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MATANZAS and SA.BANILLA. RAILROAD SETE N PER CENT. BONDS. The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the above Bonds, dne on the 15th inst., will be paid at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO., IC,. 145, Leadenhall-street, on that day and every succeeding day, between the hours of 1 t and 2. The Couponsorith a list in numerical order, must be left two clear days previously for examination. Printed forms may be had on application aS above. London, let Jane, 1857. MATA_NZAS and SABANILLA RAILROAD SEVEN PER CENT BONDS. Notice is hereby given, that the following 140 Bonds of XICO each having been drawn by lot for the Annual Redemption, the holders of then are requested to present the same for payment at the count ing-bone of Messrs. J. Henry Szhroder and Co., No. 145, Leaden ban.street, on and after the 15th June instant, after which day all interest on them will cease and determine. The Bonds must be left two clear days for examination. .20 105 349 581 709 989 1174 1414 1644 1850 32 169 364 588 730 990 1177 1418 1645 1853 '3O 199 375 592 739 1009 1210 1430 1646 1854 31 206 379 599 752 1032 1221 1447 1657 1472 34. 207 402 605 758 1033 1224 1454 1676 1878 3, 219 439 616 771 1074 1248 1471 1686 1911 43 220 449 620 782 1085 1299 1496 1712 1918 48 223 460 639 929 1094 1301 1513 1747 1933 49 260 480 641 949 1101 1309 1521 1752 1944 53 269 525 647 950 1102 1315 1537 1768 1950 74 318 b 35 663 956 1106 1321 1549 1774 1978 - 14 322 556 666 959 1123 1352 1571' 1788 1980 39 329 559 682 964 1150 1410 1587 1830 1981 91 345 576 702 931 1153 1413 1592 1834 1985 London, let June, 1857. J. HENRY SCIIRODER& CO. '[TER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING. Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Mdlle. Spezia ; Azucena, Madame Alboni • Manrico, Sig. Gin,glini. After which, will be reTi - ved the highly successful Ballet by M. Perrot, entitled L'AURORE, Far particulars see bills. . _ limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been Specially reserved for the public. and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office , at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Giuglini, Beneventano, Vialetti, SATURDAY, June 6—LUCIA DI LAMMERHOOR. Piccolomini ; Edgardo, Sig, Ginglini. Concluding with L'AURORE. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and my be had on applica lion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. EVR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Under the Immediate Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness tile Duchess of Cambridge. rii.E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1857 STRAND THEATRE.-BOSCO will APPEAR THIS EVENING, in his Fairy Temple of the Magi, in his wondrous Entertainment of Natural Magic, Music, and Ventriloquism, illustrated by gorgeous paraphernalia and superb display of vertu. Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Saturdays, at 2. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lea.• THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Commence at half-put Seven. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. LGrover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, j un . ; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. Cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. the principle at this time, and it may be generalised without the slightest possible danger to the British Constitution,- or having much effect on the balance of party power in the House of Commons. But , both the Duke of CLEVELAND and Mr. DISBAALI have maintained an ominous silence on that which the people require far more than either extension of the franchise, or a new arrangement of the constituencies, viz., full protection for the voter from every corrupt and degrading influence —from " bribery and intimidation," whether the latter proceed from landlord, employer, customer, spiritual adviser, or even the unrepresented mob. When that security was obtained there would be an end to bribery and treating. Each man would give a free and unbiassed vote, which could not possibly entail unpleasant consequences to himself or family. If he thought proper to take an active public part, it would of course be competent for him to do so. He might lot require protection, but there would be many thousands of his fellow voters that would do so. What is good at the " clubs " could not be bad at the hustings. The Ballot is the great point to which all others must yield. Its tried and faithful advocate Mr. H. F. BERKELEY, will speedily bring it forward, so as to obtain the opinion of the House, and we have no doubt that opinion will be so clearly and unequi vocally expressed, as to convince the First Lord of the Treasury of the imperative necessity yielding, in that respect, to the expression of the popular will. We can easily conceive the tactics that may be resorted to. It will be at tempted to let it remain in abeyance until the Ministerial Reform Bill is brought forward. If that strategy should prove successful, farewell to the hope of a large and comprehensive measure.. The test by which every professing reformer will, be tried, is his conduct on tha t question ; and we would remind Hon. Gentlemen of the principle, that those " who are not with us are against us," and that unexplained absence from the lobby at the time of division will be considered tantamount to avowed hostility, and will be remembered when the appeal to the country—which cannot long be withheld, what ever may be the fate of the Ministerial bill—is responded to by the different constituencies of the United Kingdom. confiscate the property"—not of some two or three, but .of , 40,000 individuals ! THIS is the cruel and wanton injustice we have hitherto protested against—and against it we shall continue to pro test to the last and to the uttermost. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last evening Signor Corsi, a baritone of great conti nental reputation, made his first appearance in England as Nino, in Verdi's opera of that name. Much was ex pected from him, especially as an actor, and in this re spect we may venture to say that he fully realised the anticipations of the audience, and would also, in all pro bability, have been equally successful as a vocalist, but for a severe cold, and the anxiety inseparable from a debut, which deprived his voice of much of its force, and occasionally rendered his intonation uncertain. We have rarely seen better acting on the lyric stage than Signor Corsi's. Throughout the second and third acts of this opera, and his singing, at least in one duet, " 0 di (pal onta aggravasi," where Abigail induces the de rnented king to sign a warrant for the execution of the Babylonians, was every way worthy of his long-esta blished fame.. This was redemanded, but Signor Corsi was evidently unable to go through it a second time, and could only bow his acknowledgments of the intended honour. Madlle. Spezia, who has been steadily advancing in public favour ever since her debut as Leonora, in "La Favorita," appeared last night to much greater advan tage than she had hitherto done, and achieved, we may add, her first really great success. The subordinate parts were well supported by Madlle. Ramos and Signor Mercnriali. Many of the admirers of Signor Verdi declare "Nino" to be his best work, and it is certainly in some respects superior to his more recent productions. The opera, moreover, had not been performed for some years, and therefore much of the charm of novelty belongs to its present revival. The principal artists were called before the curtain several times in the course of the evening, and the per formance was warmly applauded from first to last. The Queen's box was occupied by the Hon. Caroline Fitzroy, Miss H arr i e t Fi tzroy, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Storer, and p ar t y . A mongst the C a v e Charlesn d distinguished vi s it ors also' honouri ng th e t h eatre w i th their presence on thi s occas i on we observed the -Duke of Wellington, the Marchioness of Cla nr i car d e and Lady Bb' Miss Margaret De Burgh, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the ' Marquis of Sligo and party, Frances Countess of, Walde• grave, the Countess Grosvenor, the Countess Dowavr of Harrington and , Mrs. Highmore, the ,Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of West/net-eland, Earl Granville ! 'tis Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl ( of Wilton and party, Earl Grey, the Viscount Canter bury, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Grey de Wil ton, Viscount Curzon, Viscount 'Chelsea, his Excel. ; leucy *General Almonte (the Mi n i s t er Plenipotee tiary of Mexico), Jon Jose M. Gonzalez de Is Vega (Premier Secretary), Don Angel Huici and party, Lord Seaton, the Hon. M r . P ot tescne, Colonel the Hon. Jima Macdonald,,C.B., Lord Burghersb, Lord Beau- - clerk, Lord Charles Bruce, Lord and Lady Elcho, the Hon. Mr. Villiers, Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Anne Beckett, the Hon. Mrs. Cost and party, the Hon. Francis Egerton, the Hon. Julian Fane, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Hon. Dudley Ward and the Han. Mrs. Ward, the Hon. Mrs. Doyle, the Hon. H. Grey, General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Sir Geo. Womb well, Bart.. Sir John Lowther, Bart., Sir H. Webb, Bart.. Sir Robt. Adair, Bart., Lady Louisa Pennant, Mr. Strapini, Mr. Alderman Salomons and Mrs. Salo mons, Sir John and Lady Thorold, Sir Charles Aldis and Lady Aldis, Mr. Oust, Mr. Josephs, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo, Mr. and Mrs: Colville, Colonel Dickson, Colonel Lockyer Free stun, Captain Marshall, Captain Lyon, Captain Hogge, Captain Peyton, Captain Middleton and party, Captain Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. R. Dick, M r . J. - Wray, Mr. C ut l er , M r. and Mrs. Douglas Moffatt, Mrs. J. P. Heywood, Mr. Kingscourt, Mr. Trelawney, Mr. Brereton Trelawney, jun., M. and Madame Lizardi, Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmer, Mrs. Horace Twiss, Mr. and Mrs. Bingham, Mr. A. C. Billings, Mr. Fortescue, dtc. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA-LYCEUM. Madlle. Victoire Balfe's second appearance took place last night, and was in every respect most successful. Having recovered from the nervousness of a first night, the charming young debutante produced increased effect in alt those points we remarked in our first notice, and we predict for her a most triumphant career in the musi cal world. The Lyceum theatre is the most ungrateful in Europe for sound. It shows all the defects of the voice and none of the good qualities. It makes the most powerful voice appear weak. One of the great artistes of European reputation made a most just remark, that it was like a great swimmer, that can only prove that 'he can swim, by swimming against the current. On this account Madlle. Baits did not choose an arena for her debut to. make a yoke heard to advantage. However, her voice is a pure soprano, quite peculiar in its timbre, fresh, although slightly veiled, and most sympathetic., that speaks right to the hearts of her hearers, and reminds them in many of her notes of those of Jenny Lind. Her style of singing is the pure italian school. Her phrasing and execution are quite surprising for so young a Creature, and we cannot help compli menting her on the distinct and beautiful manner she pronounces the Italian language. She was recalled after each act by,the unanimous voice of the most crowded night of the season, when she was applauded most enthusiastically. She was ably supported by Gar doni and Ronconi. We understand Madlle. Tictoire Balfe's next rule will be Maria in "La Figlia del Reggimento." MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. • Mr. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that, in lieu of his Annual. Concert, he has made arrangements with the Direction to give TEIREE GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVALS, Draraatic, Classical, and Miscellaneous, on WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, June 10, 24, and July 8. The artists will include Madlle. Piccolomini, Madlle. Maria Spezia, Madlle. Angiola Ortolani, and Madame Alboni ; Signor Antonio Giuglini, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Charles Bra ham, Signor Belletti, Signor Beneventano. Signor Napoleone Rossi, Signor Giovanni Corsi, and Signor Filippo Vialetti. -Instrumental Performers :—Pianoforte, Madame Clara Schumann and Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Andreoli, Benedict, and Lindsay Sloper, Violin, Herr Ernst and M. Bazzini. Violoncello, Signor Piatti. Double Bass, Signor Bottesini, One portion of the Concert will be conducted by Signor Bonetti, and another by M. Benedict, supported by the Chorus and Orchestra of that great musical establish ment. . The Programme will include Mendelssohn's posthumous finale to the Opera of LORELEY, performed for the first time in England on the stage, and other important works. Instrumental performers of the greatest eminence have been secured. Full particulars will be duly announced. The perforrnalces have been fixed to commence at Two, and ter minate at Five o'clock. Subscription Tickets (Transferable) for the Three Con certs :—Private Boxes to hold Four Persons ; Boxes—Pit Tier, 61. 6s. ; Grand Tier, 81. Bs. ; First Tier, 6/. 6s. ; Two Pair, 4/ 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 31. 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 21. 2e. ; Pit, 15s ; Gallery Stalls, 10s. ; Galle r y, ss. Peces for Each S ne Concert : Private Boxes to hold Four Persons : Boxes —Pit Tier, 31 3s. ; Grand Tier, 4/. 4s. ; First Tier, 31. 3s. ; Two Pair, 2/. 2s. ; Upper Boxes, 1/. lls. 6d : Pit Stalls, 11. ls. ; Pit, 75.; Gallery Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Appli cation for tickets may be made at all the principal Lib. rarians' and Musiesellers' ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester. square; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA , LYCEUM. - Extra Night, TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, Jane 4, RIGOLETTO. Mesdames Bcsio and Didiee ; Signori Ronconi, Tagliafico, Soldi, Mei, Poliaini, and Mario. To conclude with LA BRESILIENNE. Mdlles. Cerito and Delechaux, and M. Desplaces. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, LYCEUM, SATURDAY EVENING, J une 6. IL TROVATORE. _ • Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Didiee, Madame Tagliafico, Signori Graziani, Tagliafico, Seidl, and Mario. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FREN.O El PLAYS. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), June 3, the entertain. ,rents will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the production of (for the fourth time in this country), the De* Operette-Militaire, en un Acte. DR GONETTE. M, Guyot, M. Tajau, M. Leonce, and Mdlle. Corally Guffroy. After which (4th time) Operette-Bouffc, en un Acte, LES ?ANTINS DE VIOLETTE : M. Pradeau, Mdlles. Mareschal, and Dalmont, and M. Anthonini, To conclude with Bouffonaerie Musicale, en un Acte, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pmdeau and If. Mesmacer. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING., GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d.. 20., and Is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, Li. Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J, Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, lions. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tdm Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks p.-.vian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—bfr. E. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARICET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. IPOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS REYNOLDS. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, &c. Followed by the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. Kato, Miss Reynolds. After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ArALINTA ; or, The Three Golden Appleg: in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s, d. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THE A TRE-ROYAL, ADELPEtI. —Madame QELESTE'S Alst/CUAL BENEFIT. WEDSESEIAY, 'JUNE 3. Madame CELESTE begs to inform her friends and the nobility and publics in general that her Annual Benefit will take place on Wednesday evening, when will be produced a new and original drama of powerful interest, to be called GEORGE DA RVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr: Paul fled - ford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG, in which Mr. Webster will appear. To conclude , ivith A NIGHT AT NOTTING-mu. Mr. 'Wright, Stc. • Private boxes, tickets, and places to be had at the Box office, from 11 till 6, and at the residence of Madame Celeste, lig I , dfll Icea y. ROPAL SURREY THEATRE, Loge Messrs. Shepherd an d C rssw i ck. Haigh THIS 'EVENING will be perfo rme d MARIT ANA. Mr. anil Lucy Esc att. Miss M. Hb urne, After which, THE VILLAGE SMITH. Mr. Widdicomb, AsTE,Er AND s ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE O ERA Lessee and Ma P na HOUSE ger, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majest y am rim . Royal Highness Prince Albert. Continired and increasing mice -Ass of the Guraot E .orrnous attraction for the Whitson Opera. THIS EVENING (Wednesday, June 2), Opera of IL TROVATORE ; or, Th e i' v s y f en ar e g . - e f a a n m e ed The whole of the Music as performed at the Italian Oper a °. and Eqnestrisn Illustrations. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss M. Somers, and Miss Fanny ITuddart. Mr. Augustus Brabarn, Mr. Brookhonso Bowler Mr. Francis Kirby, ' Mr. A. Leffler, and Mr, Borrani. Conductor and Composer---Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. After which, Mr. Wm. Cooke's Holiday programme of novel and peerless SCENES in the ARENA. To conclude with the farce of SALLY SMART; or, The Clockmaker'd Hat. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Bo x es, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking: Pa 2s. • Gallery, Is. •; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice----During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Dir. W. West, Ecoustriala Director, Sir. W. Cooke, jun. T4IS DAT—Morn. 58 min. aft. 10 —Even. 26 min. aft. 11 To NiORROW—Morn. 0 min. aft. o —Even., 53 min. aft. 11 FELE WEATHER —Sum °TIPTOE, JUNE 3. THICEMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 54 —lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.02. WIND, S.W. to W. ; rather fresh, with slight rain oc. emionally; cloudy weather, and sunshine. Aotifrv_ . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1857. It is manifest that the leading members of " Her MAJESTY'S Opposition" are preparing for the inevitable struggle that must take place at the very beginning of next session, on the all-impor tant question of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. DISRAELI, at the "Farmers' Ordinary at Newport Pagnall, ventilated the topic. He astonished the burly bucolics there assembled by his appearance in an entirely new character. He declared that the nation will shortly be called on to " consider great changes in the political constitution of the country," and promised that he will give the ministerial measure, whatever it may be, " a can did and sincere consideration on its merits." Nay more, he indicated one of the required ameliora tions, and professed himself a zealous advocate for the "equalisation of electoral districts." This was but the first step. The train of reasoning by which it was arrived at will naturally carry the Right Hon. Gentleman onwards ; and although he emphatically denied that he was prepared with a reform-bill of his own, ready cut and dried in his pocket, we should not by any means be surprised if he entered the lists against Lord PAL MERSTON, and made a very considerable bidding for popular support against the Premier. All will depend on Lord PALMERSTON himself, and we can scarcely suppose that he would be guilty of so grave a mistake as to throw the game which is now in his own hands, into those of his political opponent's. This will be the case if he brings forward a stinted or emasculated measure, which cannot satisfy the just and reasonable expectations of the people. If the Derbyites have the oppor tunity allowed to them of turning his flank, by proposing a more comprehensive bill, he will for feit the proud position he now occupies. His decisive majority will be converted into a minority, and no second appeal to the country can succeed, if the nation find itself deceived and disappointed. On Monday evening the Duke of CLETELANIO followed in the path indicated by Mr. DISRAELI, and in some points travelled beyond his leader. He likewise is prepared to give the promised bill "that serious attention which the subject will deserve." His Gracs too, is for the " Equali sation of Districts," hoping that " all anomalies will be got rid of, and the small constituencies of which there are so many, and which he can not help saying are a disgrace to the country, be done away with, and their members given to larger bodies of persons 1 9 This is plain speak ing, and to the purpose, but before we give full credit, we must see in what mode it is proposed to carry the just principle into practical opera' tion. It must be fairly and impartially applied, not for the sake of any interest or interests, but with the honest intention of meeting the case pro perly, and rendering equal justice to all But the Noble Duke goes much further. He has touched on the extension of the suffrage, and put forward another feeler for the purpose of ascertaining the current of public opinion. He said, " There are many with large money quali fications, and resident in counties, but who, from various causes, are not now qualified to be on the registers, who ought to have a vote for the county in which they reside ;" adding, " I will not only say that every man who has 1001. a-year, but I would even go lower, and say that those who have 50/. a-year, no matter from what it comes, are fully entitled to the franchise in counties 1 This would include all curates, almost every vil lage schoolmaster, clerks in mercantile offices, banks, and railways, and others, and it can not be denied that these persons are en titled to the franchise, and ought to have it I" The " others" is, however, au elastic phrase ; it would, according to •the statement of the Duke, comprise every - skilled labourer capable of earning even a pound per week, and amongst them almost every renter of a 101. house, and the journeyman mason or carpenter, who, with some degree of inconsistency, ho hopes to GOD will " never be brought in." And why ? Because he thinks when that is once done "the landed interest, in every county in England, is for ever extinguished .f" Surely this is altogether opposed to the fair play of which his Grace pro fesses himself to be so strenuous an advocate. Why should not intelligent journeymen masons and carpenters be entitled to the suffrage ? There are no persons more interested in the enactment of just and equitable laws, by whioh their exer tions may be made most profitable, and with which they can obtain that great desideratum to the working man—" A fair day's wages for a fair day's work." He must get rid of that " anomaly" before he can obtain full credit for the fairness of his views and opinions. The Duke has also taken a slice from Lord Jourr RUSSELL'S proposition, and given in his adhesion to the principle that, under certain cir nutastances, the minorities should be represented. 'M a is a matter well worthy of consideration. But, if sanctioned, it should not have a limited opera tion. It should apply to all minorities without exception. There would be considerable difficulty In bringing it into practical operati on , f or i t could only take effect accordin g to any proposition here tofore made, in Places returning three members. If every electoral district were so constructed as to elect three representatives the scheme mig ht be results. sanctioned with exce eding-1y beneficial Bucks, Hertfordshire, and others virtually act on Mr. HARDY'S obnoxious Bill has excited—and no wonder—the indignation of the London beer sonars. An aggregate " public" meeting (in the strictest sense of the term) was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of enabling those who wished to protest against this arbitrary interference with the social arrangements of the working classes, to do so at once and thoroughly. Several of the respectable persons who expressed their opinions yesterday upon the subject under consideration, certainly availed themselves of the double opportunity. They did speak right out-- at once and thoroughly. One of them, a mem ber of a deputation that waited upon Mr. HARDY, described that gentleman, in rather strong lan guage, as " one of those cool and calm persons who never laughed, but only grinned ; who smiled, and murdered while they smiled I" Pretty " tall talking," this—as our American friends say : and not very much to the purpose, seeing that the author of the Beer Bill must have been a veritable HERACLITUS to have had his risible muscles in any way excited by the approach of a Deputation. Fancy any one " laughing" at the mere appearance of one of that dreariest of all dreary inflictions—a Deputation. Lord PALMERSTON we can imagine cracking a joke at the apparition. But we can fancy even a Hyaena under the influence of laughing gas look ing grave at it. There are some emotions, the Poet tells us, " too deep for tears." And cer tainly in the same manner we may be permitted. to speak of a deputation, one of your regular jog- trot, long-winded, implacable, interminable depu tations, as being far, very far indeed, beyond the reach of laughter. Everything considered, there fore, we dont think it speaks badly for Mr. HARDY that he should never once have laughed at the appearance of the Anti-Beer Bill Deputation. But theßeerßill itself? That, assuredly, is quite another thing ! We ourselves have already taken occasion to characterise it, as we conceive it is entitled to be characterised. And reflection only tends to convince us all the more securely of the accuracy of our first impressions. The measure submitted by Mr. HARDY to the consideration of the Legis lature and now - passing through the regular stages required for the transformation of a crude bill into a ripened enactment, is one, we still feel per suaded, altogether uncalled for-4 measure calcu lated to interfere in the most wanton and the most tyrannous manner with the comforts and amusements of many thousands among our labouring population. Are those comforts, in some instances, merely crimes disguised ? Are those amusements, in certain cases, vicious in their character and gene rally demoralising ?—The law has already supplied the remedy through the means of retributive punishment ! Let that remedy be employed vigorously and energetically - with regard to the villainous exceptions—before you hasten to deal (as Mr. HARDY proposes) cruelly, harshly, and despotically with the respectable generality of Beersellers. That is really and truly after all the one simple and reasonable demand made upon Parliament by those Beersellers themselves I. It is surely not asking too much. It would, we are satisfied, be forthwith and overwhelmingly con vincing, but that it is in so many instances an ap peal to the common sense of men who hare appa rently very little indeed of that commodity. For, to speak plainly, it is a rational plea submitted to the judgment of-men who are literally what: may be called Fanatical Crotchet-mongers of Legislative Philanthropy ! Men, who, would " put down" Human Nature itself after the summary fashion of Sir PETER LAURIE ! Men, who would suppress intoxication by Maine f orce , or i f you like it better by Mayne force—either, that is to say, by the authority of Scotland-yard, or by that of the pre-eminently moral." State" of America 1 These fanatical crotchet-mongers—the supporters of Mr. HARDY'S pet Beer Bill —argue that drunken ness has increased so very much that it requires to be crushed out as resolutely as possible. It signifies nothing to them apparently that Cocker himself is altogether against them ! It is a matter to these political Toots's " of not the slightest consequence," that ever s i nce th e b eer trade was thrown open, in 1830, Drunkenness has notori ously and undeniably diminished. Diminished, observe, not increased ! And diminished so con siderably that while in 1831 thenumber of persons charged with drunkenness in the metropolis reached the enormous aggregate of 31,353—the sum total of these delinquents in 1855 bad diminished to 9,769 ! Less than one-third of the whole num ber fourteen years previously ! And this, remem ber, notwithstanding the diminution in the price of beer and other inebriating beverages, and in spite of the enormous i ncrease of the population ! Yet in this obviously " Sober" A ge — an Age un deniably sober as compared with its immediate predecessors- , --Mr. HARDY and his sympathisers are for putting a stop to the frightful " increase" of drunkenness ! To which end they are endeavour ing (as one of the speakers said yesterday at the London Tavern meeting) "to ruin the prospects and ~, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Osborne yesterday, and travelled by the South-Western Railway to Windsor, where carriages were in waiting to convey her Royal Highness to Frogrnore. The Marquis of Dalhousie and the Ladies Susan and Edith Ramsay have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Richmond. The Marquis and Marchioness Bandini have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Rome. The Earl and Counters of Lanesborough entertained at dinner, yesterday, at their house in Great Stanhope street, his Excellency the Minister of the Netherlands, Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, and several other distinguished persons. The Earl of Jersey has left town for Middleton-park, near Bicester. The Hon. Mrs. Bertie Percy has arrived at Claridge's. hotel, from Guy's Cliff, Warwickshire. Sir Humphrey and Lady Annette de Trafford have arrived at Jabber's Hotel, Grafton -street, from Trafford. park, for the season. The Dowager Lady Cooke and Miss Cooke have ar rived at Edwards' Hotel from Grove Hammerton, York shire. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Unwin have arrived at the same establishment. The Countess de Persigny gave a ball last night, at es a tr brilliantßoyal c i g r p c h r l n e e es o es n f s t the h h e e diplomatic t m e c:T H rop o Ns u , a s nT e eal eading h . which Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce (lady in-waiting) Sir George Couper (equerry-In-waiting), and Captain Crispin, landed i n t h e docks this afternoon from her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Master-Commander D. W. Welch, en route for her residence, St. James's palace. The Duchess was received by Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. J. Levy on the part of the dock company, and Mr. Gydson and Me. Watkins on the part of the South Western Railway Company. Her Royal Highness left for London by a special train at twenty minutes past three. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the-Earl of Clarendon (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Count Chrepto witch (Russian Am bassador), and his lady, landed in the docks on Monday from the Royal yacht, for London, on their return from visiting the Queen at Osborne. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children leave Osborne on Thurs day for Buckingham Palace. The Avery has arrived from China with 331,6001 b. of test- and 091 bales of silk, About 10,0001. of the gold brought from Ne* Yeik was sold to the Bank yesterday. The Wave of Life has arrived from Sydney with 16,000/. in gold, and the Morning Star from Melbourne with 193,0001. The Indus, on the 4th, is now expected to take out silver to the amount of 850,0001., making with the ad. ditinnal sum likely to be shipped at Marseilles a total of 1,000,0001. Of the total of 532,5001. brought by the West India and Mexican steamer yesterday, 548,0001. is silver, and 84,5001. gold. This is 112,000/. in excess of the large arrival at the beginning of last month. RE ELECTION OF THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL AT READ• ING.—Yesterday, Mr. Henry S. Keating was re-elected for the borough of Reading without opposition. THE MANCHESTER ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.— The receipts at the Exhibition yesterday from all sources amounted to nearly 5501. MR. REDFEARN'S CONCERT. —This gentleman's con cert took place last evening at Hanover-square Rooms, and was attended by a numerous and fashionable au dience. Madame Clara Novello gave " With verdure clad," with all the grace, power, and artistic excellence for which she is so remarkable. She also sang a MS. duetto, "Il Convegno," by Lucantoni, with Mr. Red drn. Mica n ad m i ra bly. Mi ss D o lb y was warm ly appl au d e d in "Gently f row, Gondolier," with Mr. Reeft the scona from Verdi, " Ernani i nve l am i," i n a fi n i s h e d an d effective styl e . m Go es n s d e o u l t ier s , a " n w g hich she sang Amongst the pieces sung by Mr. Bedfearn was the re citative and air, "In native worth," from the Creation in giving effect to which he was ably assisted by Mr. Aylward on the violincello. The instrumentation was (if that light, graceful character that dovetailed well with the gene ra l arrangemen t o f t h e con cert. poor womanl' Upper Mans named War fiFlßli AND Loss Or LIFE. —Yesterday (Tnesday) even ineldga.sflur.e, e et br ic ok e e nti o s u h- t to in wn a . house, A No, 8 ner, who works at an adjacent laundry, had left her youngest child, aged four years, in bed in a room on the ground floor. The eldest, who was entrusted with the care of the others, went with them into the fields to G play ; and there ca n b e no doubt that the deceased, Warner, got out of his bed and began to play with some lucifer matches. When the fire was discovered the poor child was burnt to a cinder, nor could his body be got out of the house at the time. Nothing but the walls were left standing, and great dantage was done t o the surrounn.,ing property. The premises were fully insured LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday morning gave an au dience to Count Kisseleff, the Russian Ambassador, who delivered a letter from his Sovereign, an nouncing the birth of the Grand Duke Sergius, his son. Lord Cowley afterwards had an audience, to take leave prior to his departure for London ; and the• Baron de Paiva, the Portuguese Minister, on his return from Lisbon. In the course of the day, the Emperor received Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister in London, presented by the Baron de Wendland, Minister of Bavaria in Paris; as well as Dr. Kern, the Swiss Minister Plenipo tentiary, who is about to return to Switzerland. "Prince Napoleon," says a Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels, " will visit Manchester about the end of June." The ltioniteur contains a long report from Mar shal Valliant, the Minister of War, on the state of the Arab population of Algeria. The general con clusion is, that the Arabs are improving in their moral and material condition, but Marshal Vail lant admits that much yet remains to be done be fore they can be considered as completely attached to French civilisation. The King of Bavaria Will prolong his stay in Paris, it is said, to the 12th inst. On the sth his Majesty will be present at a grand ball, which is to be given at the palace of St. Cloud. Lord Brougham was present yesterday at the meeting of the scientific section of the Institute, and read a paper of great research, " On Paradoxes imputed to the Integral Calculus." The solemn inauguration of the Louvre, com pletely terminated, will take place, it is said, on the 15th August, the fete day of the Emperor. Their Majesties, the great dignitaries of the em pire, the ministers, &c., will be present at this great solemnity, to which will be invited the artists who by their works have assisted in th s great com pletion. This evening, in all probability, will be decided the question of the Republican candidates coming forward at the approaching elections. Of General Cavaignac's persistence in his resolution not to pre sent himself nothing new is knoWn, but it is pretty certain that M. Ravin, the principal editor of the Siecle, will be proposed as a candidate in the third arrondissement of Paris. The question of taking the oaths of allegiance is still under discussion. BOURSE, June 2.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 10 Bank Shares 4,500 Credit Mobilier 1,257 50 Roman Do. Account 1,247 50 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt End of Month. —fr. —c. 69 35 RAILWAYS--FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c, Orleans 1,4621 Western Northern Lyons 1,475 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,900 Grand Central 1 — Geneva Midi Grand Duke-has now ordered the release of these gentlemen, without any petition for grace having been sent in on their part. The Dresden, Gazette publishes a royal decree in terdicting the circulation of foreign bank notes in the kingdom of Saxony. The government is here after to publish certain exceptions, made in favour of banks affording desirable guarantees before the new law comes into rigour in September next. The intention is that only such foreign banks shall be considered safe as have offices at Leipsic and other large towns, in which their notes can at any time be exchanged for money. The Zeit of Berlin, in copying the C oun t d e Buol's despatch of th e 20th ult. to the Austrian charge d'affaires at Copenhagen, states that Baron de Manteuffel on the same day sent a similar docu ment to the Prussian representative in the Danish capital. Accounts from Vienna state that the number of political prisoners released in consequence of the recent amnesty amounts to about 400. The Terana Gazette announces that, up to the evening of the 29th ult., Marshal Radetsky was progressing favourably. AUSTRALIA. BRISTOL, JUNE 2. The Morning Star, Capt. Allen, arrived in King road this afternoon, from Melbourne, from wuicn port she sailed on the 12th of February. Her ad vices have, of course been anticipated by the over land mail. She brings 1,500 bales of wool, 31 bales of sheepskins, 19 bales of leather, 453 bags of gum, 250 tons of copper ore, 30 tons black sand (tin ore), 46,500 ounces of gold-dust, and 12 pas sengers. A steam-packet has been despatched from Bristol, on board which the gold will be transferred, and on its arrival here it will be imme diately forwarded to London. The following is an abstract of the log of the Donald M'Kay, whose arrival we mentioned yes terday " Weighed ansbor in Hobson's Bay at 3 a.m. on the 27th of Febreary; and Port Philip Heads at 1 p.m. ..same day. Tnp.wind being easterly, proceeded on the West side of Van Diemen's Land to the southward, and on March 7th were on the meridian of Port Philip again. Oa the 9th we had a very heavy westerly gale, with. a heavy sea ; split a new maintopsail, and nearly lost the port quarter-boat ; squalls ter rific. To the 30th March we had a succession of S.S.W. to N.N.W. winds, and at 11 p.m. we rounded Cape Horn, being 23 days from the meridian of Port Philip. Saw no ice during the run. Were never further south than 57 41 5.,, and the therm ome t er never b e l ow 36 . We bad now S.S.E. and S.E. winds for five days, one day westerly, and again easterly winds until the 11th, in lat. 32 22 S., 31 32 W. ; we had then a succession of light northerly and N.E. winds until the 25th, having only progressed to 16 34 S., long. 18 43 W., where we got the S.E. trade, which we lost again on the 29th, in lat. 3 54 S., long. 25 23 W. when we got the wi n d f rom the north-east. Cross e d th e equator in long. 27 30 W. Carried a light N.E. trade until May 13, in lat. 25 23 N., 44 36 W. To the 19th we had winds from N.E. to S.E., being then in lat. 32 42 N., long. 40 23 W. On the 25th, in lat. 45 42 N., long. 25 30 W., experienced a tremendous gale of wind from the N.N.W. to N., ac companied with violent squalls, which continued 45 hours, and was the worst weather we had on the voyage, splitting two topsails, one topgallantsail, a mainsail, a jib, a foretopmast staysail, and a rnaintoprnast staysail. The wind continued from the north until the 28th inst., when it suddenly veered round to the S. and S.S.E. The Donald McKay tacked off Fastnet on the 29th of May, at 7.30 a.m., nautical time, but 28th May civil time. The wind light and variable from the S.E. THE SEAMEN OP THE NoRTH-EAST PORTS.—The sea men of the Tyne and Wear are signing a petition to Parliament wherein they state various facts with regard to the loss of life and property in the North Sea. They assert that during the last five years the shipwrecks have amounted to 5,128, and during the same period 4,148 persons have lost their lives by casualties at sea. The petitioners pray the Legislature to afford them protection by compelling owners to submit their vessels for survey before departure, and to see that the place set apart for seamen is sufficient for health and cleanli• ness, the better enabling the seamen to do their duty ; and that a harbour of refuge be forthwith constructed on the north-east'coast of England. BELGIUM. The Nord of Brussels states that the projected visit of Prince Constantine to Belgium has received certain modifications, in consequence.of the desire of his Imperial Highness to reach the Hague before the 4th. The Grand Duke does not intend visiting Brussels, but will be met by the King of the Bel gians and the royal family at Antwerp, where he will make only a very brief stay. The Prince will .leave Antwerp on Tuesday, and will start from the Hague for Hanover either on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. M. de Richter, Minister of Russia at Brussels, left on Sunday, with several members of the Belgian Court, to meet the Grand Duke at Calais. The great excitement which lately prevailed in Brussels and other parts of Belgium] is gradually subsiding. On Sunday, being an idle day, several hundred young men, students, clerks, workmen, &c., poured into Brussels from Liege, Ghent, Ant werp, Mons, Charleroy, &c. Several fresh arrests have been made ; amongst others two musicians of the grenadier band, a man named d'Haels, and a jeweller who, with the latter, had disguised him self as a capucine monk, and had collected money in- beer-shops. Several students of the universities of Ghent and Louvain were also arrested. Out of 70 persons made prisoners only 32 were retained in custody. The Communal Council of Brussels met on Saturday, and voted the following address to the King : " SireL--Your Majesty is aware of the deplorable events which have just taken place, and of their origin. A bill, which the government considered popular at the time of its presentation , has excited great distrust, and "manifestations throughout the country, and it has been .necessary to repress by force tho excesses which have arisen. The first attention of the communal authorities has •been to re-establish order, and the great prudence of your Majesty in adjourning the chambers, has powerfully con solidated the tran quillity which has been restored. To-day the entire city regrets the explosion of a discontent which could not be kept under, and it comprehends that it is to the wisdom of the King, to his love for the nation, and to his solicitude for the interests of the country, that it must respectfully appeal for the satisfaction of the public wishes. The Communal Council of Brussels has con sidered, Sire, that it was opportune and useful for it to constitute itself the organ of these sentiments, and it sup plicates your Majesty, with the most entire devotedness, to exercise, in the present circumstance, the power con ferred on you by the constitution, in order to put an end to the agitatif fa of the public mind. Belgium will thus be indebted to your Majesty for an additional benefit." This address was simply despatched to the King, without being presented by a deputation. RUSSIA. A letter from Kalisch of the 26th, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" Colonel Gerhard, of the engi neers, and chief of the Russian telegraphs, ha s re turned from his scientific journey. All the generals who accompanied the Grand Duke Nicholas in his journey of inspection have returned to Warsaw. The hetmann of the Cossacks, now in Poland, is inspecting his pulks. All the infantry are also being reviewed. It is expected that the Emperor will shortly visit Poland. Very many ladies of rank of Russia are proceeding to Germany to meet the Empress Dowager." The incident related by the Czas of Cracow, which represented that a Russian general had re ceived corporal punishment in the Kiew theatre at the hands of the students of that town, turns out, as we had suspected, to be a hoax. The Austrian government has given an official warning and a severe reprimand to the above-named journal, for having published what may be considered as an improper reflection on a friendly power. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 29th ultimo, have reached us. They contain long reports of the i continuation of the debate on the address n the Congress on the preceding day. The Duke de Valencia (Marshal Narvaez) spoke at some length, but he only repeated what he had said in the Senate. The debate was again adjourned. The journals contain accounts of riots at Granada, on the 24th ult. About 200 "lads" (so they are called), after assembling on the heights which com mand the Alhambra, where they amused themselves by pelting each other with stones, formed themselves into a sort of cortege, and descending the Faubourg San , Cecilio, proceeded "to liarade the streets of the city, shouting "Cheap bread 1" In the lower quarters the women. turned out of the houses, and exhorted their husbands and brothers to rise in insurrection; and die fighting sooner than perish of hunger ; but the male population showed no dis position to follow this advice. The authorities, immediately called of what was taking place, called out the troops, and after causing the prin cipal points of the town to be occupied, marched a strong detachment to the Plaza Nueva, where an assemblage had assumed a menacing attitude. The people there, not having obeyed a summons to disperse, were fired at by the troops, and four of them were wounded. After nightfall the people retired to their homes, but in the course of the evening the captain-general published a bando, declaring the city in a state of siege, threatening with death those who might make use of arms, and with ten years' labour in the galleys any persons who might throw stones --at the same time requiring the population to keep at home the moment any agitation commenced, and making fathers of families and masters responsible for the good behaviour of their adult sons and workmen. On the 25th all was tranquil, but several persons were arrested and others were ex pelled from the town. The committee of the Senate charged to report on the resignation by the Duke de la Victoria (Marshal Espartero) of the dignity of senator was in some perplexity as to what should be done —some of them holding that ho could not resign, the dignity being given for life, and others that he ought to be allowed to resign. Prince Joseph Bonaparte passed through Girona on the 24th on his way to Barcelona. The order of Maria Louisa had been conferred on the Countess Brunow and the Princess Berkendoff. riire respectable inhabitants of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, MM. Turck and Wiggers, professors of the Rostock University, Schwartz and Bluhme, merchants, and a lawyer, named Utterhard, of the same town, were recently condemned to five years' imprisonment for having concealed munitions of war. They had already been, submitted to a pre ventive imprisonment of nearly biz years. The THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Sultan, Capt. J. K. Joy, arrived this after noon at 4.30 with the Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieuf. C. Boulton, R.N. She left Gibraltar, May 26 ; Cadiz, 27 ; Lisbon, 29 ; Oporto and 'Vigo, 30. During the voyage she experienced light westerly winds, with fine weather. The Sul tan was not due here till Thursday. This steamer - brings 70 first-class passengers (among whom are Sir George Douglas and lady, and Sir John Rennie), seven second-class, and two deck. On freight she has $9OO, 2,1451. in gold coin, 630 half-chests of oranges, 95 cases of figs, 694 boxes.of_ potatoes, 119 bags of coffer, and 100 packages of general merchandise. On the 29th of May, in the River Tagus, the Sultan passed the screw steamer Rotterdam, standing in ; on the 30th, in Vigo Bay, she passed the Havannah mail steamer Isabel la Cato]ica, standing in ; and th e P en i nsu l ar an d Or i ental steamer Tagus was there, with the outward mails from Southampton, all well. The advices from Gibraltar have been anticipated by the Euxine, which arrived yesterday direct. The Sultan brings Lisbon dates of the 29th of May, when her Majesty's ship Princess Royal was the only English vessel of war in port, and the usual Portuguese squadron. The Lisbolr.exchanges at three months are quoted this mail as follows :—London 53i ; Paris, 535 ; Amsterdam, 414 ; Ilamburgh, 471 ; and Genoa, 532. Few transactions had taken place both bills and money being scarce, and at the close of busi ness something was passed on London at 53k. Little had been done iu Stocks for want of sellers. The rages were for Three per Cents. ex dividend, registered, 46 to 46i ; Coupons 45 to 45i ; and Deferred, 28± to ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 9to 10 per cent, premium. ; and Bankof Oporto Shares 221 to 25 per cent. premium. THB TREATY WITH PERSIA. BAGDAD, MAY 4. The Governm en t o f his Majesty the Shah-in-Shah of Iran has apparently shown no disinclination to con firm the treaty of peace entered into at Paris on the 4th of March of this year between Lord Co wley, on the part of England, and Ferukh Khan on that of Persia ; for although by the articles of the treaty three months were allowed before it was necessary that the respective copies, after having been ratified at London and Teheran, should be exchanged at Bigdad, yet so great hag been the speed at which the Persian messengers have travelled ti]at the further ratification of the peace has taken place one month and two days before the stipu lated time. It is rather remarkable, as showing the great desire of the Persians for peace, that the bearer of the Teheran copy of the treaty actually arrived here before the English copy of the treaty had been re ceived. It is to be hoped the Persians will show thi same alacrity in withdrawing their troops from Herat. Hassan-Ali-Khan, the chief of the Ghabour tribe, is on his way here to tender the requisite explanations to Mr. Murray, and to invite him in the name of the Shah of Persia to return to Teheran. It is likely tbat the British Embassy will leave Bagdad _in 15 days from this time. As the markets' have been drained to supply the wants of the army at Bushire there will be some difficulty in procuring the necessary number of mules and other beasts of burden, and the cortege of the ambassador will be numerous (probably 600), including the Persians who took refuge under his protection. The mission has now been resident at Bagdad for more than 12 months, and never at any time have there been so many Engli.h together within the . walls of the ancient city of the Caliphs as at the present. Including some officers of General Outrani's staff, there may be 20 English here in all, yet the natives of the city are by no means as yet accustomed to the novelty of their appearance, and they are followed by crowds wherever they go. ICLZ.jor Barr, of the Bombay army, has been for some days employed in taking photographic views of the mosques and minarets, and anoient buildings of the city. Mr. Stephens, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Teheran, leaves to day for London with the ratified copy of the Anglo• Persian treaty. Toe Persians here seem to be rather amused than gratified at the favour show u to their countryman Feruk Khan at Paris and London, and all say that the treaty would have been received withgreater resptet had it been r, fin red for confirmation to Si rJam€ s Outratn, who came out from England not only to assume the command of the army, but empowered to treat for peace. It will be impossible to remove the army from Bushire until the month of September, on account of the south-wevera monsoon, which sets in about toe middle of June. _ There might be time to withdraw a portion of the European troops before then, but we must remain until the conditions of the treaty have been fulfilled ; though, in truth, the Persians do not seem disposed to avoid them. An officer of high rank is to meet the English mission at the frontier, and each tribe is to furnish an escort through its territories. It is expected the march will occupy six weeks. The Pasha of Bagdad some days since made use of his power to declaretbat in future the Turkish pound should only be valued at 19s. This edict rather disconcerted those who bad much gold in hand, but in Turkey one gets used to such acts of despotism. Hi s E xcellency by no means a bad governor on the whole. He was educated at Paris, and lately he expressed himself most anxious to join the English army at Istloharamerab were it not for the oriuion the Persians would form of such an act, He takes a great interest iu military affairs. MAGAZINES. Bentley's Miscellany. —Bentley opens with a paper on "The Russians on the Arun," with a small map. It is painstaking and instructive. It is followed by one of Monkshood's interesting papers on the "Essayists and Reviewers." Si r James Stephen is the subject of the present num ber. Dudley Costello's story of " The Millionair e of Mincing l ane " is proceeded with, and reaches the 18th chapt er . T he Opera and the Bouffes Parisiens receive commendatory notices. "Ellen Leicester" is the title of a story which is the con tinuation of that in the last number. Mr. Gervass Castonel, the village doctor about whom so marl strange reports existed, and whose first wife died in such a mysterious manner, in this instalment elopes with the rector's daughter, who soon after dies under pr.< cisely similar c i rcums t ances . In the , next number he w ill ver y probably marry the thir d . of the f a i r b an d o f r i va l s, Caroline, Ellen, and , Frances. It is a ver y improbable story, but to ld with the author's usua l s kill. Th e ta l e of ``The Wehr Wolf," wild an d mys t er i ous as i ts name nn." -plies, is brou g ht t o a conc l us i on. I t is as th e readers of Bentl e y are aware, a t rans l at i on of the plot of Alexandre Dumas' recent work. Mr. Grinsted's g• Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" gives us a sketch of the dramati c career o f Mi ss O'Ne . '" There are also other papers of varying merits. • • Tait offers us an attractive table of contents. - Tt opens with a pape r on th e s l ave trade, and we meet with a variety o f mos t entertaining topics. PaPe r ! of travel, of literature, of politics, and of ronianev are scattered in pleisant profusion. There are 0 13 ° Borne interesting biographical sketches, and th e obituary includes several remarkable names. The Art Journal.—The Art Journal has W e pictures from the Royal collection. The first, from the painting taken by W. Knell on the interesting oces,sion of Prince Albert's landing at Dover ' • th e other is called " Bl ow i ng B u bbl es, " and is W2l the picture by Mieris, at Buckingham Palace. T ll° third plate is, as usual, taken from sculpture, an d 'represents a b eau tif u l s t atue of. the Maid. °f Saragossa, by W. Rolfe. The .prose part of th e contents is full o f ar ti st i c i nterest. Mr. }sir :Mrs. S. 'C. Hall continue their " Book of the Thames," with its graceful illustrations, while the Manchester Exhibition and the Royal Aca" demy furnish subjects of unusua l importance for notice and criticise. The other exhibitions of the season, of course, are taken into consideration . The twenty-fifth number of the Gallery of British' Artists takes for its subject "T. C. Horsley, A.R.Q. The application of improved machineli and materials to art manufactures passes unde r review, the system of coating iron with copper, brass, &c. The great number of wood cuts sot" tered through the pages are an additional attrec " tion to this elegant an d artistic serial. The Eclectic Review, which is generally distio' guished by thoughtful and sensible writing, main tains its character. It has a variety of topics , some of them of great interest. They include."' "The Life of Handel," "The Memoirs of Char; lotte Bronte," " The Races of Mankind," an d " The Angl er i n th e L a k e Di str i ct. " Those who prefer those ar ti c l es w hi c h a ff ord them su bject for thought and information to lighter liter** ture will meet them in this serial. We are glad to notice an absence of theological and contro versial papers. The Half Holiday.—Mortimer, 141, Strand' This is a new and promising addition to the PI nile library. It i s c hi e fl y su it e d f or boys, an, supplies a deficbmcy in serial literatu re . It amusing and instructive without being formally so, conveying information on those topics about which boys are generally curious, such as animals, treat &c., and gives them besides some interestingPaPer: of biography. W e t rus t t hi s li t tl e ser i a l w ill wee the encouragement it merits. MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. The annexed is from the Committee of Mex,ic ali Bondholders : " The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have r°' ceived advices from Mr. Whitehead dated Mexico' tb • 3d ult. Owing to the straits to which the Governalen.. bad been put by th e non - ra tifi cat i on o f t h e t r eated with the United States, the decree of the 23d of Jaen" ary last had not yet been put into operation, and 1 0 : veries in the ports continued suspended, with, th 7, exception of that of M aza tl an , w h ere t h e agents ha' shipped 7,470 dole. 81c. per E ar ly B ir d, an d since t.,..he ° received 3,915 dole. 97 c . more f or di v id en d fund. • agents in San Blas also had s hipp e d 3,148d 0 1 . 75c. per Earl Bird. Mr. Whitehead had had interviews with the Pre' sident, as well as with the Minister of Finance, to urge the immediate execution of the decree of the 23d of JaD. From both he received the assurance that as far as lay 111 their power the bondholders should have , no cans* t? complain, but that for the moment they could not 00 0 " bly help themselves. The revenue- being productive, it is hoped that payments - will soon be resumed. A dap' gerons conspiracy had been discovered, but the count'', generally was tranquil. An invasion by land of Sonar by a party of Californian Filibusters, had been st; tempted, but the wh o l e o f th em had been made ply soners." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.l,i7.j SIR, —I have just had my attention called to a report In your paper rel a ti ve t o a t r i a l w hi c h took place at Glaila hall, ' Lawes versus Rand," wherein you s t a t e that xr• Laurie, the present M.P. for Barnstaple, was i n partner ship with th e d e f en d an t as "coach-builders in Oxfor d. street.", I beg to state that the only partner I have is Mr. Afar' ner, and the only firm I have any connection with ig tow firm of Laurie and Mar ner, coach-builder s , Ogf or d.stre and that they h ave never g i ven an acceptance, or negotiate one during the 22 y ears th ey h ave b een in partnership, °r ever had occasion to do so. You will be pleased to give this contradiction in you r neat paper, which will prevent further proceedings in to ° matter.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN LAURIE. 313, Oxford-street, June 2, 1857. EARLY RYE.—A local paper says :—A field of rye , belonging to Mr. C. Smith, Trench, near Dumfries, Id already in ear. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUD.—The first match of the season among large class cutter yachts of th:a club came off yesterday, and was admirably contested throughout' It was won by the Mosquito. CRICKET.—THE UNITED V. ALL ENGLAND.—Thig great and interesting match was continued yesterday' More than 10,000 were p resen t. Th e weat h er was bp that could be desired, and when the stumps were drawn last evening the match was itill unfinished. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON A FRENCH RAILWAY.—LOS6 OF EIGHT LIVES.—A. letter from Bar le Due, dated May 28, received in Liverpool yesterday, says a serious collision took place to-day near this, on the Strasbourg and Paris Railway, by which eight persona were killed , including the engineer and two stokers, and forty wer e severely wounded. LARGE ARRIVAL OF GRAIN AND TIMBER Vissso ,s IN THE RlVER.—Within the last two or three days* very large number of grain and timber-laden venselo from various ports in the north of Europe have arrived in the river. On Monday about one hundred and Of came up ; and, as they were all under canvas, the river below Blackwall bore a very ani ma t e d appearance. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The Ro.„3"" Mail Compa n y' s s t eams hi p O r i noco, Capt. T. IT' Sawyer, left to-day with the West India and Pacific! mails, 56 passengers (among whom were the lion. Mr. , Mrs., and Miss Tudor, Lieut. de Ravignes, &.c.) 35,00 0 / in specie, jewellery value 13,000/., and a full cargo. The Belgian Royal Mail Company's steamer Belgique, Capt. Frantzen, 8.R.N., sailed this afternoon for New YOrkt full of passengers and merchandise. The European and American Company's steamship Hydaspes, Capt. Bows' arrived this morning, in 25 hours, from Antwerp, and sails hence on Thursday for Lisbon and the Brazils. THE MORECAMBE BAY CATASTROPHE.—In the accouel' of the accident in Morecambe Bay which appeared ill, The San of Monday, it was s t a t e d t h at e i ght b odies boa been recovered. Two more were found on Sunday after' noon, and it supposed that four other persons - were drowned. An inquest was held on Monday. Yell little evidence was given, except that necessary for the identification of the deceased. The whole party appears to have been intoxicated, and in their drunken hilarity they attempted a shorter course over the sands, i ns tead of that usually pursu e d by th e coas t between Lancaster' and D'lverstone. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT ON WATERLOO , BRIDGE.—Yee' terday evening an inquest was held at Charing-cros s Hospital on the body of James Parker, a cab driver. Mr. Bohu, the publisher, of York street, Covent-gardoot stated that about 2 o'clock in the afternoon he was cool' ing over Waterloo•bridge in a cab when he came into collision with another cab which was going in the same direction, The driver•of the latter was thrown off his lt a t ,rh e li a lete. t uh , et: a o,es u rdpo d itnth s ea o eir, a n c: l o,c u hiil c dec l injured to where enrtrh h concurred e d died dt on nt Friday.he wa s Bohnonc e d one int that t the p toll-gates ,and h t e h i D e g closed. The re turned a verdict, "Accidental death, and the Jul strongly recommend that all the gates of Waterloo . bridge be kept open in future." TRIBUTES TO LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.—A journalist once candidly confessed that he knew nothing of P ic " tures, but that he could manage to get through as ordinary notice of an exhibition by lamina by his side a list of th e convent i ona l terms i n art, and ticking them off as he used them. We feel somewhat in the Hanle position after the visit we have just paid to that e xqui: site cabinet of elaborate excellence, at the corner of Beak-street, and 154, Regent-street. Until now we had thought we knew everything respecting the art roanu; factures of Europe in jewellery, &c., and that we coiLd say all that was needed in fitting language, but after en; listing the terms " beautiful," "recherche," " charming, &c., &e., with reference to what has just been in - t p o or d t o ed an b y y t iV h l in r g . like jSuismtipcseont,owtehefeellnwerhitoslloyfitnhaedecqolirects. tio that , and tt roustor o e'en ne w tre are posed. — llourread xo Post. in bashful frank' o flees" The tat exc An bouse th a t ei and 73evera lann 4 111 t 3 n tr 3 Per ~.°°,„11801 Date bit 4, 4 „ 0 04 1 entti tain4 * - -0 % ea Was