The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-07 00:00:00

Increase, 1853 .. 178,638

That is a fair representation of the increase of car-
riage in the month, and in the five months, by sea,
and if a larger proportion of the increase have fallen
to foreign ships than to our ships, the plain and pal-
pable reason is that our ships could not be increased
fast enough to supply the want of carriage. From
almost every part of the empire, from almost every
colony, from almost every part with which we carry
on trade, there comes the same kind of complaint,
" Vessels are wanted, treights are rising, and trade
is impeded for want of carriage." If our own
shipping and our own seamen were not fully
employed there might bo some reason to lament and
complain of the increase of foreign shipping, but as
they only come in to help our shipping and card
the additional goods which these would bo totally
inadequate to carry, we can only rejoice and exult
that other nations and other shipping share in our
great and glorions prosperity.
Month after month and year after year, without
interruption, has this same story been told
since the repeal of the Corn Laws and the
repeal of the Navigation Laws. There has
been one endless song of rejoicing and gladness.
Trade has continually augmented, our shipping have
continually increased, and the revenue has grown
with trade. Such wonderful prosperity as the
nation has enjoyed since the heavy and terrible hand
of Protection was removed from industry is unknown
in the annals of the world. Happily, too—
unless the madness of Despotism should plunge
Europe into war—prosperity, great as it is, seems

only now beginning. The world is well aware that
ono industrious man, or the produce of one
industrious man, is the market for another,
and as there seems no end to the increase
of people,—as they are now only beginning to fill
many of the rude places of the earth—so as they
are multiplied, must prosperity and wealth increase.
For the practical manifestation of this great truth.
we are indebted to Free Trade, and as we ponder
over the great effects, we can only deplore that blind-
ness and obstinacy which so long and pertinaciously
kept these blessings from England and the world.

'Nit Board of Trade tables for the month c
appropriately to confirm what the revenue returns
yesterday stated. They bear their testimony to the
increased and increasing prosperity of the people,
and enable us to point out some of the articles
which contributed to tho increase in the revenue.
There is again in the periods ending June 5, as in the
month ending May 5, compared to the correspond-
ing periods of the previous year, an increased
import of most kinds of animals, of cocoa, of
most kinds of grain and meal; of flax, hemp,
hides, leather, some kinds of provisions, several
IaIIILD-DROPPLNG IN CHURCllES.—Yesterday in-
kinds of metals, of silk, brandy, gin, wine, and wool. formation was received at the Lambeth police-st7ition,
There is, however, a decrease in coffee, in the tli:nweifaltreet4et`a
tthoenll attendantson eevfenfill,BaLterenthjec&neffreegae.
cotton manufactures, in some dye stuffs, in fruits, in thedral, St.re George's fields, had their attention attracted by
glass, in guano, in jute, in some kinds of metals, in the cries of an infant, and on looking round found a male in-
oils,rf ae
nmtO aboutremoved to og weeks
t. eweg
George's
, abandonedweh9e by pfaerwe nta It was
in some kinds of provibions, in saltpetre, in most
kinds of seeds, in some silk manufactures, in most another child was lett in the Catholic Chapel, Claarlesndaogno-
square, Somers-tewn, and is now iu St. Pancras vises, in sugar, and in cotton. But of several of the
work-
house.
articles, such as rum, of which the importation has
LARGE IMPORTATION OF OPIFM --Yesterday the
declined in the month, the consumption has increased. mopthly accounts showed a large importation. of opium. In
The mere importation, however, of one month the month ended the sth ult. there were 9,699 lbs. ira-
ported, and in the five months ended the same day no less
emnpared to another ie not a fair criterion of our than 65,354 lbs., being the largest quantity for a consider-
trade, as the arrival" of ships from fair or foul able period.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Later telegraphic despatches of authentic chance,
ter, in addition to that which we published yesterther.
i
state that the Russians were n the act of crossing the
river on the 2nd. We give credit to this intelligence.
and have less difficulty in doing so as we leant that;
contrary to the assertion of the yon deur,. and the re.
tractation of the Assent Me Nutumale, the order to ad.
vance was expedited from St. Petersburg on the '2sth
ult., and not on the 27th. Skuleni, the town ah
which, according to our latest ordinary advises, the
Russian forces were concentrated is 12 Smiles north of
Jassy, and opposite the point at which the highroad
to the Moldavian capital strikes the river; the
Russians would, therefore, doubtless enter Jassy au
the day of crossing,. They would encounter no
armed opposition. The modern Darians are not the
warlike race which successfully combated the armies
of Darius and Alexander the Great. l'rince Gregor,
Ghika, the Hospodar of Moldavia, is a man of high
character, and, unlike Prince Stirbey, the llospodas
of Wallachia, not the willing tool of Russia. Bat
the regular army of Moldavia numbers only 2,280,
while that of Wallachia does not exceed 4,600 men.
The wolf which has undertaken the care of the fold
has purposely removed the watch-dogs. lly the
treaty of Adrianople it was provided that Turkey
should not maintain military forces in the Priucipah.
tics, and thus the wily diplomacy of Russia has placed
the Sultan in the anomalous position of owing pro.
tection to a state where he has neither soldiers nor
fortresses. From Leova, where the corps 'ramie
destined to occupy Wallachia was to cross the rive?
to Bucharest, the distance is 200 miles. The probe,
bility is that this corps d'armcr would cross, not at
Leova, but at Ljeka, opposite to which it would find
the high road to Byrlat and Fokachani.
The occupation of the Danubian principalities bag
already received full discussion in Its relation to in.
temational law and to treaties. It is now on all
hands admitted that the autonomic privileges which
the Moldo-Wallachian provinces enjoy do not dens
gate from the sovereignty of the Sultan ; while, on
' the other hand, the position of guarantee which
Itlls9la occupies in relation to these privileges gives
her no right to interfere when these are not in quell.
tion. There is really nothing in the peen.
liar relation which Nloldo-Wallachia sustains to
Russia to give the latter power the legal right
to enter upon that territory more than upon any
other part of the Sultan's dotuinious. According to
the maxims of European public law, the Czar is Dot
tually at war, his peaceful professions notwithstand.
ing. In the words of the ./Earl.., hitherto the ape-
logist of Russia, " The passage of the Pruth is the
employment of force without real grounds, it is the
violation of treaties, it is a breach of the interne.
tional law of Europe."
But the passage of the Pruth has become a fact,
and as such we have now to look it in the face and
judge of its probable consequences. If these
depend much upon the councils which sway
the governments of France and England,
they depend much more upon the judgment of the
Divan. The ministers of the Sultan have hitherto
evinced exalted patriotism, but their wisdom and
noble moderation have been no less coi.spicuoust
They will then probably, judge in the new sitnation
of their country that their strength is in their right,
understood and supported by the unanimous opinion
of Europe. The Czar has declared that he crosses
the Pruth not to make war. It is not likely that
the Porte will cross the Danube to farce war upon
him. Neither on the other hand will she for a mo-
ment recognise the legality of the occupation. We
may expect that the l'orte will officially proclaim
her situation to the powers which signed the treaties
of 1841, to the great states which are the guardians
of the public law of Europe, and those powers will
then have formal cognisance of the question, and
negotiations will commence under their auspices, if
not with their direct aid.

Another and a different means of peace is indeed
suggested in the despatch from Bucharest, which
we give above. "N. Ozeroff proceeds to Constant'.
nople to commence fresh negotiations." This late'.
ligence, we learn, finds favour on the Exchanges of
Paris and London, having been the concealed cause
of the advance of the funds in the former capital
on Tuesday last. We have neither the means
nor the desire of contradicting the announce-
ment. True, it comes from the Danube in-
stead of the Neva, but if as is possible, the
information of the telegraphist was derived from
the Wallacbian government, it may very well
, express the communicated intentions of the Czar.
But this is .all. M. Ozeroff was at Constantinople
conducting the affairs of the Czar there, until he was
removed by Prince Menchikoff, at the departure of
the latter from Turkey. His nomination to the
office of negotiator would truly have been a sign of
peace prior to the crossing of the Pruth ; but now
that this wrong has been perpetrated, can even the
moderate and peace-loving ministers of the Sultan
consent to undertake, single handed, negotiations
with Russia, as if nothing had happened ? The
Ozeroff mission is what we might sooner expect the
Czar to propose, than Turkey advised by her allies
to accept, unless buses of negotiation more favourable
than we have reason to look for were offered.
CONSTANTINOPLE, I:NE 2.
Advice. of the 20th inst., from the Danubian pro-
vinces, announce their occupation by the Russians as
imminent. Menchikoff, since his departure, has
never quitted Sebastopol. General Luders, with his
division, is to occupy Wallachia, and General d'Aram-
berg Moldavia. The Russian reserve forces are at
present in the environs of Moscow, and are to advance
and encamp in the plains of Bessarabia. The Hos.
podars are to be confirmed in their dignity—com-
merce and industry not to he molested—purchases
of whatever description to be paid without delay, in
ready money. Russia, if only allowed to have and
to hold the provinces, will take possession, with all
the propriety and decorum that can be desired.
Above all things, the Czar, like every other burglar,
desires that there should be no resistance ; he would
prefer that his felony should be regarded as an
amicable act.
Two officers of the Retribution, and two of the
Chaptal, have been ordered to inspect and report on
the fortifications of the Bosphorus. The greatest
enthusiasm prevails, and, as before mentioned,
every Zilussufman, if required, is ready for a general
rising.
Arrivals from Syria, by a decision of the Council
of Health of the lath inst., are henceforward to be
admitted here in free pratique. This measure had
been long since contemplated and proposed to the
(government by the Board of Health, and only waited
eta execution in the general sanitary reorganization,
conformably with the convention ratified by the
Porte.

One ship of the line, ta•o frigates, and 25,000 men,
are daily expected from Egypt.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNitSDAY EVENING

Another plot has been 'discovered in Paris, and
which was to have been put in execution last night.
It was known that the Emperor and Empress were to
visit the Opera Comique, which is on the Boulevatds
Italiens, nearly opposite the rue Laffitte. From an early
hour a crowd collected on both sides of the Boulevards,
and the carriages were so numerous, not only there,
but in the adjacent streets—as the visit was one of
ceremony—that omnibuses were not allowed to pass
after 10 o'clock. Since the heat bet in, the bide
paths of the Boulevards are thronged with prome-
naders in the cooler part of the evening, or with
persons seated under awnings, in front of the o:rs
and restaurants, eating ices. The throng Ras the
greatest when the Imperial carriages arrived, and
eye-witnesses assure me that the demonstration Arai
of the most favourable kind, and that from the
moment the carriages appeared near the Madelia
till they reached the doors of the Opera Comique.
the cries of "Vivo l'Emperor " and Vivo
l'lmperatrice r were most frequent and lout
One account states, that about a dozen or sixteen
men, who were near the entrance of the theatre
when the carte* drew up, attracted the attention of
the sergens de vine by the energy of their erica;
I and suspicion was excited by their manner. Onto of
I these men, when waving his bat, exposed a part of
his bosom by the opening of his coat, and the handle
and point of a dagger were visible. The man was at
I once arrested, and as the police were removing him,
some one cried out to arrest the group of whul he
was the centre. They were arrested to the number
of 12, as they were making an effort to get off.
Another account states that the first arrests took
place in the body of the theatre, and o:ree
men, on whom poniards and pistols were f und,

fere taken Into custody as they were making !
an effort to approach the corridor leading to the Ent-i
Jr., box. Others
chat it was during the in-1
P" •
4'o / between the acts the affair was discovered.
Besides these arrests several others, some say to
the number of tin, were made among the crowd,
some of the stauders by, it is said, aiding the
the Ilany ut them, however, were afterwards
P'•
set at liberty. The persons first arrested were
tak es before the commissary of police of the
~.ttAree, and at two o'clock in the morning were
!'eansferred to the prison of the Prefecture of Police.
1; is stated :hat all were armed, either with a
&wee or a pistol. There is as usual a
drat of exaggeration in what is said in public
to at the affair; but I believe the above is 1;
:he wet correct account of the matter. The Em-
le :or and Empress iturtted the theatre at 10 mi-
Lutes past 12. The crowd was still great, and the
0( » Vire l'Empercur" still as frequent as when
L, entered. The carriages were attended by the
sow escort that accompanied them on their arrival.
At ow moment when they were driving rather
t aidthe Emperor was heard to request that they
go at the slowest pace. The escort kept claw
to the carriage.
At the commencement of business at the Bourse,
to.dav, there was an indication of a continuance of
thy upward movement which has existed during the
tyw days, but an unfavourable influence was '
eepelieneea front the publication of intelligence from
tlx East in the 31ussieettr, and prices eventually
flee way. the final quotations indicating a general
ce..litte. although not very extensive. 'The Four-
tad-a-1121f per Cents. for cash feil 10c., and the
flees per Cents., 30c., whilst for the end of the
arath the decline was 50c. in the Three per Cents.,
sail 2.k. in the Four..and-a-Half per Cents. No
ehrge occurred in Hank France sharee. Closing
pricee—For cash: Three per Cents., ;0.70f. ; Four-
-0,14.HW per Cents., 102 f. For the account : Three
pa Cents, -6.O0; Four-aud-a-ltall per Cents.,
lea :sic. Bank Stock. YAWL

AMERICA.

II.RIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.

LIVERPOOL, WZDNINDAT.
the American mail steamer Arctic, Captain Lents
arrived here this morning at half-past 11 from New
York, with the usual mail,, 212 passengers, sail
;.,t.:'; dollars in specie on freight. On the 26th ult.,
:Le day after she left New York, at 4 a.m., she met
the steamer Baltic, Captain Comstock, which 114
beee on the 13th ult., about 16 hones' sail from port.
'Die heat of the weather at New York had become
vxas.ivc. On tLe 22nd ult., the thermometer stood
at ": deg. in the shade, and in the city of New
Yolk and in Brooklyn, no fewer than thirty-four
deaths occurred from coup ,lc soled. Many other
dcatlis had been subsequently heard of in different
ports of the state from the same cause. The majo-
rity of the cases are pen ns newly arrived in the
coun•ry, many of them Irish emigrants, who are not
aware of the danger they run in exposing them-
selves to the rays of the sun, without a sufficient pro-
tection to the head. Two days afterwards the ther-
mometer was at iS, or nineteen degrees below its
former register.
Some trouble was expected about the fisheries
again this season.
The Boston Trisweripe publishes a statement, ap-
parently by authority, to the effect that the Ame-
rican fishermen have generally agreed to start on
this season's cruise provided with arms, and that
they express a determination "not to be crowded
and insulted as they were last year." They will
eurt.i,e due caution as regards boundary stipule-
finis. and will give no just cause of offence; but will,
r the same time, resent any encroachments upon
their liberty.
By the arrival of the steam-ships Crescent City
and Northern Light two weeks later news from Cali-
fornia had reached New York. The intelligence,
though unimportant, is interesting. The crops are
spoken of as being in an unpreeedentedly flourishing
condition ; the yield of grain will be enormous. The
prospects of nur.ers are, without exception, favour-
able, and indicate a season of unusual prosperity.
The legislature adjourned on the 19th of :May, after
passing ISO laws. A railroad convention was held
at San Diego on the Bth of May, of which Colonel
Magruder was chairman, which declared in favour of
the southern route as far preferable to any other.
Later dates from New Zealand fully confirm the re-
ports of the discovery of gold in that quarter. Some
very tine samples of the precious metals had been
brought in, but to what extent it existed had not
with any certainty been ascertained, owing to the
fact that miners were very scarce, and it being to
their interest to keep as quiet as possible. A very
Valuable coal field hod also been discovered at Peke-
wan, which fortunate event induced the inhabitants
to hope that the steamers would touch at New Zea-
land, and take in supplies of fuel, while on the
voyage between Panama and Australia.
Every arrival from the countries borde►ing on the
South Pacific brings intelligence of great interest.
Tranquillity is never of long duration among the
people or the nations in that section. At last ac-
counts there was less prospect of a war between
I'eru and Bolivia. The Peruvians do nob feel in-
clined to fight, besides which the government of
Bolivia seems to ha•e sufficient work on hand to
keep the disaffected portion of its own inhabitants,
without seeking additional trouble abroad. The
enemies of President Belzu aro said to be collecting
a strong force on the Buenos Ayres side, under the
generalship of an ill-treated ex-President, and the
consequence is, that we may expect soon to hear
of a successful reeo'ution in Bolivia. In order
to give our readers some idea of the cha-
racter of Belzu, it is only necessary to mention
that the American Charge is the only member
of the diplomatic corps left near his government, he
having dismissed both the Chilian Minister and
Peruvian Chug', and insulted the British Charge
so grossly as to compel him to leave. All was quiet
at N'alparaiso ; the crops bad yielded immensely,
and steam communication with the principal ports
on that side of the coatinent had imparted great
activity to the people.
The Boston evarier narrates the following railway
accident :

-------- •
As the mail impress train from New York was approach-
ing the East Brookfield station, it ran off the regular track
—owing to the carelessness of the switch•tender, who
had neglected his duty—and <imbed along the side track,
though not upon the rails. In fact, so great was the jar—
the train then running at the rate of 33 miles per hour—
that the wheels of the errant cars did not at all atrike
the rails of the side track, but ploughed up the soil and
rooted out the sleepers for a distance of some 350 feet, and
at was only the last pair of wheels on the rearward car in
the train, that retained their ',saltine' on the rails. Upon
the turnout or side track, three freight can were standing,
sad the New York train dashed into them, crushing them
to pieta. Three bag's!, and four passenger ears of the
inward train were badly smashed, and all the passenger/
—l4O in number—were piled together in indiscriminate
confusion. As soon as it was pue-ib:e to ascertain the
amount of damage to life and limb, it was found that Mr.
Williams Johnson, of Worcester, a passenger, was killed,
his skull being broken ; Mr. Wise, of Worcester, received
a severe flesh wound on the bead ; Mr. Mathew Byrum of
Springfield, had a bad cut on the neck, and at the last ac-
counts ',stained unconscious ; Mr. C. L. Moore, of New
York, had an antic dislocated, and received a flesh wound
on the leg.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
New YORK, Jutsz 25.
Sterling bilks remain at our list quotations: sre quote!.
Isindoe 60 days, bankers bills. 91 to 91. London con-
menial bills, 9 to 91. Puts CO days, 5.131 to 6.121;
Amsterdam, 41 to 4111; Hamburg, 361 to 361 ; Bremen,
791 to 791; Frankfort, 401 to 41. Money Is abundant, and
seeking investment at 5 per cent. on call, and 61 to 6 per
tett. for short paper, but Ito c is very little offering, and
lure amounts are lying over—u capita'ists do not like to
make lons loans—pending the present apprehended dill-
tulties in Europe.
Corrini.—Tbe transactions for the past three dna have
been of a small retail character. Holden, co far, have
%herrn no disposition to press sales, and buyers fur export
are unwilling to operate until affairs abroad maw a more
tiled appearance. Our quotations must be taken u

Other Golf
Athotl6 floerla. Ports.
Irferin sow. nom. nor.
ord. low to good ........ II fi tq fl 991t0 4 94 to
MM. 19n to mood.
Mid. bruroir llllOlll 1:1 to 111 11 to 11

- -
I,torn.—The arrivals this week have been quits mode
Me, and prima have advanc,d Omit 120. per bbl.
Onetx.—The last English advice, being more favourable,
the demand fur wheat has twin active, and prices have
advanced several cents durit.g :hi par week. The receipts
have increased, but are not heavy, and hardly sufficient, of
toed quality, to meet the waists of the tree's. sinee the
Niagara's news, holders have boat enabled to obtain oar
extreme MIL
?trey, ITll.—Wheat has been shipped te Liverpool to
teusiderable extent duru.; the put week, at 34. to sp.

Flow Is. 9d. We quote other articles—Tobeeeo, bads
176.6 i. to 201. ; Cotton, square bales per lb., 3-164. ; Rost;
per bbl., Is. 6d. to Is. lid. ; Heavy Goods per ton, 20s. to
BM. To Loudon—Tobacco per hbd., 305.; Flour, rer
bbl., 2s. to 2s. 3d. ; Turpentine per 2801 be., 2s. lid. ' • Mea-
surement Goodi per ton, 255. to 30s. ; Heavy Goods' Ode,
&c , per toe, 255. to 30s. ; Beef per tee., 4s.to be. ; Oil Cake
per bbl., 21. 3d. To Havre—Cotton, sneers bales, per lb.,
je. ; Ashes per too, 7 dole. to 9 dole. ; Rios per ton, ;
Whalebone, &c., per Ib, le. To Olugow, shipments of
wheat have been made at 4i4.