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ii4ECTIvE FORCE OF THE RLTSSIAN

ARM Y.
j4B4„ll.ltrophlet, entitled " The Russian Army," has
been published in Paris, by M. Tardif de Mello,
kritleinan who resided 14 years in Russia. He
kia its that in 1852 the effective force of the Rus-
lkitlPny amounted to 900,000 men, thus distri-
lped the frontier provinces of Asia, 80,000 ;
LC3l:l)eria, 40,000 ; in the fortresses of Finland,
kve'uja, and Couiland, 70,000 ; in the garrison of
Petersburg, :0,000 troops of the line, and
4,5:19 .of the imperial guard ; in the garrison of
lit-s, 60,000 ; in Poland, 100,000 ; in the mi-
tht4rY colonies, 250,000 ; corps of observation on
Turkish frontier, 100,000 ; reserve marching
h4t,
alions, 100,000. M. Tardif de Mello gives the
e 8 of all the regiments, and some curious de-
-4: of the history and organisation of the Russian
,Y!

CAPTURE OF SEVEN HUNDRED
_RUSSIANS.
ki&letter from the Black 5..,a announces that Ad-
1--Sir E. Lyons had captured 700 Russian re-
it3crossing from Anapa to the Crimea.

PRIZES IN THE BLACK SEA.
the 3d inst., at 5 p.m., the Sidon arrived at 4)
t`staiatinopt,, with four prizis fromprizis the Black Sea, r
plated
off Sulina—t.vo Russian and two Greek '
e,ro with grain, and the latter also partly with
l'ercts,_ and other contraband of war, bound for
of° and Prevesa. Every arrival from the Euxine
ha course a great incident, and thus the Sidon
he!cou besieged with a host of anxious inquirers.
Sultan, among the rest, on descrying our
14' a 9br from his kiusque, despatched without de-
nit:chamberlain to ask' the news, and who, on
Ittia'ng, was honoured with a salute of 10 guns.
fieeil'Pears that great despondency exists in the
tee in Consequence of the delay attending our
,
tie; 9Perations in the Buck Sea. All are impa-
thie". to go ahead and attack the stonghold ; but
opt i 9 90 easy matter perhaps to accomplish with-
-11 cis's) unless the allied squadrons be supported.
a Eilifficient land force.

• THE BALTIC.
.kue
A2th
King of Prussia arrived at Stettin on the
the s On the following day his Majesty passed
Ilajer°ops of the garrison in review, and left at
,1111ast one for Konigsberg. On the 10th of
to
the King and the Prince Royal of Sweden
Stockholm for tho island of Gothland on board
thtaltdra.i's ship the Charles XII., which escorted
tttewedo-Norwegian squadron. Nis Majesty in-
to disembark at Slita, and to go afterwards
of his return to Stockholm is announced
4,e,"1e 18th or 19th. Since 1487 no King of
en has visited Gothland.
404-13-0 SOUND, June 14.—T0 obtain a clue to the
ort,ilature of any intended hostile operations
%it" Anglo-French fleet is a matter of diffi-
te Those supposed to be well informed on the
Ject anticipate that the present campaign will
thtrki4 ,n -.+
-e without the occurrence of any startling
qtr,, ts) and that ulterior proceedings will be
oqred until the next season, a strict blockade
Tll, teeemy's ports being enforced in the interim.
thr English fleet has received during the past
ee telltweeks various reinforcements. At the pre-
kih:lrae there are in the waters of the Baltic six
klegc, and 13 screw steamships of the line, 4 screw
1)441.4 Paddle wheel steam frigates, 4 screw and 4
kll tle Wheel steam sloops, and 1 steam gunboat; in
tf2nßail, carrying 22,850 men, with an armament
-i)."1.22 guns. The French fleet, under the orders
tattilee-Admiral Deschenes, comprises six line of
ships and four frigates, with an aggregate
kilitic'ienient of 6,300 men, and 704 guns. These
maritime forces of England and France
gibt:fre amount to 54 sail, armed with 2,726
tare and supplied with 29,150 seamen and marines.
Cin the morning of the Bth inst., the Dauntless,
ltea aPtain Ryder, anchored in Baro Sound. This
110:1'ier had been cruizing for some time pre-
Port:itY in the Gulf of Finland, reconnoitering the
of nelsingfors and Revel.l Her boilers are
41leti a defective state, and her machinery
/1„ ,101 out of order, that her being sent home is
Ivith'ter of necessity, and she left in the evening
/I,,lavalids and Russian prisoners, en route for
talr4cl, touching at Faro Sound. to coal, and
thence under her charge several prizes for
kiCiication. The Conflict CaptainCum-
th, arrived from Datitzic with despatches for
Iqthnander in Chief and letters for the officers
e fleet.

it TTERS FROM BRAHESTAD AND
ULEABORG.
114
kitierEsTAD, May 31.—. Yesterday morning three
itoett steam frigates appeared in the offing, and
hboi.,°,l.e(l in our roads about noon. At four p.m.
to bs". 200 men were landed, who immediately went
tllitllleiness in downright earnest, destroying every-
tt4i) that comas under the denomination of " con-
Ykr4ila of war." They set fire to the ship-building
:tads, all the deals and planks lying rear the beach
11114,3' for shipment, the tar magazine, and five
44„3 lying at anchor in the harbour, so that in
the "ri_t time the whole place was in a blaze. In
110080 up yards were five large ships of about
440 'ens, just ready for launching, which were
12 totally consumed. In the tar magazines were
lok,Po barrels of tar and pitch, and about 1,000
n: Of planks ; they were all burned, as well as
The I'-iishbrig, the latter of course unintentionally.
damagetoto is calculated at about 350,000 silver
1141)4'es. The town itself was uninjured, but the in-
tkeants were so frightened that they ran away as
that e they could, taking with them theirgoods and
loft 718. At ten o'clock at night the three steamers
4o :the 'roadstead, steering in a northerly direction,
tie at it is to be feared they have gone to pay
ta,berg a similar hostile visit.
kit'Alloßo, June 3.—Early in the morning of the
koo,°4May, a courier arrived here with the intern-
.,t Be that a division of the British fleet had arrived
iitl,rallestad, and set fire to the dockyard and mi-
4oh Stores. On the same day, several English
5w",,,,0f war entered the outer roads, distant eight
taithish miles, but gradually came in nearer, and
4o Sired a schooner bound to Haparanda, and
14 e einall craft, and took them away with them.
Litaeh°44.sequence of this a panic seized the inlia-
tooes, many of them quitting the town im-
for lately, and all of them making preparations
Zier:ffeeting a hasty retreat if needful. The ge-
the'Yeeling was depressed, for it was known that
tio.,:eirty Cossacks stationed here could offer no re-
to ti,tteo to the overwhelming force of the British.
tri:Le afternoon of the Ist June four British steam
tto'"e3 came iu. When they were about a• mile
of itl,the shore, a boat containing four merchants
to ,e Place, and bearing a flag of truce, went off
to ask them to spare the town. It was signified
hpecTeill that all private property would be re-
At iT4I and only contraband of war destroyed.
444'4- o'clock at night—still daylight in this high
ttoll-de (65 deg.)—a party of about 50 men landed
i4"4 the ships, whilst about 300 1 '.en remained
Thee boats which were all armed with swivels.
t4' Cossacks had all disappeared, and have up to
414-ilesent moment not yet returned. After ex-
liiilnig all the government buildings and a great
quaof the private warehouses, they obtained a
titi4ll4, ty of provisions, which they sent off to their
ves paying for them, however, the full market
Ite,". They then set fire to the dockyards, in which
te„l eight new ships of considerable size, and just
)1,..3r to launch, four other ships at anchor in the
Cuetir, the tar magazines with a stock of no less
;4441 eighteen thousand barrels of tar, and a con-
erahle stock of pitch, besides immense stores of
t,iitbuilding timber, deals, andspars. The fire isnot
th, Yet, and the four steam-frigates are lying in
T;Same position, about a mile from the shore.
'LC,' damage is considered fully equal to that sus-
la ,s-e,(l at Brahestad—Vii.;-at from. three to four
t}ll:4red thousand silver roubles. Fortunately for
hil,,' sa
fe
t. y of the town, the wind was blowing off
bctre, and a smart rain fell in the night, so that il
14,4 the exception of a few warehouses and some
kg Date timber stores, as well as a coal depot,
property suffered but little. It remains t.o
to Tlen whether the flying souadron will pay a visit
%:"Jci, and burn the stores there, which are very
th'ehsive, and equally if not more valuable than
°fle destroyed at this place.

FRANCE.
It 6 3follitettr de la Flotte announces that the
gihillister of Marine had decided that two naval en-
':
of
ere should proceed to England to visit thetle
"lishments the ports of Great Britain and
41 steam-engine manufactories, in order to study
tro-Pifferent methods adopted in them, and to in-
aee"„uce into France the most recent improvements
for", 111, Plished in England. The Minister has chosen
sze""et purpose two engineers who have already
for important important works, M. Moll, Under Direc-
k °A,I the- Imperial establshment of Indret, and
Qt;e7,Laugin; an engineer attached to the port of
'"ourg-
zie.er batte-; of artillery and a company of engi-
Sat,,B
relay
at Vincennes received the route on
llior"„laY night to march for Boulogne on Sunday
the:lll,g• In the hurry of packing up traps to
14,"a1s sudden order a superior officer was asked,
sile:ere are we going to afterwards," and he
ered ".I know • we are going to Sweden."..
The
held weather was fine on Saturday, and the day
ithowllP without rain until 7 o'clock, when a heavy
she " fell. Hopes were entertained that it was
opeut to change. Sunday morning, however,
trio "(I in. the same manner as so many of the pre-
onesiauci_the not very heavy? but iaces-
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sant, did not cease to fall till about 5 o'clock. At •
that hour the sky cleared a little, and about 6 the
sun showed himself for a short time. The sky,
however, became again lowering. Prayers were
offered up on Sunday in the churches for fine
weather. The recent letters from several of the
departments, and particularly from the south, do
not justify the alarm that was felt about the crops,
nor does the rain which has been deluging Paris
seem to be general. Letters from the Pyrenees speak
of the " magnificent weather" enjoyed there,- and
accounts from other places speak of the fine appear-
ance of the crops. While the rain was pouring
down on Saturday evening in Paris not a drop fell
in places at a short distance from it. On the whole
it is hoped that uo serious mischief has yet occurred.
The sooner the moisture passes off, however, the
better. It is gratifying to learn that there has
since been a sudden change. Yesterday Paris
enjoyed superb summer weather, which will prove
of immense benefit to the crops.
It is curious that while officially the Austrian
and Prussian alliance is a fait accompli, such re-
marks as the following in the Siecle of Sunday
should be permitted to be published in the present
state of the French press :

" We have no desire to excite uneasiness with respect
to the policy of Austria and Prussia, but there are cer-
tain known notorious facts which it can serve no good
arliose to suppress :-Ist, that beyond the expression
their disapprobation of Russian policy on the score of
rOrt, the great German powers have done no act to
commit themselves materially to the war in which France
and England are engaged ; 2d, that between Austria
and Prussia, arid several secondary states of the Ger-
manic Confederation, there does not exist any cordial
and unreserved understanding; and 3d, that the influ-
ence of M. de Metter rich is again, though not avowedly
so, all powerful at Vienna."
At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, the extreme
fineness of the weather, the sun being hot, with a
good drying breeze, joined to the report that the
siege of Silistria was raised, led to much higher
prices. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are lf.
50c. higher, and the Three per Cents. 45c. higher,
at 98f. and 73f. 35c. Bank of France Shares are
20f. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliete 25f.
higher. Foreign Securities in general present an
improvement. Railway Shares have risen from
10f. to 15f. each. Exchange on London (short),
251 - . _

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, money ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 70c., money.

LAW INTELLIGENCF,--(THLS DAY).

•
QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Lord Campbell and a enrnmiln jury.)
Trxr. at. JAMES'S CLUB—PINK V. SWETENHA't.
This was'an action, part of which was heard yesterday,
to recover the balance of 8331., due by the defendant for
work done. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hugh Hill were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Watson, Q.C., for the defendant. The defendant
was, or had been a member of the St. James's Club,
and the present action had been brought to recover
the balance of an account for decorations to the club. It
appeared that in 1851, the club being in great difficulties,
there was a meeting of some of the members, and some
arrangement was made that the members should put down
601., or pay 101. each year for six years, and which would
free the club from debt, and defendant, as it appeared,
not acquiescing in the arrangement, the present action was
brought.
The proceedings, which were somewhat confused, ended
in a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
BUILDING SOCIETIES. —IN RE JONES.
This bankrupt was described as of Lloyd's-square, ma-
nufacturing jeweller, and to-day came up for his certificate.
The balance-sheet prepared by Mr.Matson, Basinghall-
street, extends from January 1853, to March 1854, and
shows—Debtor to creditors, 6711. lls. 2d. ; to ditto hold-
ing security, 97/. ; liabilities, 435/. ; profit, 132/. 7 d
s debts;
capital, Jan. 1853, 1681. 15s 7d. Creditor—By goo ,
1151.1155. Od. ; property given up, 85/. ; property in the
hands of creditors, 3001.
This property was described as subject to mortgage to
the Imperial Building Society, Vernon School-rooms,
Clerkenwell, for advances. In May, 1817, the bankrupt
took six shares in the society, and had an advance of 3751.
to purchase a leasehold house, and was to pay 31. 12s. per
month. In 1851, he borroweds3l6/. and took four other
shares. Since 1847 bankrupt had paid off 5941., leaving
971. due, and the property was now valued at 3001.
Mr. Liuklater appeared for the bankrupt, and there
being no opposition, his Honour granted an immediate cer-
tificate of the second class.