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London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

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Capital 91,250,000
Reserve fund 12,980,750 14
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 113,962,581 85
Do. branch banks 34,415,624
Dividends to be paid 1,380,581 25
Discount, interest, and expenses
Commission on deposits
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills 144,406 54
Sundries 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 1912 millions in Paris, and 3
millions in the branch-bauks. The discount-accom-
modation has fallen of 41 millions in Paris, and 10i
millions in the provinces. The advances on French
seAtrities 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 22 millions in Paris, and 2;1
millions in the departments. The total amount of
the metallic reserve is at present 4744 millions to
6092 millions of notes in circulation.
The documents published in the M oniteur on Friday
morning, relative to the Eastern question, have had the
effect of imparting great firmness to the French funds.
The Three per Centq. 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 Mobilibre 20f. Spanish Home Debt is A
higher, and the Piedmontese Five per Cents. / higher.
Railway Shares have risen from 51. to 101. each. Ex-
change on London continues to rise, being to-day (short),
25f. 21c. ; 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 Message).
I 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-
quire;: 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 not 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-

meat of the republic ; no more fear of that is felt here
than in France. But a regency would be proclaimed, 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 personsnamely,
Espartero, San Miguel, and O'Donnell—with Pacheco
a 3 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 publish. 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.

66 We restrict ourselves to observe that after the ar-
guments employed by Russia to decline (1 epousser) the
demands of the two great German Powers, the tenour
of the proclamations it has addressed to the Wallachians
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.
orablement representer) the evacuation of the princi-
palities as, a concession made to the diplomacy of
Austria."

DESPATCH OF COUNT NESSELRODE TO PRINCE GORT-

SCHAKOVF, 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 desire 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 the continuation 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-it en mesure
de nous en Bonner l'assurance 1)
It cannot escape its attention that from the first moment
that the Porte declarett 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 .1 character, has become nothing else for us but a mili-
tary position, 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, if 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, in future, to invade our
Asiaticor European coast, so as to impose upon us una,c .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 diminishing 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 every
means of obtaining that that peace should not be raiuous and
dishonourable for her, would be an act so contrary to all the
laws of equity, to every principle of militixy houou'r, that we
flatter ourselves '.ll the belief (nous nous plaisons a 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 itself 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 her 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 same 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 dispose) to enter into negotia-
tion on the precise period of the evacuation. The Cabinet of
Vienna may, beforehand, be persuaded that his Majesty
shares in 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 nix states, still less to overthrow the Otto-
man empire. In this respect, ho makes no difficulty to sub-
scribe to the three principles laid down in the protocol of the
9th April.
INTEGRITY OF TUREET.—This point has nothing which is not
conformable to all that we have hitherto enounced, 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.—WO are willing to pro-
ceed therewith, on suitable securities being given.

CONSOLIDATION OF THE RIGHTS OF -THE CHRISTIANS
Iti TuakEv.—Starting from the idea that the civil rights to be
obtained for all the Christian subjects of the Porte are inse-
parable from the religious rights as stipulated by the protocol,
and would become valueless for our co-religionists, if the
latter in acquiring new privileges 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 in the European guarantee of those pri-
vileges. Such being the dispositions of the Emperor on the
capital points indicated in the protocol, it appears to us, my
Prince, that provided peace is wished for without arriare
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 moans of an armistice.
This is the hope which your Excellency will kindly express
(voudra bien exprinier) to the Austrian Cabinet, by com-
municating to it this despatch.—:Reccive, &c.,
(Signed) NESSELRODE.

DESPATCH FROM M. DROUYN DE L'IIUYS 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
clone 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 shall 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
Franco 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 Nesselrodo replies, re-established, as it
should do (comae it fallait), the verity of the part (roles),
and that th© 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
in right Wait fondee 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 me is that, iu only at-
tributing to the step attempted Dy Austria, And supported

by Prussia, a character purely GermaniC, those two Powersi
could not show themselves satisfied with the result of their
insistences.
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, We
principalities of the Danube.
2. The impossibility of subordinating that evaenatit
claimed in the name of the essential interests of G ermany,. •."
conditions independent of the will of Austria.
Now, no limit is fixed to the occupation of Moldavia ancl
Wallachia, and the proclamation of an armistice is considerea
as the condition sine qua non of the retreat of the invadisf
armies beyond the Pruth. The prejudice which Russia,
iac-
cording to the testimony of Austria and Prussia, bears to to,
Germanic Confederation, by not re-entering within its terra'
torial limits, subsists, consequently, in full, and not only dor,
it become aggravated' by its duration, but also by the P.,73
non recevoi r, of which the legitimate representations win
it had raised have just been the object.
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg, it is true, adheres, it sa4,
to the principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th
April, but the presence of the Russian troops on the Otto"
man territory already takes from that declaration—wn'eial
b`e
wish to examine closely—the greatest part of its value.
evacuation of the Principalities is, in fact, the primary con
°f
tion of the integrity of the Turkish empire, and the fact,:
their occupation constitutes a flagrant violation of Enr°PiTint
right. The crisis which troubles the world—l will repea....,
the more readily because an attempt is made to contest a
derives from the passage of the Pruth ; and Russia no longie;
to-day subordinate to the exactions of a position in which 'of
has deliberately placed herself, the preliminary reparabL":o-
- act which general opinion has condemned. Ido not
derstand, I own it, what M. de Nesselrode means to stYLwie
announcing that the integrity of the Ottoman empire di;"1"
not be menaced by Russia as long as it shall be resPeeted the
the powers which occupy at this moment the waters an .00
territory of the Sultan." What similarity is there betwv.
the invader and the protector What analogy whatevelthe
there between the presence of allied troops, demanded by of
Sublime Porte, authorised by a diplomatic act, the effected
which must cease by a common act, and the violent entry
of the Russian army into Ottoman territory ?
Finally, M. le Baron, the paragraph of Count Nes.lelretilieo'S
despatch which concerns the situation of the i
00.
subjects of the Sultan signifies, or I am very much or
taken that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg places in the P
ber of! the ancient privileges that the Greeks of the Orie
rite ought to retain all the consequences, civil andios
gious, at the same time, of the protectorate it eil °
:old
over them ; and, in admitting that this protectorate 0.
be founded upon a European guarantee, I in vain endesso
to find how the independence and sovereignty of the Stabq of
Porte could co-exist with such a system. The Governin'ethat
his Imperial Majesty assuredly does not wish to s.`llf"tbe
Europe can show itself indifferent to the amelioration 0
condition of the rayas ; on the contrary, it thinks tinvdie,
ought to cover those populations with its active soliej,t
and come to an understanding to encourage the beneve".b
dispositions of the Sultan in their favour ; but it iirinl,l 'toe.
lieves that the reforms of which the system is susceptible'
which the different communities of Turkey are submit the
ought, to be salutary and efficacious, to emanate fotet ro•
Ottoman Government ; and that, if their accomplishraeljtioa,
quires foreign assistance, it should be an amicable se
_nee
shown by good and well meant advice, and not by interfen-„b,
founded upon treaties which no State could subscribe to yr"
out abdicatin indeendence.
This examing ationits
ofthe reply of the Cabinet of St. Fete':
burg would not be complete, K le Baron, unless I obeet.srvtro
that Count Nesselrode avoids with extreme care to WA—
slightest allusion to that ono of all the paragraphs of thect'hie
tocol of the 9th of April which deserved most to altf.lo a
attention, and the only one, in our opinion, which an
capital importance, as it implies the necessity of a. Europe
revision of the ancient relations of Russia with TurkeY,s
France and England could not therefore consent to t rtes-
pension of arms on the vague assurances given by C°llll
-burg
selrode touching the pacific dispositions of the St. Peter,
so
Cabinet. The sacrifices made by the allied PosTrseat
very considerable, the object they have iu view 1! ;the
enough for them not to stoop on the way before havin° Tye
certitude of not being obliged to recommence the war.' Q° too
particular conditions they will put for peace depend nPe.
many eventualities for them to indicate them at presen"
in this respect the reserve theirGovernmentle of his Irrlmer of
Majesty is perfectly willing to make kn ,wn at once
.seseere
the guarantees which appear to it iudispeusable to lelsrbs-
Europe against the return of a new and proximate Per;ibicli
tion. These guarantees result from the very situation
pointed out he daners their .
Thus Russia has tagkenof advantage ofabsence
the exclusive 11.gbriejef,
surveillance which treaties conferred upon her, in tear, to
tious of Moldavia and Wallachia with the sovereign P°
enter those provinces as if they were her own territog4r to
Her privileged position in the Euxine has allowea„Peiess
form establishments in that sea, and to develop ""teos•
amount of naval forces which, from a want of all count
lance, are a perpetual menace against the Ottoman Tril'of the
The possession without control of the principal 111",staoles
Danube by Russia has created moral and material 01' eOO.
to the navigation of that, great river, which affect the
merce of all nations.
Finally, the articles of the treaty of Kutchuk-- sow
relative to the religious protection, have become, in, of the
quencc of an abusive interpretation, the original cane'
struggle now maintai iu Trke. tllO
these points nedth e re aure y
new regulations tO. b_eeteafthi
blished and important modifications to be made to the 000
quo antebellum. It may be said, I think, that the even
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interests of Europe will demand—
ri
1. That the protectorate exercised hitherto by the Tl„eebia,
Court of Russia over the principalities of Moldavia, WtTvilegeS
and Servia, shall cease in future, and that the Pr' e their
accorded by the Sultans to those depen lent provinces m
empire should, in virtue of an arrangement couch:001;0d
the Sublime Porte, be placed under the collective gnarnia
th2.e powers.
That the navigation of the months of the Danube 01
be free from all obstruction, and subject to the applicet'" Of
the principles consecrated by the acts of the Congru
Vienna. a 1)9
3. That the treaty of 13th July, 1811, should be revise t
agreement of the high contracting powers in an interco;to
European equilibrium, and in the sense of a limitation °'
power of Russia in the Black Sea. 911
4. That- no—power Shall claim the right of exercisiof 0
official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime m
rote.,
matter to what rite they belong, but that France, Ans,'
Greet Britain, Prussia, and Russia shall give their mutual •
cern
curience to obtain from the initiative of the Ottoman tie rill'
ment the consecration and observance of the religions Po 10
leges of the different religious communities, and tilter, 1116
account, in the reciprocal interest of their co-religionissuitot
generous intentions manifested by his Majesty the, cool
without any infringement upon the dignity of this
resulting therefrom. to We'
The conference, if. it meets, will, I flatter myself
ed are
recognise that none of the ideas I have just exPre,.'i icP
contrary to the protocol of the 9th April, and that Is the
even difficult to contain within more moderate lira' ores;
investigation (la recherche) which France
Britain, and Prussia have, at this period, 'formally'
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themselves to make in common on the subject
Austria,
_„gea
of th t;
most proper to consolidate the existence of Inricliclo reel°
taching it to the general equilibrium of EuroPe•
communications of M. de Hubner authorise Ine *-11
say that the opinion of Count Buol coincides with ails vbier
that he takes the same view as Ido of the guar. i'eage
Europe has the right to demand from Russia, to be
exposed to a renewal of the same complications..., fierce. rill
Such is, M. to Baron, the reply which the ri.,,,ln;seelrono
ordered me to make to the contents of Count of °yr
despatch. You will be good enough to present ae°4''oall
reply to Count Buol, and to beg him, if necessarY, the
gether the Conference, to communicate it to themS free'
tbo
To resume—the document which has enlanntielnge it,coo
Cabinet of St. Petersburg makes absolutely no eSvern'-etiil
respective situations, and, in the opinion of the a tlO bet
of his Imperial Majesty, it will only serve to de° iceorteloa
more distinctly. Since Russia has still to waken-30.'0d,
intentions in a practical and positive manner
England persist in their attitude of belligerent r°,,roesis thet
as the the principalities have not been evacuated,
,i-oroftOtpril,
Austria will doubtless come to the conclusion °nth Of 1.,f
the obligations resulting from the treaty of the .:,.easa,
and strengthened, as regards the Cabinet of the
private agreement with the Sublime Porte, subsist

tegrity and have fallen due.
Received, ctc.,
(Signed)
At the
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OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This
theatre close
of f
for the season. The entertainment consisted ° fifto
Benson, The First Night, and The Witade,r,:geicedr:ilioi
performed, as usual, with great spirit, and ace°
great applause by a full house. Mr. WV"' ddre° 0
to managerial custom, delivered a farewell ainpaigctbe
which he described the success of his first ca 010%04
complete. Towards the end of his speech befece°l%tb
-
following promises :--In the interval of th° replklopoti,
through my next season, I will endeavour tiireelf
..torY
kindness on which I have hitherto drawn °°„,loc'illia;
credit. lam anxious to proingottmelitthyeofPgtqicelllerv:
of my audiences as well as the
ment. Consulting the welfare of the 130,c,the beatAO
lungs, it is my intention to make the seats u' wore roil;
thoroughly comfortable, and its atrriospher°., Oen' • ph
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sant to breathe by means of a complete ve inteo te%
we all know what place is paved with goo' .0 Do ivg
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on the ve
press the hope that you will be here f 111 VA
night of my second season, to judge bow far
11"
filled the prornis,s with which I close my
well' dor'
and bid yoti gratefully and cordially—F3gretwo be .11-ceil,
The Niger-Chadda expedition appear ~,erlel'g
leader,tunate aßpytaai formernß earrivalcroft.
wa thes ndneoaut
n 1
coef, t;T: yioarg
svit Tier;
now informed that the young Prussian eth.i'
Bleek, who through the influence of t'_:beee 1.00 ,
Bunsen, was sent out to join the Pleiad, bas beef
lided home in the same vessel in which he starts
Plymouth a few months ago. Dr. Baik ner pies r,
the leader, and Commander Miller, of h ootort
ship Crane, has kindly permitted his second rir. o-f
May, to assist in the navigation up the aest,,it9/
PLYMOUTH, Friday Evening.—Since t24le he l'oc•
James Joseline, 60th Regiment, on boa bay!
orcl
ship Andromeda, on the Bth inst., two de' the left
curred, viz., John Tomkin, 22, belonging '_'o3arnY
Auckland, of dysenteric cholera, and CorPor",, al
to 009
10th Regiment, of cholera. This evening
.ounrio-Yed e
sir
remain under treatment, many having returned
has
10be
6,4
receiving ship Endyntion, and no fresh
peared for the last few days. Of the six re
otn_albood
two are considered hopeless. The troor
Endymiou are in good health. . •

MONEY MARK E

AND
COMMEBCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'C LOCK.
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 5,8001., to
Constantinople, and 620 ounces to Hamburg.
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 reduction and the discounts still
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 212,255
Bullion 13,299,510
Decrease 184,814
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits 2,347.590
Increase
Other Deposits

Decrease.
Seven-Day and other Bills

Increase
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities

Increase
Notes unemployed

•
514.592
1,056,359

16,639
11,775,383
415,000
13,638,937

28,844
6,291,235

Increas
The Foreign Exchanges were firm yesterday
afternoon at about Tues Say's rates, except Trieste,
being rather lower.
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 Tunijkillo, 19A

May, 1854.
" I am happy to inform you that, since the date of
My last letter, we have completed our run of Flat rods,
and have had the water out of both Masterman's (as far
as the bottom of the 10 fathom level), and Anstey'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 shaft where necessary,
between the adit and 10 fathom level, (or 50). There is
not near so much repairs required as I bad anticipated,
so that in a Clay or two we shall be ready to continue on
our main re.d to the lower lift ; and if nothing unfore-
seen occurs, on the Ist of next month our survey day, I
hope to set the bottom to 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 workings ; but by the end of the month every-
thing will be clear, when Captain Remfrey and I will
have an inspection, and I will get him to report spe-
cially on the Aeneral 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 must 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.—i 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 change house is all but finished, so that we
can, at any time we have the men, make a start, and I
shall lie 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 putting some bags on the
floors, preparing the halvans for smelting, and picking
.over the old heaps, which contain, one and all, copse-
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,' all 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. Daily
I can see more and more places in the mine where we
shall be able by-and-bye to set pitches.
'o3r mine, and the locality generally; is beginning
to have more ;ife. We have a schoolmaster coming up,
who is also a Baptist mimister, so that we shall have
service on the Sabbath ; and for such services I have
agreed, on behalf of the cJinpany, to allow him the sum
of 501. per annum, an allowance which I hope will meet
with the sanction of the board—indirectly the company
will be gainers, as it is an additional inducement to men
to reside at a place where they can attend a place of
worship.
"We bid at the last land sale but one, for four sec-
tions of 80 acres each, on behalf 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 he made available, by having loca ides cen-
trally situated, on which out-stations could be formed. As
the boundaries of the Hundred now stand, the large extent
of commonage due toyour special survey is unavailable, and
which c.rcurnstances, materially diminishes the rental
you others ice receive. With a view therefore 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 if we
did not endeavour to purchase—the result being as before
stated—the purchase of one section well situated, so as
to command the best part of the commonage, at a price
of 1981.
"If the Eolrd do not cor alder this purchase as of any
advantage, they can at any time recover their money,
with good interest.
"To make available all the commonage, it would re-
quire at least three more sections, the purchase of 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, &c., 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 1'25 bags, marked
AMC Tungkillo, weighing about 5. 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'?

The English stock market is buoyant. Consols
having advanced to 93i / for money and to 93g
for account. Bank Stock is marked 210. Exche-
quer Bills are lower, being 2s. discount to par.
The New 3i per Cents. are 94 to 94k, and the 3
per Copts. 93g. to 93k.
Foreign Securities have been very inactive, the
only transactions being in Spanish Bonds. The
3 per Cents. are marked 39 to the New De-
ferred 18ft to the Passive 4, and the Committee's
Certificate si.
Railway Shares 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 AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the O9cial List.

ni:siness done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93a
3,f per Cent. Annuities
Lung Annuities, Bailin.) sth Jan., 1860 4g
Consols for Account 17th August 936 2 2 2
Exchequer Bills, 21d.
£100)
1:500 2 p par
Small 2 pm par
Exchequer Bonds Scrip . .
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIC.
gpaniih Bonds, 3 per Cent 39A x d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB4 a
Ditto Passive (Converted)
SPauish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5,1 p e
Dividends on the above payable in Lori,l( n
TIVO O'CLOCK.
Consols 935
Ditto August Aceonnt

THREE CHILDREN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—On Thurs-
day afternoon a heavy thunderstorm passed over the
village '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,
that he was sitting at his desk during the heavy
storm, when suddenly the room appeared tilled 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, and nearly insensible. The schoolroom,
a neat Gothic structure, with thatched or reeded roof,
was found to be on fire, the lightning having struck near
the chimney, and speedily ignited the roof. The entire
building is destroyed. The whole affair has created a
most painful sensation in the neighbourhood.
ACCIDENT TO THE NEW SCREW STEAM SHIP CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA.—This fine new screw ateatn.ship, built
at Glasgow to replace the unfortunate City of Glasgow
on the Philadelphia line, sailed from (firer Hock at three
a.m. on Thursday for Liverpool, but was seen at two
P-m. off Fort Patrick, returning to Glasgow under
canvas, owing to a slight derangement to her machinery
from the heating of the orauk-ohaft. The delay will not
exceed a few days.