The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-26 00:00:00

NIIED STATES. LIVERPOOL, FRIPAY. By the arrival of the fast-sailing transient ship Marmion, Captain Edwards, at this port to-day, we have received New York papers of the Bth instant, being one day later than those received yesterday by the Henry Clay. Adyices had reached the United States Govern ment, from Vera Cruz, to the 25th May, and news from the city of Mexico to the 17th May. There is no later news from General Scott's army. Commo dore Perry has captured a number of small towns on the coast. He was about to attack Tobasco, where the enemy was 2,000 strong. It is stated in the advices from the city of Mexico that Senor Herera, supposed to be elected President, is the peace candidate. Santa Anna has given up , the command of the army of the East to assume the duties of President. He was to enter the capita on the 12th. In a letter published in the papers he states lie had been industriously organizing guerilla parties. The United States squadron was busy upon the western ports of Mexico. On the 28th of April a squadron of six or eight vessels was off Mazatlan, and a thousand men were to disembark and take the town. Letters from Mazatlan say they were .making every preparation for the defence of that place ; but if the descent is made in as great force as is repre sented, they can make no defence of much account Other accounts say that the port of San Blas, too, was menaced by the squadron, and that it was the purpose of the Americans to land and take the town. The vomito had made its appearance at Vera Cruz, but as yet in few cases. Vera Cruz has already nearly recovered from the effects of the siege. The people were returning ; the knocked down houses were being rebuilt ; the streets cleaned, shops opened, and all the activity of a seaport was beginning to be displayed. We have later intelligence from General Taylor. A letter from Monterey, May 15, states that General Taylor was actively preparing for a move, and would probably start for San Luis about the Ist of June, where another grand battle was expected, which would probably be the final struggle. • A most deplorable duel occurred at China, May 21st, between two Virginian Lieutenants, one named Mahan. They fought with muskets loaded with buck-shot, and both parties were killed. (From the New York Sun.) PROSPECTS OF THE HARVEST. -Except the operations of our army, the prospect of the next harvest is the most exciting topic in the public mind. Every eye is anxiously turned to the newspapers to know if frost, blight, worms, or other destructive agents are at work among the crops, and with every fluctuation of the market the pulse of millions beats quicker if the chances for livelihood look cheaper and more hopeful. With Europe, both Britain and the continent, exhausted of their surplus, and sure of but a middling harvest this season, a portion of which will be eaten before harvest day-and our own country drained unusually, the whole temporal weal of the poorer classes, who must eat whether they get good wages or not, hangs suspended on the character of the harvest. We believe from all that we can gather and we have taken particular pains to inquire-that the Country never promised so abundantly. From one-sixth to one-fourth more ground than usual has been broken up, and fully that quantity more of seed put in the soil. Winter wheat has been slightly hurt in sections of the west, fruit has suffered somewhat in Maryland, and cotton and tobacco are partially injured in the south, but take the aggregate of the country, and the fields fairly groan with their young load. We shall produce, beyond sup plying our own wants, more than sufficient to feed Europe if her harvest were half destroyed. But there is no such prospect. Egypt and Russia, the shores of the Baltic and Germany are luxuriant with Brains, and promise iman•nse suplies, but while they serve to allay our apprehension, p they will not interfere With our market.' For many months to come our gra naries will hold the current specie and exchanges in our favour, and animate the whole trade and business of the country. But little faith should be placed in the dearth and famine paragraphs going the rounds. Spe culators understand operating on the public mind, and these stories look like their bantlings. For our own part we believe flour, grain, and provisions generally, ave reached their culminating point, and will soon re cede in prices. WASHINGTON, MAY 30. - Well informed persons, lately arrived from Europe, confidently report that the Pope has determined upon opening diplomatic relations With our Government. The temporal sovereign of two millions of people, he has an undoubted right to employ a representative•to reside near our Government, to at tend to the interests of the pontifical states. The ne cessity for opening diplomatic relations with other na tions will be doubtless increased by the effect of the new and enlarged policy pursued by the present Pontiff, Whose design appears to be, among other wise schemes, to_ put, the commercial interests of his country on a solid °,asis, There is no doubt the advances of the Pope to toe establishment of diplomatic intercourse between the two countries would be cordially received by our Go vernment. In this country he has the warmest syin- Pathy in his noble efforts for the amelioration of the condition of his subjects, in defiance of the all-powerful Opposition of despotic Austria. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, JUNE 7.-FLOUR AND MEAL.-The mar ket was very dull, and prices declining. Genesee will not bring over 9 dells., at which price it was difficult to sell. Some 3,000 or 4,000 barrels Genesee. Michigan, told Ohio sold at 8 dolls. 75c. to 8 dolls. 94c., which is only 25c. higher than the prices current last Wednesday, after the Rainbow's, and the day before the steamer s Hews was received. There were sales to arrive in July at 8 dulls. 50c., and a lot of 500 bbls. Ohio, now in the canal, sold at dolls. 75c. ; 200 bbls. Dillon's Ohio, in lace, sold at 9 dolls. 25c. Cornmeal is lower. We report sales about 1,000 bbls., at 5 dolls. 62ic. Grain-The tnarkets have also receded somewhat, and were less active, excepting corn, of which the sales amounted to 4 0 or 60,000 bushels, including 1, 500 northern yello w, at 118 c. to 120 c., and some parcels at a lower rate ; 10 ,000 mixed at 1121 c. to 118 c. There was more dis position to sell. Of wheat, there were sales of 10,000 bushels Ohio at 2 dolls. to 2 dolls. sc. Sales of Bor 10,000 bushels Genesee at not over 2 dolls. 20c. Oats Were dull. Some sales were made in a retail way at 62c. 6 3e., and by the cargo at 58 c. to 60 c. A lot of 2,200 bushels very heavy gray Oats sold for shipping at 64c. Rye was held at 1 doll. 31c. to 1 doll. 44c., with small s ales. Hay-Sales of 1,000 bales at 65c. to 70c. Hides last sales were at 114 c. ; Rio Grande, 221b5., and -alarm:lllam, 91e. Laths-Eastern are selling at 1 doll. 56 40- to 1 doll. 75c., cash. The supply is light. Oils &Iles of foreign linseed at 61c. to 63c., and American, i'se- The last sales of sperm were at 93c. to 95c. l'aosasioNs.-The market is quiet but firm. New Pork, however, was taken readily at 14 dolls. 12ic. for prime, and 17 dolls. 12ie. for mess, at which about 500 bbls. were sold. Butter is lower, the receipts havin g in creased. Orange County may b e quo t e d a t 15 c . to lBc., and Western dairy at 12c. to 14c., with ready sale. Molasses and Sugars.-There is no change in prices ; there are only moderate sales. Tallow.-Sales 10,0001bs. at 9c. for prime. Whisky is duller. The price has fluctuated within the week from 32c. to 40c., but has fallen off from the highest figure 3e.or 4c. The value of the receipts this season is estimated at 7,600,000 dolls. The shipments, by canal, from Oswego, from the opening of the navigation to the 18th June, compared with last year, were :- 1846. 1847. Flour, barrels .......• ..• 78,608 Wheat, bushels ......... 41,118 Corn, bu5he15............ 32,799 Beef and Pork, barrels 4,875 Lumber, feet ............ 4 , 467 , 068 The very great increase in the re cei p ts of produce at every depot on the lines of our rivers, railroads, and canals, from Albany to St. Louis, which affords a ccess to a market, indicate clearly that there is yet a large surplus in the interior, far exceeding all the estimates based upon th e data furnished by the receipts in the previous years. We have not r° o l3l to give in detail the figures, showing the results almost incredible, but as these products are on their way to the sea-board, the receipts at the shipping ports, so far as the ordinary means of transportation have been able to accommodate the increased business offering, will give some idea, while the exports show how much the old world is dependent on the United States for the Means of sustaining its famishing population. The most remarkable increase is in corn, the receipts of which at tide -water on the Hudson, as will bo seen above, in• Creased from 6,000 bushels in 1846, to 215,000 in 1846, and 1,072,000 in 1847. The receipts at New Orleans, from Sept. 1 to June 1, this season and last, were- This season. Last season. Flour bbls. 716,171 1,308,747 Corn meal 3,087 32,145 Corn " 285,592 532,712 46 While the exports of flour are more than double, and of corn more than threefold. We have some interesting statistics of the products of the West, which must be deferred for want of space. At the Stock Exchange to-day, Stonington Railway Shares advanced 3 per cent., and Harlem 2i. The new steamer C. Vanderbilt has been put upon the Stoning ton line, and started upon her first trip to-da y . SALES AT STOCK EXCIIANGE-2H BOARD. 50 Farmers b3o 351 50 Nor. and Wor. 50 Erie RR. 250 Stonington 10 Aub. and Ruch s 3 59 100 Harlem 10 Reading 5B A meeting has been held at Pittsfield, Mass , to pro tesoto the construction of a railroad to connect with the Housatonic, bringing it into direct communication with New York. REcetrers OF PROVISIONS AT THE PORT OF NEW YOKEL FROM THE INTERIOR PER NORT H RIVER BOATS, FROM JUNE 1 TO JUNE 7, 1847, INCLUSIVE.- 1 73.479 barrels Flour, 96,601 bushels of Wheat, 22 bar rels ditto, 168,290 busols Indian Corn, 1,205 barrels ditto, 786 bags ditto, 4,309 barrels Indian Meal, 694 T bushels ditto, 157 barrels Oatmeal, 44,748 bushels Oats, 7,420 bushels Rye, 160 bags ditto, 116 barrels Beans, 3 tierces ditto, 219 packages ditto, 124 barrels Peas, 121 barrels Lard, 120 barrels, 1,171 tubs, 542 firkins, and 935 packages of Butter, 112 casks and 1,931 boxes Cheese, 2,204 barrels cured Provisions, 1,686 barrels Pork, 51 tierces ditto, 640 barrels Beef, 1,004 tierces ditto, 18 casks Hams, 3 boxes ditto, 5 casks Bacon, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the Ilause of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 25. THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. Report further considered ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the " Bill be re-committed :"—Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of an humble Address to be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to take imme diate measures for carrying into effect the requisite improve ments in the River Thames, and to assure her Majesty that this House will supply the means for carrying into effect these most necessary improvements," instead thereof:— Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 92. Aglionby, IL A. Eimonde, Sir T. Mostyn, E. Anson, Colonel Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, J. Baldwin, Barry Floyer, John O'Conor, Dpn Bankes, G. Gibson, T. M. Ogle, S. C. Bannerman, A. Gore, Robert Palmer, R. Barnard, N. G. Gower, Leveson Parker, John Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pattison, J. Bentinck, Lord G. Guest, Sir J. Polhill, F. Berkeley, Captain Hastie, Archibald Price, Sir Robert Borthwick, P. Hawes, Benjamin Rice, E. R. Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Rich, Henry lirotherton, Joseph Hill, Lard Marcus Ross, David R. Brown, W. llobhouse, Sir John Russell, Lord J. Burke, T. J. Hodgson, F. Rutherford, A. Bus feild, William Hodgson, R. Sandon, Viscount Byng, G. S. Holland, Robert Shell, R. L.: Callaghan, D. Howard, E. G. Shelburne, Earl of Chapman, Aaron Howard, P. H.' Somerville, Sir W. Courtenay, Lord Humphery, Ald. Stanley, W. 0. Cowper, W. F. Inglis, Sir R. Stansfield, W. It. Craig, W. G. Langston, J. 11. limit, Edward Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Trelawny, J. S. Dalrymple, Captain Lygon, General Troubridge, Sir E. DawsonAT. V. Macaulay, T. B. Vane, Lord 11. Dennistoun, J. Macnamara, Major Villiers, Charles D'Eyncourt, C. T. M'Taggart, Sir J. Vyvyan, Sir R. Dodd, George Masterman, John Wodehouse, Edmund Douglas, Sir H. Matheson, James Wood, Sir Charles Duke, Sir J. Mania, Fox Dundas, Admiral Monahan, J. H. TELLTRIL Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Viscount Tuthell, H. Ebriugton, Lord Morison, General Ward, H. G. MINORITY-NOES, 24. Baine, Walter Forster, Mathew Wakley, T. Blake, Martin J. Granger, T. C. Williams, W. Bowles, Admiral Lawless, Cecil. Wood, Colonel T. Browne, W. M'Carthy, Alexander Wortley, J. S. Collett, John Martin, John Yorke, R. H. Dickinson, F. F. Mitchell, T. A. Young, John Duncan, George Molesworth, Sir W. TELLERS. Fielden, John O'Brien, C. Hume, Joseph Fitzroy, Henry Spooner, Richard Ewart, William COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JUNE 25, 1847. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. June 19. Heroine cutter, Sir J. R. Canac, Bart., from Lymington ; Dryad cutter, William Delafield, Esq., from Portsmouth; Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from Troon and Southampton. 21. Noran cutter, Sir LH. B. Hoghton, Bart., from Tynemouth. 23. Peterel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Southamp ton; Maud schooner, T. Legh, Esq., from Cherbourg. 25. Dream yawl, George Bentinck, Esq., from Ports mouth; Flirt schooner, Sir B. H. Graham, Bart., from Lymington. ROYAL COMMISSION of FINE ARTS Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by a numerous suite, honoured the exhibition of oil paintings in Westminster-hall with a visit yesterday afternoon. The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne, Lord Ashburton, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and Mr. T. B. Macaulay, were among the commissioners who arrived at the hall early, in order to be in attendance to receive the royal party. Lord John Russell and Viscount Morpeth came at a quarter before three o'clock, and were shortly followed by the Right Hon. the Speaker, Sir James Graham, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. T. Wyse, and Mr. Vivian. The royal visitors arrived from Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past three o'clock, in four of the Queen's dress carriages. On intimation of the approach of her Majesty, Lord J. Russell left the hall, and, together with Viscount Morpeth, advanced to meet the illustrious party. Her Majesty rode in the first carriage with the Prince Consort and the King and Queen of the Belgians. The royal party were attended by the Duke of Nor folk, Master of the Horse, Earl Spencer, Lord Chamber lain, the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole, the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, Lady Caroline Cocks, Maid of Honour, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen of the Belgians, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in \Vaiting, and Major Moerkerke. On alighting, her Majesty was received by Lord John Russell, who conducted the illustrious party to the en trance of the hall, where the other commissioners had assembled. The Queen entered the exhibition first, resting on the arm of the King of the Belgians. The Queen of the Belgians followe, with the Prince Consort, the mem bers of the royal suite coming next, and the commis sioners bringing up the rear. Mr. Eastlake, the secre tary to the commission, was in attendance within the hall, and as her Majesty entered that gentleman placed in her hands an elegantly bound catalogue of the exhi bition. Her Majesty then proceeded to inspect the paintings, passing first up the lefthand side of the hall, returning on the opposite side, and subsequently making a second circuit of the exhibition. The works to which premiums have been awarded by the commissioners were pointed out to the Queen by Mr. Eastlake, and with several of them we understand her Majesty expressed herself greatly pleased. The visit of the royal party was any thing but formal. Among the works which evidently attracted the 'greatest observation by the royal party were those of the " Battle of Meeanee," by Mr. Armitage, to which the commissioners have awarded a premium of 500/.; the "Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey, A.D. 1066," by Mr. Pickersgill, to which also a prize of 500/. is awarded; and Mr. J. Noel Paton's picture of " The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania, which is placed in the second class of the commissioners, entitling the artist to a prize of 3001. The first of these three pictures is a very large subject, measuring 21 feet by 16 feet. It illustrates a pas sage in Napier's conquest of Sinde, where, speaking of this battle, he describes the " van to have been a chain of single combats, where no quarter was given—none called for—none expected." The delineation of such a scene by an artist possessing Mr. Armitage's acknow ledged talent, could not fail to produce an admirable re sult, and such, indeed, has been the case. The " Burial of Harold" is a fine subject, and has been very well treated by Mr. Pickersgill. Mr. Paton's picture, which, among its colossal companions, appears quite a cabinet subject, is eminently beautiful. Her Majesty was en gaged in admiring the beauties of this work for a very long period, and she more than once called the attention of her illustrious relative to it. A small picture, by Mr. Jacob Thompson, illustrating " her Majesty reviewing the Drummond Clan in the Courtyard of Drummond Castle, Perthshire, the seat of Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, during her Majesty's first visit to Scotland, in 1842," was also especially noticed by the Queen; as were two com panion pictures by Mr. John Wilson Carmichael, the one depicting Captain Cook in the Tropical regions, and the other, Captain Parry in the Polar regions. Her Majesty and her illustrious relatives having com pleted their second circuit of the exhibition, and ex pressed to the commissioners the gratification they had experienced from their visit, left the hall at a quarter past four o'clock, attended as on their arrival. There was a large concourse of spectators in the vici nity of the hall, attracted by the royal visit, and as her Majesty left she was loudly and repeatedly cheered by the crowd. The royal party drove from Westminster-hall to the New Palace,- her Majesty being anxious to afford the King of the Belgians an opportunity of inspecting the House of Lords. Mr. Barry was in attendance here, and had the honour of conducting the royal party through the completed portions of the building. Shortly after the departure of the Queen his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by Count de Beust, the Baron Zigesar, and Cap tain Taylor, paid a visit to the Hall. His Royal High ness was received by Mr. Eastlake, who had the ho nour of conducting the august Prince through the ex hibition. We subjoin a copy of the judges' award:— PREMIUMS OF 500/. Burial of Harold at Waltham Mr. F. R. Pickersgill. A bey, A.D. 1066 (No 17.)S Alfred inciting the Saxons to prevent the landing of the Danes, by encountering Mr. G. F. Watts. them at sea (No. 28) The Battle of Meeanee,fought on the 17th of February, Mr. E. Armitage. 1843 (No. 31) PREMIUMS OF 3001. Richard Cceur de Lion for giving Bertrand de Guer- Mr. John Cross. A ir don (No. 44) Edward's Generosity to th e people of Calais d ur i ng th e M r . P. F. Poole, A.R.A. siege of 1346 (No. 11) ... The Reconciliation of Ob eron and Titania (No. 24) Mr. J. Noel Paton. Christ bearing th e C ross (No. 97) PREMIUMS OF 2001. Parable of F o r g i veness (No. 93) gDt.h the Prince i l of King v m Wisdom erv3si:4 ( .ab ; henry (No. e o wli . eh 9 vAe e inn ) . The Departure of the P r i m i-1 . tive Puritans, or Pil gr i m I Fathers, to the coa s t o f } M r . Charles Lucy. dead, takes th e crown from the cushio n (N o. 46) The parenthetical figures merely pl of the respective work s i n t h e cata l ogue . . J a . p Ca y l c t o o t t t h H e o n r i s i l m e Horsley to a b e r The notices issued by the commissioners limited the number of works sent in by each artist to two subjects. Of the successful competitors, Mr. Watts, Mr. Paton, and Mr. Lauder alone contributed two pictures ; the other gentlemen exhibited only one each. The award in the cases of Mr. Paton and Mr. Lauder are made in respect to the merits of both their works. In the case of Mr. Watts only one of the paintings sent in by that gentleman is alluded to in the judges' award. The judges were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Sir Richard Westma cott, Mr. Etty, and Mr. Cook, and we are enabled to state that when the final award was made all these gen tlemen were present. In the award the several works are mentioned in the order of merit they are considered to possess. The names which appear in the above list include those of four gentlemen who have previously obtained prizes from the commission. In the cartoon exhibition of 1843 Mr. Armitage obtained a premium of 3001. for his drawing of " Caesar's First Invasion of Great Britain ;" Mr. Watts also obtained a similar premium of 3001. for his cartoon of " Caractacus led in triumph through the streets of Rome ;" and Mr. Horsley received the award of 2001. for his carthon of "St. Augustine Preaching to Ethelbert and his Queen Bertha." Mr. ofo Pickersgilllot i n the same was th recipient exhibition. of one of the after premiums The exhibition altogether is, we believe, considered very satisfactory, by the commissioners, though it doubt less contains many works of an inferior degree of merit. Among the subjects which have not obtained premiums, though considered to show great excellence on the part of their respective authors, are an unfinished painting, voted ts" - ;.he" . " ri All u eVy c 'of # .7ti s s We r e - r * The - ' go:;W ' of Lords," by Mr. W. Cave Thomas ; " The Wreck of the Blanche-Naf, or White Ship off the coast of Normandy, with the melancholy fate of Prince William, son of Henry the First, and his sister Maude," by Mr. T. A. Woolnoth ; the " Acts of Mercy," by Mr. W. Riviire ; and " The Defeat of Kellerruann s Cuirassiers and Ca rabineers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo," by Mr. T. S. Cooper, A.R.A. It was stated yesterday that the late Mr. Haydon's picture of the " Banishment of Aristides" had been ad mitted to the exhibition, although not strictly in accord ance with the notices issued, which required that all paintings sent in should be prepared for the occasion. We understand the representatives of Mr. laydon's family applied to the commissioners some time since to know it they would purchase this picture for tie nation. The commissioners did not feel justified in acceding to this request, but they have permitted the painting to be sent in for exhibition. There are two or three other subjects in the Exhibition with which those vho have visited the Royal Academy during the last two or three years will bo familiar. Whether these have been im posed on the commissioners as original subjects it is impossible to say. Fortunately, they are of 4) unim portant a character as scarcely to deserve observation or remark. The private view, for which a large number tf tickets have been issued to the leading members of tie aristo cracy, takes place this day. On Monday the Exhibition will be open to tie public on payment of is. each. This charge will be emtinued for three weeks or a month, after which the almission will be free. It should be added that the price of the espective works may be ascertained on application to M e Peck ham, who has so ably superintended the minor (Ardis of all the exhibitions which have taken place sl i der the commission. TO SAVE INFECTED ,POTATOES.----MT. Robert Joseph Biggs, in a letter to the Bristol Mirror, ia y s On examining shoots arising from diseased fibers, I have seen that the rottenness of the cuticle 4 0ea not always extend up to the top, and I have cut s la y the lower part diseased and replanted the shoot ; I ind that it takes root, and will, no doubt, bring good I n it. It must be well earthed up. Mr. Muggridge had an interview with the E arl of Clarendon yesterday. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, went yesterday afternoon, to Westminster Hall, to inspect the Exhibition of the competing Oil Paintings. The royal suites consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, the Coun tess Vanderstreten (in waiting on the Queen of the Belgians) Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole, Lord Byron, Admiral Sir Edward Codring ton, Major de Moerkerke (in waiting on the King of the Belgians), Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. Bouverie. The august party arrived at Westminster Hall at half past three o'clock. The Commissioners for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westmin ster, assembled in the Hall, and attended her Majesty and her Royal Consort and their Belgian Majesties dur ing their inspection of the collection. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance, and also conducted the Queen and the illustrious visitors round the Hall. The Lord Steward had the honour of joining the royal party. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne, Lord Ashburton, Lord John Russell, Lord Morpeth, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right lion. Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Vivian, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Wyse. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yes terday at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buck ingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the Queen of the Belgians yesterday. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, accom panied by the Frince of Wales and the Princess Royal, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie. The Royal dinner party, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, included their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Countess Vanderstreten, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess Granville, Le Vicomte de Yonghe, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in atten dance during dinner. Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour yesterday of taking the last sitting for a miniature of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. , n et took Alfred, ltfhreeidr, usualthe Al t ic h e, ei a r nd ßo th y e al p H ri i n g e h e n s e s s u se e s le P n r a i yesterday in the royal gardens. We have authority to state that the two royal pictures by Winterhalter, will be removed from St. James's Palace on Thursday next, the Ist July. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar went yesterday to the Court of Queen's Bench, at Westminster, and also visited the other Law Courts. His Royal Highness inspected the collection of Paintings in Westminster Hall. A meeting of the New Bishopricks Commissioners was held yesterday, in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Earls of Chichester and I'owis, the Bishops of London, Durham, Winches ter, and Lincoln; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. His Royal Highness the Prince of Lueca visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, on Thursday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. An ap peal from Bengal, " Mussumat Gholab Khoonwur v. tke Collector of Benares," was concluded. CAPTURE OF A SLAVER. We have been favoured by a correspondent at Sierra Leone with the following account of the capture and de struction of the slaver Tres-Amigos, a Brazilian brig of 415 tons, with 10 officers and 46 men, by her Majesty's steam•sloop Devastation, R. Levinge commander:— "On the morning of March 16th, being in lat. 5.30 N., long. 3.10 E. of Greenwich, the Devastation chased _a suspicious-looking brig, which, on seeing her, imme diately made alt sail, and ran in towards the land. After a chase of sh. 30m., with all sail set, and making eighteen revolutions in the minute, firing the long gun, loaded with shot, at 10h. 45m. the stranger hoisted a Brazilian ensign at the main, and in a quarter of an hour from that time she ran upon the beach near the river Lagos, in lat. 6.20 N., long. 3.10 E. of Greenwich. Two boats were seen to leave the brig, filled with men, who es caped to the shore. The steamer having come close up and anchored, immediately manned and armed her boats and sent them to board, under command of First Lieut. P. M. Godfrey, with Acting Lieut. J. Carmichael and Mr. T. Coutts, boatswain. They found the brig well armed, two long 18-pounders on pivots, one between the masts and the other abaft the mainmast; two broadside guns forward (18 -pounders), and two brass swivels on the bulwarks of the quarter-deck; also nettings to repel boarders, ammunition, muskets, cutlasses, blunderbuses —in fact, every kind of weapon for defending a vessel. " The surf was very dangerous, one of the boats of the Devastation being dashed to pieces alongside the slaver, and the crew washed ashore; one also upset, and was driven ashore by the rollers, and the brig in a short time became a total wreck. The officers and men, after cut:ing away the masts with their cutlasses, found it necessary to swim ashore for their lives. The brig parted amidships. One marine was lost in trying to swim ashore. "The man who had been looking out at the mast-head of the slaver was seen in the surf, heavily ironed, having been thrown overboard by the captain for not keeping a better look-out and seeing the cruiser before. The Devastation's crew tried to save the poor fellow, but his irons took him down. The surf ran so high as to make it quite impossible to get off to the Devastation, so the men had to remain ashore till the next morning, when the paddle-box boat was anchored at the back of the surf, and the dingy being well buoyed up with cork fenders and bunkers, was veered ashore by hauling lines. After various attempts, which proved successful, in em barking the men, they were all got off. The French man-of-war brig Leger rendered every assistance in trying to get the men off. Too much praise cannot be given to the captain, officers, and ship's company of this brig for their valuable services. " All the prisoners, ten in number, who were found on board the brig were saved. " The Devastation has also taken an American brig under Brazilian colours, with 520 slaves on board, bound to Rio. " The Tres-Amigos had made several successful trips from the coast. On the last voyage she landed at Bahia 1,400 slaves." DEATH OF ADMIRAL THE HON. SIR ROBERT STOPFORD, This venerable and much respected naval officer ex pired yesterday forenoon at his temporary residence at Richmond, at the advanced age of 80, and after a service in the P.oyal Navy of a period close upon 70 yearn. Latterly the gallant officer has been best known as Governor-General of Greenwich Hospital. Sir Robert Stopford was a member of the noble house of Courtown, and was born in 1768, being the son of the second Earl of Courtown. When at a tender age he entered the navy, and after a probationary service as midshipman, was appointed to a lieutenantcy on the 15th of July, 1785. His further commissions were thus dated : Commander, , and er, vice captain, admiral,Aug A t u l g 2, u 1790 5 t 12: 1812; and Admiral, May 27, 1825. The career of the rear-admiralm , June Apri 1 2, d eceas ed was distinguished by c i r c u mstances of more 28, 1 7 1 8 8 9 08 ; than ordinary brilliancy. In Rodney's action of the 12th of April, 1782, he was midshipman of the Prince George. In Howe's action he was captain of the Aquilon, and in Cornwallis's retreat he commanded the Phaeton. At the battle of St. Domingo, where he was wounded, he was captain of the Spencer, 74. He sub sequently received a medal for his conduct at the latter t engagement. In Gambier's expedition to Copenhagen, which followed, ho commanded the same vessel. In 1809 he was rear-admiral in command of the squadron Als.,•A‘ a:.l Lh,. e TI eLAA..h rA under the bat teries of Sables d'Olonne. He next distinguished him ththee Scorpion capture him self while commanding the second shore squadron during the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads. He also c(7o47;aannddesdabaseciusqueandaryonthe naval at t v h a e l Cape, in forces at s o J o f in e a w v a h , a i t n i a l a B c l t 3 i v . e H , a e a r t l t r ls n 3 e 9 d a t a o England, h a e nd a, r a e s m ined Com mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, he superintended the operations on the coast of Syria, and bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, for his services at which he received the special thanks of Parliament. On the Ist of May, 1841, Sir Robert was appointed to the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, an office now, of course, vacant, the salary being 1,5001. per annum, with residence, Sus. He held the Orders of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, also that of St. Michael and St. George. In 1841 h e received the Order of St. George, second class , fro m the Em p eror of Russia, and the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle from the King of Prussia. He received the Order of Maria Theresa in the same year. The deceased married, in 1809, Miss Fanshavv, by whom he has had issue several children. Two of his sons are in the navy, and his second daughter is the relict of Lord H. Russell, who died in 1842. DEATH OF MR. RAWLINSON, THE MAGISTRATE OF MARYLEBONE POLICE COURT. — Yesterday morning, between the hours of five and six o'clock, the above gen tleman departed this life at his residence in town. The deceased was the oldest magistrate in the metropolitan district, and had not been ill more than a week or ten days. THE SEAL FlSHERY.—lnteresting advices have come to band from Newfoundland respecting the seal fishery. One writer states—" The sealers continue to drop in ' slow, but sure,' there having arrived since our last announcement 15 more vessels, bringing, in the aggregate, somewhat over 50,000 seals. Up to the pre sent time no vessel had arrived without seals, nor have we heard of any being seen or left behind but what wore doing well. This is indeed encouraging, and leads us to hope that the most sanguine expectations that have been entertained will yet be fully realised."—Greenock Ad vertiser. ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—We understand it is her Majesty's intention to proceed to Scotland before the end of the season, and that during the royal progress the Marquis of Abercorn will be honoured by a visit from his *overeign.—The Britannia. rbtrb EVttlon EXHIBITION OF PICTURES AT WESTMINSTER HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Government is at length eliciting the artistic genius which has hitherto remained comparatively dormant among our fellow-countrymen. The screens in West minster Hall sufficiently testify that the munificence of the Legislature has not been misdirected. Only one question forces itself upon us as still problematical, after a prolonged inspection of the paintings—What will the into development? do with the intellect it has thus summon ed development? Will it, like the fabricator of Franken stein, abandon the spirit it has evoked at the very mo ment when the power and ambition of that spiritis attested? We carrot think that this generous movement will be productive of such miseries as a conclusion like that would necessitate. There is a glorious but mournful warning on the wall.—No. 15—one of the latest, and certainly one of the best of poor Llaydon's—" The Banishment of Aristides, illustrative of the Injustice of Democracy !" With that visible manifestation of the woes incident to the atelier before us, we cannot dream that the Government will encourage merely to forsake. From the multiplicity of the productions suspended in Westminster Hall, one hundred and twenty distinct paint ings, it would be impossible to give an accurate analysis of the merits of the collection from the recollection of a single inspection, and within the compass of a single notice. The remembrance of a first visit to an exhibition so novel and so copious in pro mise as the present, is necessarily one of the most embarrassed and confused that can be conceived. Sup posing due attention is paid to each individual composi tion, the recollection of the whole would necessarily be a combination of excellencies and blemishes, of incidents and emotions, of hues and distances, and groupings and passions. Bearing this in mind, we principally confined our attention to those pictorial creations the predominant talent of which has been in a very signal manner pro claimed by the combined judgments of the Marquis of Lansdowne, of Sir Robert Peel, of Samuel Rogers, of Richard Westmacott, of Richard Cook, and of William Etty. Looking then to these directly, we were irresist ibly reminded of the proverbial impossibility of making any selection of this character in such a manner as to sa tisfy any single individual,with the exception, of course, of the successful competitors and their particular friends. Taste is so variable in its nature, so diverse in its mani festation, and so impossible to reduce within arbitrary rules, that its definition has baffled even the astuteness of Alison. It has even pronounced its own fickleness by merging into the adage, champs a son gout—that adage, moreover, showing in a remarkable manner that each man has son gout—his particular taste. Art, how ever, is anything but simply a thing appreciable by what is commonly called taste. Taste cannot make an exe crable picture a masterpiece, nor distort a masterpiece into a monstrosity. The genius of art appeals irresis tibly to persons of all imaginable tastes (so-called), though it appeals to them undoubtedly through an ex traordinary number of different channels. Still wherever the genius of art is imprinted upon the canvass, there be certain is attracted the admiration of those who are competent to appreciate the productions of that art; and precisely from such a consideration are we prepared to express our supreme astonishment at the classification of the nine pictures to which prizes have been awarded. We are amazed at the particular classification, and we are satisfied the public will be amazed likewise. Fore most among the " Premiums of Five Hundred Pounds'' is No. 17, " Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey," by F.R.Pickersgill. Supposing the visitor were taken blind fold from the entrance-gate of the hall, and relieved from the bandage opposite this Prize A, No. 1, we do not hesitate to say, that his surprise would be that the pic ture by Mr. Pickersgill is considered by the Fine Arts Committee as the best painting in the exhibition—nay, we do not hesitate to say that his predominant sentiment would be a sentiment of disappointment. For a moment we do not deny that the " Burial of Harold" is clever—comsummately clever—but we do assuredly protest that in our estimation it is very far ndeed from being the masterpiece in the exhibition ' The grouping is anything but graceful, presenting as it does the curve of so many buttocks around the corpse of the slain monarch; and, saving the sombre green of the female dress and glittering mail of the soldier, the colour is feeble. Immeasurably beyond this in point of subject, in point of inspiration, anchin , point of - drawing, is the painting by G. F. Watts, No. 28,- (Alfred inciting the Saxons to prevent the landing of the Danes, by en countering them at sea." The vestures of the great king as he steps upon the plank of the galley, seems to be caught up in the storm of heroism, and the Saxons respond to the trumpet tones of his voice by the daring visages and the appropriate energy of their movements. The conception is grand and truly historical, bui the colouring is miserably deficient. No. 31, " The Battle of Meanee," by Edward Armitage, is a spirited battle scene, suggested by the school of Horace Vernet, but for anything in the shape of poetry, of ingenuity, of truthfulness to nature, or of power in the portraiture of passion, it is a blank. Very different is the 11th pic ture as marked in the catalogue, " Edward" Generosity to the People of Calais during the Siege of 1346," by Paul Falconer Poole. The incident chosen by the artist is one of the noblest in the history of our common country. Edward 111. and the Black Prince are represented in the centre of the pic ture distributing alms to the poorer inhabi tants of Calais who have been thrust out of the city gates, to the number of seventeen hundred, by Jean de Vienne, the Governor. The composition of the entire picture is masterly, and domestic passion shines out conspicuous in the different groups. The whole is conceived in the loftiest style of art, and the combination of colour is marvellously beautiful. J. Noel Paton has a dainty and imaginative picture (No. 24), " The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania:' it is swarming with invention, both bewitching and fantastic. Another noble limning is that of " Wisdom" (No. 95.) by James Eckford Lauder. Several of the unrewarded painters struck us as evidencing superior ability. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORD S. Room A. EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION (CAM- BRIDGE TO BEDWORD). IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at the usual hour this morning, and after a short consultation, declared that the pre amble of this Bill had been proved. This line will effect a continuous line of railway be tween the Eastern Counties and.the North-Western lines. Adjourned till Monday. BANK CHARTER. - -- The following petition relative to the operation of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act of 1844, is in the course of signiture in the City:— " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom, in Parliament assembled. " The humble Petition of the undersigned Mer chants, Bankers, and Traders of London, " Showeth—That there has lately been apparent throughout the commercial and manufacturing commu nity of this country an extent of monetary pressure, such as is without precedent in the memory of the oldest living merchant. " That this pressure has manifested itself in the fact of the suspension of the ordinary facilities of business — such as the discounting legitimate commercial bills of unquestionable credit and solvency—and the witholding other ordinary monetary accommodution. " That this pressure has come upon the commercial body at a time when there has been no undue extension of the ordinary commerce of the country, nor any spirit of speculation or overtrading afloat, so far as the trading int_rest is concerned. " That the deficient harvest of last year occasioned the withdrawal from the Bank of England of a consider able portion of its bullio❑ to pay for imports of food from foreign parts. " That in former periods of the like visitation the Bank of England has had the power, and has safely used it, of continuing facilities to commerce during the temporary pressure arising from a large and sudden im portation of food from foreign countries, until the balance of trade should be restored by the ordinary course of commercial pursuits. " That to suppose that by any monetary regulation it should be practicable to produce an increased demand for British exports, simultaneously with the necessity for British imports of grain, so that the one may be at the moment available in payment for the other—is at variance with the course of all mercantile experience. " That it is in the nature of mercantile dealings, when duly supported, to rectify, within a reasonable time, any temporary inequality which temporarily disturbing causes may produce ; on which account it is essential that the power of giving temporary aid, if called for by the mercantile body at such periods of emergency, should exist. " That it has recently become apparent that the Bank of England is restrained by legislative enactment from giving such facility, if called for. " That that establishment has been compelled, by the operation of the existing law to refuse discounting commercial bills of the first credit, having not more than three months to run. " That the fact of such refusal, together with the knowledge of the ground on which it was made, pro duced such a degree of consternation and disturbance of public confidence throughout the country, that com mercial bills could only be discounted at all to a very limited extent, and at rates of interest hitherto unknown in this country. " That one consequence of this state of things was an immediate suspension of the execution of orders for manufactures for distant markets, to the great distress of the manufacturing districts, at the very moment when there was an obvious policy in facilitating exports of British production. " That this suspension continues to the present mo ment to a large extent, and to the great injury of the manufacturing population. " That without detailing toyour Honourable House all the cases of difficulty and perplexity, and paralysation of business, resulting from such a state of things, your pe titioners venture broadly to state that the existing com merce of this country cannot be carried on, if the con tinuance of the facility of discounting legitimate com mercial bills be practically withdrawn. " Your petitioners can hardly bring to the notice of your Honourable House a more palpable view of the ex tent of embarrassment recently existing than in the fol lowing plain statement of facts, both occurring in the same week:— " Remittances of silver arrived from the Pacific in payment for British manufactures. The Bank of England refused either to buy or to lend money on this silver to the merchants who received it, stating that it held the full amount of silver bullion on which by law it was permitted to issue notes, and that it could take no more. Thus merchants, with silver in their possession, could not obtain bank note's to meet their engagements. " It further occurred that a banking establishment at some distance from the metropolis, having an accumula tion of silver of the coin of this realm beycind"its ordi nary need, tendered the same to the Bank of England, to be exchanged for bank-notes. The Bank refused to re ceive it, stating, as in the former case, that it did not possess the power to issue bank-notes on a larger amount of silver than it already held. " Your petitioners submit to your Honourable House the unavoidable inference from all the facts they have set forth, that the present state of the law has not answered the purpose for which it was intended. From the time of its being passed it has been practically inoperative, until a great public calamity arises, and then, instead of sustaining public confidence—the vital element of a com mercial body—it is found to shake to its centre. And yet during the whole period of this remarkable pressure the Bank of England has had more than nine millions of bullion in its possession. " Your petitioners are no advocates of an inconvertible paper currency, but they are humbly of opinion that if the Bank Charter Act had contained a relaxing power, lodged in the executive Government, to be used—not in relief of commercial improvidence or indiscretion—but in the case of some great emergency. such as a short supply of food, or the occurrence of any great political crisis, the Bank of England would neither have been compelled to have recourse to the restrictive measures it has adopted, nor in all probability would any disturbance of public confidence have taken place. " Your petitioners believe that the knowledge of the existence of such a power in the hands of the Govern ment would of itself at all times prevent that disruption of confidence which is in itself the greatest evil that can befal a commercial community—always aggravating in a fearful degree whatever mischief may exist, and con tracting all monetary facilities at the moment when they are most needed. " Your petitioners are further humbly of opinion that, considering that silver is the standard of currency in nearly every state in Europe, and in most other parts of the civilised world, and constitutes in itself, therefore, a substantial and convertible security—it is wholly inex pedient to deprive the Bank of England-of the power of issuing bank notes on the deposit of that metal to any extent it may think proper, while it retains its responsi bility to pay its notes in gold. " Your petitioners are aware that the recent monetary pressure has been some times attributed to the large out lay which has taken place in the construction of railways in this country. " Your petitioners are not called on to offer any opi nion on this question, the commercial community being no way responsible for the extent of the outlay. They would only, as a matter of fact, remark, that whatever may have been the amount of outlay on these works, there was no considerableadvance in the rate of interest, nor did any monetary pressure arise, until other causes came into operation. " Your petitioners cannot omit to represent to your Honourable House the existence of one additional ele ment in the recent pressure—of no inconsiderable force —the demand made by the Queen's Exchequer on the Bank of England for assistance to meet the engagements of the Government. peti tioners that the power olft humbly theßan pa Bank a t p oi e ss rs t o y ue n ot o e u s r beingpe t i strictly limited by law, a great hardship is inflicted on the commercial community when the Bank is compelled by the wants of Government forcibly to diminish the accommodation it would otherwise be enabled to afford to that body, and this, too, at a time when the Bank is called upon, by causes of peculiar urgency, to enlarge such accommodation to the utmost extent of its ability. Your petitioners humbly, but earnestly, suggest to the consideration of your Honourable House that this power fully disadvantageous action on the resources of the Bank ought not to be allowed to continue without countervail ing means being provided to meet it. " Your petitioners desire further to represent to your Honourable House. that although the pressure of which they have been speaking is now partially reneveu, uono dence is not restored, and the rate of interest on com mercial bills is still unusually and injuriously high. And ) •our petitioners f eel bound to state that in the event of any new cause of alarm arising, there is every ground for believing, while the law remains in its present state, that a pressure equally or still more severe may return, e n n g , to an m d iti w g h a e te n th t e h i e ar House of with consreqruieintunceesnitimotayeansiol easily b f e rn' s e i tstei severity. " Your petitioners, w ith all humility, submit the fore going considerations, affecting as they do, in a national sense, very large and extended interests, to your Honour able House; and they pray " That your Honourable House will be pleased to consider the expediency of so amending the Bank Charter Act that a relaxing power may be lodged in the hands of the executive Government, and that the Bank may be permitted to issue notes on silver bullion without restriction. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c." THE Pops o f the 14th publishes the following letter from H n om an e dience to tan son Pope Pius IX. gave to-day a AND MRTOMCONNELL.—The Univers eulogy on Daniel O'Connell in terms . son of the Liberator of Ireland, andwbpreobnomuunsctedhaavne Member for Dundalk. I have been told that a excited the gratitude and admiration of mo mentthtetbyeoung of the Holy Father, the Pope said to him,. Since e when the visitor was rising, after kissing , the feet been denied the happiness, so long desired, of embracing the hero of Christendom, let me have at least the conso lation of embracing the son,' and, at the same time, IX.e Ilwioslyecylttlgrbperkesnsoewdnhitmbattwiitcewtaos his heart. that a solemn service will be celebrated, and that the pane gyric of the illustrious deceased will behpronounced. order that , is on the 25th inst. that these funeral homages will „ be rendered to the memory of the Liberator of Ireland." THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT FELLING:GATES.. HEAD, THURSDAY.—The explosion which occured at Felling Colliery has caused the death of four men and two boys, eighteen horses and two ponies. There were fourteen men and boys in the pit at the time of the acci dent, eight of whom were got out alive. Two ponies j also escaped. The immediat e cause o f t h e accident has I not yet been discovered. A coroner's inquest on view ' of the bodies was opened this afternoon, when evidence as to their identity was received, and the inquiry was adjourned till Wednesday in neat week. SAILINGS. June 23. Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., for Guernsey. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Fairy, Resolution, Maud, Merlin, Esme ralda, Fair Rosamond, Flirt. Cutters—Lark, Alarm, Osprey, Heroine, Noran, Dryad, Peterel, Turquoise, Talisman, Antelope, Elizabeth, and Medina. Yawls— Dream, and Waterlily. FITTING OUT IN HARBOUR. Camilla schooner, Sparrowhawk cutter, and Alba tross yawl. The Georgian and Reindeer yachts, sold to the Rus sian Imperial Yacht Squadron, are said to be lost near Cronstadt, on their passage out. Lord Wilton, Sir Bellingham Graham, Captain Ben- tick, the Marquis of Blandford, and several other mem bers, have arrived at the Royal Yacht Squadron House this week. A special meeting of the members of the Squadron is to take place at the Thatched House Tavern on July 2. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week ending Last , reek. gm . re, ..,:, e). COMMITTEE ON MERITS. Lord SuArrEsnunY passed the following Bills to day:— Manchester and Lincold'Union Railway Deviation. Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &c.) Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail- way (Deiriation of Main Line). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock f0i1..-ay (branch to the Caledonian Railway, and Diversion of Canal). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbeach to Sutton-bridge, &c.) Westminster and part of Middlesex Sewers. Falmouth Waterworks. Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &c.) Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Hu& dersfield, &c., Railway). Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration of levels of Brighouse branch). South-Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch at Bugsworth). STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Lord SHA.FTESBURY decided that the following Bills bad complied with the standing orders:— Lynn and Ely, Ely, Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dere ham Railways Amalgamation. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Shef filed Canal purchase). Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railways. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Molton Branches). Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantoa Railway (Leith and Granton Junction). Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Gainsbo rough and Doncaster). BALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ROYAL ORTHO PAEDIC HOSPITAL.—A grand full-dress ball for the benefit of this excellent institution will be given on Monday at Willis's Rooms, under the patronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and of their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duches of Cambridge. Julhen, with his band, will be there, and there cannot be a doubt but that this will be one of the most fashionable reunions of the season. WAKErIELD CORN MARKET, JUNE 25.—The ar rivals are only moderate. Millers supply themselves sparingly with wheat at a reduction of 2s. to 3s : per n quarter. The demand for oats and shelling is quitf) e i ss . retail at late prices. Beans are slow sale at money. 25.—Sugars, BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, .TUNE 25. find a ready rather 1 suitable for refining purposes, continue to and compara sale; but the grocery sorts are rather dull, od lively cheap. Very ' goods for the little d oing in rola time of th e y ear ...-Bristol Mercury. MARKET INTELLIGENCE: (From the London New Price Current of June 2b.) COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was limited for Cochineal. At public sale 34 bags of Mexican sold at full rates. 40 bags Honduras sold at 5s 3d to 58 10d for middling to fine silvers, which is Id to 2-1 higher. RUM, BRANDY, AND tiOLLANDS.—Although there are sellers of Leeward Island Rum at a further reduction in the value, still the purchases made have been trifling, and do not exceed 150 puns at 2s Ild to 3s per :gallon proof. East India is little wanted, and offere, - 1 upon lower terms, but only 100 puns have bees: dis posed of at 2s 9d proof with certificate, anvl at which there is a desire to realise. For Jamaica of fine quality there has been a !air demand, and prices are sustained, but the lower kinds have been operated in with caution, and the supply being plentiful, they can be obtained upon further re duced terms. In Demerara little has been done. The purchases made in all sorts of Brandy have been trifling, and there are sellers at a farther decline in the value. Geneva is wanted for exportation; 2s 8d to 2s 9d taken for ordinary, and for fine for home use 3s to 3s 3d. For British Corn Spirits the demand is not so go,-)d. INDIGO.—This afternoon at public sale 139 serons of Caraccas Indigo were all taken in at 2s 9d to 3s 6tl per lb. SEEDS.—A good business has been transacted in Linseed this week, but not at better prices, as there are large arrivals near at hand. The market for Linseed Cakes is in a dull state, stocks are heavy, and prices 're on the decline. Rape Cakes are neglected, and not worth more than 51 per ton. In Rape Seed little has been done, and prices are on the decline TURPENTINE.—Spirits have been extensively dealt in, in consequence of further reduced rates having been accepted, and 37s to 38s is the value of British; there is, however, yet a large supply; of Roogh some parcels have been sold at 9s. The value of Tar as 20s to 20s 6d, but at these high rates there are not many buyers. WooL.—There has been a brisker deman,fl for colonial at the public sales, and which are still in progress, but prices show a decline, as compared with those o'f the last auctions, of Id to lid, as the quantity to be otc'ered is yet large. In other kinds the operations are ti'yooD a more extended scale, but not at higher rates. OlLS.—There has been more activity in the market for Olive Oil this week, and holders have obtained prices they could not previously. A fair quantity has been disposed of, but the home trade have been chiefly opera tors. Some parcels have been received, and prices are yet much above those of this time last year. The con sumption, however, continues to be large. Of Palm further parcels have been imported, yet former rates are sustained, and a good demand has been experienced. Cocoa Nut is still brought sparingly to market, and being much wanted, prices range high. For auction 100 tons fine Cochin are declared. Although there are sellers of Rape Seed Oil upon further reduced terms ; still time purchases made have been upon a moderate scale only. Linseed Oil has been in excellent request for home con sumption, and in consequence of the limited supply, buyers have been compelled to pay further advanced rates. For forward delivery there are few buyers at present to be met with. A fair quantity has been dis posed of for exportation. Lard Oil has been operated in with caution. There have been several arrivals of Fish Oils since this day week, and the trade showing not mach desire to do business, prices continue on the de cline. Cod met with little attention. This afternoon at public sale 74 tons of Sperm Oil mostly sold at 851 to 874 and Headmaster 871 ; 100 tuns of Southern sold at better prices, that is to say from 2211 5 s to 251 108 for low to fine. TALLow.—This afternoon the quantity of Tallow offered at public sale was 98 casks of Odessa Sheep, 22 casks ditto Beef, 57 casks Australian, and 200 casks of Petersburgh, which went at rather lower rates. SURREY THEATRE. Vincent Wallace's opera of Maritana has been pro duced here, and bids fair to become as popular on the Surrey side of the water, as it has been at Drury-lane during the last two seasons. It is very strongly cast. Miss Rainforth sustaining the character of Maritana ; Miss Rebecca Isaacs that of Lazarillo : Mr. Strettou being the Don Jose, and Mr. M'Mahon the King, while Mr. W. Harrison appears in his original part of Don Caesar de Bazan. The choruses are full and well-drilled, and the orchestra under the able direction of Tully, doea full justice to the beautiful music of this very pleasing opera. A new melo-drama, entitled The Rag picker, was produced on Wednesday night with com pl e t e suc cess. It is an adaptation from the French popular piece Le Chiffonier, and is one of those dramas of striking inoi dent—of intense interest, which are sure to be popular with a Surrey audience. The Rag-picker (capitally acted by Mr. H. Webb) is the virtuous man of the piece and through his exertions a Millionaire Baron and his un principled daughter, who have acquired their wealth by a series of murders and peculations, and who have en deavoured to procure the conviction of the rag-picker and of his protegee, Marie Didier (Mrs. El. Piping), for the crimes which they themselves have committed, are brought to justice, and—as is always the case on the stage—guilt is punished and virtue rewarded. The audi ence were vociferous in their applause, and to all lovers of the drains of intense interest, we recommend a visit to The Rag-picker of Paris. PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER-SQUARE. MR. BURFORD'S NEW PANORAMA OF THE HINIALAYA MOUNTAINS. The new Panorama of the Himalaya Mountains, painted by Mr. Robert Burford (assisted by Mr. H. C. S.-lous), from drawings taken in 1846, by Capt. George J. White, 31st Regiment, was opened for private view yesterday, and is now open to the public. The Pano rama is taken from one of the mountains of the Hindoo Knosh which, from its height and situation, commands a most comprehensive view of the Himalaya regions. "Towards the north, the immediate foreground is bro ken by precipitous rocks, rugged cliffs, wooded heights, and cultivated ravines, some t f which, two or three thousand feet in depth, have their sides covered with dark forests, where it is impossible to cultivate the soil; but where the ground admits of husbandry, even when the descents are most precipitous, successive lines of terraces appear, like the steps of some magnificent am phitheatre, upon which the produ ce waves i n many coloured hues, abundantly irrigated by streandets, fre quently conducted from very remote springs. In many places these terraced fields are carried up to an extra ordinary height, even to the very tops of the ranges, in situations apparently inaccessible, and there the effects of the elevation upon the temperature of the atmosphere are strikingly observable from the diversity of tints the produce assumes, the highest being in fresh blade brilliantly green, whilst the lowest is sear and ripe. Many small hamlets and neat houses are dotted about, presenting a look of neatness and comfort • shut out from the world, their inhabitant s , if th ey d o not live in peace amongst themselves, are at least undisturbed by the visits of travellers. All around the lower hills spread out in every di rection, romantic and picturesque, mountain, plain, and precipice, in ten thousand varied forms, blended by distance, and softened by various tints of sunshine and shade ; shattered peaks, black mural precipices, ra vines purple from their depths, and graceful hills co vered most luxuriantly with dar k cedars, oaks clustered with acorns, and rhododendrons blushing with scarlet bloom. The British station of Soobathoo is seen on one side in an arid plain, and Simla, another station, with the mountain of Jacko on which it is partly built, stands boldly prominent in front. Almost on a level with the spectator at the summits of the Bayree, Day bee, and Kurroll mountains, and rising still higher the Whartoo, Choor, and Sirgool, with their peaks covered giants mantled in white, shining brD iwitiinthoysnow, like against the azure dep ths of the heavens. These, although but mere vassals of the mighty Himalaya, would be the boast of other countries, as they rise from eight to twelve thousand feet perpendicular height. "In the extreme distance the wide stretching snowy range occupies an immense extent of uninterrupted out line, and fascinates the eye with its huge but aerial sublimity,— ' Snow piled on snow, the mass appears, The gathered winter of ten thousand years,' A wide undulating plain of everlasting snow, from which three mighty peaks, called th e Jumnotree, shot up to an immense altitude ; two joined by a ridge being irregular, curiously rugged, and majestically distinct ; the third, at some distance, being isolated and black, forming a singu lar contrast with the hoary desert around. Other un manse peaks, probably above the source of the Ganges, are seen towards the east, succeeded again by others, until lost in the vast and boundless distance. Over this forlorn and desolate field, of snow, and between the peaks, are the passes which lead into Koonawur and Chinese Tartary, the principal of which, the Shatool, Yoosoo, and Boorendoo passes, although nearly fifty miles dis tant, being distinctly visible, such is the delicate purity of the atmosphere. "In the opposite direction towards the south is the beautiful valley of Pinjore, and the verge of sight melt. ing into a line of vapour scarcely to be distinguished from the horizon, is bounded by the Punjab, the glowing plains around Sirhind, the North-West Provinces, the country towards Bengal, and it is said even to the Pir Panjal of Cashmir; the whole like an exquisite map spread out beneath, through which the Sutlej, the Ganges, the Indus, and numerous tributary strearaa glittering like veins of silver, are seen winding amongst the fertile plains, until lost in the blue etherial mist of the distance. Dark lines and spots mark towns and YU. lages, and the luridly glaring air over them indicates a burning wind, which never reaches this happy mountain region." Nothing can e qual the subli me magnificence of the scenery thus depicted. The rich plains of the Ptugaubt through which meanders the Sutlej, and various other fertilising steams, contrast strongly with the arid snow capped mountains by which they are surrounded, and which seem to rise higher and - higher in the distance. The scenery depicted, too, is of classical interest. We see Soobathoo, now a British station, but rt the formerlyis, belongi ng t o Gh a k as, now tributaries field of Alliwal. wallsi s es to who did us e xce ll e nt service " h Loodiannah, under the_ a lmost of which d Simla, the summer resid ewe, of our Indian vicerel L u battle of Alliwal was fought._mballah, the station hone which Lord Har di ng() led his forces to Moodk ee , the Jullindar D oab, the territory recently ceded t o us by whioh is watered by the Sutlej, now a. rver,and, in the distance beyond, the Punjaab,, Cabal, the a rish btitd, S ikhs, the scene at once of our disasters and of our gloq-, In t h e distance we see the Ganges and the Jamna inan lug from the mountain passes of the KorJah, backed by the Chor Mountain, the highest of the lower Hamalaya, situated between the Sutlej and the Jumna, at a height of 12,149 feet above the sea. As a work of art, it is impossible to speak in too high terms of this. panorama. It is a marvel of perspective, and the aerial effects are superbly given. The atmosphere seems glow. ing, nay, vibrating with heat, over the plains of the Pu... jaub—it riot only looks, it almost feels warm. NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne . ............ • Arbroath and Forfar .•• • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda • • • • • • ... •• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • . • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • East Lancashire • • .. Eastern Uni0n...................... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr . • . • • • Glasgow and Greenock • . • • •• • • • • • Gravesend and Rochester.• . • • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • • • Great Western, &c • • • . Ipswich and Bury ..... . • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle . • • • • • • • • • • • • • London ana North Western, &e. ..... London and Blackwall • • • • . • • • • • London and Brighton . ..... London and South Western . • • • •• • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle • . • • • • • • • • • • • . Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Carlisle .• . • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields North British ...... • . • . • • • • • . • • • • Paris and Rouen .. •• • •• Preston and Wyre•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rouen and llavro • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Shrewsbury and Chester • . South Eastern and Branches • • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction York and Newcastle . York and North Midland 3,078 11,611 842 1,C05 2,509 1,203 676 1,200 312 3,194 9.026 1,377 22,281 1,326 44,752 1,198 8,785 9,466 8,517 1,873 595 19,884 2,227 559 2,033 1,607 7,658 2,738 440 8,605 1,180 1,4f2 2,103 1,150 20,803 42,435 1,480 7,549 8,466 8,072 1,886 199 7,299 6,915 522 17,457 1,978 529 1,644 6,386 950 8,594 1,206 544 6,862 6,068 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) £n Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of June, 1847. 111 SUI IMAITMIN T. Notes issued.. •• .... 23,632,575 £23,632,575 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • Z 984,900 Gold coin and bullion 8,183,575 Silver bullion .... • • 1,449,000 4 23,632,575 MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of June, IS 'AITKEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,708,258 Other securities .. • . 17,947,411 Notes .............. 5,664,955 Gold and silver coin • • 879,022 £36,199,646 ". MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DI Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest .. Pablic dsposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • . 9,258,290 3 ther deposits • • • • 8,160,461 Seven day and other bills • • • . • • .• •. 773,R70 A 36,199,646 Dated the 24th day ofJune, 184' INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB, 26, RED LION. SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY.—His Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, who has become the Pre sident of the above institution, having expressed his conviction of the necessity of a more commodious building than the present establishment in Red Lion square ; and, moreover, having subscribed a donation of 30/. towards that purpose, Mr. James G. Simpson, the secretary, together with the committee of manage ment, have beon making active exertions in furtherance of the benevolent object. Several very handsome do nations have rewarded their efforts, among whi c h may be ment ioned the Earl of Derby for 20Z, &c. At the anniversary meeting held in the Freemasons' Tavern, and presided over by the Duke of Cambridge, the Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., iu the course of a very eloquent speech, stated that the objects of the charity were often misconstrued. The in stitution was the only one in the metropolis lux ale reeepLlV. va" rta .1 w „ upon being admitted into the institution, the pupils were nut only instructed in Scriptural knowledge, in addition to being wholly maintained, but were taught a trade most suitable to their respective dispositions or inclina tions, so that they might subsequently be enab:ed to support themselves. Several of the present inmates had been educated in the Kent-road Asylum, but being dis charged upon attaining a certain age, would have been without friends or home but for such an institution as the one he was advocating. By its diffusion of Scriptu ral knowledge, and the practical good effected, the institution has rendered itself of the utmost value; and as its benefits extend, as the funds increase, there cannot be a doubt but its importance will be appreciated. Amongst the subscribers to the building•fund, in addi tion to the Duke of Cambridge and the Earl of Derby, is the Earl Fitzwilllam, R. S. Holford, Esq., George Harvey, Esq., &c. WATERMEN AND LIGIITERMEN'S ASYLUM.—Yes terday, the eighth annual meeting of the donors and subscribers to the above institution, founded for poor, aged, decayed, and maimed free watermen and lighter men of the river Thames and their wives or widows, situate at Penge, Surrey, was held at the London Tavern; John D. Brown, Esq., in the chair. There were three additional inmates elected by ballot, from a list of four teen candidates, to fill up that number of vacancies in the almshouses, which are thirty-two in number. The report stated that the allowance to inmates, and the expense of maintaining the institution, was 8001., whilst the annual receipts from dividends and subscriptions do not amount to more than 400/., leaving the remainder to be supplied by the subscriptions realised at the annual festivals, and donations. Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager, on being solicited to become the patroness of the asylum, gave an immediate assent, and a subscription of 1051., adding, " It gave her much pleasure to be in any way connected with a class of persons for whom lier late lamented husband felt so deep an interest." Her Ma jesty has since made a handsome donation towards the building of a church on the grounds of the asylum. Her Majesty has also agreed for the purchase of a piece of land adjoining to the asylum, it being her Majesty's in tention to erect and endow a college for the r e c eption of a certain number of the widows of naval officers. The business of the day having been concluded, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. Among the visitors to the Free Exhibition of Arts yesterday, were the children of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, with their band. . RTY rleg mes h 1,19 our• mud ;ban The p per I oc rely , as al oe oior meet ;uri" 00 0 dais die- fully A the tains ' ,ton NOY .r On rs.- - ; et oi the iay 9 • 004 this I