The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-27 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-' C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller a nd Silversmith to the Queen, 39, Bruton - stree t, Bond-street, GE " to b e worn having been selected by the Committee to m ake the "BAD by the Members of the "National Rifle be beg,s respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, in SILVER, price 7s. ed., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas . tivi4EATltg-P.O YAL, IIAYMARKET. Letilf.'e. Mr. J. 13. Baokstmr.. TRTS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE NATTIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, Jrc.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. :LAN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC by Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE... — Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, A.S.S. Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Cathcart, Miss R. Leclercq, Sze Followed by WERNER. Mr. Phelps, Mr. Ryder, Mr. E. Phelps, Miss Atkinson, Miss R. Lecleroq, After which, a new comic drama, called A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder, Shore, and Miss M. Harris. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. — Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Hawn." The Adelphl "Census" every Eveninz.. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. Alter which (217th time), THE COLLEEN HAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, 1). slither, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Homer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucieault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be fJ . L. owed T by a new apropos Sketch, TE CENSUS. Messrs. oole, Ebnrne, H Homer, C. J. Smith ; MISS Kate Kelly, Miss E. !Thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at T. fIAYT ERBURY -HALL CONCERTS NJ AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from ce lebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera. THE B AL MASQUE (first produced a Chorus of Forty in England at this Establishment), with Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, M r r. G Solos re ville, Mr. H Cornet- er bera-Ot, Sig ston, no Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popula on the r by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double r ope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites: —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T 1 ' E 0 X F 0R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architecturtinalg I beauty, elegance of ornamentation , and brilliancy of ligh render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open ETerY Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from " Macbeth" and " Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowne andych Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the ente rtainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Marshall,ey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. and W. Randall. Admission, Hall, sixpentre ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. Bd. lIIGTI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T }us DAN .—Morning, sh. sm,—Afternoon, sh. 26m. To-ittoußow.-Morning, sh. 46m.—Afternoon, :6h. Gm. TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE., JUNE 27, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAME, 71—highest since noon yesterday.: 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROVETEIL- 29 .7 5 . Wixn—Northerly ; light, with some rain, and fine weather now and then. NWT 4 , „ ,okT au • 04 A , 4 44tZ 4 , 47re . , /,,. - A t ' 4 1— " r • o =)414,6_2_,JT-o\, ~~.~ THE SUN. LW DON, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 186 Mr. COBDEN, though a man of the strongest common sense, must yet be practically regarded as a special pleader. And this arises from the very opposite reason, morally, to that which we assign for special pleading—the strength of his convic tions. Neither his oppoiants nor his supporters have ever doubted the sincerity of every sentence he has uttered; but they have also never doubted that, :while with the most unswerving and unexaggerated truthfulness he describes things as he sees them, he sees them but in one direction. Free trade is in the foreground of his prospect, and the softened tints of universal peace extend to his horizon. All the facts belonging to the first he lives and moves amongst. Some of them he has created. Few of them do not owe some part of their completeness and finish to his exertions. He is quite at home there ; and if we must act, in regard to them, on faith, to no living man would Englishmen rather commit themselves than to RICHARD COBDEN. He himself, however, well knows that in regard to the other topic—Peace—they could not so con fidingly surrender themselves to his guidance. Peaceful intentions on the part of other countries ; the prospect of peace between other nations and between them and us ; the policy, diplomatic and defensive, best calculated to preserve peace—on such subjects as these we cannot so safely rely on the great free trader. He loOks at them all with a free-trader's eye. He knows, as we all know, that trade is a most efficient bond of peace, and, unable to divert his vision to any other near prospect, the more distant one is, to him, always of the same character. He denies the existence of the clouds, and the threatening signs of atmospheric electricity, because he has no time to look at them. He can be in France ; can live in the midst of 600,000 armed men ; men who are longing for a battle somewhere, anywhere ; can hear the noise of the dockyards building a fleet, absurdly large in pro portion to the national marine of the country, and he perceives nothing more than he would in 600,000 policemen, and in the echo of mercantile ship building. He was in France negotiating a treaty o f com merce;—nations trading reciprocally can no more afford to quarrel than private manufacturers and their customers ; therefore, all must be right. Bayonets and iron-plated frigates mean no thi ng but defence—indeed they may be only so many bits of display—guards of honour, simply indicating the rank of La Belle France among the nations. They have no more to do with blood, least of all with attack on the peaceful, than the Guards which turn out in honour of our Queen on State occasions. But Mr. COBDEN must be as patient with us, as he used to be with Chartists and farmers, if we look around us a little more than he does. We cordially congratulate him on his popularity in the borough he represents ; we read with pleasure of the vast number who assembled to hear him ; we sympathise with the crowd, whom he with diffi culty prevented from taking the place of the horses which drew his carriage ; but we still imagine that a resolution which should have been a logical sequel to his speech would have met with doubtful acceptance from the four thousand who squeezed themselves into the room. That they can confide in him as their representative, that they approved his commercial policy, that he deserved the thanks of the country for his treaty—all this would be voted for by, perhaps, all parties and all persons in the manufacturing town of Rochdale. But, sup pose it had been put to the thousands before him as a resolution _a That this meeting believes that in building so large a Chet and maintaining an army twice as great as her frontier defence re quires, France has neN er contemplated anything hostile to this country”—would not a large number of hands have declined to sanction it; and unless from unwillingness to disturb unanimity on a festive ce:.:asion, would not a considerable number in Mr. 's own borough have been held COBDEN up against it. To be sure, Rochdale seems not to have in it 1, ranch of the martial spirit, or of the pro patria m or i E' spirit. It declined to es tablish a volunteer rifle corps, ,-0,. Rua received clue praise for it from Mr, COBDEN, ' o 1( ( 1 , I.:"=,t " He was glad to say that Rochdale was the only town in England that in public meeting assembled, had refused to establish a volunteer corps. He was in France at the time. He believed from what he there saw that the people of Rochdale were quite 1 right. He had been led to form this opinion from what he personally knew of the feelings of France towards England. He firmly believed when the volunteer rage was going on in England, as now, that the French nation never contemplated invad ing this country." We certainly share the pleasure he expresses in the first sentence ; that "Roch dale was the only town "—for had other towns followed the example, we have little doubt that things would have been very different from what they are, not only in England but on the Continent. It may be that purposes of inva sion of England itself have not been many ; the man at the helm in France well knew even in our weakest condition that that would be but a desperate throw of the dice. But can it be doubted that France and her EMPEROR have both desired to outvie England on the theatre of the world, and to e xhibit French policy as master of English policy. Does any one believe that, had our navy not been what it is,ltalian unity and liberties would not have been in a very different position. Would Syria have been occupied by a few troops only, and those with drawn according to agreement ? Would the Pacha of EGYPT have been left as independent as he is ; and might not even the intrigue through M. LESSEPS have been exchanged for relations bordering on a protectorate' If invasion of England has been a wish and a pleasant dream, rather than a deliberate project, and if the liber ties of Italy have almost become an unreversible fact, We believe that the majority of Mr; COBDEN'S 4,000 auditors, would in their hearts, ascribe this to our Volunteers and our Navy. We are confident that GARIBALDI would heartily affirm this view of the question, and so would all the great Statesmen of Italy. And if Mr. COBDEN should reply what is Italy to us, we should rejoin, put that question to .he meeting of last Wednesday. On another main point or two, however, we heartily agree with Mr. COBDEN. "If (he said) he had seen that France was creating a navy superior to ours, he should have been a traitor to his QUEEN and country if he had not denounced it with all his might. Before France should have a navy equal to ours, without reasons for having such, which she had not now, he would vote one hundred million sterling for the defence of our country." Mr. COBDEN has said as much before and we believe him, and this genuine English feeling it is which keeps him right with his countrymen. We also agree with him in another view, that we are not in the position in which we ought to be for the money we have spent. After a careful examination not of the French estimates, but of the money actually spent by them and by us on the navy, the French naval expenditure for ten years up to 1858 —the year of the last audited expenditure—the French had spent on their navy little more than half what we have done! To this must be added— " That while England had spent on her navy hall as much more as France, she at the same time had an advantage over France of 20 per cent. Eng land could build her engines at 30 per cent. less, while her coals and stores each cost her 20 per cent. less." The inference cannot be evaded, that there has been the grossest misman agement. That we have paid scores of millions and spent them uselessly; that the income tax collector has sponged us out of our earnings to throw them all into the sea, This is mortifying enough. The more so because we believe that while the House of Commons is squabbling over insignificant little leaks, the great leak is still open. The Admiralty still remains unreformed — an instrument for spending money rather than for maintaining a fleet. If Mr. COBDEN will keep his eye on this point he may make a most valu able use of his great talents. A statement of considerable interest and of much importance was made on Tuesday evening in the House of Lords by the Noble Duke at the head of the Board of Admiralty. It had especial refer ence to the position of the officers holding com missions in the Royal Navy of England. It was a statement demonstrating quite clearly the fact that, at any rate upon the active list of officers in the Royal Navy, the national service is at this moment, and has for a very long while been (for war purposes at least) anything rather than over stocked. The retired list may for some reasons be very disheartening to look upon—that is to look from the point of view of a rigid economist. Not thus, however, is it in any respect with regard to the active list as aforesaid. The Duke of SOMERSET spoke upon the subject we are here referring to while moving at Tuesday's sitting in the Lords for a copy of the " regulations under which masters or mates of merchant vessels might be enrolled as officers of the Royal Navy Reserve." Beforo at tempting to insist upon the advisability of this course, his Grace endeavoured first of all to demon strate the urgent necessity of adopting some mea sure of the kind; and secondly, explained to the Upper House that other plans for mitigating the evil recognised had been thought of, and even tried, but had been also found upon trial of them to be wholly inadequate for the emergency. The statistics scattered through the remarks of the Duke of SOMERSET on Tuesday may be here briefly gathered together for the reader's consideration. His Grace said that—while we have of Admirals on the active and retired lists as many as 309 (they having at the elcse of the war in 1816 numbered no more than 235) while we have of Captains on the active and retired lists as many absolutely as 714—we have, it is true, lieutenants on the active list alone, amounting in the aggregate to 1 855. But—added his Grace immediately upon mentioning the last specified total—" The whole number of lieutenants that were unemployed was 150, and when they went through the list to see bow many of these 150 lieutenants were available for the navy, there were not really above" —how m any is it supposed?—why, actually n o t more than 25 altogether ! Showing in point of fact, for war emergencies, a reserve of lieutenants upon the active list that is literally no reserve at all. Some persons, of cou rse, had suggestedßtuhtaltthhee m ates might be judiciously- promo mates are very few altogether, they number less than a hundred, their total is somewhere about eighty-six! Then it was argued " Enter more cadets and you will get more officers." " That," observed his Grace, " was very true, and for the last three or four years they had entered more. Instead of one hundred a year they had entered two hundred, but it was to be observed that entering a great number in one year was unfavourable to the state of the navy. It would be bad for the service, and bad for the officers themselves. Bringing up a number of young men of the same years' standing would diminish their chance of promotion. That would, of itself, be a great evil. Then it produced a large list of officers who could not be employed in time of peace, and the consequence was, that those officers from want of employment became inefficient." All these being good and valid reasons why the entering of a larger number of middies into the list THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1861. of the cadets of the Royal Navy was not a plan by any means to be exclusively relied upon, After wards the Duke of SoMERSET went on to remark— " It was said that if they were not to promote naval cadets they might at least promote masters in the navy ; but in the first place the masters in the navy now ranked as lieutenants, and therefore it would really be no promotion. In the event of war also there might not be a sufficient number of masters, and it would be most unwise by any arrangement to diminish their number." All this having been thus scrupulously taken into account. "There were therefore," said his grace, " no im mediate means available but to bring in officers of the merchant service, who, under the recent insti tuted examinations, had shown that they were fully competent to perform the duties of the Royal N av y." To this plan, of course, as to all other plans, there were objections that might be raised, and, in fact, that had been raised. Two of these ob jections the Dake of SOMERSET particularized, and while particularizing, proved to be utterly valueless as objections. "First," he remarked, "it was said that the officers of the merchant service would not come in, and secondly that their coming in would interfere with the promotion in the Royal Navy. Now he believed that these officers not only did not object, but were quite willing to serve under captains of the navy. He proposed that after they had served for a certain time they should be eligible for honorary rank, which should run paral lel with the rank in the navy, but not interfere with the navy." Without in any way wishing to pronounce an opinion prematurely upon a scheme that is, of course, as yet only partially before us, we cannot but recognize in it the indication of a plan shewing plainly enough that the Admiralty are at last moving in the right direction—that, in fact, they are at . length (under the guidance of their skipper his Grace the Duke of SOMERSET) —on the lat tack ! Mr. CROSS'S Church Rate Bill is now pub lished. It is, as distinguished from Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S, an amendment bill. The first emendation proposed is that any person may, be tween the Ist of January and the Ist of March, exempt himself from liability to being rated. The notice must be annual. He is not required to state the ground of his objection, but simply, in the words of the schedule annexed, to " give notice that he desires not to be rated to the Church Rate of the parish of —;" the notice may be delivered in the form most convenient, even by post. What the Churchmen are to gain from this conces sion is, that, first, the troublesome objectors to rate paying are no longer to vote at the election of churchwardens, or on the application of the rate ; and secondly, that the enforcement of church rates is to be taken away from the unavailable ecclesias tical courts, and the rates are to be recovered like poor law rates. The assessment of church rates is also to be similar to that of poor rates, and the levy of them to be conducted in the same way. These are the most important points in the Act. Will it be accepted ? We doubt it. Churchmen will foresee that their power over their own members will vanish in the effort to avoid ticketing Dissen ters. Every unpopular clergyman will find in the past two months of the year that his parishioners, as a body, will soon send in notice of exemption. Some may say, so much the better. Well, that, to this extent, his parishioners should have bail for his good behaviour. Such, however, is not the theory of clergymen who assert independence of their flocks, and profess that it is essential to the fidelity of their teaching. We must say that on this count we rather lean to the people ; if a clergy man affronts a whole parish, the preattraptiati is that he is wrong and the parish right ; but if he affronts only a factious and conceited individual, and that in the discharge of clerical duty, he may be perfectly sure that the better disposed parishioners will support him, and far more than compensate for the loss. On the other hand, the gain to parish peace would be great, and the facility of collection would be worth much. But the Dissenters will also have their objection. They will say, with Sir G. C. LEWIS, that the exemption begins in the wrong way ; it assumes, what they deny, that all persons ought to be held naturally liable for Church-rates. They will prefer the Home Secretary's scheme—that the church wardens should keep a list of the persons who attend church during the year, that these should be considered as the persons properly liable for the fabric and the expenses of worship, and that a small rate for the accommodation afforded should be charged to each. This is what, in fact, is done in a large number of new churches, and there seems to be no reason why it should not be done everywhere. Its fairness none can dispute, But the difference be tween the two is, alas ! the point of honour. The Dissenter says, I object to being held liable to the Church unless I protest —the Churchman says, I object to surrendering my nominal claim on the whole nation ! Who shall decide? We fear Mr. Caoss's bill will only reveal the cross purposes of Dissenters and Churchmen. \: I.vr livic 2 L A - I r l 114 L 0 7. 1 • -------- - TURIN, JUNE 20. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the bill relating to the loan for 500,000,000 francs was discussed. Signor Ferrari opposed the bill, and attacked the political, financial, and administrative system of the Government. He, however, highly eulogised Count Cavour. Signor Dcsanctis replied, and demonstrated that the present Cabinet had maintained the system fol lowed by Count Cavour. The discussion was then adjourned. The official Gazette publishes an article rectify ing the statement of some Italian journals respect ing the landing of numerous disturbers of public order in Sicily. It states that only three Bourbon brigands, coming from Malta, have landed there. The Gazetta di Torino asserts that the Bourbo nians have attacked and pillaged Bajano and Castel Jezzato. VIENNA, JUNE 26. The semi-official journals of Vienna publish a denial to the assertion of some French papers that the English Ambassador at Vienna had, in an in terview with the Emperor, insisted upon a solution of the Hungarian question. LISBON, JUNE 25. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a royal decree, finally suppressing the order of Sisters of Charity. The Duke of Saldanha has published a letter, in which he declares that he will not take the lead of any revolutionary party. MADRID, JUNE 25 The Madrid journals of to-day contain news from Lisbon, stating that the Duke of Saldanha had written to the Marquis de Loule, President of the Council, insisting upon the advisability of a change in the Ministry. The Duke of Saldanha is said to have expressed himself disposed to form a new Cabinet. The Madrid journals also state that the Emperor of Morocco has announced to his subjects that he consents to satisfy the claims of Spain agreeable to the request of France. tion of the compulsory principle to individuals already inscribed on the lists of the National Guard, to which recourse will be had only in the case of the requisite number of men not being attainable by voluntary enlistment. The first appeal will therefore be directed to young men who, not forming part of the National Guard, have satisfied the exigencies of the conscription law. These will be required to sign an engagement for two years. The deficiency, if any, will be filled up from the following categories of the National Guard, each category being exhausted in due rotation :-1. The unmar ried, including widowers without offspring. 2. The married without offspring. 3. The married with offspring. In each category the youngest members will be taken first. The commission, however, is confident that not only the entire number of 130,000 men will be raised by volun tary signatures, but that a considerable margin will be left for any future calls of the same nature. It is presumed that a respectable quantity of volunteers will be forthcoming from these provinces on which the burdens of the conscription have weighed least heavily. These are the Romagnas, Umbria, and the Marches. The period of actual service for the mobilised battalions will be, in time of peace, 30 days, and in time of war three months. In the event, however, of a war within the confines of the kingdom, this latter period may be indefi nitely extended. Simple and inoffensive as this project appears to be, it would probably never have obtained the assent of the late Ministry. Its adoption, however, by Ricasoli's Cabinet has already given the signal for the disappearance of the so-called " third party," by removing the pedestal, ea it were, on Which were founded its pre tensions to a separate existence. The 31onarchia Nazionale, the chief organ of this party, headed, as you are awareby Messrs. Rata zzi, Boncompagni, and Pepoli, has formally passed over, " with arms and baggage," to the service of the Ministry. Some modifications may be introduced into the scheme is the course of the discussion ; but it seems likely that in all essential points it will receive the sanction of the Chamber. This development of the military resources of the country will necessarily be followed by increased activity in thelarsenals and the arm-foundries. A contract has been made by the Government with a Breacian company for a supply of 50,000 muskets in two years and a half. A manu facturer of arms in Lecco has signed an engagement for the b-upply of 10,000 muskets annually during the space of four years. The Government establish ment of Pietrasa, in Naples, is in full work, being also engaged in the construction of engines of 450 horse-power for a new frigate. Garibaldi's daughter, Teresita, now Mine. Canzio, is at present, with her husband, on a visit in our city. The young couple are everywhere the object of the most enthusiastic popular ovations. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter of the 22d says " The recognition of the kingdom of Italy by France is the subject of all conversations here; it is viewed with great displeasure in Governmental circles, for it is impossible to indulge any illusion as to the consequences that must result from this act of the French Government. It is generally supposed that Russia will soon renew its diplo matic relations with King Victor Emmanuel. As to what Prussia would do, nothing positive is yet know ; but it is certain that even at Vienna there are influential persons who think that the Euro pean Powers would act wisely in not delaying too long to recognise accomplished facts, for they look on such a measure as the only means of preventing France from exercising an exclusive influence on Italy, and from realising her desire to annex Sar dinia and Liguria. It is said that England is making great efforts at Berlin to induce Prussia to recognise the kingdom of Italy, and it is not improbable that Prussia will ere long yield to her wishes." FRANCE. • Under the head of "Latest Intelligence" La Patrie publishes the following : " It is asserted that a corps of 2,000 men is being organised for Cochin China. This corps will con sist chiefly of artillery and marines. With the gendarmerie and native troops actually under for mation, it will constitute the army of our new colony. This army will suffice for all wants and eventualities. "We have advices from Saigon to May 14. The Duchayla, with troops on board, arrived there on the 13th." BOURSE, June 26,--The market has shown rather more animation, but without any material variation in prices. For the account Threes are now at 67f. 60c. Railway Shares quiet, but firm. The market continued firm to the close, when the following were the last quotations:— 41 per per Cents 96 75 Do end month 96 801 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 651 Bank Shares 2837 501 Credit Mobilier 692 50 Do. Account 695 Credit Fonder lO2O Belgian 4f — Piedmontese Fives 73 55 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes 49/ Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans 1360 .. 1361 25 Northern ... 992 50 .. 993 75 New ditto Bl7 50 .. 898 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 .. 948 75 401 25 .. 402 50 Geneva Southern ........ 673 75 .. 575 Western .............. 516 25 .. 517 50 Eastern Sardinian 375 .. 375 Austrian ...... Lombard SAXE COBURG-GOTHA. A military convention has been concluded be tween Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Prussia. The Coburg Contingent to the Federal army passes over to Prussia as it now stands—officers and men, guns, ammunition, &c. The Prussian military code will henceforth be law in Coburg. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2T The Royal Mail steamship Shannon has arrived here with the above mails, 264 passengers, 2,648,076 dols. in specie, and 2,261 packages of cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 13th inst. Her Majesty's steamer Termagant arrived at Panama from Mexico on the Ist June. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Paita on the 23d ult., but no damage was done. The principal capitalists of Santiago had held a meeting to consider what measures could be adopted to restore confidence in the present state of general insolvency among the landed proprietors. No news from Guayaquil; everything remained quiet. Buonaventura still remained in possession of Mos- quera. - The Centralist forces in Carthagena had been defeated by the Federalists, with the loss of 1,300 killed and wounded, including many officers of high grade. The same unsatisfactory state of things con tinued at Valparaiso ; confidence, however, was gradually returning. Exchange on London, 90 days, 41 to 441 ; ; fine bar silver, 10 dols. 87c. per mare. Hard dollars, 11 per cent. premium. A considerable quantity of rain had fallen at Bar badoes. The young crops were, however, progress ing. The island was healthy. Exchange on London, 30 days, 490 dols. Intelligence from Jamaica reports the loss of the steamer Zulu, belonging to the Holt line, between that Island and New York. The ship Bullfinch, laden with sugar and rum, for London, took fire and burned to the water's edge. The English brig Demerara, of Hull, from Liver pool for Havannah, foundered at sea, 100 miles eastward of Jamaica. The Jamaica Cotton Company had commenced planting operations in the eastern part of the island. The markets were without alteration; prices had advanced, and transactions were exceedingly limited. Irish butter, 14d. Coffee, stock light ; sales at 445. to 40s. Freight to London, 553. Pimento, no inquiry. Rice firm. Rum for ex port, £l2 4s. per 95 gallcns, proof 18, in bond. Sugar, middling, 16s, Tobacco, no demand. Exchange, 90 days, 1 per cent. premium. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 27. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Borussia, from New York on the 15th, arrived off the Needles ttt 8.45 a.m. THE POPE'S HEALTH. ROME, JUNE 18. The Pope gives a few audiences and takes his usual airing every day, but it is certain that the physicians are uneasy about his swelled legs. They recommend immediate change of air, but it is not likely that his Holiness will leave for Castel Gan dolfo before the Consistory of the Fete of St. Peter on the 28th and 29th. Pius IX. is 71 years of age, and not 60. There was a mistake about his age at the time of his election, and, out of politeness, the error has never been corrected. ITALY. A letter from Milan, dated June 23, says : Garibaldi's project for the national armament after undergoing considerable modifications at the hands of the parliamentary commission appointed to re port thereon, has once more appeared to the light, and is now under discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. 'rue new form which this project has assumed differs in many essential points from the original draft. Garibaldi contemplated the for mation of a distinct army, having an independent organisation, a separate staff, full complements of artillery and of cavalry, and a " divisional" distribution analogous to that which prevails in the regular service. These democratic provisions have been eliminated by the commission which simply recommends the formation of 220 " mobile" battalions of about 000 men each, at the rate of one battalion for every 100,000 of the present' population of the kingdom. These battalions are, however, capable of aggregation into larger bodies, to be called legions, or divisions, should the Govern ment hereafter see the advisability of such a mea sure. According to Garibaldi's scheme enrolment into these mobile corps was to be rendered obliga tory on all citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 years of age. The new project limits the applica- THE PRIVY COUNCIL. Her Majesty the Queen held a Privy Council at ten o'clock yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial De partments, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. Sir Richard Bethell, by command of the Queen, was sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his seat at the board. The Queen having delivered to the Right Hon. Sir Richard Bethell the Great Seal, Sir Richard took the oath of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, and afterwards had the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand upon his appoint ment. The Duchess of Athole has left the St. George's Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry entertained a select party at dinner last evening at their residence in Grosvenor-square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ileadfort have arrilted at the St. George's Hotel. Lord Wrottesley has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lord and Lady Lyveden entertained Viscouut and Viscountess Palmerston and a select party at dinner last evening, at their residence in Saville-row. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wa les will leave town on Saturday for the Camp, at the Currag h, Ire land, to t a k e a roun d o f m ilit ary d u ty. Their Royal Highnesses the Comte de Paris and the Duc de Chartres have left the Clarendon for Ireland. duchesse mansionoa fif Il ajsh u e g n h i n n e L e a s t th h e er The Duchess of liaMiltOnga;e—hersecond grand c T o h n e c i e r r tßolaysatl Highnesses t n e o s u s r e d o f the s Duchess of with Cambridge and the i nr Lisburne r g l he i n a, v g Ne t o . B n -. s t arrived Arlington-street. et. and their presence. Fr L in o ce u s i s sa Na C ry ou h n o Major Massey h'tve left the Pulteney Hotel for Grant lodge, The Earl and Countess at the St. George's Hotel. A blue-book was issued yesterday containing the gener al report of the c ommissioners appointed for improv ing the sanitary co ndition of barracks and hospitals. •hl report, which is dated in April, occupies upwards of 200 pages, and the appendix i 3 more than 100 pages lon g . THE Bill to Amend the Law of Church Rates, prepared by Mr. Cross, Mr. Banks Stanhope, Mr. Heneage, and Mr. Portman, has been printed. The proposed notice of an objection to be rated to pay church rates is as follows : "I, ---, of , hereby give notice that I desire not to be rated to the church rates of the parish of ---." Such notices may be withdrawn. Persons not liable to be rated are to have no voice in appointing churchwardens, or touching church rates. The estimate for the Post-office packet service for the year 1861-2 was £994,956. A Parliamentary' return issued yesterday states the sum required to be voted on ac count if) £250,000. 7HE NEW LORD CHANCELLOR, The ceremony of swearing in the new Lord Chancellor took place this morning in the Court of Chancery, Lincoln's-inn-Fields. For some time previous to the opening of the court a large number of persons assembled in front of the doors, on the opening of which for the admis sion of the public a "rush" took place similar in all respects to that experienced on en tering the pit of a theatre on the even ing of some extraordinary performance. But the success that invariably attends the playgoer, with respect to the choice of seat, did not crown the efforts of the anxious visitors to the Court of Chan cery. After submitting to the crush for some time, and by dint of hard struggling obtaining admission to the court, it was only to discover that some backstair influence had been at work, for the whole of the positions from which a view of the ceremony could be obtained were found to be fully occupied by those who possessed " friends in court." At a quarter past ten the Lord Chancellor,Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly, Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley, Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, and other officials, entered the court, and the Chancellor having taken his place on the bench, The Clerk of the Crown administered the oath to the noble and learned lord, which he repeated with great distinctness. The oath;set forth that jus tice should be administered to the utmost, that her Majesty should be defended against all conspiracies or other proceedings touching the safety and dignity of her crown. The motion that the oath just taken be recorded having been ordered, The Lord Chancellor then made the declaration that he would exercise the duties of his office to the best of his ability, that he would do nothing to in jure the Protestant Church as by law established, or disturb the bishops in the exercise of those rights and privileges which the law of the land had entrusted them with. This closed the ceremony, which did not occupy above seven or eight minutes. The Lord Chancellor appeared to be in the best of spirits, and, as a silk gownsman in the crowd observed, looked like a man who was not at all dis pleased with his position. It is said in the Chancery Courts that Mr. Justice Hill will retire from the Court of Queen's Bench, and that Sir William Atherton will be elevated to the Bench. The two offices of Attorney and Solicitor, vacant by such an arrangement, will, it is most likely, be conferred upon Mr. Roundell Palmer and Mr. Collier. LITERATURE. The Step Sisters. By the author of " Heather brae," &c. 3 vols. Booth, Regent-street. This is a complicated story, which contains a great many characters, and furnishes the reader with an abundance of interesting excitement and amusement. Some of the personages introduced are very ably described, and in particular Mr. Ferrars. There is something very striking in this gentleman's whole demeanour, and the real kind ness of his nature contrasts curiously with the sternness of his manners and the abruptness of his style. The two sisters are very attractive in their different ways. Gertrude, the younger, was by far the most pleasing; but the many chances and changes through which Mabel passed in the course of her career, that is here chronicled be fore us, combined to soften her; and, before our last glimpse of her, she is almost transformed from the wild and imperious heiress at first brought before us. The incident of Ernest Douglas proving the son of Mr. Ferrars is very ingeniously arranged, and the circumstances of the trial insti tuted by the claimant of the Douglas property dis tracts the attention from the real finale to the affair, and for once the oft-told tale of an enfant trouve appears in an original form. The engagement of Gertrude to Harold Grenville is one of those mistaken actions which are occasion ally committed with the best intentions. Fortunately Gertrude was prevented from fulfilling the melancholy sacrifice she had proposed to make by the death of Harold, his long sufferings could only have known that release, and it would not have been any gain for him to have survived a few years and drag on a lingering life of misery, thus darkening the opening of Gertrude's bright young days. Sir Charles Vernon presents an apt sketch of a weak man, who, having plunged himself into difficulties, has neither the prudence to extricate himself nor patience to hear the advice of others; hence the ruin which might have been averted soon overwhelms him. As is often the case, Sir Charles could not abide the suffering he had occasioned, and he soon sank under the blow. Of a very different class is the Earl of Sunbury ; he is one of those crafty, calculating men who stop at nothing which they think can advance their interests, and set at nought the dictates of honour and the suggestions of generosity or aay of the finer feelings of humanity. The manner in which he behaved after the news came that Mabel was no longer an heiress was most disgraceful, and it was well that his son, whom he had endeavoured to impress with less worldly motives, did not share them. Lord Clarence Emerton improved greatly during his intercourse with Mabel and her friends and relatives. The more he studied their unworldly natures, the more did he deplore his father's mercenary views and contracted ideas of honour. He refused to relinquish Mabel because she bad lost her fortune, and he at last succeeded in his efforts to arrange matters. On the whole there is a good deal to attract notice in this book, and it represents some important phases of exist ence. We meet with some of those individuals who, by their skill, or through their opportunities, exercise a powerful influence on the affairs of so ciety. "The Step-Sisters" is a novel that may please by its interesting sketches of domestic life, while it presents matters of grave import to en gage the attention of those who would see below the surface and trace events to their causes, in order to study the motives of men and the springs of actions. The author may be satisfied with the result of these pages, as they certainly form an agreeable fiction for the perusal of the many readers of that class. Agony Point : or, The Groans of "Gentility." By the Rev. J. Pycroft, author of "Twenty Years in the Church," &c. 2 vols. Booth. Mr. Pycroft's former works have already ob tained for him a high reputation, which the work before us, with its sound sense, animated style, and keen perception of the follies and falla cies of our social existence will probably consider ably increase. There is nothing absolutely original in its prevailing topic ; many a voyager has passed "Agony Point, and many more have found it impassable, but it is something new to find the candid and open expression of the truth which must be secretly admitted by many of the weary and careworn victims to " Gentility." "Agony Point" is the name which the Rector of the parish, a shrewd and observant man, bestows upon the situation in which be sees many of his chief parishioners ; the wretched state in which every nerve is strained to keep up an imaginary position, to vie with those far wealthier in a ruinous competition of extravagance, spending almost every pound on outside show, while every penny is begrudged to substantial and unpretend ing comforts. In fact, it is the mania which, of late years, has unhappily spread so widely among our middle classes, which has brought so many to ruin, tempted some into fraud, and forced thou sands to lead anxious lives of deception and discomfort, from the continual striving to appear richer than they are. By an ingenious inversion of rational logic the luxuries and superfluities of life become the first necessities with such persons. They would rather want absolute essentials for domestic comfort, provided such deficiency remained un known, than forego the possession of needless trifles which are " expected in their position." They deny themselves simple pleasures to which their means really entitle them, to minister to their idol, and are guilty of a series of petty meannesses in secret to be able to maintain " the family sub scriptions" openly. This is the weakness and the folly which Mr. Pycroft unsparingly exposes, but which he presents in a more excusable form than the one in which we often seeit. However blameable the conduct of a landed proprietor, with a large sum of money at command, in getting involved through mismanagement and weakness, the reckless o -ten tation of families with limited or fluctuating in comes, dependent perhaps on one life, and with little or no future provision, is certainly far more culpable. Yet how often is this seen, and how large a share has it had in many of the great com mercial frauds which have disgraced this genera tion. The cruelty of bringing up chiidren in such ways, of educating them in luxury and idleness, while all they can really anticipate is a life of labour and difficulty, is also strongly dwelt upon. In the life of Willie Langley, the eldest son of the hero, and the idol of his mother, Mr. Pycroft shows us the startling transition which, in too many cases, would prove a lasting change. The hero and heroine of the tale, Tom and Minnie Langley, are both very attractive characters and good dispositions, frank, generous, and affectionate. They are both, however, unsophisticated and inex perienced. Tom, whose career of idle pleasure was early terminated by his marriage, always thought his means would be commensurate with his wishes, and was too fond of his wife and family to refuse any desire. Minnie, whose natural g oo d s ens e might have prevented mischief, sh run k f rom money topics from a pai n f u l p e rsonal touching on reason. Her parents, who also lived at " Agony Point," had engaged, on her marriage, to allow her £2OO a-year to match the settlement which fortunately they exacted from Tom. This promise they knew very well would not be fulfilled, and accordingly, after a very few quarters, their in solvency was announced. Poor Minnie, grieved and mortified, never liked to speak to her husband about money matters, knowing how far her family had fallen short of their engagements. Tom Langley, too, committed the great mistake of never facing . his difficulties and ascertaining the extent of them, and he shrank from enlightening his wife. Added to these causes, both shared in the mania of keeping up appearances, of doing all that " the Langleys of Langley Hall" had done for gene rations, and, in consequence, that ancestral abode became known among spiteful neighbours by the sobriquet of " Hard-up Hall." Tom tried farming his own land, and was robbed by his agent and cheated by his labourers. Minnie tried managing her dairy, which attempt was presently abandoned. At length, after repeated demands on their capital, bitter experience and the advice of friends were in ducing them to pause, when the railway mania began. Of course, the reader guesses the result. A friend of Tom's bachelor days, who has been long wishing to draw him into speculation, comes for ward, and total discomfiture is the consequence, which would have been more natural and no less certain without the introduction of such a gigantic fraud on the part of Sir E. Alex. Fortu nately, Minnie's settlement and other resources provide them with a small income, and they find more peace and comfort in their retirement than they had ever done in " Hard-up Hall." In two points the moral might, we think, have been im proved. One is, that after the writer's severe and just denunciation of the idle life of men of pleasure, he makes all Tom's embarrassments immediately follow and result from his marriage and settlement on his estate. Secondly, although it is hinted at all through the story, the Denaconvent legacy ee Mi n nie's relative at the close is, y t least, better fortune than generally falls to the lot of ru ined victims to gentility. Still the story teaches its own lesson very forcib l y , and in life-like colours. The moral is summed up in the words of the law y e r Audrey, who is describi n g the state of those wh o are striving against win d and tide at Agony Point: " After putting generosity on short commons, simple justice dies a natural death, and 'so they hang on, appearing still very grand and ' genteel,' but all the time most mean and miserable." Hurst and Black,ett's Standard Library. The seventeenth volume of this valuable series is " Nothing New," by the author of " John Halifa x ," &c, All the productions of this writer hve be= favourably received, and therefore their re-appear ance in a cheap form is sure to be generally attractive and popular. Some of these sketches are very interesting, especially the" Water Cure." We meet with some of those elevated views of life in its solemn duties, and in its lofty aspirations that particularly distinguish the compositions of this author. " Mr. Anastasius" is a most peculiar tale, being a ghost story of a very original description. The strange feature in it being that the apparition is visible to the bystanders, but not to those whom it pursues. " A Low Marriage" is a useful sort of narrative, as it demonstrates how in many cases of this sort a moderation and mutual forbearance can do m uc h t o smooth difficulties and make things generally more agree able. " The Double House" is a very painful sketch ; it refers to the most dreadful infliction that can befall humanity, and the point of the story turns on the prevalent ideas connected with in sanity that existed last century. " Alwyn's First Wife" is a domestic tale, pleasing, though melan choly. There are some others to be met with that are entertaining and interesting, and this is a most readable volume for anyone to take up. In-door Plants and How to Grow them. By E. A. Maling. Smith, Elder, and Co. This is a very useful little book, and it will prove very welcome to that large class of Londoners who are fond of having flowers about them, but are hopeless of attempting their cultivation without gar dens and greenhouses, country breezes and sunshine. The short and simple manual before us removes all difficulties and gives very plain instructions " how to attain at small expense a constant supply of flowers." The work is evidently intended for the use of ladies in deference to their general love of " the stars of earth," and regarding probably their more abundant leisure ; but it is of course suitable for any amateur gardener. The addresses where the various requisites may be obtained and the list of prices greatly enhance its utility. As, of course, the suggestions need not be followed to their full extent, the cost of cultivation, both in time and money, might be still further reduced if desired, and we do not doubt that many who have not hitherto indulged their taste for the floral world will be encouraged by this little volume to endeavour to realise its charming frontispiece. LOSS OF THE STEAMER BALTIC OF HULL. Information has been received in Hull of the total loss of this splendid screwLsteamer, belonging to Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons, and Company, ship owners, of Hull. She has been wrecked on Veck mansground, near Dagoe, a short distance from the Gulf of Finland. The Baltic was between 7001nd 800 tons burthen, and she was one of the finest steamers sailing out of the port of Hull. Her trade was principally to St. Petersburg and other Russian ports in the Baltic. On her last voyage to Cronstadt (the one in which she was wreck ed) she was under the command of Captain Buchanan and a crew of twenty-one men, and had three or four passengers. Her cargo consisted; of bales of cotton and machinery. She had proceed ed beyond Elsinore Sound, on her voyage out, and had she kept her proper course she must have passed Dagoe and gone into the Gulf of Finland. The island of Dagoe, however, is noted for its powerfut magnetic attractiveness, and several Hull vessels have been lately wrecked in its vicinity from no other cause but the derangement of the vessels' com passes. A few months ago, a Hull sailing vessel was wrecked there, and the influence upon the compass of an iron steamer is of course greater. In the pre sent case it is presumed that the compass of the Baltic having become disarranged without Captain Buchanan being aware of the fact, he has un knowingly run his vessel on the Veckmansground, where she has been wrecked. According to a tele gram received in Hull yesterday the crew had been saved. The vessel, with its cargo, it is expected, will be totally lost. We understand the owners are in sured. This is the fourth large vessel which this firna has had the misfortune to lose since October last. Of the Bothnia and the Kingston, two of the vessels wrecked, nothing has ever been heard of the crews. TEE LOSS OF THE CANADIAN. Captain Graham, of the ill-fated mail steamer Canadian, writes from St. John's, Newfoundland : —" After seeing that the ship was to sink, we lost no time in getting the boats cleared and filled with people, and we had not left her more than three minutes when she went down head foremost, like a. ship going off the stocks. The sight of the sinking ship was terrible to behold. The poop deck flew up into the air, and when she arrived at the bottom the boilers burst and sent up an explosion that nearly swamped all our boats." According to a letter from a passenger, several persons were drowned before they could reach the deck. The following is a list of the passengers lost : Cabin—Mr. Houseman, S. Mahew, John Hessley, Captain Hickman, and A. Heathcoate. Steerage—Thomas Cosen, Sarah Bellan or Bal lam, Mr. Tasker, George Lee, James Moffat, W. Bain, Emery Wingfield, Eliza Wingfield, John Defreck, Simon Jeddins, George Binck, A. Sander son, Mr. Blount and wife, Mrs. Beattie, and two children, John Barr, Andrew Heytheryton, A. A. Wright, and Eliza Hacknell. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, accompanied by their two children, arrived at Gravesend yesterday morning, and were met by the Prince of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses at once proceeded by train to London. FEARFUL THUNDER STORMS IN YORKSHIRE. — On Sunday evening, and again on Monday evening, the Vale of Pickering was traversed by most violent thunder storms, accompanied by torrents of rain and showers of hail and ice. In the neighbourhood of Ganton the pieces of ice are reported to have been of a size between nuts and wal nuts, and the rain caused the fields to seem like lakes for some hours. The lightning struck the vane of Ebberston church, and has done damage to the spire. At Scampston some cattle and horses were killed in a field, and a stable containing a donkey was struck and the animal killed. A. house in Thorpe-Basset was struck, and an old man, a shepherd, named Walter Wilson, and his dog, were thrown to the further end of the apartment. Wilson was prostrate for abouthalf an hour, but is now recovered. Crops where the rain fell heaviest are laid, but not being in ear will rise, and the damage will be alight. Tho York and Scarborough Railway in the low country was flooded for some time, and telegraphic communication was interrupted. At Knapton the hail and ice were collected against the sides of build ings to the depth of a yard, and remained on the ground upwards of 30 hours. On the High Moors the storm has been most severe, and losses from lightning are being dis covered among the flocks. Direction of the storm, N.W. to N.E. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.—The Board of Trade returns are issued for the month and five months ending the 31st of May. For the month the total declared value of exportations has reached £11,206,070, against £10,949,188 in the same period of 1860, and £10,485,744 in 1859. The increase thus established has been £256,882 in favour of 1861 contrasted with 1860, and £720,326 contrasted with 1859. In the five months the totals were £49,78 0 , 532 for 1861, against £52,783,535 for 1860, and £52,337,268 for 1859; or a decrease of £3,003,003 compared with the for mer, and a decrease of £2,556,736 compared with the latter. Iz will be perceived that trade continues depressed, though the expansion, through the opening of new markets in in China and the reanimation in relations with the North of Europe, has parthily counteracted the unfavourable in fluence exercised by the American crisis. The balance of trade, according to the computed real value of the principa articles imported, is yet frightfully adverse. The figures the month ending April show a total of £17,509,940 , aga i ns t £13,679,301 in 1860, and £10,109,092 in 1859. During the four months e nding the same date the aggregate in 1861 represents £51,821,5 6 7, contrasted w ith £ 42,410,364 in i 1860, and £33,407,156 n 1859. The gold ships at present known to be on their l y , b wa y from Australia to England are the M arco P o l o ( w hi c h pu t into Valparaiso disabled by s t r iki ng an iceberg), w i t h £26,000, 1 28 days out ; the B oreas, w i th £ 42,000, 11 4 d ays; considered 0,00 0 , due, days. A g i n court, £79,000, 90 d ays ; Norfolk, £235,000, 74 days ; £382,000. and therefore,p d u that may t o 20 or nearly T The amount, d ei , EMIGRATION FUNDS.—At the commencement of 1860 the funds in the hands of the Emigration Commis sioners for the conduct of Australian immigration were, for Victoria, £60,000 ; New South Wales, £25,000 ; South Australia, £9,000. During the year the only remittances they received were £54,000 from New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. The Governor of New South Wales has intimated that the assisted emigration is to ter minate with the fulfilment of the existing engagements. The assisted emigration to South Australia has also been discontinued, and the commissioners have been desired to pay over the balance of the funds in their hands to the co lonial agent. As regards Victoria, the Government emi gration will cease as soon as the small balance in their hands is exhausted. The commissioners in their annual report say that, so far as the selection and dt,spatch of emi grants is concerned, their operaions, which since the middle of 1847, though varying in extent, have never been interrupted, may (with the exception of Queensland) be couxidered 45 for tln ramieut stopended. J PE ti( to Nv of ar th £,