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The Public are cautioned against purchasing imitative Publications commenced illegally before the Repeal of the Newspaper Stamp Bill came into operation, thereby defrauding the revenue, and taking an unfair advantage of legal newspapers. The PICTURE TIMES commenced with a determination to observe the law, and to give the Public the best Paper possible for TWOPENCE. Picture Times Office, 1, Crane-court, Fleet-street. June 29, 1855. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-Mr. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs friends and the public that his BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, 29th June, on which occasion will be revived the Comedy of THE BUSY BODY. Marolot (first time). Mr Buckstone ; Sir Francis Gripe, Mr. Chip pendale ; Sir Jealous Traffic, Mr. Rogers; Sir George Airy, Mr. Howe; Charles, Mr. W. Farren; Whisper, Mr. Clark: Miranda , (first time), Miss Reynolds ; Isabinda, Mrs. C. White ; Patch, Miss E. Chaplin. After which, the renowned SPANISH DANCERS, Senora Pena Nene, and Senor Marcos Diaz, and twelve unequalled i• panish Cory phies, will make their First Appearance since theirretar a n n tr d o o nl rig t i h n e a lr l provincial engagements. To which will be added (first time) an entirely New Faroe, entitled, MR. BUCKSTONR'S ADVENTURES with a POLISH PRINCESS, in which Mr. Backstone will sustain the Principal Character. To be followed by other Entertainments. Tickets, places, and private boxes to be had of Mr. Buckstone, No. 18, Sal Talk-street, Pall-mall ; and of Mr. Turpin, at the Box Office of the Theatre, from ten till five o'clock daily. ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY.LANE, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NORvIA, in which Madame Arga. Mdlle Mag ner, Signor Armandi, Mr Hamilton tiraham, &c., will appear. To be followed by the New Ballet M IRANDA. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d . ; sta ls, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; fo ur persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. TREA.TeE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. For the Benefit of Mr. BUCKSTONE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck- Stone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. Mr. Sims Reeves will sing a new song, entitled "The Hero's Medal." To be followed by a Ballet. After which, BUCKSTONE'S ADVENTURES WITH A POLISH PRINCESS. To conclade with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cnas.L.ze KLAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka- Viarine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed HELPING TIA.ND.S. Characters by Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Seloy, &c. ; Madame Celeste Mrs. Keeley, &c. Followed by FOREIGN AFFAIRS. To conclude with THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and 3.ta,nager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING. Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. To be followed by STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Mullen, and Mrs. Melfort. To conclude with POOR PILLICODDY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed OUR NELLY. Nelly Bell, Miss R. Isaacs ; Giles, Mr. W. Shalders. After which, CHERRY AND FAIR STAR. Principal character by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP . AITHEATRE. Levies and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Boundless Magnificence and Majestic Effect. Mr. William Cooke invites attention to that new gem of gorgeous briniancy and massive splendour, the Spectacle by J. H. Stocqueler, Esq. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippodramatic Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY ; or, the Brothers in Arms. Real armour, ponderous material, des .erate encounters in the Tour ney. Ring and stage combined in one ! After which those matchless entertainments invented and ar ranged by Mr. William Cooke, the AC IS in the CIRCLE. Box•oftlce open trom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, iun. HIGH WATER AT LOTrnON Tats DAv —Atorninc 5?. min.aftes 12 Evening2omin.aft. 1 ro-vtinay.ow Morr.ing 42 , uin.after 1 I Evening smin. aft. 2 17E V. 4 114THE13.-Bna 07FICII, June 29. MEW/ONETIME, IN THE SRAM 73 —Vzhest since noon yesteriay. 58 —lowest this morning and during the night. 74 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'10. WIND, E.—Rather fresh, with fine warm weather. 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A very important interrogatory will this even ing be exhibited to the Representative of Great Britain at the late Conferences at Vienna. Sir J. WALSH has given notice that he will ask the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was correct, as stated in a recent despatch of Count Buol, that the Noble Lord and the French Ambassador showed them selves deCidedly in favour of the Austrian proposition in regard to the Third Point, and undertook to recom mend the same to their respective Governments ? When the duplicity and insincerity of Austria has attracted so large a proportion of public attention --when her attempts to put forward plausible ex cuses for the palpable evasion of her deliberate and solemn engagements—have so greatly excited contempt and indignation, and materially influenced the popular mind, it should be ascertained beyond the possibility of doubt whether she received any, and what, encouragement from the Plenipotentia ries of the Western Powers, and whether she was induced to believethat the propositions, which have since been unconditionally rejected, would have been favourably received and acted on by the Cabinets of Paris and London. Many people declare, and with much apparent reason, that Austria put for ward a proposition which she well knew could not be accept e d by the Allies, me re l y as a pl aus ibl e excuse for evading the solemn obligations into which she had entered. Although we do not consider that a ny declarations of Lord JOHN RUSSELL) exceed ing the limits of his instructions, could be regarded as a justification fcr Austria, it is still right that authentic information should be obtained as to the real state of the facts, which, although they may not serve as an apology for Austria, may furnish abundant reasons for regretting the selection of Lord Jorrrr RUSSELL for he mission to Vienna, and for his following the course adopted by M. DROITYN DX L'Huys_ of retiring for a time from the public service. If a change has occurred in the Ministerial mind-- if tL l ey are determined now to reject any terms but those which, in the opinion of the country, will lead to an honourable and permanent peace—. it is fitting that the country should know when that salutary alteration of sentiment took place, and whether it is participated in by the Noble Secretary for the Colunies. We trust, then, that the Noble Lord will return a full, distinct, and unequivocal answer to the important question, and with the manliness of character for which he was once remarkable, dis dain to shelter himself under any diplomatic sub terfuges or quibbling evasions. A direct and positive assertion, very damaging to the reputa tion of the Noble Lord, has been advisedly put forward byCount &cm, and if unfounded there can be no possible reason why he should rest patiently under the erroneous but damaging imputation ; while, on the other hand, if it be too true—if he has indeed so far yielded to the blandishments of a pretended friend, he should candidly avow his mistake, and retract, or at least attempt to justify, the views in which his colleagues do not par ticipate. It is said that Lord RAGLAN has at length re cognised the necessity of giving place to a younger and more vigorous Commander in the Crimea, and that he has anticipated his probable recall by a voluntary resignation. It would have been well for the British nation had the Noble and Gallant Lord—for that he is brave and gallant is beyond the possibility of doubt or dispute—earlier learned this painful but salutary lesson. We might have been spared many deplorable calamities, and thou sands of gallant men might have still survived to their friends and country but for the undue de ference exhibited towards one connected with the highest branches of the aristocracy. General Snu sox will, it is said, be his successor. We hope that the Gallant General will justify the selection, and the high eulogiums pronounced in Parliament on his military experience and judgment. Should these prove well-merited it will indeed be a fortunate change for the country, and we shall at length have the intense gratification of seeing "the right man in the right place "—the most important place, too, under existing circumstances. The deaths of Brigadier-General ESTOOURT, and Captain LYONS, of the Miranda, who so greatly distinguished himself in the command of the expe dition to the Sea of Azoff, will be deeply lamented by all classes throughout the length and breadth of the land. The gallant General, who held the position of Adjutant-General to the forces in the Crimea, fell a victim to cholera, that fell scourge, which spares neither peer nor peasant, general nor private soldier. Captain LYONS perished from the effects of a neglected wound in his leg, ' received while in the performance of his arduous duties. The nation has thus lost one of its most efficient and valuable officers, in the very prime of life, one who had on many occasions proved him self the worthy son of a distinguished sire, and gave every possible promise of achieving the high est honours in the national service. Sir E. LYONS' merits, and the loss of a son, will receive the highest commiseration and sympathy of his fel low-subjects. It is hard at any time to lose a son— but to lose such a son—at the very moment, too, of his most brilliant triumph. It is, indeed, an un speakable calamity, the magnitude of which it is almost impossible to duly estimate. Another event of no ordinary importance has also occurred, which will excite a deep sensation in every English heart. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE —the heroine of Scutari—she who voluntarily relinquished an enviable position, accompanied with all the comforts and luxuries which wealth and station could bestow, for the purpose of alle viating the pains and abridging the privations of suffering humanity, has been compelled to return home to seek the restoration of the health for feited, but we trust not irrevocably, in her glorious efforts. She has, indeed, won undying fame, and her name will ever be hailed with enthusiasm, not only by those who owe their very lives to her beneficent labours, but by all who can appreciate the highest virtues be longing to a truly Christian lady. The War is now to be waged in earnest. We no longer look to diplomacy. The pen must give place to the sword, and we must so far humble Russia in the field that she will be com- pelled honestly to relinquish, and to giv e ample material guarantees against the resumption of the aggressive policy which she has so long maintained at the expense of her unfortunate neighbours. The subservience of the German States proves how much more serious was the danger than was generally supposed ; and in proportion to the severity of the disease must be the stringency of the remedies which can alone prove effectual, or produce a permanent and lasting cure. The fatuity of the aristocratic member for Middlesex, in relation to his execrable Sunday Trading Bill, is really pitiable. The monster de monstration of Sunday last has not convinced him of the unpopularity and impolicy of the measure, nor the plain palpable facts of the case, and the incontrovertible arguments based on them by the press of its injustice. He will not be persuaded though one should rise from the dead. The noble lord is Well-meaning and by no means a SOLOMON, and the Pharisees of the Metropolis have got hold of him. It should excite no surprise if, under such circumstances, he is impervious to reason and the claims of mercy, and longs for the ho nours of martyrdom when they are to be had so cheap. He will go on with the bill. The meeting in Hyde Park, in his opinion, con sisted of hoaxers and hoaxees. The great body of the people were deceived. It was not his bill, but an imaginary one, paraded about on a pla card, that excited their indignation and drew them together. Yes ; the forty thousand people present did not understand his measure—laboured, in fact, under the most erroneous impressions about it, and all owing to the wilful misrepresen tations of designing men. It was not, as they said, a " bill to put down newspaper 3, shaving, smoking, eating, and drinking, and all kinds of recreation for body and mind at present enjoyed by poor people." No, not by any means ! Yet his Lordship admits it was a bill to prevent the sale of newspapers after 10 o'clock, or during the time when they were generally sold, to prohibit shaving after the same hour, or before the over wrought labourer has risen from his hardly-earned sleep and had time to visit the barber's. A bill to shut up tobacconists' shops at the same period, with a chance, to be sure, of a clause ex tending to them the hours of beerhousea, and a certainty that without money previously in hand, and forethought, the poor will have to go without a whiff until night. A bill to prevent thesale in ordi nary shops of raw food after nine o'clock—an hour when thousands have not earned the means to purchase their breakfasts, much less their day's food, and thousands on thousands more have not raised their weary eyes to the day's light, and, consequently, have not had the opportunity to purchase the materials for their Sunday dinner. A. bill that, where the ability to purchase meat on th e previous day exists, will, owing to the con fined dwellings of the poor, render that meat un wholek iome. Really to understand his own bill THE SUM LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1 15; The exquisite nature of his Lordship's perceptions, and the fulness of his know ledge, are further perceptible in the distinc tion he evidently draws between shutting up shops and shutting up the coach-houses of the rich. He cannot see any analogy between compelling the poor shopman to refrain from labour on the Sun day and prohibiting the owner of a carriage from employing his coachmen, footmen, and grooms at their usual work on that day also. Nor can he see that, if the latter were done railway travelling and the plying of omnibuses would still have independent grounds of defence, since in the one case half-a-dozen will minister to the laziness of one, and in the other a similar number to the health and recreation of thousands. Even the case of the Clubs, those great private hotels, does not convince him of the injustice of his bill. His reply is—let them continue—why should he touch them when he leaves the poor their houses for food and refreshment ? A 3 though there would be no Beer Bill on the back of the intended ma ea - sure, and food and wine of all sorts could not be had at the Clubs on a Sunday at any hour, and as though the " houses fur food and refreshment for the poor" were not in the majority of cases a delu sion. Nothing will enlighten, nothing will con vince his Lordship ; he will see nothing and believe nothing but what his Pharasaic friends have shown and taught him. The public must take care that no individual member of either House of Parliament shall be able to plead ignorance of their wishes, or if facts and arguments can move him, lend his counte nance to this atrocious bill. STANZAS. ORIGINAL. I look on the chestnut blossom As it points to the cloudless sky, On the daisy's golden bosom, And the hyacinth's deep-blue eye. I see the lime-tree flinging Its delicate green arms out, The fragrant sweet-briar springing, And the woodbine running about ; The lilac hiding the paling With clusters of purple and white, And the graceful laburnum trailing Its tresses of radiant light. But for me the garlanded bowers Have lost their rainbow hue-- I look on the fields and flo wers,• But not as I used to do. I hear the blackbird telling His love tale to his mate, And the merry skylark swelling The choir at " heaven's gate." The cuckoo, away in the thicket, Is giving his two old notes, And the pet doves hung by the wicket Are talking with ruffled throats. The honey-bee hums as he lingers Where shadows of clover-heads fall, And the wind, with leaf-tipped fingers, Is playing in concert with all. I know the music that gushes Is melody, sweet and true ; And I listen to zephyrs and thrushes, Bat not as I used to do. I hear the bird-boy's rattle Chime in with the cawing rook, I hear the low of the cattle, And the plash of the rippling brook. I hear the shepherd singing, And the bleat of the frisking lamb, I hear the loud flail swinging, And the barn-door's creaking slain. I hear the swallows darting, Like arrows, in chase of the fly, And the tawny leveret starting At play in the copse just by. I hear the broad flags quiver Where the wind and tide rush through ; I listen to mill-wheel and river, But not-as I used to do. No more can my footsteps wander Through woodlands, loved and dear ; I gaze ou the hill-tops yowler Through the mist of a hopeless tear. My spirit is worn and weary With waiting for Health and Rest ; My long, long night is dreary, And my summer day unblest. My suffering darkens the noonlight, My anguish embitters the balm, My loneliness weeps in the moonlight And sighs in the evening calm. Oh ! Suffering's mournful story Must be wof ally long and true, When it finds me noting God's glory, But not as I used to do. ELlza COOK. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OP INDIA. Viscount Canning has been appointed Governor- General of India in the place of the Marquis of Dalhousie, who returns home. It is a singular fact, in connection with this appointment, that George Canning, the father of the new Governor-General, when acting as Foreign Secretary, was about to proceed to India in a similar capacity. The arrangement, however, did not take effect, and thus it was he remained in England to die at his post in the more brilliant position of Prime Minister. Charles John Canning, the new Governor of India, is the second son of the Ri g ht H on. G eorge Canning, by the third daughter of Major-General John Scott, of Bal comie, Fifeshire. He was born at Gloucester-lodge, Brompton, in 1812, and he married in 1835 the eldest daughter and co-heir of the first Lord Stuart de Rothesay. The new Governor-General highly distinguished him self during his university career. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1833 we find that he took first-class in classics and second-class in mathematics. He filled the office of Under-Secretary of State from 1841 to 1846 In the latter year he was appointed to the Chief Commissionership of Woods and Forests. He was appointed to the Postmaster-Generalship in 1853, with a salary of 2,5001. It is scarcely, perhaps, neces sary to obs erve t h at the noble viscount sat for Warwick shire from the year 1836 to 1837. ANOTHER CAS l: FOR ADVINIST.RATIVI REFORMERS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sra,—Perhaps it may b e worth Mr. Lindsay's while just en passant to inquire regarding the despatch of the Oneida, Government transport—how long after the time officers were directed to be at Liverpool did she arrive there ?—how long she was detained at Glasgow after her time, and afterwards at Liverpool, and what was the cause thereof ? ONE WHO HAD FRIENDS ON BOARD. London, Juno 28. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Don Pasqual e was per f ormed last night for the first time this season. The opera is familiar to all musical people, and there was nothing new in the performance ; but the interest of the per formance lay in its being precisely what it used to be of old—the dramatis personce now, as then, being made up of that unriv a ll e d quar t e tt o , Grisi, M ar i o , Tamburini, and Lablache. They were as animated and delightful as ever, and kept the crowded house in a state of hilarity from the beginning to the end of the piece. Thera is little vocal display in this opera ; the action is carried on with great spirit by means of concerted music, and with the exception of the famous serenade " Com' b gentil," there is not an air which the audience ever think of encoring. But these concerted pieces, particularly the trio in the first and the quartet in the second act, are among the most beautiful things that Donizetti ever wrote, and they were sung with a verve, a, warmth, a dramatic fire and spirit, which could not be surpassed. As thus represented, Don Pasquale is one of the gayest and pleasantest of musical comedies, and will doubtless continue a principal attraction till the end of the season. THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.—A bill brought from the Lords (June 25) enables the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and purchase land on behalf of her Majesty and her heirs in right of the said' duchy. his Lordship knows little about it, and to be de ceived the masses have gone wonderfully near the mark respecting it. But no, says his Lordship, the public-houses and coffee-houses will be open to those who may miss the opportunity to purchase for the day. The utter ignorance of the condi tion of the masses here revealed is positively startling. Fancy the multitudinous army of London labourers, with their wives and children, thronging to their boxes at the coffee and public houses, each of the latter with a halfpenny in its mouth, of course for the waiter. clamittion permitting smoking in the streets, which was hitherto prohibited. THE PRINCIPALT TIES. The Austrian army in the Principalities is suffer ing from those climatic influences which this time last year afforded PriNce Gortschakoff a decent excuse for withdrawing his army from before Silis tria. Intermittent fevers prevail at Ibrail, Galatz, and all the towns on the Danube. It has been found necessary to remove a considerable number of the Austrian regiments to the Carpathian high lands and Little Wallachia. An Austrian corps of 3,000 men will be retained at Bucharest. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 29, 1.30 A. m. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him :—. The French and English are proceeding with their approaches against the enemy's works, and are erecting new batteries, to be armed with heavy guns. The enemy continues to repair the damage done during the last attack. Very little fire on their part. We retain possession of the round Russian fori in the Cemetery, whence they were driven out on the 18th, and the MaMelon, at the gorge of the valley which divides the English Left Attack from the right of the South Harbour. Intelligence has, it is said, been received by the telegraph, reporting the illness and resigna tion of Lord Raglan, and also that General Sir George Brown is suffering from dysentery. Authentic advices from Vienna state that there is no foundation whatever for the statement pub- lished in several German papers, that new pro. posals of peace have reached that capital from St, Petersburg. HELIGOLAND, JUNE 27. The Ovation, screw styam-ship, sailed lasi night with three companies of legionaries, num. bering 260 men, for Dover. To-day the Ham. burg King sails with 240 more. V lENNA, JUNE 28, 9 A.M. The official Weiner Zeitung announces the dis missal of the reserves of the third and fourth armies. DANTZIC, JUNE 29. The Vulture has arrived with the mails. The fleet is off Cronstadt. Forty-six infernal machines have been dis covered and destroyed. One of them exploded on the poop of the Exmouth. Admiral Seymour and Captain Louis, who were examining it at the time, were severely injured. Lieutenant Pierce was slightly injured. The Vulture met Admiral Baynes'i squadron somewhere near Nargen Island, THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 28. The steamer Bombay arrived here this day a 2 o'clock p.m., in 44 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 22. The India and China mails leave Alexandria this day with advicos from Calcutta, May 19 ; Madras, 24 ; Bombay, 27 ; Shanghai, 4 ; Hong Kong, 10 ; Canton, 8. There is nothing new from India. Trade was inactive. Money market tight and freights fall ing. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. lid. Famine prevailed in many parts of China. The rebels had taken some towns, and the im , perialist3 had gained several battles. Exchange at Shanghai, 6.3. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " BERLIN, 7 - th-ST. PETERSBURG, 27th.—The Grand Duke Nicholas, after having inspected the fortresses of Helsingfors, has taken the road towards St. Petersburg, to visit Revel, Riga, and Duna borg." "VIENNA, 28th.—The Iftfoniteur contains a decree in which the Emperor expresses the satisfaction he feels at being able to send to their homes the re serves which had been called out in order to com plete the 3d and 4th corps d'armee on a war footing." The Emperor honoured the Grand Opera with his presence last evening, to witness the 7th repre sentation of the Vepres Siciliennes. Count de Chreptowitch, the Russian Minister at Brussels, has left that city for Poland, where the greater part of his property is situated. He will be absent from Belgium about three months. The Count de Flandre, second son of the King of the Belgians, left Brussels on Tuesday for Ghent, to be present at the races and fetes which are now going on there. On the day of his arrival a grand dinner of 120 covers was given to him in the theatre, at which all the principal persons of the town and neighbourhood were present. There was a review yesterday, held. by the Em peror in the Place Carroussel, of troops going to the Crimea. Reinforcements to the extent of 50,000 men will be sent out shortly. It is reported that General Niel, of the Engi neers, and many other superior officers, were op posed to the late attack on the Malaikhoff Tower, because the troops would be compelled to march 600 metres, exposed, without any protection, to a crushing fire of cannon. General l'elissier, it is said, took upon himself the responsibility of making the assault, against the opinion of a council of war. BOURSE, JUNE 28.—CLOSING PRI CES. Cash. fr . e. End of Month. 4i per a, Lt. 92 30 —f. —o. 3 per eel ltl 1 66 20 66 40 Credit 1110 l oilier 957 50 Roman • Credit F'oiicier — Austrian Belgian I 'ives — Spanish Threes Piedmont sae — Home Debt RAILWAYS-nR CASH. fr. c. , Ir. C. Orleans Western 760 Rouen Cott() Mediterrant nln 1217 50 Havre 642 50 Northern ... RUSSIA. ST. PED mSBURG, June 19.—The Journal of the Ministry aj the Interior gives some particulars now for the fir:slt time of an event that occurred more than three months ago at Moscow, which caused great cons ti 3rnation at the time, in connection with the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The celebrated great bell " Reni," suspended in the tower of St. Limn, in t he Kremlin, whilst being tolled for the Czar, fell, in consequence of the iron supporters giving way •, and broke through no less than three separate si ;preys of vaults, killing five persons on the spot, R ?hilst five were wounded severely and four slighely. The accident made a deep impres sion at the. time on the minds of the superstitious Russians, 1 vho regarded it as a direct visitation from Hem en in condemnation of the war under• taken by t he Emperor ; and processions were made, fasts instil Muted, and candles burned to the Panagia, or Holy I Tirgin, to appease the wrath of Heaven. The bell is probably the largest in the world, weighing no less than 2,000 poods, or 80,000 lbs. After 3 to Lonths' incessant labour it has been swung again. __ - The Navy Journal of this day publishes a string of pros notions and appointments mostly at Cron stadt. The:Grand D u k e C ons t an ti n e has the com mand c If the whole fleet, Rear-Admiral Schanz to steam 'division, Rear-Admiral Tyrannoff to the squad' nof line-of-battle ships, and hoists his flag in the I ;t. George the Victorious. Rear-Admiral Lutkoth ,ky is appointed to the command of the gun-boi t flotilla to the north of Cronstadt, between Lisi-Nos. ,e and the coast of Kotlin ; whilst Rear- Admiral Baron Rosen commands the division on the sout h side of the island. j The c holera has broken out at Warsaw, in con ! sequeno eof which the governor has issued a pro, PIEDMONT. Monsignor Franzoni, Archbishop of Turin, ex iled for seditions practices in Piedmont, has trans mitted from Lyons an incendiary notification to the clergy and religious orders in his diocese. Affirm ing that the new law is null and void, and that its execution would be robbery and sacrilege, he ad vises the monks to bar the gates of the convents, and yield nothing except to main force. Canons of collegiate foundations are not to give up their benefices, but if driven from them may accept the pension which the now law provides. The object of the prelate is evidently to provide scandalous scenes which may act on the religious passions of the ignorant. ITALY. TURIN, June 23.—An ordinary despatch from General La Marmora, dated head-quarters, Kadi koi, June 11, reports the number of cases of cholera from the 13th of May to the Bth inst. to have been 869, of which 383 had been fatal, 37 been cured, and 449 remained in hospital. This despatch contains some details of the death of the General's brother, from which it appears that he was attacked with cholera on the morning of the faith in the camp at Kamara, from whence he was transported to head-quarters, where, notwith standing the most diligent care, he succumbed after a struggle of 48 hours, at half-past 1 on the morning of the 7th. From the nature of the dis ease his remains were buried the same day, on the field of the Battle of Balaklava. On tins occasion the Sardinian Commander-in-Chief issued the fol lowing order of the day : "General Alexander La Marmara, commanding the 2d Division, died last night. Fidelity to his Sovereign, love for his country, indefatigableness for the interests of the army, were the virtues which distinguished his long military career. "Immense is the grief I feel for such a loss. You all, lam sure, share it with me. But to give way under present circumstances would be a crime. "For my part, I support the great responsibility which the Sovereign has deigned to conßde to me, and redoubling, all of our courage, providence, and per severance, with the Divine aid, we will surmount the malady which causes such cruel losses ; and we shall be ready to co-operate with our brave allies in the fatiguing operations about to be undertaken. " ALFONSO LA MARMORA." WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal West India mail-packet Atrato, Capt. Woolley (Admiralty agent, Lieut. Poole, R.N.), from the West Indies, &c., arrived at Southamp ton yesterday. Her dates of sailing are—Chagres, June 8 ; Car thagena, June 10 ; Jamaica, June 10 ; Demerara, June 9 ; Trinidad, June 9 ; Barbadoes, June 11 ; Antigua, June 14; Martinique, June 13; Grenada, June 12 ; St. Thomas, June 15 ; La Guayra, June 9. The Atrato brings 104 first-class passengers, among whom are—Lieut. Richardson, Capt. Clark, Hon. C. Berkly, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Le Caze and family, General Delve and servant, Count Simon, Mr. and two Misses Rothschild, Mr. Buen, Mr. and Mrs. Jandon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Belewzey and family, Mrs. Bridges and family, Mrs. Col. D'Arcey, Mr. and Mrs. Row and family, Dr. Tweaddele, R.N., Don Jose Alverado, Marquis de Gourgault, Mr. and Mrs. Joncheere, Mr. and Mrs. Espinosa, Mr. and Mrs. Levi and family, Mr. and Mrs. Francis and family, Rev. T. RI dley-, Rev. J. Lowe, Mr. King, Mr. List, Miss Jermeteau, Mr. Ainsvorth, Mr. Miles, Mr. Fyfe, Mr. Garraway, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Hugo, 36th Regt., &c. The freight on hoard includes 538,361 dols. ; gold dust, 315,663 dols. ; silver, 222,698 dols. ; platina and palta pina, 19,139 dols. The Ati•ato brings no news or mails from Mexico. Jamaica continues healthy ; the island has been visited by vary heavy rains, which has done great injury to the sugar crops in some districts. Porto Rico has been visited by the yellow fever, 12 per cent. of the troops have been attacked ; also second general in command, with his family, were suffering from the fever when the packet left. The weather at St. Thomas's has been unusually hot and sultry, and the yellow fever spreading very much amongst the s hippi rig; there are 3 merchant ves sels in the harbour that have lost all their crews by fever. The Royal Mail Steam Packet, Wye, has been visited with fever ; the Ist, 2d, and 4th officers have been attacked, but are recovering ; the chief engineer is in a very precarious state, and Mr. Bidwell, purser, had died after a short illness. The chiet engineer of the Eagle is dead ; this is the second chief engineer that has died from the Eagle in a very short time. A hurricane is expected at the Weat Indies. The allied squadron destined for the attack of Petropaulovski had, it appears, nearly completed its concentration at the Sandwich Islands, and would consist of fifteen English and French ships, including four steamers. The English and French Admirals are bo th young men for their rank, and are reported to be . quite up to their work—in fact, made of very differ 'ent materials to those of the commanders in th‘o last attack, who, by the ac count of the officers engaged in the expedition, were neither more nor less than a couple of old women. 'lt appears from letters recently received from some Russian offiaers in Petropaulovski, that the place was on the point of surrendering when the Allied squadron retired. The frigate Aurora, by the latest accounts, was in that port ; but it is• expected she would have taken an early oppor tunity of retiring to the fortified river of Amour, where the Russians are reported to have assembled a body of some 7,000 men for its defence. It is probable, however, that the Allied squadrons will; after destroying Petropaulovski, next direct their attention to Sitka, another accessible point. In Peru affairs continued quiet, with a good prospect of a very improved state of affairs under the administration of General Castilla's govern ment. The citsv of Lima had been lighted with gas, and a railwasr destined to unite the port of Arica with the imp ortant city of Tacna is now more than half completed. Her Majesty's steatl - sloop Buzzard was at Santa Martha on May 28, and expected to go from thence to Grey Town. MOVEMENTS OF HER MAJE3TY'S SHIPS • Jun 0 10 : her Majesty's ships Termagant, with Commo dore Henderson's pendant, Darirrg, and krab, at anchor at Port Royal ' • June 15, left royal mail steam-packets Wye, Clyde, and Eagle, at St. Thomas's ; Conway, in the Gulf of Mexico ; Tevi o t, Spanish Main ; Prince, Belize ; D.ie, left St. Thomas's on June 9 for England. June 20, exchanged colours with American bark, Dr. Franklin, lat. 32 2 N. ion. 49.43 W. ; , June 26, exchanged colours with the English barque Courier, 'from Ceylon to London, lat. 47.53 N., lon. 16.29 W. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. JAMAICA, June' 10. The general feature of trade since our last issue, says De Cordova, has been its dullness. Halifax exports f‘a,.. - . poured in, and we despair of our remarks . teaching ex porters of fish cargoes to this island anything like pru dence. One-half the quantity sent us would amply supply our daily decreasing wants. Breadstuffs look better, and the demand is moderate, but an excess of supplies will again throw down our prices without re ference to what may rule in England or America. Alewives are in large supply, and held at 18-4. Butter—lrish, all at market, say about 500 firkins, has changed hands at 13d. .A higher rate is now de manded. No American and Halifax, of prime quality, at market. Brandy—Small sales at 18s to 18s 6d. The market is very heavily supplied, and there is very little inquiry for the article. Cheese Double Gloucester at Is.. Candles—Very dull, and in excesoive supply. A small parcel was sold at public sale at 9d. Codfish—Four cargoes now in first hands unsold, be sides large quantities in second hands. The two cargoes which were noted on the 11th ult. as baying been sold at 18s., in tierces, were hrou!..cht forward at auctions during the last fortnight, and sold at from 34;. to 60s. per tierce—such was the great deterioration in quality during the brief period since their receipt, arising from some serious defect in the curing of the fish. Flour—A lot of 300 brls, sold at 51s. 6d. to 525., since which a better feeling is apparent. and 250 brls. sold at 535., and that figure is firmly refused for seyoral lots. Freights—Tonnage is quite ample, and there are seve ral vessels wanting charters. Lard —Sales of small iron bound kegs at Bid. to arrive. Rum is held at 3s. Soap is in enormous supply, with little demand. Sugar—A parcel of middling sold at 15s. 6d. per 100 lbe. Exchanges on London : 90 days, 3 / 4 per cent. premiuM; 60 days, 1 per cent, premium ; 30 days, Ifr per cent.. premium. LIVEIIPOOT, Dom RATES AND DUTIES.-At the usual 1 meeting of the Liverpool Dock Committee yesterday it the receipts on account of An amateur performance is to take place at Bridge- was stated. .,, rates and duties of the Liverpool Docks for the financial water House on Friday evening, July 13, in aid of the that, comparing year ending the 24th inst., there was a decrease to the Hospital for Convalescents at Walton-on-Thames which, tent of 39,2501. 14s, 7d., as compared with the pre owing to the bankruptcy of Messrs. Stralian, Pa ul d 7 , an 8 •• Co., is totally destitute of funds. i rvioN o year. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. No. IV. ELECTION EXPENSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlP.,—There s•mie show of in one defence made for rotten boroughs, t',at they f,i,vourecl the entrance it,to Parliament of young men of talent without family it,fluence, or the means of contesting (as things went) the larger constituencies. But the basis of this and similar arguments is the fallacy that large pecuniary outlay is indispensable to a candidate for the senate. It may be an usage, but it is not a necessity, and the sooner it is de monstrated and put an end to the better. In contemplating a task the first thing to be ascer tained is, whether the apparent obstacles are insuper able, or capable of removal. To be the former they must possess some natural attribute or law, and it this does not appear, with proper exertion there is good hope of success. Joint-stock companies and associations are models of society in miniature. Their object is to bring combined action to do what single efforts would never accomplish. This will be the task of the Administrative Reform Association if it intends to succeed. It has certain pro fessed objects in view. By what means are they to be carried into effect I Are the impediments occasioned by any natural or physical law, or are they the spawn of routine, selfishness, and mistaken policy ? If the hasosiAtion only succeed by its inquiries and inductions in producing a temporary amendment to silence popular clamour, and not establishing a machinery by which the reform might go steadily on, it would not be worth the value of its first year's subscrip tion ; for, unlike the Anti-Corn-Law League, it is not directed to the repeal of one or more obnoxious statutes, which, when attained, success is accomplished ; but it has to build up as well as cut down, and the result of its labours should be to leave in action a power by which its designs may be perpetuated. They cannot create an Ephori, nor establish a censor ship ; they cannot set up tribunes, imperium in imperio, for that would be an usurpation ; but they can bend their efforts to make an existing recognised power in the state a real representation of a great and united nation— the key, the mainspring, and fulcrum of combined har monious action. Let them do this and their labours will be glorious, and to pave the way they cannot (io a more acceptable service than promote the means of inexpensive elections. I am told that the late contest for Marylebone (with out bribery) cost Lord Ebrington 5,0001., and Jacob Bell quite as much ! Is not this monstrous ? Can such be called a delega tion of an important trust, requiring devotion, labour, and efficiency, or is it the purchase of an opportunity for personal advancement ? If it be made the latter, no constituency can have a right to complain who make their representation such a costly luxury. If, instead of 5,0001., I could be elected for Maryle bone, or any other constituency in the kingdom, for as many shillings, I would not have it at the price. No doubt with large bodies like the metropolitan con stituencies, under the present system of canvassing and electioneering, there is necessarily a considerable expen diture, without the least impure practice on the part of the electors, simply to bring them acquainted with the aspiring candidate. For instance, at Marylebone the hire of public rooms alone, for the purpose of addressing the electors of the several districts, amounted to a large sum, independent of paid agents and canvassers. The latter might be well dispensed with (if the people would take it in hand), but there must he some means of seeing and hearing in order to judge ; for it may so happen that the least-known candidate may be infinitely the most deserving. ' How is this difficulty to be met ? I am afraid of re lying upon mutual forbearar.ce, yet this the Association proposes, when it asks constituents not to solicit mem bers, and the latter not to " darken Mr. Hayter's doors." If it can be done in that case it can in others, and I know not how talent and integrity is t 3 have fair play if a large outlay cannot be avoided. It may be said this is one of the natural advantages wealth cannot be deprived of, just as to ride in a coach while merit walks in the mud ; to live in a fine house while talent inhabits a garret ; and to enjoy all the com forts of a plentiful estate—which I would not deprive them of. But the point is, while giving wealth all its private rights and advantages, in the public service to counteract if possible any undue advantage, so as not to exclude poor merit from all competition. Let constituencies invite the comparison of candidates, as congregations in want of a pastor. Give them a meet ing and an opportunity to address them, and afford themselves means of judging who is worthy of their support. The effect, at present, is, that where a man is not known or introduced, he thinks it vain to appear ; while some wealthy noodle, equally unknown, swoops upon a vacant borough—sends for a leading attorney, whom he retains with others, and is at once provided with in troduction, committee, proposers, and—a seat ; with all its baleful consequences to the nation. Of late we have had a few vacancies, and I select them as illustrations merely because they have occurred. The last was Bath, a large, important place, vacated by Mr. Phinn. He being a native, and otherwise known, at the general electio❑ was returned ; but retiring I-ft no one in similar circumstances to succeec4 him. The interval is often des , gaedly short, as at Liskeard and Devouport ; aGovernment candidate travelling with the writ, or carrying the news of the vacancy which he offers to fill, and we all know the advantage of a good start. Bath had therefore to seek—or be sought—by a stranger ; and then the process is—a Conservative Churchman being already in the field, some Dissenting admirers think of a Culling Ea , dley, or some other favourite saint to oppose him, and a negotiation is opened for the purpose. It fails, and now the vice-chairman of a new and popular association comes down as a volun teer, clothed with fall the influence of his official capacity. What an outcry would have been heard bad I, or any other person of reform principles, started as an indepen dent candidate—what a roar of dividing the liberal in terest, fighting the battle of the enemy, &c., Zte., would base been raised ; and yet, what allegiance is due or broken ? As the Irish member sada of posterity, the intruder might exclaim, " What has the liberal interest done for me that I should retire," as if, otherwiSe, the sun of England would set for ever, or the British lion expire in convulsions ?—the eyes of the world being always fixed, of course, on that most important struggle. It was a tight contest without this ; it would have been a Tite defeat with it. Apply this to Canterbury, Hull, Windsor, Devon port, Norwich, and other places, and you will find the same tune with variations, Ex umo disce omnes. For myself, I have often thought that, with courage an,l self-reliance, much might be done by one's own exertions, and at least an opportunity given to the great bulk of a constituency, who are quite free from the job bery and the corruption, when there is any, to exercise a choice rather more extensive than Hob3on's. If an occasion , cr necessity shall arise I will some day set the example. The mass of the electoral corps are as much the victims of the system as any one. They are not bribed, for you cannot purchase legion (it is always a small clique who get the money and the places) ; and they must either vote for the led candidate or not at all, being much in the condition of little children, who are to "open their mouths and shut their eyes, and see what God will send them." Let an independent and competent man go down to a constituency, proclaim himself through the press, issue addresses, and if he cannot get rooms, meet in the open f air, as th ey a l most always do at the nomination, and deserving he is certain to attract supporters enough to float, if no t t o return him, and thus, fighting his b att l e cheaply, with none but the bare legal expenses (whi c h t h e public ought to Ray), and a few d an handbills (particularly with short Parliaments , extended suffrage), money competition would soon beaten down. .Like Pyrrhus their victories would ruin be them. Depend upon it there is nothing like healthful competition, an d none are more Interes ted than electors themselves. They should encourage deserving applicants_in terested for their su ff rages, and despite t h e p at ty cries of rivals. If they would be well served, elections must be free. Better would it be for them to subscribe for the purpose of meeting unavoidable expenses than wake the blind choices they are driven to. Tney ought to pay their re presentative, as the old constitulion prescribed, and until they do let them cease to tax him. If Parliamentary labour is an honour worth paying for, why then do Ministers of Sta'se receive salarids ? Surely as the distinction is greater, and the power more considerable, their posts, on similar princ:ples, should be a source of revenue to the country they serve. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " SAMUEL CARTER. Church -court, Temple, June 24, 1855. COWES, ISLE OF WIG LlP.—June 28. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ArrivaIs — June 23. Aurora, cutter, Le Merchant Thonia4, Esq., from .St. Helen's. 24. Dream, yawl; Geo. Bentinck, E• 9., iGuernsey. 25. Stormfinch, schooner, Colonel Bowers , Weymouth and Southampton • Mernie, cutter, Lord Vivian, Falmouth. 25. Alarm, schooner, J. Wild, rsq., Lymington. 26. Gipsy Queen, schoor.er, Sir a 11. Hoghton, Bart., Torquay. 27. Julia, cutter, Captain W. Peareth, Guernsey. 28. Cecilia, schooner, Marquis of Conyngharn, Cowes harbour. Sailings — June 25. Stainfinch, schooner, Colonel Bowers, for Ramsgate. 27. Sultana, yawl,.Lord Colville, Guernsey. Yachts :at and about the Station—Resolution , Titania, Leda, Gipsy Queen, Brilliant, Alarm, Caprice , S p ider, Dream,Alemie. Yachts fitting out in Cowe s Harbour— Zara schooner, Lily of Test schooner, Min x y awl. CORONATION DAY.—This day has, as usual,been kept as a holiday. All the shops and building-yards are closed, and royal salutes were fired at noon, N ine steamers plyed between Southampton, Cowes, and Ports mouth, Two large steamers, crammed with pleasure seekers, steamed round the island ; and the Medina took a large party to Weymouth. Every horse and carr i age was also put in requisition ; and the war, the times, and the taxes for this day have been forgotten. The report that the Commodore , of the R oya l Y ac h t S qua d ro n had taken Ea rl de foundation. Lord Somerville is, we he ar , i n treaty f or i t. Greys hous3 is without Five hundred men are to be.embarked next week from Parkhurst Barracks for the seat of war. • TO TilE EDITuR OF THE SU,V. Srßy—Seeirg a few remarks in your paper, on a lette r written by me a short tune since, in which I sug4ested the practicability of forming a lsrge volunteer corps of 50,000 men for active service in the East, I feel anxious to trespass st 11 further on your tuns add space by adding a few more details in explanation of my plan. But before I do so, allow me to revert to that p eriod of our hi s t or y w h en the followers of our knights and barons far exceeded our present army in numerical force, and although the composition of this force differed ma terially from that which we have at present, wanti n g the permanent embodiment of the regulars, as the feudal soldier after the campaign relapsed into the yeoman, till again called upon to fight, yet superior to the militia, as his services were available for foreign ware, following the persons of the mailed knights to the East against the Saiacen, and to France, as Cressy, Poictiers, and Agincourt can testify. In the three kingdoms there could have been little short of 200,000 of these fine troops. And now in the 19th century we can scarce find more men than a third-rate Power can afford to lend us from her superfluity. It would appear therefsre that our military force bag diminished with the increase of the population. Perhaps it will be argued because we did not wan t men to fight, but to work. A good argument in - time of peace. At present how ever, a reesere at least of 100,000 men is necessary, and under the existing system cannot be procured. We must, therefore, follow our forefathers' plan, and wake an offer more attractive in former times. The barons and the different grades below them held their lands by military tenure, a rather more appreciable arrangement than the miserable p resen t an d h o p e l e ss future of the modern recruit. The stout yeoman of old readily jump ed foto the saddle, in consideration of hi s acres , and was rea d y at the beck of his lord to d o a little private or pub lic busi ness, as the case mi g ht b e . We bad better then imitate our ancestors, and if we canno t g i ve our so ldi e rs broad lands in England l e t th em h ave i t i n the colonies , not l in lieu ot, but in additi on t o , their half pay and t heir pensions ; and I cannot s ee w hy th e y should not hav e the choice of the colony, if p oss ibl e . I propose, therefore, t o h o ld ou t to the vo lunteer corps, as inducement s t o serve th e country, pro motion, without purchase, land in the eoloraes, if an officer, in addition to his balf - Pay' if soldier, to his pensien. Officers should be al—„aari-nt d n es, to the corps on its first f orma ii on b y t he Norse . ' Alt subsequent vaca n ci es t o b e fill e d up from the no commissioned officers of th e cor p s it s elf —by el ecti ? n. After the candidate has passed a military examination he is then to be recommended for promo tion. The volunteer to be entitl e d t o his land at the expira tion of the term he has agreed to serve for—the quan tity according to his military rank. if wounded, or i nca p a bl e o f serv i ce from Sickness, then to receive it at once. The land orders to be t rans f era bl e , either by wil l, bY • sale, or by gift. To be forfeited under certain grave circumstances. All other regulations of the army to be in forc e ; CoIn: missions, &c., made` out in the usual way. The a pp oint merit of in litary commissioners for enrolling the men, think, would work better than the halfaipsy recruiting sergeant. A man entering such a corps feels that th e door of l promotion is to be unlocked by merit, a nd not by , _ golden key. He would fe e l that he had bee n fairly dealt with, that no on e h a d b een thrust over h is bead because he was not rich. int- Tile profession of arms a t p res e n t entails disapp oin t meat on far too many wh en i n th e se rvice, and Barre," circumstances when out, z p i t i a n n g maymen to oe fight t et o e u d r to b , at b o u e t s, it wh m ic u h st is b a e tba l‘l n y h declaration of weakness, and has hitherto significantili marked the decline of nations. If, therefore, the men of England who boast of their power, who aspire to set bounds to a mighty nation, should turn out unab• to carry on with sufficient force the gnat struggle they have had the courage to com mence, then they will sink fram their high and be considered a nation who wages war without 8.01, (hers, trusting to money to hire from one Continental living in country soldiers to cut the throats of people another. fearfulbe better battles Why should we be less able to fight our own with our own brave population than Sardinia or any other small State ? Because we will do anything,of. earth sooner than do justice to the soldier or the oanni s Anything and everything is preferred, and will alway s be preferred, to increasing either pay or retcard 3 . Your ()bed. servant, position?, y. DUPP 2I " modities ; and, fearing high prices from a short suPP I I I ! The supply and demand regulates the price of cor the Government fall back upon free trade, that by portation they may reduce the va, ue of the home article LIVERPOOL, June 28.—The Liverpool and Melbourne Royal mail clipper ship Lightning, belonging to Mes ar a Baines and Co.'s " Black Baal" line of Australi° packets, is telegraphed as being off Queenstown, after fine run of 68 days from Melbourne. She has 69,0600. of gold on board, and will bring later advices. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEL—We are reellestA to state that the name of Lieutenant Boothby, ot the 95tti 11% 1 ' fromiio which Crimea, w e p meat, who lost a leg at the battle of the Aline, an d 1 7 us n was presented at the Levee on Wednesday, hig übblyi,hed yesterday,Lieutenant-GeneralSi o ....u - Sir John goyne, was accidentally omitted i n th e li s t of pree eeta r The private letters from Paris yesterday mention the it is now at ted the new loan will be 20,000,000/. onil, instead of 30,000,0001. ; also that the proposal for taxing the railways will be immediately laid before th e Legiv lative Assembly, and that a demand will be ma de for ell increase of 150,000 men to the army. • The impression is very general in diplomatic circles la Berlin that England and France have determined to let the well-known four points drop entirely, i. e., no longe to use them as indications of the objects and scope of the war with Russia. It is even asserted that Lord Westmereland and Baron Bourqueney have intimated as much orally to Count Buol. RAPID PASSAGE.—The ship Evening; Star, of Jers acc implished her outward passage to Po rt Philip in 8 2 days, and was becalmed on the line for 11 days. ffer homeward one was proportionably short, and s he ran from the longitude of the Cape to Port Philip in 23 day' an event supposed to be unprecedented. Her log show ° some extraordinary days' work. DETERMINED SUICIDE. —Yesterday afternoon a rrsO.II nam :d Haynes, a whitesmith in Derby , committed sti • cide in the public street. He was following a cart loaded with gravel. On the cart turning the corner of Sache verel-street, he stepped forward, placed his hat on the pavement, and deliberately knelt down with his head in front of the cart wheel, which went over his head and killed him on the spot. This is the second suicide coin" minted in Derby this week. —Derby Reporter. In the Rolls Court yeee rday. the case of Pennell and anoth-r v. Millar and others excited considerable interest from i he peculiar character of the circumstances disclosed by the bill, most of which had previously acquired noto riety threegh the bankruptcy of Lord Huntingtower, in 1842. The suit was instituted by the alaipantiffs, r fromassignees of the bankrup t nobleman, to obtain ordethe Court to the defendant to deliver up a deed for 20,0001., °even by Lord Huntingtower on the Bth December, 1841, to a Mr. Dobson, to secure to the latter the pay ment of various acceptances of his lordship to nearly 'that amount, for which his lordship, being under age, was n ot liable. The Master of the Rolls said the evi dence was sufficient to induce the Court to order that the deed should be delivered up on payment to Mr. Dobson of the last advance made by him to Lord Hunt irgtoi,ver, namely 9481. Decree for the plaintiffs. A BOTANICAL DOUBT.—Sir John S. Forbes has com municated his vie wFi to the Edinburgh Botanical Society on the disease called " finger-and-toe." He consider,' turnips and other cultivated roots to revert, it not a disease, but an attempt made occasionally by • cultivation, t'.) the natural type. He recommend A careful selection of the roots for seed, and culture on soil of good ccndition—refraining especially from fowl seed in a poor soil which had been raised on rich act 's. Those who wish to observe the origin and progressoX: to °' fiegrr-and-toe" in turnips should commence out in June or July at the furthest. f Henry Humbles, a shepherd in the empinY per zirl, is in custody, CetAting, a farmer, of Southcoot, near Leighton in spite CL charged with wlifully °swing death of his wife. c loth STATE OF TRADE—MANCHESTER, June n dencY in and yarn market is dull, w ith a declining w e l e id rather w i a n rd p : i l c o e w , e a r n dratthe:.ten A de s ncy ef the apprth rnat g e o and itsnotro e prices. Spinners obliged to sell have had generally re take more prices nearly to the values established two In° ll--' a i bur 1 before the late speculation in the raw relate decline. show more disposition to operate , and when the be wo „ is complete to the old range there will probablY t . lon oa confidence on all hands, and a moderate rea°l3lP- laisiness. of c°lll - or COMMON COUNCIL.--At a Courto wa mon Council yesterday a petition to Parliament,e ve, adopted, praying to be heard by counsel enon e t giver cessity of introducing protecting clauses in the I,ir. Lea Water Bill. A report was brought up by ee . White from the committee appointed to considertrievre''. plane for repairing the detective pier of Blac k ' n d bridge. It stated that Messrs. Walker, Burgess, a Cooper had esti ma t e d th e ex pense of execu tin g the Pro posed repai rs a t 39,5001., which was a n increase _ 9,0001. up on a prev i ous est i ma t e made by those gentle_ men. The difference was stated to arise chiefly the general advance in the price of provisions. „. Cox inoved—" That no further expense be at pro.i.en" incurred in repairing the arches of Blackfriars-bridogl referred to, beyond keeping the wooden centres in g o 7 order and repair." A discussion of great lengths the Court t t place, iwouldn whicnot h be just te opinion gene ex p e nding an enorna rally p i revailed ht o.„.: sum of money upon a que stionable impro vement. most some of the members it was contended tha t the s prudent and economical course would be to construct new bridge, which might be formed at the expense about 400,00/. on the site of the existing bridge, but t . . s suggestion yielded to the argument that the funds, b,einjf, largely engaged in more pressing improvements, cone. not fur some years be applied to any purpose except on . of extraordinary emergency. An amendment was proo posed by Mr. Dakin that directions should be giren t . the Bridge-house committee to cause certain rep mended be executed at an expense of 16,0001., as r ecom mendec! in the report of the committe e of October, 1854, but ultimately the proposition of Mr. Cox %las reed from te bp a majority of 16. Mr. Otave s e resented a p ag ,etn De Beau the Rev. Irwin Lloyd, mieister of St. Peter erection Obections 13, voir Town, Kingslaad, for a gran t towards the erec be of a church in the parish o f Shoreditcb. j irig made to the request, the petition was disposed o f hi its being ordered to lie on the table. as tr,