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

• THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, JUNE 6, Will be performed (first time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry SUlliVall, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Cffri, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham , Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ----.—. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Jura 6, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, TURNING THE TABLES. Characters by Messrs. Harley, J. Vining, Cheater , and Everett; Mrs. W. by, Misses Daly and C. Leclercq. ____..------- ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yates. THIS EVENING, Jura 6, Will be performed TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews . After whih, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Chara C. Mathews , F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c cters by Messrs. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthew s, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Mi sses. Robertson and Ellis. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 6, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, R. Romer, Cullenford, and H. Bed. ford ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss woolgar. After which, NORMA. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Second Week of M. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, whose extraordinary Feats have been Nightly hailed with enthusiastic approbation. THE THIRD JUVENILE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PERFORMANCE Will take place on WEDNESDAY, June 8, commencing at Two o'clock. By complimentary invitation or Mr. W. Cooke, the boys of the Royal Caledonian Asylum will attend. THIS EVENING, Jura 6, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Dsama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TURF — Illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M. Alphonse Thevelin, the First Gymnasiarque /Erien of France, and Inventor of the Cybistique Games under the French and Belgian Ba'loons, in his incredible Performance of LES JEUX CYBISTIQUE, Vaulting Traverser ..Erien of 130 Feet from the Back of the Stage to the Centre of the Circle. To be succeeded by graceful and classical equestrian Achievements in Seenes of the ARENA, supperted by the most talented Artistes in Europe. To conclude with the Melodrama of THE FOREST OF BONDY, which the celebrated Dog Hector will appear. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TIIIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CIIUSAN. Splendid Menagerie, including Six Elephants, Fou • Lions, Two Tigers, Two Giraffes,Camels, Leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Band, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert ; Two Songs by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wuille, and Cornet A Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Explosion of Chinese Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open from 9in the morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Adrnisson Is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock Saturday morning. The stations are arranged iu order of latitude. LIMERICK—N., calm—partially cloudy. MULLING AR— E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE-N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—N.E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentl , breeze—cloudy. YA info uTH—N., hard wind—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : SOUTHAMPTON N.E., strong bre( ze—cloudy. FOLKESTONEN.E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. . . . TuNBUIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy SWINDON—N. E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. CA II D u.IDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—N.E., strong breeze—cloudless. SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tar , DA' —Morning 33 min. after 1 ( Evening 55 min.aft. 1 TO•YrORICOW—Morning 11 min. after 2 Evening 31 min.aft. 2 TILE WEATHER.-Sux OFFICII, JUNE 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76 —highest sinco noon yesterday. 51—lowent this morning and during the night. 75 this clay at noon. BAROMETEIt, 30. WIND, W.N.W. —Light breeze, and fine weather. JUNE 6. C 9— highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 98. WIND, S.W.—Cloudy, with partial sunshine. §U ;-te 'l6 ' " LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1853. system be not " the best that could be devised," it is surely his duty to resist the reckless haste that would attend an immediate settlement of the im portant and interesting question, and to render it, if not perfect, at least as near perfection as prac ticable ; nay, more, it is essential -that he should satisfy the people of India that the matter in which they are so deeply interested had received the calm and deliberate examination which it so eminently merited—that their feelings and preju dices should be conciliated, so that they might be convinced of the impartiality and beneficence of the Imperial Parliament—who had not adjudicated conclusively until thoroughly informed as to their wishes and desires. Aude alteram parlor, is a sound rule. A fair hearing to the myriads of our Hindoo fellow-subjects is not merely an act of pro priety, but one of imperative necessity, if we would retain their affectionate regards and undeviating allegiance to British rule. We must not, then, forget that the investigation with which Sir CHARLES Woon professes to be so completely satisfied, which has pro vided such ample materials for legislation, has been altogether one-sided ; that the witnesses examined have been, with scarcely one exception, the employees or protegees of the Company under wh•se influence they themselves have achieved position and fortune, and from which, if it should retain its powers, many of them way hope to obtain future favours. What would be thought of a judicial inquiry in this country where the witnesses for the defence only were heard ? It would be difficult to obtain a conviction of any culprit if the mouths of his accusers were her metically sealed, and the testimony of his own friends and dependents was only received. But this is precisely what we have done. None but persons who hold, or who have he'd, offices under the Company have been examined. Not a single witness has been permitted even to state the nature of the grievances, much less to sub stantiate the justice and accuracy of the com plaints that have been so loudly and so generally preferred: The Natives have humbly petitioned that an opportunity may be afforded of substan tiating their assertions as to the existing evils, " before an impartial Commission of investigation and inquiry assembled in India, composed of per sons both in and out of public employ, and of Europeans and Natives conjointly, chosen partly in Europe and partly in India, as the sole :means by which the real state of our Oriental territories, and the condition of their population, can be elicited ; and pray that, for the accomplishment of that object, the present Charter of the East India Company may be annually renewed, until the investigation is completed." This is a just and reasonable request ilia:: cannot, even if Parliament were as completely satisfied with Sir CHARLES WOOD'S scheme as the Right Honourable Baronet himself, be safely rejected. It is also of the greatest consequence that, what ever may be the new form of government, it should be subjected to periolical revision, in order that " it should he open to altera' .son and improve ment from time to time, as the wellbeing of the country may require, and that the working of its internal administration may undergo at stated in tervals public inquiry and discussion in the Im perial Parliament." If the new proposition be accepted—if the Indian " double" Government be constituted for an indefinite period, such discus sion and inquiry will he avoided. The first duty, then, of every independent member—of every one who desires to promote the happiness, the content ment, and tranquillity of nearly one-sixth of the human race, of preventing India from becoming a Ministerial difficulty of no ordinary magnitude, a festering thorn in the side of England—will be, while endeavouring to amend to the utmost of his power the measure brought forward by Sir CHARLES Woon, and to remove its numerous faults and imperfections, beyond all things, to limit its duration to two, or, at the furthest three, years, so that a further discussion may be insured so soon as the results of the alterations about to be made have been tested by experience—and we have had a full opportunity of knowing the na ture and extent of the grievances for which the inhabitants of that vast and distant empire seek, or may seek, redress. An illustrious Statesman, during the next few days, will be solemnly installed by the University of Oxford as its Academic Chancellor. Around him will be assembled together some of the most distinguished men of our generation. Their names have recently been enumerated—the names of those eminent contemporaries who have been se lected by the Earl of DERBY to take a conspicuous part in the ceremonies of his inauguration. Chosen from all parties, they comprise among their number the representatives or each of the more notable professions. Prominent in the group of these new Doctors of Civil Laws, will be recognised the scholar and the diplomatist, the orator and the poet, the historian and the novelist, the warrior and the ecclesiastic, the statesman and the philosopher. Pro bably no similar personage has ever before been attended in this manner by a cluster of men so remarkable both for their intellectual capacity and for the brilliancy of their reputation. Cer tainly no Chancellor, either of Oxford or of Cam bridge, has associated with the incidents of his Encomia any assemblage of persons comparably distinguished by the variety and splendour of their achievements. This, we assert, is in disputable. The new batch of D.C.L.'s might challenge comparison with any one of its prede cessors. And yet it is this very cluster of cele brities against which so many derisive and scurri lous attacks have been lately directed by certain cf our contemporaries ! It is against this admirable se lection that so many malignant shafts of ridicule have been projected ! It is against this noble gather ing from various parties, from several classes, and from all pursuits, that the jealous scorn of partisanship has hurled the most spiteful taunts and the most malicious insinuations ! Nothing has been considered too mean as a motive for the nomination to these honorary degrees by diploma, of individuals who might be reasonably presumed to have earned for themselves the right to much more elevated marks of distinction. Everything that could possibly be raked together in the way of depreciation has been sedulously accumulated by the THERSITES of Politics, and the example of that worthy has since then been servilely emu lated by the SMELLFUNUUS of Literature. Bye gones in their regard have come no longer to be byegones. Nothing, of coarse, could in reason be whispered in derogation of a gallant soldier like Sir HARRY SMITH, the hero of Aliwal. Neither could anything be muttered 'against a profound geologist like Sir RODERICK MURCHISON. A contemptible joke was all that could be associated with the name of Dr. FORBES WINSLOW, arising out of the circumstance of his skill in the treatment of lunatics. Nothing more damning could be said of Professor AYTOUN than that he had been guilty of the high crime and misdemeanour of writing for Blackwood's Maga zine. But to all those who had ever ventured into the more stormy arena of public life, there have been dispassionately dedicated all the mire of personality, all the brickbats of calumny, and all the bludgeons of coarse and intemperate vitu peration. Sir E. BULWER LYTTON—surely one of the literary glories of our age, if we have still left amongst us any sense of the real worth of genius and scholarship—has been spoken of as though lie had never penned anything else than " a thin acid pamphlet" addressed to JOHN BULL, and advocating the now abandoned principles of Protection. Mr. DISRAELI has been mentioned in a manner that might imply he had never gained the honours of a " second edition," or obtained the ear of the House of Commons, or risen to the dignity of Ch ance ll o r of the Exchequer. Mr. W AIITIP 'N again —unquestionably one of the most shre w d and character_bas current Literature . Lily and the E„ caustic amour living delineators of r, been sneered at as though " The un l ucky, and irredeemable constituted his one solitary, simply -_fair. redeemable contribution to our the question . , i, 5; „,...., re. portrait, and instead. It is flagrantly begging pretending to sketch a It Now, al l this, we maintain, efthat, drawing an odious and monstrous caricature. a 3 reasona bl e an d as ac curate as it w o l u t l d i is be f b o o r u at There are several preliminary questions to be decided before Parliament can ever take into its consideration Sir CHARLES WOOD'S propositions for the future government of India. Hon. Gen tlemen must ask themselves whether they are in a position to legislate permanently on a question of such vital importance, not merely to the wel fare and happiness of nearly 150, 000, 0 0 0 of human beings, but to the interests of the United Kingdom? Whether they are in possession of adequate information supplied by unimpeachable and disinterested witnesses, freed from bias or prejudice, and whose motives and feelings are beyond suspicion ? Have the inquiries hitherto instituted been conducted fairly and impartially, affording to all parties concerned reasonable op portunities for giving expression to their com plaints and to their desires, of substantiating the former by evidence, and adducing argu ments to show the justice and expediency of conceding the boons so earnestly and at the same time so temperately demanded ? Sir CHARLES WOOD conceives that we have ample materials for permanent legislation—that there is not only no benefit to be derived from further delay, but that such a course would be highly dangerous and impolitic, and very prejudicial both to England and to Hindostan. The Right Hon. Baronet exhibited greater energy on that point - than on any other which he brought forward during his protracted oration. He said—" It .seems to me that whatever plan for the Govern : ment of India may be decided on—whether the single Government should be adopted, or the double Government' should be continued or !.amended—it is our bounden duty to give to India, ..at the earliest possible moment, the best Govern anent which the wisdom of Parliament may de- Tise." And further, in speaking of the Minis terial plan, he emphatically adds—" Amend it if you will—alter it if you please—suggest improve ments if you can—but let us not refuse to India the best Government we oan devise for the per manent welfare of our Indian Empire." There is surely something very suspicious in this extraordinary precipitation this urgent iressure, by one not very remarkable for rapid ' p rogress in the removal of ancient abuses, and t his feeling of doubt is materially enhanced by t he fact, that it is exhibited by one who stands f orward as the apologist, and more than the apo- I ogist, of the Anglo-Indian Government—who ;peaks in the strongest terms of approbation of the efficiency and excellence of its management, and of the peculiarly felicitous results that have attended the admirable administration of the irre sponsible Boards of Cannon-row and Leadenhall street. Such exceeding promptitude might be intelligible on the part of those who severely cen sured the past administration of our Eastern do minions, and complained in the strongest terms of the existing system , objecting for a single day o f incubus that to the continuance brooded over the lhi has so long tglh:etstinies and paralysed the energies of that preysseizpire ; but it creates a Neu unpleasant im introduces even of a fron t ono who retains he obnoxious principle and irrespon- EYble government, and t e . , s cmal alterations which he haeseabren the infini ith fear and trembling, for brought forward daring• t o lay if c riiegious hands upon a system so hallowed is beneficial, and in every respect so unobjeZilud )le. If Sir CHARLES Woon be really sincere in his believe • o fessions—if lie , indeed, that "alth ough India was not, and is not, the Le Government of devised, yet that there is no ,st that could be ound whereupon to condemn it as being ineffi . cious or inefficient," he cannot su ppose that the stponement of final legislation for one, tw o, or en three years would be attended by any inia 'us or even dangerous consequences. If the gr ca PG ev. THE SUN, , LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1853; ET AND biographer of Lord BYRON, in consideration of his limp and his club-foot, to depict him—a hideous deformity ! Fortunately, the malice of these dis graceful scurrilities will exercise no influence whatever over the judgments of those assembled to witness the pomp and pageant of Lord DERBY'S inauguration. The youngest freshman of the University will need no reminder as to the high merits of the distinguished men flaunting in their red gowns through the procession as the D.C.L.'s of the newly inaugurated Chancellor. They will not require to be informed that in Mr. MACAULAY they recognise the brilliant essayist and historian, whose style is at once the most ornate and the most mellow among the prose-writers in our language—that in Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, they behold the laborious an ' nalist of Europe as it has been during the tem pestuous throes of revolution—that in Mr. Dis- RAELI they see not only the popular romancist and the gifted debater, but that man of letters born of a man of letters, who by the force of his unaided abilities has risen to the leadership, in the House of Commons, over that great party whose members are the chiefs among the ranks of our country gentlemen. They will bear vividly in re membrance, moreover, we doubt not, that while in the ex-Lord Chancellor, Baron ST. LEONARDS, they have before them one of the pro foundest lawyers who ever took his seat upon the woolsack, they have also before them, in Sir E. BULWER, LYTTON, the poet, the dramatist, the historian, the novelist, the orator, the essayist, to sum up all in a phrase, the Admirable CRICH TON of English Literature. Can they require, moreover, to be reminded I—surely that were in the highest degree improbable—that in the Earl of MALDIESBURY they have the Foreign Minister who opened up the trade of South America to British enterprise—that in Mr. WARREN they have the ingenious satirist of " Ten Thousand a- Year," and the writer of the pathetic and impas sioned " Diary of a late Physician "—that in the Earl of EGLINTON they have an administrator who is still regarded by Irelandas one of the ablest and as one of the most, prudent of her Lord-Lieute nants. Besides which, other men eminent by their genius and by their achievements will be recognised during the next few days by the youth of England at Oxford, meaning, thereby, one of the most important sections of the new generation. Gratitude and patriotism should alike lead them to that recognition of un doubted genius and of honourable achieve ments. Palmam, qui meruit, &c., hackneyed though the phrase my be, tri'm though the thought, it is yet at this moment peculiarly de serving of remembrance —at this morne:it when insolent personalities, and vulgar jeers, and scur rilous contumelies are the meeds most frequently awarded to the winner of an illustrious reputation. Surprising though it may appear, it is not yet generally known, we, believe, that there is at this moment in active operation a railway, threading the more populous thstricts of the metropolis— crossing the Eastern Counties line and the Great Northern —connecting the North Western Rail way with the railway to Blackwall—and supply ing the principal portion of our capital with the advantages of cheap and rapid intercommunica tion. All this has been accomplished while we have been talking about a central terminus, about new bridges across the Thames, about opening additional thoroughfares, about supplying London with this, that, and the other improvement. So that passengers can be conveyed every quaff ter of an hour during the day time—for sixpence first class, and fourpence second cle ss, or by return ticket for ninepence first class, and sixpence ' second class—between the station at Fenchurch street and the station at Euston-square ! The new line commences near Primrose Hill, and ex tends to the vicinity of Limehouse. One extremity is called the Stepney station, and the other, hard by the Camden Depot, the Hampstead Road Station : and between these the railroad traverses the north and east of the metropolis by what the Americans call a circumbendibus. Be sides the terminal station at Stepney and the other at _Hampstead, there are interme diate stations at the Camden Road, between Kentish Town and Camden Town—at the Cal c donian Road, between Holloway and Pentonville —at Islington, immediately south of Highbury— at Kingsland, south of Stoke Newington—at Hackney, below Lower Clapton, and finally at Bow. Arrangements, we observe, are already entered into for the issue of Season Tickets, for the convenience of those who will be likely to avail themselves frequently of these facilities of communication between the City and its suburbs. It is scarcely possible, we conceive, to exaggerate the value of the benefits thus secured to the con tiguous masses of the population. Altogether, nowadays, there are seven great termini requiring concentration in the heart of the capital of England. There is, of course, a consi derable station at Nine Elms, and there is one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and there are the impor tant stations already mentioned at Camden Town and at Stepney. But, strictly speaking, it may be said that there are altogether seven great ter mini in the metropolis requiring concentration. Firstly, there is the South-Western Railway Terminus at Waterloo-bridge. Secondly, there is the South-Eastern Railway Terminus at London-bridge. Thirdly, there is the Blackwall Railway Terminus at Fenchurch-street;. Fourthly, there is the Eastern Counties Railway Terminus at Shoreditch. Fifthly, there is the Great Northern Railway Terminus at King's-cross. Sixthly, there is the North-Western Railway Terminus at Euston-square. And, seventhly, there is the Great Western Railway Terminus at Padding ton. Ultimately, all these must, whetherby tunnels, or by viaducts, or by bridges, or by additional railroads, become connected together. Already four out of the seven may be said to be so even now—namely, the Euston Station, the King's Cross Station, the Shoreditch Station, and the Fenchurchs-treet Station—and this by means of the new enterprise here noted as in operation, the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway and its system of communica tions. A little further energy and the webwork of railroads for the capital will be brought into a yet more admirable state of develor ment. A little more and the whole of the complicated scheme may be conducted to something like a satisfactory completion. A little more and Mr. CHARLES PEARSON'S plan may be happily realised—se that by the inauguration of the Grand Central Terminus in Farringdon-street, the health and verdure of the country may be brought within reach of the toiling multitudes of London and Westminster. MONEY MAR INTELLIGENC. r OMMERCIAL THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed very tamely, with out alteration in prices. The rumours of war have had the effect of checking business. The sales coin prised 250 Pernam and Maranham, at 6gd. to 71d.; 303 Egyptian, at 61d. to 91d. ; 300 Surat, at 4d. to 4id. : and the remainder American Railway Shares were very heavy. The steamer Cambria is telegraphed as having arrived off Liverpool, and the amount of specie she brings is said to be 280,000 dollars. Her letters will not be delivered until to-morrow. The letters from the continent are of a decidedly more favourable complexion. From Paris it is stated that money was last week very abundant on the Bourse, notwithstanding the susceptibility of prices, and that so many orders to purchase rail way shares were seldom known to have been re ceived within the like period from small provincial capitalists. Accounts from Belgium mention that the iron and coal trades were very brisk, and although the price of the first-named had not advanced there were abundance of orders. The National Bank of Belgium, on the 31st ult., held gold and silver to the amount of 48,164,672 francs, and had a note circulation amounting to 77,059,940 francs. The public securities had re presented the stun of 14,523,623 francs. The funds open much more buoyantly to day, and the prospect of the four powers being instru mental in bringing about a pacific solution of the Eastern question, gives confidence. At the same time there does not appear to be any very definite news, and part of the rise must be attributed to the buying back of those who have so heavily speculated for a fall. The rally in Consols is per cent., the first price having been 98# and the quotation since 96g /. The New 3i per cents. have been done at 1011 to 101, and the 3 per cents. 98Z to 99i. Ea - chequer Bills have improved to 2s. and Gs. premium. East India Bonds have realised 255. to 295. premium. Foreion. Stocks particip a t e i n th e b etter tone of the English market. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been up to 49, a rise of -4 per cent., and the De ferred have been done at 23g to 23-a. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been to -1. higher, realising 391 I. Mexican have rallied 1, to 27 k Grenada Deferred have touched 10 and 101, and Peruvian Deferred are called 2to 1, 1 2 premium. Sardinian Stock, ex-dividend, is at 94/. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been quoted 65i. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &c. Caledonian Cork and Bandon June 10, 17,Gracechurch-st Dublin and Belfast Junction June 15, Dublin. E. and W. India Docks and The Gold. Mine Shares are looking firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official List. ) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....... 98 1 91 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ... shut 99 New 3} per Cent. Annuities IOIA India Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, under £lOOO 25 Consols for Account July 19 Exchequer Bills, lid. • £l000 £5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican ,3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 pe r C en t, Sardinian Bonds, 5 pe r C en t t ) 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.. Ditto for the Account.., Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Cent. .......... ..... Deferred, 1 e Cent l6 I Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 Da:- Cent. ........ Dutch Exchange 4 per Cent. Certificates 9si HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 19th July 983 x d OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Queen has appointed Dr. James Begbie to be physician in ordinary to her Majesty in Scotland. Mr. J. G. Payne is appointed resident surgeon to the Millbank Penitentiary, in the room of Mr. James G. Rendle, appointed medical officer of the New Female Convict Prison at Brixton.— Observer. DEATH OF THE EARL OF DUClE.—Henry George Francis Moreton, Earl of Loathe, expired on Thursday. The deceased earl was born the Bth of May, 1802, and married on the 29th of June, 1826, the Hon. Elizabeth Dutton, eldest daughter of Lord Sherborne (born 19th of February, 1807), by whom he had numerous issue— the eldest of whom, Henry John, born 10th of August, 1829, and elected M.P. for Slroud in 1852, now suc ceeds to the ancestral honours. The late peer was AD advocate of free trade principles ; he was also a ~ 'onii nent member of the Evangelical Alliance. Lord Tore ton having succeeded to the title and estates, a vacancy is created for the representation of Stroud. THE Fox CLUB.—The Fox Club dined on Satnrd4 evening at Brookes's. Present—Earl of Albemarle, Duke of Bedford, Viscount Enfield, Sir M. J. Cholwele i r Bart., Colonel Boldero, Colonel Ferguson, M.P., D. A. Sanford, Esq , Colonel Hon. R. Boyle, M.P., Co'. L - • H. Ferguson Davie, Bart. M.P.. H. Fergusson, E A. K. Stephenson, Esq., Hon. H. Duncan, A. NV. Robarts, Esq., Earl of Scarborough, Rowland Alsto - ; Esq., Right Hon. Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Camoys, Sir R. Throckmorton, Bart., Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P., Earl of Yarborough, Gen. Hon. G. Anson, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Hon. Edward Coke, Earl of Bessborough, Lord Cremorne, Earl of Zetland, Hon. R. S. Carew, Lord Say and Sele, Capt. Townsend, R.N., M.P., Sir W. G. Craig, Bart. DINNER IN CELEBRATION OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S BIRTHDAY.—On Wednesday last Sir James Graham's birthday was celebrated in Longtown by the tenantry of the Netherby estate and others by a public dinner, at which the health of the right hon. baronet and the mem bers of his family were drunk with cordial enthusiasm. —Carlisle Journal. 23,i i i Birmingham Junction u June 17, Euston-square. Edinburgh Junction and Glasgow June 15, Glasgow. Llanelly Railway and Dock June 6, London Tavern. London, Brighton, & South Coast June 15, Bridge-hseHotel. Man., Sheffield, and Lincoln June 8, Manchester. Ditto, ditto, ditto June 24, Manchester. Midland Gt. West. Ireland June 8, Dublin. Namur and Liege June 7, London Tavern. Ditto, ditto June 15, Brussels. South Yorkshire June 15, London Tavern. The statistics of railway traffic for the present year are thus summed up by Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— "The railway calls for the month of June amount to 1,521,9411., against 430,8651. for the corresponding period of 1352, being an increase of 1,091,0761., princi pally on account of French lines. The total for the first half of the current year is 5,576,2151,, against 2,598,1781. for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 2,987,0371. The traffic returns for the week ending May 21st emounted to 341,1681., and for the corresponding week of last year to 272,5951., showing an increase of 68,2091., or 24.9 per cent. The gross re ceipts for the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted to 168,8741., and for the correspond ing week of last year to 124,5511., showing an increase of 36,323/., or 29.1 per cent. The increase on the Eastern Counties amo - anted to 3,8051.; on the Great Northern to 4,7921.; on the Great Western to 4,3451.; on the London and North-Western to 10,578/.; on the London and Blackwall to 4721.; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to 4,1311.; on the London and South. Western to 3,1711.; and on the South-Eastern to 5,0291.; total, 36,323/. The receipts on the other railways in the United Kingdom amounted to 180,2941., and for the cor responding period of 1852 to 148,4081., showing an in crease of 31,8861. in the receipts of these lines, which, added to 36,3231., the increase on the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase 68,209/. over the corresponding week of 1852. This increase is much greater than that of any week during the Great Exhibition; with the ex ception of the last week of it, ending the 11th of Octo ber, 1851, when the total increase over the corres ponding period of 1850 amounted to 73,5271. The next highest week was that end'ng the 14th of June of that year, when the increase amounted to 63,325/. over the corresponding period of 1850. The total increase ' from the 2d of January to the 21st of May over the co. - responding period of 1852 amounted to 614,8121., or 11'51 per cent. Should the increase in the traffic continue at the same rate during the year, the traffic receipts on railways in the United Kingdom in 1853 will exceed those of 1852 by 1,725,0001., and the amount in the aggregate, to nearly 17,000,0001." The market for railway shares has been advanced to 1 per cent., but Vie transactions at this rise have not been Large. Caledonian, Great Northern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have been most in request. French shares have all improved, and in some cases as much as E. on the 20/. paid, Lyons and Strasbourg taking the lead. In Joint-Stock Bank Shares there is more doing, and at a slight improvement in prices. The Shares of the Land Companies are also bet ' ter. The Australian Agricultural are up about 2/., and the South Australian 1/. LLOYDS' SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June C.—Wind at Noon, S.S.E. ; light breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, June s. —Wind, S. to W.S.W. Arrived —Lady Kinnaer, Callao. PLYMOUTH, une s. —Wind, S.W. Sailed—President Ram, Port Philip. Off Port—Budduke Bremen, for New York ; John Totti e , Fl ee t woo d , for Quebec. FALMOUTH, June s. —Wind, variable. Arrived—Tartar, Para, for Cadiz, to stop a l ea k ; G er t ru d a , P or t au P r i nce. YARMOUTH, June s.—The Ceres (French vessel), Bor deaux to Goole, got on Hasbro' Sand last night ; four men landed hero , in tne boat this morning; the master and a boy were left on board, refusing, it is said, to leave the ship, which is reported to have gone down. LIVERPOOL, June 6.—Arrived (at 8 a.m.)—The Cambria (s), Boston, on freight 279,000 dollars. HULL, June s. —Wind, variable. West Indies. Sailed—Arnold, BLYTH, June s.—The Sir Wm. Cumming, of Inverness, has sunk off Newbiggen ; crew landed here. SWANSEA, June s. —Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Commo dore, St. Jago de Cuba. CLYDE, June 4.—Arrived—Medora, Matanzas ; Fame, St. John's, N.B. ; Corfu, Trinidad. Sailed—Margaret Smith, Demerara • Volunteer, Boston, U.S. DUNDEE, June 4. —Wind, S.E. to E. Arrived—Czar, St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, June 4.—Wind, S. Arrived—Corin thian, Mauritius ; Lydford, Callao, and sailed for London ; Amelia Hall, Monte Video ; Simeon Hardy, Barbadoes ; Peter, St. Domingo. Off Port—Confidence, Callao, an d sailed for London. WATERFORD, June 4.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—Petrel, Quebec. ROTTERDAM, June 3.—The Hoppet (Russian barque)- Louisa to Cadiz, was fallen in with dismasted and ,--- water„ ?02,-ed, off the Le man , by th e F avour i te, arrived here which took off the crew. Mein.—A timber-laden barque, named the Happet, was towed into Lowestoffo, 2d instant, dismasted, and a derelict. ELSINORE, June 2.—The South Esk, of Montrose, Riga to Dundee, has put in here in a sinking state, having been on shore on the Salthohns ; cargo discharging in a very bad condition. The Canton, and the Sir Edward Hamilton, both from Hull to St. Petersburgh, were on shore on An bolt, hay 31, but assisted off, and will proceed. ALMERIA, May 26.—The Lonor, Trieste to England, has put in with damage, having been in contact, and is dis charging to repair. MORAVIAN MISSIONS. —The secretary and treasurer of the United Brethren and Moravian Society, having requested that the ship Harmony may be permitted to proceed to the coast of Labrador, with provisions and stores for the subsistence of the missionaries employed at Nain, Okak, Hopedale, and Hebron, free of all ton nage and export duties, and for the provisions, &c., on arrival from the Continent, to be at once transhipped on board the Harmony for that purpose, the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury have given direc tions to the proper authorities of the revenue for these requests on the part of this society to be allowed. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The drama of Adrienne Lecouvreur was played here on Saturday, with Rachel as the heroine, which she has made one of her most popular parts. Certainly the plot is skilfully laid out for developing the comprehensive talent of the actress, many passages of it being admirably adapted to illustrate those powers which may be said to cons tit u te her peculiar specialty ; while others, which descend to the purely melo-dramatic, evince, with equal force, her matchless skill in the arts of delineation, and her exquisite command over the tears and sympathies of the audience. The piece is too well known to need any comment as regards its purport. Regnier appeared as the old regisseur Michonnet, and gave the part an im portance and interest which it has never before assumed, at least at the St. James's Theatre. He was frequently applauded in the course of the piece, and Rachel was recalled four times. The drama will be repeated to night. DRURY-LANE. Undeterred and indefatigable, Mr. Smith re-opens Drury-lane again to-night for another campaign. The chief feature of the programme is the corps de ballet, at the head of which stand the great names of St. Leon and Mille. Plunkett. There is, however, a dramatic company led by Miss Vining and Mr. Davenport. Mr. Smith's perseverance certainly deserves success. SURREY THEATRE. -ENGLISH OPERA SEASON. For the sake of the name and reputation of an English Opera—an object to which all profess them selves friendly, but which few do anything beyond mere profession to assist—we could almost wish that Miss Romer had fixed the scene of her operations at some Cis-pontine establishment, more readily attainable by those who call themselves the rausical public—the critics and connoisseurs—and t'aen we should certainly hear more of the very excellent series of representations which she is now di recting at the Surrey Theatre. So far as the trea sury is concerned, there can be no cause for regret ; the house could not fill better wherever it were ; and, though the performances may not be in all men's mouths, they certainly bid fair to fill the pockets of the persons interested. The troupe comprises all the first and best known names of the English lyric stage. Miss Romer in herself a lion, Miss Lowe a young debutante of great promise, who has already made a great hit here, and Miss P. Horton who makes her first appearance here this evening. Mr. Travers, a tenor, as some think, inferior to none on the English stage, and our old favonrite Borrani are, in themselves, sufficient to ensure success to any establishment. The band and chorus are excellent, and in all other revects also the operas are placed on the stage in a manner highly creditable to all concerned. We should recommend a little more variety in the class of works selected for performance, and as strict an adherence as possible to the purely Engish operas. There are plenty such quite as good, and even more fitted for the English stage than the versionised works of the light Italian school. ASCOT.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH). ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Trial Stakes Phaanix, Nutshell, William Rufus, Broughton, Ephesus, Ariosto, Lady Louisa, and Sister to Filius. For other races—La,mprocles, May Fair, Bonnie Bairn, Begum colt, Nightshade, Bourgois, Guano, and Scandal.. The following have paid forfeit : Ascot Stakes—Adine and Laiaar;:ine. Gold Vase—Ambrose and Cariboo. Welcome Stakes—Walnut, Hurworth, and Estrella. Ascot Derby—Diomedia, Sir Walter, Veteran, Con dor, and War-Vacop. Royal Hunt Cup—Hurworth, Diomedia, and Moun tain Flower. Emperor's Plate—Leopold. BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS, &c. On Saturday evening the Hon. Trinity Corporation gave a grand banquet at their house, Tower-hill, at which his Royal Highness Prince Albert presided as chief master of the brethren, for the first time. His Royal Highness was elected on the demise of the late Duke of Wellington, who, it will be remembered, held the office a great many years. The entertainment was one of the most superb character that, perhaps, has ever been given at the Trinity House. It was served up in the grand dining-hall, covers being laid for upwards of one hundred guests. The tables presented a most gor geous display of plate, the appropriate piece given by William the Fourth forming the chief attraction. Shortly before seven o'clock his Royal Highnes9, attired in the uniform of the brethren, arrived, attended by Colonel Phipps and Colonel Grey, and was received by Captain Shephard, the deputy master, /Ir. Herbeq, the secre tary, and other of the officers ; the band of the Gre nadier Guards, which was stationed on the grand staircase, playing the National Anthem. The Prince took his seat as President of the Board, supported by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Duke of New castle, Lord Cranworth, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Willirm Moleworth, Right Hon. E. Card well, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of _ - _,ansdowne, Earl of Derby, Viscount Hardinge, Marquis of Camden, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Canning, Lord Cnmpbell, Lord Sto - iley of Alderley, Lord Redee dale, Lord De Ros, Lord Alfred Hervey, Sir Franc's Bac.ing, Sir inomai Fremantle, the Right Hon. H: my Labouchere, the Right Hon. C. Strutt, the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, the Sp?akcr, Admiral Berkeley, Ad miral Sir Francis Beau:Ort, Lord George Lennox, Ad m'ral Sir Charles Adam, Captain Milne, Admiral Sir B. Martin, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Mr. R. Osborne, the Hon. Captain De Ros, Admiral Parker, Mr. T. Baring, Mr. Duncan Dunbar, C..7.p 4- .a.'.n Eeechey, Mr. Hayter, the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, Sir Henry Pelly, Bal., Mr. W. Cotton, Mr. Faraday, Mr. W. Wigram, &c. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF GENOA TO WOOLWICH. WOOLWICH, JUNE 4 His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, accompanied by Lord Raglan, Master-General of the Ordnance, the Sardinian Minister, Iris Excellency the Chevalier Mas simo d'Azeglio, Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and attended by the members and aides-de-camp of his own suite, arrived at the Arsenal station of Cie North Kent Railway, at a quarter be:ore 11 o'clock a.m,, and we - :e received there by Lieutenant-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., De puty-Adjutant-General of Artillery; Colonel Cator, Director-General of Artillery ; Colonel Blanshard, C. 8., Commandant of Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Superintendent of Royal Military Re pository ; Lieutenant-Colonel Palliser, Assistant-Adju tant-General ; Captain Harrison, Acting-Assistant- Quartermaster-General; Captain Henry, Acting Brigade- Major of Artillery, and Brigade-Major Walpole, Royal Engineers. Royaliris Lord Raglan, and his staff waked totheHßiglles Royal Arsenal, and, on entering, the Royal Artillery guard turned out and received them with the usual salute. Tney then entered the Dial square, where they were received by Colonel Chalmer, Inspector of Art7llery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Burn, Assistant-InspecMr of Artillery, and, on entering the boring department, witnessed the centreing and boring of the inside, and turning the various parts of the out side, of brass guns for the different branches 'ot the ser vices ; and, in an adjoining room, the making of the Minit and Pritchett balls by compression. On leaving the boring and foundry departments, his Royal Highness and the Master-General entered the laboratory, where they were received by Lieutenant- Colonel Tylden, Firemaster, and conducted over the percussion-cap manufactory, the room for making ball and blank-cartridges, and the model-room. From the laboratory the visitors proceeded to the Royal carriage department. The Duke left the carriage department for the prac. tice-ground at the butt. The firing with the Minh and Enfield rifles took place under the direction of Colonel Chalmer at 300 yards, and the practice of Serjeant Baker was excellent ; as, although the wind was strong, the balls all struck the target near the bull's eye with two or three exceptions. His Royal Highness fired five rounds from these rifles, and four of the balls struck the target as ithln about ore foot of the bull's eye, and in one instance within three inches. From the practice-ground at the butt the royal and distinguished visitors proceeded to the marshes, where they witnessed rocket practice under the command e Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, of the Royal Horse Artillery, at 650 yards' range, and ricochet practice at COO yards, under the command of Lieutenant-Co - on el Higgins. At the conclusion of the practice in the marshes at half-past 3 o'clock the visitors left for the garrison, add on their arrival there partook of an elegant dejemter in the mesz-room, the band of theßoyal Artillery playing in front during the whde time. From the mess-room the Duke of Genoa and Lord Raglan proceeded, at half past 4 o'clock, to the Common, where the Royal Horse Artillery were drawn up, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel. Strangways, and two nine-pounder a n d two light six-pounder field-batteries, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson. Colonel Cator, Director-General of Artillery, took the command of the whole, Colonel Whinyates, the Commandant of the gar rison, being absent on leave. The troops received the Duke of Genoa and the Master-General with the usual s:Aute, the band playing the National Anthem. His Royal Highness and Lord Raglan then inspected the whole of the troops and batteries. His Royal Highness and the Master-General returned to town by the half past 5 o'clock train from the Dock station. 11007UNG OF THE BELGIUM SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. --A inslap took place on Saturday morning, which was likely to have damaged the submarine electric cable which has recently been laid down across the channel to Ostend. It appears that a vessel called the Vicar of Bray, Mr. Harrison, master, which has lately arrived in the channel from Africa, was about getting under weigh from the South Foreland for the river, when the anchor caught the submarine cable. All the efforts of the crew failed in bringing her up ; she could not be un hooked, and, as a last expedient, the vessel was obliged to slip from her anchor, and as much as 15 fathoms of cable which were attached to it. The submarine cable seems not to have suffered the least by the " hooking," as the messages have gone through without the least hindrance, SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 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Your publication of it in The S u° 0 0 believe, be tho means of calling public attention coo management of that institution, which (it 18 g el : 0 1 understood) was intended for the advancer/3e fine arts in this country.—l am, Sir, yours, trop. To JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, ESQ., ing , Secretary to the Royal Academy. A O Sir,—Will you do me the favour to infort°,3o ol what ground the miniature entitled "Portraits tee, and his Mistress," which was forwarded to yoli r ,„ o Tuesday, the sth of April last, was rejected liv year's exhibition of the Royal Academy ! 10 ,0 On the picture in question being handed_ t$ Wednesday, the 4th inst., with a cross in chatt.„oo / back of it, I demanded of the custodian why thell7lo.lof had been rejected ? His reply was,—he did ce p of r "Referring to the Royal Academy's catalog's' .4 year, I came upon this item, • il "In consequence of the inconvenient dere O f t ' ~A og the regulations for framing miniatures, the solutions have been adopted, and will in future be g , enforced :—' The frames of miniatures whose,„ a c j i col dimension is six inches, must not exceed two I ' oo o width and one inch in depth, and in no insta l ' dept exceed two inches and a half in width and one in el On examining the :rime of the rejected minia t lof found to be half an inch deeper than the rule An explanation was immediately demanded t av frame manufacturer, who, in defence, said tl e dik Academy's printed regulations were never t t )l a "Providing myself a six-inch rule I w en • c ol National Gallery and took the liberty of measure eel frames of 40 miniatures—finding all these in 0, ifr or less of the Academy's printed regulations b ow l ,c last year's catalogue and this—l came to the !f Ae d that the Academy's " resolutions " as rega", - iir framing of miniatures at least—were not very enforced." It is possible, however, I may be under sorae h l IV; The 40 paintings on ivory, the frames of wili e r ,' the liberty of measuring, may not be mania/ 14 01 all, but drawings (!) For, as I perceive, the . . 4 ,<PO enforced regulations " only apply to miniat' c i. er l e quite possible the members of the Council whil e " lr o f is " final," are in possession of a talisman byl fof when a work of art in water-colours is presel?t to il, hibition, they know at once whether the palc iyo ti i ' miniature or only a drawing (?)—but whether 001) front of a picture or the back of it, "the 'of, decides upon its admission as a dratoiageo rejection as a miniature, is probably one of th_dtf", steries which would be unlawful for the Sees:p the Royal Academy to divulge. Be that ae allow me, Mr. Secretary, to convey to you ali sor oiLl that the Royal Academy, like all other cb t ori vileged bodies, has been making an attemP t 005 , still while all the rest of the world has bee n ..A 14'y forward ; contenting itself with makin g abon i fil j , tons about the framing of miniatu res , before Or fining what a miniature is—taking no note of tl ie t bo; which painting on ivory has unde rgone during,„i st " 50 years—evident by its persisting to rell absurd regulations, rendered still more absc i 7( annually repeated threat, that they will be 00, / 0 elforced"—till " rigidy enforced resolutionsy e abl i , Academy phraseology, becomes about as int itio• the public as the why a water-colour painting %,:doto may not be exhibited in a frame as broad or miof a painting in oil (No. 491), though the fernie r than 14 times larger than the latter. be 0 But, after all, the miniature may not ha" 0 1, jetted on account of its exceptionable frame °° on account of its exceptional artistic execafr - iitlyy cipating such a plea, immediately after raYr n . o l, 7 lf tion of the pictures now exhibited by the P.; 0 9 demy, I had seals put upon the rejected O c t yet,of four distinct parties—which seals have c e „ ee broken, nor is it my intention that they shall i. t t i i "; oier darkness as to the "rejection" has been a lightened. " $o) • Preliminary to "S:::.i.king a Light,"—" i j oo'd being sealed up, I wrote to France for im ° 6oo oll 4 o specting the management of the Annual bition in Paris of the Works of Living 0 • 1 7, result of my inquiry will be seen by a glac e " s o 10 ON THIS PICTURE. AND OS de l l ' Oy ht "All works sent to the " All works P.' 0 1 • e b id' Royal Academy for exhibi- Louvre (Paris ) for to 0, / tion (at the National Gal- are submitted „Jove, lery) are submitted to the commission,o no lo approval or rejection of the is chosen bY council (members of the from amongs t the otii4 Royal Academy a self- connoisseurs ; Alio ef•P e 'a elected body, and themselves is elected by, " r 0 t oo exhibitors), whose decision themselves, IV o tos> is final." learned in Ilrliicelf ment is no' 00 y.ia biassed 1, 7 motives. , " svio ago Now, Mr. Secretary, allow me to a s k' of t il oiof,d and his Mistress" rejected by a commissioroario.eavi unexceptionably composed as that of re,l e fi4 Exhibition ? Could " the Council' is on:lP °-t ".4 miniature in question, and which c •bito•- , by bers of a self-elected body, and rival exill o teri lio toJ interested in its rejection of a picture n ot fh, rub e Of, of its own body ? What guarantee h ag , by 0 1 / b e Y f e better pictures than those now exhib itea f r om 0 P a Academy are not systematically exclu de ne ° 14 1 „,01,' tional Exhibition—seeing that those a le ei g 107i14 0 , the power to exclude them have a oPe thao), ra doing so ? Let us suppose for a otai3oharny pristine days of Catalani, Salmon, Pas ta, o tofl g rg 'o9 cledon, the English Government, in a ttlel a e a rble oo o:r allowed itself to be so far seduced by tho:. 00 011. 1 ., sounds, as to build a music hall at the nab' their. 44 0 4 1 %, this commit it to the custody of those %) valled singers ; and let us suppose als r i ; g doSl i.o ? music hall was the only place in the to tle.4 candidate for vocal fame could have ac,fw th oe . .,,7os ear. Now, so long as the voices „ o t i,( l - 0 1 vocalists remained unimpaired, it 1, _ nse cl K o is material obstacle would have been iliTr - whe.lliaciti the display of young minor talent.. s aafto Pi)? began to be squeally, Braham crackey—would the public have 13 ,7 i I iv_Z o ol, Malibran, Grisi, Lablache, or B , :,lr n we d to o peet o .4 4 Swedish Nightingale have been dl coterie u b g li e c r e h a a r d , if v e a st e c d er i ti s p in artist painters exposed entroectshtheninrtienleoveilleinililireltsr.l;lsl.4 a ee s rr artistup corruptible le singers than ? th O e r l i a s t or t . ab_r emc i has the good or ill fortune to be Uric ic a dahrift . the Royal Academy, he at on 7 rot il op r ge j"o l o ot , Secretary, if I suspect the t o h f e t e h e e p pr e a in c t t e ice ar o e f dhiiasppeuroefde,ssyi7n. T r.n T wist ko,:ttio:ip?if i , take advantage of his Royal A n cn ha t of e ., 0 0,00,, itteralsumedht_h,albeae fonee,eo,letlAti to advance his own interest aarats wi th w a oll /001 fore consulting that of other as ~g land ie di, ,,.o ;:p no fellowship. And so long a ca se if.decte- 'tst., sod , Gallery is in the keeping o all to other f ed oc.,'"‘ terest as a class is inimical pit nreev i de r r e a. s . ukbr e b n e oti y T t e ee i l e c • lawanc ii : a tio e ' v- 0: 04: 54; merit to those exhib , ly gnieho i s 4 refused bei t engin a g r tose th eo e tsa n a e m f public pe geniusrsp r u o n b h d a a e b v d l e ; will b w e e il n l p t i 0 ttpprhuraeobndl pleasi productions ce Exhibition transcendent n ef n s wt have amn etr of fas space,ba r al e l e ea n ryy, bbeut.;_eaa ay e do 11, w ate:yr enr 0 ,1 Acadelig s b i c:dsl o l consideration with the Roy pvtragt has u thili egneay to w 10.0,0 0 0 r d, a te _ o rs, -r e , guisher upon all talent the charterlort'ain oloi; culiar position. vileged force to eclipse occupation to a , u oy c_a 105 Prerogative," the Theraexile"reeisecfofp tolerably lucrative n _ wa rts e‘i c . invalid artists, but it is by . 0 y y rt to , 10,0 0 e rivilege b the exercise of such a p o no'? „ e r 1 1: property' has in this, r oaf o rol l " holding national prop but o° toe the Fine Arts in this countryAeeretary,too 0, under a delusion which, Mr• your 31st remove.—Meanwhile, I am , '-' 1k 31st May, C ite STATE ....Jo,' - U NITED bo ut . 1 os IiEPARTURE OF THE ..ist for or Mains.—On Saturday forenoon 'Royal sissy too A British and North Amer ie rora the) ito ti S t : o 3 1 • P p0 Asia, Captain Lott, sailed for the ull. larg e bt. . 1 1 York, with the usual marls e 0, so freig Canadian provinces, 83 Pa n er r n e g ha r odise valuable cargo of g ener3 l e ebarge ° ut mails were brought out L c ira jty Age Grant Raymond, R.N. , A' 13.5 24 30 20 1 40 67i 7 8.1 22g 13 i 85 6 .33 21 4 34 88 '74 8. 77i 8i i pm 1021 115 all all all all 71j 2a 69A 70 123 r~ IF 2 1 ' 1 11i iii s I S 33i 4 7 1 1 I