The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Weymouth street, Portland-place. PRESIDENT—His Grace i the ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN. TREASURER -JO ELLIOTSON, M.D. Cantab., F.R.S. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, at Willis's Rooms, King> street, St. James's, on Wedneslay , 11th June, 1856, at Two o'clock precisely. 'timbals: , Moncrrou MILNES, Esq., M.P., in the chair. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ALBERTINI—BAUCARDE —A LBONI. First appearance of Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), June 3, will be repeated (second time at this theatre) Verdi's Opera, IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madame Albertini ; Amelia, Madame Alboni ; Manrico, Signor Baucarde ; Ferrando, Signor Bouche; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Beneventano. Concluding with a new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Madlle. Marie Taglioni (her first appear ance this season) and M. Charles will appear, and dance a Grand Pas de Deux and "La SeguidiPa" Grand Pas de Deux by Madlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT on THURSDAY next, Juno 5. LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolornini; Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor B,neventano. To conclude with a new Ballet, in which Madlle Marie Tag lioni will appear. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, 1 , 1,-T. Smith. ENGLIST.I i:i. THIS EVEITING wilt be produced MISCHIEVOUS ANlif E. After which, MAR TO conclude with TIE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. 11 SUN; LONDON, TVES DA I/ EVENING, JUNE 3, 1856. TIIKATIt2 •ROYAL, Under he Management of Mr. Backstone. EVENINfI, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by TILE RIGaTS AND WRONGS OF WONI%X. To condade with TP.E POSTNI.kN'S KNOCK. yoy.kr, ptu.Nogsp,' , .4 0X,'01113-STREET. Unnter the )11avrement ot Ur. CIIAALE3 KEAN. THN E vENING, THE VICTO3 VANQUISHED. After which TEI ' tiT E TALE. Pria.:lpa; eh tracto.r3 ''y Mr. and MN, C. Lean. MYIT.:.'QTR : , 1 ADELVIII. Propimor nn9 Jramagcr. Mr. B. Webster. Directress. Itaname, Celeste. VITA FVI-7CTIG, PAUL PRY. Poßowe by A BO 17LE CF SMOKE. To con,lnle with GOOD 1 , 71G11T, SIGNOR, rANTALIN". RJYAL OLYITPCC VIEATILE rowan and Manner. Mr. Alfre I Wigan. THIS EVENING Will be rorfonned THE JEATALN3 WIFE. After whin, THE WA'DERING MIN3TEEL. To conclude wits $T IY AT ROME. ROYA.T. SUIaZY TflEkTftE Leisees, 14estn-s. Rhenherd and Crostvick. TUTS EVF.NING, JULIUS To coneuln with TriF, FLOATING BEACON. • ASTLErS ROYAL .AIIPIIITIIMATRE. Lessee and Mana:. - er. ,1 r. wrn. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The 'Romantic rque.trin nnl highly suceeisTal queetaele, THE Tr - MS?. OF THE CAVERN, or the. Mounted Brigznds of the Abruzzi. . After ntich, The admired novel Revolving Athlete, and the EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the ARENA. To conclude with A new Drama de Cireonstaace, called, THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE; or Honour to the Brave. B 0:331 fr y n E evoi ti I Foir. StT.re Manager, Mr. I.P. West. Eque3trian Director, Mr. Ar. Cooke. lon. HIG , I WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tlm DAT—Morn. 40 min. aft. 1 —Ewning s min. aft. 2 T r-11011110'.7—Morn. 28 rain. aft. 2 —Evening 50 min. aft. 2 TEM WILITIIIM—SuN OYFICE, JUNE 3. TEMRIMIZETER, IN THE 311ADB. 70 .-hi7!test sines noon yosterth.y. 55 --io , sist this raorninz ant Ottrlnt the night. 69 —tilt. clay at noon. BAW)METER-30.08 —still rising. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine, warm, summer weathor. ‘"•;1..) ; LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1856. General PIERCE has apparently taken up the rile lately filled by take AUTOCRAT. The Washing ton Government is now the great aggressor, pro fessing principles dangerous to the peace and tranquillity of the world, and endeavouring to carry out its own views by bullying all who refuse to recognise its untenable propositions as the esta blished law of nations. We do not for a moment suppose that Messrs. PIERCE, MARCY, and COSII ING intend to drive matters to extremities, or to involve their cruutry in war with Great Britain. Their chief aim is to gain notoriety, and thereby obtain sundry doubtful votes, which may turn the scale at the approaching election. But men who enter on such a game very frequently exceed the limits they have prescribed themselves, and find themselves unable to allay the storm they have excited. The late CZAR had no notion that he would have involved his country in war with France and England by his vigorous demonstrations against Turkey. He thought that he could, at any moment, retrace his footsteps, and retire with honour and profit from the con test, which he had wilfully and wantonly pro voked. But, notwithstanding the Germanic in fluence exercised * in his favour, he speedily dis covered the fatal mistake into which he had been betrayed, and had abundant cause to deplore the pernicious error. General PIERCE may also discover his mistake when too late to repair it. He also strives to carry everything with the high-hand, and to dis card every principle of justice and moderation. But in selecting Great Britain as the object on which to try his daring experiments, he has, to use the vulgar, but expressive aphorism, " caught the wrong sow by the ear." Although bluster is not by any means in accordance with our practice or wishes, we know how to defend our own rights, and as General P IERCE ha s no C o b urg cous i ns, t h e dele terious influences that operated so prejudicially to England in th© Eastern difficulty will scarcely be exercised in his favour. There are now three points in dispute, any one of which may lead to future disturbance. On the "Central American question," as it is termed, although our rights are clear a; light, we have repatedly offered to abide by the arbitration o f any disinterested Power. We were even willing to permit the Cabinet of Washington to name the umpire, and to hind ourselves to submit to the award. Bat that will not suit the quasi pugna cious candidate for Presidential houours. Ho has announced his interpretation and shrinks froth the unprejudiced judgment which ho well knows must be unfavourable to his extravagant preten sions. No man can be judge of his own cause when bona fide differences occur On a matter of right and justice. A third party must decide the dispute, and n• one that felt that his case was well founded would refuse to accept the verdict of an impartial tribunal. The attitude assumed by the United States at once places it in a false position, and proves beyond the possibility of doubt that it is aware of the weakness of the cause which it is attempting to establish by such unjustifiable means. The Enlistment question is equally clear. We pointed out the dangerous consequences that might probably follow the attempt to raise the Foreign Legion. But although we condemned the objects of the British Cabinet, we are bound to say, as a matter of strict justice, that they gave no reasonable ground of complaint to the Ameri can Government. Although the proceedings which they authorised were perfectly justifiable, the moment that an objection- was raised they ordered their discontinuance, and made an ample, and what to any reasonable parties would be con sidered a satisfactory, apology for any uninten tional violation of the laws of the United States. And so it was deemed in the first instance, until the electioneering tactics of Gen. PIERCE prompted a different course. Now we are told that Mr. CRAMPTON, whose conduct has been perfectly un impeachable, is to be summarily expelled the ' Stater. Of course Mr. DALLAS will, notwith standing the high respect entertained for him personally, be subjected to similar treatment. War may not necessarily follow these stringent measures, but existing difficulties will be seriously enhanced, and matters will assume a very inau- !:pi. ious and ominous appearance. The third point of difference—the official re cognition of the buccaneer WALKER and his pira tical government—is manifestly a flinging down of the gauntlet on the part of General PIERCE, under circumstances that will render it difficult, if not impossible, to enable us to avoid accepting the challenge. It is what in duelling parlance was termed--" putting the quarrel" on the other side compelling the adversaries to become complainants. The tone of reason ing by which it has been supported is so _utterly untenable, the proceeding in every respect so unjustifiable, that it can only be intended to compel England to take the initia tive. We trust, however, as W 3 have already said, to the good sense of our transatlantic rela tives ; and as we shall do nothing recklessly to aggravate the dispute, we hope and believe that that which may now be regarded as " a pretty quarrel" as it stands will be brought to an ami e:tble and honourable termination, and that the only sufferers will be those who, for their own nefarious purposes, have attempted to create discord and hostility between peoples who ought to be friends and allies, not only from the relation ship existing between them, but also from the community of interests and the liberal sentiments which they alike profess. The vast importance to this country of a rapid '2xamunicatioa with India, both in a commercial and an imperial point of view, has been so often insisted on in these columns, that our readers I will be prepared to listen with impartiality, if not with favour, to the gigantic scheme we are about to lay before them. Already, as they are aware, a, great trunk line is in course of development in that colony, with the certainty of ultimate com pletion, and-to the Managing Director of the E ast Indian Railway Company it is the public are in debted for the scheme in question. This gantle inan—Mr. R. INIA.cooNALD SrEPuzNsoN—having' long devoted his anxious attention to an accele rated communication with the East, was led, in 1840, by the iiIIeCOSS of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to believe that the time was ripe for a yet more ex`oncled project,—viz., to girdle the world with an iron chain, to connect Europe and Asia from their furthest extremities by one colossal railway. It is, however, to a pertiou only of this vast scheme we have to direct attention, which is to connect so much of the two continents as shall enable a locomotive to travel from Calcutta with but two breaks, one at the Straits, and the other at the Dardanolles. At the present moment the European portion of the proposed route is almost co nplete ; from °dais or Ostend to Pesth, the line of railway is unbroken. Between Pasth and Belgrade, a line is in process of construction, and tenders have been sanctioned by the Sultan for a line between the latter place and Constantinople. So far no great difficulties have been met with—no doubt existing that a railway from Belgrade to Constan tinople may be constructed, if required. The pinch of the scheme now begins. From Constan tinople to the head of the Persian Gulf is a dis tance of thirteen hundred miles. What have the engineers to report of this portion - of the line ? No levels have been taken, no surveys made, no pre cise information collected of any description. On the other hand, there is a practicable read--abun dant labour, and thd means of commencing the Iline at many points simultaneously. From Sou -1 0 taxi the rout walked over but not surveyed, would be to Is, Nikmid, or Izmid. Thence the line would, probably, we are told, strike southward, by the valley of the Sakariah river to Eskishehr, keeping to the south of Sevrehissar and Balahissar by Chunder, to the south of Lake Touz, by Iskil and Akserai, Soanli, and Kala Hissar to Malatich. Then emerging from the mountain pass of f Ecz Oglou, it would strike the head of the J Euphrates. From thence to Mesko the country is one uninterrupted level plain. Thence, passing to the west of the Singar Hills, or to the west of Lekrit, Aslaik and Bagdad, it would cross the canals which connect the Tigris and Eu phrates, and, finally, passing Kornalt at the con fluence of these giant streams, would terminate at the Persian Gulf. Here the first section of the line ends ; and at this stage the direct communi cation with England may be said to be established. No longer would we have to navigate half the world and reach an island not five thousand miles off by a voyage of sixteen thousand miles—nor even to traverse two sides of a triangle in order by the Red Sea to escape the still more devious course. An immense break in the great- chain of com munication, however, still remains. There is still a sea-voyage of 1,600 miles to the head of the Persian Gulf, involving transshipment and waste of time. Mr. STEPHENSON will - have none of it. His motto is—Railway all through, if possible. To tunnel through Kars, Laristan, and Beloochistan, the most mountainous and rugged of Asiatic provinces, is out of the question. The expenditure would be frightful and unremunera tive. Beloochistan has, however, a coast line said to be comparatively free from these difficul ties, which line may be used and held, every por tion being accessible from the sea. Thus, it will be seen, to establish the direct communication be tween India and England proposed, re quires th o comp l e ti on o f a li no o f 5 00 miles fr om Belgrade to Constantinople, and anothe r of 1,300 miles, from Constantinople to I CDraa• The former running through a civilised an t imp rov i ng coun t ry ; an d t h e l atter, half through rich countries and half through the poor but fertile Valley of a mighty river, with the ocean at each end and an easy communication with the Mediterranean i n the middle, with la bour procurable at all four termi n i, an d carry i ng its own men,materials, and i ron. It is asked— Is this impossible ? The line from Calcutta to Agra is longer. The line of the Great Pacifi c will pass through a more difficult and less b a b a _ bited country. The linos of Western America are almost as far from the supply of lab)ur ; and th e lines of Germany aro far less accessible from the ocean. Admitting, however, the feasibility of the scheme in other respects, the political obstacles remain to be taken into account, The route tral verses four independent sovereignties, and will benefit England. Will Austria and France unite for the advantage of England ? Will Russia endure to see India placad finally beyond her grasp ? Will Turkey bear to have her dominions traversed at will by the heretic and the Frank ? To these questions it is answered —But one Power has any interests permanently hostile to the railway, to wit, Russia. One more is doubtful. France may fear for the prosperity of Marseilles, It is far, however, from clear, that Marseilles would lose. She would gain a direct route to Bagdad, Constantinople, and the Persian Gulf—a trade worth tenfold what the present carrying trade can be. Or failing this, Boulogne and Calais would become what Mar seilles essays to be. Important inducements are, however, forthcoming, to which we have not space to allude, but which are likely to withdraw opposition. To Austria the railway could only bring profit, and to Turkey it would prove the means of preservation. Once constructed, and England, France, and Austria would be able to concentrate their artillery in defence of Constanti nople within its walls in three days, while from the other end of the line our Indian armies would be rapidly available. When the first locomotive from Calcutta reaches Calais the freedom of Europe from the Cossacks will have been secured. France, Austria, Eog'and and Turkey agreed, Russian opposition w,uld be of no avail. The reader is now enabled to form sense idea, however imperfect, of the magnitude and impor tance of " the National Highway," and will be disposed to concede that, if practicable, the scheme cannot be practically developed too soon. TilE PEACE ILLUMINATION. The" Government," with in :as and might, has "come out " well at last With plenty of "good minagernmt," now that the mod is past And cleverly Hyde Park was Hod with "wheels," and " suns," and "rockets," And lots of " geld and silver rain," drAwa from the people's pockets. "Pearl arca:nen," "11,ram candles," " squibs," and crimson " shells," Were prop2rly " distributed," as every gazer tells ; Decision, punctuality, prompt work, and artist skill ?Jere bre aglit to biar koon thi ;;fare that flooded Primroso Hill. Tae Park. they call "Victoria" sliowed "serpents" very brig'it, CZ green, white, blue, as 1 every hue that dazzles John Bull's Si;ht; And " parachutes" of brilliant sparks, poured (lowa like molten stars, Till ono might g 73311 swari was Val danoing-room of irlars. "CeosseS" aui "hoops," an" magic groups of " fountains " nal. of " trees," A.ll curious and beautiful, war) wrou;ht with realy ease ; Ala what is strangest to relate —nou.3.! - 1 far froaa Eastern swamp, Lots of ‘‘ tarpvilias", ha 1 1.22 foaal to ke: , .p tin pals from damp. Queen, Princes, and a Royal Crib c loakel out upm the sight, And everything Was gla;i3as, ant eVerything went right ; No "stores" were kept tea away, just wanted then and there, No " bluml , ,;rs" miio by 1113:1 that rules the meteors of the air. Oh! England, eouldst thoa not }lwo seat a prtion of the brain Employed upon t'ay gala night to Balaklava's ? Oa ! coal:lst non not hvn, usxil thy wits on schemes of honest war, As well as on the glories cf a ;ruck triumphal ear ? Oh ! England, has thy last been a scorn and eamest blow? II is the old 13.-itish Lion p;',):, , 34 his 4.ztrel to the foe? No, uo, the blazing show just o'or—no fault in tact or time— Seemed very like the last s'.:oue of a tragic pantomime. Fnturity will ask the tile, al 1 blushing Yoath will stand To hear how men and hoe fall,. killed by their countrzis hand; But nothing like a " Ganer.tl" will mart: the si.d narration, Not oven in the latest shape of " Peace Illumination." Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Leeds, Head Colonel of the - North YOrk Mies, left town and arrived at the Gftcrze Hotel, Bralford, Yorkshire. Mr. M. P. Andrew bad an interview yesterday with his Highness Aali Pasha. Grand Vizier of Turkey, re garding the Euphrates Valley route to India. OXFORD COMAIIMORA.TION.--Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Prince Regent of BAden are to have degrees here on Wednesday by diploma. Prinoe Albert fv.icl Lord Derby will ace onpany the foreign princes. Lord Jermyn was not present at the concert at Buck ingham Palace on Friday evening, having been prevented from ob4ying her Majesty's commands by the serious illness of his daughter, Lady Elizabeth Hervey. Lord and Lady Kinhaird have been placed in mourn• ing by the death of the H m. Mrs. Hope, wife of Capt. J. Hope, C. 8., who died on TaeNday last. The deceased lady was sec:md daughter of the late Lord Kinnaird, and niece of the Duke of Leinster. We regret to announce the death, on Saturday, at his residence, Soho-square, in consequence of a fall from his horse, of Daniel Sharp; El., F.R. and L.S., and Pre sident of the Geologic 11 Society. The deceased was in the fifty-first year of his age. General Koiniteki lately made an attack, in the co lumns of the Invalids Rasse, upon the policy of Prince Gortschakoff which led to the battle of the Alma. The latter has just replied through the same channel. This species of controversy is new to the Russian press. TIM ROYAL SOCIETY. —We understand that the Fel lows of the Royal Society have been summoned to attend a special general meeting of the society on Tuesday, June 3d, to consider a proposal from Government to give apartments to the society in Burlington House. The occupancy of this very desirable locality, which we trust will be cordially approved by the Fellows of the Royal Society, will be a step towards bringing the char tered scientific societies of the metropolis in juxtaposi tion.—Athenaurn. WRECK OF A VEgSEL, WITH GREAT Loss OF LIFE.— SINGAPORE, April 21. —The Reseluzao (Portmrnese ship), Fernando; from Macao to Ravannab, with 350 Chinese passengers, sprang a leak on 11th Feb., which subse quently increased to 34 inches per hour, and on the 18th, the hold being full of water, she WA9 put do shore in the Bay of St. James's, and al)aldoned, the crew, &c., tak ing to the boats ; master, 10 men, and about 300 Chinese saved ; the rest drowned by the upsetting of the boats. OUR TRADE WITH RIISSIA..—The screw steamer North Star, Capt. Marshall, arrived on Saturday at Hull, being the first vessel from St. Petersburg, as also the first to arrive out, since the war. Her appearance at Crunsta It was welcomed by many hundreds of epectatora, who were ready to fraternise at once, and traffic with their late enemies. THE FAIRFIELD CANDLE WORKS.—Yesterday, at Garraway's Coffee-house, Change-alley, Messrs. Ellis and Son offered to public auction the British Sperm Candle Company's works, Fairfield-road, Buw, with the plant, constructed within the las; three years, the uten sils in trade, and the good will of the undertaking, es tablished at a cost of nearly 80,0001., the dissolution of the company having taken place in consequence of pos sessing an inadeqoa,te capital. Held for an unexpired term of 8G years at a ground rent of 60/. One offer only of 10,000/. Wa3 made for the property, when the auctioneer stated that an offer had been previously made to the directors of 50,000/. ; and if any sale took place it must be at an advance on that sum. No fur ther offer, however, was made. THE RE3fAINS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—A box has been received at the office of the American European Express Company, New York, which contains a portion (perhaps all) of the relics of the unfortunate expedition of Sir John Franklin ;—Oae piece snow shoe, marked Mr. Stanley (the name is cut into the wood with a pen knife) ; one piece of cane, apparently bamboo ; one piece of wood, part of a boat with copper binding ; one piece of wood, part of a boat, with the word " Erebus " cut into it ; two pieces bunting ; one piece cordage ; one pieca leather, the inside of a backgammon board ; one piece metal, the graduated part of a barometer ; one piece ivory, part of a mathematical parallel ruler ; one piece ivory, apparently part, of a mathematical instru ment. This box via , s received from the Hudson's Bay House, Lachine, to be far,varded to the Hudson's Bay House, in London. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Last even ing the anniversary festival of this institution took place at the London Tavern, under the presidency of the Earl of Harrowby, who expatiated with much feeling upon its objects, and the advantages which it offered. He was glad to find that the institution was doing so well, as ap peared from the last annual report, and that the conduc tors of it were laying by funds, instead of labouring under th© too common dizadvantage of an expenditure in excess of income. Thi4 institution had been managed with a rare mixture of prudence, sympathy, and kind ness. The report showed tl,at the number of governesses at present receiving the benefits of the institution was 3,013 ; anal that the amount given last year, in 463 grants, was 1,1551. 7s. 2d. ; making the total sum so applied, 10.4211. 10s. 10J. The receipts amounted to 10,2601, 45., and the expenditure to 9.7791. is. 3d., leaving a balance in hand of 481/. 2s. 41 The list of subscriptions now read amounted to nearly 1,7001. FARRINGDON-STREET EXTENSION TO CLEEKENWELL.— Yesterday Messrs. Pollen and Son, by directions of the City -Irn;:r.ivement Commissioners, put up to a - lotion se% eral houses, situated in Petee-street and Tuturnill str,;et, Clerkenwell, being the last sale bat one that will take place, which are to he cleared away for the purpose of carryin4 into effect the formation of the now street from Farringd in-street to Coppice-row. During the last few weeks the whole of the vaults, on either side of the new thoroughfare, have been built, adjoining the sites of the houses intended to be built, and on the lines of the various new streets, abutting from the central line, va,ul.s have also been constructed on either side of them. Tile level of the direct line of street from Farringdon street to Coppice row, from some cause or other, has not been completed, though it has been a long time in operation. Along a short distance a few gas-pipes have been l a id down, but for some clays past no progress ha s I re o a t t her boon andto the more been made i n t h at di rect i on. There is no doubt but that the co mp l etion of the line, in all directions, will be a important metropolis, t. as m p it r o m v a e y m a en ls ts also form a germ tog THE PRECIOUS PEACE, itEa MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Trovatore was performed at this theatre last night, the cast of which contained a series of interesting novel ties—namely, Madame Albertini as Leonora, Alboni as the Gipsy Mother, Baucarde as Maurico, and Beneven tano as the Conte di Luna. The debut of Madame Albertini was unequivocally successful. This lady, formerly a Miss Aitcheson, has been singing in Italy with unbounded eclat, and her triumphs there are likely to be repeated here. Her voice is a pure soprano, her style large and expressive, her intonation unwavering, and her acting energetic and appropriate. Madame Albertini more than realised the expectation which previous reports had inculcated as to her excellence in Verdi's operas. Her delivery of the opening air at once demonstrated her merit ; and she sever lost the hold which she thus attained at the very outset of the evening. Her success was, as we have stated above, unequivocal, and the recalls she experi enced were the results of a very conclusive and universal admiration. The part of the Gipsy has been one of the most popu lar of the assumptions of Alboni in Paris. The music lies exactly within her voice ; and this being the case, we may be sore it was rendered with great beauty and artistic effect. The scene in the second act in which she relates her story of wrong and suffering was given by her with much more force and dramatic purpose than might have been looked for. Madame Alboni, in a word, evinced the utmost discrimination in the general em bodiment of the being who only lives to avenge an act of cruelty and wickedness. The singing, as we have already intimated, left nothing to be desired. The fo'lowing were among the fashionables present : --His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleve land, the Duke of Dovon;hire, the Dnke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lady Catherine Egerton, Frances Countess of Waldegrave, Countess of Harrington, Earl of Lona dale, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Ward. Lord Ed. Thynne, Countess Bellew, Viscount Exmouth, -E al of Gifford, Lord F. Panlet, Lord Cifton, Lord Sandys, Lord Grey de %Vilton, Countess of Clarendon, Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, Lady PJllock, Lady Flower, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister ; Sir. Ed. Lyons, Bart., Sir Alexander Camp bell, Bart., Admiral Collyer, Sr John Lowther, Bart., Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Ralph and Lady Filmer, Mr. Erskine, General Cavendish, lion. Charles Chester For teseue, Colonel Freeatuu, M.P., Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Norman M`Mnald, Colonel Steele, Colonel the Hon. Edward Upton, Hon. Octavius Duncombe, C )lonel Knox, Mr. H. Baring, Captain Maunsell, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Major Pole, Colonel Dixon, Mr. - Freed, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Billing, Mr. Megan, M.P., Mr. M`Lcan, M.P., Mr. Trevanion, Captain Branding, Sir Thomas and Lady Lener 1, Mr. Cutler, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Mildmay, Mrs. and Miss Roberts, Mr. Hu bert de Burgh, Captain Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Ur. a nd 111r.=. Trelawnoy, Mr. Joseph Beroney, and Mr. a)rien Magens. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. have been for the last five years a con stant reader of your paper, and with respect to the late peace agree in most you have written on the subject. I believe the people of England would never have entered into the War if they could have supposed it was to end in such a peace. I say , that the whole transaction is a scandalous embro glio, from which this country has emerged with her prestige dimmed, and her place in the scale of nations lowered. But who made the war and con chided the peace ? The Liberals whom you did, and do now, support. Of what avails grumbling ? The nation puts up with the peace because they cannot help themselves, and because they are not properly represented in the House of Commons. The Times of the 30th exhibits more of the hire ling than I have witnessed for some time past. It labours hard to persuade people, against the evi dence of their senses, that the nation were rejoic ing for the peace. The locality from which I write is not an unimportant one. Now, let me offer you a comparison between the manifestation cf public feeling on the celebration of the Queen's birth-day in 1855 and 1856. In the former year there was a grand review, and thousands we re assem bl e d to witness it. The troops, as is customary, cheered by order ; but the moment their hats and faces were raised to the honour of their Queen, their cheers were almost drowned in the simultaneous burst from assembled thousands. Now, mark John Bull's repugnance to being humbugged. On the 29th above 2,000 troops were reviewed, and Ido not exaggerate when I say that there were from 20,000 to 30,000 spectators. The troops cheered, but, except from a few officials, not a h%t was raised nor a cheer h3ard. Now, these people are not less loyal or attached to their Sovereign this year than they were the last, and a similar shout would have marked their loyalty, had not two points, on which their feelings are dissimilar, been artfu'ly blended by the authorities. John Bull was not to be cajoled out of cheers for a series of transactions for which he has .paid but does not relish. The same wretched trickery is apparent in the modes by which the war is to bo paid for. The Chancellor wants now 40 millions, but he only asks for 7, and..depends on 32 millions of income tax, continued for two years at the present rate, by some austerity in laying ou the tax, and which escaped the notice of our excellent representatives. No wonder a Ministry keeps in favour who do not partially resort to indirect taxation. In the pre sent instance the burden of the war will fall, for the most part, on the payers of the income tax, amounting, I should think, to nit morn than a million and a half of persons ; consequently, the Chancellor, out of the 80 or 90 millions which we have to pay for thisTrecious escapade, raises one third by loan, the interest of which falls on pos terity, and two-thirds by confiscation. No marvel that the untaxed support the Ministry, and yet John Bull, having taken his place amongst the second-class powers, quietly supports the very party which has so reduced him, and this odious and oppressive tax is to pass for two years' without an effort for its reduction. I say, therefore, that such a people have obtained as good a peace as they could expect, and a better one they never deserved. Will any paper hear the unblushing and unprin- cipled Tunes venture to assert that this nation stands, at the close of this war, in the commanding position she did at the end of 1815 ? Then, who has done this ? I answer, the Liberals and the Times. Why, the man who wrote in that paper the jocose article on the debate in the Peers, on the surrender of our maritime rights, would dance a fandango on the grave of his father. I ask again, why does not Thl Sun, instead ofend less recapitulation of all the mischiefs which have been done, try to pint out the real causes, and suggest remedies ? Why not support the opposi tion, if there is such a thing in the House of Com mons, in resisting this continued income tax ?—I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ILLIBERAL. 31st May. THE SABBATH QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—At this moment, when the saints and fanatics of Exeter Hall are endeavouring t 3 interfere with the social and rational liberty of the people, and to create in this country a tyranny of the most odious and demora lising character, it occurred to me that the following bitter denunciation of the pharisaical tribe by the late Thomas Hood way interest many of your readers. The uncompromising and bold stand you have made against these Sunda.y fanatics induces me to think you would endeavour to find room for these admirable lines in your journal.—Yours truly, May 30, 1356. A. B. C. EXTRACT FROH AN ODE BY T/1011A.S HOOD. A pride there is of rank—a pride of birth, A pride of learning, and a pride of purse, A London pride—in short, there be on earth Al host of prides, some better and some worse; But of all prides, since Lucifer's attaint, The protidest swells a self-elected Saint. To picture that cold pride, so harsh and hard, Fancy a peacock in a poultry yard; Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing, and now planted stiff In all the pomp of pageantry, as if He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail ! As for the humble breed retain'd by man, He scorns the whole domestic clan— He bows, he tridles, He wheels, he sidles At last, with stately dodgings, in a corner Ho pens a simple russet hen, to scorn her Full in the blaze of his resplendent fan ! " Look here," he cries (to give him words) " Thou feather'd clay—thou scum of birds ! Flirting the rustling plumage in her eyes— Look hers, thou vile prodestin'd sinner, Doom'd to be roasted for a dinner, Behold these lovely variegated dyes ! These are the rainbow colours of the skies That Heav'n has shed upon me con amore— A Bird of Paradise ?—a pretty story ! I am that saintly fowl, thou paltry chick, Look at my crown of glory ! Thou dingy, dirty, dabbled, draggled jill !" And off goes Partlet, wriegling from A kick, With bleeding scalp laid open by his bill. That little simile exactly paints How sinners are despised by saints. By Saints !—the Hypocrites that ope heaven's door, Obsequious to the sinful mau of riches, But put the wicked, naked, bare-legged poor In parish stocks instead of breeches. The Saints ! —the Bigots that in public spout, Spread phosphorus of zeal on scraps of fustian, And go litre walking "Lucifers" about, Mere living bundles of combustion. The Saints !—the aping Fanatics that talk, All cant, and rant, and rhapsodies high-flown— That bid you baulk A Sunday walk, And shun God's work as you should shun your own. The Saints !—the Formalists, the extra pious, Who think the mortal husk can save the soul, By trundling, with a mere mechanic bias, To church, just like a lignum-vitai bowl ! The Saints !—the Pharisees, whose beadle stands Beside a stern coercive kirk, A piece of human mason-work, Calling all sermons contrabands In that great temple that's not made with hands ! Thrice blessed, rather, is the man with whom The gracious prodigality of Nature, The balm, the bliss, the beauty, and the bloom, The bounteous providence in every feature, Recall the good Creator to His creature, Making all earth a fane, all heaven its dome To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells Ring Sabbath knells ; The - jubilate of the soaring lark Is chaunt of clerk ; For choir, the thrush and the gregarious linnet ; The sod's a cushion for his pious want; And, consecrated by the heaven within it, The sky-blue pool a font. Each cloud-capp'd mountain is a holy altar; An organ breathes in every grove; And the full heart's a psalter, Rich in deep hymns of gratitude and love ! PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday the following remarkable feat of pedestrianism was per formed by Ensign Spiller of the 56th Depot, who under took to walk 16 miles within three hours. The ground chosen was the bank of the Royal Canal Dublin. Mr. Spiller starting from Saunders Bridge, walked to V - e Downs (four miles) and back, repeating the same within the given time, having four minutes sad ten seconds to spare. THE NEW TELEGRAPHIC WIRES TO INDIA AND AME. RICA.—The enthusiastic devotion of Mr. Thomas Allan, C.E., London, to this interesting branch of science, has been rewarded with results which merit the most at tentive considerati m, as some of the most formidable difficulties which have obstructed the successful com pletion of telegraphic enterprises seem by his energies in a fair way of being easily overcome. It is obvious that where a frail line of communication has to be car ried over the abrupt inequalities of the surface of our globe,- creeping over the summits of mountains, and lying along the deep shelves in the bed of the ocean, too much care cannot be devoted to its composition and tbsture. The wire prepared by Mr. Allan possesses advantages superior to those of any other conductor at present in use, and in the main requisites of conducta bility, strength, lightneee, and cheapness, its superiority is inconte s tibl e . Th e submarine wires commonly em ployed ar e o f copper , i ns ulated with gottapercha, and encased in iron. M r . Allan's wire is one of iron insu lated with a new fl ex ibl e material sufficiently strong to afford a full protection from all the contingencies to which such a conductor is ordinarily liable. The differ-1 ences between the two are at first sight rather startling. Weighing in some cases as little as one•tenth of the common wire, we obtain a conducting power three or even five fold greater, while the relative proportion of the strength of the wire to its weight is increased to a ' considerable degree. Add to these facts the diminished cost of construction, atd the greater ease with which it can be laid down, and we think we have said enough to prove its inventor a great national beadaotor., Caledonian llzercury, LYCEUM T.FIEATRE. The enterprising amateurs who last year so unex pectedly diverted the town by their embodiment of a pantomime—a soli., unequivocal, harlequinadc of the old school—yesterday evening fought their battles o'er again, and won further laurels in the domains of the tumbler and the acrobat. Mr. Albert Smith, as before, was the great pivot upon which the whole thing turned. He has been author, stage manager, prompter, inventor, and everything else, we believe—not theoretically, like the officious weaver of Athenian fame, but practically—aided in the first-men tioned capacity by Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. F. Talfourd, Mr. W. P. Hale, and Mr. S. Brookes. Tho story of "William Tell " supplied a good outline for comic travestie, the events of which are described in a ludicrous dialogue, after the modern extravaganza fashion, the point being pleasantly apropos to the politics of the day, and the puns of that whimsical description which create laughter on the strength of tbeir fantastic absurdity. The personages in the harleqainade were well filled. The Clown was Mr. Joseph Robins ; Pantaloon, Mr. Arthur Smith; 1-4r!equin, Mr. Lincoln Lane; and Columbine, Miss Rostna, Wright. Without followieg the scenes, we may remark that one of them, representing a country fair, brings together a great quantity of varied talent, Mr. Albert Smith ap pearing 33 a thimblerigger, Messrs. Holmes, Hallett, and Yates as three burlesque acrobats, and Messrs. Bis choff and Mosely as a couple of -- dancing dogs. But the most comical and original scene of all represents the interior of an academy, at which the Clown, as chief pupil, executes an imitation of a; Spanish dance, in which he is accompanied by his schoolfellows, who play on slates and pencils, vice tambourines. The whole merriment is brought to an allegorical con• elusion by the appearance of Shakspere and the Spirit of L'antonaime. The house was filled in every part. ADELPHI THBATBE. The great night of the season—the benefit of Madame Celeste—is fixed for Wednesday next, the 4th inst. On the occasions of her benefit the justly popular and talented directress of this theatre invariably produces a list of entertainments of the most attractive descrip tion ; and this year there is no exception to the general rule. The performances will commence with the cele brated Adelphi melodrama, "The Flying Dutchman ;" the second act of the "Green Bushes" will succeed the melodrama, and the evening's entertainments will conclude with the celebrated pantomime, "Mother Goose at Homo again"—so that the admirers of Mme. Celeste will have an opportunity of seeing her assume during the evening no less than three of her most cele brated characterp, viz., Vanderdeoken in "The Flying Dutchman," Miami in "The Green. Bushes," and Har lequin in the pantomime. That the house will. be a bumper there cannot be a doubt. TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA. Yesterday a meeting of parties interested in the trade wish Australia was - to have taken place, to hear the ex planations of Commodore Meriton as to his proposed route from Blackwall to Port Philip, but few attended, owing to some mistake in the advertisement. The gallant 01110 ER said, in advising the meeting to be postponed, that he was the founder of the colony of South Australia, and had been connected with it since the charter was obtained, and could, therefore, speak of the great interest taken in steam communication by the colonists. He had been upwards of 50 years connected with the maritime service, once engaged in the survey of part of the coast of South Australia, and was thoroughly versed in the various characteristics of an Australian route. He would simply draw attention to the time he proposed, which was on an average 48 days for the ou• - ward voyage, whilst the Liverpool and London shirs occupied from 80 to 90 days ; again, his route would bring the distance to only 11,864 miles. Tso vesse's were now at his command, and he should be happy to take charge of one of them before July, to test the prac ticability of his route and the saving of time proposed. The overland route was, in his opinion, liable to many objections for travellers and the conveyance of specie; he thought the ocean line of steamers, if well established, much preferable, and ought to be encouraged by the Government and the mercantile interests in particular. He considered that by his plan a regular monthly mail might be kept up, and the cost of the six steamers neces sary about 150,0001. Three voyages each might be made annually, at a pr )bable net profit of 5,000/. or 6,0001. for each steamer. As the meeting was ad journed, the gallant officer said he should be found at Pluuistead, near Woolwich, if any one of the deputation from Australia or others wished to see him before the I next meeting on the subject. BANK OF LONDON. An account of the liabilities and assets on Saturday, the 31st day of May, 1856, published pursuant to tho provisions of the Act to regulate Joint stock Banks in England. Dn. To paid.up capital To amount due by the bank on current and other accounts LIABILITIES. £300,000 0 0 £1,619,709 1 10 ASSETS. Dr Government and other securities, bills, discounted, cash on hand, &0.... £1,610,709 1 10 M. MARVIALL, Jun., Manager. Head-office, Threadneedle-street, June 2, 1856. PEMBROKE DOOKYARD.—Steps are now taking for the accommodation of a large number of troops at Pembroke Dock, as both the fortified barracks and the huts are quite full. A garrison chaplain has been appointed. Once or twice a week, as the weather permits, the regi ments are brigaded together, and in consequence of these field days (wnich are held on the heights adjacent to the fortified barracks) the troops are rapidly becoming a well trained and valuable force. OIL AND TALLOW TRADE.—Last week was one o -considerable business in forward deliveries, but not so active a demand for consumption as of late. The various estimates of the Russian supply continue each to find its advocate ; while there is not wanting some plausibility for the hypotheses put forward on both sides. For the small supply it is argued that, with the uncertainty pre vailing last year ss to the duration of the war, every cask would undoubtedly be forwarded to the Russian out ports for sale and shipment. For the large supply it is maintained that considerable quantities in out-lying dis tricts would be retained in the interior, the compara tively low price in St. Petersburg not making it worth while to forward such tall3w. Time alone can show which account is correct. Meanwhile it is certain that we have a large consumption, and are likely to have a continuance of the same, and that the home supply is short, and not likely to reach au average for months to come. The price for October and December advanced from 455. 6d. the 26th May, to 40s. on the 30th ; and on Saturday, 465. 3i. and even 46e. 6d. paid. Y.C., on the spot, has been tolerably steady, varying only about 3d. per cwt. The St. Petersburgh news by telegraph is to the 30th ult. Exchange, 38 ' • 138 r oubles on the spot, and 133 10 for August. The letters are to the 26th ult. Prices as above, and about 6,000 casks done in the week. Our concluding prices are—On the spot, 40s. ; June and July, 435. 9d. ; October and December,. 465. to 465. 3d. Tallow oil, 321. lOd. ; tallow elaine, 435, ; town tallow, 4G net cash. We quote—Palm oil, 38s. Cocoa-nut oil—Cocbin, 395. ; ditto, Ceylon, 388. ; lin seed oil, 325. South American tallow, 475, ; she e p, ; beefs 44. ' .• LATEST NII.IWS. BERLIN, JUNE 2. From St. Pderslairg wo learn that it is now positive that Baron Budberg is to be Russian Minister at Vienna ; Baron Brunosv, at present at Paris, will come to Berlin ; and Prince Del gourouki, late Minister of War, will go to Paris. BERLIN, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3. The Emperor of Russia passed through Berlin at 1 o'clock this morning, on his way from Pots- dam to St. Petersburg. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The project of law intended to be laid before the new Chambers in Belgium, in pursuance of the engagement given by the Government, applies to three things in particular, viz., the stamp, the signing the article with the author's name, and the power given to the law officers of the Crown to in stitute proceedings without the necessity of a pre. vicms demand from a foreign Government. Prince Oscar of Sweden left this morning for Havre. He visits Cherbourg and Brest, and re turns to Paris on Saturday. Tho waters of the Rhoue fell nearly three feet between yesterday noon and three o'clock this morning. Those of the Saone were likewise de clining. Five hundred houaes have been destroyed in and near Lyons, and 125 at Avignon. The Legislative Corps has voted a sum of 2,000,000 f. for the victims of the inundations. The amount of the New Russian Loan is esti mated at 500,000,000 of francs in a 4 per cont. stock. It will be redeemable by means of a sinking fund of 1 per cent., and secured on the revenue of the Customs. The following is the text of the letter which the Emperor of the French has written to the bishops to invite them to attend the baptism of the Impe rial Prince : "Monsieur Eveque de ---, —We shall go our selves to present our son for baptism in the church of Notre Dame cf Paris on Saturday, the 14th of June. It has seemed to us that the clergy of France, associated in the joys of the c unary as in our hopes, ought to be re presented by their first pastors on this solemn occasion. We are assured besides that the episcopacy will be happy to unite their prayers to the wishes expressed in the name of the common father of the faithful, and to assist on this occasion the representative of his Holiness, Pope Pius IX. We desire, therefore, Monsieur l'Eveque, that you will come to Penis to attend the ceremony of the baptism of the Prince Imperial. This letter having no other object, we pray God to have you in his holy keep ing. Given at the palace of St Cloud, the 13th of Mey. " NAPOLEON." The BOURSE, Juno 2.—The following were the last quotations : _ . _ Cash. fr. s: End of Month. li por Cents fr3 50 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 74 30 7i 45 New Loan 74 45 hank Sharea 4,150 Roman CrC3dit Mobilier 1,907 Austrian Belgian Five. — Spanish Threes Piedulontose (5) 93 Home Dabt ...... RA ILIV A7El—7 0 a CASH. c. fr. e Orleans Northern 1,152 50 Strasburg .1,000 Eiyollfs 1,545 Now Ditto Lyons Geneva 835 Teste Cele BlO Austrian Com. 935 The Monileur publishes a decree promulgating the bill recently adopted by the Legislative Body and sanctioned by the Senate, for modifying the old patent laws. TURKEY. - The Agram, Gazette of the 19th says :—" The reading of the Hata Scheriff of the Sultan relative to the Christians has taken place in each of the districts of Bosnia. It was effected without any particular ceremony, in presence of the Turkish functionaries, the Christian clergy, and the princi pal inhabitants ; and those persons who had as sembled for the occasion separated after the reading as though it had been a document in which they took but little interest. The feeling produced amongst the masses has been that of discontent." RUSSIA. The Emperor, on leaving St. Petersburg on the 17th inst., did not, as was at first supposed, go direct to Warsaw, but went round by Moscow, which he visited in all haste. The most plausible reason that is at present assigned for this visit to Moscow, besides the inspection of the preparations for hisapproaching coronation, is the all-important question of the direction of the future lines of rail road. The original plan for connecting the pro vinces of Groat Russia with Poland and the Baltic was to construct a line from Kursk to Dunaburg, where it would meet the Petersburg-Warsaw and the Dunaburg-Riga lines. The plan that seems now to have the Emperor's approbation is to take Smo lensk for its starting point, and run to Dunaburg. This latter line would certainly have the advantage of opening up an almost direct communication be tween Moscow and the western provinces. Another motive assigned for the visit to Moscow was the desire of the Emperor personally to examine into the feasibility of certain plans for the improvement and embellishment of the town which have been submitted to him. The main feature of this plan consists in pulling down and getting rid of the numerous wooden houses with which the town abounds. In one part of the town it is decided that they shall be pulled down at once, and in another this is to be done at a future time ; and it is settled once for all that there are to bo no more houses erected of wood there. The following is the text of the amnesty just issued to the Polish exiles, on the occasion of the Czar's visit to Warsaw. It appears in the Warsaw Ofiicial Gazette of May 30 :—" H.M. the Emperor, being desirous of showing his paternal clemency to those who, having unlawfully left the kingdom of Poland or the Eastern Governments of the emp;ra, now regret their fault, and wish to return to their country, and being, at the same time, willing to convince them that their previous offences are forgotten, deigns to authorise his embassies abroad to receive their petitions for the grant of a permit to return. The authorisation to reenter their country will be immediately granted to the petitioners, and they will not be subjected to any further investigation or responsibility to the Courts of Justice. On the contrary, from the mo ment of their return, they will all resume their civil rights and the privileges of their respective ranks, and after three years of irreproachable conduct they will be admissible into the pupil° service, so as to become useful to their country and to be placed in a position to prove the sincerity of their sentiments. Thoso of the emigrants who, by their proceedings, have constantly shown, and still show, an incorri gible hatred towards the Russian Government, are excepted from this act of his Majesty's mercy." A correspondent of the Berlin .Bourse Gazette affects to know positively that the Czar's visit to the Court of Prussia has been prompted by his de sire to see the Danubian Principalities united under the sovereignty of a German plaice. PRUOIA• BERLIN, June I.—Yesterday ;eveningthere was a so-called Festal performance at tLI Opera-house —that is to say, one to which the tichTets are for the most part distributed to the officers a2d men who had in the morning taken part in the parade. The Emperor and the King were among those pre sent ; the former, as in the morning, iu the Prus sian Lancer uniform ; the latter in that of a Rus sian G enera l. After the performance at the Opera the Emperor was present at a review, nearly as fine as that he had parti3ipated in in the morning, and with which only the most satisfactory reflections of the efficiency and usefulness of the body reviewed can be asso ciated. As soon as the opera was over, and the Court returned to the Schloss, the alarm was tele graphed from the palace that a firs had broken out at the Schloss, and in a few minutes the engines, followed up by the light vans that transport the men, and tuns of water running on wheels, came t e aring into the Lust gar ten, and the Schloss Platz, from all quarters and districts of the town, their torches flaring, and the signal bell that each engine carries clanging away to warn pedestrians out of the road. The police assembled also in considerable force, and kept the ground clear, so that no im pediment was offered to the evolutions of the men while going through all their manoeuvres: The groups of the firemen, partially lit up by the torches, while clustering round their dusky-looking vehicles, and the chain of policemen, on foot and mounted, that formed the extreme verge of the scene, their helmets from time to time reflecting the flickering light, formed a most attractive picture. The Grand Duke of Oldenburg, to enjoy it nearer, got into one of the firemen's vans, and drove in and out among the groups. In the middle of the day yesterday, after the parade was over, the Emperor received Baron Man teuffel in a private audience at the hotel of the Russian Embassy. Prince Gortschakoff had already while the parade was go .33g on paid his visit to the same I\liniAer•Preeident, Who returned it the • afternoon. AUSTRIA VIENNA, May 30.—The question of the con( 'es" sun of the Galician railroads is not yet definitive settled, but the present idea of Government is 1 4) , give that part of the line between Myslovitz an , 1 Przemysl, which is completed, with the exception: of some GO English miles, to the Northern Railroad Company. The Galician nobles are to hav3 the lag" from Przemysl to Lemberg and Brody, acid from to Czernovitz and Suczava. In other. words, the Northern Railroad Company is to "hay° the fat oyster, and the Galician nobles the eu TOY shells. Things are not progressing as favo ably as could be wished in the commerc 1" and manufacturing world. There is a gen 5" ral stagnation in trade, and such a dearth 31 - , capital that the Credit Bank has been it 1 " . duced, or rather forced, by its powerful pro - tectors to advance 1,500,000f1. at 5 per cent., et t manufactured cotton goods. The Pi-esse has all 1 . article on the subject, in which it points out the ; extreme danger of having recourse to such a " bol stering" process at such a moment. Provisions are gettingcheaper—the prospects for the comin.g har vest are good—there is peace at home and abroad —and the inland manufacturers have no mare to fear from foreign competition than they had for , inerly. When some of the manufacturers at Brunn got into difficulties, it was all well and good 1 (: ) " give assistance to the place, but the idea of a,i". vaucing money on manufactured goods wild hardly meet with the approbation of thits holders of Credit Bank Shares. It is but rendering justice to the Credit Bank to say, ► . that it refused to interfere in favour of the Sox leth cotton-factory at Brunn, as on examination its complete insolvency was evident. A great deal has recently been said and written about the vast quan tity of silver recently purchased by the National Bank, but the stock of specie is only 2,842,595 p. larger in this month of May than it was in April. The paper circulation is 1,865,431 ff. less. Yester day the entire stock of specie in the collars of the +ilk was only 56,914,45311., and the amount of .notes in circulation 368,407,66311., but still the Viennese talk of the speedy resumption of cash payments. In order to assist the larger importers of foreign goods, Government intends to grant them a year's credit for a part, not exceeding one half of the duty. Proper security must, however* I be given by the importers. ITALY. M. Mellana presented to the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th ult., a project of law to the effect of granting a national recompense to General Alphonse della Marmon.. The project was signed. by 116 deputies. The President, M. Boncompagni , having observed that the usual formalities with, reference to the proposition might be di , pensea with, M. Buffo rose and moved that the Pre sident himself should choose the members of the commission charged to report upon it. The Chain: ber having agreed to the motion, M. Boncompagul composed the commission as follows :—MM. Buffa, Casanova, Cavalli, Demarchi, Mellana, Soppa, and Valerio. On the 28th the officers of the garrison of Turin offered a banquet to their comrades who had re turned from the Crimea. The entertainment took place in the splendid salon of the hotel Trombetta, under the presidency of General Cuechiari. During the dinner a multitude of people, assembled in the court-yard and round the hotel, shouted vivats in, 'honour of the Crimean heroes, and loudly applawleo. one of the tunes performed by the band—" For ward, Riflemen ! "—which imitates the sound 01 the bugles of the Bersaglieri. The editor of the Armonia was to be tried ort the 28th for an article on the celebration of the fete of the Constitution, deemed offensive to the Go vernment. Not having presented himself, he yrs° sentenced by default to 18 months' imprisonmen t and 2,000 f. fine. The municipality of Turin, wishing to give the distribution of the Crimean medals as much so lemnity as possible, intended to contribute a large sum of money for that purpose. On the 29th, a service was celebrated in the Church del Corpus Domini, for the repose of the Florentine soldiers who fell on the 29th of May , 1848, fighting at Curtatone and Montanara agains t the Austrians. The Genoa Corriere Mercantile denies that all insult had been offered to the Austrian Consul at Genoa, as asserted by some Turin journals. The Tuscan Moniteur of the 27th ult. announce s the return to Florence, on the 25th, of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and his family. SPAIN. MADRID, May 31.—The adjudication of the loan of 400 millions of reals, intended for the conver sion of the floating debt, took place to-day. The Company Prost tendered for 100 millions, at 40 90 ; the Credit Pereire for 200 millions, at 40 51; the Spanish Credit Establishment for 200 millions , at 40 40. The tenders of Prost and Pereira are considered secure. The adjudication for the conversion of 200 mil lions of reals of the floating debt into Three p er Cent. Consolidated Stock has just taken place 0 0 - the most favourable conditions. The Government" had fixed the minimum rate at 40, and the tender,,,e , which were made for a larger sum than the 2 1 N millions, were a fraction higher than 41. , THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING• By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam' ship Madrid, Captain Brasdhaw, we have dates from Gibraltar, May 25th ; Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbon , 29th ; Oporto, 31st ; Vigo, 31st. The Madrid brings 68 passengers, 7 packages °I ,specie (value unknown), and a cargo of fruit, win e ' elephants' teeth, &c. On the 30th ult. the Madrid spoke the Peninan" lar and Oriental steam-ship Sultan, off Oport o ; 31st, off Finisterre, the steamer Queen ; June is t t in lat. 46.26, long. 6.56 W., saw an English screw; line of battle ship, steering S.S.W.; and on the 2 passed the Royal Mail transport ship Orinoco, o " x°' Ushant, bound to the Crimea. The Madrid left at Lisbon her Majesty's steamer Basilisk, coaling, en route from Spithead for t he West Indies. The Lisbon exchanges for the month are quoted this mail at 541- to 8, on London ; Paris, 519 to 520; Amsterdam, 43i; Hamburg, 49i; and Genea' 517. There were few takes on London, and transac; tions were generally limited, as also on Paris and ' Hamburg. Other quotations are nominal. Stocks were looking up, Three per Cents. being 411 to 42 ex div.; Bank of Portugal shares, 499 t° 502 milreis each ; and Oporto Bank shares, 1 8 t° 20 per cent. premium. The English schooner William, Capt. WillianOt which had arrived at Lisbon, from Gibraltar, re' ported having been fired at by the Portuguese re venue steamer Lynx, on the 20th ult., near CaP e St. Mary, on the coast of Algarve. It appea l. ,! that the steamer remained at anchor about 13w - from the shore, and amused itself by firing at and vessel passing, instead of getting up steam a n boarding those it may suspect. The schooner escaped without injury, hut a brig, also und er English colours, was struck by a shot. The latter was reported to the British Consul, who, it WO expected, would cause the matter to be fully ind vestigated. Several clauses of the now Loan Bill had been ; approved by the Deputies at Lisbon. Intelligence from Gibraltar reported that li en Majesty's steam-transport Transit, from ports mouth for the East, put into the port to repas t some trifling defects in the machinery. On the 24th ult. her Majesty's troop-ship can, from the Crimea, with the 17th Regiment ° Foot on board, bound to Quebec, arrived same Wm' The Simoom, with the 39th Regiment, for OW bee, sailed from Gibraltar on the 23d. The Hiinalaya left Gibraltar for Halifax on ea° 21st ult., with the 62d and 63d Regiments fronz the Crimea. Several transports have passed Gibraltar on W i t outward and homeward voyages to and from tv Crimea. The British screw-steamers Arno and Corinthian, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 22d. k Exchanges were quoted for bills on London at 90 days, 51 ; Paris, sf. 38c. GOTERNMENT DESPATCHES AND BEO 4 FOROEMENTS TO CANADA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY Nicrr• The Archer, 14, screw, Captain Heatheote, Las bee ° ordered, by electric message this evening, to precast' ° Halifax wit all ossible espatch. It is repo h rted p that the d Esk, 21, screw, hag had her destination (South America) changed to Halifax. MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAT.---; About half of the specie brought by the Itoyal 3fa y. steamer America, yesterday afternoon (400,000 do10)(1 was on French account, and was transshipped on boa the Cunard screw-steamer Delta, which sailed for Ilaj te this morning. A letter from davannah says Itoyil Mail-steamer Clyde, from Vera Crnz, arri l o here, and re-sailed for St. Thomas and England, MO' . 1. 1 abou t with a large amount of speCie, having shipped 1,000,000 doh. at TalDl3loo, and 1,250,000 dole; at 1 . 18 . ,1 Cruz. 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