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FRANCS. —The Legislative Chambers, having voted the new taxes pro- posed by the Minister of Finance by 232 to 6, were prorogued on the 13th. The proposition of the Government consisted mainly in the reim- position of the second decime in the indirect taxes. On the other hand, the Commission of the Legislative Body suggested other taxes, direct in their character—such as a tax on real property, the revival of the salt-duties. The Finance Minister objected that the state of affairs was not sufficiently grave to warrant a property-tax, and that it is not just to make a particu- lar class bear the burden of the war ; while the salt-duties press with severity on the working classes, and are not easily collected. But the second clad= has none of these disadvantages. It is easy of col- lection ; it is proportioned to the means of each person, as it is levied on voluntary consumption ; and it does not fall on articles of primary necessity. The conditions of the new French loan of 750,000,000 francs; set forth in a report of the Finance Minister to the Emperor, and authorized by an Imperial decree, were published in the DieniMur on Sunday. As in the two former loans, the subscribers have a choice be- tween the Four-and-a-half per Cents at 92 francs 25 centimes, to date back from the 22d March, and the Three per Cents, at 65 francs 25 cen- times, to date back from the 22d June. One-tenth shall be paid at the time of subscribing, and the remainder in monthly instalments in eighteen equal parts, of which the first shall be due on the 7th September next. Those who pay up at once will be allowed a discount equivalent to the estimated profit on the transaction. In case the sum subscribed exceeds the amount required, the reductions are to be made upon the subscriptions above 50 francs only. The minimum of subscription is fixed at 10 francs of Bente.

The Monieeur announces that the Emperor has decided that the au= which are annually expended by the State in celebrating the solemnity of the 15th of August, shall be this year devoted to giving assistance to the families of the soldiers who have died with the army of the East. A bill for increasing the pensions of the widows of officers and soldiers killed in battle will be presented next session.

Carnee.— Several despatches have been received from the French and English Generals at the seat of war, supplying brief accounts of some of the incidents that have recently occurred; and showing that the Allies continue vigorously to push their approaches towards the Redan and the Malakoff.

The latest despatch is from General Simpson, and comes down to the 18th instant. The tenour of the telegraphic messages is that the works are going on well, and that the health of the armies continues satisfac- tory. The chief incidents were three sorties by the Russians, two against the French, and one against the English trenches. The first is thus described by General Pelissier.

"Crimea, July 16, 6 p. m.—The night has been fortunate on the side of the Malakoff Tower. At one o'clock, a Russian sortie of three or four bat- -tat:lions made vain efforts to carry an ambuscade on the, glacis of the Male- keff Tower. Retaived when close upon us by a smart discharge of musketry and the fire of batteries 15 and 16, they retired, carrying off many killed and wounded. The reverse of the embrasure was this morning covered with muskets, and five dead lay there, of whom one was an officer. The combat was sharp, and was honourable to General Ulrich, who was in the trenches, and to the Lieutenant-Colonel of the 86th. Our loss was nine killed and eleven wounded, of whom one was Captain Catel, of the Zouaves of the Giaard." The, next attempt was on the 16th. That the French General reports at follows "July 16, 11p. m.—The enemy, who had for some days in vain endea- v-bured to Stop our left approaches m front of the Malakoff Tower, attempted last night to drive us back. They were repulsed by the first division of the second corps. Three times the Russians threw themselves upon our trenches with their usual shouts, and after each attempt they were compelled to re- - treat by the steady fire and calm attitude of our soldiers, leaving behind them many of their slain upon the ground. The General of the trenches, ,Vinoy, had made meet excellent arrangements, which greatly contributed to this success."

-On the 18th, the enemy made a sortie against the British left attack, which, says General Simpson, -was repulsed " with only three casualties -On our.side." . The mortars on the battery near the Quarantine Fort have, it would seem, reached the ships; and on the 27th of last month, ,a shell projected thence burst in the hold of one of the men-of-war, but did little effective dimgge. It, is stated that shells thrown from a French ship bursting among a store of these missiles, kept ready loaded by the enemy wounded a large number of the garrison. Private letters state that the French have carried their sap to within from 60 to 100 metres of the Malekoff; and news of another assault is now looked for every day.

According to General Pelissier as mentioned in part of our impression last week, Adniiral Nachimoff has been killed by a ball, while in the Cen- tral Bastion. The remains of Lord Raglan were conveyed to Kamiesch on the 3d July, with due military honours, and placed on board the Cicada). Ge- .iferal Simpson has devoted a whole despatch to describe the scene. """Nothing could be more imposing than the whole line of this melanchOly procession. The day was fine, and the appearance of the Allied troops splendid ; as many as could be spared from duty in the trenches, and with safety to their camp, were collected, and the procession moved from the door of this house exactly at four o'clock p. m., in the following order.

"In the eourtzyard of the house was stationed a guard of honour of one hundred men of the Grenadier Guards, with their drums and regimental colours; fifty men, with one field-officer, one captain, and one subaltern, from the Royal- Sappers and Miners and from each regiment, lined the road from the British to the French head-quarters, a distance of about a mile; a squadron of cavalry was stationed on the right of the line, two batteries of artillery and a squadron of cavalry on the left of it; the infantry were coin- nianded by Major-General Eyre, C.B.

"The road from the French head-quarters to Kazatch Bay was lined throughout the whole way by the infantry of the French Imperial Guard, and of the 1st corps; bands were stationed at intervals, sod played as the procession passed, and field-batteries (French) at intervals, on the high grounds right and left of the road, fired minute-guns. "The procession to escort the body was as follows—two stmadrons Bri- tish Cavalry (12th Lancers) ; two squadrons Piedmentese Light Cavalry ; four squadrons French Chasseurs d'Afrique (1st and 4th Regiments) •, four squadrons French Cuirassiers (24 and 9th Regiments); two troops French Horse Artillery ; Major Brandling's troop Horse Artillery.

"The coffin, covered with a black pall, fringed with white silk, and the Union Jack, and surmounted by the late Field-Marshal's cocked hat and sword, and a garland of 'immortals,' placed there by General Pelissier, was carried on a platform, fixed upon a 9-pounder gen, drawn by horses of Cap- tain Thomas's troop of Royal Horse Artillery._

"At the wheels of the gun-carriage rode General Pelissier, Commander- in-chief of the French Army ; his Highness Ocher Pasha, Commander-in- chief of the Ottoman Army ; General Della Marmora, Commander-in-chief of the Sardinian Army ; and Lieutenant-General Simpson, Commander-in- clief of the English Arm/.

"Charger of the late Field-Marshal, led by two mounted orderlies. Re- lations and personal staff of the late Field-Marshal. Generals and other officers of the French, Sardinian, and Turkish Armies, a large number of whom attended. British Commissioners to Foreign Armies. British Gene- ral Officers and their Staffs. Staff of Head-Quarters. One officer of each regiment of Cavalry and Infantry, Royal Sappers and Miners, and Land Transport Corps; two from the Naval Brigade, Royal Marines, Medical and Commissariat Staff; and three from the Royal Artillery. " Personal escorts of the Allied Commanders-in-chief. The personal es- cort of the late Field-Marshal (Captain Chetwode's troop of the 8th Hussars). A field-battery of the Royal Artillery. Two squadrons of British Cavalry (4th Dragoon Guards). Detachment of Mounted _Staff Corps. The escort was under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dupuis, Royal Horse Artil- lery. Two field-batteries of the Royal Artillery, stationed on the hill oppo- site the how, fired a salute of nineteen guns when the procession moved

off. - " The united bands,of the 3d, 9th, and 62d Regiments, stationed in the vineyard that surrounds the house, played the 'Dead March.' The band of the Sardinian Grenadiers was stationed half-way to the French head-quar- ters, and the band of the 10th Hussars on the left of the line. " The approach to the wharf at Kazatch Bay was lined by detachments of the Royal Marines and sailors. The body was received on the wharf by Ad- miral Brunt and Rear-Admiral Stewart, C.B., and a large number of officers of the combined fleets. The launch of the British flag-ship, towed by man- of-war boats, conveyed the coffin to the Caradoc, the boats of the combined fleets forming an escort ; and the troop and battery of the Royal Artillery included in the escort, formed upon the rising ground above the bay, and fired a salute of nineteen guns as the coffin left the shore.

"Everything was well conducted, and no accident occurred. Thus ter- minated the last honours that could be paid by his troops to their beloved commander. His loss to us here is inexpressible ; and will, I am sine, be equally felt by his country at home. The sympathy of our Allies is univer- sal and sincere. His name and memory are all that remain to animate us in the difficulties and dangers to which we may be called. " I have, &c., JAMES SLMPSOE, Lieutenant-General Commanding. " The Lord Panniure, lte."

General Pdlissier issued the following order of the day to the French troops on the death of Lord Raglan.

- "Death has just surprised Field-Marshal Lord Raglan in the exercise of his command, and has thus plunged the English army into mourning.

" We all share in the grief of our brave Allies. Those who knew Lord Raglan, who knew the history of that noble and pure life, so full of services rendered to his country—those who witnessed his intrepid attitude in the

days of Alma and Inkerman, who recall the calm and stoic grandeur of his- ' character doringthis rough and memorable campaign—all men of heart, in short, will deplore the late of such a man.

" The sentiments .bere expressed by the General-in-chief will be those.of the entire army, itself-striick -by this unlooked-for blow. The nubile sorrow will be augmented for the army by the regret of being separated for-oper from a companion in arme whose cordial spirit it loved, whose virtues-it ad- mired, and-whose frank and anxious assistalcergituwsassalwayes4es;riett04,..et;,:-.

" Head-quarters before Sebastopol, June 29, 1855. ,

. General La Marmora " also issued Ian order of ,the "dayt.tilii .eftriippa,. equally soldierlike and eipreseive. Of Lord Raglan he says"=-

" His long career, the important services rendered to his country, lila heroic coinage,- and -the exemplary constancy with which luirblife-iiith his army the hardships and privations of a winter eamPaigni'einise his loss to.he deeply lamented. Our army enjoyed his esteem, and he did much to pro- vide for its wants. Let us unite with our brave Allies in deploring his death) and venerating lais memory." _

A correspendentof the Daily Xetas -.evidently refers the death of Lord. Raglan to the filthy state of the environs of head-quarters. "I.rode in there to post a letter the day-after Lord-Raglan's death ; and I know not what it may be for those who were accustomed to it, betsomiligy as I did, from the fresh pure air of Baidar, I was obliged to compress my smelling organ, while riding round the house, to avoid the perfume--first, innumerable heaps of nondescript nastiness, such as old bones, old clothes, kitchen-refuse; secondly, of numerous sheep-skins, which lay in Small and fermented in the sun ; thirdly, of large quantities of offal, mainly the- entrails oflelaughtered-animals ; fourthly, of -a dead bullock ; and laistly,'-of stable manure aid of numerous small establishments described generallyl in the army under the name' of the rear. -The touts ensemble was abominable, and considering the smallness of the area in which all the above -horrors- were collected, close around the house, I must say that not only need poor Lord Raglan's death eIteite.no surprise, but the wonder is that one of. his staff has survived to accompany his remains to England." Some further changes in the commands of the army are reported. ' Major-General Barnard succeeds General Pennefather in the command of the Second Division. Major-General Codringtoh gets the Light Division, vice Sir George Brown.- -Colonel Van Straubenzee (the Buffs) takes-coin-- wand of the First Brigade, Light Division. Colonel the" Honourable-A- Spencer, 44th Regiment, takes command of the First Brigade, Fourth-Divi- sion, with the pep- and allowance of Colonel on the Staff, until her Majesty's- pleasure is known. Colonel Barlow,- 14th Regiment, will for the present

take command of the First Brigade, Third Division. . . - The German papers atate that no fewer than 56,000 foot-32,000 In- fantry of the Line, and 24,000 Grenadiers—with 4000 horse, and artil- lery in proportion, are on their way from Poland to the Crimea.

• Trainsv.—The intelligence from the seat, of war in Asia comes down to the 22d. At' hat date the Russians were said to have invested Kars,. and cut off its communication with Erzeroum. Rumour reckons their- numbers at 60,000 -men, and imputes-the delay in more active operations to the'non-arrival of the siege-train from Gumri. The Turks of Trebi- zond had been ordered up to relieve Kars.

GERMANY.—In accordance with its promise conveyed in a circular to the German Governments, the Austrian Cabinet sent the Diet its account of the termination of the Conferences, and submittlata lhe proposition that the state of preparation for war should be continued.- The Diet 'has agreed to resolutions thanking Austria for her efforts to reestablish peace, admitting the necessity of persisting in the attitude it has hitherto as- sumed, and notifying its intention of maintaining the "state of prepara- tion for war" resolved upon on the 8th February 1855.

The Government of Hanover levies certain dues at Brunshausen, called Stadt dues on ships coming up the Elbe to Hamburg. They are held to be as illegal and unjust as they are a heavy'tax on commerce. Captain Merryman, of the Undine, from New York, flatly refused to pay the dues, passed the guard-ship, and landed his valuable cargo at Hamburg,. on the 11th, July. Will any other merchant-captains follow this- example ?

- THE BALTIC.—On the -23d and 24th June the boats of the Harrier,.

under Captain Storey, destroyed forty-seven ships, varying from 700 to

200 tons each, in an anchorage near Nystad. The men were twenty-two- hours on their oars. Captain- Storey estimates that he destroyed 20,000. tons of-shipping.. On the 4th July Captain Yelverton, with the Arrogant, Magicienne, and Ruby, proceeded to Svartholm, and anchored close to thy,,fert which. the enemy, had abandoned—withdrawing the guns and ammunition. " Svartholm was in good condition, and a work of great strength, entirely commanding the approaches to Levies; it has had im- portant additions of late years, can mount 122 guns, and had accommoda-

, tion in easemated.barracks fur about 1000 men, with Governor's house. and garden, andexcellent officers' quarters." It was blown up. On the 5th, Captain Yelverton went up-to Levin in the Ruby gun-boat, with. the.boats of the other ships. A strong detachment of Cossacks showed- themselves, but were dispersed by our fire.

" On lauding at Lovisa,",saye Captain Telverlon, "I sent for the author-- Ries, and explained the object of my visit; some demur was caused by our not having a flag of truce, I told them „they had no right to such a guarantee,. as the respect due to it had been so grossly violated at Hango. I then pro- ceeded to the barracks and •Giiiicialinifik xiares within the town, which I destroyed, but did notriet fire to them, es by so doing the whole town must have been bUrni. . This., precaution was not destined to save Levies.; for during the nightOn abeidental fire occurred in a portion of the town where we had not Wen, and before morning the whole place Wee reduced to ashes."' On the 6th July, Admiral Dundas caused a 32-pounder to be slung in a captured wood-boat, at an angle of 45 degrees. The shot fell into the sea at the distance of three miles. Moving the boat nearer to Cronstadt, he caused the gun to be fired again, and threw two shots into the island. A mortar-battery fired ineffectual shots in reply. On the 7th, the Merlin, with the French and English Admirals on board, went within 2800 yards of the Risbank batteries, the shot from which fell short.

Samar.—The chief incident in the news from Spain is that the -Papal Nuncio demanded his passports on the 15th, and received them on the 16th instant. It is stated that no explanation was asked by the Govern- ment or tendered by the priest. The ostensible reason for his with- drawal is the decision of the Government regarding the sale of Church property—the real reason is said to be the deep complicity of the Nuncio in the Carlist plots.

ITALY.—The young King of Portugal, who is paying visits to the Italian Courts, arrived at Naples, from Rome, on the 4th July, his arrival being

witnessed by "all Naples," and profuse attentions being bestowed upon him by the King and the municipal authorities. Five days the guest remained at Naples, and each day brought forth its fete—visits to the Museum and cathedral church of St. Gennaro, to Pompeii, to the grottoes of Capri, to Caserta; besides dinners and playgoing. It is remarked that the royal box at San Carlo had only been occupied once before dur- ing the reign of the present King. The story goes that his Majesty of Portugal is a suitor for the hand of the eldest daughter of the King of Naples—whence these unusual honours. The King of Portugal arrived at Genoa in the French Emperor's yacht, " La Reine Hortense," on the 14th, and entered Turin the next day.

WESTERN AFRICA.—The British forces at Siena Leone have suffered a great loss of life and a defeat from the savages of Mallaghea, on the Gambia. The Acting Governor of Sierra Leone sent the Teazer, a 3-gun screw-steamer, with 150 men of the First and Third West India Regiments, on the 21st May, to exact payment of an indemnity, which the chiefs had agreed to pay, in November last, for losses inflicted by them on British property. On their arrival, having given due notice, the troops landed and fired the town ; reembarking in the evening, with five men wounded. As part of the town had escaped, it was resolved to land the troops the next day awl destroy the rest. They landed accordingly, but had not gone far when the savages from the ruins opened a murder- ous fire on the advanced guard of forty men. Only five of these sur- vived—Captain Nicholas, Lieutenant Vincent, Mr. Dille; private secretary to the Acting Governor, and two soldiers, all severely wounded. The main body came up to cover their retreat ; the Teazer opened fire, and the troops proceeded to embark ; but a bullet struck the pinnace, and capsized it, and many were drowned. The total loss was 73 men killed and missing, and 11 wounded who reached the ship. The enemy suffered greatly- from the shells of the Teazer. Subsequently, it is stated, the chiefs conceded the claims made upon them by the British.

CAPE or GOOD Horr..—Sir George Grey prorogued the Cape Parlia- ment on the 7th June, until the 13th September. In his speech on the occasion, he stated that he should not take any general measures for arm- ing throughout the colony, such Burghers as may not possess arms of their own until Parliament shall be again consulted on the subject. He further stated that the Home Government had cordially approved of his plans for maintaining the peace of the colony ; and that with regard to the means of carrying them out they should be immediately and carefully considered. He said he felt no doubt that the generous liberality with which the Cape Parliament has aided in providing for the defence of the frontier, and for the promotion of her Majesty's service, will confirm the Home Government in its intention of wisely using " the present time of tranquillity and, peace for the purpose of maturing measures which, look- ing beyond the mere exigencies of the present moment, may lay the basis of future permanent prosperity and peace, not only for this colony, but for the states or tribes which lie beyond, or which immediately abut upon our frontier."

Israra.—The overland mail, which arrived on Monday, brings advices 'from Bombay to the 10th June. The chief news of interest relates to the progress of the Russians in the direction of Khiva and Kokan ; and the proceedings of Persia. According to the Bokhara correspondent of the .Delhi Gazette, the Russians came into unwilling collision with the 'soldiery of the Khan of Khiva last spring, and scattered them, inflicting _ considerable loss. An advance on Khiva, it was expected, would be the hext step. At Kokan the Russians had not succeeded in overpowering the Khan, but their numbers and influence were steadily increasing. The shah of Persia had sent a force against Khiva, and had met with defeat ; but he had, so the rumour runs, compelled the chief of Herat to place himself under theprotection of Persia. Dost Mahomed faithfully main- tains the English alliance. From Calcutta the dates are to the 2d June. There the mail left the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and the President of the Council dis- puting for precedence. The whole official society of Calcutta was in a ferment, because Mr. Halliday had proposed to raise a Native to a seat on the Bench of the Sadder Adawlut. Mr. Colvin, the Lieutenant- Governor of the North West, has appointed an uneovenanted servant to a post hitherto filled by a covenanted servant—additional cause for ex- citement. The Torture Commission of Madras has made a report clearly showing that what is called the revenue torture exists in the Presidency.

Usarzn STATES.—The Asia arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, with ad- vices from Halifax to the 6th July. North Carolina has begun a promising movement. It is proposed to .submit to the State Legislature a proposition to render legal the institution of marriage among the slaves, to preserve sacred the relations between parents and their young children, and to repeal the laws prohibiting the education of slaves. It is stated that the main features of the move- ment have been adopted in practice during many years in the State, and the effect has been so salutary that it is new deemed expedient to in- corporate the system into a legal form and to make it as universal as pos- sible.