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friend, he rejects her as an ally, He thinks her
alliance does harm. It may compromise us with
France, and it may produce the undesirable im-
pression on Russia and the world that England
and France are not strong enough alone to beat
her. He might have added that her alliance
could never have any other object than to aid
Russia covertly, while it would give this purely
selfish and despotic power the right to interfere
in the terms of peace. We must then repeat our
frequent assertion, that one test of the real English
character of a Cabinet, and of its independence of
Coburg influence, is its treatment of Austria. No
Cabinet is worthy of the country's support, no
Cabinet deserves to have the War consigned to
its charge for six months, no Cabinet is safe to
be left in the hands of the Court and the Couuncs,
which has not given at least the one sign of inde-
pendence that it has—in plain English—cut
Austria.

by the general supporters of her MAJESTY'S Oppo-
-ition as by the Ministerialists, and thus arose
That which, in the language of the P. R., is
emphatically denominated " fighting a cross."
The same is perceptible on Mr. ROEBUCK'S
:notion ; not on the part of the honourable mover,
who consistently and efficiently discharged the
important duty which he had undertaken. Mr.
ROEBUCK has well merited the confidence which
men of all parties feel in his proved integrity
and incorruptible honesty of purpose. But
the pertinent interrogatory which ho has
exhibited to the House is about to be got
rid of by a side-wind. He has required that some
notice shall be taken of the proceedings before the
committee appointed by so large a majority, that
the elaborate report, unanimously adopted by the
committee, shall not be shelved for an -indefinite
period. If that report was sustained, by the
evidence of which every Member of Parliament
was competent to judge, some steps should be
taken consequent thereon. If, on the other hand,
the accusations against Ministers were unfounded
in fact, or unwarranted by the testimony
adduced, the verdict should be set aside, and
those so seriously compromised thereby should
not be contented with a mere arrest of judg-
ment or hanging matters up for the long
vacation. If the decision was just the legitimate
consequences should follow ; if the reverse, it
:,hould be at once repudiated by the House.
But Ministers, although so seriously inculpated,
have, for the reasons already mentioned, shrunk
from a course so decisive and straightforward.
They are contented that the battle on which their
very existence depends should be fought with
pop-guns. In place of an influential member of
the Cabinet coming forward to meet the motion
with a direct negative, they are satisfied to let
their defence rest in the hands of a political non-
entity like General PEEL, and to steal off under the
smoke of "the previous question," which decides
nothing, and affordsno indication respecting the fu-
ture progress of the Parliamentary campaign. Even
that equivocal course was not announced until the
close of the evening, and then by Sir C. WOOD,
one of the " insignificants," whose pettifogging
quibbles were greeted by loud cries of "Divide ;" a
demand in which even the Premier condescended
to join, " hoping that the House would
come to a decision that night." The proposition,
under the circumstances, was an insult to
the House and country. It was at once and very
properly rejected, and the debate was adjourned
until to-morrow, when Lord PALMERSTON may
possibly learn that the matter cannot be quite so
easily got rid of as he seems to think. The pres-
sure from without has already proved efficacious
on several occasions since the Noble Lord's acces-
sion to power, and he may even yet deem it ad-
visable to meet a very serious charge by a serious
defence.

Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this

evening.

Vis Count and Viscountess Combermere have left Lon-
don for Buxton.

Sir Norton and Lady Knatchbull and family have left
Clifford-street for their seat, Mersham Hatch, Kent.
His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders left Lon-
don, yesterday morning, by the London and North-
Western Railway, for Edinburgh, attended by Sir Ro-
bert Carswell and Captain Burnell.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely gavo a grand
dinner last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Here-
ditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Strehtz and the

Duke of Cambridge.
The Duke de Tarancon, the eldest son of Queen Chris.
tina and the Duke de Rianzares, died on Saturday al

Malma,ison, in France.
The Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada are

offering 5 per cent. per annum interest for loans for

,hree, five, or seven years.
The trees in the Champs Elys4es have just had num•

hers attached to them, similar to those of houses in the

streets.
The Earl of Cardigan has been staying at Southamp-
ton. The Royal Southern Yacht Club in that town will

give a banquet to his lordship on the 9th proximo.
The Independance of Brussels says that on the occa-
sion of the Queen's visit to Paris there will be a fete of
surpassing magnificence at Versailles. The entire park

will be illuminated as it was in the time of Louis )aV.

LONDON AND EASTERN BANK.-At a meeting of the
London and Eastern Bank, held on Monday, a dividend
at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was declared, and
the report was adopted.
At the meeting of the proprietary of the Commercial
Bank of London yesterday the net profits for the year

ending the 30th ult. were stated at; 36,1801. A half
yearly dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was
declared, besides a bonus of 3 per cent., making the di-
vidend and bonus for the year 10 per cent., free from
income-tax. A balance of 1,3431. remains to be carried
to the reserve fund, which is thus raised to 67,453/.
The Shareholders of the Albert Life Assurance Com-
pany, at their annual general meeting, on the 16th inst.,
unanimously voted a sum of 1,0001. to G. 7.4. Kirby,
Esq., their managing director, in recognition of his

valuable services.
THE CAPE TARIFF.—The new tariff, which was pro-
mulgated on the 4th of May, imposes a duty of n per
cent. ad valorem upon all manufactured goods, instead of
5 per cent.—equalises English and foreign manufactures,
the latter of which formerly paid 12 per cent. The duty
on tea, sugar, and coffee, is also increased, but not so
considerably as to have any marked effect upon the con-
sumption.— Cape Monitor.
The German Journal of Frankfort contains a letter
from Vienna, which states that, according to the last
intelligence from Constantinople, the Shah of Persia
has it in contemplation to accredit a charge d'affaires of
the Austrian Court.

The infamy of Austria, as revealed in the de-
bate of Monday night, ought not to be overlooked
by the Press, as most certainly it will not be by
the country. We owe hersome tolerable measure
of wrath as the seducer of one of our most pro-
minent statesmen; we may, indeed, regret the
presumption which led one of the weaker mem-
bers of the Cabinet to expose himself to influences
by which his fair reputation would be sullied,
yet the conscious seducer does not on that account
escape our unappeasable indignation ; and we
really think good Mr. BOUVERIE, and all who have
to the last adored at Chesham-place, ought to
challenge Austria to mortal combat. Knowingly
and wilfully did her diplomatists beguile our Ple-
nipotentiary; they literally placed his yielding arm
within that of the wily Prince GORTSCHAKOFF,
and paraded him before all Europe in blandest
intimacy with a professor of diplomatic corrup-
tion. Not content with thus accomplishing his
ruin, when he had hitherto concealed his misad-
venture from Parliament and the country, when
ho had spoken as still immaculate, what must this
heartless seducer do but publish to the world the
frailty which it had betrayed. Other seducers
are content to desert their victims, Austria is base
enouglito precipitate their exposure. While we
pity Lord JOHN we must detest Austria.
How villanous, too, her pro-Russian proposals.
She professed to aim at the same objects with the
Allies. Well, she abandons successively every
plan for giving effect to the Third Point which
Russia would not adopt, and at last proposed not
only the plan of counterpoise by Allied fleets in
the Euxine, but the most costly and complicated
modification of that plan—that which allowed
Russia to increase indefinitely her ships of war,
and which authorised the SULTAN to do what
every monarch on earth—even the King of the
Sandwich Isles —can do, if he likes—that is, to
call in the aid of friendly fleets if he thinks him-
self in danger. It has not been noticed, we be-
lieve, yet, but surely the cost of such a fleet as
the Allies must in that case maintain for the
safety of Turkey, would be quite as great as the
cost of their present fleet in the Black Sea. As
a mere matter of economy, then, it would be
worth while to follow Lord LYNDHURST'S advice,
and to persevere until they had exterminated the
remains of the Russian fleet at Sebastopol. It
would then be easy for two or three ships and a
few light cruisers to forbid a Russian ship-of-war
to navigate those waters again. The wish to
saddle the Allies with such a costly counterpoise,
and one liable to be destroyed by so many politi-
cal causes, proves to every plain Englishman the
duplicity and Russianised cunning of Austria.
There is a greater piece of villany still. It
now turns out, as Lord JOHN states, that the
Tu'rkish Minister originally consented to the ulti-
matum of Austria ; but that it was on the clear
understanding that Russia would not accept it
(though we feel assured she would have done so),
and that on her refusal Austria would declare war
against Russia. The French, English, and Turk-
ish Ministers, therefore, at first were led to be-
lieve that Austria was really only devising the
strongest justification she could for war with the
Power which enabled her to hang the Hungarian
patriots and to exult in the triumph of her per-
jury. They were soon undeceived ! This shame-
less coward soon sent after them the message that
she only meant the alliance to be defensive ! The
Allies were to guard her against Russian attacks,
and against the righteous uprising of Hungary
or Lombardy, but she was to give nothing in re-
turn.! Surely it is time to drop diplomatic slang
in our language with such a Government, and to
call a spade a spade. Such barefaced meanness
should be called by its right name. It would
have a most wholesome effect on diplomatic mo-
rality, if perfidy, shuffling, selfishness, and treach-
ery were spoken of as such. "Prudent reserve"

may be necessary while the appearance of honour-
: tble dealing is maintained ; but to call a scoun-
c who is cheating you to your face by the soft
n Imes friend or ally, is almost to be guilty your-
sell' of the lie direct.

Ve are glad to see that this mean yet mis-
chievous Government is losing its hold on the
Con. servatives at last. Some time ago DISRAELI
excla 'lined in a tone we could wish to have seen
better maintained, "No Austrian alliance, no
Four .Points r' and now Sir E. L. BULWER
avows ._that though willing to have Austria as a

LATEST NE S.

ST. PETERSBURG, JULY

General Prince Gortschakoff writes from the

Crimea on the 12th:—

" The fire of the allies is feeble.

" During the night of the 11th many shells

were thrown into the city.

From the other parts of the Crimea nothing

new."

VIENNA, JULY 16.
The relations between Austria and Prussia are

improving.

They are supposed to be about to submit pro-

positious to the Diet.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Emperor has decided that the sums annually
employed by the state for celebrating the solemnity
of August 15 (Napoleon fete), shall be devoted this
year to the succour of the families of those military
men who have died in the East.

This decision (says the Moniteur) will be followed
by a, more general measure, in which his Majesty
proposes that the country at large shall take part.
Next session a bill will be presented for increasing
the pensions now granted to the widows of officers
and soldiers killed in front of the enemy.

General Pelissier announces the detith of Lord
Raglan to the French army in the following order
of the day :
" Death has come to surprise Field• Marshal Lord
Rag!an in the exercise of his command, and to plunge
the English army in mourning.
We, all of us, partake of the regret which is felt by
our brave aliies. Those who have known Lord Raglan
—who have known the history of this life so noble, so
pure, so full of patriotic services—those who were wit-
nesses of his intrepidity in the days of Alma and Inker-
man --who can recall the calm and stoical grandeur of
his character throughout this rough and memorable
campaign—in a word, ail men with hearts will deplore

the loss of such a man.
" The sentiments which the General-in-Chief here ex-
pnsses will be those of the entire army. He himself is
shocked by thi3 unlooked-for bloW. The general grief

is increased with him in finding himself for ever sepa-
rated from a companion in arms whose cordial spirit he
loved, whose virtues he admired, and with whom he
always found loyal and affectionate concurrence.
"At the General Quarters before Sebastopol, June
29, 1355.

"The General-in-Chief,
PELISSIER."
The following private telegraphic despatches
were received in Paris yesterday :

(Signed)

MARSEILLES, MIL—L.-The Indus steam packet has just
arrived, bringing accounts from Constantinople to the
9th. M. Benedetti, French Charge d'Affaires at Constan-
tinople, was about to proceed to the Crimea. Reinforce-
ments bad been sent to the army of Anatolia. The last

accounts which had reached Constantinople from Kars
state that the Russians were besieging that place. The
accounts from the Crimea are to the Bth. Sickness was
disappearing from the allied armies. The Russians
had received considerable reinforcements. General
Canrobert had returned to the Tchernaya, and
taken up his former encampment.. The allies
have established in front of the I\lalakhoff Tower
a large place d'armes capable of containing 4,000 men.
Kamiesh has been cleared of all persons of suspicious
character, and a municipality has been organised there.
MARSEILLES, 17th.—The last accounts from Barce-
lona are to the 15th, at which time the workmen were
returning into the city.
VIENNA, 16th.—The understanding between the Ger-
man Powers appears to be every day improving. Gen.
lAtang, who had an audience of the Emperor a few days
ago, has left on his return to Paris. Austria in accord,
it is said, with Prussia is about to submit propositions
to the Diot. Omer Pacha is said to have completely re-
covered from his recent attack of cholera.

The Official Journal of the Two Sicilie,s announce:
that the Duke of Sena Capriole, who has been sent to
St. Petersburg en a special mission, has been decorated
by the Czar with the Imperial Order of St. Alexander
Newski.
The Silesian Gazette contains a letter from Vienna,
which states that the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian
has gone to Jerusalem for the purpose of having, if pos-
sible, the order of Malta re-established there, for the
defence of the Catholic Church.
THE PRINCESS CZARTORYSKA'SMATINEE.—A morning
performance of vocal and instrumental music was given
yesterday, at the residence of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Breadalbane, under the name and auspices
of her Highness the Princess Marcelline Czartoryska, in
aid of the benevolent fund of the Literary Association of
the Friends of Poland. The Princess was assisted in her
undertaking by many distinguished members of the aris-
tocracy, who, as " ladies natronesses," actively exerted
themselves in advancing the object for which the con-
cert was projected. The performance took place in the
magnificent ballroom, which in spite of the unpre-
cedentedly high price of tickets (21.), was filled by a
numerous audience, as the entertainment was for a
charitable purpose.
CONVEESA.ZIONE AT THE GALLERY OF THE FRENCH
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.--A most agreeable convers- zione
was held at this Gallery last night, in honour of Mdlle.
Rosa Bonheur. The interest of the collection has lately
been greatly enhanced by the addition of a work of ex
traordinary merit, "The Horse Fair," by this very dis-
tinguished lady. Several of the company had the honour
of being introduced to the fair artist, whose manner of
receiving her guests was graceful and cordial. Of the
masterly picture above-mentioned we propose to have
the pleasure of speaking on a future occasion. The
meeting was attended by several of the nobility and
gentry, lovers of art, and numerous artists of celebrity
Amongst the company were—the Marchioness of Water-
ford, Lady Stuart de -Rothesay, Marquis of Clanricarde,
Sir Charles Eastlake, P.R.A., John Gibson, R.A., Sir
Ed ward Landseer, R.A., &c.
LECTURE ON THE WAR.—Mr. Gibson delivered his
lecture on the Russian War, before a brilliant audience
at the Guildhall, Folkestone, on Friday evening last.
This was the first of a series of twelve lectures which
will be given through the instrumentality of the lsctur
committee of the Harveian Institution in that place.
The lecturer, after speaking of the value of such institu
Mons, and remarking that where they were not in exist-
ence they should immediately be formed ; where in ex-
istence and not appreciated, he wished he possessed the
eloquence and persuasive powers of Lord Morpeth, a
Lytton, or a Dickens, to show how worthy they are of
the support and encouragement, not only of the inhabi-
tants of the place, but the surrounding neighbourhood,
and the benefits they conferred on the whole community.
He then proceeded to notice all the leading incidents of
the campaign, from the declaration of war up to the pre-
sent time. Many of his observations were received with
great applause, especially his brilliant description of the
battles of the Alma and Inkerman, and his graphic ac-
count of the loss of an army by cold, pestilence, and
famine, with the reasons he assigned for a difetster, un-
paralleled perhaps in the annals of warfare. The mayor
of Folkestone, and a numerous audience of visitors were
present. We hear Mr. Gibson is about to deliver his
lecture at Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate, and Margate,
and we can recommend our readers who wish for two
hours' instruction to go and hear him.
General Pelissier, in transmitting the after-mentioned
volume to the Library of Algiers, has written the
following lines on one of the fly leaves :—," Head-
quarters before Sebastopol, June 9, 1855.—' History
of the Life of Christ.' Taken in the chapel of the
cemetery of Sebastopol where victory carried us. The
sacred objects and several other things were conveyed
to the Monastery of St. George, but this book was
reserved by him who had the discretionary power, in
order that it might be offered to the Library of Al-
giers. It is in the Sclavonian language, and printed
in the Sclavonian characters. —PELISSIER."
THE GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR AND THE PRESS.—It
is known that an ordinance was recently issued by
General Sir R. Gardiner, K.C.8., the Governor of Gib-
raltar, prohibiting unlicensed printing within that city
and garrison. Yesterday was published a despatch
addresSed to the Governor of Gibraltar, on the
sth instant, by Lord Panmure, wherein Sir R.
Gardiner is informed that he appears to have
"contravened the Royal instructions under which he was
bound to act in several particulars," inasmuch as he did
not publish a draught of the ordinance a month before
it was promulgated, or reserve it for the Royal assent.
These preliminary ceremonies might, it appears, be dis-
pensed with in case of urgent necessity, but Sir R.
Gardiner is required to explain more fully than he has
done what were the dangers he anticipated, and why
such measures of prevention were of such immediate
urgency on the present occasion. Lord Panmure, as
regards the general question, admits that a discretionary
power to prohibit or control the publication of news-
papers must exist at Gibraltar, and that it should be
vested in the Governor. Her Majesty's Government
will gladly assent to any limited authority given to pub-
lications calculated to diffuse information of a useful or
harmless character.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for stand-
ard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange
at Paris on London at short being 25.074, it follows that
gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is
4261- per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13...9- ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
London at shor t being 13'5&, it follows that gold is 0.18
per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1101 per cent. ; and, the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23.40
per cent., it follows that the exchange is nnminally 0.67
per cent. in favour of England; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport and difference of interest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation
of gold from the United States.
ADIEU TO THE FOUR POINTS.—The Weser Gazette
under date of Vienna, 11th, says :—" Count Walewski
has sent to the French legations a circular, in which it
is said that his Government does not any longer con-
sider itself bound to the four points, all attempts to get
them accepted by Russia having failed ; and that conse-
quently it has resolved to impose such conditions of
peace as might be suggested by the results of the war.
Count Buol has confined himself to acknowledging the
receipt of this communication, but he nevertheless ex-
pressed a fear that under such circumstances it was not
possible to hope for a speedy re-establishment of peace.
Baron de Bourqueney had a private audience of the
Emperor this morning."

The Emperor, yesterday evening, received the
members of the Senate and of the Council of State
at the Elysee.

The "Ullea, steam-frigate, took her departure on
the 15th from Marseilles for Constantinople, hav-
ing on board the 3d battalion and staff of the 30th
Regiment of the Line, and a quantity of stores for

the army.
A letter from Corfu, of the 7th, states that the
French steamer Solon had put into that roadstead
for a short time on the previous day on her way
from Trieste to Constantinople. M. Thouvenal,
the French Ambassador to the Porte, was on board.
A letter from before Sebastopol, of the 3d, in
the Semaphore of Marseilles, says :
"The Russian line-of-battle ships anchored in the
roadstead opposite Fort St. Nicholas begin to suffer
from the fire of the mortar battery cn the side of the
Quarantine Bay. On the 27th a shell passed through
the three decks of the Tchesmd, killirg and wounding
several men, and then bursting in 'the hold set fire to
her for a short time. Some days before a projectile,
fired by a French vessel, bursting in a wokrshop near the
Artillery Bay, caused the explosion of a number of loaded
shells, killed several artillerymen, and caused such da-
mage that the Russians have not since dared to collect
together such a quantity of combustibles in one place
as they had before been in the habit of doing. The sh, lls
from the allied vessels occasion much damage in the place
and severe losses to the garrison. Their destructive
effects are more feared than those of the rockets. The
❑umber of naval artillerymen in the place has been re-
duced frOm 16,000 to 3,500; there are now only three
artillerymen for each gun. On board the Russian ves-
sels the rations of vegetables and brandy have been di-
minished one half. The captains of them have received
orders to economise their consumption of salt pork as
much as possible. An order from the commander,in-
chief has prescribed to the inhabitants to quit the town.
The opinion that the place must infallibly fall into the
power of the allied armies is more and more general
among the besieged, and that feeling has greatly in-
creased their discouragement, particularly during the
last few days. All this information has been derived
from the deserters and pisoners."
Another letter from before Sebastopol, in the
Gazette du Midi, says :

" On an applica,tion made to the Russians, the sword
of Sir John Campbell, an old family claymore, has been
brought to the English camp by a flag of truce. At the
same time it was announced that the body of the general
bad been buried in the town with proper military
honours. General Eyre has had his leg amputated. He
bore the painful operation with the greatest fortitude,
and his health is now such as to cause no further uneasi-
ness. He will proceed to England as soon as he can
bear the voyage."
A letter from Sebastopol of the 3d, in the
Impartial, of Smyrna, says : The French
works are going on constantly on the right,
and also with the English, but the proximity of the
enemy's fortifications do not allow of any trenches
being opened in the day time, and it is only during
the night that the workmen can act. At this sea-
son the nights are so short that there are scarcely
two hours in the twenty-four that the works can
be carried on with any degree of activity. Our
parallels must, nevertheless, be carried to within
such a distance from the fortifications of the enemy
that our columns of attack may only have a dis-
tance of from fifty to sixty yards to advance
under the fire of grape, which will be directed
against them. We are still some way from the
works of the Place, and the space which separates
us from them being open and completely exposed
in every way by the Russian projectiles, the ap!
proachog go vu but very slowly. Tllil easemated
battery at the right point of the ravine of the
Careening Port, which is to act on the Russian
vessels, is far from being finished, and it is, there-
fore, probable that ten drys or a fortnight must
elapse before the allies will be prepared to make an
assault with any chance of success."

BOURSE, JULY 17.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 92 75 92f. 75c.
3 per Cents 66 25 66 45
Credit Mobilior
Credit Foncior S3G Austrian
Bdlgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes —
Piedmoutese ......... SG 75 Rome Debt —
RAILWAYS—POR CASH.
tr. c. fr. C.
Orleans
Western 760 Boum;
Cato 650 -- Strasburg .
Hediterranean 1235 Havre 650
Northern ............ 897 50 Chorburg

during the campaign of 1854 ; it was strongly
recommended to the serious consideration of
the Home Government by the then Commander-
in-Chief, yet during the long interval which has ' NOIIONS ABOUT NOTTINGHAM.
elapsed, with all the resources which the naval The di,appointment which turfites experienced at Slam-
authorities have at their command, a mere fraction
ford will be sornewilat counterbalanced at Nottingham,
of this valuable and indispensable auxiliary to the
fleet has been furnished. There has been more where Mr, Bradfield, as usual, has prepared an attractive
than ample time to have built and equipped such a
squadron of this description as would have achieved
a decisive victory in the Baltic. No Commander-
in-Chief, however well-conceived may be his plans
of operation, however gifted he may be with the
energy and decision requisite to carry them
out to a successful issue, could hope to van-
quish the foe, prepared as he is to resist
most strenuously an attack in auy quarter, with
the present means and appliances afforded him.
Daily are seen large nuinbers of the Russians
busily employed in still further increasing the de-
fences of Cronstadt. On every available plot of
ground facing the sea batteries are in course of con-
struction ; even the last resting-places of the dead
are now included in the line of fortifications of that
island. Thus has a want of foresight on the part
of those intrusted with the conduct of the war en-
abled Russia to assume so strong a defensive posi-
tion as almost to bid defiance to the combined
fleets of the two great nations whose hostility she
has provoked."
According to the latest advices the Russian mi-
litary authorities encourage as much as possible the
immigration into the interior of the inhabitants of
the Baltic ports, especially those residing at Abe
and Helsingfors.

SPORTING NOTES. -

THE FLEET BEFORE CRONSTADT.

programme. Seven races are appointed f)r to-morrow, and
six for Friday, and there is a prospect of at least a satis
factory supply of sport. For the Nottinghamshire Han_
dicap, Hungerford, Typee, Domino, Braxey, and
Neoptolemus have been backed. The first mentioned
will, it is reported, run, in order to convince his perty
that he is in good form, and that no mistake was made
with reference to his trial with Baroncino. His per-
formance, therefore, will be regarded with double inte-
rest. That he will obtain a forward position in the
race, I am fully prepared to expect. Types
is weighted at 2lbs. lighter, and should she not
run a severe race at Stamford to-day I shall deem her
capable of defeating old Hungerford. She has been over
this course before, and proofs have frequently been af-
forded of her staying qualities. In consideration of his
successful performance at Worcester, and his running at
Liverpool, Domino is much fancied for this event. lam
not, however, one of his partisans, and shall expect to
see Braxey beat him. Neoptolemus will have the benefit
of little Fordham's services, and, although his weight
will perhaps be raised two or three pounds, I am not
inclined to regard that circumstance as being prejudicial
to his chance. He is a great tearing horse, and requires
no little strength to hold him. The advantage of having
Fordham " up " cannot therefore be over-rated. Those
who saw the race for the Northumberland Plate pro-
test, despite the judge's decision, that Neoptolemus was
third for that event, beating Courtenay by a clear length.
Be that as it may, Courtenay defeated him easily enough
next day, Neoptolemus, however, at the same time beating
Lady Tattoo. The other noteworthy names in the list of
acceptances are Arribas, St. Clare, and Rotherham.
John Osborne is in luck, and he may, if the horse be fit,
have a trial with Arribas, who is certainly not over-
penalised. St. Clare is too hot-tempered to be trusted
and Rotherham has incurred a penalty, and may there-
fore be reserved for some other event—perhaps the Ebor
Handicap, for which he is favourably weighted. Calcu-
,ating upon a start, I shall "stand on"
TYPEE AND NEOPTOLEMUS.

The St. Petersburg Gazette de la Police of the
10th publishes the following notice from the mili-
tary Governor-General of St. Petersburg :
" During the 6th (July) no change took place in
the position of the enemy's fleet. Between four
and five in the afternoon a gunboat, having another
boat in tow, approached within three and a half
versts of the redoubt situated at the extremity of
Cronstadt, and the latter boat threw in three shells.
Five volleys were fired from the redoubt and the
batteries contiguous, and both boats returned to
their fleet.

"On the 7th the fleet remained at the same
anchorage. At three o'clock a steamer and three
gunboats left the fleet anchored southward, and
approached the great roadstead, and at five o'clock
two gunboats went into the North Channel. The
enemy's rowing boats communicated with the Tal-
boukhine lighthouse."

THE AFRICAN MAIL,

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY NIGHT.

The Retriever, African Royal Mail steam-ship,
arrived here at noon to-day, brings the usual mails.
Her dates are—Fernando Po, June 1 ; Cameroons,
3 ; Old Calabar, 5 ; Bonny, 6 ; Lagos, 9 ; Accra,
12 ; Cape Coast, 13 : Luneria, 19 ; Sierra Leone,
23 ' • Bathurst, 27 ; Goree, 28 ; Teneriffe, July 6 ;
Madeira, 2. She brings 17 passengers.
The squadron on the coast is distributed as fol-
lows :—Antelope at Fernando Po, Linnet and
Philomel at Lagos, Dolphin at Accra, Dover at
Bath urst.

The Pluto sailed from Sierra Leone, May 21, for
England, leaving the Scourge, Commodore Adams,
the only ship of war at the place.
The Ferret left Sierra Leone, May 20, for Cani-
ope, to obtain the release of two British subjects
detained by the chief, showing the most friendly
feeling towards the British.

Should a cockboat be required to carry me into the
haven of success, I shall place my hopes in Hungerford.
Bold Buccleuch will perhaps win the Robin Hood
Stakes. In his absence I shall pay court to Tilly. For
the Sherwood Handicap I shall select Georgey and
Georgium Sidi's. The Castle Plate Handicap may be
placed on the winning score of either lanthe or Corm.
Should Rotherham be brought out for the Chesterfield
Handicap he will perhaps do battle for it successfully.
At present, however, my fancy points to Orson and
Herald.

Flyaway, despite her extra weight, ought to win the
Burney Park Stakes. In her default Gamester may
throw in.
The July Supplement of "The Guide to the Turf "
has been just published. It contains the usual requisite
information, compiled with all that care and correctness
which have ever characterised the labours of the editor,
Mr. W. H. Langley. A FRESH MAN.
July 18.

FAILURE OF AN EXPEDITION TO BAL-
LA.GHEA. - SEVERE LOSS TO THE
BRITISH.

Au expedition sent in her Majesty's steamer the
Teazer, to compel the chief, Bambo Munich Lake,
to fulfil the treaty entered into between him and
Commander Selwyn, of the steam-sloop Prome-
theus, in which the chief promised to pay an indem-
nity of $lO3O for injury done to the British, had
failed. In this affair we had lost two officers dilecl
—Lieutenant Wylie and Acting Paymaster An-
drews, of the Teazer ; and two seamen. Lieut.
1 Nicolas, in command of the Teazer, severely
wounded in both legs ; Lieutenant Vincent, 2d
-West India Regiment, severely wounded ; Lieu-
tenant Dielleth, Sierra Leone Militia, wounded ;
Mr. Frith, deputy assistant commissary-general,
taken prisoner. Of the 150 rank and file of the
West India Regiment forming the expedition, 77
were killed, wounded, and missing.