The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-12 00:00:00

PLATE, WATCHES, JEWELLERY, nECE GOODS, APPAREL, and MISCELLANIES. —Fn TE DAYS' SALE.—Messrs. DEBENHAM, S CORR, and SON ell l . IiELL, by Auction, at their Rooms, Ring-street, Covent -garden, MONT/AY, June 16, and four following days, a varied assemblag'.: of Effects, comprising jewellery set wi th p r,cious stoner s waches and clocks, Silver and Sheffield plate , dressin g -cases, gu and pistols, piece goods, apparel, furniture, &c., being forfeited property, pledged, under the act ef Parliament, in months prior to July, 1855, with the follow ing p a wnbrokers. viz. :.—Messrs. H ar risons, Warduur-street, Soho, an d Clarendon -square, Somers - tow n ; Kirkham, Strand ; Melbuish D u ke-street, Grosvenor-square ; Dobr e, Chearlotstreet, Fitzroy: square ; Nathan, High-street, Poplar, and others ; te - and goods d e posited - with them as security fo loans, the period for which expired. May be viewed, and catalogues had. JirER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ALBONI—ALBERTINI. '" GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 12, will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA-' ROSitla, Mdme. Alhoni ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Salviani ; Basilio, Signor Nerini of La Scala, his first appearance) ; Pastel°, Signor Zueconi ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. After which, a Divertissement, by Madame A. Bellon, Mesdlles. Katrine, Rosa, Clara, Lisereux, and Pierron. To be followed by a Selection from the Fourth Act of IL TROVATORE. Including the celebrated " Miseriere." Leonora, Madame Albertini ; Manrico, Signor Baucarde. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Boschetti, M. Charles, and M. Vandris will appear. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. VAIZATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced THE SWISS COTTAGE. After which, MARITANA. To conclude with MY FELLOW CLERIC. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Wader the Management of Mr. Rnekstone. THIS EVENING, SINGLE LIFE. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF NVOI/A.N. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. BOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 0X w 0 TiD-ST RE ET. Mule the Management of %fr. CHARLES Kw/. TEM EVEMIYO, VIE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, TOE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. rms EVFNING, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Followed by A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To comlncle with GOOD NIGIIT, SIGNOR, PANTALON. ROYAL OLY UPIC Till A.T RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. After which, RETRIBU LION. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ROYAL SURREY TiIEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd sad Creswick. THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA. To conclude with A BALLET IVER rI.SEMENr. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A.MPIIITHEATR E. Lessee and Manazer. Mr. Wm. Cooke. TIII3 EVENING Will be acted, the highly successful. new and appropriate Drame Patriotique, the Festival of Peace. The performances will c , mmence with the Equestrian Spectacle, THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi. After which, The GERKAN BROTHERS, as the Double Revolving Athletfe The ACTS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. Box-office open from Erevan ti l Fo ir. Stue Manager, Mr. W, West. Equestrian Director, Mr. V. Co)ke, jun. JltGti WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 56 min. aft. 13—Evening 25 min. aft. 9 T r-titOßßOw—Morn. 52 min. aft. 9 —Evening 20 min. aft 10 THE WEATHER-Sux OFFICE, JUNE 12, THERMOMETER, TFIII SIINDE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 55 —lowest this morning and during the night. 8T —this day at noon. BkiteteßTSlL 23 '37----falling. Wirm S.W.—Rather fresh, with heavy clouds an, dull weather. , 4, _re • 4, un. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1856. It is more than hinted that the PIERCE-MARCY Cabinet, while offering gross insults to Great Bri tain, are profuse in complimentary expressions. At the very moment of expelling the representa tive of her most gracious MAJESTY, of steadfastly refusing anything approaching to arbitration on the differences respecting the CLAYTON-BI7LWER Treaty, and recognising the piratical Government of WALKER, they express their good-will and high consideration for those whom they have so griev ously injured. It would appear as it', like the Russian authorities, they present a double face-- one side only being shown to the restless spirits whose most sweet voices are coveted by the candidate for the Presidency ; the other to England and the other nations of Europe, so that the appearance of fair play and moderation may be maintained. We cannot, however, separate profession from practice, or repose implicit reliance on " sayings" which are directly opposed to the contemporaneous "doings." The manifest object of General PIERCE is to humiliate and disgrace the British Government and the British people, for in the present instance their views and feel ings are happily identical, and no courteous lan guage or honeyed expressions can get rid of the damning fact, or induce us to " swallow the leek" which they would force on our acceptance. What is at present required is that we should consent to make Mr. CRAMPTON a scapegoat, that we should brand with unmerited disgrace an effi cient and faithful public servant, the honourable son of a high-minded and respectable father, that three other victims should with him be bound to the horns of the altar and ruthlessly sacrificed at the shrine of the electioneering exigencies of the Candidate President, and also that we should acknowledge ourselves in error respecting the in terpretation on which we have hitherto insisted of the CLAYTON-BM:WEB, Treaty. These little con cessions are all that are no te demanded. But, if unfortunately, we suffered the introduction of " the sharp edge of the wedge,” if we rendered ourselves parties to an act of gross i n j ustice, and acknowledged ourselves to be either knave s or fools, for such is the dilemma, on th o horns whereof PIERCE, MARCY, and Co. would anxi ously toss us, they would be willing for 'th e moment to let us fall softly, and give ample assurances that they would not follow up our concessions to their legitimate results. But whatever be the consequences, we cannot consent to forfeit our self-respect, an with it the respect of other nations. If Mr. CRAMPTON can be proved to be guilty on unexceptionable or even credible evidence, let him be punished by all means. We have no desire to support any offender, high or low, bu, we protest against the attempt of the Wash gton "candidates" to constitute themselves at the same time accusers, judges, and jury, and con demn the representatives of a friendly State on tainted testimony that would not suffice against a previously convicted pickpocket. While Mr. CLuirroN is worthy of support, he must be su tamed at any cost. When it is shown that is not the ease,—that he has really given cause for the rabid hostility directed against him—we may be prepared to fall into the views of his accusers, but no sooner. The recent surrender of our unquestionable maritime privileges is particularly unfortunate at this moment. It will encourage the Government of the United States in its unjust aggression. They know that by our own folly we have sur rendered the most potent weapon which we for merly wielded, against which no defensive armour could be available. Should war unfortunately' be proclaimed we shall be held bound by the ill-timed concession, and American commerce may be carried on without let or hindrance under neutral flags. But there will be no reciprocity. They may still avail themselves of the clearly established principles of international law to cap ture and confiscate English goods in neutral ships, or neutral goods in English vessels. We have submitted to be fettered in the point, which of all others would be likely to bring the adversary to reason—and must enter on the contest under the most extraordinary disadvantages. Whatever be these restrictions, however, they must be disregarded. War with any nation, or under any circumstances, is a grievous calamity. It would be peculiarly so with America. How the despots would rejoice at seeing the two great branches of the Anglo- Saxon—the professed Champions of Liberty all over the globe—engaged iu an internecine con flict, and the great Democratic Power entering on a course of aggression, and adopting a traditional policy, that might properly be compared with that of PETER the GREAT (robber), and his suc cessors. Every friend of freedom might mourn in sackcloth and ashes the untoward event. But - , as we have already stated, the only way of averting the impending evil is by in flexible resolution and unbending firmness. A single unworthy concession would be the signal for new and unreasonable demands. It is now universally acknowledged that the British Go vernment has inflicted no wrong on that of America, and that even had it been other wise an ample amende has been already made. It is for the American people to make the next move, to show that they reciprocate our kindly feelings, and are desirous thl,t the ties of friend ship that have hitherto existed should be cemented and perpetuated. Let them do so, and every inauspicious omen will speedily vanish. If not, we must only buckle on our armour and cry, " GOD defend the right." We enter on it with a clear conscience, knowing that we have not given any rational grounds of offence, but determined to defend our honour and integrity to the last. Peace ought surely to bring about a larger en couragement of Art. Yet, true to itself thus far, this preposterous Peace so-called—a Truce in rea lity, and no more than a Truce—gives no practi cal token whatever of anything at all bearing the merest semblance of a wider and wholesomer en couragement to Art and Artists in the United Kingdom. Not the smallest—not the most microscopic ! Take any of the Fine Arts sepa rately, and see whether it is so ! Architecture ? Well—there is a "talk" about moving the Ger man Chapel somewhere else—about moving St. Margaret's Church to another quarter of West minster—about pottering over a pile of old stones here—and about cobbling up a pile of old stones there—and that's pretty much about all that can be said with truth in regard to the " improved" prospects of Architecture. Then, again—Sculp ture ! What shall be said in regard to the benignant influence of this most beneficent Peace inisly yet reference scarce tothedry upon interests of thpa Sculpture rh cm i nt 7h l y io , that already, while the ink of the Treaty of Paris 1 most distinguished sculptors of the three king doms have found it necessary to raise their united voices in a dignified protest against their threat cued exclusion from the privilege of becoming c3mpetitors for the design of some among the most important of our national memorials ! Such memorials, for example, as one to commemorate at Scutari the gallant soldiers who have fallen by hundreds and by thousands during the late de plorable Crimean conflict, or, again, as the colossal monument intended to commemorate upon our own shores the heroic deeds and the protracted civistu of the late glorious ARTHUR, Duke of WELLINGTON! The dignified pro test alluded to (a protest comprising among the subscribers to it such men of genius as BAILY, and MACDOWELL, and FOLEY, and WILLI:ill BEHNES, and MATTHEW NOBLE, and CALDER MAR SHALL), being elicited in the form of a Memorial, having manifestly direct reference to the nomina tion, in the snuggest and quietest way imaginable, as the sculptor of the Soldiers' Memorial at Scutari of a foreigner and a Court favourite—Baron MAROCHETTI ! A man of genius too, no doubt of it, a man in his way of the very highest genius, but still, as neither an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotchinan, a Welshman, nor yet oven a Ber , wick-upon-Tweeder, having no claim whatever 6 6 be thus pitchforked over the heads of all the sculptors of Great Britain to the honourable and ' profitable post, the post of privilege and prerog L tive, that appertaining to the chosen designer of a great historic memorial at Scutari to perpetuate the fame of the fallen heroes of the late lament able, because at once bloody and fruitless, struggle against the legions of the Russian AUTOCRAT. Se much, therefore, for the improved prospects opened by this inestimable Peace to the Sculptors of the United Kingdom ! About as much a feast of the Barmecides to them it seems to give pro mise of proving (this " Peace !") as we have seen it proposes to be in regard to our popular archi tects ! Poetry, again, as another and in some respects the greatest of the Fine Arts—how about Poetry as affected by the recent pacification ? Why—even the Poet Laureate has not a word to say fir - himself in regard to it—he is dumb in the dread presence of the national disgrace and disaster. We are not even solaced under the infliction of this "Peace" by hearing some other-- . . hoarse Fi!zgeraid bawl, Ilia creaking couplets in a tavern hall"— some modern representative of the " Small Beer Poet," as h© was ludicrously termed by COBBETT, the ridiculous poetaster who could so rave forth his loyalty-- c ss " In all the rapt rabidity of rhyme," as to caroll thus lustily (according to the inimit at ejected Addresse:.s") : Long every Irian possessed of °wilt to give I Lo n .. • ' ' God bless the T a alley Wellesley L,ng Pole live ! bless their coats of scarlet ! •Jivaing-Arietgh God bless the n a ys' Gu,,rL b.e i ss the Princess Caarlotte ! pigtl ; .ll Za t tgh h worste ; l Gallia scoff! , God bless the the l y re now cut off . God bless their Eoglanti's Priine MiaiAer, th s e : u b ,`, B O i ltdheNbck revel,: And oh ! in D Mr. TENNYSON quite silent and "clop-fallen" chop-fallen" about the Peace, we have not even the comfort of listening to the babble of another FITZGERALD. So much for its influence upon Poets and Poet asters t . Then as to Painting ? Well, really the less that is said about the encouragement o f Painting consequent upon the close of the R as _ sian War—perhaps the better ! There is tita wonderful big daub the 2,000/. PAULO VERONESE telling us, in tolerably round numbers, and with what the Yankees mig,lit call a pretty loud glare of paint, how we can encourage Painting just at the advent of this delightful Pacification ! Re minding us, too, how immensely beholden we are to foreigners for doing—just for the smallest " consideration" in the world—what might after all be done much better by Englishmen. Get ting an ingenious German like Herr OTTO MUND LER to travel about the Continent in search of about the ugliest pictures procurable for love or money--precisely according to the same perverse system which has installed an Italian (a very clever man, no doubt, but still an Italian)—where ? Why, of all places in the world, at the head of the Library of—the British Museum ! Again, as to Painting under the "encouraging" in fluence of Peace, we have Mr. VERNON'S noble Collection poked away in the dingy old rooms of Marlborough House—and not even dingy old rooms like those provided for the inestimable works of art bequeathed to the nation by our great TURNER ! Added to all which the National Gallery still remains an eye-sore up9n the "finest site in Europe"—and there is a " talk" (0 these talks !) about building another National Gallery, a bran new one—where, in the name of con science ? Upon the low, damp, swampy waste, until lately sacred from the vulgar tread, as the Market gardens lying between Brompton and Kensington ! There actually down in that hole ! A hole that has already swallowed up the entire surplus funds of the Great International Exhibi tion of 1851 ! A stupendous Job And into this dreadful hole (as OURTIUS jumped into the awful abyss of the Forum, armed cap-a-pie, a knight in all his panoply, upon horseback) they—the great state bunglers who literally " do" every thing and everybody !—are going (in hopes of course of filling the hole up) to throw neck and heels, anyhow, the long-cherished and magnificent project of a grand new National Gallery—a Na tional Gallery worthy of its designation ! Against this abominable scheme we shall not cease to to raise our voice in earnest and indignant Pro testation The accession of Mr. ROEBUCK to the Presi dency of the Administrative Reform Association is an event which we are prepared to accept as an augury of some usefulness on the part of that body for the future. The good intentions of the leader of the movement we have never for one moment disputed. The necessity for Administrative Re form we have invariably urged, and in taking exception to the procedure of the Association our only ground has been its inefficiency. Under these circumstances it affords us satisfaction to find that the justice of our complaint is not only recognised by the new President, but also that such a renovation is proposed as Mr. ROEBUCK conceives to be necessary for the removal of our ground of complaint. Mr. ROEBUCK unhesitatingly, in his inaugural address, pronounces the Association a failure, and attributes its want of success mainly to two causes—first, that Administrative Reformers did not belong to the governing class, and next, that they resolved to work out of doors and not in the House of Commons, thereby placing themselves in antagonism to the de facto sovereign power, against which it is impossible for a rival delibe rative body to stand. This statement of the causes of their non-success points, in his judg ment, to the remedy, and suggests the course that ought to be pursued. That course is not to set themselves up as rivals of the House of Commons, but to adopt a mode of proceeding that will give Administrative Reformers power ire it, so that working with it the contemptuous opposition of the governing class will be overcome, and the cause of Administrative Reform will acquire ad ditionAl weight and influence from the Associa- Hon. The inquiry next arises—how the Parliamen tary power is to be obtained ? In reply, Mr. ROEBUCK proposes a new constitution—the for mation of a governing body, a ministry composed of the following officials : —1, A Chairman ; 2, a Finance Secretary ; 3, a Corresponding Secretary ; 4, a Statistical Secretary ; and, 5, a General Secretary ; all of whom shall be responsible to the whole body of the subscribers, acting by moans of the General Committee, the constitution of which shall remain as it existl, and in possession of its present powers. The chief great end of the labours of the executive body, Mr. ROEBUCK proposes, shall be the forma tien of an efficient Parliamentary party ; the means to be employed being, Ist, to obtain in fluence with the separate constituencies ; 2J, to eorrespond and act with such Representatives of the people as may be willing to act with them ; and, 3d, to employ the powers of the Association in gathering together such information as may be useful to those friendly and co-operating Repre sentatives. The duties of the Chairman, it is proposed, shall be these of general supervision. The plan of proceeding and line of policy to be adopted by each department shall be determined by him, and on his shoulders shall rest the responsibility of success or failure. The duties of the correspond ing secretary will be to ascertain, by means of an organised plan, and record whatever informa tion has, or may be supposed to have, power in the election of a member, and to put it into shape that will render it available at a moment's notice —in a word, to become the medium of commu nication between the country and the association, so as to bring to bear on the constituencies the organisation and knowledge of the assoc:a Lion as promptly and efficiently as possible. The duties of the statistical secretary, it is proposed, shall be by an organised plan to collect informa tion respecting the various subjects and depart ments sought to be investigated and reformed. The duties of the two remaining secretaries are sufficiently obvious to need any explanation. The reader has now a rough outline of the constitu tion proposed. The gentlemen nominated to the respective offices, we may add, are—Mr. TRAVERS, finance secretary ; Mr. MORLEY, corresponding secretary ; Mr. GASSIOT, statistical secretary ; and Mr. REVANS, general secretary. We shall not indulge iu much comment on the scheme, but imperfectly developed, and not yet accepted, though we have little doubt it will be. We are inclined to fear Mr. ROEBUCK places too much confidence both in the Hause of Commons and the constituencies. Experience has con vinced us that both need a stimulus from without before any great scheme of reform can be accom plished. It is true the constituencies as they now exist have in the main no personal interests to stand in the way of Administrative Reform ; and t'te machinery proposed will accommodate itself at all times to the means the association may pos e ms. Safe is something, but speed is also wanted and we are afraid the progress of the associa tion will prove but slow, and in that case it will not long carry public interest with it. The base of the movement, we apprehend, needs enlargement, at all events the influence of popular opini )1), as it appears to us, is more needed than is contemplated, to insure much success. Mr. ROEBUCK, however, is a host in him self; and whatever successes may be achieved the way of Administrative Reform will, we I doubt not, lie mainly owing to his energy and good management. The task he has set before him is one which will elicit much sympathy, and his well-known probity and determination will smooth the way. At worst_ his scheme will leave a valuable organisatiOn and much needful infor mation for the use of any subsequent, not to say more comprehensive, movement of a like nature. He has our best wishes ; and what aid we can lend, consistently with our views, will not be withheld. REDUCTION OF THE FRENCII ARMY. The French G wernment have resolved on reducing the army by nearly 200,000 men. The discharges are definite, and none, including even the noncommissioned ip'ficers, will be alto wed to again enter the army except as private soldiers. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. PAVILION HOTEL, FOLKESTONE. Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P., and L9rd Ernest Vane Tempest, landed at Folkestone, on Tues day evening, on their return from the Crimea. After a brief stay at the Pavilion Hotel , their lordships pro ceeded to town. _ Lord Cranbourn has returned from his tour on the continent, and is staying at the same establishment. The Right Hon. Lord Feversham and Lady Fever sham have arrived at the Pavilion Hotel from the French capital. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby have left town for Folkestone, and are sojourning at the Pavilion Hotel. General Sir W. F. Williams, of Kars, was expect e d to land at Folkestone last night, but intelligence was brought to the effect that the gallant defender of Kars had deferred his departure on account of the many press ing invitations and a farewell entertainment offered to him previous to leaving the French capital. He is ex pected early on Saturday mat. GEORGE HOTEL, BRADFORD. Sir Harry Smith, Inspector• General, arrived on the 10th, from Manchester, by the 12.20 train, and pro ceeded from thence to the Barracks, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Leeds, colonel of the regiment. After inspecting the troops he returned to the George, and in the evening left for Manchester, accompanied by his aide•de-camp, His Grace the Dake of Leeds left the George Hotel on the 11th, for Driffield. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, ac companied by the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the royal family, will, it is understood, return to Buckingham Palace to-morrow. The Emperor of the French has presented, through the Earl of Ducie, the sum of 1,0001. to the Sailors' Institute, at Shadwell. In doing so his Majesty ex pressed his cerdial approval of the objects of the insti tution. His Holiness Pope Pius IX.; having learnt the disasters caused by the inundations in France, desired to aid in the succour of the victims who were affected by them, and has intimated to the Apostolic Nuncio at Paris that he will devote to that purpose the sum of 15,000 francs. ARRIVAL OF THE COUNTESS DE NEIFILLY.—The Bel gian steam-packet Diamond, Capt. Huth, arrived yester day afternoon with the Comptesse de Neuilly, ex Queen of the French, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, the incess Marguerite, Gen. Compte de Chabannes, and a numerous suite. The Royal party were soon joined at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel by the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville, who appeared truly happy to see their venerable parent again in excel lent health. The weather was beautifully fine, and the voyage from Ostend was made in rather more than four hours. DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—Last night the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained the presidents of the various learned societies in the metro polis and a literary party at dinner in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—Last night was performed, for the first time, under the. auspices of the Harmonic Union, a new oratorio, "Enoch's Prophecy," composed by the Rev. S. S. Greatheed. The principal vocal per formers comprised Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, Miss Miller, Mr. Weiss, and Herr Reichardt. It is unneces sary to say more than that the music allotted to each was performed in a manner becoming the deserved re putation. Mr. W. B. Ginner officiated at the organ. THE VOCAL UNION.—This socisty held the first of its concerts yesterday, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, when the assemblage of admirers showed that English glees and madri ga l s still retain their hold on the national sympathy. Miss Marian Moss, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Montem Smith, Mr. Winn, and Mr. Thomas were the vocalists, LYCIEUDI THEATRE.—Last night Madame Ristori ap peared in her second character—the unfortunate Qaeen of Scots—in an Italian version by Maffei of the "Maria Stuart" of Schiller. As the German tragedy is one of the first reading books put into the hands of young per acme who learn the language, and as, moreover, the French version of Lebrun has been made familiar to every play4oer in London by the performance of Mademoiselle Rachel, we may assume that the plot is already familiar to all tho-e of our readers who take any intere.t in wod , -rn theatrical affairs. The portions of the play in which the actress has an especial opportunity to distinguish herself are, as most will remember, the third and the fifth acts. I n th e secon d an d fourth Mary does not appear at all ; in the first she has chiefly to w e ar a n aspect of dignified sorrow, which is but slightly varied by the incidents that take place. Madame Ristori has achieved another triumph in this her second part. THE WEATHER IN Partie....Tne weather seems now to have set in as warm and fine as can possibly be de sired for bringing the crops to maturity. For many miles round Paris the promise of the coming harvest is most abundant. The wet weather of May, which can-ed the inundations in the beds of the great rivers, has proved most beneficial on the green corn plains of France. The wheat is coming into ear, and though somewhat later than common the corn crops are reckoned unusually fine. GRAY'S -INN, Jun 3 11.—At a pension of the Honour able Society of Gray's-inn, holden yesterday, Thomas Saari' Badger, E3q., was elected reader of the society on the law of real property, &c. A DRUNKARD'S DRATH.—On Sunday evening Wm. Williams, a Liverpool labourer, who had been spending the afternoon ;n drinking, was being led home by his son, when he suddenly fell. When picked up he was dead. THE AMERICAN MAILEL—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.— The United States steam•ship Atlantic, Captain Oliver Eldridge, tailed from the Mersey at 2 30 p.m. for New York, with the usual bi-weekly mails for the United States, 75 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable mer chandise on freight. Amongst other passengers were the Hon. Millar.' Fillmore, ex-President of the United States, and a candidate for the next presidency, and Miss Emma Stlnley, whose "Seven ages of Woman" has been so popular both in the metropolis and the provinces. Prior to her departure, Messrs. Williner and Smith, of Liverpool, placed on board copies of the Loudon journals of this date, fmr the press aid public institutions of the western continent. ) CaMMUSIO ITION BETWEEN SOUTH IRELAND AND WALES. —The establishment of steam commu.deation between Ireland, via Waterford, and South Wales, through Mil• ford Haven, will soon take place. Three steamb,;a,t com panies are desirous of taking the contract. The delay has arisen, it seems, in consequence of the incomplete state of the works at the terminus at Heyland, no proper landing place being as yet provided : but, as this is in active progress, the communication may shortly be ex pected to be opened, particularly as the tenders are satis factory. Passengers from the metropolis will then be able to lan I in Ireland after a short sea voyage of some six or seven hours, in lieu of 24, as from Bristol to Cork at present. MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL.—Yesterday being the Feast of St. Barnabas, the annual election of Fellows to St. John's College, Oxford, and to the other preferments connected with this ancient foundation, took place ac cording to ancient :statute. The unusually large number of six Fellowships bad fallen vacant during the last year and after a viva voce examination, which had been pre ceded by five days' paper-work, Messrs. Trail!, Jones, C'arke, Follett, Braumont, and Badham were elected Probationary Fellows ; Mr. Baker and Mr. H. G. Wat son, Exhibitioners to St. John's, on Dr. Stuart's and Dr. Andrew's foundations respectively; and Mr. M'Cartby, as the best mathematician in the school, was preferred to an Exhibition at Cambridge. After this ceremony was concluded, the Master of the Company (Mr. Boyman), the President of St. John's College, Oxford, the Examiners, and electors repaired to the school, where the usual speeches were delivered. The dramatic, both in Greek and Frenoh, elicited much ap probation. A TRAIN ON FlRE.—Yesterday, as the train which left Birmingham for Liverpool and Manchester at 10.30 a.m. was approaching Stafford, the occupants of a second-clsss carriage noticed a strong smell of fire, and presently sparks began is fly in through the windows. The passengers, among whom were some dragoons, shouted lustily until the train was stopped, when it was discovered that the adjoining goods"truck was on fire. Notwithstanding the most energetic exertions on the part of the soldiers, assisted by the other passengers, the contents of the truck were completely destroyed before the fire was suppress( d. SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A DEAD BODY.—On Monday evening Ishmael Richards, a porter in the employ of Mr. Bayley, linendraper, Maryport-street, Bristol, was em ployed in clearing a loft over a stable of the Swan coach house, in that street, of seme lumber, of which the loft was nearly full. He had nearly got out the whole when he pushed against something round which lay close to the wall, and on taking it to the light found it was a skull. Information was given to the police, by whom further search was made, and all the other parts of a human body, apparently that of a man of middle age, were foundh The deceased appeared to have been in extreme poverty, his clothes being exceedingly tattered and his boots very much worn. There were some slight remains of black hair, and nearly all the teeth were per feet. In the coat pocket were a common black-handled clasp knife (very rusty), an empty phial, a piece of com. mon comb, and a few beech nuts. In the waistcoat pocket there was a large rusty nail wrapped in a piece of cotton cloth. In the opinion cf some medical men the deceased had been dead at least 5 years. An inquest was commenced yesterday before Mr. J. B. Grindon, coroner for "Bristol, which was adjourned till the 18th inst. for the production of further evideuq.. MDME. GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERT. Madame Goldschmidt gave the first of her last series of concerts at Exeter Hall last night to a large audience. The programme was judiciously selected, and gave Madame Lind an opportunity of displaying her extraordinary abilities in the most varied styles. The audience had also the satis faction of hearing her frequently, as the number of her performances was greater on this than on the previous occasions. She sang two duets, cne with Madame Viardot, and one with Signor Belletti, the first being the well-known " Ebbene a te-ferisci," from Rossini's " Serniraraide," in which the vocal and dramatic powers of both ladies were displayed to great advantage. The duet with Signor Belletti was also of Rossini's com position, being taken from Il Turco in Italia." The Morning Hymn, from Spontini's " La Vestale," sung by Madame Goldschmidt and Madame Viardot, with chorus, did not excite much enthusiasm, which is scarcely surprising, as the music is tame !and uninteresting. The two great effects of the evening, however, were pro duced by Madame Goldschmidt in two perform ances of a totally opposite character. The first of these was at the end of the first part, when she rendered the famous scena and aria at the conclusion of the " Sonnambula" with such won derful skill and such perfect taste that the admi ration of the audience rose to enthusiasm. The effect of the brilliant rondo, " All non giunge," suddenly following the pathos of the adagio was surprising. Though naturally unwilling to repeat so laborious a performance, Madame Lind reap peared to receive the applause which testified the general enthusiasm. But, wonderful as was this display of skill in operatic music, it was equalled, if not surpassed, later in the evening, by her performance of the old Scotch favourite, "John Anderson, my Jo." The per fect simplicity with which she sung it added not a little to the impression produced. Not a single embellishment was introduced, and the effect and feeling given to the words was magical. She sang it without accompaniment, but Mr. Goldschmidt played an interlude between the verses. It was followed by the Swedish Echo Song, which is chit fly remarkable from its ventriloquist effects, and that terminated her share in the evening's entertainments, which had certainly not been a light one. Madame Viardot gave the air " Pretres de Baal," from her great character of Fides, with much dramatic power, and was warmly applauded. Mr. Goldschmidt performed twice with his usual care and precision, in concerted pieces. Herr Moritz Ganz performed on the violoncello with much ability. The conductor was M. Benedict, who acquitted himself with his usual skill, though the chorus was scarcely as effi cient as before. The hall was crowded, and the audience appeared universally delighted. MADAME BASSANO AND HERR KUHE'S ANNUAL GRAND MORNING CONCERT. On Monday afternoon the grand annual concert given by those distinguished artistes, Madame Bassano and Herr Wilhelm Kuhe, took place in the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, before a very numerous and fashionable audience—the programme of the entertain ment embracing an unusual variety of attractions, some of those attractions, moreover, being of a really remark able character. The vocalists, marshalled by Madame Bassano, comprised among their number, besides Miss Stabbach, and Miss Teresa Bassano, and Miss Sherring ton, Herr Reichardt and Signor F. Lablache, " the great English tenor" Mr. Sims Reeves, the wondrous basso prefundo Herr Pischek, and, to crown all, the ever mar vellous Madame Viardot Garcia, the Rachel of the lyrical stage, and even upon the platform of the concert-room the not unworthy memento of the genius of her sister, " the divine Malibran." The instrumental performers, on the other hand, led off by Herr Wilhelm Kuhe him self, Madame Bassano's gifted and accomplished entre preneur, included Miss Arabella Goddard, one of the mast t wiliant of our lady pianists, Mr. Richard Blagrove upon the concertina, M. Sainton upon the violin, and M. Paque upon the violincello. Assuredly attractions enough—and to spare—altogether ! Particularly whc.n the composers from whose collective masterpieces the various productions (rendered either by voice cr instru ment, alone or in combination, upon Monday afternoon) had been selected—embraced not only the popular names of Ha'dvy, Balfe, Kuhe, Mori, Sainton, and Schloesser, but with those, also, the classic names of Belhni knd Handel, Weber, Mozart, and B6ethoven. No wonder the large concert-room was densely crowded in every part almost before the beginning of the entertainment, or that the fashionable audience there collected toge ther remained, almost all of them, attentive listeners nearly to the termination of the very extended and elaborate performances ! These commenced, by the way, with Mozart's charming trio, " Protegga it giusto Ciel," excellently well sung by Mdlles. Stabbach and Teresa Bassano, and Herr Reichardt, The last mentioned following immediately afterwards with a dulcet rendering of Weber's tender ro mance, " linter Blihenden Mandelliii,urnee." The sequence of pieces, as marked in the printed programme, being here interrupted by the amiable anticipation by Madame Bassano of her aria from Handel "Lascia Ch'io Pianga"—her sonorous intonatio n o f w hi c h won for her the first cordial greeting of her auditors, plaudits under the circumstances it seemed hardly less those of kindly greeting than of hearty commendation. There upon fikowed Beethoven's marvellous trio in C Minor for pianoforte, violin and violincello—performed lite rally " to admiration," by Herr Kuhe, assisted by MM. Paque and Sainton. The exquisite suavity and tender ness of the second movement had in it an effect absolutely delicious, articulated, so to speak, as its emotional melody was, by the deft and master-hands of such iniinitab:e in strumentalists. Miss Sherrington's aria from Halevy's " Mousquetaires de la Reine" was in a very particular manner "a success"—one achieved at once by the agility and cspieglerie of the young songstress' fresh and sparkling 'vocalisation. M. Paque's double-solo on the violincello was in its way hardly less of a success—the applause following his version of "Le Lac" of Nie ler rneyer swelling into something like enthusiasm at the close of his really curious and very dexterous per formance of Seligman's sweet and eccentric " Serenade Algerienne." Herr Reichardt having given in a very impassioned manner the romance "Ade " of Esser one of the great features of the Concert followed amidst general attention and -very evident interest, namely, the performance for the first time (by the composer himself) of Herr Kuhe's fantasia upon Signor Verdi's " Trovatore." A. very brilliant composition very wonderfully performed —one which would have been sufficient of itself to have established Herr Kuhe's repu tation as a master of his art, whether theoretically or practically, as a composer or as an instrumentalist. A Pagaoini of the pianoforte, one whose fingers are hardly less skilled in their way than those of Milton's "Allegro," in— " Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony," Herr Kube, on Monday afternoon, carried his audience " with him," as the phrase is, winning first their ears and then their hands to a ready admiration of his ingeni ous fantasia, and of its adroit performance. Herr Pischek's exhilarating song, by Kiicken, " Der Kleine Recrut" (which followed), put the audience at once into such hearty good humour with himself, his astonishing voice, and his natural fund of drollery, that the great basso was unanimously summoned back to the platform —where he gayly assumed his place, fur once in a way, at the piano, and indulged his bearers with another chanson. A yet more earnest encore, one tumultuous in its way, preceded Madame Viardot Garcia's scena from Bellini, the marvellous rondo finale from the matchless " Sonnambula." Comment upon which, as sung by Viardot Garcia, were, of course, worse than superfluous. Already, however, we have entered so much into detail in regard to the earlier and constituent portions of this remarkable and eminently successful concert, that of the remaining pieces in it we can only speak in generalities, and in generalities also of the other performersnot yet par ticularised. About the sole disappointment of tha day, to our thinking, was that which ensued upon the close o IMr. Blagrove's solo upon the concertina, consisting of airs adapted by himself from Verdi's " Traviata." Even this, however, was good naturedly ap plauded at its termination, by one of the best-tempered, as it was also one of the moat gaily dressed, audiences we remember to have recently seen collected together. Mr. Sims Reeves had two pieces allotted to him in the second part --Mozart's " Della Sua Pace" and Balfe's "Good Night, Beloved"—and sang both precisely as could have been wished, exactly as might with perfect confidence have been expected, namely, in a manner in every way befitting the popular and gifted favourite. Madame Bassano, besides shar ing in a quartette by Verdi, and in a quintette by Nie dermeyer, sang the old Scotch song of " Logie o' Buchan," and took part with Miss Teresa Bassano in a duett by Mercadante. It should not by any means be forgotten, moreover, that while Madame Viardot Garcia delighted the assembled lovers of music with some "Spanish Songs," Herr P4chek followed the great prima donna immediately afterwards with some "Bohe mia,n Melodies," strangely national and characteristic. Neither should all mention be omitted of M. Sainton's admirable solo on the violin—the " Romance" succeeded by the " Tarantelle." Herr Kobe's extraordinary per formance of a solo on the pianoforte—a solo composed partly by himself and partly by Wollenhaupt, the first portion entitled " Feu Follat," and the second a galop —preceded as it had been by a grand duett on two pianos performed by himself and Miss Goddard upon airs adapted by Osborne from the "Etoile du Nord" of Meyerbeer—may be mentioned, in fine, as among the conspicuous achievements of the entertainment. An entertainment (it could scarcely fail to have been) which must needs have won for the gifted and popular entre preneurs many gratifying and "golden opinions" from those discriminating lovers of art in our metropolis who were so fortunate as to be present in the Hanover. square Rooms on, Monday Afternoon. A telegraphic despatch from Brussels announces that the Roman Catholics of the city of Ghent have succeeded in the election of their candidates to the new Chamber of Deputieg. RUSSIA AND PIEDMONT.— TURIN, Jane 9.—Friendly relations between this country and Russia are co►n pletely re-established. . - BRISTOL SUGAT.HARKET, Wednesday, June 11. —Very little business has been done since our last report, o wing to the small supply at market. The few sales of grocery made to-day have been at very extreme rates. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.—A prisoner who was in Whitecross street Prison, named Charles Palmer, ma naged to make his escape from the officer. His case was adjourned by the Insolvent Debtors Court. Every effort has been used, but at present he has not been captured. ARRIVALS AT CRONSTADT FROM FOREIGN PORTS.— It appears from a despatch received by the Liverpool underwriters that 500 vessels have arrived at Cronstadt since the reopening of the Russian ports. The facilities for loading and unloading, however, are much com plained of. _ - A Constantinople letter of May 30, while confirming the news that M. Fonton, the Russian Minister, had protested against the admission of Moukliss Pacha (Prince Stourdza) as second Turkish Commissioner for the settlement of the Bessarabian frontier, states that at a council of ministers held in the evening of the 29th it had been resolved that the pretensions of the Russian Minister were totally inadmissible, and that the Porte would maintain its right by every means in its power. DECLINE OF PAUPERISM.—There were in the Clonmel union workhouse, on Ist June, 1853, no lees than 2,036 paupers ; this formidable array of poverty showed a sen sible decline in the subsequent years, until, at the cor responding period in 1856, the number sunk to 952, or less than one-half of the amount in 1853. A further decrease is shortly expected, but even at present the saving to the ratepayers is about 5,000/. per annum. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—Since the peace a large number of ships have been chartered by several exten sive shipowners in the metropolis for various parts of Australia, and which now lie in the East and West India Docks, the London, and St. Katherine Docks, preparing for that destination. There have been many applications from those desirous to emigrate, and it is expected that each vessel will have numerous passengers. RAMSGATE HARBOUR.—We gather from a report on the works of Ramsgate Harbour by Sir W. Cubitt, dated Jan. 7, 1856, that 24,0001. remained to be ex pended from the Ist of January last, the original est r mate having been 25,0001., of which 18,1681. remains ; leaving 5,5521. for 631 feet of the east pier, at 81. per foot additional, and c)ntingencies of 10 per cent. The duration of the remaining works cannot be definitively 4 itlmate4 SINGULAR FATALITY.--DUBLIN, June 10.—Owing to a singular fatality not a single London paper of yester day has been received in Dublin. The statement by which this unprecedented.circumstance is explained, and which no doubt has been made known in London before this, is that a spark of fire hom the engine got into the luggage van of the express train somewhere between Bangor and Holyhead last evening, and that the news paper parcels of all the Dublin agents were completely destroyed. A supply will, however, reach Dublin by the mail-boat this morning. THE BISHOP OF DURHAM AND THE DARLINGTON BURIAL BOARD.—The Darlington Burial Board have determined to call a meeting of the inhabitants, and lay before them the difficulty they are in with respect to the bishop's refusal to consent to the erection of cemetery chapels, except at a distance of 40 feet from each other. The Bishops of Ely and Lincoln have sanctioned com bined chapels (yet 16 feet apart), erected from the same design as the one selected by the Darlington board ; and the Archbishop of York, the ecclesiastical superior of the Bishop of Durham, does not require the chapels to be separated at all. To comply with the bishop's request would involve an additional expenditure, besides destroy , ing the architectural beauty of the design. We (Bury Pest) regret to announce the death of F. K. Eagle, Esq., Judge of the County Courts of this dis trict, a Justice of the Peace for this borough and county of Suffolk, and a bencher of the Middle Temple. This event took place on Sunday last, Mr. Eagle have been for several months declining in health, and his judicial duties having lately been executed by deputy. Mr. Eagle, who was the second son of the late Robert Eagle, Esq., of Lakenheath, graduated at Cambridge as LL.B. in 1809, the year before Baron Alderson's A 1 degree. He was called to the bar in the same year, and attended the Norwich circuit for many years, his highest reputation being as a tithe lawyer, in which subject he had made great research. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE—CAMBRIDGE, June 11.— In a congregation this day (statutable B D. commence went), the undermentioned degrees were conferred ' • J. J. Beresford, J. S. Hoare, G. G. H o l mes , John Rigg, St. John's College ' J. J. S. Perowne, Cor pus Christi College ; John Fuller, Emmanuel College. A.M. ; W. G. Lyeley, Trinity College. LL.B. ; Richard Bexendale, Christ's College ; E C. K. Bear croft, Queen's College. A.B. : Henry B iugh, Queen's College. The undermentioned gentlemen were elected Barnaby Lecturers :—Mathematics : E. N. Bloomfield, Clare College. Philosophy : J. E. B. Mayor, St. John's College. Rhetoric : J. J. Bumpated, King's College. Logic : R. E. Hughes, Magdalen College. CHULCOTE MINING COMPANY.—Yesterday the annual general meeting of the proprietors was held at the offices of the company, 28, Poultry ; James Warren, Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors stated that in consequence of the financial crisis which has existed during the last twelve months, they bad no opportu nity of placing any portion of the 40,000 shares given back to the company by the vendor and others, and which the shareholders at the last meeting authorised the directors to accept and to dispose of at the best price that cauld be obtained, for the purpose of pro viding additional working capital. The statement of accounts exhibited showed a balance against the com pany of 3,122/., the whole of which had been advanced by the directors. A resolution was passed for winding up the company, and the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. CHARTERED BANK OF ASIA.—At a special meeting of this company, held yesterday, it was resolved by a ma jority to make such alteration in clause 53 of the deed of settlement as will authorise the immediate re-election of so many cf the directors retiring by rotation as the Lords of the Treasury may approve. A question was raised whether it would be judicious to sanction this proposal at the present moment, as it is strongly ob jected to by the representatives of the Mercantile Bank of India, with which establishment an amalgamation is contemplated. It was alleged that an alteration of the deed of settlement would be a violation of the agreement entered into with that company, and that it might also prejudice the interests of the general shareholders. This view, however, was not entertained by the meeting, and confidence was expressed in the course proposed. GAROTTE ROBBERY.—A gentleman named Dean, while passing through Drayc At-terrace, Chelsea, on his way home, on Tuesday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, was accosted by two men, who civilly asked the way to Sloane-street ; having answered their inquiries he was about proceeding on his way, when one of the ruffians suddenly seized him by the throat and nearly throttled him, while the other struck him two violent blows, the one on the mouth and the other on the abdomen. The result, as may be supposed, was that he was instantly deprived of consciousness, and on recovering his senses, some 20 minutes afterwards, be found himself lying on a heap of dirt, deprived, of course, of his watch and chain and other valuables. By the help of a passer-by a policeman was obtained, whoa assisted him to the Bromp ton police station, where he gave the necessary informa tion of this most savage attack and robbery. THE FOXLEY COLLECTION OF PICTURES.—The sale of this collection, the property of Sir Robert Price, M.P., took place yesterday at the Gallery of Messrs. Foster and Son, Pall-mall. The following were the most in teresting lots : —53. Vela.quez.—An equestrian portrait of the Conde Duc d'Olivarez ; magnificently painted, canvas, 26in. by 231 in. This lot was long and keenly contested-240 guineas. 54. Velasquez.—The corn• pinion picture, an equestrian portrait of the brother of Philip IV. of Spain. Both pictures exhibited at the British In,titution in 1838-176 guineas. 55. N. Berg hem.—" The Battle between Porus and Alexander ;" canvas', 60in. by 43in.-235 guineas. The collection produced 1,068(. NEW ROCHESTER BRIDGE.—The works connected with the new bridge are drawing to a close, and the whole structure will be entirely finished by Saturday the 21st inst. The workmen have commenced laying down the granite pavement, after which the only portions to be completed are the approaches, and the swing brid ge over the ship canal. The works connected with this latter portion of the structure have been much retarded owing to the sinking of vessels at the late accident at the London Docks, which contained a large portion of the ironwork, and a great deal of which was rendered almost useless owing to the strains and injury it then received. Although the bridge will be completed at the time above stated, it will not be formally opened to the public until about the first week in July. The details to be observed at the ceremony, as well as the exact day, have not yet been announced, but at the meeting of the bridge-wardens, to be held on Thursday next, the whole of the details will be arranged.—South-Eastern Gazette. THE CHAPEAU-RUBAI^.T.--A more exquisitely gracieuse novelty as a summer bonnet than the Chapeau-Ruban cannot be conceived. It is light as a feather, and fits to a nicety, with its broad, graceful, scarf-like ribbon and nceud. It is really a duty on the part of the ladies to visit Jay's Sponsalia, 246, Regent-street (opposite Hanover-chapel), and form an opinion of this bijou. It has some of the characteristics of a portion of the beauti ful "bead-gear" of the period of Louis Quinze. GREAT INDIA SHAWL SALE.—A remarkable increase in the consumption of India shawls in this country has enabled the London houses devoted to the India trade to become extensive purchasers, and indicates a growing taste on the part of English ladies fer this durable and beautiful article of dress. The sale just concluded, one of the largest, best attended, and most satisfactory on ecord, was well attended by English and continental merchants. The spirited bidding of Mr. Farmer, of the firm of Farmer and R ogers, in Regent-street, enables us to form some estimate of his immense purchases. We are since informed he was the largest English buyer of fine shawls at the sale. PRIVATE EXECUTIONS. The Government Gazette of Hobart Town contains the official declarations and cer tificates of the persons who were appointed to witness the execution of tNo criminals, named Rushton and Mellor, which took place within the precincts of the gaol on the 19th February. They are published in pursuance of the directions contained in the act, which is intituled "An Act to regulate tbe execution of Cris minals." The documents are signed by the sheriff, the under sheriff, Mr. Capon, the visiting magi s t rates, D. C. Hadley, constable Gabriel, and two Javelin men. The certificate of Dr. Benson is also appended, declar ing that he had 'examined the bodies of the criminals and found that they were dead. — Austrolfan and Nov &And amtte. LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. No. VII. By Charles Dickens* Paucks is " coming out," and promises to be Trump as well as a Tug ! Not, however, by any means in his capacity as the Tug does this sam e marvellous Pancks give promise of turning up t% Trump-card after all. For in that capacity, namelY, as the snorting assistant of that " first-rate bun?' bug of a thousand guns" (owner of " that " bead) the Patriarch Casby—Well ! to employ Mr. pier nish's rather vague but very expressive phrase °I wonderment—" As to. Pancks, he does, he reall does, he does indeed !" S en di ng a swell of terror on before him, in Bleeding Heart Yard, and leaf" ing it in his wake (on Rent-day)—cruising about hither and thither, lashing the tide of the yard in' to a most agitated and turbid state—and allowing it to settle down at last into calm water again, only about two hours after he is seen fuming away on the horizon at the top of the step s ! This—as tu7 Tug, remember ! Now, in his new and but ju st dawning character as the Trump—Pancks apPear, before us not so much as the P anc k s of the Pao , shyly lingering in the wake of his big bland hum' bug of a Proprietor, but as a bran new creation entitled one " Paucks the Gipsy, fortune-telling '• Yes, fortune-telling ; and the fortune he promises to tell, the fortune of no other than dear Little Dorrit herself—Amy, the child of the Marshalsea. How all this new state of things comes about it is for Mr. Dickens alone to relate ; and how excl °l- sitely he does relate it the rea d ers of this mont h's number for the most part know, of course, already. Thanks to chapters 23, 24, and 25, " M ac hinery in Motion," " Fortune-Telling," and " Conspira tors and Others," there is even now perceivable - 7 not afar off—the close of Book One of the present fiction, the significant heading of which it may be recollected was " Poverty." Poverty, no doubt, as contradistinguished from Book Two—lach e t That second division of the tale of " Little Dorrit?, we really seem to be entering up on in splendid earnest, under the guidance of th e q ueer little fen low with the black, bristly hai r , s t an di ng up about his head in prongs, the old note-book still rustling between the accustomed finger and thumb, Pancks the Tug hardly any lon ger , th oug h bl owi ng ° k . the steam loudly as ev er t o t h e l as t, 1311 ,: Pancks the Gipsy Fortune - Telling ! to the events recounted in the new number, sou l ' of them appear to give promise of turning out to . be occurrences of very great importance. Exe e s t lent Arthur Clennam, for i ns t ance , an d hone Daniel Doyce, enter into partnership. P 1 .0 3, sant, little, laughing, well-temp ere d J o hn Bap t's Cavaletto turns up anew under Arthur's patronag e as a lame foreigner with a stick, recen tly out of ene of the London Hospitals, and now located snugly in one of the sky-parlours in a well-known corner of Bleeding Heart Yard—Plornish's ! The way in which Mr. Baptist, as he is called, is assisted by Mrs. Plornish in regard to his English vocabulary is a matter to be read of and roared over ! So true is it to the reality in such matters- -* reality in itself so infinitely ridiculous. They the Bleeding Hearts generally, w h o were kin hearts withal—spoke to him (Mr. Baptist) "in wed loud voices as if he were stone deaf." Simply be cause he was quite ignorant of the English law guage ! " They constructed sentences," we a re told, by way of teaching him our native tongu e in all its purity, " such as were addressed by the savages to Captain Cook, or by I'l' day to Robinson Crusoe." But Mrs. 1"1 01 ' nish above all, we learn, was particularly in genious in this art, and attained so much celebrity for saying " 'Me ope you leg well soon,' that it considered in the Yard but a short remove indeed from speaking Italian !" I n th e m id s t of a ll , however, there is' obviously a latent fear about PO! • John Baptist, of being terrified some fine day or , ugly night, by the sudden a pp ar iti on , in Bleedi n g Heart Yard of—Rigaud th e M ur d erer ! Insomuch is this nameless terror indirectly rendered aPP i t rent, that we close the sev en th num b er o f " Litw - Dorrit" with a firm conviction that some evening' on Pancks the Gipsy climbing up to Mr. Baptist humble garret to look in as usual in a friendly WAY with a " Hallo, old chap ! Altro !" expecting ta ir have his greeting ret urne d t o hi m accor ding custom, with an " Altro, signore, altro, altre. altro !"—he will peer in, startled, upon the glowe r ' ing visage and hag gar d form of Rigaud the nu t ' throat, that evil genius of poor, honest Cavalettn• It is observable among the most laughter-movi n g portions of this present instalment of " Lit tle Dorrit" that that wonderful p erson M r . F.'s Au nt comes out, if possible, in greater force than ever'" ,_. breaking in ab r uptly upon a conversa ti o n b e" t ween Flora Casby and Arthur Clennarn, with the following inexorable and awful state:, meat—" There's mile- s t ones on th e D over Road l a Becoming more and more i n ti ma t e l y acqua inted with her chara c t er i n th e present a ddi t i ona l en" startling development of it, we don't at all wonde,f, at the mild Pl orn i s h grow l ing i n t h e passage Little Dorrit that she (Mr. F.'s Aunt) is one " is a old wixen," if ever he met with such, adding', contemplatively, " The way she snapped a person: head off, dear me !" b e i ng una bl e , i n f ac t , a t firs t to get his mind away from her altogether—saying' as if in excuse of himself, " For she is, Ido assu re, you, the winegariest party !" Flora herself shin,'" , forth in her turn hardly l ess th an h er es t eeme d rani tive by marriage —her explanation of the oddnes s of the name of Little Dorrit being of itself sun`," ciently characteristic—" of a ll th e s t range name I ever heard, the strangest, lik e a p l ace d o wn the country with a turnpike, or a favou r ite pony or a puppy, or a bird, or some thi ng f rom a see shop to be put in a garden or flower-pot and COO up speckled;" and again, when she has Little Do r" rit herself with her, dom es ti ca t e d f or a d ay unae . ; the Patriarch's roof, as her needlew'oman--b% characteristically this same Fl ora goss i ps ab° l l, her departed lord, cl os i ng h er b r i e f recor d of I'D history with the announcement that " gout dying upward soared with M r . F. t o anot h er sp here!' Mr. F.—(hardly less wonderful in his way thrill his Aunt)—of whose portrait we read that 6 the artist had given it a head that, in an intellectu al point of view, would have been top heavy f or ,Shakspere." The Chi ver y s , b y th e way, ar e I° t altogether forgotten, either, in the present n umber* For, of Mr. Chivery, the father, we learn, in illus tration of a constitutional taciturnity eminently befitting a turnk e y, th a t "h e l oc k e d himself up as carefully as h e l oc k e d up th e M ars halsea debtors " it being thereupon jocosely hinted that " even his custom of bolting his Way' may have been part of an uniform whole r Of Mr. Chivery, the son, otherwise Young John, we hear much, moreover, in co nnection with the Ruggs of Pento nv ill e —p ersons dwelling is the Home of Pancks—the inner dour within the street door of which tenement is de" scribed as "poised upon a spring and starting op en with a click like a trap ! ' Th e sa id R uggs , aide d and abetted byYoung John, being the Conspirato r• already referred to in the mention of the heading of the last chapter of " Littl e D orr it" j us t pu: lished—conspirators in complicity with Pancks, tbo Trump, not the Tug, " Pancks the Gipsy" in the practice of his new-found craft of fortune-telling' Divers curious matters appear to be already lit e ' rally " upon the cards" held by Pancks, and du i " tributed by him among himself and the other cur spirators—mysteries relating to a churchyard it Bedfordshire, to an inqui r y i n Y or k, t o a c hurch in London, to a Family Bible, a stone, a Still-W ¢ baby, a clerk in Durham, and an old seafaring ga ll ' tleman in Dunstable—all bearing, of course, upon the hopes and fears, the Riches or the Poverty, ° "A, .8, C, D. DA, DE, DI, DO Dictionary order—Dorrit. That's the name, sir !"—Amy, the Child of the Marshalsea. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June 12,1856, made up from the Returns of 11 :: Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Vial per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. S OATS. 1 RYE. I BEAM. I "la 6701 as 71 243 31 42s 10d 42s 81 390 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ME. BEANS. 68s 0.1 39s 7d f 23s 8d ( 42s 9d 418 10d 39, QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 100,653; Barley, 6,075 ; Oats, 14,665; Rye, 60; ROW* 4,012 ; Peas, 346 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENETALL.—The trade ruled inaatiC h t as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; M u tt on , .3s 8d 48 10.1 ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 33 &I to 5s Od ; F or ' 3s 6(1 to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. ° SOUTHALL, June 11.—The suppli es o f f a t s t oc k on a k a , to-day were moderately good, and the general dersaga ruled inactive. Beef, from 3s &I to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 38 1 , to 5s 0(1; lamb, 48 10(1 to 53 10d ; Veal, 48 Od to 48 10a $ Pork, 3s 8d to -Is 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, June 11.—The demand generally was tole. rably firm, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Mntte: 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 63 Od ; Veal, 4s Od to Bs ' n ; Pcrk, 3s 10d to 4s 8(1 per Sibs. Quarter-old Store rigs' to Os each. HAY MARKETS. S MITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 6/ Os ; clover d°,: 41 15s t o 6/ 12 s; an d s t raw, 1/ 5 s to 1/ 103 per load Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 lOs to 6/ Os • clover do., 4/ 15s to 61 lO s ; a n d str aw , 1/ 5 s t o it 10 ' s per 1° • A moderate supply and a fair demand. clover WIIITECHAPEL. —Mead° w hay, 3/ 8 s t o 6/ O s ; do., 4115 s to 61 15s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 108 per lca Trade rather dull. General Wrangel, the Commander-in-Chief of th e Forces in the Mark of Brandenburg, General Goh ell i' Lieutenants-General Gerlach, Mollendorff, an d ..„. dersee (Minister of War), have received high RU_ r ssl_;" Orders from the Emperor ; as have also lierr von sow, Minister of the Royal House, and Baron 0 111 Z boldt. With the exception of the last- name d s all Om are known to be Auxeiaaly dispoodt A Prey eXpc Arrii date I in o jOUri Melia of th, trou dant, Prese Od e& been Dople : bad d tficai 41 13 to eusto t 1 , 14 a ju hoc i 4 Alt Ma. 1141 1 jul THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE l2, 1856.