The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-13 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. To COI elude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by MdLe. Palmyra. Mdlle. Paolo, M. Friant, &c. Prices of admission :—TO the two galleries, Gd.; second circle o f boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta'ls, 45.; pate boxes to admit two persons, .10s. 6c1.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE P., , JYAL HAYMARKET. Under the mana;ement of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LOVE'S 3TARTYRDOII. Characters by Messrs. B. Sullivan and Howe; Miss H. Faucitt anl Mi.s Swan borough. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Nir. CHARLES KERN. THIS EVENING, WM be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka• tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Mr.lume Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be pr,:sented JANET PRIDE. Characters 'by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; MaJamo Celeste and Miss M. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Characters by Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Messrs. F. Robson and G. Yining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. To he foll'iwed 13! STILL WATEWATERSRIN DEEP. Characters by I.fessrs. A. Wigan, Emery , G. Yining, Danvers, Miss Haskell, and Mrs. Meifart. To conclude with TEE GA_RRICK FEVER. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HONEST LAWYER. After which, 'TWAS I. Characters by Miss Isaacs, Miss Beau• mont, &c. To which will be added ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The most Gorgeous Spectacle ever witnessed. THIS EVENING, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms, by J. H. STOCQUELER, Esq., represents the mag nificent pageantry of France and England in their palmy days of Chivalry. The Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the Knights in armour, the processions, the massive scenery, the heraldic ban ners, all shown upon one vast arena formed by the stage and the ring, form the most brilliant coup d'ceil ever exhibited. To conclude with the skilful ACTS in the CIRCLE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. 'W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. NIGH WAI7III AT LONDON EIIIDGF. This DAT —Mcrr.lw 41 min.after 12 I Evening 5 min. aft. 1 To-Ye/mow—Morning 28 min.after 1 I Evening 51min. aft. 1 TEN WEATHER.—Stn x Owes, June 13. THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day, at noon. BABOMZTER, 29.78. WIND, E.—Light breeze, with dull, showery weather. e ttrl) - - ✓ - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JIINE 13, 1855. Although our attention may, for the most part, be engrossed by this European struggle with Russia—let us not forget Poland, let us not forget Hungary. Comparatively speaking, it matters nothing that Hungary and Poland are little better than the Shibboleths of Diplomacy. Neither is it anything seriously to the point, as to the hope of ultimate liberty to the Poles and Hungarians, that the two most conspicuous among our living English statesmen have very recently scouted the notion of the revival of those oppressed bui not extinguished nationalities. True, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL only the other day intimated it as his opinion that the restoration of Poland was nothing more than an idle day-dream—a brilliant impossi bility—the merest fats morgana conjured up by a distorted credulity on a distempered imagination. True, that Lord PALMERSTON avowed his earnest desire that he should never witness the day when the Austrian EMPEROR should be deprived of his kingly authority over the Hungarians. We count these declarations made by noble lords from be fore the Treasury Bench in the House of Commons as, comparatively speaking, of no intrinsic value , whatsoever. They are the mere servile babblings of the advocates and mouthpieces of an obsolete system of diplomatic hocuspocus and political legerdemain. We count them, we repeat, as nothing. Hungary and Poland—we knew as much long since—have to look elsewhere for their future than to the present Prime Minister of England and is sagacious colleague, 4 ' , e Colonial Secretary. We cannot forget so very how it came to pass some years since, when their positions were reversed, when Lord JOHN RUSSELL was Premier, and Viscount PAL3IERSTON Secretary of State-- they connived at the suppression by foreign arms of the patriotic Junta of Oporto, at the re-estab lishment by foreign aid of the misrule of MARIA DA GLORIA and her German consort, at the over throw from without of the internal triumph achieved by Saldanah, at the renewal by constitu tional England of the unconstitutional maladmi nistration of the Portuguese Government. We should as soon expect to see the Noble Loid the Member for the City of London, and the Noble Lord the Member for the borough of Tiverton, expiating their conduct towards Portugal by the repudiation of their policy, in reference to that country in 1847, as we should seriously look to them for the encouragement (even by a passing word) of tin, noble and patriotic, and, let us add, the sacred and glorious, aspirations still cherished by the Poles and Hungarians. No, the Poles and Hungarians must turn elsewhere than to the Cabinets of Europe for any such encouragement. They must look for that to others, rather than to to the effete oracles of a grey-grown diplomacy. They must look to GOD. They must look, under GOD, to themselves. They must look to the jus tice of their cause, to the strength of their aims ; above all, to the fitness of the first opportunity ! For Hungary we have but small solicitude— remembering that she at least possseses a hero worthy of her glorious cause, a chief among men, the very incarnation of her unconquerable love of independence. So long as Kossi - AH lives there is visible hope for Hungary. And when that hope again begins to be realised for Hungary—that time there will be no mistake about her complete and permanent emancipation. Has not KOSSUTH himself declared as much in words, and with a manner sufficiently impressive ? Did he not pro claim to the world in one of his many memorable transatlantic speeches—in his notable answer to the Address of the Baltimore Delegation "I have had all in my own h an d s once, and if I get in the same position, again, I WILL ACT ?" Did he not preface that declaration by acknowledging that formerly he was not master of the practice and and o f war, was strategy thereby consequently compe lled " thus far" to give the cause of his country into other hands ?—into hands such as I those of the infamous traitor, who delivered over for a bribe the liberties of twelve millions i n t o the grasp of the Russian PA SICIEWITCH. Adding the avowal has some importanc3 surely, as fall ing from the lips of the once irresponsible Dicta tor of the Magyars—" Since I have been in exile I have endeavoured to improve my intellect from the movements of the past, and to prepare m y self for the future, and I rely en my people, w hose confidence in m e i s not shaken b y my misfortunes, nor broken by my calumniators who have misre presented me." Following up the promise already quoted that the next time he " will act " —with a sentence no less significant than this— " I will not (then) become an ALEXANDER, and labour for the sake of my own ambition, but I will labour for freedom." No—again we say— so long as KOSSUTH lives there is hope, visible and reasonable hope, for Hungary. Nor, less scarcely, hope in like manner for Poland. Though Poland nowadays has no patriot in any way com parable to the leader of the Hungarians, no one like KOSSUTH to concentrate her energies as the thunderbolts were grappled by the gods of old — to scatter destruction amongher foes, and vindicate her ancient glory by the fullness of her reani mated independence. It may not do for prophets of the old-world diplomacy to imagine to themselves the bare pos sibility, of Poland and Hungary yet achieving their emancipation. Yet such futures may be in store for those great nationalities nevertheless. We believe in our heart of hearts that the time will come when the reasonableness of hopes like these will be clearly enough demonstrated. Kos- SIITII has only to watch with vigilance for his opportunity. Poland has only to await hers with patience and faith, and, when the time comes, she, too, will find a KOSSUTH of her own among her children. It may so prove, moreover, that that twofold opportunity may not be so far off at this moment as some may feel disposed to conjecture. The contest NAPOLEON predicted has already commenced. The world remembers the alternative for Europe—" Cossack or Republican " —otherwise a choice presented to the European nationalities of Despotic or Constitutional Go vernments ! The brilliant and exciting events which have just taken place iu the Crimea and the Sea of Azoff have, to a certain extent, distracted public attention from the scarcely less important move ments in the Gulf of Finland. We must not, however, forget that the Allied fleets have been for some time in the immediate vicinity of Cron stadt, within a few hours' steaming of " the Gib raltar of the North," that the Russian fleet, afraid to exhibit its blood-stained standard on the sea, or to meet on anything like equal terms the chal lengers, are still sku'ling beneath its fortifications, and that at any moment a blow may be struck of the most vital consequence to Muscovite power. The experience of last year teaches us that the Russian navy will not dare to respond to the manly defiance of our gallant tars, and that we must consequently be contented either with a blockade or attack them under every pos sible disadvantage in their own stronghold—the robbers' den—where our " wooden walls " would not merely have to encounter forces similar to their own, but should have also to set at defiance granite and earthworks, which our Crimean expe rience teaches us to be perhaps the most formidable of all. While we feel, then, the vast importance of a decisive blow we cannot blame our commanders for avoiding a reckless effort that might lead to very injurious results. It is known that a large proportion of the squadron under his orders draws too much water to come into close collision with these fortresses, the strength of which has been greatly increased during the past winter. For such a service we should supply every requisite to effect success. There should be an adequate force of gun-boats and batteries, properly con structed, and capable of being navigated in shoal water, so as to come to close quarters with the boasted forts. The co-operation of a land force would also be indispensable. We trust that these matters are not to be a second time neglected until " too late"—that the golden opportunity is not to be suffered to pass by through the apathy or over-confidence in the friendly professions of other Powers. We can no longer be "waiting for Austria." That delusion has happily vanished. We know that if the blow is to be struck at all it is by France and England, who must rely solely on their own prowess for the result. Why, then, we ask, while there is yet time, while the season is propitious, not send out a body of French and English troops to co-operate with our ships ? We saw the benefit arising from such a course last year in the comparatively blood less destruction of Bomarsund. Unfortunately there was too :much procrastination to enable them to accomplish all thaw was required. The advocates of peace at any price or on any condi- tions who then presided at the Admiralty with held the instructions until " too late" to act with any degree of prudence. Let us profit by the lesson, and for once take " time by the forelock," and avoid the repetition of a similar mistake. Members have now no excuse. They have, albeit at the eleventh hour, spoken boldly, and seen that any peace worth having must be conquered. A blow aimed at the very heart of Russia will manifestly be more formidable than any, however stringent, inflicted on one of her extremities. The destruction of Sebastopol and the fleet in the Eux in° will prevent the possibility of a future onslaught on Turkey ; that of Cronstadt, and the Baltic fleet will humiliate the pride and paralyse the energies of the Northern despot—will induce him to make a speedy submission, and to give ample security against a repetition of his aggres sions. He will not merely be bound over to keep the peace towards Turkey, but also towards Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, and the German Powers will no longer be his obsequious tools, afraid to call their souls their own. The time has arrived for a great exertion—one worthy of France and England. Let it be made, and we shall speedily attain that great desiduaturn, au honourable and peace, Wi" " Lu r` against any wanton disturbance of the tranquillity of Europe. There can be no doubt whatever as to the ad vantages arising from a judicious and well-con sidered system of decimal coinage. That is ad mitted by acclamation, and there is also a general, if not an unanimous feeling that England has shamefully lagged in the rear of other civilised nations in so long postponing even the attempt to introduce a more convenient and scientific numismatical system. But there the agreement ceases. On other points there is a great diversity of opinion ; and we believe that if the community at large were called on to express their opinions on the subject there would be a very decisive majority against the plan advocated by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for South Lancashire. The great question is, as to what shall be the "Modus decimandi," as it was happily designated by Mr. Low; the course by which the maximum of convenience can be achieved with the minimum of inconvenience. On these points we must look not merely to the interests and wishes of the great merchants and bankers, but also of the work ing classes. We must take care that while they are assisted, so far as practicable, in the important task of simplifying their accounts, and economis ing the labour of their offices, it shall not be ef fected at the expense of the latter—that the labouring man shall not be taxed for the benefit of the merchant princes. Hitherto the interests of the many have always been sacrificed to those of the few. When the Court of Wards was abolished in the reign of CHARLES the Second, the Monarch was compensated for the pecuniary loss by a tax on beer. Every " thirsty soul" who quaffed a glass of malt liquor had to defray the cost of a great boon bestowed on the territorial aristocracy. The many derived no benefit from the change for which they paid so heavily. The gross injustice of such an arrangement is now universally recognised. It is asserted that such favouritism would not now be tolerated. And yet we see a similar attempt made at this moment, and likely to be successful if the friends of the people do not strenuously exert themselves to prevent the palpable wrong. When the Report of the Committee was pub lished last year we were the first to point out the advantages of a smaller " unit " of account, which would not render a fourth column of figures indispensable, and which would occasion no change in the smaller denominations of coins, the pence and farthings, in which the great majority of the transactions of the working classes are now con ducted. This, as we explained, would be accom plished by rendering the unit a franc, or a florin, worth two francs, or Is. Bd., and not of 2s. as at present. In addition to the advantages arising from this, it would be a graceful compliment to our tried and faithful brethren in arms, with whom we hope to maintain a perpetual alliance and largely to extend our commercial intercourse. There can be no question that even for the purposes of merchants the " pound unit" is much too high. Even the American dollar, which is but the one-fifth part of the amount, prevents the introduction of the very small denominations of coin, which, though never taken into account by wholesale dealers, are yet of vast importance in all retail transactions, as it is by their means alone that the benefit of any changes of value, or taxation, can be made available. In speaking of the last budget, we showed that the 3d. addi tional duty on tea would be equivalent, so far as the poor sempstress was concerned, or others who only bought an ounce at a time, to at least Bd. per lb. increase of price, and the 3d. per cwt. on sugar to at least a penny per lb., or Os. 4d. per cwt. ; a quarter pound being the largest quan tity purchaseable by those living " from hand to mouth," who could not provide for a single meal in advance. Mr. LowE, in his very clear and able speech, established the impolicy of " a pound unit." Even so far as merchants and bankers were con cerned, he showed that accounts would be com plicated in place of simplified, and the labour of clerks increased in place of being economised by the introduction of "mi/s," which might lead to many "mi//s" of a very different character. But the Hon. Gentleman did not enter into by far the most important phase of the matter. He did not show, as he might have done, that five cents would be invariably charged in place of a penny, and that all the retail dealers would follow the example of Government in taking 20 per cent. additional rather than surrendering 4 per cent. The Report of the Committee very significantly hinted at the increase of postage to five " mils ;" it would be the same in all tolls, where a halfpenny or a penny is now charged, and thus great loss would be occasioned to those who count their daily incomes in pence and shillings rather than in florins and pounds. All this loss and inconvenience would, how ever, be avoided by retaining the penny intact, and making the franc or florin of is. Bd. the unit ; in the former case the penny would be equivalent to •10, in the latter to .5. We must, however, express a preference for the former, which would not only assimilate our cur rency to that of France, but would likewise give a smaller cent, and allow the farthing to be still used, until it could gradually be withdrawn from circulation. The division of last night binds the Govern ment to do something. We trust, however, that they may avoid the serious inconveniences so clearly pointed out, by making the franc and the pound the unit of acoount, and looking to the interests of the many rather than of the few. THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND 11?,1 LAND. The admirers of this exquisitely beautiful species of plant will be gratified to learn that Messrs. Bradbury and Evans are now publishing a work under the above title, edited by Mr. Lindley, and illustrated in a novel manner by Mr. H. Bradbury. By a process designated "Nature Printing," and which consists of impressing natural objects, such as plants, mosses, seaweeds, feathers, and embroideries, into plates of metal, and printing from casts taken from these plates at the ordinary copper plate press. These objects are made, as it were, to print themselves, and the result is, as in the illustrations of the part before us, a raised impression almost as perfect, even in the most delicate fibre, as can be conceived—not inferior, indeed, to those beautiful impressions to be met with in coal formations. Thus it will be seen that ladies and invalids of the other sex will henceforth be enabled to botanise to a large extent at home ; and when it is considered how morally healthy and delightful a study botany is, and not least that branch of it which relates to ferns, an extensive sale may be predicted for the pre sent work. GRANT v. GUINNESS, M.P. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your report of the first portion of the above trial, on the 30th ult., a Mr. Carnsew is described as the agent of this club ; and during the subsequent progress of the trial the accuracy of this statement seems to have been assumed. I am directed by the committee, who have had their attention called to this statement, to request you to do them the favour of publishing their unqualified contra diction of it, Mr. Carnsew never having been connected with the Carlton Club in any capacity whatever, or authorised by it to use its name.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WM. RAINGER, Secretary. Carlton Club, Juno 12, 1855. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY, Juno 12.—Admis sions on payment ) 7,294; ditto by season tickets, 841; total, 8,135. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days rending June 9.—Number admitted, including season t iVMtiolders 44444 ; amount received for admissions, DEPARTURE OF THE COLDSTREAII GUARDS FOR AL. DERSHOTT (THIS DAY.)—Shortly after twelve o'clock this day, the Coldstream Guards took their departure from London for the camp at Aliershott via the South- Western Railway. An immense number of persons accompanied the troopa to the railway station, imagining that they were proceeding to the Crimea. CREMORNE GARDENS.—The South London Floricul tural Society hold their first meeting here on Thursday next. From the distinguished patronage and the valu able prizes offered for competition, combined with the attractivenss of these grounds and the programme of amusements advertised, we may very safely predict an overflowing assemblage, which will render it a marked day in the season of metropolitan festivities. The mili tary band of the Royal Asylum will extend, and there are upwards of sixty gold and silver medals competed for. In consequence of the stoppage of the bank of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, the London and Westmin ster Bank have resolved to open a branch at Temple bar. The business will be conducted by the establish ment of Messrs. Strahan, and Mr. Ward, who has been in the service of their bank for nearly 30 years, has been appointed manager. From an announcement in the House of Lords last night, it appears that, although many months have elapsed since the imperfect and niggardly experiment for the collection of agricultural statistics, originated by the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen, was known to have failed, no further attention hal been given to the sub ject. For two or three years the mercantile classes and the public at large have used every effort to stimulate the Government to take prompt measures in relation to it. The most practical suggestions, however, have been offered in vain, and now, at a moment when the ques tion of the harvest is one upon which all the monetary transactions of the empire depend in a greater degree than on any former occasion, it is found not only that no steps have been taken, but that there is no hope even of a plan being formed for future years, except by the ap pointment of a select committee to consider the whole matter, which has accordingly been moved for and agreed to. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 12. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and begs to transmit a list of the officers who were killed on the 7th and morning of the Sth of June : Captain Miller, 2d Battalion Royals. Lieutenant Lawrence, 34th Regiment. Lieutenant Stone, 55th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Shearman, 62d Regiment. Major Dickson, 62d Regiment. Lieutenant Machell, 62d Regiment. Captain Forster, 62d Regiment. Major Bayley, 88th Regiment. Captain Corbett, 88th Regiment. Captain Wray, 88th Regiment. Lieutenant Lowry, Royal Engineers. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 7. 30 A.M. The Moniteur announces that the Minister of War received, on the 12th of June, the following despatches sent by the Commander-in-Chief "JUNE 10, 11.30 P.M. " The combat of the 7th of June was more ad vantageous for us than I had at first announced to you. It placed in our hands 502 prisoners (of which number 20 are officers) and 73 pieces of cannon. "JUNE 11, 11 P.M. "We are consolidating ourselves in the new works. We have been able to fire with the Rus sian mortars on their ships, which have gone still further off. " 'We are preparing new batteries. " The fortress of Anapa was abandoned by its garrison on the sth of June. It is now occupied by the Circassians. " Russian interests in that quarter are very seriously compromised." The Moniteur publishes General d'Autemarre's report of the capture of Kertch and Yenikale. VIENNA, TUESDAY, JUNE 12. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz has the fol lowing from Constantinople, dated June 7 : Riza Pasha has been dismissed, and Mehemet Ruschdi Pasha is appointed Seraskier. BERLIN, TUESDAY, JUNE 12. The local authorities of Cologne have arrested the Secretary of our Consul there while carrying despatches for Lord Clarendon, on suspicion that he was concerned in enlisting for the Foreign Legion." THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, JUNE 12. The steamer Calcutta has arrived in 118 hours from Alexandria. " ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 'T. The India mails leave to-day with advices from Calcutta of the 4tl of May ; Madras, 9th of May ; and Bombay, 12th of May. There is nothing new from India. Lord Dalhousie's health is indifferent. Trade was very depressed, and limited. Exchange at Calcutta, 2.11. Money-market tight. FRAN CE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The following exceedingly important private telegraphic despatch has just reached here : " VIENNA, 11th.—Despatches have been received, which announce that the.A.llies have taken the Malakhoff Tower and the southern falbourg of Sebastopol," The following private telegraphic despatches have also been received "MARSEILLES, 11th.—A.dvices from Constantinople state that General Morris had made a reconnaissance, with the cavalry, of the lerge entrenched camp of the Russians beyond the Tchernaya, and estimates the strength of the enemy's p.rmy at from 80,000 to 100,000 men. General Canrobert, before advancing, threw bridges over the river, where he has established batteries, to defend the passage ; he has also turned off the waters of the aqueduct which feeds the Careening bay. Letters which had passed be tween the governors of Sebastopol and Kertch, and which were found by the allies at the latter place, state that the Russians were tired of the war and of the nu merous privations to which they had been subjected. A despatch from the Czar which reached Kertch the day before it was taken, orders fresh vessels to be sunk in order to prevent the passage of the allied steamers. Large depots of coal as \Tell as numerous droves of cattle were found by the allied flotilla on the coast of the Sea of Azoff, and the gun-boats were seeking for other depots in the neighbourhood of Arabat. Letters from the Crimea continue to speak of an attack against Anapa. Riza Pacha has, it is said, been sacrificed to Ower Pacha, who had threatened to resign." " MARSEILLES, 11th, Evening. —Th e valley of Damara is occupied by 50,000 of the allies. The banks of the Tchernaya have been in their power since the 25th, and supply them with wood and water in abundance. The Russian army is massed behind the mountains. The French prisoners, who have been recently exchanged, state that the Russian forces encamped in the interior of the Crimea are considerable, but that the number of sick who are sent to the ambulances and to the hospitals is excessive. The army of the Czar no longer receives any provisions except from Kaffa, or any reinforcements in men except from Perekop. According to lett era which have reached Constantinople from Kertch, the allies have been able to make use of three of the Russian steamers as well as of a dry dock which were only partially injured by the fire. The French vessels, after having cannonaded Arabat, returned to Yenikale in order to organise a fresh attack on the coasts of Circassia_ The Sultan has appropriated 3,000 Turkish soldiers to serve as the nucleus of the reserve to the Anglo-Ottoman corps or ganised by General Williams. The Turkish officers of this corps will be replaced by English officers as soon as the latter shall have become f am ili ar i se d w ith the Turkish words of command." The Lord Mayor of London, the Lady Mayoress, and the other members of the family left the Hotel de Ville this day at a little after eleven o'clock for the Northern Railway. The Prefect accompanied wa7s Yairing - to - ouvey nis iorasnip and the English deputation to Boulogne. After expressing their warmest thanks to the Prefect for the splen did reception which he had given them in Paris, the English party took their departure. The Andromaque frigate left Toulon yesterday for Constantinople, with a cargo of provisions and warlike stores for the army of the East. A letter from Marseilles, of the 10th, says : " The Thamise steamer has just entered this port from Alexandria, which she left on the 2d. She touched at Malta on the 7th, and quitted the island two hours after the Clyde coming from Con stantinople. The Thamise afterwards passed the Clyde in sight of Corsica. The intelligence from Malta is without interest, relating principally to the arrival tract departure of vessels with troops and stores. The letters from Alexandria have not yet been delivered, but the passengers by the Thamiso state that they must be unimportant." BOURSE JUNE I.:I.—CLOSING PRICER. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 46 per Cents 94 75 94 50c. 3 per Cents 69 50 69 80 Credit Mobilier.., • , 945 Roman Credit Ponder__ 545 Austrian Belgian Five 5....,.. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese ..... „ 87 75 Home Debt 14 1 11.. WAYS—FOR CASH. Jr. c. fr. Orleans r 1215 Lyons . . . 1236 Western , 727 50 Rouen Cate i 622 50 Strasburg . Mediterranean ..., 1225 Havre 615 Northern ...... ...p 935 Cherburg AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Ju l ' 9.—Reliable news from St. Peters burg is at preAt so very rare, that the follow* perfectly autlictic information will hardly fail to be acceptable t your readers. The wax seems to weigh heavily on the inhabitants of the Russian capital, and particularly on the Imperial family. There is no question of amusement of any kind at the Russian Court, and the middle and lower classes appear to share th e uneasy f ee li ng w hi c h is evidently felt in the higher ranks of society. A change is remarked in the Emperor Alexander's countenance, and he often appears very thoughtful and even sad. In high o ffi c i a l c i rc l es a s t rong im pression prevails that peace is not so far distant as is generally believed. Although the source at which the foregoing intelligence was acquired cannot be mentioned, you may be assured that it was a good one. Up to yesterday it was believed that the Em peror of Austria would pass some weeks at Laxen burg, but it is to-day related in military circles that his Majesty will leave for Gallicia, on Tuesday, the 12th. It is also said that Baron Hess will leave Cracow to-morrow, but without Generals Letang and Craufurd. The great public is of opi nion that the reduction of the army will take place immediately after it has been inspected by his Ma jesty, but if such should be the case it will probably be done without beat of drum. Yesterday or this morning a copy of the final protocol of the Vienna Conference was sent by the Austrian Government to each of the Federal allies, and therefore we may soon expect to see it in the columns of one or other of the North German papers. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa, of the 3d, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" It was only on the Ist that the landing of the allies at Kertch and the occupation of the Sea of Azoff were positively known here. Fresh troops are proceeding by forced marches to ward the Crimea. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the large supplies of corn, which are collected on the coast of the Sea of Azoff. The weather is exceedingly hot here at present." We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 3d of June. The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg publishes the following notification from the Military Governor-General of that capital : On the 19th (31st May), at 6in the evening, the telegraph from Cronstadt for warded the subjoined intelli gence : Th• enemy: is at anchor, numbering 26 vessels, of which seven are gun-boats. The ,vessels are anchored across the whole width of the channel on both sides of the Tolboukhine (Tolbeacon) lighthouse, 16 werstes from Cronstadt." We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the sth of June. The Invalide Busse publishes the following ac count of the, Kertch expedition : Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff has forwarded a report from Lieut.-General Baron Wrangel, Commander of the troops in the eastern portion of the Crimea, dated 13th (25th of May), relative to the occupation of Kertch and Yenikale by the enemy. It is as follows : On the morning of the 12th (24th) o f M a y th e en emy's fleet, numbering 70 vessels, appeared in the Straits of Kertch. Owing to a fog it was not perceived till off Takyl Lighthouse. I received later a report from the Commander of Theodosia (Kaffa), announcing the pas sage of a large hostile squadron, taking the direction of Kertch, and a notification from Aide-de-Camp General de Kotzebue that about 70 of the enemy's vessels had left Sebastopol with 25,000 troops on board. The enemy appeared suddenly off the village of Kamysch- Bouroun their large vessels at sea bey and the range of the Paul Battery, their steamers and boats close within shore—and proceeded immediately to land the troops under the protection of the guns of the ships. While this operation was taking place one of the gun boats approached the battery, but a round of cannon shot compelled it to beat a retreat. In the interval six columns of infantry had been landed, which proceeded to the rear of the battery. Ceding to a decided supe riority of numbers, the troops that defended the battery spiked the guns and withdrew in the direction of the post station of Soultanovka, having first destroyed the ammunitions of war. The enemy then with a portion of their steamers advanced rapidly into the Bay of Kertch. In the evi dent impossibility of resisting this attack, I ordered the immediate destruction of all the flour and stores at Kertch, and all the ships that were likely to fall into the hands of the enemy to be burnt. Consequently the war steamer Mogoutchy, tithich was undergoing repairs, and had no engines on board, was set Er 3 to, as also the private steamers Berdiansk and Donets. I am not aware what has become of the steamer Argonaute, but it is known that she succeeded in doubling the Cape. The fortifications of Kertch and Yenikale kept up till evening a brisk and successful fire against the enemy's steamers that were making for the Straits of Yenikale ; it was only at nightfall that the guns were rendered un serviceable, and everything destroyed that was likely to fall into the hands of the enemy, after which the garri son abandoned the fortifications under cover of the night. All the troops which were at Kertch and in the Paul Battery effected their retreat with scarcely any loss. As regards the garrison that defended Yenikale, I have learnt that it was obliged to follow, not the Saultanovka road, bat a parallel road on its right nearear to the Sea of Azoff. I arrived to-day at the village of Arguine, where the whole detachment concentrates, and where it will be re inforced by the Grand Duke of Saxony Hussars, the Prince Emile of Hesse Dragoons, and the battery of horse artillery No. 26. It was impossible for me to halt nearer Kertch, owing to want of water on the ground, and so as to be able to give support to Theodosia (Kaffa) should the enemy attempt anything against that town. When I shall have received these reinforcements, I shall act according to circumstances. A supplement to the Invalide Busse publishes the following : Aide•de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff has sent, by telegraph, from Nikolaieff, the following despatch, dated Sebastopol, 20th of May of June) : On the 15th (27th) of May the enemy was at Ber diansk, and burned two houses there, some coasting ves eels, and a large portion of the grain stores. An the 17th (29th) of May, a squadron of 16 vessels of war appeared in the vicinity of the Straits of Genitchi. The enemy sent a flag of truce on shore to demand all vessels and stores belonging to the Crown ; this having been refused, the squadron opened fire, and set fire to some ships and the stores of grain situate on the beach. A round of grape from two of our field pieces placed near the Straits by the Emperor's Aide-de-Camp, Prince Labanoff-Rostovsky, forced the enemy's gunboats, which were setting fire to the ships, to move away from the coast. On the following day, 18th (30th), the enemy did not atttempt anything against Genitchi. From the 17th to the 20th May (29th May to Ist June) nothing of particular importance took place.hefore Sebas topol or upon the different points of the Crimea occu pied by cur troops. The Military Governor-General of St. Peters burg has issued the following notification : The following telegraphic despatches have been received from Cronstadt During the whole of the 20th of May (Ist of June) the enemy remained at anchor at the same place. Only two steamers entered the northern channel, and made a minute reconnaissance. At 5 in the afternoon, three vessels and one steamer with the French flag arrived, and salutes were exchanged. In the evening two French screw ships of the line, and one French steam frigate, joined the squadron. An English steamer, with two trading vessels of the same nation in tow, hove in sight. May 21 (June 2), 8.52 a.m.—Since last night no par ticular change has taken place in the enemy's fleet, and none is visible at the present moment. May 21 (June 2), 12.42 p.►n.—A screw-frigate and a steamer have left the enemy's fleet, and have taken the direction of the north channel. THE CANALISATION OF THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. The project for cutting a canal through the - Isthmus of Suez begins, says the Paris correspondent of the TlllteS, to occupy so much the atte n tion of the public, notwith standing the absorbieg interest attached to our opera tions in the Crimea, that it may not be considered out of place to say a few words respecting it. It appears that in November last the Viceroy of Egypt communicated to Lit.swebk - wa - s SntifollseU to organise a "universal company," to which the con cession of the construction of the canal should be ac corded. The terms of the firman excliale the idea which had been entertained that the said concession was exclu sively granted to a single French subject, or even to a French company. It was granted to an association of shareholders of every country, to be constituted by the person already named as the representative or negotiator of the Ticeroy. M. de Lesseps at the outset gave com• plete explanations to Mr. Bruce, her Britannic Majesty's diplomatic agent and Consul-General in Egypt. In the letter addressed from Cairo, on the 27th of Nov. to that gentleman the negotiator expressed his earnest desire to avoid everything which could give the slightest umbrag e to national jeal ous y o f any ' kind. It is moreover, affirmed, that he contributed in no slight degree to the completion of the railroad from Cairo to Suez, the con sequences of which have been so beneficial. M. de Lesseps proceeded to Constantinople, and placed himself in friendly communication with Lord Stratford de Red cliffe, and, through the Grand Vizier, delivered to him from the Viceroy of Egypt an official letter, in which the construction of the canal was described as most useful, he abstained from pressing for the ratification of the Sultan the moment he perceived a shadow of opposition on the part of the English Ambas sador. Lord Stratford having informed the Divan that he waa about to address a report to his Government on the subject, and having demanded that no decision should be come to until he had received his instructions, M. de Lesseps quitted Constantinople and returned to Egypt. The Tuscan Government is said to be prepa - Ang a de fence of the judgment in the case of Cechetti. The Journal de St. Petersbourg pubEshes above four columns of "les passages les plus relnarquables " in the "eloquent discours " lately delivered in Parliament by Mr. Gladstone. According to the report of the Irish Loan Fund Board, just publisheti, it appears that during the past year there were 115 societies in existence, circulating 870,0241,, granting 208,917 leans, at a uet wait of 7,2531. LITERATURE. THE BALL AT TEE HOTEL DE VILLE. 411. The Municipal Palace of Paris, famed as it is for The Next-aoor Neighbours. By the author ca 3 vole. princely hospitality, never made greater exertions than " T mp„a Temptation ; or, a Wife's peril," &c. last evening to receive its guests with fitting honour, and never succeeded more completely. This grand fete,full purse Zur e st and Elackett. to which the Prefect of the Seine had invited upwards cc p o zrerty with largeness of heart, or a and of 9,000 pe'rsons of the first distinction in Paris, and of whom 6,500 had accepted the invitation, it is certainly ' with a sonflid Fell exemplified in the course f f the ,spirit," is the motto of this work,o_ the formed part of the ma2nificent festivities which l.• The diversity and versatility 0 , narrative. were designed to do honour to the Lord Mayor tenour ef events'acts• of London and the deputation of the corporate body -1, wl.iich comprise so many j . style of no:re ', ith fact and fiction, truth allot who accompanied him ; but the circumstance of the is unusual even in these osenz young King of Poi tugal and his Royal Highness Herein we naeet vr , . “ the smi les -hi ceept the fancy,blended . the Duke of Oporto having deigned to a -in- f art." Here the 1 his aditional sent to them invested the entertainment with of nature and the charms o commingled with t ria,ls for his aditional interest. It is impossible to conceive anything losopher may meet materials beauty of ideal discern the e ; with the more beautiful than the decoration of the building on this dogmas, the poet may . e xcellenc e, occasion, or more perfect than the arrangements. A n delight creation and the brightrO ss of i nature temporary tent was erected in front of the grand entrance while the student of huulaa. can th e a nd of the Pavilion Henri IV. From it rose a wide staircase the exposition of its weakness' and its s N.th a sketch ornamented , with flowers, the walls being covered with a the votaries of romance are prese'atecl I' l relined in The sta r golden treilisework intertwined with evergreens. This led •f llf gleams ht li to the Cour Louis XIV which, being covered over with ~ of the lights and shades love in its effulgence and eclipse fluctua tions Th e , a pale pink awning rising in the centre above the roof of of the hu• • Ming, formed a magnificent hall, surrounded over the passage of our pilgrims. of the affec.tions• . much de below with a long series of arcades,whilst above f fortune try, as with a touchstone, were oII.OVI we are ahown . • gn at, ranges of windows hung with draperies of crimson vel and manners ; and a mtrinsic vet and gold. From the centre was suspended a magni- ponds, after all, on the innate an o _, wea lta ficent chandelier, so arranged as to shed a subdued and ties. Not the mere actual possessionts halppiuess, graceful light on an immense parterre of living flowers, and gold confers dtnity and imparts their mind u ality th at immense nged with the most exquisite taste bathe middle of the Or comp that space, and over the spot where the statue ofall tI 1 treasures, crowns ear 1 ymind but the hiher and more glorious q cos tes Louis XIV. formerly stood. At present it is placed in one of the arcades, whilst a statue of Francis Ads for their deprivation and loss. ' A ' 4- the ac of-,roo • , . t b e r 3 ,, is so well balanced and firmly other side in a corresponding situation, so as to insure a • f Isliia`l certain • • uniformity. All the lower parts of the pillars or • es it 0 1 with round the court were intertwined with foliage and on to its native nobleness nor depav __ co w it i ' cession declension on the social scal 3 ne l • I 'an two of the sides beautiful fountains and jets-d'ea ' u fell on •rit 01 a mass of flower s , caoling the atmosphere, and filling whose chords are so attuned to the sPI strifes whiell able grandeur—a heart that is at P."' gbari uorg str, en ter the air with fragrance. ' A staircase descended on the that the vile passions and the petty fell l e opposite the grand entrance, and cascades of water sully the career of the worldly wise netveetrhesailv,i-r-tueisi sparkling and foaming in a blaze of light, one on with their jars and discords. These al ble fel. vin each hand, amidst flowers and shrubs, in the same style that can make the golden talents a,val a n __,. t9 their that v,u n ' or s t o nes, as , was seen in the court abOve, Evergreens were die posed along the walls up to the first storey, and in the here, and more hereafter holder from being a mere us a labourer ith s amidst of them were placed lamps of coloured glass, which added to the variety of the scene. This fairy glorious a trafficer with paltry lucre, info Tre th r a o t f sh in ' ° with 3 traVell er w ut h s y* alorious harvest to be reaped — re the tr rk. like decoration excited universal admiration, and ~,, m this IV° - during the evening was continually visited by land of promise to attain. These a deduced fro , r range the guests, who seemed never weary of exa- and such is the moral to be a „ t the 4 no t mining its various beauties. The rooms up stairs were The idea is not novel or original, °_,- We are d i,. cloy/se c " most beautifully ornamented with flowers, inirrOrs, and ment of the plot is skilfufly nd insipid Lire illtis" • draperies, and the grand staircase leasii) , up from the to be allured by crabbed age 3- d ive, ad prefect's private apartmaats was coverdover, so as to ocrity; the teachers should be at tra° I.jaht and prefect's form a vast gaffe ._ of great beauty, having an equestrian trations stirring, and the ianal la ud for47 l ‘a/ r t statue h of the Emperor iu the centre. In several places snarklina, that instantly arrests ab, cp . yo uth cc, ° _ o t f r t o h u e gh . the rooms flags were disposed, bearing the arms pressas. Eloomino beauty and sin their ra i u tio . t I . Y of London. Tne magnificent Galerie de Fetes their magic influence and impart their Edi h was the principal hero _ ___ ball room, 'own, and there, Strauss s orchestra lustre to the opening scenes of the 333 y as i ti g a a was placed in the upper gallery near the Salon de ]'Em - a° pereur, but bands of music were likewise to be seen in Harper and Henry Vernon were .. . i _ Ti A,.. it ad and heroine as can be imagined• 0 -L 'Af er w I- 1 .. ` . ' d two other rooms, where dancing went on (luring the even- h ' l ' All a u ing. Four buffets were arranged in the rooms which high-spirited, devoted to itseae-• streng th 13 01' form the corners of the immense range thrown open, affection that interests from ; „an di low to 311 and above in the upper galleries running round the sacrifice, above the selfish oun ii ' n ", s _ ally getch, rooms two two others were disposed, so that in ever • part of Lion of their families and fri e L lla t , i ' a u oh a .. r- t i eir vast building, the visitors. were certain of obtaining that adorns and illumines the' toll' d tm 3 - ' d tat, a ll au au refreshments of every kind. they were promisina• spirits to wa 4.h0 me in this The Princess Mathilde argived about half-past nine, • • ', • , over ' 111 e , fliht as with eagles wing6, ;t 1 s fis ts. and Queen Christina soon after, Both were struck bysordid ' - d them. e ons l atmosphere around the s tory' „ 0 we the extreme beauty of the Court of Louis XIV., and •; - fascination that one merit of TaecaW at. warmly expressed their admiration. At that early • . e wa rned) e torch It is by their fall we ar to cir e° P , f or hour the rooms were already crowded, the company having been set down with wonderful rapidity. The thought their pinions were not sr d sa o ga King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, and their but be kept aloft in their heavens'b.i.eir su gar „ by suite arrived at ten o'clock, and were received by the heroic and the true. It i s 3 attra c t cl od the Prefect of the Seine, M. Delangle, the Pre- we are touched, because we war d reajesy-"taeY "dent . of the Municipal Commission, and the them in their spring-tide grace an love a 30 0 , 10 principal members of that body. These gentlemen con- smiled with them in their pope a', l if e ," f use ducted the royal visitors to the Salle des Cariatides, left the altar for the cc bivouac or wiser, bee' and where several persons of distinction were presented to all it is b th • trials we are made ro ans 3 _ , y their _ e 0. their Royal Highnesses. After a brief delay the ro l ' ya we see and understand, by naturalrit caw w is h party proceeded under the escort of the Prefect to the rpe.- .. fc agency, how the trail of the se, iTham e4 the Galeria) des Fetes, ,where seats of honour had been dis- ' • inherited Eden, " 11-survived . their flower of. li has the only plant of Paradise which h 3acl.. procession, headed by royalty, and composed of so many generals, high functionaries, ministers, am- fall"— the blossom that has 11_(-tched ll biters bassadors, and beautifully dressed women, advanced native garden air, m ay be scorch t hat s , hat through the splendid gallery with its thousands withered if placed in the both ore glori ell ' e t in of lights and its gorgeous decorations, it was the exotic that was born under In h ° o on o scre car ly impossible not to be struck with the wonderful treacherous tropical skies. SO L t v e reou 'l :. t heir magnificence of the scene, and with the astonishing taste the otherwise' bitter CLIP Of the .„,1 co ° , l3 cfod which had combined such exquisite effects. Strau ' wanting in - fairy ''''" a d co — ° t Strauss 's years was t on band struck up a march as the party proceeded, and later life. Too late they found theY vd i t h 13 too continued the strain' until the young King and his and bitterly did '''. ban' old lamps for new, while her hits t h e v° quadrille took their places to open the ball. His Ma- her past days of poverty ; brig ° n that a i s fac°, jesty danced with the Princess Mathilde, having for vis-a-vis the Duke of Oporto and Mme. Haussinan proud to acknowledge even to nln on P,i,eaen not happy, nevertheless bore a f an n er y d°" of After the quadrille, his Majesty walked through thne.that ha Ce res • room, and more than once expressed his gratifi- and a weight on his mind, with themole cation at the splendid entertainment to which he the poor home, or been carried terdaYs• P-She had been invited. Both the King and his royal the morrow that haunted his Yes _,.„ ro te r. a s h e brother wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion. of Montgomery is a very interesting' avid 11 dent`P 3la O a Honour. It was almost half-past 11 when the royal is the favourite of the author's ev l acrina tiv° ,4 oo party left the ball, but the Princess Mathilde, Queen is the impersonation of what is j ut f r e ag re( ) .( 111 Christina, her Majesty's fair daughters, the Princess ideal in the stor Henry and Edith s unwor Jo Czartoriska, the Lady Mayoress, and. the younger Y.. life, but Marie moree a he ave' , representations of e, branches of her family, remained for some time longer ' in in the struggle, the one in whomf the ala the part of the room set • apait for the more honoured • 1 than is apparent 0 pun ,_, likeness breat es . guests, and at the request of the Princess Ma.thilde, an- ossible t e be in r eh) Not that such beings are imp t w ith 'in° i other quadrille was danced in front, and a space left open improbable when me oe trine b to allow the waltzers and pra.ctisers of the polkato real life, nor impro have seen, stonys vf , figure before them. Midnight had some time struck Lions of fiction. All may . , 0 E gos s u. ior burn storm ere Queen Christina and the Imperial Princess inti- their lives, some such super how divine , mated their intention to depart, both of them evi- seem sent to show had a , a rt dently enjoying the splendid scene before them. Their ture can be rendered. Marie aa , n ol, an. t departure was, however, only the signal for the dance life, but her calm and serenity d'u a d, 1 1 P - ',., olproceecl with greater spirit, and at four o'clock visitors circumstances or deP e the' from o utward soti ce ' of I lli were still in the rooms. - al influences for their , or r extern . . . .A.noth Omer The Lord Mayor was present only in hisprivate ca-strength, or their sublimity. • 311. ' S te ill• pacity, and the English deputation the same. But they tune's worthies is to be met with in fortune _.; could not but feel that the city of Paris could not more set,relation of Marie's. He was un v eil e: a . . o . li the a uta magnificently close the series of splendid festivities to able to discern throw„ friends' px not being which they had been invited than by this wondrous ' ' who were his disPell; auriferous amenities entertainment, at which everything that taste couldmists w ere ised ' x c l i who his flatterers—at last the ho recoge en _pd or wealth procure had been put into requisition to do honour to the persons representing theto dog th,i city of by fortuitous circumstances, and _ . „ o ._ London. his young favourite Marie, the only u :' 00 for p,°, 0 , 8 1 It was the only really hapPY v' w hen I ' 4 M upon. them it , ' during our acquaintance with ~ g o o Y,„ bei rested the one on the confines 01 . a b o ut ~ . 'O l.Ol other on the threshold of time, 011 e tem pest s 00 1 plunged into the midst of earths d s 0 1 0 t ! • heave ne ti P' A' s tides, the other then approachine , " trand. The peaceful, even tenour of thi s ra° , i 'igour snatched to from strife, gave to her a a nd llely enter on the a terrible , Nv. Ilderor,,tesist/s 11,orb.i_o parted to him lines o a f z land beyond. Thberl,;rhetvevriesncae 150 offeecsvtlueli wth which Marie regarded her fricild I.,ar,,antiful illustrated in the author's choosing 61° w' " Ton =lt' In theonesse (3_9le.ie, in fat brillant, L t.u ac TO 4. $ g skill and superior intelligence are d P W an chara cters Fr i daughters, ait aud her family, Mrs. Thowese„; asarro; delineationet os:retihnedmwuaoibrelanidujoir de tv. v, t are life-like sketches of suPerclf eta A na fiance and. proud vulgarity. Their self-es'.er &sir s nceit was great in the extreme, and their 1 11°4. to am exalt themselves was proportiouate.•,.t . bat, bition consisted in depth, but not in belguof'dieir however fathomless might be the d e scetit s , i , E , s kics• cunning, r angel ladder for ,' o ve they sou gh t ~ no Ada 5 t It is an int • eies,ano• study to watch the etv el of their careers, the gnawing, restless OP ~ t _d o or tortured them by day and 'n'ight- ehevteit ( 011 4 meaalmrteine o neighbours were an instance of the " Ire talent" consume us," and all this exertion and to di s : expended for nothing: To found kingdoins,_. an o cover new worlds, to reinstate fallen natiloallever to govern empires on whose sway th° s' ii f e tiul e, sets, are glorious ends for the labour of a oicl a g e and worthy cdmpensations for a preulattlriativiiblort or an early death. There, are o ther, if I f 1 1 01 011 oqually-respected motives for the objects olli,enco; labour and the employment o f divine jut s 1 : 6 0 , 0 tn°, • but no criticism is too severe and ne 13.11g n il t i;se ~° 1 solemn. to denounce and reprobate the con the such conduct -as that above mentionekt, it to novelist is deserving of thanks who exhlol orflio notice in its true colours' and real enorulitY; 133irror Next-door Neighbours" is a novel that i hor s so' of real life in its light and darkness. I ri au r° ciety in its varying gradations and hur a r 3 r ota 3 l in its differing shades, with the interest 01 000 o it blends the higher and more lasting g B nch o val ue k philosophy and thought. Tilos() vvh4.4i, war- . attainments will ..PProciato and welconle w __--- .11,4NOVER - SQUAR E rt la st The Misses I‘l`..9.lpine gave their annual eol ce in d 0 evening. As on former occasions their 50 3 seaocaitf of hearing pleasing music artistically sung be to afford to their numerous patrons an, op port 3 _ the display of extraordinary vocalistic power ever r;3atbned,rinere law) teerrftae.loe. meeting In the duetto, Signor Schira expressly effectively illustrated the • ~ itha reception i apparently or t h m e o i‘ r i e ni soastep9ipnr:eitic,riAai a t i e bp ( i l yi LI ce, ; l i iih c i c e: fashionable reunions. n sed 11 • - " Sul sentier del piacer," eoMr° thef they belon g, mt ra e l st S happy and developed to peculiar advan , „, e . combination of taste, expression, entitled refinea c....,i, cutlon b I Jerat c i amon ,, . the e, dtstznguees of their profession. - 1 -' 1 ain s a e n v d e striking duett. was unanimously encore d ; ° t heir strict s‘lhool of art tatog:tot favourite r a ' r s lv them d ial de t .a o me p oc rAa yPe r , l hfitee'rlhtcui approbation.nu te n thts , seB'ye a sg i siavotrhelerl indisputably bbeyeiePvicdri c7 e u x Bl P 3 r rwishdsi o r nrc" ;lj o Ys: f sang 1:* ; ballanci‘insla,r.tihmiother artistes bein g , cia nor Ciabatta. The masterly performances of Mr. 1 3 " i ' l o ej. ' h e i i l r l o a nn Miranda, lent 1 hr.erTebarinl lainamnt,tiasasindami n oe 5. 0 : 0 0 133 t . ° : Richards o n the pianoforte, of Mr. F. Chatterton of „._ rha theharp, of Herr Deichniaun o n the violin, and ? -i t ; imstin on the trump ce et and ugel horn, contributol. r e i lnce the excellen of the fl evening's eutertaiunao e concert room was crow ded in every part. ...... STATE OF TfIE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL..I.:r, committee assembled yester da y for the furtherconSe atiun of their report, Mr. Roebuck in the c 1 1 3 " .• 140 0 expectation which was e ntertained in some (111' that this meeting would en able the committee finally t t° agree upon their report, was doomed to disappointgl% as at a quarter to 4 o'clock it was found necessary to a, , ljourn until Thursd a y next, at the usual hour O o'cleek, an d it is now believed that a few more ineetioki must take place ere a conclusion be Arrived at. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —There exists in society a numerous class of utilitarian philosophers, whose chief delight is to expa tiate upon the immense superiority of practice over theory, and to deride, as dreamers and speculators, the men of thought and premeditation, who deem a well devised plan the necessary precursor to successful action. " Away with your Aristotles and Dialectics," say they, "your Galvanis and Newtons ; give us the men who have laid the Electric Telegraph to the Crimea. We appreciate action, but what is the world better for all the fantastic dreams of your theorists and speculators ?" Now, sir, I confess I am one of those who have a sort of sneaking appreciation of the disparaged idealist, and am prone to estimate the unrewarded labours of the sage in his closet—that secret inspiration that genius alone can coeceive—above all the noisy performance of the executauts of his ideas ; pilfered (if not presented) to he converted into ingots ; and, for the simple reason, that the one appears as a Centennial and precious bloc coin, and that the other is as plentiful as summer leaves. We have had one Columbus, but a thousand circum navigators ; one Faust, or Guttenberg, and 10,000 journey:nen printers ; one Paxton, but how many Foxes and liendersons ? True, it may be answered, but these were practical' men also. Yes, but their design pre ceded the execution ; the theory was dwelt on, and well meditated, before the carrying out was organised or effected. The union of the two powers is essential to full success ; for the one is not more vain alone than the other is usually abortive. To persons constituted as above the new cry for "Ad ministrative Reform" is likely to prove an attractive one ; it has a spice of feasibility about it, and is spe fically pointed to a seemingly practical end. I hail it, as I do all reforms, and wish it full success. I tried to be present at its initiation, but the zeal of others anticipated me and fiiled the room. It is, there fore, that I venture some suggestions that may a id it s purposes directly, or, marching along like friendly armies in parallel lines, give mutual countenance and support, If a well-wisher attends a meeting, and (not being set down to speak) ventures to inquire, or suggest, that " Administrative" is but a branch, Of the great Reform family, and that to cure the rottenness in the bough it might be well to examine and prescribe for the root, those fiercely-practical zealots are down uppn him at once, as a disturber of the meeting, an enemy in disguise, PckllT,Wei9ri TOIU 'WOW' r -1 1 d" " u , o nustfe rom t e room. This was the fate of many a man during the railway mania, who ventured to question, the impeccability of Directors, whom the same rabid partisans, afterwards, when too late, were h ow li ng aga i nst in concert. Very ' few will choose to encounter this voluntarily, but as no meeting can be disturbed, nor anybody's zeal offended by a calm inquiry in print, of a corresponding nature, I take the liberty o f asking whether the Ministry or ie House of Commons are the more to blame for the evils complained of ? If the latter did its duty honourably and fearlessly could the former long outrage public opinion ? If a Prime Minister is guilty, he has Parlia ment for accomplices. If incompetent appointments are made they are sanctioned by the personal solicitations of members, and the corrupt chain is commenced and continued by the unfortunate requirements of hungry constituents. I am prowl to say of mine that not one among them ever sought this from me, and I bad no temptation to traffic my intlependence. To put "the right man in the right place," you must be,gin at the beginn in g ; and I unhesitatingly say, ge t the right men in the House of Commons, and you will soon have the right men in the Government, and in every office oftrust an d r es p onsibil ity, from th e Commanders of your fleets and armies, down to the humblest tidewaiter or gauger required, until ex cise and customs shall be no more. Shut men out of Parliament for that their rent-roll is not, plentiful ; make them buy their seats, even at the cost of liberal Marylebone ; give them a septennial lease of places corruptly obtained, with the power to shorten it for contumacy in Ministers' hands ; continue to do thip, and your babble for "Administrative Reform " will be a sounding brass. With rottenness at the core you cannot have health at the extremities. If our representative Oak be cankered lay the pruning knife to the root, as well as set about lopping the branches. The first might cure alone ; the latter never ! If you will consider this as introductory to what is to follow, that I may not make this letter too long, I will now conclude, by subscribing. myself, Your very obedient servant, SAMUEL CARTER. 3, Church-court, Temple, June 1855. THE SUN, LONDONDON S WEDNESDAY EVENIN (3, JUNE 13, 1855. ~',~ 1)r , At to 2 4 . , il, Do' tv, 11 tat ; th b, 1 , , . an I. k 14