The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-07 00:00:00

~..E,...,•1.. ly to trrao MAN with tho In states it armies. nts of in at.talinnt alions of )00 men. )00 men ,chweri.sy furnish fl L,820,0 0. CI. is state 0. )increal le neitht sr 7 finance s is CO n Minister F Immoned • "Sonally as to th e states c !ding 'Oa( Inltiluni • LACK:. ,ciciress he Bla astifies b ifi L which t 3h has no Iwperia :ontai ned, • daring ti at son o r had lief ssia aban • id, lastly,• where it' esults o ers actin g niaritahl. Sail of tE A d in COD 3' n://e; an d lual fog. 0, po.l, witl ista nt 1;9, 0 euients ot to fa btaia Indin i 7-in" ent o the has tL'in 3 le pre lent nibled for %dron." g offic auclie) ice bao the from the with th 3 ning the the n 331 1 ates t. hat ;xpeetc Gover me fro 0 oard t: 3nch at :d me time, 1 possible ay at the [t is sup ttehes 'hich ha ie Lowe t 5 arrive, 'ever, re. ►rket fo: r y. Th , ie end o f Cents, a Ze. 03 a, 985 f. ; ; Stras .d Lyons, 1., 815 f. ; ad Cette, . 25 c.; it Mobi- e Par/o , ' roper to cq co, with y of .Na' of June) e on the following eo:n a Ge• ho gloried nanimityy, 'e fortune erve in a 1800, all ,t 1 secured ply. That the most Part with to public , nt should trnbi tious tris 41 per giorY f prO ,ublic sale te witness France a 3 t. A. so y formed arch a sing generous auction. 11 people under of '.lst u.it.) giving Lrtu rfan'or r. Of;wrLY iderstood is friends btfd, an placed at ,actnent ,mpletelY orciship'g ; a diplo e leaves and ad- y in the the spe ong-con- sed by s, which 1, and, accounts isure for ed only a quick several is again ti m ryangvat he July 1 at 93b of the demand 3 nt, and distrust urn the account 1 at one lete the Monet packet s :rnment )ec, ar e ie 10th a ug ust, ,ade uP ic h col be HP' • he po't' I. for 01 ...f o r ono o unce, inlan d or for a book s ;ding -xce, a: i ts we ll gust b° MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, including 2,000 Ame fican and 500 Surat taken for export and on specu- Pion. The market closed with an upward ten 'ency. Compared with Friday's rates prices of American were id. to id., and Surat id. per lb. dtarer, and other sorts but little changed. The sales comprised 50 Pernam and Maranham at 60. ; 1,500 Surat at 3d. to 4id. and the re mainder nearly all American. Railway shares Were dull at rather lower prices. The Iron Market is dull ; Scotch pigs at fully 2 s. decline, and mixed Nos. at 89s. cash, and 90s. elle month. The amount of tea upon which duty was paid in t he 'United Kingdom during the year ending the eitli of May last , was 21,451,0101b5. against ,2 70,6271b5. in the corresponding period to May 4353. The Directors of the Chartered Bank of Asia are advertisi ng that they will hold a meeting on the Lath instant, and forfeit those shares for which the ~ -ed. is not ere then si g ned. The Australasian Gold Mining Company is to close its books on the 20th instant, after which the dculation and division of assets will be made for Windi ng up. The Hibernian Bauk has declared a dividend of 9 per cent., free of income tax, for the half-year e liding the Ist of May. , As there is likely to be a good deal of misappre sision upon the subject of the new and barefaced L a t tempt on the part of the Peruvian Government foist upon the London market the home bonds 4 iidestinely converted into Foreign Debt, it is 4, ( important that all parties interested should at once he made acquainted with the real facts of tlie case, for we perceive that even one or . 10 of our contemporaries have fallen into trror upon this subject, and that unless 1 le matter is put in its right light, the consequences II ay even be serious, as encouraging the tottering Ithorities at Lima to persevere in their dishonest et arse. Into the history of this juggle it is not cessary now to enter at any length. Every one 4 1 ! ho h o lds the stock has been made acquainted, ti 'rou g h the medium of the statements at the aline meeting, with the fact that, when the 't rim er President left office, the total amount 'Cognised as being due to parties whose property id been injured during the War of Independence, slo had claims for supplies furnished, was cora -14, iratively insignificant. No sooner, however, did ie present ruler come into power, than he was 'set by a parcel of Court favourites and place °lders, and by them induced to recognise a host applications, which saddled the country with an liereao us amount in proportion to its legitimate ha " iliti es . To render the scheme, however, immediately reductive in the only sense desired by these ad- enterers, it was necessary to enlist the co-opera i°ll of parties in England, who could, it was hoped, insist in getting the bonds, when converted into °reign debt, introduced into the London market, 'l quoted officially. The terms of the contract ; were so tempting, that there was not much difficulty 4 securing this object. Certain bonds were lodged n the treasury at Lima, being bought up for a t ?re song, and the new security was given in ex- Pn(ge. Fortunately, persons who had resided in ) ern, and had a large stake in the loans fairly con- I ratted here, were kept well informed by their : '°rrespondents, and an agitation being got up sere, a committee was formed, and the Stock Ex 4',,"arige, greatly to its credit, has refused to sanction ee additional debt. This places all the persons con ! 'erned therein in a very unenviable position, and ; vith a v i ew t o th e i r re !iaf the Government at Lima L OIN' steps forward. Owing to the increasing rate of 'reight, the price of guano has been raised, and the Proceeds of this extra price, which it is therefore e vident must exceed the additional charge for f reight, are to be apyrapriated to a sinking t 4 " 1 . Now comes the bait. If the holders of 'e original d e bt will consent to the quo- Cation of the new stock, they are, as a matter ,° 4, favour, to participate in the additional sinking ' llll d. There is, consequently, a bribe and a threat held out simultaneously. But, worse than t ! l ads, the gr ossest misrepresentation is employed in Official document, inasmuch as it is made ,° appear that some small knot of discontented P e rsons have opposed the new bonds , w hereas it is n o t or i ous that a large public meeting i of the cre dit ors was h e ld, at which reso lutions were unanimously passed, in the face of I ' ll 'l most strenuous opposition and the most alluring I,ui6representations, against the recognition of the s)eeas ; and that a committee was formed to watch e -- ..er the interests of the original holders. Does _any rational person b e li eve th a t w hen this com mittee, ittee, loyally assisted by Earl Clarendon, has eY v ery prospect of wre s ti ng from the Peru- Pr). Government ample and equitable con 410ns, they would recommend their constituents LO accept the contemptible promise that is now D!olrered, when, instead of this paltry half of an ' 4 definite sum, what the bondholders claim and I.,expect is the entire proceeds of the guano sent to ? The authorities at Lima will then have quite sufficient from the quantity sent to other countries wherewith to meet all legitimate ex -12:1155, although they may be shorn of the m eans of reward to their favourites. Happily, General Castilla is gaining ground, and in all )pro bability will overthrow his opponents, and should 'le the n be elected president, as from his great p o pularity there is not the slightest doubt he will b e, we shall see nearly the whole of this improvi dently created home debt modified, and perhaps ey es , annulled, and thus the last effort of the losing ttY would only remain as a memento of their weakness and simplicity, for the cora kittee here can scarcely be so uninformed as n ot t o see th roug h th e whole affair. Let us not h ear another word, therefore, of compromise or e quiescence, for we are satisfied that neither is in tended. The committee will make in a few days " sr. special report of all that they have done. To 'errow, as we hear, there will be a document uldished by the parties interested in the home b onds, intended to show that Congress has latterly 44 1ctioned them; but letthe Stock Ex change beware. The payment of diff,Tences arising out of the s peculative account which was closed yesterday, has been completed without further casualties, a nd even i oane of the parties minus yesterday is expected to pay in full. There has not for years past been an account of such magnitude, and it . creditable that the enormous losses incurred ye been so well met. We cannot won der at the extreme temporary elevation :1 1 price s after such wholesale selling for time. Had th e Chancellor of the Exchequer contracted a new 13:1 °4 e, the Bears would have been helped out of the „ e ss) and would have had at least some chance of rigating their loss, but we believe they had gone it ° ,such lengths that even the ten millions of Con hc") Which were expected to bo created, would only ha ve 4 v, e squared their accounts. The unpopu larity of the Exchequer Bond substitute will . t; e easily comprehended after these explana '°ll) and we have here another proof of tile frequent opposition between the inte rest of the public and that of the speculators. Con -4 els opened this mo rn i ng a t 93 to 93f1 for transfer, have since be en 92i, and are now 031. For the 16th July, the quotations have been 923. to —a `` backwardation" off to per cent. Yesterday, however, to 1 per cent, was paid for the loan of xtock, although the Bank continued its accommo el tion to some parties. Exchequer Bills have been Par to 4s. premium, and the Bonds to 1 pre m. :Bank Stock is worth 2 04 to 206. Th e New 3 - 1 per . cents. have been 91i to 921, The Foreign Securities have maintained a very aspect. Grenada Deferred Stock i s at 6 1 1, and Mexican at 24 to }. Peruvian have been done it 6 6, and 50 for the 44 per Cents. and the Threes. 4 , - '',ussian 5 per Cents. have risen to 101. S pan i sh „ tirees are at 40k. ,The Railway Share Market is less active, and Prices are rather in favour of buyers. French ares also are rather cheaper. The Gold Mining Shares have been nominal, the jil ien of London Bank have risen 1/. to 21., as the le x, t meeting will be very favourable ; t h e Crystal Pa lace have further declined, and the Land Com panies' are quiet. :RlTisa FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, -- —•— , c 1131114186 dOllll. Sal* Stock 3 9l i $ I „ „ 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 $ 2 3A 2g 0. li Pc , ' Cent Consols Annuities 92, 11 2i 2 a , e ,"' 3 } per Cent. Annuities riln. Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 11-16 dla Stock 232 Indiaßonds, £l000 I)• it to, , "to, under £lOOO par 4 p naola for Opening 19th July ttc hequer Bills, 24d- Rl OO RI 9 par 4 p ~,, Small par 4 p i 3 / 4 p :11 rkt l e- R z il i to . 9 :E n " i i:: ,(l ,o s R Se E ri fGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 99 3 / 4 5 per Cent. 14':1?ada Bonds, Deferred 11! c an 3 per Cent. ic,i't littttO 3 for 241 4 the Account 24 O man Bonds 4i per Cent. per dent 50 ft°ltuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. 4O . 118- rol ian o 4/3Aollpdser, Cent B6 5 per Cent. £ St lOO 1 86 7 6 'B4:,,dinian-Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... ."4nah onds Defer:Cen 'P'/lish New , 3 per Cent 2O bividen-lz en th 4 , lWe payab! , ?n tr :,,,,/ I:IALF-PAz P TWO. Consol s 93k Polisols ter Opening 19th Jul/ 11. , ..••/ 9211 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business dons Si this day. 5( 23 -- 24 5 - 5h 8 - 9 12 -11 dial 17 - 18! 7i - 95 - 97 581 -58 i 144 - 156 9 11 42 = ii 7 - 8 7- lOil l' i i = ii-_ 61 - 63 58 - GO ii - 25 58 62 89i •„II 90i 71 73 123 - 125 87 - 89 11 - 13 D 11 •-• 1 C 3 p 62 - 7i - 7i iii ..--: li 8i 8A par A 103 A 104 A 99A 100 A d p a r 1 d 80 82 10 9 AI 9 8d 104 -- 204 61k. 62 34 - 36 d— -6i Sad 21 21 6 - 8 47 - 49 34 31 334 ... 314 50 54 par i p .. ilf — 4 . d ... 7 74 30 - 32 85 87 54 • 56 60 - 65 60 - 65 3 - 24 15 - 17 7i - 84 11 - 13 4 -ad 5 1 1 2. EAILwAts. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. 4St Birk., .£5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian . Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass ' Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&Be'fastJune Dundee Pertl , &Aber (ken Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H) • Eastern Counties Eastern - Union, A Stock .. . Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgb & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles ! Edin. Prth & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock C'tt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D)., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Orsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal. Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Do. Eighths LondouandS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Linde Do., Man. of Lin. Un Midland Do.l3.irmn g. & Derby Midld. G. Wes . ...(lre.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & flrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Nortlin.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London ,Do. New £lO IN. &S. Wstrn. Mani p-1 stead, and City Jn I North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester,Sz, --- - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paidl RAILWAYS. Compans. yesterday. this day. —.—• 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West. Sir. 100 Buckghamsh. LAN.W. 93 95 50 all ClydesdaleJe. Caledon... 94 96 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 25 all Glas. Bare. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New...... Do . . .... ... 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & lk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 103 1 524 105 25 all Do. Shares. Do 5l 124 all Do. d Shares. Do 25 264 13i all Lon.&;Greenw S. Eastern 12 134 20 all Do.Preferenee Do 22 34 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 00 Do. 6 per ct. • ••• 5A all Stanch. Bxtn. L.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2i 2i 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. ••• IDC all Midld.Bradfd IMidland.. 90 • 92 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 56 58 50 Do. 6 per ct. Do * ... 65 50 all Do. Fixeds p. Do • ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk ad 124 12 Do. Shares. Do — ad St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthu St. 1.00 Do.Shepth.St Do — •.. 25 18 Shef•Rothant Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 3. Staffordsh. A.MClean 21 lid 50 all WearValleygr 4toekt. & 6 per cent._ Darlingt. ••. 25 all Do D0..•...... 284 294 St. 100 Wilts&So-itrst GtWestn. 90 92 t. 1100 $ 30 t. 100 .5 all Gi 61 all 3i 1 all 5 all 2 7i 6i all 6i all XI all !..0 all PREFERENCE SHARES. .berdeen . Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5,} per cent Cork &Bandons4p.c D andee Perth &Aber deen Junction ?astAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 176) 7 p. c ,astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Easi, Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Prof Edinb Prth. &Dundec 5 per cent. Glasgow &,3.Western Guar. 5 per gent._ areat Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh. 'Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. coy. red. 46 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. irred. 4 p. c Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l' Do. Quarters, 1848... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Wester): Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis.i Sb \lan., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Ilarypt. Zit Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent 94 -- 96 4i :: 96 3 - 3i 3 - 4 i - i P 1 1 -..... r 13 -13 i 23 - 24 5 all 0 all 100 5 all 5 1 011 3 - 3i . Ito° -- ..,ad 114 -- 116 101 - 109 10 - 101 11 I 1, 71 8 .. ad 1071 6 61 95 - 97 87 89 90 92 Id par 1132 134 1151 ... .." ... - 3 53 6} id par THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, left Buckingham Palace at ten o'clock yesterday morning for Eton College, for the purpose of being present at the delivery of " The Speeches." The Gentlemen in Waiting were Lord George Lennox and Captain Du Plat, the Duke of Terceira, Vicomte de Car riera, Baron de Sarmento, Colonel Folque, Lord d e ' Tabley, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Gibbs. The royal party travelled from town by a special train on the South- Western Railway, proceeding from the terminus to the College in four of the Queen's carriages, and returned to Buckingham Palace at a quarter after two. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Camoys, Major-General Buckley, Captain Du Plat, the Duke de Terceira, the Vicomte de Carreira, and Lord de Tabley. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open carriage-and-four. Lord Camoys and the Hon. Mortimer West have suc ceeded the Marquis of Ormonde and Mr. F. Cavendish, as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Lieutenant John O'Reilly, R.N., had an interview with Col. the Hon. C. Grey, at Buckingham Palace, on Tuesday to submit drawings by his son, Lieut, Mon tague O'Reilly, of H.M.S. Retribution, of Odessa, Varna, Soulina mouth of the Danube, and the bombardment of Odessa, for the inspection of Prince Albert. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Thursday) at Buckingham Palace. The Rev. Horace Powys had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone returned to townyesterday from Windsor. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentle man at his official residence in Downing-street. We are glad to learn, from inquiries at Devonshire House yesterday afternoon, that the Duke has passed a good night, and is going on well. Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Bitmg Do. L. & N. Western, Guaranteed Sitt.k Shrewsby. & Berefd Shrewsby. is Gitestey , (N. W. Mio Do. Halves,l • ' I Do. Oswest_y Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,d; D,fully paid up at lier cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. DUD 14 16 63 63!, 344 4 2d 1 5 Do Staines,Wok &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. io --- ii Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace \Vest London Wimbledn&Croydou York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N.Midland 3 - 3i 18 a 19 4 - 5 20 22 4 = 70 71 n - 'Tic( 4t 41(i 50i -- 511 dim 70 12 51 501 1i 50 FOREIGN. 10 ' 9 Antwcrp&Rotterdam 3A 3 d 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 11 20 8 I3eziers to Graissessac 31 —24 cl 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, anti Central India,Scl'l id—ip Pm Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & 7.rquehu — • 17A all Demerara 20 14 Dijon are 3esau;:on — p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3l —31 d 20 all East Indian 1 - 2 p 20 2 Do. Extenb'm d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 6 p 20 10 Gd. Junet. of France 25 7 Grd. Trunk of Canada .. ...a 100 40 Do. Debeutares 9 7 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France par— p 20 all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Do. Bands (lst is.)'s7 ..p 20, all Hamilton & Toronto par 1p 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Coast. & Basle 5 all 'Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c• prof• dos 20 15 Luxembourg 5 5i 10 10 Do. (Railway) 3 3i 5 2 Do.Prer 5 3 Do. (Canal) : 11 10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref l/ lid 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran — 20 13:, Madras id par 33A 33. 1 Maria Antonia - 10 all Do. do. New 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7l 7a 20 all Do. (ex interest) .. . —• .. 16 all Northern of France 341 —31 a Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) —• 10 all NorwegianTrunkPri? . 8 9 20 10 Paris and I ons l7l —184 p 40 all Ditto Bone 10 all Paris and Oilcans 47 20 all Paris and Rouen 37 39 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 32i -- 321 32a 20 10 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. —pm 104 10i Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre ... 20 12 Royal Danish 2d par 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bi 9 ... 6 Do. 5i p. cont. Pref 20 6 Southern of Frar ce ••• —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) • 8/ all West Menders 3 4 10 all Do 5# per c. Pref . —d ad z d 20 10 Western of France .6 7 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland 3/ —4l ad 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand - 4d 1 all 1 all .os. all 10 2 20 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all Aqua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordiller? 'Australian Freehold Ave Maria Bader (Gd . D achy el) Blaenarvon ii. a, coal irsritish Aubtrl Gok British Iron . Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pit Do. Coates do Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min: la p:tr --• d - 10 1 all 13.5 ;5 241 7 .- 44 - 5i - 2t 29 --31 - it 1 t t 1 t Co. of Jamaica- Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. oZ Eng Do. Pref. 76 p. cent English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great NuggeiNein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co. Mariquita Mexican& S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and 9melting Co Nouveau Monde 45 - 47 - 10 -12 50 - 60 2 - 4y It. all .t 5 all 5 all 11 - 2} M all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 1 = 1: 1 ii i a o 11 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all 1 -----• 1 ti• - 64 .--- i 1 I all !O I all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Roca ithymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba oath Australian rin Cmft L cited Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa , Worthing Mining of i - i 16 - 17 30 - 32 9 - 10 44 - 5 2 - 4 5I 1 1 all 0 all .5 15 1.0. 1 all 1.0 7 :Si all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 3i - 3t i - i i' -7- Idi Australia , Yuba ..• ..•.• ••• ti 1 I all and C I L L r 0 A . NE 0 n 7 kubin C la oal BE 25 17 lustralian Agricult. 44 —44 i 20 14 l JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 5 all 82 i lustralsn.Pcific.Mai Australasia ColOnial Bank 10 8 kustraln. R o y a l Mail ••• •••and L o an Company „. ... 10 4 Berlin Wate r Works :•: ••• • 50 all British N. American ••• .. ---------:-----TCr--------n—"--- 40 40 allau British 50 40 Brit. American L an d 70 — ••• 25 5 Chartd. B ank of Asia 1 id 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Sraeltg. — BO 20 2 C lutd. Bak. of India, and Reduction Co Australia, & China „. ... d 100 32i Canada •• • 80 85 100 25 Commercial•• of Loud. ... ... 5 3i Do. New .. 4 2 Crystal Pal. of ir;;e _ —1 1 4i A u5tra1ian............ 3 —2i d 20 3 Eastern Steam • •• • 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of ••• • 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 17 18 Australia ............ 20i 214 25 all Do. (B) 50 20 Loudon and County—, ••• ... ..• ... 1 1 Electric Meg. of Ir. ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock..' „. ... 38 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... 100 20 Loud. & W estminster ... ... 20 18 General Screw Steam ." •** 100 35 National Prov incial 20 7i Irish Beetroot Sugar ... _ :: of Englanda .......... ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ..... ..* 20 10 • Do. Is cw .............. .. • . • 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... _ .: 10 3 Netherlands Land— i ii 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. 25 all Oriental Bank of Steam Navigat. Co. ... ... 2 50 0 2 a V :11icawtiosnoailitolif viriraellaens,.:: ........ —..._ _... C0rp0rati0n.......... 47 48xd ex b 1 all N. B. Australasian i ii 25 5 Do. New ............... ... ... 1 i Do. New lOO 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... ••• -- ••• Minrl. Id ip 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam , . ... 10 all Do. New .. .. _.. ......... ... ••• 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. Sr, 5 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg. 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... k Cold Imp C 0.... ... ... 50 35 Do. 25 all south Australia ...... 43 5 2 all Portland Iron Co • i il) 25 all Union of Australia..• 70 72 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all ;cot. Austral. Invest .4 24, 2 . 4 50 10 Union of London ... ... 24i 5 2 5 23 ,Intil Auifral.Lan 37 39 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. I 1 1 all Do. Registered. i •—• 1 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.--Traffic return for the 103 28/ 1 van Diana land 14 , -;1§ week ending June 4, 1854 23,239 7 21 _ 111 II 9C4TOOP9ndiDg Week AO Y 4 K4 I 111111111111111 Mg 13 Pi 8/ 281 6; 25 50 20 20 20 10 10 21 2s l 100 100 100 100 26i 13i 20 20 20 20 50 20 16 100 8 100 17 all all 16 k. 100 ft. 100 .o 10 A:1 6 6 all ft. 100 ft. 100 h. 100 16 6 it. 100 M 13 126 9 it. 100 h. [OO i 0 1 all ft. 100 It. 100 .21 all 5 all l 0 all 6 4 1.2 i all 124 all 10?, ft. 100 6 5 LO 6 it. 10(1 it. 100 3t. 1.00 it. 100 'it. 100 l 5 15 8i all 8 all 1.0 all .0 10 ;5 all .0.61 all '. 100 !O all ;5 all 15 5 .24 all 5I 3 it. !100 .7 5 ;5 10 'Do - Aid. Cons& .6 p.c.SL Do. Consol. Bristol it Uirra. 6 pe,. cent... 4 Do. Pref. 4:_, per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 54 per ct . pre 7 De. Way . Val. 5 p.c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & I Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. Do Scot. Cent., New Pref Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. ;I:, Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. fixed, 4,i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Anr .) or ;Q. Os. 6d. Do. 4! per coat. I.Yorksh.4n.e.Guar "Ito:1ton and Dar lington, 4 pc: cent Do. do. do. ockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 183 G Waterfd.&Kilk. 6 p.c. York, Neweastic,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. MidlandFL 1 and S. Purch MANCHESTER RA( )(ES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ;) MEIKLAM HANDICAP. Hazlenut . fro 1 ORDER OF RUNNING. 3.ls—Sapling Stakes. 4.ls—Union Cup. 5. o—Produce Stakes. s.4s—Maiden Plate. LATEST BETTING. UNION CUP. 3 to 1 agst Little Harry. 9 to 2 agst Tpyee. 8 to 1 agst Miss Agnes. 12 to 1 agst Catspaw. 15 to 1 agst any other. The course is very hard. ARRIVALS AT ASCOT.—Kingston, Comfit, , Hospodar, and Grapeshot. TILE LOSS OF TILE TIGE R. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES . Accounts have been received frcna Vice-A imiral Dun das, Commander-in-Chief of H.M.,'s ships al ►d vessels in the Mediterranean, stating that her Maje sty's steam frigate Tiger ran on shore on the 12th ult., . sear Odessa, during a fog ; that Captain Giffard, the officers, and crew have been made prisoners, and that th 9 frigate has been burnt. The following is the report from the surgeon of the Tiger of the killed and wounded : Captain Giffard, loss of left leg above the 1 rnee, wound of right leg, and various contusions ; doing • s ell. William Tanner, ordinary, lacerated wo' Lnds in the front of both thighs, gunpowder laceratio n and com pound fracture of little finger of left ham I, and other contusions ; doing well. Charles Hood, boy, 2d Class.—This poor L tál is riddled with grape and canister shot, one of whicl x has pene trated the abdomen. lie has also a sever( a compound racture of the left leg. I entertain no hope 6 of his re- covery. William Trainor, aged 33, gunshot wound xf left knee; amputation was performed on board, but he died during the transit from the shore to the town, of ex it.austion. John Giffard, aged 18, midshipman, had be .th legs shot away ; amputation was performed on board. From the shock to the system and hemorrhage, con ibined with exposure to the sun and unattended on the beach, he died shortly after being landed. The surgeon adds, that every possible attention that humanity can suggest has been shown by the authorities ‘t Odessa, and that the survivors are and er his own special care. MARKET NEWS-(THIS D. 4. Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. A limited quantity of English wheat was on. sale in to- day's market. On the whole the demand wa s steady, at fully Monday's prices, but the amount of be diness doing was small. Foreign wheat, the show of which was extol isive, move off slowly, but we have no change to notice in value. In floating cargoes next to nothing was doin g. We were fairly supplied with barley, all kin cts of which were dull, but not cheaper. Malt sold in retai I quantities on former terms. There was a very inactive sale for oats, :Lb Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. Wheat. 520 ARRIVALS VHS WREN. I Barley. I Malt. I Os Ls. ( 'nom. } 100 2,990 - - 1,070 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. -- -- 15,660 I 3,520 32,8 OD I 780sks WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat moved off steadily, as follows ; Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 58 10d ; veal, 48 Od to 5s Od ; pork; s , 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is firm, and really fine hops, the) supply of which is very limited, are rather dearer. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London New Price Current of :yesterday.) SUGAR.—On Friday the British Plantatioi t Sugar mar ket closed with a dull appearance, and the prices accepted were 6d. per owt. under last Friday for both Grocery and refining sorts. REFlNED.—Although less disposition has been evinced to purchase, the limited supply has prevented any reduc tion in quotations, MOLASSES There has been a tolerably' fair demand, and last week's prices have been well suppjrted . MAURITIUS.—The supplies since our last have been to a fair extent, although a steady consumptive enquiry has been expected. Prices have receded about Gd. per cwt. TEA.—On the part of holders of Congou there is more confidence and larger transactions have taken place in all qualities. The currency is for low to good. ord sound with a prompt lOid to 11 id, rather blackish to back ish leaf 111 d to is 341, and strong to Pekoe flavour is 4d to 2s 6d per lb. There has been more activity in the market for Green, and prices are well supported, medium sorts selling the most freely. TALLOW.—For consumption and on speculation pur chases have been on a limited scale during the week, and prices continue unsteady. The closing price for a first sort P.Y. Candle on the spot 61s to Gls 3d, and 62s 3d to 62s 6d August delivery. Of homemelted production increases, and dealers not being much inclined to operate, there are sellers at 58s Gd to 59s cash. In other sorts of tallow trans actions limited. Australian mutton at 55s to 60s ; beef 53s to 56s ; and South America, 55s to 60s per cwt. There is a greater stock than last year by 13,000 casks, and delive ries show a decrease of 11,000, still prices rule above that time. The market has reacted, there being strong buyers, but few sellers, and prices have jumped up considerably, Y. C. on the spot 63s to 63s Gd, and 64s to 66s 6d forward, the latter price having been paid for the last three months. OILS.—The demand for Rape Oil has been restricted, and prices since our last have declined. Brown has found buyers to a moderate extent only brown selling at 40s 6d to 41s, and refined 42s 6d to 435. Linseed Oil has moved off with heaviness at 37a per cwt, and 37s Gd to 38s for future delivery. To-day 80 casks Cochin Cocoa Nut were taken at 49s per cwt, 48s 6d bid. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, June 6.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Con fiance, from London, for Adelaide, S.A. PORTSMOUTH, June 6.—A ship, of about 500 or 600 tons, apparently recently launched, was passed, bottom up, on the 4th inst., off the North Foreland, and shortly after wards the body of a dead man, by the Louise Elizabeth, arrived here from Hartlepool. OFF DARTMOUTH, June 6.—Von Stein, from New York, for Bremen. CARDIFF, June 6.—Sailed—Ocean, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, June 9.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Henrietta, for Cuba. QUEENSTOWN, June s. —Wind, E. Sailed—Seabird, for Miramichi. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25.—The Astrologer (s /0 is ex pected down from Sinope in a few days, partially repaired. There are no advices from the Dardanelles about the two Portuguese vessels Flora and Machado. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEORAPR.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.8 a.m. Wind, N.N.E. ; tide, last hour's flood ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, 6th—Boadicea ' from Eupatoria ; Ford enskeuld, Christiansund. ; Roelfina Stettin. Arrived, 7th—Olaf Rye, from St. Petersburg; Jacob, Marstrand ; Emgheden, Sudewall ; Harriet Stewart, Kul lingborg ; Batavier (s), Rotterdam; Albion (s), Boulogne; City of London (a), Dunkirk ; Panther (s), Ostend. Sailed—Harmon, for Labrador ; City of Rotterdam (s), Dunkirk; Citizen (s), Bordeaux. Wind, N. 8., fresh and cloudy. Passed—Niora, from Odessa and Falmouth, for London ; Brilliant, from London, for Geelong ; Coquette, from London, for Antigua. Wednesday, 9.20 a.m. Remains —The French frigate Psyche. THE TIGER.—We hear from the fleet that Captain Giffard shot the Greek pilot dead the moment the vessel ran on shore. The English prisoners have been allowed to send letters. THE WAR MINISTER.—It is now understood that the Duke of Newcastle, and not Lord Palmerston, is to be War Minister. The Secretaryship of the Colonies will thus soon be vacant. It is rumoured that if Sir William iilbe Mslesworth does not step into this vacancy, he will offered a seat in the House of Lords. Should a peerage fall to the lot of the only Radical member of the Cabi net, the electors of Southwark will of course be called upon to select a new representative. —Daily News. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—With regard to the complaint of the scrip for the new Exchequer-bonds being i n in convenient amounts, it appears that the issue was made after full consultation with the leading persons in the market, and in express conformity with their wishes. 'When the scrip receipts are exchanged for bonds, the latter will be in various amounts, analogous to those of Exchequer-bills. THE MISSES M'ALPINE'S CONCERT.—The a nnua l concert given by these ladies took place last evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms, under a distinguished list of aristocratic patronesses, and proved to be one of the most fashionably attended and entertaining re-unions of the season. The vocal department was very powerfully sustained, and the instrumentalists comprised the bril liant Mdlle. Coulon, Piatti, Deichmanu, Chatterton, and Case. The Misses M'Alpino, who have perceptibly improved in power and execution (in taste it would be impossible), since their appearance last year, were cor dially applauded in several pieces, and especially in the tcrzetto "Ti prezo o madre pia," with Mr. Sims Reeves, which was rapturously encored, acquitted themselves to perfection. The great English tenor was in excellent voice, and was worthily followed by Mr. Allan and Mr. C. Cotton. Madame Amedei, who gave the 6 celeberated " 0 mon file," with exquisite effect, and Miss Rebecca Isaacs, in a ballad of Loder's, were duly honoured with a recall ; nor must we omit to record the pleasing display in a German song of Madlle. Hermann. The accomplished beneficiaires are evidently immense favourites in the fashionable world, if we are to judge by the very crowded attendance of last evening, and the specimens afforded of their musical talents amply justi fied the support of their patrons. As vocalists of sound taste, correct execution, arid pleasing style and voice, the Misses M'A.lpine are well deserving of every encou ragement. The Duchess of Sutherland, and several of _ the hot tot s were awoDg tile compuly moat. Mr. Barry Sullivan appeared last night at this theatre in the character of Claude Melnotte in the Lady of Lyons, and was enthusiastically received. Ia a play so well known, and a character so often pourtrayed, it is not easy for the most accomplished actor to please an audience long accustomed to witness this most beautiful creation of a popular dramatist, rendered in the highest style of perfection; yet Mr. Sullivan need not dread a comparison, even though it may be made by an un friendly hand. In figure one would imagine he was the very ideal of the poet's fancy, while his conception of the character, and his intonation of some of the finest parts of the play, were rendered with great power. Decidedly the most exquisite passage in the piece, and one which reflects, more than any other, the graphic genius of the author, is the last interview of Claude in his mother's humble home, with his betrayed and frantic wife, in the presence of herfriends. Nothing could have been better, or more true to nature, than the man ner in which Mr. Sullivan played this beautiful and affecting scene, and so much was it felt by the audience, that, on the fall of the curtain, he was loudly cheered, and called for in the front of the stage. The Pauline of Mrs. C. Poole was, also, most effective, for, like Mr. Sullivan, she looked it, independently of the ability with which she sustained a character, where pride and ambi tion were utterly annihilated in a proud and ambitious breast ; but where, nevertheless, the genial feeling of nature surpassed and outlived them all. The Lady of Lyons was followed by the highly successful ballet of the Sea Nymphs' Cave, in which the Misses Gunniss, and the French Ballet Company, appeared with their usual success. The Waterman followed, in which Miss Harriett Gordon, as Tom Tug, was most effective, and the entertainments of the evening concluded with the amusing piece of the Statue Lover, in which a good deal of humour is introduced into a very silly conception. The house, we are glad to say, was very much crowded. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening the opera announced for representation was I Puritani, but on the opening of the doors it was announced that, in consequence of the indisposition of a principal performer (Mario we believe), the directors had been compelled to substitute Il Barbiere. Some slight discontent was manifested ; but, notwithstanding the disappointment, the house was brilliantly attended. Lablache, Ronconi, and Madame Bosio, each in their turn delighted the audience, and fully made amends for any disappointment. At the conclusion of the opera, the new ballet Une Etoile was represented for the second time, in which Madlles. Battolini and Quineaux ap peared, and were most efficiently and effectively sup ported by the talented corps de ballet of this theatre, who, on this occasion, were all stars. The extreme beauty of the divertissement forcibly reminded us of the splendid productions at Her Majesty's Theatre of old, and, from the success that has attended the production of Une Etoile, we have no doubt that the ballets of the Royal Italian Opera will soon become as popular as those which so often delighted the habitues of the "old house." The vase cn scene was splendid in the extreme, and added if that were possible, to the laurels of Mr. A. Harris. The dances and picturesque groupings by M. Desplaces were also of great beauty, and the fairy changes, requir ing much elababorate machinery, showed the perfection to which that department of cause and effect had been brought by the ingenious mechanician of the establishment. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, honoured the theatre with their presence. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Camoys, Major-General Buckley, Captain Du Plat, the Duke de Terceira, the Vicomte de Carreira, and Lord De Tabley. STRAND THEATRE. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.' OXFORD, JUNE 6.—To-morrow being the first day of Act Term, there will be Latin litany, sermon, and com munion at St. Mary's at half-past ten. Afterwards a congregation will be held for granting graces and con ferring degrees. Congregations will be held for the same purpose on Thursday, June 15 ; Thursday, June 22 ; Friday, June 30 ; and Saturday, July 8 ; and a congregation will be holden on Tuesday, July 4, solely for the purpose of ad mitting inceptors to their regency. The Bodleian Library, which has been closed during Whitsuntide, re-opens to-morrow. The Principal of Edmund-hall continues seriously ill. SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The new Sugar Duties Bill, as amended, has been printed, and the following is the digest of its provi sions : DUTIES ON SUGAR AND MOLASSES TO BE LEVIED AFTER THE STH JULY NEXT. Candy and refined sugar, until the 26th s. d. of August, 1854 ... ... 17 4 per cwt. And from and after that day ... 16 0 I, White clayed sugar ... ... 14 0 11 Yellow Muscovado and brown clayed sugar 12 0 pt Brown Muscovado and other sugar, not equal to yellow Muscovado or brown clayed 11 0 ~ Molasses 4 6 ~ ••• ••• ••• Commissioners of Customs are provided with samples of each grade as standards. The drawbacks on the exporta tion of refined sugar to the Isle of Man, from and after the sth of July next, will be 15s. the cwt. on sugar in the loaf and on candy, and upon bastards or crushed pieces lls. the cwt. It is furthermore provided that after the sth of July proximo brewers may not use sugar in the brewing of beer or in making colouring matter. PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.07 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.00, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4211 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.4 ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at short being 13.4, it follows that gold is 0.41 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.—The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. THE NEBRASKA BILL.—On the 20th ult., when the hour arrived for closing the debate on the Nebraska Bill, the leader of the majority advised the friends of the bill neither to ask nor receive quarter, and to vote down all amendments. Amendment after amend ment was voted down accordingly, and in the sitting of the 22d the bill passed the House of Representa tives. The New York papers publish the following prayer of the chaplain before the sitting of the 22d :—" Oh, Thou High and Mighty Ruler of the Universe, we implore Thy blessing upon this house, as it is about to enter upon one of the most arduous and memorable struggles this country has ever known. Help every member to keep cool, calm, and self-pos sessed, remembering the angry man gives his adversary the advantage, and that enraged pride compromits his truest interests. Assist every man to co-operate with their speaker and chairmen in preserving order, recol lecting that the eyes of the country are fixed on this House, and the deep interests of the country are in volved in the deliberations of this Congress. May every man dare to do his duty, and abide the issue of his con scientious convictions we pray, through Jesus Christ. Amen." FINE ARTS.—The lovers of the Fine Arts have an opportunity before them of purchasing some of the finest engravings and drawings by our first-rate masters. Seldom has an opportunity occurred of choosing them from such an extensive collection as is here placed before the public. Messrs —Southgate and. Barrett have re ceived instructions from Mr. Hogarth, of the Haymarket, to sell the whole of his extensive and select stock at their Rooms, 22, Fleet-street, this evening, and seven teen following evenings ; and an important feature in the sale is the fact, that all the engraved plates of the publications of Mr. Hogarth, from which the impres sions are taken, will be destroyed in presence of the pluoliascrg. " A TERRIFIC BANQUET IN AN IGUANODON. " At the lower end of thelpark, in a rude and tempo rary wooden building, almost inaccessible for deep ruts and acres of swamp and mud—a miniature Serbonian bog—Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins was steadily engaged in the creation or restoration of a series of now extinct animals, which it would appear were destined to roam, as in their native state, through the deep Penge inorasses, or bury themselves in the deep excavations of the park. By the close of the last year, Mr. Hawkins had so far succeeded with the formation of some of the members of his monster family, as to be in a position to give effect to a design which he had for HOMO time pre• viously contemplated, of giving a dinner to the directors and some of his friends within the carcass of one of his antediluvian monsters. The last day of the old year (1853) was selected. Accordingly Professors Owen and Forbes, Mr. Gould, Mr. Francis Fuller, Mr. Belshaw, Mr. Ingrain, and a number of other gentlemen, as sembled to do honour to the unique and novel enter tainment. Twenty-one of theguests were accommodated with seats ranged on each side of the table, within the sides of the iguanodon. Professor Owen, one of the most eminent geologists of the day, occupied a seat at the head of tue table, and within the skull of the monster. Mr. Francis Fuller, the Managing Director, and Pro fessor Forbes, were seated on coniiiiedieee bpeehes placed in the rear of the beast. An awning of pink and white drapery was raised above the novel banqueting hall, and small banners bearing the names of Cony beare, Buckland, Forbes, Owen, Mantell, and other well-known geologists, gave character and interest to the scene. When the more substantial viands were dis posed of, Professor Owen proposed that the company should drink in silence " The memory of Mantell, the discoverer of the iguanodon," the monster in whose bowels they had just dined. " The Professor paid an eloquent tribute to the value of the labours in the wide field of geology and palmonto logy of such men as Cuvier, Hunter, and Conybeare. He told the company how the researches of Cuvier in com parative anatomy bad provided the means of reconstruct. ing an extinct animal almost from a single fossil-bone, for so perfect was the individuality of species of animals, and so peculiarly adapted was the construction of their parts, to the purposes for which they were des tined, that a skilml observer could tell, with the most perfect accuracy, to what species of animal any particular bone belonged. The researches of Hunter had confirmed the theories of envier, and from a single bone, or a single tooth, Conybeare, Buckland, and others, had succeeded in building up an entire ani mal. The beast in which he was then speaking, whose original had once roamed through the vast forests of Sussex, had perished there by some great convulsion of nature ; a single bone was discovered a few years since by Mantell, and from that fossil-limb the iguanodon had beenconstructed." Further on, the writer remarks " Many other toasts, and pleasing remarks, beguiled the hours, till approaching midnight suggested the ap propriateness of the guests departing to their more con genial homes. Professor Forbes contributed some verses suitable to the occasion. As the thoughts of the learned professor have never yet appeared in print, an apology will be needed for presenting them to the visitor. The poet-geologist having told how the com pany were indebted to the hospitality of Mr. Water house Hawkins, for the opportunity of spending the last day of the old year in an antediluvian dragon,' pro ceeded thus to refer to the iguanodon, the roaring' chorus being taken up by the company in a manner so fierce and enthusiastic as almost to lead to the belief that a herd of iguanodons were bellowing from some of the numerous pit-falls in Penge Park, in which they had been entrapped " 'A thousand ages underground • His skeleton had lain ; But now his body's big and round, And he's himself again ! His bones, like Adam's, wrapped in clay, His ribs of iron stout, Where is the brute alive to-day That dares with him turn out ? _ Beneath his hide be's go t inside Tho souls of living men, Who dare our Saurian now deride With life in him again ! (Chorus) The jolly old beast Is not deceased, There's life in bins again," (A roar.) And so on, through two more verses, two more choruses, and two more roarings worthy of iguano dononians ! Having listened to the account hero given of the rise and progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, we follow our guide de lightedly through the various Fine Arts Courts of Exhibition —Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, As s y r i an, German-Gothic, French and Italian-Gothic, Eng lish or National, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Italian, Mediaeval, Byzantine and Romanesque—through the Alhambra, among the Egina Marbles, to the Colossal Nubian Shrine, into the Italian Vestibule, along the Great Transept, down the North Nave, into the Pompeian Court, from end to end of the His , torical Portrait Gallery, through the Courts of Eng lish and German, of French and Italian Sculpture. Elaborate records are given, moreover, not only of the terraces, and fountains, and parks, but of the various illustrations to Natural History and Eth nology, and before the close of the work of the tertiary, secondary, and primary epochs in regard to the geological islands and their antediluvian in habitants. Among the most curious portions of the Guide, however, are those descriptive of musi cal instruments, printed fabrics, stationery, Bir mingham ware, Sheffield cutlery, furniture, hardware, perfumery, china and glass, pre cious metals, loather, India rubber, mac hi ne ry, and carriages, all under the head of the -Industrial De partment. The amount of interesting and valuable information condensed into the 200 pages of the Guide before us must be allowed to be really ex - traeordivary, it could ()WI 0 1,1 gP"ted.. The regular investment of Silistria appears to have been b ay e r commencedon nthe 30t ht o h n e r o e r fshortlythey e b t e w f o e r l e f t t h h d e a l y Bt o h f the siege would have been attained, and on that day, if our intelligence prove correct, the Russians had met with a check which would oblige them to do most of their preparatory work over again. All this favours the hope that the fortress may be able to hold out until a junction has been effected by the French and English troops, and the Turkish forces under Omer Pacha, concentrated in front of Schumla. It will then be seen whether the Rus sian commanders have sufficient confidence in their soldiers to accept the battle which the generals of the allies may be ready to offer them. To decline the contest, and to raise the siege of Silistria, would have as bad an effect for the Russian arms as a defeat. It will be rather a remarkable coincidence if tho first great battle in the present war should take place in front of Silistria. That fortress is situated in a commanding position, on the right bank of the Danube, midway between the points where two rather considerable Bulgarian streams j oin its waters. Eight or nine miles above Silistria, the Sara or Driste falls into the Danube ; and as many miles below the fortress the stream which flows through the Tabani valley mingles with the river. The for mer of these affluents has its source in the vicinity of Schumla ; the latter in the vicinity of Pravady. For about twenty miles inland from Silistria the courses of the streams are nearly parallel—the dis tance between them averaging from 16 to 20 miles. Both flow through deep and narrow valleys ; the ground between them is considerably elevated above the river, gently undulating, and in parts intersected by ravines. Further to the south are the elevations of the mountains among which Shumla and Pravada are situated. Shumla, Pra vady, and Varna are nearly in a straight line, ex tending from west to east ; Shumla is about twenty miles from Pravady, and Pravady about the same distance from - Varna. There are high-roads—such as are found in European Turkey—from Shumla and Pravada to Silistria. The former keeps the high ground between the two streams we have named throughout, and is about sixty-five or seventy miles in length ; the latter is ninety miles, keeps the high ground for the first two thirds of the distance, and then descends into the Tabani valley. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, it seems probable that, in the event of the Russians accepting a battle in front of Silistria in preference to re-crossing the Danube and abandon ing the siege, the fight will take place on the elevated plain, south of the fortress, between the Sara and the Tabani valley, on both sines of the high-road from Shumla to Silistria. In this case the right wing of the allies and the left wing of the Russians will confront each other somewhere in the neigh bourhood of Kainardji. It will have the aspect of a providential arrangement if the cobweb meshes, which the poisonous spider diplomacy of Russia weaved over the Ottoman empire in the hours of its uneasy slumber, are broken and scattered to the winds by the valour of the allied troops on the very spot where they were insidiously spun. Daily News. MUST WE HAVE ANOTHER GERMAN? We English are, after all, a poor helpless race. It is true that the sun never .ets, no the Queen's dominions. That is something. It is true that every nation in the world—with the probable exception of America—would be glad to be governed by laws similar to our own. That is worth considering also. It is true that our commer cial, our manufacturing conquests reach even to sub limity. That, perhaps, is something more. Then—we have Shakspeare, whom the whole world recognises as the prince of poets ; we have Bacon, whom the whole world recognises as one of the princ e s o f phil oso ph y ; we h ave also Turner, who is recognised as a prince in painting. We have also a great many other reasons for thinkin g rather highly of ourselves. We are no t f on d o f ex pressing our opinion of ourselves in the peculiar manner in which the denizens of Kentucky indulge. No English. man ever thinks of designating himself as a " ringtailed screamer," or boasts that he can " whop creation." Nevertheless we do believe that we are somebody. We think that we have a right to express our opinions on all kinds of matters, military, scientific, or artistic. These feelings are, perhaps, egotistical, and if so we ought to be thankful to find that we have a paternal Government ready and willing to take our weaknesses into consideration, and administer practical reproofs to our vanity. It is reported that one of the most cutting of all these reproofs is in store for us. It is said—with how much truth we know not—that Dr. Waagen is to be imported from Germany, and to be placed in the responsible situa tion of Director of the National Gallery. Dr. Waagen has just lauched a three-volume account of the Treasures of Art in Great Britain, which seems to be a sort of feeler in this direction. Is this to be endured ? If we can take care of our liberty, our law, our science, our manufactures, or art, is it to be supposed that we are to depend for the arrangement of o ur galleries upon a foreigner ? Dr. Waagen's book is crammed full o f blunders. is he the man to put us in the right way to get at the road to British Art ? Is the appointment mere German job ?—Daily News. 1 2 58# , 15 I l s : , 12i I 90 89i 761 i j I Z 99 i i i per cent. Si Si 631 35 4i i 111 11 18 i 132 134 14 lid 99 - 101 1(3 -- liq 151 - 161 91 - 10 11 - 13 id- }p 23 - 231 99 - ]Ol 15 -20 ••• ...... •• 2 1 • d 88 92 3 31 1 id MINES 1331 die LITERATURE. A Shilling Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park at Sydenham. George Routledge and Co. Londoners, and many others besides Londoners, are perfectly well aware by this time that on Satur day next, the 10th of June, 1854, the People's Palace and Park at Sydenham are to be opened with all the pomp and ceremony of a royal inau guration. It is important news, therefore, for the majority of the great multitude to hear that there has already appeared a Shilling Guide to those wonderful grounds and that marvellous structure. What, we doubt not, will increase the satisfaction created by that announcement, is the significant fact, that this timely Guide to the Crystal Palace appears, in a great measure, authoritatively—being the compilation evidently of one eminently quali fied to act on the occasion as master of the ceremonies, interpreter, cicerone, or dragoman. It is the result manifestly from the first page to the last, from the "title" to the "finis", from the preface to the closing paragraph, of no superficial knowledge of that vast and comprehensive enter prise which has elaborated in the midst of the verdure of the Surrey Hills, in the bosom of a beautiful English landscape, what may be termed, without exaggeration, a veritable microcosm. It epitomises with admirable lucidity all the wonders accomplished by the different officers of this gi gantic establishment. Everythi ng accomplished, for example, by Sir Joseph Paxton, as the Director of the Winter Garden, Park, and Conservatories. It affords us an opportunity of anticipating through obvious inferences the brilliant hand-books— shortly to be given to the world under the super vision of Dr. Samuel Phillips, the Director of the Literary Department. Naturally, we might almost say inevitably, the public could scarcely fail to have the highest expectations as to the value and splen dour of the Crystal Palace collection—remember ing the importance of the names of the men selected to supervise the labour of its accumulation and arrangement. The probability of the success which has already been secured to the whole undertaking might have been recognised through the names consti tuting the Board of Directors—Anderson, Calvert, Farquhar, Geach, Scott-Russell, Lushington—with Francis Fuller as Managing Director, and S. Laing, M.P. for Wick, as chairman. The excellence of the mechanical part was insured from the outset by the appointment of Heard Wild, as the engineer. The loveliness of the interior effects of colouring was ren dered at once matter of tolerable certainty by the association of Owen Jones, and Digby Wyatt, as the joint-directors of decorations. Professor Ansted, moreover, consented to superintend the arrangement of all the illustrations of natural his tory, relating to mining, to geology, and to phy sical geography. Beyond all this it cannot be overlooked even on the most hurried glance through all the bewildering wonders of the Crystal Palace, that over its zoological de partment there have presided together Forbes, Gould, and Waterhouse. Neither can it be forgotten that Dr. Latham has watched over the Ethnological—Wilson over the Agricul tural—Thomson over the Natural History—and Fothergill over the Machinery department. Nothing indeed would seem to have been over looked that could tend to insure to the enterprise the merit of minute completeness. As testimony of which we have only to turn over the 200 pages of this shilling index to the Contents of the Crystal Palace a cheap and most acceptable guide, for the issue of which, in the very nick of time, we are indebted, as usual in such in stances, to the enterprise of Mr. George Rout ledge. The volume is appropriately enough intro duced to the reader by a lively description of the Great Exhibition of 1851, commemorative of its most remarkable facts and results. The au thor of the Guide, in this introductory portion of his work, reminds us, agreeably enough under the circumstances, of the opposition at first raised against the Great Exhibition, describing soon afterwards the removal of the building from Hyde park, and recounting the occurrences which gradu ally led to the ultimate salvation of the Crystal Palace from destruction. Subsequently the reader is carried from the pulling down at Hyde-park to the building up again at Sydenham. In this por tion of the narrative we are treated to the following lively account of— by an enterprise as daring and unparalleled as that which has suddenly given the English people a park and a palace, and, in so doing, has called up Fairy land from among the green woods and meadows of Sydenham, as at the beck of the wand of some potent necromancer. THE SIEGE OF SILIST.RIA. The Russian loss in the last assault on Silistria is estimated at 3,000 men ; and it would seem that, at the date of the latest accounts, further opera tions had been suspended. The governor of the fortress, Mussa Pacha, is not only a resolute sol dier, but a skilful artillery officer, while several Prussian and English engineers are giving their assistance in the defence; and, on th© whole, there is reason to hope that the siege may eventually be raised or abandoned. The timely despatch of a large body of French and English troops to the aid of Omer Pacha, in compliance with his urgent so licitations, has, to a great extent, removed the un favourable impression which had been produced by the apocryphal statement that the allied generals had determined on abandoning the Danubian for tresses to their fate. The gross breach of duty which would have been involved in the publication of the plan of the campaign sufficiently proved that neither Lord Raglan nor Marshal St. Arnaud could have allowed their intentions to transpire ; and it was obvious that the alleged rumour was, in fact, a suggestion closely connected with the contemporaneous report that Russia would abstain from advancing on the Balkan. There is never much advantage in dilettante discussions on the strategic possibilities of the war ; but it was neces sary to remark that the admitted defensibility of the mountain passes by no means proved the expe diency o f a b an d on i ng the p l a i ns, with their for ttresses, to an inferior enemy. The recommenda tion that Prince Paskiewitch should be allowed to conquer and retain B u l gar i a p rocee ded from a quarter in which hostility to Russia is a feeling of very recent growth.—Morning Chronicle. (NEMESIS.) CAPTAIN W. 11. HALL TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sig— You have given most justly in your number of this day ' a true sketch of the services of Captain W. H. Hall, of the Hecla, whose exploits in China are recorded in the voyage of the Nemesis, a book, the details of which a re supported by the public despatches and pri. vete remarks of two admirals. Allow me to fill up some om issions. Capt. Hall was, on account of his services, a ppointed to the royal yacht Victoria and Alb er t. C apt. Hall commanded the Dragon in the M e dit erranean un der Admiral Sir William Parker, and he it was who cap. tured in different harbours, and towed to Salamis, thirty or forty sail of Greek ships, not only without accident, but without a quarrel with either seamen or owners. For this service he received the thanks of the admiral, to whom it was of the greatest importance that this un. usual duty should be performed (in the midst of winter) with good seamanship, tact, and humanity. The services of the Nemesis, which so greatly assisted the fleet and army in China, were the result of Captain Hall's having at great risk, expense, and inconvenience, given himself up to the study of steamers and steam navigation, at a time when most n ava l off i cers despised the tea- kettles. June 5. Yours obediently, ONE WHO WAS AT SALAMIS. P.S.—You can perhaps explain how it was that Capt. Hall wa s w h o ll y overlooked by the Admiralty. The date of his command to the Hecla will show he was not appointed till long after the fleet had been fitted out and had sail e d. A s t range conversa ti on a b ou t the ecial in the Times se eme d to be given for some mysterious rea son—for First-lords' chats " after official neglects are not often reported. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. —Yesterday morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock, a mounted police. officer arrived at the London fire-engine stations with intelligence that a fire of a serious character had broken out in the extensive and newly-opened premises known as the Pauper Lunatic Asylum, situate at Colney-hatch, Middlesex. With as little delay as possible the brigade engine from Farringdou-street, under the direction of Mr. Scott, was taken to the scene, when it was found that the outbreak had taken place in the drying-room, on the south side of the institution, and adjoining the laundry. The inmates, on bearing the alarm given, as may be supposed, became greatly terrified, more espe cially when the flames in huge bodies rolled upwards a considerable distance, so as to illuminate the various sleeping apartments. Fortunately the whole of the resi dents were kept quiet, and with the aid of the police the different domestics of the asylum man age d to cut o ff t h e farther spread of the conflagration, but it could not be entirely extinguished until the drying -house and all it contained was burned out, about one-third of the laun dry consumed, and the roof destroyed. The fire, it is understood, was caused from the overheating of tho drying-stove. The premises were insured by the Mid dlesex magistrates for 25,000/. in the Phccnix, Scottish UlaiOD l the Old thaw QM% and Alliance Fire-officee. ICO 181 114 all 100 - 42 100 100 4Th 170 100 53 17,3 73 all 131 i £3i 201 61i