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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-24

GERMANY.

According to the German journals, Bavaria,
Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Hanover are carrying
on active negotiations for the purpose of coming to
some understanding on a programme relative to the
Eastern question, which may be suitable to the
secondary states of Germany. It is for this pur-
pose, it is said, thatM. de Kuetstein, the Austrian
ambassador at Dresden, has lately gone to Vienna.
The Court of Saxony persists, in concert with se-
veral others of the secondary States of Germany,
in wishing to prevent the Confederation from
meddling with the complications of the war, and
thinks it may attain this object by taking. with
Bavaria and other States, a position as independ-
ent as possible of the influence of the two great
German Powers, although its policy is more in har-
mony with that of Prussia than with that of Aus-
tria. In a word, the secondary States seam to
wish to renew the useless work of the Conference
of Bamberg. Prince Gortschakoff has proceeded to
Frankfort, thinking, doubtless, that at the mo-
ment when the Confederation is about to come to
a decision of the propositions of Austria, his pre-
sence there might be useful to the interests of the
Czar.

The Piedmontese Gazette announces that a de-
spatch of the 19th has been received from General
Alphonso La Mormora, stating that the cholera
has disappeared, but has been succeeded by fevers,
few of which, however, have ended fatally.

The express train in which M. Von der Hey dt,
the Prussian Minister of Commerce, left Berlin a
few days ago, ran into another train which was
accidentally left on the same line of rails between
Geilenkirshen and Herzogenrath, but the Minister
escaped without injury.

The Duchess de Berry, mother of the Duchess
Regent of Parma, left that city on the 16th for
Brunsoe, and was accompanied as far as Colorno
by her august daughter.

A letter from Erdmanndorf states that the King
of Prussia bad another attack of fever on the 18th,
which lasted the whole day. lie passed, however,
a tolerably good night.

The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto
left Turin on the 20th for Arona.

WIFE MIIRDEP.S.—Two atrocious wife murlers have
been perpetrated in the county of Donegal within the last
few days. In both cases the brutal husbands were
under the influence of drink.
A NICE Fix.—A young lote-struck lieutenant in the
South Durham Militia was wandering in a wood near
Barnard Castle the other day, looking out for his inamo-
rata, when the Duke of Cleveland, his commanding
officer, chanced to take a stroll in the same direction .
The sub. scrambled up a tree to get out of his grace's
sight; but, as ill luck wot.ld have it, the duke sat down
on a seat at the bottom of the tree, and, taking out a
newspaper from his pocket, read away for a whole hour,
*.ksa vac thinking that the poorlizateuan; was being roasted
)E; by a hat sun, andi, izh 31 y saunterers who
1)1) ia:red his predicament.
London, England, 1855-07-23

PPA.RIS EXHIBITION. -STANFORD'S
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Instructions before Starting, Routes, Hotels, Restaurateurs, Public
Conveyances, Police Regulations, Tables of French Money and
Measures, a short History of Paris, its Government, Public Buildings,
Ecclesiastical Edifices, Curiosities, Places of Public Amusement,
Environs of Paris, the Exhibition and Fine Arts, &c., &c., with Two
Maps, and a View of the Exhibition and Champs Elysees, will be
published in a few days. Price 3s. 6d.
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AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, JuLy
Via Panama we have advices from Melbourne to
the 24th of April.
Gold was quoted at 3/. 16s. 6d. per ounce.
At Sydney it ranged from, for the Ovens an,'
Ballarat, 3/. 17s. 9d. to 3/. 18s., and Braidwooet
from 3/. 14s. 3d. to 3/. 14s. 6d. The demand con;
tinued to exceed the supply. Exchange, 1 per

cent. prem.
In Sydney wool had arrived from the interior in
ties
large quantities : for middling and low quali,
the price had rather declined ; the holders of Oa
clips seemed indisposed to sell, and preferred
shipping under advance.
In tallow the requirements for domestic use ir,relli
dered the supply inadequate to the demand. Pes,.,
531. to 561. Mutton 57/. to 701. Hides, 50. to
13s. 6d. each. Sheepskins, 3d. to 60. per lb.
In the Ballarat and other mining districts 51;
proved machinery had been introduced, and Plse
claims are being worked over again with profit.
In the Gravelpit mines there were rumours en,
301 b. to 801 b. per 24 hours being nuggetted fr°—
individual claims.
In one " lead" one party washed upwards of 9°
ounces in a bket of .
The amount of goldstuff shipped from Melbourne Olt
the week en ding April 21 was valued at 265,0001.
($1,475,000).
London, England, 1855-07-23

This day, two vols., with Illustrations and Map, 215.,

LANDS of the SLAVE and the FREE ; or,
Travels in Cuba, the United S tates, and Canada.

Ry Captain the Honourable HENRY A. MURRAY, R.N.

This work embraces observations on Society, Educa•ion, and Com-
mercial Prosperity ; remarks on the Constitution. Press, &c., of the
Republic, and the state of Slavery within her borders ; concluding
with a Chapter on the Relations, Present and Prospective, between
the United States and England.

London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1855-07-23

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FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION,

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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1855.

This evening the new Turkish Loan will again
be brought under the consideration of the House
of Commons, and from the spirit displayed on Fri-
day by its opponents we may readily believe that
every description of stratagem will be resorted to
by those anxious to impede its progress. As we
recently explained, a variety of reasons of the
most conflicting character have been brought for-
ward to catch every wavering vote, but stripped
of the fallacies by which the question has been
encumbered the matter is of an exceedingly
simple character, in which it is impossible for any
sincere friend of the French Alliance, any honest
supporter of the just and necessary War in which we
are engaged, to be mystified or deceived. On Friday
there was a complete surprise ; it was not known
that a serious struggle was about to take place,
and many Honourable Gentlemen, wearied with
the protracted debate of the preceding evening,
were resting from
their labours ; others were in-
duced to vote hastily, and without maturely con-
sidering not merely the probable, but the inevita-
ble, consequences of their conduct. Many would
have bitterly lamented their success, and eagerly
sought to retrace the fatal error into which they
had fallen, although they could not completely
repair the damage which their reckless folly had
occasioned to their country, and the cause in
which it is engaged.
Putting altogether aside the policy and expe-
diency of the contemplated guarantee, although
we are prepared to sustain it on these grounds,
as the best-devised step that could be adopted,
and to give the Ministry_ full credit therefor:—
there are irresistible- reasons why it should -be
cordially and unanimously sanctioned by the guar-
dians of the public puree. It was not like 11. do.
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PARTS EXHIBITION.-STANFORD'S
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TO A CORRESPONDENT.

"A Subscriber " must have read over my remarks
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LATEST NEWS.

WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 21.

Lord Panmure presents his compliments to tie

Editor g The Sun, and has great pleasure in

transmitting the enclosed intelligence which hvs
reached him this day from the Crimea, dated the

20th inst. :

Nothing of importance has occurred.

The siege operations progress favourably.
The health of the army is good.

ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 20.
Prince Gortschakoff writes from the Crimea,

under date of the 16th :

"We made two sorties on the 14th and 15th
before the bastion Korniloff, which were satisfac-

tory.

" Nothing of importance has occurred in other

luta of the Crimea."

Official published accounts state at 5,775 men
the Russian loss in the affairs of the 17th and
18th. The same accounts state that the Russians

are occupied in constructing new works for the

defence of Sebastopol.

HAMBURG, SATURDAY.

The Invalids _Busse reports that Admiral Nachi-
moff has sunk under his wounds received in the

,efenee of Sebastopol.

The news of the fire at Novgorod is contra-
dicted. It is to Wladimir, in the government of

Volhynia, that the statement applies.

VIENNA, SUNDAY.

The Correspondenz contradicts officially the

statement of the Cologne Gazette that Baron
Hubner had been recalled from Paris, and Baron

de Bourqueney from Vienna.

According to the official Austrian Correspondenz

the Austro-Venetian central assemblies are to be

convoked by decree. These assemblies form the

bases of the pseudo national representation pre-

viously decided on.

Accounts from Odessa state that considerable

alarm was felt in that town at an approaching
attack from the Allies.

ELSINORE, SUNDAY.
The Sinbad has arrived.

MADRID, JULY 21.
A slight disturbance, not political, has taken
place at Badajoz. It has been put down.
Pachico is to present a memorandum to the
Government on the relations with Rome, and a
circular to foreign Courts.
All quiet at Barcelona.

BERLIN, JI7LY 23.

The St. Petersburg Journal contains further
particulars of the Hang° massacre, and mentions
a written statement made by Lieut. Geneste, from
which, however, it only gives short extracts.
Admiral Nachimoff is dead.
London, England, 1855-07-23

Admiral Baynes remains with the bulk of the fleet

off Cronv,taclt.
Almost all the communications from friends in
the Baltic agree on one point, viz., that " some-
thing" is going to be done " somewhere." This
may probably sound very vague and unsatisfactory
to those who have been waiting for and expecting
this " something" during the last three months.
If I am not very much mistaken, however, all
doubts upon this point will very shortly be cleared
up, and it is to be hoped that every one will be
satisfied with the results. The visit of the three
Admirals to Nargen evidently stands closely con-
nected with this " coming event." Every available
gun-boat and mortar-vessel belonging to the fleet
is at the present moment stationed at that place,
forming in all a squadron of about 50 sail.
On the evening of the 14th, Captain Yelverton,
of the Arrogant, went up in the gunboat Ruby to
reconnoitre the approaches to Wihorg. On this
expedition he was accompanied by the Magicienne,
Captain Vansittart, which vessel towed all her
own boats, as likewise those of the Arrogant,
fully manned and armed. On board the Ruby
was a large detachment of Marines, under the
command of Captain Lowden, R.M. On arriving
at the entrance of the Bay of Wiborg a large
Russian steamer made her appearance, with the
evident intention of offering fight ; however, after
the exchange of a few shot t.t long range, she
retreated. On proceeding a little further up the
bay the gun-boat and larger boats were suddenly
brought to a standstill by some stakes or other
sunken obstructions, and while in the act of ex-
amining the cause of the stoppage a masked battery
on the left bank opened a heavy fire on them with
musketry, round shot, and grape ; the violence of
this fire was such, that at first the boats, which as a
matter of precaution had been formed in order of
battle were thrown into a slight confusion, they,
however, almost instantly rallied, and pulled stea-
dily up to the earthwork, notwithstan &lag the con-
tinued. heavy fire poured upon them. After an
engagement, which lasted atove an hour, the
boats returned to their respective ships, having
suc'eeded in silencing several guns of the Russian
battery, and Captain Yelverton having satisfactorily
ascertained the natur ) of the enemy's position and
defences. O❑ our side we have to deplore the loss
of Mr. George Storey, midshipman of the Arrogant
who was killed in the affair ; he is spoken of in the
fleet as a fine, promising young officer. One man
was killed and six wounded belonging to the
Arrogant, and three men wounded belonging to
the Magicienne.
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CREMORNE. Admission, One Shilling.—
GRAND ANNUAL FETES in aid of the LICENSED
VI, *TU LT,ERS' SCHOOL.—The early portion of the week at these
delightful Gardens will be devoted to the cause of educational charity,
and will afford an opportunity to the benevolent of combining amuse-
ment with philanthropy, by supporting the Fetes on Monday and
Tuesday. which will be held for the benefit of the above excellent
institution, and which will present a rare combination of Al Fresco
Brilliances every way suited to the occasion. Throughout the week
the spirited execution of Mdle Danseddes on the tight rope, and her
intrepid flight to the summit of the centre dome of the Pyrotechnic
Temple, surrounded by tiro, in addition to the eouestrian talent.
choreographic displays, and musical performances, which render this
property alike interesting to the man of fashion and the working man.
Sundays, sdmPsion by refreshment card. 6d. Table de Hole at 6,
2s. 6d. Haunch of Venison also at 6. Mr. T. B. Simpson's Benefit
is fixed for Thursday, August 9th.
London, England, 1855-07-23

TO A CORRESPONDENT.

"A Subscriber " must have read over my remarks
hastily, or he could not have fallen into such a mistake.
The race which I alluded to was the Gateshead Lottery
Stakes, for which Courtenay defeated Neoptolemus by
two lengths, Lady Tatton being third.
A FRESH MAN.

CHELMSFORD, Monday.—Arrived—Tilley, Solcstar,
Pyrois, Gossip, and Van Brackel.
NEWMARKET, Monday.—Left for Chelmsford—Epa-
minondas, Miss Bolton, Cock Pheasant, Tug o' War,
Strutaway, Newbold, Piccaninny, Rodo Meli, Adamant,
and Latitude colt.

BREAD.— The prices of wheaten bread in the metro-
polis are from 10d. to 100. ; of household ditto, 81d, to
93-d. per 41b loaf.
A NEW PATENT PERCUSSION CAP.—The complaints
that have reached England from the East in reference to
the general inefficiency of the percussion caps there have
1 to a great many experiments on the subject, and the
result has been the invention of a new and highly im-
proved cap. For this we are indebted to the unremit-
ting exertions for some months past of Mr. F. Joyce, a
practical chemist, and who has been for many years a
leading percussion cap manufacturer. The result has
been the invention and perfection of an ingenious mode
of waterproofing, surpassing any hitherto adopted. Mr.
Joyce having subjected these cans to the severest tests,
and finding them equally certain under the most unfa-
vourable circumstances of extremes of wet and dry
weather, has taken out letters patent and provided the
most ample means for their due supply, both fer military
aad sporting purposes. .
London, England, 1855-07-23

LAW OF MORTMAIN.

In reply to Lord ST. T_AEONARDS,
Lord BROUGHAM said he regretted that the bill re•
lating to the Law of Mortrnain had not come up at au
earlier jpeliod from the other house, so as to enable their
lordships to pass it during the present session. Under
the circumstances he wculd only move the second read-
ing of the bill, with a view to its being withdrawn for
the present session.

Lord LYNDHURST presented a petit'on from the
Protestant Alliance, stating that the petitioners had
beard s ith alarm that her Majesty's secretary of Stste
for the :Home Department had given permission to cele-
brate the Romish Mass in the Government prison of
Brixton, and praying their lordships' house to tike
such nioasures as would secure a withdrawal of the
permiss:oon, and tlmi; such departure from the princ;ples
of the constitution might never again take place.
Lord ST. LEONA.RD called the attention to the
insecurity of our public records, and expressed a hope
that her Majesty's Government would take the neces-
sary pr ecautions to preserve the records from fire. The
noble and learned lord also referred to the injury done
to some of the partitions in Hampton Court Palace, and
to the robbery of one of them.
The Bishop of LONDON made some similar observa-
tions.

Earl. GRANVILLE said the Chief Commissioner of
Public Works had issued orders for the institution of a
rigid inquiry into the circumstances alluded to by the
noble and learned lord.

Lord AIONTEAGLE said he hoped that due core
of Marlborough House, in which the munificent do-
nation of pictures by a private gentleman to the nation
were deposited, would not be overlooked when precau-
tionary measures were being adopted.
Earl GRANVILLE said the whole subject was un-
der the consideration of the Government with a view
to adopting precautionary measures of the best puss:-
ble description.
London, England, 1855-07-23

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS

It is the intention of Government, we unterstand, to
increase the force of this valuable corps bj3,000 men.
So popular is the service that no sooner w 0
a rumour
to this effect current than the well-known louse of Mr.
John Price, Wellington Arms, Waterloo-roal, theformer
head quarters of Captain Maine, was bgiieged with
eager applicants fqr enlistment, and in sich numbers
at tie. Wellington
that Mr. Price has expressed an opinion Pat 5,000 re-
emits could ba as readily hal as three.' Should the
irnegp oornit
cp
erro vwe
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dc to, tbht behe aads-
Arms. cibuefarortee,rs of
the
cora'
rnand.
London, England, 1855-07-23

7 e-,,,---t ir -,....,..
-.- .--a#.a.7g
Ei t'S •,-,1:. ,- ' ' 4
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:,,,
to resign office, as a total change would be belt t (
it t.,
: . ' -r.:;i01;
succession of partial changes—though, to be sur ''Wl4-pit,4l
~...„.•
he is brought to the test, he speaks inan oppasite‘Seo _ 0 • Allat'
end is ready to say or do anything to. keep the ConserN: 11,
vatives out. General Peel. believes that the time ha
come when a better Ministry could be' formed from the , •
Opposition side of the House. By the admission of Sir -;
De Lacy Evans, Lord Palmerston. has been wanting to
the energy expected from hitni-and has taken no effi-
cient steps for increasing cur military force. ~.Mr.
Cobden regrets that vote he gave which contributed to
overthrow the honest Administration of Lord Derby,
and to plunge us into a most destructive and wasteful
war. Yet the Legislature, while declaring, by the lips
of its most'eminent members, that it has no confidence
in the Government, hesitates to strike the blow which
would expel it:front power.
The sccret of this inconsistency into be found in the
compositlen of the Ministerial majority. It is princi-
pally made up of men who profess democratic principles
that they may carry their election and thenceforth be
free to make unsparing nse of their political position to
push their fortunes, alai of men- who dread any practical
intaireifince with existing abuses. These classes unite
in stippoit of a*Ministry and a system from which they
have everything to hope and nothing to tear. While
breath can be kept in the Government they support, its
instability gives them no concern. Its weakness is their
opportunity. They settle on its sores, and draw
nourishment from its infirmities.

This tendency to corruption in our representative
system, if there be not virtue enough in the great body
of the people to check it, may be destined to undermine
the foundations of our power. No one doubts that for
the last two years the affairs of the country have been
grossly mismanaged—no one doubts that the present
Government is weak and inefficient. But to what point
is tolerance of its shortcomings to extend ? The ques'
tion between the welfare of the nation and the interests
of a -worn•out Ministry has been held in suspense too
long. Is the deplorable inacti9n of last autumn about
to be repeated ? «ill Parliament separate and leave
all the powers of the State in the hands of Lord Pal-
merston ? If so, we must be prepared to accept all
the consequences of that Ministerial instability which
Lord John Russell warns us is far more dangerous than
would bs a total change in the character and composi-
tion of Government.
London, England, 1855-07-23

BERENS V. BERENS.-JUDGMENT.

His Honour also gave judgment in this case, declining
to grant an issue to a court of law.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.)
WRIGHT V. VANDRR7LANII.-JUDGHENT.

The Vice• Chancellor gave judgment this morning in
this case, which came before him upon a bill filed by the
plaintiff, who had married a young lady, now deceased,
for the purpose of setting aside a life interest on certain
property granted by the lady to her father upon her
attaining her majority, and before her marriage with
the plaintiff. His Honour, after going into
the facts of the case at considerable length, and
citing the authorities bearing upon the subject, de-
clined granting► the relief, prayed on the ground that the
transaction had been acquiesced in by the plaintiff for
upwards of 10 years, and had never been questioned
by him until he had contracted a second marriage.
The facts of the case involve matters of family interest
only.

The Court ordered the bill to be dismissed, but with-
out costs.

SPORTING NOTES.

CHANCES FOR CHELMSFORD.

Whatever shortcomings and disappointments racing
men experienced at Stamford were forgotten in the full
enjoyment of the ample sport provided for them at Not-

tingham. The incidents which marked the respective
encounters were not sufficiently important to require
further comment than they have already received in the
daily and weekly press. I may, however, before direct-
ing attention to the future, refer with some satisfaction
to the correctness of the anticipations which I last week
published anent the races. I then wrote about the
Nottinghamshire Handicap as under :
" Hungerford, Typee, Domino, Bracey, and Neoptole-
mus have been backed. The first mentioned will, it is re-
ported, run, in order to convince his party that he is in
good form, and that no mistake was made with reference
to his trial with Baroncino. His performance therefore
will be regarded with double interest. That he will obtain
a forward position in the race I am fully prepared to ex-
pect. Typee is weighted at 21bs 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 nerformance 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
Brassy beat him. Neoptolemns will have the benefit of
little Fordham's services, and, although his weight will
perhaps be raised two or three pounds, I am not incliled
to regard that circumstance as being prejudicial to his
chance. He is a great tearing horse, and requires no little
strength to hold him. Calculating upon a start, I shall
stand on'
London, England, 1855-07-23

Otrb labfition+

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

TA TTERSALL'S.

(THIS EVENING.)

CHILMSFORD HANDICAP.
3 to 61 on the Field.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
15 to 2 agst Quince.
10 to 1 agst Surgeon• General.
14 to 1 agst Epaminondas (taken)
20 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken)
25 to 1 agst Katerfelto (taken)
30 to 1 agst Calamus (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
2to 1 agst Baroncino (taken and offered)
3to 1 agst Oa'ston (taken and offered)
7to 1 agst Rattle
Royal-quand-memo was scratched on the 20th inst.,
at 12 at noon.

ST. LEGER.
sto 2 agst Oulston.
6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken).
7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken).
100 even between St. Hubert and Lord of the
Isles (taken).

DERBY.
9to 1 agat Fly by Night (taken).
50 to 1 agst Vander=lin (taken).

CHELMSFORD RACI3.-St. Clare, Lily, Rose, and
Eva, are scratched.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT-

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills, T:Z. :—Lady RaglLn and Lord Raglan's
Annuities ; Endowed Schools (Ireland) ; Gold
Wedding Rings; Commons Inclosure (No. 2) ; Spirits
(Ireland) Act Amendment; Friendly Societies ; Do b'in
Carriage Act Amendment ; Christ Church (..L'od-
morden); Marriages Validity; Burial-grounds (Scotland);
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notei ; Wave ney
Valley Railway ; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ;
Wisber‘ch Port ; Bolton and Nightingale's Roz:d ;
Royal Medical Benevolent College ; Londonderry -and
Coleraine Railway ; Cavendish Bridge ; Huliand Ward
Roads- ; Dagenham Docks ; London Necropolis and :sjr-
tional 'Mausoleum ; Honiton Road ; East of Fife Rail-
way ; Gateshead and Hexham Roads ; Portsmouth Rail.
way ; Shrewsbury Improvement ; Great Northern Lon-
don Cemetery ; Mid Kent and North Kent Railway ;
Barrow Harbour ; Birkenhead and Liverpool Dc.cks
(Trust Property of Birkenhead Docks Trustees) ; E °g-
land and Ireland Improved Communication; Furness
Railway ; Liverpool Docks ; South Staffordshire
I ail-
way ; Livesey's Estate ; Pedder's Divorce ; Cronnixty
Estate; flamond's Estate ; Livesay's (Blackburn) E.itii,te.
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chance:lor,
the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Hairowby.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Glasgow,
Dumbarton, and Ifelensburgh Railway was read a third
time a.ad passed.
The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
the inhabitants of Shoreditch, and of the neighbourhood
of Victpria-park, against the proposed diminution of the
area of that park.
London, England, 1855-07-23

-1110 OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
11, 111 Mons JULLIEN'S Second Series of SIX GRAND CON-
CERTS, commencing on Monday, July 23d, and concluding on Satur-
day, July 28th, in which the principal celebrites of Mons. Jullien's
Orchestra will appear, together with several artistes of European r^-
nown, engaged by Mons. Juillen during his last visit to Germany,
Italy, and France, who will have the honour of making their first
appearance on this occasion. Two Military Bands of the Guards
are also engaged, forming, with Mons. Jullten's Orchestra, the most
magnificent Ensemble de Musique Militaire ever presented to the
public.
The Concert will conclude with the Allied Armies Quadrille, per-
formed at Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatres for seventy con-
secutive nights.
Principal Cornet, Herr Keenig. Conductor, Mons. Zullien. Feeding
the Carnivora, half-past five, Repulse of the Russian sortie at six.
Jullien's Concert, half-past six. Siege of Sebastopol, quarter to ten.
Admission, Is.
London, England, 1855-07-23

'VHS WZATttEB.—SUI 027103, July 22.
THZIIMONCETZB, IN THE SHAD&
75 —highest since noon yesterday.
58—lowest this moaning and during the night.
75—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.28.
WIND, westerly, inclining to south.—Splendid, glowing
and growing summer weather.
JULY 23.
78—highest since noon yesterday.
62 —lowest this morning and during the night.
70 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'08—falling.
Wmpf S.W.—Light, with dull weather and partial fog.

GREAT REDUCTION IN THE
PRICE OF

" T E SUN,"

PROM

FIVEPENCE-H ALFPEN NY

FOURPENCE.

FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION.

In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp
Duty on Newspapers the public is all
large cities and towns to which parcels
are forwarded by the News-Agents, The
Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half-
penny for the Latest Edition, containing
Parliamentary Debates of the same even-
ing, together with the List of Army and
Navy Promotions in the London Gazette,
with Official Despatches from the Seat of
War, the Latest Sporting, and all other
Commercial News, List of Bankrupts,
&c., can now be had for Fourpence,
being a saving of nearly one-third.
Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi-
nally Fivepence, but all Late Edition
posted after six o'clock were charged al
fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-offioe,
which made the price to the Subscribez
Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must
still be made to those in remote places,
unless the Postmaster-General have the
magnanimity to forego such a paltry
source of revenue.

San-office, 112, Strand, London,
9th July, 1855.
London, England, 1855-07-23

the Crimea a proof of my lively satisfaction, a public
testimony of my gratitude, I have charged my Aide-de-
Camp, General Ethem Pasha, to bring you this letter.
"I flatter myself with the hope, my Lord, that all the
brave officers and soldiers under your orders will be con-
vinced that we make no distinction between any of the
soldiers fighting for the common cause, and that the af-
fection I feel for them finds an echo in the heart of the
whole population of Turkey, which rejoices to recognise
in them the most ancient allies of my empire.
" I pray God to give you the most glorious success,
and to have you in his Holy keeping.
" Palace of Tcheragan, 12th Schewal, 1271."

THE BALTIC FLEET.
DANTZIO, July 20.—The steam-sloop Geyser,
Commander R. Dew, arrived in the roads at 10
o'clock last night, after a very rough and stormy

passage from Nargen, from which place she brings
the mails and despatches.
By her we learn that the combined fleets left their
position off Cronstadt last Saturday morning, the
14th, but anchored again very shortly afte wards a
few miles to the westward of TolboukinLighthouse.

Admirals Dundas and Seymour, accompanied by
the French Admiral, then proceeded with the fol-
lowing vessels to Nargeu :—Duke of Wellington,
Exmouth, Merlin, Vulture, Princess Alice, and
the two French ships Tourville and Austerlitz.
London, England, 1855-07-23

Reform. Do the parties who argue thus remem•

ber the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Mr. VINCENT SCULLY'S motion ? Are they aware
tiat the Right Honourable Baronet scouted the
notion of competitive examination as a system that
would prove costly beyond endurance and imprac-
ticable--ignorantly demanding whether France
in the plenitude of her glory ever thought of ap-
pointing her civil servants by this mode of exami-
nation ? A tone and attitude like this by a Cabi-
net Minister offers a poor chance of the work of
reform being executed by men in office without
assistance. The question and the objections are
readily answered. The system of competitive
examination has been at work in nearly every
department of the French civil service for a couple
of score or more years, and besides the great
advantage of the concours comparatif to the
I service manifested in its high efficiency,
there has been the further one of giving
a constant and widely extended stimulus
to education, and thereby an increase to the in-
tellectual average ; the disappointed candidates
having, at least, obtained a larger share of know-
ledge and a better training than they would
otherwise have had to enter the world with. So
much for dependence on Ministers. If Adminis-
trative Reform is to come by a Ministerial train,
you may set out to welcome its arrival in the
Greek Kalends. Even the recent Order in
Council is a delusion ; it still leaves nomination
in the hands of party, and, consequently, does
not open the way to merit.
No, there must be no trusting to Ministers nor
party if we are to have Administrative Reform ;
for as yet we have got little, if any. Administrative
Reformers must work for it, and not leave
it to others ; and if oh-o class does not
move vi ,0r01.14 enough another must
it. Look at the War Department, and
the history of the War in the Crimea—that
congeries of bluderg—blunders of recklen.

~~~.,:
London, England, 1855-07-23

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-- (THIS DAY.)

ROLLS COURT.
SPROLE V. WEAYMAN-JUDGMENT.

The Master of the Rolls gave judgment this morning
in this case, in which the bill was filed for the purpose of
obtaining the specific performance. of an agreement,
as the plaintiff alleged to give him an effectual
mortgage of certain copyhold premises. From
the statements in the bili it appeared that the
defendant and a person named Fuller were anxious
to borrow from a benefit society the sum of IGOI. ;
and for that purpose the plaintiff, together with
a person named King, were induced to sign a promissory
note to the Benefit SocT.ety to secure them against their
advances. Upon the signing of that note the defendant
deposited with the plaintiff the copy of court roll and
the title-deeds to certain copyhold property of which he
was in possession. The plaintiff, some time after the
transaction took place, doubting whether the security
he had got was sufficient, called upon the defendant,
who then, as it was alleged by the plaintiff, con-
sented to give bins any other security that
he might consider sufficient provided he was not called
upon to pay the expinsos. The plaintiff required a
regular drawn up mortege deed, but this the defendant
refused, and hence the present suit. The Master of the
Rolls, after reading carefully the affidavits on both sides,
was of opinion that the plaintiff asked more than he was
entitled to, but that the defendant must be decreed to
give hint what he really ought to have, which was, in
addition to the deposit of the title deeds, a statement
of whiat were the grounds upon which those deeds had
been deposited by the plaintiff. A memorandum to that
effect must, therefore, be drawn up at the expense of the
defendant ; but in case the parties should differ about it,
his Tdonour would direct a reference to himself in
Chambers, in order to determine what that memorandum
should be.