The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-26 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June the 26th, (a Sub scription Night, in lieu of Tuesday, August 5), will be re vivel Donizetti's Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Madlle. Piecolotnini (her first appearance in that part); La Marehesa, Maddle. Borgaro ; Tonic), Signor Calzolari ; Ortensio, Sig. Baillon ; and Sergente Sulpizio, Sig. Belletti. Between the Acts a new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LA BOUQUETIERE. " La Manfrina"—Corps de Ballet. "Le jou des Bouquets" —Maddle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance but one) and M. Charles, accompanied by the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. Pas de Quatre —Mesdlles. Katrine, Lisereux, Galby, and Pierron. "La Seguldilla"—Mdlle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance but one) and M. Charles. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. r .f - dATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Kr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENINGI will be produced DER FREISCHUTZ. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under bke Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, DIY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which PEREA NENA. and the Spanish Dancers will appear. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN. To conclude with THE DOCTOR IN LOVE. TAL PRINCESS'S TEIRATRE, OITORD-STREET. Under the Zuvigement of Mr. CHARLES KERN. THIS EVENING, A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. After whim. VIE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THE I.TRE: ADELPFII. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Colette. PFH4 EV THE FLYING-DIITC [MAN. To conclude with LIKE AND UNLIKE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Mans:re'', Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIR EVENING A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. After which, RETRIBU To conclude with CATCHING A 31 4 .R3f tID. ROYAL SURREY TtIEATRE. Lessees. Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA (Ist and 2d Acts.) After which An Act of NORIIA. Followed by IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (3d Act.) To conclude with A BALLET DIVER TISSEMES r. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manacer, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, THE HORSE OF' THE CAVERN, or the Mminted litiganda of the Abruzzi, with the novel featuro of the Itslitn Bandits on horse,ack, the Neapolitan Dragoons, and Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. After which, The EQUESTRIAN S7ENES of ART In the CIRCLE. with Desarsi's celebrated performing Dogs and Monkeys, as exhibited before her Majesty. To concluae w►th THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. Boa-office oxen fr)et Eiev,,n till Fair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. ►V. Cooke, Jun. RI EL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 51 min. aft. 7—Evening 22 min. aft. 8 e rn-ivf °meow—Morn. 55 min. aft. 8 —Evening 25 min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER—Sys OFFICE, JUNE 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77 —highest since noon yesterday. 62 —lowest this morning and during the night. 78 —this day jit noon. Timinwlersß-20.32. Wm—N.W. to W.N.W.—Light with fine, warm, sunshiny weather. 4 LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1856. To-morrow evening will have to be decided a rather important question. Let us hope, for the credit of our good taste as a nation, that it may be settled satisfactorily. The "momentous ques tion''—whether the same name shall henceforth be associated with our National Gallery (the same name of ludicrous omen) which has already ac quired the triple glory of association with a cap very like a fool's-cap, with a light only just a shade better than a rushlight, and with the trum pery trinket festooned across the " loud pattern " of every preposterous waistcoat of every unmiti gated Gent ! We have had the " ALBERT CAP"— the cap that capped the climax of all ludicrous absurdities in the way of military toggery ! We have had the " ALBERT NIGHT-LlGHT”—appropri ately enough a very small light, indeed, dying out as such a ghost of a light should, with " a most melodious twang," and forgotten almost the very instant after it has so splattered itself out •f existence ! Again —we have had the " ALBERT WATCH-CHAIN," made out of all sorts of glittering rubbish, of gold very much alloyed, of silver bearing a most suspicious resemblance to the German metal so designated, of copper worth, as the saying is, so many brass farthings, and of all kinds of make-believe splendour such as mosaic and pinchbeck. Albert Caps, Albert Lights, Albert Chains—perking, glim mering, twinkling before us--shall we, in the name of all that is frivolous and nonsensical, shall we, in the name of fortune, sailor, WE, in the name of common-sense and right-reason, in dulge ourselves with an additional, and a much more enormous, and a much less excusable, Folly, . in the shape of an ALBERT NATIONAL GALLERY ? HEAVE N forbid ! So thinks, and hopes, and prays everybody who happens to be neitAer an idiot nor a Court-flunkey. HEAVEN forbid ! And yet while everybody who is neither an idiot nor a Court flunkey joins in the aspiration—everybody trem bles, while so saying, lest, after all, the present gouge of Commons should really hesitate to-mor row evening about rejecting the pet project of H.R.H. the illustrious Consort of our most gra cious SOVEREIGN. Nor can the doubt, in truth, be very much wondered at, all things considered. Foi• has not this Derby Rouse of Commons been the most pliant, the most Complying, the most complaisant, the most supple among all the Houses of Commons that have ever bent, and twisted, and wriggled under the pressure of faction and intrigue since England first amused herself with the rhetorical broils and political hubbub of Parliament. Yet, here, at any rate, is tl last chance for this same House of Commons in regard to its very dubious reputation. Here, at length, is a final loophole of escape from the ill repute, otherwise the inevitable meed of its short-comings and its wrong-doings. Lit it pronounce resolutely against the Prince am sort's absurd scheme of moving the National Gallery of England from the " finest site in Europe," allowing it to terminate its ignoble career (as poor SMITH O'BRIEN'S revolutionary outbreak did) in a cabbage-garden—acid much may be forgiven if all cannot be forgot ton. It is a noble opportunity—this, enabling the House of Commons by a single " division" to expiate so many sins of omission and commission, by scat tering to the winds of haaven, as with the mere breath of a sudden outburst of inextinguishable laughter, Prince Annißr's last nonsensical hobby, *b a t o f p ad re awed all our national treasures of art in a mimesaila Lola-in•the-corne r at Kensing ton-4ora 1 Away with it—down with the abdur dity—we will have " none on't "—the notion of such a project is simply ridiculous ! Not a jot less ridiculous (more, nothing could be !) than our sending Herr OTTO MUNDLER maundering about the Continent, at what the Yankees would "acall pretty tall salary,' in search of immense daubs, hardly worth so much damaged canvas and worm-eaten wood. For HEAVEN'S sake let us have done for once and for all with these fine-art follies—with our MUNDLERS MtTDDLERS as Connoisseurs, and our R.H.'s (worse even than our R.A.'s) as Commissioners. As a receptacle for our national paintings, better, say we, the absurd cruet-stand in Trafalgar-square than the absurder market-gardens near Kensing ton. About this unfortunate National Gallery of ours—Why change the site at all ? Simply as a site, it has long been admitted on all hands to be one, in the whole of the ample range of our vast metropolis, quite unrivalled. This, by rea son at once of its central situation and of its noble elevation. It has been called, in fact, rather extravagantly, because of its many undoubted excellences—" the finest site in Europe." With out quite claiming for it that immense pre eminence—we may certainly regard it as a very fine site indeed, a better one than could be found anywhere else, in all London and Westminster, with the one, solitary, grand exception of the site already occupied by St. Paul's Cathedral. Then—why, why, in the name of fortune, we ask, change the site at all? Why not "leave well alone ?" Why not rest contented with having our National Gallery in Trafalgar-square instead of re moving it, in hot-haste, to Kensington-Gore, or, in fact, to any other of the absurd localities spoken of as probably the region of its future whereabouts ? Why ? The answer is pertly and flippantly made at once by the apolo gists of German Jobbery—Because the atmo sphere of Trafalgar-square is very injurious to the national paintings ! Injurious to fiddle sticks ! To this objection we have simply one word to utter in reply, and that word a mono syllable simply, briefly, curtly, decisively— FUDGE ! We don't call it fudge, merely our selves, be it remembered. We speak of the objection thus contemptuously upon autho rity in matters of art admissible, perhaps, in quarters where our own radical, demo cratic, independent dictum might perhaps be taboo ed as utterly obnoxious. Well,The Sun calls the objection raised against the present site as detrimental to the National Paint ings—the objection raised by H.R.H. and his courtly supporters The Sun calls this preposterous objection bluntly " Fudge" —upon the authority of Science, upon that of Philosophy. Professor FARADAY treats the ex ception taken to the present site as absurd ! Sir DAVID BREWSTER regards it as ridiculous ! Surely those two great intellects so viewing the question—set it at rest at once and for ever. Sir DAVID BREWSTER has spoken. Professor FARADAY has spoken. We don't need now to listen to the twaddle of any R.H. or R.A. bab bling to the contrary. Therefore, say we again, in the name of common sense—" leave well alone !" Be contented with your present mag nificent site—central, at once, and elevated. Sweep away the barracks and workhouses and the miserable back slums in the im mediate vicinity of the existing build ing. Level that ridiculous structure itself with the ground. Send the Royal Academy packing—somewhere else—anywhere else—for that matter we really don't much trouble our selves " where," so long as we can at length contrive to be well rid of it ! Aud then—well, then, upon the existing site so enlarged build up a National Gallery worthy of the metropolis, worthy of Great Britain ! And "have done" at last, for ever and ever, with these preposterous projects upon art, projects (called by Mr. IVlonals MoonE) of Germanism and Jobbery, projects, it matters little in the abstract, whether of Prince or of Parvenu Of all the humiliating triumphs of Bigotry, none is more mortifying than her compelling superior minds to do homage to her power. But a few nights ago Mr. WALPOLE was made to pipe and dance to her honour ; the intense bigotry of cleri cal Orangemen bid him, as the price of party sup port, trick the Government out of a vote in fur therance of their proselyting schemes. An amiable and worthy man, these bigots may, perhaps, have gained over half his better judgment in their favour ; it was, however, impassible not to be ashamed of England in the face of Ear . ope, when we saw au ex-Cabinet Minister taking the lead in a contemptible enterprise, worthy only of Messrs. SPOONER and NEWDEGATE. But what shall we say to the subserviency of Lord DERBY to the same ignoble power ? We have tried to do it, but we confess we cannot realise the idea of Lord DERBY'S personal belief in the ineligibility of Jews to sit in the House of Com mons. Lord DERBY is as a man far above such bigotry. He joined energetically in opening the House to the full extent of the Reform Bill ; and he retained in going over to Conservatism his readiness to do full justice to Dissenters. Indeed the manly stamp of his mind is a guarantee that he must despise in his heart the work he is set to Flo. We are not, of course, to suppose that his Lordship could utter a profane oath, but we can not be far from the mark in imagining the temp tatioa to be very strong to give way, as the par ties left his room for whom he undertook to pit himself against the Jews. Probably be mut tered behind their backs, " enough to make an ex-Premier swear." HERCULES spinning for OMPIIALE, SAMSON grinding for the Phi listines, are something not more pitiable, certainly not so absurd, as Lord DERBY'S nobler mind set to making Jew•traps, or at least to offering for sale such as the Bishops had made for him. It was plain from the few words he ventured to drop that he felt himself but a dealer in the " old do' "of a bigotry he scorned in his heart. But the bigots wore, unluckily, necessary to his party, and he dared not refuse to be the vender of their goods. now will the House of Commons deal with this miserable Bill if it ever reaches them ? The utt er l y useless oath of abjuration, with just the profane parts eliminated, and the uncharitable clause retained over which the Lower House has been fighting with the Upper for seven or eight years ? Both Houses agree to be rid of the pro fanity of abjuring what has no existence, and thus in the clearest sense " taking GOD'S name in vain ;" but the Thrds cannot agree, at the same time, to free the oath " from all uncial tritabl eness ." The Commons will, we are confid ent, reply, "Our only hope of mastering bigotry, which the oath undesignedly subserves, is by retaining the part of which you are ashamed till both are e x _ punged together. They will certainlLy not submit to the insult of having the odiou 3 clause sent down to them unaltered, which they have so frequently endeavoured to get rid of. But if the Lords choose to remain ob stinate, why should not the Commons now ii pitate their conduct ? Let them at once declare, Lore 'JOHN' RUSSELL notwithstanding, - by a - resolution, that the oath is sufficiently taken by a Jew without the offensive words. If the Jew be prosecuted for speaking, and if the Judges truckle to the Imds, let the Commons indemnify him by votes of money till the Lords are wearied out. That is one course. As another, let them refuse to ac cept the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, a mere attempt to screen the unfitness of the Lords for such a purpose, and to sustain them in judging of their own members' qualification, till the Lords compromise the question. But what reason is there after all, as the Lords see fit to bar the door of the House of Commons by a tech nicality, that Jews should not thrust back the bar by a technicality. It is the refinement of conscientiousness in a Jaw to decline to take the oath, when he does not assert by so doing that he believes what he swears by. It is what he swears to he believes. If a person is satisfied with my swearing by a formula, which does not bind me, that seems to be his concern, not mine. When asked to take an oath, the things sworn to, not the formula of the oath, are the objects important to me, and to the other party too. In the pre sent lase these very words were selected because they alone would bind, it was said, a good Catho lic ; the Catholic did not mind swearing by a form which did not bind him. Why should a Jew ? We think, indeed, with Lord CAMPBELL, the entire oath utterly useless, mere antiquated mummery, but if such mummery be retained till it become a real grievance, it is fair that fictions should be met by fictions. SOCRATES used to swear by the dog and the goose, and a greater than SOCRATES said " Swear not at all," and it really does seem, therefore, the height of absur dity to continue longer in enlightened and Chris tian England this contemptible higgling about the terms of au anti-Jesuit oath, because Jews put upon it an over-conscientious interpretation. " The Old than of the Sea" was the incubus which " Sindbad the Sailor," dear to juvenile hearts, was compelled to endure for a protracted period. We have all sympathised with the efforts which the daring adventurer made to free him self from the intolerable burden which he had so improvidently assumed—and rejoiced when his exertions eventually proved successful. The tale contains a sound moral. The British nation is also suffering under a serious incumbrance which paralyses its energies and impedes the free circu lation of the very " life-blood of industry." But the monster is of a different sex. It is an aged dowager that cripples our limbs. " The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street" holds on with a more tenacious grasp than the oppressor of poor SINDB.ID, and the sufferer is still a willing victim., Heedless of the grievance, or deceived by inte rested irepresentations, he remains apparently in different to the cause of all the evils. The Bank Charter Act has virtually expired. A sounder and better system may at any time be inaugurat ed. But no steps have been taken to give the requisite notice or to pay off the debt of 11,015,0001., Rhich the Government ought not to condescend to owe to a private trading corpo ration—and for the use whereof they have bar tered one of the brightest jewels in the Royal diadem which ought to be one of the most cherished prerogatives of the Crown. Protection has been formally abandoned on all [points, save that which is the most important of all. Why then should there not be unrestricte d competition in currency ? Why should there not be " free trade" in money , ? Of all monopolies, the most injurious is that of the "old Lady." It not merely keeps money dear, but, what is far NrJrs e, it keeps it scarce. The most promising projects are knocked on the head from the difficulty of obtaining the motive power. " Mercator" and his disciples tell us that it prevents undue speculation ; but un fortunately the good are confounded with thg bad —or rather wholesome legitimate specula tions are extinguished, while deliberate swindles are encouraged. Parties who intend to take in the public are not deterred by the dear- uess of money, while those who could offer beneficial investments are kept in the back ground, and the reckless schemers have it all their own way from want of competition. This is a state of affairs that should be remedied at the earliest possible opportunity ; and although it may be too late to introduce a new system during the present session, there is no possible reason why the neces sary notice may not be given, or, at all events, the inquiries instituted, so as to place us in a position to legislate finally and decisively on th subject at the commencement of the ensuing session. The Times, the recognised organ of the bul lionists, has, by its article of yesterday, rendered inestimable benefit to the aati-bulliouist cause. It has clearly and distinctly pointed out the ridi culous alarms indulged in by the currency croakers in consequence of what it has very justly designated as the " gold drought." It was fortu nate that " political economists had discovered, as a philosophical fact, that gold was neither the only form of wealth, nor essential to human happiness, nor anything eLse, but a very handy medium of exchange." This is the point which we have for many years been incul cating on our readers ; and we gladly hail the new and influential convert to these indisputable principles. "Mercator " would, if possible, per suade us that the nation, although possessed of material wealth in its most valuable forms, was still in a state of pauperism, because the money ocracy had conspired to keep its measure and re presentative scarce and dear. He endeavoured to persuade his dupes that "it was not currency, but capital, that was wanting ;" forgetting the millions—aye, tens of millions—of oxen, cows, pigs, sheep, horses, and all ether varieties of what are denominated live stock ; the fertile acres, the implements of industry, the stocks of grain, and all kinds of agricultural produce and merchandise ; the magnificent and useful buildings, the treasures of art, all the thou sands of millions worth of real riches with which the nation would be wealthy, although it possessed not a single ounce of gold, and although the Bank itself had vanished like the " baseless fabric of to, vision, and left no wreck behind." AU we ask is strict inquiry. Let there be a full and searching investigation into all the details of this important subject. Truth must eventually be elicited, and we may yet live to witness the establishment of a really national Bank—the circulation of notes of con- venient denomination—for 11. , 21., and 31. each —the economising of the so-called precious metals for the only objects for which they would really be useful, and the securing the welfare and pros- perity of the nation on a sound and enduring basis. All that is required is to remove the apathy and indifference that has enabled the ---- moneyocracy so long to prey upon the vitals of the commonweal, and to deprive industry of its legitimate rewards. There is, it appears, a new American difficulty — a new cause of war is to be averted. It is not a territorial question —one on which the future .THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; JUNE 26, 1856: fate of nations May depend, - or in which' irkzl., portant political advantages may be obtained by-7:j either party. It is simply whether, in the mere wantonness of liberty, or, rather, of licentiousness, an American citizen should be permitted to dis pense with all the formalities which are prescribed, perhaps foolishly, to an admission to the Royal presence on State occasions. We are no advocates for the ridiculous and anti quated costume, which an Englishman, who aspires to a Fesentation to his SOVEREIGN is re quired to wear on such occasions. It would be well to have a large and comprehensive measure of reform—but some little respect is due to a reigning SOVEREIGN, and even the go-ahead citi zens of the finest nation of the universe cannot be permitted to offer a wanton insult to the QUEEN of GREAT BRITAIN. An attache to the American Ambassador—who was so improperly retained, when he ought to have been dismissed from the countri—thought proper to present himself in black neckcloth, frockcoat, and yellow vest, at Her MAJESTY'S Levee. It was courteously explained to him that he could not be admitted is such apparel. Mr. DALLAS, however, took up the quarrel, and because his follower was rejected, chose to retire in a fit of the sulks. 'We suppose that we shall have a verbose and protracted diplomatic corre spondence on the great black neck-tie, frock coat, and buff vest question. That it will be con sidered a grievance of no ordinary mag nitude that American citizens are not per mitted to trample on all the amenities of civilised life, and to display the barbarism of the " raw material" in any circle into which they may think proper to intrude. If any English man ventured to oppose Yankee prejudices, he might think himself well off if permitted to retire without receiving a new costume of feathers on an undercoat of tar ; and the Yankee interloper, who offered a deliberate insult to the majesty of England, should be deeply grateful to those who allowed him to " obsquatelate" without very decided hints as to the impropriety of the course which we had thought proper to adopt. We should have hoped that Mr. DALLAS would, I particularly under existing circumstances, have had more tact than to involve himself in such a dispute. De gustibus non est disputandum. Few Europeans will be disposed to envy the taste dis played by the transatlantic attache, or the United States Ambassador. WIND SOB CASTLE.—We are requested to state that the State apartments of Windsor Castle are now open, under the usual regulations, THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE.—This distinguished nobleman is still residing at Barry's Hotel', Edinburgh. WINE DUTIES.—Mr. Oliveira has fixed Tuesday, the Bth of July, for his motion to reduce the duty on wine. A further sum of about 150,0001. in gold is under st)od to have been sold to the Bank yesterday. A crop of hay in the neighbourhood of Southanipton is almost the largest ever known. Only thirty- - ,wo public acts ihave been passed this session. The total will fall short this year of the usual number. The Chaplaincy of thd Military Chapel at Weedon has been confeired upon the Rev. J. H. Stimson, M.A., late chaplain to the Military Prison at Chatham. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS PEACOCKE.— Major-General Peacocke died on the 21st inst., at his residence near Tours, in the 81st year of his age. It is reported, and we believe with truth, that Major- General Sir James Jackson. K.C.8., is to have the vacant colonelcy of the Enniskillen Dragoons. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—The number of public acts passed this session is only 32. It is anticipated that the number will be limited this year. is CRYSTAL PALACE, SEVEN AND SIXPENNY D AY , Wed nesday, June 25.—Admissions on payment, 2,341 ; do. by season tickets, 11,873 ; total visitors, 14,214. FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.—We read in yesterday's In dependance Beige :—" It is said that an interview will take place at no remote period between the Emperors of France and Austria. MALDON ELECTION.--The death of Mr. Lennard in duces Mr. Mechi to again announce to the electors of Maldon his determination to go to the poll at the next election. PRESENT TO MADAME KOSSUTH.—The handloom weavers of Paisley have presented Madame Kossuth with a plaid, as a mark of their respect and sympathy for her husband. Mr. Macaulav, it is said, has undertaken to write the life of Samuel Johnson for the forthcoming volume of the " Edinburgh Encyclopedia" published by Adam and Charles Black. ROYAL fACADEMY OF MUSIC ---THE MENDELSSOHN SCHOLARSHIP.—This scholar-hip, founded in honour of the memory of the illustrious musician, is, for the first time, to be competed for on Saturday next. COUNTING OCT.—Major Reed has given notice of me. tion for an early day to call the attention of the house to the number of times during the present and last ses sion of Parliament 3lr. Speaker has not been able to form a house. 'The Lord Mayor has remitted to Paris a third con tribution of 100,000 f., in aid of the subscription for the sufferers by the inundations. The total amount collected in London is understood to have reached nearly 20,0001. THE ILKLEY MURDER..—The Government has offered a reward of 1001. for the apprehension of the persons who committed the murder of Mrs. M'Knight, at Ilkley, on Monday week, with a pardon to the accomplices not , being the actual murcierere. Up to Wednesday (yester day) no one had been apprehended. M. BARBER.—Among the passengers by the Tagus, which arrived at Southampton on Tuesday night with the Peninsular mails, was the notorious French red republican, M. Barbbsi More than half the life of this man has been spent in prison or in exile for political offences. He purposes going to Ostend.' CRIMEA, June 10.—.Tust previous to the Belleisle sailing, yesterday with the 88th Regiment, a serious ac• cident occurred, through the capstan slipping when the soldiers were in the act of heaving up the anchor, One ecttid office teili r v ' e, and Lient e Col one l M axwe ll got hi s 8 servant, w as kill e d, an d anot h er i s u s Cl o l t d l e e x r p , an eye nearly put oat. UNITED MEXICAN ASSOCIATION.—At a meeting of this association, held yesterday, it was agreed to reject the proposal for settling the debt of 22Q,000 dole., due be the proprietors of the Reyes mines, by the payment of 30,000, To carry out the works at Jesus Maria, the prospects of which are considered satisfactory, the direc tors will raise 0,5001., the balance of the old loan of 1854. M. AND MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERTS. —The (- ration was given last night at Exeter-hall. We have little to say of the performance, beyond the extreme de light which we received from it, for it was precisely imilar to the performance of this oratorio in the early part of the season. Jenny Lind never sang more divinely than she did last night. Every part of the hall was densely crowded. APPREHENSION OF THE DUCHESS OF PARMA BY AUSTRIANS.—A gentleman, who has just reached Paris, from Parma, informs me that the Grand Duchess, who was attempting to leave Parma, was taken prisoner by the Austrian military authorities, and obliged to return to her capital. On offering some remonstrance, she was told that as the Government of Parma had called in Austrian troops, it was necessary that the Sovereign should remain to countenance their acte. THE CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN AT BIRMINHAM. —Yesterday, before the Birmingham magistates, the charge against the Rev. Patrick King, one of the curates of Aston, of attempting to destroy the life of a child, was further investigated. The facts elicited were in the main as stated in a former impression. At the conclusion of the case, the magistrates resolved on committing King to take his trial at the ensuing Warwick assizes on the charge of an "attempt to mur der." He maintained the greatest composure through. out. THE ARCIBISEOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE WES. LEvarrs.--,-The Wesleyan ministers and laymen of the Manchester and Bolton district having forwarded a re solution to the Archbishop of Canterbury, warmly thank ing him for the course which he pursued in relation to the Sunday bands, his Grace replied : —" Litmbeth,June 4, 1856.—Rev. Sir,—l am highly gratified by the-oblig ing letter in which you have communicated to me the resolution passed at the district meeting on May 29 in reference to the music in the parks. , • I beg the members of the district meeting to accept iny'best thanks for the manner in which they have testified their approval of my conduct on that subject, which assures me that I did not misrepresent the feelings of a numerous and influen tial portion of her Majesty's subjects in the communica tion which I thought it my duty to make to Lord Pal merston. I remain, rev. sir, your obedient and faithful servant, J. B. CANTUAR.—Rev. S. Romilly Hall." THE RAILWAY STRIKE AT LIVERPOOL—Mr. William Itatbbone, merchant and magistrate at Liverpool, and sae of its most respected residents, received a deputation on Tuesday from the men on strike, asking him to me diate between them and the company ; and he has con sented to do so, though with but little chance of success, In addition to the militia and others engaged at the various yards, the company have a large body of the disembodied militia ready at the militia depot, Everton, to fill any vacancies that may occur on the line. They are dressed in porters' apparel, and though they are at present unemployed they are receiving weekly wages from the company. It waP stated at a meeting of the turn-outs on Tuesday that the men employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Com pany would come out in a few days. A notice was yes. terday posted in the news-room, stating that there was no foundation-for such an assertion. 'AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CO VIAIWNICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—" Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." In common with many others deeply interested in Austra lia, I have been waiting in almost breathless expectation to see the announcement by the Government of an ac• cepted tender to convey the Australian monthly mails, via Suez to Melbourne, in 45 days, and to return in same period ; but no, although this is not only possible, but has been demonstrated over and over again as eminently practical, and ardently desired alike by British interests .and by Australian colonists, the Government, as usual, is most provokingly slow to put the long-desired line again in motion, but I trust it is not deterred from im mediate action by persons who are constantly proposing other and far less eligible routes, among which, as ap pears in the money article of the Times of the 18th inst., a Mr. Laming may be mentioned, whose proposed rente measures 3,019 miles longer than that by Suez, and the vessels for his project are yet to be built ! The British public, however, may rest assured that any such scheme as Mr. Laming's, even if it could be set in motion within a reasonable time, would be almost certain to break down in practice ; and after the lamentable experience we have had of ocean steamers and Cape routee, such a proposition would cause the greatest dissatisfaction to every one interested, if subsidised to the smallest extent by the Government to the exclusion or even delay of the Suez route, which latter alone is capable of immediate action, and of proved desirability. Great Britain and the Australian colonies have long required a quick and certain route for their postal correspondence ; and as the parties interested are willing to pay for it, and have pointed out the means, they justly consider it a great hardship to be so long deprived thereof. I may mention that I hold no shares in any Steam-ship Company, but that I have resided for the long period of 13 years in the capital of Victoria, and for 3 years was a Member of Council for that colony—it may, therefore, be presumed that I am not unacquainted with the feelings of the colonists on this important subject. Whilst the public meetings, the petition and memorial of the Australian Association, lately presented to Par liament, and also the press of this country, sufficiently indicate that nearly all parties on this side who have in terests in Australia are unanimous in favour of imme diately subsidisin g the Suez route in preference to all others—yet the Government still hesitates, and by this and similar neglect does its best to convert loyal colon ists into the wildest republicans. How long will this state of things be enforced by the opposition in Parlia ment am, Sir, your obedient servant, WM. F. SPLATT. Combe, Honiton, 23d June, 1856. P.S.---Since the foregoing was written, another letter has appeared in the Times of the 23d instant, the pro duction of Mr. Bayhe, ex-Mayor of Geelong. This gentleman strongly advocates the Panama route, which is 2,338 miles longer than that via Suez ; besides which the entire Pacific side is totally without the means of immediate action, and this line is also diametrically opposed to the report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of Victoria, and confirmed unani mously by the Council of that colony, as appears by the Melbourne Weekly Herald of the 7th Mar 6, and equally opposed to the views of South Australia, as appears by the Mebourne IVeekly Herald of the 21st March, where there are Mr. Baylie and thousands who think with him on the subject. PUNCH-THE SPOILT CHILD. " He certainly deserves a clout on the head." Our merry contemporary Punch must accept our feli citations on the completion of his thirtieth volume, which we can truly say has, like its predecessors, been characterised by frolic wit, and the whimsicallest humour directed to the promotion of the general wel fare, as well as the supply of a perpetual fund of amuse ment. The concluding number contains, among other things, a humorous preface, in which the volume is offered as a peaoe offering to the nations, and a clever cartoon descriptive of the existing relations between the people of this country and America. The former is headed by a woodcut representing Mr. Punch's national school. The amiable'pedagogue appears seated at his desk in the act of seizing his birchen emblem of sovereignty, as he indignantly contemplates the offensive attitude of that bad boy Sam towards his jovial and plethoric school fellow John Bull, because the latter has been amusing himself with his box of soldiers. The two characters are happily hit off, as in the back-ground are the heavy headed Emperors of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, who are endeavouring to comprehend the contents of Vol. XXX., and dunce Bomba, who is represented standing blubbering beneath'his appropriate crown of foolscap on the form to which his demerits have elevated him. The cartoon represents John Bull, a forbearing and much meditative elderly parent, watching with restrained in dignation the brutal vagaries of "the spoilt child "--to wit, American Satn—who, seated on a table amid the general wreck of his playthings, is represented, lash in one hand and revolver in the other, beating in with the latter the head of his big drum ! Pareut—"l don't like to correct him just now, because he's about his teeth and sickening for his measles ; but he certainly deserves a clout on the head!" Most certainly. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS . THE FIRST GRAND JUVENILE FETE. The first juvenile fete of the season was given at these delightful gardens last night, and passed off with-extra ordinary eclat, no doubt arising from the additional attractions which the spirited proprietor had put forth for the . occasion. Of these attractions the principal were the "Character Dances of the Olden Time," effec-. tively performed by juveniles, whose dress, style, and activity gave immense satisfaction, the American floral show, which though not quite as gorgeous as last week, still presents beauties of no ordinary character, a balloon ascent, and an extra pyrotechnic display, on the esplanade, which may very properly be termed water fireworks. The balloon was inflated at an early hour to give the children a better opportunity 'of observing the operation which to the youthful mind is a marvel. Exactly at 7 o'clock the signal was given, and the Prince of Wales, under the guidance of Dean, accompanied by Nis-. Adams, ascended in a most majes tic manner, taking the directon of the Crystal Palace, and after floating over the beautifUl valley of Kent for an hour, descended in safety on the estate of .Mr. Sutherland, at Coombe, near Croydon, who, in the kindest and most, liberal manner, rendered every assist ance the strange though welcome intruders required. The fireworks were of that character which will long be remembered by both juveniles and adults, and will be, upon a repetition of them, hailed as an increasing attrac tion to the many which are constantly put forward at this establishment. FLOWER SIIOW AT TUE CRYSTAL PALACE. The second annual Flower•show, of yesterday, at the Crystal Palace, was numerously and fashionably at tended, and from the time when the palace opened, till past five in the afternoon, the equipa4es continued to arrive in an unbroken stream, and before the day closed nearly 20,000 of the rank and fashion of the metropolis had visited the building. The arrangement of the show yesterday was infinitely superior to anything which has been previously at tempted. Pictorial effect was sought in the grouping of the plants, and the resell' was brilliant and artistic. In stead of long benches of flowers, striking only on the 'first view, and soon becoming monotonous, the diffe rent classes were disposed on large circular and semi circular stands, interspersed with charming groups of statuary. The whole show was arranged by Mr. Eyles, head gardener of the interior of the Palace, to whom the ut most credit is due. It was, perhaps, well for the exhi bitors in some classes that Mr. Eyles could not compete with them with the plants of his own raising inside the building. THE APPROACHLVG _ENTRY OP TITE QUARDS INTO THE METI?OPOLTS. The following arrangements are said to have been made by the authorities brigade will not arrive separately, but the battalions will be detained at the ports of debarkation (Portsmouth and Southampton) until the whole have arrived from the Crimea. On the day succeeding the arrival of the last battalion, the troops, consisting of the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, the Ist battalion of the Coldstreatns, and the Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, will leave by special train fors the - metropolis so as to arive about ten o'clock in the forenoon at Waterloo terminus. The gallant fellows will be welcomed by the Commander-in- Chief, the authorities of the Horse Guards, and several general and staff officers. The lino will immediately be formed, the Grenadier Guards on the right, let battalion Coldstreams centre, and Scots Fusilier Guards on the left. Columns of sections will then be formed by the right bringing the Grenadiers in front, and, preceded by their bands will march over Waterloo•bridge, along the Strand, Cockspur•street, Palt-mall, through St. James's Palace into St. Jarnea's-park, and thence to Bucking ham Palace, where the troops will salute her Majesty and Prince Albert. Should the weather prove favour able the Queen and Prince will accompany the troops to the cavalry exercising ground, Hyde park, and there inspect them. The immense staff of clerks and others in the offices of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, in Leadenhall street, haie now a half-holiday every Saturday. RATING OF MlNES.—Yesterday a public meeting of mining adventurers was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking steps to prevent the enactment of a measure at present before Parliament, for rendering mining property liable to be rated to the poor. It was agreed to appoint a committee to organise an opposition to the bill in Parliament. LOSS OF AN AMERICAN SHIP. LIVERPOOL, WED NESDAY.—A telegraphic despatch was this morning re ceived from Falmouth, announcing the arrival at that port of the Jane E. Walsh, from Havannah, having on board the crew of the American ship Unicorn, for Liverpool from Boston, which was abandoned i❑ a sink ing state on the 7th of June, lat. 39 N., long. 50 W. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL WILLIAMS FOR HER MA. JESTY.—The Queen has been pleased to honour Sir W. F. Williams with a command to sit to Mr. Mayall for 4 full-length photographic portrait, in the dress worn by the gallant general at Kars. Accordingly, Mr. Mayan took a sitting after the levee yesterday, and succeeded in producing a fine and characteristic likeness. The picture fiirms one of a series of portraits of distinguished men photographed by the same artist for her Majesty's private collection. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Senate met yesterday; M. Troplong in the chair. It voted its internal budget for 1857, and adopted a regulation for giving pensions to its servants. The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree rais ing Generals de Salles and de Macmahon, Mgr. de -Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles, and Count Octave de Barrel, a deputy, to the rank of senators. " The returns of the customs revenue," says the Constitutionnel, " for the first five months of the year continue to show that the commercial situa tion of the country is prosperous. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to M. Pensard, the author of the piece called " The Bourse," lately produced at the Odeon : " St. Cloud, June 15, 1856. " Monsieur,—You thought fit, after the first re presentation of ' The Bourse,' to escape from the congratulations of the public and myself. The re ceipt of your play now gives me the opportunity of addressi ng y ou , an d I do so most willingly, for I was truly pleased to hear you lash with all the authority of your talent, and combat with the most noble sentiments, the fatal passion of the day. I shall therefore read your piece with as much in terest as I saw it played. Persevere, Monsieur (your fresh success invites you to do so), in this path of morality, too rarely, perhaps, followed up in our theatres, and which is yet so worthy of authors who, lik e yourself, are destined to leave a great reputation behind them. Believe in my sentiments. " NAPOLEON." THE BOURSE, June 25.—The following were the closing quotations : Casb. fr. a. 4i per Cents 92 3 per Cents 7O 50 N evr Loan 7O 60 Bank Shares 3,915 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,550 Austrian Belgian Fives ki 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmonteae (5) 92 -- Home Debt .......« RAILWAYS —FOB CABS. End of Month. —f. —O. 70 75 Pr. e Orleans ... ............ 1,355 Western 928 75 L Nort onsrn he y 1,470 New Ditto biediterranean ..... ... 1,680 Grand Central 645 Lyons Geneva ...... 792 50 Testa Cate 750 Austrian Com. ...... 895 RUSSIA. ARRIVAL OF LORD WODEHOUSE. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 18th, in the Constitutionnel, says : "The Emperor Alexander, after his return from Riga and Revel, has taken up his residence in the delightful palace of Tsarskoe Selo. A body of the Imperial Guard, 50,000 strong, is on the march for Moscow, and will take six weeks to perform the distance. Grand military fetes will take place for the coronation, in which 150,000 men will be assembled. Lord Wodeheuse, the English Ambassador Extraordinary, arrived here yester day, by the Prussian Eagle steamer from Cronstadt. He had been preceded by Mr. Acton, son-in-law of Lord Granville. This young gentleman, who was partly educated in France under the direction of Mgr. Dupan loup, has just left for Moscow to prepare the palace ap pointed for his father-in-law, who is to represent England at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander. It is said that his lordship during his stay at Moscow will give several magnificent fetes. The disasters of the inunda tions in France and the heroic conduct of the Emperor Napoleon in going himself through so many dangers to convey assistance and consolation to the numerous sufferers have produced an immense sensation in the Russian capi tal. 'ln these disasters,' said a high Russian personage to me yesterday, the Emperor Napoleon acquires more glory in the eyes of posterity than in a hundred victories, for he has achieved the canquost of every heart." The French persons established at St. Petersburg have opened sub scriptions for the sufferers, to which the Government has very generously contributed. To the firm of M. B )rdeaux, who has the largest warehouse here for linen and, cotton goods, is due the merit of this generous ini tiative, conjointly with M. Chuzel, bookseller and presi dent of the French Benevolent Society." THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Berlin, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" It has been asserted that the Porte had consented to the authority of the chiefs of the Principalities becoming hereditary, provided the union of the two provinces did not take place. We know from a good source that this version is false. Prop•sitions of this nature had certainly been made to the Porte, but were declined by the latter in a most decided manner." The Wallachian Government (says a letter from Vienna, in the. Rrurtzburg Gazette) has formed a plan of the railways to be executed in that country. A line, 47 leagues in length, is to connect Bu charest with Vertgevora bypassing through Slatina, Crajova, Severin, and Czeneiz ; a second line is to connect Bucharest, Giurgevo, and Varna ; a third line is to go from Bucharest to Bredial; and a fourth from Bucharest to the frontiers of the Buko wina. SPAIN. MADRID, June 24.—Disturbances have taken place at Valladolid, under the pretext of the dear ness of provisions. Tranquillity is re-established, and the ringleaders will soon meet with condign punishment. In the Cortes the discussion on the law of municipalities was brought to a conclusion. INSULT TO FIER MAJESTY. (Fromm the Times.) When will the Americans learn manners ? Who shall teach our Transatlantic cousins how to behave ? Here is one of them who tried yesterday, in defiance even of an etiquette modified to suit his countrymen, to parade his republican person before the Queen, at her levee, in a frockcoat, black neckcloth, and yellow waistcoat. The thing itself was trivial, but the object was unrni,take able. He wished to have it to boast that he had com pelled the Queen to forego the usages of her Court in his especial behoof. He tried to accomplish this national feat under the wing of Mr. Dallas, who, when appealed to, supported his countryman and left the Palace in a pet. Well ! after all, we suppose her Majesty will con tinue to hold levees in spite of Mr. Dallas's displeasure. It is scarcely worth while to confute the absurd preten sions of people which, with the most irritable touchiness as regarOs themselves, combine the greatest disregard of all decorum towards others. The Queen of England says to her subjects and to strangers who visit her in her own house, "I am happy to see you on all State occasions, but if you come you will find me gorgeously arrayed to do you honour ; return the compliment, then, and come in your best." She tells her guest , , in fact, as hundreds of ladies and gentlemen in this country are in the habit of telling their friends, "This is a full-dress party,' " thereby implying that all who do not choose to observe the rule had better stay away. What should we think of a fellow in private life who, after accepting an invitation to a set dinner, at which everybody else wore full dress, presented himself in a shooting-jacket and shepherd's plaid trousers? In all probability, should such a portent appear on the horizon of a gentleman's hall, it would never rise to the upper regions of the drawing-room, for the butler would infallibly show him to the door. Now, this is what the Queen's Master of the Ceremonies very properly did in the case of an Am.. rican who, in a frockcoat, yellow vest, and black neck cloth, chose to present himself at her Majesty's levee yesterday. He knew the usage of the Court, but he pre ferred to withhold from the Queen and her august com pany the compliment which every gentleman would have rendered. Our American cousins must really learn the good old proverb about "doing at Rome as they do at Rome," and, though they may live at home in the enjoyment of all liberty or licence of dress or undress, they must, when they visit these communities either disguise themselves and their republican prejudices in decent attire on occasions of State solemnity, or forego the greatest delight on which a true Republican can feast his eager eyes—the sight of a live Queen en her throne. (From, the Daily News.) Yesterday, at her Majesty's levee, an attacl" of the American Ambassador presented himself with a " black tie." The horrified Master of the Ceremonies protested that the delinquent could ❑ot possibly be admitted to the Royal presence in such a costume. The American Am bassador was appealed to, who declared that he was not prepared to give an opinion on this important ques tion of etiquette—though he understood that Court dress or uniform was dispensed with on the part of the American Embassy on such occasions—but that he could not appear in the diplomatic circle without his attaché. The Master of the Ceremonies was inexorable Mr. Dallas was not present at the levee. We must take the liberty to say that the whole affair ap pears to us extremely childish and silly on both sides. If the black neck-clothed attaché appeared in that costume with deliberate premeditation—for his collea.4ues were arrayed in " white chokers"—he was simply imperti nent and absurd. If he were thus arrayed through an oversight, Mr. Dallas might have dispensed with his at tendance, as there was no diplomatic discustlm pending that could require his aid. Still, we must admit that the palm of absurdity is due to our own Court. The pertinacity with which the Americans adhere to their disregard of Court forais has been well known ever since the fracas with Mr. Buchanan in the house of Lords at the opening of a Parliamentary Session. It ought not to have been left to the discretion of a head lacquey to re-open such a silly, discussion. Our Court's part in the controversy can only be paralleled by the horror with which the liveried menials of Louis XVI. saw the Minister Roland .present himself with shoe• strings instead of buckles. The republican severity of the American Legation reminds us of the cynic who "trampled on the pride of Plato with, greater pride. THE HARROW CRIMEAN MENlOltlAL.—.Major•General Sir William Fenwick Williams, of Rare, Lid the foun dation stone to-day of the Memorial Aisle of the New School Chanel at Harrow, after the usual annual speeches. The monument is designed to commemorate the Harrow officers who fell in the Crimea. THE SITE FOR A. NEW NATIONAL GALLERY. The following paper 3 wpre nublizled yesterday •'—' No. 1. " Treasury Minute---April 25, 185 G. "My Lords h ave un d er their consideration the subject of providing a site for a new National Gallery, and they. have befo re th em th e reports w hi c h h ave b ee n made, a nd the correspondence which has passed on the subjec t. l " They p a rti cu l ar l y a d ver t to the proceedings w hich to the grant by Parliament, in 1852, of the sum of 150,0° towards d e f ra yi ng th e purchase of land at Kensington: gore for institutions connected with science and art, and to the proceedings relating to the further Parliamentary grant, in 1854, of 27,000/. to enable the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1‘..51 to complete the purchase of the Gorelane estate. " They also read the minute of this board of the 1 5 t, February, 1853, defining the conditions on which lands a' Kensington-gore should be held by those commissioners, in. which it was prescribed that, in order to secure unity el, action over the lands purchased partly out of the funds e‘ o f wale/ the disposal of the commissioners, and partly out granted by Parliament, the legal title in those lands ah °u _a b l be vested in those commissioners ; but that those „ should at the same time be held by them subject to a e nc b : directions of app ro p r i a ti on as s h a ll f rom time to rim not issued by thi s b oar d i n respect to suc h p a rt the rec T w ' 0 , 3 n exceeding one moi e ty, as shall, by agreement ne t , for this board and th e Royal Commissioners, be set !Wa r " such institutions connected with science and sorted are more immediately dependent upon and suPg, i i i . by the Government from funds voted by e ' " ment.' On the other hand, the minute contained the 4reser vation, that before any such buildings shall be erectedavo the public expense, the Royal Commissioners shall have afforded to them an opportunity of submitting to board their objections if any should occur to them, by what may be proposed in respect to such buildings' which arrangement it was observed a joint superinten of a beneficial character would be secured to the Pe over the whole, that " In pursuance of the arrangement provided in 11i t minute, au act of Parlia.mont was passed in 1851 c° „, o n e es ing the commission ers as a corporate b o dy for the Pn'rt—tng of the act, a nd g i v i ng th em certa i n powers for tocl ui lands, constructing roads, and for other purposes. my Lords advert to that part of the report of the Sat Committee of the House of Commons on the Net i " • Gallery in 1853 w hi c h re l a t es to the se l ec ti on of a nits for that institution. Wh i c h " The committee, after adverting to four plan s s tes bad been proposed for building a N a ti on al GallerYeigS-01arci 'in Kensington -garden or H y d e P ar k or th e ir n hood, observed, w ith respect to the pro posal Which hug been made by the Royal Commissioners for a ppropr i l tho to that object th e upper or northern extremity ob• ground purch ase d by th em i n K ensington - gor e, tha" to jection to the app ro p r i a ti on o f any port i on o f the Pa r Ito • these purposes should be found to be insuperable. an a t 0 . native remained in the offer of the estate in Kensilltbeat gore ; and the report concluded with the resolution to under those circumstances your committee are IOW" of recommend the acceptance of this offer as the site of a n u National Gallery.' ull "Viscount Palmerston states to the board that, after consideration of th e su bj ec t , h er M a j es t y ' s Goveqron3jteen• have come to the conc l us i on th a t t h e propose d site 11 , .000 sington-gore will on th e whole be the most advol-iier that can be sel ec t e d f or th e N at i onal Gallery, au"toke Majesty's Government will therefore be prepared t ° •„to the necessary measures for carrying that arrangemen-ut effect. It appears, however, to her Majesty's to be essential that, before proceedings are taken I'll' view to the erection of a public building for this purpl's the site should be vested in the Government, under w,b, ° 4 immediate control all matters connected with the Nati' Gallery are placed. u n ikra " Lord Palmerston, therefore, suggests to the that, referring to the previous correspondence , and ea rths Governq a ally to the arrangement sanctioned by the minute 13 ' t be 15th of Feb., 1853, a letter should be addressed t° Royal Commissioners for the purpose of ascertaining 'l t s % ther they will be prepared to convey to the Government a site at Kensington -gore sufficient for the erection % National Gallery, with suitable approaches and 'iv t o sufficient surrounding space ; requesting that if the 'ibis missioners are prepared to do so, they will r eport t° 0 ,01 board the precise boundaries of the space which they . 00 . agree to give up for this object ; and that the corn on ers should be informed that her Majesty's Govern e°7 007 , receiving satisfactory assurances on this point from Th. o g will cause a bill t o b e i n t ro d uce d i nto P ar li a ment ve s ; ro t such site in the Co mm i ss i oners o f P u bli c W or ks in "" pA fur the proposed Object, and " subject to such conditions may be considered advisable." " "No. 2. por 4 Copy of a Letter from James Wilson, Esq., to the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 1 1 1 3 0. ".Treasury Chambers, 4 Er l i e d by; " Sir, my Lord s an d Gentlemen,—l cotnnt,st, i , to' the Lords Commis s i oners o f her Majesti's . TOn it i ,"" d e neo request, with ref e re nce t o th e p rev i ous corr esP3 relative to the selection of a site for a new .ell t ,. ott e d. Gallery, and espe c i a lly t o th e arrangemen t 0 80 .! by the minute of this b oar d, d a t e d th e 15th day. o f "Felr ruary, defining th e . con diti ons on w hi c h W l d, w ill Kensington -gore should be held by you, that 9 °11 ,,a to inform their lordship s wh e th er y ou w ill b e prepa r ; u ffi• convey to the Government a site a t Kensington-Preiabie dent for the erection of a Nation a l G a ll er y, w ith eta i f approaches and a sufficient surrounding space, and tin t ,. so, you will report to this departme n t th e p r e c ise be an for lies of the space which you will be prepared to give a? in g this object. I have to acquaint you th a t o n recolvo satisfactory assurance o n thi s p o i n t f rom y ou h er Miki"o Government will cause a bill to be prepared with a el ite to its introdu c tio n i n t o P ar li amen t, ves ti ng suc h 1 1, in the Commissio n e rs of P u bli c W or k s i n t rus t f o r i ,, t. proposed object, and subj ec t t o suc h con diti ons as me '- considered advisable. " I am, &c., " JAS. WILSON• fr " The Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of 18a" "No. 3. " Copy of a letter from Mr. Edgar A. Bowring to the Se crP tary to the Treasury. "Palace of Wesminster, May 5. rs " Sir,--I am directed by Her Majesty's Commisaie n o f for the Exhibition of 1851 to acknowledge the receiP". t h your letter of the 30th ult., requesting to bo informed , lif reference to pre v i ous correspondence relative to the sele e ' t oLi of a site for a new National Gallery, and especially te ig b arrangement sanctioned by the Tre asu ry m i nu t e of the, t i l e of February, 1853, d e fi n i ng th e con di t i ons upon w hich , a lands at Kensington -gore should be held by Her MaJ e ' re d Commissioners, whether the commi ss i oners w ill be prel )° o to convey to the G overnmen t a s i te at Kens i n gtoo,l o3 sufficient for the er ec ti on o f a N at i onal Gallery, ro d suitable approaches and a sufficient surrounding apac e ' h ieli if so, what are the precise boundaries of the space Amax they will be prepared to give up for this object, end Ja i t• that, on receiving satisfactory assurances on this 1 )°- re j. her Majesty's Government will cause a bill to be Pr e P A ' ; ve,sn with a view to its introduction into Parliament , such site in the Commissioners of Public Works in w' . :o for the proposed object, and subject to such conditions may be considered advisable. for the In reply, lam di rec t e d t o acqua i n t you , oer information of the Lords of the Treasury, tha Majesty's Commi ss i oners are prepared, in conform ity w ibe their Lordships' proposal, to give up BO much e s ite °f Kensington-gor e es t a t e as may be required f or te ..beg of the n ew N a ti ona l Gallery, with suitable approat'bo and a sufficient surrounding space, to the intnq ii blie it may be v es t e d i n t h e Commissioners of ;Con Works in tr us t f or th e proposed object, such P%lolclr of the est a t e t o b e t aken from the we irs the lying within the great boundary roads, as shown '- accompanying map of the estate, be ie . " With reference to their lordships' request for formed as to the precise boundaries of the space 'ivb' e "„ for Majesty's Commissioners will be prepared to give 11 2', the purpose, I am to add that, in the absence of e l°r- ai r y; cise information as to the nature and extent of the buil 3di , intended to be er ec t e d, they can only declare thei r re ai ness to place a t th e di sposa l o f her Majesty's Gover erD bo so much of the main block above referred to ea " -11 for needed f o r th e f u ll an d comp l ete execution of any P 13„ 4 a. the erection of th e N a ti ona l G al l ery that may be I quently decided upon by her Majesty N 's Governrnoe' G have, &c., " The Secretary t o the T ‘: e E as D u G ry A ., l , l,. A. BOWEL' THE MAILS.—The United States' mail steara'b'i.' Baltic, C a pt. C oms t oc k, sa il e d yesterday for New ler from Liverpool, with 134 passengers, besides a full cats and the A. AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM CompAN.•,, meeting t.niienteghdeot report, divide this iovr itd Cewosat such c p ch a a company ite t od o s, o a k s and r t ,l h a e c tyh e eymelisyt directorse maybe e d a a y b lae f t v i oe r 1 0 : 31 ;_ rti r t ; to the suspense account before the next ordinary u lee b - ; ing. The exercise of economy was urged, and a lso t i speedy realisation of the assets. According to a `app le, mental st ( a n t m er i n n e d n it t ig ma it d e e m u s p n t( f ) athed2oulshttfiunistri.,attubit twos, amount 68,9611., and after deducting liabilities a balance r e. mains of 54,5221. „°- SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMP ANY .—At a rneet;i-e this company, h e ld yes t er d ay, M e. E. Divett p ress e ; the dividend d ec l are d was at the rate of 7 per ce,llt.f.Fbe annum, and the r e p or t was unanimously adopteo• tort' progress of sales an d l eases was considered satisfec;er by the majo ri ty, b u t some of the shareholders constuft that the value o f th e property i s under estimated• de, was explained on b e h a lf o f t h e b oar d that t h e y are f sirou s o f p resen ti ng a f a i thful but moderate vie r!! t :t affairs, in order to prevent undue expectations• of discussion ensued with regard to the re munerati o .l er , the directors, w hi c h it appears h as reache d a c oustu w , able amount. In answer, it was stated that the a l l ° , s ante is regulated by th e d ee d o f sett l ement, w hich "" tb e o it in proportion t o th e di v id en d d ec l are d . D ur ing period when the company was in an unsatisfactory '° tion the direct ors were w ith ou t an y remunera tion their services, which temporarily involved large roP °l3. sibilities. 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Juno 25.—Another new paddle steam-ship named the Havre ' belongi ng t o the Saw' Western Company, sailed this evening for Franco, 0 ° 41 ,_: c lipper - like by Captain Smith. Th e H avre i s a c lipper - ' vessel of 518 tons, builder's ineavurement, with eng ir l i ivsoitha2er2ews:-thasotnrosßen:satperkoitaeeirdi,. a b t y lithee il r l b e n s a s iil r idn s i . enrgi S s.i3 e o a ward and Car, between perpendiculars, 185 feet ; breadth, 24 depth, 14 feet 6 inches ; and she has accommodation for i 125 passengers, but, should it be necessary, Can find room for as runny as 450. Her capacity for carg ° , 4 ," • about 200 tons. The speed of the Havre is highly' F a "*" . a n r s d of f r e t h: e e igtt-h.; factory, it being computed that her average, under or dinary circurnsi tunes, is 15 miles per hour. Previous W her departure the vessel steamed down Soutbamptol water and returned to the pier. A select party 0 ' friends, among whom were some scientific men, actors' feuded the ship, and seemed much pleased at her steady motion and comfortable and elegant accommodations. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—A figure repre,, Renting Mr. Charles Kean in the Jaaracter of "Macbeth has just been completed, and placed in the great room of this establishment. The talent displayed in the pro' duction of the figure is highly creditable to the artist employed. The costume is an exact representation of ethnargtlawneJernivibtyh the Mr. Kdree!sn d character, aonsitio dlo na a no c i the figure and the ke appearance it posses the admirable likeness to the celebrat ed actor, ses stampsit of in the day. di i The p as one of the best models in the exhibit on . We under stand that a portrait of Genera l Williams, the h er o of Kars, and other distinguished individuals, are in pro• gross, and %Ain soon be ready for public insp eaten. .shiP quie rani wen and Mar Egy sd. pric( Tues It 8,733, last y( crease haben lery, s man uf len an The Unitec 76,760 tion of the me year. 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