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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jona 25, Will- be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, and Farren ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR sAssue. To be followed by RAPPINGS AND TABLE MOVINGS. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TILEATEE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Jura 25, Wilt be performed. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of BAR. DANAFALUX. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. ROYAL LYCEUM TREATRE. under the Management of Madame Vestris. Last Six Nights of the Season. THIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will be performed TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Mews C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Rosby, and Cooper; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Robertson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL proprietor o ➢ir. B. Webstat —Directress, Madame Celeste. TEIS EVENING, JUNE 25, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Paul Bedford, and 0, smith; Madame Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. After which, NORMA. To be followed by BETSY BAKER. To conclude 'with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and 't eager, 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 commi!moration of the great national victory. THIS EVENING, Awl! 25, As daring 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 follo we d by an incomparable display of Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the Circle, supported by the most talented Artistes of the day,—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—Plustrating 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, June 29, A n d WEDNESD AY, JULY 6. An entire change of Performance, commencing at Two o'clock. Box-ortice 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. Splendid 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. Tam DAT —Morning 41 min. after 4 Evening 5 min.aft. 5 I To-Meaaow—M orn i ng 29 m i n . a ft er 5 Evening 52 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—Sou OFFICE, 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, 39 . 81. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and rainy weather. e • 'ck . f % 0 - * . 41 " .S6il46. l l k v*._g nit Thsk, ca3/4 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 I7lti reatun ; 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 firmans, 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 Mahome 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 nate transmitted by NESSELRODE to the different Russian Ambassadors throughout Christendom 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. Hypocrisy 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 bearing towardsgronve of its Government s . It is in th e evil destiny---a groove of its own constructi on _a e groove f rom w hi c h it were ridiculous to look ana for si f its ea s y ex t r i cat i on. Prudence AUTOCRAT, a l one can actuate the councils of the TOCRAT, and it rem a i ns these to be seen whether sufficiently influenti a l to induce him t o a ll ow of Austrian intermedi a ti on. to his recent declaration s , w e Lclokin should g besoldeilsy ga,r e posed to cry out — alea jacta est—re di ; g matters as at this juncture beyond the reach - Ine pt Nevertheless, we should be inclined, other hand, to augur differently, from ou r on re membrance of his past reputation. A 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 ments. however this may be, the two countries, supporting the Divan and the Sultan ABD-UL 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 th e subject, the magnitude of the interests involved in the results, 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 he 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 effective 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 which the 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 told us, "a single incompetent collector of the revenues, who, finder 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 the Marylebone Vestry, as on. the Board of ctors. 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 wllich 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 I l eorpse can be interred either in the consecrated or the unconsecrated part. There is, however, no c l ause di s ti nc tl y an d openly r equ i r i ng the double sanction. It would have aroused immediate opposition had the TO" 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. One 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 day, 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. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The British and North America,n 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, about 165 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. 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 her Majesty. His Highness was introduced by the Earl of Claren don, K.G. the Queen's principal Secreta r y o f St a t e f or 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, presided yesterday morning at the Council for the Management 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 Hoq. Dudley de Ros, left Buckingham-palace at 20 minutes before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the Camp at Chobham. His Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenlohe Lali genbourg 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. James'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 Que en o f H anover and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, took a drive yesterday afternoon in an open landau and four. The Equerries-in-Waiting, Lord Alfred 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 residence 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, Shadwell, 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 Dumbarton 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. M'ln tosh, 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., had 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. PETERSBURGH.—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 practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, June 23, 1853 :—William Kaylet Curtis, Harting, Petersfield ; Horace Kersey Debenbam, Norton, Suffolk; Edmund Chapman ; Christopher Deighton, Edinburgh ; Fergus Armstrong, Appleby, Westmoreland ; William Robert Faur Merchant, 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, 1853. 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 bank until the reception of further advices from Eng land. The following are the quotations :—Western Canal flour 4 dots. 50 cents to 4 dols. 624 cents per barrel ; Gennessa prime wheat 1 dol. 26 cents to Idol. 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 icei to 1091 ; Paris, 5 134 to 5 15 ; Hamburgh, 36f to 364 ; Bremen, 79e 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 dat e s, 57 cases of eggs, 12 casks o f w i ne , 280 boxes of oranges and lemons, 148 packages of potatoes, 72 baskets of green peas, and sundry merchandise. By this (packet we ;have 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 bring 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 mg, and although small amounts were done at 541, the principal business was at 54, and a few bills remained over at that rate. On other places a limited business had been done, at 528 on Paris, Hamburgh 48t, and Genoa 526. Portuguese Five per Cents. are quoted 404 to 41 ; Four per Cents., 32 to 321 ; Bank of Por tugal Shares, 172 to 173 milreis 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 for the last match of the season—on Thursday . next—are as follow : FIRST AND SECOND CLASS. Yachts. Tons. Owners. Phantom Musquito Margaret Tartar Fleur-de-Lis Volante THIRD CLASS. Kitten Vesper Vampire The distance will be from Erith to the Nore Light and back;and the Meteor steamer will leave London bridge at nine in the morning, to accompany the race. MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY. A special meeting of this company was held at Man chester yesterday afternoon, under the standi ng or d ers of the House of Lords, to afford the proprietors an op portunity of affirming 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 line was surveyed, by which three quarters of a mile would be 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 500,000/. of their capital. One of the directors, Mr. Thomas Greig, in 1848, advised them not to make this branch, saying coal branches never paid. lie (Mr. Wild) should like 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. (Applause and laughter.) He (Lord Yarborough) was satisfied that the coal required for this city would render it worth while to make the branch, besides which there would be a fair amount of passenger and goods traffic. M'TURK 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 in the coal branch 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 CHAIRMAN said the new station was making by the company itself at Sheffield, and not by contract. The station was required for timber from 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'TunK asked what were the disputed accounts on the Woodhead tunnel, but The CHAIRMAN said that would be travelling out of the business of the present meeting, which was for a specific purpose. The motion was then put and agreed to unanimously. A vote of thanks,was given to Lord Yarborough, for his services in the chair, and the meeting separated. CO% ON PROPERTY.—A laborious compilation of some interest to the wealthier classes of the community—a volume calculated to prove eminently useful in various departments—has recently been issued from the press by Mr. Alfred Cox, 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 entitled "The Landlord's and Tenant's Guide, and in reference to the procuring, the occupy ing, and the disposing of estates and houses, to gether with a variety of collateral particulars, may be viewed, 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 has 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 gazetteer. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) MMES.—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 profits of the mines ; for it must be 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. In the Metal Market,—lron 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 pia-iron. Swedish iron and Swedish steel are more inquired for. — In connection with . the prospects of the market for copper, it may be useful to mention, that an impression exists that little 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 Banco. and Straits tin are very firm.—Tin-plates are inactive.—Lead is steady. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ame rican dollars, 4s. no. per oz. ; Bar Silver containing g9ld (all gold above 5 gr. in 1 lb. to be paid for), ss. /d. per oz. standard ; Bar Silver without gold, ss. id. 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 was 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 Cordilleras were flat. 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 and 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 worth o v e r 1,0001. I n 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, Calveras 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 upwards of 1,000 English miles. The property included powerful mills for crushing and pul verising the ores, roasting and washing machines, com plete smelting-works, &c. ; but in consequence of the depression in the mine market, no offer was made suffi cient, and the estate was bought in by the proprietor. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Prom, the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The imports of wool into London during the week have been 10,688 bales, of which 2,310 were from Port Philip, 1,261 from Port Fairy, 3,971 from Sydney, 2,076 from the Cape of Good Hope, 436 from New Zealand, 237 from Buenos Ayres, 86 from Belgium, and the rest from Germany, &c. In the foreign wool trade the comparatively light stocks both of foreign and colonial wools that have as yet appeared in the market are being gradually cleared off at recent quotations, the manufacturers being the chief buyers. In the English wool market we have had another flat week as to sales of wool; prices tend in favour of buyers. In the Liverpool wool market trade is very quiet, but as stocks are not at all heavy, we cannot remark much change in price. Imports for the past week have been —4lB bales Buenos Ayres, 72 Rio Grande, 73 Lisbon, 73 Gibraltar, and 673 Trieste. In the woollen trade of Leeds, there was a decided improvement in the market on Saturday. The demand for nearly all descriptions of goods was brisk and animated, and a fair quantity of cloth changed hands. On Tuesday there was a flat and quiet market, and only an indifferent bu siness was transacted. The trade in the warehouses has been flat and quiet this week for the home market ; but there are, and have been, several Canadian buyers in the town during the last few days, and the shipping busi ness is consequently beginning to move a little. HIIDDERSFIELD.—We have had about an average amount of business done for the season. Still the mar ket is comparatively quiet, but manufacturers continue to be well employed. New patterns are chiefly looked after, and in any class of goods meet with purchasers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL.—There has been a tolerably fair amount of business transacted in the piece market, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. The wool market continues dull and inactive ; the manufacturer buy very sparingly, and prices are in favour of the buyer. ELECTION OF SHERlFFS.—Yesterday a Common Hall of the Livery of London was held in the Guildhall, for the purpose of nominating and electing two fit and proper persons to serve the office of Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of Middlesex. The Lord Mayor, attended by a large body of aldermen and civic autho rities, entered the ball and took the chair at 20 minutes after one o'clock. The Recorder then briefly opened the proceedings. The Common Sergeant announced the names of several persons in rotation to serve the office of sheriff. Mr. Deputy Peacock came forward and asked that Mr. Turnley should be excused from serving during the present year. (Cries of " No, no.") The name of Alderman Wire as the next alderman to serve the office being read, it was received with loud cries of "No, no:" The names of Mr. Norris, Mr. Turnley,- and Mr. Shep person having been put to the hall, the show of hands for the two latter gentlemen was almost universal. The sheriff (Mr. Alderman Carter) then declared Mr. Turn ley and Mr. Shepperson duly elected to serve the office of sheriffs. Sir John Key having been re-elected Cham berlain, addressed the Livery, thanking them for the support he had received. The usual officers of.the cor- poiaion were then elected, and the proceedings ter• urinated. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday, after the Corn- . mon Hall, a Court of Aldermen was held. The election of Mr. Joseph Townley and Mr. Thomas Shepperson as Sheriffs was returned to the court, and the report of the Comptroller upon the balance of cash in the chamber was 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 of dis continuing the Aldermanry of Bridge Without, repealing the act of council relating to it, and for abstaining from au election to fill up the present vacancy. Upon receipt of these resolutions a conference was appointed with the committee, and immediately took place. Upon 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. Laurie, and Alderman Farebrother having declined to take the office, 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 TERMINATION OF A LUNACY COMMISSION.— Mrs. Cumming, who it will be remembered was some months ago the subject of an expensive and protracted commission de lunatico inquirendo, died last Tuesday at her residence in St. John's-wood, from physical infirmi ties, 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 taken 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 labourers and workmen employed on the iron works at Nantyglo, Beaufort, and Brynmawr. This ill will originated in a severe case of stabbing, which took place in a public-house at Ebbw-vale, when, in a drunken brawl, a Welchman was severely stabbed in the abdomen. As soon as this outrage was known among the hills the greatest indignation was manifested on the part of the 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. Constables were sworn in to preserve the peace. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. A decree in the Moniteur appoints M. de Maupas, senator, to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, in the place of M. A. Barrot. —Another decr ee 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 ; and the Marquis 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 S ena t or .— M. de Mentque, Prefect of the Loire-Inferieure, is re moved to the Gironde ; and M. Henri 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 Police. The Moniteur contains a report to the Emperor from 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 foreign decorations in Fran c e, an d p ro p os i ng regu l a ti ons t o that effect. The report declares that all decorations, whether called French or foreign, conferred by chapters, corpo rations, brotherhoods, or pretended 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 Societ6 Mobiliere, 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 improvement 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. 50c. ; 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 ultimatum 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 preAous notes of the Turkish Government, restates 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 of h er b e li e f i n t h e si ncer i ty 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 refugees in the event event of a war with Russia, having decided on receiving, assistance only from English or French officers or soldiers who have received permission 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 cliffe at Constantinople. A telegraphic despatch has been received from Trieste, announcing that on the 16th inst. the Porte had finally rejected the Russian ultimatum. The Bulletin de Paris has a few lines which are im portant, if they have been inspired by, any person ac quainted with the intentions of the French Government. The Bulletin states that Russia will be called 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 solution honourable to all ; if for 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 admit of more delay ; there has already been too much. This, says the Bulletin, will be the ultimatum of France. The Independence of Brussels publishes the following from Vienna of the 22d :—" We have received impor tant news from Odessa of the 11th. The foUrth Rus sian corps d'armde was in readiness to cross the Pruth. The fifth corps d'armde, 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 was nominated commander-in-chief of all the army of operation and of the fleet." The firesse 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 overflowing 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 Kalisch, 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 from Widdin of the 20th, in a Frankfort journal, says : " The Divan has just ordered the immediate concen tration of three corps d'armee. 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 forces), 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 Pacha. ,Namik Pacha will command on the Danube, Omer Pacha on the Balkans, and the Egyptian Meneski 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 German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The circular of Count Nesselrode is generally interpreted here as favourable to peace. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 15th, which have arrived here express the hope that the Eastern ques 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 Cabinet of St. James's has, it is said, been perfectly well received by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and we are assured that this Cabinet is disposed to suspend the military measures it has adopted against the Ottoman Porte. This fact is the best 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 de 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. rThe 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 the to bacco monopoly will be deferred till the next session in November. Inscriptions are quoted at 401 ; 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 INDIA 81-611' (From the Times.) on which rl India is, we believe, the only subject o _ .e Macaulay has brought to a practical pro ... ,ia,L t " l 3 a t, wit and boundless historical research. 11° . 3 . stra tive character, being, in fact, a project for c Y b tempted, indeed, in India was not of aoncliafdiningintibeiti_..oc unpropitious in the success of his plan. , s hoor of the peninsula ; and circumstances have B ee u e t eve to: up sim weak li f laws kin g kings s and a more bad I 'ect wi th *' pnralecnti.cal.socpceoir•adtiinogniyt7 are do . posed to listen to Mr. Macaulay on this su J And yet, feeling of deference as well as admiration°. ~ast when we attempt to gather from his s peech w ore the fruits of an actual Indian experience, to I illustrate and more that his province is rather t or gu ide the past than to comprehend the iva us to ihe !future. There is, us tle' decidedly politic as well as first and principal point. He assuresch coo, the public attention has been too ucstioy,', trated on a very minor part o f the !l e _ nee that of the Home Government. Frond ° i ,' 4 l ; sr d the r e P: Government in India, and it will be able t o al" r i the mandates, the remonstrances, and eve q e the case , u m i tb mands of the Government at home. That was he says, in his own time, and he intimate _ v eil probably continue to be so. The India Hous:, near er near, the Board of Control is still nearer ; .o a v aAo yo still are the old gentlemen and ladies who I Z oo to own house, and attack you, wherever they e cao cy 1° find you, in behalf of some candidate for a va and fill the Court of Directors. All this occuPie s _ teui plota your weak mind ; but look beyond - u" o ilot 15 the magnitude, the splendour, and the so on s that it interest of our Indian Empire—and You double]pill e r forget the Government at home. Single , D oG e triple, what does it matter, so long as the Goye ri r os ( lo nerad, the Council, the Courts, and the funetior their duty? Depend on it, one incompetent ° tle cipled collector, wielding under that modest Jil_;f than power of a Pro-consul, will do far more alisclbere is half a dozen stupid and jobbing directovs. o f the _, something so poetical, so agreea ble in this 'self to': question, that it is impossible not to give °° ° , ll , pie!: so long as Mr. Macaulay assists to keep uP ra tO ing illusion. We admit th a t w e would muegartilt read his essay on Lord Cli ve th a n attend a v eech es the India House, or even go over again the :P a d delivered there last Tuesday morning. W du ty, that if the authoritie s i n I n di a do their _ a d o o de matters little whether the au th o rities in Lou bine si theirs or not. We admit that no political o_sf rieo cio the distance of 12,000 miles will supply of administration on the spot. All this is u., iu but the reasoning is not that which we ado" ut ter °, mon practice. The means are certainly a d, small importance so long as the end is obtain e the 0' when the end is yet doubtful, and dependent ness of the means, we think the means not ati„,athe important. The Government at home appoint' pint the the d n e d i' en i s ble, vernment in India, the directors at home a 11.% plan collectors in India ; so, in spite of the secou n eo tle' which dingy buildings, prosy speeches, fusty old eve r men, threadbare clerks, and endless foolscap rn c - t beg t f, occupy in the contemplations of genius, we ° e r - 0 0 1 : remain of the opinion that the Home G e ,_ ve- but as still an important affair, not for its own sakes means to an end. a f re f t ill As far as we can derive any practical apP.- i; e ati l io pe.; Mr. Macaulay's remarks on the comparative lin ibst ante of the home Government, he simply mea n we can expect from it is to send out to India P r w hicfi young men and sound general principles, fr e° L Dial! two descriptions of raw material the authorities 1. 60 e will manufacture a good lo ca l Ad m inistratio n • l ive it. But what sort o f a G overnmen t a t home is c , send out these two things ? Mr. Macaulay e- d o e " Double government ! Why, you must hav e government —one in England and one in Calcutta., ee da well; we admit an inevitable duality so far. Bubve,e/ not admit that because there are two there inu st ,„a than two, or that, b e C ause th ere i s one in ETSt e rO A another in India, there mu s t a l so b e one i n "a r es twill n f another in Leadenhall-st ree t. All this plal - t he p i ,r cr evades the real question,—Why are we to al ley/ no ta,,iv prietors of East India stock—who really have r ; Ar len interest in the prosperity of- India than the P' to clt , , ,h ' of South Sea stock or Great Western Railway )3riv to be more than equal partners with the whole oat people in the possession and government of t he t net empire ? Why do we perp e t ua t e an i n fl u ence tha 016" sarily leads to much indecent canvassing, to ti lers ijce tion of second-rate di rec t ors , an d t o th e prepoa t oo' of private interest in the- di s t r ib u ti on o f Indian Pa stee l '' age ? Why do we deny the right of the in ore holders to choose the G overnmen t o f In at be breath, and admit it in the next ? There ul l ".„ 0" home Government, and it must not come 1 . - ot ofl go out with every change of Ministry, with' a th ip rOf in the Commons on the 'corn laws, on the Irish C l3 ot on education, or the ballot. That we admit• do er ask why it is necessary that the constant and 0 4 1'1 dent members of that Government should be chf s s ; certain ladies and gentlemen holding shares 0 ' :der mortgage on the Indian revenues, and so far c° a n tie bly less interested in the prosperity of India the, other creditors ? Call the Court of Directors tu e , o e6 cil of the Indies, and allow it to be not so muu r b 6ot l T, rate body as a useful auxiliary to the Board bov n i —it still remains to be asked why two-thirds 01 ; 0 tb6 (I P' are to be chosen by a certain body of stockhol- The constitution of the Court of Directors y i ' fessed to have no right to the privilege. an d sin lation to government, must be matters of Pris'", 3 ' portance, even if the court does no more than n e 011 1 '; the servants of the company and send out ge_ . . 4 ,0 11 • O A ' structions. No one has given a more direct against the court as now constituted, against its si i of patronage, against its obstructive and unPr e W l , ; tendencies, and against its w ea k ness , th an gv . „ ; lay himself. A ccor di ng t o hi m, i t would, r tb" have ruined India. B u t, h av i ng t h us i m plied °, 03 '06 , 0 3 ', strong opinion a ga i ns t th e ex i st i ng cour t and it s t o V tution, he does not tell us w h a t we are to expect o ° o tb 6 new composite court to be created by th e bill i t house. The vice of th e ex i s ti ng system is th / o eg almost exclusiv e ly an affair of patronage. S e i t ice°4 the Directors h ave so many nominations to (1 0 4 such value all else may go t o the wall. Little "rtier.t except finding honourable and lucrative t b for a few hundred gentlemen, who are e ncouvag OP' to regard Indi a as their home. That is the on o ° ti far needful ; impro vemen t s , commerce, ra il roa ds, 3° , 00 4 tures, European influences, re li g i on , b e i n g all 0 .7 d matters. That th e Di rec t ors h ave genera lly ' 1 fit j " patronage honourably and judiciously may De ifl o _l4 and that is a great deal, but it is nearly a 11; were to pass from o ur p ossess i on to - morr oW, ti tie 1°5 ,1 immediate result to this country would be, 0 0 0 ; s of a solvent d e bt or , an d t h e re t u rn rw' s thousand men t o th e i r coun t ry , w h o wo uld 's . l v e st ice 43 4 either di e i n I n di a or come h ome at a ranchleece period of life. The proposed measure, while the Pu'it two-thirds of the directors elected, as now, O r a x" 11 prietors of stock, leaves also to each of them %If rho h o present amount of military patronage. Th e I n t I °_,„r" of Mr. Macaulay's speech that touches this P e A - t her ta splendid tribute to the power of competition auth ig t hs ,rh t" - • manent value of academic distinctions. W hat Atno fi- to , the purpose ? This is a question of nomito - ,,;ere - distinguished men enumerated by Mr. Macaulay 0 0; debted to their industry and their aeadecl ie t hat t i ks not! to any nomin a ti on . W e agree with hi te t spy child is fath er o f th e man , an d th a t the avue°oo, which distin gu i s h es it se lf i n t h e ca mp, in the V o il fiela e e j the senate, or wherever it may be called in t f,„ z oisp bo active life, will generally be found to have disv" t Aioa,„t itself at school and college, whether the cotaP_L s , P r ' s in Latin hexameters or in the differential calew - is e our Universities are open to all the world ; s e ' 00 '1)1 ' 4 ; all the professions of this country—the churcloi In ds e • medicine, and com merce . Wh y s h o uld not an d si t , service be equally open, with "whatever helo. ja guards Mr. Ma c a u l a y ma y c h oose to proval shape of colleges and examinations ? to tleg 113,iee°' ENDOWED SCHOOLS. —Last evening was held eld ee at the Fremasons' Taverna, P G a r b e i a i ; I na s e'-ef England, Irelan e d announced to ', su a b e i d ect o f the endowed take the ee chair, absence be t o f M s r p . M.P., presided, in Wales. Sir Thomas who ' l ,l. ing until a later period of the evening. wa-rl3eCeanhr _ ttee k ' t, de si ti f te: ; ill :A r apologised for presiding over the meeting on ;'„ointv,- sion, as he confessed that he was not fully 3 .1 with all the bearings of the subject. Se Vi3s 5 " t1i51 / 67°P e p h i u o w t the eve r e , nd th e a w t ed so s m eb e e s e t l i s i e n f g t e b nt e meeeuaestuvrye was nece s f. e fs' most ene c in a S tate c o os, Y, of in th ac e co e r v d il a s nc o e f w: h h ich the th d e esign eop : i f o t a h in eir ed, 7 t r e ti o e f b e Charitable Trusts Bill, it was ho ed, would f t ! t he thought it did not contain sufficienty powers, 038—year they in all cases where the income was above 301. a co ort of would still be obliged to have recourse to the vi bich Chancery. Mr. Turner moved the first rosolution,doweci stated that the immense revenues of the en , wad e schools of England, Ireland, and Wales were n ° " r aja acco t he available for the benefit of the community, to the intentions of the variou s donors ; tleithuer the number of scholars bein commensurate wit the school incomes, nor the geduction imparj ed , o it I ° , scholars of a kind suited to the times. 11. °, 1 :„ - a c eil: some length in support of the resolution, pcowbio the abuses which prevailed, and the neglect int i w flo these schools, in many cases, were allowed to ta"' w hich condemned the kind of education given in thew , _ se lesS was almost confined to the classics, and therefore. o reso . where a mercantile education was required. Tcrotti' lution was seconded by the Rev. J. Hinton, an " 0 for mously adopted. The next resolution, whic h vi i c ots' the . appointment of a metropolitan and provinciab eat' mittee, was proposed by Mr. Heywood, 31. P ., °l,jectP they were beginning an agitation on a very great stl ioa t which would take a very long time to carry out. ',, t bo they wanted was, full information, and be hoPc" it Government would grant a commission of inq.uirliceo, was clear that though in some instances inilfricieJ grammar schools were not what our ancestors DI P " ' Oil them to be. The resolution was adopted, ° poi 4 another resolution calling upon the public to En l oe them in their endeavours to secure a reform 0 ' by schools. The meeting was afterwards addro, Mr. Seye, of Manchester, Mr. Gilpin, and M. reef,o ors whose observations were chiefly directed to andOP gr. of the defects of the Charitable Trusts Bill, a hYclo Ewart, who, after some discussion on the hos t Inc 'i r s lit of proceeding, suggested that petitioning was , 3 , e t sh e course in the first instance, after which they nog"; the an interview, by deputation, w ith Earl Granvilie', to President of the Council. The present m eeting w, 0 5 be considered as only preliminary. A committee air ultimately appointed to draw up a memorial, Od d c f ,o l skier the further steps to be adopted, Mr. IleY w°° ,ss t ° several other gentlemen expressing their willingc-,illet form part of the deputation to wait upon Earl Gon'pt. with a view to learn the intentions of the Goveroclos After the usual compliment to the cha irman, the toee separated. ~....______. k MONEY INI The salE Were " t i na Were taken market w „ in prices. had an upm The folio c.llrraut tra Interest. r and Ransoi Activ e cir , De Bullion... Inc In( Public Del In Other Dep Dec Seven-day Dec Governme: Dec Other Sect De Notes une: Bills of ` 4l 3r afterno Aal continei at 25 25 to aterdam, at 8 i ; and Ti The c un has lactic, but • C ity until 11l .„ The am oi rom Londc 448 t, was 17 10 ,900 ouno There we .Stock " ace 'and. e 3 With Peenzl cs O h aei et:- 13 1 ..lhet'l°Ni been lEo h i e g e B isaen:h%l ii i n goe: E l :r F lue p er o, 23 i. The Stock. Railway and in son] Massive, an, doi ng. The Go li 44 scarcely or the Lan ?ller Cent. I iN e w 31 per N,ongola for A tzehequer 81000 . £5OO ... Small ... PRICE Austrian Bo] Brazilian Boi Ditto Now E quaaor Boi enada Bou plexican 3 ° rtunli ese i l 21 2, anish Nov 13Wediah Consols re centl 84 e pro 4 ra• }3 Rest