The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, JUNE 14, Will be performed (the Ei r hth time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Cord, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliarn, Mrs. L. S. Bucking,lism, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which, MR. BUCKSTOSE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASsUS. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TIIIA EVENING, JUNE 14, Wilt be presented CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters by XeSsrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Addison, Cathcart ; Misses Murray and C. Leclercq. Will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the French of Vona. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. fro conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrle. THIS EVENING, Jura 14, Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Baer, and Roslere ; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—IIIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews. Baker, and Suter. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Itobertson and Ellis. ♦fter which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. ' To conclude with TRYING IT O. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. p ro prietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 14, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. Supported by Mr. L. Murray, and Messrs. Keeley and J. Rogers ; Miss 1$ oolgar and Mrs. Laws. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. ♦fter which, NORMA. Te which wail be added A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee an 4 Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. LAST FIVE NIGHTS of THE CHASE, which must be withdrawn for the production of the Grand Military Spectacle of the BATTLE OF WATERLOO, on SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, the Anniversary Of the great national victory. THE FOURTH JUVENILE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PERFORMANCE Will take place on WEDNESDAY, June 15, commencing at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, JUNE 14, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Drama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, or LIFE ON TIIE TURF — illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be succeeded by graceful and classical equestrian Achievements in Seenes of the ARENA, supported by the most talented Artistes in Europe. The Equestrian Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear in her unparalleled Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons, both forward and backward, never before attempted oy any other Artiste, and which has been nightly greeted with deafening applause. To conclude with the Melodrama of THE FOREST OF BONDY, in which the celebrated Dog Hector will appear. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Julia 14, CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Splendid MENAGERIE, containing a vast number of Specimens of Natural History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting In this country. 0.0111/7.EVO unrivalled Mimiiaat Ban). Vocal and Instrumental Concert. At Dusk a most brilliant display of Fireworks, N.B.—Oa WEDNE-DAY NEXI', JUNE 15, the Boys of the Royal Hospital Schools will visit the Gardens, accompanied by their juvenile Band. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEN DAY —Morning 45 min. after :6 I Evening 12 min.aft 7 To-Moaaow—Morning 44 min. after 7 Evening 17 min.aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during tho night. 64 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'99. WIND, N.E.--Heavy showers. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘4 THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENINGi With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. b a 4 .- 7 -- ,l ' i Ancv - % ti -0,,,,,:iii.,..1,.., \--Zitalt -Apo. 1f....1- : , 9r :77: ..., -,- .-.7 ~ ...-.., 0 LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1853. Reassured, to a considerable extent, the public cannot fail to be after the statements made last evening on the part of the Ministry in both Houses of Parliament. It appears, as had been anticipated, that the declarations of the Alioniteur are strictly correct, and that orders have been transmitted simultaneously from the Cabinet of St. James's, and from the Cabinet of the Tuileries, empowering the British and French Ambassadors, at the Court of Turkey, to summon to the aid of the Sublime Porte, at the first emergency, the fleets stationed in the Mediterranean. It is gra tifying to learn that these instructions were for warded from Paris to Monsieur DE Le COUR, and from London to Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, with the utmost promptitude. They were des patched, indeed, according to the avowals made yesterday in the House of Peers by the Earl of CLARENDON, and in the House of Commons by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, either on the same day or on the day after the receipt of intelligence that Prince MENSCHIKOFF had hurriedly quitted Constantinople. The extraordinary power thus accorded by their respective Governments on the one hand to the representative of Queen VICTORIA, and on the other to the representative of the Em peror NAPOLEON, will, of course, be employed by those diplomatists with the utmost imaginable degree of circumspection. They will neither act with indecorous rigour, nor with unjustifiable pre cipitation. But theywill, at the same time, pur sue uninterruptedly that energetic, manly, saga cious, and honourable policy upon which, it is en couraging to reflect, they have, both of them, long since adventured. They will persist in main taining at all hazards the rights of Turkey, the independence of the Divan, the integrity of the SULTAN'S dominions—no matter whether those rights, that independence, and that integrity are assailed by the military forces of the CZAR concentrated at the confluence of the Pruth and the Danube, or by his maritime arma ments collected together in the roadsteads near Sebastopol. Acting thus in perfect concert, with an identity of interests, and with an inspiriting sense of the justice of the cause they have simul taneously undertaken to vindicate, France and England may rest assured of upholding the Empire of Turkey—of quelling the haughty spirit of Russia —of preserving intact the balance of power, and the peace of Christendom. The promised division on the Succession Duty Bill was taken last night, and, as we had antici pated, the amendment was rejected by a decisive majority—there being 268 votes against, and only 185 in favour, of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S proposition. The time had indeed gone by when any effective opposition could have been offered to the Bill. Th e gr i evous i n j ust i ce to which the middle classes had so long been subjected, had at length, albeit at the eleventh hour, been unequi wa ment lly acknowl e d ge d , and that acknowledg rendered a remedial measure of some kind imperative. There . was no alternative. ha . ving once been concen- The public attention trated on tho question, it was impossible, as Mr. GLADsTorm declaredi°l,l' devoid oftof maintain a state of the law so wholly a Thereo should bo an rant in truth or r n foundation rant and of war tall successions, equalisation of the duties. whether to realty or personal: in which to settled property. The only option :pt.oo:ettlffed or un settled the the Legislature was to the ich that equality was to be attained—whether total repeal of the tax, or its extension to every description of accumulated and realised property. The repeal of the duty could only have been accomplished by the sub stitution of an ample equivalent ; so productive a source of revenue could not have been .alto gether surrendered without creating a deficiency very injurious to public credit. The substituted tax should also be of a similar character to that about to be abolished ; that is to say, it should be direct, affecting property, and property alone, as no new burden could be imposed on the indus trious classes for the purpose of affording undue relief to their more favoured brethren. A favour able opportunity, however, offered for the equit able and satisfactory settlement of the question. If an equitable adjustment of the Property and In- i come Tax had been offered, while the bill for its renewal was under discussion, the Legacy Duties might have been surrendered, and adequate com pensation obtained by an addition to the rate on every description of property. But, a course so wise and politic did not suit those who, having for so many years avoided a just responsibility, began to consider it aliardship that they should eventually be rendered liable. They would offer nothing , that could be considered in the light of compen sation, and during the debates and divi sions on the Income Tax they exhibited a contemptuous indifference with respect to the wrongs of their fellow-subjects calculated to ex cite the utmost indignation. The same selfishness that induced them to evade the payments to which the families even of humble tradesmen and of small leaseholders were liable, kept them away from the House when their presence might have been serviceable. And now, forsooth, they come forward complaining of the hardships which men of smaller means and less exalted stations have long endured in comparative silence. Every ar gument last night offered to the House applied to unsettled as well as to settled personalty, to leasehold as well as to freehold estates—but the impolicy of the tax, the inconvenience to which families would be thereby exposed, was not discovered until the evil was brought to their own thresholds, and then at length its real character became perceptible—and the country party mus tered strong in order—not to propose a compro mise, but—to reject the proposition for the pre sent session. We have seen the result, and if the Liberal party be only true to themselves, if they insist that the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer be fully and fairly carried out, that the " equality " contended for, and which is the principle of the measure, be indeed adopted according to its true spirit, they will find still greater causes for complaint than those so pathetically deplored by their champion. Why, we ask, is there to be no change in the Probate and Administration Duties? They amount, on the average, from two to three per cent., not on the net amount of property devised, but on the entire assets, without any allowance being made for the debts or liabilities that must speedily be liquidated. It is also payable at an earlier period after the decease, but in all other respects the principle is, to all intents and purposes, the same ; and the continued exemption of real pro perty, or settled personalty, which Mr. GLADSTONE has shown to be unjust and untenable so far as the Legacy Duties are concerned, can no longer be justified or sustained with respect to the stamp duties on Probates and Letters of Administration. The impost, too, produces nearly an equal amount to the Legacy Duties, its average being from 2 to 3, and in some instances 4, per cent., while the average of the Legacy Duties is 2 4-sths per cent. Here, then, we find at once that the Right Honourable Gentleman who so clearly and unanswerably exposed the grievance, has applied only a partial remedy, leaving one portion wholly unaltered. We may, then, once more ask in his own words, "How can any Parliament suppose that when once public attention is fairly concen trated on such a question, it is possible to maintain a state of law so wholly devoid of foundation, and of warrant in truth or reason ?" But this is not all—this is not the only instance of partiality and favouritism exhibited towards the territorial aristocracy, who are now so loud in their complaints against the justice and expedi ency of the tax, and. who so feelingly remonstrate against its novel application. There is a distinc tion drawn in the bill between rateable and non rateable property, by which the former will escape about a moiety of the charge to which the latter is liable. The person succeeding to rateable property is "never to be charged with the duty on any interest in the property higher than his life interest." This, according to the Right Hon. Gentleman's own estimate, docks off nearly half the payment that would otherwise be enforced ; and, if a party suc ceeds to a mortgaged estate, he is only to be charged with the value of the life interest on the net income, in place of on the balance of the value of the estate, after deducting the amount of the charge—a balance which he could at any time realise if he thought proper. Another point worthy of notice is, that even these diminished payments are not to be at once enforced, as in the case of personalty, the duty of which must be paid by the executor, under heavy pecuniary penalties, before the legacies are handed over — while those on rateable property are to be ac cepted by eight half-yearly instalments, the first of which is not payable for a year after the succes sion has been attained. And this is the equali sation of the duties to which so much praise has been accorded by Liberals, and of which the landowners so loudly complain. We trust that some energetic measures will be made iu com mittee to remedy the mistake that has been com mitted, and to carry out the principle in its in tegrity. If that attempt should not be successful, agitation cannot cease on the subject—the in dustrious classes will not, and ought not, to be satisfied while such undue favouritism is suffered to remain in operation, and they are compelled to pay so much more on successions than the landed gentry of the country. The JELLYBYS are a rather numerous family, and the scenes of their exploits extend in other direc tions than that of the immortal Boorioboola Gha. So numerous, indeed, is the family, and so enor mous (in two senses) and scattered are its exploits, that we believe many have sympathised with the eccentric aspiration, " I wish Africa was dead," with which we remember to have been startled on first forming the acquaintance of CADDY Tun- VEYDROP. Perhaps the most calamitous result of these proceedings on the part of the so-called humanitarians has been the outbreak of that deplorable Kafir war, from the harrassing effects of which our Cape colonists are only now slowly recovering. Those lamentable hostilities, it can not readily be forgotten, have periodically, during the last twenty years, drained away million after million from the treasures of the home Exchequer. At oue period, in fact, the payment of the expenses incurred by carrying on this disgraceful struggle with a few tribes of half-naked savages had come at last to be regarded as a regular, and inevitable, and unavoidable item in the list of our national disbursements. Precisely when he may have been congratulating himself upon having comfortably squatted at Cape-town, poor JOHN—meaning Mr. BULL—finds himself saddled all at once with an abominable fiend of a war in Kafirland—his pockets rifled, and himself half strangled like SLNBAD, in the dear old story book, under the gripe cf that horrible Old Man of the Sea. And so JOHN BULL, like his wander ing prototype, has gone on, during two long decades, wringing his hands, getting his pockets lightened, and feeling his throat clutched almost to the limits of suffocation—until relieved at last of the incubus under the wholesome influence of a little opportune grape-shot. General HARRY SMITH removed from the chief command, our troops have at length taught a salutary lesson to the Kafirs, aided by the combined skill and reso lution of General GEORGE CATHCART. Thus tardily, but, for the time being, effectually, the evil has been dissipated. It originated, re member, in the benevolence of the raco of JELLYBYS—it was the result of the un lucky interposition of that vast gang of theoretical philanthropists who are always for doing BO much good, but are almost invariably bungling into so much harm. Better immeasu rably was the system (rude though it may have Under th w e a been) of the old Dutch settlers, than the new fangled crnoifer.,thcesaepeinTtoolziabalnedhreaFnrairtarorivannds: the latter, ingdistriots enjoyedteurolonged tranquillity. Under visited with the horrors colonists have been protracted war, with interrupted commerce, with rc °fa p l3bery, p an i c , and THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, JUNE 14 1 1853, bloodshed. Directly the ancient scheme of de fence was abandoned—the war commenced. Directly the Boers—constituting generation after generation the living and impassable barrier between the English Colonists in Southern Africa and their barbarors neighbours—directly, we say, that the Boers were driven away by the en croachments of a mock-humane interposition— the calamities of battle began between the British settlers and the warlike savages in their vici nity. The Boers, disdaining the advance of this maudlin innovation, withdrew from our posses sions at the Cape, and compelled the inhabitants to look elsewhere for the means of securing safety to themselves, to their commerce, and to the local Government. Thereupon the Kafirs rose in their insolence, their daring, and their determination. The Boers no longer obstructed their attempts at predatory incursions into the British dominions. Fire and lance, pillage and massacre, became the rule of events in those i l l-fated provinces. Eng land was called upon to send troops out to the scene of warfare, to despatch our ablest generals to carry on the twofold duties of campaigning and conducting the affairs of civil government—Bri tish taxes being all the while drawn, year after year, for the liquidation of the costs incurred in pursuing this expensive and bootless labour of political and military retaliation. At last, how ever, by a persistance in the desperate struggle so long sustained with the Kafir forces, we have suc ceeded in crushing out the barbarian lust in those quarters of murder and spoliation. How are we to prevent the recurrence ce. these ruino - as and dis creditable calamities ? How ? That is the pro blem, the solui ion of which appears to devolve at this moment upon General CA.THCART, in the midst of his Benue of victory. By persisting in the policy of the co-called philanthropists—Cie policy which has caused all these conflicts and butcheries, all this anxiety and expenditure—by giving full play to the system advocated by the JELLYBYS— by nailing to the mast the banners of Humani tarianism ? Or by returning to a scheme more accordant with that in vogue among the old Dutch settlers ? L;arely the latter of the two would be the more rational course of proceeding. As Mr. BAGNET might say—Jr.dging from appear ances. Comparing the results of the two systems, it would be more reasonable, we fancy, to select a defence like that of the Boers—a defence inex pensive and effectual—one marked by uninter rupted prosperity and prolonged tranquillity. But the Boers have passed on in quest of better fortune in the wilderness. There remains, con sequently, as a substitute—Lhe organisation of a local Militia. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 hales, of which 2,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, with a hardening tendency. The sales comprised 800 J American, 300 Peri:am and Maranliain at 6 1 4-d. to 74d., 100 Bahia at 6-W., 300 Egyptian at 61d. to BA., and 1,000 Surat at 3id. to 41d. per lb. Railway shares were firmer. The Overland Mail is behind time, and accounts received in New York, although not of later date, furnish a curious statement with regard to the progress of the rebellion in China. It seems that the Commodore of the United States' squadron had arrived, and in reference to the reported applica tion for the aid of British ships of war, lie ex pressed his opinion that it was improbable that this would be afforded. The charge made against the present Emperor, according to this same pai ty are, that he is addicted to opium eating and to sensual ity, besides having the misfortune to be surrounded by a Cabinet which is corrupt and incompetent. It seems questionable also, whether the aid that could be afforded by the squadron would prove efficient now the rebels are getting near Pekin. It is evident that the sympathy of the American resi dents at the outports is with the rebels, but whe ther the allegation is correct that the other fore:zn residents are opposed in feeling to the reigning dynasty, it is difficult to say. The ship Waterloo brings Sydney dates of March 5, and 5,902 oz. of gold. The Anglesey, with ac counts of March 4, has 27,500 oz. The news is satisfactory, but not very important or novel. Business was brisk both in imports and exports. The arrival of passengers at Sydney from Jan. 29 to March 4 showed an excess of 3,910 persons over the departures. The probability before long of the decimal sys tem being generally introduced into money calcu lations, and at a remoter period probably into weights and measures, renders peculiarly ac ceptable a publication of Mr. J. A. Franklin (pro fessional auditor and accountant), entitled the " Decimal System Facilitated." This is adapted intermediately to the routine methods of account money and the precious metals, and includes tables for converting at sight, moneys, weights and assays, to their decimal equivalent. The tables are introduced by a familiar exposition of the decimal notation generally, and by facts and data explanatory of the currency. In the endeavour to render this subject easy of explanation to the uninitiated, the author appears to have been very successful, and a little attention must enable most business men to apply the principles laid down. There has been a very decided improvement again in the tone of the English Stock Market, and a largely-increased business has been trans acted. The foreign advices are considered to be much more tranquillising, and the weather is aus picious. Consols have realised 100 a I, and are now about 1002 for the Account, ex-dividend. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 1011 and the Three per Cents. 99# 2 1-. Bank Stock has been firmer, at 2281 to 2291. The premium on Exchequer Bills has been 2s. to 55., being lower, as the settlement of the accounts in the share market has occasioned rather more de mand for money among the speculators. The Foreign Securities have keen generally at advanced rates. The settlement takes place tomor row. Mexican Bonds have been run up to2n- and 28. Peruvian are about 652 to 86k, but no bargains are reported. Venezuela st - .:ck has risen to 40 and 40/, and Buenos Ayres has recovered. to 63. Sardinian Bonds are fluctuat'ng, having been at 93 and 94k, ex dividend. Spanish New Deferred Stock has been quoted 23/ and the Three per Centl. have been done at 4_84 to 48i. The accounts from Madrid are still of an uneertain character in re ference to the position of the Ministry, but the re conciliation between Narvaez and Queen Christina would be in favour of the stock. Dutch Four per Cents. have been steady at 95 to Y. Russian Four and-a-Half per Cents. are at 1032. Railway Shares have been improving, and there is the greatest facility for carrying over accounts, no charge being made in several instances. At this moment prices are not quite so high as they opened. French Shares have improved sensibly, and with a larger business doing in Western of France, Strasburg, and Northern. The Gold Mine Shares have been about k Fgher for those with 1/. paid up. In the Australian banks a moderate business has been transact ed. The Land Companies' Shares have been better, the Agricultural to the extent of 3/. to 4/. Crystal Peace Shares are up to and Metcalfe Mine are 7A to 8 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Pane the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ....... ......... ......... 22 81 91 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 A 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Anutiqies, 1726 New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOll 1; Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Consols for Account 9 Bl Exchequer Bills, id. £l000 £5OO 3 2 5 p Small 3 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 63 Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent lO5l Greek Bonds, Red .• • Dit:,o, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 43, per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 931 41 x d Spanish Bonds, :1 per Cent 474 L; Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 234 if Ditto for the Account 23 Venezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. ....... 40 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent 7Bf Ex 25f Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates . 951 HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July Doi x d MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.- - There are very few rales, and price .3 are steady generally. The demand is not brisk either for home use or consumption. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks m. 13 1,738 hhds 207 tierces 1,8.85 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,306 hhds 118 tierces 383 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,791 hhds 1,644 tierces 3,580 barrels. In refined there has been a good home trade, at 45s 6d to 48s for low to fine grocery lumps. COFFEE.- The market is very dull, at about the previ ous rates. Rug.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 564 puns 151 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 267 pans 18 hhds, and ex ported 103 puns 159 hhds ; the stock in the same places is 8,313 puns 481 hhds. Rim—Bengal, 684 bags, at auction, all sold at 11s for good white. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s 6d to 47s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town, 49e 3d. TEA.—This article has been dull, but firm. COTTON.—There is not much doing. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING. One of Messrs. Green's ships, the Anglesea, 1,018 tons burden, Captain Thorne, was off the port t: ; afternoon, bound to London, and landed pass 3 igen here. Sho left Sydney harbour on the 4th of March with cargo of wool and oil, and 27,500 ounces of gold dust. It is supposed that her passengers have 20,00 ounces. Price of Gold.—New South Wales, 3/. 16s. ; Port Philip 3/. 18s. Rate of Exchange.—March 3, at par ; March 4, 1 per cent. prem. Vbur.—Seconds, 211. per ton ; fine, 231. Carcase Beef.—lid. per lb. The Melbourne steamer was appointed to leave Sydney on 4th March. Her screw propeller had been repaired there. _ The Carnatic, with gold, wool, and oil, sailed on the 3d March. The Waterloo, with gold and wool, was to leave on the 11th. The barque Templar, Captain Brown, was to sail shortly. In 16 deg. S. spoke the Harpley, from South ampton for Melbourne. Thirty-two days out. All well. On the 20th January spoke a barque of 450 tons, from Rio for Liverpool. The master dead. The mate in command. On the 12th June passed the ship Jane Purvis, of Bath, United States, bound to England. The Anglesea rounded Cape Horn on the Ist April, when she saw an immense iceberg. On the 2d April she saw one of less dimensions, but esti mated it at three miles in circumference and 300 feet high. She crossed the line on the 15th May. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE WRIGHT. -SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE FOR TWO YEARS FOR CONCEALMENT OF TRUE STATE OF AFFAIRS. -JUDGMENT. This bankrupt had carried on business as a linen draper, at Maldon, Essex ; and judgment on the ques tion of certificate was reserved until to-day. His Honour now suspended the certificate for 2 years, on the ground that the bankrupt had wilfully concealed the true state of his affairs by not entering a debt of 7281., due to a relative, who got execution in respect thereof. His Honour refused protection for six months. The certificate when granted to be of the third class. FAILURE OF ANOTHER WEST INDIA MERCHANT..--IN RE ALLAN G. HAY. This bankrupt was described as of Broad-street, City, merchant, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignees. From the preliminary statement prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, Basinghall-street, it appears that debts due to creditors unsecured amount to about 2,200/. ; liabilities on ship accounts and outstanding bilig, about 4,900/. ; and to creditors holding security, I,i JO/. At present it is impossible to ascertain the amount of assets likely to be available for a dividend. The choice of assignees took place. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The production of Lord Byron's Sartlztn - Talus, on the occasion of the annual benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, last evening, must be pronounced the highest triumph of the present management, fertile as it has been from the first in attractions of so powerful a character as have deservedly elevated the Princess's to the summit of theatrical celebrity. Great as was the sensation created by King John, it was outstripped by that which followed on the marvellous mise en scene of Macbeth ; but Scvdanapalus completely transcends all that has yet been attempted on these boards ; nor is it too much to say, that never has a drama been put upon the modern stage with such unique and impressive splen dour and effect. The objects to which Mr. Kean has devoted his energies have been successfully accomplished —the pomp of the ancient Orient—the rich and vivid magnificence of the children of Baal is rendered palp able to sight. "To render visible to the eye," declares the manager, "in connection with Lord Byron's drama, the costumes, architecture, and customs of the ancient Assyrian people, verified by the bas reliefs, which, after having been buried for nearly three thousand years, have in our own day been brought to light, was an object that might well inspire the enthusiasm of one who has learnt that scenic illustra tion, if it have the weight of authority, may adorn and add dignity to the noble works of genius. I have humbly endeavoured to convey to the stage an accurate portraiture and a living picture of an age long since pased away, but once as famous as our own country for its civilisation and power ; and more intimately associated with the destructive wars of the Jewish race than any other people. No pains have been sprred to present to the eye the gorgeous and striking scenery that has been so unexpectedly dug from the very bowels of the earth. The sculptures now in the British Museum have been rigidly followed ; and where recent discovery has failed to give authority for minor detail, I have, where ever it has been possible, borrowed desi3ns from sur rounding nations, flourishing at the same epoch. In decoration of every kind, whether scenic or otherwise, I have diligently sought for truth ; and it is with some pride and satisfaction I am enabled to announce that a verdict of approval has been received from the judge most competent to speak w;th authority upon the surpassingly interesting subject with which I have had to deal." These desires and professions have been accurately ful filled, and the discoveries of Layard in the remote ca pital of the " blood of Nines and Semiramis" have been doubly popularised amongst us through the zeal, taste, and liberality of Charles Kean. The drama has, of necessity, been considerably abridged, the paramount object being to impress the mind through the medium of the eye. For instance, the scene between the conspiring Satraps is so cur tailed, that Mr. Graham, in whose hands the part of the arch-traitor Beleses would have been highly impressive in its original proporidons, was chiefly conspicuous for the gorgeousness of his attire. Indeed, as regards the costumes and appointments of the piece, it were difficult to speak in terms commensurate with the grandeur of their effect. The most prominent features—and they severally worked up the spectators to an uncont'ollable enthusiasm — were the regal entry, in the first act, when the grandson of Sennacherib appears in barbaric pomp, preceded by the guards, musicians, and dancers of the palace ; the ban quet scene in the hall of Nimrod, in which a beautifully arranged and executed dance was rapturously encored ; and the catastrophe, the conflagration and destruction of the city. In point of stage effect these are utterly unparalleled, nor must we omit to mention the prostrate group startled in ther blasphemous adoration of the king by the ominous thun der. The general impression produced has been described with equal nzi vete and truth by the critic of a morning contemporary, when he says, "In fact, we were in a state of bewildered excitement, unfit for the sober duties of criticism, and carried away, in common with the thousands present, by one overpowering sentiment of admiration and delight." The curtain descended amidst an absolute hurricane of applause, which attained an indescribable intensity on th re-ap pearance of Mr. and Mrs. Kean, in obed'ence to the universal recal. Showers of bouquets fell thickly round them, and the frenzied cheering only subsided after Mr. Ryder, vehemently called for, gallantly led Miss Heath across the stage, and retired to doff his resplendent and massive armour. Mr. Kean personated the royal voluptuary with care, discrimination, ard intensity : he caused an immense sensation by the narration of the fearful dream that vexed the last and 17oubled slumber of the doomed Sardana palus. The Y?•11-tonel chara: - .:;er of the lonian Myrrha, tender and regretful, yet impassioned and intrepid, had in Mrs. Kean so exquisite a representative that we trust she will not be induced to depute the past to any other hands during the long run which awaits this eminently fortunate venture. Unqualified praise must be accorded to Mr. Ryder as the brave, austere, and loyal Salamenes, for the solidity and vigour of his acting—and a more nobly warlike p'esence could never have trod the halls of Nineveh. Miss Heat's, as the Queen Zarina, acted with judsinent and feeling • and the minor parts were all filled with propriety. dr. Oscar Byrne is deserving of the utmost credit for his arrangement of the dances, in which Miss D-_:sborough was a most graceful leader, and the scene painters have wrought most worthily under the direction of Mr. Grieve. The music, by Mr. Hatton, is singular and pleasing., and was executed in -.he most sa,tisfa:;t3ry manner by the orchestra. In ehort, we can conscientiously pronounce Sardanapalus, as now given to the public, to be the most wonderful effort; of managerial ingenuity and skill hitherto dig played—unapproa 3ha,ble as a spectacle, delightful as an acting play, and, hi a word, the most felicitous "hit" that has probab l y been ever made on the London stage. The vast expenditure incurred cannot fail to be ade quately remunerated. The house was crowded to suffocation. The enter tainments commenced with the sparkling farce ot Per fection, which went off so much to the delight of the aucEence, that Miss Le Clercq, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Walter Lacy received a cordial recal. A PPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A matri monial alliance is arranged between the Lady Albreda Fitzwilliam, youngest daughter of the Earl Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon, eldest son of the Ri g ht Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P. The marriage will take place on the 21st inst. FUNERAL OF EARL DuclE.—The remains of the lamented earl were interred yesterday at Tortworth Church, in a strictly private manner, and without the slightest display. A large concourse assembled, and testified, by their presence and appearance, the regret which his death has occasioned. The press has already exhibited the general opinion entertained of his cliti ra:Aer, and we can add nothing to the panegyrics which have been justly passed on it.—Giouceser Journal. THE WREC.CED SHIP WILLIAM AND MARY.—RESCUE OF ALL THE PASSENGERS BUT TWO.—SAVANNAH, MAY 30.—We learn from the officers of the British mail steamer Conway, from Jamaica, &C., that all but two of the passengers on board the ship William and Mary, recently wrecked off the Great Isaacs, have been saved. Tey were saved by a wrecking schooner, while the ship was drifting, just before she sank.—New Ycrk Herald, June 1. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ 03 to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 4/ 83; clover ditto, 41 Oa to 51 8s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 41 83; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11143 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. BERWICK ELECTION PETITION.—The select committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances under which the petition against the return of Mr. Forster, one of the late sitting members for Berwick, was withdrawn from the recent election committee to which it was re ferred, met again yesterday to consider their report. They sat with closed doors, and the result of their meet ing did not transpire. 'TIE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.—One of an adven turous score who yesterday visited the first exhibition of American plants of the season, we proceeded, at about five o'clock, up a melancholy alley of the Regent's-park, where not a soul was stirring — not even a solitary park man. The unrelenting rain was doing its worst, and the very gravel, generally so absorbent, was mere yellow mud. On approaching the gate, not one single ghost of a vehicle was visible, to carry away the visitors who was not there, and not one single drenched and shivering figure flitted round the door to take the tickets which would never come. The portal stood invitingly open, and we entered, marking in the little wooden house on the right a solitary individual, who looked like Robinson Crusoe. Learning from this gentleman that another show of American plants would be held in a week— understanding also that the rain was not penetrating the tents to any degree—and assuming from these cir cumstances that a good many of the best specimens would hold good until yesterday se'nnight, we decided against wet grass and more or less dripping trees, and, like all the rest of the flower-show haunting tribe, the solitary twenty alone excepted, we concluded to post pone our examination until under more propitious influ ence of breeze and sunshine. 476AMSTERDA31 AND ROTTERDA3I PRODUCE-MARKETS.— The weekly reviews from these markets state that busi ness continued inactive, and that there was no great alteration in prices. Although very little bad been done in coffee, quotations were supported, holders not having exhibited a disposition to force sales. The rates for sugar, raw and refined, scarcely presented any change. The better descriptions of rice had been in request, and prices in some cases were rather firmer. Indigo was maintained at about previous quotations. From Ant werp and Hamburgh the accounts represent a similar position of trade, IN RE AUSTIN. This bankrupt was described as of the Grove South wr,rk Ironfoundry, and came up to-day to pass his last examination, which had been adjourned on the ground that the bankrupt had not kept proper books, and that the accounts were unvouched. The chief question was as to a large sum charged for wages which were esti- Ina . . `the balance-sheet prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, commencing Ist Jan., 1849, and ending Oct., I.& 2, shows debtor to creditor 6771. 18s. Bd. ; profits, 1,319/. Creditor, by good debts, 150/. ; losses, 7131. 17 .. 10d. ; trade expenses, 9461. ; house and personal, 4211. 10s. Lir. Lawrence now appeared to support the bank run,,'s application to pass on the accounts as filed, as the estimate of wages would be corroborated by evidence. Mr. F. R. Hood, of the firm of Hood, Brothers, iron founders, of Deptford, considered that the estimate was nearly correct according to the work done, the amount of the metal having been asc er t a i ne d. Other evidence to the same effect was adduced, and Hiq Honour considered that no better account could be obtained. The bankrupt passed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (rills DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The grand jury this moaning brought in a true bill arainst Wition, who is charged with endeavouring to obtain money rider false pretences. It is understood that the trial will take place to-morrow. John, :cc, a boy of fifLeen, was charged with stealing a wat 311, value 97., the propel y of John Hedrington. From fie evidence it appeared that on the day before the'Derby-day, ti - Je prisoner, vg;th two other boys, went t 3 the horse of the prosc3utor, who is a beer-shopkeeper, rnd nskci for some brcal and cheese. 'While eating th's they cont - ived to get t':.e landlady out of the bar on some eirand, and in her absence they decamped with the watch, which was hanging up on the other side of the counter. lee watch was afterwards pledged at a neighbom:ng pawnbroker's. lee jmy found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder sentenced rni to e"c months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant sat in this court during the day, and the whole of the morning was occupied in try irg prisoners for passing base coin. There are 25 prisoners for trial for that class of offence ; and the cases, which are of the usual character, will occupy the whole day. SOUTIIWA_RK.-(T_HIS DAY.) ETEALING A WATCH AT A FlRE. —William Pontet, a singular-looking young fellow, connected with a gang of thieves was brought before Mr. A'Beckett for re-ex aalination, charged with stealing a valuable silver watch •om Mr. Charles Rutt, a timber merchant in the 32ough. _ _ _ 1 . .-osecutor said that on Saturday afternoon, about four o'cloer, there was a large fire at a hatter's in Un'oa-s'acot, a short distance from his timber yard. He : core ugly went v,:th several of his neighbours to look rod got fn fie middle of a crowd of persons. He wro the i pe , ..hei about, and, on looking round, perceived the prisoner arid four or five other young ieltov‘a OD: a upon him. The prisoner put his hand over 1•'.3 f. ' ioulder, and immediately afterwards he missed his s%4tch. He was almost !Aire that the prisoner stole the watch, but he was a= raid to seize hold of him as he had ave•:al o 7 companioes around him who were rough looki-hg :e"ow..i. A corstable, however, came up at the tin , and he gave him into custody. John New' 3mb, a labourer, said he was standing in the micic".e of t l .7e crowd near Mr. Rutt, waiting for an nine. He then saw the prisoner leaning over Mr. At's shoulde:, and all of a sudden he passed some t rs to two females, who instantly ran away. In cross-errmination, witnens said he could not see that he :iad anything in his hand, but it looked rather bulky. He did not see anything pass, but he saw him pat his arm ove • to the girls, and they ran away. Rat, irforai?cl the magistrate that be had reason 1 . 3 ba"eve that the witness had been tampered with, as he told him he actually saw the watch in the prisoner's hand. Newcomb replied that he never said so, but be thorght tbat he might have stolen the watch. T ..oseeutor said he certainly was robbed by the pri soner or some of his companions. Mr. A'Beckett said that most likely he had been, but such evidence as that produced could have no avail against the prisoner. Therefore he must discharge him. TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO COMMODORE VANDERBILT. —Yesterday a grand dejaener took place at the Victoria Rooms, Southampton, at which the owner of the levia than merican yacht, North Star, was invited by the mayor, aldermen, and many of the leading inhabitants of Southampton, for the purpose of conveying to him the high respect entertained for the precedence he exhibited in selecting this port as the high road between New York and the metropolis ; and also to tender to him their thanks for the liberal manner in which he placed his yacht at the disposition of the public for the purpose of enabling them to satisfy their great wish to inspect the interior. The Lord Mayor of London, together with Sheriffs Carter and Croll, and the members for the borough, Sir A. Cockburn and B. M. Willcox, Esq., were invited. A number of complimentary toasts were proposed, and duly responded to. A HINT FROM BERLIN.—In the article of cloth, ex ported to the United States alone, the American import tables show an increase of German cloth from 16,612 thalers, in 1840, to 1,411, 282 thalers in 1851 ; while Belgian cloth rose from 93,185 only to 478;532 ; and English cloth actually sank from 4,490,380, in 1840, to' 3,785,070 thalers. Probably the gentlemen of Leeds and the west of England will "search carefully if these things be so ;" and if so, why so. The German clothiers attribute this success to the superior excellence of their blue-black dye, to their production of a firm close-woven body of cloth, mellow, and a short nap, bearing a natural gloss, not due to too much dressing and devilling, and affirm that the Americans prefer light cloths possessing the above desiderata to thick heavy gopds. .11 al If ax Ou 2rdian. HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.—An excellent story, illustrative of the truth of the above adage, has been current during the past week. It is to the following effect :—Two of our citizens, engaged in the knife and steel business, forwarded upwards of 10 cwt. of beef and pork per rail for the London market, but some way or other they managed to elude the vigilance of the officials at the station, and got the meat deposited on the waggon without being weighed, giving in a schedule for the same with 5 cwt. marked thereon. The waggon took lire between this and Perth, and the meat was damaged so as to be unfit for the market. On the railway clerk going to the individuals and offering compensation, the damage was stated to be about 301., but the clerk could not see how 5 cwt. could come to be so much. "0, but there was 10 cwt." " There is only 5 entered on my books." " 0, but ycu ken brawly we never gie you in a' the weight." " Then you should do so ; you will get payment for no more than what was entered." Montrose ~standard. THE CAMP AT CHOBSAM COMMON. 1 THIS DAY, 12 A.M. The first of our great modern military essays com menced this morning. At an early hour soon after the break of day the artillery and cavalry began their march for the camp at Chobbam Common, from the various points where they had been halted for temporary rest, and as they approached the ground of encampment the respective bands awoke the rustic population from slum ber, and hastened the arrival of the surrounding gentry, who, as early as five o'clock, were on the road well horsed for the better enjoyment of the grand spectacle of the day, and among them were some hundreds of the gentler sex. As the morning wore on apace the infantry began to hover in sight of within some three miles. of the common from various points, and as they wound round the roads in full marching order the scene presented a grand pano rama of men fully equipped for war, and moving as it were by one motive power, so regularly did the footsteps meet the eye. The sun, which shone out resplendently, threw its beams upon sabres and fixed bayonets, lending to the reality the ideal of an advancing forest of burnished steel. At eight o'clock, Chertsey was like one great military field of operations, some 2,000 of the Infantry having arrived by the South-Western Railway early train, a force augmented by the arrival of the 95th, who had only left Chatham at half-past four o'clock that morn ing, all in heavy marching order—an achievement that must tell most favourably of the great assist ance of the railway mode of bringing our troops rapidly to any given point where their presence might be required. At 9 o'clock the troops commenced their march from this point, all having fallen in on the word of command without the slightest disorder, and headed by their bands, the rear being brought up by such of the men's wives and children and camp followers, as the general order applying on the occasion permitted to fol low. From Chertsey this fine body of men were flanked on either side by gentlemen equestrians, and a goodly number of ladies, who, in their riding habits, came by special train from the Waterloo station, their steeds having been sent down on the over night. At Woking Common there arrived from Portsmouth, by the 5.30 and 6.30 trains of the South-Western Rail way, two detachments of troops, infantry and cavalry, and later there also came, on that large plane, by the half-past 7 o'clock train from the Willastone Junction, Kew, and Staines, two divisions, making in all about 3,500 men. This force having been drawn up, were called over, and ordered to march for Cobham-common ' a distance of six miles. For troops heavily acco ut r ed, it will be readily understood that the ground to be got over by this portion of the force was considerable, considering that they did not commence their march until half-past 8 o'clock for the destination. It will, therefore, be seen that the order from the War-office expecting the whole 10,000 men to be on the common at Chobham not only by 10 o'clock, but that they should if possible arrive there simultaneously, could not under the circumstances be carried out without fatiguing a large number of the troops by a forced march through roads rendered heavy by the rain of the previous even ing. As we now write, several divisions are still on the march from Woking, and distant from the encampment some two miles. They are, however, presenting an ap pearance of vigour that must more than compensate for the little delay in arriving in camp. A smart shower is now coming down, and fears are entertained that we shall have a succession of them, to the discomfort of not only our army, but of the thou sands of spectators assembled. The respective detachments of regiments are in readi ness with the tents, which will be served out when all are drawn up ; and when the word " Pitch tents " is passed, the whole are expected to be up in 20 minutes ; but this manoeuvre cannot possibly be carried out before 2 o'clock at the earliest, after which the men will do ample justice to the dinner now being cooked for each mess. METROPOLITAN POLlCE.—Yesterday morning, in structions were received by the Commissioners of Police, from the Home Office, to send a number of efficient constables immediately to Chobhaxp, to perform duty near the military camp now forming in that locality. In consequence of such instructions, the superintendents of the various divisions received orders to send, without delay, twenty men and two sergeants from the reserve force of each division, who will be under the direction of three inspectors. The men mustered at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with all their clothing and necessaries, at their respective station-houses, and after being inspec;:ed by their superintendents, marched off to the South-Western Railway station, where a special train was in readiness to convey them to Chertsey, from which station they were taken to Chobham in covered vans. Lodgings have been pro cured for the men, and temporary police stations erected around the encampment, so that every precaution has been taken to prevent the light-fingered corps from following their avocations with much success. On field days and reviews extra men belonging to the detectives will do duty with them. The Secretary-at- War has issued orders that all the men so employed shall have extra pay. The inspectors 4s. a day, the ser geants 2s. a day, and the constables ls. a day, in addition to their regular pay. They will remain on duty at Chobham until the encampment is broken up. The Surrey constabulary, under Mr. Superintendent Biddle combe, attached to that district, will also be reinforced, and assist the metropolitan police in preserving order and protecting property. A number of mounted police will also patrol the neighbourhood, both day and night. CHOBHAM CAMP POST-OFFICE.—An arrangement has been made for a post-office at the Chobham Camp, with two deliveries and dispatches daily, which will be in connexion with the Post town of Chertsey. All letters for the Camp should be specially addressed "The Camp, Chertsey," otherwise delay may occur. AUSTRALIA AND INDIA.—The General Screw Steam Company have received advices that the Argo, outward bound for Port Philip, reached St. Vincent on the 18th of May, after a fine run of 10 days from Southampton, all well,. The Calcutta, for India, reached the same port on the morning of the 25th, 10 days 16 hours from Plymouth, all well. BANS OF AUSTRALASIA.—The dividend declared at the meeting held yesterday, was at the rate , of 15 per cent. per annum, and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. The chairman (Mr. T. W. Hen derson), in explaining the position of the establishment, stated that business was making satisfactory progress, and that there was no reason to anticipate any unfavour able reaction. From well-authenticated statistics the directors had received it appeared that the gold produced in Victoria during the year 1852 was 18,000,0001., in addition to the considerable yield from New South Wales. The trade of the Australian colonies, now ra pidly expanding, together with the large local works being carried out, had opened new sources for banking transactions, and hence the board were led to anticipate a steady career of prosperity. In adjusting their accounts full provision had been made for bad and doubtful debts, while with respect to old dependencies little remained to be arranged. _ _ RouEN.Letters from Rouen mention that the market for manufactures was heavy, the attendance of buyers being limited, and the majority having already com pleted their purchases. ODEssA.—The mercantile advices from Odessa reach to the 3d of June. Extensive purchases had been made of wheat, but prices had, nevertheless, experienced a further decline, and were expected to go lower, unless political affairs shobld mend: Nothing further was known as to the position of the war question, and all transactions, therefore, were entirely uncertain and speculative. THE NUNNERIES BILL.—DUBLIN, Monday Evening.— The aggregate meeting at the Rotunda to-day, to peti tion against the Nunneries Bill, was most numerously attended. Many leading Roman Catholics from all parts of the country were present. Sir Thomas Esmonde pre sided. The resolutions against the bill were unani mously adopted. All passed off peaceably. THE STATUES IN ST. PAUL'S.—A correspondent com plains, and with justice, of the way in which the statues in St. Paul's are disfigured by printed placards. Dr. Johnson, as Bacon bas made his statue, is seen, as our correspondent writes, "in a noble abstraction his great mind evidently dwelling on some of the loftiest studies which can engage human attention; but how completely is he turned to ridicule by th e Dean and Chapter, for on Johnson's forefinger is seen to dangle a pasteboard, inscribed, 'lt is particularly re quested that the monuments may not be touched'— as if Johnson's expressive forefinger had been thus extended by Bacon for no other object than as a peg on which a common placard might be hung. Surely this disfigurement of a noble statue is disg:aceful to the Dean and Chapter. Would a magistrate fins me for removing it to a situation in the same building where it would be equally well seen, and would not disfigure one of our finest portrait statues ?" We have ourselves observed of late that some of Chantrey's statues in Westminster Abbey are disfigured in the same tasteless manner by another Dean and Chapter. Should the trustees of the National Gallery imitate our cathedral and collegiate deans, we shall have the Ecce Homo of Correggio carry ing on its canvas a white paper placard, inscribed, "You are particularly requested not to touch the pictures." How these divine heads would suffer from such a taste less juxtaposition ! Our statues suffer much in the same way.—Atheneum. WALKING UNDER WATER.—Among the marvels of the day must be reckoned M. de Saint-Simon Sicard's invention of an apparatus which permits the possessor to take a half hour's promenade at the bottom of a river, and there occupy himself as fancy suggests—from flirting with mermaids to rescuing " moist bodies." We are recording what has been done in Paris, not what the inventor professes can be done. M. Grand champ made a public experiment the other day, and remained thirty-five minutes at the bottom of the Seine. A little improvement in this apparatus, will, it is pro bable, greatly extend its capacity. This is all we can learn of its'construction :—a complete clothing of caeutchouc from head to foot, including helmet and sock, allows the wearer to descend below the water without danger of contact; the helmet has a valve which allows the air to escape at the moment of submersion ; and no sooner is this submersion complete than the pressure of the water closes the valve hermetically. A provision of air to be inspired is carried in a box, placed like a hump in the back of the cuirass of caoutchouc. This box has a tube which carries the air into the helmet in order that the breathing may take place without effort ; and a little stopcock enables the distribution of air to be regulated at pressure. No sooner is there difficulty of breathin g than a signal is given, and the experimenter is brought to the surface once snore.—The Leaflet*. COURT CI.RCULA. R. 13 10 Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at ingham Palace. The company included her s : t he Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal 11ighlie Ad Duke of Genoa her Serene Highness the Prineesrsdio raide' of Hohenlohe, the Marquis of D'A.geglio, Sa the Mini4ter ; Count de Vitzthum, Saxon Illinisterilo Marquis of Breadalbane, Lady Anna 11,1 aria Ps ly the Earl Mulgrave, the Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio,_e„, Marquis de St. Marsan, Aide-de-CaniP Valle, Aide-de-Camp ; Count Avogadro, the 3 1 1 1 t Rapallo, Colonel Wylde, Lady Caroline and bliss rington. is the The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended 0 palace during the dinner, and pe rfo rm ed the fell ° selection : Polonaise, Pest ........ . uhser• Overture, " Brides of Ve . ...... .. ........................ Benedict' Waltz, " Songs of the Thames" . .....• •• GeyerngLbeer, Selection, " Robert le Diable" .......... of Galop, Champagnes ................................ Luviv.". Their Royal Highnesses the Duke s and lie lle :05 Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived at Buckinham Pala ce I l er minutes to eleven o'clock last night, on a visit to os Count Pos.; Majesty from the Continent. Their Royal the travelled from Dover yesterday evening, by the , v i Eastern Railway, to the London -bridge tertnis,usn'all. were conveyed with their suite, the Baroness / V 3 two of beim, Baron Sdebach, and Baron.Treskow, in the Queen's carriages, to Buckingham Palac e ' Gt 5113 Their Royal Highnesses were received in the vrirc e Hail, on'their arrival, by his Royal Wghnessi,ci- Albert, attended by the Groom in Waiting , the -o in Waiting, and the Master of the Household. brio Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of C am !pig C am and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Al Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Pu che Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence- James's. ReA tioA A deputation of the friends of voluntall.ne";,id t , had an interview with Earl Granville, Lord,-rir'',,;s+ as President of the Committee of Council on D .. .u li n - f tiJ° yesterday, at the Council - office, on the subie'r ; ,, l co' measure now before Parliament. The dePuta ti s Morley, isted of Mr. Samuel M Josiah Con de Rev. John Burnet, and the Rev. ev.J. Hinton., - g hB ,l',l apnuiltaimtri.or John was oGh ne accompanied olrvgso oßda cfihedir,mm b a y n. p M .o r f . A of Inll~y le eLlay Revenue, and Mr. Pressly b a d a n thP ' e n s t 33° e Y rvio ardll 10 1 with the Chancellor of the E x cheque j r, a t his °'"- sidence in Downing -street. _ COURT AND PRIVY COUNCIL' (From the Court Newsman.) t e The Queen held a Court and Privy Con n v e il ;c e, ,he o'clock yesterday allernoon, at Buckingham of At the Cour;,, Shafi Khan had an audieneentipo Queen, and delivered to her Majesty his Cr e te Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipetee the Shah of Persia. delq, The Count de Vitzthum had an audience, Dti o ut fr to the Queen his credentials as Minister the Sing of Saxony. dbl ur f tl' Their Excellencies were resp e ctively intro e Earl of Clarendon, K.G. the Queen's princir k %v of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted Pdber General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, tar! jesty's Master of th Ceremonies. Se The Persian Minister was attended by th e Interpreter of the Legation. the Def The Vice-Chancellor Stuart was presented M r at an audience by Viscount P a l mers ton,_ Gr.',;o e Majesty's principal Secretary o f State for t' oo d cor Department, and had the honour of Knigh t' tr ,d ferred upon him by the Queen. Mr. Richard Bethell, Solicitor-General, a s Pr ese : D 1 by Viscount Palmerston, and received from her the honour of Knighthood. to bet's . I Joseph Francis 011iffe, M.D., Physician jesty's Embassy at Paris, was presented by , 1 , 0 0f Palmerston, and had the hono ur o f Knighthoo d upon him by the Queen. The Privy Council was attended by his ness Prince Albert, K.G. ; Earl Granville, _JI4 dent ; the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., First r,„ fe tsli . , / Treasury ; Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., 70 , 0 State for the Home Department ; the Ear. 004 don, K . G.,Secretary of State for Foreign •A dor; Duke of ewcastle, Secretary of State for the 40 4 Sir James Graham, Bart., First Lord of the the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary .4 Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward ; the, t be Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chambe r lain ; hi Y of Wellington, Master of the Horse. „,k The Hon. William Bathurst w a s the VW .- Council in Waiting. After the Council Captain Wardlaw, r' 1 .4:04 Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, had an ol eo , t o r received from the Queen his silv er s tick of ow,,, e y, tain Wardlaw, was presented by Viscount SY' tain of the Yeomen of the Guard. o fe4 Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marque s 0 1 albane, Earl Granville, the Ea r l o f Aberdee'' , ' James Graham. i The Court was attended by th e Marquisosol jog 0 8.G., Gold Stick in Waiting ' • the Earl of ety Treasurer of the Household • Lord Ernest 1 31 L Chamberlain ; Lord D rum l anr i g, Comptrol7oll Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waitig' R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. fip s' VISIT OP THE 0 f DUKE OF GENOA TO MOUTH. 1 $ °' 0, PORTSMOUTZ His Royal Highness the Duke of Genes,' 0„ 0 ` 1 the George Hotel last even i ng b y ma il ttst Wylde, Equerry to the Prince Albert, being' l e r ance. This morning, as early as nine o'clock, thes °l e l t o' in -chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thom as Cochran_ 110 respects to the duke, a n d pl ace d hi s s tate n j ic) l o tirely at the service of hi s R oya l Hi g hness, l o rr ic eJ graciously accepted, and in which the du o „,,rec e the dockyard, where his Royal Highness w 5 5 by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fanshat e l t .l slll ,lo attended by the commande r -i n - c hi e f, the aa'411 1, 0 4 1 intendent, Mr. Abethel, th e mas t er ship` ° h is Vincent Pappalardo, th e S ar di n i an Consult oto9 Highness visited the p r i nc ip a l p o i n t s of th e to 4 bo 4 meat ; having gone ov er th e y ar d the dulce.,dly of the authorities, with whom he most 0 0 7:.46V hands, and embarked in the port admirars.r , r forY,' tbo the command of Lieut. M ason , fi rs t o f the no w o le t had the honour of steering his Royal Ifig",,ll 4 0011Aerf Fire Queen, tender to Vi c t or y, Master 1 -; . F. W. Paul, that offic er h aving re ceived P' 1 . 0 ; awaited the arrival of th e p r i nce ly g uest. bi ,fle f His Royal Highness was attended on bo i l, ,tel; Captain Shepherd, Lieut. Apli n , &c. ; which the Fire Queen left the harbour for Sr io of f P Desßoyal Highness p r oc ee d e d on b oar d the „,t , i 7 s i ' g oo / lington, screw, 131, Capt a i n H enr y Byen l o f "' received his Royal Highness under a s alute 0 01); 4 4 and a guard of honour. Th e d u ke most 113 ,10 - f f i , i t , spected every part of the above noble ship, 311 4 0 ' 0 , 1' i his acknowledgements in having the opportustie fe o pe ing so gigantic a war-steamer. On leev iP g te re second Royal salute was fi re d, an d yards by the Ajax and Edinburgh. rd tv His Royal Highness again got on b°„,, s .je 0 ! ) o. ° Queen, and passed along the shores of 10 , ei l 110 4 borne n ; after which the Fire Queen re ttr; oc le . for Royal Victoria Pier, at Portsmouth, and ink Royal Highness precisely at half-past on e, the South-Eastern train tor London. I, NATIONAL SOCIETY'S T.RAIN-I.L—it; SS TUTION FOR SCHOOLNISTD,' tru e 0' f the ' , Yesterday the fourth annual meeting ° at Bo l e and supporters of this institution was c he lands House, Chelsea ; the Bishop of St. -'ll';orf 0 0 5 Rtfi a o n eenl d vdw: th itet e rh.ee ßi n sh e o v p . of j. Sa T li . sb K ur e y in , ptehe(rßeeetve.rSeirf svt.. f ia 4,lo i G. B o apkreesre, present. Mr. Short, and l le reorirooe ill . : 0 The report (read by the Rev. H. Baber, ti e d its P fr oc i t o institution) gave a very satisfactory ace°' l3 . se d t° i During the past year funds have been rill : nag s( col o 4ip , furniture for the additional buildings W r es , oo the institution at an outlay of nearly 9,ovv c ., the o it , '" trust they will shortly be enabled to r t. su r t Ote s ,O l ing portion of the old houses, and au s ta l d, addition to the buildings lately erected, the rooms and a well-arranged infirmarY• 1 1 " 0 0• pe;o 1 examination of students and pupi-to...re .ajosty'a . I p t place before the,Rev. F. C. Cook, et ee off ° 4 4+ of schools, twenty-nine students obtaln_s t ` c l a ss. 0 ,0! 11 0 merit, of whom five were placed in the rir' , s scb ad tba pupil teachers who competed for 1 :2‘11 ° 0 3 oo pilo„: i tio d o' twenty-five were successful. Some of to l permitted to enter for a single Year' s ; tro ini. .' re.z i oo opinion of the council, the course of req uAoP# duce permanent and satisfactory resultt ious fer,": t i t of not less than two years. The app s'' linctunerous tntia.o,oo at the beginning of the year were so 10(4.1 1 0 0, found necessary to make selection, were received into Whitelands. A, m e 77 1 . / ider _A til • i f . " the practising schools have been Pi ro f the a re tendence of Mr. Knighton, the teach d e e to 01 ? _g, o%' ing ; and the attention of the stu n of to , c hn , o i . tchalleepdriteitphieesswtuhdiyehoefhtehueliblegsetiindeetthheonew.in__L•heietfi. -065 career, more time being devoted to even of .Ac production of the lectures that are g . l wof th, are also carefully instructed in the t h o l e r e l, , g o a y a nomy, great attention being besto: : 4 - 1 1 ; ;c oo n re training. An official Intimation aprohletvies,o the Committee of Privy Count training ins„,..o roc ill, v - or t j inspector of drawing to visit th 11 reacline sg , w the r ;le the Council had expressed the eoncluson, visits of such an inspector. r former b7utle°Ohle bstated The the rtcehepautonr Council ihlhe having fv n i l tn o ho s et been egratifyeuecneeae o n e ip; i e d p e, r o . selected to serve jeesin_,,e,o, men and gentlemen were . eEarl of l inei e;) cil for the present year : T Archdeacon b t he s ti self Earl of Harrowby, the "%Ten. _ nrding to , elre a dio the Rev. Charles Kingsley. -i : L o c ci o f o urre:nvel cavl , 0 1 1 0 financial statement, under the .. I . l: e t . 2d. , th rilo ' w e i t 3 f o li coo, tl/1 ; the receipts amounted to 3,66 91 . 1 an d. 3 0• ,0' disbursements, a small balance to 2,_ 6 11 un T d h er e tl;ta e d dinge then building terminatefund poo , ' A COMMERCIAL SINGULARITY 15 circumstance occurred in LiverP.l 3'..e_!:vg"..enityn°,„ which has been without a paral2lol 1 1,1 0 ( 4 a go _a t ; 5 years past. During that Pe ' es t° 3 ter r • t ' l° l' o passed over without public sa woo ab- w hich 0 .4 1n t d extent taking place ; but yestere! Y _ oro , off, ia tionoo this respect, not one sale havl.neg c an , soetor u ibuto afforded food for much conversa.telennee " lined to A ",,a to the cause. Not a fevr are i n , o litil 3 6 singularity to the strike at prose I, porters. ~„