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GRAND BAL CREMORNE, THIS EVENING-. Tickets—Gentlemen, 10s. 6d.; Ladies; ss. Ample provisions made for return conveyances. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MICA= 3. WM be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal chit racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVF,NING, Auousx 3, Will be performed GENE M urray , h by Messrs. Parselle, 0. s m ith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Culletiford, Woolgar, Leig Hastings, A. Wigan, P au l Bedford, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAIL To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the New Drama. THIS IVENING, AIIGII3T 3, Will be performed the New Drama entitled THE TIMES. Charac ters by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, 11. Marston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton and Bartlett. Alter which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. MOST PARTICULAR NOTlCE.—Notwithstanding the continued success attending the Grand Military Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which can only oe witnessed at this National Estab lishment, Mr. W. Cooke is determined to present his patrons with an uninterrupted chain of novelty, and begs to announce in Prepara tion a Splendid Spectacle on a Classical Subject never attempted, and will be produced on a scale of splendour hitherto unprecedented. N.B.—Those who have not yet seen this glorious Dramatic Spec lade are requested to make an early application for places. MAGNIFICENT SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 3, And during the week, the Performances will commence with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's matchless Scenes In the CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Horseman) on Four Fiery Con rsers. Concluding every evening with (71st time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. Doors open at Half-past Six. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of Mr. J. W. SHARP, the celebrated Comic Vocalitt. - _ THIS EVENING, AUGUST 3, PANORAMIC VIEW of CHUSAN, Promenading Elephants, Splendid MENAGERIE. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Two Songs by Mr. W. Sharp, viz„ Comic Scena, " Uncle Tom's Cabin," and" Jokes for 1853." Various amusing novelties, concluding with the wonderful exhibition of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant display of FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY --M01"11111g 46 min. after 12 I Evening 8 m i n.a ft . o.slonnow —Morning 32 min. after 1 Evening 52 min.aft. 1 TILE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'09. WIND, E.S.E.—Fine weather. . . * , a , Itttino pok, . , dr—, Vioal Apo" f."`"l'ltizQ r E, s zto°- - , • ~,-..4-0. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1853. It is earnestly to be hoped that Lord ABERDEEN may at length be satisfied—satisfied, we mean, in paltering with the honour of England so far as to concede both leisure and opportunity to the arro gant ambition of the Russian Government. Con sistent to this extent in upholding his ancient policy, the Noble Earl has hitherto contrived to delay, by every imaginable subterfuge, the repa ration which must inevitably be made by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh for the extraordinary and warlike measures adopted by it against the unaggressive councils at Constantinople. Infected by the timidity of the " dear " and " excellent " Under-Secretary of M. GUIZOT, the British Min istryhasbeen all this while parleying with the repre sentatives of the CZAR, when energetic efforts ought to have been made atthe cannon's mouth and at the sword's point, to vindicate the outraged rights of Turkey, the insulted laws of Europe, the inde pendence of nations, the force of treaties, the pride, the glory, and the dignity of entire Chris tendom. Every one by this time can perceive the consequences. Every one can at last behold how far the reluctant and hesitating course pursued by the Coalition has enabled the AUTOCRAT to proceed without encountering any serious or 'resolute ob struction. Hitherto, in fact, up to this very mo ment, the winning game has been in the hands of the Russian EMPEROR. Hitherto he has advanced steadily towards the accomplishment of his law less enterprise—whether by the diplomatic me dium of MENSCHIKOFF, or by the Ministerial in terposition of NESSELRODE, or by the march of the northern troops across the Pruth and the occupa tion of the Danubian Principalities. Every where throughout these transactions it has been impossible to close our eyes against the fact that the practical advantages have always been secured to the CZAR—and this exclusively because of the timorous influence exercised by Lord ABER DEEN over the councils of the Coalition Government. It is this sinister and most lamentable influence which has palsied the arm of JOHN BULL, as "some undone widow" did that of Sir GILES OVERREACH. It is this which, at a juncture of vast importance, has glued the sword of England to the scabbard more effectually than the " orphan's tears" celebrated in the drama of MASSINGER. Whether Lord ABER DEEN, by thus interposing his weakness between the Russian outrage and its inevitable expiation, has deteriorated the character, sullied the honour, or tarnished the reputation of that great coun try, the conduct of whose affairs was, un happily, Some time since, entrusted to him, by his Sovereign —must already, we fear, be re garded as) a fact altogether too lamentably ap parent. Had Lord PALMERSTON, on the con trary, been acting at this period as Prime Minister, or simply in his former capacity as Foreign Secretary, there is scarcely an intelligent man amongst us but must feel perfectly conscious that the result of our negotiations must, per force, by this time b een wholly differ en t i n cha racter. France would n o t then hav e been matters re tarded in her generous anxiety t o b ring a t once (and chivalrously, as b ecame so powerful an ally of Turkey) to a conclusion. Admiral DUNDAS would never have been instructed t o loiter irresolutely at Malta, while Admiral LA SUSSE was vigorously pushing on to the vicinity of the Dardanelles. If any demonstration were requisite in order to convince us that Eng land, under the guidance of Lord ABERDEEN, has held back, while France has been eager to push onwards to a speedy and desirable settlement of these Turkish difficulties, that demonstration might easily be given from first to last, by a cursory and even superficial glance at the pro gress made by both countries in the management of the still-pending negotiations. Why, Jet us simply ask—What is the principal security pos sessed at this moment by the people of England, that their rulers are acting towards Turkey in this emergency in a manner becoming the British Government ? What, let us ask, is this chief security ? Why the reiterated declaration made by her MAJESTY'S Ministers in both Houses, that they are acting in this matter i n perfect accord with the Cabinet of the Tuileries ! Upon that solemn and reiterated assurance, we repeat, mainly rests up to the present hour whatev er con fi dence the English people have that the Coalition presided over by Lord ABERDEEN is not playing false with th e I Turkish and truckling to . the Russian Govern_A ment. A melancholy consideration ! That we hould count principally upon the integrity of the policy of our own Cabinet, by our knowledge of the manlier and the more honourably avowed course pursued by that of our neighbours. It was not thus in the days of CANNING, or, yet later, when the seals of the Foreign-office were held in the grasp of PALMERSTON. Deplorable as the fact may be—it is so nevertheless. Throughout the whole of these diplomatic negotiations we have played towards France the part played towards Mr. BuExE by his provincial colleagues. France has declared her sentiments in reference to the treatment of Turkey by the Russian AUTO CRAT with dignified resolution, and all that Eng land, under the guidance of Lord ABERDEEN, has yet allowed herself to do, has been to say " ditto" to the neighbouring Government. The Emperor NAPOLEON has more than once boldly intimated his determination to consent to no inadequate or dishonourable compromise with the councils of St. Petersburgh. His MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. DROUYN DE L'HuYs, has an swered the haughty and pragmatical circular note of NESSELRODE, in language eminently well befitting the dignity of a powerful and independent nation —foremost among the western races of the European Continent. Whereas, with our rulers, it has been in every way different. Instead of boldly " coming to the point," they have stood doggedly u p on all sorts of petty littl e diplo matic p u nctilios. They have veiled all their pro ceedings mystery, and ev a d e d even a f ew explanatory syllables by sy s t ema ti c prevar i cat i on. While the official organ of the French Govern ment, the Moniteur, and still more the ex-official organ of the Tuileries the Pays, were courage ously and consistently affording the popular mind assurance that the policy of the EMPEROR and his Ministers would be a calm but resolute vindica tion of the independence of Turkey, and of the rights of Europe, and of the hon our of France and of Christendom—the official and unofficial organs of the Cabinet in Downing street were wavering between a panegyric on the policy of the CZAR and a reluctant expression of regret that too hasty measures had been adopted by his Government. The truth of this statement may be readily verified by ieference to the last quarter's file of the Times newspaper. All that has hitherto been extorted from the leading mem bers of the Coalition Cabinet amounts, we repeat, to the one iterated avowal that they are acting in perfect accord with the councils of the French Government. And thus obscurely, hesitatingly, and timorously have matters been conducted, up to this moment, by our Administrators—thanks to the souvenirs of a worn-out policy still clinging, like burrs, to the mind of that " dear" and " ex cellent" ABERDEEN. It has so happened, con sequently, that we have hung like a clog up to this hour upon the skilful and resolute arm of French diplomacy. It has so happened, more over, that the CZAR has pressed forward with daring and unflinching pertinacity, under cover of a grand and golden opportunity. Until, not merely have his soldiers crossed the Pruth and taken violent possession of the Danubian Principalities, but the political agents of his Ab solutism in Moldavia have forbidden Prince GHIKA, the Hospodar of that province, to send further tribute as of yore to his liege Suzerain at Constan- tinople. Startled, it would seem, into a tardy recogni tion of the folly of previous concessions and pro crastination, the Earl of CLARENDON, last evening, avowed in the Upper House, that the Cabinet has at length been driven to the necessity of forwarding instructions to the British Ambassador at St.Petersburgh, to demand explanations forth with from the Government of the AUTOCRAT. Lookingback over the sad perspective of these mon strous events, and of these most dilatory negotia tions, and remembering that the noble lord the member for Tiverton is at this critical time iu the Home Office, instead of at the head of the Foreign Department, we may with reason exclaim from our heart of hearts, " 0 for one hour"—not "of blind, old DANDoLo," but—of PALMERSTON! The attempt to render railway directors and railway officials criminally responsible for every unfortunate accident that happened on the lines with which they chanced to be connected, has received a heavy blow and great discouragement. The Lord Chief Baron in a forcible address to the jury, on the trial of the Honourable FRANCIS SCOTT, the Chairman, and Mr. BEATTIE, the Superintendent of locomotives on the South- Western Railway, clearly and unequivocally ex posed the folly and absurdity of the course re commended by some journalists, who have at all times exhibited a rancorous and unreasoning hos tility against all persons connected with railways, and adopted by coroners' juries whom self-suffi ciency rendered insensible to the well-merited castigation, which they might subsequently re ceive from the judges presiding at the trials which their ridiculous and unwarranted verdicts had rendered necessary. If these sagacious and intelligent personages had their way, it would be vain to expect that any gentleman of indepen dent means, and respectable position in society, could be induced to accept a seat at a railway Beard, or to assume the onerous and responsible duties of the situation. The magnificent iron net work with which our land is intersected, no longer available for purposes of traffic or intercommuni cation, would remain gigantic monuments of the criminal folly of those who, exhibiting gross in gratitude to men who ought to be looked on as national benefactors, tried to convert the law into an instrument of oppression, and summoned to the bar of a criminal tribunal to answer au accu sation which, if well founded, would warrant their perpetual banishment, gentlemen of character and responsibility, against whom even the counsel for the prosecution could not venture to prefer a charge involving the slightest moral delinquency. With such an example before our eyes, we should no longer feel surprised at the conduct of the Turkish' Cadi, who, in order to appease popular clamour, should condemn to the bastinado, or even to death, an ill-fated baker, because the price of bread was something higher than " his majesty the people" deemed expedient at the moment —or of those who deliberately sacrificed the unfortunate BYNG in the middle of the last cen tury, in order to direct into another channel the censures which they had themselves most richly merited. The facts of th e case were very s i mp l e. T he defendants, With a laudable anxiety to imp rove the w or ki ng of 'the important line with which they were connected, an d tn facility to the traffi c Of afford every possible train, the di s t r i c t , h a d , i n M ay last, taken a special ,not.for private pu r p oses of business or pleasure, to survey the andsline th see that to ascertain its it was but n proper 0 capabiliPtieers working , tmost. to u Unfortunately, there w as no teleg rap hi c com munication along the branch linho Alton whi c h it was particularly desirable to inspect. All the prope r signals were, however, exhibited at the station and it was the duty of the deceased (a porter at the intermediate station of Farnham) to have taken notice of these signals, and to have avoided any danger that might be occasioned by the ap_ proach of the special train. Through his o wn carelessness and neglect the melancholy accident occurred. He disregarded the signals to which kino he should have attended ; and mista 0 the special for the ordinary passenger train, reck lessly rushed to meet it, and thus met his lament able fate. It was, however, attempted to be . argued that the persons engaging the train should • be h e ld cr i m i na lly res ponsible for the accident ywhich was really occasioned by the reck lessness and disobedience of the sufferer. And the Coroner's Jury, emulous of tllic fame achieved by their intelligent brethren, Who found a verdict of " wilful murder" against Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on account of the death from destitution of an old woman in the county Mayo, and apparently desir ous of being thenceforward, and for ever, classed in the same category with these model jurors, arrived at the decision that the Hon. F. SCOTT and Mr. BEAT were guilty of the m ans l aug ht er of e p the o r e u n h l7)u ptpyf man, whose fate th e y earnes tly d, or which they wer e i n no d egree deplored, l accountable. The result was, that these gentle men were held to bail, to appear and a n s we r the the Surrey Assi zes , an d th ey were arraigned at C ro yd on , on th e charge yesterday Coroner's inquisition, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Coroner's Jury, and that they were acquitted as a matter of course, the learned Judge having, before a single particle of evidence was offered, on the mere statement of the counsel for the prosecution, expressly stated his opinion that " a railway chairman or director, who en gaged a special train, was in exactly the same po sition as an ordinary traveller, and he might rea sonably suppose that all that was necessary to be done would be done by the persons in the employ of the railway upon whom that duty devolved ; and he would not be responsible unless he had done some personal act, or given some di rections, that led to the accident." On this statement, and also the judicial announce ment that " the mere fact of the defendants being the occupants of a special train did not make it incumbent on them to take care that all the necessary arrangements were made at the different stations through which they had to pass. He was of opinion that no such duty was cast upon them ; and that, whether in the case of a chairman or a director of a company, or a manager of the traffic, neither of them was responsible for what might happen at any station over which they had no personal control." This sound common sense, as well as legal view of the transaction, of course, terminated the proceedings; The experienced and eminent counsel who conducted the prosecution at once bowed to the decision of the Judge, and offered no evidence iu support of the in dictment. The defendants were, of course, exone rated from all further liability. But who was to repay them for the annoyance and vexation, loss of time and heavy expenditure incurred by the outrageous decision of the coroner's jury, through whose conceited self-sufficiency and gross igno rance it occurred that these gentlemen had their names exposed in the criminal calendars as cul prits, who " feloniously killed and slew" one of their fellow-creatures, were compelled to appear, at any personal inconvenience, at the general gaol delivery for the county of Surrey, no matter how urgent their other avocations might be, and to bear the heavy expense of instructing a numerous staff of counsel. The grand jury may chuckle at their own impunity from the consequences of their mis taken verdict, but they may learn that such gross ignorance as they have displayed is scarcely more defensible than wilful malice, and that, although not legally, they are morally responsible for th e damages incurred through their most absurd and most unjustifiable verdict. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Mr. Charles Arthur Aylmer and the Hon. Sophia Mackay, daughter of Lord and Lady Reay.—Massey Lopes, Esq., eldest son of Sir Ralph Lopes, of Maristow, Bart., and M.P. for South Devon, is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the only daughter of the worthy baronet of Lupton, Sir John Yarde Buller, the colleague of Sir Ralph Lopes in the representation of the county. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the perfor mances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Hon. Miss Seymour, the Hon. Miss Paget, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary also honoured the performances with their presence. Their Royal High nesses were accompanied by the Hereditary Grand . Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and attended by Lady Suffield and Baron Knesebeck ; Lady Caroline Cust was in attendance on the Hereditary Grand Duchess. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also honoured the theatre with his presence. DEATH OF THE EARL OF SEA.FIELD.—We regret to announce the demise of this nobleman, who expired on Saturday last at Cullen House, the family seat in the county of Banff. The deceased was born in 1778. The earl is succeeded in the family honours and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Reidhaven, who married in 1850, the Hon. Caroline Stuart, youngest daughter of the late Lord Blantyre. THE JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.—We hear that the members of this club are about to emulate the ex ample of the Army and Navy, and construct a new club-house on the most extensive and splendid scale. ASSESSED TAXES.—It appears from a return, moved for by Mr. Pellatt, that the reduction, under the new scale of duties, to the 20 highest contracts of composi tion, within the London district, effected under the pre vious act, will be considerable. In most instances the new duties do not reach a third of the former charge. THE HACKNEY CARRIAGE BILL.—Mr. Frewen has given notice of his intention to move, on the third read ing, a clause making the fare between midnight and half-past four in the morning half as much again as the day fare. Mr. F. Scully will also propose a clause im posing a penalty, with liability of suspension of license, on the proprietors, for withdrawing the carriage from hire for two consecutive days, without just cause, or without giving 10 days' notice to the commissioners. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gives an exchange of 13.41 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.4, it follows that gold is 0,41 per cent, dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (accord ing to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.15 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.02 i, it follows that gold is about 0.58 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomin ally 0.42 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. GOLD.—The Nelson has arrived from Port Philip, whence she sailed on the 15th of April, with 25,000 ounces of gold, valued at 100,0001. The Golden Land, which left on the Ist of the same month, brings 2,700 ounces. The Blorenge is also reported, but has, it is stated, only 59 ounces. The total specie received from New York, the West Indies, and Australia has been upwards of 560,0001. Gold has continued to be re mitted to Paris up to the present moment, but the Mint having extended their period for coinage to 54 days, it is now found to be a blank operation, which covers its expenses, but leaves no profit. PRESENTATION.—It is understood that the insurance offices and underwriters interested in the ship Adelaide, which was saved from destruction on her late voyage from South Australia to London, have, after compensa ting the crew for their services, presented Captain Tre mearne with 1,0001. and a silver tea-service. THE LATE FORGERY ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK AT LIVERPOOL.—On Monday, at the Liverpool sessions, Matthew Mudd and John Gore, alias Brown, were charged with fraudulently obtaining the sum of 3001. from the North and South Wales Bank of that town. It appeared that in July last a person named Simpson, who had for several years been in Australia, where he bad accumulated a considerable sum of money, and left that country in the Lady Flora with 4401., which he in vested in a bill on the Australian Bank, and had cashed on his return to England. Being about to get married, he went to Liverpool, and stopped at the house of a Captain Brown. Captain Brown shortly after proceeded with a vessel to Messina, where Simpson accompanied him, leaving 201. with a person named Eliza Richardson, to whom he was to have been married, together with the deposit receipt for 3001. The prisoner Gore, who was in the habit of frequenting the house, got possession of the deposit receipt book, and with the assistance of Mudd, who stated to the clerks of the bank that he knew Simpson, and that Gore was that person, got the 300/. out of the bank. They were both found guilty, and the Recorder sentenced them—Gore to transporta tion for seven years, and Mudd, who was recommended to mercy, to imprisonment, with hard labour, for nine months, in addition to a fine of 1001. At the conclusion of the trial the witness Simpson was taken into custody by two of the London detectives, on a charge of being one of the parties to the gold dust robbery on board the Lady Flora, on her homeward passage. Simpson, during his cross examination, admitted that he had gambled a good deal during the passage, and had lost money. He had, he stated, gambled with a passenger named Grawcor, who had been convicted for stealing some of the gold dust in question. It was the opinion in the court, however, that the warrant was informal, I and c ou ld not b e acted upon. he entire to R AILWAY I COMMUNICATION FROM FENCHURCH-STREET TO r . —This c i rcu it ous route o f ra il way communica tion Terminus distance from Fen.church-street, publiclyt,B opened for passenger lack wall traffic Kew, being on 18 4 Mnd moiesa' w y ; the newly opened p ort i on of the line completing the half circle round London, le • Tower, and terminating the old lino at Rampisritgeaact as it does the Thames near the Kew-bridge. After leaving North Western, Station, the trains take the London and far as Willesden, when they e ' ern' and proceed nearly as the off to the left. The line then pursues its course over Great Western Railway, and through the more western St p ra o i rt h io t ll d of Acton. It continues its way in almost a loop line of the South Western Railway, and terminates the within a short distance a the waterworks near r IKnaetwes bridge. MONEY MARKET sift) CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, THIS DA Y. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull ; sales, 7,000 bales. Shares were lower. The steamer Pacific, from New York, brings very little specie -10,000 dollars and 4201. Stocks on the 23d ult. remained much the same. Ex change on London 1081 to 1091. Flour was scarcely maintained. The Continental advices are of a more favourable character as respects the harvest prospects. For the estate of Mr. Thomas Attwood, a capi talist is stated to have offered 280,0001., and this would leave a considerable surplus to Mr. Attwood. The sum to be paid into court by Mr. Hudson, in connection with the York and North Midland suit, has been reduced from 54,0001. to 20,0001. Bills of exchange were taken yesterday afternoon at very firm rates. Paris, 90 days, brought 25 17i to 25 25, Amsterdam 11 17/ to 18, Hamburgh 13 fit to 7, and Trieste 10 58 to 11. The Honourable East India Company have ad vanced the rates for bills, on Bengal to 2s. Old., and on Madras to 2s. Ind. per rupee. The Amalgamated East India Railway Company, it was yesterday decided at the East India House, shall receive a guarantee of 41 per cent. per annum on a capital of eight millions sterling, of which 3,000,000 1 . will be furnished by the Upper India Company, giving six of its shares for seven of the East India Railway. This arrangement must be regarded, under circumst ances , as very satisfactory. The advance generally made yesterday in the rate allowed by the discount-houses for money upon " call" to 21 per cent., must be considered the natural consequence of the various complications political and social that surround us. The fact that we are importing largely of foreign grain, and that we are sending ow gold to the Continent almost as fast as it arrives, is sufficient to explain one phase of the matter ; and the statements in Parliament last evening will increase the apprehension of war. It would be erroneous to infer, however, that money is absolutely scarce. There is a full supply generally, and the immediate cause of the advanced charge is the extreme activity of various branches of commerce, and notably the Australian and American trades, and the large undertakings into which we have entered abroad. The result of all this must be to add considerably to our pro fits, and to turn the balance of trade more de cidedly in our favour. The discount houses being so much under the Bank of England terms, have adopted no extraordinary course, in giving 2 per Cent., as they charge 31 for best bills, and the number of these within the last few days, sent up from Liverpool and other places, has been greater than of late. Even the rise in the value of most articles of consumption, and the ad vance in freights and wages, acts upon the demand for money, more capital being required to carry on business. There is scarcely any further margin of profit upon the shipment of gold to Paris, now the Mint requires 54 days to meet it, and the pro bability is, that less will be sent. The dearer money becomes here, the less likely it is to be sent abroad. _ _ The English Stock Market has been extremely depressed, and large speculative sales have been made. The answers last evening of Earl Clarendon and Lord John Russell are not regarded as satis factory, and the advance in the value of money has had an effect. Consols have been 974 toe for transfer, and after opening at 9 7k 1 for account, have ropped to 97t to • The 2 New 31 per Cents. have been 10i to Exchequer Bills are 3s. discount to is. premium. South Sea Old Annuities are at 104. The Foreign Securities have been all weaker by sympathy with our own funds, but the sales are not large. Mexican Bonds have have been 25k to 26. Equador Stock it at 5. Spanish New De ferred Bonds are worth 22k to 23, and the Certi ficates bring 6i to 68. Sardinian Bonds have dropped to 95 and 94. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 42& to 43, ex. dividend. Russian Four-and-a- Half per Cents. are down to 101 to 100 k. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 98. The Railway Share Market has been much lower, the fall being about 1 per cent. on the average, though in several instances more. French Shares are down about ss. to 10s. per share; Upper India keeps firm. The Gold Mine Shares have been at about previ ous rates. The Australian Banks are cheaper, and also the Land Companies. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) 7 - Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 98 A 7k 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97s i New 34 per Cent. Annuities looi 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1560 India Bonds, £l000 South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account 11th August 9734ii4 Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £5OO 1 p 3 d par Small 1 p 3 d par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 6l Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per ** Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4. per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent O5 4 ... ~. . Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 23 2i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6l P Swedish Loan ....... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 971 I Ditto August Account 97i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1853. NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER. A statement of "the names of all persons to whom monies were due in respect of works and furniture at the Palace on the 31st March, 1853, and whose accounts were then depending with the architect ;" also, "the amounts due or estimated to be due to them," viz. : John Jay, 5,6161. 11s. 10d. ; salaries to clerks of works, &c., 2601. 7s. ; Thomas Grissell, 51,3121. 19s. 9d. ; salary (Mr. Pugin), 701. 10s. 11d. ; Gil low and Co., 11,800/. ; Grace and Son, 4,9501., Thomas Edge, 266/. ' • William Marr, 331. ; W. Jeakes, 2,7001. ; Jabez James, 1,5001. ; Upton an Co., 691. ; Faraday and Son, 1181. ; Jordan and Co., 116/. ; Wheatcroft and Son, 141/. ; Gough and Co., 232/. ; Waterlow and Sons, 20/. ; Easton and Amos, 150/. ; Huxley and Co., 121. ; Minto and Co., 4001. ; /Yardman and Co., 2,500/. ; Miller and Field, 30/. ; Foord and Sons, 900/. ; Deville and Co., 3,000/.-86,197/. 9s. 6d. Estimated cost of all works to be executed, furniture to be supplied, and contingent services for the year ending 31st March, 1854, 76,5151. Total, 162,7121. 9s. 6d. The Estimate for the year ending March 31, 1854, is : For carcase works in Old and New Palace Yard, fronts, &c., 77,000/. ; structural arrangements for warm ing and ventilating, 4,500/. ; ordinary finishings of Speaker's and Serjeant's houses, and of attic storey of committee-rooms, 9,5001. ; fittings, fixtures, and furni ture for committee-rooms, offices, and private residences 12,0001. ; on further account of miscellaneous current charges for salaries for clerks of works, office expenses, and architect's superintendence, 7,0001. Total, 110,7001. The following is a statement of votes taken from ses sion 1835 to session 1853, both inclusive, for works under the direction of Sir Charles Barry connected with the rebuilding of the houses :—Session 1835, 14,0001. ; 1836, nil ; 1837, 86,0001. ; 1838, 100,0001. ; 1839, 50,000/. ; 1840, 30,0001.; 1841, 50,000/. ; 1842, 105,0001.; 1843, 140,0011.; 1844, 60,000/. ; 1845, 85,0001.; 1846, 70,0001. ; 1847, 150,0001. ; 1848, 119,0001. ; 1849, 100,0901. ; 1850, 148,3801. ; 1851, 110,0001. ; 1852, 93,9001. ; 1853, 110,700/. Total Totes, 1,622,2701. Deduct amount expended in obtaining ground in Abing don-street, 82,3821.115. 4d. ; leaves a total of 1,539,8871. Bs. Bd. METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. —Yesterday, a special court was held at the chief office in Greek-street, Soho-square, the commissioners in attendance being the chairman, Lieut.-Colonel Dawson, George Baker, Esq., and George S. Smith Esq. The business transacted was merely of a formal character, with the exception of an appeal from the Rev. G. Baker, vicar of Fulham, who objected to pay sewers rate in respect of tithe commuta tion rent charge, upon the grounds that this, in the hands of a spiritual person, was not liable to assessment in re spect of sewers, inasmuch as, even if it were considered property that might be subject to the rate (which he con tended it was not), it was not of that description which could be benefited by the operations of the commis sioners. Mr. Turner (barrister) argued the case at con siderable length, Judgment deferred. CHlNA.—Yesterday a return was printed of property captured or detained by the combined forces in China from the 25th of August, 1841, showing the actual amount of money in British sterling received, and in what manner disposed of, with the amount paid as batta, or on any other account, to the naval and military forces employed during the service. The total amount received by the East India Company, at 2s. the sicca rupee, was 103,6971. 18s. The total amount disbursed by the East India Company was 441,5571. PlLOTAGE.—According to a Parliamentary paper printed on Tuesday, the income of the pilots' fund of Deptford Strond in 1852 was 5,3811. Bs. Bid., and the expenditure 5,3921.115. 10d. The total surplus to the 31st of December last was 7841. 4s. 31d. ACCELERATION OF THE NORTHERN MAILS. —An accele ration has just been made in the night mails to and from the north, by which the interval for replying to letters will be increased at Manchester and Liverpool by about half an hour; at Carlisle by two hours and a quarter ; and at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and Aberdeen, by four hours. SPORTING NOTES. BABBLING ABOUT BRIGHTON. Everything indicates a busy and successful meeting. The town is filled with sporting visitors, and the number of horses in the neighbourhood is considerably larger than on any former occasion. The Assembly Room at the Old Ship Hotel has been converted for the nonce into a subscription betting room ; but the muster of sporting men there has at present been very scanty. After the fatigue and excitement which attended the Goodwood Meeting, turfites are inclined " to do things on the quiet," and evidently prefer a stroll in the cool of the evening by the sea-side to the active pursuit of speculation in a room which, however commodious and well appointed, must be comparatively warm and un comfortable. Lucy Bank's colt, Hobby Horse, and Harbinger, are the most attractive names among the thirteen nomina tions for the Cup ; and a strong probability exists that the result of the race will be in accordance with the order in which I have set down their names. For the Pavilion Plate I select Sanita, Puritan, and Snarry, and the Biennial Stakes for two-year-olds I as sign to King Tom. It would be superfluous to touch upon the other races. I am informed that Calliope met with an accident this morning. She was at exercise on the course, and, bolting, fell over the chains. She cut herself, but not severely ; her rider was, however, conveyed to the .nfirmary. Brighton, Tuesday Night. A FRESH MAN. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.30 p.m. Trial Stakes. 3.30 p.m. First Biennial. 3.40 p.m. Brighton Stakes. 4.25 p.m. Marine Plate. 5. 0 p.m. Nursery Stakes. 5.35 p.m. Railway Plate. 6.10 p.m. Town Plate. ADDITIONAL ARRlVALS.—Harbinger,Yharos, William Rufus, and Dagobert. LATEST BETTING. BRIGHTON STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Pantomime. 3 to 1 agst Poodle. 4 to 1 agst Adine. 8 to 1 agst any. other. WENLOCK RACES.-YESTERDAY. WENLOCK STAKES. Gameboy filly Knight Errant Countess of Theba Six ran. Won in a canter. FARMERS' PLATE. Libel gelding After four heats. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o Clay's racing. AUGUST. Ripon (2) 1 Newton Abbot (2) 1 Brighton (2) 3 Airdrie (2) 4 Edgware (2) 4 Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO North Staffordshire (21 10 York (3) 17 Canterbury lB Tonbridge (1) 18 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2) 24 Derby (2) 26 Hereford (2) 29 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) 30 SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY). (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) REMUNERATION TO MEDICAL GENTLEMEN IN CASES OF ACCIDENT IN THE STREETS.-BOWS V. DOLMAN. The plaintiff in this case is a surgeon, and the defen dant is a gentleman, residing at the west end, and sought to recover the sum of 2/. 2s. for professional services. It appeared that the defendant met with a severe acci dent in Regent-street, and plaintiff and other members of the profession were promptly in attendance. The plaintiff at once took the case under his care, and was in attendance nearly two hours, and defendant was then conveyed to his own residence, where he was attended by one of the other professional men, who, according to plaintiff's evidence, had not in the slightest degree inter fered at the time plaintiff was taking the preliminary course. Defendant, on first seeing the plaintiff, asked him if he was a surgeon, and being answered in the affir mative, placed himself in his hands. The bill of the second gentleman was large, and it was contended that plaintiff ought not to recover as he had volunteered his services. The plaintiff said he had done as any other gentleman would have done under the circumstances. He went im mediately he was called, but very frequently several arrived within a short space of time. The learned Judge said that it appeared there had been a retainer by defendant putting the question as to whether plaintiff was a surgeon ; the after engagement of another did not imply any want of skill, for there might be many causes to engage a gentleman in the immediate neighbourhood. His Honour gave judgment for 1/. is., subject to the production of plaintiff's diploma to Mr. Wilkinson, the chief clerk of the court, and the case was adjourned un til to-day for that purpose, which was now done. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, arrived at Buckingham Palace yester day afternoon from Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Bouverie, Lieut.-Colo nel F. H. Seymour, and the Master of the Household, left Osborne at 10 minutes before 10 o'clock in the royal yacht Fairy, and crossed to Gosport, where a special train was in readiness to convey the royal party to town. On arriving at the Vauxhall Station of the South- Western Railway, the Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, and the royal suite, entered four of the Queen's carriages, and, escorted by a detachment of the 17th Lancers, arrived at the Palace at 25 minutes to 2 o'clock. The Queen and Prince were received, on alighting from their carriage, by the Countess of Gainsborougb, Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; the Mar quis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord-in-Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord-in-Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood, Groom-in-Waiting ; Colonel Grey, Equerry-in-Waiting ; and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Equerry-in-Waiting to Prince Albert. Prince Ernest of Leiningen arrived at Osborne on Monday, and accompanied her Majesty and Prince Albert in the Fairy, yesterday morning, to Portsmouth. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice remain at Osborne, attended by Colonel Wylde. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the Marquis of Ormonnde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. A deputation, consisting of Mr. John Wood, Mr. Thomas Henry Hall, Mr. Deputy Harrison, the Re corder, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Viscount Palmerston was also present at the interview. A finance committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held at the Privy Council-office yesterday. There were present Earl Granville (chair man), Lord Overstone, Sir A. Spearman, Bart., Sir W. Cubitt, and Mr. Edgar Bowring (secretary). Captain Owen, R.E., also attended. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FROM OSBORNE. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 2. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and two of the younger branches of the royal family, came over to the port to-day, en route to town. The royal party left Osborne a little before 11 o'clock, and embarked at East Cowes soon after, on board the Fairy, Master Com mander Welch, Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence G.C.H., being on board. In a few minutes afterwards the yacht was under weigh, having the royal standard floating at her main, the union jack at the fore, and the Admiralty flag at the mizen. In anticipation of her Majesty's crossing, the whole of the ships comprising the fleet at Spithead, together with those in harbour, dressed in colours at an early hour in the morning, whilst the Royal standard was hoisted at the Government establishments. As the royal yacht Fairy approached the fleet a royal general salute was fired by the flag-ship Prince Regent, 90, Capt. Hutton, which was immediately taken up by the whole fleet, comprising 18 men-of-war of various sizes. A very heavy cannonade was the result, which must have been heard many miles inland. The ships also manned yards, the seamen being dressed in blue jackets and white trousers. The Fairy passed by the fleet, and as she ap proached the platform battery another royal salute was fired by the garrison, which was taken up by the Vic tory and Neptune, 120, in harbour. At 5 minutes to 12, the Fairy entered the harbour, and was soon alongside the Clarence-yard Jetty. At Clarence-yard, the following officials were present to receive her Majesty :—Admiral-Superintendent Fan shawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief in the absence of Vice-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, K.C.B. ; Major-General Simpson, Lieutenant-Governor ; Colonel Commandant Menzies, K. 11., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; Captain Courtney, Superintendent of Clarence-yard ; John Davies, Esq., Master Attendant ; Joseph Pinhorn, Esq., Storekeeper ; Mills, Esq., Director of the South- Western Railway Company ; Mr. Beattie, Locomotive Superintendent ; Mr. Scott, Traffic Manager • Mr. Godson, Superintendent ; and Mr. Stevens, o f the Gos port Railway Terminus. A guard of honour was in attendance from the Royal Marines, with the band of that corps, commanded by Li eu t enan t-C o l one l Childs. Her Majesty having landed, proceeded to the royal train, which immediately started for its destination. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, ap peared in good health, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. A correspondent writes from Paris that " there is nothing of striking interest in the Paris journals on the Eastern question, neither is there anything very new in the information which they give us on the subject. The statement of the Morning Post seems to be received by them as positive, and the inference which they draw from it is, that the Bri tish and French Governments will insist on the immediate evacuation of the Principalities. The general impression appears to be that this sort of ultimatum on the part of England and France will not be rejected by Russia ; but if the account from Constantinople of the Hospodar of Moldavia having put an end to his relati ons w ith th e P or t e , an d having thus virtually refused to recognise any longer the suzerainty of the Sultan, be true, a, new and important phasis of the question presents itself ; for the invasion of the Principalities by Russia will not in that case have been a mere temporary occupation, but will have had the effect of depriving ;he Sultan of a portion of his territory to add it, at no distant period, to the dominions of the Emperor of Russia, as it is certain that Moldavia cannot exist long in a state of independence. There can be no doubt that the Hospodar of Moldavia has a right to say to Turkey—" By treaty you are bound to pro tect me ; the protection which you promised was the condition on which I recognised your suzerainty. But you leave me without protection against an invading army, and therefore I cease to be your vassal." This would be very good reasoning under ordinary circumstances, and even at present we do not see what other reply the Sultan could make to it than that he was unable to give the promised protection, because the Great Powers who had pledged themselves to cause the integrity of his empire to be respected, had refused to enable him to drive the Russians out of the principalities. It must be evident, however, if what is reported of the Hospodar of Moldavia be true, that this rejec tion of the suzerainty of the Porte has been effected by the influence of Russia, and that the evacuation of the principality will not in this case have the effect of restoring to the Porte the portion of the • territory thus detached. France and England, which have tolerated the occupation of the princi palities by Russia, will feel themselves bound to repair the consequences of that occupation by enabling the Sultan to place things on the former footing, and whatever expense this may be attended with must, of course, be chargeable on Russia, for without the Russian invasion this new state of things would not have happened. The Prefect of the Basses Pyrenees has been of ficially informed that the journey of the Emperor and Empress to Pau has been postponed, and will not take place this season. Letters from Brest of the 29th ult. state that a certain activity is displayed in the arming of vessels. The Duguesclin man-of-war and the Pro serpine frigate have arrived in the port, and the Armide frigate, towed by the Souffluer, left the port on the morning of the 29th. Rear-Admiral Charner was to hoist his flag on board the Hercule. The French Government have instructed their Consul-General at Bucharest to remove his flag. The Prefect of Police has, in consequence of the discovery of the conspiracies formed to attempt the life of the Emperor at the Hippodrome and the Opera Comique, adopted a regulation which will render the sojourn of improper characters in Paris more difficult. He has published an ordonnance commanding that all servants residing in Paris shall, within three months, under the penalty of imprisonment, provide themselves with a /ivret at the Prefecture of Police. Any servant not provided with such a livret or certificate shall be expelled from Paris, after an imprisonment of from eight days to three months. A reaction took place at the Bourse yesterday, and public securities have somewhat recovered from the fall they experienced on Monday, closing steadily. The Three per Cents. for cash have regained 20c., and for the account, 15c. ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash, 25c., and for the account the whole of the amount of the fall on that day, 10c. Bank Stock has not participated in this improve ment, but has further given way 10f. The last quoted prices are—For cash : Three per Cents., 78f. 55c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 55c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. ; Bank Stock, 2,830 f. Northerns, 872 f. 25c ; Paris and Orleans, 1,167 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 933 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 934 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,114 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 760 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 740 f. ; Rouen. and Havre, 503 f. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The following is from the Paris correspondent of the Times, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : " The Turkish Government, harassed by the conduct of Russia, and having exposed to the world the injustice of that power, has determined to act with vigour. It has hitherto allowed Russia to have all the ultimatums to herself, and has had to endure the most insulting lan guage that ever one power presumed to address to another with even the slightest show of indepen dence. While doing so, however we may respect or admire the forbearance, not unmingled with dig nity, which she has shown in her refutation of the charges brought by M. Nesselrode and M. Menschikoff against her, it is certain that she has been on the point of losing her prestige among her own subjects ; and the Turks, whether of the old party or of the reforming school, allude with pain to the increasing degradation which Russia is inflicting on the Mussulman name. The Porte has roused itself to exertion ; and private accounts from Constantinople, by Vienna, inform me that a note, in the form and with the character of an ultimatum, is to be addressed by it to the Rus sian Government. The note repeats, but in a more precise manner, the various arguments em ployed in its previous communications to Russia; it shows how the Porte evinced every disposi tion and desire to continue on good terms with its neighbours ; that it was always disposed to listen to just complaints, and to remedy them ; that no dis tinction was made between the Christian popula tion and Mussulman subjects—that it has very re cently given proofs of its love of toleration and of impartial justice, in the firmans it has issued, and which sufficiently secure the immunities, privileges, and rights of the Christian population of every deno mination. All this the Sultan has done, but if he be required to do anything more that is inconsis tent with his own honour, and with the honour, the dignity, and the independence of his people, he shall give the same reply he has already given to the ultima tum of Count Nesselrode, namely, a refusal, and that, if the consequence of that refusal be war, war he must accept ; but he leaves it to the world to judge between them, and to pronounce its verdict as to the party that rendered necessary so terrible an alternative. The eva cuation of the Principalities "as soon as possible" is demanded, and this is made in the ultimatum an indis pensable condition of pacific arrangement. The note concludes by reiterating the assurance that the Sultan is ready, should negotiations be accepted, to send an Ambassador Extraordinary to St. Petersburgh. " It is certain that the propositions drawn up by M. de Bruck, and approved by the representatives of the Powers at Constantinople, to which I alluded yester day, have been considered by the French Government, and perhaps also by the English Cabinet, as non avenues ; such, I believe, is the term employed. " With the conduct of Russia throughout the whole of this affair before us, we cease to be surprised at any thing she may do, or at any pretensions she may put for ward. We are now told that that Power alleges, in excuse for her occupation of the Principalities, that the present condition of that portion of the Ottoman territory is such as the convention of Balta Liman supposes to be a just reason for its occupatio n —namely, the disorganisation of its Government; and that, therefore, it is perfectly justified in remaining there until order be restored. It is, unfortunately, true that the Government of Moldo-Wallachia is in a state of dis organisation—but it is by the act of Russia herself. It is Russia that has forced the Hospodars to rebellion against their Suzerain, and she now wishes to profit by her own misdeeds. She may say that Turkey is at liberty to enter the Principalities, but what could 25,000 or 30,000 men do against 140,000 men, not to speak of the thousands who are ready at a moment's notice to pass the Pruth. " It is certain that the important moment is now ap proaching, and we shall perhaps know by the 12th of the present month how great or how little are the chances of a pacific arrangement. I am enabled to in form you that the French and English Governments have decidedly agreed on the basis of a common action, and have intimated to the Russian Government that all further hesitation or delay on its part in effecting the evacuation of the Principalities will be consid ered by them as a refusal to do so. I have already mentioned that the similarity sought to be established by Russia b e t ween the occupation of the provinces and the presence of the fleet in Besika Bay, had been re peatedly denied. On the present occasion that denial is repeated ; and it is declared that the fleet shall not quit its present anchorage s imultaneously with the withdrawal of the Russian army. The fleets may not remain many days at Besika—perhaps not more than two, three, or four ; but the y will remain sufficient time to show the world that no comparison whatever is admitted between the two occupations. The combined action I speak of has reference to both these points, and on them Russia is requ i re d b y the Governments to give a categorical an d a spee d y ans wer. A rumour to this eirect had got abroad this afternoon, and the evidence it gave of the continued un derstanding betwe en tho English and French Governments had a corresponding effect on the Bourse. The answer of Russiais, I believe, expected on the 12th, and of whatever kind it may be it must be decisive, as the moment for tergiversation has now passed away. There is no difficulty in believing that the refusal of Russia to reply, or her refusal to act conformably to what is demanded, will be followed by the entrance of the combined fleets into the Dardanelles, and their ad vance to the Bosphorus. With this it is considered not unlikely that a manifesto will be addressed to the Powers by the French Government. Such is the present state of the Turkish question. Were Turkey unsupported bY the Western Powers, it is almost certain that even its acceptance of the Menschikoff ultimatum would not be considered by Russia as sufficient, and that she would still require more." Prince Ghika, the Hospodar of Moldavia, acting under Russian influence, has informed the Divan that he must break off all communications with the Sultan's Government, and that he would not for the future pay any tribute to his late Sovereign, the Sultan. A similar communication is expected from the Hospodar of Wallachia. It is asserted that the Porte proposes addressing an ultimatum, to Russia, in which, alter paying due . regard to the protection and the rights of the Sul ' tan's Christian subjects, that Sovereign declares that if, in spite of these repeated assurances, tn.! Czar should persist in offering war, the Por te resolved to accept it, but that the respons ibility the consequences which may ensue must lie i withb' Russia. It is further asserted that the above docu ment has been communicated to the Ambassadors of England, France, Prussia, and Austria. Orders have been sent to the Hospodars of Mol davia, and Wallachia, commanding them to quit t he Principalities, and retire to the right bank of the Danube. • The war contribution has been called from th e Turkish vassals, amounting to about 10,0001.; a nd they are obliged to furnish and keep a certain unrui ber of horsemen, according to the importance of their tenement. We read in the Debuts "We have received via Trieste letters from Constar' tinople to the 19th July ; they do not give us any veil new information, but supply us with some explanation s on the news brought by the Caradoc to the Courrier Marseille ; and they reduce this news to less consider able proportions. By the steamer from Galatz, which arrived at Constantinopl e on th e 15th J u l y , C o lonel ne Wildenbruck, minister of Prussia, received orders t° offer to the Porte the good offices of his government, and to propose to it an arrangement on the following basis :—That the Porte should present to Russia es official note which, without being identically the W ee as that communicated by Prince Menschikoff, and e e .,,; nexed to the first circular of Count d e N esse l ro d e , slin .L ll 7, approach it as much as possibl e ; i n exc h ange f o r t"''' note containing an engagement on the part of the Suit° to maintain the rights and privileges accorded ab tiquo to the Greek Church, the cabinet of St. Peters burg should give a declaration that it had no intention of desiring, by the guarantee thus obtained from th e Sultan, to make the least encroachment on his rights of sovereignty and his independence ; finally, tha t the Turkish note should be conveyed to St. Petal ; burgh by an extraordinary ambassador, who shoul d receive the Russian counter-declaration. We er e , assured that this combination, which was known ,t Vienna, Paris, and Berlin, was known also to w e Emperor of Russia ; and that the latter having be e° sounded respecting it, showed himself disposed to adher e to it. Reschid Pacha is said to have received the Pr e. position with satisfaction, and the Divan had been en gaged two days in deliberating on the Prussian dispatcb- Our readers know that the Caradoc has brought 11 0 1 from Constantinople to the 20th July, and the Chapte' to the 23d. We learn, besides, that Prince &hilt? Hospodar of Moldavia, acting in accordance with seP e ; rior orders, has writt en to th e Di van t o i n f orm it the: he intended to put an end to any relations with it ; th at it need not count on the payment of the tribute due to the Imperial treas ur y ; th a t consequen tl y a ° hal x d'affaires became useless, and that no salary would henceforth be allowed for one ; in short that the Prin ce of Moldavia broke off all relations with his sovereig!: Up to the present time th e P r i nce o f W a ll ac hia b"' made known no resolution of the kind ; but it was pected every day that he would do so. Immediatelf after the notification of Prince Ghika was received Reschid Pacha convoked in conference the Represelr tatives of England, France, Austria, and Prussia, his Palace of Balta-Liman. The affair was submittal, to them. Their interview had lasted an hour when i t was interrupted, in consequence of an order from . th e Sultan to Reschid Pacha to go to the Imperial palace,' The interior of Turkey is represented to b e infeste d with brigands who rob, pillage, commit violence 00 women, and carry off young boys. The authoriti es were unable to repress such disorders." A letter from Constantinople of the 18th t ilt.' in the Cologne Gazette, says : "The Journal de Constantinople announces that a' siderable Russian army is being concentrated near Exl e ,: roon, and that the Russian ambassador is doing all can to persuade the Shah of Persia to declare war of t Turkey. The same journal, however, expresses a hope „ that the British ambassador will succeed in turning • aside that blow. Three Russian spies have been a,: rested near the fortresses of the Danube. Up to t''_„" present time no act of hostility has taken place bet War the Russians and the Turks, and in spite of the warns? preparations which the latter are continuing w allet!: cessation, it is hoped that peace will not be trouble d A letter from Varna of the 9th states that 30, 000 1i Turks, under the command of Mehemet Pacha, b na l' arrived there from the Black Sea, of whom 6,°: were to remain in that garr i son ; th e ot h er 25 ,00 0 4 . seeded to Schumla and the fortr esses o f the Datillu-' The head-quarters of Omer Paella and of Mouss; Pacha are at Schumla. Mehemet Pacha has proceede d from Schumla to Rustzuck. At Tsurkhan is MustaP ha Paella, and in Silistri a Ah me d P ac h a, the governor of the Military School. At Bazardjek is Elim Pacha, wi th , a division of cavalry. No reinforcements have ye arrived from Tunis or Tripoli. The redifs are completeli, armed and equipped ; th ere are 24,000 i n th e ca mp c " . Scutari. The pilgrims of the caravan which some tilv e , back went to Mecca have return e d and h ave enrol themselves. The combined fleets incur an expense ea ch day of 14,000 piastres for provisions only ; 10,000 njen of the Turkish army cost per month 1,000,000 piastres. The Posen Gazette states that on the 24th 11 3 ' the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia, annoUlic" ing the occupation of the p r in c ip a liti es by the Rus sian troops, was read in all the churches and spa' . gogues of Poland. The New Prussian Gazette contains a letter frolu Jassy, dated July 20, which says :—" Prince Gory' chakoff, the commander-in- c hi e f o f th e arm y of occupation, sent two days back General Goenki to Constantinople with a letter for Reschid. Paella, il l which he invites him not to give the Turkish troops orders to pass the Danube, in order not to inter; fere with the pacific intentions of the Emperor 0 ' Russia." SPAIN. IVe have received the Madrid jonrnals of th i s 28th ult. They are without news of interest, an' contain nothing to confirm in the slightest degre e the announcement by private telegraph that the whole of the ministers, except M. Moyano, had sent in their resignation. The President of the Council, General Lersundi, who had gone to vis l b his sick wife at Vittoria, had not returned to Madrid on the 28th, and was not expected for Ova or three days. A Madrid letter of the 28th states that the heat there had become so great as to cause much inconvenience and sufferin g . O n th e 270' , the thermometer stood in the shade at 33 deg' Reaumer (1061 deg. Fahrenheit). A private telegraphic despatch from Madrid 0f the 30th ult. says :—The Gazette announces officially f that the Queen has ent ere d i n t o th e fifth mon th ° pregnancy. There is to be a royal reception fat the kissing of hands on the 2d of August. All the rumours of ministerial modifications have ceased. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 9 A. 3 1- By the United States mail steamer Pacific lv e have advices from New York to the 23d ult. She has brought 162 passengers, and $lO,OOO and 4 sovereigns in specie on freight. The steamer Europa, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on the 21st. The screw steamer Tauru a arrived at New York, from Liverpool on the 2 2c1 ult. Telegraphic accounts from Washington, of O n 22d ultimo, state that the app I: ointment of Mr. as Minister to France is to remain in embryo for the present, owing to strong representations froi ll the south. It is stated in the New York papers that Inciatp,' if not all, of the people at St. John's Island , esP: " Breton, and the Gut of Cnaso, who formerly Peti tioned for official vessels to drive off the Am en ricans, are now signing petitions to have the u : strictions removed, as formerly the American fis ing vessels were the means of affording them, Ir e ; siderable busines s w hil e now th e ir own fish g are destroyed, and th e y w ill soon be in a starvin condition, and b e o bli ge d t o call u p o n the Gov ment for pecuniary aid. Late advices from New Mexico state that evesorr thing was quiet. Governor Trias had withdrr,he his troops from Mesilla Valley, in pursuan ce 01 " order of his Government. vreer vi There had been no particular change in the lsr e York stock market. Crystal Palace Shares e selling at 12K. The supply of money exc eeded th ue st. demand. Prime mercantile paper was in req 6f, Exchange on London, 10S1 to 1091 ; Pa ris ' 13:ie. to 51. 14c. ; Amsterdam, 41i to 41g. _ di Cotton in "good export demand, wi th a sbv market. Sales for kB, bles. The Europa's letters not be 9oo ing a so encourage re those per Franklin, holders of flour had be,,, eri a t the ready sellers, and the closing prices were anvices. same as before receipt of the Franklin's 3 Wheat in good demand at late rates. ld at 250,000 corn bushels of Indian co had be we s terne mixed, 67e 67c. to 68c. for unsound, 69c. to 7 00 • r uthe and nort a h n e d rn 7 y o e e llo t w o . 72c. per bushel for 80 Provisions active, at firm prices.lira Iron was generally held above p urchases and therefore nelecte. Freights to London d and Havre without nb - a : vg e. Snow IN Ti Si] don •redi Ti post] ten', n thi]