The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

DR.

Capital
91,250,000
Reserve fund
Reserve immobilibre
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 141,223,725 —•
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight 10.653,556
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 62,654,913 48
Various accounts-current ll3 962 581 85
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Do. branch banks
Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
Commission on deposits
Re-discounts of the list half year
Overdue bills
Sundries

34,415,624 -
1,380,581 25
1,818,166 59
8,666 65
916,188 68
144,406 54
4,890,660 26

955,052,396 84
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
Count D'ARGOUT.
From these returns, it appears that the metallic
reserve has increased 19i millions in Paris, and 3
millions in the branch-banks. The discount-accom-
modation has fallen of 41 millions in Paris, and 10i
millions in the provinces. The advances on French
securities remain about as they were in Paris, bing
half a million less in the departments, whilst ad-
vances on railway shares and bonds have increased
abOut three-quarters of a million in Paris and half
a million in the branch banks. On the side of the
liabilities, the notes in circulation show an increase
of 2 millions in Paris, and one of 7 millions in the
departments. The account current of the Treasury
has declined 51 millions ; those of private indi-
viduals have increased 21 millions in Paris, and 2i
millions in the departments. The total amount of
the metallic reserve is at present 4741 millions to
6091 millions of notes in circulation,

The documents published in the Moniteur on Friday
morning, relative to the Eastern question, have had the
effect of imparting great firmness to the French funds.
The Three per Cents. have risen If. 5c., and the Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. 60c., at 73f. 25c. and 99f. 60c.
Bank of France Shares have advanced 15f., and those
of the Soci6t6 Mobihere 20f. Spanish Home Debt is
higher, and the Piedmontese Five per Cents. higher.
Railway Shares have risen from sf. to 10i. each. Ex-
change on London continues to rise, being to-day (short),
25f. 24c. ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 75c., money.

SPAIN.
The Madrid mail of the 7th, due this morning,
has not arrived.
A letter from Madrid, of the 7th, in the Messager
of Bayonne, says
_

" Espartero is ill. The Queen is constantly in
tears ; the barrios bajos (low-quarters) are discon-
tented, and seem almost disposed to begin making
barricades again. That the Queen is dissatisfied
may easily be conceived. In the first moment of fear,
amidst the emotion caused by musket-balls whizzing be-
fore her windows, she subscribed to all that was re-
quired from her. But from the moment at which it be-
came necessary to execute the simplest measure of the
programme as regarded the interior of the palace,
she uttered loud cries, and would net allow the
persons to whom she is accustomed to be replaced
by others. I have every reason to believe that it
is the intention of the present rulers to make the
Popular animosity against the Queen Mother the
pretext of employing the most rigorous measures
against her. Now, as the decree necessary for this
purpose must be sanctioned by the Queen, it is hoped that
she will have sufficient dignity, or at least that the diplo-
matic body will advise her, to refuse her sanction, as
daughter and Queen, to such decrees. And this refusal,
it is hoped, will lead purely and simply to her abdication.
Let it not, however, be supposed that this abdication has
the least chance in the world of leading to the establish- I

meat of the republic ; no more fear of that is felt here
than in France. But a regency would be proe'aimed, and
the Queen and her mother would peaceably leave Spain,
in"virtue of a law voted by the two Chambers. I can
assure you that the question has been discussed in a
private committee, as to whether the regency of
Espartero is to be una o trina, and that it has been
resolved that it shall consist of three persons—namely,
Espartero, San Miguel, and O'Donnell--with Pacheco
as a substitute in the event of the death of either. With
reference to these projects, a sad comedy has within
the last few days been played with respect to Queen
Christina. The rumour had been spread that she
was anxious to escape, and the pretence was made
of facilitating her leaving; but after proceeding a few
steps her carriages were stopped by the population in
arms, who had been collected, and who were greatly
irritated. It was accordingly decided last night in
Council, that the Queen-Mother should be confined
to her Palace until the end of the prosecution which
public sentiment requires should be instituted against
her. All this, truth to speak, is theatrical, as is all
that is done here, with the view of frightening the
daughter through the mother, in order to bring about
the result indicated ; but, in the meantime, people are
playing with fire, and in a few days—to-morrow, per-
haps--they will be forced, under pain of losing their
positions, to moderate by cannon-shot the effervescence
of the low quarters of the town. These quarters are
kept in a state of agitation on pretence of Christina ;
every hour they speak more loudly as masters, and im-
pose on the legal Government their exigencies, which
are constantly becoming more and more exaggerated."

THE ANSWER OF RUSSIA TO THE
AUSTRIAN SUMMONS.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow-
ing documents with the subjoined observations
" We place before our readers the reply of the Cabinet
of St. Petersburg to the demand for the evacuation of
the principalities, which was formulated by Austria and
supported by Prussia. The despatch of Count Nessel-
rode, transmitted officially by the Court of Vienna to
the Government of his Imperial Majesty, has provoked,
on the part of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a reply,
which we also publi,.h. The communication of those
documents preceded and prepared the exchange of notes
which took place at Vienna on the Bth inst., a fact which
we have already announced.
" We restrict ourselves to observe that after the ar-
guments employed by Russia to decline (repousser) the
demands of the two great German Powers, the tenour
of the proclamations it has addressed to the Vallachians
and Moldavians, the multiplied checks its troops have
suffered in their retreat, and the concentration of forces

commanded by General Baron Hess in Transylvania
and the Bukowina, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg can
no longer honourably represent (ne saurait plus hon.
orablemot repreeenter) the evacuation of the princi-
palities as a concession made to the diplomacy of
Austria."

DESPATCH OF COUNT NESSELRODE TO PRINCE GOAT-
SCHAKOPF, RUSSIAN ENVOY AT VIENNA.

" St. Petersburg, 17-29 June, 1854.
My Prince,—Count Esterhazy has communicated to me the
despatch by which his Cabinet requests us (nous engage) to
put a term to the actual crisis by avoiding to push further
our trans-Danubian operations, and in evacuating the prin-
cipalities within as short a delay as possible.
In notifying this desiro on Austrian and German interests
which the extension of the straggle on the Danube would
compromise, Count Buol supports himself on the ground that
our occupation of the principalities was the principal cause of
the war. We shall ask his leave to make some reserves in
this respect.
The occupation of the principalities had not prevented the
opening and thecontinuation of the negotiations. It was not
it which provoked the abandonment of the Vienna note, the
rejection of the propositions made at Olmutz, with the con-
currence and the approbation of Austria, no more than the
complete change of all the anterior bases of negotiations;
and if since then all attempts at reconciliation have proved
abortive, the Austrian Cabinet cannot disown that it arose
from incidents and motives much more complicated, upon
which we prefer remaining silent to-day to avoid disagreeable
recriminations. We replied by silence to the summons of
France and England, because it was of an offensive nature
,(forme bessante), preceded by open provocations, and devoid
of all conditions of reciprocity ; and if war resulted there-
from, it would be just to impute the cause thereof less to
the nature of our reply than to the tone and terms which
provoked it.

- However this may be (quoiqu'il en soit), if, in the opinion
of the Austrian Government, the prolonged occupation of the
principalities was the motive of the war, it would result there-
from that by the cessation of that occupation the war would
cease from the fact itself, as hostilities would be suspended.
Is it in the power of the Cabinet of Vienna to give us the
assurance thereof (Le Cabinet de Vienne est-il en manure
de nous en donner ?'assurance I)
It cannot escape its attention that from the first moment
that the Porte declare war to us, especially since the circle
of that war, transported beyond Turkey into our seas and on
our coasts, has been extended beyond measure, that the oc-
cupation of the principalities, whatever may have been its
origin) character, has become nothing else for us but a mili-
tary pcsition, the maintenance and abandonment of which
are, above all things, subordinate to strategical considerations.
It is clear, therefore, that before we voluntarily give up, out
of regard of the situation of Austria, the only point where,
pushing the offensive, there remain for us some chances of re-
establishing in our favour the equilibrium whieh is everywhere
else against us, we ought to know at least what securities
Austria can offer us ; for if the hostilities continue, it the
Powers, disengaged of all apprehension in Turkey, remain at
liberty either to pursue us on the evacuated territory, or to
employ all their disposable forces, iu future, to invade our
Asiaticor European coast, so as to impose upon us unae ept-
able conditions, it is evident that Austria would have asked
us to weaken ourselves morally and materially by a sacrifice
en, pure perte.
To exact from Russia that she should place herself entirely
at the mercy of her enemies, when the latter do not dissimu-
late the intention of upsetting or liminishing her power—to
expose her to all the attacks which they may deem it suitable
to direct against her, by reducing her everywhere to the de-
fensive—to deprive her, finally, in the name.of peace, of eery
means of obtaining that that peace should not be ruinous and
dishonourable for her, would be an act so contrary to ad the
laws of equity, to every princidle of military honour, that we
flatter ourselves .n the belief (noes nous plaisons d croire) no
such idea could have for one moment entered the mind of his
Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph.
In communicating to us the protocol of the 9th April, the
Court of Vienna lays stress with us upon the positive engage-
ment taken by it towards the Western Powers to bring about,
by all means in its power, the final evacuation of the Princi-
palities • but, in taking that engagement, Austria could not
refuse iself the choice of the means which might seem to it
most proper to fulfil its obligations that of placing Russia
in a condition to proceed with the evacuation with honour
and safety. The very obligation which she has contracted
gives her, on the contrary, the right of insisting with
the Powers that they do not, by their exactions, prevent
the success of ber efforts. The same applies to the in-
terests of Austrian and German commerce, invoked against
the prolongation or extension of our military operations.
They authorise the Cabinet of Vienna to use with the
two Powers the smile reasons as with us ; for if the
interests of Austria and of the whole of Germany may
momentarily suffer from our operations on the Danube, with
greater reason do they suffer, and still more seriously, like
those of all neutral states, from the situation caused by the
maritime operations of France and England in the Euxine, in
the North Sea, and in the Baltic.

Let the Austrian Government, then, maturely weighing
these considerations, explain itself towards us on the subject
of the guarantees of security which it can give us, and the
Emperor, out of deference to the wishes and interests of Ger-
many, would be inclined (serait dispos() to enter into negotia-
tion on the precise period of the evacuation Tue Cabinet of
Vienna may, beforehand, be persuaded that his Majesty
shares iu the same degree with it the desire of putting as
speedy a term as possible to the crisis which weighs at this
moment upon all European situations. Our august master
still wishes, as he always has wished, for peace. Ho does not
wish—we have repeated it, and we repeat it again—either in-
definitely to prolong the occupation of the principalities, or
to establish himself there in a permanent manner, or to incor-
porate them wiih uis states, still less to overthrow the Otto-
man empire. In this respect, he makes no difficulty to sub-
scribe to the three principles laid down in the protocol of the
9th April.

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INTEGRITY OF TURKEY.—This point has nothing which is not
conformable to all that we have hitherto euouuced, and it will
not be menaced by us as long as it shall be respected by the
Powers which occupy at this moment the waters and the terri-
tory of the Sultan.

EVACUATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES.-We are willing to pro-
ceed therewith, on suitable securities being given.
CONSOLIDATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHRISTIANS
IN TURKEY.—Starting from the idea that the civil rights to be
obtained for all the Christian subjects of the Porte arc inse-
parable from the religious rights as stipulated by the protocol,
and would become value:ess for our co-religionists, if the
latter in acquirit°, new privileg s did not retain the ancient
ones, we have already declared that if it was thus, the de-
mand which the Emperor has made to the Porte would be
fulfilled, the motive of the difference set aside, and his Ma-
jesty ready to concur iu the European guarantee of those pri-
vileges. Such being the dispositions of the Emperor ou the
capital points indicated in the protocol, it appears to us, my
Prince, that provided peace is wished for without arriere
pewee which renders it impossible, it would not be difficult
to arrive at it on this triple basis, or, at least, to prepare the
negotiations thereof by means of an armistice.
This is the hope which your Excellency will kindly express
(voudra bier, exprimer) to the Austrian Cabinet, by com-
municating to it this despatch.—Receive,
(Signed) NESSELRODE.

DESPATCH FROM M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS TO BARON DE
BOURQUENEY, MINISTER OF THE EMPEROR AT VIENNA.
Paris, July 22, 1854.
Monsieur le Baron,—l have received the despatches which
you have done me the honour to write to me, up to No. 121,
and your telegraphic despatch of yesterday has also reached me.
Whatever interest the double communication which you
announce to me must necessarily offer to the Government of
his Imperial Majesty, I need not await it to appreciate, en
pleine connaissance de cause, the reply of the Cabinet of St.
Petersburg. For some days that document has been in my
hands, which was, as you know, presented by General Issa-
koff to all the Governments who were represented at the
Bamberg conferences, and the Emperor, before his departure
for Biarritz, had time to examine it, and to give me his in-
structions.

I stall object but a very words to the commencement (debut)
of Count Nesselrode's despatch, Russia persists in throwing
back upon the Western Powers'the responsibility of a crisis
which she alone provoked. She complains of the form of their
summons, and beholds in a step which her acts have rendered
necessary the determinating cause of the war. This is forget-
ting a little too soon the series of long and laborious negotia•
tions which occupied last year; it is not taking sufficient
account of the multiplied warnings which in every form
France and England gave to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg;
finally, it is a wilful self-disavowal that from the day upon
which the Russian armies invaded the principalities of the
Danube, peace was so much compromised that the most loyal,
the most patient, efforts could not save it. I shall, therefore,
M. le Baron, confine myself to recall to mind that the despatch
of Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, the very same to
which Count Nesselrode replies, re-established, as it
should do (contnte it fallait), the verity of the part (roles),
and that the conference of Vienna, in the protocol of
the 9th of April, solemnly recognised that the sum-
mons addressed to Russia by France and England was founded
iu right Wait fondcfs en droit). Europe has, therefore, pro-
nounced its judgment by its most accredited organs, and that
suffices for us.

I now come to the political part of the Russian communi-
cation. What at the very first strikes rae is that, in only at-
tributing to the 'tap attempted by Austria, and supported

by Prussia, a character purely Germanic, those two Poweret
'3ould not show themselves satisfied with the result of their
insistauces.

The despatch of Count Buol to Count Esterhazy put in re-
lief the two following points :-
1. The necessity of evacuating, within a short delay, the
principalities of the Danube.
2. The impossibility of subordinating that evacuation,
claimed in the name of the essential interests of Germany, to
conditions independent of the will of Austria.
Now no limit is fixed to the occupation of Moldavia and
Wallachia, awl the proclamation of an armistice is considered
as the condition sine quid non of the retreat of the invading
armies beyond the Pruth. The prejudice which Russia, ac'•
cording t , the testimony of Austria and Prussia, bears to the
Germanic Confederation, by not, re-entering within its tern •-
torial limits, subsists, consequently, in full, and not only doT
it become aggravated by its duration, but also by the fan ,a •
non recevoi r, of which the legitimate representations which
it had raised have just been the object.
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, it is true, adheres, it Ws;
to the principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th 01
April, but the presence of the Russian troops on the Otto,
man territory already takes from that declaration—which
wish to examine closely—the greatest part of its value. The
evacuation of the Principalities is, in fact, the primary condli'
tion of the integrity of the Turkish empire, and the fact of.
their occupation constitutes a flagrant violation of European,
right. The crisis which troubles the world—l will repeat it
the more readily because au attempt is made to contest it---
derives from the passage of the Pruth ; and Russia no longer
to-day subordinate to the exactions of a position in which sue
has deliberately placed herself, the preliminary reparation of
an act which general opinion has condemned. Ido not tint
derstand, I own it, what M. de Nesselrode means to saYifil
announcing that the integrity of the Ottoman empire " T"'
not be menaced by Russia as long as it shall be respected by:
the powers which' occupy at this moment the waters and the
territory of the Sultan." What similarity is there between
the invader and the protector ? What analogy whatever,,_'.
there between the presence of allied troops, demanded by the
Sublime Porte, authorised by a diplomatic act, the effects of
which must cease by a common act, and the violent entraneW
of the Russian army into Ottoman territory ?
Finally, M. le Baron, the paragraph of Count Nesselrode
ta
despatch which concerns the situation of the Christian
subjects of the Sultan signifies, or lam very much a.
taken, that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg places in the nun':
ber of the ancient privileges that the Greeks of the Oriental
rite ought to retain all the consequences, civil and fell-,
gious, at the same time, of the protectorate it elain7
over them ; and, in admitting that this protectorate should
be founded upon a European guarantee, I in vain endeavour
to find how the independence and sovereignty of the Sublime..
Porte could co-exist with such a system. The Government ot,
his Imperial Majesty assuredly does not wish to say' thaw
Europe can show itself indifferent to the amelioration of lb*
condition of the rayas ; on the contrary, it thinks that it
ought to cover those populations with its active' solicitude,
and come to an understandinc, to eucoutage the benevolent
dispositions of the Sultan in their favour ; but it firmly bc-
liaves that the reforms of which the system is susceptible, ,
which the different communities of Turkey are submitted',
ought, to be salutary and efficacious, to emanate from the
Ottoman Government; and that, if their accomplishment re-
quires foreign assistance, it should be an amicable action,
shown by good and well meant advice, and not by interferen,ee
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founded upon treaties which no State could subscribe to with.
out abdicating its independence.
This examination of the reply of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg would not be complete, M. le Baron, unless I obserro
that Count Neaselrode avoids with extreme care to make
slightest allusion to that one of all the paragraphs of the
tocol of the 9th of April which deserved most to attract
attention, and the only one, in our opinion, Which hae__,a
capital importance, as it implies the necessity of a Burer—,
revision of the ancient relations of Russia with Turkey.
France and England could not therefore consent to a
pension of arms on the vague assurances given by Count.?;
selrode touching the pacific dispositions of the St. Petersen,.
Cabinet. The sacrifices made by the allied powers a t
very considerable, the object they have in view is re
enough fur tlwm not to stoop on the way before havingTbe
certitude of not being obliged to recommence the war' too
particular conditions they will put for peace depend upon an
many eventualities for them to indicate them at present,
in this respect they reserve their opinion. •
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However, M. le Baron, the Government of his la
Majesty is perfectly willing to make knswn at once 800 nom''
the guarantees which appear to it indispensable to reaar,., bay
Europe against the return of a new and proximate per'",,lob,,,
tion. These guarantees result from the very situation
pointed out the dangers of their absence. • bt of
Thus Russia has taken advantage of the exclusive rig
surveillance which treaties conferred upon her, in the II:,
Vous of Moldavia and Wallachia with the sovereign Polder'
enter those provinces as if they were her own territory. to
Her privileged position in the Euxine has allowed her
art:
form establishments in that sea, and to develop thererby
amount of naval forms which, from a want of all counts re.
lance, are a perpetual menace against the Ottoman eon the
The possession without control of the principal
Danube by Russia has created moral and material ob 2roe:
to the navigation of that great river, which affect the nv
memo of all nations. • ardii,
Finally, the articles of the treaty of Sittchuk-Kou osc..
relative to the religious protection, have become, in cef. the
quenc.: of an abusive interpretation, the original cause o
struggle now maintained in Turkey.
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On all these points there are new regulations to
mouth
blished and important modifications to be made to the
comet
statue:,,
quo antebellum. It may be said, I think, that the "
interests of Europe will demand-
1. That the protectorate exercised hitherto by the It_n_Plio,
Court og Ru sia over the principalities of Moldavia, Wallach'
and Sefvia, shall cease in future, and that the prlr2,foir
accorded by the Sultans to those depen lent provinces of ta_o
empire should, in virtue of an arrangement concluded ~.70 of
the Sublime Porte, be placed under the collective guarani'
the powers. she of
2. That the navigation of the mouths of the Danube 11-0 „f
be free from all obstruction, and subject to the application
the principles consecrated' by the acts of the Congress

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3. That the treaty of 13th July, 1841, should be revise,.
agreement of the high contracting powers in au interest of
European equilibrium, and in the sense of a limitation of the
power of Russia in the Black Sea.
4. That no power shall claim the right of exercising 03
official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, rig
matter to what rite they belong, but that France, Austria
Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia shall give their mutual Cow
cqiTence to obtain from the initiative of the Ottoman Govern-
ment the consecration and observance of the religious
leges of the different religious communities, and turn to
account, iu the reciprocal interest of their co-religionists, 1-.7
generous intentions minifcsted by his Majesty the Surits
without any infringement upon the dignity of his cof
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resulting therefrom. hoPePJ
The conference, if it meets, will, I flatter myself to ,
recognise that none of the ideas I have just expresso ,0
contrary to the protocol of the 9th April, and that it
tber
oven difficult to contain within more moderate limit:
investigation Oct recherche) which France, Austria, 1,4
Britain, and Prussia have, at this period, formally eti6;es
themselves to make in common on the subject of the b, at-
most proper to consolidate the existence of Turkey re'oet.
taching it to the general equilibrium of Europe. To°
ad to
communications of M. de Hubner authorise me alre, and
say that the opinion of Count Buol coincides with nitue,'bioh
that he takes the same view as I do of the guarantees "'oger
Europe has the right to demand from Russia, to be no lo
exposed to a renewal of the same complications. hag
Such is, M. le Baron, the reply which the Enlit:iror de/
ordered me to make to the contents of Count Nes'—olthia
despatch. You will be good enough to present a copY to-
reply to Count Buol, and to beg him, if necessary, to a'
gether the Conference, to communicate it to them 0:110*., tho,
To resume—the document which bas emanated fr°r* tbs
Cabinet of St. Petersburg makes absolutely no change 1110,0$
respective situations, and in the opinion of the Gov°rstilj
of his Imperial Majesty, it. will only serve to define tb!.,„ bet
more distinctly. Since Russia has still to make ku°7. ana
intentions in a practical and positive manner. Fr3":3ocl,
England persist in their attitude of belligerent Powers is ana
as the the principalities have not been evacuated, Prussothat
Austria will doubtless come to the conclusion (jitfier°7 Apro,
the obligations resulting from the treaty of the 20th °f by its
and strengthened, as regards the Cabinet of Vienna'
private agreement with the Sublime Porte, subsisti "
tegrity and have fallen due.

Received
(Signed) Sic.,
DEOLTYN DE 01015.

At too
NETHERLA'NDS LAND' ENCLOSURE COMPAN.•-,,, 1t,00.7"
meeting of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Lieut."; the
at Rotterdam on the 29th ult. the report stated tl,, the
position of the English money-market had led L-e
non-payment of calls, and prevented also the raise:tcs°,
money on debentures. Under these circuni,e,atorl
looking at the losses already sustained, the turThou
deemed it would be desirable to sus end the wors, eas
even to abandon them, unless thespllutch Govern oe'
would modify the concession. Their male re-'112"-'
however, in that respect, had been complied age or
namely, that they should be liberated from the ellrlhel
maintaining the canal after its completion. en" he OW.
therefore still believed that the undertaking maY "iri the
ried to a profitable conclusion. Some alteratineeplariv°
statutes were also proposed with re•!ard to the ,r-iclerS'
interests of the concessionaire and ordinary sharei,",f the
With regard to the accounts, it was stated that "call&
ordinary capital of 400,0001., one-half had beef? while
up, but that only 135,2001. had been receivea,
calls
•
the expenditure thus far has been 206,239/• 1138
1, it
in arrear and those that remain to be made w..el kit°
estimated, be sufficient to carry out the olodeolo/• is
but meanwhile an issue is contemplated of 100 ,are ere'
debentures among the largest contractors Wh°
ditors of the concern.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This theatre closed last e voeblig-
for the season. The entertainment consisted of 1.,,.0re1t
Benson, The First Night, and The Wandering xid
performed, as usual, with great spirit, and reeeivecrclisg
great applause by a full house. Mr. Wigan. dress,C
to managerial custom, delivered a farewell aecial
which he described the success of his first eae3P,ls the
complete. Towards the end of his speech he el—oe
following promises :—lii the interval- of the reeee•t,' the
through my next season, I will endeavour tJcpea
kindness on which I have hitherto drawn en freelyoaf
credit. lam anxious to promote the persenel_ctertal
of my audiences as well as the quality of their en An
meat. Consulting the welfare of the public ieteatre
lungs, it is my intention to make the seats of they plea:
thoroughly comfortable, and its atmosphere pier: plc
sant to breathe by means of a complete ventilatin;tiorst
we all know what place is paved with good intebut
therefore I will say no more iof mine. I will 04
press the hope that you will be here on the esi:,:re fol•
night of my second season, to judge how far I bays
filled the promises with which I, close my first A"
and bid you gratefully and cordially—Farevoll.
_dor
The Niger-Chadda expedition appears to herreccecl
tunate. By a former arrival the death of its o_,Pewa ar°
leader, Captain Becroft, was announced ; ane.et, Dr•
now informed that the young Prussian ethnolo?,levemer
Bleek, who through the influence of the ue.„.
Bunsen, was sent out to join the Pleiad, has 13°61 foto
hded borne in the same vessel in which he starteuis oovi •
Plymouth a few months ago. Dr. Baikie, B•ls:urestf'l4
the leader, and Commander Miller,
ship Crane, has kindly permitted his second ruaste '
of her gr.
MAy, to assist in the navigation up the river. ~,eth of
PLYMOUTH, Friday Evening.—Since the el,'.ospitsl
James Joseline, 60th Re•Timent, on board the oc•
ship Andromeda, on the Bth inst., two deaths
tlre Lord
curved, viz., John Totnkin, 22, belonging to
Auckland, of dysenteric cholera, and Corporal 13r., cases
10th Regiment, of cholera. This evening onlY sd to the
remain under treatment, many having roturne„
_ve ap•
receiving ship Endymion, and no fresh case ofaa.
peared for the last few days. Of the six remaini
two are considered hopeless. The troops on "ru
E ndymion are in good health; -

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MONEY MA.ItK E ir

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The exports of silver from London direct, during
the week ending Thursday last, amounted to
202,409 ounces, mostly to Rotterdam and Belgium.
Gold coin was shipped, to the extent of 5,800/., to
Constantinople, and 620 ounces to Ei2.inburg.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
to the sth inst. would favour the presumption that
money was still in request up to that date, the de-

posits showing a rethietion and the discounts s

a slight increase. The bullion also was lessened,
An item which there is'a difficulty in explaining is
that of Government Securities where the large de-
crease may have resulted either from sales, or from
the repayment of advances made upon deficiency
bills. Compared with the previous week, the
changes were as follows
Active circulation....._

Decrease.

Bullion .

Decrease..

Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills

£20,303,665
212,255
13,299.510
184,814
3,429,748
94.009
2,347,590
45.229
10,609,668
514,592
1,056,359

16.639
Increase
Government Securities 11,775,383
DPcrease
Other Securities 13,638,937
Increase
Notes unemployed 6,291,235
Increase
The bar silver, ex. Tamar, has been sold at

ss. lid. per ounce.

The following highly satisfactory intelligence has
been received by the Australian Mining Com-
pany :
Extract from Mr. Forster's letter, dated Tungkillo, 19C

May, 1854.
" lam happy to inform you the, since the date o,
my last letter, we have completed our run of Flat rods,
and have had the water out of both IVlasterinan', (as far
as the bottom of the 10 fathom level), and Aostey's
shafts. We have changed all the clacks, and made the
pitwork all right ; so that now we can work off at any
time. I was most anxious until we had got the lifts
secure, as from the long time they have been standing
idle, I was afraid that some of the clacks might be out
of order. so as to have endangered their safety ; how-
ever, all has gone well with us, We are now busy day
and night securing Masterman's shrift where necessary,
between the alit and 10 fathom level, (or 50). There is
not near so much repairs requirad as I had anticipated,
so that in a day or two we shall be ready to continue on
our main rid to the lower lilt ; and if nothing unfore-
seen occurs, on the Ist of next month our survey day, I
hope to set the bottom io sink. As we only forked the
water down so as to change clacks, I am unable to give
you any opinion as to the appearances of the mine in
the lower workine's ; but by the end of the month every-
thing will be clear, when Captain Remfrey and I wil•
have an inspection, and I will get him to report spe-
cially on the general appearances and prospects of the
mine, as this is the lowest depth. I have got my full
compliment of enginemen, and I have just sufficient
miners for the sinking; so that until I get more hands
I roust stop all other work—but this will not be long,
as at most I am certain of more men in the course of a ,
month's time.

"NEW DISCOVERY.—T have been obliged since my
last letter, to take the men out of this end, to assist in
Masterman's shaft, so that I have nothing new to report
thereon, beyond the ground being more favourable for
driving.
"DOWNE'S MINE.—We have broke ground for our
new shaft, and have taken the liberty of calling it after
Mr. Davis ; the timber is all ready, and our smiths'
shop and char ge house is ail but finished, so that we
can, at any time we have the men, make a start, and I
shall be much deceived if a good lode is not cut in this
part of your property.
"FURNACE.—Having now completed our rods, this
work becomes of the greatest importance, so that no
opportunity will be lost in commencing with it, and I
hope by next mail to say that its erection is in progress ;
in the meantime, I intend petting some bags on the
floors, preparing the halvans fur smelting, and picking
over the old heaps, which contain,- one and all, coos'.
derable quantities of good ore. Within these last few
days we have brought out of the mine some first quality
ore, taken from an old 'stall' at the south end of
Masterman's shaft, and which was necessary to be
cleared out so as to retimber the ground. I
fully believe, and in fact, the men who have worked
in .the mine since its commencement, tell me,
that there are tons and tons of rich ore bunged up in
the old stalls.' ail of which, in my opinion, even at the
present rate of wages, will pay for tapping and wheeling
out ; and I have little doubt but shortly some of them
will be taken to pick over, at a moderate tribute. Dail)
I can see more and more places in the mine where we
shall ba able by-and-bye to set pitches.
" 0 r mire, and the locality generally, is beginning
to Lave more De. We have a schoolmaster coining up,
who is also a Baptist rnitnister, so that we shAl have
service on the Sabbath ; and for such services I have
agreed, on behalf of the clinpany, to allow him the sun'
of 501. per annum, an allowar.ce which I hope will raft!
With the sanction of the board—indirectly the compan)
will be gainers, as it is an additional inducement to meu
to reside at a place %% here they car attend a place of

" We bid at the list land sale but one, for four sec-
tions of SO acres each, on bdialf of the company, one of
which we purchased. The directors are aware of the de-
sirability of purchasing three or four out-sections in the
Hundred of Tungkillo, so that the commonage.due the
survey might be made available, by having loca ities cen
trally situated, on which out-stations could be formed. As
the boundaries of the Hundred now stand, the large extent
of com m onage due to your special survey is unavhilable, and
which ercurnstance,, mat-rially dimini hes the rental
you otherwise receive. With a view thertfore of making
the most of the privileges conferred by the system of
hundreds, Mr. S. Davenport and I, considered that as
the land had been surveyed and put up for sale, we
should be neglecting the interests of the company it we
did not endeavour to purchase—the result being as before
stated—the purchase of one sect:on well situated, so as
to command the best part of the commonage, at a price
of 1981.
" If the 'Board do not corsider this purchase as of any
adva vantage, they can at any time recover their money,
wi good interest.
"To make available all the commonage, it would re-
quire at least three more sections, the purchase IA which
would make your special survey a first-rate run, and
indirectly return good interest for the outlay.
" ORE.—I have arranged for the shipment of one
small parcel of ore, together with the specimens of
quarts, &e., by the Charlotte Jane, at the rate of two
Pounds (21.) per ton of 21 cwt., expected to sail in the
course of a month. The ore consists of 125 bags, marked
AMC Tungkillo, weighing about 52! tons ; and the
Specimens, of 17 bags, marked AMC', weighing 7 cwt.,
;3 qrs., 14 lb. ; the produce of the ore will be about 24
per cent., so that you can caculate its value so as to
insure.'
Tue' English stock market is buoyant. Consols
having advanced to 933 for money and to 93g f"
for account. Bank Stock is marked 210. Exche-
quer Bills are lower, being 2a. discount to par.
The New 31- per Cents. are 94 to 94k, and the 3
per Cents. 94 to 93i.
Foreign Securities have been very inactive, the
only transactions being in Spanish Bonds. The
3 per Cents. are marked 39 to f, the New De-
ferred 18 ft to Z-, the Passive 4, and the Committee's
Certificate sk.
Railway Snares are rather active, but prices
tend downwards. The foreign lines, however, are
somewhat firmer.

Mining Shares are quiet. Joint Stock Banks
neglected, and Land Companies' steady.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
From the Oticiat Lis .

1-Writs, JOTS.,
Bank Stock
. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities •. !3? i
3 per Cent Consols Annuities o3a i
34 per Cent. Annuities
a-oug Annuities, Expire ftli Jan., 1860
• Consols for Account 17th August , • .934 gg g i
Exel equer Bills, 20. • . ..
£lOO / ................ .........
• 1:500 2 pin par
gmall 2 pm par
. t xchequer Bonds Scrip . . .
• PRICE OF FOR cIIGN FUNDS TEMA DAY.
. razolau Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 7O
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 394 x d
. ElPanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent.... lB,l i x d
~, Ditto Passive ( 'olverted)
°Panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 54 5 p a
Dividends on the above payable in London.
' THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 93t i
Ditto August Account . 93i i
_ T.

day -lIREE CHILDREN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—On Thurs.
afternoon a heavy thunderstorm passed over the
I'diage of Capel St. Mary, near Ipswich, which has
unfortunately deprived three boys of their lives,
besides injuring several others. It appeared from the
statement of the master of the National School,
'
at he was sitting at his desk during the heavy
"le, when suddenly the room appeared filled with
flame The next instant he saw several of his scholars
struggling on the floor. Three were picked up quite dead,
and removed to a chapel opposite, while many of injured
Were taken to their residences. Two poor little fellows
Were scorched, arid nearly insensible. The schoolroom,
a neat Gothic structure, with thatched or reeled roof,
was found to be on fire, the lightning having struck near
the chimney, and I,peedily ignited the roof. The entire
. building is destroy-ed. The whole affair has created a
most painful sensation in the neighbourhood.
ACCIDENT TO THE NEW SCREW STEAM SHIP CITY 01'
PriTLADELPHIA.—TidA fine new screw stean, built
at Glasgow to replace the unfortunate City eshof Giplasgow
on the Philadelphia line, sailed from Greenock at three
adu. on Thursday for Liverpool, but was seen at two
P•er. off Port Patrick, returning to Glasgow under
canvas, owing to a slight derangement to her machinery
from the heating of the orauk-shaft, The delay will not
e'CrOC4i tow deg!