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this body, have been great almost beyond belie

is puzzling to think hov

üblic functionaries, with

public duties to perform, could, in these

enlightened

days,have attached to themselves such an amount of popular

disfav our

It is generally assert,

that the arbit:

g disposition of Mr. CHADWICK has had a good

deal to do with the unpopularity achieved by the Board.
On Wednesday, Lord JouN RUSSELL and Lord PAL-

lIERSTON again stood in distinguished relief and marked

the negotiation of a Russian Loan in England
!casion, Mr. BRIGHT, backed by Mr. BARING.

PRESIDENT 0

THE COUNCIL and

HOME SECRETARY with being actuated by personal k

The accus
against two gladiatorial debaters, was not likely

to the CZA.

ade and so

to pass undisputed,

Lord PAL3fERSTON, taking up his

ground with the skill and coolr

scribed the attack as a diplomatic ruse, which

d by the ag

ents of foreign absc

as regularly as " thrust over guard" in any passage of
small arms. Lord JOHN fumed up in a flare of indigna-
tion, and re-asserted his right to speak of the acts of the

disturber of the peace

of Europe in terms of indignant

reprobation

Having already referred to rumours which have floated
in the atmolphere of Pall-Mall, at the bidding of the
Club habitia, I may be pardoned for introducing an
allusion to one, which, unbidden by these authorities,
created some disturbance among them at first, and no

small amount of amusement after. I here allude to a
report to the effect that Cronstadt had fallen before the

victorious guns of Sir CHARLEs NAPIER, and that the
gallant admiral, like NELSON, had closed his career, and

ended his life in the arms of victory. The report, of
course, turned out a miserable hoax, but it at first created
no inconsiderable sensation. Alluding to the war, and

the rumours connected with it, I must mention one which
has gained considerable currency and some credit—to the
effect, that the allied forces in the south-east of Europe,
are to be directed, and promptly too, against the Crimea
and its fortress, Sebastopol. The reduction of thelatter,
and possession of the former of these places, would render
the allies complete masters of the Black Sea, as the other
Russian seaports on its north-eastern margin are not of
great importance or strength. These achievements, if

fully carried out, would render any attempt at a descent

as they would be unable to supply their armies with
either ammunition or stores. In addition to the Turco-
Russian war, Europe is threatened by a series of intestine
broils in the Peninsula, which, in less stirring times and

under less urgent circumstances, might have led to what
Sir Lucius UTRIGGER would have called "a very pretty

ad to any positive ebullition

f Barnane, a deputy lieutena
The attempted abduction w

teat, quarters

Table, indeed outrageous viol,

ated arran

vents had

the vile plot into execution. From
appears that the cowardly and foul-minded
had not only provided himself and his

Animals, No

ag with

•eapons to subdue the cow

Cocoa, lb.
Coffee, lb.

atrocious an outrage might awaken in the bosoms

Sugar, cwt
Tea, lb
Rice, cwt

Spirits, gallons
Wines, gallons.
Opium, lb. ....
Tobacco, 1b.....

,cled, the Tipperary jus-

41 on his love emi

Miss ELEANOR LOUISA AlumTnsoTT and her female

Spices, lb.
Ditto, cwt

- -
.oas Mr. CARDEN had hallooed before

Flax, cwt

Hemp, cwt.

when he off

.ed violence she

Raw Silk, lb.
Cotton. cwt.

Nile he endeavoured to dr

TalloW, cwt

from the carriage, she dealt him a kick on the breast, which
seemingly made his " flame" of love flicker with an unge-
nial agitation, and induced the marauding Quixote to
bellow " murder." In fact, all manhood was beaten out
of the valiant squire by the unflinching womanhoOd h
had dared to assail. The bully was beaten, and, not

-
;he heroism was chased out of SMITH O'BRIEN

since
s he LIN

of widow C(

t Rathcormack, has brag
than this Tipperary Loy]

signally

'THNOTT on her way f

I in nisattempl
1 Church. He

the inadequate punishment of imprisonment for two years
with hard labour, and, I am informed, has already been
placed on the "

In a former letter, I made allusion to the trial of Lieut,
PERRY, of the 48th Regiment. The same unhappy

assault or batter

committed upon any of the

answer for his defen

ronduct

as that defence impugned the
Of course it did; and

few civilians, at least

hat where such out-

vn Perpetrated, and t

lave been common amor

he officers of the 46th, the

,
grievously to blame. A peen-
which presents itself in this trial is one seldom
met with in British courts of justice :—Lieut.-Colonel
GARRETT and Major MAXWELL, the leading witnesses for
the prosecution, or, as some say, the real prosecutors,
re.ly mainly on the non

Public deposits

cuaracteristic a feature the great state
trial of somewhere about five-and-twenty years ago. On
dit, the sentence on the Lieutenant was that he be dis-
missed the service, and that confirmation of this was
peremptorily raf„ _

••••• VW 41.
v reillSea ; the result of that refusal is the
second inquiry, which it is thought will lead to the incul-
pation of parties higher in rank, and of much greater
experience in regimental abuses than Lieutenant PERRY.
The early-closing movement has been so far concurred
in the principal nubliA4,- - -

agreed to shut-thezi; premises
at
touthsersee ion, c
lLocokn doonn
sahtauvrindag
_.............
afternoons, magazine Saturdays excepted. To this y
ar-
rangement many of the retail booksellers have demurred,
as inconvenient for them. The " trade," as it is called,
has been put in a complete ferment by the decision of the
House of Peers, refusing to protect foreign copy-rights in
this country, and numerous cheap reprints of popular
new books by foreign authors are consequently announced.
Among the latest theatrical novelties has been the
r eroanywidvads' vivacity
appearance of a troupe of Spanish dancers at the Hay-
market, where, despite the sultry weather, the devas-
tating floods, and the shocking atmosphere, they draw
nightly
They are somewhere about a score in
number,eiul
their gyratory evolutions exhibit
ond
and quickness. The display is fas-
cinating and delightful, less marked by personal exhibi-
w
tion than pleasing through combined and well-regulated
though often fantastic grace.

The return of importations of articles for general
consumption show a slight increase in Sugar,
Wheat, Rice, and Tobacco, but a falling-off in
nearly everything else. The following is a state-
ment of the several quantities taken for home con-
sumption during the month ended sth July in the,
s the defeated I several vears

331,193

Grain of other description, qrs.
Indian Corn, quarters
Flour and Meal, cwt
Provisions—Bacon, Pork, Lard,

151,035
118,173
369,863

357,104
197,961
147,071

&c., cwt.
Butter and Cheese, cwt

24,929
16,360,774

3,039,465

636,160

7,462,079
73,839

592,545
6,108

2,310,482

225,461
72,112
19,476

14,625:991

3,035,740
747,911

4,840,716
82,801

554,338

2,451-,005

In the imports of raw materials there is again
an increase in Tallow, Hemp, and Silk. The
accounts, less re-exported, being as follow :

1853.
260,324
64,704
176,530
907,620

158,188

278,450

,Z+01,e1077
44,057

Of other articles the importation has been on an
average scale, Glass showing an increase, and
Leather a decrease. No material alteration in
Timber, but a decrease in Palm Oil.

As regards the Shipping Trade, we find that in
the month last past there were 2,982 vessels em-
ployed in the Foreign Trade, with a tonnage of

inwards

which 2,545 were

588,143 tonnage, and 437

steam-vessels,_ with 131,339 tonnag(

hilst in

the corresponding. month of 1853 the number. was
2,955, with a tonnage of 697,311. There cleared
outwards during the same periods respectively,
3,675 ships, 725,069 tonnage, of which 3,281 were
sailing vessels, with 611,853 tonnage, and 394
steam-vessels, with 113,216 ?tonnage ; whilst in
the corresponding month of 1853 there were 3,689
ships, 705,764 tonnage. In the Coasting Trade,
during the month of the present year, 11,267
vessels, 1,069,384 tonnage, entered inwards, 9,641
being sailing vessels, with 697,433 tonnage, and
1,626 steam-vessels, 371,951 tonnage ; and 12,953

ships, 1,189,513 tonnage, cleared outwards, of
which 11,357 were sailing vessels, with 834,136
tonnage, and 1,596 steam-vessels, 355,377 tonnage;
in the corresponding month' of 1853, the numbers
were—ships, 11,792 ; tonnage, 1,097,472 ; and
ships, 13,393 ; tonnage, 1,196,888.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 29th of July gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
E 2,302,361; Increase £243,576
11,124,260; Decrease 485.139

3,335,739; Increasc

On the other side of the account--

Government securities £11,775,383; Decrease £35,000
Other securities ... 13,610,093; Decrease 209,32'2
Notes unemployed ... 6,257,060; Increase 12,575
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,514,720,
being a decrease of £141,805 ; and the stock of
bullion in both, departments is £13,484,324, show-
ing a decrease of £149,353, when compared with the
preceding return.