The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-20 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURG.

We extract the following from a letter from
Berlin, dated the 16th :

" I h'ave just had a conversation of the most interesting
kind with a person who has just arrived from St. Petersburg,
where he remained a considerable time, and where he was
enabled to judge of the impression produced on Russian
society by the events which are now passing. The Emperor
Nicholas is now more than ever under the influence of
the old Russian party. He will not make the sacrifice of
one of his ideas, and he persists in believing, in spite of
the checks experienced by his troops, that the moment
has arrived for the accomplishment of his designs. At
the period of the departure of the person of whom I speak
(the Ist instant), great movements of troops were taking
place in the capital, and reinforcements were every day
directed towards those parts of the coast that were the
most menaced by the allied fleets. The Emperor held
frequent reviews of them. The population abstained from
all sorts of manifestation, and hid under an apparent
calmness their uneasiness. It is, however, believed at
St. Petersburg that there is nothing to be feared in the
direction of Cronstadt, which is looked upon as impreg-
nable, especially since the construction of the new and
important works. At Cronstadt the most minute precau-
tions have been taken, the garrison is always under arms,
and the artillerymen are night and day at their pieces
ready to open the fire. Notwithstanding the movements of
the troops to which I have alluded, many important points
on the coast are without defence, or defended imperfectly.
It is now quite evident that the military resources of Russia
had been much exaggerated, in the same way. as its other
resources had been. The truth is, that Russia is in want
of men and money, and that the immensity of her terri-
tory, of which she is so proud, and for the extension of
which she made so many sacrifices, and so indefatigably in-
trigued, opposes to-day to her defence the most serious mate-
rial obstacles. Russia is punished by her very sin. Those same
material obstacles have notallowed her to maintain an effec-
tive force of more than 120,000 or 130,000 men in the Princi-
palities, notwithstanding all assertions to the contrary,
and those obstacles also prevent her, in spite of her
exertions and her successive appeals, to line her coasts,

along the Baltic and in Finland, with a force sufficient
defend them. You may regard this intelligence as positive
Every day Russia loses part of her prestige. The EmPert
Nicholas had foretold the dissolution of Turkey. He ha
been too hasty, or rather he had deceived himself. It va
the destruction of his own influence that was at hart(
Many political men, even among the most enlightens(
were, it is true, deceived like himself ; but it is 11
longer permitted to-day to be blind to the result of pas
ing events in progress, and not to see that the influent
of Russia has received a shock from which it ca
never recover. Russian society appears to be aware of 1
Reasonable men in Russia are terrified at the situation
which the obstinacy of their master has placed their coos
try, and the rest of the population, the small port!'
which reflects, is beginning to waver in their high op!nl°
of the Emperor, and cease to consider him as a derni-g°
since the signal defeats experienced by his armies. Ther
is at bottom a latent but general discontent, which no
sooner or later manifest itself by an insurrection, an
bring about a catastrophe."

THE BRITISH LIGHT DIVISION IN
BULGARIA.

The following are copies of letters received fror
an officer in the Light Division of the Exped
tionary Army, by his friends :
" ALADYN, June 26.—1 have received yours
the Bth inst. some days ago. I suppose the c(
weather must at last have left you ; if not, we eel
spare some of our surplus heat with mutual adv:
tage. It is now between two and three in
afternoon, and the thermometer in the shade,
with a smart breeze passing over it, stands a'
degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature becc
very cool and pleasant towards evening. The
of the day which appears hottest is between s
and nine a.m., when the sun's rays are n
horizontal, and before the breeze springs up,
hitherto it has generally done about nine c
o'clock.
"As I supposed, the difficulty of pro,
transports has led to our being detained her
night before last a courier passed througi
news that the Russians had raised the siege (
tria and suddenly retreated. Yesterday
over to Dewina, about seven miles further
wards Schumla, where the greater part
cavalry are encamped. On arriving there I
that Lord Cardigan had received orders du
night to proceed with 300 troopers to re(
and ascertain the direction in which the
army had moved, and the party was then
that purpose. The cavalry camp at Devr
nounced Devena) is on a broad sandy pl
a small but rapid stream running th
which in its course, turns a considerabl
of mills. On either side of the plain ar,
hills which rise from 1,200 to 1,500 fei
the declivity of one of these is seen the 1
of the long, straggling village of De'
Here and there vineyards and fields
present themselves, but the general e
scenery, from the absence of detached
or houses of any kind, is that o
neglected and turned to little account
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large patches of bright green grass, it
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was passing some extensive parks,
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poultry, or anything else in the shape of food, and
that in a country with scarcely a cart-road. The
villages, too, appear nearly deserted ; they say
that the greater part of the population, fearing a
repetition of what took place at the last visit of
the Russians, ran away at the first signal of our
approach, taking the best part of their stock, and
locking up their houses. We hear nothing of the
progress of the campaign. Vague rumours, in-
deed, are ripe enough, such as that an enormous
Russian force is making its way from Moscow—
that the siege of Silistria is to be resumed, and so
on. A poor fellow brae his leg before we left
Aladyn—we had no spring cart, or other means of
conveying him to Varna, except carrying him, and
ho was canied on a stretcher nine miles ou a dark
bight—there was no moon—over a rough road,
road, and did not arrive till between two and three
o'clock in the morning. You may judge how we
could manage then with a number of wounded ;
should we have to retreat they must be left on the
ground, and any dropping from illness or fatigue
on the way would be equally at the enemy's mercy.
Until we are better prepared, I trust we may have
no fighting. I fear ycu will think me a grumbler,
but I have no doubt that what I say will be corro-
borated by other writers.

SPAIN.

PROGRESS OF THE INSURRECTION.

It was confidently stated in Paris yesterday that
Espartero has quitted the retirement in which he
has lived for some time on his estate, and has put
himself at the head of the movement.

BARCELONA, 16TII, VIA MARSEILLES.—The cap-
tain has announced that he should concert with
General O'Donnell as to the representations to be
made to the Queen. The rallying cry here is,
" Constitution and morality !" A movement and
an engagement are said to have taken place near
Valencia.

BAYONNE, 18th.—The mail from Spain has
not arrived. The proclamations of Zabala, as
well as those of St. Sebastian, have arrived
here The movement was made to the cry of
" Long live the Queen !" " Long live the Consti-
tution !" " Death to Ministers !" The National
Guard has been organised ; 25,000 muskets were
found at the arsenal. 1,000 armed citizens and a
part of the troops of the garrison leave to-morrow
for Pampeluna. Burgos and Vittoria, have also
declared for the movement. The Captain-General
of Catalonia, the province, as well as the troops
that are in it, have declared for O'Donnell, as also
Valladolid, Saragossa, Grenada, and St. Sebastian.
Zabala is marching on Madrid, with the garrison
of the Basque Provinces. It is reported that Queen
Maria Christina is expected here.
The Madrid Gazette of the 15th contains a royal
decree which deprives General Serrano of all his
places, honours, and decorations, and orders him
to be struck out of the list of general officers, but
'without prejudice to his being tried according to
law, if captured, for having abandoned his flag to
join the insurgents. The Ga.-Ate contains the fol-
lowing from the Ministry of War :
" From all parts of the Peninsula despatches have been
received announcing that calm continues everywhere.
The Captain- General of Valencia repeats iu his telegraphic
communication of this day, that he has not learned the
existence of any other bands in his province than those
which were destroyed at the first blow by the bravery
of the royal troops. He announces that this prompt
and happy result has completely re-animated public
opinion, which was for a moment alarmed by the recent
events, and redoubled the confidence which the energy
of the Government inspires in all directions. The Mi-
nister of War with the division of operations has arrived
at Baylen in pursuit of the insurgents, who, it is said,
are proceeding towards Jaen. The seditious soldiers of
the cavalry regiment of Montessa have passed the Tagus
at Fuentiduena. It is not known what direction they
subsequently took, but our troops are pursuing them."
It will be remembered that the accounts re-
ceived during the last few days have several
times asserted that Buceta, one of the insurgent
chiefs, had abandoned the town of Cuenca, of
which he had taken possession. The Espana now
says that he was not only remaining in the town,
but had constituted military and civil authorities
in it, had changed the municipality, and had formed
a junta to assist him. A letter from a ministerial
source, on the contrary, declares that he had
" shamefully run away from the town without wait-
ing for the royal troops," and had stolen 200,000
reals from the public treasury, and all the horses
he could lay his hand on. It adds that he and his
band were proceeding towards the Maeztrasgo in
Lower Aragon. It is asserted in the same letter
that " General Blaser, Minister of War, has mit-
ten to the Government to say that the rebels are
approaching the sea, and that it is probable on the
beach that a decisive battle will be fought ; he
thinks it impossible that they can escape him."
The Clamor Public() and the Nacion progressist
journals, which had been obliged to drop their
publication on the commencement of the insurrec-
tion, had reappeared. Some arrests had been
made in the cafes fer violation of the orders of the
Captain General relative to the closing of such
places ; but, nevertheless the ministerial letter de-
clares that " the population of Madrid continues
to be as calm as it is devoted." The service of
the railway, which bad been interrupted for the
conveyance of troops, had been re-established from
Madrid to Alcazar and San Juan.
A telegraphic despatch from Paris this morning
Says :—General Mazzaredo, late Commander of the
Basque Provinces, has arrived in France.
At Barcelona, a Junta of Government has been
formed, the artizans have returned to their work,
and all agitation was over.
Two or three more rioters had been executed.
The Balearic Isles have pronounced against the
Queen.

The Three per Cents. were done at 35f. 25c. ;
the New Three per Cents., at 18f. 25c. ; and the
Debt of the First-class, at 9f. 50c.

FR &NOE.
FRENCH BOARD OF PRIZES.
The Moniteur contains an Imperial decree insti-
tuting in consequence of the war with Russia, and
in accordance with the convention of the 10th May
last with the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,
a Board of Prizes, "to decide on the validity of
all naval captures made in the course of the present
war, which the French authorities may have a right
to pronounce judgment on ; and in addition, to de-
cide on all disputes relative to the quality of all
vessels neutral or hostile, shipwrecked or gone on
shore, and on all naval prizes brought into the
ports of the French colonies." The same Board is
to be composed of a Councillor of State, acting
as President, of six other members, two of whom
are to be selected from amongst the masters of
requests of the Council of Stae ; and of a go-
vernment commissioner, who is to give his opi-
nion on each case. The members of the Board,
are to be named by Imperial decree, and their
functions are to be gratuitous The sittings are
not to be public, and decisions can only be come
to when five members at least are present, the
government-commissioner, when absent, being re-
placed by a member of the Board. Judgments
rendered by the Board can be referred to the
Council of State either by the government-commis-
sioner or by the parties interested. Such appeal
to the Council of State must be made within three
Months from the time when judgment is given.
Crews of English vessels are to be represented be-
fore the Board of Prizes by the consul of their
nation or by any other agent, appointed by the
British Government. Foreign consular agents can
present before the Board of Prizes any observations
which they may think fit in the interest of their
countrymen, but only through the medium of the
government-commissioner. The expenses incurred
by the Board, in the •
performance of its duties, are
to form a special
chapter in the budget of the
Marine.

THE EMBARKATION OF THE FRENCH
TROOPS FOR THE BALTIC.
CALAIS, Wednesday Night.—The screw-ship
Prince and consorts sail at daylight to-morrow
horning.
The General sails at six a.m. to-morrow, in the
Emperor's screw-yacht Refine Hortense, for the
The French squadron will leave at the same time.
Enal arkation complete. Wind, W.S.W., fine.
Telegraphic communications will have informed
you of the Termagant's arrival and departure. She
Was looked for with much anxiety, particularly
after many reports had been industriously promul-
gated respecting the failure of her engines. It
Will be read with the highest satisfaction by the
Admiralty, as well as the country, that no engines
could possibly work bettel than the Termagant's.
It was scarcely to be expected that everything was
to be perfect at starting, particularly when it is
taken into consideration that, thirty days ago,
there was not a hundredweight of machinery in the
414.
With the trifling exception of the cylinders, all
the rest of the engine work has been made and com-
pleted at the Portsmouth Dockyard, under the
superintendence of Mr. Murray. With a reduction
of 220-horse power, nine knots an hour was easily
got out of her, she sometimes making 60 revolu-
tions, every part working as smoothly as a model.
At eight a.m. yesterday the Termagant, Julia,
and Columbia were under weigh for the Baltic,
With a slashing breeze from W.S.W. The Terma-
gant got up steam, which she would use as a reserve,
't case of any aid being required by the transports.
The embarkation took place agreeably to our de-
spatch oif the morning, and the utmost good feeling
Continued between the Fr:ncli and English up to
the last moment of their departure. The effect was
intereatiug at the departure of the

Chasseurs de Vincennes. Their beautiful new
standard, the eagle on tricolour, was waved high in
the air by the gallant defenders of it ; and the
cheering was -universal as tne Chasseurs went on
board the Cocyte to be conveyed to the Terma-
gant.
This morning, at 5 o'clock, trumpets and drums
awakened the inhabitants of this ancient city, and
the chamber windows were crowded to see the last
of the gallant soldiers. Her Majesty's paddle-
steamers Fearless and Adder had steam up, each
of which received on board two companies, in all
about 500 officers and men, who were quickly con-
veyed on board the Edwin Fox.
The Lamorien, French corvette; shipped 20 horses
this morning belonging to the artillery, and in so
doing they were very nearly losing one of their
finest animals. Whilst in slings the horse struggled
a great deal, and the slings happening to slip for-
ward, the animal became suspended by the head.
It was a case of hanging or drowning ; but the
horse fearfully plunged, and at length slipped out
of the slings and fell into the water. Additional
confusion ensued, but after some 5 minutes the
animal was secured and safely got on board, but
much exhausted. A great quantity of fodder was
also taken on board the Lamorien for the Baltic.

The Lizard has received two companies of Sap-
pers and Miners for the Asmodee, French steam-
frigate.
The 2,700-ton screw-ship Prince arrived at 5
p.m., whenimmediatelythe remainder of the troops
embarked. The Sprightly and Adder took three
companies each, the French packet (artillery) two
companies, and the Wildfire one company—in all
nearly 1000 rank and file.
The general, accompanied by Admiral Lapierre,
went off in the Dasher with Captain Lefebre.
The mayor and the principal civic authorities
also went off to the squadron in the steam-tender
Fire Queen, Master Commander Paul, and hearty
cheering was interchanged as they passed the trans-
ports and men-of-war. _ _

- The Avon and Comet were employed to put on
board the Ordnance and other stores, and thus com-
pleted the embarkation of the advanced division of
the French army of 10,000 men in English men-
of-war and transports.
The French line-of-battle ships Tilsit and St.
Louis will proceed in their wake, followed by the
Asmodee and Fulton. There will be a lull for
some three weeks until another division can be got
ready, and other English steam-ships and trans-
ports be ready to receive them.
The Emperor and Empress reached Angouleme
at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
The illoniteur announces that the Emperor, on
his return from Biarritz in August, will take the
command of the camp at Boulogne.

The Emperor and the Empress took their de-
parture for Biaritz yesterday morning by the Or-
leans Railway, at eleven o'clock precisely. The
terminus was handsomely fitted up for the occa-
sion with flags and evergreens, and a saloon of
honour was prepared for their Majesties' reception.
A great number of high personages had assembled
to pay their respects to the Imperial travellers be-
fore their departure, and amongst them were M.
Fould, Minister of State; M. Drouyn de l'Huys, Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Fortoul, Minister of
Public Instruction; Marshal Vaillant, Minister of
War; Marshal Magnan, Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Paris; GeneralßegnaultSt. Jean d'Angely,
commander of the Imperial G uard ; General d'Haut-
poul, grand referendary of the Senate ; General de
Lawcestine, commander of the National Guard ;
M. Baroche, president of the Council of State ; M.
Mocquart, secretary to the Emperor • the Prefects
of Police and of the Seine ; Colonel Isnard, ct7c.
MM. Didion, De Richemont, Dufeu, and Cochin,
directors of the Orleans Railway, were in attend-
ance, and received their Majesties. The Emperor
and Empress conversed most affably with the
various persons present, and on proceeding to the
train the Emperor shook hands with the ministers
and marshals. The railway directors accompanied
their Majesties in the Imperial waggon ; as did the
ladies of honour of the Empress, Colonel Fleury,
and the chamberlains. At 11 o'clock precisely, M.
Pelissier, the station-master, gave the signal for
departure, and the next moment the train moved
off amidst loud acclamations.

The extreme fineness of the weather yesterday
has had the effect of giving a certain firmness to the
French funds. The Three per Cents. are 15c. higher,
at 70f. 60c. The Four-anda-Half per Cents. are un-
altered, at 97f. 50c. Bank of France Shares are
sf. lower, and those of the Societe Mobiliere sf.
higher. Piedmonteso Fives and Roman have de-
clined each, and Piedmontese Fives 4. Railway
Shares are in general about sf. each better. Ex-
change on Loudon (short), 24f. 95c., money ; ditto
(90 days), 24f. 671 c. money.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, J ITLY 19.

The United States' mail steam-ship Atlantic,
Captain West, arrived this afternoon, with advices
from New York to the Bth inst. ; 202 passengers,
and $BOO,OOO on freight. She passed the Africa,
hence for New York, on the 10th, and the Emerald
Isle, inside Sandy Hook, on the Bth.
The United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Capt.
Comstock, arrived hence at New York, at 1.5 a.m.,
on the 18th inst., after a remarkably rapid passage.
The Senate had passed Mr. Clayton's bill for a
more effectual suppression of the slave trade, by
restricting transfers of American vessels in foreign
ports.
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the ;
the market in a panic.
The authorities at New York had thought it ne-
cessary to issue the usual notice respecting the pre-
valence of cholera. The two operas were closed, in
consequence of the indisposition from slight attacks
of cholera of Mesdames Anna Thillon and Maret-
zek. At Boston, Philadelphia, and at St. Louis
especially, where 207 deaths occurred in a week,
the epidemic was spreading. Accounts from the
Plains state that the disease was creatiugmuch ha-
voc among the emigrants.
A very destructive fire had occurred at Philadel-
phia, which destroyed the National Theatre, the
guard-houses, and a number of other handsome
buildings, with their contents. An actor, named
Shephard, lost his life by returning to the burning
theatre in search of his watch.

The New Orleans Debater intimates that the clip-
per ship Grapeshot was off the Cuban coast endea-
vouring to laud warlike stores for the use of the
disaffected inhabitants of the island.

The anniversary of the establishment of the Re-
public had been celebrated with the usual cere-
monies.

Several disturbances had occurred in various
parts of the country, originating in the growing
ill feeling between the native Americans and the
Irish. At Manchester, New Hampshire, a severe
fight took place, with injury to both sides. A Ro-
man Catholic chapel was very much damaged. At
Dorchester, Massachusetts, a Roman Catholic
chapel had been blown up with gunpowder. Some
persons attributed the destruction of the chapel to
the native Americans ; others asserted that the
Roman Catholics had deposited arms and gun-
powder there for the protection of the chapel.
At Bath, Maine, an itinerant preacher, known
by the sobriquet of the "Angel Gabriel," lectured
against Popery, and so excited the mob that seve-
ral hundreds proceeded to the Roman Catholic
church, broke in the doors and windows, rang the
bell, and finally set fire to the building, utterly
destroying it. The mob afterwards paraded the
streets, manifesting their gratification at this
achievement in the most boisterous manner.
Speaking of the Fishery and Reciprocity Bills,
the Washington correspondent of the .New York
_Herald says ;
"The general impression among senators is, that the
Fishery and Reciprocity treaty will not be acted
upon in any way this session. The committee on Fo-
reign Relations have not touched it yet, and manifest no
disposition to do so. Its postponement till next session
is the only chance that it has ; for if it were taken up by
the Senate now it would probably be rejected, almost
without debate."

Wo extract the following account of the fatal col-
lision between the ships Trade Wind and Olympus
from the 1V etv York Herald. It will be recollected
that a seaman of the former ship arrived in Liver-
pool a few days ago, having been picked off a float-
ing mast, where ho lived for seven days without
food :

"We are called upon to record another calamity at
sea by which several lives have been lost. On the night
of the 26th of June, at about 11 o'clock, the ship Trade
Wind came in contact with the ship Olympus, in latitude
41.50 and longitude 57.20, and so violent was the colli-
sion that both vessels sunk beneath the waves within an
hour after. The Trade Wind was a fine three-deck
vessel, built by the late Jacob Bell, of this city, for the
southern trade, and was on her voyage from Mobile for
Liverpool. She was 2,018 tons burden, about three
years old, valued at $lOO,OOO, and was largely insured
in Wall-street. Her freight is valued at $50,000, and
her cargo at about $250,000, the latter being insured
principally in England. She was owned by W. Platt
a
of Philadelphia, and Booth and Edgar, and
others, of New York. She was commanded by Captain
Smith, and had on board at the time of the accident 17
passengers and a crew numbering 34. The weather was
very thick, the wind was blowing quite hard, and the
night was very dark, when the collision took place. The
other vessel, the Olympus, was commanded by Captain
Wallace, and sailed from Liverpool on the 24th of May
for Boston, having in all 53 souls on board, 40 of them
passengers, and the rest of them the crew. She was
loaded with iron and general hardware. The vessels
struck each other in the bows, staving in the Trade
Wind, and sinkiug her within an hour After the chock.

The Olympus went down within half an hour of the
Trade Wind. Ten of the crew of the Olympus, the cap-
tain, and 37 of the passengers were saved; and the cap-
tain of the Trade Wind, 16 of her crew, and all her pas-
sengers were saved. This shows the loss of the Olympus
to be three passengers and three of her crew ; 18 of the
Trade Wind's crew perished.
" The following are the names of the passengers saved
from the Trade Wind :—Mrs. Frank Smith and 2 chil-
dren, Mr. David T. Newlan, Mr. Alexander Ewing,
lady, and daughter, Mr. John S. Gliddon, Mrs. John
Gilson, 4 children, and servant, Miss C. D. Chamber-
lain, and Miss Alice Dodson.
" The names of the crew lost from the Trade Wind
are :—Thomas Pierce, carpenter ; John Assew, first
steward ; John Achow, second cook ; John Mitchell,
James Conner, Wm. Smith, Franklin Hartby, James
Bowen, Thomas Hill, Joseph Addison, John Martin,
Michael Walsh, Charles Town, Jeremiah M`Carty, all
seamen ; Richard Bingham, Jas. Brady, Manuel Lewis,
and Luke O'Toole, boys.
" The names of the crew saved are Capt. F. Smith,
Edward W. F. Smith, first officer ; James Caw, second
ditto ; Charles E. Meeney, third ditto ; Matthew Buck,
boatswain ; Ann Conner, stewardess ; Samuel Achow,
second steward ; John Alen, cook ; Peter Williams,
James Wheelan, Thomas Harnson, James Moore, John
Baker, James Boyce, Adam Hooper, Charles Wilson,
John Melvain, Wm. Daniels, Thomas Doran, George
Smith, John Scob, James Drummond, ThomasNowlan.
James Powers, and John Brown."

The demand for money was very active at the
close, and the banks and discount houses were un-
able to satisfy all the applicants. Exchange was
quoted at 9 and 9 on London. Cotton was more
buoyant, and had advanced in some instances to
lof a cent. Canada flour continued very inani-
mate, and prices had still further receded 25 to 37
cents, the market closing very quiet at $7 to $7
37ic., in bond, for common to good. Indian corn
meal was 121 c. lower, with only moderate sales.
Wheat also had materially declined, the reduction
on some descriptions amounting from 10c. to
15c., with a slack demand. There had been large
supplies of Indian corn, and rates were declining.
Western pork continued depressed, at a decline of
871 c. for mess, and 50c. to 30c. for prime. Beef
in slow request, and prices without alteration.
Lard was less active, and supplies had increased,
while prices had receded .1 c. to lc. Butter and
cheese without alteration. Tobacco was inactive,
without change in value. Naval stores generally
were dull, without material variation. Freights
continued firm, and higher rates had been ob-
tained. The supply of tonnage was fair, and the
demand moderate.

Judge Campbell, of New Orleans, in the matter
of the reported Cuban expedition, held General
Quitman, Mr. Thrasher, and Dr. Saunders in
bond for $3,000. They all refused to give bonds,
and were placed in the custody of tho United
States' Marshal.

Seven persons had been killed on the Great
Western Railroad. The train came in collision
with a horse, and went off the line.
The Germania, from Bremen for New York, had
put into Boston short of coals.

RAILWAYS AND POLITICS IN CANADA.

It appears that the defeat of Mr. Hincks and the Minis-
try on the address, which led to the immediate dissolution
of the House of Assembly, was brought about by the acci-
dental union of the old McNab Tories of Canada West
with the Mackenzie " Clear-grit" Radicals, who, knowing
that a dissolution under any circumstances was to take
place in a month, seized the opportunity of making
electioneering speeches, which they were obliged to
clench with their votes, little dreaming of the abrupt
consequences which their factious conduct was sure to pro-
duce. The opposition to Mr. Hincks partakes entirely of
a personal character, and not against his policy, for all his
measures have been pre-eminently successful, and whatever
Ministry may be formed it will have to follow, and carry
out his policy ; he was becoming too Conservative and dicta-
tional for oven the M‘Nab Tories, and political hostility
has also been influenced by personal pecuniary considera-
tions connected with railway interests in Upper and Lower
Canada. Messrs. M`Nab, Sherwood, Langton, &c., &c.,
have been promoters of the Great Western Railway of
Canada, and its extensions under Canadian directors and
contractors solely. Mr. Hincks determined on a National
Railroad Policy under one management, with an English
Board of Directors, in order that British capitalists might
exercise a proper control over their property ; hence, he
has since had to encounter all the abuse of disappointed
contractors, and the unscrupulous attacks of parties, who
last year openly declared that they would use every means
in their power to damage the credit of the Government,
and of the Grand Trunk Railway in England. That Mr.
Hincks has pursued an enlightened railway policy, no
friend of Canada attempts to dispute ; his resolve is to
encourage capital to flow into Canada under legitimate
protection and control—the result will soon be appreciated.
The Great Western will cost nearly 14,0001. per mile
under exclusive local management while the Grand Trunk
will not cost more than 9,000 per mile. There also can bo
no doubt but what Lord Elgin comes in for his share of un-
popularity, notwithstanding the energy and talent he has
shown in developing the vast resources of this magnificent
country. It is, however, to be regretted that Mr. Mucks
and the Ministry did not go through the form of sending
their resignation in a body; it would have been for Lord
Elgin to accept or refuso it, and then, under the circum-
st ,nce.l, he would have been justified in dissolving the Par-
liament in the abrupt manner he did.

The Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, is giving signs of
active work; the abutment on the Montreal side of the
river will be built this summer. Lord Elgin will, if cir-
cumstances permit, lay the first stone in the beginning of
August. The pumping out of two coffer dams had com-
menced, and soon as dry the masonry will commence.
Abundance of skilled labour is to be procured, but only at
very high prices.—Liverpool Courier.

ACCELERATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.—III conse-
quence of the opening of another portion of the railway
to Marseilles, that portion of the mails to India, China,
and Australia, sent via France, will be despatched a
day later—namely, on the 9th and 25th of every month.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGINEMAN AND GUARD
—We are informed that the board of the London and
North-Western Railway Company have, after the most
careful and inquiry and investigation, decided on adopt-
ing the plan introduced by Professor Gluckman, of
which notice has already been taken in this and other
journals • and that, definitive arrangements having been
completed, the apparatus will be applied to all the
trains of the company as rapidly as the necessary ma-
chinery can be provided.
NEW CLUB-HOUSE AT THE WEST-END--A general
meeting of the members of the Junior United Service
Club was held yesterday, to ballot for plans for the new
house. Those submitted by Mr. T. M. Nelson, archi-
tect, were adopted. The new club-house is to occupy
the site of the present house at the corner of Regent-
street, Waterloo-place, as well as the St. Alban's Hotel,
in Charles-street, and the houses forming one side of St.
Alban's-place. When finished it will be one of the
largest club-houses in the metropolis.
PIMLICO.—Six of the houses at the
facing Buckingham-gate, ,
13wTeSesr-IseNt'yesterdaycorner
James's-pails,
in
morning pulledt down,
ham Palace, and were
f commencing the new stree which to
r
the purpose o
productive of much inconvenience to the traffic of the
ents conse-
quentra-
pidly extending. As soon as the inaprovena
have been
completed there will be an uninterrupted view from
upon the demolition of these houses
neighbourhood, which has for some years past been
to t he
Storey's-gate at the end of Great George-street
Vauxhall-bridge-road.
WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION,—Within the past few
days notices have bean widely circulated among the
electors of Westminster calling upon the Liberals to pay
up all poor rates and other taxes due up to the sth of
January on or before the 20th July inst., to enable them
to qualify themselves in order that ;their names might
not be struck from the list of voters for members to serve
in Parliament for the borough of Westminster.
BAHIA, JUNE 17.—A LUCKY SHIP.—The Trident left
us on the Bth May. I suppose for the last time till she
is ordered home. Express here in her place. Last night
a Yankee barque came in, having on board 150 casks of
wine and some cases which she says she picked up at
sea. The account she gives of herself is, that she was
out for a three years' whaling cruise, and came in here to
buy a chain cable and sell the wine. It is French. I
do not think that the authorities hero will allow her to
sell her findings in this market. A very nice little prize
for her—at least 40,000 dollars. Her Britannic Ma-
jesty's consul of this place goes home by the mail
steamer to try to get up a railway company for a line
from this to the interior, where there is a splendid cotton
district. If he succeeds it will be a capital thing for
Bahia. I am afraid money is too valuable in England
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THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The
second edition of Routledge's Shilling Guide to the
Crystal Palace has already made its appearance, ts appearance, and, as
a matter of course, has received some further
important
additions, which the progress made in the Crystal Palace
and its internal arrangements has rendered necessary.
The nature of these addenda will be seen from the fol-
lowing cursory outline ;—An account of the ceremony
of the opening of the Crystal Palace on the 10th of June.
A correct ground plan of the building, with plans of
the galleries and basement, being the only complete
plan yet given, and also various illustrations of the Fine
Arts Courts and Natural History departments. A de-
scription of the French Court, with notices of the Sevres
porcelain and Beauvais tapestry, sent by the Emperor
of the French, and some of the principal bronzes and
other works of art exhibited. The addition of the
figures of reference, and an easy mode of finding each
work of art or other object of interest referred to in the
" Guide." The alterations consist principally in a re-
arrangement of the galleries of busts and of the Modern
Sculpture Courts, rendered necessary by the changes
which have taken place in the positions occupied by
them in the building.
THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOClETY.—Yesterday
the usual half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
in this society was held at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of receiving the financial account, and upon
other business ; Mr. Harnett presided. The minutes of
the last meeting having been confirmed, Mr. Brown, the
actuary, read the financial statement, which showed the
society to be in a very satisfactory position. A resolu-
tion was then moved that the remuneration to the di-
rectors be 1,0001. instead of 7501. per annum, but upon
the question being put an amendment was proposed that
the sum remain as heretofore. Considerable discussion
ensued, but upon the chairman patting the amendment,
he declared it to be lost, the original motion for the
granting of the 1,0001. being carried by ten to eight, two
directors voting for the amendment, and one for the ori-
ginal motion. The election of an auditor in the place of
Mr. Halsey, resigned, having been proceeded with, a
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
westing Reparated.