The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AUGUST no Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THIv SKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows. Addison , and Miss Viyash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Anansx 11, win be performed GENE V I EVE. Characters by A Me w ssrs ig . a P n, ars r e a r u e l , Callenford, Woolgar, Leb,h Murray, Hastings, Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith. and C. J. Smith. Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBBAM. To conclude with WHAT ! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS CVENING, AUGUST 11, will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. varston, G. Cooke, ant Shalders; Mesdames Anderon, IL Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SIIYLOCK, or, THE _MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock, Mr. to. Hobson. To conclude with THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Jacob Earwig, Mr F. liobsuu. ASTLEY'S ROYAL i MPHITHEAME. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Co eke. varied and attractive Entert.sin.nents at this Theatre continue their successful career—compr.sing the national spectacle of the Battle of is aterloo, the msteql, ss Scenes of the Circle. and Sport ing Drama of The l'hase (the 79th tight). Mr. W. COOKE is de termined to present his pntroils with every possible novelty, and begs to announce a splendid Spectacle on a classical subject. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 11, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE a tft' WATERLOO. To be followed by %Ir. W. Cooke's incomparable Scenes in the ARENA, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Horseman) in a grand Equestrian Act. Concluding every evening with (79th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. Doors open at Hall-past Six. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. 11 est. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of that eminent En2ll-h Vocalist, Miss POOLE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 11, CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Caparisone d Elephants, God frey's unrivalled Band, Voc ,s 1 ael Instrumental oncert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss Poole, various amusing novelties, conclud ing with the magnificent spectacle of THE FEAST OF LAN TERNS, brilliant display of FIEV.:NVORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, ls. N.B. A grand Show of poultry , rize"si and Rabbits will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and two following days. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PORTSMOUTH—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., strong breeze- cloudless. TIINBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—E., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. STROOD—N.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. SWINDON—N., light breeze—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—caIm cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state 107 the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : MIILLINGAR— W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze -overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.., calm—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—E., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. STROOD—E., calm--partially cloudy. CAMBRlDGE—calm—partially cloudy. YARMOUTSI—N.E., strong breeze - cloudless. CREWE—calm—partially cloudy. TUE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFT:IIII`.TOON AT TIIREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING TUE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other ffevs arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. H. lOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tabs DAT —Morning 59 min. after 5 Evening 19 inin.aft. 6 To-Molnow —Morning 44 min. after 6 i Evening 9 mithaft. 7 THE WEATHER.—Sot; ()Friel', AUGUST 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day at noon. 1-I,lnomr,TEn., 3038. WIND, E.—Light breeze, and fine weather. ''' . " 77 4 ‘..::::f--6..,1.`4,-, ) , ( ?____cs.,:,:-....:',2..:,5.,..-, ‘..-..,1/,11,, r,..._,7 IP ';%?--41:-'1'4',--__::-.,-.f.:ei 1 . LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1853. A memorable event has this day been wit nessed in the British Channel by a considerable concourse of our fellow-countrymen, by the as sembled Members of our Government, by both Houses of our Legislature, and in person also by our august SOVEREIGN. After the military spec tacle at Chobham—it was deemed only reason able that the nation should have a grand naval review at Spithead. Neither incident we feel confident can fail to exercise at this particular period of our history a salutary and appreciable influence upon the great mass of our „intelligent population. It has been thrust forcibly in either instance upon the national recognition, that England has still both the capacity and the resolve to maintain at all hazard the glory of her independence. It cannot, however, be misconstrued into being any idle boast of our strength, or into any vain-glorious parade of our magnificence. It constitutes briefly an illus tration of the old motto, si vis pacem para which was the truth really symbolised in the pal ladium of every strong and sagacious Government. Regarded in this light, and in no other, the Spit head Review and the Chobham Encampment will be understood in their actual significance. But not otherwise. It were but a miserable per version of reality to suppose that they originated simply in a love of parade, or in any feel ing yet more offensive to the common sense and honest convictions of Englishmen. As calcu lated to reanimate sentiments of a patriotism long dormant by reason of nearly forty years' uninter rupted tranquillity, a spectacle of this character may be welcome, even (one might conj ec t ure) to the most infatuated believers in the Peace Move- Bullying has so far succeeded with A the _ AUT O , MIT that considerably " more privilege s th e even Russia had asked for them" will. be accorded to the Greek Christians in Turkey by firmans about to be dispatched to St. Petersburgh from Constantinople °. Such is the glorious triumph of e diplomacy for which England is now being con gratulated. Such are the conditions upon which the CZAR, has consented that his troops shall eva cuate the Danubian Principalities. In considera tion Iltr.vwsked for them" being granted by the Sultan ABR .-, IM-MEDJID to those among his subjects who are Greek Christians—the Emperor NICHOLAS will vouchsafe to recal his army across the Pruth and to consent t o t h e terms of a formal pacification. That is our victory ! That is the magnificent success by - which the Four Great Powers of Western Europe ar longed an d energetic e ab ou t t o crown t h e i r prc negotiations ! In this we are not drawing upon our imagination for facts— we are simply quoting journal know the c.ea (lit language of a r an d the confidence of th e E arl ofn A to b e i n to the expressions Government. Accordi ng EtnnEEN's o f that contemporary expressions .8 • ° re markable that they cannot be too frequently repeated—the CZ.AE, will consent to a p ac i f i c settlement of exiJing difficulties, upon the un derstanding that firmans dell be issued by kv , the athliwo Porto, allour;,nz to the Chriz tia43 throug4xat xO:4 PA= - 47,03 TUN' EVEN RUSSIA HAD ASKED FOR THEM !! ! " A matter worthy of remembrance. A revelation justifying, surely, some few of the doubts recently expressed by us as to whether we shall find such really vast cause to exult over the consequence of all these protracted negotiations. Stripping the truth of all extraneous and sophistical palliatives, we shall discover that it amounts simply to this-- Russia, with perfect impunity to herself, will have compelled the SULTAN to ac cord to all the Greek Christians through out his dominions more privileges than the CZAR himself has at any time demanded for them, and Russia will have driven the Sublime Porte to the necessity of making these enormous con cessions by the most odious insults, and the most flagrant intimidation ! Remembering the in solent and desr oijc bearing of the Emperor NICHOLAS throughout these transactions—remem bering the arrogant and impertinent tone of MENSCHlKOFF—remembering the summary move ment of the troops under the command of GORTS CHAKOFF remembering the treatment experi enced by the Hospodar of Moldavia, the duplicity shown towards the chief Powers of Christendom, the indignities offered to the Divan, the atro cious manner in which the laws of Europe have been outraged, and in which the integrity of the Turkish Empire has been violated—we cannot, for the life of us, understand how a settlement of the question, like that above indicated, can be regarded by England and her allies as matter for such loud and boastful self-gratulation. We maybe remindedthat the Russian troops will at once retire across the Pruth—that the Danubian Principalities will be forthwith evacuated. Why, that, of course ! Assuredly the least that could be looked for, as among the more inevitable results of diplomatic negotiation. But the complete evacuation of Moldavia and Wallachia only brings matters again to their original position. Nothing is thereby effected in the Way of vindicating the independence of Turkey, or of extorting repara tion for all the duplicity and indignity with which the Russian Cabinet has borne itself towards the rest of the European Governments. In lieu of attempting which we are to secure the issue of firmans which shall accord to the Greek Chris tians, subjects of the SULTAN, " more privileges than even Russia had asked for them !" A mar vellous cause, truly, for exultation ! No wonder the CZAR is so ready at the eleventh hour to accede to the proposals transmitted by the representatives of the Four Powers from Vienna to St. Petersburgh. Why, of course the Russian Cabinet is willing to accept a proposition which shall secure to the Greek Christians in Turkey more privileges than even the CZAR in his most arrogant moment had demanded ! Of course the troops of the AUTOCRAT will be withdrawn beyond the waters of the Pruth upon the understanding that the Greek Christians in Turkey shall henceforth enjoy more privileges than had been required for them prior to the Russian occupation of the Danubian Princi palities ! Of course the Emperor NICHOLAS is not by any means reluctant—with England, and France, and Austria, and Prussia allied against him at the back of Turkey—of course, we say, the Emperor of RUSSIA. is not at all re luctant, in the presence of such odds, to consent to terms like these—terms to himself so eminently convenient and. advantageous ! All this is ob vious enough ; but we will confess that, to our selves at least, it is not by any means so apparent that a pacific settlement of this nature is subject fur joy or self-gratulation. It is not precisely the kind of result that might have been expected from that resolute act of the 20th of March— that act by which a nobler and more chivalrous policy was opened up to the nations of Christendom —that act upon which the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. then entered upon his own individual responsi bility. We allude to the prcmpt dispatch cf the French fleet to Salamis, so as to be within easy distance of Constantinople. Had the Cabinet of the Tuileries been properly supported from that moment by the rest of the great Powers, we should long ago have witnessed a very different and a much more decisive pacification. Unhappily, how ever, there was more than one preventive to a set tlement of the Eastern Question thus rapid and satis factory. Austria was still deeply in the rut of Russian influences. Prussia was infected by the dread of political aly,orption. England was presided over by a Coalition, and that Coalition by an ABER DEEN. Hine Rice lacrymce. Hence the proposal which has been so cordially welcomed at St. Petersburgh. Nevertheless, though we may be compelled to receive the official record of . these diplomatic proceedings, we can scarcely be expected to swallow, without a wry face, the accompanying congratulations. " Truth is stranger than fiction." The accu racy of the time-honoured adage has been fre quently exemplified, but never more powerfully than in the case of SMYTII v. SMYTH, which yester day terminated in an exposure of one of the most nefarious impositions ever attempted in a court of justice, and the committal of the detected impostor to stand his trial on a charge of perjury. The advantage of rendering the evidence of the parties to suits admissible was also exhibited in a very powerful light, for there can be no doubt that the failure would not have been so signal—the triumph so decisive—had it not been for the self-contradictions to which the claimant of the ample estate and ancient honours of the SMYTH family was driven, by th e stringent and searching cross-examination of Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, which completely upset his case, and left not even a shadow of doubt on the mind of the most credulous. Had it not been for that ordeal, the damning fact could not have been elicited so speedily and conclusively, that the so-called Sir RICHARD HUGH SMYTH had gone, so lately as the month of January last, to an en graver at No. 161, Oxford-street, for the purpose of having the name " GOOKING" engraved upon a placed.have aile rrdhe seal, one of the " anc i en t" f am il y re li cs, on t h e p oss ession of which so mu c h re li ance was impudent demand- would p r ob a bly under any circumst a n ces , b u t th e de tection woad n ot have bee n so comp l e t e an d une quivocal, p Th rotectidefend an t might still have been harassed by furtherlitigation,protecting h and i s rights. exposed to a a y n , enormous outlay i n more, the imp ostor might still have found pretensions, and an i s sym pathisers and dupes wh,, ,Would have credit e d hi s ted th e cc - • I who had been so long and so un- suffering heir," ustly deprived of his inheritance, and perraittecl to languish in poverty and obscurity, n in 0- the station towhich'euPY by birth and fortune. What was entitled t, now becomes of the cautious scruples of those who objected to the improved system, under which parties were rendered eligible witnesses in their own suits, not only that it would have a very demoralising ten dency, holding out a strong temptation to false swearing, but that it would also perplex juries by the almost incessant clashing of evidence, op position - of conflicting testimony which would ren der their duties more arduous , and the task of discrimination almost impossible ? Whatever may be said on the first point, it is now manifest that the second difficulty is entirely removed —that juries are materially assisted by hearing the evidence of the parties ; and there is not so great a distinction between subornation of perju r y and the commission of the actual. ° l- itoo, to render the possibility . of the COM mission of the latter in extreme cases to be con sidered a adEt t elezi. reason for the excluzion of the ° 4)ll2 r 4 ete 4814 which the 34,4itiow en • deZigo might cast upon the case. Would the soi-disant, Sir RICHARD HUGH SMYTH, be in a bit better position, if he had not been required to sustain his iniquitous claim by the personal appeal to the DEITY ? According to the old system, he would merely have been guilty of a most atrocious fraud, of a coolly and deliberately planned robbery of not a few paltry pounds, but of property of the estimated value of 30,0001. per annum—of systematically swindling a young gentleman out of his birthright, and that by means which it is not now necessary to characterise. Is his guilt, then, so greatly aggravated by the fact, that he pledged his own oath, in addition to those of the persons who either wilfully or innocently —it matters not for the purposes of the argument —were induced to come forward as witnesses on his behalf ? Certainly not ! His offence in either case would have been equally flagrant—his crime equally black ! There has been, so far as the wretched individual is concerned, not the slightest cause of regret—nothing to impair the concurrent testi mony of the Bench, the Bar, and the community in general, that the new regulation " works admi rably, and contributes in an eminent degree to the due administration of justice." We cannot now enter into the extraordinary facts connected with this most extraordinary case. Neither time nor space would admit of the effort this day. They are such, however, as could scarcely have entered into the mind of the most accomplished writer of fiction, and prove that " romance" is once more immeasurably exceeded by " reality." That there are stranger events in life than could be devised by the most brilliant ima gination. The case of SMYTH V. SMYTH will hence forth take a prominent position among the " causes celebres" that have hitherto astonished the world, and from some extraordinary coincidences between this case and another that was some fourteen or fifteen years since attempted in the sister king dom. We should not feel surprised if the present audacious attempt was not the first or the most striking attempted by the impostor ; or if " Sir RICHARD HUGH SMYTH, Bart. (?)" should turn out to be the identical individual who, under the designation of " The Lost Heir," attempted to gain possession of a large property in the South of Ireland, and to inflict disgrace, dishonour, and pecuniary loss upon the representative of one of the most respected and most ancient Milesian The life of an English Bishop is generally sup posed, both by laymen and by all the " inferior clergy," to be a tolerably easy one. Perhaps the advanced age to which they generally enjoy their episcopal incomes has generated the strange delu sion. Delusion it certainly is, since our legisla tors, who ought to know best, have more than once sought to " relieve" them of their cares. Immediately after the passing of the Reform Bill it was even proposed to " relieve" them of their legislative duties in the Upper House ; their Lordships, however, much preferred to retain the burden, and the proposal never even commanded a majority of the Lower House. Next Bishops were actually " relieved" of a portion of their superfluous wealth, which was placed in the hands of Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who were to leave them only the proceeds of estates equal to a sum fixed by Parliament for them. They were re lieved, however, not of the management of their estates, but of the redundant wealth only ; and how London, Durham, Salisbury, and others con trived to retain as much of the pecuniary burden, as well as that of the management too, is known to all whom it concerns, especially to Sir BENJAMIN HALL, whom Lord JOHN endea voured, we fear in vain, to console for having to record again that the Bishop of DURHAM, having pocketed 19,0001. a year, instead of the 8,0001. allowed him by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Act, has this last year actually rejoiced in an income of 24,0001., and defied the Commissioners too. At length, however, the right proposal is on the fair road to a triumph. The good old plea of grouse shooting alone prevented the second read ing of the Marquis of BLANDFORD'S Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill. It is now proposed to re lieve the Spiritual Peers of money and of manage ment too—to pay them only the sums fixed by Parliament, to place all Church property under cathedral control in the hands of the Com mi-sioners, and to leave the Bishops only the no minal title to the estates. It would be thought at first sight that no ingenuity could contrive any passable argument in behalf of the pre sent system. Already Parliament has fixed the amount they shall receive from the estates; and it has required them to make a return annually of their receipts to the Commissioners. Some of the bishops, deferring to public opinion, or to still more efficient hints received at the time when the bishopric was offered them, have agreed to be strictly limited to the income appointed for them by Parliament ; and it is clear that hardly any future bishop can refuse to assent to a similar understanding. There seems, therefore, nothing left now for the Bench to contend for but the empty honour of the title of landed proprie tors ; and this the Marquis of BLANDFORD pur poses to leave them. It is inconceivable, if they renounce all but the income assigned them by Parliament, that they can wish any longer to be burdened with the cares of managing the pro perty. Any layman having but a fixed yearly charge upon an estate would certainly be thankful, for his ease and pleasure's sake, that some one else should have the estates and the trouble of them. If his income were secure, the freer his hands the better he would like it ; and surely men who have the supreme religious charge of extensive districts, and the superintendence of hundreds of clergymen, must rejoice to be at liberty to give themselves wholly to their sacred work. We have heard much of increasing the number of bishops of late years. It certainly seems desirable first to try the result of requiring the present ones to give up Estate Agency. There seems to common judgments no natural connec tion between the duties which PAUL, for instance, assigns to a bishop, and those of a good manager of Episcopal estates. Of course, however, opposition there must be. Want of time this session is conceded. But that is not enough. The grand appeal is to our anti quarian sentiment. The Bishops are the oldest landholders in the nation. "It might be said that the property of these landowners was theirs a thousand years before an acre of land could have been held by the noble house to which the Marquis of BLANDFORD belonged." Such was the venerable moss and ivy covered argu ment which Sir ROBERT INGLT3 hoped would weather the gathering clouds, which have only rolled away with a clear certainty of returning another Session. Very pretty, Sir ROBERT, very pretty, indeed ; but WORDSWORTH is - gerne - ---we live in a thoroughly utilitarian age. Railways have cut through to Windermere, and steam boats profaned its quiet waters— Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas, and it is too late to hope that men will tremble before the fiction of non-hereditary landowners— landowners who cannot leave an acre to their heirs ; not at least of the acres conferring the poetic antiquity. How many other acres, or acres' worth they have often left, we know but too well. We pass over, just now, the inquiry whether Pro testant Bishops in England can he said to inherit a title remoter than the times of Henry VIII. and his celebrated daughter. h I n a d d. e ed very earthly Then Another more b us i ness -lik e o bj ec ti on i s, th a t the la n d s wou l d not be so well managed by others. must minds. these I f Spiritualv ieadmit L otirides argu ment ment it almost upsets itself, ev . • incina, as it would, that the Bi s h ops must have had ° far too much time and thought absorbed in • objects very foreign to those for which they were consecrated to their office. In the whole of the • service alluded to we find no injunctions to labour in the calling of landowners. Most • will think, however, that the interests of • the Bishops on the lease, renewal, and fine system are diametri cally opposite to the general pecuniary interests of the Church ; the interests of the former are the largest sum which can be secured within the coin *- own e ; those of. the latter, the pass of luz , life lug* attainable t 4 a 1 410012:10. . inteptit% THE SUN, LONDON, . THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1853. indeed, are as widely different as those of a mere tenant for life, with no remainder to his natural heirs, and those of a hereditary landlord. The Church is the latter, the Bishop the former. He scrapes all he can out of his life-interest, having nothing but his savings to bequeath. She desires to sustain her estate in the most remunerative condi tion for perpetuity, having an eye to her children in all coming generations. It is, of course, useless now t of the question, and of the bill, en e ter intobtit this the d general principle is universally acknowledged, and acted on to their own advan tage, by the Bishops themselves. Why, however, should not the proposals go a little farther ? Why should it be disputed whe thera central c omm i ss i on w ill manage estates Owners in fe e - s i mp l e w ill cer t a i n ly do it. Th e agriculture of th e coun t r y wou ld b e Bishops beis the better for the sale of all the landed estates ; house property none the worse for being consigned entirely to lay proprietors ; and mines and everything else in like manner. The sooner the entire Episcopal and capit u l ar proper t y cou ld b e advantageouslyinvested in Government securities the better. No questions about management would then arise. A vast amount of property would be placed on a more advantageous footing ; and Bishops would be paid the incomes fixed for them by the nation, without mystery, without injurious Reserves suspicions, an d w ith ou t diffi cu l ty. England, of all kinds indeed, as well as in Canada, were far better in this form. In a vast number of places they encumber the Clergy s prevent improvement ; adjoining a w p h r o o p l e e , r t c y h , u a rc n h d property, in its ordinary form, gives rise to innumerable scandals and sus picions. It is questionable whether, to avoid the the support of a State Church can be too directly fr om th e State itself. appea rance of evil, SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before L. Gurney, Esq.) ROBINSON V. EDWARDS. A WITNESS IN A " Fa."—This was a case totally de. void of interest as regards the merits, but a curious point was raised as to the rights of witnesses for expenses. The witness, on being called to the "book," refused to be sworn unless his expenses were paid. He said that his evidence would really amount to nothing as respected the case, yet he had by virtue of the summons to come from Southampton. He vas totally ignorant of any of the matters in dispute, and had come up to London at great personal inconvenience and loss. His Honour said that the witness, if called as one, was entitled to be paid his expenses in coming from and returning to his home before he was bound to be sworn. The plaintiff or his attorney would probably guarantee the amount. The plaintiff positively refused to accede to the pro position, and made some very strong and uncomplimen tary remarks on the conduct of the witness, as the "promoter" of a 6 swindle." His Honour said that, under those circumstances, he must nonsuit the plaintiff, no evidence having been ten dered in support of the claim. A question, then arose as to whether the party sum moned as a witness was entitled to costs. His Honour said that he had no jurisdiction. The person in question had refused to take the oath, and he was legally justified in doing so, but not having been sworn he was no witness. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBOItNE, AUG. 10. The Queen and Prince, with the whole of the Royal Family, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait ing, arrived at Osborne, from Buckingham Palace, yes terday evening, at a quarter before G o'clock. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Rosse, Presi dent of the Royal Society, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, late President, and Mr. Hopkins, President elect, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and Colonel Sabine, Vice-President and Treasurer-of the Royal Society, had an interview with the Earl of Aber deen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street, to recommend the establishment of a telescope of great optical power in the southern hemisphere, for the purpose of increasing our knowledge of the nebulae of that region of the heavens. Mr. Forlonge, from Victoria, had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Rear-Admiral Boxer had also an interview with the noble Duke at the Colonial-office. IHis Majesty the King of Prussia has graciously granted the great gold medal for science to M. Leone Levi, for his work on the commercial law of the world. The medal has on one side the effigy of the king, sur rounded by the emblems of Religion, Law, Medicine, and Justice, and on the other side the chariot of the Sun traversing the ecliptic, emblematical of the diffusion of knowledge. VAuxHALL GARDENS.—These gardens were visited last night by the party of Zulu Kafirs at present in this country. They appeared to be greatly pleased with the brilliant scene, and also formed themselves no slight ob ject of amusement to the numerous visitors to the gardens. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—This noble vessel left her dock on Monday, in the Mersey, for the Sloyne, in the same river, with between 300 and 400 passengers, and a large cargo. She sails to - day at noon for her destination. SUPPLY OF WATER IN PARIS.—The question of supplying Paris with water by means of a public com pany, which was suspended during the recent political distrust, has been revived, but no decision has been ar rived at as to the parties to whom the concession is to be granted. Three sets of capitalists have for a long time been negotiating for it. One of them, under the title of the General Water Company of France, proposes not only to supply Paris, but all the other principal towns, and their contemplated capital is 4,000,0001., half of which, consisting of 200,000 101. shares; will be issued in the first instance, the number of shares re served for England being 50,000. This company is understood already to have obtained authority for supplying Lyons and Versailles.. Another has been formed under the title of the Great Water and Sewerage Company of Paris and the Cities of France, and in this case the proposition is to combine with the supply of water the proper means of carrying it off ; the joint expense of water-works and sewerage, when undertaken together, being estimated at 30 or 40 per cent. below the amount that would be requisite if the two objects were effected separately. The third company was promoted under the auspices of the Credit Mob Tier, but has not yet put forwards its general plans. Under these circumstances no positive conclusion can be arrived as to the final arrangements that will be made, and as each party seems confident of its prospects, and the Emperor is said to be determined that the work shall be accomplished on a large scale, it is not improbable that the existing com petition may be terminated by a fusion of interests. The English parties connected with the first of the three projects are—Sir Joseph Paxton and Major Moore, Messrs. Sadleir, M.P., Masterman, jun., Laing Ash well, Fector Laurie, and Wythes ; the Paris bankers being Messrs. Rothschild, while the chief promoter is M. le Comte Simeon. Those connected with the second, are Sir Robert Carden, Messrs. Boyd, Chaplin, M.P., Gill, and Schuster ; the Paris bankers being Le Comptoir National, and the chief promoter General d'Hautpoul. In the third, which is connected with the Credit Mobilier, the English parties are under stood to be Messrs. Peto, Brassey, &c. THE CROPS IF NORTH WALES.—The hay harvest throughout the North Welsh district has been a very heavy one, but we regret that much has been spoiled and carried in bad condition, in consequence of the very wet and unsettled weather. The swathe was thick and luxuriant, and the crop would altogether have proved a splendid one had not the severe rains so debarred field operations that hay-making could not be carried on. A great deal has, how ever, been secured in condition, while much will prove valueless. The cereal crops are looking well, and, should fine weather be granted, a good harvest will be secured. The early sorts have not filled so well, but for the later grain an abundant yield is anticipated. Large breadths of potatoes have been sown, and until a short time ago all had escaped the disease. This scourge has spread, the haulms being generally affected. Fine weather will prevent the extension. CAB STRIKE!IN EDINBURGH.—The cabmen of Edin burgh are showing symptoms of imitating the example of their brethren of other occupations with reference to an adjustment of the scale of wages. They have just put forth a placard headed "Cabmen's Movement," set ting forth their state and condition, and what they pro pose as a remedy of their grievances. Their tone is very timid, and their proposals not very unreasonable. They wish to have their wages raised 3s. per week — one class who are getting only 10s. asking 135., and another class who get 12s. asking 15s. Certainly, un less cabby has perquisites, he is. considering his work and responsibilities, a very ill-paid individual indeed on his present wages. They also ask wages for the Sab bath-day, when employed on that day, on the very just ground that as their masters take payment for a hire on that day, the man who does the work should share in the payment.—North British Mail. EiHOPE.—Hope is a slender reed for a stout man to lean on ; but it's strong enough, I do suppose, for them that's infirm of mind and purpose. The houses hope builds are castles in the air. The houses of the wretched who are altogether without hope are too dismal to live in. A slight infusion of hope may be prescribed in bad cases ; but strong doses weaken the mind, loosen the morals, bin uitlthem. e am h. a o n u d Ts eh d e e f s o t tr r r o uy y eo ut ruler might come to visit you sometimes, to cheer y ou u p a a ti p so, p l i ip n ve e er s hswaoiptfhs you notoo u s e inwt tnb hopeindulge l e e little by talking pleasant, and getting you to look on the bright side of things when you are in a solemncholy mood. Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsi fa friend. He'll do on a pinch for a travellin' companion, hut ha is sot the =ad or your bezker. —akin Slick's Wise Ay* MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TTVO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 Ame rican were taken for export and speculation. The market was well supplied, and closed steadily at previous rates. The sales comprised 5,500 Ame rican, 340 Pernam and Maranham at 62d. to Bd., 300 Bahia at Qd. to 67A., 500 Egyptian at 6d. to 9d., and 1,100 Surat at 3gd. to 40. per lb. Railway shares were very inactive without altera tion in prices. The reply of Mr. Cardwell to the inquiry as to the intentions of the Government with respect to the law of partnership has not given satisfaction, as it does not show that the question of liability will be brought forward at at an early period next session. It would be well if the President of the Board of Trade would state his in tentions explicitly with respect to the grant ing of charters of incorporation, limiting the liability of joint-stock shareholders, many cases having recently come before the public, showing that no positive rule has been acted upon in the matter, so that it has appeared that charters have been obtained more by private influence than by the importance of the enterprise. It is, therefore, hoped that some member of the House of Commons will elicit from Mr. Cardwell the determination of the Government, as to granting or withholding charters, in the interim, between the close of the session and the presentation of the report of the commission on the subject. The intelligence from the Continent this morning is considered to indicate conclusively that all mat ters connected with the Eastern question are vir tually settled. In addition to the apparently au thoritative announcement of a morning journal that it is arranged ; the fact that the Emperor Napoleon has decorated the French Minister of Foreign Affairs with a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, is considered corroborative evidence of the accuracy of the view, it being well known that that mark of distinction is given only on the suc cessful accomplishment of some achievement either military or diplomatic. The intelligence from the United States brought by the Franklin, is not of much commercial inte rest. Cotton was steady, and flour and grain were rather higher. Sterling Exchange ruled at 109/, although the specie remittance to this country amounts, it is stated to $50,000, the bulk of the precious metals on board being destined for the Continent. The telegraphic dispatch, in advance of the Over land Mail, announces a dull state of business in India and China. The Exchange on London at Calcutta and Bombay was 2s. ld. to 2s. lid. per rupee for the steamer. Later advices from Australia have also come to hand, from which it appears that the produce of gold by the Victoria Gold Fields was increasing, and the price of gold at Sydney was 765. per oz. In consequence of the satisfactory nature of the foreign intelligence, and no alteration having been made in the Bank's minimum rate of interest at the weekly Board Meeting to-day, the English Funds have been very buoyant, Con sols for present delivery having been sold at 98 and 981, and for the New Account, which is fixed for the Bth proximo, at 98-1- and -a. The Reduced 3 per Cents. are also firm at 98:1 99, and the New 31 per Cents. at 101 g. Bank Stock is steady at 2281 ; South Sea Old Annuities, 1001 ; Exchequer Bills of all classes 3s. discount to par ; and India Bonds 18s. premium. Business has been limited in Foreign Bonds, but prices have somewhat improved. Spanish 3 per Cents. 47i ; ditto Deferred, 23 ) * ; Sardinian, 96± 7 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 431 ; Equador, 5 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 65. The Railway Share Market has been firm, both for British and Foreign shares, and in some of the latter securities a good deal of business has been done at a considerable advance in value. Gold Mines are dull, and prices are lower. Bank Shares are moderately active, at former quotations. Land Companies' Shares are steady. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1853. 1852. Great Western £17,384 £12,370 North Western 60,833 56,581 South Western 18,978 16,055 Brighton 18,943 16,571 Midland 27,035 23,938 South Eastern 21,018 19,503 Caledonian 10,707 8,918 Great Northern 17,384 12,370 Lancashire and Yorkshire 21,390 19,255 York and North Midland, Newcastle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 31,926 26,768 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 984 i 9 8 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities. . 98 , 1i 8 i 4 New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOll 1 g Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 11-16 India Bonds, £lOOO . . . . 18 South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account Bth September 9BB a i Exchequer Bills, ld. 1000 £5OO 2 3 d par Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 96z 7 61 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47 ft Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 233 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6l P C Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 65 44 x d nDitto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... ..• 9Bi THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9BB Ditto Septemb3r Account 9Bl GREAT BOAT RACE.—The great match for 1001., be tween Robert Newell, of Horselydown, and William Pocock, of Lambeth, took place yesterday evening, and was one of the most gallant on record. Both men have been before the public for years, and are first-rate pro fessors of the art of rowing. Newell, it will be remem bered, thrice contended unsuccessfully against Robert Coombes for the championship of the Thames, having defeated everybody else, including the renowned Clasper, the then champion of the Tyne. Pocock was defeated by the North countryman about the same time, but, having vanquished him this season, was considered by his friends good enough for Newell, who was put down as " stale," there being nearly five years' difference be tween them in favour of Pocock. Although Newell was known to be in good condition, the splendid rowing of Pocock in his recent match with Clasper had so brought him up in popular estimation that offers to back him at 5 and 6 to 4 were freely made, with but few takers. The distance was from Putney to Mortlake, and four steamers, crowded with company, and an immense num ber of other boats, accompanied the race ; besides which there were a great number of horse and persons sta tioned wherever a view could be commanded of the struggle. Newell had the Middlesex station, and jumped off with the lead at a most extraordinary pace, but had not proceeded 290 yards before his opponent was along side. The next dozen strokes drew Pocock half a length in advance, and then for the next mile, with alternate leads, amost splendid race ensued ; but on nearing Ham mersmith-bridge Newell rowed with such enormous pluck and power as to draw himself clear of his adver sary, and from that point went on improving, ultimately beating Pocock by eight clear lengths, and doing the distance, with a very bad tide, in the extremely short time of 26 minutes. 3 COLLISION ON THE °MESTER AND HOLYHEAD LINE. —A collision, which happily has not been attended with serious consequences beyond great alarm and a few bruises, has just occurred on the above line, in the tun nel which leads from the Bangor station towards the Britannia bridge. The tunnel is about a mile in length, and is much curved. A goods train for Holyhead had entered the tunnel, when the Carnarvon train, having been cautioned, followed soon after at slackened speed. About half way through the latter came into violent contact with several trucks, which by some means had become detached from the goods train and left upon the line. The passengers were hurled by the severe shock with violence upon each other, and many got open the doors and screamed for help. The line was blocked up by the broken carriages, and the utmost consternation was felt when it became known that the up mail from Holyhead was due. In about three hours the line, under the direction of Mr. Lee, the engineer, was cleared, and the trains were enabled to pass. The guard in the detached van of the goods train was cut upon the forehead, but happily, beyond some bruises, no other injury was sustained. BOULOGNE RACES—A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRIP.—The annual races at Boulogne will take place next week, on the Wednesday and the Friday, and we advise those who have never visited the shores of France to take this opportunity of doing so. The trip to Bou logne by the South Eastern Railway and the conti nental steamboats of that company is now both cheap and expeditious, and a better opportunity for visiting Boulogne could not occur. The races, it will be observed, are fixed to give a day in between, so that visitors will have an opportunity of enjoying the attractions of the locality without interfering with the sports of the races. We do not know whether the railvhy company will put on a special train, but we should fancy they will do so. We shall, however, ascertain these particulars by o'i next publication ; and, in the meantime parties can b • got up and other arrangements made. As Sir Jo , a Shelley, last week at Brighton, felicitously said, "These trips will even blow the House of Corarao;:s dust out of meg throet.:.4eahvg Aso, , -- LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. We believe we may say with truth, that the news given by the Moniteur of the acceptance of the proposition of the conference of Vienna by the Emperor of Russia, has produced a feeling of sal is faction in the minds of at least four-fifths of the population of France. Some fear has, indeed, been expressed that this result has not been obtained without a certain sacrifice of dignity, and the point on which it is supposed that this sacrifice has been made is the question of the Principalities, so un justly invaded by Russia. It is thought that no direct stipulation oiA this point has been made in the propositions submitted to the Emperor of Russia, and this omission is regarded as a departure from the policy which should have distinguished the Governments of Great Britain . "' and France. It is, perhaps, true that the immediate eva cuation of the Principalities was not laid down in explicit terms as the sine qua non of negotiation, but it is evident that it was so understood. The Emperor of Russia had declared, in the most direct and positive terms, that on obtaining satisfaction from the Porte, his troops should be immediately withdrawn from the territories they have invaded. The moment, therefore, that the Emperor of Russia accepts the arrangement proposed by the four Powers, the satisfaction that he called for has been given, and the evacuation of the Principalities follows as a matter of course. The Emperor, accompanied by the Minister of State, visited on Tuesday at four o'clock ou horse back the works in the Bois de Boulogne. M. Vare, landscape-gardener, and M. Hittorff, the architect under whose superintendence the works are going on, were in attendance, and went round with his Majesty. O n th e news o f th e E m p eror 's arrival being known, a great crowd collected from all parts of the wood, and mingling with the workmen, stood round whilst his Majesty listened to the explana tions of what was going on, and gave directions as to the future progress of the works. His Majesty was greeted with loud acclamations, both on his arrival and his departure. After staying about an hour, he returned to St. Cloud. Just before he left, he gave M. Vare 2,000 f. for the workmen. The Emperor has sent 10,000 f. and the Empress 5,000 f. to the Prefect of the Doubs, for the relief of the sufferers from the recent terrible fire at Frasne. A grand review by the Emperor will take place on Sunday, the 14th, of all the national guards and the troops of the Ist division, who will be drawn up in the Champs Elysees, on the Place de la Con corde, in the garden and the court of the Tuileries, and on the Place du Carrousel. His Majesty will arrive at the Arc-de-Triomphe de rEtoile at one o'clock. The Bulletin de Paris states that the Emperor is about to visit the camp at Helfaut. The municipal authorities of Lille and other places, through which he will have to pass, have already taken measures for his reception. At Lille they are on an exten sive scale. His Majesty is to enter the town on horseback, is to be received by the authorities, and is to be conducted with great pomp to the Prefec ture. Two triumphal arches are to be erected in the line of procession, and all the houses are to be decorated. It is not known whether the Empress will accompany his Majesty. The Liberte of Lille of Tuesday says :—" We are assured that the offi cial news of the precise period of the Emperor's arrival reached the Prefecture this morning." The Moniteur says :—" M. Salir, a merchant at Calcutta, and formerly Enseigne de Vaisseau, but whose career in the navy was stopped by his de votedness to the Imperial cause, has been promoted to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour." M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been promoted to the dignity of grand cross in the Legion of Honour. _ . The - Minister of War has addressed a circular to the generals commanding divisions, pointing out the measures to be adopted by them for the cele bration of the fete Napoleon. The circular also orders that soldiers under confinement for simple breaches of discipline shall be set at liberty on the occasion. The Minister of State has published a notice in the Moniteur that no tickets are issued for the approaching fete, there being no reserved places on that day. M. Baze, ex-questor of the late Legislative As sembly of France, has written a letter to the Incle pendance of Brussels, in reference to the permis sion, lately obtained for him from the Emperor by Jasmin the poet, to return to France uncondi tionally. M. Baze declares that the narration of the scene which took place at St. Cloud gave him the greatest pain. " I thought (says the letter) that I had made all my friends, and particularly M. Jasmin, understand how much any solicitation made on my behalf would annoy me ' • and I was in hopes that they would for the future confine - themselves within a reserve which for me was a right and for them a duty. That has not been the case. What has just passed obliges me once more to make a disavowal, the motive of which will be easily understood by every man of proper feeling. The end of the proscription which has fallen on me, and which in my family affects three generations, cannot, even in appearance, be the result of a favour accorded directly or indirectly by any one." The Bourse yesterday had a dull aspect, and Rentes hardly maintained the quotations of Tues day. The Three per Cents. for cash have advanced 5c., but for the account they have fallen 10c. The Four and a Half per Cents. for both cash and the account have just sustained previous quotations. No change has taken place in the value of Bank Stock. At the close of business prices were steady, at the following quotations :—For cash—Three per Cents., 79f. 80c. ; Four and a Half per Cents., 104 f. 40c. For the account—Three per Cents., 80f. ; Four and a Half per Cents., 104. f. 40c.• Bank Stock, 2,835 f. There is no change to report in Credit Foncier shares ; Credit Mobili6re have given way 10f. They closed thus :—Credit Foncier, 725 f. ; Credit Mobiliere, 857 f. 50c. The Railway Share-market has been heavy, in sympathy with the funds, and like ,them, somewhat firm towards the close. Northerns have declined 2f., Paris and Orleans 5f., Western of France 7f., Rouen and Havre 5f., and Bordeaux and Cette lf. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean unchanged ; Paris and Stras bourg have advanced llf., Paris and Lyons 2f., and Paris and Rouen 2f. The last prices are : Northerns, 883 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,215 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 967 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 957 f. • Paris and Rouen, 1,109 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 780 f. ; Western of France, 760 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 510 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 645 f. 25c. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. A private telegraphic dispatch from Constanti nople of the Ist inst. states that the Divan has ad dressed a manifesto to the nation. This document contains the ultimatum which the Porte proposes to the acceptance of Russia. It is also said that the Viennese proposals have been accepted by the Porte. The Czar had - recalled his Consul at Adrianople. The Russian Consols in Turkey are all about to be recalled. The news of the Czar's acceptance of the Vienna proposals had not reached Constantinople up to the date of the dispatch. The finances were in a lamentable condition. The premium on gold was 1 per cent. The Porte was altogether strongly inclined to accept a mediation. The Friedland had run onthe coast, but the crew had succeeded in getting her off. We have received by Trieste letters from Con stantinople of the 28th ult., but they do not con tain any information of importance. One of them mentions the death on that day of Nafiz-Pacha, Minister of Finance. The French steamer which arrived at Smyrna on the 20th ult., carried out (says a letter in the German Journal of Frankfort), 15,000 muskets, and the Eurotas, from Marseilles, 35,000. Mo hammed Ali Pacha, son of Mehemet Ali, had ar rived from Al exan d r i a w ith 100 , 000 , 000 p i as t res , sent by his family as a present to the Sultan. The Lloyds contains a letter from Varna of the 20th July, which says :—" The passage of troops continues, and up to the present time 32,000 men have passed through this place. Omer Pacha has distributed them amongst the fortified places and camps in the neighbourhood. It is stated that Karel-Su, a locality which is situated between Kus tendje and. Czernawoda, will form the centre of operations. Yesterday, six Russian line-of-battle ships were seen in the Black Sea near Cape Emona. Three are cruising on the coast of Roumelia, and the three others have taken the direction, it is said, of Natolia. The Russian army in the Princi pality, 80,000 strong, is distributed in this way -17,000 at Bucharest , 20,000 at Galatz, and the rest at Fokschani. Fever is ra ging amongst the troops." ITALY. A letter from Rome of th e 31 s t u lt., i n th e Par lament° of Turin, states that political meetings fre quently take place in various respectable houses at Rome, and that the Police knows of them, but cariuot prevent them, seeing that they have the ap pearance of mere private evening-parties, which are not yet prohibited by law. Nevertheless, the letter adds, those who frequent such parties are arrested singly now and then, but set at liberty soon after for want of evidence against them. The. Duke of Torlonia left Rome on the 31st ult. for Paris. tom, a leader. 41. tb.a Opirvione of Tur ottko 7th, we learn that Austria has applied to Piedmont for the extradition of a political refugee, one of the 43 summoned to appear before the court-martial of Milan by the edict we mentioned a few days ago, from the Milan Gazette of the Ist. It appears from the Opinions that Austria has met with a refusal, on the ground that the treaty of extradition of 1836 does not extend to political offences. The Opinions adds that there is nothing to prove the individual in question to be in Piedmont, but that it is more than probable he has taken refuge in England or America. • The Univers of Paris some time ago devoted & leader to a certain tribute due by Piedmont to the Holy See, for the cession by Benedict XIV. of the feoffs of Cortanze, Cistarna, and Mondofio , to Charles Emanuel 111., by a brief: of September 2, 1740, the payment of which tribute, it said, had been neglected for the last three years, and claimed by the Pope at the last procession on St. Puter's day, by an addition introduced into t t thhe Latin formula, which is read every year on a occasion, enumerating the various claims of the Holy Sea upon foreign potentates. The Univers further expressed its surprise at the Piedmon tese papers having been silent on this incident, seeing that the Sardinian Ambassador was presen t at the ceremony. The Opinions of Turin notices this article, and replies, that, if the Piedmontese papers had been silent on the subject, it vras be; cause they knew nothing at all about it, and cou ld not be expected to be informed of a protest mumbled in bad Latin in the midst of the noise of a public procession—the more so, as the Univer s itself professes not to know the exact terms of the said protest. The Opinions adds, that all it can, say on the matter is, that such tribute is not pa iu now, and that the Sardinian taxpayers have n o mind to pay it. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of th e sth, but like those of preceding days, they are CU tirely destitute of interest. The Three per Cents, were done at 44i ; the De" ferred Debt at 23g. THE OVERLAND MAIL• (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY. The steamer Calcutta arrived here on the 14th August, at 10 a.m., in 111 hours from Alexafl.d The Calcutta mail of the 2d July has arr. with the China mail of the 23d June, and illt,, r gence from Burmah to 22d June, Sydney 31st basY , Bombay 2d July. The King of Ava has become more submissiv e he has issued orders that the British troops are l ie to be molested ; that Meandel and Tounghou e re to remain in our possession, and has released 9 ' u the prisoners, but will not yet sign a treaty. Trade in India is dull. Exchange on London, 2s. id. to 2s. lid. The Imperialist army in China was preparing to retake Amoy, but without much chance of EMT cess ; the rebel army was within four days' mare' s of Nankin. Canton has not yet been attacked. Business was very dull, and money very scarc e ' Exchange on London, 5 1-3 to 51. The Arab ship Faze areem, on her passage fo el Aden to Bombay, with the Bombay portion of th e India mail which left London on the 24th Jn l3e ' foundered at sea 20 miles from Aden ; the ran , consisting of 68 boxes, were lost, and 179 out e a 190 Arabs and Lascars who were on board, an Mr. Nankins, in charge of the mails, perished._, , The Legislative Council of New South Wal e has appointed a committee of ten to prepare ' new constitution. The produce of the Victor ia gold fields is increasing. There is great destituti on among the newly arrived emigrants at Melboulli e. Rents are at extravagantly high prices. The AO' rican steamer Monumental City was wrecked to the 15th May, on her passage from Port Philip /4 ; Sydney ;35 persons perished. Price of dos d a Sydney, 765. per oz. By this arrival we have advices from Alexand rill to August 5. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY AliDNIGia • The United States' mail steam-ship Fran F il l/. James A. Woton commander, has just arriveu ho Cowes, and landed the mails for England, 011 way to Havre. The Franklin brings dates from New York to the 30th ult., specie, value $850,000, of which $50, 0 ° ° ,. is for England, 90 passengers, and a full cargo, 1 0 England. The Georgia arrived at New York on the 2 0 ult., with specie, value $1,600,000, from Californi a ' Her news had been anticipated by the Northern Light. The New York papers publish news from Sy cln e Z of the 15th of April, received by way of Pau ol 7 o but the intellig ence h a d b een forestalled by fo r direct accounts on this side. The Asia reached New York on the 25th til t ' from Liverpool. The American papers are destitute of news. Dates from Havannah state that a well-la',11" slavedealer had been arres t e d a t B e li ze , HoncluT s. for shipping Indians fro m Y uca t an t o Cuba as sin ° d A large meeting had been held in Newfoundlan.ol at which it was resolved that unfettered commer lor relations with the United States were necessary the continued success of the province. From New Mexico the accounts state that Gener i : l , Friar had withdrawn his troops from the Melilla valley, under an order from the Mexican Minn e j of War. The most cordial un d ers t an di ng pron g . between the military officers of b o th Governinan The yellow fever was prevailing at New Orleans• tir The Asia's news h a d a d vance d th e p r i c es of ftd and breadstuffs on - the New York market, T et prices we re fi rm an d b uoyant. Th e cotton-mare also high er . F ree purc h ases h a d been ni of wheat at 3c. to sc. per bushel advance. Ashes were in fair demand. f rom Freights rather fi rmer , w ith more o ff e ring Liverpool. ills The stock-market had sli g htl y d ec li ne d. '- on London were quoted 109 k to ( 1 , The fall trade in dry goods had fairly commen ce and every branch was more or less active. VO 6 LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF the FEMALES.—Yesterday the public examination 0 ' ie ti children at p resen t un d er th e protect i on o f t his et/e a o f was held at th e A s yl um , T o tt en h am, i n t h e preseceLas Chas. North, E sq ., an d a numerous assem bl y o fthe fr`rits of this highly valuable institution which receives witi.cos walls not only the repentant Magdalenes, but also sl ie r those who might, b y f orce o f c i rcumstances , be , t hee wise driven to a life of loathsome infamy and vic e ' tug answering of the pup i l s i n a ll t h ose b ranc h e s of 8 ; l a , essential to their futu re we ll-b e i ng i n society, w as)a.g er o • creditable to themselves and likewise to their teas' , It was evident that th e i r e d uca ti on was conduct that sound religious principles, and th a t th e y were ° c lot ing a complete knowledge of domestic dot ie° lo 4 while in fact they were taught t o l a b o ur hones t the ir unremittingly for their support in future life, toe moral and religious characters were at the ore.` nc iple moulded and formed, so that, being fortified by P rl 016 4 and shielded by industrious habits, th e y might be erl s itiori not only to resist evil, but also to maintain a useful in society, and become blessings to themselves!_oro others. Many of the visitors then inspected the class o r der &c., of the asylum, and were much gratified by theviicb and cleanliness which they observed, ancl_ A abo strongly contrasted with the filth, darkness , au: nts of mination of the Adelphi-arches, and the other bit, ie et• young abandoned females. The ei g hteenth annute; the ing of the members of the society was next held, vite ,ice* chair was taken by Rev. G. Greaves, M.A., one of tf_ presidents. It appeared from the report that all Da v e sider dren had been preserved in health, and had made c e i , o bad left the asylum were continuing to able progress in their education, and that those v"-' Tee do w ell ' a f the board, however, regretted that, in consequence able to limited amount of their income, they wer e un tion, as to bring a greater number of young augment and widen the operations of the institu der its protection. Their expenditure for last year ab 0 , The 501. t their income, with the exception of the sum of „ m ost details of some of the cases admitted were el, : I , the pitiable nature. The number of girls at presentduepod, foundation is sixty. The report was unanimously ated the and a vote of thanks to the chairman terruina proceedings. _c a ptaie ROYAL ARTILLERY.---WOOLWICH, AVG. 10. ed un der , Radcliffe's company, 9th battalion, is P le T c an deot a „ orders to proceed from the Garrison here to 6th 19 '`' Fort, to relieve Captain Warburton's compallYlo4ool9, talion, at that station. Captain W a rburton re lieve r girls su_nrbed on being relieved, proceeds to Guernsey, 1 g a jo Major Young's company, 12th battalion _ par t: Young's company will move from Guernsey sth Yr sth bat" mouth, to relieve Captain Bingham's comPV; _ roce ed , talion ; and Captain Bingham's company w 1 F oy , Devonport, to relieve Major Morris's cci n P, ler orde rs battalion, Maj or M orr i s ' s c ompany being !lot' Cap tain to return to head-quarters, at Woolwic:• Triike oq! Dennis Pack's field battery, stationed in ti thriv es 11 have received orders to hold themselvesssnd e" to bring return to head-quarters, at Woolwich, tain Gra fton; their horses and guns with them. es to n y. two half-batteries, one of the half-batteries ilkoder field battery, stationed at Athlone, is C t a O P be f°r c r i cluti at Athlone, and the other half battery at o e Captain Levinge's company, orders to relieve Captain Fitzinayes eo rie t: . • 7 Copt . talion, from ShoeburyneSs`, on SatUrday t: der orac e l f 11th battalion, Grant's troop of Royal Horse Artillery I . eZzolison P to return to Weedon, and will leave th Atooday nett for that statoa. to all Nv( ,~. , v¢ ''........'