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

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jima 14, Will be performed (the Eighth time) THE CRUEL KINDNESS. Characters by Messrs. Barry Sullivan, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Cord, and Buckstoue ; Mrs. FitzwillLun, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'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. THIS EVENING, JUNE 14, Will be presented CHARLES THE SECOND. Characters bly Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Addison, Cathcart ; Misses Murray and C. Leclercq. Will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the French , of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, callad MARCO SPADA. Ito conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Jtms 14, Wlll be performed A.S.S. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Sitter, and Rosiere ; Mrs. Illacnamara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN-111G1i PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews. Baker, and Suter. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C . Mathews. F. Matthews, an d Rozby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, as; Robatson and Ellis. Alter which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. ' To conclude with TRYING 1T ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. p ro prietor, Mr. B. IYebster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 14, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. Supported by Mr. L. Murray, and Messrs. Keeley and J. Rogers; Miss Woolgar and Laws. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. After which, NORMA. Te which will be added A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with TUE DANCING SCOTCILMAN. ASTLBY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. LAST FIVE NIGHTS of THE CHASE, which must he withdrawn for the production of the Grand Military Spectacle of the BATTLE OF WATERLOO, on SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, the Anniversary Of the great national victory.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 Wlll take place on WEDNESDAY, June 15, commencing at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, Jura 14, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successflil Hippo Drama, with new Scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, or LIFE ON THE TURF — illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be 'succeeded by graceful and classical equestrian Achievements in Scenes 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, botn forward and backward, never before attempted uy 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. Bos,-oitee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, JUNE 14, CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS. Pplendid MENAGERIE, containing a vast number of Specimens of Natural History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting In this country. GODFREY'S unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocal and Instrumental Concert. At Dusk a most brilliant display of Fireworks. N.B.—Oa WEDNE -DAY NEST, JERE 15, the Boys of the Royal Hospital Schools will visit the Gardens, accompanied by their Juvenile Band. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 45 min. after ;6 I Evening 12 min.aft. 7 To-Moziow—Dforiaing 44 min. after 7 Evening 17 min.aft. 8 THE WEATHER.--Sus Orrice, JUNE 14. THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 64 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'99. WIND, N.B. —Heavy showers. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THH LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLT A MENT 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. g It. 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 Monitcur 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 LA 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 JoirN RUSSELL, either on the same day or on the day after the receipt of intelligence that Prince MENSCUIKOFF 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 NAroLEoN, 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. The grievous injustice to which the middle classes had so long been subjected, had at leilith . „ albeit at the eleventh hour, been unequi vgetAly acknowledged, and that acknowledg nieut rendered a remedial measure of some kind. imprative There *as no alter na ti ve . The Pu eattention havin g once b een concen trated on th e it was impossibl e , as M r . GLAnwr oliz de a st i ar ue on, ed "to maintain a state of the law so wholly devoid of foundation, and of war rant in truth o r rem equalisation of the rt,,2: There should be an o n ni altY, to settled or'un whether to realty or Personalty , on all succession; settled -property. The tegiiiture was to theyzation anaffd:rdeb:dahn.thttooe that exte the equality was .to be attained the tax, or its ly he total repeal of,' every description of accumulated property. The repeal of the duty could only have been accomplished by t h e sub, s titution of tth a mple equivalent ; so producti ve source of -revenue co uld n o t have been alto gethiOluizendered 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, 1 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 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 a hardship that theyshould 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 theii 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 Excheqner 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 torateable 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 in 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 Tim- 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 one 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 SINBAD, in the dear old story book, under the gripe of 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 HAnny 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 race of JELLYBYS—it was the result of the un lucky interposition of that vast gang of theoretical philanthropists who are always for doing so much good, but are almost invariably bungling into so much harm. Better immeasu rably was the system (rude though it may have been) of the old Dutch settlers, than the new fangled ways of these intolerable humanitarians. Under the tape Town and the surround in . 4tte . enjoyedtie prolonged tranquillity. Under tviinhaite.ete:irwitetia, cfoho unfortunate hoe i rorzofa colonists have been p ce3 with protracted war, with 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 barbarous 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 ill-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 of these ruinous and dis creditable calamities ? How ? That is the pro blem, the solution of which appears to devolve at this moment upon General CATHCART, in the midst of his sense of victory. By persisting 'in the policy of the so-called philanthropists—the 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 Surely the latter of the two would be the more rational course of proceeding. As Mr. BAGNET might say—Judging 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—the organisation of a local Militia. E StTI, LONDON, TUVSDAY 1 kINING, J UNE 14, 1853. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The production of Lord Byron's Sardanapalus, 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 min em scene of Macbeth ; but Sardanapalus 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 pictve 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 spared 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 designs 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 with 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 Ninus 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 proportions, 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 uncontrollable 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 ofNimrod, 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 naivete 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 the re-ap pearance of Mr. and Mrs. Kean, in obedience to the universal recal. Showers of bouquets fell thickly round theni, 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, and intensity : he caused an immense sensation by the narration of the fearful dream that vexed the last and troubled slumber of the doomed Sardana palus. The high-toned character of the lonian Myrrha, tender and regretful, yet impassioned aiid intrepid, had in Mrs. Kean so exquisite a representative that we trust she will not be induced to depute the part 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 presence could never have trod the halls of Nineveh. Miss Heath, as the Queen Zarina, acted with judgment 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 Desborough 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 the most satisfactory manner by the orchestra.. In short, we can conscientiously pronounce Sardanapalus, as now given to the public, to be the most wonderful effort of managerial ingenuity and skill hitherto dis played—unapproachable as a spectacle, delightful as an acting play, and, in a word, the most felicitous " hit" that has probably 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 of Per fection, which went off so much to the delight of the audience, that Miss Le Clercq, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Walter Lacy received a cordial recal. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A matri monial alliance is arranged between the Lady Albreda Fitzwilham, youngest daughter of the Earl Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon, eldest son of the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P. The marriage will take place on the 21st inst. FUNERAL OF EARL DUCIE.—The remains of the lamented earl were interred yesterday at Tortworth Church, in a strictly private manner, and without the slightest display. A arge concourse assembled, and testified, by their prek , co and appearance ' the regret which his death has oc. isioned. The press has already exhibited the general opinion entertained of his cha racter, and we can add nothing to the panegyrics which have been justly passed on it.—Moucester Journal. THE WRECKED SHIP WILLIAM AND MARY.—RESCUE OF ALL THE PASSENGERS BUT I'I , I4I—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. They were saved by a wrecking schooner, while the ship was drifting, just before she sank,.-- New York. Ovule, June 1. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-OIItIS.DAY.) CITY TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, with a hardeninc , tendency. The sales comprised 8000 American, 300 ° Pernam and Maranham at find. to 71d., 100 13ahia at 6-id., 300 Egyptian at fild. to 81 A d., and 1,000 Surat at 31d. to 4id. 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, Ile ex pressed his opinion that it was improbable that this would be aftbrded. The charge made against the present Emperor, according to this same party 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 foreign 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 cioaverting at sight, moneys, weights and assays, to their decimal equivalent. The *billies 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 man to apply the principles laid down. There has been a very 'decided improvement again in tie 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. Jonsols have realised 100 a I s and are now about 100 - a for the Account, ex-dividend. The New Thr(e-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted and the Three per Cents. 99i 1- 2 . Bank Stock has been firmer, at 228 i to 2291. The premium on E xc h eq uer Bills has been 2s. to 55., being low3r, as the settlement of the accounts in the share market has occasioned rather more de mand for money among the speculators. The F)reign Securities have been generally at advancedrates. The settlement takes place to-mor row. Mexican Bonds have been run up to 27k and 28. Perrvian are about 85 to 861, but no bargains are reported. Venezuela stock has risen to 40 and 40k, and Buenos Ayres has recovered to 63. Sardinian t Bonds ar m fluctuating, having been at 93i and 94k, ex dividend. Spanish New Deferred Stock has been quo te d 23, and the Three per Cents. have been dole at 48N to 48k. The accounts from Madrid tre still of an uncertain character in re ference tc 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 4. Russian Four and-a-Hal per Cents. are at 1031. Railway Shares have been improving, and there is the greltest 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 Gal Mine Shares have been about -k higher 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 41. Crystal Palace Shares aro up to I, and Metcalfe Mine are 7i to 8 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From tits Offrictl List.) Business done. Bank Stock . . . .. 2284 9. 3 per Cent. Rec' aced Annuities ..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOl 1 5 Long AnnuLies, Expire sth Jan~ 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO .... 2500 .. Small .. . 32 5 p 36 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 9Bl x d Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lO2 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 63 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO2 Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent lO5 Greek Bonds, Red DiKo, Blue , 9 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account, Jute 30 27;1 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. B6 Peruvian Deferied 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 44 per Cent° "lo3# 2,1 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 93 4i 4 x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 473 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 231 3 Ditto for the Account 23 Venezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. .......... Ditto for the Account 4l Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 3 per Cent 7Bf Ex 25f Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . ......... 951., THREE O'CLOCK. 98$ x d Consols for Opening 19th July MARKET N_EIVS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There are very fow sales, and prices aro steady generally. The demand is not brisk either for home use or consumption. Tho quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,738 hhds 207 tierces 1,85 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,396 hhds 118 tierces 383. barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,791 hints 1,641 tierces 3,580 barrels. In refined there has been a good home trade, at 45s 6d to 48s for low to find grocery lumps. COFFEE. - -The market is very dull, at about the previ ous rates. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 564 puns 151 hhds • there were taken for home consumption 267 puns - 18 hhds, and ex ported 103 puns 159 hhds; the stock in the same places is 8,313 puns 481 hhds. ItTo.E.—Bengal, 684 bags, at auction, all sold at lls for good white. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s 6d to 47s Od per cwt on the spot, and town, 498 3d. TEA.--This article has been dull, but firm. COTTON.—There is not much doing. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay; 3/ 5s to 4/ . 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ N 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/ 8s ; clover ditto i 4/ Os . to '5/ 8s ; and straw, ll N to 1/ 15s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. WfirrEeHArEL.—Meadow hay,' 3/ 5s to 41 Bs.; clover ditto, 41,0 s to 5110 F; ; and straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ its per load. Trade steady, at full prices. THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.-011e of an adven turous score who yesterday visited the first exhibition of Ameridan 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'nniglit, 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. AMSTERDAM AND. ROTTERDAM 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 had 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. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING. One of Messrs. Green's ships, the Anglesea, 1,018 tons burden, Captain. Thorne, was off the port this afternoon, bound to London, and landed passengers here. She left Sydney harbour on the 4th of March with a cargo of wool and oil, and 27,500 ounces of gold dust. It is supposed that her passengers have 20,000 ounces. Price of Gold.—New South Wales, 31. 16s. ; Port Philip 31. 18s. Rate of Exchange.—March 3, at par ; March 4, 1 per cent. prem. Flour.—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 sai: shortly. In 16 deg. S. spoke the Hai-ploy, 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 OF 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 bankrupthad wilfully concealed the true slate 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 2,2001. ; liabilities on ship accounts and outstanding bills, about 4,9001. ; and to creditors holding security, 1,0001. At present it is impossible to ascertain the amount of assets likely to be available for a dividend. The choice of assignees took place. IN RE AUSTIN. This bankrupt was described as of the Grove South wark 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 mated. The balance-sheet prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, commencing Ist Jan., 1849, and ending Oct., 1852, shows debtor to creditor 6771. 18s. Bd. ; profits, 1,3191. Creditor, by good debts, 150/. ; losses, 7131. 17s. 10d. ; trade expenses, 9461. ; house and personal, 4211. 10s. Mr. Lawrence now appeared to support the bank rupt'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 ascertained. Other evidence to the same effect was adduced, and _ _ His Honour considered that no better account could be obtained. The bankrupt passed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The grand jury this morning brought in a true bill against Wilson, who is charged with endeavouring to obtain money under false pretences. It is understood that the trial will take place to-morrow. John Reece, a. boy of fifteen, was charged with stealing a watch, value 2/., the property of_ John Hedrington. From the evidence it appeared that on the day before the Derby-day, the prisoner, with two other boys, ,went to the house of the prosecutor, who is a beer-shopkeeper, and asked for some bread and cheese. While eating this they contrived to get the landlady out of the bar on some errand, and in her absence they decamped with the watch, which was hanging up on the other side of the counter. The watch was afterwards pledged at a neighbouring pawnbroker's. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder sentenced him to six 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 ing 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. SOUTHYVARK.-(THIS DAY.) STEALING 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 amination, charged with stealing a valuable silver watch from Mr. Charles Rutt, a timber merchant in the Borough. Prosecutor said that on Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, there was a large fire at a hatter's in Union-street, a short distance from his timber yard. He accordingly went with several of his neighbours to look at it, and got in the middle of a crowd of persons. He was then pushed about, and, on looking round, perceived the prisoner and four or five other young fellows close upon him. The prisoner put his hand over his shoulder, and immediately afterwards he missed his watch. He was almost sure that the prisoner stole the watch, but he was afraid to seize hold of him as he had several of his companions around him who were rough looking fellows. A constable, however, came up at the time, and he gave him into custody. John Newcomb, a labourer, said he was standing in the middle of the crowd near Mr. Rutt, waiting for an engine. He then saw the prisoner leaning over Mr. Rutt's shoulder, and all of a sudden he passed some thing to two females, who instantly ran away. In cross-examination, witness said he could not see that he had anything in his hand, but it looked rather bulky. He did not see anything pass, but he saw him put his arm over to the girls, and they ran away. ➢Tr. Itutt informed the magistrate that he had reason to believe that the witness had been tampered with, as he told him ho actually saw the watch in the prisoner's hand. Newcomb replied that he never said so, but le thought that he might have stolen the watch. Prosecutor said he certainly was robbed by the pri. soner or some of his companions. Mr. ,'Beckett said that most likely he bad been, but such evidence as that produced could have no avail against the prisoner. Therefore he must discharge him. TESTIMONY OF RESPEOT . TO COMMODORE VANDERBILT. —Yesterday a grand dejuener took place at the Victoria Rooms, Southampton, at which the owner of the levia than American 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 inspedt 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 -goods.—Halifax Guardian. 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 fire 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," Mololose Standard, TILE CAMP AT CLIOBHAM COMMON. 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 or the camp at Chobham Common, from the various points where they had been halted for temporary rest, and as they approached the ground of encampment the iespective 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 thatmorn 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 bo 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 ever night. At Woking Comnion 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 accoutred, 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-pffice 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 thau 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'res.di; 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 rOLlCE.—Yesterday morning, in structions were received by the Commissioners of Police, from the Rome Office, to send a number of efficient constables immediately • to Chobham, to perform duty near the military camp now forming in that locality. In consequence of such i nstructions, 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 inspected by their superintendents, marched off to the South-Western Railway station, where a special train was in readiness to convey themto Chertsey, froth 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. Th e i ns p ec t ors 4 s . a day, the ser geants 2s. a day, and the constables is. 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 polite will also patrol the neighbourhood both day and night, CHOBHAM CAMP. POST-OFFici3.---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 da,ys 16 hours from Plymouth, all well. BANK OF AIISTRALASIA.—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. IV. Hen derson), in explaining the position of the ,establishmel4, stated that business was making satisfactory progress, and - that theiewa,s - 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 adjustindtheir accounts full provision had been made for bad and doubtful debts, while with respect to old dependencies little remained to be arranged. . RovEN.—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. ODESS4.—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 should mend. Nothing •further was known as to the position of the war question, and all transactions, therefore, were entirely uncertain and speculative. _ _ _ THE NUNNERIE BILL.—DUBLIN, Monday Evoking.— 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.' Mail 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 has made his statue, is seen, as our correspondent writes, "in .a noble Abstraction great mind evidently dwelling on some of the 'loftiest studies which can engage human attention; but how completely is he turned to ridicule by the Dean and Chapter, for on Johnson's forefinger is seen to dangle a pasteboard, inscribed, It 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 Allis disfigurement of a noble statue is disgraceful to the Dean and Chapter. Would a magistrate fine 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 .Honvo 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,—Athenmum. 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 .pr9FFmre. No sooner is there difficultyof.bretig than a signal is given, and the experimenter i s brought to the surface once more, —The heoo.• COURT CIRCULAR.' --... B . Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening slot i ingham Palace. The company included her gaff! Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal ffigilue sg ci , Duke of Genoa, her Serene Highne ss the PrilaCe9S Aa; laide of Hohenlohe, the Marquis of D'Azeglio, 53rdirli tile Minister ; Count de Vitzthura, Saxon Minister; 11, Marquis of l3readalbane, Lady Anna Maria nalb, Earl Mulgrave, the Chevalier Massimo d'A.ze,, 4, Marquis de St. Marsan, Aide-de -Camp ; Count oi, Valle, Aide-de-Camp ; Count Avogadro, the MI; Eapallo, Colonel Wylde, Lady Caroline and Mis s rington. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attendollowi ed il l palace during the dinner, and per formed the fellow selection : ..,_,,,,, 1 . Polonaise, Fest ............ . .. ...........• i tur ie d - i c i. Overture, " Brides of Venice .' " ................... Waltz, " Songs of the Thames" . ... . qu n a g, l b r Selection, " Robert le Diable" ............. 3T-1-°Y'b;yes' Galop, Campagner ................................... i- ,11131 .1, - ,s e. a Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dil'" - t, 0 Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived at Buckingham l'lc e '' bor s it to eso minutes to eleven o'clock last night, on a Vi Majesty from the Continent. Their Royal ii i g h s o n but travelled from Dover yesterday evening, by 'l e n - a 4 Eastern Railway, to the London -bridge terint-ssn'f.,e'r were conveyed with their suite the Baroness " -of t oo heim, Baron S4ebach, and Baron Treskow , in the Queen's carriages, to Buckingham Palace. (ras a Their Royal Highnesses were received in Hall, on their arrival, by his Royal Ilighne.,ss Frl r riel l ie l A.lbert, attended by the Groom in Waiting, the - 0( 1 'n Waiting, and the Master of the Household. bridge Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of CO b o il; and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklel o f Strelitz . visited her Royalßoyal Highness the Kent yesterday, at her residen CI 081010, residence, aren James's. the ve & bleat° A deputation of the friends of voluntary dent, •deotr had an interview with Earl Granville, Lord "-" tion, as President of the Committee of Council on of tti yesterday, at the Council-office, on the s ubjee n coat measure now before Parliament. The deptitit °' 6 sisted of Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Josiah Cel e de Rev. John Burnet, and the Rev. J. Ilin t° , la A ll. t. )0' putation was accompanied by Mr. Apsley Pei" - and Mr. George Radfield, M.P. r Isir Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board 0.'6;00 Revenue, and Mr. Pressly had an interview Yfac w ilf e. with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his ° ; sidence in Downing-street. COURT AND PRIVY COUNCIL• (From the Court Newsman.) _ t ttre i The Queen held a Court and Privy Council Piace. o'clock yesterday afternoon, at BuckinghaT F 3„ of t l ' e At the Court, Shaft Khan had an atiniellci,DtiAL4 , Queen, and delivered to her Majesty his ere fro" Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentwi the Shah of Persia. 'fef porl; The Count de Vitzthum had an audience, dell nt to the Queen his credentials as Minister lieside tV the King of Saxony. Their Excellencies were respectively introdla by ece t.iri Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's prinniPal of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted hiber)f) General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, 1C.C. 114 ea, jesty's Master of the Ceremonies. s The Persian Minister was attended by the ,4 ~ Interpreter of the Legation. theO l ` ti t The Vice-Chancellor Stuart was presented D, at an audience by Viscount Palmerston,_ s oll ' Majesty's principal Secretary of State for r . , ° oo a ce Department, and had the honour of Kniglou 0 0 ' ferred upon him by the Queen. re oe .A Mr. Richard Bethell, Solicitor-General, W $ lir' by Viscount Palnieriton, and received from her the honour of Knighthood. • ber r4l ; Joseph Francis 011iffe, M.D , Physician ° IT - 00 0 e ; jesty's Embassy at Paris, was . presented hi, _ ri der Palmerston, and had the honour of Knightho oa upon him by the Queen. The Privy Council was attended by his Reid an , ness Prince Albert, K.G. ; Earl Gr ville 14° ,1 r of I) a i dent ; the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., First O Treasury ; Viscount Palmerston ' Serer State for the Home Department ; the Earl _4,0, don, K.G., Secretary of State for Foreign. Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Sir James Graham, Bart., First Lord of the A-,c,rnriy the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at,„: tel ,o 4 Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward ; the t he Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ; an d s of Wellington, Master of the Horse. of The Hon . William Bathurst wa s the Cle ri ‘ Council in Waiting. of After the council Captain Wardlaw, Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, had an audie j . . received from the Queen his silver stick of offie e ',, Ch tarn Wardlaw, was presented by Viscount sycl o '' e t} tarn of the Yemen of the Guard.. f .PP Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis ° albane,lEarl Granville, the Earl of Aberdee°, James Graham. lt The Court was attended by the Marquis of e . ,,, Gold Stick in Waiting • the Earl of IVini C :,; Treasurer of the Household • Lord ' Ernest Bra ces "; Chamberlain ; Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller."' Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; "- R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. v o VISIT OF THE DUKE OF GENOA TO .` MOUTH. g jll%' - Iv PORTSMOUTH, - a1),01 His Royal Highness the Duk e o f Genoa train' the George Hotel last evening by ma il trai' 0 1 / Wylde, Equerry to the Prince Albert, being "" Lie f ance. h t This morning, as early as nine o'clock, the caul in -chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas , Cochrane, respects to the duke, and placed his state carrel tirely at the service of his Royal Highness, W rr il!,, e l graciously accepted, and in which the duke 1 ! r ec 6 ~ 1, the dockyard, where his Royal Highness was an d 'el, by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fanshaw e i,ls l 9 attended by.thp commander-in-chief, the adc a fi - g litc intendent, Mr. Abethel, the master shiP sv- '0 S? Vincent Pappalardo, the Sardinian Consul , Ij e tsint Highness visited the principal points of the ment ; having gone over the yard the duke % sly of the authorities, with whom he most corcli„.'', ol3 ,to hands, : and embarked in the port admirars v br eto e ry,'o, l the command of Lieut. Mason, first of the "",, 65 had the honour of steering his Royal nig il , n- osPlr'' Fire Queen, tender to Victory, Master ' l ,l, F. W. Paul, that officer having received awaited the arrival of the princel; guest. hi f iff His Royal Highness was attended on board el 11 . 0 Captain Shepherd, Lieut. Aplin, &c. ; inutiti l eadV which the Fire Queen left the harbour for Sl ) iv,, ic tp Royal Highness proceeded on board the lington, screw, 131, Captain Henry Byam r received his Roy al Highness u n d e r a salute .° lit elf, e d and a guard of honour. The duke most uticivesprSir spected every part of the abo ve no ble ship, a'n•ty of el' his acknowledgements in having the opportil le leO fie J ing so gigantic a war-steame r . O n leaving Second Royal salute was fired, and yards v ie " Fib by the Ajax. and Edinburgh. ' th° His Royal Highness again got on boara ie , 0 di e Queen, and passed along the shores of TV` t ° l i 3 borne ; after which the Fi re Queen rcturrioei fad Royal Victoria Pier, at Portsmouth, and tip Royal Highness precisely at half-past one , 1- the South-Eastern train for London. eo rl' A ra P~ NATIONAL SOCIETY'S TRAINI I ', - Q ABS. TUTION FOR SCHOOLMISTRA' - '" tr ~ ir l4 d' • the P l l/ Yesterday the fuurth annual eetino. of t 1 je Jf and supporters of this institution was hel d :pre- 4 0r lands House, Chelsea ; the Bishop of St. A,s 3 P pr y and the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rev. Sir Th e field, the Rev. J. T. Kempe (rector of St. s ott , Rev. R. G. Baker, Rev. Mr. Short, and Eev ' ton were also present. t*L e + The report (read by the Rev. H. Baber, seeliet,t3ripreiiit;fiJ; institution) gave a very satisfactory account ~ addP,,l During the past ear funds have been r aisetA a ct , furniture for the y additional buildings r s ,, n eel, u The ° ° , 1 , 6 the institution at an outlay of nearly the i t n ry po t rt he io y n woifll the o ol o ity h be ou e so n s a , bl an ed d to su r b er ti ° t ` ii e to_ j a; addition to the buildings lately erects h° ' to / rooms and a well-arranged infirmary. t witi eb yieo t ( examination of students and pupil-teachers‘v,,, iositeso, place before the Rev. F. C. Cook, her lkisiV cer tifllto, l4 / of schools, twenty-nine students obtainea o b e t 013 ' lt , e l/ merit, of whom five were placed the firs , so b° b, pupil teachers who competed y fe e r ae Q s u t :::: n p i i ii ls: tre is r :: twenty-five were successful. Some of the P!i ng, bU o 111:4 permitted to enter for a single opinion of the council, the course of tr e " l , u ires,Z i ase- 1 4 duce permanent and satisfactory results, IV for a", 00'0 e h r er tb sj o so f te r - 1 . ; of not less than two years. The applicatio __ s th at the beginning of the year were so ounerria te st ot i,v 9 , found ,necessary to make a selection, were received into Whitelands. Anion g the practising schools have been placed n,F7 11 , A rt ° tendence of Mr. Knighton, the teacher _ mo re ni ing ; and the attention a the students !!_chiog,!? called to the study of the best ~h ell, mothods_ote p roi a p the principles which should guide them . 1n s tatlY Ol d pr ivy • eir career, more time being devoted to p_ri theft sticir production of the lectures that are are also carefully instructed in the s ubject o __ the i r giVe Of d °l33' Cl lls' nom., great attentionibeing bestowed np re co il !, o f training. An official intimatio n had the Committee of Privy Council of the: Pt' s to r ee' reri • readine ss the 0 0 the Council had expressed their ap ps rf;) repots lir a re° visitsinapee to o : soufcdhraawninignsptoecvitosrit. thletrainilgPsi liad L' cei' lea t° ' le stated that the most gratifying rnier 00 13 by the Council of the success of th_eirg men and gentlemen were selected Earl „ qesi a , The of ell for the present year : The report having been adoptedt,ot 1 deacon Earl of Harrowby, the Ven. Arc to the re zi fis f rrolt u {ter / 0 rid o eu _ financial statement, under the d leaving, oe serfvoolloownitlifieorectoti:s the receipt s I a l a m r l o c u s disbursements, a small balance in ban unde the l,eitd of buiiding fund amounted 02 Kingsley. 9:1 s. The p then -terminated. under te head dig fund amounte According . if tyewhaliasi.stisrschdCipiOAlEßClAL SINGULARITY IN Ll"'F'r°`o°;ll)c;ls' circumstance occurred in Liverpool yesterclV nedte taking oa a afvk s ositon b r. dg e been liratu w i gct o hw u p t ctufthoeb a nayl vtiee p es a ltp. s aseraarrd.iltinelioefocyl to for o r a :i t b Y ol; ° : r iacr y il i 1) 1 1; a el if x.te or - respect, not one sale having connaygripegeliriAt°dic:l'l te t:i singularity, to the strike ;p a r r :tw i n: ll to tile cause. Not c a porters. telzinaedttin.oga -_--~~" l ~~ i ~ .'