The Express. — London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1853 t price when had advance , : hi yond what the Irgitirohte t natertsis et trade would warrant, LAB Fr-dwilla , recetlE•d. i ' The banks &recut cf tLe Sydney market, and tiseir operas ' done are confined in Melbourne, where the price, hsweven ' as I :cern by my &delete this morning, has else declined. At the high rates witch were temooreriey uldained, parties exclu.ively engaged in the home trade, who luimerly booglit for the purpose et rt Mttanee, bad lift eif pur chasing, as it was evident the to—fit, it any, in transit:owns, would not cover risk end trouble. At the lower figure importers will natural!) , recur to rcenating in good oust, thus creating demand, nial sueiaiuing the pike at a just standard. The gold deli% rsd by ;lie eseurts in Sydney due• g the ;wt week may he given in round fig urea at loeast ounce.. The arrivals of specie by ere .rt trims the various dig;ongs have assume:tog to a uut 9,0. V. Toe 40- twines from every quarks confirm in a high degre. 1 the opinion which every person thoroughly acquainted with the auriferous character of the country has alwa) s nisint Allred that New South Woks will eventually—l believe speedily —assert and prove her claim to be the first and richest gold c deny of Auatraha. The 1 following information is extracted :rem a letter received from a seem:fie gentleman now ir. the northern part of fro colony, sib i, writing to Mr. Half, of Otorr streer, state . `that ht. ices Explored the mast westerly heads of the Ga mier and the Severn, tad his found gold in them all; aial he is of opinion that there is much gold deed down in tee low country to the westward,and that there .a a g •id field en the C. rence. The lett: r woe accompanied by a few snail oriental towable, the first sect to Sydney. A letter received this day from Mr. Threlkeld, in com mand of the second escort to the Ovees, reports that at Jiinbeity Creek, 4) milts trunk A.hury, in a i.orth-east direction, two men have been digging for 12 weeks, and ay. raged 15 to 12 ounces per diem. A rush has been made there. All the parties are going equally as well i.e these men. It is satisfactory also to reisirt that the Anlelong Creak, although only occupied by a small popolition, is turning out well, and a comparatively I irge amount of gild has her., deposited with the ageut fur the Escort Company at Gundegai. There is ra doubt this portion of the rotary ••ii:lpf€,Ve very rich. Ins escort now returning from 01.., Ovens v:ill bring 10,000 ounces. If only a tithe of the Victoria population were wiled en our diggings, our yield of gold would excel that of the -inter colony. I learn by my overtend letters, t :ode}... that the last escorts had brought into Melbourne, from Mount Alexander, 6,754 ounces; from Ballarat, 4,500 ounce. This is certainly very trifling, with such an immense pops le I sion at the diggings. Our government should adopt the most liberal policy towards the diggers, and should do everything to attract population to come to our shores, and reassin in the country. If any argument were required to show this, the result of the lest land sale would turnith a convicting one. By the gold, and by that alone, they realised 200 per cent. advance in the price of the land sold ever that obtained a few months back. VICTORIA (PORT PIIILLIP) is still progressing, and Its prosperity becoming daily more permanently es tablished. It is not by every opportunity to Eng land that we can expect to convey intelligence of monster nuggets weighing more than a hundred pounds, but the total number of ounces for the month exhibits no reason to suppose that the pro duce of the gold fields is decreasing, or the colony retrograding, as the goal of emigrants. The annual report of the Chamb, rof Commerce at Melbourne may be regarded as a standard of information re garding this colony, and I shall draw largely upon us contents, for the information of the readers of the Express. rile report contains a volume of in formation, stamped with the authority of a gentle man a member of the Legislative Council. COMPARISON OF TILE COLONY IN THE YEARS 1851 AND 18.52. ~„:•v , l by the coolies. suggested the propriety of • • 41 nil in ...a t kept it. read .test. let • we t h e vessel pared Anjer, where suppies e i e.....0u1d have eeem obtained, bat no Witte, • s eed, the captain alleging as his reason that leaned blend Anjer en abuedance of water e precut(' without ineurtitig expense. 'fro ee A mmer to leave formed the evert of taking seip std rctureiug to Chula. Ou the day after ,•,,, .steer. while the crew were at dinner, and ~, tin and his chief (Meer (the gunner acted as e eeti teeme d " the Chinese male rush ter be roueti ewe., to poetess theniftives of tue teens, in N 1 rich eice,ttled. the alarm being given, the Ise ier. his mute, nail pert of the erew endeaeuured e , ....let. and acme of the assailants were see% 'us e r which the master and mate retreated :heir :root whence they were by the coolies peering into the „ s tee l belling water : the wretched creatures, remises releatites, escaped through the we• -sego the sea, whereupon several of the Citieese, L i ving arced themselves with pistols sect cutlasses, ;op red a boat. put sued the master and mate, and 11:tcl.tred them in the water. 'the carpenter, named Eri Englishman), and the cook, also :auk to te e water. etnue of the crew, moat of whom were Me:leen:en. junipe el over the side and held cn by ter ,, others mounted the rigeing. The 'carpenter, it tple are, succeeded in swimming on slinre--dastant between three and hve miles—and reached lietavia. Tee cell'- having possessed the meelvcs of the ship, fxcibly emipeleed one or the crew to navigate the vessel to China, but this man steered in the blithe of eirgepore, wlech was discovered by the ee ; e t ee when about forty miles from this port. 'p vessel was within sight of the Ifeneburgh Light eetee, on Pedro Ill:Inca, where she \VAS seen by a native Italotele who, although not permitted to pro ceed board. ascertained that the captain sod mate had been murdered, and reported the circum stance to the local authorities. The latter took no s t e ps in the matter, as the only steamer here, the ItY , 4::ly, was deemed incapable, trom her small pewee of making good her return against the mon wee. The native l)ubush returned to the vessel and exceeded in boarding her, and then left her and ineught intelligence that shewas acoolie ship. From tee ,tatements of the crew it would appt.ar that the Chinese, mistrusting them and fearing that the vessel would be discovered from Siuempore, made up their mind, to murder the crew, atter which they consi dered they could succeed in reaching China by some of the junks on their way from this port. During the night, the greater part of the crew escaped, and tweed this piece. On the Sth inst., the brig Itival, with a large party of Europeans, sailed from this wen, fell in with the Rome Elias, and succeeded in 'winging her in. The coolies have all quitted their ate slave ship, excepting about ten of the ringleaders new in custody, awaiting instructions from the Peru vein consul at Canton. 'f he Rosa Elias is the thir teenth cooly-laden ship which has hen cut eff, either by the coolies or the crew, or treh, and all within the past three years. lg.. I' than their owr. were looking into the hole. to drop a small nugget, ire , ghing .1i dwh , it.to the stuff at the bottom. The per: to at the bottom, to carry cut the juke, pretended I jist th tt moment to lyre tossieked it tram the rock. The nugget waa immediately taken to ono of the stores and weight:l, and alt.ouu;n wrighing only 5) awls., was in live noioutes d too 2 Lz.., hvlore t!le day was over hsrl Tr:whet: 2 lbs. weight. cow:Tiente as% ail the available ground hi thy torighb: , urhoad of the hole from which this " sannster" nugget was taken was immediately marked on'.. Tnus it is that any favomratole account, whether authcnic or not, is gre24l.ly tiuglit at, and by the tinta it reaches a distance of 40 mars, t o much of r.lioad thing , 0 lo^ lost sight of. So set: sety fur hod., are bring work.. Li on Forest Creek, more particu arly at Wattle Flat, Drunkard's Co u:ly, and the Creek workings. The Melbourne Morning Herald, April ith, fur nishes the feilowing remarks on the geld market : The price of gold remains at 3/. lisp boot ago ner d ! opinion prevails th it a slight decline in v alue will shortly take pl he. T:ie u!noun• uf gald brought down by t scort during the last sir. months, shows a progressive and con siderable d ..:rease on each pe clod of luta weeks. The amount thus received was as under: Ounce.. di:uu Four weeks ending 13th N ov. 1852, 5ef,141 Da. do. Iltb Dee. „ 209,143 Do. do. Bth J a n. 153, 187,954 1),. do. 4th 4.'ea. ~ 183,40 Do. do. sth Mar. „ 168,6201 lh. da. I.t April „ 151,814:: It will be of some moment to intending emigrants to know the state of the labour nmrket at the lust advice*, dated Wednesday, April d, 1533 : The demand for all descrip.i,as of lab curers is at present greater than the supply. Farm servants are much wanted, and artisans fur building and other ocespations. The fol lowing table I,f INA t ,',5 shows what hat lien given for some time past,and in some eases even h;gber rates have been paid. In eases where rations are supplied they consist of 10 lbs. flour, 10 lbs. meat, 2 lbs. sugar, Ilb tea, weekly, with salt, dc., as required. These rations are found to be mute than 1 Irll;tiCiellt. .. Married oupl,s (without family), pc annum £ withrationv Ditto, with family Shephers., per 'annum 35 to 49 Huticcepers, ditto General ti.eful servants, with ration+, per annum Bullock drivers, with rations, 2/. 10. to 31. 10 per week. Bullig' drivers, for the roads, per week, 21.10 e. to 41. Gardeners, per annum, with rations Cooks (mat.), 2/. to 41. per week. Waiters, per week, from 20s. to 30s. Grooms, from GOl. to 801. per annum. Stockkeepers, Ottto 55 to 75 Bl.feesmiths, accustomed to country work and to horse•shoeing, from 18s. to 20e. per day._ Good farm labourers, weekly, 1/. ss. to 11. 155., with rations. Ploughmen, 30s. to 40s. per week,with rations. Labourers on the roach, 10s. a day, with wood, . water, and tent accommodation: Seamenefor London, for the run home 46 to 60 Seamen, for Calcutta, for the run Seamen far Callao Coaati;g, Si. to 91. per month. FEMALE SEAVANTS. - --..---. -- Thorough servants, per annum - 26 to 35 Housemaids, ditto Llundresses, ditto Nunemaids, ditto Cooks, ditto 1851. 18i2. Population Shipping, inwards, vessels 669 1,657 Do. do. tonnage Imports Exports Bu a t . w a ith re gard as v t: i t u h e is o a f moz o nt of neaye even millions Br the arrival at Singapore of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Chusan, the contract tinte as n ha lf, t he msyappear, the su t m heuzpobertan f o r th t e gi p n a :c t l y tr e i a l r i; mails have been received, bringing advises from the very' far short of the actual truth. The greater proportion several parts to the following dates :—Sydner, April of our colonial export produce now consists of gold, and it tad; 31c lbourne, 7th ; Adelaide, 12th ; and King may readily be apFrehended that a large saan•ity of this Georges Sound, April '23rd. The following afford.' commodity is constantly being exported from the colony a resume of the Australian news: without any official record. The Customs returns gave , 1,975,000 ounces as the quaseity exported for the year Nilw StitTll WALL ..— Once more this colony nes 1832; but sa additional quantity of 1,600,060 ounces had felt the advantage of steam communication by the been traced into the adjacent colonies, or otherwise exported Singapore route, the Chusen having made her embe r- without official record. It may also be remarked that the sue with news from England tot he '2 Ith December. quanti.toy of , gild, thatas officiall7 recorded, war valued at the The colony is anxiously looking forward for some vercarey l o w ewstimateatse w on this e r s e ttAtje'eetn, tempor aril y T in e the minute aA beneficial changes in the colonial administration alluded to, give us the value of export produce raised in under the new ministry. The oft-promised amclio- Victoria duringtheyear 1852,as no less a sum than eighteen ration of colonial grievances hu not lived out the pa- and a half millions sterling. Bat deducting the quantity of gold assumed to have been on hand throughout the te ar's of the expectants on the contrary, every o co a lmo t t or th i s o t o d ge : t a h m is o tear's ' delay adds to the zealous and unflinching a u m nt ou se n : lo s rtiTin a" ett t o o n l ic 4 ia B i g° nror i g Cone, and serves only to make the demand for cob"- of the Custom House. nial reform stronger. The present condition and The compiler (Mr. Westgartb) enters into a com future prospects of the colony demand the most vigi- parison of the relative exports of Victoria; and lent attention of the mother country, it it wishes to although comparisons are reputed odious, the rule is maintain its hold of the vast extent of territory now not without exception. The examination is augges paced by the feet of freedom. Misgovernment and tire of much reflection, when it is considered that bad government are removed from each other but a " eighteen years ago there was not a civilised human rep—both are obnoxious to a free people. The being residing in the colony of Victoria; while the recently passed Gold Repletion Act has called into population of Melbourne and its suburbs alone now action the spirit of agitation, which promises to reach numbers 80,000, and the town of Geelong not less a este of furor, as the time fixed (May 11) for the than 20,000. meeting of the Legislative Council approaches. The The value of the produce of this colony actually exported enforcement of the regulation in question, for raising in the year 1852 was in round numbers fifteen millions Vith so encouragin g a feet, we may venture upon a revenue from the gold fields, has caused au amount sterling. of vexation and injury far greater than the pro- amneainoteeroerilorteosreiaarmch, ith sa th com se r n are se tte resu o ls er of i th ns e co c en ,s liaised gain held out as a bait. On this subject the that are naturally senesced to the mind by our own pre- Empire, of the god April, very properly observes: seat position and most recent history. From the former sketch it will he seen how ill this act 1. California is our great competitor in the production of was received by the diggers in general, especially by those gold. The latest statements that have come into my bands THE WEST INDIA MAIL at the Tame, the chief of the golf.-fields; and that 'every on the subject of the gold produce of that country, are up decided determination was shown to avoid taking licensee to March of last year. California had then entered the ARRIVAL OF THE MAGDALENA.—CONTI under the sew regulations authorised by the act. The sixth year of her golden harvest, while Victoria had at. NUANCE OF YELLOW FEVER. eonimissioners who have had to enforce the act seem decid- lined the second. At that time the produce of gold, the A telegraphic summary of the following appeared edly to have felt the insidiousness of their position, and to sole export produce of California, amounted is value, by • m the Express of yesterday. deloused their power with as much leniency as possible, it official record, to twelve millions sterling annually, and to The e , _ __,_, • may be supposed in the fall belief that the law would not this quantity it was estimated that one-fourth should be saaguaiena arrived in Southampton water at be of long duration. Meanwhile a large number of diners added for the unrecorded export : making a total of fifteen seven o'clock yesterday morning, having started from have withdrawn, and gone to the Victoria diggings, among millions sterling, the amount which we have just ascertained St. Thomas, at her contract time, without having whom are all the foreigners aggrieved by the enactment to be the annual value of the export:of this colony, about been delayed by the Gulf of Mexico boat ; and after which bore so heavily on them. The diggers who remained th e same period. a fine run of fourteen days, she arrived at South had &meeting, from which a deputation was sent to attend 2. Among British colonies those of India have hitherto a meeting held in Sydney, on the Bth March. The stood first, as far exceeding all others in the magnificent ampton on the day she was due, and in time to attendance at this meeting was large, especially con- scale of their wealth and commerce. The exports for the have her mails distributed in London, so that the sidering that there is in Sydney no room fit for public year 1851 from Calcutta, the capital and seaport of Bengal, correspondence they contained could be answered assemblies of this kind. It was manifest that the the greatest of the Indian presidencies, amounted in value and forwarded by the West India packet which grievance was felt to be a public and common one, far to 11,040,0001. or rather less than three-fourths of the leaves Southampton this day. Her dates are : beyond the interests of the class specially affected ; amount of the exports of this colony for the year see- that in fact all parties had their prosperity more or less, eee di ce . Jamaica, June 9; Demerara, 9 ; Vera Cruz, 4 ; Tri directly or indirectly, threatened by it. It was regarded as 9, To proceed to still higher standards of eomper'son, let nidad, 9 ; Chagres, 8; St. Thomas, 16. far more than a commercial iejury, inasmuch as it violated us t a ke the export commerce of Britain itself. average Amongst the cargo on board the Magdalena is some of the dearest rights of British freedom. A petition annual value of the 'norm for the four years, 1848 to specie to the value of nearly one million of dollars. to the governor was accordingly adopted requesting bile to 1861, ameuet to 85,565,000 L ;so that the value of the The Magdalena had on board nearly 300 assemble the council at once to repeal or amend the oh- exper t Fo am of this colony already approaches to one noxious statute. His excellency replied to the deputation fourth of that of the meat state. including passengers and crew. Her sick list con noxious which laid the petition before him that he would, as soon as Gratifying as all this outward prosperity is to Mined 60 names, but this included the sick on the poesible, consult the Executive Council and communicate the result. In • few days the reply of the governor ni was every colonist, there are nevertheless some draw- outward and homeward voyages. 'lle illness of the u nexampled meter's' stating the impracticability of convening the legis- backs necessarily &rim' g out of later* before the time originally aged, on account of some prosperity of which Melbourne justly bouts, and as of yellow fever, 12 of which proved fatal; several of . elections which have to tale place, but intimating that the they are of importance to the intending emigrant, htwelve died bef th e Magdalena left St t e y e government would be prepared with an amendment bill as noolog is needed force pying from the Argus, of Thomas; the Last cue of death happened a day or two soon as that body could meet. The reply, although not A vail 7, t he editors very conclusive remarks: since. There was scarcely any Illness, however, on exactly a compliance with the prayer of the petitioners, was he onlytopie that calls for particular and emphatic rape- board of the Magdalena when she arrived at still felt to be conciliatory, sad all p arties are now waitin g titian is the Yen and daily increasing demand for social Southampton, and she consequently obtained pratique in hope that the objectiociable principles of the act will be --, . conveniences. Ho rents are still rising , .although they immediately. The names of the 12 persons who expunged, and that the gold fields will soon be at least aa have already reached a most disproportionate height. open to enterprise as they were before.died on board the Mgdalena were as follow :— Lieu- Muchßuilding materials are most unreasonably dear. The win- speculation has been indulged in relative to ter is almost come. The want of accommodation will inevi- tenant &riven, R.N., Admiralty agent ; George Charles Viaty, Thomas Compton, the origin of the obnoxious Gold Mining Act ;and tably entail severe and general hardship upon the incoming Smith, public indignation, following its old bootleg thrown immigrants. Nor is it easy to propose an adequste rem edy. Georf: Carter, John Hedger, John Caldwell, the blame on the present lend system, especially so The exportation from England of building materials of Char Peach, Paul Rogers, George Kneller, and much of the act as relates to the squatting interests. every description, wooden and iron houses, and even of Thomas Adams. Paul 'tigers was the child of a The effect of the gold fields has told with more force bricks, would be • moat profitable enterprise. Every de- passenger. The child was ill when he came on scription of furniture is in great demand, and would realise on the squatters than any portion of the community, hi g h prices. All the exportable necessaries of life would Isoard. The father was a surgeon, and attended me byweakening their hold upon the labouring class. find a ready market at amply remunerating rates. If sup- dically on his son. Lieutenant Scriven, the Admi- The squatters would rejoice at seeing the diggings plies of these articles do not come in speedily, they will rise ratty agent of the Magdalena, who died, WY sent to completely deserted. The struggle between the to a price that will place them beyond the reach of large sea in that steamer out of his turn, and was ordered digging and squatting interests is the chief political Zinmebsenwoof :tra m ve uni d t e y situtl i o s n i . de (/ 'y ur aid a;m w os it : l tab , and home to Southampton immediately. He was rather topic of remark. wealth will be counterbalanced by actual pauperism, and P leased than otherwise on being sent to the West The cost of provisions has reached a frightful p er haps famine, amongst the less fortunate of our pope- Indies, on account of the opportunity it afforded him height, with no immediate prospect of improvement. lotion. of seeing at St. Thomas his son, an officer in the All kinds of goods have advanced in price, and find It is , therefo re, of the utmost consequence that intending West India Company's service. hen the Magda a ready market; so that either the amount of popu- e Tiv . a t i o n n ts s Co ho w u t l itlrt v et i y de Wil ' i s u b v e re s li bi ts et t e h d cy cl i n, u r a ti l n e s to t the o - a - lens left St. Thomas Lieutenant Scriven was lotion has wonderfully increased, or the circum- this, it will perhaps be better for them to defer emigratinf, not well, and his son Wan kindly al stances of the old population have greatly impro v e d. until circumstances shall have become MOM faVOUrith • lowed to accompany him home. He soon On this . point one of the latest papers remarks : here, and the serious discrepancy between the demand for was struck down with the yellow fever, but no The present prices of provisions are high, owing, as it is and the supply of social appliances, shall have been reeti- one o n board thought it would prove fatal: On the alleged, to a very considerable deficiency in the supply. fled, as doubtless it will shortly be. 26th he had the black vomit, and, feeling convinced The last-named price of flour was 271. for best. Wheat has Up t i to the 31st December last the quantity of gold th a t hi s d e ath was near, he made his will and ex been sold at the mills as high as 10s. 3d. per bushel. The p ro aced was 4,891,000 ounces. During the first pired. He was highly esteemed, and has le ft a loaf of 2 1 bs. has been 7d. nearly a fortnight, and what its three months of the current year the escorts have widow and large family. He formerly commanded figure will lie is only a matter of conjecture. The suppl ies of provisions from the country have been generally shore I brought down, in January, 186.015 ounces; February, the mail packet which ran between Wey . mouth and Owing to tome want of management, the coasting steamen I 172,329 ounces; March, 169,654 ounces. the Channel Islands. The yellow fever is very bad are more than ordinarily deficient in number and regularity, I The latest news from Mount Alexander is con- at St. Thomas's and Jamaica, still the persons who which is one cause of the present dearth. The produce of tune d in the following letter from the Argus corre- mostly die on board the West India packets are fire the neighbourhood takes a very high range in price. Pots- uuu tots, lls. and 12s. per huadred ; pumpkins . 10s. to 15e per I @pendent, dated Forest Creek, April 4, 1853 : men, who are weakened by the intense heat of the CH dozen, and everything at similar rates. " These exorbitant 1 Our population is thinning . very_ fast.. Fryer's CFeek t mate and of the fires to which they are exposed, and Prim must tell heavily against the working classes," and which could a short time back boast o f . itaoaus.rgiet also seamen, who do not take proper care of their against all persons with unimprovable incomes. diggers, can now scarcely boast of having its h un d reds. . health. Many of them often go to sleep on deck. The The cost of l a b our is undiminished, especially for population of Bendigo and Mount . Korong . is augmenting. female aervice. It is likely to continue so, not only the number a at the former place bein g estamateur at 60,000 first and second engineer and seven men of the d tat 15,000. Sandy Creek still continues to l mail steamer Trent have died of yellow fever, because avarice secures the greater portion of the " send f orth its favourable accounts, but their truth is very and Mr. Douglas, purser, and Mr. Carr, fourth o ffi cer labourers in the search after gold, but also becauseof the Medway, are among the victims. Within a questionable. It is summed, and very justly, that jute , . one of the sad effects of the diggings is the frightful rested parties are the cause of this H a o h w at e , v m er, fat very few months the Medway has lost several o ffi cers very good " authceit increase of drunkenness and idleness. 'The moral have been is o fo a rm and social injury caused by the unrestricted sale of Creek a gip . g ha Ni ve u a l aa v d e y extended on thaland more and men, but the health of the crew was better at i la m not obtained in remunerative quantities. more the last account. Commodore M'Quhae, on the intoxicating liquors is incalculable. The only eff r ec-West India station, died of yelbw fever at Jamaica, particularly ,go when the scarcity of water is taken into consi bre checks which can be offered to this flood of " 22- duration, hating to be carried a distance of four miles. As a fter a short illness. The Commodore became cele morality and vice is by restricting the number of an instance of the old saying, that A story never loses by A brated in consequence of the circumstantial account spirit shops, and by an enlarged system of educes - travelling," lay ger w o e n re e bon on the national school plan. relre e el o to r go San to dY that locality he gave of the existence of the sea serpent, PartY 6 1 i= a s 1 ;tor a trial of three or four holes and of the dispute he had with the die- The state of the gold fields will be ascertained from w w t r i e ch t h ey d e s, end, previous to leaving, perambulated tinguished Professor Owen on that subject. Bk. Cohen 's Gold Circular, dated April 1, sub- the diggings to via fall particulars ; hut upon fffi l lli°ll no joined : further intelligence than what they were already in poems- At St. Domingo there was yellow fever and small g a, Vera M Cruz the sickness called the vomit° wan A more satisfactory state of things is growing up in the i sion of , they sent to a hole in which an acquaintance war pongzi in Captain oss, of the West India Company's sareopolitae market for gold dust. Pang the week the at work, and caught an opportunity when no o eyes ACSTR kLIA AND THE CAPE TILE ArSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS. ARRIVAL OF THE ➢IELBOURNE. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY. The Australian steamer Melbourne, Captain .1. S. Hutton, arrived here at noon. She left Sydney March 6 ; King George's Sound, April 2; Cape of Good Hope, May 17 ; and St. Vincent's, June 14. She brings a very heavy mail, in charge of Com mander Phillimore, R.N., 100,000 ounces of gold, and 117 passengers, including Mr. Saunder, of the Ordnance Department at Simon's Town. She has had a rough passage home, and has sustained several breaks down. The news from Australia has been anticipated but from tho Cape the intelligence is of a satisfac tory character. The frontier, and the tribes on the extensive borders of Cape Town colony remain tran quil. The Gaika tribes are being located under the direction of the Governor-General. Confidence in the government was on the increase. In the colony the constitution has been accepted by the great body of the colonists with lively joy and gratitude. The exceptions are few, and consist exclusively of men of English birth or extraction. The Hydaspes, Indian Mail steamer, left the Cape for England, on her return, broken down, May 6th. Sho has some passengers. Her Majesty's steamer Sphynx was to leave the Cape for England May 17. The Indian Mail steamer Calcutta was spoken with June 2, 10 miles north of the Line, lon. 12.42 west, all well. Many of the passengers, nearly the whole of whom are from Australia, landed at Plymouth, where the vessel remained at 7 p.m. service, has come home invalided, and Lient.Warren,l R.N.,Admiraltv agent, is laid ep in one of the islands. i Much of the . iihiess on board the Magdalena was dysentery. 'l'he yellow fever at St. Thomas was con- I fined to the shipping. The chief plane in the West I Indies where the fever is cow raging is Jamaica. At St. Thomas the utmost care is taken un beard the West India Company's steamers not to have com:nit uication with tho infected vessels in the harbour. While the Magdalena was fast to the buoy in South ' ainptou water yesterday, one of the passengers—a singularly-looking old gentleman,aildtessed the people in the boats who surrounded the ship, and who were 40 feet below him. lie f poko in an oratorical and most vehement manner, stating who he was and with j whom he was acquainted, that he was ill and wanted to be released from the ship. Ahhouah death had ken busy amongst the crew of the Magdalena, every , thing was apparently forgotten on board, and a merrier party could scarcely be seen than the crew, officers, and passengers of the ship when the shore boats came alongside. The Magdalena met the Orinoco just as she came out from St. Thomas, on the 27th ult.; she overtook the screw-steamer Hydaspes, front the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope, which was under sail. 'I he Mauritius and the Cape mails of the Hydnspes were put on bard the Magdalena. The mail was a very small one. The Hydaspes broke down on her outward voyage, and had been under sail all the way front the Mauritius. She had made a good passage, hav ing proved a good sailing ship. She cannot be now fir off Plymouth, if she has not already arrived there. BRITISH GUIANA. The Royal Gazette, a Demerara paper, in its review for home readers, thus epitomises the news: Our columns by this picket contain the slid record of mortality among some of those whose names have been as " household words " for years in the colony, each a labourer in his own peculiar sphere for the common inte rest of the people. John Croat, for nearly halt a century a member of the legislature, died, far from friends and home, sit the foreign island of Bt. 'jimmies. The Venerable Arch , deacon Lugar sunk, in Barbadoes, Into that sleep which knows no waking in this world again. Dr. Clifton, distin guished by his active benevolence, is also dead. In polities there has been nothing whatever stirrieg. The little busi ness transacted by the legislature has been purely of a local nature, involving no special principle, and certainly not of interest to the reader out of the colony. In the hope that it may attract the attention of the medi cal faculty and or the botanist in the mother country, we direct the notice of the reader to an article in the paper of the 7th relatise to the discovery in Angostura of an anti dote to the yellow fever. It consists in the pounded and macerated leave, of the Bettis na—called with us Vervain— s small shrub growing abundantly on every estate in the colony. It has been long known and used among the creoic population as a febrifuge, and an unfailing specific in cases of dysentery. It is now asserted that it has not only pro phylactic properties, buhthat it is a positive cure for yellow fever even in its worst stage—black vomit. The weather has been throughout the fortnight exceed• ingly favourable to the plantations. There is now nothing lacking on the score of heat and moisture. The rains have not been what is here called heavy they have rather been on the whole what in the northern part of Britain are called" Scotch mists ;" but,accompanied as they have been with an increased temperature, they must have been abun dantly fertilising. Business continues dell. Imports scarcely keep pace with coneumptioo. Plantains are scarce and dear, and the yam, the cassava, and the potato have apparently disappeared from among us. JAMAICA. Our correspondent says: " Things still continue ►n the same unsettled state. The House of Assembly meet daily, and then pro rogue, refusing to transact any business. The mer chants are reaping a harvest. No taxes or rent to pay; perfect free trade. Copper ore still continues to be found in great abundance, and of a rich qua lity. The yellow fever still rages among the ship ping. Commodore McQuhae died on the 9th inst., only two days' illness. The Medway . h .2 suffered severely; six officers and nine mon in six weeks. At present we have only a few mild cases on board. In St. Domingo smallpox as well as fever is raging. The season has been unusually wet all over the West Indies, and the heat intense. The Conway was taken off the Chagres and Savannah route, and sent tc Honduras, the Esk being incapable of performing the service." MEXICO. The intelligence from Mexico is not of particular interest. Mr. Alaman, the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs, had died after a short illness, and it was believed that General Santa Anna's ministry would be greatly embarrassed to replace him, as he was the leader of the most powerful party in the country. At Vera Cruez tranquillity was restored, and busi ness was going on as usual. Two of the ringleaders in .he outbreak of the 17th of May had been shot, and all the inhabitants disarmed. Vera Cruz was extremely unhealthy. The vomito was committing frightful ravages among the troops and such foreigners as had not passed the ordeal. It was believed that a large money conducts would reach Vera Cram in time for the July packet. AMERICA. The following are the only items of news in the New York papers by the Washington : A locomotive on the New York and Erie Railroad ex ploded her boiler near the village of Susquehanna, on Thursday afternoon, instantly killing several persons and wounding many others. Among the dead are three women and the engineer. Four or five people, it is thought, were blown into the river and lost. The Great Southern Convention assembled at Mem phis on the 6th instant. There were over one thousand delegates present from the Southern and Western States, and the most sanguine expectations were entertained in refe rence to its action, but after fcur days duration it adjourned without effecting anything definite, except its approval of the Pacific Railroad. The great objects for which it was called are briefly as follows : Steam communication between the south and foreign ports; a continental depot for cotton —thus taking from Liverpool the monopoly of our great staple ; the Pacific Railroad ; railroad alliances between the Great West and Northwest and the South ; to demand of Congress proper mail facilities for the western and southern routes and riven; the encouragement of southern institutions of learning ; and the establishment of a direct trade with southern ports, as a commercial policy to be pursued by planters. These are the principal subjects which were presented for the consideration of the conven tion ; but an unfortunate discussion arose on a question es to which should have the precedence, and a peat deal of time was consequently lost. The convention, however, decided in favour of the construction of the Pacific P.ail road, and adjourned to meet at Charleston next year. Great °Reiterant was produced at New Orleans, last Tuesday, by the arrant a slave, on information given by a free negro of an intended rising against the whites. The prisoner was heavily armed, and, on being questioned, ac knowledged that a conspiracy existed among twenty-five hundred blacks to attack the city and set it on fire at various points next day, which would be the signal for a general revolt on the part of the slaves, against their masters, throughout the country. Subsequent inquiries led to the belief that the prisoner's statement was a hoax—neverthe , less, the authorities adopted every precaution to guard against a surprise, and a day or two afterwards arrested an Englishman on suspicion of having incited the conspiracy. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Naw Yon', Join 18. United States stocks are more in demand, with a slight advance in price. A lot of 1,000 dole. Six per Cents. of 1867 brought to-day 121, • rise of 1. The operations in State stocks are very small. Erie Pint Mortgag e Bends improved tmday 1. Bank of Commerce shares 1 ; Hanover Bank, 1. Crystal Palace, 2. (Sales at 150).Parker Vein Coal Company, 1. New Jersey Railroad, 3. New York and New Haven Railroad, 1. The operations in Reading shares were to the extent , 1,000 shares at 931 to 94. Parker Vein Company, 1,400 shares at 351 to 36( We have no change to note in sterling bills. They have been steady, bankers signatures, at 91 to 91 for two weeks past. We quote Paris, 5.121 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411; Franktort, 401 to 41 ; Bremen, 791 to 791; Ham burgh, 361 to 361; Antwerp, 5.51 to 5.161. COI - WK.—The market for the past three days has been quiet, with sales in some cases at • little lower rates. Buyers are indisposed to operate, and are waiting later news. The sales of the week amount to 4,900 bales. Other Olaf Atlantic. Florida. Porte. Inor nom. nom. nom. Ord teri . low to good 9to 9/ 9to 91 9to 9} Mid, low to good. Yid. fair teak ll4 to 111 11; to 11 13 13 FLouit.—For some days past the receipts the Erie Canal have been extremely light, occasioned by another break, and the trade in consequence has been restricted ; holders have shown much firmness and been enabled to realise an advance of 121 e. to 25c. per bbl. on state brands. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JUNE 30. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LILL. AYES-322. I Aeaml, "or T. Poseu r, J. Morrie, P. A'Odirt. C. Vorrmetr, C. :ins:. r., E. IL A i..•, 11. For, It. Yr xbray, J. 1 Aelumby, 11. A. Fax, W. J. Mum, Colonel I Alex:, Thomas )tuatara, Col. Murphy, S. st.dt Au-on, Gen. GAilitaY. air W. P. N el, Gerard James Aneon, Viscount Gardaer, Richard Nerreys, Lord • Aciett , n, Wm. Gladstone, W. , limn Norreye. Sir D. J. i itax.haw. J. Gladstone. Captaiu North, Culture 1 . 4..!..t.. Sir J. O'rn, U. C. UP ti-h, P. Bair.es, M. T. Goddard. a. L. 01 , aherty, A. • Ball, Jubn there, sir E. 0 scrum, Benjamin Baring, 11. B. Gualman, Sir G. rishi.,rne, Ralph Baring, Ste V. Gordon, Admiral (men, sir John P . : tog, T. Gore, W. 0. Paget, Lord Alfred Paring, Francis Gower, F. L. Page:, lord cdorge Pam, M. T. Grace, 0. D. J. Pdiceali an, E. Pe aumont, W. It. Grali..m, Sir J. Palmer, Itslott Beckett, W. Gre trio. Edward Palmer, It. il. nb.or, John Greenal. Gilbert l'alineremn,Vimonct Berkeley, Adm. Greene, T. l'eel:en Sir G. e Herser, 11. (I..egson, Samuel Pcel. P er R. Setkeley, I:on. C. P. Gtenfell, C. Put, F. Berke). y, Grenville Grey, Sir G. Peel, Coionel Bethell, Sir Richard .Grosnoor, Lord R. Pellatt, A. Ilittdulph. It. M. Grosvenor, Earl Poilliencre, R. J. Benham-card. r, J. Hue, R. B. Pig-tr. Snares Baker, T. W. Hall, Sir D. Putney. Willlam Irouveile. E. I'. Horner, Sir J. Peas mby. Ito A.G.I. Bowyer George Ilarco.rt, 0. G. Pont,a M. no, le, ( s al. Ilarcourt, Col. Portman, W. Braniet-n, T. W. Ilardiage, C. S. Price, s:r R. urond. If. Massie, Alcioniler Pritenard, J. Brock:ol.4st Jan Hardie, A•Thil)..ll Pugh, 1). J Brotherton, J. Mayes. Sir E. It imsden, Sir J. browne, VA:celiac Ileadlun, T. E. Etc:area 0. Bruce, land K. Heard, J. I. Rice, E. Euler, Char:o. Heathr:de, , ir G. Rebore., T. J. A. Butt, Goo. Med] Ileatbrote. G. Rot% P. But:, I. Manage, 0. 11. Rumbold, C E. rYhir, G. 11. Chas. Henley, J. W. Roman, Lord J. ('a,rna, IL. M'Calmont Herbert, H. A. Ru-eill, E. C. C lisph.ll, Sir A. Ilerbit, Sidney Russell, F. W. Cardwell, E. Herrn*, J. C. S.olleir, J. C.vendith, C. C. Hervey, Lord Alfred Sondare, G. Car. raliph, Ilan.Gto. Hey worth, L. Bawl', C. B. G. Csyley, E. S. Higgins, ( icut re sorbed. Capron) Chambers, T. Ilicallcv, Ulu lee Mott, Francis cecina, Viscount llogg, 'Sir!. W. &rope, G. P. Child, Smith Iloraman, E. Scully, F. Chrietv, Samuel Iluthatn, lord to...hara. Lord Clay, Sir W. II ,ward, C. W. G. hey men. H. K. Clinton, Lord Robert Howard, Lord E. Seymour, Lord Ce'reold,J. C. Hudson, George Shalt°. R. 1). Cockburn, Sir A. Hume, W. F. Sure. W. Cori., T. d. Hutt, retina= Shelburne, Earl Codringtue, Sir W. Ingifa, sir It. H. Sh-Her, Sir J. V. Cllin, W. Jackson, William Sheridan, IL IJ. Cole., H. B. Jenny), Earl Smith, John Abel Collier, It. P. Johnstone, Jsmes Smith, M. Tucker Coots, Sir C. Johnstone, Sir J. emith, Rt. 11n. IL Corbally, H. Kendall, Nicholas Smith, J. Corry, H. L. Keogh, William Sorollett, A. Cowan, Chutes King, I'. J. Spooner. Richard Cowper, W. F. Kingecote, R. N. F. stArord. Marquis Cranford, E. Kinnoird, A. F. Stcpbention, Robert Crossley, P. Labouchere, U. Stirling, W. Cubit% Alderman Laing, S. Strutt, Rt. Hr. E. Currie ' H. Langston. J. Stuart, Lord D. Dashwood, Sir G. Lantron, H. G. Stuart. IL Davie, Sir H. Lescelles, E. Tanned, H. W. Varies, D. Larders, C. Thirkoeme, R. A. Mahon, R. Hawley, F. C. Thornely, T. Denison, E Lavard, A. IL Tollemache, J. D111390/4 J. E. Lei, W. Towoshend, Capt. Den; J. Lego, G. C. Trail; G. Daring. Sir E. Lemon, Sir C. Ty nte, Cal C. K. Drurnbinrig, VIM. Lewis, Sir T. Vane, Lord H. Duckworth. Sir J. Lockhart, A. E. Varui,tart, G. U. Duff, George Lowden, P. Vernon, C. E. H. Duff, James Lowe, R. Vernon, L. Duke, Sir J. Macaulay, T. B. Viliers, Rt. Iln. C. Dnr.can, George Mackie, J. Vivian, J. 11. Dunmore. T. Mackinnon, W. A. Vision, H. 11. Dundee, G. WCann, J. Vyvyan,Sir It. Hondo, V. Macgregor, James Waddington, David amlop, A. Mtitegor, John Walmsley, Sir J. East, Sir J. ligaggart, Sir J. Walter, J. Egerton, Sir P. Maddoes, Sir H. Wellesley, Lord C. Egerton, E. Maims, R. Wells. W Ellice Rt. Hon. E. Mangler, R. D. Windier:G. 11. llarjorlbanks, D. Whoa:man, J. Marshall, W. Whitbread, Burned Massey, W. N. Merlon, L. T. Maeterman, John Wilma, B. Matheson, Alex. Williams. W. Madmen, Sir J. Wilson, James Maule,Colonel Wodektouse, E. Milligan, R. Wood, Sir C. Mills, T. Wonky, J. K. Milner, W. M. E. Wrightson, W. Milne., It. M. Wyntikom, William Michell, W. Wys 111, M. lioleoworth, Sir W. Young, Sir John Monck, Vieeount Monereiff, J. Ter LSA& Nowell, William Montgomery, Sir G. Hayter, W. G. Morgan, Grieving Mu*rave, Earl of NOES—I W. • Ooderich. Vie. Newark, Viscount Graham, Lord M. W. Newport, Lord Granby, Marquis of Oakes, J. 11. P. Greene, J. Oaaulston, Lord Greville,CoL V. Otway, Arthur John Guernsey, Lord Pakington, Sir J. Hadfield, George Parker, It. T. Halsey, T. Phillintore, J.G. Hamilton, Lord C. rhino, T. Hamilton. 0. A. Pilkington, James limitary, S. B. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Hawkins, W. W. Renton, G. Ilu J. Rich, H. Huns, E. Robertson, P. E. Jolliffe, Sir W. Scholellekl, W. Felly, Sir F. Seymour, IL D. Kennedy, Tristrant Seymour, W. D. Kershaw, James Cribtborp, Col. King, J. K. &M . A. Sir W. Knatchbull. W. F. Smith, John B. Knight, V. W. Smyth, It. J. Knightley, Ralnald StuFoid, A. Knox, Col. Stanley, Lord Rattan, R. M. blurt, H. 0. Langton, W. G. Sullivan, M. Lasted, Wm. Talbot, C. R. 31. Lennox, Lord A. Thesiget, Sir V. Lennox, Lord 11. 0. Thompson, (3. Leslie, C. P. Trollops, Sir J. Liddell, H. 0. Todway, It. C. Locke, 3. Tiler, Mr George Lockhart, W. Villiers, Francis Long, W. VIVIAN 3. E. Lucas, P. Z i e l Captain . H. 8. Sir E B .1. E. B. Walpole, Spencer H. Warmers, Lord 0. Warner, E. Manners, Lord J. West, P. R. March, Earl of Whitmore, H. Hens, Sir Henry Wilkinson, W. A. Wall, Edward Wise, A. Moore, Ross S. Wood, B. Mandy, Wm. Wyndham. General Marrone, J. P. Wynne, W. Mass, Lord Nagler, J. ITLLIII. Neeld, John Taylor, CM. Redd, Joseph Mandeville, Viscount Ether, E. Eliot, J. E. Eamon(le, J. Easton, Earl of Eno., W. Ilwart, With= Fapn, W. Fefiden, Fergus, John Ferguson, Colonel Fergana; Sir B. Ferguaon, Joseph Ftizgerald, J. Fitzroy. Henry Fitswtillam, 0. W. Floyer, J. Foley, J. H. Follett, B. 8. Adderley, C. Aleaan , , J. Anderson, Sir James *spinall„ J. T. Bane. W. Bailey, C. Willie, U. Bail. Edward !ankes, G. Karnes, T. Barrow. W. H. Batesoo, T. Bell, James Bentinck, Lord H. Biggs, W. Blacked, J. F. B. Blair, Colonel Booth, Mr B. Bright, John Briaco, Jlwgrare Brockman, E. D. Buck, L. W. Buller, Ku J. Y. Burrell, Sir C. M. Cabbell, B. B. Came, Str J. E. Chambers, M. Cheetham, John Christopher. R. A. Cobden, Rickard Conolly, T. Crook, J. Disraeli, Benjamin Dod, J. W. Dunoombe, Hon. A. Dunoombe, W. E. Donne, Colonel Do Pre, C. Farnham, E. B. Fellow's, Edward Forester, Colonel Franklyn, 0. W. Frash&M. J. newels. C. U. Galway, Viscount °sae% J. /L George, John Gibson, T. Y. THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD APPOINTMENTS. THE LATE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND CASE OF LIEUTENANT ENOLEDUE. —Yesterday the committee whose sittings were a short time since so protracted rela tive to the appointments and promotions in the different dockyards, and in which the proceedings of the late Board of Admiralty were involved, reassembled, in pursuance of an order of the house, to inquire into the circumstances connected with the memorials and correspondence regarding the restoration of Lieutenant Engledue by the late of Admiralty to his former rank in the service. The am mitts* consisted of Lord Seymour, chairman ; Lord Hotham, Sir B. Hall, Sir F. Davie, and Mr. Beckett. Admiral Berkeley, Captain Buncombe, M.P., Sir T. Herbert, M.P , and several other witnesses having been examined respect ing the circumstances of the transaction, the committee adjourned to Tuesday next. THE CAMP AT CHOBBAM It is understood that there will be a grand field day for pontoon exercise at Virginia-water this day. It is expected that her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with their illustrious visitors, will honour the division with their presence. The division is to be under arms at 11 a.m. Ten rounds of blank ammunition were served out to each man last evening. It must be remembered that in the official intimation we were enabled to publish on Thursday, everything was stated to depend on the weather. If this morning prove wet and unfavourable, the operations of the troupe will be confined to the vicinity of the camp. The bead-quarter guard was relieved yesterday by another detachment of the 3rd battalion of the Grenadier Guards. Ills Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar is now the commandant of the head-quarter camp. The lieutenant-general has invited the attention of officers commanding corps to a camp sentry-box, of a con struction new in this country, which has been set up in rear of the camp of the Royal Sappers and Miners, by Captain Target, of the French army, and which is com pletely water-tight. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCROOLS.—A deputa tion of the Board of Management of this institution, con sisting of John Mastermaa, Esq., M.P., president; George Moore, Esq. ; Robert Wilcoson, Esq.; A. H. Moore, Esq.; George Lawrence, Esq.. ' J. L. lloothby, Esq. ; Thomas Blake, Esq., and Charles Woolloton, Esq., had the honour of an interview with Prince Albert yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace, for the purpose of soliciting his royal highness to lay the first stone of the new building about to be erected at Pinner, near Harrow. The Prince received the deputation most graciously. The president, Mr. Mu teness, opened the subject, and explained fully the object aow deputation. The treasurer, Mr. G. Moore, then hand into some statistics to explain the design and pros pees of the institution, and this wu followed by some seamarks by Mr. R. Wilcoxon is support of the observations that had been made. His Royal Highness listened with It is understood that in consequence of the great great attention to the gentlemen who addressed him, and kindly acceded to their request. Prince Albert did not fix pressure of public business parliament will not be prorogued the day on which be would go through the ceremony, but until after the 20th of August. intimated that he would communicate his wishes in this PERSIA.—The Paris Univers says that moot die- respect through Colonel Phipps to the Board of Manage ment. He, however, stated that he should fix on somo day Messing news has been received from Persia. An earth. in the latter end of the pretest month. quake had nearly completed the destruction of body Shivas, and had buried 10,000 inhabitants under the ruins. The THE MANCEIEISTER POLICE. — A largey of this force gave notice of strike, and afterwards were i n duced to cholera had reappeared, and clouds of grasshoppers dew- withdraw these notices. Some misunderstanding has oc tated the crops. curred, however, and it is feared that a great number of SWITZERLASD.—The government of Freiburg ban men will go off duty after all. The authorities say only sustained another defeat. Letters from Berne of the 27th thirty-two men are affected by the mistake ; but the under ult., state that its candidate at the election of a deputy to stood fact in the force itself is that 250 out of a total of 420 the national council only received 1,927 votes, while the will cease duty from this day, unless prompt steps are opposition candidate received 4,432. taken to make satisfactory terms with them. Vbe Court. The Queen gave last evening a Stave Ball at Bucket.gl.am Palace. Ihe Sinn Kea QUelll et Mew% en, the rt•hee and Princt ct Prussia, the DUCI.II, of (Renewer, the Duchg s, of Kent, the llueheNe of Cam . Ir. • , --- I.ridge and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, the lieredit.ry Grand Duke and Grand Duches, a.:d the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburgh Straits, C., Duke end Duchess of Saxe Cohourg Goth., Prince Egiwarit of Six° Weimar, the Prince of llohenlosae Largtatiouig, and the Princess Adelaide, end PriLee Louis Lucke Buena rate, Ist re invited to t! . .e lire, laird. The total number ofeuests heaven. d with invitations amounted to 2,000. . . The Duchess ut Catubridve stud the Proue.sa Mary arrived at 25 minutes past 9 o'euck, attended by Lady Suffield and Baron linesebrek. The Ilir:ditury o:and Duke and Grand Duersi and tiv,lluchcs Caroline of Meek nburg4 Stulitz were at tended by Lady Caroline Cust, Baroness %Venchettro, and B ,run Lii , . . The Duchess of licnt was accompanied by ti e Princess Ad, IX:tie of flobenlobe, and attended by La ly A.m.' Marin Dawson and Lord J. Murray. The Duke of Cambridge was attended by Lord W. Paulet. „ _ . 1 he Bing and Queen of Ilanaver arrived at 10 minutes belore 10 o'clock, :ittendc.l by Lord Elphinstony, Major- General Buckley, and the ladies and gelid. men of tneir suite. Their Msjesties were received by t.v Countess of Muuot Edgeeumbe, Lady in Waiting ; the lion. Eleanor S;anley and the Hen. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Dinour in Waiting; the Marquis of Brcadalhanr, Lord Chainb. , rlaiu ; the Marquis of Abercorn , Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; ' Lord Ernest Bruce, Vic e - Chamberlain ; the Matquia of Ormonde, Lard-in-Waiting; Viscount Torrington, Lord-in- Waiting to his Royal Mettles- ; Majar•General Berkeley Drummond. Groom-in-Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom-in-Waiting to his Baca! Ilighness; Lord A!fred P.auct, Equerry-in• Waiting ; Captain the Hon. Dudk y de Itls, Equerry in-Waring to his Ito) al Highness, and the Master et the HOLM hold. Their Male:ties were conducted to the Yell.)w Drawing room, in which the Queen received her Royal Guests. Thi F,reign Mini - :ten, Cabinet Mitriatei;, nit" , Coun cillors, the Lilait a and Officers of the Itoyal Flutiach,.ld, and the Queen's Aides-de-Camp, alighted at t:.e Garden En trance, and pase,d into the Statue Gallery, which was " ' - . . .. brilliantly illuminated by a number of gilt candelabra pro jecting from tbo walls. Toe ceiling of the gallery has been decorate' in a style 6 imilar to that of the Grand Hall in colours, the several • compartmwsts being enriched with urabesque's. Tlw same brilliant frieze of vermillion, white, and gold rune round both apartments . The walls are panelled in Sienna warble and Irish marble, the roof being supported by wkitc Car rara eolutens with gilded capitals, the same as those in the Grand Hall. Th • company passed up the grand staircase to the suite of state saloons, which were all opened on thia occasion. A great variety of beautiful and fragrant plants and shrubs vette tastefully arranged on each side of the grand staircase. The Green Drawing.room, Picture Gallery, Grand Saloon, aid the ball rooms, had also a most brilliant display of the choicest flowering plants. The canopied hard pas for the use of her Majesty and her august circle, in both ball rooms, were hung with draperies corres ponding to the furniture of each apartment, lined with white silk draperies, and were also filled ut the back with the moat beautiful flowers. The Ball-room and the Throne-room, in both which quadrille bands were stationed, were most brilliantly lit by a number of large crystal luitres, together with gold can delabra. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall, under the command of Captain Parker Richlord, the Eton in Waiting. Lieut.-Colonel Fitomaurice, adjutant of the corps, attended. A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards, with the band of the regiment, was on duty in front of the Palace. The general company began to arrive soon alter nine o'clock, and were ushed into the Picture Gallery. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Dirk. and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, and tho Prince of llo henlohe Langenbourg having joined her Majesty in the Yellow Drawing-room, the Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by their august visitors, were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain to the Ball room, where the full orchestra of M. Laurent's quadrille band was stationed, conducted by M. Laurent. The Mistress of the Robes, the Ladies in Waiting, and the principal officers of the royal householo, were in attend ance on her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Queen opened the ball at 10 o'clock in a quadrille with the Prince of Prussia; the vis-a-vis being the Queen of Hanover and Prince Albert. _ _ ---.... _ The Duke of Saxe Cobeurg Gotha, the Hereditary Grand Doke of Mecklenburg Strelitx, and other members of the royal circle dancing in the same quadrille. The music for this quadrille, "Prince Leopold," was composed expressly fur the occasion by H. Laurent. The Duchess of Kent wore a dress of lilac India silk brocaded with gold, trimmed with gold blonde and tulle. The head•dress formed of gold blonde, white feathers, and Howes.__ _ _ The Duchess of Cambridge wore a grey satin drese, trimmed with point lace, the stomacher of pearls and diamond.; the royal Duchess wore a tiara of pearls and diamonds, and a necklace of diamonds. The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mccklenbnrgh Strelitz wore a dregs of white tulle over white silk, striped with gold ribbon edged with blue. The dress was trimmed with gold blonde. and decorated with bouquets of blue and gold flowers. The stomacher was adorned with diamonds and pearls. Her Hoye' Ifighneas's head-dress was com posed blue and gold flowers and ornaments of pearls and diamonds. The Princess Mary of Cambridge's dress was white tulle, embroidered with silver, trimmed with bunches of blue con volvuli and silver. The Princess wore a wreath of blue convolvuli and silver round her head, with ornaments of diamonds and turquoises. The necklace and the ornaments in the stomacher were en suite. The dress of the Duchess of Saze Cobourg Gotha was white tulle over white satin, trimmed with gold ribbon, and having the stomacher adorned with diamonds. The head dress was formed of flowers and diamond ornaments. The Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz wore a dress of white tulle over white silk, with a deep berthe of gold blonde. The dress had three deep Bounces of the name beautiful material, with a trimming of gold blonde allnaectiag the girdle with the flounce on each side of the Front, and was ornamented with numerous bouquets formed of white roses, pansies, gold buds, and leaves. A wreath of the same was worn round the head, with the ad bition of diamonds. The stomacher was adorned with diamonds. The Princess Adelaide of Holtenlohe Langenbourg wore a dress of pink satin covered with pink tulle, and trimmed with pink satin ribbon. Her Serene Highness wore wreath of pink roses round her head. The following quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, and plops were performed in this room: QUADRILLII4 Lee Pleura do Printemps The Came: lane Les ilysteres d'edoiphe Le Pere —" Straws. D'Albert. Musard. Lamotts. WALTZES. Chant d'Amour Flowers of the Field; D'Albert. Algolotto Lelbe Leiden Le Olsten WU H. Laureate. _ _ _ The itccalgsberg Steeple awe .... Muwd, _ r __ _ 0.111.0114 The Etna D'Albett. The Oulu o Gungl. Messrs. Cote and Tinney's Quadrille Band was stationed in the Throne Room, and performed a number of dances of the same description during the evening. The Queen wore a dress of white silk, with six flounces of white tulle , __ alternately worked in straw and green leaves. Her Majesty's head-dress was a wreath composed of red poppies, wheat ears, and green currants, ornamented with diamonds. The Queen of Hanover's dress was point lace over pink silk, the front studded with large pink and satin rosettes, each containing in the middle a diamond ornament. The sides of the stomacher had a border of large diamonds set singly, on pink ribbon edged with white lace. Her Ma jesty wore round her head a wreath of red roses with dia monds interspersed, and also wore a necklace of large rubies and diamonds. The Queen's satin slippers were ornamented with diamonds and small rosettes. The Princess of Prussia wore a dress of white lace double skirt over blue tulle and silk, trimmed with silver and blue ribbon, and ornamented with bouquets of white and red roses with silver leaves. The head-dress was composed of white, blush, and red roses and silver leaves ; a number of diamonds being mingled with the flowers. The following had the honour of receiving invitations : Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Dornburg Prints Louis Lucien Bonaparte, the French Ambassador and Countess Walewski, and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Embassy the Bavarian Minister and Suomi de Cetto ; the Russian Minister and Baroness it. Brunnow, Mee. Helene de Brannow v and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation • the Hanoverian Minister ; the Pruselan Minister sad Madame Dineen, Mdlle. and Mdlle. Theodora Burnes, and the Gentlemen Attaches the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Gentleman Att ache; the Spanish Minimer, the Gentlemen Attache*, and Madame Comp; the Sar dinian Minister and the Gentlemen Attaches ; the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupt, Mdlle. Tricoupi, and the Gentleman Attache; the Turkish Minister and Madame Mu sed the Gentlemen Attache,; the Netherland. Minister and the Gentlemen Attaches; the Portuirtwee Minister and Countess de Larradie, Mdlle. Barman°, Madame Pinto de Several, Madame de la Figaniere Viscountess d'Alte, and the Gentlemen Attaches; the Sicilian Minister and the Princess di Carlin, Madame de Martino, and the Gentleman Attache; the Austrian Minister and the Counters de Colloredo. and the Gentlemen Attach& ; the United States Minister and the Gentlemen Attaches; the Peruvian Minister and the Gentle men Attaches; the Persian Minister and the Gentleman Attache ; the Tuscan Minister, th e Saxon Minister, the Mexic an Cha rge d'Affaires and Madam ei Facie, Mdlle. Facto, and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Mission ; the Belgian Charge d'Affaires end the Gentlemen Attaches, and Madame and Mdlle. Delepierre; the Daniel Secretary of Leona', the Secretaries and Attaches of the Brazilian Le ' ption, Baroness Decken, Countess Bethatorff, lildlle.Ciabelentz, Lord Hdphinstone, Major-General Beckley, Baron oi-rn& g e m,' C ount Deekrn, Baron Iledeman , Baron Be W ---- ---'&wv, Boddie„ , Captain Baron Reitzenstein , C a p tain Baron Be. let, Dr. K au fman, the Iton R. Somerset and M. Pa b st — and Gentles men in Waiting to their Hanoverian Majesties. The Counties Von il ac ke, Countess Oriolla, Count r ruudder, rudder, Count Boos, Count Goltz, Dr. Lauer and M. Borek—in waiting to the Prince and Princess of Plaids. Lady Caroline Cost, Baroness Wimelistern spa.liarmi Lithe, in waiting to the Hereditary Grand D ula girand,Dimhims of Mecklenburgh &relit! and the Duchere ' tisassam Be Worigenbeim, Baron Seebach, and Captain Baca Ili Walling a l mcia. to the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha,. Onennendsnt Canumari in waiting to Prince Louis Udell Petals Felix of Salm-Salm, Mr. Von Buren, Mr. OP and Countess Danneskjold Slamsoe, Mdlle. Ls MoriattsV lianneekjold Bernice, Prince De Klnmkv, Princess Com De Kinky, q Mdlle. La Comtism. Ito&lphine, Mr. Wm. W. Gil , Wileecks, Mr. and M . Gilpin , Baron You Blumenthal, Marc els Chevalier Cimino de Valmigano, Count Poseenti, M. Files% Obeilh Bentlymillo, mr, Kemple, es„ camel Opeper, lion. Thomas Baler 'Mb Befvuoli