than four days; in fact, in about three and a half, the ports connecting the old and new worlds being Halifax and Galway. This is no speculative statement. It is grounded on r l i c e constructed telegraph . cv hoineht ish e about new ex periments which have already been made to test the sailing capabiliti es principle. With to be laid down between Halifax and Galway, and the America co lossal country, and Greai inhabited h ß a briittaeidn and dll governed d y ,hbey passage of vessels in three days . and a half across the . he °f Eitl e m ss a e Atlantic, come one the Saxon ra ce. —Adv e r tiser. . SERMO N AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRA L TO THE C ITY OF LONDON MlLiTrA.—Yesterday forenoon about 700 of the City of London Militia, preceded by their drums and fifes, headed by their commanding officer, at the request of the Very Rev. Dr. Milman, Dean of St. Paul's Ca thedral, left their head-quarters in Bunhill-row, and proceeded to the cathedral to hear a very able sermon, preached to them by the rev. dean. They paid the most profound attention, and behaved throughout the service in a manner highly creditable to them, and worthy copying by many civilians present. It is believed that a military band of twenty is about to be added to this corps, MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, in which a good business was doing at an advance of from 2s. to, in some instances, 4s. per quarter. Scarcely any barley was on offer, whilst malt was the turn higher. Oats, beans, and peas were mostly held for more money. Flour was from 2s. to 3s. per sack dearer. The Continental markets have ruled active for wheat, at higher currencies. Spring corn has comma n d e d ra th er more money. I n th e United there has been an im proved sale for both grain and flour, at full quotations. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, was small. From abroad we received 12,984 quer • ters of wheat, 9,960 barley, 7,672 oats, 1,700 rye, 2,404 beans, 115 peas, 5,750 linseed, 3,400 rapeseed, 56 mustard seed, 562 sundry seeds, and 2,213 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up, to our market, to-day, from Essex and Kent, was very moderate, whilst the supply from the East coast was limited. Per railway, the receipts were comparatively small. The show of sam ples of both red and white being rather scanty, and the attendance of both English and foreign buyers extensive, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled with, at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last, of from 3s to 4s per quarter. In some instances, selected samples of white were 5s per quarter higher than on that clay, and a clearance was,speedily effected. Several large parcels changed hands for forward deli very, at arise of from 3s to 4s per quarter. The show of granaried samples of foreign wheat was limited, and very few parcels were offered from the fresh arrivals. An extensive business was done, at from 3s to 4s per quarter above the currencies paid on this day sen night. Floating cargoes were on great request, and about 50,000 quarters changed hands, at a rise of from 4s to 5s per quarter. Including the sales of last week, about 200,000 quarters of wheat have found buyers on French and Bel gian account. No English barley at market ; but the supply of foreign was on the increase. The demand ruled steady, and the quotations were well supported. Malt—the supply of which was very moderate, moved off steadily at full quotations. We were very scantily supplied with oats, for which the inquiry was firm, and, in some instances, good heavy corn was the turn higher. The sale for beans was by no means active, yet the late advance was supported. . Peas moved off steadily, at full quotations. The flour trade was brisk. The nominal top price of town-made was 475., being a rise of 3s. from Monday last. Ship qualities were 2s. per sack, and American fully is. per barrel dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex it Kent, Malt—Chevalier •••• 615 to 63s Red •• new 42s to 48s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto• •• • ........ old 42s 52s Lincointik., Feed IF, 231 Ditto, White new 42s 525 Potato •• • • 225 26s Ditto• • • ..... old 44s 6 0s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin. 81ack....... 1715 2ls cola, Red, old 42s 52s Cork, White ..... 10. 235 Ditto new ...• •• 385 47s Scotch, Feed. —• • 23.5 250 Rye—Old •• •• •• .. •• •• 28s 30s Beans—Tick ......... 37e els New •• •• •• —•• •• 29s 31s Pigeons .... 39 47s B trley—Grinding... —26 s Peas—G rey .......... 33 t 385 Malting .•••••• • • 30s 32. Map1e........... 365 39s Chevalier •• •• ••• 333 36s White........... 30, 430 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- _ Boilers .... f01k.... •• 52s 588 Brown ...........•• •• 46s 52s SingstonsmdWaro 57s 60s •• •• •• 40s 435 Flour—Town-made... 42s 47s Suffolk •••••• •• •• 35s 375 Stockta & Norfolk 351 39s SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock in to London amounted to 6,246 head. In the coi T esponclin g period of 1852 , we received 6,676 ; in 1851, 4,810; in 1850, 2,747 ; in 1849, 3,974 ; and in 1848, 3,233, and in 1847, 3,282 head. IMPOSTS INTO LONDON LAST WEBB. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Piga- Bromvershaven ... 75 ... 53 Harlingen 162 ... 467 ... 16 ... 257 351 Antwerp Ha - nburgh 204 ... 270 ... ••• Rotterdam 507 ... 1,667 ... 293 ... 512 ... 35 Dordt 92 300 ... 28 7 Amsterdam 52 ... 386 Nieu Diep 52 386 Calais 8 Bremen lO 24 ... - ... ... ---. Total ....11,087 3,575 390 ... 807 ... 387 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 ... 918 ... 4,240 ... 438 649 431 1851 337 ... 3,299 593 ... 454 127 1850 498 ... 1,622 198 ... 380 51 1849 556 2,825 81 487 22 18413 412 ... 2,266 81 474 ... To-day's market was well supplied with foreign stock, amongst which were 30 oxen from Spain. The trade ruled steady at very full prices. From our own grazing districts there was a decided in crease in the arrival of beasts, the general quality of which was good. Notwithstandin g that the weather was unfa vourable for slaughtering, the beef trade—arising from the large number of town and country buyers in attend ance—ruled steady, and last Monday's prices were fairly supported. A few very superior cots reali se d 4 s 8 ( 1, but the general top figure for beef was ls 6d pe r Blbs. The bullock supply from Norfolk, Suffolk, Bas e' , and Cambridgeshire, amounted to 2,500 Scots and short borne; from other parts of England, 600 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from Scotland, 230 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of sheep were seasonably good, but their general condition was by no means prime. On the whole, the mutton trade was firm, and last week's quotations were maintained. The top figure for the best Old Downs was 4s 10d per 81bs. Lambs —the supply of which was by no means extensive —were in fair request, at full prices. Prime small calves moved off steadily, at fully previous rates. Inferior calves were dull, and 2d per Ms lower than last week. The sale for pigs was in a very inactive state, at late currencies. Per Blbs to sink the offal& d . s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.„ 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 6 Lambs 5s TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ...............: .. 4,040 Sheep and Lambs Calves .• • 653 Pigs •.•• • . • ..... • . .• • 350 8ea5t5......... .1,214 Sheep .• •• •• •••• •• •• 4,260 ••..•......... 560 Pigs •• .••• •• A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, July 5, 1852, and this day, Monday, July 4, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. July 5, 1852. ;July 4,1853. d. d Coarse and i n f er i or beasts ... 2 6to 2 8 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto 210 3 0 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ... 3 2 3 63 10 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 3 8 310 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 0,3 4 3 8 Second quality ditto ... .•• 3 2 3 43 10 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ▪ 3 6 3 B'4 2 4 6 Prime. Southdown ditto • 310 4 0,4 8 410 Lambs ... ••• ... 4 0 5 0,5 0 6 4 Large coarse calves 2 8 3 4'3 10 4 4 Prime small ditto 3 6 4 o'4 6 5 0 Large hogs 2 8 3 4 3 4 3 8 Neat small porkers ... ... 3 6 3 83 10 4 4 Beasts... ... 3,868 4,040 Sheep ... • 28,470 27,000 Calves... ... ▪ ... 501 653 Pigs 560 350 SUPPLIES ON SALE, July 7, • 1851.--Beasts, 3,651; sheep and lambs, 33,200 ; calves, 345; pigs, 390. July 8, 1850.—Beasts, 3328 ; sheep and lambs, 32,590 ; calves, 345 ; pigs, 295. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. since our last report, the supplies of each kind of meat on sale hare have been seasonably extensive. The demand is tolerably active, and prices are well supported. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. 8. d. Beer, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling...A 4 3 6 Do., p : i me l arge . 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3 10 4 0 Pork, largo 3 4 3 8 L a : m ba ...... .. ........ I Mutton s. d. s. d. , Inferior 3 2 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 2 I Do., prime 44 4 8 Ve al 10 4 10 Pork, small 3 10 4 4 •...4s 10d to 6s 2d B OROUGH HOP. Tho plantation accounts being rather more favourable, the duty has been done at 140,0001. All kinds of hops continue in good request, at very full prices. About 120 bales arrived from the continent last week. Mid and East gent pockets, 1303 to 180 s; Weald of Sent, 120 s to 1465; and Sussex, 115 s to 130 s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDs. The few o ld potatoes on sale in these mark e t s s i nce Mon day la s t h ave been mostly dispose d o f to cow - keepers and others, at from 20 s t o 50 s per tom New ones are i n f a i r supply and steady request, at from lOs to 22s per cwt. Last week's imports 39 baskets from 1,079 from Dunkirk, and 15,260 Oporto, 66 from Havre, 1,079 large— v i z. from otterdam. -'-.__ all kinds WOOL. of w oo l are rap idl y on t h e in at crloefgeneral demand is in a very i nac ti ve state, at el l a a l t se w a ° B:tErencies. The supplies already on hand ensure heavyquantities for th e next public sales. Last week's i m p o rts were 1,441 bales from Port Fairy, 1,1618 ditto from Portland - Bay, 478 from Melbourne, 351 from the cape, 4,964 from Geelong, 865 from Port Philip, 1,900 82 from fro Hobart Town, 49 from Trieste, 237 f rom H am b urgh, 0 m Bomb 1 , 361 from Sydney, and 433 f rom Bombay, Odessa. SEEDS. Bombay linseed is in moderate request at 48s Gd per quarter. Calcutta and Black Sea on the spot and for arrival is quoted at 475, whilst forward shipments are rather freely offered at 45s per qr. East India rape is steady, at 465. Cakes support last week's currency, but other articles are very slow in sale. Turnip,White, per bush. 9s to lls Carraway .. •••• • • .. Swede .. ••.••. • • 10s 12s Coriander.. • • Mustard, 8r0wn...... 7s 9s Hempseed, per quarter White, new • ..• 78 od 9s Linseed, Tares,Winter, new.... Os 04 Os Od Crushing Cana S ry pri , n p g er . c . tu . a . r . iet: 7. • • 283 849 Linseed Cak,ep,.e: 4 4 5 0 6 5 d 5 s464ds Bal Odessa tic Rye grass.. r ion to 7 n l - 10s 9: Os 81 Os 9e 53 White.... print 4 2 1 1 ( 0 9 s 2 6 4 1 1 0 2 0 s Clov Fiv er om , r ß etign e: 544 4 841 4 i 666 6 552 4 5: 3 prtonßaßappeseF E Coe n era g dek l i : ges s iin h ,ew Trefoil, new.. • ... .... 24s 28s • 46s 4811 11b 14s 38s 42s 54s 58s 46> 498 448 478 45s 48s TALLOW. Our market continues very brisk, and prices are still advancing. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 535, and for delivery during the last three months 53s 6d to 54s per cwt. Town tallow is worth 49s 6d net oash ; rough fat, 2s 10d per Blbs. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 8 410 Large crse. calves 310 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 Small porkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves ..21 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Od to 6s 4d. IMO, 1849. 1851. 1852. 1853. Stock this day •1 23,626 25,084 75,9241...73,103 7_1,483 Price of Y. C. .. 38 s 3d 36s 6d to 37s 6d to 38s 3d 5 3s Od to ••t to 388 6d 00s Od 37s 9d 'to 0080 d 00s Od, Delivery last week .. 766 824 1,503 576 2,037 ' Ditto from June 1....! 3,469 5,110 5,853 5,25 0 6,972 Arrivals last week ..' 1,277 1,937 2,497 1,071 Dittofrom June 1.... 3,622 4,570 4,344 7,725 5,140 F eof Town ...... i 39$ 6d 8 8 s 0 4 38304 , 39s 6 d 821 04 I I