The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Aua 2.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied be Prince Alfred, and attended by the Countess
of Desart and Lord Alfred Paget.
The Duchess of Kent is expected to arrive to-morrow
on a visit to her Majesty.

M. Baudin, the French Charge d'Affaires, had an in-
terview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence in Downing-street.
A numerous deputation of the metropolitan grocers,
I attended by Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. Williarns,M.P.,
Mr. Ap.ley Pellatt, 111. P., and Mr. Moffatt, M.P., had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The
deputation was introduced by Sir James Duke, M.P.,
and the ;grievances of the grocers, in regard to the late
pros,cutions f.r the sale of coffee and chicory, were
stated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by Mr.
3loffatt, M.P.

Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governors of the Falkland Islands.

THE RUSSO-

UTCB LOAN.

The following are the nai
who supported Lord Dudley
Hume, W. F.
Langton, H. G.
Morris, D.

.mes of the five gentlemen
r Stuart's motion :-
1 Murrougb, J. P.

Wise, A.

The King of the Belgians arrived at Ostend on
Monday.
The Lady Elizabeth de Ros and infant daughter are
progressing f►vourably, at the Earl of Wilton's, in
Grosvenor-square.
The Earl of Derby, who recently purchased the
spacious family mansion of the Earl of Dartmouth, in
St. James's-square, will take possession of the edifice
early in the ensuing year.
The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, who is
staying at Brighton, returns to Grosvenor-street, the
week after next, en route to Sir G. Chetwynd's seat,
Atherstone.

His Excellency Lord Howard de Walden arrived at
the British Embassy, at Brussels, on Monday, from
London. Sir T. Waller, Bart., the First Secretary to
the Ernba.ssy, has arrived in town, from the Belgian
capital.
His Excellency the Count and Countess Waleweki,
who have left Paris on a brief tour in Switzerland, are
exoected to return to the French Embassy at Albert-
gate the first week in the ensuing month.
Lord and Lady Bloomfield have proceeded to pass
three or four days in the vicinity of Dresden.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Cecilia
Gordon Lennox, with the Princess E I ward of Saxe
Weimar and the Countess of Bessborough, left town yes-
terday morning for Gordon Castle, N.B. The Earl of
Bessborough will join the family circle in a few days.
Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox will accompany his
noble relatives to Scotland.

THe Hox. C. P VILLIERS.—We regret to hear that
the Hon. C. P. Villiers has been advised to leave Eng-
land for some months, for the benefit of his health, which
has become seriously impaired by his unremitting at-
tend ante, session after session, in the House of Com-
mons. There is too much reason to suppose that the
seeds of his present illness were laid during the great
Free-trade struggle, when, fair so many years, he never
relaxed in his arduous and persevering exertions for the
repeal of the corn laws, until that great boon was se-
cured to the country.

THE SPEAKER'S OFFICIAL DINNER.—The Right Hon.
the Speaker's annual dinner to the officials of the House
of Commons took place yesterday, when the following
gentlemen had the honour of being present :—Sir
Le Marchant, Lord Charles Russell, Messrs. Wm. Ley.
Henry Ley, Gosset, Colonel Forester, Messrs. Jones,
Rickards, May,_ Smith, Vardon, Waldegrave, Dyson,
Godg... Gibbons, Rowland, Gunnell, Postlewaite, Lefroy,
Rev. Mr. Gamier.

A most melancholy accident happened on board the
fine steamer Princess Royal on her passage from Liver-
pool on the morning of Sabbath last, while off the Isle
of Man. A young man, a seaman, belonging to Kirkcaldy,
was standing on the topgallant forecastle, speaking to
the man on the look-out, when he thought he heard
some knocking upon deck, and went to see the cause of
it. As he was leaving the forecastle he tripped over the
kedge•anchor and fell overboard. The sea was perfectly
smooth at the time, and the steamer was at once stopped
and the boats lowered, but he was never seen again.
Greenock A dvertiser.
REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. Captain
E !ward Somerset, who was elected for Monmouthshire
,n his absence on service at the Cape, issued an address
to the electors on proceeding out again on active service
to Turkey. He bids them, "he hopes, a short adieu,"
an I adds : " The labours of this session are now nearly
come to a conclusion, and I hope that, ere the next corn.
mences, the energies of France and England, happily
co.nbined, may have brought this war to a brilliant,
rapid, and successful conclusion."
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The new terminus
having now been entirely completed, the whole of the
arrival trains are enabled to come into the new premises.
By the completion of this handsome terminus to one of
the greatest and most important lines of railway in the
kingdom, it is brought fully half a mile nearer town than
batore, which is a great convenience in itself to the
public, indepeneently of the superior accommodation and
comfort, compared to the temporary terminus further
down the line. The great space at the disposal of the
company has enabled them to make arrangements for
separating the arrival from the departure departments,
which no other railway company could do so completely,
and thus prevent all confusion. The company have
made arrangements by which passengers on arrival can,
if they desire it, enter their new and magnificent hotel
from the platform, without going round through the
street. This has been effected by the erection of a raised
covered gallery of an ornamental character, leading
directlyinto the ground floor of the hotel, facing the
grand entrance.

MONEY MARKE,i

AND
COM MKRCI A L INT HLLIGENT.

CITY. TWO o'C LOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 10,000 bales, including 3,000 Ameri-
can, and 500 Surat taken for export and on specu-
lation. The market was steady and well supplied,
without alteration in prices. The sales comprised
7,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham, at
6d. to 7d., 150 Bahia at 6id., 700 Egyptian at
sid. to 81d., 1,500 Surat at 3d. to 41., and 50
Sea Island at Is. oil to Is. 5d., per lb. Rail-
way Shares were dull.
Upon the silk trade, Mr. H. W. Eaton reports
as follows :

" I have again the pleasure of reporting a further in-
crease in the deliveries of silk.
" In Chinas a considerable business has been done
during the month, in the early part chiefly for export,
but latterly our home manufacturers have come forward
much more freely.
"The present large consumption of this silk, to the
comparative exclusion of other sorts, has become a most
important feature, and goes far to allay any fears that
may have arisen from the unprecedentedly large shipments
from China, as it will be found on examination, that while
the total stock to-day shows an increase as compared
with the Ist of August, 1853, of 80 per cent., the de-
livery of la'it month is 93 per cent. over July, 1853, and
further, that the deliveries from Ist January to Ist
August, 1851, are fully 45 per cent. in excess of those
during the same period last year.
"The accounts just received from China, report the
approaching crop as likely to be abundant, arid of good
quality, but that the high exchange would render the
cost at first higher than desirable.
" Our market has been rather more quiet the last few
days, but prices remain without alteration.
" In Bengals more business has been doing, but the
low qualities are still neglected.
"In Brutias and Persians there is no change ; the
stock of the former consists of 23 ballots, and of the
latter about 1,450 ballots.
"In Italian silk the sales have been very limited ;
some of the new crop has arrived, and a few sales made
at 255. first class raw, and 225. 61. to 235. for seconds.

The decision come to by the committee at
Lloyd'i to close the establishment at two o'clock
every Saturday afternoon, affords much satisfac-
tion, and it is expected that other places of busi-
ness will also shut up earlier on that day. With
respect to the Subscription Reading-rooms, how-
ever, it seams to be the opinion that as parties
frequent them as much for the enjoyment of their

leisure hours as for commercial purposes, they
must remain open nominally until five o'clock atleast,
and this would merely necessite the attendance of
one or other of the employes by turns.
The ship Medway from Port Philip, whence she
sailed April 21, has arrived off Portsmouth with a
full cargo and 42,304 ounces of gold, having been
absent from England only eight months and one
week.

The Bank of England has this day reduced its
minimum rate of discount from 51 to 5 per cent.
The disinclination to enter into foreign loans, the
better prospects for the grain crops, and a general
curtailment of business operations, renders it pro-
bable that the Bank would find less employ-

ment for its capital, money on best paper
having been obtainable in Lombard-street at

5 and 5/ per cent., during the last week or

10 days. The reduction has not come too soon,
for commerce needed stimulating rather than re-
pressing. Some expected, nevertheless, that the
measure would be delayed until we bad approached
nearer to harvest time. It is said that the heavy
rains which fell here last night, are by no means
general elsewhere.
The English Stock Market has partly recovered
yesterday's decline, in consequence of the reduc-
tion of the rate of discount at the Bank of Eng-
land, but the weather rather keeps the quotations
in check, and the supply of money stock furnished
by the sales of the Chancery broker yesterday
also has an effect, although the foreign news

continues good. Consols have been 92 to 921
for transfer, and 921 to k for account. They
are now 921, rather sellers. The New Three-
and-a-Quarte- per Cents. have realised 921 to 93k,
and the 3 per Cents. 928 to I. Bank Stock has
been heavy at 2091. Exchequer Bills have risen
to I.s. and 4s. prem.
In Foreign Securities there is more doing, but they
do not bring fuller rates. Spanish 3 per Cents.
have been 38 to 38/, and the Certificate is at 4a
to I. • Mexican Bonds have realised 241, Buenos
Ayres 55, and Brazilian par to 1001. Dutch 2i
per Cents. are 601 ex div. The Spanish news still
reads well.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6l ; Mexi-
can, 241 to 24g ; Peruvian, 66 to 63 ; Ditto 3 per
Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to
41 ; Russian 5_ per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 4/ per
Cents., 82 to 84 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to
19 Ditto 3 per Cents., 37i to 384- ; Ditto Certi-
ficates, 4 to 5 ; Ditto Passive, 4to 4i.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

1854. 1853.
£24,098 £24,318

Great Western

North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South- Eastern

58,853 56,882
16.035 17,765
20,999 20,027
27,649 26,283
21,449 20,681

Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 11,804 10,933
Great Northern 22,367 16,383

The Railway Market is rather dull, and the ten-
dency in prices is downwards. The lines princi-
pally dealt in are Caledonian, Great Northern,
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire,
Ea'stern, and York and Berwick. Foreign
sßoruigthhtn
Shares are very inactive and nominal.

Mining Shares are neglected, and Bank Shares
and Land Companies, are firm.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

( From, the (*dal List. j

Ilmaness none
7th
'ilaink,er DStheuctk. ft,..e.du—Ce—d...A..n.u..ui..t.,e—s 1291 $
'3 per Cent Consols Annuities 921 2 $
31 per Cent. Annuities . 93 434
, 92i a A 1
3.:1000 ..................... ...
2500
%tall ........................................ . 4 2 5 p
Tio cliswftiouro t: t. cicwolusn,t2ila. August
Exchequer Bonds, 1858 . 9Ba
Tazi Han Bonds, 5 per Cent
PRICE
Ditto
.. . FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
. . ....
................. .
i-:uenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 55
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 76
.exican 3 per Cent. .......................... .
24i
-Vanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3Bl 1 8 x d
x d
per (lent.— .
invidends on the ihove payable in London
44ppaanuisishh
CNoemwmDitetefeerrceedrt., 3
of
Coup. not fun. 4i fi
Dutch Exchange, 21 Per Cent. 12 Gull 6Ol x d
HALF-PA ST T WO.
Consols ...................................... 921
Ditto August Accowit
..• 92g

BURIAL , ...._
CI 17135 f
of prisons
ron's Friendly Societies Bill took evidence on the subject
of child murder, alleged to be induced by the temptation
if funeral money. They
he select committee on Mr. Sothe-
ermined four judges, two go-
vernorslain of a prison, a recristrar of births and deaths, and a
solicitor who had been engaged in a prosecution or child
had evidence , two coroners, a chief of police, a chap
lain
; and the committee came to the conclusion that
i he instances of child murder where the motive has been
to obtain money from a burial society are very few (they
years), and
_that it is not necessary to legislate specifi-
cally with a view to the prevention of that crime. The
of only four convictions in the last 13
judges, however, pressed upon the committee that it was
not allowed by law to any person, rich or poor, to insure
the life of another unless he has a pecuniary interest in
the continuance of such life, and that an insurance for
burial money is at variance with this rule, and, if per-
mitted, ought carefully to be limited to its avowed ob-
ject of providing for the child's funeral. The committee
consider that the law requiring the payment to be made
to the undertaker is disliked, and is altogether illusory
and inoperative ; in many cases no such person is ein-
Pl°Yed- They propose, as a better course, to limit the
imount to be received, whether from One or more so-
cieties, to 61. on the death of a child under five, and 101.
on the death of a child between five and ten, a medical
f•ertificate of the cause of death to be in all cases pro-
duced.

THE CHOLERA IN AMERICA.—The cholera has been
very fatal in Canada. but is said to be now declining.
It, has spread into nearly all parts of the United Stntes.
The following is the account from Chicago on the 12th
ultimo :—" The cholera has been raging in this city with
the greatekl violence for the past two or three weeks,
and the people have been dying off like sheep. From
the 3d to the 9th of this month the deaths by cholera
have averaged over 100 per day, and the carts conveying
the dead to their last resting-place have been traversing
the streets day and night for the last two weeks, some of
them conveying three or four bodies."
ARCHERY AT RICHMOND.—The ancient silver arrow,
which was first shot for at Scorton, in 1673, and has
since that time been annually competed for, was shot for
at Richmond, on Wednesday last, on the Cricket ground,
by 15 archers. Mr. Stewart, of York, by obtaining the
first gold,
won the arrow, and the captaincy for the
ensuing year. Mr. Hargrove, t. f York, by the first red,
won the silver bugle and lieutenancy for the next year.
The captaincy of numbers were soon awarded to Mr. R.
Bell, Leeds. The subscription cup, the prize for the
best gold, was won by Mr. Farrer, York. The horn
spoon to Mr. Fox, of Leeds, for the best white,—Dur.
dam Advertiser.

EST P. M141.,:GN N S.

THE WAR.

ADVANCE OF THE TURKS TOWARDS
BUCHAREST.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, last
night, says :—"At Bucharest, on the 27th of July,
the Turks were expected in two or three days, and
will have a splendid reception. The Presse states,
under date Belgrade, August 1, that according to a
despatch from the Turkish head-quarters, the Rus-
sians are leaving Wallachia in three columns. The
province is to have an army of occupation of. Turks
and Austrians. The immediate evacuation of Mol-
davia is not expected."
A letter from Bucharest of the 19th ult., in
the .Satellite of Cronstadt in Transylvania, says :
—" The commander of the Russian troops in

the environs of the town of Prova has de-
manded from the Central Government commis-
sioners to compel the inhabitants of the valley
to establish barricades and to break up communi-
cations. This measure is evidently directed against
the eventuality of the entrance of the Austrians
into Wallachia. When Prince Gortsch&:off re-
turned here from Urtitcheni, the corps of Boyards
waited on him to pay their respects. The Prince
amongst other things said The Russians in the
two principalities have thus far been extremely
mild and friendly towards the inhabitants ; no one
can say the contrary. But that will not be the
case in future. We have hitherto only asked for
what was indispensable to the troops ; to-morrow
we shall begin to take what we require, or what
we may think right.' The Russians have already
disposed of our peasants—every man who possesses
cattle is to be obliged to make conveyances during
four days in the week."

THE ANGLO-FRENCH TERMS FOR NEW
NEGOTIATIONS.

A letter from Berlin, of the 29th, says :
" It was said to-day in well-informed circles that the
French and English ambassadors here had just received
fresh instructions from their Governments. The cabi-
nets of Paris and London, according to what is rumoured,
would be disposed to resume negotiations on the follow-
ing terms :--18t, the immediate evacuation of the prin-
cipalities ; 2dly, the joint protectorate of the principal!
ties by all the powers, reserving to Austria the executive
power; 3dly, the joint protectorate of all the non-Mus-
sulman subjects of the Porte, in conformity with the
principles laid down in the protocol of Vienna of April
9 ; 4thly, the free navitiation of the Danube and of the
Black Sea, and the establishment of a free port in the
latter ; and sthly, an indemnity for the expenses of the
war. The President of the Council, M. de Manteuffel,
having only returned to Berlin in the course of the day,
has not as yet had any official communication made to
him on the subject."

ENTRANCE OF ENGLISH VESSELS INTO

THE DANUBE.

The Lloyd of Vienna contains a letter from Galatz
of the 18th ult., which states that three English
vessels had entered the mouth of the Danube at
Sulina without obstacle. There were 7 feet of water
there, and a dredging machine was kept constantly
at work. The first Russian posts were at Sinakow,
within half a league of the mouth. The Russians
were throwing up entrenchments and placing bat-
teries on both banks near Ismail and Tultscha, to
prevent the enemy's vessels from going up further.
The Russian flotilla of the Danube forms three
divisions, which are at Ibraila, Reni, and Galatz.
The Russians are fortifying this latter town, and
throwing up entrenchments on the islands in the
Danube.

AUSTRIAN CONDITIONS AS TO THE OCCU
PATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Presse of Vienna has the following import-
ant intelligence from Constantinople :—" Austria
has made these conditions relative to the occupa-
tion of the Principalities :—L As soon as the Aus-
trians have entered the Principalities the Turks are
to undertake no further offensive operations in those
provinces. 2. Austria to undertake all military
operations without previously obtaining the con-
sent of any other Power. 3. The Hospodars are
to be reinstated, but the Porte is to send Commis-
saries to examine into their conduct while the Rus-
sians were in their respective Principalities."