The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bowe, and Farren ; Sirs. L. S. Buckingham. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCROOL BALL. ROYAL . PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will he performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of SAR DANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Last Six Nights of the Season. THIS EVENING, JUNE 23, Will be performed TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews After which, A WONDERFUL. WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c. To be followed by TILE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C, Matnews, F. Matthews, It. Iloxby, and Cooper; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Robertson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeete. THIS EVENING, JANE 25, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webs , er, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, raid Bedford, and 0. Smith. Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. After which, NORMA. To be followed by BETSY BAKER. To conclude with TAE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee an! Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Immense Attraction. Celebration of the Anniversary of the glorious 18th of June, by the production of the Grand Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, in commemoration of the great national victory. THIS EVENING, June 25, As during the week, will be performed for the Seventh Time these Three Years, the popular Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATER LOO, reproduced with all its original dramatic, scenic, equestrian, and military effects. To be followed by an incomparable display of Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Circle, supported by the most talented Artistes of the flay,—introducing the Equestrian Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, in her unparalleled Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons, both forward and backward, which is nightly received with deafening applause. To conclude with the successful Hippo Drama of THE. CHASE, er 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 request, Mr. W. Cooke has made arrange ments to give a Series of Two more Grand Juvenile Morning Per formances during the Midsummer Holidays, namely, on WEDNES DAY, Jorm 29, and WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. An entire change 'of Performance, commencing at Two o'clock. Box-Wilco open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Fplendid MENAGERIE, containing a vast number of Specimens of Natural History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting in this country. GODFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. At Dusk a most brilliant display of Fireworks. , HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 41 min. after 4 f Evening 5 min.aft. 5 To-MORROW Morning 29 min. after 5 I Evening 52 min.aft. 5 THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICB, JUNE 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 78 —highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 67 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'81. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and rainy weather. . 0 , 4. ‘ - Q74 0 ) _ , Olll/3A, •.. fi il it ~lb ~4~ 'E ~ LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1853. Resolutely as Turkey has rejected for the fourth time compliance with the arrogant demands of Russia, the .former has, nevertheless, evinced throughout the most amiable readiness to adopt a course at once of candour and conciliation. It is true that the Divan has successively refused the Convention, the Sened, the Note, and the Ulti matum ; but, while doing so, it has clearly ex-_ pressed its willingness to despatch forthwith to St. Petersburgh an envoy extraordinary for -the purpose, if possible, of opening new and more amicable negotiations. Meanwhile, moreover, the SULTAN, in conclusive testimony of his good feeling towards the Christian population in his empire, has issued a remarkable and humane series of firmaus, according to them a perfect equality in all the national rights, pri vileges, and immunities. By these memorable documents, not only have the Rayahs been formally emancipated, but all classes of Christians without distinction—Latins, Greeks, and Armenians—have been placed upon precisely the same footing with the mass of their Mahone tan fellow-countrymen. Nothing, therefore, re mains to be conceded by the Sublime Porte in regard to that grievance which the CZAR, in reference at least to the Greek Church, resolved to vindicate by his arbitrary acts of spoliation and encroachment. Absolutely no pretext whatsoever is left to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, now that the firmans here speci fied have been decreed by the SULTAN, and communicated through the agency of his Ambassa dors to the majority of the European Governments. Under ordinary circumstances, of course, we should be disposed, naturally enough, to anticipate after this the close of all further anxiety upon the sub ject—counting with confidence upon the certainty of a speedy and satisfactory settlement. Under ordinary circumstances we should—but certainly not under circumstances like these, altogether un paralleled. It signifies nothing at this moment that no shadow of reason for hostilities remains to the Russian Government that Govern ment having evinced of late a total dis regard to the dictates of truth and of justice. It has followed too long a line of policy distinguished by its tortuosity and its turpitude, to leave us any hope of its displaying at this, the eleventh hour, any disposition to enter upon a manly and chivalrous course of negotiation. Be sides which, the circular note transmitted by NESSELRODE to the different Russian Ambassadora throughout AChristendom has spoken out too plainly upon this point to admit of one instant's misapprehension. That sophistical document, it will be remembered, conveys, among all its ingenious casuistries, several bold and insolent announcements. It declares that, " after having exhausted the last possible conces sions, the EMPEROR is now compelled to insist on the unconditional acceptance of the draft of the note"—it grants to the Porte " a reprieve of eight days "—and, it insists that, before the expiration of that interval, the Divan shall yield entirely to the demands of the ultimatum. Now that the eight days have expired, and that " the draft of the note " has been formally and finally rejected, it can hardly be supposed that Russia will allow of any modulated compro mise, especially after solemnly declaring that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has " exhausted the last possible concessions," and particularly after stating yet further, that " Russia cannot yield another step, unless it be at the cost of her politi cal importance." No : the Gordian knot has now to be severed by the edge of the sword—the CZAR having, according to his own showing, vainly endeavoured to have it loosened amicably ! Honesty has nothing whatever to do with the policy of the Russian Government. The princi ples of truth and justice have been expunged from the tablets of its diplomacy. Hypo cr i s y and dou ble-dealing have long been the main-springs of its intricate and elaborate policy. And now that the base ness of its scheme has at length been brought to light, it were insanity to calculate upon its adoption in the moment of disgrace of a more honourable 1 :72 13 _g towards contemp orar y G overnmen t s . It tu the groove of its evil --a destiny groove of its ___ own construction a groove from w hi c h it were " Lu i r u r : d us enee to look ana for its easy ex t r i ca ti on . the 6U 4 - interest alone can a c t ua t e of the counc ils whether these and it remains to be seen wh sufficiently infl uen ti al to motives will be induce him to a ll ow of Austrian inte r mediation. _regarding Lookin g so l e l y to his recent declarati ons , es we sho u ld b e dis posed to cry out—a/ea j ac t, e matters n c il e _ as at this juncture beyond th e reach f mr eo inent. Nevertheless, we should be inclined, on the other hand, to augur differently, from our A re membrance of his past reputation. potentate hitherto so wily and cautious, cannot be expected to plunge blindly or unthinkingly into a War with Turkey, in which the Sublime Porte would be aided by the maritime, and possibly also by the military, armaments of both the French and English Govern mote. However this ay be, the two countries, supporting the Divan and the Sultan ABD-111, MEDJID, are prepared for any emergency. The signal of conflict can come alone from the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh—that signal the invasion of the Danubian Principalities. More than ordinary interest was last night dis played in the House of Commons in reference to the adjourned debate on the India Bill. Extra ordinary animation was perceptible on every side. There was, if not a very numerous, at least a re spectable, attendance ; and, in place of the listless and apathetic indifference exhibited during all the previous discussions, there was, at least, an ap pearance of attention, as if Hon. Gentlemen had been suddenly awakened to the vast importance of the subject, the magnitude of the interests involved in theresults, and the onerous nature of the duties im posed on them. Our Eastern fellow-subjects would have felt grateful for such a display of feeling. But a further examination would have dispelled the illusion, and occasioned very different sensa tions. They would have discovered that it was not a desire to promote the welfare and happi ness of 150,000,000 of human beings that had created the excitement. No, the justice or ex pediency of the various provisions of the measure were comparatively disregarded. The object was to hear a Parliamentary star of the first magni tude. A Gentleman, who, by the sound. ness of his reasoning, the grace of his dic tion, and the brilliancy of his eloquence, might be expected to cast new light on the subject —to invest it with an unusual charm. It had been whispered about during the morning that the poet, the historian, the orator, had declared his intention of taking a pro minent part in the debate, and the announcement insured the attendance of a crowded auditory, anxious to enjoy the promised treat. Greater anxiety could not have been displayed by a fashionable audience to witness the appearance of a new performer from whom much was antici pated, or for the rising of the curtain for the pantomime at one of the transpontine theatres on a boxing night. Indeed, there was a great impatience to dispose rapidly of all the preliminary matter, and to get at once to the attraction of the evening at the Imperial Palace of Westminster, as there could have been at the Victoria or at the Surrey Theatre. The veteran Member for Montrose, who had moved the adjournment of the debate, was in possession of the house, but he was treated with scant courtesy, his rising being the signal for vehement and reiterated demands for " MACAU LAY," which were, however, as ineffectual as those of the Surrey sight-seers, for the adjournment of George Barnwell, and the immediate com mencement of the Pantomime. The veteran stood his ground manfully—sturdily insisted on his undoubted privilege, and administered a sharp rebuke to the malcontents who had ven tured to encroach upon his rights by endeavour ing to change the usual and recognised routine of the proceedings. He, therefore, chiefly from the respect due to his long services, obtained a hear ing ; but there was considerable uneasiness ex hibited during his speech, and great relief on his resuming his seat, and the rising of the hero of the evening, the Hon. Member for Edinburgh. It is unnecessary to say that Mr. MACAULAY delighted and instructed the Assembly. When did lie do otherwise ? He spoke on a subject respecting which he had considerable experience, and access to unusual sources of information. Although the champion of the double government, he could not be regarded as exclusively advocating the in terests either of Cannon-row or Leadenhall-street. He had been a member of the Legislative Council of India, but his appointment was ascribable to the Board of Control rather than to the Direc tors, and the code of laws which he had so laboriously prepared had been practically shelved by the latter, and he had no place in the Government, of which so many of his quondam colleagues were members, but which could scarcely be denominated that of "All the Talents" ,while his claims were disregarded. It was, therefore, thought that his information would be impartially as it would unquestionably be eloquently put for ward to persons of all parties who were disposed to listen to his arguments with respectful attention, and to give them the weight to which they might be entitled. The result, however, was scarcely in accordance with the previous anticipations. The Right Hon. Gentleman was brilliant and Sffective as usual, but still there was a feeling of disappointment when his speech was concluded. He astonished, but he did not convince, his audi tors. He was, in fact, labouring on an un grateful subject, one w hi c h th e most per suasive orator could scarcely hope to elevate to a respectable or attractive position. It would have been otherwise had he been on the other side—declaiming on the absurdity of the existing system—depicting the griev ances under which the myriads of inhabitants of these extensive dominions have so long been suf fering, and demanding justice for the victims of misgovernment and maladministration. His fancy was enchained by the nature of his subject. Excus ing the backslidings of Directors was not a suitable topic for his genius, and even if, as he toldus, "a single incompetent collector of the revenues, who, under that humble designation, practically wielded the gigantic powers of a pro-consul of a province— could do more mischief than six incompetent direc tors at home," why should we, on that account, consent to the appointment of parties for whose efficiency or fitness there was no guarantee, how ever trifling. Mr. MACAULAY omitted to assign any reason why the administration of affairs in the Anglo-Indian empire should be handed over to the proprietors of East India stock, or what claim they could possibly put forward to the retention of the patronage and power which might just as well be bestowed on the Court of Aldermen of the City of London, or the Marylebone Vestry, as on the Board of Directors. His speech, able and elo quent as it undoubtedly was, failed to satisfy the disinterested and independent members as to the expediency of adopting the make-shift proposition, and tended more to establish the propriety of postponement than any that had previously been put forward on either side of the question. Oh ! the cunning and adroitness of priestcraft ! We never saw a specimen of it more worthy of the age of pious frauds than that of which Lord SHAFTESBURY has been made, let us hope unwit tingly, the tool. The Dissenters, we perceive, are up in arms already, and we do not wonder at it. Lay Churchmen will certainly join them, and that promptly, unless the mere detection of the trick be sufficient to prevent its success. We have had too many exposures of Episcopal avarice lately to wonder at anything ; yet we confess we were un prepared to find it creeping along a bye-path of intricate clauses in a bill to the gates of new cemeteries, and seizing the keys till it had made its own terms with the proprietors. To find it literally empowering bishops to prohibit the burials of Dissenters, as well as of Churchmen, in cemeteries obtained by the money of both, till a scale of fees, satisfactory to the Right Rev. Prelates could be wrung out of the harassed managers. Lord SHAFTESBURY'S Bill sent down from the Lords, and now awaiting its second reading in the House of Commons, seeks most commendably to give Local Boards of Health power to close over crowded churchyards, and to provide public burial grounds. The 4th clause enables the Boards to make bye-laws, relating, amongst other things, to the compensation of ministers, and others, and for fixing the fees. These bye-laws must be made in accordance with the Board of Health Act of 1848, and must receive the sanction of a Secretary of State. Mark now, unsuspecting reader, the first trick. It is not deemed sufficient that the Secre tary of State, a person responsible to Parliament, before whom as an impartial judge the episcopal and lay disputants could plead, should be the final arbiter : the Bishop of the Diocese, respon sible to no one, must approve them too, before a corpse can be interred either in the consecrated or the unconsecrated part. There is, however, no clause distinctly and oPonly requiring the double sanction. It would havearoused uxira . ediate oppoition had the re- 1 sponsible Secretary, and the irresponsible Bishop, been avowedly stationed at the cemetery gates with equal powers to send back the hearse and the sorrowing relatives. Ecclesiastics manage better than that. No ; it is the secret but holy matrimony of two clauses which brings this usurious power into existence. Ono of them provides, very plausibly—though even here the Secretary of State ought to be the final judge—that all bye-laws concerning " the con secration of the burial-grounds, the burials of Churchmen, compensation of clergymen, affected by the prohibition to bury in the old over-crowded grounds, shall be approved by the Bishop of the Diocese." But the mate of this avaricious clause is another which requires part of all such grounds at least to be consecrated, but prohibits all burials, even in the unconsecrated part, till the Bishop has consecrated the other part ! Dissenters may not inter in unconsecrated ground till the Bishop has brought the unlucky local managers to such terms in regard to com pensations and fees as an Episcopal conscience may dictate ! Now we protest against all this as low chicanery, and as a gross imposition on both Churchmen and Dissenters. The whole sys tem, indeed, of supporting clergymen by fees for religious ceremonies, is wholly unworthy of Protestantism, and most revolting of all is the clerical tax on the mourners for interring their dead the tax on death and corruption by the preachers of Life and Immor tality. Taking the thing as it stands, then, why not leave it to the local authorities to agree with chaplains to perform the requisite services, on terms satisfactory to both parties ? Why, if consecration is made compulsory, not make it also compulsory on the Bishop to consecrate, when required, at a reasonable charge ? He is a public officer, and ought to be obliged, on reasonable terms, to fulfil the duties for which he is put in office. As the case stands, what with Dissenters, and those who are perfectly indifferent whether they are buried in consecrated ground or not, in large towns, to which almost exclusively this Act applies, the majority desire no con secration of any portion of the ground. Yet this majority has to bear, with the minority, the heavy costs of compensations, consecration, and building a chapel for the clergyman (the Dis senters being, however, forbidden to use it), be sides being refused permission to bury their dead till the irresponsible Bishop has haggled the last penny out of the representatives of the unfor tunate ratepayers ! If this be not to degrade our Church, and to expose one of her most beau tiful services to dislike, we know not what is. We only add our wonder that, at this time of clay, Bishops, or any one else, dare incur the hazard of detection in such a one-sided and selfish legislative juggle. Bishops, as well as Indian Administrators, must be made more directly responsible for their official conduct. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court, at 2 o'clock, yesterday after noon. Prince Lucien Bonaparte, attended by the Count Walewski, the French Ambassador, and his Aide-de camp in Waiting, had an audience of Majesty. His Highness was introduced by the Earl of Claren don, K.G., the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Sir Alexander Malet, Bart., her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, was pre sented to the Queen, at an audience, by the Earl of Clarendon. Her. Majesty was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord-in-Waiting, and Major-General Berkeley Drum mond, Groom-in-Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo nel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, preE:ded yesterday morning at the Council for the lianagement of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo nel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, left Buckingham-palace at 20 minutes before 4 o'clock yesterday eeternoon for the Camp at Chobham. His Serene Highness the Prince of Rolicnlohe Lan genhourg arrived in town on a visit to the Queen yes terday afternoon, at a quarter before 4 o'clock, from the Continent. The Prince drove to Clarence-house, St. Jmnes's, and visited the Duchess of Kent. Her Royal Highness afterwards accompanied the Prince to Buck ingham-palace, where his Serene Highness remains on a visit. The Queen, accompanied by the Queen of Hanover and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg► Gotha, took a drive yesterday afternoon in an open landau and four. The Equerries-in-Waiting, Lord Aif-ed Paget and Lord Charles Fitzroy, attended on horseback. His Royal 'Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, visited the Provident Institution in St. Martin's-place on Thursday. Mrs. Kemble Sumner, of the United States, and Mrs. Ray and Miss Ray, of the United States, were presented to her Majesty at the Drawing-room on Thursday, in the general circle, by Miss Wilcocks, niece of the American Minister. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on Thursday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount. Edgcumbe, Baroness de Wangen- heim, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, and Baron Treskow. His Highness Prince Lucien Bonaparte, attended by the Ambassador of France and Major Cavagnari, after his audience of the Queen yesterday, upon his arrival in this country, paid visits to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at their respective residences. Mr. Samuel Morley and the Rev. J. H. Hinton had an interview' with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residerice in Downing-street, as a deputation from the friends of Voluntary Education, in relation to the Government Education Bill. A deputation from the parish of St. Paul, Shadwcll, consisting of the Rev. Benjamin Cox Sangar (rector), Messrs. Robert Charles Taylor, and Samuel Jeggins (churchwardens), and Mr. Peter Mellish (vestry clerk), had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation on the subject of the privileges of the town of Duinbarton in reference to the Clyde navigation had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell on Thursday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Mr. Alexander Hastie, M.P., Mr. Bouverie, M.P., Mr. Smollett; M.P., Sir J. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Denny, chief magistrate of Dumbarton, and Mr. Win toqi, senior baillie of Dumbarton. A - deputation of bankers, accompanied by the Earl of Eglinton, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Sir James Matheson, M.P., Sir. James Anderson, M.P., Mr. J. Fergus, M.P., Mr. W. Lockhart, M.P., Mr. Archibald Hastie, M.P., Mr. Alexander Hastie, M.P., Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., Mr. George Duncan, M.P.., and Mr. Charles Cowan, M.P., bad an interniew with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The bankers were—Messrs. George Forbes, James Robertson, W. Kennedy, George Read man, William Brand, and David Smith, with Mr. John Richardson (solicitor). FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.— Her Ma jesty, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Baroness Wangenheim, Baron Treskow, the Marquis of Ormonde, and Lord Charles Fitzroy, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, accompanied by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, also hon oured the theatre with their presence. Her Majesty the Queen of Hanover, with the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Baron Malertu and the Countess Decken, honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F. Hancock with a visit yesterday. The St. Pancras, Marylebone, and Paddington Free hold Land Society has just effected the purchase of another estate in the suburbs of London, eligibly situated at Notting-hill. ST. PETERSBURGII.—The advices from St. Peters burgh yesterday reach to the 18th inst., at which date the quotation of exchange was slightly lower—namely 38d. The tallow market was very firm, and the appearance of business generally did not indicate alarm. The proba bilities, however, of the war question were less known than in London or Paris. From Odessa the accounts state that transactions were pursuing a regular course, and that no interruption seemed to be apprehended. APOTHECARIES' HALL. —Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and pract:ce of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, June 23, 1853 :—William Kaylet Curtis, Harting, Petersfield ; Horace Kersey Debenham, Norton Suffolk ; Edmund Chapman ; Christopher Deighton, Edinburgh ; Fergus Armstrong, Appleby, Westmoreland ; William Robert Faur Marchant, North Curry, Somersetshire ; Joseph Ferguson Lindley, Staleybridge, Lancashire. BRIGHTON AND HOVE REGATTA.—The programme is finally determined on; and prizes to the amount of 4501. will be offered for competition.--Brighton Gazette. THUNDER-STORM AT MANCHESTER.—Between 5 and 6 o'clock on Thursday evening a terrific storm of thunder passed over Manchester, accompanied by drenching showers of rain. The peals of thunder followed closely upon the flashes of lightning, and five or six people re siding in cottages in Bradford-road, at the north side of the city, sustained injury from the lightning. Some of them were blinded for a time, and one man was knocked down and his limbs were paralysed for several hours. In another part of the city a servant girl was struck on the left arm, and was unable to use it for nearly an hour afterwards. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25 0 1 erA. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. Tho British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins, arrived in our river this forenoon with the usual mails from the United States and British North American posses sions, aboutl6s passengers, and specie to the amount of $525,000 on freight. By this arrival advices have been received from New York to the 15th inst., being 4 days later than were received by the Atlantic on Tuesday last. The Arabia reports having passed the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia off New York, on the day of her departure ; the Asia left Liverpool on the 4th inst. The intelligence received respecting the late riots at Montreal announces the fatal termination of 12 cases amongst those who had been wounded by the military, yet, notwithstanding the unfortu nate occurrence, Father Gavazzi had received an invitation to lecture again, when a continuation of the late disgraceful proceedings was anticipated. The Royal Commissioner to the American Exhi tion has left New York on a visit to Philadelphia, and it was expected would afterwards make a tour through Canada. COMMERCIAL. The reports respecting business are generally favourable, a fair amount having been transacted, whilst throughout the country trade is reported to be on the whole in a satisfactory condition. Since the departure of the Atlantic the money market at New York has been very easy, money being plentiful, and consequently obtainable at moderate rates, which has greatly facilitated the extension of commercial operations. For all descriptions of stocks a tolerable active demand existed, prices in general being well sup ported. The market for bread stuffs was inactive, few transactions having taken place in consequence of a disposition on the part of holders to hold back until the reception of further advices from Eng land. The following are the quotations :—Western Canal flour 4 dols. 50 cents to 4 dols. 621 cents per barrel ; Gennessa prime wheat 1 dol. 26 cents to 1 dol. 28 cents per 60 lbs ; Indian corn, round yel low, 66 to 68 cents per bushel. The cotton market at New York was reported to be in much the same inactive condition as was stated by the last advices. • In foreign exchanges but little business had been transacted ; bills on London were quoted 109' to 109/ ; Paris, 5 131 to 5 15 ; Hamburgh, 361 to 36 ; Bremen, 79/ to 79i. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet Madrid, Captain J. Weeks, arrived here this morning, with the usual Peninsular mails, and dates from Gibral tar 14th, Cadiz 15th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto and Vigo 20th inst. The Madrid brings 70 passengers, among whom is the Hon. Mr. Elliott ; and on freight specie value 5001., 18 barrels of d a t es , 57 ca ses of e ggs , 12 cas k s o f wine, 280 boxes of oranges and lemons, 148 packages of potatoes, 72 baskets of green peas, and sundry merchandise. By this 'packet we !iave Lisbon letters •of the 19th, with three days' later news than that received by the Banshee. A party favourable to the Government and its railway project had met with no kind of support at the general meeting of the Bank of Portugal shareholders, who referred the report of the directors to the same committee as had previously offered every resistance to the 'Ministry. It appears the Portuguese Ambassador has been instructed to briog the case of Ambriz before Lord Clarendon, and to claim the sovereignty of that point upon the ground of Portugal's having formerly had there a fort, and continued at various times since to levy taxes and exercise other territorial rights. The Lisbon exchange for three months' bills on Lon don had been rather fluctuating ; some takers required 54 8 , and although small amounts were done at 541, the principal business was at 54k, and a few bills remained over at that rate. On other places a limited business had been done, at 528 on Paris, Ilimburgb 481, and Genoa 526. Portuguese 'Five per Cents. are - quoted 401 to 41 ; Four per Cents., 32 to 321 ; Bank of Por tugal Shares, 172 t o 173 niircis discount per share, in Lisbon bank-notes, which were at 21 per cent. discount; Oporto Bank Shares, 4 to 5 per cent. premium in metal. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The entries fur the last match of the season—on Thursday next — , are as follow : FIRST AND SECOND CLASS. Yachts. Tons. Owners. Phantom Musquito • 50 Margaret • 2d5 Tartar 3t Fleur-de-Lis Volante... THIRD CLASS, Kitten ll ____. T. Harvey, Esq. Vesper Vampire The distance will be from }kith to the Nore Light and back, and the Meteor steamer will leave London hridge at nine in the morning, to accompany the race. MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILTVAY. A special meeting of this company was held at Man chester yesterday afternoon, under the standing orders of the House of Lords, to afford the proprietors an op portunity of• affiimin,g the bill for making the Barnsley branch in the form it had come from the Commons. Lord YARBOROUGH, in taking the chair, explained that this bill was originally one for making a branch to Barnsley and extension to Cudworth, but the com mittee had cut off the Cudworth extension, and find ing that without the Cudworth extension they could make a branch to Barnsley cheaper than that pro jected, a new lint was surveyed, by which three quarters of a mile would bo saved in length, and a cost of 40,0001. to 45,0001. avoided. For this the bill now produced would provide, and it also took an extension of time for making the new Sheffield station at the lower part of the town. His lordship then read the marginal references and submitted a resolution approving of the bill. Mr. WILD wished to know what necessity there was for the new station at Sheffield, and expressed himself dissatisfied at spending more money on a coal branch to Barnsley at a time when their revenue would only pay a dividend on 500,0001. of their capital. One of the o.!rectors, Mr. Thomas Greig, in 1848, advised them not to make this branch, saying coal branches never paid. He (Mr. Wild) should I;ke to know whether he held that opinion now, and if not, why he had changed his opinion. The CHAIRMAN said he could not say why Mr. Greig had changed his opinion, unless it was that he saw there would be a profit in this branch. However, he had Mr. Greig's proxy in his pocket, which showed what his opinion now was. (Applame and laughter.) He (Lord Yarborough) was satisfied that the coal required for this city would render it worth while to make ne branch, besides which there would be a fair amount of passenger and goods traffic. Mr. M'Tomi said Mr. Brassey at one time offered to make this branch, and asked why he was not allowed to make it. There was to have been a great development of traffic at the Barton and New Holland ferries, and at Grimsby ; but he feared the shareholders had been greatly disappointed in these, as they would be i n th e coa l b ranch to Barnsley. Mr. Carr had told him he could supply three times the quantity of coal he did, but for the want of waggons, and he (Mr. M'Turk) thought the company should find waggons to develop the traffic ready to hand before they made new branches. Mr. WILD repeated his question about the Sheffield station, and asked what was the contract let for ? The 'CuAinmAN said the new station was making by the company itiscilf at Sheffield, and not by contract. The station was required for timber IfOM Grimsby. At present, for want of this station, timber had - to be sent up from Grimsby to Hull, and from thence round by the Midland Railway to Shef field. With regard to Mr. M‘Turk's observations, it must be borne in mind that they had never purchased the Barton ferry, which was crown property. It might have been leased, but it was offered at too great a price to justify them in taking it. As to not letting Mr. Brassy make the Barnsley branch, the com pany had found that it could be made with more profit - to work themselves. _ Mr. M TURK asked what were the disputed acco- .ints .on the Woodhead tunnel, but _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that would be iravelling out of - the business of the present meding, which was for a ;specific purpose. A - The motion was then put and agreed tc unanimously. A vote of thanks;was given to Lord Yarborough, for b is services in the chair, and the meeting separated. Cox ON PROPERTY.—A laborious compilation of some it iterest to the wealthier classes of the community--a v olume calculated to prove eminently useful in various di apartments--ha s recently been issued from the press r Mr. Alfred Co; the eminent estate agent, hence forth likely to be a standard authority upon the subject of " Property." The production here referred to, being a goodly volume of 400 pages octavo, is simply 'et Ititled "The Landlord's and Tenant's Guide, at id in reference to the procuring, the occupy ing, and the disposing of estates and houses, to ge.ther with a variety of collateral particulars, may be vi ewed, with all justice, in the light of a substantial compendium of information. As if to completely esta blish the value and importance of the work, the compiler las added to it, in the shape of an appendix, a full and elaborate Gazetteer of Great Britain. So that the volume unites the advantages of a guide with those also of a pzeasel. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) MlNES.—There is a whisper of ' slight differences amongst the smelters ; and some of the parties connected with the " monopoly" are talked of as having receded, or as having threatened to do so. We hope this may be true, as there would then be a chance of the miner get ting a fair price for his produce. At present, it is a farce to call the weekly sales of ores " public ticketings ;" for, supposing the quantity of ores for sales amount to 4,000 or 5,000 tons, the smelting monopolists arrange among themselves previous to the sale which firm shall have the different parcels, and the price to be paid for each ; so that in reality there is no competition what ever. .The low prices now paid for the ores is telling seriously upon the p ro fit s o f t h e m i nes ; for it must b e borne in mind that labour has risen 30 per cent., and material of all kinds 25 per cent. at least, so that, whilst the produce has decreased in value, the expenses of pro duction have greatly increased ; and a mine which a short time since could make a profit of 1,5001. per month upon a return of 1,000 tons of ore, can now barely meet its expenses. We mention these things to show the necessity of the miners awaking from the lethargy which seems to possess them. Very little alteration has taken place in the share market, and sel lers preponderate. 111 the Metal Market,--Iron continues in a very healthy state : rails being in, good general demand, and one of the Welsh manufacturers in the market as a buyer for early delivery. A fair business also doing in Scotch pigs. It being officially announced that Mr. Attwood's stock will not be thrown on the market, a better feeling prevails respecting Staffordshire pig-iron. m Swedish iron and S we di s h stee l are more quired for.— In connection with the prospects of the market for copper, it may be useful to mention, that an impression exists that littlo or no copper ore may be expected from Cuba for some time to come, owing to the scarcity of shipping, which - would necessitate the paying at present of very high rates of freight.—Holders of Banca and Straits tin are very firm.—Tin-plates are inactive.—Lead is steady. Ia the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ame rican dollars, 4s. 11gd. per oz. ; Bar Silver containing gold (all gold above 5 gr. in 1 lb. to be paid for), ss. id. per oz. standard ; Bar Silver without gold, ss. Ad. per oz. standard ; Bar Gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Business in the gold mining shares has been extremely restricted, in fact, in some descriptions, not a bargain is recorded throughout the week. Prices, nevertheless, remain fairly supported, the market not being over sup plied, and few sellers offering. On Monday the market was flat, and little disposition wal shown for speculation. On Tuesday more firmness was observable, and some descrip tions closed at a slight improvement. Peel Rivers main tained their advance, but Australian C or dill eras were fl a t . On Wednesday and Thursday a general stagnation pre vailed, and up to the closing of the market, yesterday evening, there was no re-action worthy of mentioning. The arrivals of gold this week have been, the Carnatic, from Sydney, with 19,688 ozs., valued at 78,7001., and the Derwentwater, from Hobart Town, with 700 ozs., of the value of 2,8001. The Sydney journals contains less favourable notices of the gold mining operations of New South Wales.. The sensation produced by the discovery of the monster nuggets at Ballarat had operated against the miner, and induced others to quit their steady field for the more prolific ones of Victoria. Coal has been discovered at Portland, and there are now about 120,000 diggers at Ballarat. In California, the news from the mines was most en couraging. In Scott's Valley the men were averaging from $lO to $l2 per day. On the north and east of Kalamath River 2.nd trail leading to Oregon, very rich and extensive diggings have been discovered. Many very rich mining claims are now in successful operation. This is the only season of the year when water is found at all in these dry diggings in sufficient quantities to extract the gold from its associations. A large lump of ore had been taken of the weight of 9 lbs. 8 ozs., and estimated to be wo r th over 1,000. In Grass alley, mining was very :favourable. At Sonora, great excite ment was displayed on account of the kindly disposition of the workings. On both sides of Walker's River, there are fine wide valleys of superior land, and well watered. The tunnel at Dunglass, Calvera,s county, has been dug 600 ft. in the hill ; it extends 1,100 feet, and has been prospected 60 ft. wide. _ _ - In Miscellaneous Shares, the market has been gene rally flat, without any particular alteration in prices, ex cept in the shares of the Copper Mines of England, which fell 51. per share. On Thursday, Mr. Murrell submitted to auction exten sive silver and lead mines in Switzerland, extending over an area of wpwards of 1,000 English miles. The property included powerul mills for crushing and pul verising the ores, roasting and washing machines, com plete smelting-:vorks, &c. ; but in consequence of the depression in tb,e mine market, no offer was made suffi cient, and the estate was bought in by the proprietor. STATE CIF THE WOOLLEN TRA DE. (Front the _Leeds Mercury of this clay.) The imports of wool into London during the week have been 10,6,3 S bales, of which 2,310 were froth Port Philip, 1,261 . EOTII Port Fairy, 3,971 from Sydney. 2,076 from, 01.3 Cape of Good Hope, 436 from New Zealand, 237 fr, mi. Buenos Ayres, 86 from Belgium, and the rest from G - erniany, In the forei, wool trade the comparatively light stocks both of :oreign and colon" al wools that have as yet appeared in tEe market are being gradually cleared off at recent quo Cations, the manufacturers being the chief buyers. In theEnglisli wool market we have had another flat week as to sales; .of wool; prices tend in favour of buyers. In the Livemo. A wool market trade is very quiet, but as stocks are non at all heavy, we cannot remark nr..leh change in price., Imports for the past week have been —4lB bales Bu en.os Ayres, 72 Rio Grande, 73 Lisbon, 73_Gibra!tar, an.d. 673 Trieste. In the woolle u. trade cf. - Leeds, there was a decided improvement in ie market on Saturday. The demand for nearly all des , criptions of goods was brisk and animated, and a fair quant it rof cloth changed hands.' On Tuesday there was a flat a 3d quiet inarket,and only an indifferent bu siness was transa .ct ed. The trade in the warehouses ha been flat and quiet tl us week for the. home market ; but there are, and have. bt:en, several Canadian buyers in the town (hiring the. :last few days, and the shipping busi ness is conscqu( ar;ly beginning to move a little. RunnEnsFtErm..—We have had about an average amount of busi ne:ts done for the season. Still the mar ket is comparati'.vcly quiet, but manufacturers continue to be well employ ed. New patterns are chiefly looked after, and in an y class of goods meet with purchasers. ROCHDALE )FLANNEL.---There has been a tolerably fair'amount of intsiness transacted in the piece market, at prices much th e-same as those of the preceding week. The wool mar‘klit - continues dull and inactive ; the manufacturer buy very sparingly, and prices aro in favour of the b uyer. ELECTION or ;SHERlFFS.—Yesterday a Common Hall of the Livery of London was held in the Guildhall, for the purpose off nominating and electing two fit and proper pc rsons to serve the office of Sheriffs of London and SI - Leriff of Middlesex. The Lord Mayor, attended by a Large body of aldermen and civic autho rities, entered I;he hall and took the chair at 20 minutes after one o'clock. The Recorder then briefly opened the proceeding 3. The Common Sergeant announced the names of severril persons in rotation to servo the office of sheriff. Mr. I )eputy Peacock came forward and asked that Mr. Turn'tey should be excused from serving during the present ye, sr. (Cries of " No, no.") The name of Alderthan Wir , 3 as the next alderman to serve the office being read, it \ vas received with loud cries of "No, no." The names of ?lir. Norris, Mr. Turnley, and Mr. Shep person having been put to the hall, the show of hands for the two lat':.er gentlemen was almost universal. The sheriff (Mr. Alderman Carter) then declared Mr. Turn ley and Mr. Shtopperson duly elected to serve the office of sheriffs. Sir John Key having been re-elected Cham berlain, addressed the Livery, thank'ng them for the support he had received. The usual officers of the cor poration wero then elected, and the proceedings ter minated. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday, after the Com mon Hail, a Court of Aldermen was held. The election of Mr. Joseph Townley and Mr. Thomas Shepperson as Sherif& was returr.ed to the court, and the report of the Comptroller upon the balance of cash in the chamber vas presented. The Reform Committee of the Court of Common Council presented by the clerk of that court the resolutions the adoption of which they recommended to the Court of Aldermen. They were in favour Qf dis continuing the Aldermanry of Bridge Without, repealing the act of council relating to it, and for abstaining from an election to fill up the present vacancy. Upeil receipt of these resolutions a conference was appointed with the committee, and imm e di a t e l y t oo k p l ace. U pon the re turn of the deputation, a discussion took place, and the resolutions of the committee found little favour. It was at length resolved to fill up the vacancy. Alderman Thompson Sir P. L aur i e , an d Al derman Fare b rother having declined to take the ()Mee, the question was put to Alderman Wilson, who accepted it. The Lord Mayor announced that he would immediately give orders for issuing a precept to fill up the vacancy in the Ward of Castle Baynard, vacated by Alderman Wilson. FATAL T ERAIINA''!ION OF A LUNACY COMMISSION. — Mrs. Cumminv , w h o i t wi ll b e rem embered was some months ago th j e subject of an expensive and protracted cher ommission. ( rig lunatico ence in St. John's-wood, inquirendo, died last Tuesday at 'from physical infirmi- consequent upon her advanced age and the inces sent anxieties to which she was subjected by the lunacy commission, and the further proceedings that were to have take n place thereon but for the intervention of her death. GOVERNORSHIP OF JAMAICA.—It is stated that Mr. Henry Barkley, Governor of British Guinea, who has recently arrived in London, has been offered the gover norship of Jamaica, and is likely to proceed thither almost immediately to. replace Sir Charles Grey. DISTURBANCES BETWEEN WELCH AND IRISH WORK MEN.—Several disturbances have taken place, and the greatest antipathy has been shown, between the Welch and Irish labour ers and workmen employed on the iron works at Nanty Jo, Beaufort, and Brynmawr. This ill will originated in. a severe case of stabbing, which took place in a put dic-house at Ebbw-vale, when, in a drunken brawl, Welchman was severely stabbed in the abdomen. As soon as this outrage was known among the hills t be greatest indignation was manifested on the part of I he Welch against the Irish, and the former employed at the forges and elsewhere showed great hostility. In many places the Irish were pelted with stones, and at Brynmawr a mob of 3,000 Welch men paraded the streets threatening death if the Irish did not leave. Stones were thrown, but the Irish residents immediately left, selling their tools for what they would bring . Hundreds of men were thus thrown out of work. t , nstables were sworn in to preserve the peace. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. A decree in the M oniteur appoints M. de Manpas, senator, to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minis tee Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, in the place of M. A. Barrot. —Anoth er d ecree g i ves the nomination of M. A. Barrot to the Court of Brussels, in the place of M. His de Butenval, who is appointed member of the Council of State. An imperial decree in the Moniteur nominates as members of the Senate M. de Padoue, Councillor of State ; M. Berger, ex-Prefect of the Seine ; M. P. Me rimde Member of the Institute ; an d t h e M arquis de Lavalette, ex-Ambassador. The Emperor has nominated M. Haussman, Prefect of the Gironde, to the place of Prefect of the Seine, in the room of M. Berger, raised to the dignity of Senator.— M. de Mentque, Prefect of the Loire-Inferieure, is re moved to the Gironde ; and Al. Heni; Chevreau, Secre tary-General' of the Interior and Councillor of State unattached to any section, is named to the Prefecture of the Loire-Inferieure. The Moniteur contains a decree from the Emperor, modifying the organisation of the Ministerial Depart ment of the Interior, so as to meet the changes called for by uniting to that department the Ministry of Pollen. The Moniteur contains a report to the Emperor front the Duke de Plaisance, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, insisting on the necessity of laying down more stringent rules for the practice of wearing fbreign decorations in France, and proposing regulations to that effect. The report declares that all decorations, whether called FrenCh or foreign, conferred by'chapters, corpo rations, brotherhoods, or p7etended grand-masters or their delegates ought to be considered illegal, and pun ished by fine and imprisonment. In the same way, the order of Malta cannot be worn by a French subject. un less conferred by a sovereign, and duly authorised by the proper authority in. France. An imperial decree follows, carrying out the suggestions of the report. The market for Government Securities was generally active throughout the day, and, at the termination of business, an advance had taken place in every descrip tion of stock. The concluding quotationS were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 77f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 75c. For the account--Three per Cents., 77f. 20c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 65c. Bank Stock, 2,680 f. No transactions took place in the shares of the Mortgage Bank, which are still quoted at 700 f. ; in those of the Societd Mobilibre, however, there was an advance of 15f., the final quotations being 8,000. There was a considerable movement in affairs at the Railway Share Market, and eventually a general improveme:A had been established in that description of public secu rity. Closing prices : Northern, 890 f. ; OrleanS, 1,065 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 904 f. 50e. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. ; Western, 710 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 470 f. TURKEY. The note which informed the Russian Government of the reception of its ultilr atum was communicated by Reschid Pacha to M. Balabine, Secretary to the Rus sian Embassy, and .only remaining representative of Russia at Constantinople. The note, which is in great part a recapitulation of the previous notes. of the Turkish Government, re-states the reasons of the Sultan for re fusing his consent to any formal act, whether treaty, convention, or. " capitulations," which would sacrifice his independence, by binding him to engagements, not in favour of foreign residents, but of Turkish subjects ; and by according to another power the right of inter ference between him and his people. At the same time, whilst firmly rejecting the ultimatum of Russia, the Porte expresses its conviction that the Emperor's motives can not be otherwise than loyal ; and to prove the high estimation in which she holds the character of the Czar Nicholas, and the truth o f h er b e li e f i n the sincerity of his friendship, she offers to send a special Envoy to St. Petersburg, who shall open fresh negotiations. Letters from Syria announce that the Porte has au thorised the construction of a Roman Catholic church at Antioch. This measure completes the reparation ac corded to .France in consequence of the events of Aleppo. The Porte has declined the offers of services received from Hungarian, Italian, and Polish r e f ugees i n th e event event of a wa r with Russia, having decided on receiving assistance only from English or French officers or soldiers who have received perin'ssion from their re spective Governments. The Turkish Embassy at Paris has already provided several such auxiliaries with the means of getting to Constantinople. From Jassy we learn that two Russian agents had arrived there on the Bth with instructions for the Consul of that nation. The evening before the English Consul had despatched an extraordinary courier to Lord Red eliffe at Constantinople. A telegraphic despatch has been received from Trieste, announcing that on the 16th inst. the Porte had fins: l y rejected the Russian ultim slum. The BUlletin de Pro is has a few lines which are im portant, if they have been inspired by any person quaieted with the intentions of the French Governme it. The Bulletin states that Russia will - be callsd upon by the French Cabinet to declare her intentions openly ; to say whether she is really for peace or war ; if for peace, and she will negotiate sincerely with that view, France will give her co-operation, and do everything in her power to obtain a so l u ti on h onourable to all ; efor war, France, although so conciliating and so anxious to preserve peace, will accept war; but what she will in sist upon is, an immediate decision either for peace or war. She will not adroit of more delay; there has already been too much. This, says the Bulletia, will be the ultinzatu;:, of France. The Independance of Brussels publishes the follow 7 r g from Vienna of the 22d :—" We have received impor tant news from Odessa of the 11th. The fourth Rus sian corps d'arrnee was in readiness to cross. the Pruth. The fifth corps d'arm6e, under the command of General Luders, had orders to march to Ismael. Prince Gorts chakoff, previously military governor of Moscow, had taken the superior command of the two corps. Prince Menschikoff Ras nominated commander-in-chief of all the army of operation and of the fleet." The Presse of Vienna of the 18th contains the follow ing Letters from the Danubian principalities con firm the news that the Russian troops have not yet crossed the Pruth, but it must not be believed on that account that the project of crossing it has been abandoned. The reason why they have not yet gone over is solely that insurmountable obstacles have suddenly arisen by the ovehlowing of the Lower Danube and of all its affluents. The country has become trans formed into lakes, and the mouths of the Danube are so encumbered by sand that the commander of the little fleet stationed there has declared that the operation would present the greatest dangers. Notwithstanding the pacific news, all fears of war have not yet disap peared in the principalities." A letter from Ka"sch, in Poland, 16th says :—" The troops remain in statu quo, and no fresh movements are expected until after the reply of the Ottoman Porte to the ultimatum of Russia shall have been received at St. Petersburg, and submitted to the deliberations of the government." - A letter reom Widdin of the 20th, in a Frankfort journal, says : "The Divan has just ordered the immediate concen- tration pf three corps d'armie. One will take up a po sition on the Danube, at the mouth of the Seref ; the second will cover Varna, as well as the passages of the Balkans as far as Schumla ; and the third is intended to protect the capital. The effective strength of these three corps is reckoned (on paper) at 200,000 men. The most important, that on the Danube, will be from 70,000: to 80,000 strong ; between Schumla and Varna there will be from 40,000 to 50,000 men (the maximum of the disposable ,forees), and Constantinople must be content with from 20,000 to 30,000 at the utmost. Each corps will have a general-in-chief, but the whole will be placed under the command in chief of Mehemet Ali Paella. Namik Paella will command on the Danube, Onier Pacha on the Balkans, and the Egyptian IVleneski Ahmed Pacha on the Bosphorus ; he is expected every day from Cairo. 40,000 Egyptian troops commanded by Soliman Pacha (Colonel Selves), will join the Turkish army of Anatolia, the force of which is estimated at 90,000 men. It will occupy different camps near the Black Sea." A Berlin letter of the 21st, in the Germ - a. Jou, nal, of FrankforL, says :—" The circular of Count Nesselrode is generally interpreted here as favourable to pee •e. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 15th, which hr,ve :arrived here express the hope that the Easter.' qu:-- tion will take a pacific turn. We learn, in fact, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has received a. concilia tory note from that of St. James's, expressing a desire that the Emperor of Russia should submit his preten sions to the deliberations of the great powers. This conciliatory measure of the Cabiaet of St. James's has, it is said, been perfectly well received by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and we are as-ured that this Cabinet is - disposed to suspend the military measures it has adopted against the Ottoman P or t e . Thi s f ac t i s t h e b est guarantee for the maintenance of peace." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th contain no political news of interest. They announce that M. Salvador Bermudez do Castro, brother of the ex-Minister of Finance, was to leave in a few days for Paris and Naples. The Gazette states that the floating debt of the Treasury amounted, at the end of May, to 340,470,997 reals. The 19th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. A decree of the Queen of Spain, bearing the date of June 24, appoints M. Pastor, Minister of Finance ; M. Moyano, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce ; and M. Celderon de la Barca, Minister of Foreign Affairs. PORTUGAL. The expectation of an amicable termination to the dispute between the Government and the Bank of Por tugal has been again frustrated. It is in contemplation to attempt to obtain a temporary loan by pledging the inscriptions recently taken from the Fundo de Amorti zacao. • These amount nominally to 3,000 contos; and are worth about 270,0001. at the present quotations of 40. They have been converted into a Three per Cent. Stock, in virtue of the decree of the 18th December, and are now to be sent over to London. It must be borne in mind that this is the identical fund fund which was first to be applied to the construction of the Northern Railway, and was subsequently diverted to the imaginary line to Santarem. Senhor Fontes has announced to the Chamber of De puties that the contract for the railway will be brought forward immediately, but that the abolition of th e to bacco monopoly will be deferred till the next session in November. - Inscriptions are quoted at 404 ; Shares in the Bank of Portugal are 310,000 ; Exchange on London is 541 for bills at 90 days' date. Oil still ranges at the high price of 601, per tun on board. THE NEW INDIJ BILL, (From, the Times.) n vis:ch g India is, we believe, the only subject oo...sub'rillian Macaulay has brought to a practical pre ~it it t h e at* wit and boundless historical research. l"" sdininistrativ.o ing hitherto of indeed, in India was not of an character, being, in fact, a project for codify h i t herto of the peninsula ; and circumstances have to , e n a t even to unpropitious in the success of his pla . n. h to sP sf up weak kings and bad men. AccoriliusiYueet with simplify laws, is a more practical operatwoc t an e d i s . posed to listen to Mr. Macaulay on this 6 J A „ d yet, feeling of deference as well as adiniratiohn -°-" we feel let ° when we attempt to gather from his speec the fruits of an actual Indian experience, to ill ustr3 l and more that his province is rather or V 3 the past than to csinprehend the present s sonletbis;Pg us to Future. There is, indeed, in 0 decidedly politic as well as picturesque u _ first and principal point. He assuresth :ono the public attention has been too 1" .uestioll,' f last Dig trate(' on a very minor part of the . e a od that of the Home Government. Provide Is e g? Government in India, and it will be able to l ere pri the mandates the remonstrances, and even t° ea se, mands of the ' Government at home. That was L° he says, in his own time; and be intimates th a ; i : s erf probably continue to be so. The India liousne, ' n or near, the Board of Control is still nearer ; n o % "se into own are the old gentlemen and ladies who i 'a b u on i n to own house, and attack you, wherever they c one y la find you, in behalf of some candidate for a v°,7o 611 4 p l a te the Court of Directors. All this occupies; your weak mind; but look beyond - the magnitude, the splendour, and the ru l l o so ya interest of our I n di an E mp i re —and you or forget the G overnmen t a t home. Single, Qiuuor:e- triple, what doe s it ma tt er , so l on g as the Govern sos do neral, the Council, the Courts, and the funetioainepriis their duty? Dep en d on it, one incompetent ors cipled collector, wielding under that modest power of a Pro-consul, will do far more inischrlllere s half a dozen stupid and Jobbing directors. ail!! something so poeti c al, so agreea ble M this v_l s e e ri f to'` question, that it is impo ss ibl e no t to give °n the pleas' so long as Mr. Macaulay assists to keep 1 1 1) o tbel ing illusion. We admit that we would mu Court read his essay on Lord Clive than attend 3 ee zbd the India House, or even go over again th e 51) A 10 Fe delivered there last Tuesday morning. d uty , it that if the authorities in I n di a do their dni , do matters little whether the authorities in L° l3 h , e ti theirs or not. We admit that no political 111 1 ;0; 0 the distance of' 12,000 miles will supply the de,l' e l ii 3 ble , of administration on the spot. All this is lln ; eortli but monthe reasoning is not that which we a chn ' t atter ci t practice. The means are certainly small importance so long as the end is obtai ne i b s 4v when the end is yet doubtful, and dependent ° n il n eillr ness of the means, we think the means not at al, t os important. The Government at home ap points % t t i l e vernment in India, the directors at home app °1 ply collectors in India ; so, in spite of the secon dary stil e which dingy buildings, prosy speeches, fusty °l d , g t e ere t men, threadbare clerks, and endless foolscap m w t 'b e gl° occupy in the contemplations of genius, we m ii ,„ s in eril: remain of the opinion that the Home Gove l ' s „t still an impoitant affair, not for its own sake, LI" means to an end. toe V e° As far as we can derive any p r a c tical al:Tilo in ert' Mr. Macaulay's remarks on the comparative uuthatso mice of the home Government, h e s imply memos we can expect from it is to send out to India Pr — vi sicP young men and sound general principles, from 1141 two descriptions of raw mat er i a l th e a uthorities I n O r ai will manufacture a good local Ad m i n i s tration' sse e it. But what sort of a Gove r n men t a t home's '"" c 10' send out these two things ? Mr. Macaulay e l osbi t , " Double government ! 11 7 11 y, you must have 3 ,, 'Veg government—one in England and one in Calcutt a. , well; we admit an inevitabl e d ua lity so far. B a be ' 0 0l -not admit that because there are t wo there mthstwsl aO than two, or that, becaus e Ciere is one in Ellgi - 0 0 0 : another in India there must also be one in We,stin il l w or' another in Leadenhall-street. All this plai ° o l d evades the real question,—Why are we to allow is or' prietors of East India stock—wh o rea lly have ilo r ieto l4 interest in the prosperity of India than the PMP o ol, i , of South Sea stock or Great W es t ern RailwaY s r e to be more than equal partners with the wh° l ,, e people in the possession and go vernmen t of tr empire ? Why do we perpetuate an i n fl ue nce t°, 3 s , 0 50 .4 wilily leads to much indecent canv ass i n g, to "'deli' . tion of second-rate directors, an d t o th e prepon or of private interest in the distribution of Indian r t o' age ? Why do we deny th e r i g ht of 0 8 .„ oa a holders to choose the Government of Ind' breath, and admit it in the next ? There ra lls i , A t home Government, and it mu s t no t come c jisi 3 ' °, go out with every change of Mi n i s t ry , with 3 , b ero' ," ' in the Commons on the cor n l aws , on th e Irish ‘4, Li t p . on education, or the ballot. Th a t we a dmit. 'del° ask why it is necessary that the constant a nd in , eO l l l dent members of that Governm en t s h ou ld be el ° , Oft certain ladies and gentlemen holding s hares o f deb mortgage on the Indian revenu es , an d so far ee ° :, bly less interested in the pro s p er ity o f India 6 'o l , other creditors ? Call the Cou r t o f Di rec tors th e , e po i cil'of the Indies, and allow it to be not so inuellP: rate body as a useful auxiliary to the Board of „bool —:t still remains to be ask e d w hy two-thirds of t"' are to be chosen by a certain body of stockhold e '" fs ,sed to-have no right to the privilege. re d . The constit u ti on o f th e C ourt o f Di rectors, a n- rs o 0 Aim' to government, must be matters o f prire%'hoOr porta,nce, ev en if th e court d oes no more than the servants of th e company and send out b an e o ! ' t i structions. No one ha s g i ven a more direct tes"'rer, a7 - ainst the court as now constituted, against its:it of patronage, against its obstructive and unpr°s9o,l°' tendencies, and against it s wea k ness, t h an 31-r-,„ O A ' lay himself. Acco r di ng t o him, it would, if 1 1 have ruined Indi a . B u t, h av i ng th us i mp lied 3 6.00.5,:g strong opinion against th e ex i s ti ng cour t an d tution, he does not tell us wh a t we are t o ex pect lt" re new composite court to be created by the bill be re t i" ti house. The vice of the existing system ls til log almost exclusively an a ff a i r o f patronage. °° laCe s e the Directors have so many nominations to P. (1 011 1 such value all else may go to the wall. Little h i ded except finding honourable and lucrative etq l° cl 'for a few hundred gentlemen, who are encourage Or to regard India as their home. That is the ° 11 0 6 1: 11 , 4 r needful ; improvements ; commerce, railroads , 133 dl tures, European influences, religion, being all s e ' d tI matters. That the Direct ors h ave genera lly 1 1 0 0; 4 patronage honourably and judiciously m ay be d if In and that is a gr ea t d ea l, b u t it i s near l y all ; an tn. 44 o were to pass from our pos sess i on to-morrow, the i s • .1 immediate result t o thi s coun t ry wou ld he, o ser.', o of a solvent debtor, an d th e re t ur n 01 hers c :d thousand men to their cou n t r y, w h o w ould ° L dot s either die in India or c o me h ome a t a m uch 3 „ loo se : period of life. Th e p ro p ose d measure , w hile P h i l; two-thirds of the directors elected, as nose, ; i d! ' f t prietors of stock, leaves also to each of then' °`l 3 ,. present amount of military patronage. The ° . ll „ t si P er of Mr. Macaulay's speech that touches this P° l c i t seri, splendid tribute to the pOwer of competition 3 % 0 33 4 1 it manent value of academic distinctions. Wh atl. . h ss the puipose ? This is a question of n ominatl e sv ere i ,, distinguished men enumerated by Mr. Macaulay n olo debted to their i n d us t r y an d their acadenl ic ost ' f it mete any nomination. W e agree w ith hit° t spin child is father of the man, and that the arde n ene il. o f which distinguishes it se lf i n th e camp, in the c i f O a t the senate, or whereve r it ma y b e called ill te g •iiins active life, will generally be found to have disf uj t i t ioll o t itself at school and co ll ege , w h e th er th e competes.Yiro in Latin hexameters or i n th e diff eren ti a l cale u ' a iss' t s our-Universities are open to all the world ; the , 1 0 all the professions of thi s coun t ry —th e churcP h ' n Ine• , medicine, and commerce. Why s h ou ld not "; o cl 51 ' t so service be equally open, with whatever help ids in guards Mr. Macaulay may cho os e to Pr° l3 shape of colleges and examinations ? ENDOWED SCHOOLS.—Last ev street,Ewnas l hel d o n at t ti the e subject Freeman o s f o ns' the T e neallnvia;:dGurbesi3c t iv. l , 2 31 to cetili vA i in _ i g :ou an t d c , ed lr t e o lan ta d k , e a t n b d e A c V h a a l i e r, s. bu S t ir Thomas Wiri f ° rev T ei ll jee'ch3 t 3i f e li ° I.llnigru.n, t p il re a sid la e t d e , r in pe t ri he od ab o s f en th ce e e o v f Nve,.. ll nl l isn r_ gp . Fiw ext apologised for presiding over the meeting on 0 i pt l ' however, that som e s e tr f in th g e ent sion, as he confessed that he not fully 3eclut;fl to evf with all the bearings was s subject. measure put the endowed schools of the countr •in a state rs' eieney, in accordance with the designyof their found vove The Charitable Trusts Bill, it hoped,woul d r b e ut most of the evils of which theywas coinplaiued, thought it did not contain sufficient powers, i e r; yes li via e s w : eeees3 f lel' as in all cases where the income was above stbe Gel); they would still be obli ge d t o have recourse of Chancery. Mr. Turner moved the first rGsolutiel)„,',4o,lB stated that the immense revenues o f the p e c of schools of England, Ireland, and Wales were orclihe available for the benefit of the community, eabeer thewl to the intentions of the various donor s ; ee"th to ti i° number of scholars being co mmensura t o ,$ school incomes, nor the education impart' e olce scholars of a kind suited to the times. il•ei °9 ,1t some length in support of the resolution, poi;., the abuses which prevailed, and the e e g lect these schools, in many cases, were allowed to le' w hic o condemned the kind of education give n in th°lThesele'o, was almost confined to the classics, and therefos be re o i , where a mercantile education was required. 3 ,1 tiot!'er lution was seconded by the Rev. J. Hinton, 3e v co d mously adopted. The next resolut ion, which .11 e,j the appointment of a metropolitan and provincvvi'v, mittee, was proposed by Mr. Heywood, M. s ubj ec ; 4; they were beginning an agitation on a very gre, 80, 0 which would take a very long time to carry ouv $ they wanted was, full information, and be roery. 4 Government would grant a com mission of inclui_*j was clear that though in some instances olteptit grammar schools were not what our ancestors them to be. The resolution was adopted, !:,,/, another resolution calling upon the public to f lbe , , them in their endeavours to secure a reform e,',ed schools. The meeting was afterwards addr es r ! ri ott; Mr. Keye, of Manchester, Mr. Gilpin, and M. u: io ser ° whose observations were chiefly directed to an d lkff e of the defects of the Charitable Trusts Bin, ae u t ui tit Ewart, whb, aftqr some discussion on the be i s • of proceeding, suggested that petitioning Was se t rise e course in the first instance, after which they an interview, by deputation, with Earl Graro l t" P res ident of the Council. The present m eeting e be considered as only preliminary. A committed ceei ultimately appointed to draw up a inenle,c i3l ' 3 o rl oci sli t o sider the further steps to be adopted, Mr. rter v- ss ' several other gentlemen expressing their willingeevole, form part of the deputation to wait upon Earl Gr 3 o 4 ' with a view to learn the intentions of the Gover',o, ee tiSS After the usual compliment to the chairman, thell3 separated? kONE y 'NT tullion D In Rest II Publi c D, I Other De Seven-da D; Qovernni n DI Other Se( Notes tin (ia li y il a l f s te o r f 3 : p c a tc lisc:mtin 4t l fromC l l'lB -t1 1 I 'e u I'2 r t .: , (11h1C1441 : ::1 1 : s ihi n( 10 ,000 ou There vs Stock c, a , 141(1. The En 'with no N The 9911 -uhe New cr own to 1 6 8. premii Foreign 1 0 halo I ,een marl ive per 1 Cents. ha Th, 4 ° bee ,tock‘ and in. ac passive, i doing. The Gc is scared., or the La' tRITISI 3 , Per C en t . Ale v , 3 1 pc C onsols for Xzeliequ 1;1000 2500 Small PRICE Brazilian I Gre nada B Ilex -lean 3 Portuguem N 4wedith Cons( ``^;...