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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Anousx 18, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI• Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celt:tete. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 18, Will be performed GENE VIEV E. Characters b y Messrs. Parsell e , Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; An —.ss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT I NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 18, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderson, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Important Notice to the Public generally.—The national spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has on its revival been attended with such brilliant success, far beyond any precedent, must neces sarily be withdraws. to make room for a classical novelty, which has been for months in preparation, and will be produced on Sa turday, 27th inst., on a scale of grandeur and extent never before attempted.—Miss EMILY COOKE re-appears at this theatre on the conclusion of her continental engagements. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 18, And during the week, will be presented (53d night) the glorious Spectacle of tHE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro ducing his celebrated Black Charger Raven, whose performances have elicited unbounded applause, and the Great Equestrian, Mr. Alfred Cooke, in one of his principal acts. Concluding with (85th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. " The best ventilated heatre in the world." Bos•otllce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Second Week of Miss POOLE, the eminent English Vocalist.—First Exhibition of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a collection of Sea and Fresh water Fish alive, in fi , e large glass tanks, procured ex pressly tor this occasion by P.ll. Gosse, EHI., author of " A Natu ralist's Rambles in Devonshire," tte., forming the most instructive and amusing object ever yet presented to the public. THIS EVENING, AcGusT 18, HUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Mind, Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss Poole, marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS, Admission, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins Der —Morning 8 min. after 1 I Evening 35 min.aft. 1 (Pa/annoy —Morning 0 min. after 2 j Evening 23 min.aft. 2 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 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. PORTSMOUTH—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—S., gentle breeze - -overcast. TUNBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BA SING STGKE—N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—W. S.W., gentle breeze—rain. &ROOD —S. , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON-W., light breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON—S.W., calm—light rain. CAMBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—N., gentle breeze—rain The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock PORTSMOUTH —S.E., strong breeze—rain, SOUTHAMPTON N.E., strong breeze—ram. TUNBRIDGE—S.E., calm—overcast. BASINGSTOKE— S.E., strong breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—S. W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.E., fresh breeze—cloudy. LEIGHTON—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze--cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.E., gentle breeze - cloudless. CREWE—calm—cloudy. CONWAY—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. WHITBY—caIm —overcast. DARLINGTON—S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SHAP— E., calm—overcast. THE WEATITER.-SUN OFFIl:H, AUGUST 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. io—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. CS—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and flue weather. THE PUBLICATION OF , 6 T H E S N COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SA ME EVENING, With all other rers arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. ~~ , ~ ~.~~ rs , • §ll,ll, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1853. Whatever may be the political result of the pending struggle in China, it is tolerably certain that vast commercial advantages, at any rate, must accrue to the world at large from the extra ordinary enterprise adventured upon by TAE PING-WANG and his attendant revolutionists. In all likelihood the reigning, or TAT-SING, dynasty is even now inevitably doomed to destruction. According to every reasonable probability, the hitherto dominant race of the Mantchoos must before long become utterly exterminated. There are prospects, moreover, of Buddhism vanishing from that portion of Asia before the divine light of Revelation—of Idolatry being permanently sub verted by the Iconoclasts—of nearly 400, 000,000 Pagans being gradually won over to Christianity. All these events are apparently each day more and more obviously within the limits of rational cal culation. Yet though none of these anticipations be realised, though the Emperor m m EN-T be not overthrown, th ough the native Chinese remain subservient as heretofore to Trimartithe conquering ra ce of Mantchooria, though th wor shippede and the t rut h s of be still Holy Writ be still re jected for the fables of the Shaster, it . must be manifest to the most s uperf i cial observer that the pending struggle will necessarily so far beneficial in its influence that it will prepareei..and the v way for a more extendedcommerce, therefore for a more enlighten e d civilisation. That, we take it, is a deduction scar ce l y for a moment to be disputed. Already, indeed, th e barriers which have hitherto excluded the rest of the world from even occasional intercourse with the population of the celestial empire, have been broken down in consequence of this great social bouleversentent. It were scarcely rational to dream of their restoration. Its practicability may be questioned without much appearance of extrava gance. Recent experience assures us that the insurgents lack the will, as late events have clearly enough shown that the Imperial Government needs the power of restoring the old worn-out system of insulating the Chinese multitude within the confines of their own territory. It may, therefore, be calculated upon with something like certainty, that good in the long run must accrue to mankind at large from the outbreak of this astonishing revolution. The vastness of the Chinese empire has recently been illustrated in these columns, by particulars calimpoculrtsatende-etoofimpress upon the popular mind the passing occurrences. In addition to what has before been observed upon the sub ject by ourselveseto i t t he r facts of a similar character may not be altogether unacceptable. It is insig nificant, for instance, the Chinese race, thats tslirPopulation• ing theel o u i ld t t h y ' China Proper increased front 28,605,716, as it was in 1711, during, the reibrr 01 • 102,328,258, during the rei gn of A K N( ' -aE, to and that within a century from that t}1•111"e-it ti c N siderably more than tripled its e lf, t hatin 1812, during the reign so of :EA-KING, it U'as no less than t 361,221,900 —attaining, according to the latest census, the enormous aggregate of 367,632,907. These, as before observed, united to the pope. lation of the independent provinces—Mongolia, Tibet, Turkistan, &U.—a population estimated at some 40,000,000, would yield a total of upwards of 400,000,000 ! Further tokens of the magnitude, wealth, and prosperity of China may be enumerated in refer ence to the variety and splendour of its chief cities, as well as in regard to the multiplicity of its natural productions, and the astonishing minuteness of its system of agriculture. The cul tivation of England has been commended by EMERSON as so remarkable in appearance, that he describes the landscape as seemingly touched into beauty by the pencil, instead of being seamed by the plough and raked by the harrow. The cultiva tion of China is mentioned by travellers as imparting to many districts an aspect of yet more carefully detailed improvement. Almost perpendicular acclivities are there clothed by art with the utmost luxuriance of vegetation. It was once sug gested, if we recollect rightly, by the Hon. Baronet the Member for Hertfordshire, that much fruitful soil might be reclaimed in this country by a dimi nution in the number of our hedges, so that the crops might extend to the utmost limits of the lines of demarcation. A similar economy of space has evidently been aimed at among the Chinese, from the circumstance of agricultural toil with them having turned almost every spot of culti vatable ground to advantage. A populous cities of China affording evidence wealth and gene ra l prosper i ty of sto of the the the population—it may be remarked, that within a distance of merely two hundred miles, there are situated along one portion of the bank of the Grand Canal five of the largest cities in the empire, that is, between the port of Hang chew and the great river of the Yang-tzse kiang. Conspicuous among them, of course, is the beautiful city of Sou-chew—a city famous for its silk manufactories, adorned with palaces of marble and bridges of granite, embowered in the luxuriant foliage of the green willow and the black bamboo, the cypress, and the mulberry —a city comprising in its urban and suburban quar ters no less than two millions of inhabitants. Hong-chew, however, is still more populous, con taining, it is believed, nearly as many inhabitants as the wonderful capital of China, Pekin, the latter, as is well known, numbering from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 as its population. It was as recently as the middle of the seven teenth century that the gigantic and fruitful territory, some of whose marvels we have here been considering, was conquered, after a struggle of thirty years' duration, by a Mantchoo Chieftain, who thereupon established his family upon the Imperial Throne under the title of the TAT-SING dynasty. During the two hun dred years which have followed, numerous efforts have been made for the replacement of the MING dynasty, or that of the native Sovereigns, and for the displacement of the Tartar conquerors from Mant chooria. Hitherto without success, notwithstand ing the fanaticism of the adherents of the van quished house. TAE-PING-WANG, indeed, is the only successful opponent of the Manchoos who has yet made his appearance. There can be little doubt that this formidable leader has enlisted in his cause others than the Asiatic neophytes of Christianity. It cannot but be conjectured that he has contrived to turn to good account those implicated in that vast political conspiracy known as the Triad Society, which was described with great minuteness several years back by Dr. GUTZLAFF. A society pledged to restore the Ming Princes to power, and to overthrow the race of Tartar Sovereigns. During the last hun dred years especially, in fact ever since 1736, the Triads have spread through all parts of the country, have extended their influence among all classes of the community, and have adroitly enough succeeded in keeping up the system of their secret organisation. They are described as somewhat resembling the European Freemasons— having their lodges and their signs, recognisingeach other not merely by particular pass-words, but even by their manner of handling cups and dishes, by their mode of wearing their dresses, and by their manner of exchanging salutations. It is impos sible not to feel persuaded that a society exercis ing such extraordinary influence as the Triad Society notoriously has long done, more particu larly among the poorer classes of the Chinese com munity, can have remained idle during the course of recent occurrences, or can have crowned by any such inopportune indifference their prolonged and perillous organisation. It is tolerably certain, therefore, that in the late struggle against the imperial partizans, the ranks of the insurgents have been swelled by the Triad conspirators, as well as by the converts to Christianity. The pending revolution, in fact, is one o f at once a political, a social, and a religious character. It is the rising of a populous native race against the descendants of a handful of daring conquerors. It is the outbreak of a multitude inimical to barbarism and friendly to civilisation. It is the march of a modern army of Iconoclasts resolved upon the destruction of idolatry, and upon the establishment of a belief in Hebraic Revelation. The singUlar adventurer, therefore, who has placed himself at the head of the insurgents, has displayed wisdom in securing to his cause the force of these hitherto scattered incentives—and, while acting thus sagaciously, has enlisted on his side the sympathies, at least, of the majority of the races of Christendom. The willing acceptance by the House of Com mons of the Lords' amendments to the Govern ment of India Bill, including the rejection of the clause relating to the salt monopoly, created great and general astonishment ; but still greater sur prise was manifested at the unexplaine 1 absence of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Droit wich during the discussion. That Sir JOHN PAKINGTON should manifest a deep interest on the subject was considered certain. Its intrinsic im portance, and the vast influence it exercised over the happiness and welfare of the Hindoo popula tion, would alone suffice to ensure the attention it merited from any man of ordinary humanity. But it had further claims on the Right Hon. Baronet. His constituents, indeed all the inha bitants of the district in which he resided, were naturally anxious to obtain a free trade in salt, and thus to open a new and very considerable de mand for their staple manufacture. He had therefore maturely considered the question in all its bearings and all its details, and satisfied him self of the justice and expediency of the required concession. The powerful and convincing argu ments by which he sustained his motion for the addition of the clause, subsequently expunged in the Upper House, proved that he was no hike warm advocate. H e en t ere d h ear t an d sou l i n t o the cause. With him it was no mere party ques tion, intend e d on l y t o d amage h i s opponents. The for notio n that h e cou ld pu t th e G overnment the time might completely in the wrong— to the opiniogn: that he mi appeal even more confidently supported Ministers Hon. Gentlemen who generally was usually in the than of those with whom he could expose the the President of the habit of acting, and that he intrdpalpable inconsistency of „ D ro ss an Board and his colleagues did not, of course, diminish hid to make the most of his point. Thereish his inducement to stimulate , . s Was _every possible .ni exertions •and the apparent apparent apathy and indifference which of his absence on such an occasion admitted was the more inexplicable. "Where is Sir JOH N p AK , was asked on every side, and th ose ?" who had accorded the leadership in the contest to the Right Hon. Baronet, contented themselves With merely protesting against the omission of the clause, and pressing the propriety of some concession on the part of the Double Government for the rfmiti gation of the universally acl..-rowle •de•ed rierin c e . The doubtful matter was, however, yesterday cleared up : Sir JOHN PAKINGTON had, it ap pears, given notice of his intention to offer some - • 0* to the remarks on the motion for agreeing amendment of the Lords. But the house sat at a very unusual hour, and not only was no spmai n timation given of the change, but there was nothing on " the orders of the day" to show that there would be any deviation from the ordinary course, o_ r th a t t h e t i me of meeting would i n any d egree be accelerated. It was, therefore, by surprise that the easY victory was achieved ; and without meaning to impute, even to Sir CHARLES WOOD, a manoeuvre so exceed ingly discreditable as the adoption of such a mode of getting rid of a formidable opposition on any important topic, we must express our re gret that such a question should have been thus disposed of, and that so very powerful an illustra tion should have been afforded of " the shame ful apathy and indifference of Great Britain to the concerns of India," and also of the evil re sults of hasty legislation at the fag end of a ses sion. What can the natives of India think of the course adopted towards them by the Government and the Parliament of the United Kingdom ? They find their complaints, couched in the most moderate and temperate language, totally disre garded—their humble, application that an oppor tunity might be afforded of substantiating the facts they had put forward, contemptuously re jected. They see a reckless determination to per petrate a monstrous job, at their expense, as recklessly carried into practical operation, that notwithstanding the pendency of inquiries before Committees of both Houses of Parliament, a crude and ill-digested measure pressed forward. Introduced only in the month of June, it was permitted to supersede more urgent propositions. Legal reforms, ecclesiastical court reforms—the amelioration of the landlord and tenant code in Ireland--of the Savings' Banks laws in the United Kingdom—sanitary measures. Every thing, in fact, requiring dispatch is postponed ; while that alone in which delay would . be benefi cial, was pressed at railroad speed through both Houses. On other subjects nothing but procrastina tion was perceptible ; and that although they had many mouths' priority over the only matter on which temporary legislation was desirable. On that an abdication of its functions by the heredi tary branch of the Legislature, because " not one fifth of their Lordships could, or would, be induced to assemble in the month of August, on even the most important question of the Session." An unconditional acceptance of the bill, although five others which had received far greater considera tion were postponed to another Session, to suit the convenience of the pleasure-seeking nobility, who could not, or would not, attend at such a season. "An unconditional acceptance," we said—would that it had been so. Its only bene ficial feature—the only redeeming point that might have contented the sufferers—was expunged without a division ; and when the matter was returned to the other House, we find that, not withstanding the violation of its privileges, the amendment is accepted. And why ? Because the House sits at an unusual hour, and no sufficient intimation of the change is given to the few who remain in town. And also, as Sir JOHN PAKING TON acknowledges, that the popular Representatives emulate the insouceance of their titled brethren, or, to use his own words, " because, and only because, at this period of the session, and looking to the attendance of Members, no division on such a subject could now be considered as a test of the opinion of the House of Commons !" Is this the mode by which we hope to gain the affec tionate respect, to cement the allegiance of Hindoo subjects of Queen VICTORIA ? Can legislation thus obtained be considered in any degree satis factory or permanent ? Certainly not. The seeds have been sown that must produce an abundant crop of future agitation—of agitation that will never be relaxed until some degree of justice be rendered to the much-aggrieved inhabi tants of India.. The great majority of our readers will have read, we doubt not, with the greatest pleasure, in our paper of Saturday, the result of the appeal in the Braintree case to the House of Lords. Stript of all legal phraseology, the judgment of the House of Lords is, that a minority in a vestry meeting cannot lay a Church Rate. It is a deci sion worthy of the House, which, no Radical Re former even can deny, has so often proved itself conservative of our legal liberties. Had the Lords decided as carefully upon the merits of the India Bill as they did upon those of the Brain tree case, we should not have had to revive, as we did the other day, the question, " What is the use of the House of Lords ?" Into this case Lord Tntno entered most fully and minutely, even showed his judgment to the absent Lord BROUGHAM, and the result was a verdict which the vast ma jority of Englishmen will applaud, which the House itself can be proud to record on its jour nals, and which, if the opposite party are not infatuated, will be the termination of this 15 years' litigation. The Braintree case is one of no ordinary im portance. It was instituted not merely to enforce a claim on Dissenters, which, as Lord STANLEY, in his able and candid letter, shows, is now consi dered odious and unjust by all fair-minded Church men, as well as it is by Dissenters themselves. The distinguishing feature of this case is, that it was raised to try the question, whether a minority of a parish meeting could lay a church-rate, if the majority refused to do so ; a question which appears more like a joke than a serious legal difficulty to Englishmen unlearned in the law. Its being made, however, a grave legal question, and one or two abortive attempts, as at Bradford in Yorkshire, having been made to collect rates laid by a minority, sober men have been waiting with a kind of half credulous curiosity to know whether law was really in such absurd conflict with common sense and the universal habits of the country. It is so engrained into an Englishman's notions of all matters in which we meet, discuss, and vote, that a majority shall decide, and a mino r ity y i e ld w ith the best grace it can, that the opposite idea is quite a shock to all his notions of law and order. His voluntary societies of every kind, his parish meetings, his municipal proceedings, his elections for Parliament, the very Houses of Legislature themselves, all act upon one and the same prin ciple ; and, let it be observed, the circumstance that enables our country to carry out so admir ably the principles of constitutional government, is, that in England minorities know their duty. On the Continent they do not. They cannot there be content to work their way to a majority by discussion, and fair political means ; what they cannot carry by votes they must carry by violence or fraud. An Englishman beaten, on the con trary, folds his arms, thinks his time will come, and prepares resolutely for another contest of votes. Nothing could do us more injury than to make any inroad on this grand essential to public good fellowship. It seems characteristic of our race, having been noticed with interest and ap probation by intelligent foreigners in America as well as in this country. They have been astonished to see parties so excited before an elec tion for an M.P. or a President, yet as quiet as ever when the poll or the Ballot-box had an nounced the result. It is all due to minorities knowing their part. Now, the BRAINTREE case was, in the judgment of the community generally, an attempt to annihilate the very principle of all our public action, and to give to a minority the rights of the majority. An attempt almost revo lutionary in its nature, to compass by force of legal chicanery what could not be attained by fair and manly means ; and very small indeed, we suspect, is the party in the Church of England, almost limited perhaps to officials themselves, who do not thoroughly concur in the judgment just given by the Lords. It is, then, as upholding in its integrity the grand English principle of govern ing by real majorities that we rejoice in this consti tutional decision, and the House of Lords, as a Court of Appeal, has added to the respect in which on that ground it is justly held by all who prize o a u ct r o m f otshe Sessiontvalu will t valuable constitutional more in itsutionalprin favour ciples.. No It appears, from the statement of Dr. 2'7), th a t the case L to 1:81-i ti I 1 N e GT C 0 0 N ' qu urto o f te A d rch by es Lord STANLEY tn (p t a h g e e Judicial C omm i ttee of InParyivyyectoubnecil.takewnhebthacekr the zeal of the litigants will carry them thus far we do not as yet k now. It will be f or mere an noyance ded, in h as the quest i on is quite de of all b es i des, by the present i t f e they niin do, ds o and Lord STANLE Y judgment; will be certain now to early next year the plan which he all but car ried this. When the general policy of upright THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1853. Churchmen justifies Dissenters in regarding Church rates as an unrighteous exaction—when the son of the late Conservative Premier comes forth as the most efficient advocate of 'berating them from a galling impost—when, in ddng so, he can take his father's language as the motto of his title page—and, finally, when the House of Lords thoroughly concurs in a judgment which leaves every Church rate at the mercy of increasingly hostile vestry meetings —we nay be sure that the days of Church rates are lumbered. The un neighbourly nuisance has been endured long enough, and Dissenters wil now be grievously wanting to themselves, if tley do not prepare to render Lord STANLEY the ail which his noble and generous advocacy of their cause demands. COURT CI2CULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 17. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Friday, th e 19th inst., at Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Queen and Prince and the Royal children walked out yesterday afternoon. Count Alexander MensdorT arrived yesterday from the Continent on a visit to her Majesty. This morning being the birthday of her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, tie band of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers assembled on the Terrace, and played a selection of music in honour of the day. Yesterday being the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by the ringing of merry peals on the church bells, and the Royal standard was hoisted. In the evening her Royal Elighnes's tradesmen in London and Kensington illuminated, and, as usual, dined together at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington ; Mr. W. N. Wright in the chair. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to command a liberal supply of the choicest fruits in season to be sent from the Royal gardens at Frogmore on the happy occasion, and the Royal Duchess presented the stewards with a fine fat buck. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Scotland. The Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell left town yesterday for Alva, near Stirling. THE BUILDERS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION-(THIS DAY). This morning, a special general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this valuable charity, which was founded in 1847, for giving relief and granting persions to decayed members of the various branches of the build ing trade and their widows, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of electing five pensioners upon the funds, and upon other business ; Mr. Joseph Bird in the chair. The report, which was very satisfactory, stated that the past year has been a more beneficial one than any of the preceding, and the directors took that opportunity of expressing their thanks to the president, S. Morton Peto, Esq., M.P., for his able advocacy of the interests of the institution at the late annual festival, and which produced to the funds so gratifying a result. The subscriptions and donations received during the past year amounted to 1,4041. ss. 6d. ; and there has been added to the funded stock since the last report 8001. Three per Cent. Consols, 7001. stock to the relief fund, and 1001. to the building fund, making the total amount 3,6501., divided as fol lows :-2,6501. stock to the relief, and 1,0001. stock to the building fund. The report having noticed very fa vourably the exertions of the Brighton committee, and stated that the hon. secretary, Mr. G. Maynard, had forwarded to the treasurer. Mr. G. Bird, the sum of 1141. 95., remarked that the annual ball, under the able superintendence of Mr. Joseph Bird, had realised to the funds 1201. 16s. 6d. The total number of persons now receiving the benefits of the institution (including those elected to-day) is 24, viz., 15 males and 9 females. After stating that S. Morton Peto, Esq., M.P., had consented to act as president for the present year, the report concluded by calling upon their friends and the public,generally for support. The balance-sheet showed the total receipts for the past year (including a balance in hand of 211. 12s. ad.) to amount to 1,8421. is. 21d. ; and after all the expenses had been defrayed, there was left an available balance of 1541. 17s. 31d. The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the proceedings, the meeting proceeded to the election of five pensioners, three men and two women, from a list of twelve candi dates, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and the scrutineers, and the proceedings ter minated. EXTENSIVE FIRES IN TILE METROPOLIS. Yesterday morning, at 7 o'clock, a fire of a destruc tive character, and attended with considerable damage, broke out in the premises of Mr. T. M.. L. Brown, wholesale glass, china, and Staffordshire warehouseman, carrying on business at No. 47, St. Martin's-lane. The premises were most severely burnt, the roof partially destroyed, and the stock in trade much broken. The contents were insured in the Phoenix-office, and the building in the Westminster-office. The fire was caused from the overheat of a flue in the adjoining premises. The flatting mills of Mr. G. A. Buckland, in flop-gar dens, were also slightly damaged by water. At a few minutes before 5 o'clock a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Vining, a cutler, No. 125, Regent street, St. James's, and notwithstanding the great quan tity of water thrown upon the flames they were not ex tinguished until the costly fixtures and plate glass were destroyed, and the valuable stock in trade extensively burned. A short time before the last-named fire happened !an other one broke out in the premises of Mr. T. Lovell, No. 2, Commercial-place, East-lane, Walworth, which was so rapid in its progress tkat the residents had the greatest difficulty in effecting a safe retreat from the building. The fire was caused in the follo w i ng manner : —M r . Lovell having experienced a strong smell of gas, which induced him to proceed to the lower part of the premises to examine the metre, but in so doing the pipe came out, and the vapour rushed out in such bodies, and becoming instantly ignited, that Mr. Lovell was nearly prostrated. He, however, managed to escape and save his family, by which time the greater part of the house was enveloped in flames. The engines of the London Brigade, West of England, and parish, were soon on the spot, and plenty of water having been obtained, the firemen went to work under the direction of Mr. Henderson and Mr. Connor ton, but the firemen, in spite of their exertions, were unable to get the flames subdued until the premises and their contents were destroyed, and unfortunately the sufferer was not insured for a single penny. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Jas. Graham, Sir Chas. Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wm. Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE DERBY BRIBERY.—The Grand Jury at the Cen tral Criminal Court yesterday, found a true bill against the Right Hon. Wm. Beresford, two of the Messrs. Cox, of Derby, Mr. Huish, an attorney them, and seven other parties, for conspiracy to bribe the electors of Derby. We shall now see whether the heads of the pasty will escape while the tail pays the penalty. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COAL.—At a meeting of the coal trade held on Tuesday at Newcastle, it was agreed to advance the price of coal 2s. per ton. GOLD.—The arrivals of gold from Australia during the next month are expected to be large. The Harbinger, screw steamer, will bring about 500,000/., and it is also said that 200,0001. may be looked for by the Marco Polo, and 150,0001. by the Kent. FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—This morning Joseph Robson, a respectable tradesman, expired in St. Bartho lomew's Hospital, from injuries sustained yesterday, by having been run over by an omnibus. It appears that the unfortunate man was crossing the carriage-way in Norton Folgate, Shoreditch, when his foot slipped, and before he could recover his equilibrium he was knocked down by a Kingsland omnibus, one of the wheels of the vehicle passing over his head and chest. He was imme diately conveyed to the above mentioned institution, but he never rallied, and death terminated his sufferings this morning. Information has been forwarded to Mr. Payne, but the day has not been fixed for the inquest. CHATHAM ELECTION.—A petition has been presented by certain electors of Chatham against the return of Sir James Stirling, on the ground of bribery, treating, and intimidation, and asserting that Captain Vernon had the majority of legal votes, and ought to have been re turned, and amongst other reasons on the ground that certain electors voted for Sir J. Stirling " who had laid wagers," and otherwise disqualified themselves. The petitioners also pray to be allowed to defend the seat of Captain Vernon. THE PETERBOROUGH ELECTION PETITIONS COMMIT TEE.—It appears that there were 22 witnesses examined before this committee, and that the cost connected with them amounted to 1111. NEW WRITS FOR STAMFORD AND DUNGARVAN.— New writs have been issued for these places, for the former in the room of the Hon. J. C. Herries, who has accepted the manor of Northstead, and for the latter in the room of Mr. J. F. Maguire, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Just as the greatest and last re maining planet of our musical system is on the eve of completing its appointed orbit the public attention has been awakened to new life, by, the fitful though welcome phenomena of musical meteors, which have made their appearance at irregular intervals, now at one theatre, and now at another. The evident relish with which these unexpected invitations were received by the theatre-going world tempted the entrepreneurs to an nounce three performances of the same kind, for the 17th, the 19th, and the 22d inst. The first of these, at which we were present last night, consisted of the opera of Pea Diavolo and The Beggar's Opera, a kind of musical counterpart to the entente eord iale now exhibited to the world between the two great na tions in Besika Bay. Both operas are first-rate specimen s of their pecu liar national style, and the latter as well as the former afford such full scope for the display of Mr. Sims Reeves' peculiar powers, that it was a matter of some regret not to hear him in the character of Captain Macheath as well as in that of the brigand. The whole entertainment, however, went off extremely well. The house was well filled in every part. YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.15—C01t Sapling Stakes. 2.4s—Prince of Wales Stakes. 3.3o—Ebor Handicap. 4. o—Hopeful Stakes. 4.3o—County Plate. 5. o—Lottery Plate. s.3o—Eglinton Stakes. Ebor Handicap—Surveyor does not run. Sally War foot colt very fishy. Captain Cornish has gone home. Lamprocles has arrived. Umbriel is expected. LATEST BETTING-12 O'CLOCK. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Adine. sto 1 agst Goorkah. sto 1 agst Pantomime. 10 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken). 11 to 10 on the first three. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) RE J. WELLS. This bankrupt was described as of Dalston, builder, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The balance sheet prepared by Mr. Pettis, of Basing hall Chambers, and extending from January, 1851, and ending March, 1853, shows :—Capital, 3561. Dr. to creditors, 9161; ditto holding security, 1,0201; profits, 5771. ; Cr. good debts, 51. 108. ; property in the hands of Crs., 1,870/. ; property given up 291. 7s. ; trade ex penses 5671. ; domestic, 6061. Mr. Ashley, of Charles-square, appeared on behalf of the assignees, and said they were satisfied with the accounts. The bankrupt passed. EXTENSIVE MERCANTILE FAILURE.-IN RE DEPORTEI. This bankrupt was described as of Mark-lane, mer chant, and to-day was appointed for his last examina tion. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. George and Co., Basinghall-street, extending from September, 1852, to May, 1853, shows :--Dr. to creditors, 2,5621.; ditto holding security, 2,6131.; ditto to Guistiana, 3,9961. 16s. 11d. ; profits, 7141. ; liabilities, 23,2311. 9s. sd. Cr. Good debts, 851. 19s. 10d. ; doubtful, 6571. ; pro perty in hands of creditors, 2,6321; trade expenses, 2101.; personal, 1871.; losses, 6,111. ; liabilities, as per contra, 23,2311. 9s. sd. The bankruptcy arose through the failure of other firms. Messrs. Lowrance and Piews were the solicitors to the estate, and did not offer any opposition to bankrupt's passing, and he passed accordingly. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Talfourd.) THE QUEEN V. MAJOR BERESFORD.-THE DERBY ELECTION. In this case, which has created so much interest abroad, a true bill was yesterday found for misdemean our against Major Beresford, M.P., and several other persons, for an offence, arisi n g ou t o f w h a t took place at the Derby election in 1552. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Bodkin, adverting to the above bill, r emar k e d that the indictment extended to a very great length, and his clients, who were the def e nd an t s , had not had time to read it. They therefore did not exactly know the nature of the charge that was preferred against them, and they were on that account anxious to have the case prepared. They were prepared to enter into recognisances to appear at the next session, by which time they would have ascertained the precise nature of the charge, and be ready to answer it. The application was agreed to, and the bail fixed at 801. each, with two sureties of 401. each. RAPE. Alex. ill`Dougall, aged 24, described as a carpenter, was placed in the dock, charged with committing a rape on Elizabeth Carey, a married woman. The details of the case were quite unfit for publica tion ; but it appeared that all the parties, who led a very loose life, lived in the same house together, and there being reason to suppose that the woman was a consent ing party, the prisoner was acquitted. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Job Coleman, a respectable-looking man, was indicted for forging and uttering a forged receipt. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry defended. The facts of the case were these. The prosecutor is a hay salesman, and the prisoner is a cow-keeper in Union-street, Hackney. There was, it appeared, a run ning account on the part of prisoner, who bought hay of prosecutor, but did not pay for all he had. In Octo ber last he bought some hay, and paid 4/. 10s. on ac count. This was paid to prosecutor's salesman at Smithfield. The account ran on until the present year, when, in June, an action was brought before the Secondary, Mr. Potter ; and prisoner being examined, under the new act, on his own behalf, and then produced a receipt for the amount then claimed, and which had been standing for some time, and swore that he bad paid the amount to the prosecutor's wife, and that a man named Whalley, who was the prosecutor's agent, gave the receipt. The verdict in the action was given for plaintiff, and the document impounded. The cross-examination now leaving the matter in some doubt as to whether the matter was not a mistake, the jury instantly acquitted the prisoner. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gurney.) Frederick Henry Thonl,pson pleaded guilty to an indict ment for bigamy. It appeared that the parties bad been married at Nor wich. The prisoner had married his first wife 16 years ago, and that she had left him to live with another man 10 years ago. The prisoner had married his second wife four years ago. The Judge asked who had instituted these proceedings. The second wife, a pretty young woman, with a child in her arms, said that she did. The Commissioner—You knew he was a married man ? Wife —Yes ; but his wife lived with another man. The Prisoner—Yes ; and we lived for many months in the same house. The wife admitted that it was so. The Prisoner—Yes ' my lord ; and they (the second wife and her mother) have taken all my things. The Commissioner said it was clear that the first wife had not suffered any harm, and ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned for 14 days. EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE AT A SUGAR RE- FlNER'S.—Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the London Hospital on view of the body of Johanna Deiderick Cordes, aged 50 years, a sugar refiner, who lost his life under the following cir cumstances :—lt appeared that the deceased was in the service of Messrs. Hall and Boyd, the sugar refiners, of Breezer's-hill, Ratcliff-highway, and on Saturday, the 30th ult., deceased proceeded with a lighted candle to clean out a tank filled with charcoal. The morning was dark, and on removing the lid he placed his legs inside the tank, when the foul air ignited, and blew the de ceased backwards about ten feet against a brick wall. The deceased was found by Hermann' Henckin and John Buck in a dreadfully disfigured state, being burnt over the arms, face, and body to a considerable extent. He was taken home, and subsequently was conveyed in a cab to the London Hospital, where he lingered and died on Saturday evening last. Mr. Horace K. Debenham, the house surgeon, stated that the deceased was admit ted with extensive burns on the body and limbs, which caused death from shock to the system. The jury re turned a verdict of "Accidental death." THE DYERS' STRIKE.—The strike of the operative dyers still continues. A placard has been published by Messrs. W. Andrews and Sons, of Ardwick, reporting a conversation which took place on Saturday last, between a master dyer and one of the finishers on strike, " show ing the inconsistency of the rules of the Operative Dyers' Association." The facts alleged in it are, that the union will not allowthis man to continue working for his former employer, at the old wages of 245. a week, which Messrs. Andrews still offer, but allows him to go to work for Messrs. Dewhurst at 235.. If this be so, we do not know on what principle the union can justify its proceedings, nor do we know how so many intelligent men can be tamely induced to submit to such unreasonable dictation. An operatives' association, which compels a man to work for a shilling a week less than his employers are disposed to pay, is a very doubtful friend to the opera tive class. It is stated also that above 300 fresh hands have already been taken into the trade in consequence of this strike. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—IMPORTANT NEW REGULA TIONS.—The Customs' authorities, having considered the effect of a regulation recently adopted, by which passengers arriving from the continent by steam-vessels in the River Thames, having only one package of bag gage each, and not containing any article liable to duty, may have the same examined on board the vessels be tween Gravesend and London, in cases where the ne cessary accommodation shall be provided by the owners or master of the vessel for the examination, and being of opinion that the measure may be extended to pas sengers having more than one package of baggage, pro vided the packages shall not contain articles liable to duty, and time will admit of the examination being made during the passage between Gravesend and London, subject to the following regulations, viz. : —The pro prietor to be present during the examination, and see the packages re-closed ; the officer to place over the mouth of each package an adhesive label, to prevent the seine being re-opened whilst on board, and the packages to be then placed under the charge of a tide-waiter, until the vessel shall arrive at her destination ; the packages thus examined to be landed on arrival under proper su pervision before any other baggage, and in the event of any label having been removed or effectually torn, the package to be sent to the baggage warehouse for re-ex amination ;—orders have been issued for the officers to govern themselves in the matter accordingly, observing that the original arrangements as regards the immediate disposal of the baggage of passengers having one package only is still to be carried out, and that any packages containing articles liable to duty are to be sent to the baggage warehouse, in conformity with the existing practice. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. There is not much variety in the original co lumns of the Paris journals. The leading articles of the Constitutionnel and the Pays aro on the fete of Napoleon, and are, of course, full of expressions of satisfaction at the circumstances under which it has taken place. The greater part of the other journals abstain entirely from comment on any subject. The Union has an article on the Eastern question, in which it again declares that the Em peror of Russia must become paramount in the East, and this because, according to the Union, there is no cohesive and exclusive principle of faith in Europe by which the march of Russian ortho doxy can be checked. It is difficult to understand clearly what the Union means when it attempts to illustrate its arguments, but it is pretty clear that this journal does not think it possible for anything great or good to be done except by persons of its own party at the head of power, aided by the priesthood, which it also represents. It is stated that the Emperor and Empress leave Paris to-day for Dieppe. An application has been made to the Directors of the Northern Railroad for the Imperial Carriage, which was used at Com piegne, to convey their Majesties to that place. The Archbishop of Paris and the Abb6 De guerry, have, on the proposition of the Minister of Public Instruction, been created by the Emperor Officers of the Legion of Honour. In the army, Generals de la Hitte and Bergere, and Vice- Admiral Grivel, have received the Grand Cross, and Generals Lafontaine, Vache de Tournemine, Allouveau de Montreil, and MacMahon, are raised to the grade of Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour. The Moniteur states, that at the diplomatic din ner given on Monday, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the health of. the Emperor of the French was proposed by the British Ambassador, and that the toast was enthusiastically received by the guests. _ _ The Moniteur publishes further accounts from the departments of the celebration of the fele Napoleon. They all state that considerable enthu siasm was displayed. An Imperial decree promotes to the rank of General of Division Count de Fitte de Soucy, Gene ral of Brigade.' Colonel - Desmarest, of the staff, has just quitted the command of the sub-division of Orleansville, and arrived in Paris, to occupy the post of first aide-de-camp to Prince Napoleon. The Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday signed, with the Marquis d'Antonini, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the Two Sicilies, a declaration regulating questions relative to the arrest and delivery of sailors desert ing from the vessels of the two nations. Letters from Toulon state that 500,000 rations are being prepared in the arsenal of that place for the use of the fleet at Besika. The Montebello has arrived at Toulon, and the Jena has left that port to take the place of the Friedland. A letter from Brest, of the 13th, announces that the steam corvette the Infernal had arrived there from Cherbourg, and was being placed on the war footing. The Bourse opened freely yesterday, with every appearance of a further rise in the price of public securities. The announcement of a decline in the price of Consols in London produced a re-action, and the Three per Cents„ which opened at 81f. 15c. fell to 80f. 90c., at whic they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen, 1,120 f. ; Havre, 520 f. ; G rea t Northern, 900 f. ; Bale, 367 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 1,010 f.. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 840 f. ; Western of France, 765 f. ; Bordeaux and Cot te, 652 f. 50c. ; Caen to Cher bourg, 627 f. 50c. ; Dijon to Besancon, 560 f. ; Great Central, 558 f. 75e. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 890 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is the note proposed by Redschid. Pasha to be presented to Count Nesselrode : "Knowing the profound interest his Majesty the Em peror of Russia, as well as the great majority of his subjects, take in all that concerns the religion they pro fess, and fully appreciating the motives of that interest, I have great pleasure in communicating to your Excel lency the Firmans which my august Sovereign has pro mulgated towards the end of the Chaban of this year, and to remove all doubt I assure you, on the part of the Sublime Porte, that, reserving to itself the sacred rights of sovereignty over its own subjects, the sincere inten tion of his Imperial Majesty is to secure to the Greek Church in perpetuity the enjoyment of the spiritual privileges and immunities which it may please his Ma jesty hereafter to grant to any other sect of his Chris, tian subjects. I have not the least doubt, in fact, but that the assurances founded on the above-mentioned firmans, which have everywhere inspired confidence, will likewise give satisfaction to Russia." The latest accounts from the Danubian frontier speak of the high state of preparation of the army of Omer Pasha, and the activity of that officer. The state of discipline, it is said, is very severe, every necessary is bought and paid for, and any in sult to a Christian, which rarely occurs, is promptly punished. The munitions of war of every kind are abundant, and of the best quality. There are about 80,000 men now concentrated at Schumla, besides 30,000 irregulars. The health of the troops appears to be much better than that of the Russians, who, it is said, suffer great mortality from typhus. This typhus we suspect to be a fatal form of the malarious fever of the Danube, which is rife at this season. The Turks are chiefly strong in ar tillery and infantry, but are weak in cavalry, this part of their army being few in number and far from effective, whereas it is the strongest arm of Russia in the provinces. Omer Pasha is un wearied in activity, imspecting everything per sonally. Beyond the Danube the agents of Russia are busily employed in getting the Bo yards to sign petitions, praying for the annexa tion of their provinces to the Russian empire— a task by no means difficult amongst that de moralized and mercenary class. The materiel collected for crossing the Danube is said to be in a state of forward preparation. The military ope rations of the Russians, the construction of bridges on the Danube, between Ismael and the island of Tchetal, as well as the erection of fortifications on this island, constitute not only a flagrant violation of the treaties existing between Russia and the Porte, but are decided acts of hostility against the Turkish province of Dobrodja. By the treaty of Adrianople, the islands at the mouth of the Danube are declared neutral. This distinct viola tion of treaty is not unlikly to lead to some out break of hostilities, for we hear that Omer Pasha is about to erect some works also on the island. From all accounts it appears evident that the troops of the Emperor have entered the provinces with a view to a long sojourn, if not of ultimate possession. Their contracts for provisions, their for tified camps, no less than their previous prepara tions, would lead to the same conclusion. The latest news from the West speaks of the acceptance by the Emperor of the terms proposed to him by England and France, though no official confirmation of this has yet reached us. The Turks now declare that they will refuse their adherence to those terms, and begin to talk of their demands, among which the immediate and unconditional evacuation of the provinces stands foremost. The enthusiasm of the people renders the contemplation of a sudden and peaceful termination of the question a difficulty with the Ministers of the Sultan, who fear in ternal disturbances perhaps more even than a Russian war. The war party, which is daily gain ing strength, remembers that in 1828 Turkey, with her raw undisciplined levies, beat back the first invading army of Russia, and although in the ensuing spring she was worsted by an immense army of Russian veterans, headed by the Emperor himself, to which she could oppose but the germ of a regular force, unsupported by those contin gents on whom she depended for aid, but who be trayed her, yet the Turks are consoled by the recol lection of the overwhelming disparity of forces at that time. In 1829 the Turkish artillery amounted to 30 field pieces ; in 1853 the number of field pieces in the camp at Schumla alone amounts to 280. In 1829 the whole force of so-called disciplined troops amounted to about 25,000 men, who had of been under arms many mon th s . At this time there are 80,000 regulars, and 30,000 irregulars concentrated in Schumla. - The Egyptian troops are arriving, and as the preparations continue, and become daily more formidable, the alternative is presented . to a people not unmindful of their early military tary hs tory, either to disband their army , brought _togetheri at an enormous outlay of treas ure, and thus pre pare themselves for future e ncroachmentsand tihne ternal disorders, or by a bolder policy take oe p art of their heoi of Vienna, ancient vien na, chance of inflicting a blo w on their insolent aggres sor, and recoveringjas :m prestige. in the Wanderer of Atheletlt4etrhfr,sotin Jassy, of that the Emperor of Russia has left to the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wal lachia o b e y the summons of the S u lt an , or t o t f t r o e e remain in the Principalities. It was supposed that the Hospodar of Moldavia would proceed to Con stantinople; but, according to a letter from Bucharest, of the 9th, the Divan of Wallachia had requested the Hospodar not to leave the principa lity at a time when his presence there was so much required. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 12th inst. An officer on half-pay had, two days previously, printed and clandestinely circulated a protest against the royal decree confirming the railway grants. The police had succeeded in discovering and seizing the press from which the copies of the protest was struck off, and the officer was expelled the capital. Reports were current at La Granja of an insur rection, and of numerous arrests at Madrid, which were totally unfounded. The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid at 441; Deferred, 23 11-16ths. AUSTRIA. The following private telegraphic dispatch has been just received : " Vienna, Aug, 17. " The official journal of this day contains an Imperial decree, taking off the state of siege at Vienna and Prague." The Ministerial Conferences with Count Reek berg and General Benedek relative to Lombardo , Venetian affairs have led to gratifying results. The ordinary civil administration and jurisdiction will be shortly restored to a proper footing in these provinces. Martial law will only remain in force for political offences. S W ITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, the 15th inst., states that the Government of Tessin having declared that it would not make any concessions to Austria, the Federal Council does not intend to assume the initiative in renewing negotiations with the ASS" tl inn Government. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTO The Royal Mail stea; Abbot, has arrived off India and Pacific mails, Greytown July 2 Grenada Carthagena June 24 St. Vincent. Chagres July 24 St. Lucia.. Jamaica — 27 Martinique .. Hayti — 28 Guadaloupe.. Porto Rico — 31 Dominique .. Berbice Demerara .. ...... 25 Montserrat Tobago — 26 St. Kitts Trinidad — 26 Tortola .. Barbadoes - 25 St. Thomas The Parana brings 76 passengers, and on freight specie value 767,576 dollars, of which 157,818 are in specie, 306,172 in gold dust and in bars, 303,585 in silver, in bars • also 265 serons cochineal, 142 serons indigo, 64 bales sarsaparilla, 5 cases sue cades, 152 serons bark, 15 packages copper ore, and 130 packages sundries. The Parana received pratique immediately on arrival in the river. Her sick list contains 37 names belonging to the ship, and 15 from other of the company's ships. Of the 37 cases 13 were bilious remittent fever, 11 of which occurred the day the ship left St. Thomas. The cases in few instances lasted more than four days. A few cases have like wise occurred during the passage home. At St. Thomas the fever had nearly disappeared during the fortnight the Parana lay there. Not a single case of yellow fever took place on board. Every precaution was taken, and the whole of the crew, by Captain Abbott's orders, were encamped on deck under waterproof canvas awnings. The reception and spread of the malady were thus, it is supposed, prevented. Sir William Burnett's fluid was freely used throughout the ship. By the Dutch schooner Isabel, arrived at St. Thomas, news had been received of a most destruc tive earthquake in the city of Cumana, which took place on the 15th of July. The full particulars of the loss of life and property had not been ascer tained, but 800 people are estimated to have perished, and a great part of the city is in ruins. Colonel Paez and a company of artillery perished in their quarters. The disaster is said to have put a stop for the present to the civil war raging in Venezuela. The Kingston, (Jamaica) Daily Advertiser gives the following subjoined account of the catastrophe " By the arrival last night of the schooner General Paez from Curagao we have the distressing intelligence that the city of Cumana, in the republic of Venezuela, was totally destroyed by an earthquake, which took place on the 15th. It is estimated the loss of life exceeds 1,000 souls, and those who have taken refuge at Curagao state that there was not a house standing in the whole city. Cumana is one of the revolting provinces of Vene zuela, having declared against the Government of Presi dent Monagas." From Honduras we learn that the reports of the failure of the cochineal crop are confirmed. No more than 1,200 or 1,500 serons will go to market this season in place of as, many thousand as an ticipated. Hostilities had commenced between the Republic of Guatemala and the province of Honduras, and fighting vas going on near Chiquimula. In consequence of the heavy rains throughout the whole of the Bay of Honduras, it was feared that the mahogany merchants will not get out more than one-third of their cutting this season. When the packet left, business at Belize was quite at a standstill. The heat of the last two or three months had been excessive, and much sickness pre vailed. The Honduras troops were still in possession of the town of Zacapa, which they entered about the same time as they took Chiquimula, between the sth and 10th of July. Fears were entertained of their proceeding to the seaport town of Yzabal to seize any goods which might have lately been imported. Preparations were being made for such a contingency. The Isthmus was healthy when the packet left. The railway from Navy Bay to Babacoa was in good order. Her Majesty's ships Portland, Dido, and Virago (steamer), were lying at Colham when the steamer left. They were preparing to start for. Vancouver's Island; the Portland had returned from Pitcairn's Island, having taken there the Rev. Mr. Nobbs, the missionary. The advices from Jamaica are to the 27th ult. The intelligence conveyed by the Parana, which left this country on the 2d of July, was most fa-, vourably received by the inhabitants generally. The speech of the Duke of Newcastle was published in extenso in all the Kingston journals. The Colonial Standard and the Daily Advertiser, two papers opposed to the Government, were loud in their congratulations on the event of Sir Charles Grey's recal being decided upon. Articles from the London journals, justly condemnatory as they were of the conduct of the Council and Go vernors, were given at length in most of the jour nals. The arrival of the new Governor, Mr- Barkly, was anxiously looked for, and the public anticipated that an end would be put to existing difficulties when he arrived. According to a cal culation made by the Morning Journal, the organ of Sir Charles Grey, 160 prisoners had up to the latest date been liberated without the slightest cause, inasmuch as the contractors generally wer e willing, nay anxious, to continue their supplies en credit. Stronger language than that employed in condemnation of the conduct on the part of the Government has never, perhaps, been used by th e island press, and but one paper in the whole count try attempts to defend the course pursued. Ther e is no general news from the island. The all-en: grossing topic was the dead-lock, and nothing respect to it had transpired. The heat was verY great, and rain much wanted; but the yellow fev er was fast subsiding. De Cordova's Mercantile 1 .0 " telligencer has the subjoined review of the Jamaic a ' markets : " Oar market has been rather quiet than otherwise during the fortnight, very little speculative inquiry having been manifested ; indeed, with the exception nt the operations in flour and pork, trade had been entirely confined within the ordinary limit. The intelli gence brought by the packet on Saturday, and the pr° 7 _ pect which it holds out of an early resumption of ness by the Legislature, is, however, likely soon to Sa ve an impetus to business, inasmuch as speculators, l o oki S i to the probable reimposition of import duties within 1" few weeks, will come forward more confidently. Sup plies were generally very ample. In the produce In a ket we notice a considerable rise in the value of sugar, particularly of the lower qualiti es , conseque nt on th small stock in factors' hands. Holders of rum, of 'min e h there is a large quantity of the duty- on free article in tut, ql market, evince no d es i re to press their supplies I _ r , trade. It is yet t oo early to expect any coffee to pimento at market, or to offer any positive opinion g ape the extent of th e com i ng crops. S ome r umours ha ve reached us of the Ainsatisfactory appearance of the pimento trees in th e pr i nc i pa l di str i cts , b u t we do n° vouch for its correctness. The first shipment of ( . I . a n i t import ance of copper ore from Jamaica was made 1 s week. The schooner Liley has taken away 80 ton , b from th e M etca lf e (J o b' s - h i ll) m i nes. Th e Demer s papers contain no news of importance. The we'l, til h e o r had be en magn ifi cen t f or agr i cu ltural operations. e...„ canes everywhere looked luxuriant. The planters re n`" plained that the yield of the present crop was indiffteo so that the bulk of the crop would remain over the e latest period of the year. Trade was very dull. Sh i p s Barbadoes was generally very healthy. were loading for England with the last of the crop: Her Majesty's ship Espiegle sailed from ~(1 , town on the 16th of July. The Medea 1att..1.).4 maica on the 23d, and the Megvera on the June. The Buzzard was at Jamaica. The Er ench ships of war Grondeur and Jouvencelle wer The, Guadaloupe, and the Oreste at) Trinidad. Royal mail steamer Avon was in the Spanish Mai all well. The Clyde left St. Thomas for the of of Mexico, quite healthy. The Dee at New _Y s . The Derwent at St. Thomas all well. The b ß a Jamaica, all well. The Medway at Bar b 1 healthy. The Trent was at St. Thornas steamer spanish lost Main,s and ixbuptewrsaosnsheoanithhyerlas left. Two midshipmen, Messrs. Harris Simp son, were among the deaths. when t ttihlep ptl° til± NT, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. n-ship Parana, Captain this port with the West Lnd dates from— July 26 27 28 28 29 - 29 29 29 30 Aug.