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

HER I ,TESTY'S THEATRE. I—BAITCARDE—ALI 3 ONI. TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), June 7, will be repeated Verdi's Opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madame Albertini ; Aznceua, Madame Alboni ; Manrico, Signor Baucarde ; Ferranclo, Signor Bouche ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Beneventano. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, in which Madlle. Marie Taglioni and M. Charles will appear, and dance a Grand Pas de Deux and "La Seguidil:a" Pas do Deux by Madlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets - to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LATE. Lessee, Ur. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced MISCHIEVOUS ANNIE. After which, IL TEOVATORE. To conclude with THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYAIARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketone. TIIIS EVENING, SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN. To conclude with A DAY AFTER. THE WEDDING ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of bit'. CIUULE3 KLAN. THIA El/ENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, TEI 4 1 WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. ICean; ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webstor. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Followed by A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To conclude with GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR FANTALON. ROYAL OLYAIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and ManaTer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TEETS EVENING A WIFE'3 JOURNAL. After which, THE WANDERING MINSTREL. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ROYAL SUER Y TTIEATRA:. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creawiek. THIS EVENING, IF GI OMAR. To b 3 followed by 3IATRINIONY. To conclude with THE FLOATING BEACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP ET a &ATI:E. Lessee and Mana:er, &Ir. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Equestrian and highly sncceasful Spectacle, THE NORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the 11,1 nutted Brigands of the Abruzzi. After which, The admired novel Revolving Athletm, and the EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the ARENA. To conclude with A new. Drama de Circonstance, called, Tail FESTIVAL OF PEACE; or Honour to the Brave. [lox-office open from Elewn till Fan. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. MGM WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 55 min. aft. 3—Evening 17 min. aft. 4 T ►-"doßnoW—Morn. 33 min. aft. 4 —Evening 0 min. aft. 5 TELE WEATHER-SuN OF.ITICE, JUNE 6. THERIIMIETIMIL, IN TAR 65 - b,ighast since noon yesterday. 52—lovaest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BARO3fETER-30 . 32. Wilco, N. to N.N.E. Light, with dull, doubtful weather. .v 4 , - 177r 2 1 ), , ur LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 18:56. Although the Ministerial Loader in the House of Lords was not aware when answering the que.e tion of the Earl pf HARDWIOKE that any "official" information respecting the summary dismissal of Mr. CRAMPTON from the United States had reached Ikr MAJESTY'S Government, there seems to be no reason to doubt the authenticity of the painful intelligence. The Premier was more candid in stating to the representative branch of the Legislature that accounts had been indirectly received of the fact that Mr. CRAMPTON had re ceived his passports and quitted Washington for Toronto. There can, therefore, be no further use in mystifying the subject. It is fitting that the people of Great Britain should be fully aware of the nature of the impending difficulty—and that the voice of public opinion should state how far Ministers are justified in the course adopted, and to what extent they will be supported by the national feeling in any results that may follow from the injudicious and unwarrantable course pursued by the Cabinet of Washington. We rejoice to be enabled on this occasion to record our unqualified approval of the line of argument put forward by Lerd CLARENDON. It is at once conciliatory and dignified, making every possible concession to the thin-skinned jealouty that remained dissatisfied with explanations and apologies that would have at once been accepted by any right-minded persons who possessed the ordinary feelings of gentlemen—but steadfastly refusing to become a party to a gross act of injus tice and oppression towards an innocent and high minded gentleman, at least as incapable of mak ing any mendacious statement as Messrs. PIERCE, MARCY, CUSHING, or any of their coadjutors. All that could be granted by men of honour and integrity under the peculiar circumstances of the case has already been conceded. The English Government has reached the utmost length of its tether. It can confidently await the verdict of every unpre judiced person—and we have no doubt that the lovers of truth and justice, even in the United States, will be prepared to show a due apprecia tion of its conduct from the very commencement of the difficulty. It is, however, impossible that Mr. CRAMPTON can be made a scapegoat to carry ou t Mr. PIERCE'S electioneering objects. lie cannot fairly be convicted on the worthless testimony hitherto adduced, and will not be offered as a sa cr ifi ce a t the Filibustering rowdy shrine of PIERCE, MARCY, CUSBIENG, and Co. As an honourable and meri torious British citizen, who has faithfully and efficiently discharged his duties, under peculiarly embarrassing circumstances, he is entitled to receive the support of his countrymen—and that he will reeeivetno matter what may be the con sequences, until it is clearly and distinctly shown that he is no longer deserving thereof. But that point must be established before an impartial and unexceptionable tribunal. The ai;- sertions of Mr. MARCY or - Mr. CUSHING Will not be received in lieu of proof,—nor will the tainted evidence of such infamous witnesses as HERTZ and SruosEL, who came forward as approvers, be accepted without strict investigation and ample corroboration. The Government at Washington well know that they could not, by a ny possibility, hope to obtain, on such testimony, the conviction of Mr. CRAMPTON before an American Judge and an American jury. Rai there been the slightest reasonable prospect of bringin g the alleged guilt home be would unquestionably have been placed on his trial. The A.mnrican Cabinet have not displayed such moderation or forbearance as to induce us to suppose that they wou ld h ave acted with any delicacy towards their intended victim. But they were well aware that their perjured witnesses could not bear the ordeal of a stringent cross-examination, that the trumped-up and unfounded charge must signally and entirely fail, and therefore, in place of submitting it to a decisive test, they retained it as an instrument wherewith to bully and insult a friendly Government and a friendly nation, who unanimously desire to maintain the most amicable relations with their younger brethren at the other side of the Atlantic. The Washington Cabinet has, however, assumed a position, that must be promptly met by a cor responding movement on the part of the PALMER STON Government. Mr. CRAMPTON has been grossly and wantonly insulted. Highly as we respect Mr. DALLAS personally, it is impossible that he can continue at our Court as the Minister of a President who has acted so scandalously towards the representative of Queen VICTORIA. In dismissing him from this country, however, all possible courtesy will be exhibited towards one whom we should much rather honour than hu miliate. It is the exigency of the situation that requires the step, and we deeply regret that it should be necessary to send from our shores 1 one so much respected as Mr. DALLAS. As we have already stated, the suspension of diplomatic intercourse will not necessarily occa sion war—but it materially complicates the question at issue between the Cabinets. Any intemperate or mistaken conduct on either side may lead to very deplorable proceedings, deeply injurious to the interests of both countries, and to the peace and tranquillity of the world. We trust, however, to the right-minded people of the United States. The issue, in a great degree, rests in their hands. If they prove, by the con stitutional means in their power, that General PIERCE has entirely miscalculated the consequences of his blustering and insolent swagger—if tL•e unjustifiable means to which he has resorted for the purpose of gaining the votes of the worst class of citizens should lead to the forfeiture of more honourable suffrages which he might other wise have obtained, and lead to his expulsion from the high office for which ho has proved himself to be totally disqualified, then all will end happily, and the bonds by which we are united to our transatlantic friends will be strengthened and cemented. If, however, the " dodge" be successful, and be obtain a renewed tenure of office, we must look to defend ourselves from a continuation of insults to which it will be impossible to submi t with honour, and rest satisfied in the convic tion that we have done everything in our power to avoid the quarrel so improperly forced on us ; and that we shall be willing, at the earliest mo ment, to accept the olive branch which America, awakened from its delusion, may feel disposed to offer. Our principle in this, as we trust it will be in others cases, will be, that while we offer no offence, even to the weakest and most defenceless State admitted into the comity of nations, neither will we endure insult from the most powerful. Every possible explanation will be offered to pre vent misapprehension ; but if parties be deter mined to pick a quarrel, per fas, aut nefas, we shall not shrink from the consequences which we have not provoked, and for which we cannot be held responsible. The existence of tolls at the bridges connecting the banks of the Thames within the metropolitan area is ono of the anomalies which puzzle our country visitors, and by no means reflects credit on the intelligence and public spirit of the popu lation. The veriest tyro in economical science must be aware that uninterrupted communication is almost as essential to the due development of commerce as highways of some sort are to its origination. Yet, in the teeth• of this common place fact, five out of eight of the bridges of London cannot be traversed without satisfying the inexorable demands of the toll master. Why, the authorities of a petty provincial town would be ashamed to have such a reproach levelled against them, and no County Board would wil lingly rim the risk of incurring it. Say that the amount is small for foot passengers, it is not so small as not to occasion inconvenience to any class. To those who can afford to pay the mere toll it occasions the loss of valuable time, as well as being offensive ; while to the industrious classes it is an injurious tax, only to be evaded by the loss of still more time, and what to both themselves and em ployers is quite as valuable, the waste of their useful energy in pursuing a tedious round-about route. Between Westminster and Blackfriars -Bridges all the existing structures are toll-traps ; so that the dense populations in this area on either side must trudge round by one or the other to escape pay ment. This, however, by no means represents the real magnitude of the evil. If the toll on passengers, however small, be so injurious, the toll on traffic, by no means small, is perhaps more so. Shopkeepers arc induced to wait till the opportunity arrives to have their goodS free, and injury is thereby done to trade—customers often losing the desire to purchase if they have to wait. We sly nothing of the effects of tolls on carriage communication. The whole affair is so disgraceful that, were it not for the necessity of something being done, we should be ashamed to call attention to it. Were tko number of free bridges sufficient to meet the reasonable wants of the population the case would be different ; but the fact is that all the bridges, free and toll, put together, are not so. A bridge, for instance, is greatly needed at Charing-cross— that central point of busy metropolitan energy and communication—and the more needed because of the unsatisfactory condition of Westminster bridge, and its immediate contiguity to the Palace of the Imperial Legislature. The need of such a structure is so obvious as well as pressing that the reader will readily participate iu our indignation at the vast sum expended at the public cost in centupling the value of the Marquis of West minster's property at Chelsea, while the provision of such a means of communication with the Borough and its proposed line of road was neglected. It would have been vastly more to the credit of Government if the money had been 'Tent in promoting so laudable a purpose or in redeeming the tolls of Waterloo-bridge than in th e a mere fa re , unjustifiable way it has ; for it is t ogb allegeo t:l that the 8,000/. or 9,000/. the Marqui s has to pay, at all approximates to u the sum he n our humble opinion he ought to pay the Whole, considering how vastly he will benefit by the improvements. The sub ject of toll -bridges, we understand, is now under the consideration of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and to that pr a c tic al and useful body we beg to recommend the co nstr uction of a bridge at the point we have proposed, as well as th e re demption of the toils at Waterloo and other bridges, the former structure, if there is to be a n y distinction, more especially because of its frayer s .. ing the direct route to the terminus of the, South- Western Railway. We are perfectly aware how much oppressed the Board is with the con sideration of important schemes, .involving a heavy outlay, scandalously ' 4 neglected by its predecessors:; but we do hope and trust that an enlightened view of what is due for the, THE SICIN; LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, Isn6. proper development of commerce, and the welfare of the population, backed by the reflection that it is to these sources they must look for an extended sphere of taxation, will have weight in their councils, and while the public are benefitted the Board will become entitled to their respect and gratitude. THE SUNDAY BAND QUESTION. Oa Thursday evening a crowded meeting was held in the Shaftesbury National School, Salisbury-street, Pad dington. The meeting was summoned by persons calling themselves the "Friends of Religion," who were repre sented by Dr. Spencer, the Rev. J. M'Cree, and other welt-known Sabbatarians. The Dr., as proprietor of the bUilding, took the chair, contrary to the wish of the majority of the meeting. 'rue Rev. J. INITBEE rose to move the first resolution, to the effect, "That the Sabbath being a Divine insti tution, beyond all human authority, it was wicked to allow the bands to play in the parks on Sunday, and that the thanks of the public werli due to Lord Palmer ston for suppressing such unchristian and desecrating seenet" The remarks of the speaker called forth the indignation of the audience, but au unparalleled scene of confusion arose upon his declaration that this meeting was not open to discuss any amendment; the exasperation of the meeting reached its height on the chairman calling in the police, who, however, found no necessity for interfer ence. With great reluctance the chairman agreed to an amendment, on condition that the meeting would first hear Dr. M'Cree. The latter having spoken for nearly an hour and declaring, when called to time, his determination to speak for an hour longer, the patience of the meeting became exhausted and they insisted on the amendment being put. This was done in the following terms :—Resolved, "That the thanks of this meeting be given to Sir Benjamin Hall for appointing the military bands to play in the Parks on Sunday afternoons, thereby affording in nocent recreation to tens of thousands of her Majesty's subjects, and regrets that Lord Palmenton should have ordered their discontinuance; and that the Queen be petitioned to reappoint them." The amendment was carried by an overwhelming ma jority, of about 1,000 to 20, with great enthusiasm. The meeting was afterwards addressed by several gentlemen, and concluded at a little before 12 with three cheers for Sir Benjamin Hall. • Some amusement was created during the meeting by the recognition of Dr. M'Cree, of the Johnny M'Oree of ribandism notoriety some 20 years ago in Dublin. FUNERAL CF THE LATE CAPTAIN COLE, R.N., Ti. 11. On Friday, the 231 tilt., the remains of the late much respected Captain W. J. Cnle, R.N., K.H., J.P., were consigned to the family vault in Lec;alade churchyard, which, during his life, it was his study to keep so neat. The tolling of the muffled bell gave a solemnity to the scene, and the closing of every shop and house testified the respect in which tie was held. The body was carried to the church on the shoulders of some of his cottage tenantry. The pall was borne by four of his old and intimate friends, Captain Luce, R.N., The Knoll, Malmes. bury ; Captain Butler, R.N., Stamford Place, Far ringdon ; George Milward, Esq., Lord of the Manor ; and Geo. A. Robbins, Esq. of Clay Hill House. A double line.was formed from the house to the church porch by the poor :nen, tenants of the allotment ground, and about fifty of the boys and girls of the National School, each wearing a mark of respect to thei r deceased benefactor and nstructer. The precession was heac'el by two clergymen, then the coffin and pa 1-bearers, followed by E. P. Cole, Eiq., R.N., brother of the deceased as chief-mourner, and eleven other relatives and friends, with other clergy men, in their black gowns, who had requested to be allowed to show their respect to his memory, following in the rear. A vast c icceurse of people assembled, among whom many were observed to shed tears as the mournful cortege passed on its way to the church. The ground was kept by four policemen, each having a black crape rosette on his arm. The vicar, the Reverend R. Vernon White, 8.D., performed the burial service in a most feeling and impressive manner. The mournful ceremony (Laded, a great many of the inhabitants pro ceeded to the vault to take a " Last, fond lingering look" ere it was closed. Long will his z - nemory be cherished wherever he was known. On the Sunday following, the R3V. F. A. Dawson, M.:L, rector of Buscut, an old and valued friend of the family, preached a funeral.sermon to a crowded congregation, from the 4th chapter of the First Epistle of John, venws 7 and S. THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Anoiher--the third—annual exhibition, in our English metropolis, of the modern French School of Paintings has recently been opened to public view during the present season at the Gallery, 121, Pall-Mall, over against that south-west corner of Her Majesty's Theatre popularly known as the Opera Colonnade. Upwards of 300 pictures, large and small, productions some among them of artists hitherto wholly unknown in this country, but others of world-famed masters of mature reputa tion, constitute the bulk of this year's remarkable and more than ever meritorious collection. It is with no ordinary satisfaction that we believe our selves enabled already to regard "The French Exhibition of Paintings" in London as, so to speak, among the number of our established insti tutions—the opening of which to the lovers of art in this great capital may henceforth be looked upon as about as much a matter of course in the spring season (nearly) as the opening of our two Water-Colour Societies (Old and New), of the Fuf folk-street Gallery, and of the Royal Academy Exhibition, to say nothing at all about the pretty nearly contemporaneous opening of the first Ball at Almack's and of the first buds of the verdurous, cream-coloured, rose-coloured, Mayflower I Wel come to us (almost as much as those vernal blos soruings of the "sweet o' the year ") are the collected specimens of the modern F renc h S c h oo l of the Fine Arts now displayed in London, season after season, upon the walls of this attractive and most charming Exhibition. Favourable speci mens, for the most part, they are, as a matter of course, thanks to the excellently judicious taste presiding over the general management—a ma nage neat comprising within the select group of its Committee two such eminent masters in the modern English School of Painting as Daniel Maclise and Clarkson Stanfield, facile princeps each in his way, among the, number of our more dis tinguished Academicians. Mr. E. Gambart still presiding over all as the eminently judicious and competent Director ; Mr. B. Frodsham, remain ing at Lis amistonoed post as Secretary, discharging the duties of a delicate and responsible position with not less amenity than intelligence. Every thing, indeed, promises continued success to an enterprise which yielded, we remember well, the happiest auguries at its commencement. If we look in vain among the number of the I prEsent contributors for any example of the illus trious veteran Horace Vernet, the glory of the great painters of France now living, we find in No. 281 a noble specimen of Ary Scheffer, and in No. 110 a celebrated masterpiece from the won der-working hand of Paul Delaroche. The former, No. 281, " The Three Maries" (a picture the property of H.R.H. the Duchess of Orleans), portraying, as Ary Scheffer alone could so por tray, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Salome, and Mary the mother of Joseph of Arimathea, coming "with sweet spices," " very early in the morning the first day of the week, the sun being now risen," that they might anoint the body of the Lard in his holy Sepulchre ! The latter, No. 110, "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" (a picture the property of Mr. John Dil lon), depicting the young and heroic First Consul of the French Republic, as Paul Delaroche alone has yet succeeded in depicting him upon canvass, namely as—what Beranger has designated him, not in deathless song, but in imperishable prose ! And that ? Does any one forget it who has once read. the "Preface de l'Auteur," pre fixed in 1833 to the " Chansons de Beranger ?" Hardly, we conjecture. It is the sentence be ginning—"Le plus grand poets des temps modernes, et pcutetre de tons les temps, :Napoleon . 1 " And as the Great Poet of Action—the greatest in the world's history, as Shakspere was the greatest of the Poets of Thought—the pencil of Paul Dela roche has already more than once delineated the figure and countenance apostrophised nearly forty years ago by Lord Byron—. " Oh heaven ! of which he Wa3 in power a feature ; Oh earth 1 of which he was a noble creature." One, midway in his meteoric career as " Em pereur des Francais"—standing sideways, with his comely face looking over his shoulder at the spectator; one hand behind his waist, holding a snuff-box, the other thrust negligently into the bosom of his military coat. BeSides this well known and favourite portrait of the Emperor, there are two others of the hero from the same masterhand ; the one illustrating the commence ment, the other the close of his history ; the one lit, as it wore, by the rising, the other by the setting sun of his fortunes—here Bonaparte, in 1800, crossing the Alps upon a mule, prior to the Battle - of Marengo—there, Napoleon, in 1814, before the signing of his abdication in tho palace of Fontainebleau. These two pictures are familiarly known everywhere and by everybody through the medium of engravings of numerous sizes and of various excel lence. It is with the former that we have to do now--here is the original picture, or rather the reduced copy by Paul Dela ruche himself, from the original painting by him self of " Napoleon crossing the Alps." A won derful creation of genius --very different indeed from that quasi-heroic representation of the same scene by Louis David, pourtraying the First Consul riding over almost perpendicular Alpine acclivities upon a rearing war horse, as Alexander 'could never by possibility have done upon the back of Bucephalus, or the late ingenious Mr. Ducrow, upon one of his most cleverly trained performing horses upon the sawdust of Astley's Amphitheatre. True to history, true to reality, true to nature, Delaroche has in his great work produced a picture worthy of his subject and of its hero, worthy of the Alps and of Napoleon. • It is the Poet as well as the Soldier, the Dreamer as well as the Conqueror, that gazes out upon the Alpine soli tudes through those exquisite blue eyes, eyes full of deep and mysterious speculation! Sweetness and firmness stamped upon the chiselled lips, profound thought expressed through every line of the thin psle, young face, abstraction in the very attitude—svery accessory being intro duced moreover (even the minutest), with a mar vellous skill and appositeness. The negligently buttoned grey great-coat, the mere breeze stirring the chestnut locks of the Consul, and blowing the long hairs of the mule's tail forward till their ends touch the rider's bootandstirrup. A painting so famous and ran rkab'e cannot but arrest the attention of every one who visits this sea-son the French Gallery now open to public view, opposite the Opera Colonnale. Many visitors will turn too with hardly lest curiosity to the three pictures contributed in 1856 to the Gallery by that astonishingly gifted lady, Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur—whose name is already immortalised by her one marvellous picture of the "Horse- Fair." No. 45, a Landseipe with Cattle," and two studies, No. 46, an "Auvergn e re L .. sant," and No. 47, a " Pareheron Horse," core . stituting thus far, for the Londoners, her sole contributions to the French Exhibition: Two large battle scenes "glorify " the walls of the Gallery one, No. 13, "The Battle o f the Alma," by Joseph Baum°, the other, N o . 324, "Marshal N e y supporting the Rearguard at the Retreat from Moscow," by Adolphe Y ool, a matchless incident of valour on the part ( f "Trio Bravest of the Brave" (as Ney was called by Napoleon) here very nobly and heroically celebrated. Shall we confess it ? —we cannot but regard as somewhat exaggerated the immense eulogitun pronounced in a few words by Mr. Ruskin upon M. Frere—another of the contributors ca ll e d by Mr. Ruskin (vide "Note.,. 4:0." ii, p 47.) either through a slip of the pen or of the printer, Edouard Pierre. M. Frore's cottage interiors—Nos. 150 to 1 55 —are very truthful and very beautiful no doub t —. but " quite unequalled ?" Well, we suppos e we must yield a very wide margin for enthusiasm to so impulsive a writer, one who never says things (or sees things for that matter) by halves, but who so far at least resembles the true poet as de scribed by Mr. Tennyson, inasmuch as be really does seem to be— " Dowered with the hate of hate. The love of love, the scorn of F c rn. " With every respect for the zeal and elcqueneo (and generally speaking, too, for the tasty.) o f M r . Ruskin, we cannot but regard these very clever cottage interiors of M. Frero as altogether too "dimly painted " to be " quite unequalled." Breton's, No. 58, "Haystacks on Fire," on the contrary, is by no means dimly painted, and is full of animation—quite a "to do " in the rick yard ! His little picture, No. 59, " Young Girl plucking Poppies," is delicious—a genuine glimpse of nature : looking at the scarlet flowers, we long to he at them ourselves, gathering their hairy stalks into bundles ! What shall we say, how ever, of two out of the five contributions to the Gallery by Biard ?—No. 27, "English Travellers in France," and No. 28, " French Tra vellers in England." Say ? quotha—why, that they are thoroughly delightful ! The latter espe cially, Mr. Bull, in No. 27, being a very Frenchi fied Jean Boule, indeed ! 'But every figure in No. 28 being in a wonderful degree humorous. Such a line of "Bobbies" trooping by on one side— every man Jack among them an excuse for a fresh roar of laughter. The artist is a wag—whose " twittering brush" tickles one into merriment as it moves—" as many a time and oft" have done the pencils of Phillipon and Gavarni, or, nearer home, those of Leech and Cruikshank. A comi cal French scene (an interior) is No. 167, "An Invitation to Dinner," by Guillemin, and a charm ing one (an exterior), No. 179, " A Church Porch in Paris on Palm Sunday''—both invested with a semi-religious character. Henri Scheffer contri butes, in No. 282, an admirable and most life like portrait of our great novelist Charles Dickens, of Gadshill More admirable as a likeness, even be it said (to our thinking), than the one of Boz by the artist's illustrious brother, Ary Scheffer, now on view at the Royal Academy. And with another welcome glance, fresh in our recollection, at that ever-pleasant sight—the faithful effigy of a noble genius one loves and honours to the uttermost—we pass out again into Pall-mall from the gallery of the French Exhibition. COURT CIRCULAR. Toe Qacen received addresses on the throne respecting the peace yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, from the University of Oxford, the University of Cam bridge, and from the body of Presbyterian Minister:. The delegates from the University of Oxford, followed by the members, and headed by the Earl of Derby, wearing his gold robe of office as Chancellor of the Uni versity, and having his train borne by one of the mem , berg, arrived at a quarter before three o'clock. The deputation was conducted to the Green Drawing•romn. Soon after three o'clock the (t)ors of the throne-room were opened, and the Univerbity deputation was ushered by Sir William Martins, Captain Green, and Mr. Nor. man Macdonald, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, to the presence of the Sovereign. Her Majesty was seated on the throne, and wore a magnificent diadem of dia monds. Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William of Prussia were on the Queen's left ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vrce•Chamberlain, also stood on the Queen's left; the Duchess of Sutherland, -Mistress of the Robes ; Earl Spencer, Lord steward ; and the Marquis of Breadal bane, Lord Chamberlain, stood on her Majesty's right. Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, wtended near the Queen. His Lordship the Chancellor, the Vice• Chancellor, the delegates and other members of the University, ad vanced to the Throne, when the Earl of Derby read the address from the University of 04ford on the peace, an 1 then presented it tt) the Queen. He: Majesty re . urned a most gracious anss% tr. After the reception of the addresses, the Queen gavp audience to the Marquis de B:nn', Senator and Direc tor of the Academy of Fine Arts at Turin, when the Marquis presented to the Queen the portrait, of the King of Sardinia. The Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs, presented the Marquis at the' audience, which was also attended by the Marquis d'Az-glio, Sardinian Minister. The Earl of Clarendon and Earl Spencer had audiences of her Majesty. The Regent of Baden went yes erday morning to the Bank of England, and after having been conducted through that establishment, his Royal Highness pro- ceeded to the Litidon Docks, the Thames Tunrel. and the printing-office of the Times newspaper. The Brine 3 Regent was attended by the gentlemen of his suite and the H6n. Mortimer Saekville West. In the afternoon his Royal Highness went to the House of Commons, and remained during the early part of the proceedirg,. DEPARTURE OP LORD WODEHOUSE.—Lord Wode hi us:.. the newly-appointed Ambassador to the Court of Petersturg, accompanied by Lady Wodehouse, family, and suite, arrived at thu Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, yeuterday. The Vivid, Commander Allen, will convey 1114 lorlship to-day to Calais. The Marquis of Dalhousie is expected in town to-day cram Bright9o. His lordship still walks on crutches. Viscou - bt Cranley is suffering from severe indiPposition at Brie ton. _ _ eEarl of Mount Edgcurnbe has arrived at the Queen's Hotpi, Upper Norwood, from Plymouth. His lordship hAs taken the south wing of the hotel for one wroth. Viscount Valletort has also arrived at the hotel. II use MAJE3TY'3 THEATEE.—The following noblemen and gentlemen were present last night at ler M jesty'd Theatre :—His Royal Highnss the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Bath, Marqu;s Clatsicarde, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Lonsdale, Frances Countess of Walde.grave, Countess of Yarborough, Laxly Catherine Egerton, Lady Paulet,. Lady Champion, Lady Eleanor Balforr, Lady Clarges, Lady Constable, Lady Lake, Lord Bateman, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Exmouth, Lord Massy, the Hon. F. Baring, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Lady Cosmo Russell, Hun. Frederic Burke, Sir Richard Barlow, Hor. Henry Coventrj, Sir George Wombell, Rat., Col. the _Hon. James Mac lonald, Colonel Montresor, Ur. W. Wigratn, S:r George Staunton, Colo ne l Haalins, Captain Lyon, Hon. Captain D. Duncombe, Hon. J. Calthorpe, Mr. and Mr... Tudor, Mr. Cutler, Mr. C. J. Breadth), Sir Henry Webb, Bart , Mr C. J. Palmer, Zr. Hubert de Burgh, Capt.via La Balrnondiere, Col.. Slert Captain the Hon. C. Vyse, Mr. Bush, the Hon. Mrs. Paget, General Cavendish. ASTLEY'S ..kIIPIIITHEATRE.—The romantic spectacle of the "Horse of the Cavern, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi," which has recently been produced at this favourite establishment, is nightly gaining in the public estimation ; and the surprising performance of the horse does infinite cro,Zit to Mr. William Cooke, by whom the animal has been specially trained far the purpose. The German Brothers' feats, which fellow, are also extremely clever ; and the scenes in the circle are truly astonish. ing. The entertainments conclude with a soirit-it;rr ng and patriotic allegorical pageant, called "'Tie Festival of Peace, or Honour to the Brave." ST PETERSBURG, Wednesday.—A seam squadron, consisting of one liner of 96 guns, two frigates, and two corvettes,.is fitting out, and will leave Cronstadt almost immediately for Palermo, whither the Empress Dowager repairs for her health. We understand that the principal artists of what is called tbo Pro•Raphaelite School—Messrs. Millais, Heiman Hint, C'Jllins, and Rosetti—are engaged in preparing a series, of wood drawings, intended to illus trate a cnnplote edition of Alfred Tennyson's_ works, which will shortly be published. B.D.Y.—The - Bourse Gazette of Berlin states that the difference which exists laCtween the Baden government and the Holy See is on the point of - being arranged. Tug Baden government has listened to propositions, the adoption of which would not only terminate the present sulject of dispute, but prevent similar differences for the future. ENCUUBEIIED ESTATES COURT.—The estates of the late Mr. Richard Maxwell Fox, M.P., situated in the county of Longford an I city of Dublin, were put up for sale on Tuesday. Niue lots only were disposed of pub lic!y, it being understood that the remainder had been purchased by private contract. The amount realised by the public cale was about 14,000/. OXFORD COMMRMORATION. The following further particulars of the ceremony of presenting the Honorary Doctors of Law will be interesting to many of our readers :—The Regent of Baden and Prince William Frederick of Prussia, being made Doctors by diploma, accompanied the Chancellor of the University on his entrande into the Sheldonian Theatre with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and took their seats at once in the . semicircle on the left of the Chancellor, his Royal Highness being seated on his right hand. The Honorary Doctors meanwhile remained in the Divinity School, while the Chancellor proposed their Graces to the house —or, in other words, asked the consent of the Convocation to each de gree. The places having been recorded, the be ' dell left the Theatre, and shortly reappeared, ushering in a most brilliant cortege, which made its way with difficulty through the dense crowd in the area to the foot of the steps leading up to the semi circle of the Doctors. The ambassador of the Sul tan was the leading personage, followed by the Prus sian Minister and the Marquis of Abercorn. After him came the E trl of Clarendon and the other can didates, in order of precedence. As soon as the procession reached the steps of the semicircle, the Regius Professor of Civil Law presented the Am bassador to the Chancellor, and introduced him in a short Latin speech as the first Christian subject of the Porte who has ever represented the person of the Sultan as his Ambassador, and congratu lated the University on the occaSion of his visit be ing at so auspicious a moment, when the Sultan had granted equal laws and full civil rights to his Christian subjects. The name of the Earl of Cla iendon, which followed the announcement of the Prussian Minister and the Marquis of Abercorn, was welcomed with loud plaudits, more especially when the Professor alluded to his great ancestor (whose character as a historian was the subject of the Stanhope prize), and whose name his Lordship had preferred to retain rather than accept a higher title from his Sovereign in reward for his distin guished services. Lord Elgin's successful adminis tration of Canada was next referred to in connection with the promotion of its foreign trade by treaties of commerce, and the development of its internal resources by great lines of Railway and other pub lic works. The name of Sir Edmund Lyons was re ceived with great applause. The professor alluded to the enemy having sunk their ships rather than risk their destruction by encountering the allied fleet. The bombardment of Sweaborg was coupled with the name of Sir Richard Dundas, while the capture of Bomarsund and the overthrow of Sebas topol were cited in illustration of the engineering skill of Sir Harry Jones. Dr. Sandwith's en durance and his humanity to friend and foe alike during the terrible siege of Kars were the next subject of eulogy, and a tribute of respect was paid to General Mouravieff for his treatment of the Bri tish prisoners. Dr. Barth's intrepidity in explor ing the course of the river Beuin, the western branch of the Ni g er, was the last subject of com mendation, and his constancy was highly praised in resisting for seven months the threats of the King of Thnbuctoo, and his endeavours to compel him by the fear of instant death to renounce the Christian faith. The names of the other distin guished candidates whose good deeds were also re cited Lord Ashburton's, in reference to his exertions in promoting the education of the poor ; Sir Henry Holland's, in regard to his writings on medical science and psychology were all most favourably received ; and the presence of the Chancellor of the University gave more than usual interest to the ceremony of admission, which fol lowed immediately after the presentation of each Honorary Doctor. MEETING OF THE CHARITY CHILDREN, The anniversary gathering of the charity children from the various free schools of the metropolis (56 in number) took place yesterday in the nave of St. Paul's Cathedral, and attracted, as usual, many thousands of persons. The nature of this ceremony and its character. istic featurez have ben so frequently described that they must be familiar to our readers. Such a spectacle as that presented by the children, how ever, the oftener seen the more firmly is it im pressed upon the mind. The coup d'ceil, from whatever part of the cathedral it may be witnessed, is equally magnificent and astonishing. Nor is the spectacle offered by the congregation less im posing —something like 15,000 people being so closely packed together, that the whole mass ap pears to be animated as with a single impulse—to ebb and flow, as it were, like the tide of some mighty ocean. There was no change whatever in the musical selection which has for many years accompanied the full cathedral service. What the children did was, of course, more interesting than anything else. Once again we have to record how capi tally the " Gloria Patti" was pronounced by the multitude of young and fresh voices, in re sponse to the reading psalms, as chanted by the members of the choirs ;. and once again to state how much better and more steadily the 100th Psalm—" All people ant on earth do dwell"—was sung than the others, although a real improvement was observed in the 113th—" Ye saints and ser vants of the Lord"—which preceded, and the 104th —" My soul praise the Lord." At the end of each of the Psalms for the day the children joined in the "Gloria Paid." The, Te Deum and the Jubilate were sung by the choir. Before the prayer for the Queen the Coronation Anthem was sung. The words are as follows : " Zadok. the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, anointed Solomon King. "And all the people rejoiced and said : God save the King, long live the king, God save the king, may the king live for ever, amen, amen, hallelujah, hallelujah, amen. God save the king, long live the king, may the king live for ever, amen, amen, hallelujah, hallelujah, amen. May the king live for ever, for ever, for ever, amen, amen, hallelujah, hallelujah, amen. Long live the king, God pave the king, long live the king, may the king live, may the king live, for ever, hallelujah, amen, amen, hallelujah, hallelujah." The children joined in the worth following " re joiced and said." The effect was very startling. Before the sermon, were sung three verses of the 113th Psalm, with a Hallelujah choru s by th e children. Then came the sermon, by the Bishop of Lincoln, on the, text Deut. iv. 2, " Ye shall not add unto that word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it." We would fain have given an abstract of his lordship's discourse, but we are obliged to confess that the feebleness of his voice was unable to make even the ordinary im pression in that vast area filled with twelve thou sand souls. We were informed, by those who sat immediately under the bishop, that he was only imperfectly hoard. After all, a sermon is almost out of place on an occasion like that of yesterday. After the sermon part of the 104th Psalm and the Hallelujah chorus were sung. The receipts were 4671. 16s. 9d. As those in 1855 were 3931. 95., the associated charities will receive nearly 701. more than was the case last year. TURIN, June I.—General della Marraora arrived here la t night, and was received at the railway station by the Ministers, the municipality, and a large crowd of private friends. He was loudly cheered as he got into his car riage, and all along the streets as he drove 'home. TO - be is gone to Pollenza, to pay his re , peets . to the It is sal that the 15th has been fixed on for the distribution of the Crimean decorations. LATEST _NEWS. BERLIN, JUNE 6. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Emperor of Russia has empowered the Minister of Finance to grant passports, without previously submitting the applications for the same to a Council of Ministers, to merchants desirous of forming branch establishments abroad. Prince Gortschakoff, who had come to Vienna to present his letters of recall, has again left for St. Petersburg. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor returned to Paris to-day. To morrow morning be will set out for Orleans and the Valley of the Loire. At a Council of MinisterS, held to-day, a new credit of ten millions, to be applied in the relief of the sufferers by inundations, was proposed an hour after the Emperor's arrival. General Sir Wm. Williams, of Kars, with h's aides-de-camp, Capt. C. C. Teesdale and Capt. Henry A. Churchill, arrived this morning at the Hotel Maurice. The accounts from the provinces are most dis tressing. The Loire and the Loiret have united. Tours, with many villages of that beautiful district, s flooded. The Emperor will probably again go into the inundated districts, together with the Minister of Public Works. The Government is using every exertion. The railway between Angers and Nantes is broken. Rain is falling heavily all over France. A decree of the Emperor, dated Lyons, the 2d, orders that, in consequence of the inundations at Avignon and in other localities of the department of the Vaucluse, the payment of the commercial bills faing due in those places from the 29th to the Bth June inclusively shall be prorogued for eight days, and that protests and other proceed ings thereon shall also be suspended for the same period. The Moniteur of to-day records the further pro gress of the Emperor of the French through the districts which have been lately inundated, and says : The Emperor's visit to the sufferers by the inun dations of the Rhone has produced on the inhabi tants of these devastated districts an impression that cannot be described. The Emperor has ap peared to them like a second Providence. His progress takes place amidst tears of gratitude and public blessings. The love and mutual devotion between a people and their sovereign were never displayed in so signal a manner. The Emperor passed the night at Arles, and left this morning (June 4), at eight, on his return to Lyons, through Avignon, Monteliriart, and Va lence. Everywhere, on his passage, the grateful inhabitants had hurried forth to meet his Majesty, and again saluted him with repeated cries of 'Long live the-Emperor !'' " Long live the Empress !" " Long live the Imperial Prince!" "Long live the friend and benefactor of the people !" The Emperor arrived at Lyons this evening at five o'clock. Here his Majesty passed in review the troops assembled under the command of the Marshal de Castellano. During the review, the acclamations of the soldiers and inhabitants were again heard with fresh enthusiasm. At eight o'clock the Emperor left Lyons on his return to ra, is. Her Majesty the Emprein has subscribed in favour of the sufferers by the floods, the sum of 20,000 f. in her own name, and of 10,000 f. in the name of the Imperial Prince. _ _ _ Their Excellencies the Ministers of State and of the Emperor's Household, of Justice, of Foreign Affairs, of the Interior, of Finance, of War, of the Navy and Colonies, of Public Instr❑ction and Worship, of Agriculture, Trade and :Public Works, and the President of the Council of State, have each subscribed I,ooof. The Government has decided on creating a cen tral committee of succour, for the purpose of giving one sole and uniform direction to the produce yielded by the public subscriptions, 'both in Paris departments, in behalf of those who have suffered from the recent inundations. A subscription list is opened by the Legislative Corps in behalf of the sufferers by the floods. The Count do Morny, the President, in a contributor of 5,000 f. THE BOURSE, Juno s.—The following were the closing quotations : Cash. fr. e. li per Cents. 92 50 3 per Cents 73 New Loan 73 Bank Shares 4,100 Roman ...- ....... .. (xd) 87 Credit Mobilier 1,760 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Tnrees Piedmontese (5) — game Deb . ...... ... RAILWATEI—NOB CA.BIZ. fr. c. fr. 0 Orleans - Northern l,lOO Strasburg - Lyons.. ...,... 1,155 New Ditto B6O - Nlediterranean ......1,655 Grand Cent ra l - Lyons Geneva 730 Taste „ - Cott° 750 Austrian Cam. ' 870 - End of Month, —f. --c. 73 15 PRUSSIA. BERLIN, June 3.—The Emperor of Russia left Potsdam shortly after midnight, and passed through here about 1. o'clock this morning on hip return to St. Petersburg. According to the ar rangements made he was to breakfast in Schneide tnuhl this morning and dine to day in Konigsberg. All ceremonial at any of the stations has been ex pressly declined, and thus this long journey, which to others would cause only fatigue, 'will be to him is source of invaluable rest and repose previously to his entering upon a fresh campaign of parades and receptions, ar.c., in his own territories. In Konigs berg he will travel along the coa4st and visit the various Baltic ports. _ Now that the Emperor is gone, all the notabi lities aro taking their departure as fast as possible. Prince Woronzoff and Count Nesse•lrode left yes te:day ; Prince Gortschakoff will have this even ing for St. Petersburg direct ; they Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin have left for Ischl ; and the Grand Duke of Weimar for Weimar. Prince Windischgratz left here this morning for Vienna ; the Grand IDuke of Olden burg, who left yesterday evening, had presented him yesterday with the insignia of the Order of his House. T'lle Emperor of RUSSi% has bestowed the Order of St. Andrew on Baron von Manteuffel. The Duchess of Sagan has just arrived, and the Queen of Bavaria will remain. here till next Thursday. THE PRINOIPALITEES. A letter from Giorg , :v.), of the 16 .h, says : " The six companies of infantry which are here will set out to-morrow for Galicia by But:barest. They are to be replaced by two companies of the Con stantine regiment. Some days back two steamers of the Imperial navy of Austria, towing ten trans ports occupied by soldiers of the el igineerF, went to Orsova, and are to return to-morrow to take other troops. Importations are larger hero than they were last year ; but exportations are very small, and the prices of the productions of the country are on the decline. The weather is very favourable, and a fine harvest is hoped for. Un fJrtunately, however, several tracts of country h five not been sown, owing to a scarcity of la bel" %" A letter from Gals,tz of the 15th uilt. says :—"A great number of Mahometan families, who emi grated from the Crimea, have been established in the environs of Ratchick by the Turkish Govern ment. A great many Christians have followed the example of the Turks, and have established themselves in the fertile plains of the Dobrudscha. Thel troops of the Anglo-Turkish Contingent en camped at Schumla, Rasgrad, and Tchernova have received orders to hold themselves in l 'readiness to leave ; they are, it appears, to go to Asia. But their departure cannot take place for some time, for they are not yet prepared to move, and are in want of horses." We learn by electric telegraph from Copenhagen that the Burlington steamer arrived from St. Petersburg at 8 o'clock on Wednesday mornin g , and left at 11 a.m. for ' H u ll. C o l one l Lake and. Captain Thompson, defenders of Kars, were pas sengers. The Burlington is expected in Hull to morrow. Advices from 'Constantinople of the 28th ult. have been received at Vienna. The news from the provinces is satisfactory. The cholera is a Tripoli. Stourdza Has been appointed a member of the Bes sarabian Commission. The Lycurgue has arrived at Madras with advices from Constantinople of the 22d, and from the Crimea of the 20th. She brought 380 soldiers'. The war steamers Coligny, Sane, and Megere havi) arrived with troops from Kinburn. The steamers Lady Jocelyn, Glasgow, and New York, have arrived with troops from Kamiesch. DEMAND FOR Fenus.—There are numerous applicl tions for the various farms which have been, recently ad vertised to be let in the Kilmarnock district, and in nearly all of them the rents arc increased. Nothing is beard of agricultural distress 11057. Glasgow Daik Mail. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. :Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Common Jury.) REEVES V. HOWELL. FIFTEEN' JURYMEN FINED FOR NON-ATTENDANCE. This was an action brought for the recovery of 201. is. 6d. for goods sold and delivered. The defendant disputed 19s. in the account, on the ground that the goods had not been delivered. The plaintiff rejoined that the defendant had promised to pay the whole a:nount claimed, and that he had only raised the objec tion now, es the difference, if allowed, would materially affect the costs. The jury retired to consider their ver dict, and a fresh jury was ordered to be formed to pro ceed with the business of the court. On calling over the remaining names on the panel for that purpose, three only answered to their names. The 15 absentees were then fined 51, each, and the jury had to be taken from " strangers," householders, in the court on other busi ness. QUEEN'S BENCH. ,Sittings at Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Erie, and Crompton.) SIMMONS V. VANSITTART.-JUDGMENT. This was an action tried during the Nisi Prius sittings at Westminster, before Mr. Justice Wightman and a special jury, when a verdict was returned for the de fendant. The plaintiff is a civil engineer, and the defendant one of the directors of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway; and the action was for work and labour done by the plaintiff in superintending the construction of this railway. The defendant had paid the amount of salary due into Court—the main question at issue being the right of the plaintiff•to recover for extra services. Mr. James, Q.C., moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and the verdict being against the evidence. The case was argued yesterday, and the Court took me to consider the applicatior. To-day the Court refused the application. Rule refused. DIAR,KET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of E❑glish wheat were limited, and the show of samples ,of both red and white was small. The trade ruled very firm, and, in some, in stances, the value of both red and- white had an upward tendency. The week's imports of foreign wheat are only 5,240 qrs. We had a good home and export demand, and selected iamples were the turn dearer. Barley was in short supply and steady request, at very "till prices. Malt was unaltered in value. The show of oats was small, and the trade was active, at 6d per qr. more money. . _ _ Beans, peas, and fluor were steady, and quite as dear as on Monday. Wheat. 1,060 ARRIVALS THIS WEBS.. 1 Barley. Malt. I Oats. I roar. 100 ' 1,160 110 i 810 60 1,300 1 I 3 A,,n ) 2070 brl 4 1 -,- ! 1290 sks ;flash .. risk •• • • toroign 1 1 5,240 i - METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to•dav's market being consider ably on the increase, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy► ►t a decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of 2d. per Sibs. We were . extensively supplied.. with sheep, mostly in middling condition, and the mutton trade was very dull, at 44 per Sibs less . Money. The- top figure for Downs, out of the woOl; Was 53 41 per 8lbs; Lambs—the show of which was largo—moved off slowly, and prices have way 24'per Blbs. About 460 reached us from the Isle of Wight. Calves sold heavily, on former terms. The supply was moderate. In pigs very little was doing. Milch cows were dull, at from lit, to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the Offaly. s. d. s. d. Ulterior Beasta....3 4 to 3 - 8 ;second quality.... 3 10 4 0 ?rime large oxen 4 2 4 C ?rime Scots, dm. 4 8 410 Inferior Shocp ...4 0 4 2 leconti quality ...4 4 4 ,c.• 'rime erse.-wiled. 4 10 5 Lamb, 5s TOTAL SUPPLE. leasts theop and lambs . .. .11,200 '.altos • ... 222 Pigs •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 330 ........ SU Sheep and lambs 200 91 Pig 5.......... ..... ....... NEWGATE AND The demand generally mil For 81ns by s. d. s. d. s. d. S. e. deof, inferior 210 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 310 4 I Do, prime large.. 3 8 3 10 : Do., primp 4 6 4 8 D', do. small —.4 0 4 4 Veal 3 6 4 ti Pork, large 3 2 3 8 Pork small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s Bd. LEA.DENEEALL. ed heavy, as follows: the carcase;. a. d. a. e. Prime Southdown 5 2 5 4 Earge crse. calves 4 0 410 'Primo small do 5 0 5 4 Laige hogs imall porkers 4 4 4 $ 3araling calves 23 0 29 '0 j,narter old pigs 21 0 27 0 to 68 Od. FOREIGN SUPPLY. BOROUGH 'HOP. The accounts from the plantations state that the fly is on the increase, and as the duty has been done as low as 150,0001., our m trket is very firm, and prices show a ten dency to improve. This week's imports are 50 bales from Ostend, and 71 fromgiamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 61 Cs per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 31 to 515 x. ; Sussex, 2118 s to 41158. C )LONIAL. TEA.—There has been an active business transacted in good useful greens and in fine congons,.but common con ;nu has been neglected at !lid per lb. .1 3 /ices, however, Ail' tend in favour of buyers. SUGAR.—An active demand has been experienced for all descriptions of foreign .and colonial, both for home coo' gumption and exportation, and prices have advanced fully 6d to is per cwt on previous rates. British West India realised high rates. Mauritius brown, 39s to 425; yellow, 12s 6d to 45s ; and grainy, 44s 6i to 47s per cwt. Bengal Benares, 45s to 46s 6d ; Cuba, low to fine yellow, 43 s to 15s; low greyish to fine bright grocery, 42s to 40s 6 3 . Porto Rico, mid to fine bright, 44s to 47s Gd, and greyish 13s to 45s ; Pernambuco, low to middling white, 43s 63 to 453 6d. The refined market has also been dearer, and the stocks on hand are considerably reduced—brown lumps brought 54s Gd to 55s per cwt. COFFEE.—This article has been inactive, but holders; still demand high rates, which. has in a great measure checked sales, Mocha small being 76s to 80s, damaged 535 id to 725. Plantation Ceylon good 6is to 665, low mid to mid 61s to 683, inferior 58s to 60s. Peaberry 66; to 755, and triage 50s to 575. Native Ceylon rule dull at 503 per cwt. COCOA has been in good demand at full rates. Grenada mid to good quality realised 47s to 50s 6d per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a brisk demand for this article, particularly the lower descriptions, which have realised full rates. Bengal good mid to good bold white l3s to 13s . low mid to good 9s Gd to lls, Ballam 8s Gd to 90 .—&1 pm c.v. ! Rum.—Full prices have been realised for this article, and the demand still continuos good. Jamaica g ood brought 3s 8d to ss, 1) nnerara 2s 4d to 2s sd, an d Lee' wards 2s ld to 2s 2d per proof gallon. SPICES.—There has been a steady demand, and prices haVe in many cases ruled firmer ; business, however, i s not active. Pimento, good to fine, 4,id to 4id per lb. Ginger-- African, fair quality, brought 25s ; Jamaica, d ar k to good mid, 45s to 81s ; good to fine, 100 s t o 1503; and Cochin, 45s to 46s per cwt. Cloves are higher, good 41d to 4!d per lb. Nuta 1313 ' pinched to good bold , is 10d to 3s 7d. Mace, good, Is 4d to 2s ; good bold, 2s 5d per lb. COCHINEAL. —The market has ruled heavy, but previous prices have been maintained. SALTPETRE. —The demand has been very limited. Boni bay, 271 b refraction, sold at 24s Gd ; Bengal, 141 b, 29s and 511 b to 2i1.13 refraction, 30a to 30s 6d per cwt. TALLOW has been very quiet. P.Y.C. on the spot 45s 94 and last three months 45s 6d per cwt. GREEN FRUlT.—Oranges sustain their value, a parcel Messina lemons, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went 2s per case lower. Spanish nuts nearly finished• Barcelona dull. Brazil, of new crop, arrived at Liverpool ra being offered in the London Market, but the price is too high to effect sales. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —;This Day.) LONDON, June 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. light breeze and clouy at times. PORTSMOUT:I, June 5.- Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Aim (s.s.), from Havre, for New York, towed in with machi nery damaged, and left in tow for Southampton ; Blun dell, London, for Geelong and proceeded for S ou th am pton; East Anglian (s. tpt.), Woolwich. PLYMOUTII, June 5. —Wind N.E.—Ai r;ved.—Normand , from Havana. Sailed—Shanghai, for Swan River; lb" daspes, Falkland Isles ; William, Newfoundland. Off the port—Robina, Mauritius. COWES, June s.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived.- Mary Sas" yell, from Trinidad de Cuba. Sailed—Arago, for New York. FALMOUTH, June s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Ar' gentina, from Santos ; Gusta, Rio Janeiro ; Stepharle, Trinidad de Cuba ; 11.M.Str. Pioneer, cruising. Off the port—Witch of the Wave, from Charleston, for Havre; Harlstine, Charleston, St. Petersburg; Hnntleys, Sunder land, for Qcebee: • NEWPORT, June s.—Arrived—Hannah and Clara, from Antwerp, Antwerp, for St. Thomas; Utile, Nantes, for Monte Vl' deo ; Leba and General Rideau, Havre, both for St. The" mas. Sailed—Mercator, for St. Thomas. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Arlived—Chorister, from Maranham ' • Spirit of th e ' Times Maz:itlan ; Ch r i s t er h o l mo, N ew Orleans; Glen oaple, Centro ; Adolphine, Wreland. Sailed — Montmorency, for Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, June 4. Wind N.W. Arrived—Sarah, from Ak - yab ; Ann and John, Monte Video ; Belford, Rabat; Heath, Monte Video ; Xarif s ' Barbacloes. Sailed—Helicon, for Antwerp. 03Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wind, N.E. ; tide, • n e ariow w GRAVESEND, at e F r i w d a e y a t. hoe sah. and . fine. Arrived, June s.—Renkstt, from Bremen ; Elise, Cal verley ; Kielsia, Rio Janeiro; Speculant, Heigenbagen Unrestricted, Smyrna ; Can], Westervik; Countess of Lansdale, Hamburg. Arrived, June 6.—lsabella t , from Stettin ; Gustav Vasa, Memel. DEAL, Friday, 9.36 a.m. Wind N.B. by E., fresh. Anchored off South Foreland on sth—Plymouth Rock, from Now York, for London. Passed, sth—John White, from Newcastle, for Malta. Passed— Sirocco, for Tonlcyn, from Sunderland ; Here fordshire, Balaklava; Whiter Eagle, Balltklaya, ; Rajas . than, Balakllva ; all from London. Ito H 00Mila 11 °1. lt°d d States C States 6 114418 E1 FU 4111aoli Ditto Ace