The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-19 00:00:00

iron MAJESTY'S TREAT tB. IL DON GIOVAN:s.TI. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), will be repeated, with the following unprecedented cast, Mozart's chef-d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI :—Zerlina, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Donas. Anna, Mdlle. Spezia • an d Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolaui. Don Giovanni, Sig. heneventano ; Leporello, Sig. Belletti ; Masetto, Sig. Coral; Il CommAndatore, Sig. Vialetti; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced by Manes. Pasquali, Karliski, Morlacchi, Marie, and Corps de Ballet. groin respect to the grand work of the immortal composer the following artistes of the establishment have consented to lend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberta —MM. Reichardt, C. Braham, Bottardi, Mercuriali, Kinni, De Soros, and Baillou ; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillon, Fazio, and Ramos. _ After which, will be produced an entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LES ROSES. Principal dancers—.Madlle. Boschetti (her first appearance this season), Mesdlles. Salvioni, Morlacchi, Karliski, Pas quaii, and Signor Baratti. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and imp be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Trice One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, IL DON GIOVANNI. Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Belletti, Beneventano, Corsi, Vialetti, and Giuglini. The following arrangements have been settled :-- IL DON GIOVANNI, MONDAY EVENING, 22d inst., EXTRA NIGHT. First appearance of Tuesday, 23d., LA SONNAMBULA. Signor Belart. Thursday, 21th, Extra Night, DON GIOVANNI. Saturday, 27th, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. MONDAY MORNING, 29th, to commence at one and end st five o'clock, DON GIOVANNI, Divertissement, and Last Act of L SONNAMBULA. Tuesday, 30th, IL TROVATORE. ' On each occasion a Ballet Divertissement, supported by the principal Artistes of the establishment. LA TRAVIATA will shortly be repeated. Prices for th a morning performance as follows : Boxes-- Pit and One Pair £4 4 0 I Pit £0 8 6 Grand Tier 5 50 I Pit Stalls 1 1 0 19 Second Pair 3 30 I Gallery Stalls. 0 5 0 „ Half Circle lll 6 I Gallery 0 3 0 To be had at the Box-ofEce at the Theatre. BENEDICT'S GRAND MORNING CONCERT, at her Majesty's The Are, on WEDNESDAY, June 24.—Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Giuglini, Berralt, Beneveutano, Corsi, Belletti, &c. ; Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Lindsa— Sloper, Benedict, Bazzini, Piatti, Pezza, anl Bottesini will all perform. A selection from Gluck's Orfeo," the part of Orfeo by Mme. Alboni. The grand finale to " Don Giovanni," with all its scenic effects; and Madlle. Piccolomini in Ba'fe's popular Ballad, " I dream'd that I dwelt in marble halls." Boxes (to hold four persons), 2,3, and 4 guineas ; pit stalls, 1/. Is. ; pit, 7s. ; gallery stalls, ss. ; gallery, 2s. 6d. ; to be had at the principal musicscllers and libraries ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-square ; and at the Box-office at the Theatre. - r ES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S _ll_4l THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), June 19, the entertain. ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of Opera-Bouffe, en un Acte, L'IMPRE• SARIO. M. Calllat, M. Charles Petitt, Mcllle. Delmont, and Mcille. Mace. After which, Operette-Bouffi, in tin ante, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE: M. Pradeau, Mcllles. Mareschal and Del mont, and M. Antbonini. To conclufle with Buffonnerie Musicale, en un Act, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau and NI. Mesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will ace pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. 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 ; 80/m . 4, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. '6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : Madame Schap lain, Madame News ome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. 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, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Torn Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks p..,ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Aettng Manager s —Mr. E. Stirling. LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEXTRE. THIS EVENING will be performed. Shalcespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKT Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DI kNA! After which, the successfu! Classical Love Story. un der the Apple-lation of A "AL tNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples: 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. T HEATRE ROVAL, ADELPHT. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DA RVILLE, in which Mr. BenjamiuWe'mter„Sir. Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG, in which Mr. Webster will appear. To conclude with A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. Mr. Wright, &e. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD _ THEATRE. Proprietor. Mr ohn Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery. Produced on a scale of grandeur far surpassing anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnificent Paraphernalia of the most elaborate description Between the parts of the entertainment Mr. J. G. Forde will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW.—No advance in prices. STLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, June 19), will be produced, for the sth time at this theatre, Wallace's admired opera of MARITANA, with Equestrian Illustrations. On SATURDAY, June 20 (first time), Bellini's cPlebrated opera of LA SONNA%IBULA. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Arr. Augustus Brabam, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Ellen Thirlwall. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer--Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Brabam. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable SCENES in the ARENA. Commer.co at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. - Private Boxes, from 2 Is., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice--During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box•ofce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- ISnelect e ° ,3 lPany of Vocalists are engspd for the performance of ions tall the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees. one viz. • Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brune% Ili; Caul field, R err P, ; Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. j. 13arkey, W. Melling P. Corri. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. • Rime •, ' Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins and E. mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. 0..61 Hicks harta J. Caulfield, jun.; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock .precisely. suppers, do., until twelve o'clock. BIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 10 min. aft. 11—Even. 39 min. aft 11 To Mollow — M olll. I rain' aft• 0—5.x.,11 m!n aft. 12 THE WEATHER —SUN Onrioa. Jua x 19 THERMO METER, IN THR &Lin z. * 69—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the n i g h t. 74 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.10 —falling. WIND, Easterly ; fresh and fine. “&), t tf „ L5:11"1 4PAC, k? LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1857. A singularly ingenious and scholarly pampblet * in reference to the Canton Quarrel—(rather after date)—has just made its appearance. It is entitled " The China Question Dispassionately * "The 'China Question,' Dispassionately considered. By An Asiatic," Bvo., pp. 52. London : Edward Stanford, 1857. i Conaidered"—and purports to be the production remember one thing—By those Russians, the of "An Asiatic." Our pamphleteer not merely British Flag had not been publicly outraged ! announcing himself to be, An Asiatic upon his ttle- k Occasionally, indeed, there is, beyond all this, page, but endorsing that declaration immediately an inaccuracy in his fact=, such as, when once afterwards by the apologetic excerpt of a thread- . indicated to the writer, may reasonably induce bare verse from a dog's-eared page of Terence. I him to hesitate in his own mind as to the abso- His argument, howbeit—whatever may be said as i lute soundness of his conclusions. At fault in to the 'bloom of his latinity—ia anything but hack- , his " facts," he may appreciate the possibility of neyed. And it is precisely because of this, because his being in error as to his deductions. It is of its novelty—added to the graces of a rhetorical thus, in the former particular, for example, that style and the occasional evidence (unhappily to our we find him at p. 10 writing of " the bombard thinking invariably upon "the wrong side") of ment of Algiers in 1820 by Lord EXMOUTH" — much logical acumen—that we conceive the when the Battle of Algiers was fought, on the , pamphlet of this ingenious if not ingenuous Diz- contrary, four years earlier, viz., in 1816 : • putant is entitled to an immediate and respectful Sir EDWARD PELLEW having then won his consideration. viscountcy by that superb maritime achieve- As it is here "dispassionately considered" by An Asiatic—The China Question is viewed en tirely from the side of the late triumphant but worsted Opposition. So that the anonymous pamphleteer himself, with all his easily recognis able ability, constitutes after all but another atom added supplementarily to the old " fortuitous concurrence." An atom sparkling, however, like diamond-dust as he flutters into the doomed heap —though otherwise strangely dull at the same time to the recognition of the glaringly obvious fact that the Country at large has very recently negatived the decision arrived at upon The China Question by the motley opponents of Lord PALMERSTON' S Government. That indisputable " fact " is virtually ignored throughout the whole of his argument by our clever but by no means convincing pamphleteer. He will give credit at once, we doubt not, to our candour and sincerity, when we observe in re• ference to this novel and ingenious plea of his, in behalf of the Yehites both in China and in Eng land, that the tendency of his argument has only served in reality in our own instance (now that we have carefully read it throughout), to confirm our judgment all the more resolutely in our im pression as to the accuracy of our former con victions. Any recapitulation in this place of the names, and dates, and events, constituting the out meat. Enough, however, upon these casual flaws in detail—important ()alp, it must be admitted, inferentially ! Not so, however, is it when the writer endeavours to prove his case by other im plied analogies—no less erroneous, to say the least of them, than the one attempted to be drawn, as already intimated, between this new war with the Chinese and our late war with the Muscovites. It will be sufficient for us, we con ceive, upon this point to remind An Asiatic, in reference to what he has remarked at page 40, that the "Arrow" lorcha was not taking auxiliary forces to swell the ranks of the Chinese insur gents—a circumstance essential for the comple tion of any parallel with the case of the " Kan garoo" barque, which, when seized by the Rus sian gun-boat, was (he admits it himself) " tak ing Polish recruits to CiKassia r Again—the " Billow" ship mentioned at p. 41, was not boarded by the American authorities, its flag was not hauled down contemptuously when the two " free negroes" were taken into custody, those same unfortunates being, on the contrary, seized (under suspicion) at the time when they were " ashore at New York without leave." Conse quently here again there is no admissible resem blance whatever to the wrong-doiugs perpetrated on board the " Arrow" larcha by the Cantonese. Moreover, when our pamphleteer asks later on (p. 51), " Would a merchant captain (sailing under the British fig) engaged in a Danish contraband trade, and with Danish refugee sailors on board, forcing a passage through the Sound, and being fired upon while his flag was flying :—be the cause of war between thiscoun try and Denmark?" It may be answered—But the "Arrow" lorcha was not engaged in a contraband trade, was not forcing a passage anywhere contrary to the maritime regu lations of the Chinese—bat was, on the contrary, lying at anchor in the waters of Canton, having been duly chartered as a British trader not many months before at Hongkong. Sufficient has bee❑ said, however, we rest assured (perhaps more than sufficient), t 3 make good our opinion in regard to this really clever but unconvincing (and unconvinc ing because purely illogical) argument—an opinion expressed at the commencement of our remarks, and here again reiterated, to the effect that the ingenuity of the plea advanced by "An Asiatic," in defence of the Yehites, will be found to be very slightly sustained in the course of his really able pamphlet by the far higher characteristic of ingenuousness. line of the Chinese Question in its entirety would be absolutely superfluous. We have told the story over and over again, until we ara all of us heartily sick of it—until we are, many of us, eager to place a taboo, for ever and a day, upon the mere names of the Lorcha and the Consul, and the British Plenipotentiary and the Chinese Commissioner. We do not, therefore, by any means, intend to fallow our Asiatic publicist through all the windings of the labyrinth thridded so perseveringly by our selves, time and again, as occasion required, until we had become familiarised to its every turn and involution. It will be sufficient for our purpose if we here point out briefly, in one or two parti culars, where it is, and why it is, that we conceive the analogies attempted to be drawn by our author between the China Question and several other questions to be altogether undiscover able to ourselves,' in their pretended apposite ness, that is to say,l by way of illustration. Ica. plying at the same time casually, and, so to speak, merely inferentially, howit comes to pass that we regard the conclusions arrived at by this able pamphleteer to be generally speaking altogether inconsequent. Foremost among these assumed analogies, then—to be plain—is the one attempted to be drawn between this new war with China and the late war with Russia. And here it is at once as. sumed that the course adopted by the Muscovites at the outset of their quarrel with reference to Turkey, was absolutely humane as compared with that subsequently pursued by the English with regard to the Chinese, "The princi palities, so much land, on the one hand," says An Asiatic, "are sequestered, as if by a civil process assisted by military aid; the whole City of Caliton," he adds, "on the other, is bombarded, and marines landed to set the suburbs on fire, Ive., dm" Pp. 8-9. Not a sylla,le here about the bloody work perpetrated by the Rus sians (after crossing the Pruth) at Jassy and Bucharest—by way of enforcing the mere "civil process" we may presume,',by which they were amiably appropriating to themselves the twin pro vinces of XL:Ho-Wallachia. Not a word as to the sanguinary conflici.s forced upon the Osmanli army under OSIER PAOII9. at Giurgevo, at K tla fat, and at Silistria ! Not a whisper about the exe crable massacre of Sinope ! All those events being prior (recollect!) to the advance of the allied fleets into the Euxine through the Channel of the Darda, nelks. Yet the Russian inauguration of the late war is spoken of as a mere sequestration—" us if by a civil process assisted by military aid !" While the British inauguration of their war with the Chinese is held up, on the contrary, to universal odium, as a gratuitous and monstrous violation of all the dictates of Humanity. Remembering that while among the immediate provocations to war in China, were—a wanton outrage upon the British flsg, an insolent refusal of negotiation, an official instigation' at Canton to the murder of our fellow countrymen, the setting of blood-money by YEil upon the heads of Englishmen, the stabbing and throat-slitting of unarmed passengers on board the Thistle, the poisoning of the bread at Hong Kong by some one, no matter by whom, at any rate by some one ! Remembering that while all these atrocities might be enumerated as among the provocations to war in China (to say nothing of the gratuitous violation of a Solemn Treaty of Peace for fourteen years consecutively)—abso lutely nothing of the kind could be adduced in explanation of their onslaught upon Turkey by the Russians—no blood-money, no poisoning, no stabbing, no insult to the national flag, no re fusal of negotiation ! Remembering this, we put it to our Asiatic pamphleteer if we are not after all, in some degree, justified in designating a turn of the argument like this— ingenious rather than ingenuous? The second reading of the Ministers' Money (Ireland) Bill was last night carried in the House of Lards by the very slender majority of five. In the Commons the similar stage of the measure passed by no less than 139 majority. There was, therefore, but a very narrow escape from a collision, that might have proved very prejudicial to the interests of the Established Church in Ire land ; and we earnestly hope that, the sense of the hereditary branch of the Legislature having been thus taken, no further effurta may be made either to reject or neutralise the advantages that may fairly be anticipated from the bill passing into a law. The whole question is one, so far as the Irish Church is concerned, merely of As. d. If the claimants receive the money from any quarter they will be well contented. Indeed, even the recipients would greatly prefer that so fertile a cause of dissention should be removed, and that the interests of the Church should not be jeopar dised by so unfortunate a connection. It is however a very different matter :with the payers. They naturally regard it as "an insult and badge of degradation"—oue that should be resisted at any expense, however onerous. Far more than two-thirds of the entire amount is levied in the Irish metropolis, which contributes 3,490/. of the entire charge. Of the trifling balance, 2,2701. is claimed from, not paid by, Cork ; while only 1,4161. is demanded from the other six towns. And this is the mighty sum which is to create ill-feeling and irritation in the centre and south of Ireland The charge, too, is partial, and that enhances the annoyance. Why should Cork pay when Belfast is exempted I—why should Kinsale be mulcted, while Enniskillen escapes with impunity? Its origin, too, is known, and that by no means a creditable one. It is a bequest of the pious and religious(!) Monarch, CHARLES H., and how is it sustained ? By the allegation that it was a charge on the property of Protestants, because no others could legally hold real estate at the time it was enacted ! Thus ripping up the very worst feature of the atrocious penal codel Lord DERBY should have been the last man to mix himself up with the opposition. He had himself saved the Irish Church, by yielding to expediency. He it was who brought forward the grants in 1832 and 1833, of 60,0001. and 1,000,0001. sterling, suppressed ten bishoprics, rendered tithe composition compulsory, and re duced the amour't by 25 per cent. He it was who got rid of Church cess, and averted the storm that was threatening the exist ence of the Establishment. All parties have recognised the value of his exertions, and having experienced the efficacy of a conciliatory policy, he should not "nail his colours to the mast" on a comparatively trivial issue. The funds in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners provide the legitimate means of satisfying the claims of existing clergymen. They are said to belong to the Church, and are properly appli• cable to church purposes, and there can be none more advantageous than that of abolishing a source of discord that must occasion animosity and ill-feeling, and create, or rather continue, an organised opposition to the temporalities of the Irish Church. Again, commenting upon the statement some where advanced, to the effect that the whole of Europe approves of the war with Ctiina, and in• sisting at the same time that "they (sic) did not approve of the war with Russia," it is here ob served (p. 13)—" If the war must be righteous because of this European concurrence—why, their, holding back in the war with Russia was a proof that the Russian war was not a righteous war F' Illogically argued—obviously— for the one sufficient reason, that sit Europe was not opposed to the war with Russia ! European Turkey being backed up not merely by England, but by France also, and by Sardinia, and, in a quibbling manner, even by Austria—Prussia alone, among all the " Great" Powers, maintaining, from first to last, an obdurate neutrality. For the petty German Principalities are out of that cate gory altogether ! And Italy no less is self absorbed i n h er own wo f u l d ream i ng over h er disappointed aspirations ! And the Iberian Penin sulabut a feeble inclination, and absolutely no capacity, to participate of in the great tional contenti ons ChristendomlSo o thatit n e rtnhae inference in the case i s altogether inadmissible. Referring yet in another way to the outbreak of the Russian war as compared with the outbreak of this Chinese war, our pamphleteer exclaims (p. 18), ".How much negotiation there was in that case before even the declaration of war I" True--buts The Directors of the Bank of England have at length made a trifling reduction in the minimum v.te of discount. It was yesterday fixed at 6 per cent., in place of 6i, at which it had stood since the beginning of April. We do not now thank them for the change which they resisted while it was possible so to do—we will not say that it was " their poverty, and not their will, that con sented ;" but we have no doubt that the pro ceedings before the Committee, now sitting on the Bank Charter Act, exercised a salutary influence in bringing about this result. They would, if pos sible, keep it at the highest point ; but it was palpable that so doing would be merely "killing the Goose that laid the golden eggs," or, at all •vents, transferring her custody to more conside- Tiff! NUN. VONFONI 111VIONINei rate keepers. According to the official returns for the weekending the 6th inst., the amount of bullies in both departments had increased to 10,290,6491., aul the "Notes Unemployed " to 5,277,6001., while the entire circulation had been 'reduced to 18,785,9801., being a decrease within the week of 291,495 1 . ! A continuance of the screw at its previous intensity would, under such circum stances, have proved that the Bank did not act fairly with the public, and have gone far to prove the necessity of the regulation of monetary affairs being intrusted to a national department in place of a private trading corporation ! Although, however, this change has taken place —a movement at a snail's pace—in the right direction, we cannot look forward to a re turn to even a reasonable rate of dis count for years to come, unless occasioned by a change in the monetary code and an en larged paper currency. The Times, which so earnestly protests against English notes of small and convenient denominations, approves of the creation of 50 franc notes (21.) by the Bank of France, the result whereof will be the liberation of a large amount of gold and a strong effect on prices. Why, then, should not a similar experi ment be fried in this country ? Mr. JAMES WIL• SON has long since pointed out the certain advan tages that must i.evitably follow the adoption of such a course, which would be tantamount to those resulting from the discovery of an equal quantity of gold in the centre of England. But this is to be avoided to suit the interested views of Mercator and his disciples. Mills are still to work half time ; factories 'are to be par tially or altogether closed ; the industrial popula tion of the country must submit to the most seri ous privations, simply that the wealth of a few leviathan capitalists may be enhanced beyond all reasonable bounds! The people deserve the inflic tion because they have submitted patiently to the most flagrant injustice ever perpetrated on any com munity. But, sooner or later, they will shake off the unaccountable apathy, and then a long reckoning must be settled. A reduction of the minintuna rate of discount to 6 por cent. at head quarters, will not satisfy the demands of an outraged and indignant people. J trly,,li 10, ____! ,'l, LATEST ` L:J 17,000 Protestants, pray:ng thAt- Ie t,ifiletent V k: Ler of ly member , by t'•e comoi,,ne, may be •suinmon.”.d to he Gne al Evangelical which is to assenibl,• thi , ye , r, in ci r o come to a se :lenient of t!it, cons :Au ion of th- Pr , - test , mt Church in Bkvaria, an t, ptv ;:n End to the CtisSensirms uhiell have lat ly ti:e tnnqu , lllty of hat church. SlinnarpeLtions have been signed in otner loJahtics. FRANCE PARIS, THURSDAY. The Spanish Governmt-nth is named the Duke de Rivas Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries. The Emperor h despatched oue of his orderly officers, Colonel Fave, of the Engineers, to Chalons, in order to ha-ten the preparations for the camp. It is said that it will open on the 25th August, and break up on the sth October. The most prominent event connected with the elections is the third "warning" giv, n to the Siecle. From this we may conclude that the Government does not regard with indifference the influence wh'ch this journal exercises on public opinion. The third warning might have been accompanied by sus pending the publication of the journal entirely. The re trier will discover i❑ the subjoined transla tion of the decree the reasons why so severe a mea sure was not resorted to : "The Minister, Secretary of State for the Department of the Interor ; considering Art. 32 of the organic de. cree on the press of the 17th February, 1852 ; "Considering the warnings given to the Siecle on the 12th December, 1853, and the 24th February, 1857 ; "Considering the article contained in the number of the Siecle of the 17th, commencing by the words Si l'on doutait,' and signed L. Haviu ; "Considering t'sat in the said article the Siecle, not content with attributing exclusively to the cand.dates of the Opposition, whom it qoalifies as democratic, the monopoly of the great principles of 1789, imputes to the electors who may vote for the Government andidates a wish to attack the cause of family ties by the right of birth, and by religious marriage, to menace property in seeking to establish under the deceitful name of testa mentary liberty the right of despoiling children for the benefit of religious communities, to threaten the cause of civil equality, the cause of liberty, of thinking, speaking, and writing, &c. "Considering that the Government of the Emperor, based on the sovereignty of the people and on the prin ciples of 1789, henceforward the unshakeable foundations of French society, cannot allow the ideas of order and of progress which it represents, and the mass of the electors who approve of them, to be thus calumniated ; "Looking to the fact that the Siecle, having already received two official warnings, might, according to the terms of the law, be suspended from this day, but seeing that the Government, which has allowed to the electoral struggle the greatest possible latitude, is unwilling, although it has the right, to strike at the last days of that contest even one of the most energetic and active organs of an opposition the bearing of which public opi nion will appreciate ; " Seeing that it cannot, however, dispense with giving warning, that it will not allow that journal to misrepre• sent, for the benefit of a sterile agitation, the loyal in tentions of a policy which secures the glory, the tran quillity, and the security of the country ; " On the proposition of the Director-General of Public Safety, " Decrees as follows : "Art. 1. A warning is hereby given to the Siecle, in the person of M. Songere, responsible gerant, and of M. Flavin, who signed the incriminated ar. icle. " Art. 2. The Prefect of Police is charged with the execution of the present decree. " EILLAUT." The accounts of the promising stat: of the harvest continue to be most encouraging. It is the eneral opinion that the price of food throu..4liout France must er© long fall considerably. The Moniteur Vinicole says : " We are delighted to be able to point out a fact which gives a striking confirmation to the hopesof a fine vintage, which is that in most of the great centres of production prices begin to give way, and were it not for the low ness of stocks g3nerally, the decline would already be very sensible. We also find another good omen in the extensive orders which the coopers have received for casks from the large prprietors of vineyards. The state of the vines is most prosperous, and the blossoming is going on under the most favourable conditions. The grape disea , e, where it has shown itself has been checked by sulphur, and it appears that in several parts of the country the oidiane has been confounded with the *Tinian?, vitis, which is an affection far less formidable. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received : Advice:4 from St. Peter-burg, sta , e that the cholea is gaining g onnd > s 014 weather becomes warmer. The average number ,:f deaths there at present is 70 per day. " BERNE, JUNE 17. The Federal Council, after having received the news of the ratification of the treaty, immediately despatched an order to Neufchatel to effect the stipu lated amnesty." " MADRID, JUNE 18. "Several amendments have been presented to the bill for the reform of the press. " It is announced that the Duke of R vas is appointed to the embassy of Paris." BOURSE, June 18.—The following were the last quotations : Eul of Month. 0. Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 50 Bank Shares 4,6 0 Credit Foncier 5OO Credit Mobilier 1,172 50 Itoman Do. Account - Austrian Belgian 4i - Spanish Threes 39; Piedroontese (5) - Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASS. fr. c tr c. Orleans 1,480 Western Northern Lyons 1,492 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,930 Grand Central - Geneva - Midi - Austrian Corn. ...... 637 5G CANADA. LITERPOOL, Thursday.—This morning the Mon treal Stearn-ship Company's steam-ship Anglo- Saxon, Captain A. M`Masters, arrived in the Mersey. She left Quebec on the Gth inst. She ha 3 brought 195 passengers ; all the passage she has had to encounter easteny winds. Passed the Canadian (belonging to the same company) ashore on the Pillars Rock. She was expected to float off the next tide. Among the passengers by the Anglo-Saxon is the .ilaYor of Quebec, Dr. Morrin, one of the delegates to England on the seat of government question. The Balk of Montreal has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Ihe report of the committee of the whole house as to the expediency of granting a rnill.on and a half acres to aid the St. Maurice R ilway had been adopted by the House of Assembly. It is men tioned that Mr. Spruce is appointed commissioner of Crown lands, vice Mr. Cauchon. Nati :e is given in the Canada Gazette, that the Governor-Geueral in Council has been pleased to order and direct that "ground flint railroad fish plates and railroad chairs," now charged with a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem, he placed in the list of goods paying a duty of 2/. 10s. per cent. ad valorem, and "iron knees," use] in t .e construe tion of vesse's, now charged with a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem, be placed in the list of goods paying a duty of 51., and rated ae•ordingly. It had been expected that the Governor-General would he a passenger in the Anglo-Saxon, but lie had delayed his visit to England until after the prorogation. The endeavours of the Canadian Ministry, and especially those of the Hon. Philip Vaukoughnet, Minister of Agriculture, to attract English artisans to Canada, are regarded with extreme disfavour by a portion of the working classes of that cel•iny. By the Toronto Weekly Message, of May 29, we perceive that a meeting of carpenters and joiners had been he'd in that town on the previous Satur day evening, to counteract the minister's efforts. Mr. T. S. Brown, who took the chair, affirmed that it was emigrants with money to spend, and not workmen, who were wanted. He denounced Mr. Vankoughnet's statements as wicked snares. Mr. J. B. Hurley, who moved the first resolution, also stigmatised the same allegations as untrue—rents were high, provisions dear, and work difficult to obtain. A Mr. Billing said he had resided in To ronto nine years, and he thought that for emigrants to come out in large bodies at the present time would prove a most unwise proceeding, as he him stAf had been out of work for some time, and knew many others who were iu the same condition. A carpenter, named Eldridge, said he arrived in To ronto on the 9th of November list, and was un able to obtain any employment whatever until the 18th of that month. He was for six months unem ployed, and had then obtained work at Gs. per day. At the present enormous prices of provisions Gs would barely enough support hitnselfand his family, without clothes. Before the close of the meeting an address to the carpe-uters and joiners of Great Britain was adopted, advising theta to refrain from emigrating to Canada, at lea t for a year, and setting forth that " There is not sufficient employment for the present mechanics ; numbers can be found who have been idle for some time ; some have lately obtained work who were out of work from three to four months during the winter; thit the wages are but a trifle in advance of what are paid in London ; that provisions are fearfully dear :—flour, 8 dols. per barrel ; 4lb loaf, 81d. ; meat, 81d. a pound ; potatoe, 84. per bushel ; sugar, from 7d. to 10d. per pound ; and all other necessaries equally as dear. Rent a hundred per cent. more than in the old country. Wages, in a few good shops, where the masters are worthy the name of men, are 7s. ; that is the very highest paid, and we cled'enge a denial ; but the general rates of wages are ss. and Gs. a day. A despatch from Weimar says the Cou. t leaves the Chateau d'Estersb•:urg for Wilhelinsthel, near Eisenach, where the Emperor of Ruisia is e , xpected during his visit to Germany. The city of Eisenach will this year recttive the memb-o's of the See y called " Gustavus A tole hro," and the Protestants regard the meeting with gre t interest, as many active measures are to be suggested. A Protestant movement is making considerable progress in Bavaria. An address to the King of Bavaria has been signed at Augsburg by about „,,,.... ..,,... ... row •-. 'l f :”) .' !.5* i. -4 2'' • • :, 4 • ". • .-' ~, 0 ela.e,;9 C-14.1mcs ,a .3'S5 : - : ,° "• = 9 - •T- - ..38 , t7•-.iicdT,2 . V 3l- ".- -.. 7 , . Ea-szv.:Azn-I"4'"a"='''ll Public sales of silk took pi.►ce yesterday, and there was a good attendance of buyer, but the biddings were lan guid throughout, except for some damaged lots. Accord ing to a circular from Mr. H. W. E tton, the operations in silk generally, whether by private contract or other wise, have been more limited than usual. * Silk.—Return to the House of Common; moved for by Mr. Hadfield, June 4, 1857. MARKET NEW S.— ( Tins. Day .) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to-day, coastwise, and by land carriage, the re ceipts of English wheat were very moderate, an the show of samples was small. Compared with Monday. the de mand for all kinds was far less active ; nevertheless, that day's improvement in value was imported. Nearly 13,0J0 quarters of foreign wheat having come in, and as there was scarcely any export inquiry, the trade for that article was rather slow, at Monday's prices. Floating cargoes were held at extreme rates. Barley commanded very little attention; prices, how ever, were supported. We had a slow inquiry for malt at last week's prices. Good sound oats changed hanls steadily, other kinds slowly, at previous rates. Over 26,000 quarters of foreign have come to hand. Beans and Peas sold at late rates. Flour was steady ; and Norfolk qualities were held up to 48s per 280 lbs. E glish Irish , ARRIVALS TUN WM. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 2,610 4, 1 20 a 5 1t. 2,610 ... Foreign 112,6201 6,79) Oath. I Flour, 10 I 1,610 400 I -- 26,210 I 180 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The show of beasts in to-day's market was by no means extensive, and mostly composed of those left over from Monday. All breeds met a dull enquiry, and the quotations were with difficulty supported. The general top pica was 4s. 81. per 8 lbs. We were fairly supplied with sheep, which moved off slowly at barely late rates, in some in stances prices were the turn in favour of buyers. For lambs the enquiry ruled heavy at 2,1. per 8 lbs. less money. The best Diwn qualities went at Os. 6 I. p r 8 lbs., and the supply was moderately extensive. There was a dull sale for calves and pigs at barely Monday's currency. Mulch cows were held at full prices. Per 81bs to sink the °dais s. d. a. d. Enterlor Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, dm. 4 6 410 Inferior Sheep 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 4 0 ?rime crse.-wiled.4 2 4 8 Lamb, 3s S. ( t. s ;Prime Southdown 4 8 410 I LAr;ge crse. calve.- 3 8 4 6 'Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs Small porkers Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 ►carter old pigs 21 0 ,8 0 id to 63 Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY: Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 278 Pigs 309 HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. (Prom the Court Newsman ) The Queen held a levee in St. James's Palace yester day afternoon. This reception was more fully attended than any former Court at St. James's since her Ma jesty's accession, with the exception of the first levee by the Queen on coming to the Throne. Her Majesty commenced the reception of the Court at two o'clock, and the gentlemen attending continued passing uninterruptedly for the space of two hours and three quarters. The presentations on this occasion ex ceeded 600. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received by the Great Officers of State. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria and the Duke of Cambridge were received by the Viee•Chamberlain. The Archduke was attended by the gentlemen of bil suite, and by Lord C. Fitzroy, Equerry to the Queen. • Prince Frederick William of Prussia also attended the levee. Her Majesty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of Gen tlemen-at-Arms was on duty ig the State Saloons, under the command of the Lieutenant. Lieutenant-Colonels Nevill and Cook, the sub-officers, were on duty with the corps. The Yeomen of the Guard were under the command of Captain Parker Rickford, the Exon in Waiting. The Earl of Fife had an audience, and delivered to the Queen the Ensigns of the Order of the Thistle worn by his uncle, the late Earl. Sir Frederick Pottinger (presented by Col. Malcolm,) delivered to her Majesty the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his father, the late Sir Henry Pot- Unger. Captain Colin Halkett. Aide-de-Camp, delivered the Ensigns of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his father, the late General Sir Colin Halkett. The Chisholm delivered the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his uncle, the late General Sir James Macdonneil. Viscount Ilardinge delivered the Ensigns of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath wora by his father, the late Vi,,count. The Queen and Prince entered the Throne-room, ac companied by the Archduke Maximilian of AnArta, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, an.l the Duke of Cambridge. Her Majesty wore a blAck silk train, trimmed with craps and bouquets of black flowers ; the petticoat, black crape trimmed with black flowers ; the headdress, black feathers and black circlet. In the diplomatic circle the following presentations to the Queen took place : By the Hanoverian Minister—Captain Muller, on the General Staff of the Royal Hanoverian army. By the Sardinian Minister—Le Chevalier Oswald Rocro di Cortenze ; the Chevalier Giavonotti, Lieutenant in the Sardinian Artillery. By the Minister from the United States—John V. L. Pruyn, Esq., of New York City ; Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, of New York By the Austrian Minister —Baron Charles de Frankenstein, Attache to the Legation; M. Victor von Guggenthal, Major in his Imperial Msjesty's Service. By the Russian Minister —Le Comte Bloudoff, First Secre tary of Legation ; Colonel Bokscholoff (du Corps des Mims), Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. By the Mexican Minister —Don Jose Ignacio Algara, Se cond Secretary of the Mexican Legation at Brussels. By the Earl of Clarendon —Baron Liastant de Pradine, Charge d'Affaires d'Haiti. By the Haytiaa Charge d'Affaires—Capt. Petion Faubert, Aide-de -Camp of his Majesty the Emperor of Haiti. In the general circle Baron Channel! (Baron of the Exchequer) was presented by Sir George Grey, and re ceived the honour of Knighthood from the Queen. The Solicitor-General was presented by Secretary Sir G Grey, and had the honour of Knighthood conferred upon him by her Majesty. Mr. Charles Cooper, Chief Justice of the Suprenie presented for the honour by Mr. Secretary Labou- CochioeKurreitl.iogfhtShoouotdn toA Australia, I! a, Queen,w as • ' The list of presentations to her Majesty will appear to-morrow. The number of noblemen and gentlemen pre.ented amounted to 657. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, returned to Bucking ham Palace, escorted by a party of Life Guards. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Helena, drove out in an open carriage. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Major- General Bouverie, were in attendance. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, in the afternoon, attended by Col. F. H. Ssymour. In the evening the Archduke Maximilian of Austria, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Mary dined with her Majesty. The Marquis of Bread&(bane had the honour of being included. THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN Or AUSTRIA.—His Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian of Austria went to Chandos House yesterday forenoon, and re ceived the diplomatic corps. The Archduke was attended by Count Zichy, Count Hadik, and Lord Chas. Fitzroy. His Imperial Highness was present at the debates in the House of Lords in the afternoon. The Countess D Apponyi has issued cards for an as sembly on Saturday evening, "to meet his Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian of Austria." The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland received a distin guished circle at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at her grace's residence in Grosvenor-square. Tue Countess of Wicklow has left Cavendish-square, for Ireland. Lady Kenyon gave a ball last evening at the family mansion, in Portman-square- About 400 fashionables attended, and the gaieties were prolonged until an ad vanced hour this morning. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry enter tained at dinner on Tuesday, the Earl and Countess of Besaborough, the Cou tees of Tankerville, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Lady Sophia an , i Mr. Des V, eux, Miss Dagle, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Hon. John Fortescue, Lord Powerscourt, &c. Lord Loughborough was prevented attending her Majesty's levee yesterday by the death of a near relative. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., and Lady Mary Labouchere, entertained the Marquis of Lans downe, Viscount Clilden, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Lord and Lady Harty Vane, Lord Blantyre, the Dean of Lichfield and Miss ll)ward, Hon. Charles Howard, Hon. Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Chemey, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Kinglake, at dinner, on Wednesday, in Belgrave-square. The Sultan has just sent orders to his ambassador at Paris to subscribe 20,000 piastres (something less than 4,000 fr.) towards the statue which it is in contemplation to erect at Napoleonville to the memory of General de Lourtnel, who was killed before the walls of Sebastopol. Mr. Charles Wordsworth, Mr. Robtrt Lusb, and Mr. John Locke, ot the Home Circuit, have been ap pointed Her Majesty's Counsel by the Lord Chancellor. The Presse d'Orient c intaina advices from Broussa announcing that the silk crop will be inferior to what was expected, the mulberry trees having been attacked by a disease similar to the NEW ROMAN CATHoLIO CHURCH AT LEEDS —The Roman Catholics of Leeds have for some time been building a lar:le church on Richmond-hill, the opening of which is fixed for the sth of August. Cardinal Wise wan has consented to pre , ch on the occasion, and several archbishops and bis:•ops have signified their in tention to be present. Preparations are making to vela. brace the event with great op!eudour. THE BILIC MADE. A document of particular ieterest at the prezent mo ment has been published, showier!: the arrivals of raw silk in this country in each of the 15 years from 1842 to 1856 inclusive.* The entire figure are to) ex' mdeo for insertion, but the fellowine: ab-tract embodies the prin• cipal points of interest. The first column exni ,, its the imports from the various countries in 1842, and iu ti,e neat are those of 1.0 yews later, showing an increa e in the interval of nearly 40 per cent. Toe totals for each succeeding year since that. period are given in the e• maining columns, and these pre-ent a still more rapid rate of augmertatinn. The most remarkable feature is that, while China sent us only 180,124 h. in 1842, the supply furnished by her ameurtted to 4,576,7061 1 ). in 1854, and last ye ar was 3,723,693 b., notwitla-tanding ' the shipment of a large portion of her crop direct t France in consequence of the failure in that country. As this extraordinary trade has grown up while the re bellion has bean io progress it should afford a warning to the dealers in Chinese produce generally not to trust too much to the probability of the exi-.ting war or any other political circumstances cau ieg a scarcil. Toe next most important totals are those of Egypt. Fifteen years back—namely, in 1842—the quantity thence was 11b. Laot year it was 2 514 3561 b. The East Indian supply has gradually declined, the crops in Bengal for the past few years having been unseti-factory. Fr in France, in 1842, we obtained 1,156,498 , b.. and in 1856 only 157,5591 b. So far in - on having any to spare, her manufacturers were compelled to draw upon the stocks on this side ; and the few pounds we took from her were merely certain qualities required for peculiar operations. The imports from Italy have been similarly affected. Those from Turkey have also diminished, hut this is to be attributed to the French demand. Among the coun tries we have drawn upon are the United States, but the small quantities obtained thence nau,t have been of Chinese growth. The supplies from Holland and Bel gium, it is also assumed, must have come originally either from the Indian Archipelago or France. It ap pears that the largest importation ever known was in 1854, when the total was 7,535,4071 b. Last year, how ever, it was almost as great, and, as prices have ad vanced in the two years more than fifty per cent., the money value was proportionately beyond all former pre cedent : 14 AR A 1 4 t IC{ iIiDA IN fa* Charles Melbouri: (it repirt f wliot4e trial :it the Crime. - nal Court appeat , d in the Sun of yebt:rdity) 1:a , been d to , r,tit,p , ,rl-,:4 r Ir . - THE LATE Ceti,: OF VITRIOL THROWING --effi;!' Brett vt.enct.d li_ttoti Wats.a.l at the Cri rni C,•urt to 15 ye-,r'. traNsportatio, CRICKET. DIY GENTLhAi;.:N (,F SURREY WITH FIVI4 PLAYERS v. Dim) OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1111:10B cottnneklee:i ye,terday. at K:-1,1,1,gt0t) Ovai, The fol• lowing i- the ecore:—Surrey, fir-t t9Lings, 109 ; sEcV ic ! inning, t : vo wickets down. 17 ; Cambridgeei..ire, grit 1 SUICIDE AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Joseph Gn belt, p triter, at the Royal Princes Victoria pu b I tc house, a lj g the Pr ncess'e Theatre, having been in the habit of frequenting the theatre for orders, e ntered at the etege door about ten e'clock ye -terday mon.ing under the pe-a of collecting the pots. Nothing was sten of him until late in the day, when lie was found hanging by a rope to a beam over the stage, quite dead. FIRE IN GRAY'S-INN-LANK—Last night, about ten o'clock, a fire toek pliCe on the premises of Mr. Valet broon, cap aid tionriet manufacturer, Gray's-inn-lan e. The inmates—seven or eight men, w• men, and 'childrett —it is supposed escaped in safe y, but the premises and all they contained were destroyed. Some adjoining premises were damaged. Two other fires also took pit" e yesterday in the same neighbourhood, at each o f which a great ain tint of property was consumed. The African Steamship Company I ace issued the annual report preparatory to a meeting ou the 24th. olirectere are unaole to declare a dividend, as during th e greater portion of the year only four out of their six yes' stele have been employed, and the company has been el c " posed for the la-t six mon, be to competition with a line t f steamers running from Loudon to the coast of A , rics' flavine cono lerably reduced their working they hope for better results next year. The accoun ts show a 103, of 4,0751 . ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.--" ELIjAH" AND Fil l. WORKS.--We are happy to see that the directors of t his estabeshment nave yielded to the expieesfon of pub lic taste, and refrain from giving an exhibition of firewor ks on the evenings when an oratorio is performed. I t ' d ; mirable as the display of fireworks no doubt is O n " we willingly vouch fer the fact), s t i ll we think th at, with the feelings chastened by th e magnificent render ing of the immortal works o f H an d e l, Mozart, an a. Haydn, a display of fireworks wo u ld b e d e cidedly ou t of pace. Ex ie nsee ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY,---The second exhibition this year of the Royal Botanic Society took place yesterday at the gardens in Regent's-park. Many prizes, as us ual, were awarded to suet sstul exhibitors, and the show was sufficiently beautiful to at ract a large number of vi s ; tors, among whom were the Duchess of Cambridge 3n " Princess Mary, the Duchess of Marleorough, the M ar ' ehioness of Aylesbury, the Earl and Ceuetess .f Wilt on, and Countessee Dysart and Chesterfield, Lords G. Le e. neat, R. Grosvenor, G. Beattcletk, Ladies Beauchann ' Deere, Clinton, Grey, and Holland, and tne Bishop ° Winch , at I._ DEATH OF MISS ANNA GURNEY.—Miss Anna Gu t ' ney, a member of the well-known Gurney family, an d° lady of some little note in the literary and scientific world, died a few days since at the residence of 1 1 °r brother, Mr. Hudson Gurney, at Keswick, near Nor: with. Miss Gurney published an excellent transia tia ; of the Saxon Chronicle, and, living at Nortbrepps, v e i a i the c.,a-t, she took a lively in i n ventions saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners. To prorant: tie latter object she had a gun inaeutactur d at her OP, rxpense to fire off a line to a storm-tossed wreck. Mss Gurney at the time of her death was 61 years of 04.e', OXFORD MIDDLE CLASS EXAMINATIONS.—OX June 18.—The new statute on middle crass ocj e i l/3 ,;, ~. "'„'e t ons, which was proint,l . 4ated in congre g ation on Fri June 5, and accepted by that body o n W e d ne sday, e to - . 10, was submitted to the members of convocation„ 0 day, and finally carried by a large maj :city, as we" toe Cole of A. A. (Associate of Art ), th e latter forgot)! the subject of a separate vote. The following is till ; salt of the voting. Fur the entire s artite—Plac' t, p . i s • Nott-Plecet, 17 For the title—Pi a c e t, 52 ; IsTen - ' et e ct. 36. Two other decrees of small importance W then put to the vote, and carried. TESTIMONIAL TO SIR JOSHUA WALUSLE.• Sit Tuesday next a testimonial is to be presented t° be Joshua Walmsley, at Leicester. A. procession is t° of formed to the market-place, where the presenta tion - 3 , the Elec , ors' and Non-electors' Address, the Ls' ile lt Testimonial, and the Ladies' Flag will take place' s it eecial tea meeting will be held in the evening, wh en ,, l o. Joshua Wahusley, Dr. Noble, J. F. Holiings, p a and the other gentlemen engaged in the preseutativ will be present. g e ed , : JUDGMENTS IN COUNTY COURTS.—In the ei wark Court yesterday, the juege gave a deois ° ," bes o some importance to parties having bu s iness in courts. The point raised was, whether the plaintiffco,4 sue for the damage due on a judgment previously rt tained in a county court. It was contended on th e li s t of the di fendant that the action would not lie, an" , j ell a 'judgment once obtained, it must be pnrsucd, 5001 ' being the intention of the Legislature, fur the pure avoiding the multiplicity of suits for ono and the 6 7 : 01 debt. His Honour said the practice was that no 8 0 1 action would lie on a judgment obtained in a o°o court. The verdict must therefore he for defendan t ' if GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL.—As it has bee n stroeg mt nrtired upon the managers of the Festiv a l t o arra nge 'I I an extra performance on Saturday at a r e duced p r ice, right that it should be announced that it is utterly possible that the recnurnendation can be adopteelt 6 , 13 e, that with the performance of "Israel in Egypt" this n e li;, the Festival will most certainly be brought to a close• 10 very large proportion of the performers, particalarlY choral body, is composed of persons from various s a s h of the country, who have only undertaken to afford tb to services on condition of their being able to returnicho their respective homes within the present week, and b isli have provided themselves with railway tickets Toot won d become useless at a subsequent period. l os i and other circumstances combin e d effectually Pr e s' the possibility of any extensio n of the present arr ant, meets. , fi aTet COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL SOUTIIA- s ego' Teur-day.----The Belgian Royal Mal Company's ship Constitution, Captain E. Pougin, arrived he- ,rbe day, oa her voyage frein Antwei p for New Yerk• captain reports that he left Antwerp y es t er day roc s o no' and nothing occurred till 45 minutes past 12 thi s 5 C 1 0 1 ing, when the vess e l w as b e t ween Beeschy-hes; A 1 8 0 1. Dungeness, and a fine brsr ze from N.N E. n eu t i be t weather, steering west by compas s , a ll sa il s set, an eis lights bristling, At this time a vessel was obser v '. o fir the starboard bow, well clear of the Coestitutt4 steering east. When about three or f o ur cables lenogsel oistant, her head abreast of the starboa r d bow, th e ye o ti' suddenly altered her course, and approached the C ' ) d ttrion, the helm of which was immediately Pot bet* " starboard. Captain Pougin staees that he did this tol trary t r the usual sailing regu'atione, for the reas ce b e el l if he had pursued the usual course and ported 13; ' te lt an immediate and serious collision must have occnros'o as the strange vessel was so f a r o n the Constitlio I starboard bow. The steamer's engines were stoploug o ft ' mediattly, and the other vessel c ma ti n uing to tj o io' the two came in collision, neither of th e vessels s u l ti t° ingAruch damage. The captain, s e c on d mate, an,„ the of the men of the strange vessel (which proved t o " co d Genova, Captain Cubitt, from Palermo for Li° 11 „,48 4 leap d on hoard the C o nstit u tio n ; an d they rep i 0 that the Genova hail half an hour previous brief c - Alision with a brig and thereby received eerioti; be iOd in her bows, the water-tight compartment forwardvoiti , full of water. The lifeboat tif the Constitutie e (towered and sent back to the Genova with the c a d t 0 0 ; and mate, the two men being subsequently Joa n „eel , I have concealed themselves on board the C o nstit n 4as The damage done to the Genova was fouud not 0." 08 O1 teen so serious as the captain had at first irnag i the and the lai_ter re-timing the command of his sp i v' two vessels proceeded en their respective cours e tor Genova for Lond-n, and the Coneotution for Sout i ig icr, ore. The above statement is from Captain F, ° ,; ( 11 0 , wee), toeether with his officers, has had them ecou',; d b , in a legal p:otest. The Constitution sails at &Pr fir New Yore. 0 13 ; THE BEST AUTHORITY.—Is he a burglar, or tte swell mob ? I do rot accuse him of o ecupeing e t l e fo r position (whi c h wou ld h e lib e ll ous ), b u t I a sk for lope oration. Because my mind is termented by beep fA e i tua'ly getting into houses into which he would se l e .oi have no lawful open way, and by his continually u ., 1 0 1) 1° into people's picket books in an otherwise inexP' l is eef mariner. _ In respect of vetting into the Queen'. 1116 0irg the Buy Jones was a fool to him. He knows ever,' jos, that takes place there. On a late auspicious oc cl6 r te 4 , when the nation was hourly expecting to be tran s Poe s with joy for the ninth time, it is surprising what be 0 0S on the question of chloroform. Now, Dr. Locock to he the most tru , iworthy even of doctors ; s e e es/ 8 Majesty's self-reliance and quiet force of charan te. bo f ' passed into an axiom. I want to know, thereforetboritY when, where, and from whom did the Best ten t aequire'a 1 that chloroferin information which b e tro d for months, pro sling about all the clubs, going down all the streets, having all London to dine wi o re l and going out to dine with all London, for the,, e ;or purpose of diffusing? I hope society does not de 0101 that I should be slowly bothered to death by 01 0 b; without demanding this much satisfaction. flot tiof ill come by his intelligence, I ask ? The Best A u r must have bad an authority. Let it be produced- '';„ber' mentioned the pocketh •ok in which he deer iS of them wr i t ten , probe tb, ° secret entri s—rnary , : invisible ink, for they are non-t-xlsitent e ven t o ja f 'owner's eyes. How does be corn. by ali the am tereis d es letter-begs and by ad the note-hooks of all tee P he le • Who gave him all the little scraps of paper that I'd b i n Mr. Palmer wrote and handed about in the 00 01° 0 0 i ; protracted trial ? He tells all sorts of people wha,,, t n er e il j them all ;he must have seen them, surely. %V P- 1 01 out for him the accounts of this journal Who cA l i c it u it for him the sum total of profit ? And when w e .'"bits;i; quite convenient to him to name an early day ft fit,'s ing over to the Conductor the very large balancer of several ciphers at the end of it, which clearly °li do owing the said Conductor, as he has never laid 1 0° 0 01 it yet ? How did he get into the Russian lines ? glO t always there; just as he was always in camp, and always coming home to put Mr. Ru pee t 11 1 and going back again. It was be who found ° f or , 6 the Commissariat wool ln't give the Times rations ? s loe% and that the porkless Times would eever afterward th the 11 1 40 i s the COW rnissariat alone. Had he known muc h ta lk Russian leaders before the war, that he began ° lie 6q, them so familiarly by their surnames as soon as r , gun was fired ? Will any of us ever forgetL s eS, memory holds her seat in these distracted g l().- ae ,, ing head., what we suffered frern this mar! o 1 il l x on with tie Redau Can the most ever forgive the lies he told us about trio Nis 10 r 4 1 Il:tLiahti:ui.rk manyso over) i t o ,e k op e l v e e u n p t t h „ o• n e m i k nj u iLrie p s is h u n s t ' ofto t r ; uiv o detested Mitress on table-cloths, with salt-spoonseckost dessert dishes, nut-crackers and wine glasses. P i " Household Words." 1 MOO arf C.. tl Crl .11 N,n CC c, IC4 eZO. , tg I ; .cr c• 5 C 4 c . .; r: NC,O I Csl •,, tr, . a:, . 142 C 4 14 ' d ICS rt ti 30 $." 0•••• c• . 3 . . .1 4 .., tft C ••$, .0 . ~..^ I"- C., 0 . . t••• •0 ts C.• t-- •T , ~, 1 -. , t.- 00 t., tY, , , =.-- C.V .:., .. ~., :17 .. 1 - - . - • C.,,,, , • -.. • 1 - - 1,-. rI- I- ~./ 1-, •e• J. . •-• ..,- a , .:/' • Sl' S ; . 1; :vi vi" ~.; eS c. 6 t-- C , .^ . 3 . ~..1 . , ' D •••• .1. : .-. .C 0 . •-•.--. , .., V- - il I. ,•I r. 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Mid and East Kent pockets 3/ 10s to 5t 12s ; Weald ,f Kent, :i/ 5s to 31 15s ; Sussex, 31 Os to 34 1.!8 ; yew lings, li I.os to 31. per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has be,n quiet but firm. The sales advertised for Tuesday next include about li,ooo packages, among which are some Ossary, and fair qualities of greens. SUGAR—There has been a good demand for the home trade, and prices have been steady. The private transac tions reported are about 4,000 bags Mauritius, which r ea lised about former values. COFFEE —Full quotations have been maintained for all descriptions, and the demand for home consumption is brisk. RICE.—No business of any importance has been re pori e I, and prices may be quoted rather lower. SPICES. —Pepper, mace, and nutmegs have realised full rates, and ginAer has shown a slight average on previous rates. COCOINEAL.—A decline of about 2d. per lb. may be quoted on the lower qualities of Honduras silvers. Other descriptions maintain their values. SALTPETRE. —The market, continues dull, and prices generally are lower. TALLOW.—A moderate business has been done, and the market is firm. P.Y.U. o❑ the spot is quoted 603. to 60e. 6d., last three months 575. per cwt. Borne melted in de mand at 575. 6d. per cwt. NARROW ESCAPE FROM Frau —At Sir Benjamin Hall' party to his Royal llghnese the Duke of Cambridge, on Wednesday evening last, a very young lady, niece to tae Right Hon. Baronet, went out on the balcony with a friend, to look at the variegated lamps which were hung amidst the ivy. Some part of her head-dress fluttering over the flames. ignited, and in one moment she was wrapped in a blaze. A gentleman behind her, with ad mirable presence of mind, tore off his coat and enveloped her completely, putting his hat on her head, where her hair was already on fire, and extinguished the flames. The whole scene was beheld from Hyde Park, where a number of persons were collected looking at the illumi• nation, when the accident occurred. It is understood the gentleman was Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. The young lady escaped with a few slight burns on the shoulders and hack, and the hon. baronet wa s burned in the hands. Beth patties are, however, doing well. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS —The annual meeting of this society was held ye,ternay at the Mansioe-hou,:e. The e h a i, was taken by the Lord Mayor. There was a very large attendance, the body ot the meting fl ) filied by ladies. The Bishop of Ciitchest eit roved the foot. A c4"1" uhanitn"u u s n lY de :— r mg resolution , w hich aUth rtihteydotictlnetit tiance td gener ,l Qieeit's letter. wth retry the &clay f r the Propaga - ion t: f the Go- p el has susraire-d a loss of 10,000/ a yt . r , seem , . to call upon the Uhur oh at lu r e tor he. , and increased effotta to sustain the missionary opera tions of that society Loth in the colonies and heathen dependencies of Great Britain." ~.. .~ k , ,ii.it ', ' j CO Acco Cotton pearanc( ea s es we Were tali The Rf animate) In the Week thl terised I regards receded ariicle is quest, ai Is heavy, mon con enquiry. Without quiet, at The le from the amount tE e City addition importat th e p or t tab!es sl Compares runts of Are estin in 1856, Suhjoi board tht to India Dom Ceylc Mad, This is 'vessel to by the 0 the rates znents w acle. Tho si as usual these shi ever, is a The Di ed a very of the pri Proves 11 fro m P al 811 pply of and irres try. H raininmn Week, if Follow birectors 11 1°Iits, in have red terms arc is call, a 7. days' n( supposed their mor illg it in t tile view There market, E deeidecil Increa Stock M Unimpor expected regulato hers, sr invet are tho atate of buyers • flatter ; 83 1$. and the *viz., 212 have bee bends 9 Fore 4 are lim 1,961 al have be€ Cents. a 4 !) per C being I. The fi Stocks :- 221 ; 1 Cents., Russian 9 7 9 ; s' ferred, live, 54 Messi the we( Araeric United S. United Alabama Rarylan Uassach SondeMiseissil 1 118812.41 Pennsyl Pennayl• Tonnes& Virginia Virginia loston tilontret. New Oz B an Wet Pena Sing; Hong cant Shan Bank 3 per 3 pei New Long Dil CO Bra: Pe :t lins Set"( , Sp% OD