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London, England, 1854-06-19 00:00:00

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vent occurrences thus destructive of the liberty of
Europe and calamitous to the nations of Christen-
dom that England and France have risen in arms
together. It is to this end that they have drawn
the sword—the sword which must not be sheathed
until after the downfall, the complete and perma-
nent downfall, of this dread design of the Czen
shall have been accomplished. It is for this that
the gallant soldiers and sailors of France
and England have gone forth to battle, side by
side, under the blended banners of the union
jack and the tricolour.
Englishmen should carefully bear in mind the
words we have here quoted, literatim et verbatim,
the memorable words uttered on Wednesday last
from the platform at Guildhall, words particu-
larly memorable, as uttered by Lord JonN Rus-
SELL, not merely as the elected representative of
the metropolis, but also, and particularly in his
twofold capacity as Leader of the House of Com-
mons, and President of the Council; and, as such
(as we have already intimated) the peculiarly
authoritative organ of the sentiments of her MA-
JESTY'S Government.

According to the reiterated avowal of Lord
JOHN, the object of the present war is not simply
peace—but Peace of a peculiar kind, a Peace hav-
ing the three remarkable advantages of being
durable, solid, and honourable. Now it is quite
obvious that a Peace effected without the proviso
of—(borrowing a phrase from the Emperor
NICHOLAS, " I thank thee, CZAR, for teaching me
that phrase !")—some " material guarantee" of
the future good conduct of the Russian Govern-
ment could not possibly be a durable peace, or a
solid peace, or an honourable peaee. It could not, we
insist, be durable without that absolutely necessary
stipulation--nor could it be solid—neither, of
course, could it be honourable. An honourable
peace, a peace honourable to France and England
as the allies of Turkey could only be one securing
to the Sublime Porte and its allies the advantages
of territorial guarantees and pecuniary compen-
sation.

It is altogether idle to talk of the likelihood
of a compromise with the AUTOCRAT on the
mere understanding that his troops shall eva-
cuate the Principalities. A compromise such as
that, supposing it were possible for it to be
Effected, would brand indelible infamy on the
annals of France and England. It would be,
not the vigorous destruction, but the cowardly
evasion of a great peril to the liberties of Europe
and the general well-being of Christendom. It
would merely postpone the evil day, and that,
moreover, in all human likelihood, to a time
when Russia, and not the enemies of Russia,
might behold within reach the inesti-
mable boon of a rare and priceless oppor-
tunity. Never again can circumstances be more
propitious for the champions of civilisation than
they are at the present moment. Gon knows if
they can ever bo equally so at any epoch in the
hereafter ! England and France, each governed
by a brave, trustworthy, chivalrous, and
constitutional Sovereign, England and Fiance
cordially allied, with their armies blended
and their fleets combined, with their
swords drawn and their banners unfurled in the
sacred cause of justice and humanity, and no
longer to the lawless ends of Pride and Ambition—
England and Fiance thus governed, thus united,
and thus gloriously in arms together may, with
GOD'S blessing, decide, at once and for all, as it
were with one blow, the happy destiny of the,
human race, the liberty of Europe, the peace of
Christendom, and the progress of Civilisa-
tion. Will that blow be struck ? Or
shall the two-handed sword, _raised against the
representative of Barbarism and Tyranny, be
ignobly lowered and sheathed ? Remembering
what has already occurred, anticipating the pro-
bable future consequent upon the selection made
in that alternative—would it, we ask, be wise, to
say nothing about its being either generous or
Honourable, for France and England to forego
the present glorious and unparalleled opportunity ?

Last week we pointed out some obvious objec-
tions to the Divorce and Matrimonial Clauses
Bill, showing that although it was unquestionably
a step in the right direction, it still fell far short
of the exigencies of the case, and would scarcely
be deemed worthy of acceptance, but that it might
be regarded as the introduction of " the sharp end
of the wedge"—the first attempt at anything like
general legislation on the interesting and impor-
tant subject. We did not, however, restrict our-
selves to merely indicating the defects in the
measure now before Parliament, but briefly indi-
cated the nature of the remedy which would
alone be sufficient to overcome the manifold diffi-
culties by which the question is environed, and to
afford relief at a moderate charge, without
in any degree abating the vigilance and
strictness essential to prevent connivance,
and at the same time to induce parties to exercise
mutual forbearance and forgiveness, so that the
Court should indeed be one of " the last resort,"
which should not be sought until everything else
had failed, and there was no longer the slightest
hope remaining of a permanent reunion.
The contemplated tribunal would indeed sup-
ply every possible security that could be antici-
pated. But we would remind the Lord Chan-
cellor that security is not the only desideratum.
We have (although not to so great an extent as
may be supposed, as we shall presently show) that
at present. So great indeed are the precautions
taken, that ninety-nine out of a hundred of those
entitled to relief are virtually prohibited from
making even an attempt to obtain it ; while the
more wealthy man, to whom money is iso object,
may break through every difficulty. Suits are
multiplied ; but that alone is not sufficient.
There must be the decision of a Common
Law Court in an action against the alleged
adultress. There is, however, in that
proceeding this strange anomaly, that
the action being merely one for damages, which
the wife cannot be called on to pay, she has no
locus standi in Court—no position that would
entitle her to appear by Counsel, or to question
the validity of the proofs on which hang her own
fair fame and reputation—all, in fact, that ren-
ders life desirable, nor can she be examined
under any circumstances. Although the testi-
mony of the parties is now admissible in almost
every other description of action, it is still ex-
cluded in actions of trim. con., and some others
of a similar character. There is, therefore, no
opportunity of examining the wife as to her in-
nocence, or the husband as to provocation or
connivance. In the first stage of the pro-
ceedings everything is lost sight of but
the £. s. d. view of the case, and it is practically
worthless as a precaution, although it creates
an additional, and frequently an insuperable, ob-
stacle in the way of a poor man. As a simple
illustration of its inutility, judgment may be ob-
tained by default. If the defendant omit to enter
an appearance within eight days, the judgment so
fatal to the unfortunate female may be entered,
so that she may be sacrificed through the careless-
ness or connivance of a party over whom she has
no control.

The next step
•
ned by the connivance in the Ecclesiastical Court may
be obtained
of the wife, as the
former by that of the alleged paramour. ln the
one
And ots:
neither is she is shut out;
they
one
n e otheron he is
excluded.isl parto f
the coin •
'nullity to prevent that
perly granted,
wl
ance—an
which, if impro-
ofienceou d be a serious social griev-
magnitude. against society of no ordi-
naryis to be found only in Thethe
real safeguard then
process, and even in parr final stage, the ultimate
Parliament there is
officer to watch the
no public
proceedings on t
public. It is true that the LORD
part of the
for the time being, or some other yaw
CHANCELLOR
in-
stitutes a very stringent scrutiny Law
Lord,
into the evi-
dence, but the nature thereof is i sn some degree
dependent on accident, on some casual answer,
which opens up a new line of examination ;
while, on the other hand, there is the danger of
the Judge being partly merged in the Advocate,
and attaching undue weight to some point which
his acuteness has del-el-Ted ,ncl magnified into
il'id.l, imr,rt-nr--.
re-
sent system prohibits any attempt to seek relief
by any but a wealthy sufferer, who can

afford to expend a thousand or fifteen
hundred pounds in the experiment, it does not
really afford any adequate guarantee against
a divorce being obtained by a person not really
entitled to it. Nothing like what would be ob-
tained by a stringent investigation before a single
Judge, who would be assisted by a skilful counsel
appearing for the Crown, and who would have all
the parties before him, the wife, the alleged para-
mour, and the husband. A new tribunal should,
therefore, be constituted, and there should be not
merely a Judge, but a specially appointed advo-
cate, whose duty it should be to resist the divorce a
vinculo matrimonii, save on unexceptional grounds.
That tribunal should be enabled to afford complete
relief, so as to prevent the necessity of any further
litigation of any description. It should, indeed,
have full jurisdiction over husband and wife, in
every matrimonial dispute, decreeing a full
divorce—or a mere separation—or, and the
suggestion is worthy of notice, a mere suspen-
sion of conjugal rights for a limited time. It
should also be authorised to decide on all ques-
tions relating to alimony, the custody of children,
the separate property of the wife, or the settled
property that constituted part of the considera-
tion for the marriage, and the future earnings of
either of the parties.

The Court of Chancery would possess many
advantages. It has, in fact, all the machinery
that could be required in actual operation ; and
the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and staff
would not be more expensive than of a Judge in any
other tribunal. He might also take the testamen-
tary cases, and thus accomplish the twofold object.
From his adjudication, if the standing counsel in
such cases deemed it expedient, or if the wife or
alleged paramour considered themselves aggrieved,
there might be an appeal to the Lords Justices or
the House Of Lords. On this part of the case
we do not enter into the consideration of details.
Something in the shape of security for costs might
be desirable to prevent the applicant from being
unduly harassed. We, however, allow that to
stand over for future consideration. We venture,
however, to assert that our plan would afford
every security that now exists, while it would take
away the reproach from the Legislature, that it
enacted ex post facto laws ; or that, where there
was a real grievance, justice could not be obtained
even by the humblest man in the community.

STATE BALL.—The Queen's State Ball to-morrow
evening, at Buckingham Palace, the seventeenth anni-
versary of her Majesty's accession to the throne of these
realms, will bo given on the usual scale of magnificence.
The invitations issued by the Lord Chamberlain, by
command of the Queen, amount to 1,200, including the
officers of the small squadron of the Portuguese navy who
escorted the youthful Don Pedro to this country.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— At the Royal Chapel,
Whitehall, on Saturday, at 11 a.m., George Henry,
Earl of Mountcharles, Lieutenant in the Lt Life Guards,
eldest son of the Marquis of Conynghatn, led to the altar
the Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, only daughter of the
late Earl of Harrington, and niece to the Duchess of
Bedford. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Highruore, rector of Elvaston, Derbyshire, shortly after
which the nolde and gallant bridegroom and his accom-
plished ',ride left Riehniond-terrace, the residence of the
Countess Dowager, to pass the honeymoon at Woburn
Abbey.
The marriage of the Hon. Robert Herbert, brother of
the present Eirl of Powis, and Miss Cludde, a wealthy
Shropshire heiress, will be celebrated on Thursday next,
the 22d instant.

The Queen has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Gerald
Wellesley, Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty, to the
deanery of Windsor, in the room of the Hon. and Rev.
George Neville Granville, deceased.
CABINET COUNCIL.— A Cabinet Council was held at
the Foreign. flice, Downing-street, on Saturday after-
noon. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Vise cunt Pal-
merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir
William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council
sat three hours and a half.

SIR GEORGE GREY'S PRIVATE SECRETARIES.—Sir
George Grey has appointed Lord Hobart and Mr.
Samuel Whitbread, M P., to be his private secretaries
at the Colonial-office. Mr. Whitbread receives no salary
in consequence of having a seat in Parliament.
APPOINTMENTS.—CoIoneI Cecil William Forester, late
of the 52d Regiment, is appointed Assistant-Sergeant at
the House of Commons, in succession to Capt. Gossett,
promoted to be Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, in the room
of Mr. Clementson, retired after many years' service.
COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS,—Sir H. E. Fox Young,
now Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, is to be
Governor of New Zealand. Sir William Denison, the
Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land, is to be
appointed to New South Wales, vice Charles Fitzroy.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN R. MORESBY.—A letter from
Southampton, dated yesterday, rays :—" I much regret
to inform you of the death, at his residence in Carlton-
crescent, Southampton, this day, of Captain Robert
Moresby (Indian navy), commander of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship
Ripon, much regretted by a large circle of friends."
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The following is the return for
Saturday last, which was a five-shilling day :—No. of
season-tickets sold to this date, 20,208 ; admission at
doors, 4,333 ; admission by season-tickets, 7,428; total,
11,761.

GREAT CHESS GATHERING IN LIVERPOOL. - The
annual meeting of the Northern and Midland Counties
Chess Associations is announced to be held in Liverpool
on Friday, the 23u, and Saturday, the 24th inst.
THE ARMY. —The report of the Royal Commission
upon Promotions in the Army will be laid on the table
of both Houses of Parliament in the course of next
week. We have reason to believe that the recommenda-
tions contained in this report will be received with great
satisfaction by the public and the army. The Brevet
will be out, also, next week. All Colonels of 1846 are
to be included.— Observer.

THE BREVET.—Owing to the great pressure of
business at the War Office, the Brevet will not appear
until Friday evening. It will be on a very extensive
scale. The lieutenant-generals down to Sir Wm. Gomm
become generals ; all the major-generals from Major-
General Beatty upwards become lieutenant-generals.
The colonels, down to Colonel Hall of the Ist Life
Guards, will be made major-generals ; the lieutenant-
colonels, from Lieut.-Colonel Wyndham upwards, be-
come colonels ; the majors, down to Major Johnson,
lieutenant-colonels ; and the captains, whose commis-
sions as such date before January 1, 1844, acquire the
brevet rank of major.

Ma, HILDEBRA- ND ROMBERG'S CONCERT.—Mr. Hil-
debrand Romberg, a young artiste of rising reputation,
and member of a family remarkable for musical genius,
gave a morning concert on Saturday, at Willis's rooms.
Hildebrand Romberg is a fine performer on the violon-
cello, and displays all the qualities necessary to make
the great musician. He was ably supported by Pauer
on the piano, and Mme. Doria, whom we never beard
to greater advantage.

EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS.—The Emigration Com-
missioners have advertised for four vessels to carry
emigrants to Van Diemen's Land, New South `Vales,
and Victoria. One, for Hobart Town, is to he ready on
the 25th of July ; one, fur Sydney, on the 28th of July ;
and one for Melbourne, and one for Sydney, on the Ist of
August. Tenders have also been invited for two vessels
to convey Indian emigrants from Calcutta to Demerara,
in British Guiana.

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.—The Lords of the Com-
mittee of Privy Council for Trade have suggested certain
alterations in the annual returns of trade and navigation,
with a view of securing a more comprehensive official
record of the imports and exports and shipping of the
country ; and the Commissioners of Customs have given
directions to their officers at the several ports throughout
the kingdom to effect that object.
SOUTHAMPTON, IJune B.—A fine paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, named the Francisco d'Asis, belonging to the
Spanish navy, arrived in the Soutbampton waters this
morning. The object of her visit was to gain the con-
venience of one of the large graving docks in connection
with the port, for the purpose of effecting certain repara-
tions which the ship requires. The looked-for boon,
however, from the busy state of the port, has been un-
avoidably withheld from the vessel, but arrangements
have been made for the supply of her immediate wants
at London, for which port she left this afternoon.
THE INDIA MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON, June 18.—The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Colombo,
Captain T. S. Russell, arrived this day at eight o'clock,
and landed mails from the following places in charge of
the commander. During the homeward voyage of the
Colombo, she experienced variable weather throughout.
Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, June 4 ; Malta,
June 8 ; and Gibraltar, June 13. The freight of the
Colombo consists of about 1,800 bales of silk from India.
On the 25th of May, at 5.40 p.m., about 100 miles east
of Gibraltar, observed the screw-steamer Sydney with
boat lowered, having lost a man overboard ; they were
unable to pick him up. Several transports observed on
the voyage, also a great many sailing vessels. The Ori-
noco entered Malta harbour apparently from Constanti-
nople as the Colombo left, homeward bound.
THE NORTH DEVON MURDER.—The inquiry into the
cause of the death of the unfortunate girl, Mary Richards,
has, after repeated adjournments, ended in a verdict of
" Wilful Murder against Lewellyn Garrett Talmidge
Harvey" by the coroner's jury. The prisoner is still
confined in the county gaol at Exeter under the magis-
trates' warrant, where he is very attentive to his religious
duties, and has, at his own request, been visited by
Messrs. Christopher, 111‘Kenny, and Smith, of Exeter,
who are connected with the Wesleyan ministry. On
Tuesday last a warrant of detainer, signed by the coroner
(Mr. Bremlidge) arrived at the Devon county prison,
and the result of the inquest was at once communicated
to Harvey. Ile evinced no surprise at the intelligence,
rernark2il that it only tN ha, might have
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notmade the least admission of participation in
rime impuWcl to him.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export. The market closed
heavily. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 350
Egyptian. at 61d. to 9d., 400 Surat at 21d. to 4ad,
And 20 Sea Island at 9d. to ls. per lb. Railway
Shares were firm at higher prices.
The rates of freight by sailing vessels from Lon-
don, for fine measurement goods, is given in the
Weekly Shipping List, at per ton of 40 feet, as
follows

Australia— s.
Adelaide 7O
Hobart Town ...75s to 80
Launceston 7O.
Melbourne or Geelong
Wharves 100
Melbourne or Gee-
long 6os to 70
New Zealand...loos to 120
Portland Bay 9O
Sydney ............55s to 70
Africa (Gold Coast) 6O
Alexandria 4O
Algoa Bay 5O
Alicante
Ancona
Antigua 3O
Athens
Barbadoes
Barcelona
Batavia

Berbice
Bilboa Regular ship-
pers by Aubert's Line
of Packets
Biluoa —other shippers 50

Bombay
Boston 35
Buenos Ayres
Cadiz 2ss to 35
Calcutta 4os to 50
Canton
Cephalonia ••
Ceylon
Cochin
Constantinople
Corfu ....,
Demerara
Dominica

GO

Flarburg lOs to 12.
A
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Jamaica .. 30s to 40
Kurrachee
Lima
Madeira
Madras
Malaga 35s to 45
Malta
Marseilles
Mauritius 50s to 55
Messina
Monte Video sos to 60
Montreal 3O
Naples . .
Nassau 40s to 50
New York 3O
Oporto 3O
Palermo 6O
Panama loi
Patras 6O
Rio Janeiro
San Francisco
San Sebastian 25s to 45
Santander (steamer) BO
Seville 4O
Shanghai
Sierra Leone 503 to 60
Singapore 70s to 75
St. Vincent 30s to 35
St. Kitts 6O
St. Lucia 3O
St. Thomas
Tobago
Trieste 6O
Trinidad 3O
Valparaiso
IValencia GO
Venice i 6O
Whampoa
Zante

Genoa 6O
Gibraltar . .2os to 25
Gijon
Grenada
Hamburg ............ 10s to 121,
The bill has been printed, which is prepared and
brought in by Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Atherton,
and Mr. Bowyer, for the better prevention and
punishment of fraudulent dealings in bills of ex-
change and promissory notes. The provisions, as
far as can be judged, are most salutary and need-
ful. -The words " bill" and " note" are defined to
represent any paper drawn, signed, and accepted
as usual ; and after the passing of this act, every
person procuring a signature or acceptance of such
paper by false
pretences, menaces, force, or other
fraudulent means, with the view of appropriating
the same to his own use, shall be deemed guilty 01
felony, and liable to penal servitude of from one
to six years, with hard labour in certain cases.
Any person becoming knowingly the holder of such
a bill will be amenable to a similar punishment.
Every one likewise who receives a bill, or note, or
signature, in order to get it discounted, or for any
other special purpose, and fraudulently misappro-
priates it, will be liable to imprisonment and hard
labour ; and every one knowingly becoming the
possessor of such bill will be subject to the same
punishment. In any action brought or pending
now, the Judge can, upon affidavit, order a bill,
alleged to have been faudulently obtained, to be
impounded, and direct furt!fer proceedings to be
stayed until the plaintiff gives full satisfaction for
costs. We presume that if these provisions be,
come law we shall hear very little more of " bill-
stealing."
The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing :

Company
Abardeen

Date. Pla^e, &e.
June 23, Aberdeen.

Central Peninsula. of Portugal Aug. 1, Lisbon.
Chester and Holyhead
Dutch Rhenish , June 26, Amsterdam.

Great Northern

Juno 22, King's-cross.

Great Western ...

June 22, Padaington.

Leeds Nurthern

June 24, Leeds.

Llanolly
Llynvi Valley June 23, Paddington.
London and Blackwall Jnne 27, London Tavern.
London and North Western June 21, Easton Station.
London and South- Western June 20, York-road.

,
London, Brighton, & S. Coast June 21, Bridge-house Hot.
Lucca and Pistoja July 15, Lucca.
Melbourne Dock and Railway June 30, London Tavern.
Norfolk
North British July 16, Edinburgh.
North Staffordshire .......
Shropshire Union
West London June 24, London Tavern.
York and North Midland. June 24, York.
York, Newcastle, and Berw. June 24, York.
1

The steamer Australian has arrived, and brings
78,0130 ounces of gold.
The letters by the steamer from the United
States are not expected to be delivered until to-
morrow morning.
From the Continent the intelligence is chiefly of
political interest, but the state of the weather is
much commented on, and had occasioned an im-
portant rise in most of the corn markets.
One of the Joint Stock Banks is stated to have
issued a notice, that they can only allow until
further .notice 4 per cent. for money deposited
upon "call." They have for some time past been
giving 44 per cent. There can be no doubt that
the demand for money is subsiding, and that bills
are circulating to a more limited extent ; conse-
quently, the bankers will find increased difficulty
in employing their balances. The large amount of
bullion received last week also has its effect, as
except for silver there is much less inquiry for re-
shipment. Dollars for China are now as high as
ss. 2id.
Great elasticity prevails this morning in the
Stock market, and the improving tone exhibited
after the official hours of business on Saturday has
been confirmed in an important degree, purchases
having been made almost indiscriminately. The
speculators for a fall are too timid to resist the up-
ward current, and hence the rise is carried
far beyond what it otherwise would be.
There is more than one cause for the
movement. The appearance of greater ease
in the money market, and the idea that the Rus-
sians must evacuate the Principalities, embolden
the public to come in and invest, and the operators
for "time" take advantage of the circumstance to
push up the market. Consols which were at 911
to 92 on Saturday after the usual business hours,
opened this morning at 92k, and have since been
done at 93 g. The New 3i per Cents. have been
at 934 and are now about 931 ,1 upon some rea-
lisations of profits. Exchequer Bills have been at
par to 3s. premium.
In foreign securities the transactions have not
been numerous, but prices are generally higher.
Mexican have been done at 244 1, and Equador at
3;-. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been quoted 401 ;
Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at 90 to 91. Rus-
sian 44 per Cents. are flat at 87.
The Railway market is extremely animated, and
there is t rise. in some instances of 2 to 3 per cent.
Caledonian are better to that extent, and also
North-Western and Midland. Eastern Counties
are higher, and South-Eastern have risen to I._
Northern of France have improved I, Strasburgh
Western of France 1/. to 1/. 55., Lyons 11., Central
of France 10s. The Canadian shares are in re-
quest.
For the Gold Mines there is but a dull market.
The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been at fuller
rates, and also the Land Companies' and the Crystal
Palace.
_ _ _

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
invited tenders to be submitted on the 20th inst.
for two or three ships of 150 to 300 tons, to be
ready immediately to convey 420 tons of oats to
Varna. They also require, on the same day, ships
for the transport of stores,
&c., to Malta.

BRITISE FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the O(cial List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ............ 92, 34
3 per Cent, Consols Annuities . •
34 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO .
.... ........
Ditto, under £lOOO
Consols for Opening 19th July
Exchequer Bills, 24d.
£IOOO
2500 ..................................... . .... 1 P Para p
Small ......................................... I p par 5 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent B7
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4Ol
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull
Ditto 4 per Cent. Cedifieates .
HALF•PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 19t11 July ...•.•.•• 931 a X d

ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—The specie arrival 4 of last week
have been very large, amounting to a total of nearly
800,000/. Of this, 106,0001. was from New York,
150,0001. (chiefly silver), from the West Indies, about
500,0001. from Australia, and the remaining 34,000/.
from Brazil and other places. The exports have been
limited, and have probably not reached 150,0001., in-
cluding some silver to the continent, several small parcels
of gold to Paris, and 30,0001. by the Great Britain to
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.
IMPORTANT FROM SILISTRIA.

BUCHAREST, June 15.—At 4 o'clock on the 13th
the garrison of Silistria made a tremendous sortie.
The battle was still raging when the accounts
left.

The Turkish reinforcements from Shumla are
said to have been engaged.
General Schilders was dangerously wounded and
transported to Kalarasch.
SHUNCLA, June 5.—A corps of 30,000 men have
advanced to relieve Silistria.
Advices from Silistria of the 12th state that, on
the 12th the Russians stormed forts 5 and 9, and
were repulsed with a loss of 2000. The Turks lost
800.
Mussa Pacha was still alive.
The son of Count Orloff, who was stated to be in
a dangerous state, is out of danger.
The Afoniteur of to-day publishes the following
official news from Silistria, via Bucharest, under
date of the 15th inst. :

On the 13th the Turks attacked the besiegers
with fury. The action had already lasted four
hours when the messenger left Kalarasch.
General Schilders, severely wounded, had just
been brought in.

It was thought that the troops already arrived
to succour the fortress were taking part in the
action.

We find the following in a Shumla, letter of
May 31 :

The Russians suffered very severe losses on the
25th, but on the 29th they were beaten off in a
manner hich reflects the highest credit upon the
defenders of the place. Threo bodies of men, each
10,000 strong, advanced successively, preceded by
the sappers, with scaling ladders, to mount the
entrenchments. The ladders were placed, and
some Russians even succeeded in mounting the
parapet. The Turks, however, beat them off with
the butt-ends of the muskets and the rammers of
the guns, and the attack was repulsed. 1,500 dead
were left in the trenches and about the walls, and
a great number of wounded.

The Turks picked up 160 muskets, numerous
decorations, the flag of a battalion, twenty officers'
swords, drums, and musical instruments, which
were left on the field of battle. Six prisoners
were made. It is said that before the attack was
made, Prince Paskiewitsch assembled all the offi-
cers, and exhorted them to take the entrenchment
by storm, or by any means ; adding that if they
did not they were not worth their rations. It
proved, however, all in vain.
The greatest discouragement prevails in the
army of the besiegers. The men in the forts
state that the Russian officers literally had to drive
the soldiers forward to the attack. The garrison,
on the contrary, is daily gaining more confidence,
and the artillery has not occasioned much mate-
rial damage to the town. On the Turkish side
they have 50 killed and 80 badly wounded ; in
all about 250 men disabled.

A large body of troops has left Schumla, and
proceeded to Caialdere, on the road to Silistria,
three hours distant from the outer entrenchments
of Schumla.

Mussa Pacha, the governor of Silistria, speaks in
the highest terms of the services rendered by, and
the bravery of, the two English officers Nasmyth
and Butler, who are in the place. In the most
critical moments they are always to be seen on the
parapets. M. Grack, a Prussian officer, has also
much distinguished himself. Hussein Bey, who
commands the forts, has behaved most valorously.

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN
CIRCASSIA.

TREBIZONDE, Juno 4.—Princo Dolgorouki,RlT
sian Ambassador to Teheran, has been recalled.
Ho is replaced by M. Aniscof.
Tho Russians have been surprised and beaten by
the Circassians in the Dariel Pass.

CONSTANTINOPLE, June B.—The attack upon
Auapa, on the Circassian coast, will be made by
ships of the line, as the guns of the steamers are
not heavy enough to reach the Russian works.

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS BEYOND
THE PRUTH.

The leremden Blatt of Saturday states that Prince
Paskiewitsch has received orders to retire beyond
the Pruth.

Generals Canrobert and Soarlett had reached
Varna.
All the magazines at Sulina had been burnt.

VIENNA.

The °est. Correspondenz says that the news in
the Itionitcur of a treaty between Austria and the
Porte as to the o^cupation of the Principalities is,
at all events, premature.
Reinforcements are being sent to the Crimea, as
the state of public feeling there is anything but
satisfactory.