The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-10 00:00:00

the mew ad. The 11 as the& State. invitation tin Exhi for the the fol i at the , Gene 3ervatory ive Com b de Les 3s, Direc• Imperial Chamber the Im- against •ed that y made that just lip with udge at mettion, ered the m very hat Swe recalled Lb, King rmy who .—" We y to all vho have Lrt in the ;he Otto left the by them a within ree they of the y will at v rieo." • o lature to is paci- Larks at A so sa- affairs in )ops has De is ad re tran- despatch red a de d the en ascribed sent to e, as well would be show to inaticism on Silis ;elc This ( )r -so wing d 0- ;nal n )t rnmunioin uuncil Of. Larissa lockadecl it provi ey are at are in walrp off frorr►. retreat,. They re•- ,uate on e Pierian south of are very y of the the well- ;arta, the Gego, at , women, Taco for He sur— ;t fire to. iirreshana,. ry village s lour, &c., verything 6tely sup arts. returned n was to id, in the Itter was wer from cive naea- ;equence s Ls duty in gi ng of ghlative ee, issued course to •ying the France, 25, 1854, ;s, Baum ; that the the arms. is strictly sty. Lie prived of t will be [1 also be Austria. ports is re not to Powers, tr. AnY I by the rerun:tent in entail ire not to . An ex° )ite of the the com the poets_ ressels of "'ter Aus t, in the erce will rian cap" made in thout re required. ma off. property' E!xception Aligereut tri ports, nits may' ree is to nelusion, d to mt ely given the OCP I repara- rshal manding scontent 3 18 _ —indeed, [. Etnile :onsider lid there . he does .epair to 14 year' Ralf per er Cent. t, 72f. ; in Port e Boob- resolved well as :orne to to tak e Palace► General. le over, last Sa• through known muvasso •rive to a India• ).-0 1 . tised to r depar• ire po ielled to I. She tion of y Gre a t ir Sin° : 5) every he gra. ra te Of i• . r ine 3.09" OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) 2 he Crystal P a l ace a t Syd en ham was inaugurated uttl3 afternoon with the pomp and ceremony be fitting so auspicious an occasion ; and Providence, smiling upon the peaceful undertaking, blessed the tTing with brilliant summer weather. Up till chch..aer the metropolis had been visited with a cold, ili the atmosphere, while early this morning there da 4 e'rery indication of a heavy fall of rain ; as the n advanced, the wind changed to a more genial : tiar ter, making the air warm and balmy. As early s leYen o'clock season-ticket holders were on th move, and the trains which left London rldge were well filled with passengers. At i j ' ak lt half of the visitors must have belonged to t oilets fair sex, whose bright and varied-coloured gave the streets a complete holiday aspect. The number of carriages which passed over the "ipterent bridges must have been immense, since t i. °lll eight o'clock in the moruin until three in I n afternoon the approaches to the Crystal converging out of Lambeth, presented the PPearance of the carriage -drive in Hyde Park. The arr angement of the police to meet this tremendous o itt lx of fashionables were most admirable; and as each vehicle set down at one of the many entrances ad .the Palace, it was drafted off into the byelanes :aeent to the building, being compelled to take pturn in the order in which it arrived. Never, hags, were there so many carriages of all de le e 'tlltiions, from the humble cab to the emblazoned quipage, collected upon one spot. Epsom Downs o th e Derby Day enjoys a full share of Da trenage in this respect, but it can have been n c ' t hing to the scene of to-day witnessed at Syden tb°. So much, then, for the route by the road, e Pathways of which were as thickly lined with estrians as the centre was choked up with vehi es. At the London-bridge station the scene was e qually crowded and exciting. The trains corn l'l'xiced running at the early hour of seven o'clock, s ad from that period down to three o'clock there /v aa a continuous stream of people rolling 0 the line between there and the Palace. classes of trains were provided for the occa t.°°) the first for the fortunate possessors of e kets of admission to the building, and the tel c °llel for the miscellaneous public, who, not fleeelin I g disposed, or unable to go to the ex es, a of becoming a season subscriber to the h 1 . tin'bition, were yet anxious to examine the exter -4t.111 art of the glass edifice, while they at the same 0 : 4 :ran a very good chance of witnessing the arrival eon, equently M a j es ty. The platforms of the station were ' 4, 1 equently mobbed, not to say crowded, during the tt whole of the morning ; but from the ffet 'ence in the dress of the two classes it we aB . easy to distinguish between those who 011 , 1 ° going inside and those who would have to r ip with an outside view of the spectacle. ass pe ng along the line, ew catch a glimpse of the tac e as you approach New Cross, and this morn tea tb ere being a bright sun shining above, it strongly sem .bled the dancing waters of a lake; but arrived, It It i Elusion soon became dispelled, and the mind In a ° lternately enraptured and confused by the rro anding picture. To the right was a fine W° 0 (1 y landscape, while on the left rose, in all aajestic grandeur, the fabric which first o :an ated from the genius of Paxton. Threading a ‘": , 11 'ay along the west side of the Palace, the Or( 'aches got almost impassable as the grand tiara nee is reached ; but branching off into : neighbouring underwood, a few minutes' i n t ik brought us to the extreme end of the build g• Here is the well-known lane leading to ee ea all Spa, and on all hands fine hotels or s3 ' . .! , ets t ave rns are rapidT , y springing into :labs ace. Behind these stands. the coppice of Nor ki°°el, and it would seem as if all the g i p sies in the jeg ;u oin had collected upon this spot to-day. tending into the valley though which the a u ray passes, and to the right of A nuerle y , immense field was appropriated to th e pur pose ;a of a sor t o f f a i r . H ere were booths of all aorta, petty gambling booths, gipsey tents, tad hawker's wa res , w i t h pill tho shows and exhi ms usually met with at Greenwich, upon t '!% spot were assembled. The pensentry and iurers of the district : and, as if to remind us, dst the excitement of this triumph of peace, of " ruthless war raging in the East, here to be j'ek rd above the noise and bustle of pipe and the 1 . °11 ( rattle of a recruiting party. But glorious as ," 4, the interior of thin modern w onder of the rld perhaps it was surpassed by the safety au d regularity with which so many myriads of ople were carried at almost lightning speed along e rrailway, and whatever may be the cora 3rcial success of tb.e undertaking, the proceed of to-day will long reflect credit upon the ra ihvay management of the country in general, a i ;id that o f the London and South Coast Company "'t particular. Though the special, trains to the Crystal Palace e .°lntnenced runnin g from London-bridge as early " nine o'clock, thecloors of the building were not Perl for the admission of the public until eleven, byl which time a vast throng of persons, as well as 4 eeng lines of vehicles of every description, were wait 'llg to set d ow n the: company that had collected at the different entrances. Teat there should have been t ? considerable an assemblage four hours before he arrival of her Majesty, which was fixed for three o'clock, may perhaps excite some surprise ; but it is not to be; wondered at, when it is known that between 20,000 and 30,000 season tickets had °, 81 :1 sold up to last evening, in addition to so me V t housands of tickets of admission issued gra tuitously to specially favoured individuals aod to parties n'ho were to take part in t he cere mony. And tleis large early attendanc e of v isitors may be aceouiated for by the desire, not only to secure good places for witnessing the grand spectacle of the day, bu t to explore the various courts and galleries of w hich they had heard so muc h, in this magnificent fe•ection. On reaching the terminus of the Crystal Palace Railway, the public, instead °f being adueitted, as was anticipated, at that end 11 the buil ding, had to walk up the hill to °° entravece of the transept on the east side "-a rather fatiguing journey to all, but especially to the fair. sex •, and it would have been anything b ut agreetable had the weather been unfavourable ; b ut bei ng a real " Queen's day," and the air being fr esh, mild, and balmy, this pedestrian trip was uoth pleasant and invigorating. In truth, all seemed ebnfident that the presence of her Majesty ould snare away those angry elements which tend c ) mar so many of our nationa l exhibitions and displ a y ;, l save, indeed, when r o y alt y dei g ns to lend " 8 presence. No one seemed to have thought of taking any precautions against either cold or rain, f br umbrellas and overcoats were not to be seen; and its to the ladies-, they appeared determined to defy anything of the kind, judging from their attire, which was of the lightest texture and of the gayest and most choice colours. When it was known that admission had corn- Menced, there was a general rush towards each of the doers, and the consolatory ejaculations of the Felice that there was ample room and plenty of time, with polite intimations to keep back, were of 31 0 avail, for the squeezing and crushing went on Until the mob outside had considerably lessened, and in the scramble the dresses of the male as well 48 female visitors got considerably disordered. On entering (at the point mentioned) we were forcibl y s t r uck at first sight with the gr e a t resem blance of the building to i ts progenitor in Hyde-park; but scarcely a moment's reflection was required to pronounce it infinitely superior as regards de decoration, and the interior arrangements. The stiff straight lines which m arred the prospec tive view of the old palace are done away with here by the addition of two end transe p ts, and other judicious alterations in the construction — t he whole mass of glass is totally un obstructed b y Objects of exhibition—the monotonous blue and W hite of the Hyde-park building ie releved by a h appy mixture of red and yellow. The gorgeously i l l eeorated Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek , Al hambra, Medimval, and other Courts are marked by artistic tasteof the highest and most refined descrip tion, and while devoid of any semblance to places got nP for mere show, appear to have all the solidity of 'nose edifices they are meant to represent. We t a a3r add, that, among the other things which ten d ° render this place infinitely more beautiful and p e rfect than the last, is the tasteful division of the Whole ground floor into garden plots, with plants d trees of every imaginable description, remark :4 for beauty and abundance of flower or foliage, ; v i . . 1 , , 4 likewise the numerous ornamental wire baskets nch are suspended from the galleries in all I di rections, with choice ferns and flowers hanging gracefully over their sides. dais throne for her Majesty is erected on a raised h uge in the centre transept, and is overhung with a but rich and elegant canopy in crimson and 5 ° ', 4 , With the mottoes, Dieu et mon droit, Doming a vvarn fac Reginam, Jec., upon it. Here the Queen will sit with her f'ce towards the east. the throne is en ill eelculei 0 inn' or of se a t s for the band and chorus, under the direction of , kjosta, and on the right and left and front (c4te nclillg to the opposite end of the transept) THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1854, "BETTER IS" NOT " AN ENEMY TO SHARE MARKETS. GOOD." A WORD TO OUR READER. (THIS DAY.) 1 all 1 all .oa. all 10 '2 20 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all Aqua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold id 1 21 - - 101 BRITISH RAILWAYS. ( From, Eliza Cook's Journal. ) Measures have been adopted to impart increased animation and vigour to this journal, and, indeed, to give to all departments of it, grave or gay, a still higher degree of efficiency and completeness. A yet richer and more varied spring of materials will be disposed with strict method. In this view, not only the ablest literary services have been secured, but the system by which we may best avail ourselves of the great diversity of talents and " shoot" them into one texture of many tints, has RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Badness done ails day. Ave Mariii Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal isiztish Austrin. Gold British Iron . Brazilianlmp.(issued 1 all 30 13.5 35 241 9 4 5i 2f 30 —32 d at L 5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiadt, Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7. p. cent. English and Austrin. Copper Sineltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein... Do. Registered Great Poigooth Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold 1 1 it been carefully and earnestly considered. Even without certain minor changes which, of course, will be sufficiently ostensible, and which will be introduced later,—without these, and without at all waiting for them, we trust that our readers will very soon perceive, in the points of intrinsic amusement, and pleasantness, and value, the effects of our anxiety to disprove, in this instance, at least, the witty French proverb that "Better is the 45 - 47 - 11 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 4p ft. all . ) .5 all 5 all 11 - 21 n all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all I I - I. enemy of Good." It is our ambition and our purpose to store these pages still more profusely with all that 1 16 A $ lo 11 makes the hour of wise and well-chosen leisure compen- sate for the hours of actual world-battling, refresh as 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all Quartz Crush. Co Ilariquita Vlexican&S.Americn New Granada ' New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Mondo Pontgibaud Silye, Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz flock Rhymnoy Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba :outh Australian fin Croft United Mexican Waller a a 6 - 64 i - i 1. all h:1 all i - 16 - 17 i - A i - 11 3] - .34 9 - 10 41 - 4i 4 3i - 3i West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia. ..... Yuba • = d •dl ~ - ~ there are reserved seats for distinguished persons and those who have privileged tickets. At 2 o'clock every seat was • occupied, not only here, but along the whole north and south naves along which her Majesty and the procession will proceed. The coup d'ocil from the extreme northern gal lery looking to the south is grand in the extreme, and outstrips all that was seen at the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851. Her Majesty, accompanied by her illustrious visitors, arrived at the Palace shortly before three o'clock. A report of the internal ceremony will be given in our later edition. THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND GARDENS. Within the twenty-four hours since we last addressed our readers, the greatest progress has been made in the arrangements for the opening of the Crystal Palace by her Majesty. The whole of the fine arts courts, though some of them may be incomplete, will be thrown open to the public — after the ceremony of opening—and the industrial courts will present a much more forward appearance than could have been anticipated by those who have had the privilege of viewing the progress of the works. Yesterday was principally occupied in the removal of scaffolding, and the clearing up of the courts, so as to ren der them fit for the reception of company—and sure we are that, once seen, they will draw universal admirers. The royal dais, with temporary retiring-rooms for her Majesty and the members of the royal family, have been completed by Mr. Crace • and the principal tr anse p t and galleries have been filled with seats for the accommodation of the company, which it is supposed will not number less than 25,000 persons. Yesterday, Mr. Corr Vander Maeren, the Belgian Com missioner of the Exhibition, arrived from the continent with a deputation from the artists and literary men of Belgium, Holland, &c., in order to attend at the Exhibi tion ; and ~ reputations also arrived in the course of the day from Paris, Vienna, and other places. Not only within the building, but without, are the ut most preparations being made for the reception of the company, canopies Jawing been erected in every direction to protect visitors from the weather, should it prove un favourable. Tet.ts have also been raised in Dulwich Wood, as standing for carriages. Throughout yesterday the neighbourhood presented a somewhat curious appearance, from the number of houses opened to accommodate that portion of the public who are not enabled to partake in the interior festivities of the day—the beer and coffee shops not only displaying various co.onrs, but a fair having, been arranged in Annerly Vale, for the benefit (?) of soldiers' wives and families, in which Wombwell's Menagerie, somebody's (we forget whose) Grand National Circus, and other favourites of the fair going public, are to hold prominent positions. —Morning Post. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice Jervis, the Justices Mauls, Erie, and Crowder.) SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF A WIFE FROM AN UNLICENSED LUNATIC AS TLUM-EXPARTE ARMSTRONG. This was an ,pplication made by Mr. Sergeant Byles, to their lordships to grant a habeas corpus to bring up the body of Mrs. Catherine Armstrong, from a certain unlicensed lunatic asylum, where they, the applicants, allege she is detained against her will, she being at this time perfectly sane. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel, that the lady in question is the wife of Captain Armstrong, and had been placed by her father in the house of a medi cal gentleman at Finchley as a lunatic, and was there de tained against her will, and that she was not allowed to be seen either by a medical man upon the part of her hus band, or by a priest, in order that the state of her mind might be ascertained. The affidavit of the husband set forth that she was of sane mind, and fit to !se placed under his control. Application bad been made to the commis— sioners, but they had not thought fit to interfere, and had not given any reason for so refusing. The affidavit of the husband went on to state that, from interviews and letters that had been received, he was of opinion that she was fit to be liberated to his custody or be placed under more proper custody. After a considerable deal of discussion, Mr. Justice Maule said that the best thing to do would be to apply to the commissioners to make a report to the Lord Chancellor, who would have the power to liberate the lady, and place her under the control of her husband. Mr. Serjeant Byles, after some further remarks, said that he felt a difficulty existed in the present application, and would let the nittter rest in abeyance at present, and act upon the suggestion given by the Court. Mr. Justice Maule—Aud if you do not succeed apply to this Court :wain. The Lord ° Chief Justice said he was of opinion that the husband ought to have been permitted to have a medical man to see the lady, his wife. MINING INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Mining Journal of this day.) The market has been well sustained this week, but un like what it was a few months since, when dividend shares only were saleable ; the chief business of late has been in progressive mines, in which good discoveries, likely to lead to profitable results, have been made. With the exception of Alfred Consols, Trelawny, and SJuth Tamar, we have not heard of any large transactions in dividend mines. In the Bullion Market Mexican and South American dollars, ss. lid. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Fine cake silver ss. 50. per oz. The Gold Mining Share Market has been completely neglected during the week, and where business has been done a considerable fall has taken place, even in what may be called the best descriptions. The Nouveau Monde Company have received an elaborate report from Mr. Phillips, from which it appears very doubtful whether gold quartz mining will ever be profitable. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, June 9.—The Whitsuntide holidays have caused such a suspension of business as to furnish ground for no other remark respecting the condition of our mar ket since Tues lay than the simple statement that the position of things, and the prevailing views which characterised that slay, remain unchanged, so far at least as we are able to judge. We shall therefore simply de scribe how matters stood on and just before Tuesday last. It was evident last week that the decline in prices had gone far enough to induce such a return of demand for the medium and lower counts of yarns, and certain descriptions of goods, as sufficient in the first instance to stop the clown yard tendency, and then to occasion a slight upward turn. Certainly, in most of the yarns referred to, and also in goods suitable for India, a small positive gain on the side of producers was seen to be realised on comparing notes with the preceding week or fortnight. The business effected in yarns for home ma nufacture, and in yarns and goods for shipment to India, was rather large in its aggregate amount ; and for the continent of Europe there was a little more buying than before. The home dealers in goods, whose stocks greatly need replenishing, were also beginning to reappear in the market as customers to the manufacturers. No doubt, therefore, the buyers were prepared to operate rather extensively on Tuesday last at the full attainable rates of the previous week. Another step forward was, however, attempted by sellers. Spinners demanded an additional Ad. per lb., and for some yarns id. ; and manu facturers made a corresponding requirement. For this the buyers were not prepared ; their caution was at once awakened ; and their transactions were inconsiderable. NOTTINGHAM, June B.—Since our last report but little business has been done, owing to a great extent to the fact that most part of the week has been, as usual, devoted to holiday making. A few articles in lace goods are said to have been in rather more re quest, but hitherto not sufficient to warrant an extended production. The hosiery trade continues very flat, and a great number of frames have been stopped. The price of hosiery yarn is nominal ; sales, except for goods to be made to a small extent fur present orders, cannot be effected. The price of lace yarn is again quoted a trifle lower. LEICESTER, June B.—There is no improvement in any branch since our last, and being holiday week but little has been done in the warehouses. The failure of the ex tensive house of Messrs. Hall Brothers, who have a house in New York and also at Nottingham, has created a great sensation here, and at Loughborough and Nottingham. Their liabilities are great at each place, and the assets at . present not ascertained; HALIFAX.—Our report of this day's market may be condensed into very few words ; both wool and yarn in clined to give way in price. Perhaps the only exception is in favour of clothing brokes, which, being scarce, com ; mend fully as good a figure. TEE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, June 9.—Notwithsta ndin g the interruptions to the usual business avocations by the Whitsuntide holi days, there has been a very fair trade done in the cloth halls this week ; both on Saturday and on Tuesday the transactions were of an average cha racter, and quite equal to what is generally ex p ected at this season of the year. The trade in the warehouses has been rely quiet this week. Thera is rarely any im portant transactions during these holidays. HUDDERSFIELD, Juno 7.—The market to-day had little to distinguish it from the preceding week. A moderate amount of goods are quietly disposed of at the warehouses, but the Cloth-hall was very flat. The mills and fac tories aro pretty well employed, but we hear that work is not over plentiful in the neighbouring localities. Wool is, however, in tolerable demand, and prices firm and un changed. ROCHDALE, June s.—We have a fair attendance 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. BOLD EXPLOIT OF CAPTAIN YELVEETON, OF THE ARROGANT. —We think the public ought to be put in possession of a fact, highly honourable to this gallant officer, which took place a few hours before the affair of Eckness, in which he and Captain Hall, of the HeCla, so effectively attacked the Russian batteries. The Arro gant, previous to Capt. Hall's arrival, was close in with Helsingfors, and an opportunity having presented itself, Capt. Yelverton landed on an island where a lighthouse, 175 feet in height, gave him full means of reconnoitr ing the interior of the h trbour. This lofty look-out Captain Yelverton ascended ; and to use the words of our infoilnant, Captain Yelverton "saw the place splen didly," he counted eight line-of-battle ships, a Couple of frigates, and a lot of small craft." He had also a full view of the batteries, &c. The information thus ob tained will be of no small use to Sir C. Napier, for it has been asserted that the ga llant admiral, in not providing Admiral Plumridtze with a sufficient force to engage this ?it i-ion of the Riv , ian fleet, had allowPrl it to v.ripe feud.), ilei iii rfura, and that it h vi joined the Cr;)l.,tajt force. It is only just to Captain Yelverton that the country should be aware of the quarter from which this ' information is derived. . _ with a bath the jaded faculties, or nerve again the anxious and harassed mind. It will be our task in the Journal to furnish to every reader field and free warren, and means to pursue for himself what experience shows to be most exquisite as well as the most ennobling of the attainable pleasures of instructed and civilised men, —pleasures of which the poor can, in our day, partake as rightfully as the rich, and which nevertheless have ever been preferable and preferred in the eyes of wealth itself to all the others at its large command ; the only pleasures in which the powers we all need, whatever be our calling, are strengthened, elevated, and enlarged, instead of being warped, or enervated, or debased. Such journals as uurs have a great mission, no doubt ; but we fear that this mission is often austerely, rather than accurately, received. It cannot, for instance, be any business of theirs to crush the exhausted day by an evening of intricate and heavy disquisitions, or to dis gust with reading and study those to whom reading and study 'Light have proved of incalculable gain ; those, we say, to whom such appliances, even when considered merely as means of recreation and pleasure, are in a pe culiar degree precious—being to all indeed the best and least perishable, but to them almost the only sources procurable of intellectual or refined enjoyment. But "it skills not" arguing or disserting on so plain a mat ter ; it will be enough to reduce the right principle to practice in our own pages. We take the opportunity which this notice affords of saving time and of speaking to many at once, to beg our contributors, scattered in various places, to remember that they will not a little aid us by rendering their arti cles brief. Tnere is a great art in this. It can never be done to the right degree without taking immense pains, nor is it ever successfully done without imparting in credible energy, effect, and lite to the production thus condensed. " Your sermon," said a great critic to a great preacher (both were eloquent men), " was very ei hue ; but had it been of only half the length, it would have produced twice the impression." " You are quite right," was the reply ; " but the fact is, I received but I sudden notice to preech, and therefore I lied not the 1( time to make my sermon short." So with tales, essays, sketches, travels, biographies, character-portraits, hints of practical wisdom in common life, and scientific explanations (these last, however, I may be fuller, as point, and liveliness, and amusement must be sacrificed to the most perfect clearness, and the expounder must make himself understood, however tedious he may thus happen to become) ; but with the great mass, we repeat, of the contributions to a periodical like ours, it is the same as with the discourse of the orator to whom we have alluded. But, besides what each article will gain, we have another reason forlinculcating brevity ; it is this—variety of matter (and variety we will take care to have) is of course entirely incompatible with prolixity of writing. It is a common remark, that learned people are often found, in practical life, below that level on which they had been expected to move ; and that brilliant college celebrities, when they enter the world, sometimes ap pear strangely ignorant of things both necessary to ac quire and easy to master, —knowing nothing, as it is said, and fit for nothing. It is not that they have failed to profit by the studies they have made, but that there are studies which they have not made at all. Therefore, while professedly attending to the amuse ment of our readers, we will also supply them in a popu ler form with that very "course" elsewhere omitted—a course of "Common Things." There are few kinds of knowledge that are agreeable, and still fewer kinds that are useful, or convenient, or creditable, in the various stations and endless vicissitudes of this vast social laby rinth—few, indeed, of these various departments of de sirable information which will not find their place and their time in our quiet pages. We shall be anxious to promote both the loftier aims of the aspiring student and the plain, downright bread-winning ability of a less ambitious and more numerous class of readers. But " man lives not by bread alone ;" and to speak with hu mour to the good-humoured, with courage-breathing thoughts to the desponding; to beguile a weary hour, to cheer a weary heart, to nerve and restore the doubting or the downcast mind, and to add to the best resources of home recreation,—these objects enter legitimately, and they enter largely, into the scope of our Journal. TILE ABSOLUTE COMPACT. (From the Press of this day.) The state of affairs on the Continent is critical. The secret negotiations which a fortnight ago we an nounced were in active progress, with the view of termi nating the Turkish war, and yet saving the honour of Russia, have been brought to a successful conclusion, so far as the German Powers are concerned. Austria, who claims to act as principal mediator, has agreed to propose an armistice to the belligerents, preliminary to a general Congress, which is to settle the terms of a permanent pence. Russia has admitted that by the change which has re cently taken place in the condition of the Christian subjects of the Porte the original cause of war has been removed. A security for these Christian privileges which will not in validate the sovereign rights of the Sultan will engage the solicitude of the Congress. The free navigation of the Danube is secured by the ' great treaties of Vienna of 1814; and if any doubts have arisen as to the interpretation of the subsequent convention between Russia and Austria, respecting especially the mouths of that important watercourse, Congress will give to this document that clear intention which both parties to the convention have always desired. The treaty which prevents the ships-of-war of foreign nations from passing the Dardanelles was not intended to give any advantage to Russia, nor is it an act between Russia and Turkey alone. All the great Powers, on the contrary, are parties to it, and one of its principal objects at the time was to rescue France from the diplomatic iso lation in which she had been placed by the imprudence of M. Thiers, by facilitating her European co-operation, and thus formally readmitting her to the transactions of La Haute Politique. Where general interests are so ob viously concerned, if revision become necessary, a Con gress of the high contracting parties offers a natural tribunal. The treaty of Karnadgi is a treaty between Russia and the Sublime Porte alone; but, if any doubts exist between the contracting parties respecting the tenour of some of its clauses, Russia, acting according to diplomatic precedent, will not decline referring those ambiguities to the solution of a properly-constituted arbitration. Russia will mature arrangements for the evacuation of the Principalities the moment that Austria and Prussia make a requisition to that effect. It is stated that, in acceding to these overtures, Russia has only expressed her willingness to accomplish a purpose from the first frankly admitted. A. proposition for an ar mistice was made by Austria, at the secret suggestion of Russia, so far back as the autumn of last year, before the Western fleets had entered either the Black Sea or the Baltic (vide leading article of the Press, Nov. 26, 1853, where information to this effect was exclusively given ) If the invitation by Austria to the Western Powers to join in this arrangement prove unsuccessful, Germany will remain neutral until . the development of events indicates its line of duty. It is considered not improbable at Vienna that if the ar mistice be not agreed to, and any event occurs which draws the war out of the Greek and Sclavonic lirait, Rus sia will be invited to join the alliance, offensive and defen sive, which has alreacly been formed between Austria and Prussia. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SYDENHAM CRYSTAL PALACE.—Some of our readers may wish to be reminled of the d is 1,608 feet ; the length of centre transept, 408 dimensions of the Crystal Palace. The entire length 1 feet; nave i l s e length of e o t f endthe width transepts, centre3l2 f eet;the w2iodtfheet of ; transept, the width of end transepts, 72 feet ; and the projection of the bays is 8 feet. These dimensions, it will be seen, are all multiples, or parts, of 24 feet, the distance from column to column throughout. The height of the first storey, including the girder, which is 3 feet, is 22 feet the height of the second storey (includi ng g i r d er ), thi r d s torey, fourth storey in centre transept, and fifth storey in transept, 20 feet in each case. The ribs of the roof spring at 8 feet above the upper galleries in nave and transepts. The height from the floor to the centre of the roof of the nave, and of end transepts, is 106 feet ; and the height from the floor to the centre of the roof of the centre transept, 170 feet. The diameter of the octa gon column is 7i inches.—The Builder. MURDER AT CROWLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE.-011 TUOS• day morninz, between 10 and 11 o'clock, a woman named Sarah Hickling, was murdered in a public st r e e t I of the town of Crowland, Lincolnshire, by Joseph Bains, a tailor and draper of the town, who is married to a daughter by the first wife of the husband of the d ece ased. The coroners inquest 's took place on Wed nesday, before Mr. W. Edwards, at the George and Angel Inn. The evidence did not throw any light upon the motives for the murder, and the only facts proved in reference to it were, that on the morning in question Bains was seen to go into the house where the de ceased woman lived in South•street. A few minutes afterwards the deceased came out screaming " Murder I" She was closely followed by Bains, who had a poker in his hand, she immediately fell upon the ground, and Bumps, who was in a very excited state, struck her seve ral violent blows on the head and neck with the poker. He then threw down the poker and ran away. The witnesses examined did not know of any previous ill feeling between Bains and the deceased. A surgeon stated that the wounds at the back of the head were the cause of death. When the prisoner was appre beneed he was much depressed, and .ssid he could not sleep az , give exp:anation in regard to the crime he had committed. The probability seems to be that he is insane. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder" against Baine. .iberdeen.. Nottng. Bost. and Eastu.Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... I;maesh. dt Cheshire Juuct Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20.. Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45; Bristol and Exeter... Ca1ed0nian........... Chester & Holyhead.' Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&Belfa.stJunc Dundee Perth &Aber • deep Junction r Do. New East Anglian__ Do., (4:18 E dr. 11)„ Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B. 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An extensive business was transacted in fruit and vege. tables, as follows : orr.—Pine apples, English, Gs Od to lOs Od each ; hot-house grapes, 6s to 12s; foreign ditto, is 6d to 3s Od per lb ; poaches and nectarines, 24s to 40s per'doz. • apricots, green, Gd to is per pottle ; strawberries, Gd to is 6d per small basket ; apples, .6s to 8s per bush. ; pears, 3s Od to 6s Od per doz. ; goose-berries, 3s Od to 4s per half sieve ; currants, is Oct to 28 Od per basket ' • forced cherries, 2s Oct to 4s Od ; French ditto, 4d to 8d per pound ; lemons, 9d to 2s ; oranges. 4s 6:1 to 12s per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb.; Barcelona nuts, 2ls per bush. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, Gd to is Gd per dozen ; greens, 2s Oct to 4s Od per doz. bunches ; French beans, 1s Od to 2s 01 per 100 ; potatoes, 140 s to 210 s per ton ; new ditto, 18s to 25s per cwt.; asparagus, 2s to 6s per bundle; sea-kail, 9d to 2s per punnet; garlic, 8d to is per lb.; turnips, 4d to 8d per bunch ; carrots, 8d to 1s Oil per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; celery, Gd tk Is Gd per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Oct per sieve; spring onions, 3d to Gil per bunch ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz.• leeks, 1 d to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 5d to 8d horse-rahish, is 0:1 to 4s Ou per bunde ; parsley. is Oct to 2s Oct per half sieve ; rhubarb, Os 3d to Os 8d per bundle ; endive, 2s to 3s Oct per sccre ; beet, is to is Gd per dozen bunches; parsnips, is to 2s Od per dozen ; sms.ll salad, 2d to 3(.1 per punnet ; mushrooms, Gd to is Gd per pottle ; artichokes, is to is Gd per half seize ; cos lettuces, is Gd. to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes Gil to 8(1 per dozen hands ; green peas, 2s Gd to Os Od per half seine. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, 5s to 7s ; Goslings, 5s Gd to 7s each ; Duck lings, 2s to 4s; tame Rabbits, 8d to is 6d ; wild do , 8d to is 6d ; Guinea Fowls, 3s to 3s 3d ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each; Surrey Fowls, Gs Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 5s Od to 6s 6d; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 4s Gd per couple; Capons, 3s to 4s Od ; Chickens, 2s Od to 2s 9d per couple. English Eggs, 7s Gd to 8s 6d; French ditto, 5s Od to 7s Od per 120; 'fresh butter, Os to 15s per dozen lbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Od to lls ; Brills, is to 7s Od etch; Salmon lld to is 3d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s to 6s Od each ; Soles, 4d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz.; Common Oysters, '9s to 16s • Natives, 40s od. to 48s per bsh; Mackerel, 20s to 33s per 100; Smelts, 3s Od to 5s pr doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 6s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut, Gd per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 4s Od per lb. ; Flounders, 9d to is Gd per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike Gd per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frors 10d to lid; of household ditto, B? 2 d to Vid per 4lb loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Cd to 4s 4d ; muttoa, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d; veal, 4s Od. to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od ls 8 d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4dtO4s4d ; mutton, 33 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d; veal, 4s Od to Os Od; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 6411, 20 to 4d; 64th to 721 b, 3a to 3i(1; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3Ad to :Lid ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 0(1 to Oct ; 104 P, to 1121 b 0(1 to Od. Horse hides, Gs 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s 0(1 to 3s Ocl; ditto, ful, 5s 6(1 to Os Od; polled sheep, Os 0(1 to Os Od; Kents, Os 0,1 to Os Od; Half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 4s 6(1 to Gs Od ; Lambs, 2s Od to Od; blearlings, Is 7d to is 8(1. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 51 Os ; clover Ha°, 3,', lOs to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12e to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 3s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECIIAPZL.—Meadow hay, 26103 to Si Os; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 6116 s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Juno 10.—Wind this day at Noon, W.; plea. sant breeze, and fine clear weather. PLYMOUTH, June 9. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Scourge, from Portsmouth, for the Coast of Africa. PORTSMOUTH, Juno 9.—Wind, N. to W. Sailed— Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, for the Eastward. SOUTHAMPTON, Jane 9.—Sailed—Thames (s), Brazils. GRIMSBY, Juno 9.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Concordia, for Valparaiso. SHIELDS, June N. Sailed—John Sims, for New York ; Cactus, do. LtvEnrooL, June 9.—The passengers and crew of the Helen Thompson, from Troon to Quebec, which foundered near the Bird Isles, May 18, were saved by the Sarah from this port, which put into Richibucto ; 10 were taken on board the Ava, of Scarborough ; 12 by the Duke, of Maryport ; and 12 by the Wilkinson, all bound to Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; strong breeze, and fine. Arrived—Alice Wilson, from St. John's, New Bruns wick; Sostre, Nakskow; Helene (le Trende and Eliza beth, Hamburgh ; Mercurius, Dordt ; and Charles, from Ostend. (BY SUBUARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.55 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, quarter flood ; weather, fine. Arrived—Wilberforce (s), from Hamburgh ; Seino (s), Boulrgne ; Belgium (s), Ostend ; Maria, Christiania; Boudderen, do. DEAL, Saturday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, W. ; light and cloudy. Passed—Mohawk, from London, for Sidney ; and Jane, from Port Madoc to Kiel. Anchored—Santos, for Bilboa; La d y Louisa, for Port Philip Hen, for Madeira Despatch, ; Ezabeth, Grenada E‘a, Elizabeth ge , Genoa; Guliernsey—all from London. S a iled—Forfarshire, Abbonton, Ann Fisher, and Char lotte. Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, from Westward, for Eastward, at 5.30 a.m. BERDAN'S GOLD MACHINE. —A letter has been re ceived in town from New York, dated the 27th May, which states that Berdan's machines continue to work admirably at the Rutherfor d Mine, Carolina, and that the company were negotiating for two more machines in New York. SUICIDE NEAR TUE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday, in formation was received at the P division station-house ' near Camberwell , that a man had Laen found hanging in an unfinished house at Norwood, near the Crystal Palace. On some constables pro , ,coding to the spot the individual w;.s r e cognised as Henry Parker, one of the workmen lately employed at the Crystal Palace. The body was removed to the Queen's Head public-house, N orwoo d, for an inquest. THE WAR. N AVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. - 9 dvices have been received, under date Copenhagen, 3d Jun e, that the Finnish and Russian shipowners are now fern ishing their vessels with simulated papers of registra tion , to make it appear that they are Prussian traders and Han iburg skippers. Her Majesty's cruisers have by this ex's( 'dient beets duped into releasing ships that were really lawful captures. TI ie 20 days' notice required to be given by the Court of Adis iiralty before condemnation having expired without any appearance being put in to the monition issued by the Qu a en's Proctor the undermentioned Russian ships will for' nwith be condemned as lawful prizes to their captors : _Th a P ;acenix, or F en i x , H . Sil an d er, mas t er; th e Fid en ti a , So hstrien master ; th e A mer i ca, B ex b org mas t er; an d th e rotor,M Adolph Magnus master—all prizes to H.M.S. Tri bune ' • and the Ai na, Nyshem master; and Nadescha, Wil hel lm Alfors master—prizes to H.M.S. Alban. The ships, cat sees, and tackle will be sold, and the proceeds divided an: tong the officers and men, in accordance with the recent 01 der in Council. & rendezvous for the entry of seamen for the Royal navy ha s been opened at Dundee, and with very great success — m slay first-class able and ordinary seamen having joined he tr Majesty's fleet in the Baltic. By command of the Lords of the Admiralty a rendezvous for the entry of seamen has been opened at 3elfast, and Listut. Robinson has proce e d e d from the R o y a l Naval ren dealt ous at Kingstown to superintend the enrolment of sea men) for her Majesty's service. The Adder, steam-vessel, left Sheerness at 4 a.m. on Thursday with Mr. John Jackson, Assistant Master-At teiselant, and a party of riggers, for Deptford, to tow the Dsvonshire third class line-of-battle ship, used as a cholera ship at Greenwich, down to Sheerness. She is to be appro priated as a receiving ship for Russian prisoners of war. Tne Baltic mail has been again too late for the Holyrood. A Lag, containing letters, &c., exceeding 1 cwt., arrived at th n post-office, Sheerness, on Thursday morning, just 12 hours too late, directed as follows :—" On her Majesty's assrvice. Her Majesty's ship Holyrood. To the British Admiral, Baltic fleet. Care of the senior officer, ship or vessel, Sheerness?' The Holyrood having left Sheerness on the evening of the Bth (as reported) after the arrival of that evening's mail, by which there were no letters or parcels for her ; the mail bag above referred to was sent off to the Postmaster-General's department in London the same evening. The crew of the Hannibal, 90 guns, new screw steam ship, Captain the Hon. Frederick W. Grey, yesterday changed over from their hulk, the Black Prince, and the Hannibal will be unlocked on Monday next, and imme diately proceed to. Fay-point, near Gillingham. All her Lieutenants, who have been at different outports raising volunteers, are ordered to join their ship, and it is re ported she is, when ready, to cruise on the east coast of England and Scotland for a few days before she takes her final departure. She has about 500 at present ou her books. The Wolverine, 12 gun sloop, Commander John Corben, is still in want of seamen; she is nearly ready for sea as regards her fitting, armament, &c. The Wellesley, 72, guard-ship of ordinary at Chatham, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., has her rigging sparred down fore and aft, ready for being ratlined down, and is pro gressing very fast. The Star, 8-gun sloop, Commander F. P. Warren, is in dry dock at Chatham, refitting for active service again, with the same officers and crew. On this being communi cated to the ship's company, they held a council of war be tween decks, and it was unanimously agreed to send of a round robin to the First Lord of the Admiralty, which left here by Wednesday evening's post, humbly soliciting that, in consequence of the cruel and tyrannical treatment they ~had received from their commander during the commission of this sloop, the log-books and black-list books for the en tire commission should be called for and inspected by their lordships, as in them, they say, it will or should be seen that nearly every man on board has been flogged, and many of them three and four times. No man ever received less than four dozen lashes, and those sharply dealt by tse boat swain's mates, for fear they might be ordered to change places, and take their turn at the grating s. They also com plain of the whole of th e s t ar b oar d watc h being punished to a man with four dozen each, the petty officers disrated to A.B.'s, and the A.B.'s to ordinaries, none of whom have -et been reinstated • and further, that when, through fear of taking petty o fficers' ratings, three smart A.B.'s declined the honour the commander wished to confer on them, they were for such conduct immediately flogged and disrated, and it is earnestly entreated that their lordships will cause an inquiry into these matters, and not compel the men to desert a service and a country that now stands so much in need of their immediate and active service. They assure his Lordship that they are to a man willing to serve in any part of the world, and they conclude by pray ing his Lordship's attention to their memorial, and to ap point another commander under whom they can serve. The Star has a fine crew of blue jackets. We have it from good authority that several assistant surgeons, some serving at Chatham, have placed themselves at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty for service in gun-boats for the Baltic. Their Lordships answer is, that they would be happy to avail themselves of their services, but that at present their services in the ships they are at tached to cannot be dispensed with, as they have no other assistant-surgeons to appoint, though they will shortly be in a position to avail themselves of the applicants' offer. The Scourge, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commodore Adams, and the Minx, screw-tender, left Spithead on Thursday evening for thecoast of Africa station, the former going round St. Helen's, and the latter taking the Needles' passage. The Ajax steam-transport arrived at Portsmouth yester day morning (Friday), and embarked a detachment of the 34th Foot for Queenstown, to join the depot at Fermoy. The Lucifer steam-vessel, which conveyed Mr. King, Master of the St. Vincent, 101, and a rigging party to rig and navigate the new screw-sloop Swallow, from Pembroke to Portsmouth, returned to the latter port yesterday (Fri day). There are at present between 80 and 90 of the recently entered young lads for the Royal navy on board the Fis gard flagship at Woolwich going through a course of in struction for the service, under Mr. Bean, master, and Mr. Warren, gunner, of the Fisgard. The whole of those ens gaged in acquiring a knowledge of the use of small arms were on shore on Thursday at drill on the Dockyard bat talion parade-ground, and were inspected by Commodore John Shepherd, who appeared pleased with the progress they have made, considering the short period that has elapsed since they entered. 27 passed on the same day as proficient in ship-gun and small arm exercises, and now await being draughted into ships of war or war steamers. The Hecate steam-sloop has been ordered to have her boilers taken out, and it is expected she will then be taken up to Deptford to be repaired, and made ready as soon as possible for sea. The Medina steam-vessel, formerly employed as a mails packet on the Mediterranean station, was taken from the inner to the outer basin yesterday to have her guns put on board, preparatory to leaving Woolwich in the course of next week for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. She is now under Lieutenant-Commander Beresford, and seve ral boxes have been sent from the Admiralty for her to convey to the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet in the Black Sea. The Hermes steam-slloop, Capt. Fishbourne, completed returning her rigging and other stores into the store houses in Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and is to be paid off at that port to-day. She has brought home several rare articles from Burmah ; among others a very richly carved box made of teak wood. This box is three feet long by two feet deep, and was taken out of a joss house in Rangoon. It had been used for containing the relics of the priests of the idolatrous temple in which it was found. The carvings are gilded, and represent a grand procession, the authorities being carried in palanquins, on men's shoulders, with numbers of soldiers on foot, armed with muskets, and others on horseback to clear the way. Elephants richly caparisoned follow, and then a splendid car. The figures all bear a resemblance to the Chinese. There are also several idols of brass and of teak wood, some in a sitting and others in a standing or lying posture. The Zephyr steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Craw ley, left Woolwich ou Wednesday, and has taken out with her the snails for the Baltic fleet. The Toazer steam-vessel, recently paid off on her return from the coast of Africa, is ordered to have new boilers put on board at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, and bo made ready for service as a gun-boat for the Baltic. The following appointments have been made : Clerk-in-Charge Robert T. Mason (1848), serving as Clerk in the Star, 8, sloop, on the south-east coast of America station, to the Industry, steam-storcship, pur chased into the service. Clerks—Charles Ross (1850), to the Star, vice Mason ; Thomas U. Stote (1851), to the Sphinx, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Master's-Assistant F. W. Poynter, to the Vulcan, steam troopship, at Portsmouth. Mr. John W. Johnstone took up his appointment on Thursday as assistant to the Clerk of the it at Sheer ness yard. Mr. Darley has been appointed a measurer, vice Mr. G. Pounder, superannuated, at Sheerness. The Tynemouth, hired steam-transport 102, has taken on board 20 ambulance cars for the sick or wounded on tho field of battle, and 20 waggons for the conveyance of hospital stores. The ambulance or pensioner corps, under the command of Captain Grant, are expected to embark in her early next week for the seat of war in Turkey, if she can be got ready by that time. The Widgeon steam vessel having come in collision with her, and carried away her jibboom, it has been found necessary to have another new one made for her at the dockyard. Tho Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Commander Belara, left Portsmouth yesterday (Fri da y ) for taking round supernumeraries, &c. , f or the ships fitting out for the eastern ports. Captain Brandling's No. 1 Company of the 12th Bat talion assembled in service marching order yesterday morn ing, at 9 o'clock, on the Guard Mounting-parade, in Woolwich garrison, and were inspected by Colonel C. E. Whinyates, commandant of the garrison, accompanied by the commanding officer of the 12th Battalion, Brigade- Major Bingham, and Captain Riddle. They are under orders to embark at the Royal Arsenal to-day in the Kan garoo s team-vessel, for the seat of war in the East. The let battalion of the Rifle Brigade, under the com mand o f Lieutenant-Colonel Beckwith , quartered i n Ports mouth garrison, was officially inspected yesterday (Friday), on the Governor's parade-field (preparatory, it is supposed, to their being ordered to the seat of war), by Major-Gen. Simpson, commanding the South-West District. The bat talion was paraded at 11 o'clock in heavy marching order, when their arms, accoutrements, knapsacks, and their con tents, underwent a strict examination, with which the General expressed himself well satisfied. In the afternoon the battalion was reviewed on the common at Southsea, and pat through all the manceuvres of field service, in the presence of a largo number of officers of the army and na vy, and a numerous assemblage of the inhabitants. The Major-General expressed his warm approbation of the state and efficiency of the battalion, and was sure that, when called upon, they would be found an invaluable adjunct to the British army in the East. The officers of the corps entertained the General and staff at dinner at their quarters in the evening. The Scots Greys will march from Nottingham in a few days for Liverpool, and thence proceed by steam-vessels to Dublin, and will bo quartered in Portobello barracks. A letter from an officer of the 89th Regiment, which left Queenstown for Gibraltar, states that the regiment arrived safe, after a remarkably fine passage of 7i days. The total st reng th of the army i Ireland on the Ist inst was :-Ist Dragoon Guards, Newbridge ; 2d ditto, Dun dalk; 3d ditt o, Dublin ~ depot 4th ditto, Newbridge ; depot sth ditto, Newbridge ; 7th Dragoons, Cahir ; depot Bth Hussars, Newbrid g e ; depot 11th Hussars, Newbridg e i t 16th Lancers, Cork - depot 2d Battalion Ist RegineT:l (Royals), Castlebar ; depot 2d Regiment, Athlone; Regiment, Newry ; depot 9th Regiment, Trate° ; depot. IL3td talion of 12th Regiment, Cork; depot 13th 1 1 ,..) e t giment, Clonmel ; depot 14th Regiment, Birr ; depot loth ' A la Regi ment, Londonderry ; depot 16th Regiment,tnent, depot 17th Regiment, Kilkenny; 215,,t i 27th Regiment, Dublin ; depot 30thAthlone ; Dublin; Regiment, ' Fermoy ; depot 39th Regiment, depot 33d Regiment, Fermoy ; k debt 41st Eatioale ; depot 40th Regiment, Limerick ; Regiment, Templemore; depot 47th Regiment, Temple. more ; depot 49th Regiment, Fermoy ; •depot 50th .Regi ment, Fermoy ; depot 54th Regiment, Enniskillen; depot 55th Regiment, Templemore; depot 57th Regiment, Li. merick ; depot 59th Regiment, Kinsale ; depot 2d Batta lion Rifles, Buttevant; depot 82d Regiment, Ferrooy ; 631 Regiment, Dublin ' • depot, 68th R eg i men t , B e lf ast ; depot . 72d Regiment, Galway; depot 89th Regiment, Waterford; 90th Regiment, Dublin; 91st Regiment, Cork; depot 92d Regiment, Galway. The 27th Regiment, having received orders to hold it self in readiness for foreign service, the first division; con sisting of five companies; will leave the Royal Barracks, Dublin, on the 16th inst. The head-quarter division, comprising staffs, band, and the remaining five companies, will leave on the 17th inst., en route for cork, preparatory to embarkation for India.. SPORTING NOTES. ANTICIPATIONS ANENT ASCOT. The Manchester Meeting was well conducted, and right merrily celebrated. I, however, did not assist at the ga thering, but remained in town. The leading features of the spurt have been well set forth in the returns of the racing which have been daily published. Preparations for the oyal Trysting at Ascot are now in active progress, and a meeting of surpassing success may be anticipated. Indeed the sport is likely to be marked by incidents of un usual interest and importance, and the promised encoun. ters between certain ' racing cracks" are expected with growing eagerness. Still speculation on the different events appointed for decision is limited and insignifi cant ; indeed, the recent meeting at Epsom seems to have inflicted a heavy blow and sore discouragement upon backers and book-makers. The recent running of Rata"- plan at Manchester has caused attention to be fully directed to Kingston's chance for the Ascot Stakes. That it is a formidable chance is unquestionable. Kingston has given frequent proofs of his indomitable gameness, and his ability to struggle borne under seemingly the most crushing im posts. His success for the Epsom Cup, for which he de feated Rataplan by a head, is alone sufficient to excite ex pectations of his victory on Tuesday. For if Rataplan, at Bst 101 b., could win easily the Somersetshire Stakes, and again, within this last wee k , a t 9 s t 31b. , b ea t a good field at Manchester, will s m it b n e ot e reas ble o tr b d l e e fee to t su t p h po e suppose t mais hat Kting ston, et 9st.,are likely to b e arrayed against him for the Ascothat Stakes ? Of the three-year -olds Hercules is most talked about. In consideration, howeve r, e of Bracken's " la running at North am pt on, I am • d dto entertain a favourable opinion o f his chance. The Gold Vase - will afford, perhaps, an i n t eresting encounter,- bu t shouldtheinterest both wth wh which t d h Virago i e r e a ge encounter u nto the compete l for Cmnapa"h of Thursday is at present regarded will be destroyed. That rejection of the Emperor of Russia's Plat o h as cause d th es• revival of the "Gold Cup." Eighteen horses are enteredfor it, the majority being the principal turf celebi ities of the day. Virago is, of course, most talked about in connection with it. West Australian is reported a "little off," and consequently is not freely backed. Virago's pretensions will be severely tried in an encounter with such animals as she will probably meet fur the " Cup," and it yet re mains to be seen whether they are as superior as her owner has at present, it must be acknowledged, good grounds for believing. Of the truth of the report respecting her "'coughing," and the hints which are dropped relative to her probable absence from Ascot, I have no information, su ffi ciently satisfactory to in duce me to deem them trustworthy. I have, therefore, not allowed them to influence my opinions. Notwith standing his heavy weight, Ephesus is certainly not " handicapped out" of the race for the Hunt Cap. The other animals whose respective chances " look well on paper" are Filbert, Calamus, Marc Antony, and Alembic. The above notes are thrown together merely as a pream ble to the remarks which I shall make in extenso on Mon day, when the programme in its entirety will be before me. Several stakes close this afternoon ; and now all the world and its wife are at Sydenham, assisting at the opening of the Crystal Palace, I am off to Ascot to have a " quiet day out," and to stroll over the Heath, and watch the work of preparation. A FRESH MAN. June 10. MORE SHUFFLING. The changes in the distribution of several of the prin cipal offices in the Government, which were partly an nounced last night to both Houses of Parliament; and which appear to have arisen from the separation of the Department of War from that of the Colonies, are stated to be as follows :—The Duke of Newcastle retains the duties of Secretary of State for War, and relinquishes the Colonies ; Sir George Grey succeeds his Grace in the latter department ; Lord Granville resigns the office of Lord President of the Council to Lord John Russell, who is to fill that post without being raised to the peer age, and still retains the leadership of the House of Commons. Lord Granville is to retire for the preient upon the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet, that office being vacated for the purpose by Mr. Strutt. Upon the whole, these arrangements appear to have been dictated by motives of personal consideration for certain individuals rather than by a liberal and energetic sense of what is due to the public service. With more than one member of 'the Government well qualified to assume the' direction of the Colonial Department, that important office has been thrust upon a Minister who is understood to have had other objects of ambition, and who has been always less remarkable for his administrative abilities than for the purity of his private character. Lord Granville, who is of an age and a character which qualify him to take an active part in the administrative business of the country, is transferred to a sinecure office, commonly reserved for the dignified retirement of - a veteran: Indeed, the only result of this change is to place Lord John Russell in an office which has been almostin• variably filled by a peer, and never, we venture to affirm, by a member of the House of Commons. The Lotd Preei‘ dent of the Council may, we are told, best Commoner, and so, in truth, may the Lord Chancellor, hitt such de partures from ancient constitutional usage are not to be recommended unless they are justified by obvious publics utility, and Lord John Russell should be the last man to break through these traditions, when no case of public utility can be said to require it. It may, indeed, be a serious question for the Government how far it is desi rable to intrust the department of public education to a Minister who has never succeeded in gaining the confi dence of the Church, and who is to this day the head of the Dissenters' Educational Society. Experience has proved that the cause of education is most effectually promoted by the cordial co-operation and mutual confi dence of the authorities in Church and State, and it would be a matter of deep regret if the appointment of Lord John Russell to the Presidency of the Council were to give the signal for a renewal of that warfare in which it has been his misfortune to be too fiercely engaged. Certainly, the probable results of the appointment of Lord John to a department such as the Privy Council ' office has become, since it administers the educational grants, are not such as to palliate an act which is, to say the least of it, invidious to several younger and more • efficient men. Lord Granville had filled the office of Lord President with complete success. The failure of the Education Bill of last year was not_ laid, Whin account, but to that of Lord John Russell ; and the Or- , ders in Council which have recently remodelled the maritime law of the empire, by establishing important limitations'of the rights of war in favour of neutral and friendly trade during the present hostilities, emanated from the Privy Council while Lord Granville was at its head. • It' might have been supposed, that if Lord Granville was asked 'to quit such a position at all, it would have been to discharge a more laborious duty in the Cabinet, for he was a Secretary of State under Lord John Russell's Government. Instead of such a change, however , we are told that be is to fall back upon an office of minor importance, from which Mr. Strutt is to be extruded to make room for him. Mr. Strutt has on a former occasion received similar marks of consideration from Lord John Russell ; but, how ever resigned he may be, we cannot approve a trans action by which the younger and more active members of the Government seem to make room for their elder colleagues. Lord Granville, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Mr. Cardwell may fairly be ranked among the statesmen of whom more is expeeted by the country than they °have yet been allowed or called upon to perform. If a vacancy occurs, either.by increase of business or by any other cause, the young* members of the Administration are entitled_to the id. vanceinent it may afford them, and such promoticib, would be' equally of advantage to the public servile, and to themselves. It is disheartening to find, on the contrary, that an occasionef this sort is used only to gal. vanize the dry bones of Lord J. Russsell's extinct Admin. istration, which perished not less by the unpopnlarit, of his colleagues than by the ine ffi ciency of its chief Minister. The changes mow made remind us but too painfully of those which preceded the dissolu tion of the Ministry in 1851. The state of affairs, at the present time, is far more momentous than it was under that Government, and although the Parlia mentaryes when ed u) the be w di a s t c c h h a e r d g difficulties of the Cabinet m ay not b e serious, thereneverstrie functions de" v w as a time discharg e itsadw n a tclosel y. Our desire, and the desire of th e co is country, undoubtedly to see the present Government airengthened, so as to maintain its position with hostour, and to carry on the war with success. But it is • • impossible to deny that the defeat of Government measures in Parliament, and espe cially the manner in which Lord John Russell first brought on and then withdrew his new Reform Bill, fol lowed by the defeat of his Oaths Bill, have materially shaken the confidence of the house in the ability and poli tical sagacity of such a leader. The moment, therefore, is singularly ill-chosen t 3 propitiate such a divinity by sacrifices, and to set about the improvement ofthe Govern ment by raising a ci-devant Premier to an office of high dig nity in the State, and by appointing a ci-devant fol lower to the Colonial Departmont. It was observed at the time of the formation of Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet that the materials were exoellunt; but the distribution of them defective. With three or four brilliant excep. t o depart from that criticism, tions, we see no reason ' but we the more regret that, instead of amending the distribution of the offices, the present opportunity should have b een abused to put forward the weaker elements of the Government to the prejudice of younger and abler men, and to satisfy the craving of personal pretensions and of party connexion.. In the times i n which we live that courET is pre-eminently destructive • bliss men and the duration of of the authority of pu ; Governments, for a single selfish and ungenerous action costs a statesman more in the estimation of the people o f England than all the political errors he may commit. FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Thurs3ayafternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, one of the guards of the train that left the Waterloo terminus at 2 o'clock, p.m., named Hoare, had Char , re of the breaks, and had proceeded as far as Wimbledon, when by some means he was either knocked off his carriage by his head coming in contact with some projection on the hne or from falling, The unfortunate man dropped upon the metals, and the wheels of the train passed over one of his arms, cutting his hand off, and mutilating llifn in Pi frightful rammer. :GN. 13i 70 1 51. i 214 i ex b il f