The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-22 00:00:00

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In a moment or two file after file of canvass cones collapsed, and fill to the earth, the poles Were unsplicel and packel up the cauvr res rolled up and Placed in layers on bullock - carts, the various articles of regimental baggage collected into the same vehicle--ants 1 21 a swarm could not be more active and bustling than they were ; they formed into masses, broke up again, Moeed in single files in little companies, in broken groups all over the ground, while the araba drivers looked stupidly , en, exhibiting the most perfect indifference to the appro priation of their carts, and evidently regarding the Giaours as some unpleasant demons, by whose preternatural ener fies they were to be agitated and perturbed as punishment or their sins. It would seem, indeed, very difficult to re form this shifting, diffusive crowd of redcoats into the steady masses whi h were drawn up so rigidly a short time Previously along the canvass walls, now fluttering in the Nat or packed helplessly up in bales. Their labours were, however, decisive, and in some half hour or so they had ;Transformed the scene completely, and had left nothing be- Mod them but the bare circles of baked earth, marking Where tents had stood, the blackened spot where once the !amp fires blazed, tethering sticks, and a curious debris of Jam-pots, preserved meat cases, bottles, sweetmeat-boxes, sardine cases, broken delf, bones of fowl and ham, poma turn-pots, tobacco pipes, etc. A few words of command ;Inning through the toiling crowd, some blasts on the Ogle, and the regiments get together once more as steady and solid as ever, with long lines of bullock carts and buf falo arabas drawn up between them and winding slowly along over the sandy slopes which led to the sea. Here the fleet of transports, of which I have so often spoken, lay anchored with their attendant steamers in long lines, as close in shore as they could lie with safety. The Vesuvius team-sloop, Commander Powell, the Simoom and the flegmra troop-ships (screw steamers), sent in their boats !.0 aid those of the merchantmen and steamers in embark- Mg the men and baggage, and Admiral Boxer, aided by Captain I Christie, Commander Powell , and L ieut. Rundle, -N., superintended the arrangements for stowing away and getting on board the little army, which consisted of al)out 6,500 men. The morning was fine, and if anything a little too hot. The men were in excellent spirits, and as they marched over the dusty plain and wound down the Randy paths over the common to the landing-places, they Were greeted with repeated peals of cheering from the regiments of the other divisions. The order and regu larity with which they were got on board the boats, and Ihe safety and celerit with which they were embarked— !4tggage, horses, wom y en, and stores—were creditable to the authorities, and to the discipline and good order of the men themselves, both officers and privates. "The Victoria (four-masted screw steamer) embarked wthe 33d Regiment, 990 strong, and 12 horses • the Andes embarked the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers , 900' and strong, 12 horses ; the Megzera embarked the 7th Fusiliers, 950 strong, and 12 horses ; the Cambria embarked the 88th Connaught Rangers, 950 strong, and 12 hor s e s ; the Mel bone embarked the 77th, 9 5 0 strong , and 12 horses ; the .... edway embarked the 19th, 950 strong, and 12 horses ; the Golden Fleece embarked the Rifle battalion ; the Trent embarked 300 pack horses ' • the City of London and Em peror towed up transport No. 4, artillery, and transport I ' l. o. 18, staff horses, ize. ; the Vesuvius, having lent her Paddle-box boats to embark the men, moved off from her anchorage in the Golden Horn about 12 o'clock, when all he troops were on board, and proceeded up th e stream of the Bosphorus to take in tow the Sir George Pollock, with C:) horses belonging to the Rifle Brigade, &c., on board. he Golden Fleece was the first to start, and as she had 110 vessel in tow she made rapid way against the current, and was soon out of view in the bends of this salt-water Timer. Transports Nos. 44, 46, and 48 were laden with the men and horses of the B th Royal Irish Hussars, and aY out in the stream about two miles about Tophane. The Victoria, which was to have towed No. 44, ran up alongside her, and made fast her hawsers to tow, but ere she could get her away the current caught her, threw her against a stubborn little Dutch galliot, which anchored "lead in the way, and snap, snap, crash went bowsprit, yard, and topmast, one after another, till the Hollander seemed as if he had just cut from Camperdown. Then the hawsers got round the screw of the steamer—they were cut or cast adrift in a twinkling, and the transport fetching stern way came right upon the shore, sorely discomposing a little body of Turkish philosophers who were smoking on a plat form just where her counter came. The Victoria re turned for aid to Scutari, and after a time ca me u p with a "tug," and pulled off the transport. As she passed on With her prize the men of the 33d, who were on board, cheered the Vesuvius till the Bosphorus rang with echoes. Ple captain of the Sir George Pollock being on shore (for he had received no orders to bee n readiness), a delay of 3 or 4 hours took place till the Vesuvius could get her to Move. The artillery were embarked in transports Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and were towed by the Medwa y , Melbourne, Cambria and City of Loudon respectively. The fleet was thus constituted of 2 steamers for staff officers and horses, 7 for troops and 84 chargers, 1 for 300 pack horses, 4 tran !Ports for Horse Artillery, 3 transports for Hussars, 2 transports for Commissariat horses. Notwithstanding som e little delays and mishaps, such as those alluded to above, the whole of the flotilla moved off with great preci sion as to time, and commenced its course upwards wit a admirable order and quickness. No voyager or artist has Yet done justice to the beautiful scenery of the Bosphorus. It has much the character of a .Norwegian fiord. Perhaps the rounded outline of the hills, the light rich green of the vegetation the luxuriance of tree and flower and herbage, resemble more closely the banks of Killarney or Winder inere. For 13 miles the water escaping from the Black Sea, now compressed by swelling hillocks to a breadth of little more than a mile, then expanding into sheets of four times that space across from shore to shore, )gush along in a flood of dark blue, like the Rhone as it Issues from the lake of Geneva, till they mingle with the Sea of Marmora, passing in their course by a succession of Wood and dal© ravine and hill-side, covered with the pro fusest carpeting of leaf and blade, while kiosk and pleasure ground, bastions and loopholed curtains, gay gardens, villas, mosques, and noble mansions stud th e . banks in un broken lines from the very foot of the forts which com mand the entrance up to the crowning glory of the scene, Where the Imperial city of Constantine, rising in many coloured terraces from the verge of the Golden Rem, een fuses the eye with its masses of foliage, of rod roofs, divers hued walls, gables, and fretwork. surmounted by a frieze of snow-white minarets with golden summits, and by the symmetrical sweep of St. Sophia. The hill strike abruptly upwards to a height varying from 200 f set to 600 feet, and are bounded at the foot by a line of quays, which run along the European side from Per m to Bujudkere, about five miles from the Black Sea, almost unintetruPtedly. These quays are very num erous on the Asiati c side also. The villages by the water-side are so close together that Pere might be said to extend from Tophane to the forts beyond Bujukdere. The kiosks and residences of the Pashas, the imperial palaces of the Sultans, the retreats of opulence line these favoured shores, and as the stranger passes on in steamer or caique he may catch a view of some - successful plunderer of p evince, some hoary Pasha, or unscrupulous ex-gov< a neer sitting cross legged in his garden or verandah, smoking away, and each looking so like the other that they might all pass for brOthers. The windows of one portion of these houses are mostly closely latticed and fastened, but here and there a bright flash of a yellow or red robe shows the harem is not untenanted. These dwellings succeed each other the whole length of the Bosphorus quite as nu merously as the houses on the road from Hyde-park corner to Hammersmith, and at places such as Therapia and Bujukdere they are dense enough to form large vil lages, provided with. hotels, shops, cafes, and lodging houses. The Turks delight in going up in their calques to some of these places, and sitting out on the platforms over the water, while the chibouque or narghile confers on them a zoophytic happiness ; and the greatest object of Turkish ambition is to enjoy the pleasures of a kiosk on the Bos phorus. The waters abound in fish, and droves of pm - - Poises and dolphins disport in myriads on its surface, Plashing and playing about as with easy roll they cleave their way against its rapid flood, or gambolling about in the plenitude of their strength and security, till a sword fish takes a dig at them, and sets them off curvetting and snorting like sea horses. Hawks, kites, buzzards, and sea eagles.are numerous, and large flocks of a kind of grega rious petrel (I amagine), called by the French " clues dainnees" and which are said never to rest on land, keep constantly flying up and down close to the water. The flotilla began its voyage at 11 o'clock. Off Tophane some five or six fine frigates, some of them double-banked, dis played the red flag with the silver crescent moon and star of the Ottoman Porte. They were lyin g idly at rest there, and we thought they might be much better employed, . if not in Severna Bay, certainly in cruising about the Greek Archipelago. In justice to the Turks it mu st he said they maintained the dignified indifference of the savage to the last. As the men at Scutari landed so they departed—in silence—and, so far as the people were con cerned, in solitude. The caiquejees, or boatmen, scarcely turned their heads to look at the monster steamers, with their decks crowded with troops, that tossed their frail barks with the swell of their paddle-wheels ; the smoking groups ou shore never relaxed puffing their pipes as the flotilla went by ; and the only animation they showed was enee, when the Vesuvius, to astonish the natives, ran so close by the play that the swell washed over it and tumbled over the bare toes of the Osmanli, who fled within lest the steamer should pursue them bodily on shore. "It was 5 o'clock ere the last steamer which had to ;wait for the transports got under way again, and night had set in before they reached the entrance to the Black Sea. As they passed the forts (which are pretty frequent towards the Euxine), the sentries yelled out strange chal lenges, and burned blue lights, and blue lights answered from our vessels in return, so that at times the whole of the scene put one in mind of a grand fairy spectacle, and it did not require much imagination to believe that tho trees were the work of Grieve—that Stanfield had dashed in the waters and ships—that the s forts were of pasteboard, and the clouds of gauze, lighted up by a property man ; while those mustachioed soldiers, with red fez caps or tarbouches, eccentric blue coats and breeches, and white ( belts, might fairly pass for Surrey supernumeraries. Out o the blue lights l —we are all left as blind as owls at noon-tide ; but our eyes re cover—the stars at last begin to twinkle —two lights shine, or rather blear, hazily on either bow—they mark the open ing of the Bosphorus into the Euxine. We shoot past them, and a farewell challenge and another blue halo show the sentries are wide awake. We are in the Black Sea, and, lo ! sea and sky and land are at once shut out from us ! A. fog, a drifting, c lammy, nasty mist, blueish white, an d cold and raw, falls clown on us like a shroud, damps out the stars and all the lights of heaven, and steals with a slug-like pace down yard and mast and stays, sticks to the face and beard, renders the deck dark as a graveyard, and forces us all down to a rubber and coffee. This is genuine Black Sea weather. All the club and taproom politicians who talk nonsense to distinguished circles, and regulate the motions of the fleets, and criticise the conduct of armies, should be sent out' here to take the command of so many Thames wherries till they learn what the real diffi culties of managing ships in such a se are. I immedi ately repented me of the e vil thoughts I had once enter tained and was angry at the rubbish I had listened h d to about 'apathy, inactivity , and indolence, &c.,' when I a bad that one night's and day's experience of the Euxine. The shore was not far off (presum ed not to be) on our port quar ter, but had it been within a quarter of a mile it would have been equally in visible. Later in the night we passed through a fleet which we took to be Turkish men-of war, but it was impossible to make them out, and but for the blockade of their ports these vessels might have been Russians. In the morning the same haze continued drift ing about and hugging the land, but once it rose and dis covered a steamer close in shore, with a transport cast off from her, and hovering about just as a hen watches a chicken. The Vesuvius fired a gun, and after some time the steamer tried to take the transport in tow again and pro ceeded to rejoin the squadron. We subsequently found it was the Meemra. The line of la nd was marked b y a bank of white clouds,b and the edge of the sea horizon was _ equally obscured. About half past three o'clock the bay of Varna was visible, with the masts of som e lar g e vessels just peering up ahead, and the Victoria, her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, &c. ran in and anchored before six o'clock. The Belleroph on, 74, Lord G. Paulet, the Renzi. Quake (French), 90, and an Ottoman schooner were lying in the roadstead, close to the town, and transports Nos. 1,2, 18, 27, 46, &c., busily engaged landing stores and meu. (It may be as well here to say that the transports lying off Scutari when we left were Nos. 5 , 7,8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 30.) This disembarkation was proceeding ad mirably. Lerge boats had been provided for the purpose, and the French and English men of war lent their launches and cutters to tow and carry, in addition to those furnished by the merchantmen. The rifie s had already landed, and had marched off to their temporary camp under canvass about a mile away. The 88th Connaught Rangers were already form ing on the jetty, preparatory to marching, and the bay was alive with boats full of redcoats. The various regiments cheered tremendously as vessel after vessel arrived, but they met no response from the Turkish troops. Lord G. Paulet entertained Lieut.-General Sir G. Brown, and a nu merous party, on board the Bellerophon in the evening. The noble vessel is provided with an exquisite band, and all night the shores echoed to the melody of the choicest morceaux of our best composers, while the men who had not landed crowded the decks of the ships to listen. " VARNA, June 2.—This morning early the Caton, French Government screw, arrived here, having on board General Canrobert, and a small staff. He landed about mid-day, and after an extempore levee of the French officers on the beach, proceeded to call on Sir G. Brown. A large French man-of-war steamer, with the 7th Regiment of the Line, came in at the same time. The men disembai ked and formed in about half an hour, their band playing ' God save the Queen,' out of compliment to our colours. After a de lay of an hour on the beach they were marched off to their camp outside the town. The Marseille, French Government transport, has arrived laden with stores. At present we have transports Nos. 3,4, 11, 18, 27, 41, 46, and 48, lying at anchor and waiting to return to Scutari. Two large pad dle steamers, showing French colours, the first towing no less than five small vessels, the other towing fear brigs, are in sight steering for this point, and at the moment I close this letter, a 'Turkish man of war steamer has cast anchor, towing in French transport brigs Nos. 206, 52, 204, and 127. Three of these show Genoese colours, and only ono remains to be accounted for as French property. " Owing to the exertions of Omer Pasha, and the acti vity of the Commissariat, the quantity of open and covered arabas, or bullock and buffalo carts, which has been col lected here, is nearly sufficient for all the wants of this division of the army. They are drawn up in hundreds along the walls of the principal magazine, and their ser vices can be had at a moment's notice. There is a small army of hairy, wild-looking drivers stalking about the place and admiring the beauties of Varna, spear or buffalo goad in hand. " The cavalry force sent by Omer Pasha to a place within a few miles of our camp, has been of infinite service in sending in provisions, horses, and cattle. The latter are wretchedly small and lean. A strong man could lift one of the beasts, and there is not so much meat on one of them as on a good English sheep. The horses are hardy, wild, mouthless brutes, but the owners are asking too much for, them. Omer Pasha has forbidden the export of grain from this port, and from all the ports of Roumelia without ex ception. A Pera merchant who came up the other day, armed with a letter from the Grand Vizier, was refused a cargo of corn in consequence, though he sent up a vessel to be freighted. The result of the step, whether right or wrong, is that there is plenty of corn in store for the troops no matter how numerous they may be. Omer Pasha has done another thing, which may have been dictated in some measure by a regard for his personal comfort. Within the last few days he has sent orders to suspend all travelling by post-horses between Varna and Schumla, sin less for Government purposes, special couriers, or aides of the generals. This will cut off a stream of English visi tors, and save him many a long pipe and short interview. " The Brish camp is pitched on a plain, covered with scrub and clumps of sweet briar, about a mile from the town, and half a mile from the fresh water lake. The water of the lake, however, is not good for drinking—it abounds in a.nimalculae, not to mention enormous leeches—and the men have to go to the fountains and wells near the town to fill their canteens and cooking tins. This, however, is only a temporary encampment, and it is expected that they will move on Saturday or Monday about eight miles further off, towards a village called Devno. The cavalry, the Bth Hussars, and the four guns of the artillery, landed to-clay, are stationed nearest to the town, not far from the neck of land which divides the sea from the lake. Then come the Rifle Brigade ; next to them the 7th Fusi liers—which only landed on Thursday, as the Megmra and her transport got into trouble off the coast in a fog. Tho camp of the 33d Regiment adjoins that of the Fusiliers, and beyond it are the tents of the 19th, 88th, and 77th Re gimeets—the whole of them being pitched very compactly and not covering more than mile a of ground. Fresh meat was issued to the men to-day, but the officers had a good many complaints made to them by the soldiers, most of them, however, having reference to want of salt or pepper. To the hardy stoics at home, who laugh at such petty pri vations over their well-filled cruet-stands, it may be observed that ratiou beef is not of that exquisite flavour and rich ness that a little disguise and condiment are not desirable at times. There is also a grumble at the non-appearance of the promised ale and porter, which is said to be stowed under the barracks at Scutari.. I doubt that it is good drink for this country—rum, I am sure, would be much better. However, the men have n ot got either the one or the other. The bread is brown and a little sourish, but. a grees well with the men. The medical s tores and comforts Cave all arrived. Sir George Brown is anxious to reduce them to as small a compass as is compatible with efficiency, and I believe there is not complete identity of opinion_ between him and the medical authorities as to the amount of baggage accommodation which will be necessary for their transport. As some complaints were made to our Consul, Mr. Neale, respecting the behaviour of some .of the soldiers after landing, Sir George Brown has issued a divisional order on the subject of drunkenness, in which colonels of regiments are enjoined to take strict steps to check and punish this vice. " Ail the force, men, artillery, horses, and all of the light division were landed this morning, and in the course of the clay. The Arethusa, 50, and London, 90, came over from the fleet, which is at Baltschik Bay, and anchored to-day, and three French line-of-battle ships are cruising off the mouth of the bay. The weather is very hot, but muggy and foggy. The French force is very small, but they have got hold of some of the best quarters, and the tricolor float:, over fhp town from a very high flag-staff. Varna is something like Sandgate, with a white wall round it. Great efforts are being made to strengthen it, and along the sea face are mounted new guns, with earthwork and tacine parapets and embra,seres. The beach is covered with heaps of rusty old shot and shell. The hills at the back completely command the place, and make it a poor military position. However, enough has been said about it to make all your readers tolerably familiar with the ex ternal aspect of the place. Sir George Brown's staff is all here. Col. Sullivan, the Deputy-Adjutant-General, and Capt. Halliwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, working away as zealously and energetically as usual, Captains Gordon, Hassard, &c., of the Hoyal Engineers (they bi ought up trenching tools for 1,000 meu with thorn from Gallipoli), the same ; Drs. Alexander, Tice, &c., the Commissary officers, Thomson, Smith, &c. Food is good enough and plentiful ; a fowl can be had for 7 piastres, ls. 2d.; bread and meat are about the same price as in London ; a turkey can be had for half-a-crown; wine is dear, and not good ; spirits, lam sorry to say, as cheap as they are bad. The camps will be formed to-day, and when I send this de spatch I will ride out and have a look at them." SIIUMLA. A letter from Shumla states that all formerplans have probably been abandoned, and that a line be tween Shumla, and Varna will form the basi sof operations. It is known there that the RusEdan forces are concentrated opposite the right wing of the Turks. A battle was expected very soon by Omar Pasha, who was hastening on the discipEine of his troops, and preparing for events. "The life in Shunila, ' the writer continues, " is most trying, and for a man without occupation almost intole rable. Horribly stinking streets, damp unhealthy houses, which in summer become steaming hot beds of disease ; a crowd every where, and nowh( :re space to move freely ; drunken soldiers and reck less Arnauts ' • the miasma from many thousaiad Turks, brought down from their camp into the lower town of Shumla, and crowded together among dungheaps along the margin of a putrid'. brook. Such is the place in which British tourists expect to find health and recreation. GREECE. ATHENS, JUNE 12.—Hadgi Petros refuses to surrender. Generals Gardikinti, Grivas, Blachoplos, Spin to, and Millo have been dismissed. Mavromichaelis and Delyannt have been ap pointed instead. The Austrian, Correspowkiice has the followino " MISSOLONGIII, JUNE 14.—The armed bal. - As in the Epirus have been. dissolved. The Turks leave Arta for Epirus, to put down the rebellion that still exists there. " Reports say that Hadgi Petros has occunied. Nicola with 6,000 men. " Ziaras has defeated Abdi FRANCE. It would appear as if the rumours long in circa• lation with respect to the retirement of M. de Per signy from the office of Minister of the Interior were about, at length, to be realised. The Mont tettr of yesterday contains a report addressed to the Emperor and signed by M. de Persigny himself, . in which he gives a sketch of the history of his administration ever since he entered office, enters into details as to the principal measures which have been adopted under his directions, and sets forth with great unction the difficulties which he encountered in his way and overcame. It is usual in France when a great man dies that one of his friends shall pronounce an eulogium of his past life and character over his grave. M. de Persigny in a manner performs this duty for hkm self. He pronounces an eulogium over his own political grave, and he has shown judgment in not trusting the task to any one but himself. , For, as the object of the document is to prove to the world that M. de Persigny is the greatest of Ministers, and especially of Ministers of the In terior, it would be hard for him, now that he is going out of office, to find any one to perform the task of flattery half so completely as he does it him self. It will p ro b a bly not be forgotten, even at the distance of five years, with what terror the advent of M. de Persigny t o o ffice was regarded by the National Assembly and by the people of France. For months before the coup d'etat of the 2d of De cember, the ' President of th e Republic, when he wished to intimidate those wh om h e considered ob stacles to his projects, threatened them with M. de Persigny as Minister. At length the threat was put into execution, hut not till after the coup d'etat had been accomplished by other hands. On the 23d of January, 1852, M. de Persigny was ap pointed Minister of the Interior, and he himself, in the commencement of his report, makes no se cret of the fact that he was placed in that position to carry out the views of empire entertained by Louis Napoleon for years. The weather in Paris yesterday was beautiful, axid has raised the spirits of the farmers. The de- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1854. partmental papers concur in stating that no mate rial injury has been done to the crops by the late rains. The Empress of the French, though not confined to her apartments, is by no means in a good state of health. She is at the present undergoing a severe and painful regimen. The Sultan (says the Patrie), on learning the heroic death of Mussa Paella, who has left scarcely any property, accorded to his family a pension of 30,000 piastres. PARIS BOURSE.—Closing prices :—Four-and-a - Half per Cents. Rentes, 98f. 25c. ; Three per Cont. Rentes, 73f. ; ditto, for account, 73f. 15c.; Bank Shares, 2,940 f. I MPE RI A L PARLIAME NT. SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 10 minutes past 12 o'clock. BRITISH RAILWAYS. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : --Birkenhead Docks ; Caledonian Railway (General Terminus, &c.) ; Great North of Scotland Railway ; Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Leasing). The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill was ordered to be considered and read a third time. Petitions were presented by Mr. DUNCAN (in the ab sence of Mr. Hume), from the inhabitants of Brentford, praying that Marlborough-house and the British Museum be opened to the public at the same time that gin shops are allowed to be open ; and by Mr. BAINES, from Leeds, praying for the closing of public-houses on Sundays. RAILWAYS. Closing Pricks yesterday. 1 Business dons this day. DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 2, Mr. HENLEY objected to the definition of "land owner" in the bill being the same as that contained in the Inclosnre Act. Mr. KER SEYMER said he had no objection to the definition as it stood, but he was quite ready to strike out the definition in order to amend, and reinsert it on bringing up the report. The definition was then struck out, and the clause as amended was agreed to. Clause 3 was also agreed to. On clause 4, which proposed to alter the title of the " Inclosure Commissioners" to " Inclosure and Drain age Commissioners," Mr. HENLEY suggested that this clause would only tend to complicate the bill. Mr. KER SEYMER did not attach much value to the clause, only he thought it well to call things by their right names. The clause was then struck out. On clause 19 a division took place, on the proposi tion, moved by Mr. KER SEYMER, that applications to the commissioners should be made by "sketch or plan," Mr. HENLEY moving an amendment to omit those words. The numbers were— For the clause as it stood 63 For the amendment lB Majority against —4s ;he amendment was lost, and the clause was agreed to. [LEFT BITTING.] MISS ARABELLA GODDARD'S CONCE_RT.I 11 The concert of Miss Arabella Goddard, which took place last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms, had all the importance of a Philharmonic Concert. The band was a first-rate one—that of the Orchestral Union —and the programme, betraying a laudable bias towards the classical school, was selected with judgment and taste to conciliate all parties. The attendance was nu merous and fashionable, and a great number of connois seurs were present to hear one of the most gifted and extraordinary pianists of the day. The ooncert opened with Mozart's magnificent Jupiter Symphony, a performance that gratified everybody, and conferred no small credit on the excellent body of instru mentalists who executed it, and their conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon, to whose energy and talents the Orches tral Union is indebted in no small degree for the high position which it now holds. Each movement was ren dered with a precision and powe r we ha em ve not always heard equalled in bands of more numerical strength. Mr. Miranda made his first appearance, and in the charming song from L'Elisir d' Amore, " Una furtiva la,rilna," displayed a nice fee lin g and p leasin g voice. He met with a favourable reception. The Grand Concerto of Beethoven--that in G major —was well selected by Miss Arabella Goddard to test to the utmost her eminent qualities as a pianist. The young pianist surpassed herself on this occasion, and created a • feeling of mingled delight and astonishment in her hearers, which resolved itself into an enthusiastic recal at the end of the concerto, and a boisterous recep tion when Miss Arabella Goddard reappeared on the platform. Loudest in their expressions of gratification and most vehement in their applause were the pianists and connoisseurs of the piano who were present. In the other pieces she played she was equally successful. The concert was emphatically one of the most inte resting of the season, and reflected credit no less ou Miss Goddard's taste than on her talents. SURREY THEATRE. The first production here last night of an English version of the grand opera, La Juive, which has had so considerable a run in Paris, was entirely successful, and redounded very much to the credit of the management and the principal of the artistes engaged. The story upon which the opera is founded is familiar to most Londoners, being the same as that which formed the groundwork of the spectacle of the Jewess, which Mr. m 13unn, at Drury Lane, and severa l other managers of the metropolitan theatres turne d to so good account some years ago. There are few who do not remember the various incidents which led to the condemnation of the Jewess of Constance to death by immersion in a boiling cauldron for attempting to intermarry with a Christian, and her being saved at a critical moment from that dread ful fate by the discovery that she is the long-lost daugh ter of the cardinal who is presiding at her execution. This was first appropriated for an opera by M. Halevy, whose La Juive, as we have already said, has met with much approval in the Parisian capital. The libretto of ants otlgtaml, i. kiy Id. 13.. AY., Lamm boon vory cleverly translated by Henri Drayton, who has also made some alterations in t he music of Halevy, both with the view of bringing it within the compass of the orches tra and the vocalists here, and of making it more in accordance with the taste of the audience ; and though the critical may be disposed to find fault with this change, we think it comes within the license usually allowed to the adapters of French productions. The part of the Jewess was very creditably sustained by Miss Lowe, though her vocal capabilities are scarcely equal to some of the higher flights she attempted. Miss R. Isaac's sweet and melodious voice told with fine effect as the princess Eudocia, and she was re peatedly and loudly applauded. It was a matter of regret that she was lost to the audience in the last few scenes, and we think if the Jewess had been allotted to her, that character would have found a more efficient representative, while there would have been mole scope for the display of her abilities. Mr. Drayton's " make up" as the old Jew Eleazer, showed him to be a careful artist, and his song in the prison was carefully given, with genuine manly feeling and without exaggeration. Mr. E. Galer personated the Prince with taste and feel. ing, doing some very good things withhis pure tenor voice. In the concerted pieces a few more rehearsals will be necessary to produce a satisfactory amount of harmony, and the chorus singers must be persuaded, if possible, to sacrifice individuality to ensemble, and then, when these two results have been achieved, there can be no doubt but that the piece will have a successful run. The scenery is very good, the tableaux striking, and the processions. numerous and imposing. The whole forms a very prziseworthy effort on the part of the manage ment, while the efficient production of a piece of this class, ..• and its success amongst the classes who chiefly patronise 2(1, the Surrey, are gratifying proofs of the improvement of 1 2° the popular taste in the matter of theatrical amusements. ti We cannot conclude this notice without strongly con demning the offensive introduction into the third act of 20 sa comic dance and a fight between some men at-arms, 10 -which were only suited for some pantomime performance, 5 and which should be got rid of without delay. All the 5 artistes were called at the fall of the curtain and warmly 10 greeted. The afterpiece last night was Mr. Planclas 20 funny burlesque of Beauty and the Beast, in which Miss 20 St. George and Mr. St. Albyn kept the house in good 20 humour up to a very late hour. The latter was loudly 10 encored in one or two of his songs. The house was 20 crowded in every part. ARRIVAL OF TIIE ORINOCO. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.—The Royal Mail steamer Orinoco has arrived from Piraeus, where she had disembarked a portion of the Eng lish division for the occupation of Greece. She brings home invalids from the naval and military hospitals at Malta ; also 170 women and 300 children. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell, and Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. THE REGISTRAR OF THE PHERMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. In this matter a mandamus had been issued calling upon the registrar of the above society to return the registry, it being alleged that a number of names had been improperly inserted upon the registry who were unqualified to act, and that the provisions Of the act passed in June, 1852, had not been carried out. The Attorney-General and Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiffs, who alleged that defendant had refused to produce the registry. Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Macaulay were for the de fendant. After some evidence had been given, a special verdict was taken to raise the question that it might be argued in error. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. The cases in the list for the morning were for audits and dividends. AN OLD COMMISSION, 1790.-IN RE NUNES AND NUNES. A dividend meeting was held under the estate of these bankrupts, who were described as merchants, in London and Barbadoes. The commission bears date so far back as 1790, but it has been discovered that there is a sur plus available for a dividend, which if not claimed will be paid over to the account of the Accountant-General under the provision of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act. ANOTHER OLD CASE.-IN RE NEWBOLD. This bankrupt was described as of Sheffield and New York, merchant, and this was a dividend meetirT. The commission is dated 1828, and the circumstances are similar to the above. The amount of the dividends will be declared in a few days. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell.) LIBEL.-BADMAN V. VISCOUNT DRUMLANRIG. This was an inquiry to assess damages in this case, which was un action for libel, and defendant had suffered judgment to go by default of plea. The damages were laid at 1,0001., and the action was founded on a letter inserted Bell's Life, containing strictures on plaintiffs conduct respecting 'a proposed fight between him and Hayes. Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and said that from a comniunication made to him by the defendant's solicitor he had no doubt the jury would be spared all trouble in the case, which was adjourned by consent for a fortnight to effect an arrangement. There were a great number of veterans of the P.R. in court. _ The other cases in the list were withdrawn. THE GOVERNMENT POLICE BILL GIVEN UP. While Lord John is obstinately defending Church rates, which are tottering on their last legs, Lord Pal merston is wisely and gracefully yielding to the sense of the nation with regard to a pet measure of his own, and giving up what would have occasioned him certain de feat bad he endeavoured to maintain it. The Consta- ' bulary Bill proposed by Lord Palmerston, and exposed and opposed in the Daily News from the beginning, is, in deference to public opinion, to be withdrawn. A de putation-consisting of the mayors and representatives of important corporations, waited on Lord Palmerston yes terday, for the purpose of stating the objections enter tained throughout the country on the subject of the proposed bill. The objections to centralisation were strongly stated, and the deputation showed clearly not only that the principle was not adapted to this country, but gave examples that interference with local self-go vernment had proved extremely prejudicial. It was quite clear that the deputation had thoroughly made up their minds as to the bureaucratic tendencies of the Con stabulary Bill, and the demonstration was therefore va luable as a token of the popular feeling on the subject. Lord Palmerston, although not admitting the force of all the objections against his pet progeny, Gum ono depu tation that he was not prepared to force any measure against such strong and unanimous representations as had been made to him. He, therefore, should withdraw the present bill from the consideration of Parliament. There is another great victory against the centralising principle, which would, if allowed to take root here, destroy at once those institutions in which the English man has received half his education. It is our munici palities giving us local self-government which have made us independent, fit for business, capable of originating and carrying out reforms. If man is, as Aristotle calls him, a political animal, then is the Englishman the most political animal. He has received his education in a school of local politics and is ready to join in general politics. It is because other nations have not had this education that they are not capable of managing their own affairs when by accident the management fall into their own hands. Centralisation Bills will take away this power and this opportunity, and they must be op posed. Lord Palmerston deserves much praise for his ready yielding to rational opposition in the present in stance.—Daily News. ANOTHER SUCH VICTORY, AND CHURCH RATES ARE LOST. The House of Commons has decided, by a majority of 27, against the abolition of Church rates. Taking the House of Commons, as it is, a body which imperfectly represents the nation, it is a matter of wonder that so many as 182 members could be found to record their votes in favour of a measure which was intended to re medy a great national wrong. That it is a great wrong has been admitted by some of the best Churchmen. It does not fellow that because the State chooses to recog nise the principle of an establishment, by selecting one religious denomination, and investing it with the pro perty and dignity of a State church, therefore those who dissent from this church should pay for the buildings of the establishment. It may allow the church to keep it own property, but it cannot consistently call upon mem bers of other denominations to assist the State Church by their contributions. None but the merest bigots assert this. Lord Derby, even so late ago as 1837, said— " I am ready to acknowledge that church rates, as they stand, do form to the Dissenters a serious and substan tial grievance." Every one admits the evils of church rates as they stand, but yet they are kept up. They are, it may be added, a reproach to our institutions; for if the inhabitants refuse a rate, there is, according to Dr. Lushington, no power in the Ecclesiastical Courts to enforce the payment necessary to keep up the Church. Lord John Russell, in the course of his speech, proval too much. He said that having in this country a monarchy, a hereditary aristocracy, and other institu tions with which the Church was bound up, if one of these institutions fell, the other would be immediately destroyed. Believing, then, as he does, that church rates are necessary to keep up the Church, the inference that naturally follows from his statement is that our in stitutions depend upon the retention of church rates. Now that church rates are doomed no one can doubt. If, then, their abolition takes place during the life of Lord John—and it is to be hoped that he will live long enough to see that event—he will ~tand amidst the ruins of a monarchy, a hereditary aristocracy, a State Church, and other institutions connected therewith.' Lord John may be assured that when in a House composed of a very large proportion of members of the hereditary aris tocracy, who are all interested in the maintenance of an aristocratical church and the ecclesiastical regime as it stands at present--when in such a house 182 members can be found voting for a measure for the abolition of church rates, these rates are verging towards their dis solution. There is no life left in them. —Daily News. CREMORNE GARDENS. On Tuesday evening a large concourse of persons assembled in these delightful gardens, to witness the ascent of Mons. Letour, in his newly-constructed para chute. The public will doubtless remember that this Frenchman, a few days since, was announced to repeat the experiment made last year in the Champs de Mars, in the presence of the Emperor of the French, at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, where two attempts were made, but were unsu ccessful, owing to he balloon not having sufficient ascending power. After which, Mr. Wardell, the lessee, refused to allow another attempt to be made, which led to his being engaged by Mr. Simpson, the proprietor of the above gardens. At seven o'clock all was in readiness, the " Royal Cremorne Balloon " was inflated for the purpose of taking up this novel piece of machinery, and Mr. Adams, a very experienced and skilful aeronaut, who give good promise of following in the same track of the " Veteran Green," took his station in the car. The' machine, with the parachute attached, in which was seated the intrepid Frenchman, Mons. Letour, left the earth amid the cheers of the large assemblage. After travelling in a south-east direction, and at an altitude of 6,000 feet-- upwards of a mile—the parachute was seen to leave the car, and slowly descend to the earth. At 11 o'clock it was announced that Mons. Letour had descended in safety on Blackheath, and soon after wards he appeared on the platform to receive the ap plause of the company, who heartily welcomed him. As regards the utility of this newly-constructed parachute, , we cannot state anything in its favour ; but Mons. Letour declares, in positive terms, that he can steer through the air—a feat never yet accomplished. ' Previous to the closing of the gardens, Mr. Adams, the aeronaut, made his appearance, and was loudly cheered by the multitude, who congratulated him on his success in taking up the parachute—a task in which Mons. Godard, the celebrated French aeronaut, had twice failed. THE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MINING COMPANY. —The committee of investigation of this company (one of the undertakings professedly estab lished on the cost-book system) have issued a report pre paratory to a. meeting to be held to-day, throwing considerable light on the way in which many of these affairs were got up. The solicitor, it is alleged, negotiated for 2,585 acres of land, supposed to be worth, at the utmost, about 3,0001., and induced the company t o give 64,6401. for them in paid - up shares. The directors also received 500 shares each, besides 2011. for their aggregate services, and, with one exception, did not embark a single shilling in the concern. The board alloted 28,100 shares, but the re- THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, June 21. quired payment o f 11. each was made only on 11,680. The brokers through wh om the applications for shares were to T he United St ates mail steam-ship Washington, Captain be made charged 1,5001. commission, but consented to re- J. D. Lines, sailed this afternoon for New York, taking ceive 1,0001., while there was at the same time a so licitor's bill for 8441. All these preliminaries being out the usual semi-weekly mai ls, 215 p assen g ers, and about 550 tons of German, French, and English freight. settled, the company commenced. its career, the sole result of which seems to have been the collection of 142 The Peninsular and Oriental Stea m Navi g ation Com pany's ship Ripon, Captain E. Cooper, took ber depar ounces of gold in Australia, valued at 5321. 10s. Their ture yester d ay, th e 20th inst., for Gibraltar, Malta, and present liabilities are 1,1921., and their assets, including Alexandria, with the heavy portion of the East India, the land, are estimated at 6,0041. Of. course, the com- China, and Mediterranean mails, 66 passengers, a full mittee state that it only remains for the company to wind general cargo, and specie valued at 457,6141. ss. 7d, up, and they propose that they should be empowered to sterling, the major part of which is in silver, for India treat with the directors for that purpose, or to com- and China. The Simla, Captain George Brooks, is ap raence a suit in equity, if those gentlemen should refuse pointed to take out the India, China, and Australian to negotiate on a satisfactory footing. mails of the 4th proximo. The Peninsular and Oriental CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 17, 185 1 .................. £216 3 9 Company's steam-ship Tagu s, from Vi g o, O porto , Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, is due at Southampton on Corresponding week last year,,,,, ................ :,. 193114 a the 24th inst. . 23 - 24 5 - 5i 8 - 9 12 —lO dial 17 - 1 8 7i - 64,1 96 - 98 64 63 3 / 4 - 15 3 / 4 - 163/4 7 -- S 1.4 - 12 - 12; 34 - 38 26 - 28 63 - - 65 59 - 61 25 =7 26 58 62 91i 924 70 72 123 - 125 eOi 7sod 87 - 89 11 - 13 L. 11. - 13 p 65i - 66 - 6i 4 15' = ii ••. 10 11 103 1044 1031 -103 i Par P, d par d 86i 7d 6d - 8 - 7 - 20 - 21 653 -- 66 36 - 38 id— id 6 — 3d 6 8 48 50 3i :3/ i 35 ... 36 52 55 Par :- 4 P - P 4A 1 - 7i 1(.1 - 1 p 32 - .34 90 56 - 60 - 60 --- 2i - 17 -- ]8 84 -- 9 124 -- 134 31 -- 3id 14 16 64i 651 34 35 4 2d. 5 32 - 34 3a 31 18 19 - 5 20 22 - 51 - 7 72 73 7 7d 4i 4 d 524 -- 534 1 all Aqua Fria 1 all inglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all . thglo Californian 10 2 tin.stralasian 1 d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillern 1 all Australian Freehold 6 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of ) 1• 5 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal 8 10 1 all British Austria. Gold ... . 20 13.5 British Iron 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 36 4. 3i 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 2. 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 31 1 6 OarsOn's Creek 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 44 16 5 1 Colonial Gold — 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 50 —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 76 . p. cent. 2 4 D 5 all English and Austrin. . 20 all GaCnoemer Smeltg•Co. 1 -24 2 all Great Nugget Vein 1 I . I 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth . 14 1 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Ifexican&S.Americn 6 ,1 74 1 all New Granada -- 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co • 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 166 176 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rh ym ney Iron 15 15 Do. New . . ..... . 10 j 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all south Australian 4 10 7 Tin Cr0ft............... 4 286 all United Mexican...... 31 4.1 34 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada •;••,, 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all •Australasia Bl 82 40 all British Colonial Bask and Loan Company 50 all British N. American xd x a 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 6d 20 2 Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ...d 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond 331 2.. 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 34 2i d 9 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 214 —21 i 50 20 London and County 314 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 354 100 35 National Provincial of England — •• • 20 10 Do. New — . . 50 226 National of Ireland — • 20 all New South Wales— 25 all Oriental Bank of C orpora ti on 474 486 25 5 Do. New ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ..„ • 10 all Do. New • -- ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co . . 25 all South Australia 45 47 4G 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 ••• 26 Do. New 7 9 50 10 Union of London — &AIMEE NRIVS-(TITIS GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended June '42, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale., per Imperial Quarter. WUEAT. BARLEY. OATS. 1 STE. BEANS. pass. 78s 34 37s 3.1 293 5 483 lid I 493 10.1 46s Gd TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. _ I OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 78s 91 37s Id 293 93 30s 3d 493 3d 463 Gd DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. I REAM. I FRAC Is Od Is Od is 'Od is Od Is Od Is Od _ QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 47,780; Barley, 3,508; Oats, 9,348 ; Bye, - 86; Beans, 2,415; Peas, 218 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SILITHFIRLD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 6i Oe ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s:per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 8s to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady, at late rates. WarrnoluzzL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to Si Os; clover ditto, 3/ 108 to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 11162 to 2/ 2s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d1; Veal, 3s 8d to 4.s 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 21.—T0-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of meat, in which a moderate business was doing. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 6d • Mutton, 3s 8d to 53 81; Lamb, 4 s 8 d to 5 s P d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offals. RO3f FORD, June 21.—Beasts and sheep were in limited request. Calves were 4d per Sibs lower. Lambs and pigs were dull. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 10d to 4s Gd per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 22.—Wind this day at Noon, W.; light breeze and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, June 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Stada cons, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, June 21.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Mariner, from Plymouth. SOUTHAMPTON, June 2L—Arrived—Esmeralda, from London, for West Australia. Sailed—Joshua, for Gee long ; ashington (s), New York. GOODWIN SANDS.—Arrived—Southampton, from Lon don, for Calcutta, and anchored ; Barham, from London, for Madras. DUNGENESS, June 20.—The Plough, of Whitby, from Grangemouth to Havre, was in contact off Folkestone yesterday with the troop-ship No. 28, and suffered slight damage, the latter carrying away jibboom. DOVER, OFF June 21.—Batavia, from Rotterdam, for Rotterdam. COWEs, June 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Washington, from Matanzas, and sailed for Gothenburg. DARTMOUTH, June 21.—Wind, W. Sailed—Guillaime, for St. Thomas. BRISTOL, Juue 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Emerald, from Jamaica. _ SUNDERLAND, June S.S.W. Arrived — Adelaide, from St. Vaast. Sailed—Abraham and Sarah for Rio Grande. LYNN, June 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Enterprise, from Carthagena ; Jane and Margaret, Antwerp. SHIELDS, - June 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mere Eve, from St. Vallery. CARDIFF, Juno 21.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Martha, for Shanghai ; St. George, Ceylon ; Petrea, New York ; Louise, do. ; Union, Algiers ; Harmonie, Constantinople ; Parisienne, Malta ; Auselie, Alicante ; Anna Maria, Gib raltar ; Marie Aldere, Algiers.—The Eliza (sloop), of and from Bristol to Demerara, is ashore to the westward of Lavernock Point ; part of cargo (coals) has been thrown overboard, and hopes are e ntertained that she may be got off te-morrow morning's tide. JERSEY, June 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—C. T. Sutton, from Bahia, for Bremen. Sailed—Aurora' for Barbadoes. QUEENSTOWN, June 20.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Soubandar, from London, to embark troops for Calcutta. ROTTERDAM, June 20.—The Batavier (s), from this port to London, in going out this morning, got aground on the Brielle Flats. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—1 t is asserted that a vessel is being fitted up to act as a privateer under the Russian flag. as soon as the final declaration of war. shall have reached here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. • Wind N.N.W. moderate breeze, very fine. Sailed.—Adolphine, for Stettin ; Ocean, North Cape ; Glance, New York ' • Vixen, Constantinople ; Ellida Cal lenborg ; Charles, Bruges ; Adler, Wardoe ; Johanna, Iceland; Johanna, Antwerp. (BY St BMARINE_AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.50 a.m Wind W.S.W., fine ; tide, three hours' flood. Arrived, 21st.—Domonte, from Lisbon ; Spencer Kerby, Havannah ; Erie, Matanza ; Queen Esther, Antigua; Warigeu, Rostock ; Sarah Ann, Ghent ; Ellen Buenos Ayres; Cassandra, St. Übos ; Heveline , Dantzic ; Affghan, Quebec ; Commodore, Jersey Frida, Bremen ; Bratta, Stockholm ; Maria Hordie, Tobago ; Danneborg, Aalborg. Arrived, 22d.—Onrust, from Eden ; Concordia, Batavisr, Gi ra ffe, and Earl of Auckland, (5), Rotterdam ; John Alfred, Maio ; Triton, (s), Calais ; Baron Osy, (s), Antwerp ; Alar, (s), Dunkirk. Sailed—Vargessnaenuch, for Archangel. DEAL, Thursday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, W. by N., light, and clondy. Passed—Baltic, from St. John's , for Anchored—Mary Miller, from I°l,ldolln for Demerara. BANQUET AT ------7----- THE Tani rr---I' r - so usE. he annual en lace la st wereeve raii. nn, dags for master, a 1s t t l e h 4r e : en tertainment of the Hon. Trinity Corporation, usually on Trinity Monday, took p Trinity-house, Tower-hill. e Coverss t His Royal Highness .nPri Shepherd, nc the presideddeputy master, supported by Captain and nearly the whole of the brethren. There w ere also present the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Oran worth, Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Russell, M.P., Vi s count Palmer ston, M.P . , Right Hon. Sir J. Gra ham, Bart., M.P., Duke of Argyll, Ri- , 6 1 Hon.W. 4 1 t E • Gladstone, M.P., Viscount Canning, Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Cr. Grey, M.P., Lord Stanley of Aldeflej, Earl of Derby, Duke of Welling ton, Earl of Haddington, Viscount Hardinge, Marquis of Camden, Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Lord Redesdale, Mr. H a yt er , M.P., L or d Alfred Hervey, M.P., Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P., Admiral Sir J. Gordon, Mr. Cowper, M.P., Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. J. Gregson, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Grey, Mr. J. Wilson, M.P., Captain Milne, R.N., Captain Richards, R.N., Sir H. Pelly, Mr. J. A. Arbuthnot, Captain Beechey, R.N., Kight Hon. Dr. Lushington, Mr. S. R. Lushington, Mr. D. Wigram, Mr. Wigram, Mr. W. Cotton, Sir J. C. Melville, Rev. H. Melville, Sir H. D. Rosso, Hubbard, Mr. Farrer, Captain Hamil ton, Secretary of the Admiralty, Professor Faraday, Mr. Masterman, Major Oliphant, Mr. C. Mills, Mr. Duncan Dunbar, Sir C. Forbes, Mr. J. Herbert, Se cretary to the Corporation, Mr. J. C. Syines, Mr, James Walker, engineer, &c. Praia.' LOO Aberdeen 8a Ambg. Nottug. Bost and Eastu. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. tit Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., .250 and £25 Cons.' 184 Do., ....... 30 Myth & Tyne original 225 (issd. at 245) 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester di Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 DuablindrßelfastJunc all Dundee PerthdiAber• deen Junction all Do. New all (East Anglian all !Do., (£lB E (Sr 11)..., all Eastern Counties.... all (Eastern Union, A Stock - 100 De., B. Stock N- Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Eilinburgh&Glasgowl 96 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.PrLb &Dunelee 'Et Forth & Clyde Jane. 1100 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. 18 Do., Fifths 114 Do . , Wet. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & BlackwaU all Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do JO/. Sh. ,M&8...0 26 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all L ndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nfanch.Shef. & Lincln 812 s ___ ih Do., Man. & Lin. Un ' 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby 47 Micllcl. G. West. (Ire.) 17i Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & 100 Newmarket 5i Do. , Bury Extension 191 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfil 7; Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and hostrevor Ic,o Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties lJn 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred._ 8 Do., A B Guaranteed all , Nortli London N Do. Now £lO it is N.&S.Wstrn.,Tiamp stead,aud City Jn 17 North Statrord;hire.. all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. .00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2l 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Stock 10 Shreweby. & Plerefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ... all Do. Halves,i c, all Do. Oswestry 6 Shropshire. Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 6 Do 2/ 2s Staines,Wok. &Wok all Stockton & Darling 163 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfcl. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 YorkNewctL&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13§ Do. C.N. E. Purchase 100 York&N.Midland I FOREIGN. all Autwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baxoda, and Central ludia,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 40 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Western of Canada 20 - 20 20 20 Shares 20 10 20 20 ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all 'Lucca & Pistoj asp. c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 13?, Madras 33 Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (witl, interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B. & Anis. Shs ) all NorwogianTruukPrcf 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 10. j Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse_ 6 Do. 5A p. cent. Prof. 6 Southern of France., 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) i all West Flanders all Do Si per c. 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Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all Sub:um% Telegraph.. all Do. Registered. 280 ran Diemen Land ••• - ..• 45 - 46 .• ..- ••• . • "". ... 74 :--- 77 80 - 85 5i - 5a ip 18 - 19 'i 1 - - ii 1 -ii - p •--* •• i -- ••• iP - 2 38 - 4 0 - 12i - -131 20 20 10 10 20 20 50 20 64 98 1 7 31 4 i 3i 13 1 61 4 81 80i 12 14f 66 51 15j i 1041 104 i 3i lli 21 201 11 1 1 , 66k I 6 13a 14 72 2 3 12 53 2/ 61 i per cent, 201 1 1 13 12i VISIT OF TEE KING OF PORTUGAL AND TR, DUKE OF OPORTO TO WOOLTVICH. - His Majesty the King of Portugal, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, with Viscount Carrara, Baron de Sar mento, Chevalier de Mello, Lord de Tabley, and Colonel Wylde, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, at 12 o'clock noon, in two carriages and four, having passed th rong Bl ac kheath and along the Dover-road to Woolwich-common, where the Royal Horse Artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield, and the field batteries, under Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, were drawn up in line in light marching order to receive the Royal visitors. A salute of 21 guns from a 12-pounder field battery was fired in front of the Repository to announce the arrival of the King and his Royal brother and the Royal standard was run up on the garrison flag-staff at the mortar battery. The Royal visitors, with the members of their suite, on alighting from their carriages, immediately mounted horses, and proceeded, accom panied by the Commandant and staff, to review the troops and batteries. They were received with the usual salute, the brass band playing " God save the Queen." His Majesty and the Royal Duke rode down the front of the line and up the centre. The troops then broke into open columns to the right, and marched past at a walk in columns of divisions and half-batteries. The Royal Horse Artillery afterwards passed at a trot, changed front by wheeling about inwards, returned back at a gallop, then formed line on the original ground, and went through the evolutions of a field day, 40 rounds of ammunition having been previously served out to each gun. At the conclusion of the review his Majesty rode up to Lieutenant-Colonel Bloomfield and expressed his high opinion of the manner in which the troops went through the evolutions, and of the celerity of their movements. His Majesty and the Duke of Oporto then proceeded to the Royal Military Academy, where the Gentlemen Cadets were drawn up in line r and received them with presented arms. The Gentlemen Cadets then entered the College, that his Majesty might witness the manner in which their studies were conducted. On leaving the Royal Military Academy, the Royalvisitors rode across the common to the Royal Military Repository, where they were received by Lieutenant-Colonel Harding°, who conducted them over the Rotunda, and pointed out the objects of interest in that large depository of ancient and modern arms and specimens of the munitions of war, With models of the most celebrated fortifications in the world, and the means of defending them, as well as the mode of at tacking them during warfare. On leaving the Repository, his Majesty and the Duke of Oporto proceeded to the mess room of the officers of the Royal Artillery, where they were received by a guard of honour consisting of six serjeants, 101 rank and file, with two buglers, under the command of Cap tain Marryat, Royal Artillery, with three subalterns. The Royal party then partook of an elegant ddeuner. Shortly after 3 o'clock his Majesty and his Royal brother proceeded, accompanied by a large staff, to the Royal Arsenal, where they were received by the heads of the various depart ments, and Colonel Blanchard, C. 8., Commandant of the Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners. The illus trious visitors alighted at the Dial-square, where the boring of brass guns and finishing them is carried on. They were conducted over the department by Colonel Chalmer, Inspector of Artillery, and witnessed the whole of the processes from rough casting to the highly finished field-pieces. His Ma jesty also visited the foundry department, and witnessed the moulds laid for casting ten 24-pounder brass guns, which will re quire about 114 tons of metal to be melted at one time to make the casting. From the foundry, his Majesty and the Duke of Oporto proceeded to the laboratory department, over which they were conducted by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, director, and Captain Boxer, firemaster. The Royal visitors appeared much gratified at the rapidity with which the percussion caps are manufactured, each boy with a die press making 10,500 caps per day. After a short inspection of the mode of making spherical musket balls by compression, and Minie balls by self-acting machinery, and the fitting of the fuzee screw to 8-inch shells, his Majesty left the labora tory and proceeded to the carriage department, where he was leceived by Li eu t enan t-Colonel Tulloh. The King appeared ghrprised with some of the new machinery, especially a bolt making hammer, which strikes 700 blows per minute on the redhot malleable iron, and enables one man with the aid of a circular saw, to execute the work of four men. The ma chinery was so interesting to his Majesty that he had not time to go over the whole, and he left the Royal Arsenal for town, after shaking hands cordially with Colonel Whinyates, at 20 minutes past 4 o'clock. THE LOSS OF THE EUROPA. The following communication has been addressed to Lord Raglan, by direction of Lord Handinge : " Horse Guards, Julie 17. "My Lord,—l have received the directions of the General Commanding-in-Chief to acquaint your lordship with the lamentable loss of the troopship Europa by fire on the night of the 31st ult., about .10U miles from Plymouth, in which were embarked the head-quarters of the 6th Dragoons, un der Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby Moore, and a detachment of that regiment, the sf.rength of which is stated below.* " It is with the deepest concern that Lord Hardingo has to Inform your lordship that Lieuted'aut-Colonel Moore, Veteri nary-Surgeon Kelly, four §erjeants, twelve rank and file, and one woman perished on this occasion ; and the wholo of the horses, baggage, anti equipment of the troops on board wore lost. -- 0 1 The conduct of the officers and men in the trying situa tion in which they suddenly found themselves is represented to have been most praiseworthy. " Lieutenant-Colonel Moore remained on board the burn ing vessel to the last, making the best arrangements in his power for removing the men, and is stated to have been at last driven into the mizen chains by the violence of the flames, I and to have there perished. " His noble conduct on this occasion must add to the sor row which the loss of such an officer would at any time have excited, and Viscount Hardinge is anxious to record his sense of it. The attention of this excellent officer was at all times devoted to the performance of his duties, and the universal regret which his death has occasioned will afford to the regi ment the strongest proof that their late leader, in every act of his life, was always ready to set an example, in his own person, of that high sense of 4uty and of discipline which ho enforced upon every officer and soldier under his command. " The surviving officers and men were saved in thi boats, and picked up by throe different vessels, whence thy were removed to her Majesty's ship Tribune, which met them at lea, and has, it is understood, conveyed them to Gibraltar or Malta. " I have only to add that Viscount Harding. will not fail to recommend to her Majesty that the Major of the regiment be promoted to the Second Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and that the promotion consequent on this sad event should be given in the regiment.—l have, &c., " C. YORKE. General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., dm." * " 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 subaltern, 3 staff, 5 sergeants, 54 rank and file, 2 women, 13 officers' horses, 44 troop horses. THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS. Although yesterday was anything but a favourable day for seeing flowers to advantage, though not a peep of sun through out the afternoon illumined the brilliancy of the ladids' sum mer dresses, and although indeed a deluge seemed all day im pending, yet wo have never seen a greater or more splendid company than that which gathered yesterday in the Botanic Gardens. Such an array of butterfly costume, such lace, such tiny bonnets, such graceful flounces—the predominating hues of all being white and pink and light blue. Lace over rich silk seemed a costume a good deal adopted; but really the variety was so great that it was impossible to generalise. As a feces. sary sequel to the great multitude present, the number of car riages and vehicles of various descriptions, which thronged, sometimes double, all the avenues to the gardens, and over flowed the adjacent portions of the park, was to be expected. The music consisted of three bands—the band of the Ist Life Guards, conducted by Mr. Waddel, that of the 2d by Mr. G. Cooke, and that of the Horse Guards Blue by Mr. J. F.Tutton. The selection of music, performed alternately, was chosen with great taste, and so as to introduce a great variety of morceaux, each of a distinctly different character. After the alternate programme had been played, the bands played together, the effect being, as might be expected, extremely brilliant. In the early part of the afternoon, her Majesty and' Prince accom panied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and nd Prince Alfred, and attended by the Hon. Miss Byng, maid of honour in waiting, and General Buckley, M.P., and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, equerries in waiting, honoured the occasion with their presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary also visited the gardens. The following is a list of the prizes awarded : ExrnA GoLr.—To Mr. J. May, gardener to Mr. H. Colyer, Dartford, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr: B. S. Williams, gardener to Mr. 0. B. Warner, Hoddesden, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. LARGE GOLD.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobuti, Lower Chcam, Surrey, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. S. Wooloy, gardener to Mr. H. B. Kerr, for 20 exotic orchids. MEDIpt COLD.—To Mr. Speed, Edmonton, for 1G stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Fraser, Lea-bridge Road, Loytou, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Frost, gardener to Mr. E. L. Betts, Freston Hall, Maidstone, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Blake, gardener to Mr. J. H. Schwabe, Stratford-green, for 20 exotic orchids; •Mr, Hump, gardener to Mr. R. Hanbury, Poles, Ware, Hurts, for 12 exotic or chids ; Messrs. Lane, Berkhanapstead, for 10 roses lir 15-inch pots.forl2 GOLD.—Messrs. Rollison and Sou, TootiPif; , u. S rde a n y er . to Mr. plants; stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. E. Bassett, Stamford hill, for 10 sto o f v:o r ßa a greenhouselnOr dt° Ca ' pe ra heaths Hurts, for 12 Messrs. Frazer, Lea Bridge-road, i li b u .°B i, ll, 4i d n d a ea u, den ' for 12 is ly 1 . 0 IS OW kesths ; Mr. J. May, gardener to 1,14 Mr. gardener to Mr. R. exotic orchids ; Mr. Turner, Nye,,_,. _ Slough, p Gedney, gardener to Mrs! l i Windsor, f or 10 pelargoniums ; Mr. the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel, for l F a o r: t o o n r i , u . m c s l e w i 17 8 :e -ta r o e tro l , i Hertford, for li)roses in , Francis, nurseryman, MacEwin Ira' . Gann, gardenerto Mr.J. R. miscellaneous fruit. R Stamford-hill, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants; scoLtAtrs SILVER GILT.—Mr Mr. Clarke, Streatham-place, Brixton-hill, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. T. Williams, gardener to Miss Trail, Bromley, Kent, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Taylor, gardener t o M r. J . Coster, Hill-house, Streat h am , f or 6 stove and gre en h ouse plants ; Mr. Clarke, gardener to Mrs. Webb, Hoddesdeu for 12 exotic orchids ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, for 6 exotic orchids; Mr.Dobson, Woodlands Nursery, Isleworth, for 12 pelargoniums ; Mr. Holder, gardener to the Rev. E. Coleridge, for 10 pelar goniums ; gardener to Mr. A. Rowland, Lewisham, for 6 roses in pots. Lassos SILVER.—Mr. 0. Rhodes, gardener to Mr. A. J. Phil pot, Stamford-hill, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants ; M r . Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for 6 tall Cacti ; Mr. Clarke, Brixton-hill, for 10 Cape heaths ; Mr. F. Williams, gardener to Miss Trail, for S Cape heaths ; Mr. Rosser, gar dener to Mr. J. Bradby, Streatham, for 6 Cape heaths; Mr. Ivison, Sion-house, for 6 exotic orchids ; Mr. Turner, nursery man, Slough, f o r 6 fancy pelargoniun a; Mr. Robinson, Thames-bank, Pimlico, for fancy pelargoniums ; Mr. Turner, Slough, for 6 fancy pelargoniums. STATE OF THE CROPS IN LEICESTERSHIRE. —The late sown wheats look remarkably well in this county, and, should fine warm. weather set in, we shall have an abundant harvest, as this description of wheat never looked better, and a much greater breadth of land than usual has been sown. Spring-sown corn, although in some cases looking tender, on the whole may be said to be progressing favourably. Barley is not looking so well as could be desired ; the straw will be very short. Peas and beans are going on well. The late moisture has been favourable for the pasturages, but the grass crops will, we think, hardly be an average. THE REV. W. J. E. BENNETT.—Mr. Pete has given notice of a motion for a select committee of the Sous• of Commons to inquire into the allegations in the Frome petition, complaining of the conduct of Mr. Bennett, the vicar, and of Mr. Luff, his curate, in re ference to the re-marriage of two persons who were already married. The motion stands for the 11th of July. - 7 irits• I 50 2 100 1 25 5i 4 3i