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NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.-- Notice is hereby Given, that the FIRST GENERAL MEET- ing of the SHAREHOLDERS of the METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY will .be held at No. 47, Parliament -street, in We.,t- minster, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st of August, at One oclock p.m. precisely. By order of the HN Board, JO HEITC H.IS.A.I7, Secretary. 47, Parliament-street, 17th August, 1 853 . _____.----- MEDICAL, AND GENERA L CLERICAL, LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ZIE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Th a t the usual DIVID END of Fiv NOTI e per Cent. (less income tax), on the paid up c a p ital on the shares of this Sociecty will be PAYABLE at this office on and after SA TURDAY, the 20th day of August inst. GEO. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. No. 99, Great R ussell -street, Bloomsbury, London. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Ceder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AuerisT 17, win be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vi ash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AvousT 17, Will be performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsell e, Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and ldrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SABDANAPALITS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT 1 N 0 CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. - - Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. .Tem Zags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. T h e national specta cle I m portant Notice to the Public generally .— of the Battle of Waterloo, which has on its revival been attended with such brilliant success, far beyond any precedent, must neces sarily be withdraw* to make room for a classical novelty, which has been for months in preparation, an d will be produced on Sa turday, 27th inst., on a scale of grandeur andar extent never before attempted.—Ttfiss EMILY C OOKE re-appe nts. s at this theatre on the conclusion of her continental engageme THIS EVENLNG, AIIGUST 17, And during the week , will be pretented (52d night) the glorious Spectacle of i'liE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro ducing his celebrated Black Charger and Rav theGreaten, whose Equestrian performanc Mres have elicited unboun ded appl, use, , . Alfred Cooke, in one of h's principal acts. Concluding with (84th time) THE CHASE; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. " The best ventilated theatre in the world." Box-office open from Eleven till Four. St4ge Manager, Sir. W. West. 'ROYAL SURREY zooLbarcm, GARDENS, Second Week of Miss POOLE, the eminent EnAih - First EsNibition of the 3IARINE AQUARIUM . , a colieciion of Sea and Fresh water Fish alive, in fi , e large glass tans, procured ex pressly ror tnis occasion by P. H. Gosse, E q., autnor of "A Natu ralist's Ramble , is Devonshire," &c., forming the most instructive and amusing object ever yet presented to the public. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, CHITSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instruments! , 2oncert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss l'oole, marvellous display of TEE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS,' and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, is. The Boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, accompanied by their Military Rand, will visit the Gardens lIIGIi WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DA: —Morning 5 min. after 12 I Evening 38 min.aft. 12 Ta-Mottaow —Morning 8 min. after 1 Evening 35 min.aft. 1 THE WEATLIER.—Scrx OF?IC3, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETEIt, 29'63. WIND, W.N. - W.—Light breeze, and fine weatlicr. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘, THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING TUE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING ; With all other AVcrs arriving up to the hour of Poet, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. At 4 4, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1853. CANNING'S knife-grinder last evening addressed the House of Commons in the person of Lord JoHN RUSSELL. " Story, GOD bless you ! I have none to tell, sir," might have been the Noble Lord's candid avowal to Mr. SPEAKER, in lieu of his elaborate but meaningless and most unsatisfac tory explanation. For, stripping his speech of all its superfluous phraseology, the so-called dis closure made by the Leader of that branch of the Legislature amounts, in point of fact, to no reve lation whatsoever. It concludes, indeed, with the expression of a hope that before any considerable lapse of time these difficulties in regard to Turk ish independence may be brought to something like a satisfactory settlement. But circumstances, we conceive, required from a British Minister at this moment rather more than the utterance of an empty aspiration. It might have been reasonably calculated at least that the country would have learnt something positive in reference to the pro bable issue of recent negotiations—instead of being left quite as much in a state of uncertainty as ever on the very eve of the Prorogation of Parliament. We might not unreasonably at any rate have conjectured that for once the tim orous silence of the ABERDEEN Coalition might have been broken ; that for once its pusillanimously interrupted recensions might have been full, or, at least as far as they went, explicit ; that for once the language respects worthy of the employed in its name might have been in a ll dignity, the resolution, and essential the authority of a British Government, Instead, however, of being thus characterised, th e speech delivered yesterday in the House of Commons by Lo rd JOHN RUSSELL, wa s remarkable only fo r its surprising an d, a ll things considered, most unwarrantable reserva tions. Everything announced ' by the Noble Lord last evening was already p e rf ectly we ll known to the great mass of the poplliation. No _ thing at all was added by him to the sum of popular intelligence relating to the precise Bit tion of affairs between the SULTAN and the kuTo- CRA T. It was absolutely notorious, for example, that the proposals forwarded from Vienna in th e name of the Four Powers were generally under stood to have been accepted by the CzAR, accord ing to the latest advices received from St. Peters t was desirable should be learnt b urg . What i was—not the rumour of that acceptance--but the Withholding nature of those propositions. . c expee, from us in the name of diplomat vieweddi as ncy of the information that could alone be of Lord ADERDEEN any importance, the Cab inet ugh a variety imparts to the public, succinctly me , rity were al .of particulars with which the majo ready acquainted. England is still expected to repose a blind and implicit confidence in the po lieY of the Coalition Government, although the Leaders of that Administration persist in with . holding facts from the country such as ought most assured' • Y to constitute at this hour its only • rational justifi • cation. It is under these auspices, moreover, that the Legislative to the time w h en botb Session is brough t Houses are to be prorogued. Parliament, i n other words,_ is about to separate, be fore anything whatever h eluded betweenthe negotiat a ' s ng Cabinets been positively con --before anything whatever has of Europe, e nunciated by the Coalition Ministrys been distinctly o f manly explanat i rn—and yet, a t th sin the way juncture o f uncertainty, the nation is expec' e l to plaCe complete and unconditional reliance in the sin cerity of the pacific views attribu ted to the Emperor NICHOLAS, as well as in the wise and patriotic policy of the Earl of ABERDEEN'S most mysterious Administration. Credit is to be attached to the pacific views of whose systematic corruption it had been justly forfeited. Had the mem bers been given to Bir mingham, on the disfranchisement of East Ret ford, the modern Magna Charta (the Reform Bill) would not have been so speedily carried, or by any means so extensive in its operation. The ad vocates of " Tenant Right," in its due significa tion, such as that which has been in ope ration in certain districts of Ulster since before the Commonwealth, may console them selves with this reflection. The justice and expediency of their demand has been recog nised by men of all parties in both Houses of Par liament. It has found its way into the inmost recesses of Downing-street under the DERBY Go vernment, and under the Joint-Stock Administra tion. The Attorney-General of Lord DERBY has been zealously and efficiently seconded by the Solicitor-General of Lord ABERDEEN ; KEOGH has sustained and supported NAPIER ; and whatever doubts may be entertained as to the ardour of either Cabinet, there can be none as to the enthu siasm, the efficiency, and the honesty of the Irish Law Officers of the Crown on the great question of Landlord and Tenant Reform. We rejoice to find that justice has been done to these Right Hon. Gentlemen by the northern deputation, and that a well-merited tribute of praise has been accorded to KEOGH and NAPIER for their inva luable exertions in promoting the industrial rights of their countrymen. Whatever differences may exist on minor points, or on the details between these Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, both are ani mated by an equally zealous and honest determi nation to prove that if " property has its duties as well as its rights," industry likewise has " its rights as well as its duties"—that legislation must no longer be one-sided, but must look to the inte rests of the occupiers as well as of the owners—of the cultivators, as well as of the proprietors of the soil. the AtriocßAT—after the duplicity with which he treated the Powers of the Continent in the mat ter of the Holy Places—after the arrogance with which he insulted the Sublime Porte, for the pur poses of intimidation—after the insolent words of MENSCHIKOFF, and the aggressive acts of GORTZSCHAKOFF—nay, after the passage of the Pruth and the usurpation of the Danubian Prin cipalities ! . Reliance is to be placed in the foreign policy of the ABERDEEN Coalition—when it is known that that policy prompted the Divan to permit the seizure of the Moldavian and Wallachian pro vinces by Russia, without the faintest effort at retaliation—when it is seen that that policy tolerated, with little more than an impotent mur mur, the Muscovite interference with the rights of the Hospodar at Jassy—when it is understood, moreover, that that policy is so arranging recent differences between the Powers at St. Petersburg, and Constantinople that the SULTAN will concili ate the CZAR by more concessions than were ever demanded by the Russian Government ! Entirely, though reluctantly, do we find our selves compelled to acknowledge the justice of the condemnation pronounced last night, by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the member for Ayles bury, upon the members of the Coalition Govern ment. Cordially do we sympathise in the indigna tion with which Mr. LAYARD declared that, in the management of this affair at Constantinople, Eng land had been degraded to the position of a second rate, and Russia elevated to the position of a first rate, Power in Christendom. Yes! the melan choly truth glares through all this veil of pretended victory—through all this haze and mist of minis -1 terial self-glorification. Esiglandhas consented to a disgraceful compromise, and is striving to con sole herself by calling it a triumph of diplomacy. She has permitted Russia to commit the most flagrant acts of injustice with impunity to herself, but with loss of dignity to the rest of the nations of Christendom, and with a virtual loss of inde pendence to Turkey. And all these degrading results of our policy are to be compensated by the maintenance of international tranquillity—a peace purchased by the most ignominious concessions made to the lawless pride of the AUTOCRAT. No wonder that a policy such as that ellits the eulogium of those politic poltroons who are always running a-muck after the Will-o'-the-wisp of Arbitration. Any sentiments more disgraceful to the House of Commons were, perhaps, never uttered within the walls of that assembly than by the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, towards the close of yester day's discussion ! Sentiments derogatory to the honour of Great Britain, and (from being strictly in accordance with the acts of her Minis ters) injurious to her influence, and destructive of the glory and the majesty of her reputation. Mr. CARLYLE once spoke of Mr. COBDEN as a " politi cal bagman." It is deeply to be regretted that a man of his eminent abilities should ever have given that vulgar soubriquet the shadow of a sem blance of its applicability. If ever the sneer of the Scotch Dreamer was justified, it was assuredly upon the occasion of that speech delivered by Mr. COBDEN in the House of Commons yesterday. Talk, forsooth, of crumpling up the Russian Em pire like a sheet of paper ! Rather talk in future of our cringing like stricken hounds before the brandished knout of his Imperial Majesty the AUTOCRAT ! Let it be observed that Mr. COBDEN closed his most un-English remarks of last evening with a panegyric upon the " peaceful policy" of the Coali tion. Praise such as that was rather too bitter a pill to be swallowed with anything like complacency by Lord PALMERSTON. Accordingly we find him rising on the instant to protest in words that burnt with something of the warmth of his ancient fervour, that encomiums like those lavished upon the Ministry by the Member for the West Riding, were, at least by one of them, promptly, loudly, and indignantly repudiated. Alas I the force of that noble but impotent protest—noble in origin, but impotent in influence—goes at this hour for absolutely nothing. Mr. COBDEN is only too well justified in commending as he has done what he delights to designate the "pacific policy" of the Coalition GLvernmen t. The eulogium may be instinctively recoiled from, it is true—but it must also be officially endured—by Lor 1 PALMERSTON. After refusing to eat humble pie upon a memor able occasion, when the seals of the Foreign-office were thrown aside like the veriest bagatelle—it must be terrible to nibble, with a smiling face, at she leek of a FLUELLEN. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 16 The Queen and Prince, the Princess Helena, and the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and the Hon. Captain do Ros, drove out yesterday afternoon. --- A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walter Westrup, the inventor of the new system of grinding wheat, Dr. Dun das Thomson, F.R.S.E., the eminent millwright, Mr. Middleton, Mr. W. Pairtt, miller, the Solicitors and others, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, to support the peti tion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Lord Port man, C. P. Villiers, M.P., R. A. Christopher, M.P., Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., C. Hadley, M.P., W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., J. B. Carter, M.P., and B. B. Cabbell, F.R.S., M.P., for a Royal Charter of Incorpo ration of the " Royal Conical Flour Mill Company. In the unavoidable absence of Lord Beaumont, Mr. North house, the Parliamentary manager of the petitions, in troduced the deputation, and argued the case. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Gover nors of the West Coast of Africa. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Platt.) ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. It cannot be supposed that the reformers of the landlord and tenant code will be prepared to yield submissively to the spirit displayed by certain hereditary legislators in opposition to the land bills, and to the very great want of spirit exhi bited by the Premier on the same subject, to which we directed the public attention last week. Lord ABERDEEN apparently thought that he had achieved a signal triumph when he persuaded the dissentient Peers to abstain from a very striking demonstration by utterly rejecting measures, the fruits of constant labour for many years, and which, if found practically operative, would have done more to effect the complete tranquillisation, and with it the regeneration, of Ireland, than all the statutes that have been enacted since the g/J4•,.. _ great measure for the removal of the civil and re ligious disabilities of our Roman Catholic brethren received the Royal assent. He entreated with humility, almost equal to that with which he would have supplicated an Envoy from the CZAR, that they should not be ignominiously kicked out of the House —surrendering at the first appearance N, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1853 . E SUN, LONDO .... 1 AM A. 80,000 fr. were distributed in alms. The expense is to be equally divided between the city of Paris and the State. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. A letter from Constantinople, dated August 1, gives a resume of the events of the last few days, which cer tainly cannot increase the expectation of a speedy and pacific termination to these differences. The note which was sent off to Vienna on the 24th July, is stated to have been a single isolated instance of any attempt on the part of the Porte to conciliate Russia, but in fact advances the matter nothing at all, as it only offers what Russia has already refused. Since then a manifesto of the Sultan to his subjects was published on the 30th of July, in which, commenc ing with the demands made by Prince Menschikoff, the whole course and present state of the affair is set forth, the reasons given why the Russian demands have been resisted, and the population informed of the occupation of the Principalities having been protested against and foreign mediation accepted. The recal of the two Hospodars, the closing of the Russian post, the approaching removal of the Russian Commercial Chan cellerie, and the departure of the Russian Consul from Adrianople, do not bear a very pacific character. At the same Council, at which the above manifesto was signed, the progress made in preparation for defence was reported and the statement received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Zeit and the Frankfurter Zeitung look on the manifesto of the Sultan as another pledge of peace, in asmuch as, instead of working up the passions of his subjects against his enemy, he seeks to allay the inter nal animosities of the Turks and Christians under his rule. The latter journal points out, however, a pecu liar danger to which the peace of Turkey is exposed in the event of the present forces being disbanded, namely, that the Turkish soldier, who, in his extreme poverty, has been compelled to leave wife and children at home unprovided for, looked forward to booty, to be obtained in battle, as a means of recruiting his own finances, and if sent home empty will help himself on the road to anything he may feel inclined to in the possession of his unarmed countrymen. The Zeit has published a translation of four docu ments :-1. The letter of the Prince of Moldavia to Redschid Pasha, June 25, informing him that the Rus sian Consul-General at Bucharest had summoned him in the name of the Emperor to suspend his relations with the Porte, and withhold any further payments of the tribute. 2. The letter of the Consul-General above mentioned, dated June 23d. 3. The dispatch from Count Nesselrode to the Consul-General Satchinski, ordering the above measure, June 3d. And 4. Letter from Redschid Pasha to Stirbey, Prince of Wallachia, July 25th. The two latter may perhaps still have some interest, particularly the former of the two, as it will serve as preliminary answer to Lord Clarendon's de mand for explanations : " COUNT NIISSELRODE TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL KATCHINSKI. " St. Petersburg, June 3. "The military occupation of the Principalities is, as have already informed you, to cause no change in the exist ing order of things as regards the civil administratioa and the person,el of the superior officers, unless the Hospodars themselves should consider the change of some employes necessary to the introduction of the greatest pos . Bible regularity in the various branches of the service, and particularly in that of providing for the Imperial troops. There is still one question, however, on which we must make our views known beforehand to the two Princes, so that they may guide themselves accordingly. We have to speak of their relations to Constantinople and. the Otto man Ministry. These relations must necessarily be broken off on the day the military occupation of the land on the part of our troops commences, and at the same time every action, every influence, on the part of the sovereign power must for a time cease. Another consequence of the state of things will be the stopping of the tribute which these provinces are bound to pay the Porte. The sums which (the same as hitherto) have to be paid, must remain at the disposal of the Imperial Government, which reserves to itself to make what use of them it thinks proper. " You will communicate to the Hospodars the contents of this, which I have the Emperor's commands to i n form you o (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. At noon to-day the United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt. West, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Atlantic left New York on the 6th inst., and besides the mails has brought about 140 passengers, but no specie. The United States mail steamer Washington had arrived out at New York on the 4th inst. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara reached Boston on the sth inst. On the Bth inst., the Royal Mail steamer Africa, from hence for New York on the 30th ult., was passed by the Atlantic. The political news from the States continues of an unimportant character. O'Donoghue, the Irish exile, who escgped from Van Diemen's Land and lately landed in New York, has got himself into trouble. From infor mation lodged with the authorities, he had been arrested for intending to fight a duel, but was libe rated on procuring bail. Business had taken an unfavourable turn at New York since the departure of the previous steamer, and the pressure on the money market amounted to almost a panic. Prices of Stocks had consider ably fallen, and the tendency was still downwards. The Market for Breadstuffs was active, and prices very firm, at the following quotations :—Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 25c. to 5 dolls. 371 c. per barrel, very firm ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 34c. to 1 doll. 36c. per 601bs. ; Indian corn, sound yellow, 76c. to 78c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dolls. 12ic. to 3 dolls. 25c. per barrel. The cotton market at New York is reported brisk, with a good average amount of business doing, at slightly advanced : prices. The following are the quotations :—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 121 c. to 13c. ; Uplands, 14.. In the provision market there. had not been much doing, and prices were weak. The freight market was in a good firm condition, and shipowners were asking increased rates. Flour to Liverpool paid 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel, and cotton, id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London, 109 i to 1091, but not well sustained ; Paris, 5' 124 to 5 15 ; Hamburg, 36i to 364 ; Bremen, 79/ to 80. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. In consequence of the fete of Monday, which was also the religious holiday of the Assumption, only two of the Paris journals appeared yesterday—namely, the Moni teur and the Gazette des Tribunaux. The former appears to have been published partly for the purpose of announc ing some further nominations in the Legion of Honour, and giving a long list of persons to whom the Military Medal of Honour has been granted. The Marquis of Clanticard• passed yesterday through Paris. He proceeds to Hamburg. The Minister of Foreign Affairs gave a grand diplo matic dinner on Monday. All the members of the corps diplomatique were present. The Minister of the Interior has addressed the fol lowing letter to General the Marquis de Lawcestine, Commandant-in-Chief of the national guards of the Seine : My dear General—The review of Sunday has tes fled in a striking manner both the good feeling and the excellent appearance of the national guards of the Seine. Those 30,000 men whom you presented to the Emperor with so much military precision figured with honour by the side of our admirable army. This is a fine compli ment to pay you. The Emperor charges me to express to you his lively satisfaction, and I am happy and proud to transmit it to you. Accept, my dear General, the ex pression of my sentiments of high esteem and attach ment. " F. DE PERSIGNY." The Moniteur publishes telegraphic dispatches from a great number of towns in the departments, announcing that the fete of Napoleon had been celebrated there with great enthusiasm. A Ltelegraphic despatch from Toulon announces the arrival there of the Montebello from Besika Bay. It is also said that letters from the Levant announce the arrival at Constantinople of the Friedland. She was to rejoin the squadron in a few days. There has been a manifest improvement in the trade of Paris since Monday last. Several large orders, which had been given two months past and subsequently sus pended, have been confirmed within the last week, and the manufacturers have been compelled to use increased exertions to recover the time lost. The provincial shop keepers, moreover, having disposed of the stock on band, are now coming into the market, and, of course, increase the demand. The shopkeepers and hotel-keepers of Paris have gained considerably by the influx of foreign ers, particularly English, within the last few days, to witness the preparations, and assist at the national fete, It is calculated that 150,000 strangers have arrived in Paris within the last two days. The accounts received by the last mail from New York are highly satisfactory to the French merchants and manufacturers. It appears that the stock of foreign manufactured goods is considerably reduced throughout the United States, the greater portion having been ex ported to California in return for gold received from the mines. The French manufacturers have likewise found a new market in Australia. Any business formerly transacted between France and that colony was con ducted by English houses ; the French export merchants now trade there on their own account. The wheat har vest is now nearly concluded throughout France, and, although the weather has been so favourable during the' last three week; the result is by no means satisfac tory. Several accounts are evidently exaggerated, which estimate the deficiency as equal to one-fourth of an average crop. The truth appears to be that it will be come necessary to purchase from foreign countries 10,000,000 hectolitres of wheat, equal to one month's consumption of the population of France. There has been a considerable amount of business transacted at the wine-market of Bercy during the last week, with less firmness in prices. The arrivals of consignments of Bordeaux wines at Bercy since the opening of the entire line have been considerable, and the accounts of the improvement in the appearance of the vines since the late fine weather are calculated to cause a further reduction in price, but unfortunately the spreading of the oidium is so general that fears are en tertained for the general crop. The destruction com mitted in the Aude and the Var is alarming. Some pro prietors in the neighbourhood of Narbonne do not ex pect to obtain one hogshead of wine from vines which produced 100 hogsheads previous to the appearance of the disease. The accounts from Burgundy scarcely mention the oidium. They agree in stating that the grapes are making great progress to maturity, and that they have entirely recovered the effect of the heavy rains. The Government securities were very firm yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 90c., rose to 81f. 25c., and closed at 81f. 15c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, I,llof. ; Havre, 515 f. ; Great Northern, 905 f. ' • Basle, 370 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 1000 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 815 f. ; Western of France, 765 f. ; Bourdeaux and Cette, 650 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 627 f. 50c. • Dijon and Besancon, 550 f. ; Shares of the Bank of dr4dit Mobilier, 885 f. ; Bank of Darmstadt, 5501. to REDSCHID PASHA TO STIRBEY, PRINCE OF WALLACHIA , " Constantinople, July 25. " Prince ! When Russia advanced her troops into the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, she declared that she had no intention of changing the public arrangc ,- ments which govern those provinces, or to alter the posi tion which is guaranteed to them by solemn treaties ; and the Sublime Porte, which trusted this declaration , thought it might leave your Highness, as well as his Highness the Prince of Moldavia, at your respective posts- We learn, however, from the letter which has been sent us by the Prince of Moldavia, that the Russian Court hss issued an order that you, as well as the Prince of Moldavia , shall break of your relations with Constantinople, and keep back the settled tribute. This has surprised no excessively. "As the Russian Court has attacked the system of pro' vinces in the point which immediately affects the power possessed of Sovereignty in them—in a word, in its very' foundations—the Sublime Porte sees clearly, that in this state of things the exercise of rightful authority in a man" ner due to its holy and uncontested rights, is impossible the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The Sunesb lime Porte has therefore determ ined that y our Highs, as well as his Highness the Prince of Moldavia, shall for the present quit the provinces, and this order has also been officially communicated to the great Powers. You must , therefore, as is due to commandsissuing from the Inv perial throne, quit the provinces immediately ; and s hould it happen that you act contrary to these orders, the Su blime Porte will adopt such measures as shall appear suit able and conducive to its interests on the occasion. " I gladly embrace this opportunity," &c. From St. Petersburgh there are dispatches to the 10th iustant. The formal proposals had arrived, and had met with the promised reception. Nothing is wanting but the adhesion of the Sultan, when the Principalities will be at once evacuated and diplomatic relations com pletely re-established. Constantinople is, therefore, at present the centre of attention, and the next steamer bringing news from the Turkish capital is looked for with the greatest impatience. ITALY. The Voce della Libertd, of Turin, quotes a circular of the sth, issued by the police department of S w it z erland , ordering the arrest of two refugees from Lomba rd y , 6 / e, Hungarian deserters, and a Turk from Bosnia, to Wh om acts of robbery and theft have been attributed. ,„ refugees are to be taken to Berne under escort ; the de' serters are to be given up to Austria. We read in the Genoa Gazette of the 12th that th e , Dowager Queen of Sardinia has been labouring under indisposition at La Spezzia, serious enough to rend bleeding necessary. Her Majesty is now convalesce° THE FETE OF THE EMPEROR If some great prize were proposed to the competition of all the cities in the world for superior excellence in getting up a great public fete, beyond a doubt Paris would prove immeasurably victorious in the strife. Each year sees a fresh demand made on the talents of her decorative artists, but so fruitful is their imagination, and so pure their taste, that always something beautiful is offered to the public admiration, and in most cases differing essen tially from anything invented for former solemnities. The present occasion furnishes an additional pied of the vast superiority of French decorative talent, the ornamenta tion for the Fête Napoleon being distinguished alike for novelty and for good taste. The fete commenced at six in the morning by a salvo of 101 guns fired from the Invalides. Even as early as that hour a number of promenaders were already enjoying the cool air of the morning in the Champs Elysees, where thousands of workmen had been busy from the first light of dawn in putting up lamps and completing the various preparations. The weather was propitious, rain having fallen in the night and laid the dust, and the atmosphere being just so cloudy as to prevent the rays of the sun from falling on the earth with too much force. As the morning ad vanced the crowd gradually increased, and at nine o'clock the various points on which the ornamentation was most attractive were already thronged. The ground selected for the principal decorations comprised the garden of the Tuileries, the Place de la Concorde, and the Champs Elysees, up to the A rc de Triomphe de rEtoile. But the fete was not merely in honour of . the Empe ror ; it was also, to a certai n extent, a religious elle, since the Fete Napoleon and that o f the Assumption fall on the same day. In the various churches of Paris the image of the Vi▪ rgin was dressed out with great splendour , and a grand service was cele brated in her honour. The a ttendance at these services was exceedingly great, andthe churches continued to be crowded until twelve o clock. In the course of the m orning also pro visions were di▪ stributed at the different mairies of Paris to the poor and aged, and on this occa sion the usual allowance was increased. The public offices generally were illuminated. The dome of the P a tntheon, the cornice of the Legislative Chamber, and he Arc de Triomphe were lighted with gas. The Hotel de Ville, which was handsomely dressed out with flags and hangings, was at night brilliantly lit up. The Column in the Place Vendome was illu minated at the top and bottom with lampions, but the effect was not very striking. It may be as well to mention, that in the afternoon a num ber of old soldiers paid a visit to this spot, and deposi ted crowns of immortelles and flowers on the steps. The railings were dressed with bouquets and wreaths of laurel, and the general effect was pleasing. Along the Boulevards and the principal leading streets, the illumi nations were pretty general, but they looked insignifi , cant after the fairy-like scene in the Champs Elysees. The whole cost of the fete was 70,000 fr.,. of which , V , ,"'strbi ittr,ll of opposition all that was really in dispute, by consenting to the withdrawal of all the bills for the present session. He freely and willingly pledged himself that if the several bills were read a second time, it should be on the understanding that they should proceed no further for the time being. The enemy should be fierce indeed who would refuse to assent to these conditions— who would not allow a strong antagonist to march out with all the honours of war on surrendering possession of a still tenable for- What, in fact, more beneficial to the cause of landlordism could they have accom plished than the withdrawal of the bills ? The hereditary legislators are not desirous of coming into collision with the representatives of the people on trivial or insufficient grounds ; they are too well aware that they must eventually retire from such a contest, and a reckless deter ruination to precipitate the crisis would only have been injurious to themselves, not to their oppo nents. That which is gained by diplomacy is far better than a similar acquisition by op en force, and the malcontents must have hugged themselves with joy when they found the proposi tion emanating from the 44 excellent ABERDET,N ~ in such a that al l i t n h a e ea measures should be tranquilly shelved for an nite period. As there was nothing ceeding, it for the present, coursewas, s binding them to any future pro eaftacourse, assented to ; and thus, of the future relations the all-important question the occupiers a the soil between the owners and that, although the sister kingdom. We confess disappointment at this very feeling of temporary it energetically carried on s still our unexpected termination postponement that ll proceedings that have been so ably and tfihbreme rights soilviction that the postp bene ficial to the good cause, of the actual occupiers of w ill . 1) more clearly and better defined under the new legislation that is inevitable, and that at a very early period, than under the measures thus shelved for the time being. The popular cause is invari ably benefited by procrastination. A spirit i s astonishes their op ponents,excited among the disappointed suitors who have justice on their side, which in the first in conc3ssions than were demanded and speedily leads to even m . ore extensive - of human founded on a thorough knowledg, stance. The myth of the Sybiliue Woks was ated in nature ; and even within our own times we have seen the principle powerfully illustr extraordinary impetus given to the demand fo r the a large and comprehensive measure of reform, by the cont em pt uous re f us al to confer the Ele ctive r • ranchise on som e o f the more important manu facturing towns, i n lieu of petty boroughs, by xess. Edouard Baynaud, 36, described as a tailor, was in dieted for unlawfully attempting to conspire with others to kill and murder 'Louis Napoleon the Emperor of the French. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson conducted the prose cution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wollett. The trial excited a good deal of interest, and the court was very much crowdd. Prince de Joinville occupied a seat on the bench, and was attended by his secretary. The whole particulars of the case have already been published in detail, and it will only be necessary to re capitulate some of the main facts. The prisoner, who is a tailor by trade, lived at 4, Gerrard-place, Golden square, and he was charged with sending three letters to Prince de Joinville offering to assassinate Louis Na poleon, the Emperor of the French, for the sum of 201. On receiving these letters, his Highness handed them to Sir Richard Mayne, the Commissioner of Police, who set an inquiry on foot, and the prisoner was traced to Southampton, and apprehended. On being taken into custody he expressed his regret at having sent the let ters, and said he wrote them while labouring under an affection of the head, for which he had been under treat ment at the hospital at Southampton. The present pro secution was instituted against him by the direction of 1 the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Prince de Joinville was'the first witness called, He was examined through an interpreter, and deposed to re ceiving the letters, but said he knew nothing of the pri soner, and saw him for the first time at Bow-street. He added, in cross-examination, that he was in the habit of receiving many applications from exiles for money. A Russian, named Lemiot, identified the handwriting of the prisoner, and said lie had frequently gone with him in search of work. Sometimes they were unsuccess ful, and on these occasions he was very much upset and depressed, and seemed troubled in his mind. John Saunders, of the detective force, said he arrested the prisoner at Southampton, and that he expressed his regret at having sent the letters to the Prince. The letters, and a literal translation of them, were then put in and read. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Wollett objected to the prosecution on the ground that Claremont, where the letters were received, was beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. Mr. Baron Platt over-ruled the objection. Mr. Wollett then addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. He contended that the prisoner had no intention of carrying out the threat contained in his insane letters, andthat his only object was to get money. If he really had any serious thought of assassinating the Emperor, he would have made some preparation, but no evidence was adduced to show that he had in his possession any infernal machine, knife, pistol, or other weapon, with which to commit the deed. Under these circumstances he did not think the jury would be justified in finding him guilty of the serious offence alleged in the indictment. Mr. Baron Platt then summed up the case, and said the only question for the consideration of the jury was whether the prisoner intended to induce Prince de Join ville to join in the conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor. If they believed that to be his object, they would find him guilty ; if not, they would return a verdict of ac quittal. The jury then retired, and after an absence of about twenty minutes, they returned into court, when the fore man announced that they had agreed to a verdict of not guilty, intimating that they thought the only object of the prisoner was to extort money from Prince de Joinville. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of vbich 2,000 were taken for export. The market closed heavily with but little alteration in prices. The sales com prised 3,000 American, 1,000 Pernam and Maran ham at 60. to 7d. ; 20 Egyptian at 9d., and 1000 Surat at 4 1-16th per lb. Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. A conversation that took place last night in Par liament, possesses a good deal of interest for the banking community. The inconvenience felt by the circulation of half-crowns and florins at the same time, Kas s a een a matter of complaint of late, and it is very isfactory to learn from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that there have been no half-crowns issued for the last year or two. It would have, perhaps, teen desirable how ever, that Glvernment should have gone still further, and have decided upon calling in all half crowns, or at least of instructing the Bank of Eng land to exchange at the Mint all that it might re ceive. The Chancellor of the Exchequer urged, in reply to the latter suggestion, that there was a good deal of preliminary inquiry and arrangement necessary before the decimal system could be con veniently introduced, but a measure so simple as this, one might have thought could have been at once carried out without interfering in any way with the interests of the public. The accounts received from Australia entirely corroborate the assertions that the markets would soon be much more amply supplied with produce and manufactures. The arrivals had been very large, and already there was a decline in the prin cipal necessaries and luxuries. According to a state ment by Messrs. W. Barrett and Co., there had been, in 28 days, flour and wheat equal to 45 days' consumption received from Chili and America. Still the colony grows so little for its own consumption that ifis most desirable that these supplies should be kept up, and it may be hoped that there will be a sufficient margin of profit to preserve the induce ment to continue these shipments. The arrivals of wines and spirits were very large, but the con sumption was considerable—much more so, in fact, than the health and morals of the Australian popu lation rendered desirable. For groceries the de mand at Melbourne in the early part of June was not so active, and it is very important to bear in mind that the Americans supply many ar ticles in this line, and that no calculation which does not include their shipments, will be a guide to the exporter from Europe. Timber was high, but a reduction in prices was expected about August or September, as increased imports would then probably reach. The banks were sellin g bills at 2 per cent. premium. Gold dus t was 765. 6d. per oz. In the quotations for Bills of Exchange upon the principal Continental cities, there was no par ticular change yesterday. Paris, 90 days was at 25 20 to 221, Amsterdam at 11 18 to l l-, Hamburgh at 13 6- 3 4 to 7, and Trieste at 10 56 to 59. English Securities have been very steady and not in any w ay affected by the discussion last night h in Parliament upon the Eastern question. It seems to be pretty well understood that there will be no war, and this is the point upon which specu lations generally go. At the same time, no pru dent man will consider the question settled until the provinces are evacuated. Consols have been 971 the New 3t per Cents. 1004 to 1011, and the 3 per Cents. 98i There is still a talk of the rate of discount being advanced to-morrow. Ex chequer Bills have been rather better, being par to 2s. discount. India Bonds are 12s. premium. India Stock has been firmer at 257 to 259. In the Foreign Market there has been a better tone as regards a few of the Securities, but with out much doing. Grenada Deferred have ad vanced to 91 Sardinian are 96k. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been at ch to g, and the Deferred at 23k. Russian 4-i per Cents. are not higher than 1011. Mexican bring 261 to 27. Buenos Ayres have receded to 65. Brazilian 4& per Cents. are at 991., Dutch 2 per Cents have been at 641. The market for English Railway Shares has been rather heavy this morning, and there has been a preponderance of sellers. The French lines are decidedly higher, the Bears having left their ac counts open until the last moment, and now find ing the shares bought in against them. Indeed, I with the statements which the English companies are submitting to their proprictory, showing a large increase of receipts, and yet no augmentation of dividends, it is hot surprising that French shares should, even at the current high rates, be prefer red. There is nothing but the political uncer tainty that would dispose any one to hold them as au investment, and with persons of small means should always be regarded as a serious objection, however capitalists may afford to run a risk. The Gold Mine Shares are heavy again, and also ;he Australian Banks. The Land Companies' Shares do not improve. Mayfair Mistletoe Nicotine IVicteora Alas .... Misletoe BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9BA 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl4 li 100 i I n di a Stock 257 9 India Bonds, £lOOO l2 Ditto, under £lOOO 2O Consols for Account Bth September 971 i Exchequer Bills, ld. par 2 d £lOOO ar 5 a .................................. . ....... p Small ...... 3 d CLOCK. PR ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Ncvv, 1852, Q per Cent 991 x d Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 65 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto P per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, slper Cent 961 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47a i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cont. 231 Dividends on the above payable In London. D u t c h E x change, 2 . per Cent. a d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 971 i Ditto September Account 974 if YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUNDAS STAKES. Antigone Captain Cornish Surveyor Sittingbourne Dear Me Seven ran. Fine race. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Won by a neck. Nine ran. CONVIVIAL STAKES. Won in a canter. EBOR ST. LEGER. Three ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP Snowdon Dunhill Nine ran. .1 .2 .3 ORDER OF RUNNING. 2. o—Dundas Stakes. 2.3o—Yorkshire Oaks. 3. o—Convivial Stakes. 3.3o—Ebor St. Leger. 4. o—Chesterfield Handicap. 5. o—Her Majesty's Plate. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. King of Trumps, Sally Warfoot colt, Chief Justice, Mistletoe, Holiday, Wild Huntsman, Ammonia, Boiardo, Newminster, Honeydew, St. Andrew, Neville, Captain Cornish, Feversham, Dervish, The Queen, Broughton, Meteora, Goorkah, Sittingbourne, Kingston, Nicotine, Dick Turpin, Peggy, Mayfair, Welham, Nabob, Evadne, Nerva, Auld Acquaintance, Bianca, The Sheriff, North Pole, Rosaline, Itch, Exact, Astolfo, Boddicot, Barrel, Catspaw PAID FORFEIT. County Plate—Longbow and Malice. Ebor Handicap—Gossamer and Fancy Girl. Prince of Wales Stakes—Applause, Exactly, Bonehill, Tadcaster, and Beauty. Great Yorkshire Stakes—Belle, West Australian, colt by Melbourne, Auld Acquaintance, Mabella, and Bracket. West Australian is scratched for all his engagements here. ~... Lord Lieutenant is expected. Ariosto does not go to York. Flutter does not run. LATEST OFFERS. EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Pantomime. 8 to 1 agst any other. Nothing doing. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--YESTERDAY GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken). 7to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken). 7 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken). 10 to 1 agst Adine. 14 to 1 agst Goorkah. 15 to 1 agst Newminster. 100 to 6 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 100 to 6 agst St. Andrew (taken). RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 £1 9 ,014 4 2 6 Corresponding week last year 19,014 9 - - Increase in 1853 £2,996 14 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH CO AST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 13, £18,383 13 2 1853 Corresponding week last year. Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 100,417 1 2 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WRSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re 'uurn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 . £5,090 12 11 corresponding week last year Increase in 1853 £9os 3 6 n wnpcDtcheruArooee S moyvdp E y.eiee a , c—dnrrr r ogort o yLnoua n wy,sta ß dsisoptt7ot hcae C . ncrt2efaiusiovoottLnear with dui t s lini I tsoi o ogunnd: N aj aa. injuries r i n hhlfri T HE o N eeeeaTndsapshr:i aodeiunnuli l ti tdtneyohxceSa-owpaEool express rhl U cfaei e T sasseinct H tsaoeta:nlrrorl. baonaAaisogSntsxTetseEoßf attended e d R w a i r t L h . Railway,whichwnearing which a s railwaynear the Croydo n station. T he express t rain which left Dover at 7 .20 with a lon g line of car ri age s, was pro s attached to an engine and tender that was proceeding on the same line. The engine-driver and stoker of the latter instantly jumped off and fortunately escaped. Many of the passengers were severely wounded. The officials instantly procured surgical aid, and had two or C ORDIL LERA AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPAN Y.—The three cases that presented rather a serious aspe ct re- . Cordillera (Australian) Gold Company have received moved to the surgery of the nearest medical ge ntleman. Dr. Bryant, of Bristol, accompanied by his lady and daughter, occupied the third carriage from the engine, advices of the arrival at Sydney of Mr. Baker, their s geologist, whom they sent overland to wait the arrival The doctor, who is in a very delicate state of health, of their vessel, the Tory, despatched in March last with suffered severely by the shock , while his lad y was sorel y land wounded about the head , and his dau g hter had one of a body of 115 men, a steam them from the P-en gieel n Ri ve r Company. e, &c., to work the leased by her teeth knocked out. All the passengers were knocked The follown extract from his letter is the only part off their seats and dashed with great violence against that bears o i nghe prospects of the undertaking :—"P.S. each other. As soo n as the p assen g ers had recovered I have sou ht an interview wi th Colonel Marney, the from the fright and shock, the y were transferred to an- Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Liverpool Plains other and Peel River district, and , u p on re p resenting myself train, which co nve y ed them to the London Bridge t er minus, where they arr ived an hour after their usual as the eologist of your comp an y , he at once frankly conversed with me about the district of the Peel • and I time. T TOTTENHAM am happy to say that, after I ha d ex p lained to him the A YOUNG FEMALE BU RNT TO DEATH A HIGH - CROSS GRAMMAR-SCHOOL. — This mornin g , Mr. preparations the company had made and the freedom Payne, the City Coroner, received information of the they had allowed themselves of change of location as following frightful occurrence, which resulted in the circumstances might require, he told me he thought we almost immediate death of Maria Knight, aged sixteen had the best chance of suc ceedin g of any oompany he had heard of. He also said h e had g ranted licenses re years. It appears tha t the unfortunate young woman Tam who was employed at t he Grammar-school, Tottenham, cently to 400 men, who wer e at work close to Tam- High-cross, was engaged a t the kitchen-fire last evening, when by some accident a portion of her dress became within a few miles of the Australian Agricultural Corn ignited, and in affright she ran screaming into the yard, pany's land, where men were at work and doing well. where the wind made the flames spread rapidly, and be- He informed me he considered the Peel River district fore assistance arrived her c lothes were burnt to tinder, as highly auriferous, and showed me some fine specimens uartz which had been sent him thence." on removing which, portions o f the flesh adhered. A of q surgeon was called in who recomm ended her removal to ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH , A UG. 16.—Ca p tain St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and she was conveyed t o Grant's troop of Royal Horse Artillery assembled yes- London by th e h a lf-past 6 o'clock train vitt the Eastern terday morning in heavy marching order, and proceeded Counti es R a il wa y. On her arrival with the matron at to the Common, where they were drawn up in line for t i o P o a s o i D n U r C i E ce St. Bartholomew's Hospital, she was immediately taken the Commandant's inspection. Colonel E. Clock, Whin nnder the care of Mr. Archer, resident surgeon in Har- yates, C. 8., arrived at a quarter before 11 o'c ac !7'ys wshaorrdt, timehut t a h fete i rn j audr i m e i s ss w io e n r . e so extensive, her chest companied by Lieutenant-C(3lo'nel Hardinge, K.H., very short denuded of flesh, that she expired in a Brigade Major Bingham, tions showede and Captain Riddell, Royal Artillery. The Commandant inspected the men and M w euxurs.—The wee kly reviews from the horses, with their appointments very minutely, and the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets state that troop marched at 7 o'clock this morning, headed by the business had little desire been made at o a.i ' i. b ame e sp e s n r 0 slv,aeel improvement active. Coffee and sugar, brass band of the Royal Horse Artillery, as far as onti a md to be supported, and some descrip- Charlton, the troop being under orders to return to their slight tendency to advance. The opera- former station at Weedon. It is expected that Captain to not numerous but holders manifested Taylor's troop will return to their previous station at Purchases of indigo had Canterbury on the separation of the troops now in camp ing high prices, •nd the quotationsnt drie d f f r o u r i t i s e w a e e r x e h b ib r bring- at p e O n h n l o s b ha: l c k . , s fi la e r l d d e r b s a h t t a: r • e y b it e t e nKfio ebeardnn y e , d t o t o l e a C v a e p t t h a i a n t firmness. AMERICAN ALOE. station and proceed to Bristol, where the entire battery, is now bursting into bloom Earl of Mount Edgeur ne A b eau tif u l s p ec i men of this plant with the horses, guns,' and ammunition, will remain in the Italian garden of the until further orders. Nineteen gunners of the Ist bat nearly as High as the oran,e, at Plymouth. It is now talion, in charge of a non-commissioned officer, left petted to reach about 30 „ conservatory, but it is ex- Woolwich on Thursday mornitig for Shorncliff, to fill up feet when it is at its full growth. Captain Richard Blackwood. Price's field battery at that The plant is said to be about 100 years old, and there ' station. The gentlemen cadets had some excellent mor are about 30 spikes of flowers coming i n t o hi I , tar and howitzer practice on Thursday, for the first time MOM. 1 this season. SPORTING NOTES. FRIDAY'S RACES AT YORK. The events to be decided on Friday now alone remain for discussion, and I shall dismiss them with brief ob servations. The most important item in the list is the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which there are 133 nomi nations. West Australian is not likely to figure among the competitors ; should the field, therefore, be numeri cally strong, a good betting race, and an interesting en counter may be anticipated. The animals whose chances appear formidable on paper are the Queen, Mayfair, Umbriel, Vindex, Honeywood, and Lord Fauconber. The starting of the c" Queen will entirely depend upon her nominator ; but should she go to the post, I shall ex pect to see her obtain a forward position in the race. In her default, I shall expect either Honeywood or Vin dex to achieve success. Boiardo and Cyrus are my selections for the Gimcrack Stakes. Torment will probably carry off the York Cup. My opinion as to the probable result of the Ebor Handicap has undergone no change. lam still firm in my allegiance to PANTOMIME and ADINE. The best of Dawson's lot will be a formidable opponent, but I am not prepared to say which of his horses will be intended. I have received a mysterious hint about Dick Turpin, whose day, it is said, has come. York, Tuesday night. RACING FIXTI: The figures within parent' day's AUG Birmingham and Spark brook (3) l5 Bungay (1) l6 York (3) 17 Boulogne (2) 17 Paisley lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 Barnsley (2) ...... 22 _ . . SEPTE Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) 6 Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting 8 Rochester & Chatham (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 OCT( Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth YorkshireUnionHunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2) Newmarket S. 0. (5) —lO A FRESH MAN, "RES FOR 1853. liesis denote the number o: •acing . UST. Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 25 Hereford (2) 25 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 Plymouth 30 'MEER. Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) 13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) l9 Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 2l Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Canterbury (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 OBER. Warwick Autumn (2) lB I Caledonian Hunt and 1 Kelso 18 Richmond (2) l9 Newmarket (H.) (6) ....24 IRISIEI RACES TO COME. AUGUST. 15 Down Royal Corpora -17 tion (4) I Kilcock (2) Bellewstown (2) THE CAMP AT WIOBILAM COMMON. The weather has held up well to the close of the camp, and now at its last days it seems bent on giving the troops another taste of Chobham inclemency. We are afraid the men are destined to finish as they began, and to wade out of their cantonments after all. Yesterday, as all the metropolitan world knows, was a very wet day, yet it did not in the least influence the attendance at Chobham. The crowds of visitors were very great, and poured into the s camp almost as con tinuously as the rain. The fares by the omnibuses (a sure sign of the numerous concourse) rose at once 4s. each way, and would, we doubt not, have run higher, but that many visitors, deterred by the miser able aspect of the weather, went no further than Chertsey. Contrary to general expectation, a sham battle took place, nevertheless, though its effect was much marred, if not quite spoilt, by the drizzling showers which fell during the whole time. The troops paraded at ten in front of their tents, and after inspection defiled by their right, and passed through the tents across the Bagshot-road into the valley in the rear of the lines. Here the whole force halted and un derwent the scrutiny of Lord Hardinge, Lord Seaton, the Duke, and a numerous staff of officers. The troops returned to their cantonments about two, the evolutions having been considerably shortened owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. Directly the sham battle was over the sightseers, who had crowded the hills in great numbers, made a great rush off the common, to seek some shelter from the heavy rain which they had braved the whole morning. The fares by vehicles to Chertsey instantly, and, as a matter of course, rose to most exorbitant rates, though even then there were not half sufficient to convey the numbers of persons willing and anxious to pay them. - ODEssA.—The Odessa letters of the sth inst. state that there was again great activity in the wheat market, 5,000 quarters having just been sold at 2s. to 2s. Bd. advance, and transactions being checked only by the high demands of holders. The purchases, however, were apparently almost all destined for the Mediter ranean, scarcely any being now made for this country. Freights were still enormously high, the quotations being 1008 per ton for tallow,,or 158. 6d. per quarter for wheat. BANK or NEW SOUTH WALES. —The report of the Bank of New South . Wales, one of the Sydney institu tions, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last, has just been received, and presents a result which the directors truly state to be without a parallel in banking enterprise. It appears that on a capital of 300,0001. the profits for the six months amounted to 141,6401., the appropriation of which has just been effected by increas ing the capital from 300,0001. to 400,0001.—a step equi valent to a bonus of 61. 13s. 4d. on each 201. share, be sides declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, adding 14,2801. to the reserve fund, which now amounts to 40,0001., and carrying 4,9601. to a new ac count for future distribution. The report, however, admits that no repetition of these things can be expected since " the harvest of the gold discovery has now been reaped, and the profits of banking are rapidly returning to their former standard." At the same time, it is con tended that colonial banking, notwithstanding the com petition of the new London companies, must, from the rapidly extending trade of the country, continue to prove remunerative. The branches of the Bank of New South Wales are at Moreton Bay, Melbourne, Geelong, and Mount Alexander and it has also open ed an agency on this side, in lieu of keeping an account, as had hitherto been the case s with the London Joint-Stook Bank. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th inst. ,t The weekly Council of Ministers was held on day at La Granja, under the presidency of the Quern' t A. com mission of engineers had been sent to i n sr ; the works of the Aranjuez and Tembleque Rairlf which was to be immediately opened to public tram° , the result of the inspection was satisfactory. 74,0/ The Three per Cents. were done at 44; the Three per Cents. at 23 7-16 ; the Debt of the First Cl at 10i ; and that of the Second at 51. GREAT NUGGET VEIN COMPAN Advices from the Great Nugget Vein Company (4.„e;. South Wales) have been received to the 31st of May' warding a resume of their general proceedings, the titulars of which are already known, and also a copY o f notes received from Mr. Spence, the Superi n tends° be the Colonial Gold Company, by whom the vein is i t° ol worked, dated, from the spot, on the 30th of April d, tt , the 14th of May. From these, which are subjeieeb the appears that Mr. Spence is steadily proceeding Wi . h t erection of the machinery to enable him to crus' te. wash 100 tons of rock and earth per day, accordi%oli the agreement between the two companies, ne el a r meanwhile the Chinese labourers in his servie;de. 1 employed to wash some of the alluvial deposits ie n f th in the Nugget Company's claim, monthly reports : efo rt P results of which the secretary promises shall hen be sent to London with regularity : " Louisa Creek, April 30, e i rpre ' s "I found on my arrival here a letter from y ou, et , a u iug a desire for some information as to our presP;? co t p roce edings. I believe I have been a little nePl_gt i" this respect, but my frequent ab sences and conste'!_ f i c eelr o ous occupation have interfered wi th m y intention °_,ariel ing your board acquainted with the results of our o perations. • 0 0 1 ir " You allude to certain extravagant reportsuartii, c sr ty an,, in Sydney as to the antic i p ated p roduce of the 00t, alluvium. I beg to assu re y ou that theyubnadveers%cirettlier:c; nated with me, and wish it to be distinctl y I never authorise any statement whatever, brlti:;,ppes4;„ ence to the returns from these claims, but wne the p10:1 in my correspondence with you. Parties visitipE ne are; may be so charmed with a specimen, or the D'n' er ta.tel of a lucky prospecting pan, as to forget thestonti't ;1 of such things, and the enormous expense , s oy/ W. l'e there is no doubt whatever. That your sharettltaver a handsome premium I really believe, for, w vau rsre?„.4 the issue of the undertaking to my coil:11 -03 'Y' ' n ut, inevitably be in the receipt of a large 9•11fi,-3-nt sa little or no deduction. I do not see any sw' bea ring,,, , at present to regret the step I have taken,_ to We it, i". O mind the many considerations that urged Ine sides the probable richness of your claim an d en* P 4 making good progress. The Chinese work well, gha t in_s;, me to reduce the average cost of labour '!'";) oa ehin v ' s probably be remunerative. Allarge.portion of tllsong, is is on the ground, tl.• foundations are _Pr t ' o boil er 09 stone for the building is excavated, en" a ueb_ Ao , growing rapidly into shape - all other w " c ccleer slic o' the erection of workshops and habitations an / bar e &c., is beginning to make an apPear ce the 1 ~19, tinuin2, the level north and south tpe, „ oo d sury. breaking out the lode so as to accumulate fq* sia tb, of quartz. To the north it is less pz.7• be itte hoped to the south it equals my I shall be able shortly, from observa_les for the nil. tt ie other places, to arrive at some definite rill som e of auriferous quartz. We have been.cds,'_iniag with the alluvium this month, and, notwi h the eenre:faf very bad weather, and a little buteccentricity 110 the deposits, the produce since the 4th a nd Duo' six whole and two half licenses. The ta±linA 4;:e d bi of the stuff rejected will yet pa y to bu eXpectattionnos a 43. lr chiuery." 14 a te-d°' ' Y't 1 111- Want is correct in assuming that there c 51 7 8,1, vn,t, o , Yours dated the 6th( LonoluyisraeaCcrheeedik:lnrtz thi! vs, yield 4 oz. to the ton, for I proved it li f e , tha,t e, a ton! tens ; but then it is selected, and . s s e v re e p: o °, w . go t 0 0133 ;oa the vein we call the leader.' la got sue . ' p ose s to men upon the ground for all 333 d I e i just about 100, all told. ebecause we g%tireli t ty large troop of Chinese for o duce out of the alluvium lately, ourselvesiie do pre ringly onward, instead of confining ill I expect we shall tho run of the deposit ; shill well this month. •n 1.:e" 1"i remain, 11.1 ave not got 0-00 a P / :, • " EDWA BD J. cnharyical purp_riosees,onibe, Superintendent Colonial Gold Collltb SE 25 25 St. SO 19i, LO all