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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1854.

At the " eleventh" hour Ministers are again
about to accomplish what we demanded in these
columns at the very " first," and what we have
ever since been entreating from them in a kind of
intermittent agony of supplication. This time
their tardy proceeding has reference to the trans-
mission of troops to the Baltic, to aid the com-
bined fleets in their operations against Cronstadt,
and through Cronstadt against St. Petersburg.
Precisely as it was formerly in regard to the send-
ing of our ships of war to the Dardanelles, and
then on to the Bosphorus, and then beyond the Sea
of Marmora resolutely into the Black Sea, and then
cruising about the Black Sea between Odessa and
Varna and Sebastopol. Or again, exactly as it was
in allusion to the desirable cessation of our diplo-
matic efforts to bring about a compromise. Or
still more as it was afterwards in regard to the
impossibility of maintaining the mere appearances
of peace with Russia ; in other words, as to its
having become requisite to declare war against
the AtrrocßAT. As hitherto in those instances,
the necessity, long set aside as inconvenient, has at
length been recognised by a dilatory and reluctant
Government.

A military armament is at last to be sent out
to aid the maritime armament already despatched
into the Baltic, with a view to certain important
warlike operations along the shores of the Gulf of
Finland. It is well. It is what we have
asked " many a time and oft, HORATIO !" At
last, instead of at first, soldiers are to be sent into
the Baltic to aid the gallant sailors under NAPIER
and PARSEVAL-DESCHENES. At last, instead of at
first, the exploits adventured upon against the
terzitories of the CZAR by sea are to be assisted
by eimultaneous efforts adventured upon by land.
At last,
to
instead of at first ! Well : regrets in
regard the
Past are worse than useless. Let
us frankly accept 'whatever good the Present may
-ring us, and look forward with as sanguine anti-
ipations as possible to the Future, with whatever
events it may have in. store for
and the unborn
annalist. A Troop Fleet i
us
5 to hasten through
the Cattegat towards the Gulf
of Finland
with all convenient speed. Again
it is well. Time may ultimatel , we say,
y carry out iu like
manner to Sir CHARLES NAPIER an adequate supDhr
of those gun-boats with a light draught of water,
which are notoriously requisite for the shallow
navigation extending from the island of Cronstadt
to the mouth of the river Neva, and consequently
to the immediate vicinity of St. Petersburg. Time
is taking out to the combined fleets at the eleventh
hour the almost despaired-of aid of a military
armament. It may with kindred beneficence con-
vey at last, in the same direction, the still more
essential assistance of gun-boats fitted for exceed-
ingly shoal-water navigation. Both necessities,
instead of merely one of them, may at last be
recognised by our long-blind or long-hesitating
Government.

However this may be in reference to the gun-
boats required in those waters, it would actually
appear that after all these months and months of
delay —a French army is forthwith to be carried
out by an English fleet into the Baltic. Assuredly
this is the crowning act of the glorious alliance
between the two great countries, the arbitrers of
the destinies of Christendom. An English fleet,
conveying a French army to the northern
coasts of Russia for the purpose of more effectu-
ally developing the warlike operations of the
Allies against the AUTOCRAT ! Eight powerful men-
of-war—the Royal William (120 guns), Waterloo !
(120), St. Vincent (102), Hannibal (91), Algiers
(91), Powerful (84), Calcutta, (84), and Formid-
able (84)--are under orders to proceed at once
to Cherbourg, there to embark French troops to
aid in the Baltic operations. On board the St. Vin-
cent alone arrangements are being made for 2,000 of
these troops finding ample accommodation. So that
the scale of the expedition may be therefore very
readily calculated. Why not, however, so con-
trive matters that British soldiers as' well as
French soldiers may be sent out to co-operate with
;the fleets of NAPIER and PA RSEVAL-DESCRENES ?
Why not ? Except that Ministers would seem

never to do things until the very last moment,
and then, if they can possibly so contrive,
only partially. But for this curious perversity
the troops we are about to despatch into the
Euxine for the purpose of swelling the ranks of
the Anglo-French contingent under ST. ARNAUD
and RAGLAN, would accompany to the Baltic
those brave Gallic soldiers who are about to em-
bark at Cherbourg on board our British men-of-
war. It may not be too late for the alteration.
What say you, my Lord of NEWCASTLE ?

We are at a loss to comprehend why the Earl
of DERBY should adopt the almost unparalleled
and inconvenient course of raising a debate on
the merits of the Canadian Legislative Council
Bill on the third reading. He had allowed the
second reading without a division, he was as much
opposed to it then as now ; but, as we had sup-
posed, that discretion with which the Lords so
frequently concur in not obstructing measures
essential to the peace of the empire, however re-
pugnant to their Lordships, induced him to waive
his opposition. We were, it seems, mistaken, the
HARRY HOTSPUR overpowered the Peer of the
Realm, and the Earl of DERBY expended one of
his greatest sessional efforts in rendering himself
unpopular with our North American Colonies,
and in endeavouring to persuade the House
of Lords to do the same. With all our
admiration of the ability displayed by the
Noble Earl, it is impossible to regard his
speech otherwise than as a piece of one-sided spe-
cial pleading ; and for the sake of Canada and the
integrity of the empire, we are sincerely glad that
he met with the rebuke of finding himself in a
minority of 39 to 63.
We have already had occasion to speak of the
Duke of NewcA wrne's Enabling Bill as one of the
best measures of the Coalition, and we see no rea-
son to recal our praise. A short, plain, intelli-
gible bill, which people of common sense can un-
derstand ; a bill clogged with no perverse limita-
tions and restrictions, but frankly placing in the
hands of the Canadians the power to alter their
local constitution as they judged best ; a bill
which may be regarded as the parent's congratu-
lation to his childj ust come of age, and bidding
it use its youthful vigour almost entirely in its
own way. Such a bill we have not often seen
where popular liberties were concerned, and we
must repeat our hearty commendation of it ; it
has snapped one of the old and irritating bonds,
or rather chains, of connection between this coun-
try and the colony, to substitute for it a bond
incomparably stronger of mutual respect and at-
tachment. A Reform Bill like it, or an Oxford
University Bill, perhaps even an Education Bill,
would have passed in spite of the war, and have
given a character of vigour to the domestic admi-
nistration of the Government. The unfortunate
Colonial Church Disabilities Bill, just withdrawn,
had it been on the same model, had it placed the
entire subject of the Colonial Church, the ap-
pointment of bishops, with their payment in-
cluded, in the hands of the colonists, would have
been carried safely through by the common sense
and justice of both England and the colonies.
We have no wish to follow the Earl of DERBY
in his attempts to convict Lord JOHN RUSSELL of
inconsistency, still less to defend the talented
Earl of DURHAM'S Report from the Noble Lord's
misrepresentation. The latter was sufficiently
done by the Duke of NEWCASTLE, who showed
that that honest and liberal statesman had plainly
exposed the insuperable evils of a nominee
Council. Lord JOHN will certainly, in a short
time, fully defend himself.
The truth is, Lord DERBY is, unfortunately,
but too irritable on Canadian questions ; he has
chosen to do battle for as much aristocracy as
possible, where no aristocracy exists. In this
country it is difficult even for the most ardent
Radicals and Democrats to suppress entirely their
vernacular reverence for titles. In actual life a public
man, must quite swim against the stream in doing
so. Whatever movement is commenced, whatever
society or association formed, to gain a Lord or
two is considered a great point. Even the Man-
chester Leaguers were proud of the few Nobles
who gave in their adhesion to the association.
From the times of the Saxons and Normans
nobility has been a part of the system of English
society. Of course, in Canada, and in all colo-
nies, there is nothing of the kind. There are no
distinctions but the natural ones of property, cha-
racter, and intelligence; all these take their natu-
ral patents from the society in which they live,
and office under the Colonial Government, electron
to the Legislative Assembly, or some local appoint-
ment, is the utmost which the, superior classes can
think of. They are all on a titular, or rather
non-titular, level. In such a state of things, no
wonder that a house composed of mere nominees
of the Crown should be held in contempt ; and
that the plain fact should be, that those whom
the Crown would prefer to nominate should
decline an honour which degrades them in the
eyes of their neighbours. A man's immediate
associates are more to him than the Governor, or
the QUEEN of England herself. Nor can even her
fiat create a substitute in our colonies for an
English Peer. No ; Lord DERBY must be con-
tent to take the colonies as he finds them. They
can make their own House of Lords, and will
honour it far more than any which their SOVE-
REIGN or her representative can make for them,
and no doubt they will very quickly do it.
Lord DERBY is very much disquieted with the
mode suggested by the Legislative Assembly for
the election of another house. Now it may be a
wise or an unwise one, but we must think that
the wisest scheme forced on the Canadians from
home would probably meet with but little
sympathy in the colony itself. He especially
objected to the proposal that if the Council twice
rejected a measure sent up by the Assembly, the
former should be sent back to its constituents.
Perhaps the Noble Lord forgot that the Norway
constitution goes even further, since in that coun-
try if the Lower House, the Storthing, passes a mea-
sure thrice, it becomes law of itself, although the
Upper House, or Lagthin,g, and the Crown too,
may be quite opposed to it. We have never
heard of any mischievous consequences arising
from such an arrangement, and no doubt Baron
ROTHSCHILD and the electors of London think that
some similar provision would have its use occa-
sionally in England itself.
Nothing is more certain than that our North
American colonies are now feeling their growing
importance more and more every year ; they are
demanding no longer to be regarded as colonists, but
as an integral part of the Empire ; they aspire
to lie represented imperially, in our House of
Commons at least, to share in the Imperial as
well as the Colonial Councils. They outnumber
Scotland population, and nearly equal it in
in
commercial tonnage. Why not, then, they ask,
enjoy a representation like hers in the Imperial
Parliament ?
rn
The colonies are implicated in the
foreign relations
°f England a Colonial Secretary,
representing the Gove
ment of
England only, votes
and speaks on colonial subjects ix the House, and is
supreme at Downing street
but the voice of the
colonial Commons is unheard
their views and wants are but in our Legislature,
imperfectly
and many measures adopted known,
Would have been
sure of rejection had their opin'l°l's
fairly laid before the House of Co
we shall return to this subject. It that
But
while such views are spreadine on the other side
the Atlantic, we can no longer t t
rea o©
Colonies
as pocket boroughs. rui
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The Lady Ellice Egerton, daughter of the Earl and
Countess of Ellesmere, is about to be married to the
Hon. George Byng, M.P., eldest son of Viscount En-
field, and grandson of the Earl of Strafford.
Sir William Keith Murray, of Ochtertyre, it is said,
is shortly to be united in marriage to Lady Adelaide
Hastings. Lady Adelaide is sister to the Marchiones
of Bute.—Scotsman.

Mr. Holford will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar
the youthful and beautiful daughter of the Hon. Colonel
Lindsay—Miss Elizabeth Lindsay.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—We are requested
to state that the number of students of the Faculty of
Art 3 of the college during the past session was 204, ex-
clusive of the 66 members of the "Patriot" classes for
schoolmasters.

THE NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.—The Senate of Hamburg
has approved of the decision of the Chamber of Com-
merce of that city, that the last Russian loan shall not
be officially quoted at the Bourse.

THE ROYAL FR EP: .HOSPITAL INQUIRY.
(TILTS DAY.)

This inquiry was resumed at ten o'clock this morning.
The court was, as on former days, densely thronged by
professional gentlemen and others.

Mr. J. B. Angenven, one of the house surgeons at the
Roy al Free Hospital, stated he performed the post in,ortem
examination on the deceased a few hours after death. He
discovered that the instrument, instead of passing direct into
the bladder, opened the uretha. He found a stone in the
bladder. From the position of the wound the forceps did
not appear to have clutched the stone. It is much more
difficult to enter the bladder of a child than in that of an
adult. He had known with the best of operators the
operation taking over half an hour. After taking the cal-
culus from the bladder he gave it to Mr. Cooke. The
bladder was taken away from the body and kept in the
museum two or three days, after which it was buried. (The
stone taken from the bladder was produced.) Mr. Cooke
was a very fair operator. Such a mistake, as the knife
missing the bladder, had frequently happened before. Sir
Astley Cooper had mentioned such cases in his treatise on
lithotomy. It was impossible to say how long the
child might have lived, with such a stone in its
bladder. He (witness) considered such an operation
necessary. He did not witness the operation, for
while the operation was being carried on he was en-
gaged administering the chloroform. The patient under
the influence of chloroform would not be susceptible to pain
at all. He saw nothing during the operation of gross igno-
rance or incapacity on the part of the operator. Such ope-
rations were always very dangerous, and fatal consequences
were not to be wondered at. Fatal results would ensue
notwithstanding the best of skill. The operation on a
child sometime takes two or three minutes, and at other
times mnchlonger. Before commencing, the operator should
have all the instruments required in the operation laid
upon the table. Some delay in the operation in question
ensued, through the instruments not being at hand. It
was Mr. Sanbell's duty, as senior house-surgeon, to have
the instruments in readiness. He (witness) certified the
cause of death in the case of the child as resulting from
inflammation of the internal surface of the abdomen,
which inflammation was not all an uncommon occurence
after operations for lithotomy.
Mr. Wm. Coulson, surgeon, and an eminent operator,
who performed a second post mortem examination a
month subsequently to the preceding one, said he found
the bladder was gone. He could not, from the condition of
of the body, form an opinion as to the cause of death.
With the most eminent surgeons such mishaps as the in-
strument missing the bladder and passing elsewhere had
occurred. The instrument frequently, or he might say
occasionally, passing between the rectum and bladder,
was not an uncommon occurrence. Such might occur to
himself to-morrow. In children such mishaps were more
frequent than in adults.
By Mr. Ballantine—He (witness) made the post-mortem
examination by order of Mr. Wakley. Any delay in the
procuring the instruments necessary for the operation
tended to endanger the patient under operation.
Mr. F. C) Skey, surgeon, residing in Grosvenor-street,
Grosvenor-square, was next examined, and after having
undergone a cross-examination at the hands of the counsel,
the inquiry was adjourned for a brief period.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
APPREHENSION 0? A BANSRUPT.-EXTRAORDINARY

CASE.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE FIELDING.

This morning Alfred Fielding, described as of Nelson-
street, Greenwich, jeweller, &c., against whom a petition
in Bankruptcy had been filed, but who had absconded, was
brought up in custody of Mr. Hamber, the messenger of
the Court, having been apprehended by him yesterday
afternoon. From tho statement to the Court by Mr. Ham-
ber, it appeared that the bankrupt absconded, and from
the information received, it was discovered that he had
gone to Paris, but returned, and traced by Mr. Hamber to
a house in the borough, where he was taken into custody.
Property had been taken under the bankruptcy, amounting
to between 3001. and 4001.
The bankrupt underwent a very rigid examination, and
admitted that ho had been in the habit of selling goods to
a person whose namo he believed to be Levy, but he never
asked his name or where he lived.

His Honour directed the examination to be taken in
writing, for unless the bankrupt gave more satisfactory
answers, it would be his honour's painful duty to commit
him to Newgate.
The examination was resumed, and the same answers
given.
Mr. Hamber produced some memoranda and duplicates
found on the bankrupt. One of the papers was a stamped
receipt, made out in favour of James Scott, and signed by
the bankrupt, for 8591. 2s. Gd.
The bankrupt, o❑ being questioned on this subjeot, per-
sisted that he had only written it for " amusement," and
that a list of items amounting to that sum was all ima-
ginary.
His Honour said this was the most extraordinary ex-
planation he had ever heard, that a stamped receipt should
be made out for mere amusement, by a man who had
absconded. He would adjourn the examination to give
time to look through all the documents, and removed the
bankrupt into custody. He entreated the bankrupt to
reflect, and consider the consequence of his adhering to his
present story. He should have the examination, so as not
to say he had been mistaken. The bankrupt had better
take timely advice.
The case was adjourned accordingly.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Charles Watt, 24, artilleryman, pleaded guilty to steal-
ing a purse and 51., the property of John Martin.
In answer to the Recorder, the prosecutor, a corporal in
the Artillery, said that the prisoner had been for 7 years
in the regiment, and had borne a good character. He slept
in the same room as prosecutor, and the money had been
taken from his (prosecutors) boz, which was underneath
his bed. When the money was missed, prisoner tried to
lay the charge upon two other soldiers in the same regi-
ment.

The Recorder in passing sentence said, that he was
sorry that a man, who had borne a good character, had
been guilty of such an act. It was a bad offence to rob a
comrade, and that aggravated by endeavouring to affix the
guilt upon other persons. Prisoner being drunk at the
time he committed the offence, could not be taken as an
excuse for his behaviour.

He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

Caroline Ilazell, 44, married, a miserable looking woman
with an infant in her arms, pleaded guilty to stealing a
watch, value at 151. 155., from the dwelling-house of Wal-
ter Searle, it being his property. It appeared that, on the
19th of june, the prisoner was taken upon a stretcher,
quite drunk, to the Greenwich Union, and upon her was
found the duplicate of a watch, pledged for 3/. 10s. The
police having received information that a watch had been
stolen from prosecutors's, which is in the neighbourhood,
the pledge was inspected, and found to be the one in
question.
The prisoner said she was in great distress, and had
called at prosecutor's to solicit alms, and seeing the watch
hanging up she was suddenly tempted to take it.
The Recorder asked how the pawnbroker could take in
such a pledge of so poor a woman ?.

The 4ptetwiabroker said they made every inquiry. The
prisoner came to their shop to buy a wedding ring.
The Recorder sentenced her to three months' imprison.
ment and hard labour, and said he would not order the
money found upon the prisoner to be given to the pawn-
broker; it belonged to the Sheriff.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT !AND LOSS OF
LIFE.

FALL OF THREE HOUSES—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, shortly before 12 o'clock, an accident,
which it is to be feared will be attended with the loss of
several lives took place at the back of new Victoria-street.
It appears that the houses on the right side of Saffron-
bill, which are to be removed for the purpose of erecting
large houses on the left of new Victoria-street, were to-day
being pulled down, and the old materials carted away. A
little before 10 o'clock eight men were on the roofs of three
of the houses removing the roof prior to taking down the
buildings. Two men were in the act of fixing up a cross-
tree or pole for lowering the materials, when the roof of
the lower house fell in with a tremendous crash, forcing
out tho walls, which had the effect of carrying away the
two adjoining houses, and burying under the ruins seven
human beings. Up to 12 o'clock only three had been got
out. With respect to the others, from the weight of mate-
rials upon them it is not likely they will be got out alive.
The three poor unfortunate mon who were got out were
immediately placed in a cot and taken to Bartholomew's
Hospital. At 10 o'clock the face and shoulders of another
man had been cleared, but a large beam was lying across
the lower part of his body, and as that was completely
embedded in the debris of the ruins, there was very little
chance of his being got out for some hours ; at the same
time they were administering restoratives to bim, but
with very little chance of his surviving.
The spot under which the other bodies are buried has
not been ascertained, but a very large body of men are
engaged in clearing away the immense body of materials.
The men at the hospital aro so badly wounded that it
is feared none will survive.

At the time of going to press men wore busily engaged in
endea vouring to find the other bodies. .
As most of the men were employed by different masters,
and as they are strangers iu the neighbourhood, their
names have not been ascertained with any degree of cer-
tainty.

EOYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY.

The dinner for this charity having been postponed for
, this year, the secretary has been sedulously engaged pro-
pitiating the pious aid of the clergy. On Sunday, the 25th,
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury preached in Portman
Chapel, Baker-street, to a crowded audience, when a col-
lection of 55/. was made. On Sunday last the Rev. Ronald
Macpherson made an eloquent appeal to his congregation
in tho Scotch Chapel, Swallow-street, Piccadilly, both
morning and evening, when the collection amounted to
331. The rev. gentleman, in describing the woes and
wants, and the unrepining endurance of the people of the
North, brought tears into the eyes of many of the assembly.
He described with force and fidelity the vast advantages
which the Highlands and Islands of Scotland had derived
In alluding for a period of nearly 150 years from the opera-
tions of this society, which had rescued so many
thousands from ignorance and poverty to seek and to
t present.
obtain a livelihood in a foreign land, and who have
become an honour to their country and to religion.
und ay, the 23d of
to the society's schoolmasters, he said that
laanY of them were men of education, capable of giving
instruction equal to any charity school teaching in the
-modem, and the cost of a child's daily education for one
ywaearre was under Si. ! The Duke of Roxburgh and fatally
and defeated a
ary, has bespoken
the services of Dr. A. Fletcher, on
We understand that Mr. Mackie. the secre-
mittance to
that Mr.
sustained e Jul y ;after which, we regret to learn,
will resign his arduous office, so long
amidstiedifficulties which would have discouraged
scottainralous and patriotic man. The re-
exceed that of former this year will, wo learn, very far
years.

LORD ERROL.—The misunderstanding which oc-
curred between the Earl of Errol and his Colonel has
been amicably arranged to the satisfaction of all parties,
and Lord Errol has returned to his duties. Every one
is exceedingly pleased at this termination, as Loid Errol
is very popular in his brigade.—Berald Varna Corres•
Sondent.

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIA L TELLIGENI7

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales,
including 1,500 American taken for export, and on
speculation. The market closed with a hardening
tendency. The sales comprised 7,000 American,
300 Egyptian, at 6d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat, at 3d.
to 4d., and 200 Sea Island at 9id. to is. 3d. per
lb. Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices.
The following report upon the silk market is by
Mr. Henry W. Eaton :
"Since the public sales, the result of which was re-
ported to you on the 22d ultimo, little or no change has
occurred in our matket.

"The deliveries of silk in June, it will be observed,
exceed those of any previous month, however unprece-
dentedly large, and the slightly-improved position of the
trade then alluded to may be fully confirmed, a consi-
derable business having been done in Chinas during the
month.

"The unusually heavy total imports and stocks na-
turally deter consumers from buying as freely as in
previous years, but with so much to select from, the
difficulty of supplying individual requirements is almost
incredible, the bulk of the stock not being suitable
to the present general consumption.
" The last letters from China quote prices as lower,
but the advance in the exchange would more than
counteract any advantage in that to shippers.
"In Bengal silk there is no alteration ; by the ac-
counts just received from Calcutta, the market was dull.
"In Brutias and Persians there has been nothing
doing.*

Tile screw steamer Queen of the South, which
left Southampton April 4, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope May 21, consequently in 47 days.
Further tenders for steamers to convey stores,
&c., are invited by the Admiralty to be made to-
morrow.

The Board of Trade returns are very satisfactory,
the increase upon the month, compared with the
corresponding period of last year, being as large
as could be expected now the war is in progress.
The following is a synopsis of the commer-
cial treaty between Canada and the United
States, a copy of which has been submitted
to the provincial Parliament by Lord Elgin.
Article first throws open the fisheries of British
America, except those of Newfoundland, and
shrubs, pelts, fish, oil, rice, broom, corn,
barley, gypsum, ground or unground bar or grind
stone, hewn or rough, wrought or unwrought,
dye stuffs, flax, unmanufactured tobacco, and rags.
Article fourth throws open the river St. Law-
rence, and the Canadian canals, to American ves-
sels, the American Government undertaking to
urge the State Government to admit British ves-
sels into their canals ; both nations to enjoy the
navigation on equal terms.
Article fifth provides for the ratification of the
treaty within six months, or sooner, if possible.
Great Britain may withdraw from Americans the
right of navigating our waters, in which case Ame-
rids can annul article second.

Article sixth provides for including Newfound-
land, with her consent, and salmon shod and shell
fisheries to American citizens.

Article second provides for settling fishing dis-
putes by arbitration, and also gives to the British
a right in the American fisheries to the thirty-
sixth parallel of north latitude.

Article third provides for the free exchange of
flour and breadstuffs, all kinds of animals, all kinds
of flesh, smoked and salted meats, cotton, wool,
seeds, and vegetables, dried and undried fruits, all
kinds of fish, and the products of fish, and of all
other creature 3 in the water, poultry and eggs,
furs and skins, undressed stone, and marble in its
under or over-wrought state, slate, butter, cheese,
tallow and lard, horns, manure, ores of all kinds,
round, hewed, or sawed, and manufactured
in whole or in part, firewood, plants, trees.
The shareholders in the Carson's Creek Mining
Company, in conformity with the invitation of the
directors, have sent in their votes either for pro-
ceeding with or abandoning the undertaking, and
the following is the result :
Total number of votes 53,200
For proceeding 37,465
For abandoning 15,735

Majority for proceeding... 21,730
These numbers do not include the shares held by
directors.

The London Dock Company this day made a
dividend of 21. 10s. per cent. for the half-year,
leaving a considerable balance for the next ac-
count.

The English Stock market is rather inactive, and
prices opened heavily, Consols being 93*. I, but
they have since been 93 to 93k. The reported
refusal by the Czar of the Austrian mediation acts
injuriously upon the market. Exchequer Bills are
Is. dis. to 2s. prem. Bank Stock is 207 to 208 k.
The New 3f per Cents. have been 93 to 93i1, and
the 3 per Cents. 9.1- to g.
Foreign Stocks are quiet, but generally firm.
Peruvian 4i per Cents. are supported at 69, and
the 3 per Cents. at 53. Brazilian Small Bonds re-
main at 100, and Russian 5 per Cents. at 100.
Spanish 3 per Cents. have improved to 38± and
38g., and the New Deferred to 19g. Dutch 2i per
Cents. are per cent. higher, being 60 ; and the 4
per Cents. steady at 90i to 911.
Railway shares tend downwards. Caledonian
have receded about 55., Lancashire and York.
shire 10s., North-Western 10s. to 1/., Midland
103., and most others have been rather weaker.
South-Eastern and York and Berwick, however,
have slightly improved. French shares are steady
generally. _

Mining shares are neglected. Pontgiband have
declined. Joint Stock Banks are heavy, and Land
Companies flat. Crystal Palace are without parti-
cular variation.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. CLOSING PRICES
( From the Oticita List,)

Business done.
Bank Stock .............. 2OB 4 7
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. .......... 93A
3i per Cent. Annuities . 93 j ii $ i i g
IndiaDittßoonunscief 101:000;01u.9.n...tt...h.....
J1.1.w......y 2---31-i par
FOREIGN FUNDS .................. D.......5.::T lIIi—SPDAY.
Small ................... ... 2 6 p
Bo: nFd sFSoc Scrip, ICnodEnixsa.t.coelSslhetoooooePofqoeurk.e.Or.f.op.r.e.nA. 8i115,.i.. . 2..4. 41..
...
...... .
:: 2l
pd
p2apr 3 p
Exchequerpß
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small .... ...... .... lOO
Ditto New, 1852, 4,i per Cent • 93
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 69
Peruvian 3 per Cent. 53
IDc Ditto t
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. 4St lOO 90
Spanish Bonds,l3 per Cent 3i ii i xd •
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ........ 19a 19
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 22 per Ceut. 12 Guil 6O x a
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .~..
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 19th July

FRENCH COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. It appears by the
letters from France that the weather last week was,
upcin the whole, very propitious, and although rain fell
at a later period, it was not to an extent calculated to
do harm. A great fall in the.price of flour occurred at
Havre, amounting to 3 to 4 francs per barrel upon
American descriptions - but this was recovered after-
wards to the extent of Ito 2 francs. The wool-fairs in
Germany have been going off tolerably well. At Ham-
burg, there were 12,000 stone of domestic quality
offered, and 5,000 stone foreign. The sales of the for-
mer ranged from 13 up to 16 rix-dollars per stone, ac-
cording to quality. The English are stated to have
been the chief buyers, but the Swedish manufacturers
were also in the market.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.--The following gen-
tlemen, having 1
°llla, were under gone the necessary examinations
admitted members of the college
at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 30th
ult. :—Messrs.
for the diploma,
Henry Porter, Peterborough ; John
Evans Havard, Blangcothan, Llangollen ; Charles
Quinton, Wolverhampton ; Frederick Hezekiah Har-
good,
Army ; John Penfold Morris, Lewes, Sussex ;
Charles Beresford, Congleton, Cheshire ; Albert Bryan
Day, Isleworth ; Douglas Arthur Reid, Southsea,
Hants ; Joseph John Godfrey, Tuvvey, Bedfordshire ;
William Henry England, Leeds.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday a number of coal-
porters in the employ of various firms in Upper Ground-
street, Blackfriars, and Bankside, with their wives and
families, visited the above building, their employers
liberally defraying the expenses thereof. One firm pro-
vided a portion of their men with new duck for smock-
frocks, fustian waistcoats, and trousers ; in addition to
which each man was presented with 6d. for himself, 6d.
for his wife, and the same for each of his children. The
neat and clean appearance, and orderly behaviour of the
men, attracted general attention.
RUSSIAN FORCES,—The German papers in the inte-
rest of the enemy still circulate the most fabulous state-
ments as to the numbers of the Russian forces. It
is actually asserted that 400,000 or 500,000 men are
ready to face the Austrians, together with the Turks
and their Western Allies ; but the experience of the past
year sufficiently shows the true characterof such muster-
rolls. The dispirited and baffled army which has retired
from the Danube may perhaps amount, as it falls back
on its reserves, to 120,000 men, and 2.n equal number
may possibly be collected in the southern parts of
Poland ; but there is no reason to suppose that a single
regiment can be spared from the neighbourhood of the
capital. The French laud forces which are to embark
immediately for the Baltic will render it necessary to
guard the coast with additional care ; and when the
Emperor Nicholas meets his Minister of War at Kiew,
he may, perhaps, find that the contingency of having to
bring forward his last man and Lis last rouble is not so
remote as his flatterers may have suggested.—Morning
Chronicle.

LNT EST ) R UN NEWS.

THE WAR.
VIENNA, Monday Evening.—The Archduke Albrecht
has joined the army.
General Leiningen, as Adlatus, acts as Governor of
Hungary.
It is believed that General Coronini has this day en-
tered Little Wallachia, from Orsova, with 24,000 men,
and that a brigade from Transylvania has passed through
the Tomosch Pass into Great Wallachia.

All the troops in Russian-Poland have been ordered to
march towards the Galician frontier, and a levy
en Mane has been ordered in Poland. Each landed
proprietor is to supply 24 men, 12 of whom are to be
armed with scythes.

Notification of the Convention between Austria and
the Porte has been sent to St. Petersburg.
Baron Meyendorff is permitted to go to Gasteen, but
must then retire to his estates in Finland.

The Ost. Deutsche Post has every reason to believe
that the Russian answer to the summons has at length
arrived.

THE CZAR'S ANSWER TO AUSTRIA.

A telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin, yesterday, says:
—"The substance of the Czar's answer to the Austro-
Prussian summons has been communicated, although
the document itself has not yet arrived here. The Em-
peror Nicholas expresses his readiness to negotiate with
the Four Powers on all the points in dispute, with the
exception of the privileges of the Christian subjects of
the Sultan. On this subject he will only treat directly
with the Porte, and he refuses to admit the interference
of the Four Powers. He also refuses to give any gua-
rantee for the evacuation of the Principalities As the
privileges of the Greek Christians constituted the osten-
sible ground of the whole dispute, and the pretext for
the war, it is evident that this is equivalent to insisting
on the Menschikoff ultimatum."

The Post Anz23t Gazette of Frankfort, under date of
Berlin, 29th ult., says :
" The reply of the Emperor Nicholas to the Austrian
summons, is no longer a secret, although the official text
of it has not yet reached Vienna. The Cabinet of Ber-
lin and that of Vienna perfectly well know on what they
have to calculate, as they have received positive infor-
mation on the subject from their Ambassadors at St.
Petersburg. The reply of the Emperor Nicholas may
be in the words of Count de Nesselrode The Emperor
leaves to the choice of the German powers to declare
war against him ; he himself wishes for peace. The
Emperor will explain himself in an autograph letter,
which he will write to the two German Sovereigns.' On
another occasion, when speaking of the additional article
of the Austro•Prussian Convention, Count de Nesselrode
said : ' This is not now the time to conceal what is
wished ; for our part we know what Austria wishes.' It
is now also known at St. Petersburg what Prussia wishes.
The autograph letter above alluded to is looked for with
impatience. Colonel de Manteuffel will, it is said, be
the bearer of that for Berlin, and Prince Gortschakoff
of that to Vienna. The latter is expected to reach
Warsaw on the 2d July. The delay in the arrival of
the reply arises, it is said, from the nervous state in
which the Emperor Nicholas is at present, and which
causes him to see things in a different light almost every
hour. It is consequently possible that the official reply
may be very different from the non-official one. No one
either here or at Vienna allows himself to be led away
by illusions. The nomination of General Hess has caused
a great sensation here, and every eye is turned towards
Austria."

The Hamburg Correspondent gives a letter from
Berlin, which states that the Emperor Nicholas has
declared that he would regard the occupation of the
Principalities by Austria as a casus belli, and that as a
preliminary to any negotiations for peace, he will require
guarantees from the powers before offering any to them.