The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-07 00:00:00

SALE OF STORES. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPARTMENT Do HEREBY GivE Novas, that a quantity of Artillery Clothing, Harness, Leather, Wh els, Firewood, t owder Barrels, Staves, Woo n Rope, Old Canvas, Chain Reins, Founders' and Lead Ashes, Cases, Tin Cuttings, Cork, Nails, Slow Match, Wagons. &c. , will be Sold by Public Auction in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THIIR3DA.Y, lOth July, 18L6, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely. May be viewed from 10 till 4 o'clock on the three days previous to the sale. Catalogues may be had at the War Department, Pall-mall, Tower OSLondon, and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. W. 0. MANIIALL, fur Director-General of Contracts II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of new Ballet, Le Corsaire. • Madame ALBONI Madame ROSATI. TO-MORROW EVENING (Tuesday, Jaly 8), will be per formed Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. Angelina, Mdlle. Alboni ; Don Magnifico, Signor Rossi (of the Italian Operas Paris and Vienna, his first appearance) ; Dandini, Signor Beneventano ; and Bon Ramiro, Signor 61- After which will be produced (first time in this country) an entirely new Ballet, LE CORSAIRE. With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, The music by M Adolphe Adam. Conrad, Signor Ronzani ; Seyd, M. Dauty ; Yussuffe ' M. Venafra ; Birbanto, M. Vandris ; Sulmea, Mdlle. Clara ; Gni- Dare, Mdlle. Rosa ; Dilare, Mdlle. Lizereux ; Medora, Madorne Rosati. The Opera will commence at Half-pazt Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. • MR. BALFE'S BENEFIT, at DRURY LANE, TO-NIGHT, July 7.—lmmense Attractions for this night only—Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Madame Viardot Garcia, Miss Dolby, M. Gassier, Arabella Goddard, Ernst, and Piatti. The performances will com mence with Balfe's favourite opera THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, with the new music and following splendid cast : —Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss Dyer, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Drayton, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Balfe will preside in the orchestra, which, with the chorus, will be on a grand scale. •To be . followed by a grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, in which the fol lowing celebrated artistes will appear:—Madame Viardot Gar cia, Miss Dolby, Miss Fanny Huddart, Misses Brougham, and Mrs. Enderssohn. Mr. Henry Haigh, Signor Lorenzo, and M. Gassier. Instrumentalists :—Violin, Herr Ernst ; harp, Mr. John Thomas ; violoncello, Signor Piatti ; pianoforte, Miss Arabella Goddard and Mr. G. A. Osborne. To conclude with the 4th Act of Verdi's opera IL TROVATORE, with'the following cast :- —Miss Lucy Escott, Miss Fanny Huddart; M. Durand, an 1 Mr. Augustus Braham. Private boxes, .31. 3.., 21. 23., IL. 15..; stalls, 75. . 6d. ; ; dress circle, ss. ; boxes, 45.; upper circle, 2s. 6d.; pit, 2s. dd. ; galleries, 2s. and is. Boxes and stalls to be had of Yr. .31. W. Balfe, 11, Cork street, Burli,gton-gardens ; of Mr. Chatterton, at the box office of the theatre; and Messrs. Boosey and Sous, 24, Holles•street. 'fAA.TRE ROTIL, DRITRY-LXXE. Lessee, 1, `+ - iUtil EIIGLIsn OPERA. THIS EVENINQ will be produced THE BOIIEItIA'4 GIRL. Followed by A GRAND CONCERT. To con !ludo with ?he Last Act of IL TROYATOIt. • , y a __ TtiedkritA ROYAL. a,xy Under the Managern , ,.nt of ; %fr. RneistOne, MT EVFMNII, TIVELF rx NIG IT. After which The Spanish'Da3aeff: Folliywei by MU IIUCIAEg AT 'UWE. To conande with , . A DATJOHTER TO MARRY. i ~ g )Y P'4.! 4 4 ;121:tr ) rEpltTn.m, OI°OI2D-STREET. Under the seaqvitent of &(r. C1148.1.Es KLAN. Tflti EVENING, 311T8IC lI.TII CHARMS. After whien T IE WINTEW3 TALE. ROYAL TIIRATRIL ADELPIII. Propnator and Hana;er. Mr. Li. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. F.,VEN11 , 14, VIE FLYISG DTI:UW.IMAX. After which, THE CT:MOWS OF rim CIIINFRT. Polloired by THE IRISFI Llov. RI TA r, MX .1 PIC' THEATRE. reside and lianazer. - %Ir. Alfred Wigan. EVENINTC4 THE JENT.OI73 WIFE. A fter which, A CONITJGIL LESSON. - ;:onclude with A F SCINATING DTDIVIDUILL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPDITHRATRE. Lessee wrd Margor. Mr. Wow Ccoke This day (MONDIY) a MOWCING PERFORIIA..TCE at Two o'clock. TEII-3 EVENM•TiI The Ilomantio Eque4trian ileemel4 called TETE 110R4F OF 'CBE C IVERNI, or the Mounted Ttri,vuhis of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W. Cot ke'i stud of trained docile bows. After wt ich. The incoml)ar ible Equestean Diminy of EQUESTRf N ART in the A RE:SA. The pnvel and miraculous performance of the German 21rothers To concluac with TUB FFATIVAL OF PEACFii, or Honour to (be Brave. iina•dflice open frrn Fev n till Folr. Stwe Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director. Mr. Cooke, Jun. qmpri WATER. AT LOgDONT BRIDII.E. This Oar—'horn. 3 min. aft. 5 —T.lvening 21 min. aft: 5 T %-44nnR(1 , 7,—Mnrn. 41. rain. aft. 5 —ET:ming 5) min. aft. 5 TilE WE k I 'l - TER—Sur; OFFICE, JULY 6. TIIIIIMIIICTEB, IN TIIN SHADE. 72 -highest since noon yesterday. 15weat. this morning and during the night. 72 -this day at noon. 3A ROMET ER -ZO WDm, W.N. W.—Fresh, with clowly, but fine sunshiny weather. Slight rain late in the evening. JULY 7. 74 b.iicheit since noon yeeterasy. 58 .3-watt this morninz and urn the night. 63 .0 , 1. .fa, 3t. noon. BA noHETEP.-39'78 .-falli❑ ;rapidly. WIND, S • —Li<vht with dull cloudy weathar and .• moms rain. , 1 ; 4,, /-: s, - --',4..C -4, .'! - - -1 . 57- 1 5 ' 44 , 1 V --,- -- '? , ...i - L.-- d." 1 LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1858. If every Ainerim citizen resembled Mr. GEORGE PEABODY there would ho but little dan ger of a collision between the two great branches of the Anglo Saxon family. That gentleman, who has deservedly obtained the title of a " Merchant Prince," has sedulously endeavoured to coltivate the feelings of amity that ought to be maintained between lalth C nintries. Pos4es-led of a princ>ly ertune he has us , A it a Prince, and by ex traordinary libertlity, g.-ntleinanly demeanour, and thorough integrity of conduct and purpose, has elevated the transatlantic character in tl, eyes of all who have : bad th© honour of his per sonal acquaintance, or the pod fortune of being brought in contact with him. He has resided amongst us for many years, bat never has abated a particle of his nationality. Any fellow-citizen involved in difficulty has found a kind and faith ful friend;the only passport required being evidence that he deserved the assistance he sought, while English charities have found him a bountiful and unostentatious benefactor. ,Such is the min, the noblest of all titles, who on Fri lay last; the 80th anniversary of the Deolaration of the Independence of the United States, assernblei a mixed party of American and. English citizens at the• Star and Gartor, Richmond, to partake of his magnificent 'hospitality in celebration of that auspicious event. The REABODY BAnquet, or fete of the 4th July, has become an established institution. Inaugu r4ted in 1850, it has continued under various phases to the present day ; but no one, whether English or American, ever participated therein without desirinn , to have a similar opportu nity on an o th er occas ion, and without a large infusion of the milk of human kindness towards the strangers with whom ho was associated. "The Iron Duke" himself has as sisted in one of these festivals—clOsely assimilated to his own memorable Waterloo banquets—'and thereby, in addition to the " thousand happy faces at Almacks on the 4th July, 1851," effectu a lly "broke down the assumed barrier to the union of Englishmen and Americans in celebrating the glorious anniversary --a barrier never again to be erected." It was a felicitous conception on the part of Mr. PEABODY,. by which he was en abled to discover the real sentiments of England towards "the States" :and r. the St3testaen:' Few could so well have carried out the notion— one whic'i at a critical emergency like the present may incline the balance towards the side oF " Peace and got ►d-will" towards all. We should s(xtrcely feel inclined, when speaking of such a proceeding, to allude to any, existing difficulties. We% are convinced that all that is required is to approach the consideratim of the points in dispute in a proper ,spirit of mutual for bearance and mutual conciliation to bring every difference to a happi), and honourable termination. The name of the imamortal WASHINGTON is as highly revered in the 'United Kingdom as in any part of the United States. The cham pions of freedom, who fought on his side, share in his honours. There. was a great principle nobly aT3rted; and.notwithstand ing every obstacle and impediment, right even tually triumphed. No true-hearted . Englishman would have desired that it had . been ;otherwise ; and we can heartily and cordially concur in' cele brating that great epoch in the annals of freedom. There can be nothing to warrant an imputation against the courage of either party. Why, then, should there be that extraordinary sensitiveness on the part of our transatlantic .brethren to which . one of their own most distinguished citizens alluded ? Why should they be thin-skinned as to any criticism on their foibles, or desire to avengo an imaginary - slight on a *hole nation for the fancied insult of an indi,vidnit? We believe with General CADWALLADER 'that, if QuePn Vic• TORIA travelled through any part of the United States that her progress:would be treated with as much enthusiasm qs in any part of' her own dominions. The suggestion is well worthy of attentive consideration, and, we have no doubt that a Royal visit to New York and Washington would be far more popular 'in this country than , one to Vienna or Berlin. It may be impossible to arrange tha indispensable pre - liminaries during the present year, nor per haps would it be' desirable during triti . 'occup.ation of the White House by General Pizncz. Ba when the existing clouds have vanished from the political horizon, when the object Of such a jour ney conic' -not by !any ,`` -be misunder • . stood, then indee 1 vie should rejoice at a proceed ' ing so calculated to produce- that which ought t o be the object of every citizen' of Great Britain and the United. States, and so 'happily expressed by General CADWA.LLADER, " frank, interomrsl, cordial friendship, ana • perpetual., peace be tween them." Dulwich College, then, is -still to be misma naged ! " GOD'S gift" is still to bo hoarded up in one way, only to be squanderel in another ! The noble-hearted founder Of it, EDWARD AL - LETX; stage-player and theatrical manager—the GARRICK of the days of Queen ELIZABETH, the friend and partner of NITILt.um SitaxsPEaE of the Globe Theatre, and afterward3' New Plac‘, Stratford upon=Avon=EDw4 ALL SYNE, act or and philanthropist, is still to have his glorious benefaction misapplied, is still to have it monopo lised by greedy placemen and insatiable plural ists ! The first act of the very old and very dull farce of "A Parliamentary Carrarnittee of Laves tigation" was played !out is regatal•to Dalwiels Ccllege on Wednesday afternoon: There was a new oast of characters,. for this occasion only, of course by particular desire, and the Cenereittei in question was necessarily this time e Committee of the House of Lords—there arts the 'Earl of HARROWS"( in the walking-gentleman's part as Chairman, the rest of the motley dratnatii pirsonce being enacted by H.R.H. the Dake of CAMBRIDGE, by his Grace the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY, by the Right Hon. the Earl of MINTO, assisted by the Right Hon. Lord MIDDLETON. Why on earth Daorich College—founded tw or three hundred years ago by a stage-player -- should be adjudicated upon, according to a very tardy scheme of reorganisatien, by a high and mighty conclave, c )mprising in a rather re stricted group of five- individuals, a reyil Duke an Archbishop, two Earls, and a B mon, would certainly be somewhat difficult to con jecture. What, in the name of fortune, can a Prince of the Blood' have to do with the be quests of excellent Master EDWARD ALLEYNE, wore the sock and buskin for the delight of the groundlings of Southwark in the days of the 'More ? Or what, again, for that matter, can possibly be known upon the subject of the wshes, and intentions, and sympathies orthe said Master ALLEYNE, by the Right HOD. DIGBY WILLOUGHBY, seventh Baron MIDDLETON . ; by the Riglit•Hon. DUDLEY RYDER, seconeE all of Milltown; or-by the Right Hon. GILBERT ELLIOT M. KYNYNSIOND Viscount MELOUND and Earl of MINTO. Te say nothing at all about the most reverend father in GOD, JOHN BIRD SUMNER, Primate of all England and ArchbishOp * of Canterbury ! Nevertheless . H. R. H., his Grace, and the three Right Honourahles, being duly constituted into a Committee : of tb House of Lords . to decide upon the most advisable of certain proposed eehemes for the entire rem )- delling of .pulwich CAlege, delibera e upon the matter, hear counsel ueon the matter, ponder weightilyover the matter, and, among other things, arrive at this conclusion That the suggestion submitted to them by Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER on the part of the members of the theatrical pro fession (EDWARD ALLEYNE's class, remember, not the Committee's!) be peremptorily rejected I It Wai a modest request enough (rather `" too" molest we think), but it was the request neither of a R.H. nor ye t o f an A rc hbi s h op, nor ye t o f a snug party of Right Henoura.bles : it was the re quest, in truth, simply, as we have sail, of cer tain members of the theatrical profession—and it was considered•by the C ;Inmates of the Reuse of Lords on Wednesday afterhOon, and (of course) —rejected ! We need hardly say in parenthesis "of course." The thing is obvious. But having learnt now the decision of the C enmittee, wonder what Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, will think, we wonder very much what CHARLES DICKENS will say, ueon the matter ! So the affair ends, however, for the present. Yet—Does it ? The type of an historical nation dies out last among the lower classes.. Long after the aristo cracy have been given iiveY to . their / lusts, the manhood and the manly virtues of the people sur vive. So history teaches, and .we derlve'consola tion from the reflection. Oar Anglo-Sazon fore fathers, our anceetors, indeed, of a less remote antiquity, wore distinguished by probity, manli ness, and a love of fair play. These are not the characteristics by which our rulers and the govern inci• caste nowadays are to - be recognised. For probity you look in vain in the s+tife of parties, manliness you will hardly be able to trace in the condition of, the weaker portion of the ruled, and a love of fair play is, one would fancy, incom patible with that general lust of aggrandisement to be gratified at any cost , , of which the organs of the people.have so much reason to complain. The masses, no doubt, are disfigured Ly many vices, but you hear of no jacquerie, nor any general desire to appropriate the property of the rich among them. The coveters of other men's ri g ht s an d pro p er ties aro to be found is high placet, a clam which abounds in this world's goods, and adds, acre to acre, and house to house, and privilege to privilege, and not in that alike destitute of either, and apparently privileged only to grunilalecwitirout means of redress. S. o g a 3 the masses are sound i keirted there is ho sor any country, and it were-idle. to dream of despair of ours. But the present aspect of " high and mighty" degeneracy and the state of public opinion are far from encouraging. Con fining our view to matters in which public recrea tion and instructien are at st,ke what do we find ? Why, systematic encroachment on the - rights and privileges of the people. In all but the very highest quarter we find a barefaced attempt—so far frustrated—to appropriate the National Gal lery ; in effect to take possession of it, carry it off, and shut the doors against those for whose recreation and benefit it was mainly intended. With such proof of the state of feeling in a high quarter, further enhanced by the servile subser viency which it successfully challenged in quar ters from which better things might have been expected, who can ,be surprised at the precarious tenure on which the public hold their parks and other places of recreation? " There is something rotten in the state of Denmark," and if we would not have the gangrene to spread, the most ener getic measures should be taken to oppose its pro gress, dangerous as it is to well-ordered liberty and, the . general welfare of the country. The leaders of the people can hardly adopt too decided means, provided they be constitutional, to array the masses in an. attitude of self-defence, which must be respected. At the present moment Victoria Park is threatened with encroachment, and the fate Of Hampstead-heath trembles in the balance. To think of the condition of the population in the neighbourhood of the , above park, puling, white,- faced creatures, many of them stout only . . in an English heart, with its powers of endurance, and then hear of the scanty acreage grudgingly allotted them on which to get a breath of Heaven's air, being narrowed for building pur poses ! Why, it is enough to make a man doubt whether there be a F!RQVIDENUE really recognised this country 'or not. It ought to shock the rudest feeling and brand with shame the indivi dual who could conceive such a project, or placidly entertain it. Yet, for many .' a long day, and to this hour, Victoria-park has' .been, and is, in danger. Surely, it is time for 'the people and their friends to bestir themselves. As for Hampstead heath, we are afraid it will be sacrificed to a Judaical observance_of a principle. The people, it seems, according to some, ought only, and must only, have it preserved through the instrumen tality of the Metropolitan B3ard. of Works. Are they likely to have it preserved that way ? We are afraid, from all we Iknow and have observed, Ihey-are not, and for the life of us we can see so `reason why voluntary effort should not step in and insure the perpetual possession of the Heath by the people, by buying up all claims upon it. We may be in error ; but remembering . what has been effected by this means, looking at The announcmnent the other day of 20,0001. having just been contributed by two nobleman only for the erection of churches in the metropolis, and also at the annual amounts subscribed for reli gious and charitable purposes, we do not believe we are. We will' go further, and say no hotter way, no way more graceful, effectual, and becom ing, could be adopted. Of all things we should like to see the pevle doing al much as possible . for themselves, and shaMing their representatives, if need be, into enterprise and persistent action. " The letter killeth, the spirit maketh alive." Tho Queen has conferred the title and dignity of Barn et of, the United Kingdom :on Sir Allan M`Nab, late Priine Minister in Canada. A Clhinet Council wa4 held, on Saturday afternoon, t the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Tha Counoil,sat. two hours. „ Toe coronation of the •Zraperor of Russia is• positively flicA for the 16th of lingust. The D sehese of 'AI mtebello widow of . Marsha' Cannes, died yesterday in Paris. C .rd Bowden, the E:,glisti Ambassador k Spain, has i:ed at. Bar) n ne. _ _ _ The Coministioners for the Reduction of the Naional -tat had a quarterly: meeting on Saturday. T .e members of the royal family of Piedmont left Tin , n the . 2 I, on an excursion to the Lino Maggiore. Mlle: crez has just signed an engagement with the director of the Opera Coniique for, five years. The .saitsbury an i Wirmins'er' , ltailway it now open for traffic. The Italian Opera at Vienna clOsed on Monday last ; it is stetted that Mme. Borglii Main° started iinmetha,t , ly f,r London, heiug engaged at b,r Majesty's Theatre. M no. Bizic and other Italian artistes are expected is Parrs en route for Russia for the approach ing c-ronation. - A letter from Naples in OA Risoigimento of. Turin 'states that here . are .constant frays at' Messina be tween the people and the police.. Baroness Vt4ker (Adlie. Qruvelli) passed -through Brn-: els three days ago on her way to Westphalia, to join her Tae'clemand for gold for the purchase of silver on the e k o tinenk eontioues, and a further some of nearly 100,000/. was taken from the Bank on Saturday.. A despatc i from t h Captain-General of Barcelona de oies the ructcair pf disturbances having taken place in that city. The Captain-General declares that he is not apprehensive of ,ny serious disturbances in Catalonia. Tits sff.A.LtaN Itair,*a.Y.-:--Tbe Tuscan Moniteur an nounces that 6.804,000 f. deposit has been lodged by \teems. Rothschild, of Paris, for the • Great Central Italian Rill way. .- Mtre. Go'dschmidt (Jenny Lind) was expected at the clo e of the present week in Paris, and has probably already arrived. There is gut, we understand, the least probabtliGy of her being heard in public. Toe specie arrivals of the past week have amounted to 630.00'0/., including 330,0001. in silver. Tha exports arp eat mated at 1,000,000/ , of which 770,060/. consisted The a* npany of Franr_h comedians have .just sailed f o IL. r t , ;t lii Janeiro. Toe number of the whole. t •eigie is not rnention:d, but there were no less thaii 'pine actresses. A 'pdzi hn i ving be m offerefl for the best poem in French on the subjfct Of the 25th anniversary of the ac ;essinil of the King of the Belgians, 156•piecc.4 have been Pent in. At the half-yearly meeting , of the Dublin and Gla,szow Steam P.ek.t C mipany, held at Dublin, on Thursday, a dividervi at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, frac of income tax, wav declare]. „ • -An itop.4cant modification of the postal cony ion between Great Britain andtrance: has just been .agieed upon, by which the” postage between Englancriind France and Italy, will be reduced. • A letter from St. Petersburg : states that the Russian Imperial Guard have gone into mourning for three Says in compliment to their COmmander•G-eneral P i utliger, who has r,contiv died at CarlSbad. • 4. Tht °Peal Verona 4 Gazette of the 2d states th. -Rn the occasion of the confinement of The•Empre:s of 4 uo fiia, numerous acts of clemency will be announced thiAigh • / out all the pr winces of. the Atte flan empire. A. depitatien of the ExeCutive C)mmittee of tlif;.Man c.;es:er Exiohition of Art Treasures, 1857, had' an in terview with Viscount Pal mer: te._ on Sahli' Jay. - Time deputation consiited 'of Mr. Thomas Fairbairn (chair man), Mr. lieron, arid M r . Stern., Tug Boy JoNEs.—The "boy Jones," of Buckingham Palate n itoriety, is now undergoing punishmentiAlhe- Devonport Gaol, for stealiag from the house of AI N or- Gmneral" Eden, the .commanders-cliief. of .the western • distect. , The celebrated clown A:uriol, for go many yeacs , delight of the frequenters of Franconi's, is about tO:ipen at Rouen a theatre under the name of the "kriffes A.nglAis-Itmentais." It is to be distinguished i 9 pairti en'ur by; the talent of the clowris:engaged. The. Reform Club dinner to Si- Wiliaing, of re, I- fis.cd for Saturday next, the 124 b July. when . Willia od wi I in all likelihood be the Reform member, , for Calte. Sir A. C•tckburn will predde, aid The vief, pr , 11441,,nts will be Mr. Shaft@ Adair, M.P., and Mr. Michael %F.% M.P. 1441 V ROSIAN' CATHOLIC. ClitmoH.—The • foundation at roe 0' a re v Itotean Catholic church at Ply,M9.nth i ' v g. a ' 461 on. Saturday by the R ev . Dr. W. Vaugha n, Bishop of Piyuiouth.'-' ' of the intended ehur.:h is on ati elevation to the north of Union and Kiiig Atreetg. REPRENENTITION OP FRO3IR.-I,ol'd Edward Thimno the s rvative cAndidate for the represeptation s)f this borough. The noble earl has commenced hi s canvass of the elector§, and the contest is expested 0 exe-iediugly close. Mr. D . N i coll and the Hon. Major Boyle are also personally soliciting the vot s of the donsti'liency. PROROGATION .01P PARLlAMENT.—Notwithstanfling the positive assertions which are going the round Or the public journals, to' the effect, that Parliament will be prorogued on Thursday, the 24th instant, we can affirm; in the most confident terms, that, as at presant intended, the prorogation will not taste E. ace bcfor3 ThursUa' the 31st.—.3forn4ng Adverlivr. .4 THE MONEY MARKET. The exchanges with Paris, Hamburg, and the United States have now turned in our favour. The Bank Reipeo.,..of las ayeak exhibited an in creasee f tho - ,sp • of tali4t 7 to the .amount of 359 P. , . k 1 ti.lieNA i,. -been an arrival of spe *e from . :if oik to - tlirAmOunt of 180,000 A, and' frOm• the West Indies of 427,000/., making together an amount of 607,0001. , .Under.these cir cumstances, assisted by the improving prospect of the harvest, the upward tendency of all securities continues. The rise in many of the railway shares is cer tainly greater than any improvement in the traffic, or other circumstances, warrant. But the reduc tion of the rate of discount, with the probability of further "immediate reduction, with the conse quent supply of money, sufficiently account for the maiked improvement_ in the . public funds and other securities. The Governor -of the Bank of England is the modern -/Eolus. • He has at his command all the prosperous gales which can fan the sails of commerce and waft prosperity to our shores, and all the storms and tempests which can cover the seas with the wrecks of our commerce. Still he is a man "under authority." Non ifli inaperium petagi, sevumque tridentem. Peel's Bill binds him with a golden chain, and he can neither do good nor ill of his own accord. When Gold accumulates in his coffers the country is allowed to have, a circulating medium sufficient for its necessities, and prospers. When Gold is withdrawn the circulation is contracted, and the country is half ruined. The commercial barometer is now pointing to increasing confidence. - Everything is rising, and men, tempted into speculation, may make by the effects of the relaxation of the Bank screw much more than they would do by years of persevering and assiduous industry. Bat the influx of Gold in large amounts from California and Australia is over-ruling for a time the working of this miserable system. .Thus at this moment we learn that 2,000,000 dollars of gold have reached New York from Cali fornia, and coming at this time will greatly assist the improvingetate of the trade of America. The influx of gold into America, while it assists them, makes it less imperative on them to with draw it from us.' This is the state of our circulating medium. Just when Peel's bill is - beginning to operate adversely, a few hUndred _thousand pounds worth of.gold is poured into the Bank, aad the evil of a contraction of the currency is staved off. Such, should the gold fields continue their yield, will apparently be the course of events—Peel's bill will still do harm. The value of money will still vary. Trade will at one time be depressed, and speculation.fostered 44 its Operations. But its evils will be mitigated, for a - period, bra cause of which Peel never dreamed, the unprecedented discovery of gold.— Derbyshire Courier. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. Joharina Wagner repeated the character of Romeo in. the Capuletti ect i Montecchi, on Saturday night, exhibiting throughout that fine' dramatic talent to which we have already called .attention. She has not played the part afore effectively than upori this occasion, nor has it been watched by the patrons of the house with greater sympathy and interest. The occunancy of the Royal box by the Queen and P,rince Albert gave, too, an additional piestige to. the e4nt, inasmuch as it was the first time this season her Majesty had deigned to honour the establishment with her presence. The Dins trious party, which also _included the King of the Bel gians, the Princess Charlotte, and the Count of Flan ders, arrived at'the theatre about nine 6'clack, attended by Lord Camoys, the Hon. Miss Macdonald, Lord Chas. F.tiroy, and Celonel Seymour. The appearance of the Queen in her old-place imparted a refreshing zest to the enjoyment of the evening, for it at once demolished the tiny rumours which had beta circulated as to the inten tional character of the absence of the Court from the house which specifically bears her Majesty's name. , Among the fashionables present were the following— The Duchess of Mentrose ' the Duke of Wellington, the Duke ..f Leeds, Earl and Countess of Westmorland and the Hon. Georgina Fane, Countess of Glengill and L-tdy Margaret Butler, the Countess Villiers, the Earl and Countess of 11. iiiebery, the Earl and Countess of Howth, the M rquis and Mar.:laciness of Anglesey, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, Lord Gordon, the Earl of Gal way, Lo -d Naas, Lord Ward, Viscount Curzon, Lord C E''zabetti de Ross, Lady Ann Becket,- Vise •entess Mayttini, Lord Roht. Dundas, Lady Georgi. ana Codrington, Lord and Lad - r - eharles Wellesley, Lady Htyes ' Lady Bradford, Lady Bellew, Lady Lon deshorou4h6Earl of Malrnesbnry, the Earl of Cardigan, -Earl of Pomfret, Sir Matthew and La ly Wyatt, S.r John Lowther,-Bart, Sir William Price, Bart., General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Lord and Lady Rolle, Sir A. Campbell, Bart , the Hon. -Mrs. Fremantle, 'Sir John Lester Kaye, Bart., Col. Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs, - Lockyer Free tun, the lion. Admiral and Mrs. Rous, Admiral Collier, Major - Pole, Mi. and Mrs. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Lock, Mr. and Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs.. Salamans, Mr. and Mrs. Sey mour, Mr. and Mrs. -Gosling, Mr. and Mrs. •Carden, , C.ipt.'and . Mrs. Dickson, Mr. and:MiS - ." - Giblis, Mr. and Brandt, - Air. and Miss Severn, Mrs.' Colonel Hall, Mr. C. aiid.Mrs. Davidson, Mr and Mrs! Goding, Ma jar. Graham, Mr. kvi Atkinaon, Mr. and Mrs. Cilap'am, his _Excellency the Swedish Minister, Mr. .Mund ty, Mr. arid Mrs_ Thernhill, Mr. and Mrs. - Tudor, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Anil Mr , . James Palmer, Mr. and - Mrs. ,Lennox, Mr. Varisittart, Mr. and Miss Duff, Capt Sturt, Capt. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Todd, the. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., the Hon. Mrs. Cult, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Trelawny. THE 2VATMNAG GALLERY AND TFIE "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." TO. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • Sir,—On the 7th of April, in the debate on the estimates for the Nationar.Gallery during 1156-7, Mr. Wilson, the Secretary of the - Treasury, having buckled on his armour in defence of "the Adoration of the Magi," amused the house with the tale " that he had seen a letter from Paris in which 60,000 francs (2,10014 was offered for that pic .ture." Now, Sir, I too have seen a document—indeed I have ono now before me, kindred in subject to the famous letter of Mr. Wilson, inasmuch as both treat of the pecu niary pretensions of the same masterpiece. By a coinci dence which cannot fail to strike the imagination of so ro mantic a personage as our Secretary of the Treasury, my document also is from a French source. An hour has not elapsed since J received it from a gentleman who attests the accuracy of its contents from information obtained by himself, not many weeks ago, in ;Venice. The following is a translation of the document in question:— " In the church of. San Silvestro, in Venice, there were 10 pictures by various masters, and, as they were in a very bad state (en tree mauvais &at), the curate of the church had been endeavouring for 20 years and more to sell these 'pictures, which were useless to'him. Nobody bought them. It was only last , year (1855) that a certain M. Toffoli made the acquisition of the 10 pictures for the sum of 10,090 f , and he had one of them (`the Adoration of the Magi'), which was-said to be by Paul Veronese, restored. It was Tagliapietra, Re , tautaterir do l'Acadenaie der Beaux Arts de Venise, who for the sum of 100 Napoleons restored this picture, which was afterwards sent to Paris." The gentleman who gave no this document told me, likewise, from information. gathered in Venice, that the payment for the restoration was to be contingent upon the sale of the picture So grateful: however, was Signor - Toffoli to Providence for having led to his door the art representatives of. this gifted nation, that, to mark the epoch of the Divine interposition, ho not only paid his re storer's bill, liut actually dVitributed, it is said, 500 piastres among the poor of Venice. It will,have been seeh that the average cost of the 10 pictures, formerly the property of the curate of San Silves tro, was 101. Mr. Bowyer, therefore, .was not very wide of the mark when he so shocked Mr. Wilson by stating, that he bad bean "told that the picture which had cost the hatio'n 1,9771.;" and only " 2/. 2s. 2d.," as Mr. Wilson triuraptaihtly informed the house for carriage, " was offered .for: sale a• shed time ago for 501., and that that was alaput its worth." The difference between Mr. Bow yer's p.piutaisement, and the average cost of " the Adora tion of the Magi" "unresteted," is 25 per cent., a consi deratati.which a,persionage,aLMr...Wileon's towering spirit might d;isdain ' but for which gentlemen in a humbler line Would be well satisfied to transact business. Stich I have good authority for believing to be a true and untonaantic history of the production secured• to us, by the Combined connoisseurship o f Sir C. Eastlake and the German travelling agent, who emblazons on' his card, -" Exiet4-tbe la Galerie Araion - le cl'Angleterre," the daub whickAli the authority of our official catalogue, page 207, could only be had " after much delay, by a Papal decree, anti by an order from- the local authorities."—'Yours obe diently*, MORRIS MOORE. 27,,50h0-square, July 6. • - TRIDNATINOAL GA GtERY-A PLEA FOR ' 44 CO UN T RY- FO LK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—The question of the removal of the National ;Gallery from its present site has been debated, so far as I have observed, without reference to the convenience of nsideots in the provinces. I am' one of many thou sandf Who daily, more or less, frequeritlY go to town on busines.. Thousanl e , like me, embrace the opportunity, of a spare hour to visit the collee ion of pictures in Tra falgar 4 quare. If situated on Hounslow Heath it would be ab oit as convenient to all such as at Kensington Gore; io fact,.the great proportion of country visitors Whorli it now instructs ind refines would be practically excluded. Most constituencies will . see their represen tative 4 during the recess. Let them be' reminded the National Gallery is for the use of the nation, and is not to bo moved from's, convenient locality to indulge the caprice of any man, however exalted his position. The only sufficient realon for. removal would be unquestion able pFoof of damage to the pictures. After many years attention to this subject, I aim convinced that a paint ing, properly varnished, cone's to no more harm in a Landon atmosphere than the glass of the windows, and that settlements upon the surface can, with care, bp as safely removed in the one case as the szo her. I am, Sir, A COUNTRY READER. the erection of a fi v i reraing ROYAL NAVAL 'SCROOL, YEIV _Caoss.—The fund for bath :b tesi this school has re cently been augrpe4ted . several additional subscrip 4. Qf 136°1 tinas. The araokint r be tq en tlba uired is 450/. of which upwards : 11 aVc' already Ei . ~ i'l ~ LATEST NEWS. TURIN, SUNDAY, JULY 6... - The official Gazette of Parma announces the arrival at Parma on Friday, the 4th.of July, of the Marquis of Normandy, who immediately went ,o wait upon the Duchess: M IRSEILLES, SUNDAY, 7.35 r.m. The Borysthene has arrived, with advices from Constantinople of the 26th, and from the Crimea of the 24th ult. Despatches leave at 10 p.m. The liner Napoleon, the frigate Panama, and the transport Birkenhead have arrived with troops from Kamicsh. BERLIN, JULY 5. The conferences relating to the customs are not ,o be held at Warsaw ; the tariffs will be revised at St. Petersburg. Denmark has protested against the interference of foreign powers in its internal affairs. There is some question of a law for im- posing certain restraints on joint stock companies, MADRID, JULY 5. An attempt at insurrection at Arvanila has been put down. M. Font has given up his contract for the works at the Pueta del Sol, abandoning two millions of reals of caution-money ; a new adjudi cation will take place on the 12th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. A private interview will take place between the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor of Austria before the return of the former to Paris. The meeting is to appear quite accidental, and to take place in the middle of the Lake Constance. Aus tria evidently is anxious to draw closer the alliance with France as a safeguard against Italy as well as Russia, and the Emperor Napoleon would feel flattered at the idea of being thus courted by the son of the Cm;ars. _ ry The letter of the Princess Clementine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, has at last made its appearance, and though it is to a certain degree a "protest," yet rsfusal of the money cannot be detected. It is addressed to M. Becher, the agent of the family, and is as follows : "I learn from the newspapers, Sir, that the Emperor has just proposed to the Legislative Corps to vote a 600,0.0 f. rents for the children of the Princesses, daughters of Louis Philippe. I lose no time in de claring that the Prince, my husband, and myself, have made no compromise with the Government of Louis Napoleon, have claimed no favour, no indemnifi cation. Since the decrees of the 22d of January, which de-Toiled my brothers, the children of my siste►s, and myself, of the heritage of my fathers, I have taken every opportunity of protesting against that viola tion of my rights. I have claimed the property which was guaranteed to me by my marriage contract, the sum of property which had been left to me by the King; my well-beloved father. I asked for justice : I demand it still.—Bslieve, &c., " CLEMENTINE D'OELEANS, Duchess of Saxe-Cobuig." It may be inferred, from the above, that the Princess Clementine does not entirely refuse the money. If she accepts it, it is, of course, oily as au instalment of what is her right ; but her letter to M. Bocher is certainly far from what we were led to expect by the friends of the family. Some of the ex-Fusionists seem offended that the Princess should make use of the word " Emperor" in her letter. " Monsieur Bonaparte" is the ut most courtesy they will allow. The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Senate voted on Saturday, without discussion, a credit of 10 millions-for repairing-the damages caused by the floods ; and the inscription of three Rentes in the name of the heirs to the Queen of the BAgians, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and the Duchess of Wurtemberg: Monsieur the Count Pariahs read his report on the project of senitus-consultum concerning the regency of the Empire. " The reader," says the ioniteur, " was interrupted and followed by fre quent marks of approbation." The Moniteur contains, in its number of Satur day, a long report of the Minister of Marine on the organisation and reform of the French naval ser vice., The decree founded on this report consists of 271 articles, and is of too great length, says the oniteur, for publication in its columns, but will appear in the Bulletin des Lois. The Debats of Sunday has no news of general interest on this side the Channel. Count d'Argout, the governor of the Bank, is reported to be so seriously ill that several ministers are canvassing for his place. General Fleury, who accompanied the Emperor to Plombieres, has returned to Paris. The Mayor of Algiers, who came to Paris for the baptism, was assured by the Empress, at a private audience, that both the Emperor and herself intend to pay a visit to Algiers before very long. There have been several political arrests at Sables d'Olonues, near Rochelle. BOURSE, July s.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. s. End of Montt it per Cants 3 75 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 7i 60 72 5 New Loan 7l 65 Bark Shares 4,151 Roman Cr&lit ILlobilier 1,590 . ‘.ustrie.n Belgian Fives ...... .. 118 i- -, Slanish Throes...... 441 'ie.lniontos,(s) —„. 91 4otne. D,)bt., . , ~. „ 39 RAILWAYS-rOB CASK . ... ... Orleans ........ ...... 1,425 Western 967 50 Northern Lyons Mediterranean Lyons Geneva Cette AUSTRIA. VIENNA, July 2.—Within the last few days it has been satisfactorily proved that there is no dearth of capital in this city. On the 23d of June the shares in the Vienna-Salzburg Railroad were issued, and almost the whole of the first instalment or 30 per cent. has already been paid into the hands of-the Credit Bank, which acts as the agent of the *cdthpany. The Credit Bank some time ago an nounced that it was willing to advance 20 per cent. on the shares on which 30 per cent. had been paid, but up to yeSterday evening no application for pe cuniary assistance had been made although the interest demanded by : the establishment is but 4 per cent. The Italian army has been and is still being re inforced, but the fact is carefully kept from the knowledge of the public. The Austrian G-ov u-n -ment thinks that prevention is better than cure, and is resolved riot to betaken by surprise. According to advieas from Whiddin the disturb. ances in the neighbourhood of Belgradshik have entirely ceased. Since the 18th of June the press has been free in Aloldavia. Laws for the suppres sion of the abunes of the press have been published. • While the King of 'Greece is in Germany the question of the succession of the Greek throne will again be brought before the protecting Powers, as Prince Adalbert, of -Bavaria, positively refuses to join the non-united Greek Church. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are to the 30th ult. At the opening of the sitting of the Cortes on that day M. Orense presented an 'address of the provincial deputation of Palencia, condemning the recent events in that city, and demanding indem nities for the victims of those excesses. The Government acquired every day additional proofs that the conspiracy bad extensive ramifica tions, and that its principal object was to destroyall the provision stores. Most of the incendiaries of are operatives who earned good wages, and dear food was a mere pretext to force the people to •revolt.. M. Escostra, the Minister of the Interior, had written to his.colleaguestha:t he hoped to discover the origin of that plot against property. All the Ministers, and General Espartero in particular, are determined to punish those-crimes in an exemplary manner. •" ObCO for all," said the General, "we must either 'cease to be a Government or re-esta blish the prestige and power of authority. The arrests at Valladolid are said to exceed 200. The proprietors are to be indemnified. The Govern ment had demanded the returns of the losses they had suffered, and the Cortes will vote a special loan to that effect. An attempt had been made at Aranjuez to set fire to a corn store. - The accounts from Catalonia were satisfactory. The Captain-General of Cuba has offered the G overnment 12,000,000. Teals, at two, three, or six months' date ; but ilia Government has answered that satisfactory arrangements for meeting all its engagements up to the end of the year have been y • s made, and that it prefers leaving the money in the island, in case any need of it should arise. PORTUGAL. ORTSMOUTII, MONDAY MORNING. The stew transport Marley Hill arrived at Sp,t head this Morning from the East, last from Lisbbn (July Ist), with Army Works Corps, &c. ; by whil3h we learn that the packet from Southampton % r as entering the Tagus, with the mail of the 27th Jude, when she was coming out. There, was no political news of importance. The Finance Committee of the Deputies had not given its report upon the Government Bill for a new loan of 330,0001. for public works, although the Committee had met twice to consult upon the subject. There were no British ships of war in the Tagus on the Ist inst. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, JULY 5., Troops continue to.arrive from the East, and lit . is expected that within a very few days the last bf the French' army in the Crimea will have landed at Marseilles. A fire broke out yesterday morning in the Com missariat hay stores, which at one moment threlt- - ened to destroy all the houses in the neighbour hood. A vast quantity of military forage was cop- Burned. Monsignor Cardinal Patrizi, the Pope's Legate, arrived from Paris at nine on Welnesday evening. He was lodged at the Bishop's Palace. Troops are being still sent to Algeria. A de tachment of the 9th Chasseurs h-Cheval, a splendid body of men, embarked to-day in the Osiris for Algiers. A disCovery has been lately made by a distin guished agriculturist iu this coun+ry, which, if net already known in England, will interest your scien tific readers. M. Orange, a landed proprietor near Aix, has discovered that the 'water which flows from gas manufactories, being highly charged with ammonia, niay be,_ efficaciously used as a manure on wheat lands. THE INDIA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Captain Brooks, Admiralty agent, Lieut. Dennehy, R.N., arrived at Southampton on Si turday with the heavy portion of the India and China mails. She left Alexandria on June 21 ; Malta, June 25 ; and Gibraltar June 30. She brought 109 passengers, among whom was Meer Mahommed Khan, the son of a Scindean prince, Meer Ali Morad, of Khurpore, now in this country. Meer Ali Morad was deposed by Lord Dalhousie. Meer Mahommed Khan is a fine-looking man. He is a man of great weatlh, and in religion a Mahom medan. The object of his visit to England is to see the country. He was accompanied by four attend- i ants—handsome -looking man , with immense beards, all dressed in the costume of Scinde. From the Indus we have news that the miniature yacht Mus tapha Bay, belonging to a nephew of the Paella of Egypt, and intended for cruising on the river Nile, arrived safely at Alexandria from Southampton on the 4th ult. Notwithstanding she is no bigger than an Isle of Wight steamer, she was more than 13 days under steam—a remarkable circumstance, as it was considered such a small vessel could only perform a sea voyage under sail. She was altogether a month on her voyage. On the 27th ult., at 10 p.m., the French steamer Palmella ran into the British barque Queen and cut her down to the water's edge, causing her to founder immediately. The captain and crew of her, 80 in number, saved themselves by jumping on board the Palmella, in which ship they were conveyed to Gibraltar. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Stone com mander, arrived in the Mersey evening, with ad vices from New York to the 25th ult., 178 passen gers, and 1,570,309 dols. in specie on freight. At 5 p.m. on the 2d inst. the Arabia passed the Royal mail steam-ship Africa, hence. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, hence, arrived out on the 22d ult., and the steam ship North Star, from Southampton, on the 24th The nominations for President and Tice-Presi dent had proceeded vigorously, and the following candidates ale now in the field :—For President, Democratic, James Buchanan, Pennsylvania • Re publican, Jqhn C. Fremont, California; Know- Nothing Bolters, N. P. Banks, jun., Massachusetts; Know-Nothing Sub-Bolters, R. F. Stockton, New Jersey ; Abolition, Gerrit Smith, New York. For Vice-President, J. C. Breckenridge, Kentucky ; W. L. Dayton, New Jersey • A. J. Donelson, Tennessee ; W. F. Johnston, Pennsylvania ; Ken neth Raynor, North Carolina ; S. M'Farland, Pennsylvania. In- the Senate Mr. .Clayton bad made a long speech, full of quotatiOns from Lord Clarendon's speech during the debate on the Central American question, in which he accused his lordship of hav ing misrepresented him. General Cass made some remarks . upon the subject, and Mr. Toombs ex pressed an opinion that the Central American diffi culty might be settled' by arbitration. This mem ber also gave notice of another plan for the pacifica tion of Kansas. Ile proposes to have a census taken of the population of the territory, a registration of voters for the proteCtion of the freedom of the ballot-box, and an election of delegates- to a con vention to form a constitution, preparatory to the admission of Kansas as a State as early as practic able. A message had been received from the Pre sident, in response to 'a resolution asking for a copy of the instructions to Mr. Buchanan, late Minister at England, on the subject of the invitation to the British Government to enter into a treaty similar to that between Russia and the United States, re cognising the principle in favour of neutral com merce, that free ships make free goods. A joint resolution, appropriating .$4'1,000 for the purchase of the British Artic exploring ship Resolute had passed. It is designed to refit the vessel, and re store her to the British Government. Mr. Geyer had introduced a bill, providing for the faithful execution of the provision of the Kansas Nebraska Act in Kansas. In the House of Representatives Mr. Lakeman (Nigger Worshipper), of New York, had given no tice of his intention to introduce a bill, amending the act of 1818, prohibiting the introduction or im portation of slaves. Padre Vijil had left Washington on his return home. " The climate of the north is said to dis agree with him." General Gadsden had arrived in Washington with the new treaty and convention. with Mexico. Mr: Fillmore had been rec3ived most enthusias tically upon hi:- return from Europe by his friends and supporters,• whom he addressed in suitable terms, and to whom he expressed a hope that the day was far distant when they should see one por tion of their country arrayed against another. In a letter accepting the nomination of the De mocratic National Convention held at Cincinnati, Mr: Buchanan thus expresses his principles and policy. Ho says : "In the first place, I Cordiilly concur in the senti ments expressed by the C ,nvention on the subject of civil and rellgiouti liberty. No party founded on reli gious or political intolerance towards one class of Ame rican citizens, whether born in our own or in a foreign lei d, can long continue to exist in this country. We are all equal before God and the Constitution ; and the dark spirit of despotism and bigotry, which would create odious distinctions among our fellow-citizens, will be speedily rebuked by a free and enlightened pub lic opinion. " The agitation on the question of domestic slavery has too long distracted and'divided the people of this Union, and alienated their affections from each other. This agitation has assumed many forms since its com- a mencement, but it now seems to be directed chiefly to the territories, and, judging from its present character, I think we may safely anticipate that it is rapidly ap proaching a 'finality. The recent legislation of Con gress repecting domestic slavery, derived, as it has been, from the original and pure fountain of legitimate political power ; the will of the majority, promises ere long to allay the dangerous excitement. This legisla tion is founded upon principles as ancientatts free go vernment itself, and, in accordance with tbAni, has simply declared that the people of a territory,',lP those of a State, shall decide for thems e lv es w h e ther slave r y shall or shall not exist within their limits. "The Nebraska Kansas Act does no more than give the force of law to this elem en ta r y principle of se:f. government, declaring it, to he the true intent and meaning of this act not to -legislate slavery into any ter ritorysoestate, nor to exclude it theteirom ; bjat to leave the people thereof perfectly free . to form aid' regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States." This principle will surely not be controverted by any indi vidual of any party professing devotion to poputkr.go vernment. Besides, bow vain slid illusory would taw other principle prove in practice in regard to the terra tories ! This is apparent from the fact., admitted by all. that.after a territory shall have entered the Union, and become a state, no constitutional power would then exist which could prevent it from either abolishing or establishing slavery, as the case may be, according to its sovereign will and pleasure • "Most happy would it be for the country if this long agitation were at an end.," During its whole progress it has produced no practical good to any hunliap being, while Akita been the source of great and dangereus It has alienated and estranged one portion of the Union from the other, and bas even seriously threatened its very existence. To my own personal knowledge, it has produced the impression among foreign nations that our great and glorious confederacy is in constant danger of dissolution. This does us serious injury, because ac knowledged power and stability always command respect 194914 . 4 a. tio2B; and are among the best securities against unjust av,ression, and in favour of the maintenance of honourable peace. " May we not hope that it is the mission of the demo cratic party, now the only surviving Cunservative party of the country, ere long to overthrow all sectional par, les, and restore the peace, friendship, and mutual.confidence which prevailed in the good old time among the different members of the confederacy i Its character is strictly national, and it therefore asserts no principle' for the guidance of the federal Government whictritenot-adoptsd and sustained by its memheri iu each-and; etreit:State, For this reason it is everywhere the same determliaed foe o f all gcngrapbical parties, FO much and so justly dreaded by the. Father of his-Country. .FFOrtl- its-very nature it must continue to exist so long as there is a constitution and a Union to preserve. A conviction of these truths .____ and most A has induced many of the purest, the ab st, and most iniependent of our former opponents, wii :ave differed from us in times gone by upon old an 'extinct party . - issues, to c ime into our ranks and devote the nleiv.a with us to the cause of the constituti in and the Union • Under these circumstances I moat - cheerfully pledge My self, should the nomination of the Convention be ratified by the people, that all the power and influence constitu tionally possessed by the Executive shall be exerted in a firm but conciliatory spirit, during the single term I shall remain in office, to restore the same harmony among the sister States which prevailed before this apple of discord. in the form of slavely agitation, had been cast into their midst. Let the members of the familY_Abetain fromin- fermeddling withthe exclusive domestic conce r ns of each other, and cordially unite, on the basis of perfect equa lity among themselves, in promoting the great national objects of common interest to all, and the good wore will be instantly accomplished." In regard to their foreign policy he excuses him self from entering into particulars, but thinks it ought to be based upon the principle of doing jus tice to all nations and requiring justice from them in return. He adds : " Should I be placed in the Executive chair. I sbaill use my best exertions to cultivate peace and friend 4 -1) with all nati ins, believing this to be our highest p as well as our most imperative duty ; but at the hams time I shall never forget that in.case the necessity ail& arise, which I do not now apprehend, our na tional rights and national honour must be preserved s i t all hazards and at any sacrifice." - The Hon. James J. Strang, commonly c;4le4 c' King Strang," the leader and prophet o4 -7 ‘-be Mormons located on Beaver Islands, had beet shot by two of his followers, and received injuries frbrt which he was not likely to recover. Strang was the ruling spirit among the Mormons, a large ng_mber of whom are Welsh, who are located - on and have con trol of the six islands in the northern part and near the outlet of Lake Michigan, called Beaver Islands, and since 1853 he has represented Newago county, which is composed of those islands, in the lower branch of the Michigan Legislature. He has been the means, in times past, of causing considerable disturbance in the regions adjacent to where he resides, and robbery, murder, and piracy are crimes which have been freely attributed to him and his followers. An extract from a private letter from Granada, Nicaragua, published in the New York Herald under date of June 1; says that a communication had just been received from the Government of Costa Rica in which they acknowledge the Govern ment of President Rivas and General Walker, considering the war at an end, and offering to be come responsible for all the expenses of the war. By the arrival at New Orleans of Mr. Mraling, the United States' Minister to Guatemala, informa tion has been received that the Guatemala army of 2,000 men had been ordered to invade Nica• ragua. Late intelligence from Kansas states that a let ter from Westport, dated Jane 17, to the Republi can says " Colonel Sumner has put the California and Santa F• routes and all the 'principal roads leading through Kan sas under blockade. lie has driven Buford, Jones, Shelby, and all leading emigrants desirous of becoming peaceable settlers dot of the territory." Another letter from Kansas City, of the 16th ult., says : " Colonel Sumner intends to arrest every person under indictment in Kansas, and has declared that neither Lane nor anybody else shall come .with an armed force into the territory through lowa, Nebraska, or other routes, except over his body.. a the night of the 13th an attempt was made'to murder the new sheriff of Doug las county, who lives at Franklin. Three men came to his house and fired into the window at his bed, and then broke open the door, when the sheriff shot one dead and the rest tied." The same letter states that Colonel Sumner had received despatches. from Fort Kearney, giving him information that a band of Chenezen Indians had joined a party of Sioux, and had again pro.- claimed war. One white had been killed. Colonel Sumner immediately despatched a company to Sort Kearney from the camp near Westport. By the arrival of the steam-ship Texas at New Orleans news had been received from the city of Mexico to the sth and from Vera Cruz to the Bth ult. There existed a great excitement caused by differences between the Congress and Cabinet, and by the arrival of the Spanish squadron at Vera Cruz. A. proposition lias been introduced into Congress declaring the decree which reorganises the Privy Council illegal. It was in the end agreed that the new councillors should resign, and that Congress should refuse to accept the resignation of Alvarez. The Cabinet had positively refused to receive the new Spanish Minister so long as his demands were backed by the presence of a fleet of vessels of war, and it was thought that Spain would not gain any thing by the mission. Au alliance with the United States was advocated by many. Generals Santa Anna and Well had been published as deserters by the military commission. The Jesuits were about to be deprived of their property, and the decree of Santa Anna for their restoration revoked. Don Buenaventura Vivo had returned to Mexico. The steam-ship Quaker City had arrived with dates from Havantlah to the 17th ult. There is ,no news of importance from Cuba. Everything in the island was quiet. No intelli gence had been received from the officials sent to Costa Rica. The U.S. steam-frigate Susquehanna, Captain Sands, reported "all right " at San Juan. The stock of sugars on hand was 265,000 boxes ; shipped last week,. 40,000' The market was at a stand, but firm at last prices. Molasses scarce, and advanced in price. Freights dull—more so than at last advices. The British ship Hope had arrived with 45) coolies. From our commercial advices we learn that the New York money market remained quiet, with an abundant supply. . In exehange prices for the steamer closed firm at 9/ to' 10' per cent. on Lon don ; sf. 161 c. to .sf. 15c. 60 days," and sf. 114 c. short sight Paris; sf. 164 c. to sf. 15c. Antwerp; and 36 to 36l Hamburg. In cotton the business had saw inued light, but previous prices were main tained. Holders, in the face of decreasing•receipts, were not disposed to yield. The market closed somewhat unsettled. The flour-market, after an advance of 10c. to 20c., had closed rather tamely. Canada flour bad improved, but the demand was not active, the market closed firm 'at 5 dollars 60 cen s to b dollars for common supdr• fine to choice extra. For southern flour an ad vance of 10e. to 15c., had been obtained. Rye flour was in moderate request. Corn meal firm and in good &Mani:L . -An active inquiry had pre vailed for wheat, slightly Checked . by the, samples offering. For pork the demand was good at all advance of $1 on mess and 5 re: on other descrip tions. For beef the inquiry was good, and the ti - - of the market stronger. Cut meats had bee( very scarce, and a substantial rise in prices 1., taken place. Bacon was scarce and much wanti; : el Lard less plentiful, arkd ic. higher. The stocks Rot turpentine bad augmented, but was held firm] Spirits of turpentine were-steady at 37c. •In an there was scarcely anything doing. The mai for freights, with increased offerings to Great 7 tain, was firmer, grain to Liverpool being 7d.. bulk and 70. in ships' bags ; flour, 2s. 4id. to 6d. ; cotton, 3 1-16 d., and resin 2s. The Chietig Times states that ever since the'Reciprocity Treaty went into operation pearl barley has been admitted. at all the ports duty free, but that Secretary Gu thrie of the Treasury has now decided that it is not entitled to the remission. ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY . This morning the United States mail steam-ship Ericsson, ,Captain Lowber, arrived in the Mersey, with the pails from the United States and British Worth America. She left New York on the 21st ult., and has brought 80 passengers and $200,000 in specie on freight.. Her news has been antici pated by the arrival of the Arabia. The Gorski Sbornik, a Russian naval journal, publishes' tbe following notice :—" The military GeNernlk-general of St. Petersburg informs the public ti the Emperor has given orders that all owners t of boats and barques shall enter into a written engagement not henceforth to allow any private individual who may hire their vessels to take pounding s in the sea along the coasts. of the government of St. Petersburg, nor in the different months and channelsiof the Neva." ,THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Capt. A. Ryr's, sailed about noon, on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails, a full complement of pas- , sengers, and a large cargo of fine goods. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.--Tbe Royal Mail ship Morning Light, Capt. Giilieg, belonging to the Black Ball line of Australian packets, left the Mersey yester day, for Melbourne, with the usual bi- moi thly mails for the Australian colonies, about 640 passengers, and a very large cargo of merchandise on freight. The Royal Mail ship Mermaid, Capt. Edward Davey, of the White Star line, will sail with the wills on the 20th inst. .1-1„ ;iLL Li -- con of disc the flier 17,E an e free new fare 411 r sl,t $2O: Soul 4 per BRIT] l►nk SI oer C Nr ?raw 3 • Lon; A Ditto rJflsol - Exchi 1( gm, • Ditto Ditto PRIOR Austria Brazilia Ditto 13uenos Ditto Chiliau Russian Ditto Ditto BpaniF) Ditto Ditto Ditto T irkith Ditto Ditto Dutch Dittc FRi LIVI MOT n i r the to t the u, the It Procee The was al Mail a eve rt labour ]raring tire i y i The E and ca ceeded Water' line. Co r j ai 171. t~ 11