The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Rean. THIS EVENING, Jura 16, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. Atter which, will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of SAR DANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by Messrs. Harley, J. Vining, Chester, and Everett ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Misses Daly and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPTIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Calcite. THIS EVENING, JULY 16, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben, Webster, A. 'Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parseile, Paul Bedford Cullenford, Woolgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste ' and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOMIAM. After which, NORMA. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCIIMAN. BOYAL OLYMPIC TREATBE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farrea. Great success of the New Burlesque. TILTS EVENING, JULIE' 16, Wll be performed THE PODR GENTLEMAN. Characters by Messrs. Farren, 11. Marston, Diddear, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, E. Turner, and Bartlett. After which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERC RANT OF " VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE RAILROAD STATION. Sampson .Ton, s, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Now nudes the Direction and Management of Mr. W. Cooke, The tide of success flows into this popular Establishment, to witness the present attractive entertainments. The Battle of Waterloo continues its triumphant career. 57th NIGHT OF THE CFIASE. NOTlCE.—Parties desirous of witnessing the World's Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, in her astounding Leaps, are requested to em brace the present opportunity as her engagement will shortly V:rml nate, when she immediately departs for the Continent. New Intro duction in the Circle—The Turin Perrots, Masters Alfred and Harry Cooke on One Horse. First Night of the Grand Cabalistic Pyramids. ON MONDAY, JULY 18, And during the week, the National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Mr.•W. Cooke's Scenes in the "CIRCLE," by artistes of celebrity, Introducing Miss Emily Cooke, the Star of the Ai ens, who Leaps Forwards and Backwards through 16 balloons. Also, the Twin Ferrota, whose Whimsical Feats mast he seen to be appreciated. To conclude with the successful Hippo Drama of THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Chase will take place. . Doors open at Half-past Six. Ltox..offloe open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JuLT 16, CIIIISAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Splendid MENAGERIE, containing many hundred interesting Specimens of Natural History. GODFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Mu Cicely Nott. Solo, Clarionet, by Mons. Waffle. The who 43 con cluding with the most extraordinary spectacle ever exhibited, "The Feast of Lanters" and explosion of Chinese Fireships. Brilliant dis play of Fireworks by Southby. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TM DAT —Morning 20 min. after 9 Evening 50 min.aft. 9 T e at onso w—Morning 23 min. after 10 f Evening 1 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICS, JULY IG. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72. The barometer has risen 40 points since yesterday. WIND, S.—Morning fair, but cloudy ; noon, rain. nt 01. dr \ itno LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1853. The inferiority of Ireland to the sister country has been a subject of frequent regret and reproach, but never of controversy. Try it by what test you will—apply that test to any class —compare the wealth, the industry, the order, the diffusion of property, the social habits of the people in the two nations respectively, and the result is still the same. The difference between the state of a rural district in Ireland and the state of a similar district in England would be inadequately mea sured by half a century of improvement. In one respect alone this general law does not hold good. In a single branch of social progress, and that no unimportant one, the lead has been taken and maintained by the poorer, the more turbulent, and the more bigoted community. We speak of education. Even admitting Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S sanguine statistics, and putting aside all ques tion of the quality, apart from the quantity of the teaching given, we believe it can be demonstrated that a larger numerical proportion of the Irish peasantry attend some school kept by a competent master than is the case with the corresponding class in England. And the reason is plain. While we have been digputing our neighbours have acted. The very circumstance which at first seemed most calculated to impede the educational movement--the existence, namely, of a population divided in religious opinion, and of which only a small minority belonged to the Established Church of the United Kingdom—has proved in its results most beneficial. For when the question of a really national teaching came to be entertained by Lord GREY'S Cabinet, it became obvious that a departure from traditionary practice was inevi table. To instruct the mass of the people through the medium of a Protestant clergy was manifestly impossible. To instruct them through the medium of their own priests was possible indeed, but manifestly inexpedient. Yet instructed they must be, and that through the operation of a single combined system, otherwise the Protestants of the south of Ireland scat tered few and far between—would be wholly excluded from the benefit of the proposed grant. Neither could a separate vote for the establish ment of purely Roman Catholic schools have been carried in the then temper of the public mind. One alternative only remained. Sectarian differences, incapable of being reconciled, must be utterly disregarded. Au educational system must be framed, not indeed hostile to clerical influences, but independent of them, and in which the strictest neutrality should be enforced between the claims of contending religionists. Such a system was devised by Lord GREY'S Ministry, and submitted to the Legislature by Mr. STANLEY, now Lord DERBY. It met, as might be expected, with bitter and sustained opposition. Session after session, from the hour of its introduction, the same charges were re- Peated with the same acrimony and the same ill-success. No words which the proverbial asperity of theological hatred could de vise were too strong for the indignant and, as they thought, betrayed Protestant party. The National Board was " anti-Christian"—it was " anti-Protestant" --its recommendation of Scripture extracts was " mutilation of the Word Of GOD"—its general teaching "an attempt to break down the principles of relirrion." Every Bishop whose support it received ;as denounced as a traitor to his order. The more liberal of the Irish clergy, who accepted, if they did not altogether approve, the regulation s of the Board, were threatened and calumniated.. The •zrc it t, held. aloof ;• and ill 'their majority unfortun a t e ly cca.L.:ion they were counte nance d by a la rge sec tion of the Protestant gentry, especially in Ulster. Rival establishments were founded, on principles exclusively sectarian, with the avowed object of outbidding, and thus discountenancing those which Government had patronised. Twenty year have passed since this quarrel began ; and. though it has lost something of its original asperity, and though, through all kinds of discouragement, the schools have made their way steadily, the opposi tion still continues, backed by a powerful party in Parliament, and insidiously fomented by the Roman Catholic priesthood. It would seem, at first sight, that this latter class had everything to lose, and nothing to gain, by the extension of a system so detested by their own bitterest enemies. And they themselves, by the apparently cordial sup port which they gave it, have favoured the idea. Some, indeed, threw off the mask, and openly de clared th at, so far as their influence extended, no school should be frequented by Roman Catholic children which was not exclusively and professedly under clerical control. But the larger number shrunk from so hazardous an avowal preferring to submit, for a ti me , to restrictions' which they evaded, rather th an b y open hostility to pre judice the people of England against their cause. They even s eeme d to throw th em .. selves heart and soul into the ,movement. Early and late they were to b e found in attendance ou the schools. Every opportunity was taken by shok organs in the press ) and their representatives ever, those rough children of nature sent after him a token of their devotion ; And it is worthy of record, that the value of the gift accepted -300 guineas —is not one-tenth iart of the amount subscribed and proffered by the generous Bee ooches. This, ; then, Mr. CUILALLNO B 3170; iS in Parliament, to contrast this conduct with the somewhat sullen discontent of their Protestant rivals. Superficial lookers-on might be deceived ; but to those who knew the traditionary policy of Rome, and distrusted the reality of Priestly exer tion for popular enlightenment, the drift of their design became early apparent. It was deeply planned, well matured, and is now all but suc cessfully carried out. The first object was to widen and perpetuate the breach already existing between Protestantism and the National Board. That object was to be gained by a simulated en thusiasm in favour of the latter, and by every where describing its institution as a concession to Roman Catholic claims. This accomplished, and the intended fusion of sects in the National Scnools having thus failed of success, the next step was to represent the restric tions imposed on Roman Catholic teaching as needlessly vexatious, and no longer suited to the altered state of things. "It was very well," they argued, " while Protestant children attended these schools, to take securities against our doc trines being taught there. But what need of such restrictions now, when confessedly the same school is never attended by children of both per suasions ? Why not do in name that which you have done in fact, and hand over the education of Roman Catholics to their legitimate instruc tors ?" Some even go farther. Mr. LUCAS, the ablest representative of ultramontane Catholicism, intimated, in a recent debate, his willingness to accede to a separate grant for Protestant schools, provided the regulations of the National Board were modified. Nothing more specious than such offers—nothing more certainly fatal than their result. Let the priest once get the school an d the schoolmaster into his hands, and he has taken security for the spiritual de pendence of the next generation. Secular teach ing will be discouraged. Science will be prohi bited. Legends will replace history : miracles will be substituted for experiments : the work of twenty years will be undone : and the youth of Ireland, on whom depends the future fate of their country, instead of rising to an English, will sink to a Neapolitan level. This is not merely an Irish quedtion. It is not even an Imperial question. It is a part of the world-wide contest between ecclesiastical domination and individual freedom of thought, which affects the policy of every European Power, and which, for good or for evil, must be decided within the next half-century. There is more, much more, involved in it than a mere quarrel of sects. It is not, as many think, a struggle between the paid Protestant Establish ment and the unpaid, and therefore discontented, Catholic priesthood. It is a problem of which the solution becomes every year more necessary ; for every year tends to popularise our institutions, and popular institutions without public spirit —a democracy following with blind obedience the dic tates of a hierarchy—is, under whatever specious name we may choose to veil it, only a pretext for the most grinding and irresponsible tyranny that the world has yet witnessed. Our readers may probably have seen a family of fat pigs reclining in swinish comfort amidst the heaped straw of their stye. With what grunts and groans and sullen recusancy they yield to their keeper's foot if he seeks to make room for one or two more hogs. Their high displea sure, however, abates when they discover that the new corners add to the warmth, without rendering the straw too scanty ; the grunts and squeaks then subside to a dreamy undergrowl of satisfaction. So it is with Sir C. WOOD and the East India Directors. His bill is the swineherd's foot, the Directors are the pigs, the largest and most comfortably ensconced Hogg being, of course at first, the most obstreperous at the disturbance, though now all seem to be sinking into dozing indifference. This comes from the conviction that however roughly Sir CHARLES may have thrust in his foot as a commencement, he is a careful and considerate swinekeeper at bottom, and means no harm. Nevertheless, there are loud squeaks heard about the yard, because behind the keeper come certain scavengers who, without care for the hogs, look only to cleaning out the stye in which he has lodged his bristly charge. The approach of those maleficent ruffiers of hoggish felicity has produced all manner of swinish disapprobation from the deep grunt of Parlia mentary orations to the treble squeaks of small pamphlets and dinner sarcasms, the last espe cially promulgated by ladies who tremble for the despotic power of the Directors, hitherto so beneficially exercised for "poor John, and Dick, and Harry." The Directors have, in fact, thousands of partisans busy at work in secret and in public, striving to prop up their reputation as good governors--when, in fact, this very partisanship proves that they are only good jobbers. Yet the eulogiums ate so strong and so loud that those ignorant of the subject are dumbfounded, and those who are well-informed astounded, by the impudence of the declaimers ! Let us take one illustrative example. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE, unless belied by the re porters, asserted, in the face of the House of Com mons, that one irrefragable proof of the Direc tors' good government was " that no insurrection had ever taken place against the rule of the Com pany ;" and another, that " in Scinde the sway of the Company had been received 'with a willing spirit, if not with gratitude." Examine these assertions. When Lord ELLENBOROUGH reached India as Governor-General, nearly the whole country south of the Nerbudda was in a state of insurrec tion, and a two years' war was necessary to put down that of the Circar or Southern Maliratta country, for it would be ridiculous quibbling, to say that war was not virtually one against the Company's Government. And does Mr. BRUCE mean to assert that the second Punjaub war was not also virtually an insurrection against the Company's auth or it y ? Th i s last might, in deed, appear a straining of the argument against him, if 4e had not quoted as proof of the Company's popularity in India the state of the newly-acquired dependencies, instancing espe cially Scinde ! Is the true state of India, then, so utterly a mystery in the House of Commons that a Member can dare attempt so gross a decep tion as this ! Scinde receive with gratitude the Go vernment of the East India Company! No ! Scinde received with gratitude the Government of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and the Directors and other subordinates made every possible effort to thwart him, to. disgust the people, and to urge them to throw off the rule of England. For nearly five years after the conquest that province was distinct and separate from the Government of the Direc tors ; they had nothing to do with it officially ; it ; was governed by a Crown officer, and furnishes, in t r tit, the twist irrefragable argument, against the rule of the Company, and in favour of that of the Crown. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, a Crown officer, conquered and conciliated the people of Scinde, not' only without regard to the system of the Directors, but directly and expressly in opposition to their system, which he held to be pernicious, unjust, and silly—to use his own words, " a legal ised system of robbery ;" and yet we have Mr. CUMMING BRUCE proclaiming the gratitude of the People as a proof of the goodness and popularity of that system ! Gratitude to the Court of Directors for their might t without discovering of Scinde ! Mr. C UMMING B RUCE traversetslicoelength and breadth o f th e l m an i a single B e l ooc h th a t knew or eve r h eard of the C our t o f Di rectors! rirp t Yet they are not unacquainted with " gratitude." NAPIER is ever in th e i r memory. Years aft er h e had ceased to govern thein they saw their old warrior Governor once again ; but how chancred was his position ! Insulted by a jealous Govebrn went, he passed through 'Scinde from his command in India under the cloud of their displeasure, d e _ spite of which, and unlike Asiatics, they cumbered the path of the fallen man with affectionate ;e: verence ; and when he had left their shores for NDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY l6, 1853. UN, L the real direction of the " gratitude of the people of Scinde" for their Government. Now, leaving Mr. CUMMING BRUCE alone in his glory, let us notice another of the arguments re cently brought forward on this Indian question. It was stated, I think, in opposition to Mr. BRIGHT'S attack, that the annexation of the Punjaub was apparently more costly than in reality, for though it did not pay all its civil expenses, it was hoped it would do so in time. And as to the military expenses, they were only the regular expenses of troops pushed forward to an advanced form of a retired frontier ! This last assertion is not true. The Army of the Punjaub is a very great one, and eighteen regiments of irregulars were raised and added to it. And why is it so great? Because bad government bears its natural consequence ; the troops are re quired to keep down the population and to resist the bill tribes, excited to hostility by injustice. But setting this aside, let us mark the treachery with which this argument is put forward. The plea of the troops being only pushed to an ad 4vanced frontier was justly urged against the false assertions so continually made as to the expense of Scinde. " The costly annexation of Scinde," as the Times calls it, knowing right well that it is not so. For Scinde the troops were not pushed forward, but for the impending Punjaub war. For Scinde, new troops were not raised, if exception be made of two weak Beelooch battalions, organised as a political experiment. And, finally, Scinde did not only pay all its civil expenses, but yielded a large yearly overplus to the general treasury ! Yet the same persons who claim for the Punjaub on this false ground exemption from the expenses of the military establishment, deny that exemption to Scinde where the claim is justly founded ! And let this also be taken into consideration, that Sir C. Woon, or some of the stye inmates, have triumphantly claimed merit for the Company's system, because it takes, in some parts, it is . not said in all, only two-thirds of the produce by taxation. Sir C. NAPart's Government took only one-third, and yet furnished a surplus, while the Directors' Go vernment is deeply in debt. Do not all these things show how necessary it is to put an end to that anomalous and, of necessity; rapacious and ignorant Government ? But what can be expected from a Home of Com mons where no member of any side of the ques tion has taken the slightest notice of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S Government of Scinde, a province containing a million of inhabitants ; a Government which, if the contentment, and happi ness, and attachment of the people be a criterion, was certainly the most successful ever known in India. Is not that a matter worth notice and investigation when discussing the propriety of a new system ? And is it faction, low jealousy, or ignorance which ties men's tongues ? But while Sir C. NAPIER'S name and proceed ings are so carefully suppressed, there are more persons than Mr. CUMMING BRUCE ready enough to appropriate his plans for the credit of the Directors or of themselves, and amongst those one of the most assuming is the Vice-Chairman of the Directors, Sir H. WILLOCK. It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that a commercial meeting was held at Manchester a few months back, where a letter from Sir HENRY WILLOCK to Mr. TURNER was read, in which he says :—" The Court of Directors have sedulously turned their attention to the im provement of British commerce with Central Asia, and have been desirous that the attention of the commercial world should be turned to the advanta geous position of Kurrachee." It is not improbable that Mr. CUMMING BRUCE drew his conclusions from this assumption of zeal on the part of the Directors, and it will be suffi cient for us to refute the first, and expose the false pretensions of the second by briefly stating that the present views of the Court of Directors were those of Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Lord ELLENBOROUGH nine years ago ! That, the latter ordered Sir CHARLES to prepare a Serai at Sukkur (a central commercial point on the Indus) for the reception of goods, and to establish annual fairs ; that Sir CHARLES saw that Kurrachee must eventually become the real mouth of the Indus, and for this purpose had certain tide channels in the Delta surveyed, by which an inland steam communication between the river and that im portant seaport was established, alike secure from all the hazards of a sea voyage and the annual fluctuations of the river itself. That, having modelled the government of the newly -conquered country with his own hands, he proceeded to de velop its resources by disarming four of the war steamers under his orders, which he placed at the disposal of the merchants between Kur rachee and Sukkur ; and it may be added, that so fast did goods pour in upon this new line of transit, that the steamers were in sufficient for the demand I That, Sir CHARLES projected, and partly accomplished the magni ficent project of erecting a pier 1,300 yards in length over the mud flats in the harbour of Ku►rra chee, connecting the town (hitherto unapproach able to shipping) with Keemaree point, alongside which vessels of large burthen can lie in safety ; that he ordered a pier to be built for the con venience of the river steamers at Ghizree, the river port of Kurrachee ; and, finally, that he caused levels, plans, and estimates for turning the Mulleeree river from its course, for the sup ply of sweet water to the shipping at those points, as well as to the troops in cantonments. These, and many more, were the efforts of Sir CHARLES NAPIER to nourish a spirit of commerce among a warlike, people, and to open a new line to the enterprise of our merchants at home. But how were his efforts met ? It was in 1844 —and the Charter had yet ten years to run. The Court of Directors, therefore, had not THEN " sedulously turned their attention to the improvement of Bri tish commerce in Central Asia;" on the contrary, they had sedulously opposed it, and the malice of a few individuals retarded for years the progress of civilisa tion in this important quarter. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was recalled, and funds were withheld for the building of a Serai at Sukkur. Fairs were not allowed to be established. Sir CHARLES had not left Scinde many weeks when the steamers were withdrawn from the merchants by the Bombay Government. The grand design of the late Go vernor in constructing the pier was. abandoned for years, and commerce by the tide creeks was ob structed ; nor to this day have the shipping or cantonments been supplied with sweet water, though the estimates for this important work amounted only to 12,0001. It is true that Mr. FRERE, the present Commissioner, lips struggled successfully to carry out the views of Scinde's first and last Governor ; but then Messrs. REID, WIL LOUGHBY, and CRAUFURD no longer occupy seats in the Council at Ttorrata ;1:13.1t.1 AN PLA VS, ST. JAMES'S TH.DATIIL. llcr qa,.. jcity, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Stanley, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and Colonel Seymour, honoured the German Plays with her presence last evening. H er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, also honoured the - performance with her presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, at tended by the Baron Knesebeck, also honoured the thea tre with their presence. GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA.—The rumour has been revived, and meets with credence in well-in formed political circles, that the Duke of Newcastle will be the successor of Lord Dalhousie, in the Governor- Generalship of India. Lord Dalhousie's time is nearly up, and it is understood that he is anxious to return to this country.—Morning Advertiser. ELOPEMENT.—A rumour is extensively prevalent of the elopement of the young and beautiful wife of a North Devon baronet with an officer of the 35th regi ment.—Trewinan's Plying Poet. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —OD Thursday last were celebrated the nuptials of Sir James Drummond, Bart., of Hawthornden, North Britain, and Eleanor, the lovely and accomplished daughter of Sir James and Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams, of Clovelly Court, Devon, and Ed winsford, S ou th W a l es, Th e b r id e was attended to the altar by a train of beauteous bridesmaids, and the re ligious ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. George Fortescue, uncle to the fair fiancée. THE ROYAL GARDENS AT KEW.—A large quantity of paper, manufactured from Manilla hemp, has just arrived by a vessel from the United States, addressed to W. J. b t e a n r i d u ed m t attached ta be u hed Hooker, di rector of the Royal Gardens at Kew, and employedin tothe g for adr sc e i n e s ntffic purposes in the Her and the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury have given the proper authorities of the revenue directions for its free delivery for that purpose. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Sey mour, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester at her residence Gloucester-house, Piccadilly, yes terday. The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Ron. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, honoured th e p er f ormance of the German plays with her preience last evening. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and. Sir George Couper, also honoured the performance with her presence. Mr. J. Hillyard Cameron (from Canada) had an inter view with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Mr. Brett, C.E., had also an interview with the noble Duke at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were bent yesterday to the Governor- General of Canada. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) MlNES.—There is still great stagnation in the mining share market, and many speculative shares having been forced for sale, the sellers have been obliged to submit to very low prices to effect business. Most of the large dealers are said to be full of stock, and amongst the general public there is little disposition to embark in any but dividend-paying concerns. Should the present panic weed the market of some of the rubbish thrown upon it of late, it will, in the end, render essential ser vice to the bona fide and legitimate undertakings, the expenses of which have been greatly increased by the demand for labour and materials, caused by the number of new setts put to work. In the metal market, copper, tin, and lead continue in large demand, and prices firm, notwithstanding the lower rates paid of late to the miner, which causes much com ment and dissatisfaction. The smelting companies have the whole and sole control, and notwithstanding they are deriving such vast profits, they give the miner a price having no relative approximation to it, thus creat ing considerable discontent. Tin plates are full 6d. per box better in price, and stocks reducing very fast. Of Scotch pig-iron the same may be said, the ship ments of which are very large, at from 535. 6d. to 545. 6d., free on board. Rail iron is now 91. per ton for immediate delivery, owing to a sudden demand for America ; the makers have orders on hand that will take more than 12 months to complete. In bar iron .a reduction in price has been most unexpectedly an nounced, without any just or apparent reason for it, which time only can explain. In the Bullion market, Mexican and South American dollars 4s. 11id. per oz. Bar silver without gold, ss. 14d. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. A company has been formed at Genoa for the working of 25 mines in the island of Sardinia, several of which contained lead and silver. Counts Litta and Boromeo and General Albert della Marmora, who lately visited those mines are at the head of the understanding. The gold mining share market has this week been characterised by a very decided feeling of depression. The demand on the part of the public is almost quite suspended. The accounts of the several companies come slowly to hand. Private advices are not generally encouraging ; and the dealers are well supplied with shares. The consequence of this state of things is, that prices are now lower than they were last week. The arrivals of gold from Australia this week have been the General Hewitt, 30,000 ozs. ; the Stebonheath, 46,000 ozs.; and the Syria, 6,800 ozs. i HA YMARKET THEATRE. On the whole we feel inclined to endorse Mr. Duck stone's statement, and think ho has done enough to give earnest of tact and talent to conduct the difficult ma nagement he has undertaken. He has evinced a catho lic taste in encouraging all portions of the drama ; and with his desire to trade upon novelties and to employ talent wherever he can find it, there is little doubt of his success. Ms intention of strengthening his present company is judicious, especially if he intends to cultivate the poetical talent. Herein, however, we should advise hi m t o t rust to h i s own judgment, and, not accept pieces that have not intrinsic dramatic merit, though recommended by high literary names. Of all species of the drama, the serious requires to be of the highest quality to render it successful. His promise of a rich comic Christmas pantomime set every one of the audience giggling, imbued, as they seemed to suppose it must be, with the vis comics of the manager. The house was crowded, and responded with such heartiness to. the manager's hopes and intentions, tha there can be but little doubt the new lessee may reckok on a long and successful career, if he but show in the future more elaborate campaign, the same hearty inten tion to delight his customers and patrons, that he has in the brief season thus closed. 1 SLIGO ELECTION.---A petition has just been presented by Mr. H. H. Wood complaining of this election, and is referred to the general committee of elections. THE STRIKES AT MANCHESTER.—SeveraI of the cot ton mills at Manchester have resumed work, in conse quence of compromises entered into between the em ployers and the operatives. At other establishments, however, the hands continue to give notice of their intention to strike. The piecers and cyphers at Mr. Shaw's mill turned out on Monday. Those at M'Connell and Co.'s mill, and at Murray's, have announced their intention to strike on Monday, unless 10 per cent. advance is given. At the mills of Messrs. Clarke (three firms)--Mr. Cross, Messrs. Kennedy, and Mr. Beaver- —the operatives' on strike have made satis factory terms and resumed work. At Mr. Gregg's, in York-street, six minders of self-actors have struck, causing 140 weavers to be idle. Among the other mills still idle are those of Messrs. Penny and Wood, 199 operatives ; Mr. Goadsby, 40 ; S. Turnbull, M. New ton, H. Crabtree, John Brown, Charles Rams e y, an d W. Andrews. The hands of Messrs. Clemson and Vaughan, and Mr. Joshua Schofield, and several other dyers, are still on strike, as well as those of Messrs. Percival and Gates, glassblowers, and Messrs. W. Fairbairn and Co., machinists. The scavengers at Man chester have also struck for an advance. THE RECENT CAB ACT.—The act for the regulation of hackney carriages in London has created amongst the cab-drivers a fierce spirit of opposition, which, to the 'public generally, has been attended with much ineonie nienee. On Tuesday night last, after the rising of the house, when there is usually a great demand for cabs upon the stand in Palace-yard, the entire stand drove off, uttering jeers and oaths against the hon. gentlemen who wished to engage them. • " Yer wants to ride for sixpence, does yer !' says one ; " Let 'em walk," said another, and so the House of Commons—her Majesty's faithful Commons—were compelled to submit to the inconvenience resulting from their new act (for which, we think, they deserve the thanks of the Londo.i public), and find their way home as best they could. The animosity of the drivers, however, does not confine itself to the members of the Legislature, for on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the rain falling for hours with incessant violence, and people from the theatres, and other places of public amusement, anxiously seeking refuge from the drenching storm in a hackney cab, the drivers were quietly amusing themselves in compelling their empty vehicles up and down the Strand and other thoroughfares, deaf alike to threats and en treaties. In fact, they seem determined to visit the sins, as they think them, of the Legislature upon the public, and to carry their point by passive resistance. Instead of being public conveniences, cabs, under the old system, were public nuisances ; and it is to be hoped that all persons using these vehicles will enforce the act now in operation, and not submit to further imposition from the same quarter. • THE OLDHAII EXPLOSION.—The inquest upon view of the bodies of the people killed by the colliery accident at Bent-grange, Oldham, was resumed yesterday. There was no evidence of any importance given up to the time our parcel left. Since Saturday two more men have died of injuries they received in the pit, making 20 lives lost. FRENCH EXHIBITION OF 1855.—With reference to the discussion which took place upon the French Exhi bition of 1855, at the meeting of the Society of Arts on the Ist of June, we understand that a dispatch has been received by Lord Clarendon, that goods, the importation of which is now prohibited, will, if shown at the ap proaching exhibition , be admitted at an ad valorem duty . 1 of thirty per cent.—jourral of the Socieity of Arta. Last night, in presence of a crowded and brilliant audience, Mr. Buckstone dropped the curtain of the Haymarket over a season which only began at Easter, amid hurry and lack of time for preparation. The manager will raise it again in October, with a renovated and a re-decorated house, the proscenium three feet higher, and a variety of new accommodation provided for its frequenters at the entrance. The farewell pieces given were Presented at Court—a revival of an adapted comedy, of which the gist consists in a city heiress making her way to kiss the kingly hand of Charles 11. through all the plots of the Lady Castlemaine and Ro chester party ; the burlesque of Mr. Buckstone's Aseent of Mount Parnassus, which has run daring the whole season, followed ; The Rougle _Diamond came next ; and after that The _Boarding School Ball. At the conclusion of the Ascent of Mount Parnassus, Mr. Buckstone was vehemently called for, and after a short interval spoke the address, which had been an nounc in the bills, and which was to the following effect "Ladies and Gentlemen,—According to custom, at the close of a season, an d th e announcement in the bills of the (lan I venture this evening to address a few words to you, not only.to state my intentions for the future, but to thank you for the warm and generous patronage I have received from you during the few months I have held this theatre— a patronage that leads me to hope, whatever may be the vicissitudes of management, that I shall eventually find no cause to regret having had the courage to encounter them. I came into this theatre, ladies and gentlemen, last Easter, and under no ordinary difficulties, close upon the expiration of Mr. Webster's honourable career ofl6years, and with but 10 days to prepare a new piece for the opening night ; and as that piece was the Ascent of Mount Parna3sus, I am sure you will acknowledge that the best use was made of the short space allotted to nse, while, during the 16 weeks of my first brief season, there have been produced, in addi tion to Parnassus and several revivals, two new plays, two new comedies, and a farce; and whatever may have been their merits, they were all written by persons of high literary repute, each of the novelties enjoyed a fair average run, and I am proud to add, that not one of them was taken from the French. In making this statement of what has bees accomplished in so short a time, I am sure I shall escape the charge of inactivity. " As regards the future, ladies and gentlemen, several alteration and improvements will be made in the theatre, more especially behind the curtain. A new stage will be constructed ; the grooves will be carried three feet higher, so that the scenes will be loftier, and appear to much greater advantage than they have hitherto done ; ex cavations wall be made below, to effect what is teohnically called quite unnecessary, ed'ry `sinking andssa ris , in a g a ," t - 0 tahinokugahndsorimsee, and may rise e si an de d r sink, is too often the characte r i s ti c o f all mmanagement.But while such alterationfsmay assist scen i c display, it is k u i ne not my intention to change the c l ass o f en t erta i nment which for more than a century has b een assoc i ated with this theatre. I still wish to continue it as the first house in London for English comedy, play, and farce ; yet, at, the same time possessing the power as regards show, to com pete with my spirited rivals, whenever it may be th oug ht expedient to do so, especially as at Christmas, I contem plate producing, for the first time at the Haymarket, a grand comic pantomime. " The theatre will also undergo a thorough repair and redecoration, while several alter a ti ons w ill b e made in the audience portion to insure comfort and convenience for my patrons, though, as to decoration, ladies and gentlemen, nothing can at any time' sprpass in beauty the decoration I now behold—a full house—for, let a theatre be never so splendidly decorated, it will always look melancholy when those shab'y and miserable wretches are present called empty benches. " In my programme at the commencement of the season, several author's names were published who had furnished me pieces, some have already been produced, and the rest will appear in the course of the season, while in addition to some of the first dramatists of the day who have pro mised me their aid, Mr. Planche will resume his brilliant pen for your amusement ; and though Mr. Buckstone may not again ascend Parnassus, he will no doubt be found, with the assistance of others, trying to get up something or other. " Of the company, ladies and gentlemen, while all the old favourites will remain, I shall be constantly adding new,talent to it whenever it can be found. We well know, according to the quotation from the tragedy of `Cato,' It is not in the power of mortals to command success,' though I confess my inability to con clude the quotation after the manner of a certain country manager, 'who announced that he'd `do more than that— he'd do without it.' No, ladies and gentlemen, though we cannot at all times command the smiles of the radiant Goddess, I will do my best endeavours to deserve them. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, again thanking you for your patronage, at the close of my ' trial trip' in the little, but good ship `The Haymarket,' and with fair hopes for the future, till October next I respectfully bid you farewell." LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The Monitcur publishes a comparison of the receipts of the indirect taxes for the first six months of 1853, with those of the corresponding period in 1852 and 1851. These receipts amount to 411,800,000 A.., for the first half-year of 1853, to 389,497,000 fr. for the correspond ing period of 1852, and to 363,660,000 fr. for the first half-year oflBsl, showing an augmentation of 48,149, 000 fr, in favour of 1853 over 1851, and of 22,312,000 fr. in its favour over 1852. The Moniteur promulgates the attention agreed to on April 18, 1853, between the French Government and the landgrave of Hesse for the reciprocal extradition of malefactors. The Journal de Loir et Cher publishes a " communi cated " note, declaring that the candidateship of M. Chevalier in the canton of Marchenoir has not met with the approbation of the prefect, as was bruited about. The note declares M. Chevalier to be the enemy of the present Government, and consequently quite certain not to meet with support from persons in office. M. Aucher, procureur imperial at the tribunal of Blois, is declared to be the Government candidate. Among the flying rumours in Paris yesterday, and which have produced some uneasiness, are two in par ticular which rather neutralised the intelligence that negotiations are still going on, and not without the pro bability of a pacific termination. These rumours arc, at that, the date of the departure of the packet from Constantinople on the sth inst., and which was due yesterday a Marseilles, the French and English fleets were preparing to enter the Dardanelles —the first ver sion was that they had actually entered ; and, secondly, that Admiral 13ruat had received orders to prepare his fleet—the Atlantic fleet—to proceed to the Baltic. These reports were very actively circulated, but though not much credit was attached to them they produced an unfavourable effect. The Pays, which for the last two days had been silent respecting the second circular of Count Nesselrode, has now a few lines on the subject, but they do not enable the reader to judge, as far as the opinion of the Pays may be supposed indicative of that of the Government, of the effect produced by this note on the Ministry, and the reply that it intends to make to it. The Pays, in fact, only tells us that it would have offered it,s opinion on this note if it had not thought it more becoming to let the Minister of Foreign Affairs speak for himself, and it gives the reply of M. Drouin, not to the second, but to the first note of Count Nesselrode. Although this document has only just appeared in the Monitcur, it was published almost word for word in the Indepen,d ance of Brussels several days ago, and was copied into the Pays. It- cannot, therefore, have been prevented from commenting on the second note by the publication in the Ilfoniteur of the reply.to the former one. The Constitutionnel has no article on the Eastern question, and we find nothing in the other journals worth noticing, unless it be an article in the Assemblee Nationale, in which it is attempted to show that, as far as interests are involved, England is much more deeply concerned than France in the Eastern question. The Assemblee pretends that England is almost dependent on Russia for the supply of corn, which is necessary for the subsistence of its inhabitants, and quotes figures to show how little France is dependent on such supplies as compared with England. These figures appear to have been taken at random, for we have before us a pamphlet by Count Abel Hugo, which, although not exposed fOr sale, has been rather profusely distributed, in which this able statistician shows that in the years of scarcity 50 per cent. of the foreign corn purchased for the supply of France came from Russia and Turkey, viz., 34 per cent. from Russia and 16 per cent. from Turkey. If the As semblee means by its statement that England is com pelled to maintain peace with Russia at any sacrifice least Russia should starve her population, it may also be said that France, which has her periods of scarcity, has in a minor degree an interest in sub mitting to Russian dictation. It is not probable, how ever, that either England or France hat been rendered pusillanimous by this consideration. They know very well that although a war with Russia might cause a tem porary inconvenience as regards the supply of corn, there are other markets to go to, and that Russia would, by , the very fact of keeping back her produce, be soon re duced to such a state of penury as to be unable to find the means of prolonging the war. Higher considerations than these have influenced the two Governments in the moderation that they have displayed with a view to the preservation of peace. They are unwilling to put into jeopardy the progress which arts, commerce, and manu factures have made in the world generally, and we have not such a bad opinion of the Russian Government, either as regards its morality, or the desire it must have to avoid the execration of Europe, as to suppose that the motives for this moderation will be appreciated and respected. The PiTsse publishes some remarkable letters addressed by Marshal Sebastiani, when ambassador of France in London, to H.R.H. Madame Adelaide, sister of Louis Philippe. These letters, which have a singular applica tion to the present moment, have never before, says the Presse, been published. The first letter is dated Lon don, April 21, 1838. In this, the Marshal says :—" I n this country all pa r ti es are of same opinion when it is proposed to keep a strict watch over Russia." The Marshal adds that he thinks the Tory party even more animated than the Whig party ; "at least it appears so, because it is knot bound by the reserve of office." In the next letter, dated June 13, 1838, Marshal Sebastiani gives au account of his efforts to induce the British Ca binet to adopt the same policy as that of France on the Turkish question, and above all to prevent Russia from coming forward as the friend of the Porte in the dis pute with Egypt, for, says he, "if Russia be allowed to march armies to assist the Sultan, that would be the end of the Ottoman empire." In this letter the Marshal states that he had seen and con versed with Lord Palmerston on the subject, and was well satisfied with his lordship. A letter from the Marshal, dated October 3, 1839, begins as follows : "England has not accepted the propositions of Russia, and Lord Palmerston has declared to me, in the name of his Government, that this refusal was made in order to remain faithful to the alliance with France." He then alludes to the proposition for placing Turkey under the public law of Europe, by which, he says, the ex clusive protectorate of Russia would be annihilated. Under date of November 30, 1839, Marshal Sebastiani again expresses his confidence in Lord Palmerston, who, he says, had directed the attention of his colleagues to the tortuous policy of Russia. In two letters written in December, the Marshal speaks of Lord Palmerston as taking a correct view of the designs of Russia, and notices the efforts of the Austrian Cabinet to induce the King of the French to abandon the alliance with England. There are two letters dated in Jan uary, 1840, in which the Marshal alludes to the support given by Austria to the pretensions of Rus sia. He states that they had been unsuccessful, and that the British Cabinet would hot listen to the suggestions of Russia on the Eastern question. It had drawn up, he says, a convention, in which it was declared positively, although not textually, tat the Ottoman Empire being essentially necessary in its integ rity to the maintenance of the peace of Europe, the five Powers are disposed to lend to it the aid that it demands, and to cause it to enter into the public law of Europe (le dpoit public Europeen). On the 27th of January, the Marshal, who had up to that time felt confident that the view taken by Lord Palmerston of the policy which it would be right to adopt, would prevail in the British Cabinet, begins to express doubts and fears. The diplo matists of Russia and Austria had, he says, contrived to excite uneasiness in the minds of the English Ministers respecting the projects of France in the Mediterranean' and the British Cabinet complained of a want of proper co-operation on the , part of France as re garded the policy of England on the Turkish question; He had succeeded, he adds, in causing the propoSitions of Russia to be rejected ; but Austria, which was ardently on the side of Russia, had adopted them as her own, and the English Cabinet was divided on the subject. It appears, however, that up to the 15th of August, 1840, Marshal Sebastiani did not despair of causing the alli ance with England to be placed on a durable footing, and none of the propositions of Russia had been accepted ; but on that day he writes that everything had been placed in jeopardy by M. Thiers and his journals. To such an extent had M. Thiers comi)romised the alliance with England, , says the Marshal, that the slightest acci dent would render war inevitable. He adds, that he had protested long against this baneful influence, but finding that he raised his voice in vain, he would for the future be silent. Fortunately, the fears of the Marshal were not realised ; but it is well-known, as he stated in his last letter on the subject, that war might have arisen from the slightest accident. BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the situation of the Bank on Thursday, July 14 : Ca Fr. c. 3 73,943,141 fig 101,726,*1 221,132 19 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks .. . Overdue hills ................................ -Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 58,917,11 ff. Sic. arc 11'0111 the branch banks .. ......... 1 33,570,237 45 Bills in the branch b an k s .. .............. 151,146,476 Advances on coin and ingots ............ 1,783,000 Do. •in the branch banks .......... 791,074 Do. on public securities of France - 35,671,036 10 Do.' by the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 66,107,700 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property <branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank Expenses of administration.. Sundries 70,000,00 0 - 10,000,000 - 55,451,514 37 4,000,000 - 3,841,813 - 37,000 - ' 81,455 280,921 9 1,045,542,73 E 9 DR. Capital Reserve fund R4serve itninobilibre Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current ofFreasury Creditoi Various a ccounts-current • Do. branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Re-discounts of the last half year Sums received over and above the value of the protested bills Sundries 91,250,000 - 12,980,750 14 4,000,000 489,280,100 1 64,907,550 - 6,373,070 96 12,230,344 • 72,958,069 58 . 158,892,674 50 25,214,239 - 2,421,569 25 802,030 76 557,492 - 75,381 63 3,599,524 27 1,045,542,796 . 9 The Union, kays :—" We have cited the words of SPORTING NOTES. For the Produce Stakes I mentioned Sortie as being the most formidable opponent to the Reel Colt, who was the leading favourite, and which report had repre sented to be a "flyer." For the Lancashire Oaks I indicated the favourableness of the Queen's chance. Hobby Horse was my "fancy" for the Foal Stakes, and I prepared my readers for the victory of Deformed for the Derby Handicap ! By a reference to Thursday's Sun it will be seen that I selected the winner for every race on Friday that I touched upon, viz., Barrel for the Stanley Stakes, Auld Acquaintance for the Grand Stand Stakes, Umbriel for the Bickerstaffe Stakes, Brother to Mountain Deer for the Great Lancashire Produce Stakes, and Vanderdecken for the Liverpool St. Leger ! My readers will regret to hear the death of Mr. John Clark, who for many years discharged the duties of race judge. He died yesterday morning at Newmarket. On his retirement from office in 1852 his health was greatly impaired, and his illness since was long and painful. It will be remernbered that he was succeeded by his son, Mr. J. F. Clark. July 16. A FRESH MAN. EPSOM, DERBY, 1855.—The Derby Stakes closed with 198 subs, and the Oaks with 166 subs. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP, DONCASTER, 1853. The Great Yorkshire Handicap closedwith 104 entries, and the Cleveland Handicap with 44. THE JOCKEY CLUB.—At the annual meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket, the 6th of July, 1853 —present—The Marquis of Exeter, General Anson, Mr. J. M. Stanley, stewards ; Mr. Payne, Col. Peel, Mr. Nevill, Admiral Rous, Lord Orford. The accounts for the year were presented and passed. The Hon. Francis Villiers was appointed a steward in the place of the Marquis of Exeter, who retired by rotation. The Hon. General Anson resigned his stewardship, being about to leave England, and the Marquis of Exeter, at the request of the meeting, agreed to take the office for the remaining year of General Anson's term. Lord Henry Lennox was appointed a member of the Bentinck Fund Committee in place of the Earl of Eglinton, who retires by rotation. The committee for the ensuing year consists of the Marquis of Exeter, J. M. Stanley, Esq., Hon. Francis Villiers, stewards of the Jockey Club ; the Earl of Zetland, the Duke of Rutland, George Payne, Esq., and Lord H. G. Lennox.—Adjourned. We have to announce, from the best authority, that Colonel Chatterton will decidedly again come forward for the city of Cork, on the expected vacancy caused by Sergeant Murphy's acceptance of office under the pre sent Government. From the stato•of the registry there is no doubt of the colonel's success.--.--/Ifo; - ning Herald. CusToMs.—Messrs. C. J. Cox, J. A. Russell, and J. M'i'herson, senior searchers of customs, have been nomi nated to act as landing surveyors of the waterside de partment, when . from pressure of business or other causes their serviees.may be required in that capacity. THE I. ILEAT LONDON i;ITHMER.POULTEY Snow:--Yes terday was the last day of entry for specimens to be ex hibited at the forthcoming summer poultry show, to take place at the Bazaar, in King-street, Portman-square, on Wednesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 28th; and Friday, the 29th inst., and so numerous have been the applica tions for space that the spaCious area usually appro priated to the cattle show will be barely sufficient. It is stated that there will be nearly 1,500 pens of birds, exclusive of pigeon classes. THE MISSES SHARPLEY.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the Directors and Guardians of the Poor of St. Mary lebone, held in the board-room of the workhouse, New road, Mr. Messer, the relieving overseer, stated to the board that the Misses Sharpley, who, it will be remem bered attempted to commit suicide by voluntary starva tion, and who have been so . great a trouble to the authorities of Marylebone, had ,voluntarily left their lodgings in Bowling-green-buildings, and gone to Windsor. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.—The new steamer, Mona's Queen, Quayle, sailed from Douglas, Isle of M an , f or Liverpool, on Thursday morning, at nine o'clock, and at two p.m. one of the floats of her starboard paddl e and the arm by which it was supported gave way. The sea was then high and the wind was blowing a gale at the time. The injured part was"soon cleared away, and the engine was again set in motion, but only worked a few minutes, when a further portion of the wheel gave way. The captain finding that it would be impossible to get steam on the vessel again without risking further injury, set up the sails, and the steamer went along in capital style under canvas. As soon as she crossed the bar she was taken in tow of a tug boat, and brought to Liver pool. The passengers were very much alarmed, and on the arrival of the vessel in Liverpool presented an ad dress to the captain. We regret to state that during the time the vessel was knocking , about before she got under canvas, Captain Quayle was capsised on deck, and had his right leg cut and bruised. THE JULY MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. • The difficulties encountered by the promoter of this meeting were most discouraging. The lessee of the course was compelled to work unassisted and alone, without pecuniary aid from the inhabitants of Liverpool, and even the cordial co-operation of those persons who derive unquestionable benefit from the races. By him were the means and appliances for the provision of the sport furnished, and by him was the business of the meeting arranged and conducted. His • labours were not, however, attended with commensurate success ; the " gathering" failed in many essential particulars, and so marked were the shortcomings in certain instances that its future prospects are certainly neither cheering nor satisfactory. Incidents, however, happened which imparted unusual interest to the sport, and occasioned unexpected excite ment. The proceedings connected with the "Cup" were particularly noticeable. On Monday last Goorkah encountered determined opposition in the Turf Market, and so unfavourable were the reports circulated respect ing him that he was almost driven out of the betting. It was rumoured that he was to be entirely reserved for the Goodwood Stakes. In the meantime, how ever, he had arrived at Liverpool, a reaction took place, the ruse had succeeded, and he was again brought into the betting with increased force. He achieved the victory easily, but scarcely had his jockey dismounted when John Osborne, the trainer of Alp— the second horse—was seen hurriedly pushing his way through the crowd into the weighing-room, where he made an objection to Goorkah, on the ground that the horse was incorrectly described as a three-year -old ! This objection was at the time almost generally regarded as frivolous and vexatious, but the stewards were com pelled to entertain it. At their request, therefore, the horse's mouth was examined by Messrs. Lucas and Bunnell— veterinary surgeons of long experience and tried ability—who unhesitatingly declared him to be only three years-old. It is said that the stewards have since or dered the horse's certificate to be produced. In my opinion no reasonable doubt•can exist as to the age :of Goorkah. He is certainly a large and somewhat well-furnished horse, but his mouth is unquestionably that of a three years-old, although it is perhaps somewhat forward. Has John Osborne lately adopted the principle of " win, tie, or wrangle ?" In conseqUence of this objection the settling on the Cup has been entirely stopped. The respective achievements of Goorkah and Hobby Horse this week have caused their advance to a pro minent position in the betting on the Goodwood Stakes. Goorkah has incurred a penalty of slbs. only. I shall take an early opportunity of discussing their compa parative chances in connection with those of their probable opponents. The opinions which were advanced in The Sun, re specting the result of the different races at Liverpool were borne out in a striking manner. On Saturday, the 11th inst., I selected Cariboo, Montague, and Goorkah, against the field for the cup. Both Cariboo and Goorkah were then at comparatively long odds, but before starting the former was quoted at 3 to 1, and the latter at 4to 1. The ominous reports, however, circu lated respecting Goorkah shook my confidence in him, but I saw my mistake too late to rectify it. From the "outside division " I selected Poodle and the Alp. The Alp was second ' • and on T ues d a y I wrote—" Should an outsid er b e destined to achieve suc cess, that outsider will, perhaps, be either Pelion or Missive." Pelion did not run, and Missive was third ! It will therefore be seen that my selections were actually first, second, and third. adieu of Prince Napoleon, at the camp of Helfaut, in which on two occasions he called to mind that "it was from the camp o f B ou l ogne th at t h e eagles o f A us t e rlitz took their flight." Here is another fact which seems t° express the same-idea :—ln the visit which the Minister of War has just made to the Imperial and Military Pry' tande at La Fieche, the pupils of the Ist battalion asked him for a flag, and he replied, "You shall have a flag► but on the condition that each of you will promise to bring me one taken from the enemy." Bu is limited amount of business was transacted at the Bourse yesterday, the absence of intelligence from the East of a decisive character preventing speculator s from operating, and causing a decline in prices. The Three per Cents, fell 30c. ) and the Fou r - an d- a -Half per Cents. 10c., both for cash ; whilst for the account there was a decline of 55c. in the Three per Cents., and of 50c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. A fall of sfr• took place in Bank of France shares. The final quota tions were :—For money: Three per Cents., 76fr. 9 00 .; Four-and-a-Half per C en t s ., 101 fr. 90c. For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 76fr. 80c.; Four-and -a' Half per Cents., 101 fr. 50c.; Bank Stock, 2,65 5 fr:; Northern, 854 fr. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,090 fr. •;Par' 3 and Strasbourg, 902 fr. 50c.; Pari s an d Lyons, 8 971r ' 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,050 fr.; Lyons to the Mediter ranean, 717 fr. 50e.; Western of France, 725 fr.; Rouen and Havre, 490 fr. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. On the Russo-Turkish subject we are without all fresh positive news. It seemed to be a general feeling in Russia that should the occupation of the Danubian Principalities not suffice to bring the Porte to its senses , the troops would cross the Danube ; that in the present state of things the Empero r was not lik e l y to con ten, himself with the mere gratification of his modified de ; mands ; and that neith er th e m ili tary preparations the Porte, nor the address of thanks presented to the Sultan by the Greek clergy of Constantinople, had mal e tny impression in the higher regions. The English and French Governments having d e ‘ manded rn explanation from the Austrian Cabinet re' specting the concentration of an army in the neighbour: hood of Peterwardein, they have been informed that 1 " was of an exclusively defensive character. The encamp' ment will consist of about 50,000 men. The Empero r has left Vienna on a tour through Moravia, for the pm' pose of inspecting the military establishments. There are three American vessels at present with tin Turkish fleet in the Bosphorus ; the frigate Cumberlan o , is reported to have brought a considerable amount 0 ' money to Constantinople. The Journal de Franefort, said to be one of the organs of the Russian Government, contains in its ninly ber of the 9th a rather angry contradiction to a state" meat in a London journal of the Austrian Cabinet ha l i ing given its adhesion to the policy of England atT, France on the Eastern question. The Journal a' Francfort states that Austria has endeavoured to bring about a reconciliation between Russia and Turkey, as she sincerely desires the maintenance of peace, but that she is resolved to keep up a close alliance with Russia , as that power is her surest protection against revolution' The Cologne Gazette has the following from Vienne dated the 11th :—" The Austrian Government canna' remain a passive spectator of events. It intends to, form a camp of 60,000 men nea r P e t erwar d e i n. The fate' corps d'armde has already received orders to be ready te, march. On the 14th, th e b r i ga d e o f C ount Degen f e l d n will leave Vienna, and the regiment Constantine win form the advance g uar d. T owar d s t h e m i ddle of Angus', there will be established in Moravia, at Tures, neat Baun, a camp of throe corps d'armee. The fedi/ni general inspection will take•pl ace a t th e same t i me. t , is said that Count Giulay, who has gone to St. Peters' burgh, will not return to Milan, but will obtain a Cony mand in Hungary. The Emperor set off to-day , f° r Moravia to i ns p ec t several military establishments. " The Trieste Gazette announces that a camp of 80,00 0 regular troops is now being formed at Elzeroum. 91/ the Cireassiana in the service of the Porte have bee° concentrated at Trebisond and organised into a regular' corps, to be placed under the orders of Schamyl i n the event of a war. - The Austrian Internuncio having the satisfaeti°_,.l' which he had dema n d e d f rom the Porte, for the Oa' at Smyrna, is contending with the American Minister for the possession of M. Kossta. The latter has bee n removed fronithe Hussar, and is at present under the care of the French Consul at Smyrna. A letter from Bucharest states that Omer Pacha CO . ,°: t he Russian for more th an two hours in his cabinet with , Russian general, Ni e p o k o it sc hi s ki , sent by Prince GO"- schakoff to the Turkish Quartier-General at Schwab" Two officers of Omer Pacha's staff were present at the interview. At its termination the Turkish commande r sent off two Tartars to Constantinople with dispatchee' General Niepokoitschiski left the same day under Turkish escort. At the request of the Russian Consul-General t4 l° Moldavian Government has appointed eighteen corallii' v sioners to execute the orders of the Russian Commander . in-Chief. The Posen Gazette, under date of Warsaw, Ist, sat, "An officer of the army of occupation of the PrinciPc ci lities has written to his brother that the army Nv0?,, 6 remain therefor the winte r , an d th at in consequence ti t officers wished to have their families there. The lettP, having been comm un i ca t e d t o severa l persons, the polio hours afterwa r d s requ i re d th at t h e letter should IS7_ c° given up to th em . Th us, i t appears that letters, as as travellers, are the object of special vigilance." The Wanderer of Vienna announces from Cons tinople that A us t r i a h as recommended the Prince u Montenegro to demand the investiture from the poi and that the princ e w ill take advantage of the visit 45 . an archduke to C ons t ant i nople to go with him to ti* capital. A private letter from Constantinople states that th d ,, result of a late Divan was, that the minds of the Turkis u Ministers had accustomed themselves to the idea of possible arrangement, and one that the Sultan wou ld probably be brought t o acquiesce in. This cannot f ' of being a satisfactory feature in the prospects of ow allies in their present exertions at St. Petersburgh, sink one of the great difficultie s o f l ate seems to have been restrain the undue elation of the Porte at finding itself so energetically backed. A private telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, date ti yesterday, does no more than repeat what has been 8 , ° often stated, namely, th a t th e ultimatum, of Russia, 111 substance the same, but in form different, will be ek" cepted by the Porte, with the addition that the guars"' tees will not be given to Russia alone, but to all the Powers. The fact is, nothing of a positive kind can b e known till the answer of the Russian Cabinet to th e joint note of England and France be received. The Journal de Constantinople contains an addrese of thanks signed by the patriarch, metropolitans, arch . bishops, notables, and elders of the Greek Church in Turkey. A great part of the firman of the 6th June is quoted, and "the infinite joy and eternal gratitude with which it has inspired the subscribers to the address is grandiloquently expressed. The document is nause . ously servile, but one passage is worthy of quotation " Our nation is of opinion that its first religious al'd bounden duty is to continue heart and soul subject to the Imperial G overnmen t , an d to shed the last drop o', its blood for the august person of your Majesty." The Armenians and Jews have also presented addresses, le which the same sentiments are expressed in much more dignified language. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th do not contain a sin• gle line of interest to foreign readers. That day being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was closed. GERMANY. The King of Prussia has conferred the decoration of the order of the Red Eagle Ist class on M. Bravo MO . • rillo, ex-President of the Council of Ministers of Spain) and on the Chevalier de la Torre Ayllon, Spanish Am' bassador at the Court of Vienna. A letter from Hamburgh, 10th, says :—" M. Weber, a councilor of commerce, who on the occasion of the sojourn of the King of Prussia, and otber illustrious visitors, had i nv i ted the inhabitants to manifest their gratitude by an illumination, has just been condemned for that affair to two days' imprisonment, against which he has not appealed. In his invitation, he said that it was necessary to thank the King of Prussia for his gene' rosity towards the city of Ilamburgh at the time of the great fire. He added that his Majesty ought to be re garded as the visible head of the Protestant Church." The .1 7 08 8 Gazette states, under date of Prague, 9th, that domiciliary visits had, within the last few days, been made at the residences of some partisans of the Pastor Kossuth, recently transferred to Klagenfurtz- The police seized several political and religious pamphlets, as well as several books, at the house of the directors of the Evangelical Church of Bohemia. SWITZERLAND. The New Zurich Gfi:Tile, of the 13th, says :--,, The , following proposition was. nu . i..1*, ,, , in the seventh sitting of l t t o he ta N k a o ti t 'o h i e la n l e C co o s u s n ar c 3 i! s: 41slifeorloebdteariaolitCtgoitihrieci‘lviitshdinrla,td of the measures which some of the states of Germany have adopted with regard to Switzerland.' This propo sition was adopted unanimously." The National Council of Switzerland has formally re- Tie, quested the Federal E xecutive not again to allow the judicial and police auth or i t i es to harass political refugees who have not violated the right of asylum. The act is regarded as an important demonstration at the p rese nt moment. The Parlament° of Turin quotes a letter from Berne of the Tth, stating that the Governments of France and England have recommended the Federal Council to use its influence with the Canton Of Ticino, in order to induce it to put an end to the Austro-Swiss question, so inconvenient in the present state of affairs in Europe. The Federal Government had advised the canton to admit the Austrian claim of a pension for life to the eight Capuchins, but the Grand Council of Ticino has absolutely refused to comply, on the ground that Austria offers no indemnity to the expelled Ticinese. In conse quence of this, the President of the Federal Council is said to have addressed a note to the foreign ministers residing at Berne, to the effect that he cannot bold out the slightest hope of an arrangement of the difference upon a basis which both the Government and Canton of Ticino refuse to accept. FATAL ACCIDENT IN BLOOMSBURY-STRE ET 8L00315. BURY - SQUARE.—Yesterd ay morning a fatal accident oc curred to a man of the name of Edward Ereser, a p a i n ter, who resided in Great Windmill -street, Haymarket, under the followi ng c i rcumstances. It appears the unfortunate man was standing with one foot on a ladder and the other on a projection over a second-floor window of a house in Bloomsbury -street St. George's, Bloomsbury, when he accidentally slipped, and fell on his head, with a frightful crash, in the area. He was instantly picked up and conveyed to the London University Hospita't lut on his arrival life was found to be quite extinct. Information has been forwarded to Mr. Thomas WakleYl the coroner, but no day is named, for the inquest. , A