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

SALE OF STORES. 111 HE PRINCIPA L OFFICERS of HER • • MAJEST WAIt I)dPAIITMENT Do HEREBY GIVE Nortec, that a quantity of Artillery Clothing, Harness, Leather, Wheels, Firewood, Powder Barrels, Staves, Worn Rope, Old Canvas, Chatu Reins, Founders' and Lead Ashes, Case 3, Tin Cuttings, Cork, sails, Slow Match, Wagons, &c., brit) be Sold by Public Auction in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THURSDAY, 10th July, 18t6, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely. M a y be viewed from 10 till 4 o'clock on the three day 3 previous to the sale. Catalogues may he bad at the War Department, Pa!1•mall, Tower al London, amt Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. W. 0. MANHALL, for Director-Genera of Contracts. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of new Ballet, Le Corsaire. Madame ALBONI Madame ROSATI. TO-MORROW EVENING (Tuesday, July 8), will be per formed Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. Angelina, Mdlle. Alboni; Don Magnifico, Signor Rossi (of the Italian Operas Paris and Vienna, his first appearance) Dandini, Signor Benevetftano ; and Don Ramiro, Signor Cal zolari. After which will he produced (first time in this country) an entirely new Ballet, LE CORSAIRE. With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. The music by M. Adolphe Adam. Conrad, Signor Ronzani ; Seyd, M. Dauty ; Yussuffe P M. Venafra ; Birbanto, M. Vandris ; Sulmea., Mdlle. Clara ; Gul nare, Mdlle. Rosa ; Dilare, Mdlle. Lizereux ; Medora, Madame Rosati. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. MR. BALFE'S BENEFIT, at DRURY LANE, TO-NIGHT, July 7.—lmmense Attractions for this night only—Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Madame Viardot Garcia, Miss Dolby, M. Gassier, Arabella Goddard, Ernst, and Piatti. The performances will com mence with Balfo's favourite opera THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, with the new music and following splendid cast : —Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss Dyer, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Drayton, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Balfe will preside in the orchestra, which, with the chorus, will be on a grand scale. To be followed by a grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, in which the fol lowing celebrated artistes will appear:—Madame Viardot Gar cia, Miss Dolby, Miss Fanny Huddart, Misses Brougham, and Mrs. Enderssohn. Mr. Henry Haigh, Signor Lorenzo, and M. Gassier. Instrumentalists :—Violin, Herr Ernst; harp, Mr. John Thomas ; violoncello, Signor Piatti ; pianoforte, Miss Arabella Goddard. and Mr. G. A. Osborne. To conclude with the 4th Act of Verdi's opera IL TROVATORE, with the following cast :- —Miss Lucy Escott, Miss Fanny Huddart, M. Durand, ani Mr. Angusttts Braham. Private boxes, 3/. 3F., 21. 25., 1/. Is. ; stalls, 7s. 6d. ; dress circle, ss. ; boxes, 45.; upper circle, 2s. 6d.; pit, 2s. 6d. ; galleries, 2s. and I.s. Boxes and stalls to be had of Mr. M. W. Balfe, 11, Cork street, Burlington-gardens ; of Mr. Chatterton, at the box office of the 'theatre; and Messrs. Boosey and Sons, 24, Holies-street. TA% kTRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, 'kir. E. T. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING{ will be producei THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Followed by A GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with 'I he Last Act of IL TROVATORE. TTIE AT al: lio Y.A.T., HAYMARKET. Under :he Niftnagernont of Mr. Buckstons. TUFA EVENING, TIVELFTA NLGtIT. After which The Spanish Dancers. Followed by lITICHIES AT HOME. To conzlude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. 13. 1 / 4 )Y U. PRINCIF.Sti'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. IltbJar the Management. of Mr. CHLRLEB BEAN. Tilii EVENING, MUSIC lIITII CHARMS. After which, TIE WINTER'S TALE. ItOYAL THE tTRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celoeti. THIS EVENING, THE FLYING DUICEIMAN. After which, TELE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY. Followed by THE IRISH LION. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TUN EVENING THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which, A CONJUGAL LESSON. To conclude with 'A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and ManArer. Mr. Wm. Cooke. This (lay (MONDAY) a MORNING PERFORMANCE at Two e'dlock. TTII3 EVENING, The Romantic Equestrian 4nectacle called THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained docile horses. After which. The incomparable Equestrian Display of EQUERTMAN ART in the ARENA. The novel and miraculous performance of the German Brothers. To conclune with THE FESTIVAL OF FEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. Rox-oftice open fnni. Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Weft. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tun DAY--Morn. 3 min. aft. s—Evening 21 min. aft. 5 'lh•MOSßow—Morn. 41 min. aft. s—Evening 59 min. aft. 5 CAE WEA.TITER--Sux Opines, JULY 6. TAIRMONICTER, IN TUN SHAWL 72 —htglien since noon yesterday. iii -lowt•st this morning and during the night. 72 --ttkii day at noon. 3ATIOMBTER-20 - 09. vvmpo, W.N. W.— Fresh, with cloudy, but fine sunshiny weather. Slight rain Into in the evening. JULY 7. it —highest ;inch noon yesterday. 58 , 3tmit this morning and c - inr:ng the night. 66 —thc. gIA7 at IMOtt. liAitemET 29 78 n ng, rapidly. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull cloudy weathsr and some rain. f 7r4 , t ,, i) c• LONDON, MONDNY, JULY 7,1856. If every American citizen. resembled Mr. GEQ/iCIL PEABODY there would he but little dam ` ger of a collision between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon family. That gentleman, who has des erve d ly obtained the title of a " Merchant Princes," has sedulously ende avoure d to cultivate the feelings of amity that ought to be maintained betvreen both Countries. Possessed of a princely fortune he has usial it like a Prince, and by ex _ traordinary liberality, vntlemanly demeanour, and thoro ug h i n t egr i ty of conduct and purpose, has elevated the transatlantic character in th , - eyes of all who have oad the honour of his pmr s-onal acquaiarance, or thr god fortun e of beiee.. brought in e p i t he t with hill. R e has resid:ld amongst us for many years, bat never has abated a particle of his nationality. Any fellow -citize n involved in difficulty has found a kind and faith ful friend, the only passport required being evidence that. he deserved the assistance he sought, while English charities have found him a bountiful and unostentatious benefactor. Such is the man, the noblest of all titles, who on Fri lay last, the 80th annivenary of the Declaration of the Independence of the United States, assembled a mixed party of American and English citizens at the Star and. Garter, c.i. RA 1 . __.mond, to part tke of his magnificent • hospitality in celebration of that auspicious event. The -. ll64 'ABobv B inquest, or fete of the 4th July, has heeneae an established institution. Inaugu rated in it has continued under various phases to the present day ; but no one, whether llnglish . or American, ever participated therein without desiring to have a similar opportu nity on another occasion, and without a large infusion of the milk of human kindness towards the strangers with whom he way associated. "The Iron Duke" himself has as slated ill-one of th-ese- festivals —closely assimilated to his own memorable Waterloo banquets —and thereby, in addition to the "thousand happy ... faces at Almacks on the 4th July, 1851," effectu ally "broke down the assumed barrier to the Union .of Englishmen and Americans in celebrating the glorious anniversary---a barrier never again to be erected." It was a felicitous conception on the part of Mr..PELBODY, by which he was en abled to discover the real sentiments of England towards " the States" and " the Statesmen." Few could so well have carried out the notion— one whic'i at a critical emergency like the present may incline the balance towards the side of " Peace and good-will" towards all. We should scarcely feel inclined, when speaking of such a proceeding, to allude to any existing difficulties. We are convinced that all that is required is to approach the consideration of the points in dispute in a proper spirit of mutual for bearance and mutual conciliation to bring every difference to a happy and honourable termination. The name of the immortal WASHINGT•N is as highly revered in the United Kingdom as in any part of the United States. The cham pions of freedom, who fought on his side, share in his honours. There was a great principle nobly asserted, and notwithstand ing every obstacle and impediment, right even tually triumphed. No true-hearted Englishman would have desired that it had been otherwise ; and we can heartily and cordially concur in cele brating that great epoch in the annals of freedom. There can be nothing to warrant An imputation against the courage of either party. Why, then, should there be that extraordinary sensitiveness on the part of our transatlantic brethren to which one of their own most distinguished citizens alluded ? Why should they be thin-skinned as to any criticism on their foibles, or desire to avenge an imaginary slight on a whole nation for the fancied insult of an individual? Wo believe with General CADWALLADER that if Queen Vie- TORI& travelled through any part of the United States that her progress would be treated with as much enthusiasm as in any part of her own dominions. The suggestion is well worthy of attentive consideration, and we have no doubt that a Royal visit to New York and Washington would be far more popular in this country than one to Vienna or Berlin. It may be impossible to arrange the indispensable pre liminaries during the present year, uor per haps would it be desirable during the occupation of the White House by General PIERCE. But when the existing clouds have vanished from the political horizon, when the object of such a jour ney could not by any possibility be misunder stood, then indeed we should rejoice at a proceed ing so calculated to produce that which ought to be the object of every citizen of Great Britain and the United States, and so happily expressed by General CADWALLADEE, " frank intercourse, cordial friendship, ana perpetual peace be tween them." Dulwich College, then, is still to be misma naged ! " GOD'S gift" is still to be hoarded up in one way, only to be squandered in_ another ! The noble-hearted founder of it, EDWARD AL LETNE, stage-player and theatrical manager—the GARRICK of the days of Queen ELIZABETH, the friend amd partner of WILLIAM SHAKSPEUE of the Globe Theatre, and afterwards of New Plac3, Stratford-upon-Avon—EDWARD ALLEYNE, actor and philanthropist, is still to have his glorious benefaction misapplied, is still to have it monopo lised by greedy placemen and insatiable plural ists ! The first act of the very old and very dull farce of "A Parliamentary Committee of Inves• tigation" was played rout in regard to Dulwich College on Wednesday afternoon. There was a new cast of characters, for this occasion only, of course by particular desire, and the Committee in question was necessarily this time a Committee of the House of Lords—there Was the' Earl of itARBOWNY in the walking-gentleman's part as Chairman, the rest of the motley dramatis persona being enacted by H. R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, by his Grace the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY, by the Right Hon. the Earl of MINTO, assisted by the Right Hon. Lord MIDDLETON. Why on earth Dulwich College—founded two or three hundred years ago by a stage-playek -- should be adjudicated upon, according to a very tardy scheme of reorganisation, by a high and mighty conclave, comprising in a rather re stricted group of five individuals, a royal Duke, an Archbishop, two Earls, and a Baron, would certainly be somewhat difficult to con jecture. What, in the name of fortune, 'can a Prince of the Blood have to do with the be quests of excellent Master EDWARD ALLEYNR, Who wore the sock and buskin for the delight of the gsoundlings of Southwark in the days of the Tudors ? Or what, again, for that matter, .can possibly be known upon the subject of the wishes, and intentions, and sympathies of the said Master ALLEYNE, by the Right Hon. DlGny WILLOUGIIRY, seventh Baron MinnrArro.N, by the Right Hon. DUDLEY _RYDER., second Earl of HARROWS; or by the R ight tale Hon. GILBERT ELLIOT M. KYNYNMOND Viscount MELfIUND and Earl of MINTO. To say nothing at all about the most reverend father in Goi, JOTIN BIRD SUMNER, Primate of all England and Arclibiihop of Canterbury ! Nevertheless H.R. H., his Grace, and the three Right Honourable', being duly constituted into a Committee of the House of Lords to decido upon the most advisable of certain proposed schemes for the entire rem dolling of Dulwich College, deliberate upon the matter, hear counsel u:eori the matter, ponder weightilyover the matter, and, among other things, arrive at this conclusion That the suggestion. sub _uitted to them by Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHEIt on the part of the members of the theatrical pro fession (Dwane ALLEYNE'S class, remember, not the Committee's!) be peremptorily rejected ! It was a modest request enough (rather " too" modest we think), but it was the . request neither of a R.H. nor yet of an Archbishop, nor yet of a snug party of Right Ronourables : it was the re quest, in truth, simply, as vrto have said, of .ur. tain raemb?rs of the theatrical profession—and it was considered by the Committee of the House of Lords on Wednesday afternoon, and (of course) —rejected ! We need hardly say in parenthesis ;:aorfct now the " Th e thing is obvious. But having n the decision of the Committee, Iv.) wonder what Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. will think, we wonder v ery much what Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will say, upon the matter ! So the affair ends, however, for the present. Yet----Does it The type of an historical nation dies out last among the lower classes. Long after the aristo cracy have been given over to their Naas, the manhood and the manly virtues of the peop.le sur vive. So history teaches, and we derive cotoolae . tion from the reflection. Our A.nglo-Saxon fore fathers, our ancestors, indeed, of a less remote antiquity, were distinguished by probity, manli ness, and a love of fair play. These are not the characteristics by which our rulers and the govern ing caste nowadays are to be recognised. For probity you look in vain in the strife of parties, manliness you will hardly be able to trace in the condition of the weaker portion of the ruled, and a love of fair play is, one would fancy, incom patiblewith that general lust of aggrandisement to be gratified at any cost, of which the organ, of th e peop l e h ave so much reason to complain. .. Th e masses, no doubt, are disfigured l 'Y many vices, but you hear of no j acquer i e , nor any general desire to appropriate the property of the rich among them. men's right s an d propertL* The coveters of other men's are to be found in high places, a class which abounds 'in this world's 1 goods, and adds acre to acre, and house to house, and privilege to privilege, and not in that alike destitute of either, and apparently privileged only to grumble without means of redress. So long as the masses are sound-hearted there is hope for any country, and it were idle to dream of despair of ours. But the present aspect of " high and mighty" degeneravy and the state of public opinion are far from encouraging. Con fining our view to matters in which public recrea- tion and instruction are at stake what do we find ? Why, systematic encroachment on the rights and privileges of the people. In all but the very highest quarter we find a barefaced attempt—so far frustrated—to appropriate the National Gal lery ; in effect to take possession of . it, carry it off, and shut the doors against those for whose recreation and benefit it was mainly intended. With such proof of the state of feeling in a high quarter, further enhanced by the servile subser viency which it successfully challenged in quar ters from which better things might have been expected, who can be surprised at the precarious tenure on which the public hold their parks and other places of recreation? " There is something rotten in the state of Denmark," and if we would not have the gangrene to spread, the most ener getic measures should be taken to oppose its pro gress, dangerous as it is to well-ordered liberty and the general welfare of the country. The leaders of the people can hardly adopt too decided means, provided they be constitutional, to array the masses in an attitude of self-defence, which must be respected. At the present moment Victoria Park is threatened with encroachment, and the fate of Hampstead-heath trembles in the balance. To think of the condition of the population in the neighbourhood of the above park, puling, white faced creatures, many of them stout only in an 'English heart, with its powers of endurance, and then hear of the scanty acreage grudgingly allotted them on which to get a breath of Heaven's air, being narrowed for building pur poses ! Why, it is enough to make a man doubt whether there be a PROVIDENCE really recognised in this country or not. It ought to shock the rudest feeling and brand with shame the indivi- dual who could conceive such a project, or placidly entertain it. Yet, for many a long day, and :to this hour, Victoria---park has been, and is, lin danger. Surely, it is time for the people and their friends to bestir themselves. As for Hampstead heath, we are afraid it will be sacrificed to a Judaical observance of a principle. The people, it seems, according to some, ought only, and must only, have it preserved through the instrumen tality of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Are they likely to have it preserved that way ? We are afraid, from all we know and have observed, they are not, and for the life of us we can see no reason why voluntary effort should not step in and insure the perpetual possession of the Heath by the people, by buying up all claims upon it. We may be in error ; but remembering what has been effected by this means, looking at the announc3ment the other day of 20,0001. having just been contributed by two noblemen only for the erection of churches in the metropolis, and also at the annual amounts subscribed for reli gious and charitable purposes, we do not believe we are. We will go further, and say no better way, no way more graceful, effectual, and becom ing, could be adopted. Of all things we should like to see the people doing as much as possible for themselves, and shaming their representatives, if need be, into enterprise and persistent action. " The letter killetli; the 'Spirit maketh alive." The. Queen has conferred the title and dignity of Baro net of the United Kingdom on Sir Allan Nl‘Nab, late Prime Minister in Canada. A Cabinet Council was held, on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign•office, DoWning-street. The Council 'eat two hours. Toe coronation of thiEinperor of Rtissia is positively fixed for the 16th of August. The Duchess of .Montebello, widow of Marshal Lances, died yesterday in Paris.. Lord Howden, the Euglish Ambassador in Spain, has arrived at Bayonne. • The Cunentissionere for the Reduction of the National Deht had a quarterly meeting on Saturday. Toe ineinbeie:of the 'royal Piedmont left Turin on the 21, on art.o*our4ioni to the Lego IfiggiOre. 21114; Ouprez has just signed .an engagement with the . director of theSlOera Conliqueltir fi ve years. The ttallibury and Warminster Railway is now open for traffic. The Italian Opera at Vienna closed on Monday last ; it is stated that Mme. Borghi Mamo started immediately fur London, being engaged at her Majesty's Theatre. Mue. Bizio and other Italian artistes are expected in Parrs immediately, ea route for Russia for the approach ing coronation. A. letter from Naples in the Risorgzmento of Turin states that there are constant frays at Messina be tween the people and the police. Baroness Vigier (Nldlie. Cruvelli) passed through Eru*els three days ago on her way to Westphalia, to join her family. • The demand for gold for the purchase of silver on the ~tinent continues, and a further some of nearly 100,0001. was taken from the Bank on Saturday. A despatch from the Captain-General of Barcelona de , nies the Tumour of disturbances having taken place in that city. The Captain-General declares that he is not apprehensive of any serious disturbances in Catalonia. Tut; ITALIAN R.utwAx.—Tlie Tit:scan Moniteur an nounces that 6.804,000 f. deposit has been lodged by Messrs. Rothschild, 'of Paris, for the Great Central Italian Railway. Mme. Goldschtnidt (Jenny Lind) was expected at the came of the present week in Paris, and has probably already arrived. There is not, we understand, the least probability of her being heard in public. The specie arrivals of the past week have amounted to (330.0001.. including 330.000/. in silver. The exports are est . mated at 1,000,0001., of which 770,000/. consisted of ..„, yen The co npany of French comedians have just sailed fro.“ dust, for Rio Janeiro. The number of the whole t'vzipe is not mentioned, but there were no less than nine actresses. A prize having bean'` offered for the best poem in French on the subject of the 25th anniversary of 'the . ac3ession of the King of the Belgians, 156 pieces have been cent in. At tb• half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Glaszow Steam PacketC.impany, held at Dublin, on Thursday, a dividend at the rate of 6 per.cent. per annum, free ef income tar, declare]. An imp ,rtant modification of the postal convention between Great Britain and France has just been azteed" upon, by which the postage between England - and France and Italy, will be reduced. A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Russian. Imperial Guard have gone into mourning for three days in compliment to their Commander-General Rudiger; w t 3 O ham recently died at Carlsbad.. 'The Official •Verona Gazette of the 2d states that on the occasion of the cnnfinement of the Empress of Austria., nut nerous acts of clemenoy will be announced through. out all the provinces of the Aus•rian empire. A. deputation of the Executive Committee of the Man ch&er Exnioition of Art Treasures, 1857, had an in terviavr with ViscOunt Palmerston on Saturday. The deputation consisted of Mr. Thomas Fairbairn (chair man), Mr. Heron, and Mr. Stern. Tin; Bov Jornts.--The "boy Jones," of Buckingham Palace notoriety, is now undergoing punishment in the Devonp'ort Gaol, for stealing from the house of Major- Oeneral Eden, the commander-in-chief of the western disti nct . The cerebrated clown Auriol, for so many years the deli e ht o f th e f requenters of Franconrs, is about to open at Rouen a th eatre un d er t h e name o f th e " Bouffes Anglais-R ouen na i s ." It is to be distinguished in parti cular by ti le t a le n t o f the clowns engage d. The Ref orm-Club dinner to Sr W. Williams, of Kars, is fixed for Saturday next, the 12th July, when Sir W. Williams a 'EI in all likelihood be the Reform member `or Caine. Si r A. C ock b urn ' will preside, an d th e v, ce presid4mts will be Mr. Shaft() Adair, M.P., and . ,heel Bass, M.P. N Roswr CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The foundation stone of a ne v Roman Catholic church at Plymouth was j a. Id on Saturday by the Rev. Dr. W. Vaughan, c 4, the $. ;sh o p o f Pl ymouth. " The site of the intended is on an elevation to the n o rth o f Union and King R tree " L . ep " c ie o f r A v T a f t o i N OF vecaFnßciOft.e—fLord Ed ward ortherepresentationll is R th -i of thi s borotll• The noble earl hag commenced his ca avass of the electors, and the contest is expected !o bet .reendingly close. Mr. D. Nicoll and the Hon, Major .:Boyle Aye also personally soliciting the votes of the const , ,tnency. , Plt OROGATION OF PARLlAMENT.—Notwithstanding the 1 ,eraive assertions which are going the round of the publ is journals, to the effect, that Parliament will be pror oguod on Thursday, the 24th instant, we can affirm, in t' 10 most confident terms, that, as at present intended, the prorogation will not take place before Thursday the —Moritittg Adverttier. ~ ~ .~- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINe; JULY 7, 1.85 et_ TIM MONEY MAR,KET. The exchanges with Paris, Hamburg, and the United States have now turned in our favour. The Bank Return of last week exhibited an in crease of the stock of bullion to the amount of 359,173/. This week there has been an arrival of specie from New York to the amount of 180,0001., and from the West Indies of 427,000/., making together an amount of 607,0001. Under these cir cumstances, assisted by the improving prospect of the harvest, the upward tendency of all securities continues. The rise in many of the railway shares is cer tainly greater than any improvement in the traffic, or other circumstances, warrant. But the reduc tion of the rate of discount, with the probability cf further immediate reduction, with the conse quent supply of money, sufficiently account , for the marked improvement in the public funds and other securities. The Governor of the Bank of England is the modern Aolus. He has at his command all the prosperous gales which can fan the sails of commerce and waft prosperity to our shores, and all the storms and tempests which can cover the seas with the wrecks of our commerce. Still he is a man "under authority." Nom illi imperium, pelagi, sevumque gridentem. Peel's Bill binds him with a golden chain, and he can neither do good npr ill of his own accord. When Gold accumulates in his coffers the country is allowed to have a circulating medium sufficient for its necessities, and prospers. When Gold is withdrawn the circulation is contracted, and the country is half ruined. The commercial barometer is now pointing to increasing confidence. Everything istising, and men, tempted into speculation, may make by the effects of the relaxation of the Bank screw much more than they would do by years of persevering and assiduous industry. But the influx of Gold in large amounts from California and Australia is over-ruling for a time the working of this miserable system. Thus at this moment we learn that 2,000,000 dollars of gold have reached New York from Cali fornia, and coming at this time will greatly assist the improving state of the trade of America. The influx of gold into America, while it assists them, makes it less imperative on them to with draw it from us. This is the state of our circulating medium. Just when Peel's bill is beginning to operate adversely, a few hundred thousand pounds worth of gold is poured into the Bank, aad the evil of a contraction of the currency is staved off. Such, should the gold fields continue their yield, will apparently be the course of events—Peel's bill will still do harm. The value of money will still vary. Trade will at one time be depressed, and. speculation fostered by its operations. But its evils will be mitigated, for a period, by a cause of which Peel never dreamed, the unprecedented discovery of gold.—perbyshire Courier. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. macille. J o ha nn a Wagner repeated the character of Romeo in the Capuletti ed i Mordecai, on Saturday night, exhibiting throughout that fine dramatic talent to which we have already called attention. She has not played the part more effectively than upon this occasion, nor has it been watched by the . patrons of the house with greater sympathy and interest. The occupancy of the Royal box by the Queen and Prince Albert gave, too, 'an additional prestige to the event, inasmuch as it was the first time this season her Majesty had deigned to honour the establishment with her presence. The illus. trious party, which also included the 'King of the Bel gians, the 'Princess Charlotte, and the Count of Flan ders, arrived at the theatre about nine o'clock, attended by Lord Camp, the Hon. Miss Macdonald, Lord Chas. Fitzroy, and Colonel Seymour. The appearance of the Queen in her old place imparted a refreshing zest to the enjoyment of the evening, for it at once demolished the ally rumours which had been circulated as to the inten tional charauter of the absence of the Court from the house which specifically bears her Majesty's name. Among the fashionables present were the following— The Duchess of Montrose ' the Doke of Wellington, the Duke of Leeds, Earl and Countess of Westmorland and the Hon. Georgina' Fane, Countess of Gleogall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Countess Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, the Earl and Countess of Howth, the M trquis and Marchienega of Anglesey, the Earl and Countess of Staniford and Warrington, Lord Gordon,the Eail of Galway, Lord Naas, Lord Ward, Viscount Curzon, Lord C iftoo, Lady Eiizabeth de Roe, Lady Ann Becket, Vise ,nntems Maynard, Lord Robt. Dundas, Lady Georgi ana Cedrington, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Hayes, Lady Bradford, Lady Bellew, Lady Lon desborough‘ Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Pomfret, Sir Matthew and Lady Wyatt, Sir John Lowther, Bait, Sir William Price, Bart., General Sir AlautederWn6dford, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Lord and Lady Rolle, Sir A. Campbell, Bart., the Hon. Mrs. Fremantle, Sir John Lester - ltaye, Bart., Col. 'Lookyer Freestun, M.P.,. and Mrs. Lockyer Freestua, the Hon. Admiral and Mrs. Rous, Admiral Collier, Major Pole, Mr. and Mrs. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Lock, Mr. and Mrs. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Salamans, Mr. and Mrs. Sey mour,' Mr. and Mrs. Gosling, Mr. and Mrs. Carden, 'Capt. and Mrs. Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs; Mr. and Mrs. Brandt, Mr. and Miss Severn, Mrs. Colon'el Hall, 'Mr. C. and Mrs. Davidsou, Mr. and Mrs. G-oding, Ma jor Graham,' Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, Mr: and Mrs. Chaplain, his Excellency the Swedish Minisier, Mr. ;Munday, Mr. and Mrs. Thornhill, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. C. J. • Palmer, and Mrs. James P a lm e r, M r . an d Mrs. Lennox, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. and Mies Duff, .Capt 'Sttirt, Capt, terry, M.r. and Mrs. Todd, the Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., the-Hon. Mrs. Oust, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Trelawny. THE NATIONAL GALLERY AND THL "ADORATION OF THE MAGI." TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Sir,—On the 7th of April, in the debate on the estimates for the National Gallery during 1+356-7, Mr. Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury, - . having buckled ou his armour in defence of "the Adoration of the Magi," amused the house with the tale " that he had seen a letter from Paris in which 60,000 francs (2,10014 was offered for that pic ture." Now, Sir, I too have seen a document—indeed I have one now before me, kindred in subject to the famous letter of Mr. Wilson, inasmuch as both treat of the pecu niary pretensions of the same masterpiece. By a coinci dence which cannot fail to strike the imagination of so ro mantic a personage as our Secretary of tho Treasury, my doument also is from a French source. An hour has not elapsed since I received it from a gentleman who attests the accuracy of its contents from information obtained by himself, not many weeks ago, in Venice. The 'follosving is a translation of the document in question : " In the church of San Silvestro, in Venice, there were 10 pictures by various masters, and, as they were in a very bad state (en, trey lacturaig (licit), the curate of the church had been endeavouring for 20'years and more to sell these pictures, which were useless to him. Nobody bought them. It was only last year (1855) that a certain "M. Tool i made the acquisition of the 10: pictures for theamei of 10,000 f., and ha had one of them ('the Adoration of the Meg), which was said to be by Paul Veronese, restored. It was Tag,liapietra, Restaurateur de l'Academie der Beaux Arts de Venise, who for the sum of 100 Napoleon restored this picture, which was afterwards sent to Paris." The gentleman who gave me this document tog me, likewise, from information gathered i n V e nice, that the payment for the restoration was to be contingent union the sale of the picture So grateful, however, was Signor Toffeli to Providence for having led to his door the art representatives of this gifted nation, that, to 'mark the epoch of the Divine interposition, he not only paid his re storer's bill, but actually distributed, it is said, 500 piastres among. the poor of Venice. It will have been seen that the average cost of the 10 pictures, formerly the property of the curate of San Silves tro, was 401. Mr. Bowyer., therefore, was not very wide of the mark when he so shocked Mr. Wilson by stating that he had been L' tohLthat the picture which had cost the nation 1,9771," and only " 21. 2s. 2d.," as Mr. Wilson triumphantly informed the housa for carriage, " was offered for sale a short time ago for 591., and that that was about its worth." The difference between Mr. Bow yer'a appraitament, and the average cost of " the Adora tion Of the Magi" " uurestored," is 25 per cent., a cousi derition 'which a personage of Mr. Wilson's towering spirit might disdain, but for w hi c h gen tlemen in a humbl er li ne would pa well satisfied to transact business, Stich I have good authority for believing to be a true and unromantic history of the production secured to us, by the combined connoisseurship of Sir C. Eastlake and the German travelling agent, who emblazons on his card, "Expert de la Galerie Naionale d'Angleterre," the daub which on the authority of our official catalogue, page 207, could only be had " after much delay, by a Papal decree, and by an order from the local authorities."—Yours obe diently, MORRIS MOORE. 27, Soho-square, July 6. TBE NATINOAL GALLERY-A PLEA FOR COUNTRY-FOLK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,--The question of the removal of the National Gallery from its present site has been debated, so far as I have observed, without reference to the, convenience aresideths in the provinces. lam one of many thou- Sands who daily, more or less, frequently go to town on busines3. Tho.usands, like me, embrace the opportunity of a spare hour to visit the collet ion of pictures in Tra falgar-square. If situated on Hounslow Heath it would be about as convenient to all such as it Kensington Gore ; in fact, the great proportion of country visitors whom it now instructs and refines would be practically excluded. Most constituencies will see their represen tatives during the recess. Let them be reminded the NationatGallery is for the use of the nation, and is not to be moved front a convenient locality to indulge the caprice of any man, however exalted his position. The only sufficient reason for removal would be unquestion able proof of damage to the pietures. After many years attention to this subject, I am convinced that a paint ing, properly varnished, comes to no more harm in a London atmosphere than the glass of the windows, and that settlements upon the surface can, with care, be as safely removed in the one case as the other. I am, Sir, A COUNTRY READER. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS. —The fund for the erection of a swimming bath at this school has re cently been augmented by several additional subscrip tione. The amount required is 4501., of which upwards of 350/. have already been subscribed. ATEST NEWS. TURIN, SUNDAY, JULY 6. The official Gazette of Parma announces the arrival at Parma on Friday, the 4th of July, of the Marquis of Normandy, who immediately went ;o wait upon the Duchess. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY, 7. 35 P. M. The Borysthene has arrived, with advices from "gons . tantinople of the 26th, and from the Crimea of the 24th ult. Despatches leave at 10 p.m. The liner Napoleon, the frigate Panama, and the transport Birkenhead have arrived with troops prom BERLIN, JULY 5. The conferences relating-to the customs are not to be held at Warsaw ; the tariffs will be revised at St. Petersburg. Denmark has protested against the interference of foreign powers in its internal affairs. There is some question of a law for im posing certain restraints on joint-stock companies. MADRID, JULY 5. An attempt at insurrection at Arganda has been put down. M. Font has given up his contract for the works at the Pueta del Sol, abandoning two millions of reals of caution-money ; a new adjudi cation will take place on the 12th inst. FRANCE. - PARIS, SUNDAY. A private interview will take place between the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor of Austria before the return of the former to Paris. The meeting is to appear quite accidental, and to take place in the middle of the Lake Constance. Aus tria evidently is-anxious to draw closer the alliance with France as a safeguard against Italy as well as Russia, and the Emperor Napoleon would feel flattered at the idea of being thus courted by the son of the Cassars. _ _ The letter of the Princess Clementine, Duohess of Saxe-Coburg, has at last made its appearauce, and though it is to a certain degree a " protest," yet refusal of the money cannot be detected. It is addressed to M. Booher, the agent of the family, and%is as follows•: "I learn from the newspapers, Sir, that the Emperor has just proposed to the Legislative Corps to vote a 600,000 f. rente for the children of the Princesses, daughters of Louis Philippe. I lose no time in de claring that the Prince, my husband, and myself, have made no compromise with the Government of Louis Napoleon, have claimed no fa►our, no indemnifi. cation. Since the decrees of the 22d of January, which despoiled my brothers, the children of my sisters, and myself, of the heritage of my fathers, I have taken every opportunity of protesting against that viola tion of my rights. I have claimed the property which was guaranteed to me by my marriage contract. the sum of property which had been left to me by the King, my well-beloved father. I asked for justice : I demand it still.---:-Believe, &c., _ " CLEMENTINE D'OBLEANS, Duchess of Saxe-Cobut g." It may be inferred, from the above, that the Princess Clementine doea not entirely refuse the money. If she accepts it, it is, of course, oily as an instalment of what is her right ; but her letter to M. Bocher is certainly far from what we were led to expect by the friends of the family. Some of the ex-Fusionists seem offended that the Princess should make use of the word " Emperor" in her letter. " Monsieur Bonaparte" is the ut most courtesy they will allow. The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Senate voted on Saturday, without discussion, a credit of 10 millions for repairing the damages caused by the floods ; and the inscription of three Rentea in the name of the heirs to the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Saxe 7 Coburg-Gotha, and the Duchess of Wurtetnberg. Monsieur the Count rort al i g read his report ou the project of seuatus-oonsultum concerning the recrency.of the Empire. "The reader," says the d'oniteur, " was interrupted and followed by fre quent marks of approbation." The lifeniteur contains; in its number of Satur day, a long report of the Minister of Marine on the organisation and reform of the French naval ser vice. The decree founded 'on this report consists of 271 articles, and is of too great length, says' the Moniteur, for publication in its columns, but will appear in the Bulletin des Lois. The Debats of Sunday has no news of general interest on this aide the Channel. Count d'Argout, the „governor of the Biink, is reported to be so seiiously thatseveral ministers are canvassing for his place. , General Fleury; who accompanied the Emperor to Plombieres, has returned to Paris. . The Mayor of Algiers, who came to Paris forithe baptism, was assured by the Empress, at a prii%ate audience, that both the Emperor and herself intend to pay a visit to Algiers before very long. There have been several political arrests at Sables d'Olonnes, near Rochelle. BOURSE, July s.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. per Cent 5.......... 93 7a —f. —O. 3 per Cents 7l. 60 72 5 New Loan 7l 65 Bank Shares 4,150 Raman Credit Mobilier 1,590 &uatrian Belgian Fives 9B4— Spanish Threes eiedmontese (5) 9l dome Debt ......... RAILWAYS—POR CASE. 8i 1 88:1 44?, 39 fr. C. Orleans Northern Lyons hlediterrahean 1785 Grand Central - O5 Lyons Geneva ...... 820 Testis Cette 765 -4 Austrian Com. 872 50 AUSTRIA. VIENNA, July 2.—Within the last few days it has been satisfactorily proved that there is no dearth of capital is this city. On the 23d of June the shares in the Vienna-Salzburg Railroad were issued, and almost the whole of the first instalment or 30 per cent. has already been paid into the hands of the Credit Bank, which acts as the agent of the company. The Credit Bank some time ago an nounced that it was willing to advance 20 per cent. on the shares on which 30 per cent. had been paid, but up to yesterday evening no application for pe cuniary assistance . had been made although the interest demanded by the establishment is but 4 per cent. The Italian army has been- and is still being re inforced, but the fact is carefully kept from the knowledge of the public. The Austrian Gov3rn ment thinks that prevention is better tha* cure, and is resolved pot to be taken by surprise. According to advices from Whiddin the disturb ances in the neighbourhood of Belgradshik have entirely ceased. Since the 18th of June the press has been free in Moldavia. Laws for the suppres sion of the abuses of the press have been published. While the King of Greece is in Germany the question of the succession of the Greek throne will again be brought befoire the protecting Powers, as Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, positively refuses to join the non-united Greek Church. SPAIN. Our account. 4 from Afidrid are to the 30th ult. AVthe opening of the sitting of the Cortes on that, day M. Orense presented an address of the provincial deputation of Palencia, condemning the recent events in ; that city, and demanding indem nitieafor the victims of those excesses. _ The Government acquired every day additional proofs that the cont3piracy had extensive ramifica tions, and that its principal object was to destroyall the proiision stores. Most of the incendiaries of Castile are operatives who earned good wages, and dear food was a mere pretext to force the people to revolt. 'lll:Escosura, the Minister of the Interior, had written to his colleagues that he hoped to discover the origin of that pl6t against property. All the Ministers; and General Espartero in particular, are - deterinined to punish those crimes in an exemplary manner. "Once for all," said the General, cc we must either cease to be a Government or re-esta blish Ole prestige and power of authority. The arrests at Vail adolid are said to exceed 200. • The' roprietors are to be indemnified. The Govern ment had demanded the returns of the losses they hail suffered, and. the Cortes will vote a special loan ,to that effect. Aniattempt had beam made at Aranjuez to set fire to a corn store. The accounts from. Catalonia were satisfactory. The Captain-Genoral of Cuba has offered the G overnment 12,000,000 raids, at two, three, or six months' date ; but the Government has answered that satisfactory arrangements for meeting all its engagements up to the end of the year have been ~ made, and that it prefers leaving the money in the ista d, itceage nay need of it should arise. PORTUGAL. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. The steam transport Marley Hill arrived at Spit head this morning from the East, last from Lisbon (July Ist), with Army Works Corps, ttc. ; by which we learn that the packet from Southampton was entering the Tagus, with the mail of the 27th June, when she was coming out. There was no political news of importance. The Finance Committee of the Deputies had not given its report upon the Government Bill for a new loan of 330,0001. for public works, although the Committee had mat twice to consult upon the subject. There were no British ships of war in the Tagus on the Ist inst. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, JULY 5. Troops continue to arrive from the East, and it is expected that within a very few days the last of the Prench army in the Crimea will have landed at Marseilles. A fire broke out yesterday morning in the Com missariat hay stores, which at one moment threat ened to destroy all the houses in the neighbour hood. A vast quantity of military forage was con sumed. _ _ . Monsignor Cardinal Patrizi, the Pope's Legate, arrived from Paris at nine on Wednesday evening. He was lodged at the Bishop's Palace. Troops are being still sent to Algeria. A de tachment of the 9th Chasseurs k-Cheval, a splendid body of men, embarked to-day in the Osiris for Algiers. A discovery has been lately made by a distin guished agriculturist iu this country, which, if riot already known in England, will interest your scien tific readers. M. Orange, a landed proprietor near Aix, has discovered that the water which flows from gas manufactories, being highly charged wth ammonia, may be efficaciously used as a manure on wheat lands. THE INDIA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamier hidui, Captain Brooks, Admiralty agent, Lient. Dennehy, R.N., arrived at Southampton on St turday with the heavy portion •of the India and China mails. She left Alexandria on June 21 ; Malta, June 25 ; and Gibraltar June 30. She brought 109 passengers, among whom was Meer Mahommed Khan, the son of a Scindean prince, Meer Ali Morad, of Khurpore, now in this country. Meer Ali Morad was deposed by Lord Dalhousie. Meer Mahommed Khan is a fine-looking man. He is a man of great weatlh, and in religion a Mahom medan. The object of his visit to England is to see the country. He was accompanied by four attend ants—handsome-lookingman, with immense beards, all dressed in the costume of Scinde. From the Indus we have news that the miniature yacht Mus tapha Bay, belonging to a nephew of the Pacha of Egypt, and intended for cruising on the river Nile, arrived safely at Alexandria from Southampton on the 4th ult. Notwithstanding she is no bigger than an Isle of Wight steamer, she was more than 13 days under steam—a remarkable circumstance, as it was considered such a small vessel could only perform aseavoyage under sail. She was altogether a month on her voyage. . . On the 27th ult., at 10 p.m., the French steamer Palmella ran into the British barque Queen and cut her .down to the water's edge, causing her to founder immediately. The captain and crew of her, 80 in number, saved themselves by jumping on ;board the Palmella, in which ship they were conveyed to Gibraltar. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Stone com mander, arrived in the Mersey evening, with ad vices from New York to the 25th ult., 178 passen gers, and 1,570,309 dols. in specie on freight. At 5 p.m. on the 2d inst. the Arabia passed the Royal mail steam-ship Africa, hence. Tile United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, hence, arrived out on the 22d ult., and the steam ship North Star, from Southampton, on the 24th ult. The nominations for President and Vice-Presi dent had proceeded vigorously, and the following candidates are now in the field :—For President, Democratic, James Buchanan, Pennsylvania • Re publican, John C. Fremont, California;inow- Nothingßolters, N. P. Bans, jun., Massaclusetts ; Know-Nothing SO-Bolters, IL F. Stockton, Now Jersey ; Abolition, Gerrit Smith, New York. For Vice-President, J. C. Breckenridge, Keutueky ; W. L. Dayton, New Jersey • A. J. Donelson, Tennessee ; W. F. Johnston, Pennsylvania ; Ken neth Raynor, North Carolina ; S. M'Farland, Pennsylvania. In the Senate Mr. Clayton had made a long _speech, full of quotations from Lord Clarendon's speich during the debate on the Central Americas question, ,in which- he accused his lordship of hav ing misrepresented him. General Cass made some remarks upon the subject, and Mr. Toombs ex pressed an opinion that the Central American diffi culty might be settled by arbitration. This mem ber alsb give notice of another plan tor the pacifica tion of Kailsas. He proposes to have a census taken of the popnlation.of the territory, a registration of voters fur the protection of the freedom of the ballot-boa s and an' election of delegates to a con vention to form a constitution, preparatory to the admission of Kansas as a Sate as early as practic able.. A xi essagehad been received from the Pre sident, in response to a resolution asking for a copy of the instructions to Mr. Buchanan, late Minister at England, on the subject of the invitation to the British Government to enter into a treaty similar to that between Russia and the United States, re cognising the principle in favour of neutral com merce, that free ships make free goods. A joint resolution, appropriating $40,000 for the purchase of the British Artic exploring ship Resolute had passed. It is designed to refit the vessel, and re store her to the British Government. Mr. Geyer had introduced -a bill, providing for the faithful execution of the provision of the Kansas Nebraska Act in Kansas. . _ _ ------- ' In the House of Representatives Mr. Lakeman (Nigger Worshipper), of New York, had given no tice of his intention to introduce a bill, amending the act of 1818, prohibiting the introduction or im portation of slaves. • Padre Vijil had left Washington on his return home. " - The climate of the north is said to dis agree with him." General Gadsden had arrived in Washington with the new treaty and convention with Mexico. Mr. Fillmore had been received most enthusias tically upon his return from Europe by his friends and supporters, whom he addressed in suitable terms, and to whom he expressed a hope that the day was far distant when they should see one por tion of their country arrayed against another. In 'a letter accepting the nomination of the De mocratic National Convention held at Cincinnati, Mr. Buchanan thus expresses his principles and policy He says:— "In the first place, I cordially concur in the senti ments expresied by the Convention on the subject of civil and religious liberty. No party founded on reli gious or political intolerance towards one class of Ame rican citizens, whether born in our own or in a foreien bit,d, cm. long continue to_exiet in this country. We.. aie all equal before God and the- Constitution ; and the dark spirit of deepotiern and bigotry, which would create odious distinctions among our fellow-citizens, will , be speedily rebuked by a free and enlightened pub: lie opinion. "The agitationon the question of domestic slavery has ton long distracted and divided the people of this Union, and alienated their affections from each other. This agitation has assumed many forms since its com mencement, but it now seems to be directed chiefly to the territories, and, judging from its present character, I think we may safely anticipate that it is rapidly ap• proaching a 'finality.' The recent legislation of Con gress re-pecting dothestic slavery, derived, as it has been, from the original and pure fountain of legitimate political power, the Will of the majority, promises ere long to allay the dangerous 'excitement. This legisla tion is foundedupo i n principles as ancient as free go vernment itself, and, in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a territory, like those of a State P :shall-decide for themselves whether slavery shelf orshall nett - exist within their limits. "The iiebraelta Kansas Act does no more than give tlie force of law to this elementary principle of self- government, declaring it to be the true intent and meaning of this act not to-legislate slavery into any ter ritory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom ; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States.' This principle wilt surely not be controverted by any indi vidual of any party professing deVotion to popular go vernment. Besides, how vain and illusory would any other principle prove in practice in regard to the terri, torie4 ! This is apparent from the fact, admitted by all. that alter a territory shall have entered the Union, and became a state, no constitutional power would then exist which could prevent it from either abolishing or establishing slavery, as the case may be, according to its sovereign will and pleasure "Most happy would it be for the country if this long agitation were at as end. During its whole progress it has produced no practical good to any human being, while it has been the source of great and dangerous evils. It has alienated and estranged one portion of the Union from the other, and has even seriously threatened its very existence. To my own personal knowledge, it has produced the imprenion among foreign nations that our great and glorious confederacy is in constant danger of dissolution. This does us serious injury, because an knoWleaged power and stability always command respect among nations; and are among the best securities against unjust aggression, and in favour of the maintenanta o f honourable peace. " May we not hope that it is the mission -of-the-demo cratic party, now the only surviving C.mservative pt rty of the country, ere long to overthrow all sectional par les, and restore the peace, friendship, and metal confidence which prevailed in the good old time among the different members of the confederacy ? Its character is strict:y national, and it therefore asserts no principle for the guidance of the federal Government which is not adopted and sustained by its members in each and every State. For this reason it is everywhere the same determined foe of all geographical parties, so much and so justly dreaded by the Father of his Country. From its very nature it must continue to exist so long as there is a zonstitution and a Union to preserve. A conviction of these truths has induced many of the purest, the ablest, and most independent of our former opponents, who have differed from us in times gone by upon old and extinct party issues, to c tme into our ranks and devote theniseiv s with us to the cause of the constitution and the Union Under these. circumstances I most cheerfully pledge my self, should the nomination of the Convention be ratified by the people, that all the power and influence constitu tionally possessed by the Executive shall be exerted in a firm but conciliatory spirit, during the single term I shall remain in office, to restore the same harmony among the sister States which prevailed before this apple of discord. in the form of slavety agitation, had been cast into their midst. Let the members of the family abstain from in termeddling with the exclusive domestic concerns of each other, and cordially unite, on the basis of perfect equa lity among themselves, in promoting the great national objects of common ititereet to all, and the good work will be instantly accomplished." In regard to their foreign policy he excuses hiat• self from entering into particulars, but thinks it ought to be based upon the principle of doing jus tice to all nations and requiring justice from thew in return. He adds :--:-.. " Should I be placed in the Executivei"o„air, I shall use my best. exertions to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations, believing this to be our bigLiest policy as well es our most imperative dirty ' • but — AT the dame "time I shall never forget that in casethenebehtsit` should arise, which I do .not now apprehead; l :ol4 A iional rights and national honour must b e presery 44. • i all hazards and at arty sacrifice." The • Hon. James J. Strang, commonly 'dined King Strang," the leader and prophet of the Mormons located on Beaver Islands, had been shot by two of his followers, and received injuries frols which he was not likely to recover. Strang was:the ruling spirit among the Mormons, a large•number of whom are Welsh; who are located on and havecon• trol of the six islands in the northern part andneer the outlet of Lake Michigan, called Beaver Islands, and since 1853 he has represented Newago county, w hi c h is composed of those islands, in the lower branch of the Michigan Legislature. He has bees the means, in times past, of causing considerable disturbance in the regions adjacent to where be resides, and robbery, murder, and piracy are crimes which have been freely attributed to him and his followers. Au extract from a private letter from Granada, Nicaragua, published in the New York Herald under date of J une 1, says that a communication had just been received from the Govertimeut of Costa Rica in which they acknowledge the Govern' went of President Rivas and General W a lker, considering the war at an end, and offering to be' come responsible for all the expenses of the war. By the arrival at New Orleans of Mr. Mralingt the United States' Minister to Guatemala, informs' tion has been received that the Guatemala army of 2,000 men had been ordered to invade Nica' ragua. - Late intelligence from Kansas states that a let' ter from Westport, dated June 17, to the Repub can says : " Colonel Sumner has put the California and Santa r° routes and all the principal roads leading through KO' sag under blockade. He has driven Buford, Jonah Shelby, and all leading emigrants desirous of beecquiag peaceable settlers out of the territory." Another letter from Kansas City, of the I.6t° ult. ' says : "Colonel Sumner intends to arrest every person nadi r indictment in Kansas, and has declared that neitbe Lane nor anybody else shall come with an armed ford into the territory through lowa, Nebraska, or other routes, except over his body. the night of the 13 0 an attempt was made to murder the new sheriff of Dour las county, who lives at Franklin. Three men came 0 , his house and fired into the window at his bed, sad then broke open the door, when the sheriff shot op r dead and the rest tied." The same letter states that Colonel Sumner bad received despatches from Fort Kearney, givivi him information that a band of Chenezen Indian° had joined a party of Sioux, and had again pro; claimed war. One white had been killed. Colotke h Sumner immediately despatched a company to fort Kearney from the camp near Westport. By the arrival of the steam-ship Texas at 14 0 , Orleans news had been received from the city 0` Mexico to the sth and from Vera Cruz to the Bth ult. There existed a great excitement caused 1 1 differences between the Congress and Cabinet, so by the arrival of the Spanish squadron at Vera•Crue' A. proposition has been introduced into Congre o declaring the decree which reorganises the. Prig Council illegal. It was in the end agreed that the new councillors should resign, and that Covet° should refuse to accept the resignation of Alvare%' The Cabinet had positively refused to receive the new Spanish Minister so long as his demands wer e backed by the presence of a fleet of vessels of war , and it was thought that Spain would not gain any' thing by, the mission. Au alliance with the Unite° States was advocated by many. Generals Sante Anna and Woll had been published as deserters by the-military commission. The Jesuits were about to be deprived of their property, and the decree d' Santa Anna for their restoration revoked. ' Buenaventura Vivo had returned to Memo. The. steam-ship Quaker City had arrived with dates from Havannah to the 17th ult. There is no news of importance from 'Cubs' Everything in the island was quiet. No genre had been received from the officials sent to Costa Rica. The U.S. steam-frigate Susquehanna, Captsfr i Sands, reported " all right " at San Juan. The stock of sugars on hand was 265,000 boxes; shipped last week, 40,000 The market was at stand, but firm at last prices. Molasses scarce , and advanced in price. Freights dull—more s e , than at last advices. The British ship Hope 110 arrived with 450 coolies. From our commercial advices we learn that the New York money market remained quiet, with an abundant supply. In exchange prices for th e steamer closed firm at 91 to 10 per cent. on Lou' don ; sf. 161 c. to sf. 15c. 60 days, and sf. 114 0 ' short sight Paris ; sf. 16,' c. to sf. 15c. Antwerp and 363 to 36a Hamburg. In cotton the busines s had continued light, but previous prices were main' tamed. Holders, in the face of decreasing leceipt o l I were not disposed to yield. The market, closed somewhat unsettled. The flour-market, after s° advance of 10c. to 20c., had closed rather tamely. Canada flour had improved, but the demand was not active, the market closed firr e at 5 dollars GO con s to b dollars for common super' ' fine to choice extra. For southern flour au Da" vance of 10a. to 15c., had been obtained: Ry e flour was in moderate request. Corn meal firto and in good demand. An active inquiry bad pre' vailed for wheat, slightly checked by the sample ° offering. For pork the demand was good, at a° advance of $1 on mess and 50c. on other descrip' tions. For beef the inquiry was good, and the tope of the - market stronger. Cut meats had bec,orae, very scarce, and a substantial rise in prices had taken place. Bacon was scarce and much wantea., Lard less plentiful, and 'le. higher. The stocks co turpentine had atigineuted, but was held firmly' Spirits of turpentine were steady at 37c. In iron there was scarcely anything doing. The marke t for freights, With increased offerings to Great Bri' taro, was firmer, grain to Liverpool being 7d. is bulk and 71d. in ships' bags ; flour, 2s. 40. to 2 4 . 6d. ; cotton, 3 1-16 d., and resin 2s. The Chicag° Times states that ever since the Reciprocity Treat); went into operation pearl barley has been admitte d at all the ports duty free, but that Secretary Gil' thrie of the Treasury has now decided that it je not entitled to the remission. ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. This morning the United States wail steam-ship Ericsson, Captain Lowlier, arrived in the Merselt with the mails from the United States and British Nurth America. She left New York on the 210 ult., and has brought 80 passengers and $200,0 0 ° iii specie on freight. Her news has been anti"' pated by the arrival of the Arabia. The Moral, Sbornik, a Russiall naval journal , publishes the following notice ri j e„ militsrl Governor-General of St. Petersburginforma the public that the Emperor'has given ordkOhat all owners of boats and barques. shall.' , 6itilahinto written engagomeut not henceforth to q t llpw anY private individual who may hire their - VOsela tO take soundings in the sea along the coasts of the government of St. Petersburg, nor in the differen t mouths and channels of the Neva." THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and' North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Capt. f; Ryfe, sailed about noon, on Saturday, for Halifax so' Boston, with the usual mails, a full complement of PO' stingers, and a large cargo of fine goods. • THE AIISTUALIAN MAILS.—The Royal Mail obi! Morning Light, Capt. belonging to the Black Ball line of Australian packets, left the Mersey yester day, for Melbourne, with the usual bi-ruoi.thly mails for the Australian colonies, about 640 passengers, andl very large cargo of merchandise on freight. The ROY°. Mail ship Mermaid, Capt. Edward Davey. of the Whit' Star line, will sail with thu mails on the 20th inst. to ini 17 $1 $2 So Tur and Cen BRD tank 3 per per New; Lone India Dit r i o'lnftc Coino 'Cu ate, trazt spa r Di T irk Dnte Di 'tool the th e the pro r V 7