6 JULY 1861, Page 3

Itneig.—The official journal continues to publish accounts of dis- turbances

among the peasantry ; but it is remarked, that though extremely disinclined to wait two years for their liberation, the people profess perfect willingness to pay all State dues. A monetary crisis is expected in St. Petersburg, and fresh disturbances, not de- scribed, are reported from Warsaw.

An official report has been printed on the trade and finance of Russia, written by the British Secretary of Legation, which is full of interesting facts. At the present day the expenditure is about 44,500,0001., and the revenue about 40,000,0001. sterling. In 1858 the cost of the army alone was estimated at about 15,000:00U The most productive source of Russian revenue is the duty on spirits, amounting to the astonishing sum of 19,000,0001. per annum. With regard to the public debt of Russia, a statement compiled by H. G. F. Kolb, which is said to be worthy of credit, places the total at 243,000,0001., to which must be added the 8,000,000/. loan con- tracted in August last with Messrs. Baring and Hope, thus raising the aggregate to 251,000,000/., on which the annual interest and sinking fund amount to more than 9,000,000/. In addition to the funded debt the Government are liable for the note circulation of over 100,000,000/. The exports consist principally of grain, timber, hides, flax, tallow, hemp, iron, copper, wool, potash, bristles, and seeds. The imports for consumption are mainly sugar, oil, coffee, cotton, cotton manufactures, and cotton yarn, wool and woollen manufactures, silk and silk manufactures, wine, dye-stuffs, fruit, machinery, and linens. In 1858 the specie exported was 4,600,000/. against 1,000,000/. imported. The following table exhibits roughly the value of the foreign trade of Russia in the same year :

Exports. Imports.

Sweden ... ... £159,000 121,000 Norway ... ... 79,000 238,000 Prussia ... ... 2,380,000 3,320,000 Denmark ...... 480,000 ... 110,000 Hanseatic Cities ... 420,000 ... 1,740,000 Netherlands 1,060,000 ... 1,2,00,000 Belgium ... 480,000 ... 160,000 Great Britain 10,100,000 6,450,000 France ... 2,500,000 ... 3,670,000 .Portugal ... 60,000 ... 80,000 Spain ... 30,000 • • • 390,000 Sardinia ... ... 400,000 50,000 'Tuscany ... ... 235,000 30,000 Two Sicilies ... 2,000 710,000 Austria ... •• • 7,000,000 1,300,000 Ionian Islands ••• 9,000 40,000 Greece ... ... 4,000 70,000 Turkey ... •• • 1,360,000 1,060,000 United States •• • 270,000 1,160,000 West Indies ... — 70,000 Other countries ... 136,000 235,000 121,164,000 120,164,000 It must be remembered, however, that Russia has a very con- siderable foreign trade overland with Asia.

ill:tit-mi.—The first acts of the new Sultan are excellent. The women in the harem of the late Sultan are all to be mairied, and the seraglio expenditure brought to an end. The Civil List also has been re- duced from 3,000,000/. to 1,200,000/., and the Sultan lodges himself in a corner of the great palace. A decree has been published pro- mising financial reforms, and the accounts of Rim Pasha, who has been dismissed, are to be investigated. All other Ministers are, for the present, confirmed. Sir H. Bulwer has been seriously ill, as has H. de Lavalette.

aturint.—The news from America is of little interest. The South has withdrawn its troops from Harper's Ferry, and is concentrating them at the Manassas Gap. General Scott, on the other hand, has advanced his outposts to Fairfax, but any general forward movement is delayed. Orders have been issued directing that all volunteers enlisting for the war shall be enrolled in regiments consisting of three battalions, with eight hundred men to a 'battalion ; each battalion will be commanded by a major, and each regiment by a colonel, the latter being invariably an officer of the regular army, trained at West Point. It is believed that under this arrangement, with a few weeks' steady training, the army may be rendered fit to take the field. The following paragraph, though written in the sensation style, is confirmed by other accounts : "General McDowell, commanding General Scott's outposts, continues to advance his lines. Five thousand of his divi- sion moved yesterday from Ball's Cross Roads to the vicinity of Fall's Church, a point about three miles distant from Fairfax Court- house, and the same from Vienna. A reconnoissance in the direction- of the latter place yesterday afternoon proved that there were two thousand five hundred rebels there, and it was thought that if they should be reinforced a battle is inevitable at that point. There ap- pears to be stirring times about Fortress Monroe. The outposts of the Union forces at Hampton and the vicinity were driven in on Wednesday night by a superior force of the rebels, who have been actively extending their lines towards the fortress. A battery of fire guns, strongly supported with men, has been recently thrown up within four miles of Hampton. General Butler has, however, sent forward a strong detachment, consisting of Colone; 7,..yree's Zonaves, the 3rd New York Volunteer Regiment (Colonel Townsend), the Steuben Volunteers, and two pieces of artillery, all under the com- mand of Captain Smith, of the United States Topographical Engi- neers, to make a reconnoissance, and it is quite probable that our next news from that quarter will bring an account of a sharp skir- mish." In other words, General Scott is slowly urging his army forward in the direction of Richmond, between which city and him- self lies the mass of the Southern force.

The news from Missouri is, on the whole, favourable to the Fede- ral Government, General Jackson having been defeated in an attempt to surprise the capital, while in Tennessee the Free-sellers are taking up arms to punish the Government which has voted Tennessee out of the Union.

The extreme irritation against England which has marked the American papers for some weeks is beginning to subside. It is allowed that the people of Great Britain are, on the whole, favour- able to the North.

It has been found necessary to arrest Mr. Kane, Marshal of Balti- more, and leader of the secret secessionists. Large quantities of arms were found in his house.