The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 29th July, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. That a SPECIAL GENERAL COUR r of the said COMPANY will be held, by adjournment, at their /louse in Leadenhall-street , on WEDNESDAY next, the 3d August, at Eleven o'Ciock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering a Motion this day sub mitted, viz. :—" That this Court concur in the views and opinions expressed by she Court of Directors in their Ni mute of this date, re garding the Bill for the future Government of India." Copy of the said Minute of the Gaut of Directors is open for the perusal of the Proprietors, at this Rouse. JAMES C. ISIELVILL, Secretary. ROYAL PRLNCESVS THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Jor.T 29, WITI be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. Characters THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, JULY 29, Will be perfnrmed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh 31urray, Keeley, Parcel e, rant Belford, c u il en ford, Woolgar, O. Smith, and C. J. Smith. Manure Celeste and Mrs. Keeley. Niter which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by TIIE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM. l'o conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATNE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Great success of the New Drama. TIIIS EVENING, JULY 29, Will be performed the New Drama entitled THE TIMES. Charae. tors by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, 11. ►rarston, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Audenon, IL Gordon, E. Tur. ner, and Bartlett. Alter which, an entirely New Burlesque, by Francis Talfourd, Esq., entitled SHYLOCK, or, THE MERC EIANr OF "VENICE PRESERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Now under the Direction and Management of Mr. W. Cooke. The tide of success has fairly set in to this favourite Establishment. No greater test can be given than the crowded state of the Theatre nightly to witness the ever-memorable Battle of Waterloo, with is marches, encounters, and brilliant tableaux. New and splendid Scenes in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of known talent—introducing a new enripment, M ,BOMET BEN BUD, the Arabian Grotesque, from the Cirque Royal, St. Petersburgh, by permission of the Emperor. 64TH NIGHT OF LIFE ON THE TURF; with a real Fox Chase. N.E.—Miss Emily Cooke is re-engaged, aril will appear at this Theatre at the conclusion of her Continental proles done trip. THIS EVENING, July 29, And during the week, the Performances will commence w . th Tag BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with all its or ginal military affects. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE. intro ducing' talent unprocedented, among whom will be found the great Arabian Wonder, Mahomet Ben Said. To conclude with the successfhl Hinpo Drama of TTIE CHASE , or, LIFE ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Chase will ta k e . place. Doors open at Half - past S ix. Fo x - office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. %V. %I est. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAIIDENS. TFII3 EVENING, Jinx 29, PANORA.3IIC VIEW of CITE'S AN, Splendid and Interesting MENAGERIE. GODFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocsl a”d Instruments] Concert. Various amusing novelties, concluding with the extraor. ilnary specta , le of THE FEAsT OF LANTERNS, and a grand display of FIR ~WORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FLEE RAFTS. Admission Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tffr. Der ---Morning 0 min. after 8 I Evening 29 min.aft. To-31 mime —Wonting 3 min. after 9 Evening 36 min:aft. 9 THE WE.A.THErt.--Sun Orrtcz, JULY 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE &JADE. 72hest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning. and during the night. 70--this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, S.W. to W.—Light, pleasant breeze, and fine weather. , 4 4 . - .L) • 4444, -~, ;;~_. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 185/ Anything so disgraceful as the Cab Strike must not be tolerated by the Legislature. It cannot be allowed to pass by with impunity. Under any circumstances, the public may rest confident of this that Ministers will guard against any possible repetition of these proceedings. It has already been announced, indeed, by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, that either some additional clause will forthwith be interpolated in the old bill, or some entirely new measure will be brought at once before Parliament. Whichever course be pursued by him at the present cuier;ency, we mv feel perfectly satisfied as to the consequence. Mr. FITZR.O - is altogether too sagacious a ro:oruoer to overlook the advantages derivable from the passing opportunity. He will act nei ther harshly air timorously. He will neither yield to this most flagrant attempt at intimidation, nor permit his judgment to be warped by the influence of acts so peculiarly pro vocative of indignation. Whatever may have been inadvertently calculated to injure the cab fraternity in the reformatory enaotment recently brought into operation will, as a matter of course, be modified in obedience to the dictates of fair play—so soon as the necessity for any such modi fication he clearly demonstrated. Beyond which, however, care will be taken that the inhabitants of London shall not speedily be subjected to the repetition of this intolerable display of self-in juring spitefulness on the part of those old offend ers the Cab Proprietors. Directly, it might be difficult to subject these men to anything at all ap proximating to what would alone be regarded as adequate punishment. Nevertheless, while they are unquestionably, to a considerable extent, beyond the reach of the law, in reference to the Past—they are, happily, in reference to the Future, within easy grasp of the violated, or, at any rate evaded, authority of the Legislature. Judging from their recent proceedings, it would actually appear as though the Cab-proprietors had entirely overlooked this circumstance. They be tray an abeolately pitiable ignorance of the weak nese of their position, in their extravagant attempt to struggle against the power po , sessecl by an Act of Parliament. They forget, apparently, that the system of licensing may be altered at any moment, at the pleasure of the national representatives. That system, in fact, will indubitably, on the Pressure of the existing grievance, be so adapted to the emergency as effectually to preclude the Cabmen and their employers from the chance of conspiring again with impunity to wreak their little vulgar spleen upon the community by sud denly withdrawing themselves and their vehicles from the public thoroughfares. It will be thus perceived, speedily enough, how important in every respect has been this endeavour of the Cab-drivers and the Cab-proprietors to gratify the petty rancour excited amon g st them by that enactment which t ar di ly, but effectually, put an end the other day to their most intolerable nui gance—a nuisance emanating from a twofold sys tem 04 habitual insolence and organised extortion. A hope was yesterday expressed by one of our co ntemporaries that the. present withdrawal of London, the cabs from the streets of , might l ea d to the fattening up of the unfortunate hacks desirable i t i v d ur ing their holidays, and to th e hi ghly renova tion and purification of th e ri? taet ell st vehicles themselves. Fo r our part, we ac knowledge that our hopes in the matt er po i nt in quite an opposite direction. We trust th at, ac cordingly as the old licenses expire,- the authori ties entrusted with the responsibility of grantin g new ones w ill a vail themselves of the opportunity of weeding out the less respectable members of the offending fraternity. Meanwhile, the House of Commons might readily provide., secu rity for the good conduct of those by whom these more flagrant culprits would be speedily replaced. Licenses could be granted only on the condition that their acceptance entailed upon the recipient cent fin easily definable duties. Foremost among all requisites in the applicant should be that of a good, sober, and respectable character. It should be rendered necessary, moreover, both on the part of the Cab-driver and the Cab-proprie tor, that no vehicle during the period for which it had been licensed as a public conveyance, should be altogether withdrawn from the streets under a certain reasonable notice, without causing the eWees to become liable to the pleasant alterna -413.-e*egAin or imprisonment. Protected by such nove l ensl rational regulations as these, the publie wasild have sem* That less of the is m _ knees. of 'Cab-drivers, and of the petulance of cab pvLY , being g'tardesl against their corn, .P 4 Pt. imb bined efforts to flourish upon bullying and extor tion. The inhabitants of London have stiffened rather too long under both them galling grievances. It now remains that the offenders should be di rectly or indirectly punished. A 'rod, for their especial advantage, has been some time in pickle, thanks to the Under Secretary for the Home De partment. All required at this moment is that with it a swinging blow may be administered by the Imperial Parliament. A Ministerial surprise, but one of by no means ' an agreeable character, signalised the bringing up of the Report on the Government of India Bill last night. Deceived by the apathy and indif ference exhibited by one section of the House, and by the unlimited subservience displayed by another, the members of the Joint-stock Adminis tration thought that there was no prospect of any proposition being carried without their assent and concurrence ; that, in fact, they could do just as they pleased with respect to the administration of affairs in the Anglo-Indian Empire. After the large concessions made to Indian reformers, in in creasing the salary of the Right Hon. Baronet, the President of the Board of Control, to at least 5,0001. per annum, and in making a very pleasing permanent provision for one of his proteges, nay more, after deciding upon bestowing an additional 9,0001. per annum on the Leaden hall-street Magnates, the salary of each Director being augmented by 5001. a year, and restoring the patronage of the scientific branches of the Indian army, which was about to be thrown open to public competition, to these excellent, but much calumniated, individuals, it was too much to sup pose that such an ungrateful return would be made for such bounteous liberality. What were the ingrates thinking of ? What could the Whip per-in have been about ? Who could have sup posed that a House pledged to the principle of " unrestricted competition" could have dared to interfere with the salt monopoly in Hindustan, by allowing the unhallowed men of Cheshire—the quondam Protectionist voters of Droitwich— to transmit their manufacture to the Indian market. We'd might our own dear Sir CHARLES, with a ponderous attempt at facetiousness, sneer at the inconsistency (!) of the ex-Colonial Secre tary for protesting against " the enormity of im posing a duty upon the food of the people." Never was there a piece of such unparalleled ab surdity, such ridiculous folly, as the notion that a Whig in office should be bound by his votes and opinions in opposition—that his " doings" when in, should in any degree be regulated by his "sayings" when out. - The sweet innocent clearly never thought that the charge of inconsistency could be retorted on himself—that the boomerang which he hurled against the unlucky assailant could possibly fly back upon himself, the pet of the Coalition—the pride of Cannon-row— recipient of Five Thousand Sterling Pounds in each and every year, as a trifling recompeuce for his inestimable services. How could he suppose that the resolution adopted by all but the 53 im practicables could be applicable to the subject under consideration, or that any man could for a moment imagine that in supporting, not merely that resolution, but one couched in much stronger terms, in which the Saxon appellative, " Free Trade," was used, he intended anything be yond damaging his opponent for the time being. How cruel—how inconsiderate—how unreason able of any person to taunt him with his conduct, or to suppose that it was not just and proper to maintain an exclusive right of supply. The word " monopoly" was clearly inapplicable to one of the primary necessaries of life for one hundred and fifty millions of human beings. The arguments with respect to corn could surely never be made applicable to "salt," nor could what was good for Englishmen be at all suitable for Hindoos. The Right Hon. Baronet, too, astonished the House by his lexicographical ability. He even surpasses his Noble Leader in the extent of his varied acquirements. It has been asserted that Lord JOHN was prepared to take the command of the Channel Fleet in a storm, or to perform the operation of iithotomy in a difficult case ; but we never heard that he set up - as a critic of Dr. JOHNSON, or was prepared to bring out a new edition of the English Dictionary for the benefit of Legislative Free-traders. The Noble Lord could never have ventured on such a brilliant definition of the term " mono poly," or inflicted such merited castigation on the unhappy and misguided Baronet who used it, as hi:; talented coadjutor was enabled to throw off at a moment's notice—" He (Sir CHARLES WOOD) always understood that a monopoly meant an en deavour, by artificial means, to raise the price to the consumer." "He thought that what the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir JOHN PAKINGTON) wanted, was to establish a monopoly for the exporters of salt in this country !" Take that Sir JOHN. Learn your own language before you again have the audacity to interfere, or come into collision, with your too potent and too critical brother of " the bloody hand." Don't again attempt to establish "a monopoly" for the manufacturers and traders of the entire world against the " unre- Aided competition," of the Free-trade supply from the stores of the East India Company to its sub jects. If you do, look for an avenging Nemesis, arising in the shape of the Right lion. Member for Halifax, and inflicting summary vengeance for the reckless attempt. But, notwithstanding the brilliancy of his elo quence—the soundness of his reasoning —the House, wilfully, and with nialtce prepense, decided in favour of the motion " that the manufacture and sale of salt in India shall be absolutely free, subject only to such Excise or other duties as may now, or from time to time, be levied on such salt so manufactured." Verily, the voice of mourning will be heard in Cannon-row, and there will be deep tribulation in Leadeuball-street. We know not whether there will be any attempt to set aside this decision—to induce the majority to eat their own words, and stultify themselves, in order to perpetuate that which, despite of Sir • CHARLES Wool), we cannot help stigmatising as a disgrace- - - ful and grinding monopoly, equally opposed to justice and sound policy, and cal cu l a t e d_ to occa. sion the utmost discontent among those who, by means thereof, are prevented from obtaining, on _ _ anything like reasonable terms, an adequate sup. ply of the only condiment for their tasteless food —an article essential not merely to the comfort, but to the health of themselves and of their cattle. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY.—There was a meet ing of the Sambre and Meuse Railway Company yester day, at which a report was read, which stated that the balance of profit was 7,2681. Bs. 9d., which might be applied to dividend, but it was recommended to be re served for contingencies, as the entire undertaking would be completed by the Ist of May next. The report was adopted. THE CITY POLlCE.—Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of the city police was held at the Temperance hall, Friar-street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of adopt ing a petition to obtain an increase of pay. The attend ance of constables was numerous, there being nearly four fifths of the force, numbering about 400, present, the remainder being unavoidably absent on duty. Seve ral sergeants were also present, who, however, did not unnecessarily interfere with the proceedings, as was the case at a mee ti ng o f t h e metropolitan police, having a similar object in view, on Thursday, the 21st instant. Polic e - constable Forster, 425, was unan i mous l y ca ll e d to tne chair. The petition was unanimously adopted. 0 _ n the qu est i on being put, whether it should be ad dressed t o th e Court of Aldermen or the Commissioners of Police, it was decided that the latter course, as being deputation respectf u l wtl.tohn othip2 constables, c.o customaryethesitrable m chief sf,o eo i officer and more in accord ,n s s i h s o ti u n l o. d obfespix ursuedfirst-class.A and -six second class men, two selecte'd from each divi sion, to present the petition. The deputation having been nominated, and thanks voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE STRIKE AMONG THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Yesterday a memorial was presented " fivireayne, Chief Commissioner of Police , at Scotian to, the police constables of the D division, by Mr. Gibbs,OlauE.tl—he superintendent, and which was signed by each policeman of the force. The memorial, which was left for the sig nature of the men at the various sectional stations, re quested an increase of pay in consequence of the increased price of provisions. A memorial was also forwarded from the T, division, which is stationed at Acton, Ealing, Brentford, and that neighbourhood. The purport of it was to a similar effect as that of the division, but, in order that no man might be marked on account of having his name first attached, the signatures were in a " round robin." GOODWOOD RACES, Adine . . Ambrose (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES-4O SOVEi& Whiltitgton walked over. SWEEPSTAKES-100 SOVS. • ..... Two ran. RODS BIENNIAL STAKES. Boiardo Quince Astolfo Seven ran. Adelaide arrived. THE CAB PROPRIETORS' QUESTION. MEETING THIS DAY. At 11 o'clock this morning, a meeting of the cab pro prietors and drivers was held at the Cranbourne Hotel, St. Martin's-lane, for the purpose of hearing the result of a deputation of their body, which had an interview, last evening, with the - Under Secret ary of State fur the Home Department. Mr. Coulter having been called to the chair, Mr. GAMBLE proceeded to detail the conversation be tween the deputation and Mr. Fitzroy. With regard to the propositions they had laid before the hon. gentle man, they had not all been entertained, but the spirit of them had been entertained. (Cheers.) They were al lowed to have a limit of four miles instead of the six miles. They were also to have 6d. for every person over the second person, so that, if they earned five persons, they would be getting 2s. per mile. The deputation were told by Mr. Fitzroy that he would not bring for ward his bill while the cabs were withdrawn from the streets. Now, he thought that it would be very foolish to work their cabs under the present act, and they would, therefore, be acting wisely to keep their horses in the stables rather than work them at a loss. (Hear, hear.) After speeches in favour of cont!nuing the strike until what was termed reasonable modifications in the present act were made, the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PA tiLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE DUKNESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bill§ Wert considered and agreed to :—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham,Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western Railways ; Londonderry, Enniskil len, and Sligo Railway (No. 2) ; Milford Haven Docks; Newcastle-Upon-Tynelmprovement. The Earl of Egremont's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. The follftifig bills Were ordered to be read a third time :--Richmond (Yorkshire) Etifgage Pastures ; Sneed Park Estate. Pemberton and Piddocke's Estate Bills were read a second time. FRANCE. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. Private letters from Constantinople, of the 15th, speAk of the excitement which has not ceased to prevail there ever since the population became aware of the presence of the Russian army in the Danubian Principalities. A proclamation from the Ottoman Government to all Mus sulmans was soon expected to appear. The armaments continued at the date of the letters referred to with the same activity. The contingents of Tunis and Tripoli, calculated at 20,000 men, were expected. Abbas Pasha had placed at the disposal of the Sultan 14 ships of war (four of which are steamers), 15,000 men, and a sum amounting to 25,000,000 of piastres. Three Egyptian transports had arrived at Constantinople with a part of the troops. The Porte has decidedly refused the offers of service of the refugees, and had only accepted a small number of foreigners. The fleets of Great Britain and France remain in the positions they occupied on the 11th. Admiral Hamelin has arrived on board the Pluton, and on the 14th inst. Admiral La • Susse resigned his command to that officer. The French three decker Friedland, which arrived on th 15th, takes the place of the Montebello, which re turns to Toulon. A letter from Athens of the 17th, in a Marseilles journal says :—" The news of the entrance of the Rus sians into the Principalities has not been received here so favourably as might have been expected. Most of the journals declare against the invasion : it is of opinion that in case of war Greece should remain neu ter ; but in case the war should become general, most Greeks are of opinion that the Greeks ought to march with the West. One of the journals, the Siecle, is however of a different opinion. It is paid by Russia. It is very violent in language. It demands that the Greeks shall arm, and that, whilst the Russians enter Wallachia, they shall invade the Turkish territory. The Government does nothing to check the violence of this journal, though it may cause grave embarrassments to Greece." A letter from Smyrna of the 17th, in a Marseilles journal, announces the departure of Ali-Pacha, the late governor, after receiving an address (as already men tioned in the Messenger) from the European colony. On the day on which he left, the Consuls displayed their flags, and the vessels of war fired a salute—with the ex ception however of the Austrian Consul, and the Com mander of the Austrian vessel.—The letter then proceeds to say.:—" The investigation into the assassination of Baron d'Adelberg is terminated. All the accused have contrived to evade arrest. The Austrian Consul, M. Wekhecker, insisted that the chiefs of the emigration should be bastinadoed ; but his Excellency Cherib- Effendi refused, saying, ' If they be guilty they will be prosecuted. If innocent, what is the use of this cruelty?' The arrest of a Hungarian refugee at Beyrouth, which took place recently, nearly gave rise to scenes as de plorable as those of Smyrna The refugee, accompa nied by his wife and his children, embarked on board the Austrian steamer the Lloyds. The captain immediately signified to him in the name of the Consul that he arrested him and would convey him to Trieste. The Hungarian protested ; and then appear ing to submit to his destiny, he withdrew to a corner, and waiting until he saw that he was not watched, threw himself into the sea. A boatman picked him up, and conveyed him to the Consulate of the United States. There proving by his passport that he was entitled to American protection, he was received. Thanks to the energy of the American Consul, the wife and children of the Hungarian, whom the captain wished to keep on board, were restored to liberty, and arrived at Smyrna yesterday by the French steamer." THE SUN,, ~LOA N DON, FRIDAY EVENING-, JULY 29, 185 3. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. There is nothing in the Original columns of the Paris journals on the Eastern question, or on any other sub ject, 3f erfficient interest for extract. Sidi Ben aguab, Cheik el Arab, and his son, the Caid Ben Cassen Bourga, arrived at Marseilles on the 25th, from the South of Algeria, with a numerous suite, and some magnificent horses, which are intended as a pre sent to the Emperor. They left Marseilles on the 26th for Paris. The Emperor and the Empress were present on Wed hesday at the Gymnase theatre. Queen Christina was also pfessnt, as was the Duchess d'Alba. The Ernperdr has received from the Grand Duke Charles-Alexander of Saig-Weimar, a notification of the death of the Grand Duke Charles-Frederick of Saxe- Weimar, his father. In consequence, the Emperor will go into mourning for six days, from the 31st of July. The Mom/tear contains an Imperial decree, promul gating the postal convention concluded on April 1, 1853, between France and the Roman States. _ . We read in the Illonitcur:—" Incidents, much to be regretted, have of late taken place on the frontiers of the Pyrenees, and particularly in the forest of Iraty, to which the Spanish valley of Salazar lays claim. The Government of his Imperial Majesty and that of her Catholic Majesty, desirous of putting an end to the quarre's which ened to burst out between the fron tier populations of the two countries, have decided that the contested ground shall be declared temporarily neu• tral. That arrangement, which has for object only the re-establishment of order, cannot in any way prejudge the question of right, which remains entirely to be dis cussed in conferences by special plenipotentiaries, who are shortly to proceed to the spot. The French Com missioners are Baron Gros, Minister Plenipotentiary, and General of Brigade Callier. The populations inte rested in the matter should await with calm and confi dence the result of the inquiry which is thus about to be instituted." We read in the Siècle :—" Yesterday morning, at half past nine, a courier arrived from London at the English embassy. The dispatches were immediately forwarded to Lord Cowley at Chantilly, and we are informed that at 2 o'clock in the afternoon his lordship arrived in Paris to have a conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However well sealed official dispatches may be something always escapes through the envelopes and the triple seals. We relate, therefore, with a certain degree of confidence what is stated to us in our letters from London. The English Government, it is said, has in formed that of France that the moment is come for dis cussing all the plans of proceedings in the event of a war, which is happily still not certain. As regards the condition of the evacuation of the provinces of the Danube, the British Cabinet is of opinion that it is im plicitly laid down in the propositions of arrangement which have been sent to St. Petersburgh ; but it thinks it would not be amiss to lay it down explicitly, as nego tiations can be carried on with honour only on this con dition. Our letters inform us of something still more serious. The English Government has discovered that the fleets cannot, without risking the respect due to the two great naval powers, remain in Besika Bay • and an order is to be sent to them to pass the Dardanelles, but without undertaking any warlike operation without fresh instructions." After giving this news, the responsibility of which we leave, of course, to the Siade, that journal proceeds to give the considerations on which the reported decision of the English Cabinet has been founded. These con siderations so much resemble the arguments that have been used by the Biecle, that they have rather the effect of throwing doubt on the news itself than of preparing the public mind to receive it as authentic. The steadiness of the last two days in the funds gave way yesterday to a good deal of fluctuation, ending in a fall of 10c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash, and 35c. in the Three per Cents. for the account. The following are the closing prices :—For cash : Three pe:- Cents., 78f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 30c. For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 35c. ; Four a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 45c. ; Bank Stock, 2,825 f. Shares of the Banks of Credit Foncier and Credit Mo bilier have given way, the former 10f., and the latter lf. The last prices are :—Credit Foncier, 740 f. ; Credit Mobilier, 833 f. The Railway Share Market has not exhibited much animation, however, except a trifling fall of 2f. in Northerris ; the other leading lines have either advanced a few fraDcs each in value, or remained unchanged. The following were the quotations at the close of business :—Northern, 878 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,146 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasliourg, 937 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 935 f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouezi, 1,112 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 765 f. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 28. Her Majesty took an airing yesterday morning, and drove out in the afternoon with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the 4archioness of Ely and Colonel Bouverie. Sir R. Murchison and a deputation of the Geogra phical Society had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Cathedral Commission bad a meeting yesterday. Present—The A rchbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Biandford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ox ford, Sir William Page Wood, the Rev. Dr. Words worth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Richard Jones (Secretary). TEE CAMP AT CHOBHAM COMMON. Yesterday was a day of inglorious ease at the camp, and the men appeared to enjoy it amazingly after their fatiguing expedition to Runnymede. None of the troops returned to their cantonments on Wednesday evening until near seven o'clock, having been absent upwards of ten hours. During the greater part of Wed nesday night the thunder-storm which visited the metro polis raged with great fury over the camp. In addi tion to the rain, it was there accompanied with a gale of wind which blew with such violence as at one time to threaten the unhousing of the whole camp. However, the care with which most of the tents were secured averted the catastrophe, though unfortunately five or six of the officers' tents in the more exposed parts of the cavalry quarters were blown down. The tents appear to require a good deal of management during wet wea ther, when the canvas contracts to such a degree as to split the whole fabric from top to bottom if the outside ropes are not slackened in time. The duty of looking after this falls to the youngest soldier in each of the men's tents, and the care with which they have hitherto dis charged it is sufficiently evident from the fact that none of the men's tents have yet sustained any damage. Such torrents of rain fell during Wednesday night that yesterday the greater part of the hollow ground in Cattin's Valley was completely under water, and the rain continuing during the whole of yesterday afternoon and evening, so saturated the common that it will re quire at least two or three days fine weather before field operations can be renewed. The funeral of the first man who has died at the camp since it has been formed took place yesterday. The de ceased was a private in the Bth Hussars, and had been 22 years in the service when he expired on Tuesday last at the general hospital, Chobham, after several days' ill ness, from bronchitis. The funeral was, of course, a military one ; and six of the privates from each troop of the Bth Hussars accompanied the body to its final resting-place in the little churchyard at Chertsey. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, July 21.--The first home ward mails from Au-traha to be conveyed under the new contract of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, via Singapore and Egypt, are due in Southampton by the steam-ship Bengal on the 4th of August, and would serve as replies to the mails dispatched hence on the 4th March last, the dates of departure from the Australian ports being, according to the existing ar rangements—Sydney, May 20 ; Port Philip, May 24; Adelaide, May 27; and King George's Sound, June 2. The telegraphic dispatches, however, just received from Trieste and Marseilles in anticipation of the overland India mails (the Marseilles portion of which will probably reach London on Saturday), convey no intelligence of the arrival at Singapere of the steamer appointed to bring up the Australian mails, and it is therefore most probable that by this opportunity no intelligence will be received from our Australian colonies. The disappointment to all those connected with the important business opera tions carried on with Australia will doubtless be very great. The reason of the delay and irregularity cannot be with any certainty accounted for, inasmuch as bad weather and other causes may have produced the mishap ; but it is inferred that the screw steamer Shanghai (appointed for this service), and which, on the previous voyage, got up to Singapore later than was expected, would not therefore be able to reach Sydney with the outward mail of the 4th of March (owing partly to the unavoidable detentions at the intermediate ports, and to her delayed departure from Singapore) sufficiently early to get away again at the appointed time ; and this, when allowance is made for similar detentions on the homeward route, in con sequence of immatured arrangements, difficultyof coaling, &0., will possibly be found to be the reason why no mail is brought to England by the Bengal. These delays and dis appointments will, it is confidently anticipated, be fully obviated when the orders now on their way out have been received and acted upon. The homeward steamers from the Australian ports, instead of proceeding to Singa pore, will then cross direct from King George's Sound to Point de Galle, Ceylon, and there connect with the homeward bound steamer to Suez, and it is calculated the junction will then be effected with greater certainty, regularity, and rapidity than can, from the adverse na ture of the weather and navigation generally encountered in running from King George's Sound to Singapore, be looked for under the present plan. The mail steamers from Sydney, after discharging mails and passengers at Ceylon, will at once leave for Singapore, to be in readi ness for the conveyance of the outward mails, which are in all cases to be sent by that route. The working of a line of steamers at the Antipodes (particularly at the first onset) is not so simple a matter as one terminating at Southampton, where, if anything goes wrong with a packet engaged in the service, the company has the opportunity of substituting another ship, as was done in the case of the return of the Tagus the other day, when the City of London had the mails and cargo of that vessel transferred to her, and was despatched in a little over four hours. The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company are leaving no exertions untried to carry out their Australian mail contract with efficiency, and it is to be hoped that the disorganised state of affairs at the various ports will not ultimately or materially interfere with their endeavours. A sub marine telegraphic despatch received to-day from Marseilles announces the arrival there at 4 p.m. on Wednesday of the new steam.-ship Valetta, with the India and China mail, in 47 hours from Malta. The distance being 660 nautical miles, this, her first per formance on the route, shows an average of 14 miles per hour. The best performance of the celebrated Banshee while on the station was 51 hours, but the ordinary duration of her passages was from 52 to 56 hours. The letters and papers brought by the Valetta will probably be delivered in London on Friday or Saturday morning, and the Bengal, with the heavy portion of the mails, may be expected to reach Southampton about Tuesday or Wednesday next. The succeeding steamer, the Indus, due here on the 20th of August, will in all probability be the bearer of the Australian mails. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Business continues excellent at this well-conducted establishment. The Battle of Waterloo, with the admirable scenes in the circle and the fox-chase, fill the theatre nightly. During next week Mr. Alfred Cooke, the great equestrian, rides four horses, which will add to the attractions. On Mon day next Mr. William Cooke, lessee and manager, gives the entire receipt, without any deduction, for the benefit of the sufferers at the Rosemary branch, at which the entire stud of horses and equestrian appointments were totally destroyed. On Wednesday, Mr. W. Batty in vited Mr. Nelson Lee and Mr. W. Cooke to dine with him at his country residence, on which occasion he pre sented Mr. Nelson Lee with a splendid diamond ring in remembrance of the many successful pantomimes written by that gentleman during his management. SMOKE NurisANcE.—ford Palmerston's hint at the Lord Mayor's dinner on Saturday last, appears not to have been lost upon the city of London authorities, as the markets committee have now ordered the applica tion, by Mr. Lee Stevens, of his patent smokeless fur nace to the engine used for pumping water at Billings gate : and when the existing abomination has been happily subdued there, we may reasonably hope for re newed activity on the part of the Commissioners of Sewers in the suppression of the smoke nuisance throughout the City districts, and riverward as well as landward. THE GREAT NUGGET.—The large Australian nugget lately exhibited has been melted and sold for 5,532/. Its weight bef ore melting was 1,615 ounces, and it yielded 1,319 ounc es o f fine standard, gold, equal to 1,423 ounces THE LEWISHAM WORKHOUSE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the president of the Poor-law Board whether his attention had been called to a petition recently presented to this house, complain ing of the cruel treatment of paupers in Lewisham Workhouse, especially with regard to assaults alleged to have been committed on paupers by the master of the workhouse ; and whether it is the intention of the Poor-law Commission to institute any inquiry into such complaints. Mr. BAINES replied, that the information which had been received, both by himself and his predecessor, with regard to the character of the petitioner, and the circumstances which form the basis of the complaint, was such that he did not think the cause of truth or justice would be promoted by the institution of a formal inquiry. PETITION. Mr. THORNLEY presented a petition from Wolver- hampton, suggesting amendments in the Charitable Trusts Bill. THE CAB STRIKE. Sir D. NORREYS wished to know whether the Commissioners of Police should be empowered to issue temporary licenses to ply for hire to any sort of vehicle during the continuance of the present conjuncture. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that he did not think that there was any necessity for the house to pass such a temporary measure, as the Treasury, who were responsible in matters of this kind, had authority already to grant licenses if they so thought fit. SOUTH SEA ANNUITANT DISSENTIENTS. The house having again gone into committee, and the discussion on the South Sea resolutions being resumed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in re ply to observations which had been made in the course of yesterday's discussion, said he wished it to be dis tinctly understood that no person to whom an option had already been offered, and by whom it had been de clined, should now a second time have it presented to them ; but that the object of the resolutions was simply to grant such power of election to holders who, when the option was offered on a previous occasion, were, by reason of some legal disability, unable to avail themselves of it. He protested that there was no intention to em power the South Sea Company to deal arbitrarily or irresponsibly with the interests of their shareholders ; and with regard to the opinion that unprecedented powers were now for the first time demanded for the Treasury, he reminded the house that by a recent statute the Chancellor of the Exchequer had an unlimited and uncontrolled power to raise a present payment, by way of interest on Exchequer-bills from 210,0001. to upwards of 600,0001., by simply altering the rate of interest. The present powers and responsibilities of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were in every way analogous to the powers now asked for ; the grounds on which these reso lutions were based were those of justice. It was an attempt to redeem a pledge given in reply to the late Lord Chancellor. It would be absurd to make the same offer to holders of trust stock now as was made to individuals generally in April last, as circumstances had now depreciated what was then considered an advan tageous investment ; but such a course was not only demanded by justice, but would be a great convenience to the public; and it would be unwise and imprudent on the part of the house to withhold their assent, even though they shared the opinions which had been ex pressed by gentlemen opposite, as to the adroitness and dexterity of those who had the management of the public finance. While he by no means shrank from the discussion of his past policy, he did not think the pre sent was a suitable time, and he deprecated the practice of attempting to discuss, in general debate, financial questions which, from their very nature, did not admit of being so satisfactorily treated. (Hear, hear.) In the ancient mythology, there were two kinds of fate, one proceeding arbitrarily from the mouth of the gods, against which human skill and courage might hope suc cessfully to contend ; the other, a higher power was immutable, and to it gods and men were alike com pelled to submit. Now, he ventured to compare the difficulties with which he had to contend to the latter ; but while he acknowledged that his measure had not met with the success he had hoped for, he utterly and entirely denied that there had been such a failure as had been assumed by the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli), who thought that commutation was the only alternative anticipated by Government, whereas he, for one, had never been sanguine on that head ; he then entered into certain financial details, shewing that the unfunded debt had been relieved to thearnount of upwards of 3,000,0001. without in any appreciable degree increas ing the permanent obligations of the country ;and compared this with the past financial history of this country ; had he met with no greater success than had been secured by all previous financiers, taking the average results of such transactions si n c e 1835, th ere wo u ld have been fixed on the country a permanent charge of 96,0001. a year as interest on funded stock, in place of the com plete relief it hail been his good fortune to obtain. Sir F. KELLY said that it was undeniable that every person who had accepted any of the commutations offemd by the Government had thereby incurred a seri ous loss, and feared that if these resolutions were passed the interests of persons, whose propel ty was under the guardianship of Chancery, would be sacrificed to an enormous extent. He then said that the form of the resolution would render them completely imperative as he apprehended that the return of the interest of holders of South Sea Stock with which it was proposed to deal, had been misconceived. The resolutions were framed as if every shareholder in the South Sea Company had a separate, independent, and commutable property, but the Stock of the South Sea Company was one and indi visible; and the supposition that every shareholder pos sessed an integral and commutable portion of stock was unfounded ; and it was therefore impossible to deal with them in the manner proposed. LEFT' SITTING. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND.-At the first annual general meeting of the Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland held yesterday, Vice-Admiral Dil lon, K.C,H., in the chair, the report was read, which stated that a special act of incorporation had been ob tained, giving them the power to open all streets, high ways, and public roads throughout Scotland and Ireland, which only required her Majesty's sign manual. In Scotland the progress of the land works was satisfactory, and the line from the Royal Exhibition in Dublin to Glasnevin was being proceeded with. The boisterous state of the weather had prevented the recovery of the former submarine cable between Portpatrick and Do naghadee, so that the Directors intended to lay down a new one as quickly as possible. The whole of the ex penditure of this company to the present moment was 30,0001. The Chairman, in reply to Mr. Taunton, said the Directors bad no doubt whatever of her Majesty's signature being given to their actl of incorporation. There were about 8,000 shares unissued, which could be offered preferentially to the present shareholders. Mr. ' Alfred Mayhew said the meeting was called that day in conformity with the Act of Parliament. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the chair man and directors, and to the Honourable George Massey and Mr. N. Tweedy, for their zeal in behalf of the company. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANKS. —The four principal joint-stock banks of London have now held their annual meetings, and have published their several reports to the end of June, 1853. The following figures show in a strong light the steady and growing importance of the institutions, and attest the mercantile ability and care with which they are conducted. The aggregate amount of their paid-up capital is 2,323,0001., customers' de posits 16,833,0001., and their rest or undivided profits 363,5871. The accompanying statement will be in teresting to those who differ in opinion as to the point at which the rest or guarantee fund ought to stop. The London and Westminster Bank, established in 1834, has a guarantee fund on capital of 11 per cent, and on customers' accounts of 11 per cent., and pays a dividend of 6 per cent. and bonus. The London Joint Stock, established in 1836, has a guarantee fund of 24 per cent. on capital and at on customers' accounts, and pays 8 per cent. and bonus: The Union Bank of London, established in 1839, has a guarantee fund on capital of 111 per cent. and on accounts of 1 1-16 : its dividend is 9 per cent. The Commercial Bank, established in 1840, has a guarantee fund of 20 per cent. on capital, 44 on customers' accounts, and pays 6 per cent. and bonus of 16s. per share. NEW CAB COMPANIES.—In consequence of the "strike" amongst the cab proprietors and the drivers, there have been no less than five different cab companies spoken of as being in course of formation, but we be lieve that only two out of this number are at present seriously entertained. The object of the promoters is to supply a public vehicle to suit the present taste and wants of the London public, combining elegance of de sign, lightness of construction, and comfort in its use— somewhat after the model of the flys now in use at Hastings, and other watering-places. Care will also be taken in the selection of the drivers, who, it need scarcely be added, will be required to produce some evidence of their sobriety, civility, and respectability. Every inducement will be held out to the men to conduct themselves to the entire satisfaction of the public, so as to form such a striking contrast with those now in ab solute command of the cab business of the metropolis as to secure the preference of the public in the selection of the companies' vehicles. Calculations have been made, showing that the proprietary will be able to afford to the drivers a comfortable living without their having re course to extortion. The system now in operation, of letting out the cabs and horses, will be that adopted. It is, however, understood that some modification of the present Hackney Carriage Bill will be respectfully re presented to Government as necessary, but one of the chief objects of the promoters will be to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature in passing that measure. The present is a most favourable opportunity for the in troduction of such an undertaking to public notice, and therq can be no doubt that it would meet with the ap probation of Government, and obtain its sanction and encouragement. The price of the shares of one com pany is to be 1/., and of the other 51. each. tified places of the island. The Greek population op posed their departure, and the got •ernor, being informed of what was in contemplation, published a decree for bidding the Turks to quit their pi •operty in the country parts. A letter from Mai,ia states. , that the priest who had last year sought out the monk Popolaki, and de livered him up to the authorities, has been assassinated by a young man in Macedlonia. 942 Christians have perished in quarrels with the Turks, or have been assas sinated." The statement of the Auezian Consul at Smyrna having arrived at Athens, in consequence of his having been dismissed from his post, must be erroneous. The accounts from Smyrna of the. 17th say nothing of his dismissal or departure. ITALY. A letter from Lombardy, of the 14th, in the Opinione of Turin, mentions the arrest and subsequent liberation of an English gentleman, named Sayle. It appears that during his tour in Italy this gentleman had made a col lection of ancient coins and medals, which, being espied by the custom-house officers at the frontier, were looked upon as suspicious articles, and both they and their owner were sent under escort to the commandant of Pavia, Major Voller, who not being, it would seem, well versed in numismatics, took the innocent coins for revolution. ary tokens, and M. Sayle for a dangerous agent of secre t societies. As such, he was imm e di a t e l y sent off to th e central police-office at Milan, when the mistake was cleared up, and Mr. Sayle set at liberty, with an inti mation, however, to quit the Imperial States immedi ately. Major Voller has since been transferred from the command of Pavia to that of Brescia. Marquis Lugi Dragonetti, who, in 1848, was Minister of Foreign Affairs to the King of the Two Sicilies, and a deputy to the Neapolitan Parliament, and has now been exiled the kingdom, after a long imprisonment, ar rived at Turin on the 24th from Genoa. It is stated that Mgr. Sacconi, Apostolic Nuncio in. B%varia, is destined by the Pope to replace the late Mgr. Garibaldi as Papal Nuncio in France. GERMANY. It is affirmed that the Austrian Government shows it self inclined to introduce into Austria the Customs regu lations of the Zollverein. The sums subscribed in Austria for the church com memorative of the late attempt on the life of the Em peror Francis Joseph now amounts to 1,400,000 florins. The Russian Councillor of State, D'Andrault, spent a day at Vienna, on his way from St. Petersburgh to Con stantinople, vid Trieste. On the same day a Russian courier arrived from London with dispatches. Count Mensdorff Pouilly, -A,ustrian Envoy at St. Petersburgh, actually at , Kessengen, will return to his post in August. The Berlin police adopted rigorous measures against a coalition of corn-merchants, combined for the purpose of buying up all the corn disposable, to oblige the sellers on account to pay high differences. The Germanic Diet will enter shortly on a recess of two months. A letter from Berlin of July 25, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The King arrived at Sans-Souci the day before yesterday.. The President of the United States has ratified the treaty of navigation and com merce concluded with Prussia on December 30, 1852. The police has interfered in a coalition of buyers-up of corn. They had united together towards the end of June, and had bought up all the rye that they could find, in order to force speculators in time-bargains to pay heavy differences. They were about to renew this operation when the police warned them to desist. They replied that their object was to prevent exportation." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d contain no political intel ligence, but a letter of that date says :--" General Ler sundi yesterday received from La Granja a telegraphic dispatch from Vittoria, announcing that Madame Ler sundi had had a miscarriage, and he immediately left for that place. Before leaving he convoked the Council of Ministers, and it sat in deliberation for two hours. All the ministers, after an animated discussion, were of opi nion that a circular should appear in two or three days in the Gazette on the railway question. The tenour of this document is not known ; but it is known that, in the Council of Ministers, a resolution was adopted de claring that all the concessions of railways, accorded up to this day with the sanction of the Queen, should be reported legal and valid. This ministerial resolution was approved of by the Qiieen. In consequence, M. de Salamanca is about to commence actively the works of the northern line. An incident, however, arising from the intervention of M. Moyano, and on which we have no details, did not permit the Queen to sign the minis terial resolution relative to railways, but nevertheless it has been irrevocably adopted." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY , The General Screw Shipping Company's packet Queen of the South arrived this morning. Left Sandheads May 16 ; Ceylon, May 26 ; Mauritius, June 6 ; Cape, June 21 ; St. Helena, June 30 ; Ascension, July 4 ; St. Vin cent, July 13. The Lady Jocelyn was at anchor at Point de Galle, having lost one of the fans of her screw ; her passengers and mails were sent on to Calcutta by the Hindustan. The Pottinger and Pekin were at Galle. The Queen of the South conveyed the overland mails of the 25th March to 25th April to the Mauritius ; the delay in the arrival of this mail at Point de Galle was owing to some injury to the machinery of the Bentirick. Her Majesty's steam-ship Hydra arrived at the Mau ritius on the 6th June. • The Alexander, from Melbourne, April 5, bad called at Port Louis, and left a mail, which was brought on by the Queen of the South. The Ft elch ship, Paquebot Mexicaine, from Bourbon had put in, with loss of two men, and was compelled to throw overboard 1,400 bags of sugar. . . The General Screw Steam-ship Company's packet In diana, which left the Cape on 26th May, had not arrived at Mauritius June 61i. Rice was becoming scarce. Moonghy, the only description in the market, made $3 35c. Four thousand bags grain made $4 per bag. The Commercial Gazette of 21st May says that when the American whaler Lancer left St. Marie it was re ported that the Queen of the Hovas was positively dead. The Constitution, with one or two exceptions, had been received at the Cape with every expression of gra titude, and General Cathcart and Lieutenant-Governor Darling are restoring order on the borders, and promot ing content within the colony. Wool was being brought into Port Elizabeth in larger quantities then ever before observed. Seven vessels were there loading with wool for London. Her Majesty's ship Hercules, Captain Baynton, arrived June 14th from Cork, and sailed for Australia on the 20th with 54 mar ried couples, and 79 single men , 87 women , 58 boys, and 49 girls. The steam vessel Dee, Lieutenant G. T. C. Smith, arrived in Simon's-bay, from Gordon's - bay, June 14, and left for Algoa-bay, June 20. In Simon's-bay.—ller Majesty's ships Meander, Commodore Talbot ; Grecian , Commander the Hon. G. Keane ; and the Dart, Lieutenant Beane. The Calcutta, due at the Cape on the 18th June, was not there on the 21st. There was no intelligence at the Cape of the Argo, from . Southampton ; th e A ntelope, from Liverpool ; or the Adelaide, from th e A ustralian ' colonies, with gold dust valued at 300,000/. THE UNI FED STATES. [A summary of the following appeared in The Sun of yesterday :---] LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The screw steamer Lady Er,linton, Paton commander, arrived in the river this morning, after a passage of 111 days from Quebec, bringing telegraphic accounts from New York to the 16th inst. - The New York Crystal Palace was opened on the 14th inst., in presence of an immense assembly. The President and General Scott were present. The New York Herald says Mr. Buchanan has accepted the appointment of Minister to London. The steamer Empire, on her trip from Albany to New York, on the 16th, was run into by a sloop, off Pough. keep s ie, and one of herlioi s lers lde th d ro a w n i d i t wo overboard. killedi Eight or ten persons were badly ca Breadstuffs advanced considerably at New York on receipt of the Arabia's advices, but the market after wards became languid, the English orders being below holders' views. The coroner's inquest on the persons killed on the occasion of the Gavazzi riots at Montreal had been brought to a conclusion, but the jury were unable to agree upon a verdict. Instead of a verdict, special re turns were handed in by the divided jurors. The result had caused doain je. g ed s r sta e yi a tr, t sQj e suat x eme c ab i eetmsec on t e n Du n at t ehrv a : t te sr M ußt aoatorri morning i t . nn, r g e s a cao l eef t dfb e Justice from c.e Que bec o Ca T H n h a e . d e r a k , M I for the fishing grounds on the 16th. Her Majesty's frigate Leand er was also to leave Quebec forthe Gulf on the 16th. A court-martial had been commenced at Montreal on the 15th on the officers and men engaged in the Ga vazzi affair. The Hon. John Ross, Solicitor-General for Upper Canada, had been returned for the town of Niagara Without opposition. The woods in the neighbourhood of Bytown had been on fire for several days, and it was feared much pro perty w ou ld b e destroyed. A severe hailstorm occurred about seven miles west of Toronto on the 15th. Hailstones two inches long and one inch wide were picked up. The weather had been delightful in Western Canada. The wheat was nearly ready for harvesting, and the crop would be a large one. Breadstuffs had considerably advanced in Montreal. Flour was quoted 225. on the spot, and 228. 6d. per barrel for August delivery. Wheat had also advanced still more in proportion ; and, if tonnage were abun dant, the market would be quite active. A Vienii;, letter of the 22d, in the Post if mpt Gazette, of Frankfort, says :—" The mission of General Giulay to St. Petersburgh has been crowned with perfect success. The Emperor of Russia has, it is said, resolved to open negotiations with England, Austria, France, and Prussia on the Eastern question. A circular dispatch will be immediately sent to the diplomatic agents of Russia at foreign courts, to apprize them of this resolution." A letter from Constantinople says :—" On the 11th, the Council of Ministers unanimously decided that, under present circumstances, it was necessary to make an appeal to the co-operation and councils of the four great powers, and to act in accord with them respecting the occupation of the Danubian provinces by Russia, land before having recourse to arms, to employ all diplomatic measures. In consequence, the Ottoman Porte trans mitted its protest to the four powers against the entry of the Russian troops into the Danubian provinces. The preparations for war continue, and the most ardent en thusiasm prevails amongst the troops, who hasten with zeal to join th e fl ag ; b ut notw ithstanding, the measures t a k en b y t h e S erask i er, t h e number o however, all f men calculated on has not been assembled. Thus, ac cording to letters worthy of credit, the 80,000 men said to be assembled at Schumla, must be reduced to half the number. The same is said to be the case with respect t o s t ores , w hich, thoughvery abundant at S c h um l a are ver y rare everywhere t else. A procl ama ti on o f th e Ottoman Government o all the Mussulm is said is on the point of app earin g . It s said that this document is specially remarkable for moderation and dignity. The publication is waited for with impatience." The last accounts from Constantinople state that con tingents from Tunis and Tripoli, amounting to 20,000 men, were expected ; also that Abbas_Pacha, Vi ceroy of Egypt, has placed at the dispo sal of the Sultan 14 ves sels of war, 4 of them steamer", 15,000 troops, and 25 millions piastres. The letters from Smyrna announce that the advance guard of this force had been signalled off Rhodes. A letter from Athens of the 15th, in the Augsliaqj Gazette, says :-- The Austrian Ambassador has arrived hero with his family, as well as the Austrian Consul at Smyrna, who has been dismissed from his place since I F AT AL ACCIDENT ON THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY the late events. A letter ft-in Cephalonia states that L INE .—The North London train, on passing through the English Government has caused to be taken from the Minories portion of the Blackwall Railway yester that island to Corfu a certain quantity of artillery and day afternoon, about two o'clock, got partly off the ammunition, its object being to concentrate at this last- i ra il s , and three plate-layers, who had been working on named island all the forces scattered about. The island the spot, and who were standing against the parapet of Crete is in an unsatisfactory state. Scarcely had the wall to let the train pass, were unfortunately thrown news of the Russian ultimatum arrived there, when the under the engine and two of them killed ; the third Turkish landowners of the country parts determined to escaped with some bruises. None of the passengers in withdraw with their families and property into the for I the train received any injury. PARLIAMENTAIIY HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JULY 28. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. And whereas by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, hereinbefore cited, it was enacted that the said company shall with all convenient spee d , after the 22d day of .April, , close their commercial business and make sale of a ` their merch an di se, stores, and effects, at home and . abroad, disti ngu i s h e d in their account books as win mercial assets, and all their warehouses, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and property whatsoever, 0111 , may not be ret a i ne d f or t h e purposes of government of the said territories, and get in all d e bt s due to them ell account of the commercial branch of their affairs, a n d reduce their commercial establishment ac the same oho become unnecessary, and discontinue and abstain from all commercial business which shall not be incident te the closing of th e i r ac t ual concerns, and to t h e c o . version into money of the property hereinbefo re directed to be sold, or which shall not be ear; tied on for the purposes of the said Government and whereas the said East India Company have CO 1 ! • tinned to car r y on th e manufacture and sale o f sa l from the date of th e sa id ac t to the present time, r withstanding the a f oresa id prov i sion : and whereas i t ie expedient that the said salt monopoly should absolutelY cease and determine : be it enacted, that from and gi g the Ist day of May, 1856, it shall be unlawful for the said East India Company to continue the manufacture of salt as at present carried on by them in tho provmr of Bengal, and that such manufacture shall absolute I cease, whether carried on by the East India Compen or on the a ccoun t an d under the control of the eat Company, and that the manufacture and sale of sell India shall b e absolutely free, su bj ec t on l y to ~./.1,„11. Excise or othe r d u ti es as may now, or from time to "r"' to be levied up on suc h sa l t so manufactured. Motion made and question put, " That the said clause be Ir i lf read a second ti me ." Th e h ouse divided : Ayes, 11' Noes, 107. MAJORITY —AYES 117. Alexander, J. Greville, Colonel s'. Muntz, G. Freder ick Ball. John Grogan, Edward Mu:rough, J. P. Barnes, T. Hadfield, George Newark. Viscount Bar ow, William H. Hamilton, Loru C. Noel, Hon. G. Bell, James • Hamilton, Geo. A. Norreys, sir D. Bigg-, William Eastie, Alexander Oakes. J. Blackett, J. F. B. Heywood, James Parker, R. T. Stair, Colonel Heyworth, L. Pileingtoit. JOAO Booth, Sir R. 11111, Lord Arthur E. Price, W. P. Brocklehut s', J. Horsfall, Thomas B. Rfcardo, 0. Bruce, H. A. • Hotham, Lord ilunbury, IV. Hume, J. Russell, F. C. Snd, ( lleorge Calms. ki . M'Calmont Hume, W. Fitzwilliam Scobell, c, ;pt. Carnac, Sir J. Rivett Hutchins, a gcott, Fra mils Cayley, E. S Johnstone, James Semer, Ei. K. in Chaplin, IV. J. Joldffe, Sir W. G. H. S y eymer, H. D. Cheetha, - ./ohn Jones, Capt. CO 11 N! I, John .. Kelly, Sir F. Smith, John Abel Smith, John , . B. „ _ Col) old, J. U, : K en d a ll , N. Stanhope, James i " Cofflii. W. , Kennedy, Tristram Stanley, L3ri.l Corry, H. L. /Urinals], A F. 'quart, Lord D. • Crook, Joseph Laffan, R. M. Sull•van, M. Diem. li, Benjamin Langton, H. G. Swllt, IL Dune: ri, G. Langton, W. G. Thompson, Genre' Dunlop, A. Lewisham, 1 d Tyler, Sir G. Dunne. Colonel Liddell, H. G. Vance J. __ Egerton, W. Egert 'n, E. Locke, Joseph Vyse, Capt. Elmley, Visc. Lockhart, W. Walcot, Adm. 1 , ed den, M. Lucas, F. W.,lmsley, Sir J. ~ Ferguson. Joseph M acartney. G . Walpole, Sencerr Fitzgerald, Sir J. M'C anu , J ames Whalley, George I'l' Floyer, John Macgregor. James Williams, Willis' Foley, John H. Magulre, John F. Wise, A. Frevren, C. 11. Mandeville , Viscount York, E. T. Galway, Viscount Manners, Lord J. Goderich, Viscount Meux, Sir Henry Goold, IV. Miall, E. TELLERS. iiraham, Lord M. W. Miles, W. Greene, J. N owbray, J. Packington, Slr J. Gregson, Samuel Mullings, J. R. Phillimore, J. MINORITY—NOES, 107. Adand, Sir T. Graham, Sir James Osborne, Ralph A'Court, C. Grenfell, C. Palmer, R. n i Adderley, C. H est i e, Archibald Palmerston, Vbleed Bagshaw, J. Ileadiam, T. E. Peel Frederick Bailey, Sir J. Ileathcoate, G. Pellatt Apsley Baines, M. T. Herbert, Sidney Pinney, William , Bass, Michael. Thos. Her ve y, L or d Alfred Pollard-Urquhart, T '' Bethel], Sir Richard Hindley, Charles Bonham-Carter, J. H ogg, Sir James W. R it u u s in se b° ll, ld L ' o C rd . E J0 . 11.1 1 Bouverie, E. Howard, C. W. G. .Russell F. WW. ~ Bowyer, George Hutt, William Saclleir, J. Boyle, Col. Ingham, ttobert Sadleir, John Bramston. T. W, Inglis, Sir R. H. Sawle, C. B. G. moiherton, Joseph Jocelyn, Viscount Scully, F. Browue, C alentine Keating, Robert Seymour, Lord Bruce, Lord Ernest Keogh, William Smith, M. Tucker Butler, Charles S. Laing, S. Smith, R. V Cardwell, Hon. E. Lowe, Robert Spot mer, R. Child, Smith Macgregor, Joha S-irl.'ng, W. Clay, Sir W. Maddock, Sir H. Strut;t, E. Cockburn. Sir Al Mangles, R. Thornely; T. Cowper, W. M ar j or ib anks, D. Towns hand, Capt. Craufurd, E. H. J Masterman, J. Vane, Lord Ham Dasiiwood, Sir G. H. Manic, Colonel Villiers, Rt. 1111. V' Denison, E. Milligan, Robert Vyvyai t, Sir R. Denison, J. E. Mills, T. Warner,. Edward ...,,. Dering, Sir Edward Milnes, R. M. Wickhat n. Hen r i " Dundas, P. Michell, William wigraml, L. I'. Elcho, L• rd Moleswortb, Sir W. Williams., M. Fagan, William Morick, Lord Wilson, J. Fergus, J. 31 ousel, William Wood, Sir C. __, Ferguson, Sir Robert M orris , D . Wortley, J.,s. Sttir o• Fitzroy, Henry Mostyn, E. M. Young, Sir John Forster, J. Mulgrave, Earl Freestun, Colonel Mure, Col. TELL) tAS Gladstone, William O'Brien, C. Hayter, W. G. Goodman, Sir George 0 Connell, D. Bailey, Sir J. HACKNEY CARRIAGE DITTIES BILL. That whenever more than two persons shall be con' veyed by any hackney c arr i age d rawn b y one horse 0tt1i.,,, sum of sixpence for e ac h p erson a b ove th e num b er of ~t':,4 shall be paid for the w h o l e hi r i ng, i n a ddi t i on to the 11l now directed to be p a id f or t wo persons un d er the A 06.14 and 17 Vic., c. 33 ; and t wo c hild ren un d er ten years 0,4 shall be considered as one adult person, for the purposes this clause. Motion m a d e , an d quest i on put, ' That i''' said clause be now read a second time." The commi. . divided—ayes, 88 ; n oes , 9. , MAJORITY—AYES, 88. Ban, John. Herbert, Sidney 'll. Pollard Tfrquhot, [tell, James Hervey, Lord A. Bonham-Carter, John ili nclleY. Chines Potter, R. Booth, Shit. Howard, W. G. Rlear.lo, 0. Russell, F. C. Bowe , , G. it 031.., Hera. Ccoonel li i e u n t i c l i eu jil y is ,'l E 'ristrani Ssaaddll'eirr: James Broeklehunt, John Broth. rton..ros ph Keogh, William Kinnaird, A. F. B. Grave ` Cardwell, Edward Lewisham, Yin. &obeli, captAlu .owper, W. F. Locke, J. Scott, F. Cranford, E. Lowe, Hobert seullY, F. Duncan, G. Lucas, F. Sul y, V. Dunlop, A. APCann, J. S Sa a l svle a , "s 6. (l.. t- holey, Sir J. V. Elcho. Lord Emnonde John Macgregor, James Spoo n er, Richard Magan, W. 1.4. Stanhope, J. ll ' Feilden, M. J. Manure, J. F. Strutt, Edwird _ Ferguson, Sir H. Masterman, John stua r t, L or d Dud a Forster. 0. Alia% Edsard Thornely, Thomas Fretztun, Colonel Milli,an, It. Tyler, Sir George Frewen, C. H. Michell, W. Walcott. Adm. Galway, Viscount Moffatt, G. Walmsley, Sir J. Gardner, Richard , onck. Viscount Walpole, SH. Gladstone, William Monscll, W. Whalley, G. S. Gooder.ch, Vis. Mowbray, J. Wickham. a. W. Goodman, Sir G. Muutz, G. F. Wilson, James Graham, sir J. Norreys. Sir D. J. Young, Sir John Greene. John O'Connell, D. Greniell,.). Palmerston, Viscount TELLEaS• Hamilton, J. Bans Pechell, Sir 0., B. Halide, Alexander Pellatt, Apsley Be Hardie, Archibald puington, James mivrkgerlaevy Earl Grenville Hardie, Ti MINOR, T r —NOES 9. Alexander, J. Gro:tan, E. Swift, It Crook, J. lacartney, G. TELLERS. Dunne, Col 31 urrough, J. P. Sullivan, M. Greville, Col. O'Brien, I'. Vance, J. CRICKET. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MATCHES. The thatch between Harrow and Winchester ' Ol4 resumed yesterday morning. The final score stood thus : HARROW. First Innings. Second Inning' 3 Lord Carnes, b Braml:,. l7 c Beckley, b B ur ney - 2 Hon. R. Stewart, c Awdry, b 1 Bram;y 0 b Bramly ............ . 1 .. 1 K. Digby, Esq., bA. Robinson 2 b Bramly ............. ' W. Davey, Esq., b Bramly 9 c Pilkington, b Bur- I P. Knight, Esq., s T. Robinson, ney . .............. .... 1 9 bA. Robinson 3 b Bramly V. Walker, Esq., bA. Robinson 10 e T. Robinson, b Brandy.. R. Currie, Esq., c Stephens, b c T . Robinson, b 3 Branily 9 Braiuly A. do Bourbel, Esq., b A. Ro- 3 biuson 2 b Bur n ey lO A. Park, Esq., run out ~. 1 - ... b Burney ............... W. Church, Esq., not out ..... 3 not out ................. . - R. Forster, Esq., b A . Robin -6011 ........... ..................... 14 c and b Burney ...... . b 2, 1-b 6, w 14 . _ _ _ _ a r ................. 22 b 2, 1-b 10, w o ~,, 1 6 n-b 2....- ............ ‘' Total ...... 134 Total 92 WINCHESTER. First Innings. Second Innis 20 T. Robi nson, Esq., b Stewart... 11 not out H. Beckley, Esq., b Stewart... 0 b Walker ............... 5 W. H. Awdry, Esq., b Stewart 13 c Church, b Stewart R. T. Burney, Esq., c Davey, b Stewart 22 cDe Bourbel, b Stew' 3 art.,. .............. .• 0 H. Gillett, Esq., b Walker 8 b Church ............... A. Robinson, Esq., b Church l2 run out ................. J. A. Bramly, Esq., c Park, b 0 Stewart C. H. Pilkington, Esq., c Fos ter, b Stewart F. Stephens, Esq., c Foster, b 0 b Walker .............. • 0 c Walker, b Sterrart Park W. Eliot, Esq., not out J. Aldridge, Esq., b Park 1•b 1, w 8.. 0 b Park .................. 6 c and b Walker. ...••• 1 b Walker .............•• 9 b2,w5 ............. Total B2 Harrow thus winning by 71 runs. T0ta1............ ETON v. HARROW. This match commenced this morning at eleven o'clock' RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within p trenthesis denote the number d kv's racing. AUGUST. Ripon (2) i C io an n t b e r r id b g u e ry a) .......................... 18 Newton Abbot (2) Brighton (2) 3 Radcliffe (3) ............. .23 Airdrie (2) Edgware (2) Brighton Club (1) 5 D er by (2) .................. 9 Wolverhampton (3) 8 H ere f or d (2) .............. E.; Yarmouth (2) Reading (2) lO Lichfield (2) ............. .!;) North Staffordshire (2) 10 Chelmsford (2) ..... .• • • York (3) 17 SEP' :MBER. 21 L Be e i d e f e o s rd te r ( ( 2 2 ) ) . ........................ 22 ' Lanark (2) .. ......... . 22 Manchester Autumn lml.ny Newmarket F. 0. (3)- NovEmi NNl:oarltshauall ........ ................ .... incoln (2) 1 Warwick (2) 6 Doncaster (4) .13 Weston Zoyland and Bridg riater (1) 12 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) 'orcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2). 9 -BER. Liverpool Autumn (2)••• .•• 1 ' ry Aberyatwitli (3) Last week at Four 4t t4c al so re r , 0 0 b. \w ok looil b iit , ,h 1 Ditto Aso. }3h rti ( 4; 'eta;