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BENSON'S WATCHES.I " Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stAmpsfor Benson's illustrated Pamphlet, deser:p tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate -hill. London, E.C. Established 1749. TB EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. tr THIS EVENING, THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. After which, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstone, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. Followed by a new farce, en titled FITZSMYTHE OF' FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Canunence at 7. ItO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Hanle. THIS EVENING, - HAMLET. Mr. Phelps.' To conclude with TFIRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows. Miss C. Leclercq, &C. Commence at 7. ADELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Ile-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. THIS , WENING to commence with ITS AN ILL WIND TIIAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Miss 11. Simms.. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daiy, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 35. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, la ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. F RENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. EVERY EVENING. Mdlie. DUVERGER.— M. BRINDEAU. TIIIS EVENING (Saturday), Ordrc du Spectacle : LES FEMMES QUI PLEURENT. LE CHEVEU BLANC. UN CAPRICE. LA FEMME AUX EUFS D'OR. Orchestra Stalls, 75. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, si. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Doors open at half-past 7. On Monday, June 4, first representation of "La Tentation.' A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- rl Mr. Wm. BATTY. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippo-Drama, " Tux HISTORY OF A FLAG." Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World. Concluding with a Laughable Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De feat! and Sons, Houndsditch. Door s open at hall-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS.- C A NTERB UR YHIS EVENING,T C. H. GOITNOD UST 'S OPERA, FA. first Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Slobel Mrs. Anderson. Alarguerite ..... Bliss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is Hall, 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critehfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUPE, their first appearance since 1852 consisting,' ot ELEVEN S'AR PERFOkMERS, who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-Sux OFFICE, JUNE 2, 1860, THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 67 —highest since noon yesterday. .53 —lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.39; falling rapidly. WIND—E. to S.E. It blows a gale, with heavy rain and gusty weather all the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 12m.—Afternoon, 12h. 39m, To-moußow.-Morning, lh. 6m.—Afternoon, lh. ;32ra 1 , f , •,* . THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1860, It would be difficult to praise too highly the whole tone and manner of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S reply last evening to Mr. FITZGERALD in regard to the actual state of affairs in Turkey, and the views entertained upon that delicate subject at the pre sent most critical juncture by her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Nothing could possibly be more loyal or more temperate than the cburse pursued in regard to the SULTAN " • Englis, allies at a moment when such loyalty bdera. tion have become amongst the allies 1 .e Otto man Porte perfectly exceptional. How the difficulty has again arisen we know. It is the Russian Government which once more pronounces the sick man in grievous danger of dissolution. As recently as the close of April last a'significant intimation was given by the Muscovite EMPEROR'S Minister for Foreign Affairs at St. Petersburg to the Tur kish Ambassador, informing his Excellency that the accounts received from the Christian Provinces of the SULTAN CALIPH were such, evi denced so much suffering and so many sources of exasperation among the Christian population, par ticularly of Bosnia, of Bulgaria, and of Roumelia, that in the event of any insurrectionary outbreak —in the contingency of any popular rising and con sequent massacre—the CZAR could not longer re main a tranquil spectator of the catastrophe. The announcement thus made to the representative of ABDUL MEDJID by the Foreign Minister of ALEX ANDER was quite clearly enough in itself, but glaringly so when looked at in the light of modern history—what we have already intimated, namely sufficiently significant ! It was indirectly but quite as pointedly a reminder to the SULTAN that it behoved him to prepare himself for the -worst, as that other reminder addressed to the "Commander of the Faithful" himself, and not merely to his representative, some half-a•dozen years since by the lips of Prince MENSCHIKOFF. ALEX ANDER, however, did not content himself as his father NICHOLAS had done, with a warning or threatening intimation addressed to the ruler of Turkey. His Foreign Minister having unburdened himself vira voce to the Turkish Ambassador, a few days later repeats the grave assurance of his Im perial master's intentions in a written form, trans mitting the account to Paris in the shape of a formal despatch addressed to the Imperial Government of France. Eventually, en the sth ult., the diplomatic representatives of the Five Great Powers — England, France, Russia, Austria, Prussia—assem bled together at the official residence of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. His Highness having then and there reiterated the statements already made orally to the Turkish Ambassador, and again in writing to the Imperial French Government—mark ! and mark well, 0 reader ! what followed. After con siderable discussion—three propositions were drawn up—by the Russian Minister ? by the hand of 1 Prince GORTSCIIAKOFF ? By no means—by the French Ambassador ! These three propositions were drawn up " in the presence of the meeting," it is true, as Lord JOHN himself observed yesterday —but the noble lord added expressly that they were only agreed to so far as this, that the different Ambassadors said they would forward them to their respective Governments. It is important to bear in mind particularly what these three propositions were, and afterwards to note how they have been received (or rather how they have not been ac cepted) by Her Britannic Majesty's Government. We enumerated them in the very words in which they were enumerated last evening by the noble lord the Foreign Secretary, who said—" The first proposition: was that the present state of the Christian provinces of Turkey had become intole rable ; the second proposition was that an inquiry should be made, and that such inquiry ought to be made by the officers of the SULTAN, and that they should be assisted by the consuls of the five Powers; the third proposition of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF was that, having failed in securing to the Christian subjects of the PORTE that security which was sup posed to have been obtained, it was necessary to hare a new organisation of the Government of those provinces." And Lord JOHN, having thus stated succinctly what it was that the Russian Minister had asserted, and what it was thereupon that the French Ambassador had written out formally in these three distinct propositions—Lord JOHN, we say, immediately admitted in so many words that " nothing could be more important than these pro- positions." But for the enormous importance also:of the contin gencies springing out of these discussions it would be absolutely amusing to note the delightfully cool and perfectly lucid replies vouchsafed in regard to each of these several propositions by her MAJESTY'S Government. With reference to the first, Lord JOHN and his colleagues remarked simply that her MAJESTY'S Government had not received such ac counts as entitled them to say that the present state of the provinces above mentioned (Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Roumelia) was intolerable! With reference to the proposition which insists upon the necessity of forcing upon the Turkish Government—for those three provinces—a perfectly new administrative organization, Lord Swim yesterday speaking on the part of himself end his colleagues declared, in fact, upon that point the policy and mentions of the English Government—insisting that " it was quite impossible with reference to general principles, or to the terms of the treaty of 1856, to agree to this new administrative organization." The argument of the noble lord as applied to the 7th, Bth, and 9th articles of that Treaty is throughout so im portant, to our thinking, and so abso lutely conclusive as to its bearing at the present juncture, that we cannot possibly do better than give it in its entirety verbatim. " This House will remember," said Lord JOHN, " that the 7th article in the Treaty of Paris guarantees and supports the integrity of the Turkish empire, The Bth article declares that if at any time any dissen sion shall arise between the Sublime Porte and any of the Powers signing the treaty, which may threaten a disturbance of peaceful relations, then the former shall not have recourse to arms without endeavouring, with the aid of the other Powers, to bring about a peaceful settlement of such dis turbance. The 9th article declares the contract ing Powers acknowledge the high importance of this communication, and will give in no case any of the Powers a right to interfere in the relations between the SULTAN and his subjects, or in the internal administration of his empire." The treaty is, consequently, so explicit, so decisive, that nothing short of an insurrection, as Lord JOHN has shown, could in any way justify the Powers of Europe, whatever their inclinations might be, in interfering thus directly in the inter nal Administration of the Turkish Government. Our Government has therefore had no alternative in the matter; they have had simply to reject the third as they had already rejected the first of the three propositions. Upon the intermediate or second proposition, however theyhave intimated—as for that matter (though in different terms), have the Austrian and Prussian Governments—that they consider it might be proper to make an inquiry with respect to the present state of the Christian provinces of Turkey, and with regard to the internal adminis tration of the SULTAN'S Government. By reason of the loyalty and moderation of the course thus pursued by the English Government there is opened up a fair prospect enough for the improve ment of the position of the Christian subjects of the SULTAN, as well as for the introduction of many wise and desirable reforms into his Government — at• the same time that Russia—and for that matter France too—is each, in turn, denied, for the time being at least, the eagerly looked-for chance of a most sinister Opportunity ! On Monday, according to the programme, the " poor little Bill" should go into Committee. But, what a bristling frize of amendments dispute its passage thither, make the attempt when it may. Not fewer than thirteen notices stand on the paper, and if honourable members stand to their notices, may raise endless debate at this Thermopylts of the contest. Their real meaning obviously is to defend the little Greece of the present constituency against the XERXES of Reform with half a million of new electors. None of the motions indeed say so, but most of them mean it. No parliamentary LEONIDAS, to be sure, appears among the band of obstructers, but a General does not always show himself; and some professed Liberals are uniting with the Tories and conveniently doing their work. Mr. HORSMAN, as might be expected, stands fore most in barring the way against his old colleagues in regard to Reform. He is to move a resolution similar to that by which Lord J. RUSSELL himself opened a way for the Conservatives to get rid of their first unlucky India Bill. He will propose that the house " should proceed by resolutions to determine what should be the provisions of any bill for amend. ing the representation of the people !" A pity he did not think of this sooner if he meant business. The proposal seems, however, somewhat out of place, after two Reform Bills have been so recently brought in, one by each party, and when the difference between the two is reduced to forty shillings, more or less, for a borough qua lification—Lord JOIIN RUSSELL proposing to lower the qualification by £4, Mr. DISRAELI by £2 ; while both had agreed on the county franchise. Many of the motions were directly obstruc tive. Captain GORDON and Mr. MACKINNON fancy we hare not sufficient knowledge and data for the work we would undertake. They have each a motion pointing to the Census of 1861. It would be " unsatisfactory," "unjust," " inexpedient," to move on, till the re sults of the next year's census are before us. Mr. GORDON, indeed, would give the Government a task which would defer Parliamentary reform as long as the successors to Lord ELDON could wish—he would outvie Lord GREY'S committee in another place by requiring her MAJESTY'S Government to " collect the most accurate statistical returns as to renting and rating in counties and boroughs, and to institute a searching inquiry into the social, edu cational, and moral condition of those now excluded ,from the franchise !. 1 " It is truly amusing to think of the kind of political education which the honourable member himself must have enjoyed to put such a dilettanti notice on the business paper of our practical House of Commons. Where could he find artists to execute such pre-Raphaelite pictures of the political qualifications of the country ? And, if he could, of what service could they be ? We know all we want to know. The inquiry needed is rather into the temper of our present representatives. Could it conducted by ballot, her MAJESTY'S Government would barely find the odd fifty desirous of increas ing the power of the people. Mr. GRIFFITIIS is concerned, too, to get an actual census of each borough whose population fell below 7,000 in 1851; and Mr. BoVILL says the houso should not be pre- pared to sanction the subtraction of a member from any borough, for the simple reason that in 1851 the population fell below the above•mentioned THE SUN,' LONDON, SATURDAY r EVENING, JUNE 2, 1860 number. Then follow instructions of all kinds to the com mittee. Mr. BENTINCK'S electoral virtue has suffered so much from the sight of liberal corrup- tion, that he cannot let the house go into committee till it has pledged the committee to deodorize the offensive constituencies. Mr. HUNT desires to bind the committee to provide increased facili ties for polling at elections; Mr. KNIGHTLEY that the committee should try the polling paper system. Mr. DUNCOMBE that voters should be registered more frequently, and with greater facility. Mr. ANDREW STEUART offers a sort of resolution that the house will view with favour " proposals to include classes representing property and intelligence, in addition to such as may be laid before it in the present bill." The counties could not, of course, be overlooked In addition to the motion displaying his zed against bribery and corruption, Mr. BENTINCK would instruct the committee to make provision "for giving to the counties of England that share in the representation to which they may be shown to be entitled by population and property ;" he would even instruct the Committee to proceed no further with the bill till this is done. And Mr. ROLT has a long and complicated resolution, of which the drift is to keep the seats which are lost to any petty borough by partial disfranchisement, within the county in which such disfranchisement arises. He merely proposes some decent regard to the number of electors in the county, or in the boroughs comprised in it. An instruction to the com mittee, on the solemn matter of swearing, concludes the list on the paper. Mr. ENNIS would instruct the committee that expediency requires that one uni form oath should be taken by all the members, and that it should be an oath of " allegiance and fidelity to the succession only." Such is the greeting prepared for Lord JOHN RUSSELL when he moves that his Reform Bill be committed. A long list of amendments to be moved in committee, await the bill there. Simple, as it is, each important clause will doubtless be the subject of a thoroughly Fabian debate. Mr. Dis- RAELI evidently spoke without authority from those who sit behind him when he intimated his own preference for making no determined opposition to the bill, but throwing all the responsibility of con sequences on its authors. Mr. BENTINCK has already protested against submission to the dicta of the front benches of his party, and their leader seems to feel that he cannot afford to lead it by his own judgment alone. The Quarterly Review and Mr. BENTINCK would like, plainly enough, to depose him ; "So much the worse for them," if they could but do it ! In this case, his in stinct was, we cannot doubt, the safer one for the Tory party. He knows, and sees, better than they do, that they are playing a hazardous game ; it is no better than political gambling to " try it on," how far the non-electors will put up with Tory delays and obstructions. It is just possible that Reform may be staved off for years ; more probable that The " ugly rush" of Mr. HENLEY will come all the sooner fer the unreasonable resistance. If Conservatism will not accept such a moderate bill as this, the people may soon show no moderation towards Conservatism. Toryism has made a move in the Lords, the possible results of which may well fill it with apprehension. If, instead of being alarmed at its success in its own house, it be em boldened to interfere not only with the long sup posed rights, but with the reform, of the other House, it may well be that the next Reform Bill will present an irresistible demand for the Ballot itself. THE MILITARY RIOT AT .HAMIL7O,V. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sir,—Observing in your impression of yesterday, under the above heading, a lengthy paragraph purporting to be copied from the 11 orth British Daily Mail, and containing many extraordinary inaccuracies, I have the honour to request that you will give insertion to this letter, in order that the public may suspend their judgment until a military investigation now proceeding shall have been brought to a conclusion. During the whole of the events narrated, the men of the West York Rifles never offered the least violence or displayed in subordination to the officers or non-commissioned officers in charge of them. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, THOS. NELSON, Captain, Commanding Detachment West York Rifles. Edinburgh Castle, 31st May, 1859. ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.— His Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Count de Flandre, and attended by a numerous suite, landed at Dover at a quarter before two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to the railway station, where his Majesty was received by the Hon. James Byng, chairman, and Mr. Mellor, one of his co-directors in the South-Eastern Railway, who travelled in the royal train to London. Mr. Seymour Teulon, director; Mr. Eborall, general manager ; and Mr. Knight, superintendent of the South• Eastern Railway, were also in attendance. The King—having thanked the authorities of the railway for their attention—presently entered one of the Queen's carriages and drove off to Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Grafton's dance is postponed from the Bth inst. to Tuesday, the 19th of June. The Countess Dowager of Carnwath has arrived at her residence in Gloucester-place, Portman-square. Lady Henniker has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Lady Georgiana Balfour has left London for the Oatlands Hotel, Weybridge. Lady Emily Hesketh's ball will take place on Wednesday the 6th, and not on the 15th inst., as previ ously announced. _ _ _ Lady Elizabeth Stanhope has left the Oatlands Hotel, for London. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glanstone returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Cliefden, near Maiden head. It is understood that the insurance losses from the recent storms fill principally upon the North country clubs, and that the amounts in London are very small. The estimate is that altogether about 300 vessels have gone ashore, involving the sacrifice of several hundred lives. After the recent evidence respecting the quality of Ihe chain cables used for anchors in the merchant service, few will doubt that a large majority of these disasters are to be attributed solely to the indifference of shipowners on that point. If there were no facilities for effecting insurances, regard for their own pockets would soon prompt a degree of care on the part of those persons which considerations for human life and national prosperity seem wholly inadequate to inspire. ROYAL INSPECTION OF THE COWES RIFLE CORPS.—The Cowes Rifle Corps attended on the lawn in front of Osborne Palace, on Wednesday last by Royal command. The Queen, the Prines Consort, and the junior branches of the Royal family came out and passed up and down the line. The men were then thrown out skirmish ing, and recalled on the cry of " The cavalry are coming." They were then put through some of the principal evolu • tions. Nothing could exceed the order and regularity of their movements. After abouthalf an hour had ben thus oc cupied, her Majesty was pleased to make numerous inquiries of Captain Graham, the commanding officer. The Prince expressed his satisfaction at the very soldier-like appear ance of the linen, and at the state of efficiency that they had attained, and the corps returned to their parade. SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO SHEEP.—On Thursday evening while a large flock of sheep belonging to Mr. Geo. Giddings, of Netheratreet, near Devizes, was being driven by the shepherd from ono part of the farm to another, it appears that by some means one of them stumbled in jump ing a ditch. As is always the ease with these animals the others rushed blindly on, one falling over the other; those beneath being smothered by the weight of those above them, or crushed by the trampling of those which went safely over, until when the last of the flock had passed it was discovered that 80 of the number were in a dead or dying state, viz., about 60 ewes and 20 lambs. Such an accident a s this, and attended with such a great loss is, we believe, unprecedented in this district. We understand that the shepherd was himself knocked down by some of the falling sheep, but fortunately managed to extricate himself in time.—Sher borne Journal. who have declared themselves for the national cause. Everything leads me, therefore, to believe that if Garibaldi has left room for retreat the royal army, protected as it was by the guns of the fleet, will have reached Messina, the last bastion of Bourbon's domi nation in the island. It is possible that Garibaldi may not have wished to prevent General Lanza either from embarking his troops or from taking the cornice road which leads from Palermo to the above-mentioned fortress. The Neapolitan navy is strong enough to have protected the retreat of the royal army, for we know that a sailing frigate of 80, two of 60, and one of 41 guns, were lying in the harbour of Palermo, together with five steam fri gates, numbering 60 guns, and 10 other minor vessels and gunboats. You see that under the pro tecting fire of 311 guns, and that of the fortress, the retreat may have been easily operated by the Nea politan general. The advantage gained by Gari baldi will throw the whole of the island into his hands, and with the resources he can draw from it he can easily carry the war to the Neapolitan do minions on the mainland. As was to be expected, the news from Sicily has redoubled the ardour of the Italian patriots, and all the exertions of the Genoese are now devoted to sending money and volunteers to Garibaldi. Six days ago a new expedition of about 500 Neapolitan and Sic;lian patriots left this city, eluding the vigilance of the Sardinian authorities, and started from a village of the Ligurian coast towards the blood-stained island. I hear that a more nume rous one will soon follow, and that funds drawn from the national subscription are arriving almost every day to the Sicilian committee of this city. FRANCE. The following is the article in the Moniteur, of which a telegraphic summary appeared in our afternoon edition yesterday : " The Government believes it its duty to protest against the suppositions of every kind, the ill natured accusations, or the thoughtless interpre tations which have been occasioned for some weeks past by the question of the annexation to France of Savoy and the district of Nice It is in conse quence of a fortunate war, and of events which have considerably increased his territory, that the King of Sardinia, on the just demand of the Emperor, and consulting, besides, the interest of provinces separated from the rest of his states by the highest mountains of Europe, has con sented to sign the treaty which is to reunite them to France after the solemn vote of the populations. What more frank, more regular, more legitimate ? Nevertheless, under the influence of hostile passions or imprudent friendships, some per sons give way to insinuations, others to criticisms which tend to attribute to the French Government the design of provoking, or allowing to spring up, complications in Europe in order to find in them the occasion of fresh aggrandisements. It is an intention of a totally opposite character which animates it. " The Government, we boldly proclaim, deplores the manwuvres destined to propagate daily impres sions the least exact as regards its real intentions. The Emperor has made every effort to re-establish in Europe the confidence which has been shaken. His sole desire is to live in peace with other sove& reigns, his allies, and to use all his endeavours to actively develop the resources of France." BOURSE, June I.—The liquidation of the Rente has been easy for the buyers, with a great abun dance of money, and continuations have been ar ranged at 5c and at par. Railway Shares neglected. Threes, after having been done at 69f 40c, and 69f 30c, are now at 69f 60c ; Mobilier varied from 657 f 50c to 666 f 25c; Lyons, 862 f 50c to 867 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,322 f 50c to 1,327 f 50c; Austrian, 505 f to 507 f 50c ; Lombard, 497 f 50c to 500 f ; Saragossa, 510 f to 512 f 50c. The following are the last quotations : 11 per Cents. .... 96 25' Credit Foncier 892 50 Do. end month .. Belgian 41 96 50 3 per Cents 69 60 Piedmonteso (5) .. 83 25 Do. end month 69 55 Roman B2 Bank Shares 2820 Austrian Credit Mebilier .. 661 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account 661 25 Home Debt 46 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 975 972 50 New ditto 862 50 .. 860 Lyons and Mediterranean.. B6B 75 .. 868 75 Geneva 405 407 50 Southern Western 567 50 Eastern Sardinian 415 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12fe. ; money, 25f. 12e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 24f 871 c. THE BRAZIL MAIL. The Royal Brazilian mail packet Oneida, Capt. Bevis, arrived at Southampton yesterday, with the Brazils and River Plate mails. Her dates are Buenos Ayres, April 28 ; Rio de Janeiro, May 9 ; Bahia, 12 ; Pernambuco, 14. She brings 176 passengers, and her freight comprises diamonds of the value of £2,050. The following movements of her Majesty's ships are reported :—At Buenos Ayres : H.M.S. Leopard (flag ship), Ardent, and Oderon, and United States' brig Bambridge, on the 27th April. At Monte Video : H.M.S. Curacoa, Buzzard, and Spy, and United States' ships Congress and Dolphin, on the 30th April, and French squadron. At Rio Janeiro, H.M.S. Madagascar and Mutine arrived on the 30th April, and sailed again on the Bth May, en route for the Pacific. The yellow fever has unfortunately for the coun try been very severe this year, and the mortality has been little less than that of the first year that it made its appearance here. The intense heat, how ever, is now over, and a continuance of refreshing rain has somewhat improved the sanitary state of the city. Business in all its branches has been very much restricted, the high price and small supplies of coffee on the one hand, and the absence of country traders (kept back by fear of fever) on the other, producing this result. Exchange opened at 251 d., and upon the receipt of the news that a loan had been contracted for in England, it rose to 251 d., and even 26d., at which latter rate, however, little was done, and it closes somewhat flat to-day at 251 d. We estimate the amount passed at about £730,000. Freights advanced to 40s. to 455. Europe ; 50c. to 60c. America. At Bahia and Pernambuco business was ex tremely stagnant. Very little produce in either market, and the drought, which at Rio Janeiro had lasted four months, had continued longer, and was much more severely felt in the north ; most serious fears are entertained for the coming crops. But at Bahia rain had set in when the Oneida left, and it was expected would extend to Pernambuco Exchange at Bahia, 251. Exchange at Pernam buco, 251 ; but declining to 251. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The screw steamships City of Washington, from New York on the 19th, and the Bohemian, from Quebec, have arrived. The steamer Europa, hence, arrived at Boston on the 17th, and the Adriatic, from Southampton, reached New York on the 19th ultimo. The Natioral Republican Convention at Chicago completed its labours, after a session extending over three days. Mr. Lincoln was declared the nominee of the Re. publican party for the Presidency, amidst scenes of the wildest enthusiasm. Senator Hamlin, of Maine, was nominated on the second ballot as the candidate for the Vice• Pres idency, the vote being—Hamlin, 367 ; C. M. Clay, of Kentucky, 86; and Hickman, of Pennsylvania, 13. It is stated that Mr. Lincoln used, as a youngster, " barefoot, and with ragged trousers, to drive his fathcr's oxen, and spend his days in splitting rails." The result of the convention gave rise to intense excitement and enthusiasm at Chicago, and throughout the West, but it was too early to as certain its full effect elsewhere. At New York a feeling of disappointment prevailed at the non success of Mr. Seward. The Japanese Ambassadors remained at Wash ington, and were the recipients of marked atten tion. They would probably leave for Philadelphia and new York in about a week. In the commercial accounts from New York, the leading feature is the prevalence of considerable excitement relative to the affairs of the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, in the stock ledger of which some irregularities had been discovered. The discrepancies, so far as had been as certained, were not of any great extent, but there was nevertheless a panic in the shares of the company, which had declined from 99 to 871, representing a depreciation in the market value of the property equal to 400,000 dols., while one-tenth of that sum would cover the discrepancy thus far ascertained. The secretary of the company had absented himself, and it was not known to what extent he was com promised. His friends had promised to make good any deficiency on his part. Money was in good supply at easy rates. Ster ling exchange was steady at 1094. The New York Cotton Market was quiet at former rates. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The United States mail steamer Illinois has arrived. She brings 211 passengers, and specie value 643,817 dole., of which 116,277 are for England; the remainde r for France. Off the New York light ship she passed the British barque Chance, Goole. On the 20th passel Breman ship, showing third distin guishing pendant, number 1,865. The news brought by tie Illinois is anticipated. LATEST NEWS. The folAowing telegrams have been received at Mr. Reute r's office : " NAPLES, JUNE 1. An armistice has been concluded between the Royal troops and the trcops of Garibaldi. The armitistice still continues to be observed, and will end au Sunday next at noon. The town of Agrigent has risen. FLORENCE, JUNE 1. Letters from Naples to the 28th ult., state that a grand manifestation had taken place there. Shouts of "Emmanuel !" " Garibaldi !" " Sicily !" were raised. GENOA, JUNE 2. The report of Bixio's death is unfounded, as the journal of the expedition, written by Bixio him self, up to the 26th May, has just been published. NAPLES, MAT 31. The bombardment of Palermo was still being continued. PARIS, JUNE 2. The Moniteur of this morning announces that he health of Prince Jerome again shows a slight improvement. LYONS, JUNE 1. The Dowager Empress of Russia arrived here to-day at 6.30 p.m. The Emperor and Empress also arrived at 8.30 p.m , and were enthusiastically received. The city was decorated with flags, and at night was illuminated. PARIS, JUNE 2. The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed by M. Grandguillot, paraphrasing the speech of M. Fould at Tarbes, with the object of proving that the French are loyal neighbours to all frontier powers. VIENNA, FRIDAY. The members of the Counciltf the Empire were to-day received in the Throne-room by the Em peror, who read a speech, mentioning important projects to be submitted to the Council, by which provincial autonomy will be granted to the dif ferent parts of the Empire without disturbing the unity of the State, and without specially favouring any single province. Counts Apponyi and Adrossy, in their speeches yesterday, both declared that the political pro gramme of the Hungarians does not tend in any way to a separation from, but to an intimate union with the Austrian monarchy, on the basis of com mon liberal institutions. VIENNA, JUNE 1 According to the most recent explanations of Prince Gortschakoff to the great Powers of Europe, Russia has only proposed the assembling of a congress on the subject of the situation of the Christians in the East, in case an inquiry should confirm the justice of the complaints against the Porte. The inquiry, as proposed by Russia, was to be conducted by the consuls of the great Powers, with the aid of commissioners appointed by Turkey. The Porte having itself taken the initiative in the inquiry, by nominating three commissioners ad hoc, over each of which a member of the Ottoman Cabinet presides, the great Powers have agreed to await the result before entering into ulterior nego tiations on the Russian proposition. BERLIN, JUNE The news published by the Austrian Gazette that the Porte had conceded the appointment of mixed commissions of inquiry, to be partly composed of commissioners of the great Powers, is totally un founded. Should the inquiry of the Powers be con trolled by the great Powers, it would only be through the normal action of their different consuls. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 3 The Grand Vizier having left for Roumelia on account of the inquiry which has been instituted in that province relative to the complaints of the Christian inhabisants, Ali Pacha has been appointed to replace the Grand Vizier during his absence. INSULT TO THE BRITISH FLAG AT SYRACUSE. The Femapliore of Marseilles contains a letter from Malta, of the 24th ult., which says that on the Queen's birthday the English vice•consul at Syra cuse having displayed the British flag, four Neapoli- tan soldiers tired on it, and wounded the wife of the vice-consu:, who died in consequence the following day. Another despatch says :—" Tile English flag having been hoisted, on the Queen's birth-day, at the consulate, some Neapolitan soldiers took it into their heads that it was meant as a demonstration in favour of republicanism, and fired through the door of the house, whereby they shot the vice-con sul's wife through the arm. The vice-consul tele graphed to Malta, and the Caradoc was sent thence to demand explanations. The governor made the most ample apologies, and for the present the affair is ended." THE CAPTURE OF PALERMO A letter from Genoa, dated May 30, says :—At two o'clock yesterday morning the patriotic feelings of the Genoese were gratified by the news that an official telegram had -been received from Cagliari by Count Porri, the Governor-General of this city, announcing that Garibaldi had entered Palermo, and that part of its population had risen against the royal troops. .This telegram had been sent by Captain D'Aste, of the Sardinian navy, who had left the Sicilian capital whilst the roar of cannon and the rattling of musketry were still going on. From what I can gather from Sicilian refugees and citizens of this town, it seems that the storm ing of Palermo was begun by Garibaldi at four o'clock on Sunday morning. The Italian leader having concentrated all the forces he had at his disposal on the northern side of the city during the preceding night, he boldly attacked the town at a place called Peperito, which runs on the left hand side of the royal palace. Although General Lanza had placed a strong body of troops to defend that important position, it was carried by Garibaldi's troops, after a tremendous struggle of two hours. Peperito once in the power of Garibaldi, the popu lation of Palermo, which crowds the lanes and streets of that locality, rose to a man, and began to throw flower pots, stones, furniture, anything they could lay hold of, upon the retiring columns of the Neapolitans. The royal vessels then opened their fire upon the town, and a shower of shells began to fall over it, a shower which lasted more than eight hours. The bombardment did not, however, pro duce any great effect on the population, and when the Sardinian steamer left Palermo three Neapo litan regiments had determined to join the ranks of the insurgents. It seems that Colonel Sirtori, the chief of Garibaldi's staff, was severely wounded in the bloody engagement of the 16th, and this is con sidered a great loss ; for Colonel Sirtori, and poor Colonel Nino Bixio, whose death is now confirmed, were the two best officers of Garibaldi's army. By this time, perhaps, General Lanza has left Palermo in the hands of his illustrious adversary, for it is scarcely to be believed he could hold his ground in a city which numbers a population of 200,000 souls, ME ROY AL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. An event occurred yesterday at Maybury, near ' Woking, which may not improperly be considered • as constituting an era in dramatic annals. The foundation stone of an institution which is intended to afford a home for needy and distressed actors, anda school for the instruction of their children, was laid by the Prince Consort in the presence of a large assemblage, comprising not only a majority of the celebrities of the theatrical profession, but many representatives of the literary and fashion able world. It has often been suggested, especially in past times, that actors are a reckless and spend thrift race, possessing no forethought, and making no provision for future wants. Such a charge, however, is hardly justified, for there is no special body which has made greater efforts to meet th• necessities of its more unfortunate members, There are, we believe, no less than four associations or " funds" for the relief of distressed members of the theatrical profession, and now it is intended to create a home for the needy and incapacitated actor who can no longer contribute to the amuse ment of the public. The occasion was celebrated by a fete in the grounds of the intended College, one principal fea ture of which was a fancy fair, the stalls of which were presided over by the following ladies :—Mrs. Billingham, Miss Bufton, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss Herbert, Miss Katherine Hickson, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss Marston, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Alfred Mellon (late Miss Woolgar), Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Murray, Miss Neville, Miss Oliver, Miss C. Saunders, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborough, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Wyndham, Mrs. C. Young. It will readily be understood that the appearance of so many public favourites in new characters pos sessed great attractions, and, judging by the crowds of the sterner sex which gathered round the fair boutiquieres, their benevolent_ efforts on behalf of the institution must hare resulted in considerable advantage to its funds. But while the ladies of the profession gave their active services in aid of the cause, the male representatives of that body were not inactive. It was announced in the pro gramme that " Old English Sports and Pastimes" would take place, under the superintendence of eminent comedians. The " old" English sport which alone was indulged in was the new favourite of " Aunt Sally," which afforded ample occupation and amusement to the visitors. Mr. Buckstone was most successful in attracting custom at " three sticks for a shilling," and his gains were so large as to attract the envy of Mr. P. Bedford and Mr. Toole, the joint proprietors of a similar establishment, the latter gentleman meanly seeking to draw away his neighbour's patrons by the declaration that a - Mr. Bedford's distance was two inches shorter, and the prizes real 'bacco.boxes contributed by Mr. T. P. Cooke." Mr. Compton and Mr. F. Matthews also superintended " Aunt Sally " establishments, and with quaint drollery succeeded in persuading visitors, including ladies, to indulge in the athletic, but not remunerative game. In addition to the many well-known characters who took an active part in the entertainments of the day, hosts of others familiar to the public behind the footlights made their appearance in full daylight, and the ordinary visitor was continually startled by a ring ' ing laugh or sonorous voice which he was not accustomed to hear, except within the walls of a 1 1 theatre. The dey, however, had been marked for a gala day by members of the theatrical profession, and they certainly endeavoured to realise as much enjoyment as possible within the limited space at their command, for a majority of them were com pelled to leave at an early hour in order to prevent disappointment to London audiences. The bands of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards and the Hon. Artillery Company were. also in attendance during the day, The Dramatic College, as has been already men tioned, is intended for the benefit of decayed actors and actresses, and is to be erected upon a site of 61 acres of land, situate at the western verge of Wok ing -common, and about a quarter of a mile distant from Woking station, being a free gift from the Lon don Necropolis Company. The building is to be erected after the designs of Mr. W. Webbe, which were adopted after competition with many others. The building, which is in the early Elizabethan style, will contain 20 houses, each accommodating two inmates upon separate fiats. At each wing will be a school-house, with playgrounds' attached, and in the centre a large hall, with library and sculp ture room. An arcade will be carried along the whole front of the edifice, affording easy communi cation to the inmates, and a promenade in any weather. The material used will be red brick, with stone dressings. The first brick was laid by Mr. B. Webster, the Master of the College, on April 23, and the foundation stone was yesterday deposited in its place under the supervision of the Prince Con sort. Shortly after four o'clock his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Hon. Gen. Grey and Lord de Ros, arrived from London, and was received at a temporary platform erected for the occasion by a guard of honour of the Hon. Artillery Company. A procession was then formed by the Master and War dens of the College, who introduced his Royal Highness to the tent 'where the foundation stone was prepared for deposition. Mr. Webster then read the following address : " May it . please your Royal Highness—The Mas ter, Deputy-Master, and Wardens, and the Presi dents, Vice-Presidents, and subscribers of the Royal Dramatic College, humbly beg to express their deep sense of gratitude for the high honour conferred upon them and the histrionic profession generally by your Royal Highness graciously condescending to lay the foundation stone of an institution about to be erected for the providing homes and pensions for aged and infirm actors and actresses, the great boon of schools for the education of the children of actors and actresses, and a central hall for the col lecting together everything relating to the drama, either in works of art, literature, records, and orna mental or other relics of the past and future. Th e noble patronage of her mo st gracious Majesty and your Royal Highness has been the . great caus e o f t h e success of this institution , establishing for it an im portance in the eyes of the country, and stimulating th e public to substantially recognise its human ising utility. The London Necropolis Company, in the most generous spirit, presented to the College the freehold of this large plot ofland, an ‘ d by the liberality of various persons, 10 hou ses h a •e already been given and the money in hand, irre spective of large subscriptions to the end in view; and gifts of two more houses, there i s reason to be. lieve, are contemplated. Six deserving recipients are already :relieved from want and misery, and thankfully enjoying the fruits of bountiful donors,' and the Council are anxious to immediately elect six more, if their present funds so permit, and eight more afterwards, if the generosity of the public keeps pace with their demands. The schools are of immeasurable importance, which they trust must be felt by all classes in this age fraught with the blessings of education. Your Royal Highness, by your presence this day, has given an added lustre to the drama, and another proof, if such proof were wanting, of your constant zeal for the onward pro gress of art and science in this country, and your encouragement of its literature, of which the drama is its brightest part—a drama that, with Shakspear and other kindred spirits, stands pre-eminent throughout the world. Our constant prayer will be that the reign of her Most Gracious Majesty, in conjunction with your Royal Highness, may be as lasting as it is glorious and unparalleled." The PRINCE CONSORT then read his reply, as follows :—Gentlemen,—l beg to thank you for the address which has just been read. I have accepted with much pleasure your invitation to take the lead ing part in the ceremony of laying the first stone of the future Dramatic College—a project in the suc cess of which the Queen has marked her hearty in terest. I believe that that institution, if established and conducted (of which I cannot entertain a mo ment's doubt) in the spirit in which it has been pro posed and commenced, cannot fail to confer a lasting benefit, not only on the dramatic profession itself, but on the public, which is so deeply interested in its well-doing and respectability. It is to that profession that we are accustomed to look for amusement in those hours which are properly given to recreation after the various labours and duties of the day, from which perhaps none of us are exempt. And the importance cannot be overrated of endeavouring to combine with such amusement that instruction and mental improvement which every well-regulated mind must derive from the actor in his attempt to give life and reality to the noble conceptions of the dramatist andpoet, or to inculcate some high moral lesson, by interesting our best feelings and sym pathies in the love of virtue and the detestation of vice. The more we can do to elevate the character of the dramatic profession, from which we expect so much, the more confidently may we hope to see our wishes realised; and the public therefore have a higher interest even than the actor himself in the success of an institution which we trust is to have that effect. The establishment of a central hall, to form a dramatic library as well as museum, and to he open to the profession generally, will act as a common bond of union among its members, the consciousness of which is well calculated to increase their own feelings of self-respect, and, as a neces sary consequence, to raise their position in the social scale. May God's blessing ever attend this work. His Royal Highness then received the silver trowel from Mr. Webster, and, after a prayer from the Rev. Mr. Sumner, proceeded to spread the mortar and to perform the other mystic ceremonies peculiar to such occasions. Everything being found satisfactory, the stone was lowered into its place, and his Royal Highness took his departure amid the loud cheers of the company. The officials and the elite of the visitors proceeded to a neigh bouring tent, where a handsome collation (provided by Messrs. Staples) was prepared, and several toasts were given ; after which the out-door enter tainments were resumed and continued until dusk, the visitors being conveyed to town by frequent special trains. The success of the fete, which was complete, was attributable in a great measure to the untiring efforts of Messrs. W. R. Sams, Churchill, and Jerwood. THE NAVY. The steam floating battery Thunderbolt, 16, has been undocked at Chatham, after being thoroughly cleaned, painted, and her exterior portion coated with Peacock's composition, to protect her massive wrought iron plates. She is attached to the steam .reserve at Chatham. In accordance with directions received at Chatham from the Admiralty, two more of the mortar-vessels at that port, numbered 31 and 48, have been taken into one of the vacant docks to be surveyed, in order that it may be ascertained whether they are fit to be retained in the service, or should be broken up• , The screw despatch contract-built gunvessel Racehorse, 4, has been taken into the dock at Chatham vacated by the floating battery Thunder bolt, 16, to be surveyed, coppered, and fitted for the team reserve. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, was commissioned yes terday by Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, for special service. The iron screw steam storeship Himalaya, Com mander John Seccombe, under repairs at Devon port, is ordered to have her decks lined with 11" inch plank ; one wing of her fan is found to be carried away. She will probably be ready in about seven weeks. Her crew were expected to be paid wages yesterday. The paddlewheel steamvessel Avon, G. Day' second master commanding, left Plymouth Sound for the Downs yesterday, with supernumeraries for the Channel Fleet. The whole of the caulkers employed in the Sheer ness yard are ordered to work extra hours, owing to the pressure of business. The annual grant of £5O allowed by the Admi ralty to one of the foremen of the Sheerness Dock yard, has this year been awarded to Mr. Benjamin Cheeseman, The following appointments were made yesterdal at the Admiralty :—Henry William Burnett, master, to the Bulldog ; George M'Donogh, surgeon, to the Barracouta ; Samuel Bamfield, assistant" surgeon, to the Barracouta ; James B. Hay, par master, to the Orion; Edwin N. Miall, paymaster► to the Bulldog; Barclay Corrie, assistant-paymaster to the Hecate; William W. Smith and Everden Wimshurst, acting third class assistant-engineer, to the Bacchante, as supernumeraries. THE ARMY. Yesterday, at Portsmouth, the Ist battalion of the 11th (North Devon) Regiment was presented with new colours by Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the south-west district, and the tattered relics of the banners which had so long been the regiment's guide, and represented its honour, and bore the names of Salamanca, PyreneeoP Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and the Peninsula, were formally laid by for ever, and for the future v6 ll be suspended beneath the arches of Exeter Cathedral. Major-General Wesley, Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Royal Marine forces, yesterday went through the first day of his annual visitation by inspecting the Woolwich division throughout. The Adjutant - General arrived at the barracks at 11 a.m., and was received at the entrance by the Colonel Com. mandant, Colonel Stranshan, the entire body of officers belonging to the division, and 600 men in heavy marching order under arms. The 4th, or Woolwich division, consists at the present moment of 1,100 men, 500 of whom are registered as sick, prisoners, absent on recruiting service and on com mand, on furlough, garrison duty, &c., and form the full list of absentees from inspection muster yesterday morning. After the usual compliments the General passed slowly down the front and rear of the line, and then ordered the necessaries to be got ready for examination. Each man's kit Was promptly laid before him, and each pack was care fully looked over by the General, who remarked , as he proceeded, that "nothing convinced him more satisfactorily of the bearing and character of a man ' than the examination of his wallet." The inspec tion occupied an hour and a quarter, after which the men were dismissed for dinner, and were or dered to fall in as they were at a quarter past 2. The General then repaired to the heavy gun drill battery, where the Artillery Corps of the division went through the exercise of mounting and die' mounting, clearing away, loading, and preparing for action, &c. The troops having again assembled on parade, the General, after partaking of a hasty luncheon in the mess-room, accompanied the divi" ~ion to Woolwich-common, where they were sub jected to the usual course of infantry movements , firing blank cartridge, marching past, and manoeu vres incident to the occasion. Before retiring from the ground the General informed the Commandant that he had never inspected a body of men with greater satisfaction than he had done that day ; and, after passing a further encomium on the pearance of the men and their proficiency in the field, he stated his intention, the weather permit ting, to return to Woolwich to-day and witness a course of rifle firing in the Marsh.