The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-29 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1861. Sir JOHN WALSII only gave felicitous utterance in a most epigrammatic form to what has long been the all but unanimous opinion, both of the House of Commons and of the country at large, when, on Monday evening, he spoke of the Prime Minister of England, in esse, as one having " the head of a statesman and the heart of an Englishman." But, while, according to the old classic proverb, there were indisputably Kings before, there h a ve been as indubitably Ki ngs s i nce A GAMEMN ON. The Prime Minister of England, in posse, may lay equal claim in the estimation of very many indeed of his fellow-countrymen to that same terse com mendation—may be described quite as accurately as his veteran and illustrious rival in " the other" House of Parliament, as one having " the head of a statesman and the heart of an Englislarna u . ,, It is always an egregious absurdity to argue as though the fortunesof the country were dependent absolutely and exclusively upon the maintenance of the power of one political party—upon the pre servation of the life of one man. Particularly at all times is this a most irrational proceeding when the political Party in power is of a character so notoriously miscellaneous and heterogeneous that its principles are being perpetually more or less com promised. Particularly when the Man has reached a period so advanced as to be rapidly verging towards the age of an octogenarian. We have, one and all of us, we believe, the sincerest admira- Von for the genius and patriotism of Lord PALMER- STON. As was emphatically said of the Premier years ago by que, having au ,toety to speak in the name of the people or Englan inasmuch as he himself has been declared by the severest of all his critics to have been the greatest Member of Parlia ment that ever lived—as was truly and strikingly said of Lord PALMERSTON by Sir ROBERT PEEL, "We are all proud of him." Never was panegyric more eminently well deserved. And this is now, if that be possible, more than ever the na tional sentiment in regard:to Lord PALMERSTON. We are all of us still, without any pretence what ever, cordially and earnestly—proud of him. He is in himself one of the noblest epitomes of what we exult to think are among the most conspi cuous of the national characteristics. And the Premier's age lends, as it were, the crowning grace to his many radiant gifts as the Leader of a Party, as the foremost of our Administrators, as the re sponsible chief of the Government. Against Lord PALMERSTON, we do conscientiously believe, that there is not any feeling whatever of antagonism in the heart of the Opposition. When his Ministry falls to pieces, the blame of its disruption will never be attached to the Prime Minister individually. As indicative of what are the real causes of peril to his Cabinet, the ugly breaker now visible a-head may be regarded as perfectly sufficient in the way of illustration upon that point ! To-morrow even ing the House of Commons will be called upon to decide, for once and for all, whether the Paper Duties shall be abolished after the Ist of October. Supposing the decision of the majority of the House to be perfectly satisfactory upon this point, sup posing the Commons to decide affirmatively, to declare again positively that the Paper Duties shalt be abolished at the time stipulated —well and good, the risk will have been passed through at the cost of a deplorable delay it is true, but still delay or not delay, it will have been passed though in the teeth of a very formidable Opposition. But—supposing the result of the next Division to be the very re verse of this, to be distinctly adverse to the revived notion of the Paper Duties abolition—and this remember is possible, nay is more than pos sible, is really and truly probable [it was a matter of exceeding probability, of all but certainty, on Monday evening had Mr. KER SEY3IER'S amend ment been pushed then resolutely to a division] — supposing we say, and it is not such a very extrava gant supposition under the actual circumstances of the moment—supposing, for the mere sake of argu ment, that Clause Four of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill should be struck out of that bill in Committee—what would be the inevitable consequence ? Why, it would quite plainly be an alternative whether Lord PALMERSTON should Appeal to the Country, or at once tender his resignation, and that of his Ministerial colleagues, to his SOVEREIGN. For the which alternative the country would have to thank, not the rashness of Lord PALMERSTON, but the obstinacy of his Chan ' cellor of the Exchequer. Let it not, at this crisis in the fate of the Liberal party, be for one instant forgotten that, but very shortly indeed before Mr. GLADSTONE made his last great Budget Speech, the Premier had himself distinctly and delibe rately assured a deputation, connected with the paper duties, that there was not the slightest probability of those paper duties being interfered with in any way for another year at least. Yet almost upon the very morrow of that positive declaration from the lips of the Prime Minister, Mr. GLADSTONE insists, first of all in the Cabinet, and then in the Comm ins, upon forcing this parti cularly "vexed question," without any further delay whatever, upon the consideration of both Houses of Parliament. Supposing he succeeds after all in carrying his point, in spite of the original indifference felt in its regard by his poli tical chief and by not a few of his Ministerial colleagues, in spite of the resolute antagonism of the Opposition in the House of Commons, and finally, and to crown all, in defiance of the irritation of the House of Lords in having this bitter pill crammed down its throat without the flimsiest gloss of gilding upon it—well and good so far, it is true, though so much of the session will have been consumed in pushing the fortunes of an overloaded Budget. Yet—in that happy contingency—it must doubtless be allowed that Mr. GLADSTONE will have especial cause for self-gratulation. Supposing, however, as we have said, that the result should turn out after all to be exactly the contrary of what ho has all along been anticipating—upon him, far more than upon his political leader, will devolve the onus of the responsibility. Mr. GLADSTONE'S will be the blame for the imperilling of the power now held within the grasp of the Great Liberal Party, for the jeopardising of the fortunes of Lord PALMERSTON'S Administration. Even, then, how ever, with the worst come to the worst—there is yet one other man, we will hope, to whom might be quite as directly applied the full meaning of those words in which Sir JOHN WALSH pronounced that noble and well-deserved panegyric upon Lord PAL MERSTON, there is yet, at least, one other man, we will hope of whom it may be said quite as truly that he has the " head of a Statesman and the heart of an Englishman." So that even supposing the Paper-sail that has now been spread with so much temerity by Mr. GLADSTONE'S hand should per versely carry the vessel direct upon that breaker of an adverse division, we will yet hope and trust that somehow or another means may even then be found for carrying on her MAJESTY'S Government The grumblers about the forfeiture of the Galway Contract have got their answer from Lord PALUERSTON. The OTONOGIIITE took upon him to ask whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to carry out the views of the Postmaster- General, as expressed in a recent letter, and annul the Galway Contract. Without a moment's hesi tation Lord PALMERSTON informed him that the communication of the Postmaster-General was not a decision of the Post-office, but was " the corn munication of a decision of the Governm en t." Parties concerned could make any representation they saw fit in regard to the c ommunication, and it would be for the Government to consider such representations ; at the same time he intimated that it would be better to wait till the whole cor respondence on the subject had been laid before the house, when the house could of course better form its judgment on the subject. Rather cavalierly this for The O'DoxoGuun, the night but one before hangs th e eforeanlm fate of theperi aldi viiloi division was be t a ken, on which of this Parliament , or of o b N asothw;yerti,gh. Not only because matter of PALMERSTON policy, Lord AL_vsT because the Galway company w as undeniably fo a r boldness was more political job—a very costly the nation, but because cos job, too, likely to serve hi s cau se to-m orrow night than to injure it. " W e ' ve d on e right and we stick to it" was far better answer than a long defence full of evasions' and concealments. That PALMER STON should "show no fear," is .a very convincing argument with many waverers, stronger than any constitutional precedents, or financial calculations about a surplus. If Lord PALMERSTON can uncon cernedly send all the Galway malcontents to Coven try the inference is he does not fear them, And if he does not fear them, he has made up his mind to win ; , and then, why we may as well be 04 the 'winning side. Besides he knows he shall win by dissolving, if in no other way—they will vote, therefore, for PALMERSTON because he means to win either in the House, or in the country. From the intelligence brought by the City of Baltimore, up to the 18th, we learn that great prepara tions are making by both sides, but that no conflict has yet taken place. Characteristically, the North is displaying its pecuniary superiority ; the Massa , chusettsLegislature having offered partly as a loan, partly as its contribution to the war, a sum of more than £2,000,000, while the Boston banks offer to take £1,000,000 of the Federal loan. On the other hand the boastful accounts from the South that their loans were readily "placed" prove to be entirely false; and Georgia has taken the short course of forbidding the payment of debts to the North; the Government demanding the money for itself, and fixing seven per cent. for the use of it. It is said the South owes the North not less than £5,000,000 of which, if the war seriously injures the South, the North will never see more than a small part indeed. Reason enough this alone, why it may be much cheaper for the Free States to collect an overwhelm. ing force, and make short work of the quarrel. Practically the Federal Government has con quered Maryland. After all its secession bluster, after its voting for it by a large majority, not only is its capital, Baltimore, occupied by Pennsylvanian troops, but the Governor has called for four regi ments to "support the Federal Government within the limits of Maryland," or to defend Washington. That is, it will not invade the South, but it proposes to embody in arms those of its citizens who are favourable to the Union. The meeting at Wheeling of the Western Virginians, of the delegates of twenty-five counties, has not acted so decidedly as seems to have been expected. They refused to pass an ordinance for the division of the State of Vir ginia, but have called a general convention for the 11th of June. Their reason, however, might very likely be to act with more efficiency. Their aid from their position between Pennsylvania and Ohio would be very important to the Free States. The Secessionists have threatened Fort Monroe, but were obliged to withdraw. They are also bringing up ammunition and heavy ordnance to Harper's Ferry, which is to be one of the first objects of Mr. LINCOLN'S attack, but we do not hear of any other move. Kentucky, by the vote of its Legislature, has sustained the Governor's proclama tion of neutrality, which is, however, itself rebel iion, since it is shown by refusing to obey the order to send troops to the support of the President. Many, however, have gone spontaneously. The only important success of the South has been with the troops, 2,000 in number, which were long left in Texas unsupported by the Government, and having been deserted by their officers, were obliged to sur render. The real advance is, however, still with the North. Tho blockade is now complete; even British ships have been re fused admission to Charleston harbour, where the Niagara is stationed ; while the Minnesota is already in the entrance of the Mississippi. With the guard kept at Cairo, in Illinois, the North would now appear to have shut up the South to itself, and to have thrown it on its own resources ; as it has lately grown little food, we should not be surprised to hear that it is sorely pressed for that essential to poor humanity, to say nothing of less necessary articles of commerce. On one point the North appears to be acting very foolishly, a.s well as unworthily. It sends back instead of using the fugitive negroes, who hoping that the battle between the Free States and their masters must have their liberation in view, seek employment in what should be the liberating army.• In Maryland this hasbeen the case. A letter, how ever, from the Governor of Massachusetts, to Gen. BUTLER, the commander who offered aid in suppress ing a threatened servile insurrection in Maryland, takes a thoroughly common sense military view of the matter. From that point of view, the slaves are surely one source of weakness to the enemy, and it is simple folly to throw away such a valua ble assistance, as their insubordination will prove. Governor ANDREW would confine assistance in re pressing a servile war to those Slave States which retain their loyalty to the Federal Government. This would be, now, to :give it to none, since the neutral States cannot be termed loyal when they refuse their aid towards putting down rebellion. In Kentucky, as in Maryland, many negroes began to escape, yet the adjoining free States had the folly to restore them, and even to send troops to aid in keeping down insurrection. In the same spirit the ail of fre'b coloured men is refused in the North. They, however, notwithstanding, are arm ing and training themselves for the service which they yet hope will be required of them. The North will not surely imitate the cruel imbe cility of our statesmen in the Crimean war ; when, in tenderness to Austria, they refused the services of a Polish Legion, which would have been worth any two others from its national hatred for Russia . . If the North refuses the aid of free coloured men in • a cause so eminently their own, and in which they would be so efficient, they well deserve a doubly prolonged con test, and even to lose. We object, indeed, to the Free States offering to suppress servile insurrections even in loyal Slave States, did such exist ; but a proclamation to them that in every State which resisted the Federal authority the aid of the slaves, would be sought, would alarm the seceders far more than a blockade. We expect that here will be the great blunder, the intentional blunder of the North. It desires the extinction of slavery as a bad political institution, but it has no sense of the negroes' right to immediate emancipa tion. It is willing to choke and suffocate slavery by confining it to the present States, but not to confer on the slaves the personal liberty which is the first of human rights. Hence it deprives itself of one of its greatest sources of strength, and de prives itself also of what would form its noblest distinction in the eyes of Christian civilisation From the day of their rebellion all the rebel States cut themselves off from any right to demand respect on the part of the Federal Govern- went to their slave institutions ; and had this been openly declared by the Government, secession wee imagine would have but a limited range indeed. Enslaved Our best wishwishfor the North is, that it may never succeed till it h o i sts the flag of " Liberty for the ed IVe should not i fi t North to this.grudge a victoryslav or African." twicaon. t. " O the South, the • a THE WELLINGTON, 160, PICCADILLY. —Gentlemen are respectfully informed that AT SALOON DINING ROOMS are ow OPEN for the Sup' Of LUNCHEONS and DINNERS, from One to Nine o'cl ply ock p.m. Set Dinners and Dining from the carte in the most Varied form. Dinners from the joint, 2s. Whitebait is now Served daily. THOMAS PRICE, Superintendent. N.B.- The Dining Rooms will be Open as usual until a late hour on the Derby and Oaks Days. RSA PALACE.— OPERA CONCERTS.—The FIFTH of the Series of OPERA CONCERTS will take place on FRIDAY next, may 31. Vocalists Madame GRISI and Mdlle. TITIENS, and 113ignor GIUOLINT. Solo Violin: Signor SARASATI. Doors open at Ten, Concert at Three. Admission : Two Quinea Season Tickets, Free; One Guinea Season Tickets, on saympaoatlin-gas-C.ricsne4el ' t iftr l e s ts i rrehased before the ; wn extra. a t Wickets at the usual agents; at the ' Cry a s i t r al i f'a r face 2, Exeter Hall. From the increasing demand for Stalls at these attractive Concerts, early application is absolutely necessary to secure them. GRYSTAL PALACE.- OPERA CONCERT.—FRIDAY.—STALLS and AD MISSION TICKETS, at FIVE SHILLINGS each, may be had at the office In Exeter-hall. To secure eligible stalls for this attractive concert, early application is requisite. CRYSTAL PALACE.- NEXT FRIDAY.—TITIENS and GRIST, SARASAT] (the clever young Violinist), and Signor GIUGLINI, ,al next Friday's Opera Concert. CRYSTAL PALACE.-1 SATURDAY NEXT.—First Appearance in ENGLAND of the World-Renowned BLONDIN.—SATURDAY, June T, 1861. Mons. BLONDIN will make ,hls FIRST GRAND CA TARACT ASCENSION, and execute many of the marvel lons Feats as performed by him over the boiling chasm of NIAGARA. The Ascension Rope will be suspended at the extreme Height of the Centre Transept, reaching its entire length. The most ample provision will be made for visitors, the floor of the Palace, including the naves, being open to all. On the Great Handel Orchestra, and on the raised seats overlooking the Centre Transept, reserved seats will be pro vided at Halt-a-Crown each. In the eight-feet gallery and corresponding end gallery, a few reserved stalls at Five Shillings each ; and on the upper gallery hithertoa, nearly level with the rope, and therefore affording a unprece dented opportunity for closely watching the eats of M . Blondin, a limited number of num bered stall chairs will be placed at Half-a-Guinea each. The doors of the Palace will be opened, as usual, at Ten o'clock. A Military Band, the Band of the Company, and the Dis play of the Fountains. &c., will occupy the time previ ous t o M on sieur Blondin's ascension, anourFour o'clock. Frequent trains will run from London-bridge, Victoria and other sta tions ; but visitors are reminded that they will do well to avail themselves of those early in the day. Admission, Half-a-Crown, or by Season Tickets of either c l ass . Reserved Seats and Admission Tickets may be had on and after This Day (Wednesday) at the usual Agents, at the crystal Palace, and at 2, Exeter Hall, BLONDIN WILL PERFORM some of his most MARVELLOUS FEATS on his CORD stretched the whole leripth of the Centre Transept of the Crystal _Palace, above the Upper Gallery, at Four o'clock on Satur day next, June let. Admission, Half-a-Crown. CRYSTAL PALACE. During the preparations for fixing Mona. BLONDIN'S .ROPE in the Centre Transept, the Great Handel Orchestra will be Closed to the public. -Crystal Palace, 28th May, 1861. THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY of HEARING TITIEb S and GRIST, on the same occasion, is at the Crystal l'a'ace Opera Concerts. For next Frt day's Concert , Tickets may be had at B. W. 01 1ivier's, 19, Old Bond-street , W. Admission, Five Shillings ; Stalls, - Half-a-Crewn. For the latter apply at once. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lesgee, Mr. J. B. Bivikstone. THIS EVENING, the performances will oommense /with a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, As. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, &c. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, &a ; Misses Heath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclercq. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census " every Evening. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. At ter which (192 d time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. fisher, Billinaton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Homer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. 14. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt past B—Commence at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— THIS EVENING, Grand Equestrian performances— The Great Excitement for the Race Week only—The Rocky Mountain Wonders on the Flying Trapez, the Ladder Feat, and their extraordinary acrobat performances —Concluding with the New Ballet, entitled " The Chamois Hunter ; or the Fiend of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water." Reduced Prices. Grand Complimentary Benefit on Thursday. 30th May, to Mr. Henry Magilton, of the Rocky Mountain Wonders, who met with the deplorable accident at the Alhambra, on which occasion the Christy Minstrels and a host of talent will appear. A STLEY'S.—THURSDAY, May 30.—A COM PLIMENTARY BENEFIT to Mr.IIExttvIMAGILToN, who met with the deplorable accident at the Alhambra. The following artistes have volunteered their services : —The Christy Minstrels, Messrs. Murray and Holland, the Brothers Berri, Thos. Handford, Mr. Young and his Dogs. the BoAcy Mountain Wonders, and the celebrated Clown, Mr. Bibb.— Box-office open daily. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, (First produced in England at this Establishment), With a Chorus of Furty Voices. Also, Verdi's IL CORSARO, never performed at any other Concerts. Solos on the Cornet-:-riston, by Mr. Levy. The Comic Department comprises the Brothers Conrad (in their new and inimitable entertainments), Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Ho lingsworth, and Albs Rose Howard. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS T H E F 0 R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. Levy, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selections (on the most complete scale) trom Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &C., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Grey!lie, Fornari, Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Ilervon, Iluish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French, and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY.—Morning, sh. 24m.—Afternoon, 511. 46m. To-itouflow.-Morning, 6h. 14m.—Afternoon, 6h. 39m. TUB WEATHER.—SDN OFFICE, MAY 29, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest sines noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAnouvrign-30. 10. WlND—North -Easterly—fresh and fine. 44 47 , L eNk; , ~r • JI~I~,~~ Gr ~~ ~~~ ~~ ;~~~~ . "^+=~ -. •i N THE SUN: 1,4)1930t WEDNESDAY EVENING; MAY 21, 1861. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Another of Grisi's " farewell performances" took place last night. She appeared in one of her greatest characters, Lucrezia Borgia, for the last time (according to the an nouncement) in England. Beyond recording this fact, there is little more to say. She acted and Sang as she has often done before, displaying in her picture of the terrible heroine a degree of tragic power which not one of her rivals has yet been able to reach ; and singing with a voice which, albeit diminished in strength and volume, still retains much of that mellow sweetness for which it has always beenprc-eminent. It is scarcely necessary to add that her reception by a full house was in all respects such as was due to one who has for so many years Dee 4 tiw brightest cmoleut of the lyric stage, I LATEST NE wsz TT S. ROME, MAY 26. The budget of expenses of the Papal Govern ment for 1861 has been covered by the sale of the Campana Museum to France. General de Goyon has restored the money bear ing the effigy of Francis 11., which he had seized on the frontier, believing it to be destined for the reactionary bands in the Abruzzi. The presence of Francis 11. at Rome is believed to be compromising to the Papal Government. The acts of Mgr. de Merode are, it is thought, carrying the Papal Government towards a crisis. A great Liberal manifestation is being organised at Rome for the 2d June. On Thursday last several students of the univer sity were arrested on account of a demonstration which was made at the burial of one of their fellow students. Reports are current here that the Italian Go vernment has proposed to guarantee the present extent of the Pontifical territory on condition of the evacuation of Rome by the French. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 28. By a decree of the Emperor, Admiral Paniutin has been appointed Minister of Public Instruction, in the place of M. Kowalewski, who has tendered his resignation. It is rumoured that Prince Gortschakoff, the Governor of Poland, is dangerously ill, and that the Minister of War, General Souksozanett, has been sent to Warsaw to replace him. CADIZ, MAY 27. A great movement is taking place among the vessels stationed at Algesiras. Admiral Pinzon has proceeded. to Tetuan for the purpose of holding a conference with the comman der of the Spanish forces. Two Moorish person ages of rank are expected at Alicante. It is believed that there is a probability of the fall of the Emperor of Morocco, with whom Soliman Abbas disputes the throne. The Kabyles support the Emperor, while the army is favourable to Soliman. The Spanish journals assert that England also favours the pretensions of Soliman. PESTH, MAY 28. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House Count Zichy spoke in favour of a pacific arrangement, and said that there was no doubt that the Emperor had the loyal intention of governing constitutionally. Count Zichy's speech was much applauded by the Assembly. PARIS, MAY 28. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde wil leave on Sunday next for Algeria. They will after. wards visit Spain and Syria. A reinforcement of 1,750 soldiers has been des patched to the French expeditionary corps in Cochin China. The Opinion Nationale of this evening confirms the news of the resignation of Prince Napoleon as Grand Master of the Freemasons. The Pays denies the statement of some Belgian journals that Count Cavour is expected in Paris. BERLIN, MAY 28. The bill on military reform was discussed in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. The Minister of Finance; in reply to a question which was addressed to him, said—" The rigltt of the representatives of the nation to vote the sup plies for the maintenance of the army does not ad mit of a donut. If ever there were a conflict between that right and the rights of the supreme Com mander-in-Chief of the army, the solution of the difficulty could not be sought for apart from the constitution, but in the constitution itself." FRANCE. BOURSE, May 28.—The market has been heavy, and the business done has been at a decline on the closing rates of yesterday. Reports have teen current of the death of the Sultan, but no accounts had been received . : 7 con : B fi e r i m gial t:i , e: i n. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f 25c. The Share Market also shows a slight decline in p r i ces . The following were the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 96 25, Credit Fonder — 69 la Piedmontese Fives. 73 90 3 D p o e . r en c d en m ts onth Do. end month..., 69 20 Roman 2; 0 9 2 5 5 - 3 : i H A o u l a n t e ria :ebt 4 7 : k Bank Shares — Credit Mobilier 7OO —' Spanish Threes.... 50 25 Do. Account RAILWAY& Cash. Account. Orleans ****** "' ' 1355 .. 1356 25 Northern .........•.•.. 987 50 .. 987 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25 .. 927 50 Geneva 4lB 75 .. 420 . Southern Western Eastern Sardinian. .......... Austrian Lombard )4, AUSTRALIA. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The ship Duncan Dunbar arrived at Spithead, from Sydney, with passengers. She sailed from Sydney on the 6th February. The passengers are landing. She has brought on freight 12,000 ounces of gold, 2,840 bales of wool, 30 tons of:gum, and 40 tons of tallow. Total value of freight £160,450 sterling. A letter from Uri says that fifty sheep with their shepherd have been buried by an avalanche at Anisteg. ATTEMPTED MURDER ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP IN THE MERSEY.—John Crosby, chief mate of the American ship Panama, and a runner named Gibney, were brought up on remand at the Liverpool police-court yester day, charged, the former with attempting to murder a coloured seaman named Johnson, and the latter with being an accessory after the fact. It will be remembered that while the Panama was lying in the Mersey, opposite Liver pool, a dispute arose between the mate and the crew rela tive to the totally defective rations supplied on beard the ship, and that during an alleged state of insubordination amongst the men, the chief mate discharged a pistol atJohn son, the ball from which passed through his arm, and caused him b fall into the river. It was stated in evidence that no mutiny whatever existed amongst the crew at the time the mate used his revolver, and as the magistrates con sidered his conduct quite uncalled for, they committed him for trial on the charge of attempted murder. Gibney, the other prisoner, who endeavoured to keep the mate out of the hands of the police by landing him immediately after he had shot Johnson, and again trying to put him on board the Panama when she was outside the pox t, was also com mitted for trial. THE MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPII.—In oonsequence of the damaged state of the steamer Malacca, having on board the Tripoli and Malta portion, and about half of the Tripoli and Bengasi portion of the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph cable, caused by the foul weather encountered during the voyage from England, some delay will occur in commencing the operation of laying this part of the line. She is now in her Majesty's dockyard, under repair, and it is not expected that she will be out of the hands of the workmen for some days. The cable has been tested since its arrival here, and, with the exception of a few knots of it, which were damaged, and have been coiled under water in the dock, has been found in perfect working order. Mr. Wildman Whitehouse, who was the chief electrician em ployed in laying the Atlantic cable, has arrived here on for b tn y i fortnight since Malacca by the the pa r t o f M essrs. Glasse, Eliott and Co. Part of the electric staff of th e G overnment arrived b y the Malacca, wash e g f and Mes srs . Gl asse, Elliot, and Co.'s staff reached this about a Marseilles loosening of. T. severalh e injury sustained of her iron plates. Notwithstanding these contretemps the public are looking forward with confidence to the successful termination of this great undertaking in submarine tale graphyt—illifito Tinos, AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY. The City of Baltimore, which arrived here this evening, left New York on the 18th inst. with the United States mails. She landed the mails and despatches at 5.45 p.m., and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, MAY 18. The Massachusetts legislature has appropriated 3,000,000 dols. for the war, and has authorised the governor to lend 7,000,000 dole. The Boston banks have offered to take 5,000,000 dole. of the Federal loan. Baltimore is at present occupied by Pennsyl vanian troops. The governor of Maryland has called for four regiments to—support the Federal Government within the limits of Maryland, or to protect the capital. The Union Convention at Wheeling has refused to pass an ordinance for the division of the state of Virginia, but has called a general convention for the 11th June. The secessionists have threatened Fort Munroe, but were compelled to retire. An attack on a large scale is, however, anticipated. Ammunition and heavy ordnance continue to arrive at Harper's Ferry from the South. Advices from Montgomery state that President Davis will command the Southern forces in person. It is rumoured that General Scott has ordered the occupation of Arlington Heights by Federal artillery. The Kentucky legislature haa'passed a resolution maintaining the neutrality of the state and approv ing the governor's refusal to supply troops to the Federal Government: Charleston is blockaded by the United States frigate Niagara. British ships have been refused entrance into the harbour. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that a secret agent of tho French Government is travelling through the Southern States. The Yew Orleans Telegraph states that the re mainder of the Federal troops in Texas have sur rendered to the Secessionists. Disturbances caused by the Indians have taken place at Honduras. The British residents in Belize have been threatened. The British officers who demanded redress have been brutally treated. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, May 17. Stocks are falling. Erie closed to-day at 211, ; Illinois, 651 ; New York Central, 721. Exchange steady. Bankers' bills, 1061 to 1061. Flour droop ing. Cotton dull. NEW ORLEANS, May 17, Cotton.—Middling is quoted 11/ to 11-1--. The sales of the week amount to 11,000 bales, and the receipts to 2,500 bales. Freights for cotton to Liverpool, ld. HAVANNAH, May 11. The sugar market is heavy. No. 12 is quoted 5 to 6 reals. No sales. Stock 225,000 boxes. THE GOVERNOR OF lIIAS'SACITUSETTS ON SLATE INSURRECTION. Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, has ad dressed the following letter to General Butler, the commander of the Massachusetts troops, Maryland : Council Chamber, Boston, April 25. General,—l have received through Major Ames a despatch transmitted from Perryville, detailing the proceedings at Annapolis from the time of your arrival off that port until the hour when Major Ames left you to return to Philadelphia. I wish to repeat the assurance of my entire satisfaction with the action you have taken, with a single ex ception. If I rightly understood the telegraphic despatch, I think that your action in tendering to Governor Hicks the assistance of our Massachusetts troops to suppress a threatened servile insurrection among the hostile people of Maryland was unneces sary. I hope that the fuller despatches which are on their way from you may show reasons why I should modify my opinion concerning that particu lar instance; but in general I think that the matter of servile insurrection among a community in arms against the Federal Union is no longer to be re garded by our troops in a political. but solely a military point of view, and is to be contemplated as one of the inherent weaknesses of the enemy, from the disastrous operations of which we are under no obligation of a military character to guard them, in order that they may be enabled to improve the secu rity which our arms would afford, so as to prosecute with more energy their traitorous attacks upon the Federal Government. The mode in which such outbreaks are to be considered should depend en tirely upon the loyalty or disloyalty of the commu• nity in which they occur ; and in the vicinity of Annapolis I can on this occasion perceive no reason of military policy why a force summoned to the de fence of the Federal Government, at this moment of all others, should be offered to be diverted from its immediate - duty, to help rebels, who stand with arms in their hands, obstructing its progress towards the city of Washington. I entertain no doubt that whenever we shall have an opportunity to inter change our views personally on this subject, we shall arrive at an entire concordance of opinion.— Yours faithfully, (Signed) JOHN A. ANDREW. To Brigadier-General Butler. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the past month have just been issued, and show a falling off of £447,227, or about 4 per cent., in the declared value of our exports, compared with the corre sponding month of 1860. Considering that the returns for the preceding month showed an increase of 51 per cent., that the totals of last year were the largest ever known, and that such American de mand as has arisen for warlike stores and materials was not much felt until within the last few weeks, this result can hardly be considered discouraging. The great falling off has been in cotton, woollen, and linen goods, a fair trade being shown in a majority of the miscellaneous items. A demand appears to have existed for various descriptions of yarn, and also for machinery, which may be taken as evidence of the tendency to a revival of con fidence among Continental manufacturers. As the exports to America show a reduction of about £600,000 from those of April, 1860 (of which reduc tion £182,866 is under the head of metals, £129,068 cottons, £36,783 linens, £23,087 woollens, and £132,028 haberdathery), our shipments to other parts of the world must have been upon a full scale. _ _ _ vv The total exports in the first four months of the year, have been £38,574,462, against £41,834,347 in the corresponding period of 18G0, showing a de crease of £3,259,885, or 71 per cent. The changes have been as follows : Increase. Decrease. .. £1,021,796 January February March April — • • 447,227 Compared with 1859, thereis a falling off of £3,277,062, or also about 71 per cent. With regard to imported commodities, it appears that the arrivals of wheat were larger than in any of the preceding months of the year, and perhaps than on any former occasion. Their total value may be estimated at £2,500,000, and the chief quantities were from Prussia and America. The arrivals of salted provisions were likewise heavy. The con sumption of other articles of food and luxury was also large, cocoa, coffee, tea, sugar, wines, and to bacco all figuring for an increase. 2;348;222 CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yesterday, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held at Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Christie in the chair, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, reported on the state of 29i houses which had been inspected during the last fortnight, 128 of which were common lodging-houses, and he submitted a list of 52 places for sanitary improvement. He likewise reported that the markets had been duly inspected, and that the officers had seized 2,9721 b, of meat, and 196 head of game and poultry, as unfit for human food. Nearly the whole of the meat had been seized in Newgate Market by Mr. Fisher and Mr. Newman, and the poultry and game in Leadenhall Market by Mr. Davidson. 1,7681 b. were diseased, 373 putrid, and 831 from animals that had died from natural causes. The mortality returns for the fortnight are still in excess of the average, the number of deaths being 121, whereas the number for the corresponding period of the last five years was only 93. Nearly half of tho deaths were among children of less than five years of age, the most im portant causes of death being measles and whooping -cough ; the former was fatal in six cases, and the latter in 11, be sides which there were 13 deaths from hydrocephalus and convulsions. Among old persons there were 24 deaths, one of which was at the age of 100 ; the deceased was the widow of an author, and lived in Clifford's -inn, 115 births have been registered during the fortnight ; of these 61 were boys au4 54 girls. 7IIE GREAT EASTERN IN A STORiII. We copy from the New York Tribune the sub joined account of a series of disasters which befel the Great Easterb during a violent gale on the sth inst. :—At four o'clock in the morning a strong southerly gale sprung up, which increased in seve rity until nine o'clock, when it became almost a hurricane. A great deal of rain fell, and the sea was uncommonly high. The ship now began to roll in a manner which none of the officers had ever anticipated. So confident had everybody been as regarded her steadiness under any circumstances that the ordinary precautions of securing furniture and other movable articles had not been taken. The large tables in the saloons, which had not been screwed down, were all overturned, and piled, together with chairs and lounges, in a broken heap. Some of the sofas started with their occupants on little sliding voyages about the cabins, and one pas senger, careless of his balance, was thrown some distance with such violen ce as t o b rea k away part of the banister of a staircase against which he fell. Several breakfasts and lunches were wrecked in the ordinary course of things, but the table-guards pre vented any general devastation in this respect. On the whole, the passengers did not suff e r mu c h discomfort, for, with all the rolling, the motion was so gradual, and free from sudden shocks, that no person found difficulty in accommo dating himself to it. Early in the afternoon, one of the heavy chain gangs which held the gaff of the foremast in its place broke in two, leaving the huge spar almost wholly unsupported on one side. This chain, like others which afterwards parted, was supposed to have been ill adjusted, and also to have rusted to such a degree as to render it unequal to the great strain now imposed upon it. The gaff, a timber of some 18 cwt., began to sway back and forth with each lurch of the ship, and presently flew through the air at full swing, a long chain which hung from its end like a whiplash, snapping through the rigging at the same time, and causing considerable damage. It not only cut in and out remorselessly among the ropes, but also endangered one of the tall smoke funnels, against which it was flung with immense force each minute. Several of the skylights of the grand saloon were broken in by the fragments of the rigging which fell upon them. It was thought necessary to ask ladies to withdraw from the saloon, lest they should suffer inconvenience in case of the smoke funnel (which passes through it) being torn away. In the course of an hour the gaff was secured and lowered, the furniture below having meanwhile been set to rights and properly fastened down. To prevent, if possi ble any further misadventures with the masts, it was decided to lower the five remaining gaffs. In order to accomplish this the more readily, the vessel was turned from her course, and brought head to wind. The cessation of motion was instantaneous, and the quiet of the four preceding days was at once restored. But before much had been done towards getting down the spars it was attempted to resume the direct course at half-speed. The re sult was unlucky. The ship was met and struck by a heavy sea, the shock of which knocked one of the main gaffs out of its jaw or socket, and left it dangling precariously by chains. This, with rather more difficulty than the other, was in turn secured,': and the ship was again put off its course, with the same success as before. But the accidents of the day were not ended. Just as one of the remaining gaffs began to be lowered it broke loose, and fell from its place to the deck, splintering a companion -way and breaking the glass of three or four dining saloon skylights, to the particular consternation of the passengers, who were dining at the time. Another and more serious casualty occurred. A boatswain's mate got entangled in a tackle, and suffered a serious fracture of the leg—so serious that his re• covery, it was found, would depend upon a long interval of rest. This storm was quite sufficient to test the real powers of the Great Eastern. To any other ship afloat it would doubtless have been a disastrous experience. The Great Eastern escaped without the slightest injury, save the unimportant ones before mentioned, which were due to entire exceptional circumstances. On examination after the gale had subsided, it was found that no per ceptible strain or displacement could be detected, even in the most delicate works. The engines operated admirably throughout. It was also dis tinctly settled that no advantage could b 3 gained from the use of her sails, beyond the negative use of steadying the ship under certain conditions." THE PUBLIC PARKS OF LONDON. The following excellent letter is taken from the Morning Post of Monday : TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING POST. Sir,—Lord Robert Cecil, in the House of Commons on Friday night, inquired whether the lease of that portion of the Regent's park let to the Toxophilite Society would be renewed, for the parks of London were not f,-.0 large, and the public ought to have the benefit of the piece of land. Attention thus called to the Regent's-park, I avail my self of it to bring before your readers the importance and great desirability of making a park, or public walk, with seats placed at suitable distances and tastefully planted with shrubs, from the North-gate of Primrose-hill to Hamstead-heath. It is now or never, for buildings in a very few months will spring up, and that which can at present be done for an outlay comparatively so insignificant that the money might almost be raised by subscription, will be in a little time impossible. I feel very strongly the great advantages to be gained by the purchase of this land for ever to the people, and f t this very time last year I brought the same before Lord Palmerston. In my note to his lordship I said :--"Hamp stead-heath is probably now not more in the country than Kensington-gardens were 30 years ago. The proposed plan makes a splendid finish to the Regent's-park, and will re. lieve the frequently too crowded and now not sufficiently airy Hyde-park. At present no buildings of any import ance interfere, and under the authority of an act of Parlia ment that land could be purchased, which in a short time will be too much built upon to be obtained." " The outlay may be little or much, and will entirely de pend upon the width of the park." This park, or public walk, would cross the Adelaide-road and run through Vie fields to Lower Hampstead-heath, and if preferred and found practicable, it might be made to Old Hampstead Church; the whole distance, about lh miles, and the length of the walks and plantations at Hampstead might be increased without limit, and be in accordance with the requirements and wishes of the people. Napoleon 111. has gained for himself even the commen dations of his enemies, by giving to Paris a park designed with consummate taste, and no great European city has one more beautiful or more extensive. In this park of the Pari sians there are people in private carriages, people in cabs, people on horseback, and people walking; there is room for everybody, and everybody is pleased. I amdisposed to think, by judicious arrangement, and with certain restrictions, the same plan might be adopted in the Regent's-park —the en • trance to be at Portland-place, through the centre of the park, and round the foot of Primrose-hill to Hampstead. The equestrians need not interfere with the pedestrians, nor need the person taking an airing in a humble cab give annoyance to the occupant of the grandest carriage ; and the beauty and gaiety of the scene may be, in London as in Paris, much increased by this general assemblage, whilst the natural advantages of the situation are all in favour of this metropolis. Many noblemen and gentlemen possess parks of their own larger than the Regent's -park, with the proposed addi tion, and by allowing their neighbours and others to walk in them they add to their own pleasure, increase the pic turesque beauty of their property, and confer happiness upon all. at also the tens of thousands of the sons of toil in London have one park they can call their own, and through which, surrounded by agreeable associations, and without expense, they can reach the country. Hampstead heath is not only the most airy, but, for the masses, the nearest and most favourite spot out of London. It is from no fault of the people that this great city is be coming larger and larger, interfering with the social inter course and comfort of the inhabitants, the Legislature look ing despairingly on, and not unfrequently aggravating in stead of diminishing the evil. Regent's-street and Regent's-park are so called to per petuate the memory of one who exerted his whole power and influence to create them ; but time and events pass rapidly on, and already not a few of the present generation among the less educated classes are ignorant of this, and I would suggest that the name of the latter should be changed to Park George IV. It is reasonable to suppose that this extension of the Re gent's-park, being in itself excellent, has occurred to many. I venture to ask for the insertion of this letter, because it is now brought forward solely for the general good, and be cause it is not yet too late. Even the discussion of the sub ject may be productive of results for which Londoners yet unborn will be grateful.—l am, &c., WM. RAY SMEE. 2, St. Edmund's-terrace, North-gate, Regent's-park, May 24. Subjoined is Lord Palmerston's reply, and no further notice has been taken : "Downing-street, May 23, 1860. Sir,—Lord Palmerston desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., enclosing a plan for a public park between Primrose-hill and Hampstead. " Lord Palmerston has caused your letter to bo forwarded to the Board of Works, but he directs me to inform you that the formation of such a park would devolve upon the Metro politan Board of Works.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, "C. J. BARRINGTON. ‘, William Ray Since, Esq." MR. COBDEN.—Arrangements have been made for presenting Mr. Cobden with the freedom of the City of London, at a Court of Common Council, to be held at Guildhall, on Thursday week. Previous to the ceremony, the hon. gentleman will be admitted to the freedom of the Wii3lo49Pgero' Company; LITERATURE. Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated. Edited by E. L. Blanchard. 2 vols., pp, 1582. L. Tanis, 21, Warwick-square, Paternoster-row, London. No Preface--no Table of Contents —nothing but a little flyleaf key to the abbreviations. Nor can any reasonable man wonder at this, after turning over these two goodly volumes of thoroughly read able, and generally reliable letterpress, profusely illustrated with maps of the counties and with a variety of carefully drawn and admirably well selected steel engravings. The work speaks for itself. It requires no introduction—simply because we all recognise in it at once a familiar acquaint ance. It is in reality nothing more nor less than an old friend with a new face—it is Dugdale re edited. And the new editor of this venerable com pilation must certainly be allowed at once to have put " the best face upon it." Mr. Blanchard has evidently undertaken the responsible and difficult possible up to time" with no ignorance of the diffi duty ofediting Dugdale, and of bringing him as far as culty and with no feeble sense of the responsibility. And he has acquitted himself so exceedingly well upon the whole, that if ever we do find him in some exceptional instance tripping, it is only as rarely as when Homer nods. Ungrateful though it may appear so to do, we will nevertheless give one solitary instance—which we have found after keenly searching for it; and we give it purely as affording evidence that we do not speak in commendation of the accuracy of the elaborate edition of Dugdale now under notice, merely at random, and upon a superficial examination of its merits and pretensions. Under the head of Chel tenham,:,Gloucestershire, the Gazetteer before us, then, we would thus venture to intimate, appears to be rather after date in its information when, at the turn of 1860-1861, it can observe, in regard to that fashionable watering-place, that " much of its present popularity is owing to the patronage and influence of Earl Fitihardinge"—instead of having been owing to that patronage and influence, now passed away ! And again, when speaking of the same place as a political borough, the work remarks "hitherto (since the passing of the Reform Bill) one individual has been selected—(as M.P. for Chelten ham)—the youngest of the sons of the late Earl of Berkeley.' The fact being that several years have elapsed since the death first of all of that youngest son, the late Hon. Craven Berkeley, and afterwards of the eldest son, the late Earl Fitzhardinge. What ever patronage comes to Cheltenham now from the Berkeley family comes from the present possessor of Berkeley Castle and aspirant to the Berkeley peerage, viz., Admiral Sir Maurice Berkeley, whose eldest son, Colonel Francis Berkeley, ever since the death of his uncle Craven, has, since May, 1856, represented the borough of Chelten ham in the Commons House of Parliament. We repeat, however, that we particularise these rare and most exceptional scraps of obsolete infor mation, simply that we may indicate the more clearly that we are not speaking of the work from a merely hasty and superficial glance through its pages. We have turned those pages again and yet again with peculiar satisfaction, stored as they are abundantly with information of the most useful kind, conveyed to the reader in a manner the most entertaining. Scattered more plentifully through. the letterpress than even the numerous maps and embellishments, adorning the two:volumes so very profusely, are anecdotal particulars of men and events associated with the numerous localities enu merated. Wherever a great event has happened, wherever an eminent person has been born, bas lived, or has died, the Editor, like another Captain Cuttle, is sum to make a note of it. If only re garded in this particular the work of Dugdale as now revised by Mr. Blanchard could not fail to prove singularly attractive. But, apart from its swarms of anecdotal recollections, it will be found to be singularly readable and wonderfully useful as a topographical authority. THE ART UNION OF ENGLAND. MEETING THIS DAY. This morning the annual meeting of the members and friends of this institution was held at the Gallery of Illus tration, Regent-street—the Hon. Captain Fitzmaurice the chair. is After some prefatory remarks from the Chairman on the state of the Union and its future prospects, Mr. BELL SMITH, the secretary, read the report. It stated that the committee regretted their inability to an noi:nee so large an amount of subscriptions as they could wish, and called attention to the many and serious circum stances which had unfavourably influenced all institutions connected with the arts. The deficient harvest, the depres sion in trade, the high rate of interest, the severe winter and the consequent distress, the many public subscriptions for charitable purposes, and other similar causes, the effects of which were almost always first experienced by the arts, were amongst the in licences ; but the committee more particularly referred to the numerous commercial schemes which, under the title of Art Unions, had by means of the low rate of subscriptions diverted large amounts of money from the more legitimate institutions. The number of subscribers for the present year in the Art Union of England was 1,267, to which were to be added 200 names which were allowed chances at the distribution of 1860, and the subscriptions amounted to £665 3s. 6d: The prize holders of last season selected works from the following exhibitions :—Royal Academy, £lO4 10s. ; Society of British Artists, £213; Institution of Fine Arts, £263 10s. ; Society of Painters in Water Colours, £1010x.; New Society of Painters in Water Colours, £6O 14s. The works were generally well selected. They were exhibited at the society's offices for the space of three weeks, after which they were delivered to their respective owners. The advantages to artists under the system of self-selection by the prizeholders was evident, from the fact that although the amount in prizes was only £ll5, works were purchased to the amount of £651 145., the difference being supplied by the various prizeholders from their private funds. The report having been adopted, the prizes were draw► for, namely, ten of £5, three of £7, four of £lO, two of £2O, one of £25, and one of £3O. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. .PLINTSHIRE ELECTION. CLOSE OF POLL. Lord Richard Grosvenor . .. . .. 1,254 Mr. Hughes ........ 932 Majority for Lord Grosvenor 322 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale hare to-day wag limited, but the attendance of buyers was much restricted, and the trade for all qualities ruled heavy, at Monday's de cline in the quotations of is per quarter. In foreign wheat the business doing was very moderate, and in most instances the transactions were at the late re duction in prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at barely stationary currencies. Barley was a dull sale, and prices had a drooping tend dency. In malt vary little was passing, on former terms. The oat trade was dull, yet no further change took place in the quotations. Beans and peas moved off heavily, at Monday's prices. All kinds of flour ruled dull, at the late reduction in their value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 420 i 110 ) 520' 120 1 360 Irish .. two 1 -- 1,880 Foreign__ „ 9,320 3,660 , 2,440 950 sacks 15,110 brie. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is much restricted, nevertheless, prices rule firm. Dnty, £140,000. ••••••.........• WHITECHAPEL. Limited supplies of meat are on sale here, and the trade rules firm, at the annexed rates : Beef from Ps Od to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 58 Od ; lamb, 55 4d to Cs 4d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2& per mine prem.; and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is rather more than 4-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 9274 per mark, , and the short exchange on London i 5213.71 per £l, sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint:price is, therefore, nearly 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sig, , ht is ICG to 1064'per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The preparations for Blon din's ascent on Satirday are being carried out with the utmost activity. The velarium over the Handel orchestra is removed, and the great transept, in all its noble propor tions, is again open to view. Masses of timber are being fixed in the upper gallery for the main rope and its accom panying guy lines, the fixing of which are being carefully superintended by M. Blondin's assistants, who have come with him to this country. The galleries are also being fitted up with seats to afford visitors the fullest view at any height they May select,