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

.oluntarily to inst. GERM4N tGz es that, with German st 3 , t , h of their arn ll ,e'l regiments of 111 1 merits of eava, ll, ow 48 batta l l 34 battalio ns 1 of 75, 000 rae y by 4,00011] aburg-Schw ' etm , .0 000, furn ls L • with 1, 820, r, a.' It is stat . ,%' o her to incre' ver has ne lPer and her finarl'', l e news is c l / er li ' ussian Min ist j )een summo n ` i id, persona ll i ilo lrode as to :thin States forbidding Ibo 1 war anilloll. •ussia. HE BLACS been addrosedt n in the J31,3c '6O 3 thief testi ch I iner in w- h 1 e, which baserol° The DIP e j, hat it contani tp d not daring or ptured at 6 e,. 6 0 0 lussia had v Circassia ks ; and, 1 35 'i; k Ses whet" b . first results !I, steamers aer ass , "rentarka u `," o teen sail of 3 sailed in c O " ° J . t ens emble; a l ' aontmual f .r: .bastopol. 0 1 A :o constant of movement' 0 made to 0 0 . 0 , !omm andilig 4 1 06 7ernment [adron bast r. The pr eseo s assembled f ° tast. 6 Squadron. owing 0/10 rivate audie n h c : who had t atter from t,"; riage with im rationing the with the La e, states t hS vas expect ed : the Gove, come fr ° ,::, DU board t'i d French an e same tia l , e ,' B ,h all pose l u h ' e s stay at t , . It is s u f ri espatches 1 , it which 113 ' r the Lower not arriv ed lowever, re• ,- - market fot -day. The r the end 0 A er Cents, 31 f. 25c. O r. , uen, 985 E ; sc. ; Straw and Lyoost :an, 815 f. ; and Cette) 16f. 25 C. edit Mob!' the Par la' proper . te rengo, with ory of ::-C 3- It of June , [ace on the e following oleon a q r , who gloried ignanimitivo fortune eservo in )e, 1800, all lad secure d taly. That y th e most ) part with p to public ent should am bitioils 'iris a per onal glorY of m y pro . public Sale ,he Witness France as it. A so ly formed nirchasing t generOUS 3 aUCtiOnt ich pe o ple )unders of 31st ult., giving Irture for r. Otwaf iderstood iends btful, an placed at ,achment impletelf ordship's a diplo e leaves and ad- 7 - in the the spe mg-con• ;ed by a ;, which I, and, 6C - counts sure for ,d only quick several again imately ranged, e July at 931, of the lemand it, and lietrust ,m the 'mount at one ,te the Money MONEY MARKET AN! COAI.IIEBUIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, including 2,000 Ame rican and 500 Surat taken for export and on specu lation. The market closed with an upward ten dency. Compared with Friday's rates prices of American were id. to id., and Surat id. per lb. dearer, and other sorts but little changed. The sales comprised 50 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 6d. ; 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 2s. decline, and mixed Nos. at 89s. cash, and 90s. one month. The amount of tea upon which duty was paid in the United Kingdom during the year ending the sth of May last, was 21,451,0101b5. against 14,270,6271b5. in the corresponding period to May 1853. The Directors of the Chartered Bank of Asia are advertising that they will hold a meeting on the 12th instant, and forfeit those shares for which the deed is not ere then signed. The Australasian Gold Mining Company is to close its books on the 20th instant, after which the calculation and division of assets will be made for winding up. As there is likely to be a good deal of misappre hension upon the subject of the new and barefaced attempt on the part of the Peruvian Government to foist upon the London market the home bonds clandestinely converted into Foreign Debt, it is most important that all parties interested should at once be made acquainted with the real facts of the case, for we perceive that even one or two of our contemporaries have fallen into error upon this subject, and that unless the matter is put in its right light, the consequences may even be serious, as encouraging the tottering authorities at Lima to persevere in their dishonest course. Into the history of this juggle it is not necessary- now to enter at any length. Every one who holds the stock has been made acquainted, through the medium of the statements at the public meeting, with the fact that, when the former President left office, the total amount recognised as being due to parties whose property had been injured during the War of Independence, or who had claims for supplies furnished, was com paratively insignificant. No sooner, however, did the present ruler come into power, than he was beset by a parcel of Court favourites and place holders, and by them induced to recognise a host of applications, which saddled the country with an enormous amount in proportion to its legitimate lia bilities. To render the scheme, however, immediately productive in the only sense desired by these ad venturers, it was necessary to enlist the co-opera tion of parties in England, who could, it was hoped, assist in getting the bonds, when converted into foreign debt, introduced into the London market, and quoted officially. The terms of the contract were so tempting, that there was not much difficulty it, securing this object. Certain bonds were lodged in the treasury at Lima, being bought up for a mere song, and the new security was giv en i n ex change. Fortunately, persons who had resided in Peru, and had a large stake in th e l oans f a i r ly con tracted here, were kept well informed by their correspondents, and an agitation being got up here, a committee was formed, and the Stock Ex change, greatly to its credit, has refused to sanction the additional debt. This places all the persons con cerned therein in a very unenviable position, and with a view to their relief the Government at Lima now steps forward. Owing to the increasing rate of freight, the price of guano has been raised, and the proceeds of this extra price, which it is therefore evident must exceed the additional charge for freight, are to be appropriated to a sinking fund. Now conies the bait. If the holders of the original debt will consent to the quo tation of the new stock, they are, as a matter of favour, to participate in the additional sinking fund. There is, consequently, a bribe and a threat held out simultaneously. But, worse than this, the grossest misrepresentation is employed in the official document, inasmuch as it is made to appear that some small knot of discontented Persons have opposed the new bonds, whereas it is notorious that a large public meeting of the creditors was held, at which reso lutions were unanimously passed, in the face of the most strenuous opposition and the most alluring Misrepresentations, against the recogniti of the bonds ; and that a committee was formed on to watch over the interests of the original holders. Does any rational person believe that when this ecom mittee,rer loyally ass i s t e d b y E ar l C laren d on , h as y Prospect of wresting from the Peru vian Government amp]e and equitable con ditions, they would recommend their constituents to accept the contemptible promise that is now Proffered, when, instead of this paltry half of an indefinite sum, what the bondholders claim and expect is the entire proceeds of the guano sent to England The authorities at Lima will then have quite sufficient from the quantity sent to other countries wherewith to meet all legitimate ex- Pens , .s, although they may be shorn of the means of reward to their favourites. Happily, General Castilla is gaining ground, and in all pro bability will overthrow his opponents, and should he then be elected president, as from his great Popularity there is not the slightest doubt he will be, we shall see nearly the whole of this improvi dently created home debt modified, and perhaps even annulled, and thus the last effort of the losing Party would only remain a s a memen t o o f - heir weakness and simplicity, for the com mittee here can scarcely be so uninformed as not to see through the whole affair. Let us not h ear another word, therefore, of compromise or _ 2o ,equies cence , f or we are sa ti s fi e d th a t ne i t h er i s in tended. The committ e e will make in a f ew d a y s 17 , a special report of all that they have done. To- 20' korrow, as we hear, there will be a document 20 Published by the parties interested in the home 20 n d bonds, intended to show that Congress has latterly 20 sanctioned them; but let the Stock Exchange beware. 20 The payment of differences arising out of the 25 h as account w hi ch was c l ose d yesterday, 100 Qas been completed without further casualties, 100 and even one of the parties minus yesterday is 20 expected to p a y i n f u ll. Th ere h as not f or years 20 ! Past been an account of such magnitude, and it ca, creditable that the enorm ous l osses i ncurre d 20 have been so well met. We cannot won- 100 d er at the extreme temporary elevation 20 th e prices after such wholesale selling for time. Had 1 40 Chancellor of the Excheqner contracted a new 0a q, the Bears would have been helped out of the ,ss, and would have had at least some chance of 13 t I ctigating their loss, but we believe they had gone 4 ° such lengths that even the ten millions of Con -I,°lB, which were expected to be created, would only la squared their accounts. The unpopu itrity of the Exchequer Bond substitute will easily comprehended after these explana oirts, and we have here another proof 1 , the frequent opposition between the into es, tof th e public and that of the specul a t ors . Con °lB Opened t hi s morn i ng a t 93 t o 9311 for transfer, 76 th since b een 94-, and are now 931. For the c July, th e quo t a ti ons have been 92 1 to b ackwardation" off to per cent. Yesterday, 4 2vvever to 1 per cent. w as paid for the loan of 'cock, although th e B an k cont i nue d it s accommo dation to some parties. Exchequer Bills have been I?ar to 4s. p rem i um, and the Bonds k to 1 prem. tank Stock is worth 204 to 206. The New 31 per cents. have been 914 to 921. The Foreign Securities have maintained a very tin aspect. Grenada Deferred Stock is at 6i, an d Mexi ca n at 24 to f. Peruvian h ave b een don e at 6 6, and 50 for the 4-k per Cents, and the Threes. ossiau 5 per Cents. have risen to 101. Spanish Th rees are at 401. he Railway Share Market is less acti ve , and favour of buyers. F rench Sca res are rather in , also are rather cheaper. • T he Gold Mining Shares have been nominal, th e trt l p l ° l l of London Bank have risen 11. to 21., as the el t Meeting will be very favourable ; the Crystal D a a 4 .,,ce , have further declined, and the Land Com ces are quiet. 1311111 S/I FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. !1a,,11k Stock ( From the Opicial List.) Business done. 204 6 3 " ,,.. ye ' Cent. Reduced Annuities 913 1 ii I i 1 9i 31 23 33 2i 4r , Cent, Consols Annuities. 93 a2i3A - ./ 2 , Lon 3 L oh I per Cent. AnnuEles 92 a 1i 24 2 i g a bio ,Annuities Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4 9-16 11-16 li li f. L 40 Years ,'Expire 10th Oct., 1859.... 4 7-16 1 4 ,1 1 . 4 Stock 232 , 9 a . bi Bonds £l000 Co lle t ,to, tinder £lOOO par 4 p k t ° e ', B for Opening 19th July 41000equer Bills, 2id. 400 par 4 p B as t tiall 2 5 p i 7l i zer Bonds Scrip N.,: - , ; ', lOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. CireZ,l44 Bonds, 5 per Cent. itekrua Bonds, Deferred N eat ' 3 Per Cent. 1 1 Ditto , e t . 4 , or the Account 24 1 ton Bonds 43 per Cent. 66 i 51 : 4 '0rt1,,,,,. 3 Per Cent t 5O 49 11 44,,,f,,°"`„ e,se onds, 4 per Cent 4O %'';.' b t " 'loads, 1 822, 5 per Cent. £St lOO 1 R e.m . 0 43 per, Cent B6 763 ' ~,Faol:1814}14„Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... oplaxia nonds, 3 per Cent 4O ' ~,Ilew Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2 0 5191 " I "dends on the above payable in London. THREE O' CLOCK. Consols ..... .... .... .. ~... .................... 921 i Consols tor Opezung IVtiii, July ~,, ~. 9 2 g I SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYa. I Paid.l RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen 81 Aaibg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., ..... 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) [OO Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 Cornwall 6 Orloff Junction 45 DublindtßelfastJune all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Auglian..... all Do., (XlB Edt H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock . .... 100 De., B. Stock 86 Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 56 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Pith &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 186 Do., Fifths 114 D D., Wet. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwao 8} Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cat. I 100 Loud. and N. Westu. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8.; ( 2e Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 426 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndrrydt Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 4anch.Shef.& Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 )o. Birmn g. &Derby 476 slidld. G. West.(lre.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle .00 Newmarket 56 Do., Bury Extension. 174 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. LOO Norfolk 34 Northn.Counties Un ,00 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 _ _ all Do., . Do., i A Deferred 8 Do., i B Guaranteed' all North London W I Do. New £lO ii is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17:1 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Bit nag 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Sica.k 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & (Amite' (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves,i • all Do. Oswestry 6, Shropshire Union ... Do. A, B, CA D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2/ 2e Staines, Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1.., 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 1 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all Nest Loudon 51s. Winibledn & Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. ' 20 Do. Extensions 13§ Do. G,N.E. Purchase 100 York & N.Midland Closing Prical this day. 23 - 24 61 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —ll disj 17 - 18 7i - 60 95 - 97 58.1 - 58; 144 - •.• ••• 42 - 44 7 - 15 - iii :17 fii 60 - 62 58 - 60 24 - 25 58 • 62 89i 71: 73 123 - 125 ' . 611 ii 87 89 11 13 o 11 — l3j 62 • 624 7i-- I#a 13i —13 t 84 BA, par A W 3 105 V9A - 100 A d par i id it 1 t d 80 82 10 9 9 8 u • "''' •e, 19# -- 20; 614 - 61 34 - 36 ..... •• 0 ..... •• • ... ••, id— id 2i 4 5 2id 6 —s, 47 49 34 314 33 ... 34 --. ... 50 - 54 Plx i p 41 - 7 - 7i 30 - 32 85 87 54 56 60 - 65 60 - 65 3 21, 15 - 17 7i - 8 3 11 - 13 4 - 3iti 14 16 62i 63i 31i 35 4 2d 1 5 30 - 32 •••- • • • 3# - 18 al9 4 - 5 20 ; 22 6~ - 6~ 70 71 7i - d 4i 50i 513 FOREIGN. 9 Antwerpdzßotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi dz Erquelin all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsufa 10 rld. Junct. of France 74 Grd. Trunk of Canada 40 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. We stern of Canada Shares ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all 1 Lucca di Pistoj asp. c. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Prof 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons dt Mediterran, 13, Madras 334 4 1Saria Antonia all Do. do. New . 2 Melbourne Dk. & R.y all Namur ez Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fray. B. dr Ams. Shs , all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rotten all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen dr Cherbrg 10i Quebec dr Richmond all Rouen and Havre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 6 Southern of France 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) - • all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 1 .7- ai id - ip • .. ..... _ 9 =_"' par par 1p 7 —9 p ... dis .. -• .•. , . ..-• ... 10 20 20 20 lid id par id par 7i - 8 31i - 348 8 - 171 - 18 pi 46 - 48 37 - 39 323 323 pm 2 d par 8f ••• - ••• ... - pm 3 4 . —dad 7 p 31 —44 adi .53 -- iid 34j I i MISCELLANEOUS 27j 10 I 1 32 i 28; x d 1 1 1 1 5 all übi n coaiwic-------- ------------ --7--- -----------------"'"--- Iron 40 all Australasia BO 82 804 25 174 tustralian Agricult. in 4 520 14 I .ustralsn.Pcific.Mail — 6 " 40 all British Colonial Bank 10 8 lustraln. Royal Mail : •7 15 and Loan Company ... ... 10 4 lerlin Water Works ... . . - 50 all British N. American ... ___ ... , .50 40 3rit. American Land 'hp 80 76 25 5 Chartd. Bank of As' 1 Id 5 1 *it. & Coln. Smelt g. ' 100 20 and Reduction Co.. .. -- 100 321 Canada ............... io -- ii— ••• 5 5 2rystal P alaceloo 20 Commercial of Lond. ... ... 252 C co li Al rt ousn d i . tara ß l n l k ia . , o k f India, chii ... ...d 61 61 131 4 ; 5 3j Do. New....." li - ik 4 " 20 12 English Scottish and 4 2 ,;rystal Pal. of France ... . i i A us t r alian 3 —2ld 91 20 3 Eastern Steam. ... . - 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of .. '' 25 20 Electrit Telograph(A) 17 18 .. Australia 2O 211 25 all Do. (B) -.— 50 20 London and County . 1 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir "'... _ 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... --... "'l5 14 Con. Steam Navigat .. ... 100 20 bond. & Westminster ... ... 38 i 20 18 G eneral Screw Steam ... ... 12 100 35 National Provincial ... 20 71 [rich Beetroot Sugar ... of England ........... ... ... 20 10 Niagdalena St. Navig. .. _ ... 20 10 Do. Now ... . ........... ... .. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... _ ... 50 22;1 National of Ireland.. ... ... 10 3 Netherlands Land 4 14 20 all Now South Wales.... 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter 25 all Oriental Bank of Steam Navigat. Co ... -- ... Corporation. 47 48xd ex b 1 all N. B. Australasian it 11 25 5 Do. New “111 ....'. ". 1 4 Do. New _ ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 51 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam .. ... 10 all Do. New 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. id ip 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... •.. 52 3 & Gold Imp CO ... -- ••• 50 35 Do. 25 all South Australia 2 all Portl an d I ron Co i iP 25 all U n i on o f Australia.. 70 72 711 1.00 60 Royal Mail Steam -• • !,, 2 . Do. New 7 9 1 all Soot. A us t ra l. I nves t. .21 24 24 50 , 10' Union fLo d n ••• 241 51 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 —39 iplammininganumplawacomomp-..--.-----_ _ . .. 1 all Submar. Telegraph., -- 1 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—Trarba return f or the 1 all Do. Registered. ' 1 23,239 7 2 WO 280 7 aaDiemea WA 1 ....16 i week ending June 4, 1854 ~.• COMlSlDondnir vorditlizi. vsiar 9,IPAI 12 01 50 50 2 100 1 25 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 4, 1854...,... £3,239 7 21 9° Z ll ,o44B4%l!*,4o"*Tooliosatstottiettms 4e4l_ 14 Pk Business dons this day. 231 6j I 20 St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 58 4 i 15 12 1 7 I # 90 89i 90 76i i i lli 62i 11 131 1041 34 4 3 994 1 81 i 1 201 61i I i I 11 1 33} i per cent. 631 35 4i i 5 184 18 70 j 121 51 501 50, 2. d P THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1854, Leasing Compiula. Toeing Prices this day. Cbtrb Mbttiou Business this do. 2AuwAlre. Bedford and Bletchley.... Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New, Glstr.dt Dn. Pr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock I Middlesbro' & Redcar. 34idld.Bratifd Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedspv Prest. & Wyre Do. shares. Roystn.&llit. Do. Shop th. St Shef.ltoth.an6 Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... at.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westu Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &N.lifd Do Eastern Norfolk.. G.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count. D 0.. . L. &N.W. I,:;,tl.n&Yk Gt Northn Do Lancash& Yorksh. A.MClean itockt. & Darlingt. GtWestn. 93 - 95 94 - 96 103 -- 105 51' -- 526 254 -26 i 12i -- 134 224 -- 234 2i - 2i 90 -- 92 56 - 58 -- ad ad 2# lid 284 - 29 - 91' - 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen. Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandonsl p.c Dundee Perth &Aber- deem Junction EastAnglian (I:310s) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do: No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scriy Guar. 6 per cent ... Do. 51.,.10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5 per cent.___ Glisgow&S.Western Guar. 5 per cent.... . Great Notthn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .. Do. 4i p. c. Scrip..., Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prel tit. Southn. &Westm, 91 - 96 ii - 96 3 - 31 3i - 4 - P -- 1 13 - 13 j 23 - 24 ••• • •• ••• "". 3 - 3i - 15 - 117 .07 - 109 10 -10 f 7f 8 xd 6 64 95 - 97 87 89 91 93 La- pa: 133 135 ••• . • Ireland) Eighths), Do. 4 per c. ?ref. Sh. Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. coy. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Dc, irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. i:2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1 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. Weste Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh, sfan Shef., & Lin Shares, No.l. Do. New , £lO Do. £6 Harypt.bc Carl. 4 p.o Do. 4j per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & I:irm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ezt Do. sfper ct. pref. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. , New Pre Shrews. & ibrewsby. & Chests' (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent [ South Devon, De. fixed, 4i per cont S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 iper cent. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do, ockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfcl.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c. i'ref Do York&N. Midland 11. and ti. Pura SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. MANCHESTER RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MEISLAM HANDICAP. Hazlenut.. Bianca . Seven ran. SAPLING STAKES. Lord Alfred Sicily Six ran. UNION CUP. Snowdon Dunhill Eighteen ran. 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. ARRIVALS AT ASCOT._Kugaton, Comfit, Hospodar, and Grapeshot. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, June 6.—That change for the better in our market, which showed itself last week in a general tendency to regard yarns and goods as having receded to tore ably safe prices (for a time safe, at least), has been inducing buyers to venture upon increased operations from day to day. The India merchants have purchased the lighter descriptions of goods to a fair extent ; in yarns also they have done some business. The home manufacturers have given orders for yarns with —some degree of free dom ; and the continental houses have done a little more than the little they were previously doing in warps, pincops, and bundles. The home dealers in goods have likewise begun to show themselves at last among the sellers of domestics and other cloths. The business of )ast week was done al rates dightly above the lowest since the decline commenced ; and, . on such terms * considerable operations would have been entered into to-day. But spinners have demanded an advance of id. per lb., and in some instances, even id. for the medium and lower counts of yarns ; and manufac turers have required something like a corresponding rise in several kinds of cloths. This has imposed a decided restriction upon the transactions of the day. Buyers perceive that this up wa rd move s p r i ngs, i n a great de gree, from the advancing tendency of the Liverpoolicot ton market ; and, being very sceptical about the re ported destruction of cotton by frost, and seeing that in spite of such report "middling" was quoted as low as 74c. to 7ic s at New Orleans, they are extremely wary in their conduct, and not at all disposed to join in any temporary action upon prices here which could really benefit no class but that of the cotton holder. How ever, there is an improvement to this extent— buyers have gained so much confidence that they would operate with a moderate degree of freedom—sufficient no doubt to clear away the stocks that may have accu mulated—at the prices which producers were accepting or were willing to accept in the early part of last week, but which the buyers were not prepared to give. This amounts to a small practical advance ; and it is such an advance that has been realised to-day —anything beyond that has been obtained but very partially and for small matters. The greatest success has been in 24s and 28s warps, in some kinds of pincops, and in low numbers of mule. We may here state that ourattention has been called to an instance of the loose and inaccurate way in which the condition of our market is reported even in such a paper as the Times. Under date of June 3, in Monday's publication, the Man chestercorrespondent of that journal says it is stated dthat " one firm has placed orders for 1,000,000 pieces of cloth !" Anything more outrageously extravagant we have never heard among the exaggerated statements often current on our Exchange. It is plain that some wag of a ware houseman has been amusing himself by hoaxing the writer. But the value of the accounts which are given of the Manchester market is- destroyed. when it is seen that they proceed from some one who, having no prac tical acquaintance with the trade of the place, must ' necessarily take everything upon trust, just as he may be able to pick it up among those whom he may casually meet about 'Change or elsewhere. HALIFAX, June 3.—We have no improvement to re port in the state of the worsted trade. Very few buyers have visited our Piece Hall to-day, and the sales have been exceedingly limited. The yarn trade is languid. The quantity produced is fully 50 per cent, below the power of production, and prices are somewhat drooping. The wool trade is almost paralysed by the feeling of un certainty as to the prices at which the new clip will come into the market, and scarcely anything is doing. R&M:MALE, June 5.--We have had a very fair attend. ance of buyers in the market to-day, with a very limited amount of business transacted, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. The wool market has been still, and prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD. June 6.--The market to-day, both in the cloth hall and in the warehouses has been very lan guid. Indeed little else was to be expected ; for inde pendently of the general depression consequent on the state of monetary and commercial affairs, holiday times are far from being promotive of trading in manu factured broad cloths or fancy woollens. And thus Huddersfield to-day presents the apparent anomaly of the streets filled with a well-clothed gay and joyous throng, while the sale of the articles of manufacture upon which their existence as it were depends, is unusually flat. What little demand there was, has been mainly in tweeds, mixtures, and trouserings of medium quali ties. The fancy vesting trade is unusually quiet. The business in the wool warehouses partakes of the prevail ing stagnation. AIAICKET NE WW—(1 1 .1118 DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A limited quantity of English wheat was on sale in to day's market. On the whole the demand was steady, at fully Monday's prices, but the amount of business doing was small. Foreign wheat, the show of which was extensive, move off slowly, but we have no change to notiee in value. In floating cargoes next to nothing was doing. We were fairly supplied with barley, all kinds of which were dull, but not cheaper. Malt sold in retail quantities on former terms. There was a very inactive sale for oats, at Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. Wheat. 520 ARRIVALS THIS HIM. B arley. Malt. 01 It1. :00 2,994 32,800 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Flour. 1,070 15,660 3,5 20 I-- WHITECHIPEL. 78 Oaks Each kind of meat mov e d o ff s t ea dily, as follows : Beef from 30 4d to 4s 4d ; mutt on , 3 s 3d to 43 8d ; lamb, 4s 10ki to 5s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 35 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is firm, and really fine hope, the supply of which is very limited, are rather dearer. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) - LONDON, June 7.—Wind this day at Non, N. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, June 6.—Wind, Arrived—Con fiance, from London, for Adelaide, S:A. PORTSMOUTH, June 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 b ody of a dead man, by the Louise Elizabeth, arrived here from Hartlepool. OFF DARTMOUTH, June 6.—You Stein, from New York, for B remen . CARDIFF, June 6.—S a il e d—Ocean, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, June 9.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed — Henrietta, for Cuba. QUEENSTOW N , June s.—Wind, E. • Saile d—S e a bird, for Miramichi. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25.—The Astrologer (s s) 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 TELEGRAPH.) G RAVES END, Wednesday, 1 0.8 a.m. Wind, N.N.E. ; tide, last hour's flood ;weather, cl ou d y. Arrived, 6th—Boadicea ' f rom Eupatoria ; Fordenskeuld, Christiansund ; R oe lfi na , Stettin. Arrived, 7th—Olaf Rye, from St. Petersburg ; Jacob, Marstrand ; Emgheden, Sudewall ; Harriet Stewart, Kul- Hogberg ; Batavier (s), Rotterdam ; Albion (s), Boulogne;; City of London (s), Dunkirk ; Panther (s), Ostend. Sailed—Harmon, for Labrador; City of Rotterdam (s), Dunkirk; Citizen (s), Bordeaux. Dsat, Wednesday, 9.20 a.m. Wind, N.E., fresh and cloudy. Passed—Niora, from Odessa and Falmouth, for London ; Brilliant, from London, for Geelong; Coquette, from London, for Antigua. 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 Melesworth does nut step into this vacancy, he will be 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 in 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 vgiclus sznpunts, analogous to those of "p;titetuevb4lls. COURT CI_ROUL.AR. _ 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 de Tabley, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Gibbs. Th e ro y a l 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 o f th e D anu b e, 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 town yesterday 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. 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, Ron coni, 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 mise en 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-Gene ra l B uc kl ey , C apta i n Du Plat, the Duke de Terceira, the Vicomte do Carreira, and Lord De Tabley. STRAND THEATRE. Mr. Barry Sullivan appeared last night at this theatre in the character of Claude Melnotte in the Lady of Lyons, and was enthusiastically re ce ived. In a play s o 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 comparison, even though it may be made by an un friendly band. 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 refle c t s , more th an any ot h er, the grapciic genius ofthe 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 IVaterman 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. 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 STEI JULY NEXT. Candy and refined sugar, until the 26th s. d, of August, 1854 ... ••• ..• 17 4 per cwt. And from a n d a ft er th at d ay 16 0 White clayed sugar . • .14 0 21 Yellow Muscovado and brown clay ed sugar• ••• 12 0 ~ 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 11s. 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. 'RIDE OF 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 31. 17s. 102 d. 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. 10W, per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.31 ; 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 100 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.03 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 hi; 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 b e f ore th e m of purchasing some of finest engravings and drawings by our first-rate masters. Seldom has an o pportunity 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 at. pie. It. 1100 st.lloo 5 all 10 all It. 100 5 all skll t. two It. 100 It. 100 It. 11°° [.5 f all 21 all; 3h j all 5 all 7i 2 6 all LO 10 l 0 6 6,1 all 01 5 0 1 6 ;t. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 L 6 6 It. 100 !O 13 1.2 i 9 It. 100 It. 100 i 0 I all ;t. 1100 ;t. 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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 compil at i on evidently f 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 ia 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 cri gantic establishment. Everything 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 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. Ii this por tion of the narrative we are treated to the following lively account of— " A TERRIFIC BANQUET IN AN IGUANODON. " At the lower end of theipark, in a rude and tempo rary wooden building, almost inaccessible for deep ruts and acres of swamp and mud—a miniature Serbunian 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 morasses, or bury themselves in the deep excavatioos 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 bad for some time pre viously contemplated, of giving a dinner to the directors and stone 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. Ingram, and a n u m b e r of other gentlemen, as sembledto do honour to tte unique and novel enter tainment. Twenty-one of theguests were acconirnodated 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 the table, and within the skull of the monster. Mr. Francis Fuller, the Managing Director, and Pro fessor Forbes, were seated ou commodious benches placed in the rear of the beast. An awning of pink and white drapery was raised above the hovel banqueting nail, and small banners bearing the names ot 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 palioonto logy of such men as Cuvier, Hunter, and Conybeare. He told the company how the researches of Cuvier iii com parative anatomy had 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 winch they were des tined, that a skilful 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 Cuvier, and from a single bone, or a single tooth, Conybeare, Buckland, and ethers, 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 beencunstructed." 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 iu Penge Park, in which they bad 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 8, wrapped in clay, His ribs of iron stout, Where is the biota alive to-day That dares with him turn out ? _ Beneath his hide he's got insi d e The 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 him again," (A roar.) And so on, through two more verses, two more choruses, and two more roarings worthy of iguano donouians ! Having listened to the account here 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, Assyrian, G erman -Gothic ' French and Italian-Gothi c, Eng _ lish or National, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Italian, Mediwval, Byzantine and Romanesqu e —th rough 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 g l ass , pre cious m e t a l s , leather, India rubber, machinery, 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 trao*aary. It oould only have bou guoirwt#4. by an enterprise as daring and unparalleled as thai: 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 SILISTRIA. 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 the 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 statem en t th at t h e allied genera ls 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 of abandoning the plains, with their for ttresses, to au inferior enemy. The recommenda tion that Prince Paskiewitch should be allowed to conquer and retain Bulgaria proceeded from a quarter in which ho s tility to Russia is a fee li ng of very recent growth.—Morstny Chronicle. Th le regular investment of Silistria appears to me 30th,enced t o h n er o e r f s o h re o , rt t l h y e be tw fo e r lf elt da e I y Bt o h t o h f m ave a be y ; en on co t in h the siege would have been attained, and on that day, if our intelligence prove correct, the Russi ans~ 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 th e T ur ki sh forces under Omer Pacha, concentrated in fro n t o f 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 the 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 join 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 kora Silistria the. courses of the streams are nearly parallel—the dia. 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 whicb. Shumla and Pravada are situated. Shumla, Pra vady, and Varna are nearly in a straight line, ex tending from west to east ; Shuml a i s a b ou t t wen ty 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 bare 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 acceptinga 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 sides 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 Ottonxin empire in the hours of its uneasy slumber, are broken and scatter e d t o the winds by th e valour of the allied troops on the very spot where they were insidiously spun.— Daily ews. MUST WE HAVE ANOTHER GERMAN? We English are, after all, a poor helpless race. It is true that the sun never sets on 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 recognise■ as the prince of poets; we have Bacon, whom the whole world recognises as one of the princes of philosophy ; we have also Turner, who is recognised as a prince in painting. We have also a great many other reasons for thinking. lather highly of ourselves. We are not fond of 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 aright 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 es. 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 4 If we can take care of our liberty, our law, our science, our manufactures, or art, is it to be supposed that we ate to depend for the arrangement of our galleries upon a foreigner ? Dr. Waagen's book is crammed full of blunders. Is he the man to put us in the right way to get at the road to British Art ! Is the appointment a mere German job ? —Daily News. CAPTAIIV W. H. BALL (NEMESIS.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-- You have given most justly in your number of this day ue ee sk ia, etc w h h o o f se t e h x e pl s o e i r ts vic in es c o h f in Captain recorded W. H. Hall, of the atrue H Ne mix e s i s, public book, desp despatches e details eatan and s of w in h e a v i o -e ya s g u e pp o o f h rt t ed e by pri vate remarks of two admirals. Allow me to fill up some • sions. Capt. Hall was, on account of hi s serv i eee, appointed ls to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Capt. Hall commanded the Dragon in the Mediterranean ua. der Admiral Sir William Parker, and be it WWI 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 ho 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 vertices 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 mo s t naval officers despised the tea-kettles. Yours obediently, June 5. ONE WHO WAN AT SALAMI. S.—You can perhaps explain how it was that Capt. Hall was wholly overlooked by the Admiralty. The date of hi s command to the Hecla will show he was a n n not appointed till l ong a f ter t h e fleet had been fi tte d_ out had sail e d. A strange conversat i on a b out t he H ecla l the Times seemed to b e g i ven f or so me m y sterious son—fur " First-lords' chats " after official negl eet.s are not often reported. DESTRUCTIVB FlRE.—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 tha bpipd e , engine from Farriugdon-street, under the direntilite t Mr. Scott, was taken to the scene, when it was tou l k that the outbreak had taken place in the drying-room, Olt the south side of the institution, 4nd adjoining th e , laundry. The inmates, on hearing 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 illuminists the various sleeping apartments. Fortunately the whole of the reel dents were kept quiet, and with the aid of the police the different domestics of the asylum managed to cut off the 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 laun dry consumed, and the roof destroyed. The fire, it is understood, was caused from the overheating of the drying-stove. The premise's were insured by the Mid dlesex magistrates for 25, 0001 . in the Pb i**, Scottis h l7.lo4, the 04 icy , 44440111 0104.10 50 25 12 131 20 20 all all all all all 100 12 St. St. 25 611 al [0 al 1071 10 91i 2 1151 1004 T T 1