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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, JULY 5, Will be performed THE HUNCHBACK. Characters by Messrs. B. Sullivan. Howe, W. Farren,Corri, and Compton ; Miss Katherine Bell, and Miss Reynolds. To be followed by MR. BCCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT tARNABSUS. To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. After which, THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, July 5, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Logy. 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 Messrs. Harley, J. Vining, Chester, aid Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Misses Daly an C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JULY 5, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parseile, Panl Bedford, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. After which (fifth time), THE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM. ♦fter which, NORMA. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the New Drama. THIS EVENING, JULY 5, Will be performed LOVE AND AVARICE. Characters by Ne u "' H. Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Ander son 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. Jew Beggs, Mr. F. Robson, ASTLEY'S VOYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Leslie and manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Nichtly Equestrian Galas. —Extraordinary Feats of Equitation.— PARTICULAR NOTICE.—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 trom the country are respectfully requested to note this warlike spectacle, realislag 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, JULY 5, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the grand national Sr ectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with more than its original brilliant effects. To be flliowed 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 groceryl performances hare 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—illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. By express desire of several Families of distinction, and in accord ance with the flattering req, est, Mr. W. Cooke has made arrange merit, to give another Grand Juvenile Morning Performance, and positively the Last, on WEDNESDAY, JOLT 6. it:).-oince open daily from Eleven to Four. Stave Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JULY 5, CHTJSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. pplendid 11ENAGFRIE, containing many hundred interesting Specimens of Natural History. Clonrurr's unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vecal.a►d Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Miss Cicely Nott. Solo, Ciarionet, by Mons. Wallin. The whole con cluding with the most - extraordinary sped:wk. ever exhibited, "The Feast of ',infers" and ex; losion of Chinese Fireships. Brilliant dis play of Fireworks by Soutbby. • DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE--S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENwroH—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STnoon—S.W., gentl breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. It ICH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE;. Tni DAT —Morning 9 min. after 1 I it yelling 32 inin.aft. 1 TO-Moanow—Mowing 51 min. after 1 I Evening 9 miti.aft. 2 IHE WEATITER.—StrN Orvicu, JULY 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. !;9 --lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 39 . 14. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. - gjb , LONDON, TUBS ),A.Y, JULY 5, 1853. Mr. GLADSTONE last nit preserved an ominous silence as to the course I ••iiieh be would ulti mately puzsue with respect to the vexatice ques tiones on tl:, Stamp Duties. What he has dove is tolerably clear so fal , as it goes, but not so as to its results. He has divided the bill, which bad been read a second time, into two distinct portions. He has retained and carried through committee all the uncontested clauses, and for the time being dropped the parts about which there existed any dispute or difference of opinion, viz., those relating to the stamps on supplements, and to the duties on attorneys' certificates. These portions are to be reserved for future discussion, and the results, whatever they might be, are to be embodied in another bilL This may be all very correct, and it may be " very desirable to be enabled to get on with the bill on account of the penny stamps on receipts," and to enable them to take effectual proceedings for " preparing the dies and securing the stamps against forgeries ;" but we confess we cannot understand why it is that these proceedings may not be taken as well during the pendency of an unopposed bill, as after it has received the Legisla tive sanction. There is a positive certainty that it will become a portion of the law of the land, and there is no reason that we can discover why the " preparations for the dies," and for " secur ing the stamps against forgery," may not be car ried on as well before as after the bill had re ceived the Royal Assent. There would not be any very great danger that the time or labour of the subordinates who would be engaged on these matters would be thrown away, nor would that time or labour be so exceedingly valuable as to lead to the adoption of any extraordinary or unusual course, in order to avert the chance of their being misapplied, in the event of the occurrence of a very improbable contingency. When we con sider, then, the inadequate reason offered for dividing the measure, and combine it with the probability alluded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that 1 " it might be some time before the state of publio business would put it in the power of the Goveimment to fix a time for the dis cussion of any controverted point on these subjects, and with the unquestionable fact, that, in the event of no bill being passed, matters will remain in data quo, without change, or alteration of any kind, a grave suspicion :is excited, that the Right Hon. Gentleman may he. tempted to pursue the Fabian policy, and to defeat by strategy where open force might prove unsuccessful. This ispeculiarlythe case with the Attorney:' Certificates Duties, on which Ministers have already sustained some five or six successive defeats. This he must settle with Lord ROBERT GROSVMIO R, the doughty champion of the legal practitioners, who feel themselves ag grieved by the heavy tax for liberty to practise their profession, when they are again charged under the Property and Income Tax, on the entire amo unt of their earnings, and that, like th e I r i sh landlords, whether or not they ever receive payment of their several bills of costs—a matter by no means certain, and which we believe requires a considera,ble deduction for bad debts. The Noble "Attorney-Gene ral," as hehas facetiously been designated, will have to considerhow far the interests of his sharp-witted clients are involved in the division, and adopt such measures as he may deem best calculated to insure the success of his proposition. We should think that so ateadfait and influential a supporter of the Administration would have no difficulty in extracting an assurance that the question would be fairly met, and n o t dis-ose d off by a side-wind, or unduly shel ve d by delay or procrastination. Mr. GLADSTONE has observed a similar mystery with respect to the Advertisement D • nties ; but the existing doubts on that sill,' J ee t will be more speedily removed. He has fixed the read ing of the Newspaper Stamp s Bill the second rsday, and he will at all events on that day h ave de clare positively and unequivocally whether to ier he will yield to the frequently-expressed opinion of the majority, or whether he will obstinately con tinue his opposition thereto. Nothing but can excess of perverse obstinacy could induce the Right Honourable Gentleman to persevere in his stubborn and dogged resistance to a matter so unimportant to himself in point of principle (although of vast importance to the overwhelming majority of the public journals, and to the com munity in general, whose interests are greatly involved in the result), and on which the amount at stake is of comparative unimportance. It must not be forgotten that his colleague and leader, Lord JOHN RTJSSELL, acknowledged clearly and distinctly that " the preponderance of argu ment was in favour of the total abolition of the Advertisement Duty ;" and that it was " a very heavy duty, and no doubt, it was an impediment to trade, and an obstruction to the supply of those wants and that information which the people would desire to have." The question then—if these influential members of the Cabinet are in accord—must solely rest on its produc tiveness to the Exchequer ; and surely 80,0001. although only " for the first year, and followed by a rapid and constant increase," is not of such vital importance, that the Right Honourable Gen tleman should alienate his friends and risk even the existence and permanency of the Government itself rather than abandon one of the crotchets to which he is so strongly attached, and to which he has given such unquestionable proofs of his de votion. There may, however, be something more in this determined opposition than meets the eye in the first instance. It appears, from a few ominous hints which he let fall on Friday evening, in answer to the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester, that he is by no means convinced of the propriety of removing the " Taxes on Knowledge," even if the state of the Exchequer warranted such a con cession. In speaking of a cheap press, he de clared that the question "was not by any means so simple as he (Mr. BRIGHT) seemed to suppose ; that it appeared to him t o i nvo l ve a variety of considerations to which the Hon. Member had not even alluded. The fiscal aspect of the question was not the only nor even the most important point to be considered, and it was obvious that the question could not be disposed oil without deliberate consideration." It would be well to ascertain the exact meaning of this remarkable speech, to know whether the Right Honourable Gentleman is so exclusively devoted to the interests of " The Times," as the unsolicited boon which he offered to that journal and his more recent declaration would seem to imply. And if the surmises to which these matters have given rise should prove to have but too much foundation than that it should be discovered whether these feelings are participated in by his colleagues, or any, and which of them, that the measures may be taken accordingly, and that we should not be lending our aid to the creation of new restrictions on the press generally, so as to endeavour to vest a practical monopoly in the Leviathan. No candid man will be severe upon any Government for failing more or less with an Educational measure. All our Legislators, for many years past, have been most sincerely de sirous to make education universal, and to see its standard raised and its scope enlarged for all classes, not excepting those who enjoy University instruction. Even the concessions to Catholics, High Churchmen, and Dissenters, bitterly attacked as they have been by religious zeal, to use the mildest word, have been made, we believe, generally with the very best motives. The patriotic statesman, while deploring the nar row-mindedness to which he yielded, has thought it richly worth while to turn the zealots into educators, at the price of humouring some crochet, on which they supposed the poor child ren's eternal welfare were to depend. The crotchet could do, as the Statesman thought, but little harm ; the education, he was justly confident, as a general thing, must do good. We regret, with Mr. WALPOLE, that Catholics should practically exclude the Bible from the majority of Irish schools. We regret that Presbyterians as well as Catholics should get rid of such an admirable compendium on that important subject, as Arch bishop WHATELEY'S " Evidences of Christianity." For Religion's sake, for Education's sake, on social and intellectual grounds, we deplore both acts sincerely ; yet are we none the less assured that the education itself, guaranteed as it is as to its intellectual character by inspection, is a gain of inealsulaue w eeila. There oan bo no doubt, if we will not be misled by instances of occasional and exceptional turbulence or violence, that the Irish character and habits are rising, and that educa tion has much to do with it. An agrarian mur der, it is true, is still sometimes committed, and its perpetrators shielded as a point of honour. Let us, however, only remember how slowly duelling went out of practice amongst a cultivated class, and how all concerned, even judges and prosecuting officials, leagued to screen the duellist, and we shall not be surprised that barbarous revenge should, amongst the rudest class, be but too long regarded as the necessary vindication of public rights. As to the interests of Popery and Protestantism, edu cation must ever be suicidal to the former. In spite of the innumerable and splendid exceptions, education will, as the rule, train to the exercise of private judgment (the very essence and germ of all Protestantism, and of all liberty too), even while the pupil learns the creed which in terms denies it. It is utterly impossible that an educated community should not be, compara tively at least, an inquiring community. And, we may say it we hope without offence, it is utterly impossible that Popery, or any system based on authority, can stand before free inquiry. Popery never has done so; it knows it well, and it therefore suppresses it. The semi-Popery of Tractarianism does precisely the same. It is a singular fact, too, that the entire tendency of early education is by no means to insure the fidelity of the pupils to the creed of the school. We once at a stormy public education meeting saw a shrewd-looking, intelligent infidel of the ope rative class gain the platform, and, having obtained a hearing from the quarrelling religionists, he frankly avowed his sentiments, but said he good temperedly, " Gentlemen, you really need not quarrel which faith you shall teach us, if you will but teach us at all. I have observed that a lad will mostly talk against the creed that was taught him when a boy. I have several children, and I have sent them to a Church School, and a Metho dist School, and a Baptist School, according as I happened to live near one or the other. I know they won't like a creed better when they get older for remembering that great pains were taken to make them learn it." Who can deny that the man in fustian told the truth with regard to all the better class of minds which we educate, the minds which, like his own, must influence the circle in which they act ? and if so, may it not well moderate the heat of the DENISONS and CITLLENS to reflect that their zeal is frequently but sowing the seeds of youthful revolt against juvenile cramming. " The boy," it is true, "is father to the man ;" but if you attempt, in proverbial language, " to put an old man's head on a young one's shoulders ;" if you would make, in other words, a sectarian theo logian of a child, it will soon be perceived that the theology was not a natural part of " the boy's mind," and will, most likely, be no part of " the man's." The disappointed priest will only find another old motto, verifying itself for the thousandth time— " Naturam expell es fure ; tamen us que Et mala perrum pet furtim fastidia In r egard to Lord JOHN'S Educational B i l l , while we gi ve hi m the full credit due to his 1:01.1g advocacy of the cause of popular enlightenment, we must think that he is not himself much dis appointed by its present position. Perhaps he hardly expected that nearly all the most import ant towns to which it would apply, should peti tion against it, through the very Town Councils which he proposed should lay the rate. The fear of increasing municipal discords, and adding religious to political contests in their meetings, with the unfortunate provision that the Town Councils were not to disburse their own rate, but to hand it over to a Government Committee in London, appear to indispose the mere im portantn boroughs to accept it. His Lordship, however, was no doubt 616 by su rprise at re ceiving, on th e ver y eve of his introducto r y speech, the t t i h te e eut s i t m atistics which showed th at the scho o l that accommodation is, on the whole, ampl e ; he proportion actually at school has all bu t 4teddesirable number, and that the voluntary payments of the parents themselves have attained the esiornaous amount of half a million sterling I It was very obvious that he felt the need of Government aid to be much less than any of us had supposed. There are also other considera tions which make us willing to leave our naturally self-acting race to go on educating themselves and improving the quality of their education pretty much in their own way. One is, that the spirit of education is now thoroughly roused. Even the Mansion-house, the central point of the City of London Corporation, has caught the public feeling. The poor fagged teachers of our public schools are honoured with civic notice, and in th e popular vic a underboroug hs reodu c ucg i epd d iscuss provincial oetrrina r s u f l r y ll o i m n e ob f a e l ll e as s t t u i h n b e g j H a ti t o l a s n il p . ic o e f s m Al t a h; have already met there to consider the higher de. partment of Artistic Education. With such a public spirit abroad, we may well be cautious of superseding voluntary energy and liberality by compulsory rates which would become the excuse for personal effort. Another consideration the only class unquestionably needing some com pulsory intervention, is untouched by this bill. The Census Returns show that the great mass of children do attend some school already. The mid dle classes and upwards of course provide for themselves ; pauper children are already under Government care ; it is the children of what are reasonably enough designated the " dangerous classes" which chiefly need to be secured. Hither to, these have baffled every effort. The States man who can legislate for them on any plan com patible with English liberty, will deserve the thanks of this and of every coming generation. We wait with interest the development of Lord SHAFTESBURY'S plan. Here, if anywhere, the Noble Lord is at home, nor should he be grudged the necessary powers, if any powers can effect it, to turn the thousands of almost infant vagabonds trained to be their own ruin and the plague of society into a school of intellect, industry, and virtue. If Lord SHAFTESBURY can succeed in this, his will be the real Education Bill of the day. There is a claim, too, put in by the Volun taries, which it will be difficult to gainsay. They have given notice of a proviso to be exempted from the rate to the extent to which they already volun tarily subscribe to any school. It is difficult for any who, on Mr. PHruimoßE's and Lord STANLEY'S plan, would relieve them from church rates, to deny the reasonableness of this proposition. The proposed rates are to enable the children to go nearly free to the Government schools ; and it does seem hard to rate a person who already sup ports schools he approves, in order to enable others to allure children by cheapness away from his freely-supported school. As, however, the great bulk of the respectable people in boroughs already subscribe to some school, the amount of exemp tions would perhaps render the rate a nullity. If it be so, the proposition only shows pretty strongly how much the proposed rate would injure that existing voluntary support which Lord JOHN RUSSI.LL and all of us equally desire to maintain in full vigour. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1 853. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert and her Majesty's visitors inspected yesterday morning, in Buckingham Palace, the two Aztecs, from Central America. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour and Mr. Gibbs, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and travelled via London and South-Western Railway to Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Saxe Cobur g Gotha yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, accompiinied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe Langenburg, visited the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha in the evening at Buckingham Palace, and took leave of their Royal Highnesses. The Princess of Prussia and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited the Duchess of Kent yes terday afternoon at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha also visited the Duchess of Cambridge at her residence, in St. James's Palace, The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg, took a drive yesterday afternoon in two open carriages and four. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon attended on horseback. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, at tended by the Baroness Wangenheim, baron Seebach, and Baron Treskow, took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday evening on their return to the conti nent. Their Royal Highnesses quitted 13uukingliam Palace at five minutes to 8 o'clock, in one of the Queen's carriages, for the London-bridge terminus, and travelled by the South-Eastern Railway to Dover. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Philharmonic Concert, at the Hanover square Rooms, with their presence last evening. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Louise of Prussia accompanied the Queen in her carriage. Prince Albert, the Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; and the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward, occu pied the carriage immediately preceding that of the Queen. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting occupied five other Royal carriages, and consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Honour in Wait ing ; the Countess von Hacke, the Countess Oriolla, and Mademoiselle von Stereberg, Ladies in Waiting to the Princess of Prussia and the Princess Louise, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain; the Marquis of Aberoorn, Groom of the Stole to Prine9 Albert; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Wait ing; li,iscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert ; .Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Count Puckler, Count Goltz, and Count .Boos, in Waiting to the Prince of Prussia. Her Majesty and the royal party left the palace for the concert at eight o'clock. A deputation from the county of Warwick, consisting of Mr. Samuel Umbers, Mr. George Startin, Mr. Thos. Carter, and Mr. Henry Brown, and a deputation from the directors of the poor for the city of Coventry, con sisting of Mr. Stephen Hammerton (chairman), Mr. Francis Serjeant, Mr. Edward Simms, and Mr. Thomas Roe, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yes terday at the Home-office. The deputations were intro duced by the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., Mr. C. N. Newelegate, M.P., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., and Mr. C. Geach, M.P. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequeryesterday at his official residence in Downing street. T HE AZTECS AFORE HER MAJESTY.—By command of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and through the agevcy of Dr. Clarke, the Aztec Lilli putians, from the city of Iximaya, in Central America, were brought to the Palace yesterday. There were present at the interview the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, and the Princess ,9.lice, the Prince and Prin cess of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, Prince Hohenlohe, the Countess Sof ou Mnt-Edgecumbe, and many ladies of the court, o interested was her Majesty that she remained with the Lilliputians for nearly an hour, and previous to th.eir departure ex pressed herself much gratified with their visit. A similar compliment was paid by the menhers of the royal party. The departures from the port of London foe the Aus tralian colonies during the past week show a slight decrease. They have comprised altogether 10 vessels — four to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 2,511 tons ; four to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 1,910 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 608 tons; and one to Adelaide, of 554 tons. Their total capacity was, conse quently, 5,583 tons. The shipments of manufactures and ordinary merchandise have rather diminished, and rates of freight show a further tendency to decline. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS. — The weekly reviews state that business continued inac tive. The transactions in coffee had been limited, but prices were fairly supported. No change had occurred in raw or refined sugar, scarcely any contracts having been concluded. Rice continued in demand, and most descriptions of fruits showed a further tendency to im provement. ement Th eacc ounts from Hamburg and Antwerp represent a similar position of trade. ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen mention that;.the market for manufactures was heavy, the absence of pur chasers having again unfavourably influenced quotations. NEW YORK.—The commercial accounts from New York this week are wholly without interest. The rate of exchange continued in favour of this country, the ,specie brought on the present occasion being 110,0001., while a further sum may be expected by the Arctic on We, 1 n esday. Ty/f. OUTWARD INDIAN MAIL.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bengal left Southampton yesterd.9o 7 with the India, China, and Australian mail, The mail was exceedingly heavy • it was conveyed to Southamp 4-. On by special train, filled four railway wag gons, a n d N,vighed about 15 tons. It consisted of 325 boxes arid 18' bags,-97 of the boxes were for India, 10 for China, and 210 for Australia. Of the Australian i_tl boxes,were snusnf::gr s lhsnetd: itealover vo f cet o pl ror r a mnt nte iT ip,:ea i i n: g ys efoGormarlito,b, Bombay Geelong,e t ' s h e S o Bengal T d l for a 2 d 61 5 4 w f eorr Adelaide, Sydney.t e l e Colonel o k n le e Outran, whose return to I ys n ig d Gi i io a iav i ce n arnn t it l n ie eonf s t e ; rvi lLii c si e eul .c tze f ivia t in h ng e t Percival, R.N., who is gone out to take charge of the mails between Suez and Calcut;a, and a portion of the suite of the Rajah of Coorg. On board the Bengal, also, there were mastiff dogs, gold and ,silver pheasant* pea cocks, and a quantity of poultry from the Pacha of Egypt. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS D A.r) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Thomas Cornell, 27, baker, was indicted for stealing a horse and chaise, value 201., the property of Richard Skelton. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a veterinary surgeon, on the 25th of June last was driving a pony chaise, and that he fastened up the horse near a gentle man's house at Forest-gate, and left it for about a quarter of an hour, and on his return he found that both the animal and vehicle had disappeared. He gave information of his loss to the police, and a short time afterwards the prisoner was overtaken on the Leystone-road with the pony and chaise, driving at a furious rate, and he was taken into custody. The prisoner was undefended. Mr. M`Murdo, the surgeon of the prison, said he had attended the accused since his admission, and he thought he was a man of flighty disposition, and in an unsettled state of mind, but he considered he was capable of dis tinguishing between right and wrong. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said on the morning in question he had just come out of gaol, and he took a walk in the forest, and seeing the un h t e il took fancy f s a t n u c p y pe t d o .b l y t, a a p n n d li c h e a m d a a n r a i n d d e The Recorder having summed up, The Jury acquitted the prisoner. palo ngony conveyed at nh de t re (3 °l aa p di prison. o n . BETTING-HOUSES. William Woodward, 31, clerk, withdrew his former plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty to stealing a bank note value 1001., and other property, belonging to Robert Bell and others, his masters. Mr. Ballantine said it was by his advice that the prisoner had retracted his former plea. He was a young man who had been in the service of the National Pro vincial Banking Company (who were now obliged, un willingly, to prosecute him) for six or seven years, during which time he had conducted himself irreproach ably, and his honesty had remained entirely unim peached until the occurrence which formed the subject of the present indictment. Previously to entering the bank he had been in the employ of the Parcels Delivery Company for nine or ten years, and though he held an office of considerable trust, there was a persmi from that company present who would state that he did not know a better or more honest servant. He had unfor tunately got among that gang of robbers and swindlers who were allowed to infest the metropolis and keep what were called betting-offices. He was led on step by step to commit the crime to which he had just pleaded guilty; and it appeared that on the day before he committed it he pawned his hat or his handkerchief in order to raise a shilling, the whole of the money he had purloined be ing swallowed up by the people to whom he alluded. He was sure his lordship must feel the lamentable con sequences which ensued from such establishments, for, encouraged to the extent they were, they opened the door of ruin to persons i n th e s it ua ti on o f the prisoner. He hoped an end would some time or other be put to this growing evil, for he could state that one or two out of every three cases of robbery in which he was engaged, were to be attributed to the temptation held out by bet ting-offices, and those who became their victims were generally persons of respectability. Mr. Bodkin, who appeared on behalf of the company, said the directors had found that they could not, con sistent with their duty, avoid instituting this prosecution; but he was instructed by them to say, that they had no reason to believe that the prisoner had ever committed himself in a similar way until he became connected with those dens of infamy, for he could call them nothing else, which existed in different parts of the metropolis. He would only say, that when suspicion attached to the prisoner, an officer was appointed to watch him, in order to see whether there was anything in his conduct to jus tify that suspicion, and he was traced, on an evening shortly after the commission of the offence, to no fewer than four betting -offices. It was impossible to repre sent too strongly to the public authorities the mischief which such places created, for there were great numbers of young men whose ruin could be clearly traced to them. It was right he should state that the 1001. which the prisoner was charged with stealing, was taken out of a remittance to the bank of 2001. It was the duty of the prisoner to open the enclosure, and he contrived to ab stract from it notes to the amount of 1001. At first, it was considered to be a mistake on the part of the ma nagers of a branch bank, but on inquiry it was found that the money had been purloined. Suspicion then fell on the employs in the post-office, but they were now completely exonerated by the confession of the prisoner. The Recorder—Did the prisoner make any false entry ? Mr. Bodkin replied in the negative. The Recorder said it was impossible for any person having experiencein that court not to concur in all the observations made by the learned counsel, with respect to the system of betting-houses. He believed that the attention of those whose duty it was to watch over the morals and good of the people was directed to the sub ject ; and every one who knew anything about it were aware of the extreme difficulty of devising a remedy which would be really effective ; and their anxiety was not to take any false step, but still he hoped some mea sure would soon be passed to check the evil. Mr. W. C. Scott, manager of the Parcels Delivery Company, gave the prisoner an excellent character, and intimated that it was through one of the directors of that company, who expressed a high opinion of his honesty, that he obtained a situation in the bank. The Recorder said he would defer passing sentence. The prisoner was, then removed. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Ann Howard, a shabby genteel-looking young woman, was indicted for passing base coin. Mr Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted. It was proved that, on the night of the 11th of June, the prisoner went into the shop of a milliner in the Northern-road, at Shepherd's Bush, and in payment for some triflng things she had bought tendered a bad crown piece. The prosecutrix, a Mrs. Ayshford, not having change, sent her cousin nver to a neighbour for it, and she brought back the crown-piece, and said it was a bad one. She then, it appeared, tried to pass the same bad coin at another tradesman's in the neighbourhood ; and later in the evening, she tendered a bad half-sovereign, which being detected, she was given in custody, when she gave an address at a place that did not exist. The prisoner, whose manners and language bespoke her being far above the usual class of persons who ap pear here charged with this class of offence, said that she had received the money in payment for some needle work which she had done for a lady who had gone abroad. The jury found her guilty. Not being known as a previous offender, she was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. George Hetherington, whose case appeared in our im pression of yesterday, was, after a long investigation, found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment and hard labour. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN la ASHTON AND SPRIGGS. The only case before the court this morning was a dividend meeting under the private estate of the bank rupt Spriggs, who, it will be remembered, absconded with a very large sum of money, &c., and was appre hended at Melbourne, Australia, and the property se cured. The bankrupt was brought over to England and now lies in Newgate for trial for absconding. The business before the court was pro forma, and the amount of the dividend will be declared in a few days. A larger dividend will, in consequence of the appre hension of Spriggs and the recovery of the property, be payable to the creditors of the joint estate. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Yesterday this commit tee, consisting of flight Hon. Sir W. Molesworth (chair. man), Mr. Hayter, Mr. Williams, and other members, met and passed the preamble of a bill to give to her Majesty's Commissioners of Public Works and Buildings extended time and further powers for completing the embankment of the Thames between Vauxhall and Bat tersea-bridges, and a new street from Lower Sloane street in connection therewith. The extended time is four years from the passing of the act, and from the statements of Mr. Page, engineer to the commissioners, it appears that of the total embankment of nearly two miles to be constructed between Battersea and Vauxhall-bridges, more than half a mile is already formed from Vauxhall-bridge to 400 feet above the Belgrave-dock, and that on the passing of the act,, the remainder will be actively prosecuted. The new street is to be carried out in connection with the Chelsea suspension-bridge, now constructing, the works in con nection with the foundations and abutments of which have been resumed, and the suspension chains and towers for which are in a forward state. The height of the embankment is to be continuously four feet above Trinity datum, and 70 feet wide in the roadway. Its general character will consist of brick wall, with granite coping. and its estimated cost is 100,0001. ; and it is understood to be ultimately the intention of the Com missioners of Works to extend the embankment as far below bridge as the London Docks, and to have a similar embankment on the Surrey side, which will tend to render the width of the river uniform and prevent the formation of shoals ; with the further object in view— provision being made for the wharfs and river traffic—of furnishing a continuous river promenade, of which the portion in front of the new houses of Parliament will eventually form part. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING.—The Margaret Evans, Pratt master, 23 days from New York, passed up channel this afternoon with nearly ninety passen gers, among whom is the Hon. George Vail, member of Congress ; she landed a small mail here. The Elizabeth Buckingham, J. Bewlay master, from Port Philip, 26th of February, was spoken with in the channel this after noon, and landed here in the Perseverance pilot boat a small box of letters from Geelong. She had three pas sengers, and was worked home by a crew of gold dig gers at 451. for the run home. The Sarah Annie, of London, from Launceston, Australia, 118 days out, was spoken with in the channel on the Ist of July ; she had a mail, but refused to give it to the master of a pilot boat here. The Marlborough was to leave the day after the Elizabeth Buckingham. THE WAGES MOVEMENT.—Last night a public meet ing of journeymen bricklayers took place at the National Hall, Holborn, to consider their position with regard to the wages movement, and to take steps to secure au ad vance of wages in their branch of the building trade. Mr..W. Fisk occupied the chair, and introduced the objects of the meeting, justifying a demand for increased wages upon the ground of the great advance which has lately taken place in the price of provisions. A resolu tion was unanimously carried, claiming an advance of 6d. per day upon this gro und , and a deputation was ap pointed to confer with the masters upon the subject. CUSTOMS, &c. ACTS, The following are the resolutions to he reported to the House of Commons this day :- 1. Resolved, That in lieu of the consideration mentioned in the act passed in the forty-second year of the reign of King George the Third, chapter 116, sections 22 and 23, and the table of the schedule marked (L) to the said act annexed, to be given or paid for the redemption of the land tax in Great Britain, under the provisions of the several acts in force in that behalf, the consideration for such redemption shall be a sum of the capital stocks, or one of them, mentioned in section 22 of the said act, less by and at the rate of 171. 10s. per 1001. than the amount of the stock consideration calculated and ascertained accord ing to the said last-mentioned enactment, or a sum of money less by and at the like rate than the amount of the money consideration calculated and ascertained according to the said section 23, and the said table in schedule (L) of the said act ; and the consideration for the purchase of land tax under the several provisions contained in the said act in that behalf, shall be such sum of capital stock or money at the least as is hereinbefore directed to be given or paid for the redemption of land tax. 2. Resolved, That the stamp duties, and composition for duties, granted and made payable in Ireland for a limited term, by the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 82, and continued by sub sequent acts for four other several and successive terms, the last of which will expire on the 10th day of October, 1853 ; and all duties now payable in lieu of any of the said duties which may have been repealed, shall be con tinued and made perpetual. NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The fifth concert of the New Philharmonic Society was a varied and elegant entertainment, and attracted one of the most fashionable and crowded assemblies of the season. The whole resources of as noble an orchestra as has ever been organised in this country were called into action, to furnish forth a musical banquet of almost unparalleled splendour. Dr. Spohr directed ; and it was an interesting sight to see the greatest of living corn - posers presiding, while fine singers, a powerful chorus, and a matchless orchestra, were giving triumphant in terpretation to his grandest and most beautiful concep tions. The programme was as follows : PART I. - ----- - Concert Overture (Op. 126) -- - . Spohr. "Ave Vernm," Herr Theodore Formes - 1 E. Silas. , "Kyrie Eleison," Chor us - - - j - ' 1 Grand Choral Symphony - - - Beethoven. The solo parts by Maine. Bury, Miss Bassano, Herr Theodore Formes, and Mr. Weiss. PART IL Concerto in D minor - - - - Mendelssohn. Pianoforte, Master John Barnett. Aria, "0, zittre nicht" (Zauberflote) - Mozart. Madlle Bury. Overture (Jessonda) - - - - Sp o h r . Aria, " Dass mich Gluck" - - - Spohr. Herr Theodore Formes. Flute Solo (Carnival de Venice) - Herr Reichert. Overture (Men of Prometheus) - - Beethoven. ----- • The concert overture is elaborate in its conception, scho larly and erudite in its style, and contains passages of deep solemnity and sublime grandeur, which were ren dered with great effect. The overture to the opera of Jessonda is a still finer specimen of the composer's ge nius. It is of a refined and fanciful character, with a flow of sweet expressive melody throughout, and a clear ness of construction in its most elaborate movements, which is beyond all things delightful. The aria, " Dass mich Gluck," another gem from the diamond-quarry of the same opera, was received with great enthusiasm. The singer (Herr Formes) has a voice at once flexible and vigorous, and uses it with grace and expression. To the New Philharmonic Society belongs the eminent distinction of familiarising the general public with the ninth symphony of Beethoven—the chef d'oeuvre of that great master. They have produced it on no fewer than three occasions in the course of twelve concerts, and the performance h as eac h t i me b een distinguished' by a brilliancy, a beauty, and a power which have left nothing to be desired by the most fastidious ear. The Ave Verum and Kyrie Eleison of M. Silas are elegant and pleasing compositions—melodious and flowing, and full of the solemn grandeur of the ecclesiastical style. The greatest treat of the evening, how ever, was Mendelssohn's concerto in D minor, played on the pianoforte by Master Barnett, in a style which created general astonishment and pleasure. Being but thirteen years of age, his "antecedents"—to use the affected phrase of the day—do not afford him the re sources of an extensive experience, and yet he played with a beauty of tone and an unerring certainty of exe cution which could scarcely have been surpassed by any pianist of the day. To say he has been taught by Dr. Wylde is to say that his style has been founded on the purest and most classic model. Every note of the scale is emitted with faultless equality and clearness ; every passage is beautifully round and articulate ; and his whole manner is marked by the highest refinement and the most delicate sensibility. The performance indicated great, almost consummate, art— " Now 'twas like all instruments,: Now like the lonely flute." And what made it still more remarkable was, that the whole concerto was played from memory without the slightest reference to the printed score. The sixth and last concert for the season will take place on Friday, when Dr. Spohr's symphony for two orchestras, entitled " Earthliness and Godliness," and other interesting works will be performed. We cannot close this notice without expressing our high e arntsa gh b e e a ni t i es b e ne o te fn and e t the m e gne e in l i a te i tr m eadl s o do f Dr, direction etchteiog nrWylde,gratitude tu t d thise o a n w d whom the society'saodn admira tion tion of the musical world. His genius as a musician is sufficiently attested by his own noble compositions, while his unremitting efforts to give to these entertainments a high artistic character, satisfactorily: evidence the deli cacy and purity of his taste. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Mr. Mitchell's second series of German plays began last night, like the first, with Giithe's Egmont. The unfortunate Count and the amiable Clarchen were played, as they were last year, by Herr Emil Devrient and Frau Stolte, but in lieu of Herr Kuhn, who was the Duke of Alva on the former occasion, we had Herr Dessoir, a stranger to the British public. We may assume that Egmont is now a well-known piece with all who take interest in the Ger man performances. The success of the performance was unequivocal. The love scene between Egmont and Clara and the scene between Egmont and Alva were honoured with especial calls, which were duly answered by the performers. It appears essential to a German season that it should be ushered in by an allegorical lady denoting the German Muse, or Germania, or Teutonia, or somebody of the sort. Last night the ceremony was performed by Fraulein Fuhr, of Berlin, who is to be one of the stars in the course of the season, and who poured forth the usual measure of rhymed compliments on her British kindred. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.-Mr. George Turpint the box book-keeper, has announced his first benefi for to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, when a new comedy will be presented, together with Mr. Buckstone's Ascent of Mount Parnassus, and the comic drama of The Rough Diamond. Mr. Turpin always performs the duty of his difficult because delicate office in a most obliging manner, and we are sure that his friends, and the patrons of the theatre generally, will not forget his former urbanity on this occasion. OLYMPIC.—The tragedy selected last evening for smothering in jokes, anachronisms, and all kinds of tomfooleries, was Shylock; or, The Merchant of Venice Preserved, the jumble of titles giving the clue to the general style of what comes after. Our readers will, perhaps, conceive how the tragedy is treated—how the Jew is turned into the conventional Hebrew of the minor stage, endowed with a due allowance of patois and three hats—how he keeps a pawnbroker's shop, and lends the money to Bassanio and Antonio after running it upon the stage in a wheelbarrow. The bargain settled, after abundance of the usual comic chaffering, we have the scene of the caskets transmuted into knock-em-downs,, at which Portia's lovers fling sticks—Antonio, of course, winning the first prize. The trial scene is a sort of imi tation of the mock courts which used to enjoy a mid nightly reputation among a certain class of the com munity in streets abutting upon the theatres. There is a " chief baron," who " lights his cigar at 9 o'clock precisely, for hearing the great case of Shylock v. An tonio," and the story of the trial, of the comedy, is fol lowed pretty exactly, only that the termination is the reconciliation of all parties over the brandy and water provided by the court. The applause was continuous, the ultimate success decided, and the piece will no doubt enjoy a long run. THE LIVING MARIONETTES.—The theatre in Leicester square, where these clever juvenile artistes are located, has recently undergone a thorough renovation ; and last night it was opened for a brief summer season. Proper attention has been paid to the ventilation of the establish ment, and the performance of the highly-trained com pany of living marionettes can be enjoyed without the inconvenience of that suffocating heat which forms the great drawback of most theatres on the approach of the dog days. The company, which numbers no less than forty performers, includes Master Geo. Becket, the cele brated juvenile comedian and pantomimist, while the entertainments extend over a wide range of subject, enlivening comedy, ballet, and opera, all of which are got through with a surprising tact, skill, and precision, that would do no discredit whatever to children of a larger growth. No one in search of a half hour's healthy this juvenrelaxation can do better than visit ana t nnn h ded e emf t o e re m ig pi n e ile corps dramatique. CREMORNE GARDENS.—The fineness of the . weather spaciouseut.s, correctlycircus, artistes, s was provided by the opening, ll and greater attraction tt y hh e eis this ordinaryer d ayfavourite drew round ul a anod e largeooff amusement, d n a u i lmybe amusements, r o f fashionablewhen, inasatvdi t t i o o r n s tt furtheroo highly-trained horses. The r and a capital stud of f s w o t t d he a what talented a e l a h o s a n o v: d been,oftroupethien otelegantnative n the arene were of the most creditable character, and not a few of the artistes promise to achieve as great arrangements of the circus and the performances in reputation as some of their distinguished predecessors in former seasons. M. Jean Guertner performed an equestrian act, a la M'Cullom, upon twdrioanchkdirses, and cer tainly put forth a strong claim for the title of "Adonis of the ring," usually bestowed upon that gentleman. one,o Drury-laneincluding in Messrs. l 8 5 1 T . w r r i s h t : bare backed steed, reminded us very powerfully of t.clihrieTeisadhtaoeridninagassG3 strong oe Andre, cy t d e Guertner impression a s a sa the listequitation o fclowns of i Eaton s n, good Stone, Rochez, and Boswell. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of the North American Colonies. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The following is the most important portion of a manifesto issued by the Emperor of Russia on the 26th of June : " PETERHOFF, JUNE 14-26, 1853. "It is known to our faithful subjects that the defence of our faith has always been the sacred duty of our ancestors. " From the day it pleased the Almighty to place me on the throne of our fathers, the main tenance of the holy obligations, with which it is inseparably connected, has been the object of our constant care and attention ; these, acting on the groundwork of the famous treaty of Kainadjir, which subsequent solemn treaties with the Otto man Porte have fully confirmed, have ever been directed towards upholding the rights of our Church. " All our efforts to prevent the Porte from con tinuing in this course proved fruitless, and even the oath of the Sultan himself, solemnly given to us, was soon perfidiously broken. " Having exhausted all means of conviction, and having in vain tried all the means by which our just claims could be peacably adjusted, we have deemed it indispensable to move our armies into the provinces on the Danube, in order that the Porte may see to what her stubborness may lead. " But, even now, we have no intention of com mencing war ; in occupying those provinces, we wish to hold a sufficient pledge to guarantee for ourselves the re-establishment of our rights under any circumstances whatever. We do not seek for conquests : Russia does not require them. We seek the justification of those rights which have been so openly violated. We are still ready to stop the movements of our troops, if the Ottoman Porte will bind itself to ob serve solemnly the inviolability of the Orthodox (Pravoslavnai) Church. But.if, through stubborn ness and blindness, it desires the contrary, then, calling God to our aid, we shall leave Him to de cide between us, and, with a full assurance in the arm of the Almighty, we shall go forth to fight for the Orthodox faith." The last Constantinople news is highly import ant. The following letter from Constantinople, dated the 20th, proceeds from a very well-in formed source : " In the answer given to the ultimatum of Count Nesselrode are not inserted the following words, but which were communicated separately :—‘ The Turkish Ambassador, who would be prepared to leave for St. Petersburgh, would explain to the Emperor of Russia the motives which have occasioned the refusal to accept it—the ultimatum.' It is supposed that the propo sition with reference to an Ambassador would, at all events, possess the advantage of gaining a lit tle time. In a month more the Porte would be able to have on foot 250,000 men. M. de Bruck is most actively engaged in the work of conciliation, and in endeavouring to make his Government be accepted as a mediator ; but I much doubt his success. The move ment of steamers, English and French, is very great, and each day the cannon announces some new arrival. The English steamer, the Retribution, left this morning to take up position with the Turkish fleet at the mouth of the Black Sea. The English and French fleet are at anchor at Besika, and the two Admirals are expected from one moment to another. " Important intelligence has been received from Servia. The Prince offers 45,000 men, of whom 15,000 are for the protection of the fortress of Belgrade and 30,000 for that of the frontiers of the Principality. " Gold is being coined in great abundance at the Mint, and four machines are at work day and night. Four ships are being fitted out for immediate service at the arsenal. The redifs of Constantinople have received orders to muster. The Sanitary Intendance has abo lished the quarantine of Syria. The English Ambassador received dispatches on Friday, the 17th, brought by land, and on the following day the same courier left." The frigate Meshidshe is gone to Smyrna to fetch a troop of militia. Other vessels have brought soldiers from Beyrout and Brussa. On the 16th the Niger and Retribution reached Con stantinople. The first vessel brought the news of the arrival of the united fleets at Besika Bay. The English fleet has 8,000 men, with 700 guns ; the French, 10,000 men,with 900 guns. The three decker Friedland with 120, the Jena with 90, and the Marengo and Duperre with 50 guns each, are expected. The Journal de Constantinople, which appears to have made complete arrangements for war, opines that should a collision occur " Admiral Dundas would have the chief command of the fleet, and some French General of any troops that might be landed." A correspondent of the Priest Zeitung writes that the Turkish fleet has 1,000 and the Rus sian Black Sea fleet 1,500 guns. According to the Turkish accounts the army already consists of 260,000 men. " 40,000 volunteers have already presented themselves." The Turks are working hard at the block-houses on the heights which command the entrance to the Bosphorus from the Black Sea. Lord Stratford has recently been twice to the Seraglio, where his stay was very pro longed. "It is expected that, at the first move ment of the Russian troops towards the frontier, the fleets will come to the Bosphorus." The following is significant. The Oest. Corres pondent denies that the representatives of the four Great Powers sent in a collective reply to the Porte on the subject of Prince Menschikoff's last note. The Government organ, which is. extremely anxious that the difference between a " collective' and " iden tical " note should be fully appreciated, says : "On the 21st May, the Ministers of the Great Powers agreed on a certain form of note, which each of them presented separately." In a word, Austria disapproves of the policy of Russia, but is not inclined to go wheiever France and England may choose to lead her. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated yes terday, announces that the Emperor of Russia hal published a manifesto on the 26th, in which he announced his determination to occupy the Danu bian provinces, and that on the following day the order for the marching of the army was actually dispatched. Besides this, it is stated that prepa rations for war are continued in Russia with great activity. Extraordinary levies of troops were being made, in the proportion of 12 men for every 500. These facts seem in contradiction with the hopes of these who continue to look with confi dence to the maintenance of peace ; but still there are many who hold to their pacific opinions, and maintain that everything will be arranged by nego tiation. _ _ _ . _ A letter from Berlin of the Ist, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" It is said that the Eastern ques tion has of late occasioned an internal crisis, and that M. de Manteuffel has run great risk in his system of complete neutrality. At last the ques tion has been resolved against the neo-Prussians, and the Council of M. de Radowitz has, it is said, given the opinion that Prussia ought, in the Ea.stern question, to draw as close as possible to England. We cannot, however, confirm this news." Count Guzlaz has left Vienna for St Petersburg. He is to be accompanied by General Steininger and three officers. It is said that he goes on a special mission in connexion with the quarrel between Russia and Turkey. The Prince of Servia has offered to place 45,000 men at the Sultan's disposal-15,000 for the defence of Belgrade, and 30,000 for the pr otection of the frontier of the principality. Forty-four vessels are being armed in the arsenal, o f Constantinople have and the Raliffs (militia) been called out. FRAN CE. The note yesterday, in the Moniteur, explana tory of the affair of the muskets for the Turkish Govern men t, and the denial that er any autho rization had been given the French officers to enter the Turkish service, has been the consequen ce of an interview French Minister of Foreipff A between the Rus sian Ambassador, and airs and the which took place on Satur day. The conversation between them is said to have been, in the commencements, o f a rather animated kind, b u t grew calmer at the end. M. de Kisseleff complained of the Government having fur nished fire-arms to Turkey ; he rather looked upon it as an excitement to war against Russ ia, and he protested a ga i nst t h e act. It is said that he even hinted s ome thi ng a b out demanding his passports but this has not been confirmed to me on any good authority. M. Drouyn do Lhuys gave the usual explanation. He said that there was nothing con trary to precedent, o r inconsis tent with the excel lent relations existing between France and Turkey, in ceding, at the requ est of the latter, a certain number of muskets (40,000, instead of 60,000 as first mentioned). Such services were mutually rendered by Governments on amicable terms with each othe e mphatically that it coul i d nas be rn c t i c i r i and he denied strued into an act of hostility to Russia, as there was no declaration of war made b Power against the Porte. He trusted that that lat explanation would be sufficient—he should feel re gret if it were not, but he had none other to give. It is said that M. de Kisseleff appeared satisfied— in a diplomatic sense — with the explanation. Admiral Hamelin left Toulon i yesterday in La Plata steam corvette, to take the command of the French squadron. The vessel La Jena has not joined the squadron. She is practising sailing ma --- nceuvres off the Isles of Hyeres, and will shortly return to Toulon. By an imperial decree, Admiral Baron du Bour dieu has been nominated maritime prefect of Tou lon, in the place of Admiral Hamelin, appointed to the command of the French fleet in the Medi terranean. An imperial, decree of July 2 nominates M. Belurgey de Granville, prefect of the Lozere, to be prefect of the Aube, in the place of M. Collet- Meygret, appointed director of general surety, and M. Janvier de La Motte, sub-prefect of St. Etienne, to take the place left vacant in the Lozere ; also M. d'Andigne, su b- pre f ect of Peronne, to be pre fect of the Charente, vice M. Riviere, who retires on a pension. Another imperial decree of the same date effects a number of changes amongst the sub- prefects and secretaries of prefecture, and re establishes the office of secretary in eight pre fectures in which it had been suppressed. A decree in the Moniteur relieves from the obli gation of having a surgeon on board, all trading vessels and whalers, of which the crew is. less than 30 men. - The Bank of France has published in the Moni teur the result of its operations during the first six months of the present year, which show a profit o f 6,387,000 fr. Among the principal items composing the profits of the establishment discount reckons for 1,400,000 fr. ; Rentes held by the Bank, 1,800,000 fr. ; advances on railway shares, 812,000 fr. ; and on public securities, 524,000 fr. The profits from different branch banks figure, in the general result, for 2,034,000 fr., after deducting the losses on two of them. It is on these results that the Bank declared a dividend of 70fr. a share for the six months. The Constitutionnel, after giving the note of the Moniteur, respecting some of its statements, says : "We produc e thi s note without the least hesita tion, since it leaves u s a t lib erty w i t h respect to the information which we think it useful to com municate to the public. Let it, however, be per mitted to us to remark that the Constitutionnel did not say that the French officers had received from the Minister of War the authorisation to take ser vice in the Turkish army ; it only spoke of infor mation obtained with a view to certain eventuali ties. We accept, therefore, the correction of the Moniteur in the measure of our assertion. As to the sale of muskets, we were only deceived as to the number." The reply of Reschid Pacha to the note of Count Nesselrode meets with the approbation that it de serves in the notices of the Parisian press. Some of the journals, indeed, reserve their remarks for another day, but there is no reason to suppose that they will be less favourable than those we subjoin. The Debats says : " The reader will observe the tone of dignity and moderation of the language of Reschid Pacha." The A ssemblee Nationale, which, two days ago, only indulged in offensive allusions to what it called the weak pride of the Turkish Government, now says : " It is impossible not to be struck with the modera tion which characterises this reply. The language of the Turkish Minister is sufficient to remove all fears. Russia has not now the slightest pretext for making war. If the Russian troops have received orders to occupy the Danubian provinces, it is that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg did not wish to appear too prompt to accept any solution, except that which it had proposed ; it feared that its acts would be a contradiction to its words. It appears to us more and more impossible that the Emperor should not admit the necessity of putting an end speedily to the affair." The Pays has the following "We publish today a diplomatic document of great importance in the difference between Russia and Turkey. Reschid Pacha has just replied officially, in the name of the Sultan, to the note of Count de Nesselrode, and it is this document which we now place before our readers. Nothing can be more noble, dignified, and moderate than the language of the Minister of the Porte. It is marked with the impress at the same time of confidence and of right. Reschid Pacha refuses the Emperor of Russia only what is incompatible with the honour and sovereignty of Turkey. He shows himself ready to accord all that is possible and just. In order that war could take place after such declarations, Russia should be decided to hear no observation and to dare every thing. The proposition by which Reschid Pacha termi nates his reply will above all be remarked. The Turkish Government offers to the Russian Government to send an ambassador extraordinary to St. Petersburgh, to there resume the negotiations, and seek, by a common accord, the bases of an arrangement which can be accepted. This offer, which honours Turkey in the eyes of the whole world, and which is a new and striking tes timony of her admirable moderation, renders peace still more imperative for the honour and interests of Russia., for it would render aggression on her part more unjus tifiable before the universal conscience of Europe." We read in the Constitutionnel :—" The Rus sians are difficult to satisfy. The irade of the Sultan in favour of his non-Mahometan subjects, which was considered of a nature to remove all pending difficulties between the Porte and the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, is considered 'a new offence, if a letter addressed from Odessa to a. Berlin journal, the New Gazette of Prussia is to believed. The letter, which is dated the 15th, says : " The last firman of the Grand Signior has greatly surprised us ; but we have been still more to see that the English, German, and French journals pretend that it should be considered as the last concession made by the Po'rte to the exigencies of Russia. It is rather the most hostile act to Russia which the Porte has hitherto published. It is clear that you must be pleased at. Berlin that your co-religionists in the East should enjoy the liberties which have hitherto been privileges of the members of the Greek Church ; but, as regards that church herself and her members, not only have they re ceived nothing, but by being placed on a footing of perfect equality with other confessions, there results a real damage to them, since they will share with others what belongs to them alone. Thus, whilst his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas demands that the Porte shall un dertake to maintain the privileges of the Greek Church, the Sultan publishes a firman, which is an act of hos tility against that church, and the liberal journals of Europe demand that the Emperor shall declare himself satisfied." We fancy (adds the Constitutionnel) that we are dreaming when we read such things. What lan act which has been considered by all Europe as of a nature to give satisfaction to all interests, is held to be an act of hostility against the Greek Church, and the Czar will carry intolerance to the extent of not desiring liberty of conscience, except in fa vour of his co-religionists ! That would be difficult to believe, if acts did not correspond with the rea soning sent from Odessa to Berlin. A considerable advance towards recovering from the late panic was made at the Bourse yesterday at the termination of business, all descriptions of stock having materially improved in price, the Four and a Half per Cents. for the account to the extent of more than 1 per cent. ; for money, the Three per Cents., rose 40c., and the Four and a Half per Cents. 25c. ; whilst for the end of the month the improvement was 60c. in the Three per Cents, and. If. sc. in the Four and a Half per Cents. No change occurred in Bank of France shares. Closing prices :—For Cash—Three per Cents., 75f., 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f, 25c. For the Account—Three per Cents., 75 f. 50c. ; Four-and a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 60c. Bank Stock, 2,650 f. In Bank of Credit being fonc still ier shar es th ere i s no varia tion at 650 f. ; a rise o i f on 2af to . rep too k place in th ose of the Societe Mobilere, t ort, w hi c h closed at 715 f. The railway share market also participated to a considerable extent in the Paris gen eral improveme n t i n b usiness, an d an improve ment s t t r o a o sb k place o ur g sharesinall the rose principal lines :—P ar i s 15f. ; Orleans and Paris, an d Lyons, each 10f. ; Northerns, 12f. ; an d Lyons to the Mediterr anean , Orlean s , sf. Th e fi na l quotations were :—Northern, 872 ; ; Paris and Rouen, 1,005 f .; Strasbour g , 885 E. ; Paris and L yons , 890 f. 1,040 ; Paris and Lyons to the Mediterrean, 705 f. ; Western, 702 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 465 f. SPAIN. pv,Mice of Madrid r umours were current o and generally of the 29th ult., Glamor credited the Cabinet, which states Th C t that tstate has just been re constituted, is already i n a was s d gbondieetvoeAd. of crisis. All the ranjuez, and a letter asserts that General Lersundi Stt g r i a ve in his resignation. The Marquis de Viluma had ar r i ve d i dor. The accounts ra n would t m h i a l l t i was to set out for 21. Madrid, from Naples, and Pari s i G a a f i e la w ci d a ay co s n as tin am ue b t a o ssa be most lamentable. In addition to the fearful dis tress caused by the famine, the typhus fever has broken out at Santiago and the environs. Th e Count de Montemoline has contrib u t e d 20,000 fund reals to the which is being raised, under the direction of the junta, for the relief of the sufferers. The 29th was the holiday of St. Peter and St. Paul, and in consequence, the Stock Exchange was not open. GERMANY. The Postampt Gazette of Frankfort, under date of Cassel 30th ult., says :—" The trial for high. treason has concluded ; the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the main charge in favour of Pro. fressor Winkelbleck and Procurator Alsberg. M. Winkelbleck was declared guilty of giving cause for the proceedings, and condemned to the costs. The other persons accused, viz., M. Heisse and M. Wallach, who were tried by default, were found guilty of high treason without verdict of the jury, and condemned to imprisonment for five year and to be deprived of the national cockade." The police made a domiciliary visit on the 24th ult. at the houses of 800 members of the Associa tion of Workmen at Rendsburg (Holstein), and seized all their papers. It is not known whether any of a compromising character were discovered. 18) 5 5 . per Con Na tan the men in fit the tails Pub] Ivor] ciplE ther app s and won tin nt incr( respi 1.- woul the r with rem guar( pose( injur unint aviii fund 'with ( triode 11 3.% Inert. net( and van( Bank 3 per 3 per New Long Ditto India India Dil Cons Ex l'azi )3elg but,