The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Public are requested to take notice that no interruption of the business of tin Company will be caused ty the Fire at the premises occupied by Messrs. Pickford and Co., at Camden, and that arrangements have been made for carrying it on as heretofore. By order, MARK ELVISH. General Manager's Office, Euaton•stition, June 10, 1857. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Cornhill, and Baker-street, London ; College-green, Dublin ; and Gronen,gen-street, Hamburg. Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A D 1714. DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, &C. JOHN RE MINGTON MILLS, Esq.. CHAIRMAN. HENRY ALDWIN SOAMES, Esq , DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. James Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Esq. Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq. Daniel Britten, Esq. iHenry Hutt, Esq. Nicholas Charrington, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. S. Preston Child, Esq. Riebd. Horsman Solly, Fsq. William Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, Esq. Thomas Lewis, Esq. E funnel Wilson, Esq., Ald. Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P. Stephen Wilson, Esq. John Morley, Esq. The Directors are ready to ree.ive proposals for insuring every description of Property in Great Britain and Irel Ind, including ships in dock, rent of houses, loss by fire from lightning, and farm ing stock. BONUS ON LIF ' POLICIES. The following will sh :iv the relative amount of the recent cen tennial Bonus added to the sam insured, on Policies for 1,0001., effected in Great Britain, according to the ages of the lives when assured Age when Amount of Premium Bonus for Po:icy received for the ctrecte I. the last Seven Years. same time. 152/. 10s. 10d. I. Being about 70 per 105/. ct.on such amount of premium. 20 .. 1681. hs. 10d. .. 1057. Being 60 p et. do. 30 .. 1967. 193. 21. .. 1051. Being 55 p. et. do. 35 .. 2091. Bs. 4d. .. 1051. Being 5i p. ct. do. 40 .. 2371. 14s. 2d. . • 1051. Being 45 p. et. do. This BONUS, including the previous additions, has been applied either— By having the Annual Premium reduced for the next Seven Years, which in many cases extinguished the same for that period ; Or, by adding the amount to the Sum Insured; Or, the present value thereof was received immediately in money. Further particulars may be obtained at the Offices, as above, or by written application to the Seeretary. Policy Stamps and Medical Fees paid by this Company. Advances are made on the sole security of Policies effected with this (Mee to the extent of their value. Two•thtrds on'y of the PremiuMZy be paid unt:l death. Decreasing and Increasing Rates of Premium. Persons whose Lives are Assured, and not being of sea-faring occupation, are allowed during peaca to peas by sea from ono part of Earope, direct to any other part thereof, in steamer or other decked vessels. WIL [Jilt B. LEWIS, Secretary. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, TO-MORROW EVENING. IL DON GIOVANNI. THURSDAY EVENING, Juno 11, will be produced, with the following unp-ecedented cast, Mozart's chef-d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI :--Zerlina, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Spezia • and Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Ortolani. Don Giovanni, Sig. Beneveutano ; Leporello, Sig. Belletti Masetto, Sig. Corsi ; Il Comm mdatore, Sig. Vialetti; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced by Mdlles. Pasquali, Karliski, Morlacchi, Maiie, and Corps de Ballet. From respect to the grand work of the immortal componr the following artistes of the establishment have consented to lend th-ir 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, Da Scros, and Baillou ; Hesdamss Poma, Berti, Baillou, Fazio, and Ramos. After which, will be revived the highly successful Balk , by M. Perrot, entitled L'AURORE, For particulars, see bills, A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been sp3cially reserved for the public, and m iy be had on app' lea- Con at the Box-office. at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. BOUFFES P ARISIE NS—St. JAMEY'S THE ITRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCII PLAYS. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), June 10, the entertain rnents will commence at half-past S o'clock precisely, by the performance of LE VIOLONNEUX. M. Guyot, M. Mesmacre, awl Mdlle. Mareschal. After which (for the first time) Operetta, en un acre, 1.4 ROSE DE ST. FLOUR. Mus'que de M. J. Offenbach. M.Pradeau, M. Chas. Petit, and Mdle. Dalmont. To conclude with Opera-Comique, en un acte L'OPERA AUX FENETRE3. M. Leonce, M. Tayau, M. Charles Petit, and Mane,. Dalmont. The Orchestra of the The Are des Bouffes will ace ,m -play these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement beim . ; 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 EVENIN3. - - GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under t , le direction of Miss Ella, Prices—Pit and Promenal ,, , is ; Boxes, 2s. 6,1 . 25., and Is. 61. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at, half-past 7. Commence at 6. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsoins, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, awl Marie, MissesNewsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jon . fling's ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Marttt, benrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Nions. Ferdinand, Mons. Etry,ene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Faller, awl the great Shaks p.:.'ian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and nnapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. B. Stirling. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's trlgekly of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Air. C. Kean ; Queen, Aim C. hear). Preeeile(l by a nem Farce, in nne act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. T HEATRE ROYAL, TJAVYMA.RKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckston.e. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new drama, in two periods, entitlel THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstene, &c. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DI I.NA! After whie), the successfn . Classical Love Story. un der the Applo-lation of Arm, iNTA ; 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 bo : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retainel the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price, s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes l 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._ Pit 2 0 Pi+ 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL. A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TIES EVENING, will be perform,' the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE. in which Mr. RmiAminWet , ster, Mr. Writrht, Mr. Paul Redford. and MAdaine Celeste will perfmn. After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG, in which Mr Web.ter will app To cancluda with A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. Mr. &e. I) OYAL SURRMY THEATRE, ti , Lesßeei, M3ssrs. Shepherd and Creswielc. THIS EVENING will be performed LI TRAVIATA. Kr. Haig' , and Lucy Eqcott. To conclude with DEEDS, NOT WORDS. Messrs. S'wp herd, Widdicomb, and Mies E'Rirne. STRA ND THEATRE.—Leggee, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has achieved a legitimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chef Professor of Legerdemain, Ms wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his unrivalled programme—have received the public verdict—lnimitable ! Stalls, 33 ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d, A Morning Performance on Satur days, at 2. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLFS cLo After which, a new drama, called D ADD 7 HARDACRE . Mr. - Robson, (kw. To conclude with THE W ‘NDERING MINSTREL Commence at half-past Seven. ALSTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND OPERA. HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. UuderVie patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness The Prince Albert. light e d enc omiums of the press and the approbation of de " Il T and;ences justify Mr. William Cook e i n announc i n g lug, until rovatore," with Equestrian Illustrations, every Even ftirther notice, 'MIS EVENI NG (Wednesday, Juno 10), V er di' s far-f a med O o f IL TROVATORE ; or, The Gipsy's Vengeance. T'.lo whole of the Music as performed ' at the Italian Opera, and Eptestrian Illustrations l‘fiss Rebecca Isaacs, . Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Som ers, and Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Miss Fanny Hadd ad. Mr. Fran c is Ki r by, and Conductor and Co Mr. Bo rran i. , mposer--Kerr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company —Mr. Augustusßraham. Atter which, Mr, Wm. Cooke's Inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, supported by the Unequalled Troupe of Eques trians. To conclude with the musical farce of THE WATER- M N. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. • upper Boxes, ; Private Boxes, from 2 's., no charge for booking: Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice— During the Opera Season Half-price will tak e place at _9 o'clock. Boa -office open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. •Went. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. '.n;company of V oca li sts are engaged for the per f or mance o: Selections from all the popular Operas Madrigals, Chorus es, Glees, Duets, tile., vi z . : M iss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Mi ss S ummers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. rGrover, T. Farrant, S. Jenec., J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Mime ; Masters Bennett and Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Director, Mr. J . Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock .precisely 81 aPPers, kc., until twelve o'clock, BIGil WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY—Morn. 21 min. aft. 3—Even., 42 m u aft. 3 To `.loaWyW—Morn. 1 min. aft. 4—Even. 19 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OEI7OE, JUNE 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69 -highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 29.63 —a sudden fall of a quarter of an inch. WIND, S. W. ; light, with fine weather, but heavy cloud% • r - , t y . ' _ _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1857 Foremost among all the Orders of the Day in the House of Commons for this present date, Mercurii, 10 ° die Junii, 1857, there appears (as if satirically) this astounding announcement : "a 1. Sale of Beer Bill ;—Second Reading." We doubt it very much. "A 1?" We never should have supposed it. Even now, although it lies before us printed formally, in very legible characters, upon Parliamentary Paper No. 20, folio 397—we remain obdurately incredulous. We don't believe it—aty more than PAUL Dom- BEY believed Mrs. PIPCSIN'S bugaboo story about the Mad Bull who devoured the Little Boy who asked Questions. And, as if in timely justifica tion of our unbelief, there appears a little further down upon the same page—not among the Orders of the Day, but underneath those Orders of the Day, so preposterously headed by Mr. HARDY'S Folly, his Hobby, his Fancy, his "Beer Bill " (really, in Parliamentary slang, his Beer Bill)—There appears second among the Notices of Motion the following :—" Mr. KER SEYMER,— Oa Motion for Second Reading of Sale of Beer Bill, ti move, That it be read a second time upon this day six months." Another opportunity is consequently afforded to the House, of ridding itself of this preposterous measure, which is an indirect, btit a very grotesque, and a very signifi cant reflection upon its philanthropy ! Before our impression for this evening goes to press, the House will, in all human probability have decided upon the relative merit; of Mr. HARDY'S Order of the Day, and Mr. vSEYMER'S Notice of Motion. lt will be seen, consequently, by a glance from these leading columns to that other portion of our journal in which to-lay's Parliamentary proceedings are dulr chronicled by our reporters, how the com paratively few members present on a Wednesday afternoon's sitting have decided. It will probably be seen—unless a sudden and unexpected succes have carried. Mr. KER SETMER'S exceedingly ra tional motion against the Second Reading —that again the settlement of the difficulty has been postponed ; that again the matter is referred onward—this time to a detiiled scrutiny in Cam mittee. Sooner or later the crotchet of Mr. HARDY is doomed. We cannot but think this. It were an insult to the good sense of the House of Commons t) conceive for an instant that it could be otherwise. Upon that sound sense wo place our reliance in this matter, and to it Wti are die posed all the more earnestly to appeal, now, that the Believers in Virtue by Act of Parliament aro all agog, apparently, about the old, old project lacquered up again into an appearance of newness —the whimsy of your thick-and-thin Tea-Totallers —the Maine Liquor Law movement I It ap pears, by a paragraph given elsewhere in our impression of this evening that the promoters of that movement aro strenuously "at it" again down at Manchester. A conference has been hel 1 there to further the scheme for Punishing the Sober, in order to try and do good (against his will) to the Drunkard. That —literally—'_s the mean ing of that monstrous folly called the Maine Liquor LAW I An offshoot of which Folly is Mr. RARDY'S Bier Bill ! Render drunkenness ini p9ssible, or try and render it impossible, by causing the traffic in intoxicating beverages to be declared and you deprive sobriety of any credit whatsoever. The exercise of Free Will ou the part of a worshipper is an essential emtlitiou for any value whatever in the exercise of Religion. Surely every sane man must recogniso this. Surely every man in his senses must see at ono3 that to carry off an unbeliever and blasphemer to Church —gagged and in a straight wa,istcolf, is not pre cisely the way to forward the interests, or to dif fuse the principles of Right Religion. S ill less would it be the way if all kinds of pevle indis criminately, good and bad, believers and unbe lievers, were SD carried off gagged and straight-waistcoated. The fanatical promoters of Yirtue by Main force, of Sobriety by Maine force, may, if they have a mind to it, be as strait laced as they please, themselves. But others with equal reason may object (if they hare not a micd to it) to be straight-waistcoated. For once and for all, we say The right-thinking peopll of this country won't hare it—this absurd ph In tasy of a Maine Liquor Law. And quite as reso lutely determined we believe they will shew them selves to be not to have the small end of the wedge inserted in the shape of this farce of a tyrannical little pettifogging Beer Bill affecting the beneficence of philanthropy. The beneficial effects of Lord BROUGHAM'S re turn to bis place in the House of Lords are already perceptible. The obnoxious proviso, which, by prohibiting the guilty party from again contracting matrimony, reduced her to the deplor able alternatve of "prostitution or want, of sinning or starving, of the streets or the work house," has been expunged by a decisive majority, and a subsequent proposal, that the offender should be prevented from marrying the person with whom the adultery was proved to have been committed, was also rejected. We heartily con gratulate the Rouse and the country on this auspicious result, We felt convinced that the impolitic restriction could not bear the tee, of calm and mature consideration, that their Lordships would sot persevere in a course which must have brought them into collision with the other House, and of which the inevitable effect would be to cause the rejection of the bill, if it were obstinately persisted in. Indeed, it seems by no means improbable, that the quasi amend ment had been introduced and carried with a view to that very result. Some other decided improvements were also carried. Husbands deserted by their wives were declared to be entitled to the same remedy as women would have. This is only fair and reason able ; there should be full and perfect reci procity. The like remedy shoul I in, , every instance be given for the like offence. We only trust that the principle may be rendered universal, and that the rights or wrongs of both husbands and wives may be placed on a precisely similar foundation. We cannot see any benefit to be derived from the substitution of the words " judicial separati on" For " divorc e a mensa et thoro." The meaning of the latter was clearly understood by evt)ry adult male and female throughout the length and breadth of the land; and the coining of a new lega.l phrase, the only effect whereof would be to aff)rd legal gentlemen an opportunity of displaying tbßir ingenuity, should be avoided, save on intelliggile grounds. As, however, " the rose by any other name will smell as sweet," there is no great rea- son to cavil at that, the effect whereof will be ex actly the same as if the more familiar terms had been used. The only other discussion and division referred to the substitute for the obnoxious action of trim. con. The issue was simply whether the offence should be punished with fine only, or with fine and imprisonment, or either of them. The latter course was adopted by a majority of ten. There is much to be said on both sides of the question. On the one hand, it is decidedly ob jectionable that the personal liberty of the sub ject should be interfered with by the simple decision of a Judge, without the intervention of a jury. It is to a certain extent abolishing that which is justly regarded as the great palladium of our national freedom. On the other, it is certain that there are many who would regard a mere fine as a bagatelle, a thing only to be sneered at, who would look on imprisonment in a very different point of view. And, as the object is to render the law a real terror to wrongdoers not a mere scarecrow, where wealthy offenders are concerned, it seems desirable that the power of incarceration should be added. All would be accomplished by inserting a clause that the sen tence of imprisonment should only be pronounced after the verdict of a jury before a criminal tri bunal. Respecting the fine there is one point which appears to have been altogether disregarded by all parties. It may possibly operate as a sentence of perpetual imprisonment ! It will 'become a Crown debt from which the party amerced cannot be exonerated by the insolvent tribunals, or the surrender of all his property in possession, re version, or expectancy. At present, damages in an action for crim, con. constitute a ground of remand, which is invariably acted on according to the extent of the damages and the criminality of the offender. This, how ever, will now be changed, and a clause or pro viso ought to be added that would enable Vie person in actual custody for the offence, to obtain the benefit of the Insolvent Act on submitting t a vesting order, which would divest him of his entire property, and subject him to the other regulations incidental t 3 an application to that very efficient tribunal. The Committee now sitting on the Bank Charter Act cannot possibly ignore the fearful consequences that must result from a continuance in the present exorbitant rate of discount. As the Times recently acknowledged, "a return to cheap money"—i. e. a moderate charge for peQu niary accommodation—" cannot be anticipated for several years 1" It is scarcely necessary to point out the inevitable results that must follow " increased labour with gradually diminished means"—and these only obtained " at usurious rates of interest." The fact is, as stated in a communication which will be found in another part of this day's impression, that "the drones are cared for to the injury of the working bees, and their ultimate exhaustion is certain, unless some decided effort is made," and that very speedily. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by deciding to pay the redemption of the Sound Dues in Specie, or its equivalent,within three or four months, has precipitated the crisis. Under the existing code we cannot Jnaintain the struggle very long, and then Mercator and his disciples will be in the position of him who " killed the goose that laid the gulden eggs." There is, however, no limita tion to the greed of gaiu. As the schoolboy pro verb declares, "the love of money increases as the money itself ;" and the putative parent of the Act having acquired an almost fabulous fortune by the use of what he now terms " worthless rags," is willing to kick down the ladder by which he has ascended, to prevent others from attaining a similar elevation. The phrase "pig on bacon" was well known in Lancashire in the olden time, nor is even yet altogether forgotten. We do not by any means complain of the mode in which the Leviathan fortune was accumulated, but certainly the man who derived such almost miraculous advantages from legitimate and well deserved " credit," should be the last to deprive others of similar facilities. Many plans have been suggested by which "free trade in currency" could be obtained with out the slightest risk of depreciating the circulat ing medium. An issue of Exchequer Bills of small and convenient lenominations, say 1/. 2/. and 3/. would, as recently suggested by a respected correspondent, answer every purpose. No person would refuse that which would sat . sfy the demands of the tax-gatherer, whose visits are unfortunately neither " few nor far between." But the laziness of a for mer Comptraler of the Exchequer prevented that desideratum from being carried into practical effeo . . If, however, Parliament should sanction the principle, not only would the interest of the Unfunded Debt be saved to the Exchequer, but there would be an unobjectionable carrency, which could not possibly be depreciated. The amount would be regulated by Parliament, and the whole would be redeemed within the year by almost daily instalments. This would liberate a large quantity of gold now required for the business of every day life, and render it available for our foreign commerce, for which alone it is wanting. We trust that the new Parliament may show, ere it is too late, that it is neither indifferent to the exigencies of the community, nor incompetent to deal with a subject on which the welfare and prosperity of the industrial popu lation so greatly depends, and which can alone ensure that great blessing—" A fair day's wage for a fair day's work." General ASHBURNHAM and Lord ELGIN either have arrived, or will soon arrive on the coast of China, and we may hope, therefore, before long to hear what course will be taken ; the reinforcements, however, seem to linger, and the Raleigh is pro bably hoplessly wrecked, her valuable stores of shells being, it appears, rendered useless. We fear, therefore, the hot season will render it impossible to effect anything till the autumn, by force of arms. There are, however, symptoms of increasing difficulties on the side of the Chinese. It is stated at Shanghae that the Imperial Go vernment has actually proposed t) levy a tax on opium there, to which, as implying the legalisa tion of its sale, it would never have condescended, had not the Imperial Exchequer been as empty as that of the CZAR at the fall of Sebastopol. Its troops also were greatly in arrear of pay. The rebels, too, iu Central and Northern Chins, had gained considerable fresh successes ; and in the South, in the province of Canton, notwithstanding the savage executions by Yztr, the rebels have become very numerous, and in the adjoining pro vince of Kwang-sa have captured Kweilin, the capital, a well fortified place, which has hitherto resisted all their attempts. YEII himself, it is said, cannot keep his troops together for want of money. Pending the arrival of important news, it may be interesting to our readers to be apprised briefly of the actual state of the Chinese rebellion. In deed, we have almost forgotten it during dur own greater wars nearer home, and in our own quarrel with the Cantonese. It should be re membered that this vast empire consists of eighteen provinces, on an average, almost equal in BiZO to Great Britain, a fact which sufficiently accounts for its population being eighteen times larger than ours, without its containing more inhabitants to the square mile. Its entire width is intersected by one cf the largest rivers in the world, on which stands the ancient capital Nankin. The province and city of Canton, to which Europeans were con fined till after the late war, is in the extreme south, and Pekin, the present Manchoo capital, is in the extreme north of this vast empire; some 17 degrees of latitude intervene—about the same dis tance as from Madrid to Aberdeen and farther. In so vast and populous an empire, administered by eighteen governors, over ten times which might serve for as many kingdoms, it is not to be won dered at that insurrections occur ; and the fact is, that under an absolute and centralisedadministra tion like that of China, there, are as in France or Austria, no means of reiress but insurrection. Mal-administration at Pekin, or by any of the provincial governments can be rectified only by resistance. Hence, though the form, of govern ment has been unchanged for at least two thou sand years, yet oppressive and incorrigible bad dynasties have been repeatedly expelled. The late rebel:ion, or more properly speaking, insurrection against the Manchoos and their dynasty had unquestionably a religious origin. HUNG SEW TSECTEN, who now styles himself the Heavenly Prince, is a kind of second Mahomet. His course began in some mysterious visions vouchsafed him during a severe illness. He appears to have been delirious, and, what is common in delirium, to have seen vivid represen tations of what he had read in the Protestant Sriptures many years before, but forgotten. He had so forgotten, that when a few years after the visions the successes of the English at Otnton le I him to look at the books he had received from them again, he was astonished to find the key to his dreams in them. From that time lite does not seen to have doubted that the God worshipped by the western barbarians, whom he now termed foreigners, had appeared to him ; that the Protestant Scriptures were an authoritative revelation from Heaven, and that he was called to commence the task of a Religious Reformer. He does not appear to have thought of insurrection against the Goverment very unwisely, attacked by it; and a consi derable body of political rebels having joined him, they commenced their work of expelling the Tar tars from all the cities of the empire : this appears to have been towards the close of tho year 1850. At this time they commenced their religious political movement to establish a new and native dynasty - of Taeping, or Universal Peace. Nume rous bands of discontented men, of bandits, and even of pirates driven on shore by our cruisers, have joined the rebels ; but "the God worship pers" continue to be the strength of the whole movement, and thousands who have thought their moral code too strict have deserted them on that account. They believe in one GOD, and in JESUS CHRIST as his S )n, not his eTtal ; and the Ten C , )mmandrnents are their moral code. HUNG SEW TSUEN is regarded as the second son of GOD, though apparently in a much lower sense than JEsus. In fact, their knowleigo of Christianity seems to bo :imited to what a learned native Chinese, without single idea from modern civilisation, could ex tract from the 01 , 1 and Ne.v Testament, which he had received from a native convert. Ho and his God worshippers fight with the ardour of patriots against the Manchoos, and the :c3al of a DAVID against idolators. The Tae-ping rebels rapidly forced their way through from the south-east across half the Em pire, till they reached the Groat River on the banks of which they have ever since established their head-quarters. They soon descended the River and took possession of Nankin, and cf Chin-ke-anz, where the celebrated canal crosses the Groat River. There, of course, they are not far from us at Shanghae. In the summer of 1853, a considerable detachment from the main army started northward through the other half of the empire a from they f oug ht th e i r wa y skil fully and bravely Pekinravelyw ; with Tartars in their front and Tartars iu their rear, till they nearly reached Pekin itself, which it is supposed they expected to take by surprise. The EMPEROR obt tined from Mantchooria, beyond the wall, a body of Tartar cavalry. Having nothing to cope with it, they were temporarily checked, and turned back to send or wait for reinforcements, occupying meantime a good position. After the arrival of the latter, a year longer in the c North,having continued i n s ut stormed nearly ed large ities in the face of the Tartar armies and their cavalry, they finally returned to the south of the Yellow River, and united themselves again with the main body on the Great River. In this positi on , th e b es t pro bably in the Empire for their op era ti ons , i n com - Imand both of the best natural and artificial navi gation, they appear to be firmly fixed, and to be extending their conquests in all directions. Our readers who wish for information cannot do better than consult the work of Mr. T. T. MEADOWS, Chinese Interpreter in H. M. Civil Service, "The Chinese and their Rebellions," to whom we are indebted for the less-known facts above mentioned. His work will repay well the perusal of all who take a political and religious interest in the vast and little-known Empire of which it treats.* It seems plain that the EMPE ROR, embarrassed by the great Rebellion, and YER, equally embarrassed by the numerous rebels of his own province, can be in no condition to oppose any vigorous action on the part of Euro peans. * THE CWINESE AND THEIR REBELLIONS, viewed in Connection with their Natural Philosophy, Ethics Le gislation, and Administration. By T. T. Meadows. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhi 1. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace, yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Madame Musurus had an assembly last evening, at the residence of the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanston• square. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale honoured Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., with their company at dinner at Strawberry -hill on Sunday last. The Earl of Dalhousie, with the Ladies Susan and Edith Ramsay, have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Earl St. Vincent `hag arrived at the Clarendon, from Meaford Stone, Staffordshire. Lady Antrobus's party, announced to take place this evening, is for the present unavoidably postponed. The officers of the Royal Dragoons gave their annual dinner yesterday at Griiltcn's Hotel, Albemarle-street. Major-General Marten occupied the chair. The dinner was numerously attended, THE MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE. These concerts having been brought to a close for the present season, a grand concert will be given in aid of the "guarantee fund" on Thursday evening next (to- morrow), at St. Martin's-hall. Miss Dolby, Mr. WeiBs, and other distinguished artists have generously offered their services. WINDING-UP OP A BREAD AND FLOUR COMPANY.—The Bread and Flour Comp3ny of Plymouth, established recently under the new Limited Liability Act, is baing wound-up ; and the official liquidator has found it neces sary to make a c a ll o f 4/ . per s h are as a first instalment to discharge the liabilities incurred. LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON - , WEDNESDAY, 10 The European and American Company's screw st:am . ship Queen of the South, Capt. Beale, arrived this morning from New York, which. she lt:ft on the 27th ult., and her news has consequently been anticipated by the Asia. She brings 160 passengers for Southampton and Bremen, and a large cargo. She proceeds direct. to Bremen after landing paz sengers, having no cargo for London. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Paris correspondent of the Nord says : " With regard to the Bank of France, I learn that Count de Germiny has been definitively appointed, and that his nomination will be officially announced immediately. As to M. de Vuitry, who was spoken of for the post, he becomes president of the section of finance ; MM. Bavoux and Lang'ais, deputies, will be nominated Councillors of State, as I have before announced. M. Biinvilliers will very pro bably be named president of the section of the In terior in the ro )m of M. Boulay (de la Meurthe), who enters the Senate. No hing has been decidA as to the successor of M. de Germiny at the Credit Poncier." The King of Bavaria took his departure yester day morning from Paris. The Senate met yesterday, M. Troplong in the ()hair. The military c Kin was again brought under discussion, and after observations from Marshal Pelissier, General de Bounoily, Count Segur d'Agness-au' first president Delangl, first pre sident Barthe, the Marquis de la Rochejacqueiein, and Count do Beaum •nt, the Senate declared by a majority of 99 votes to 4, that it did not oppose the promulgation of the measure. The senatus consultum concerning exchanges of property be tween the State and private persons was adopted unanimously by 97 votes. The biH for extending the privilege of the Bank of France was brought under examination, and the Senate declared by 103 votes to 1 that it did not oppose the promul gation of the measure. BOURSE, June 9.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 65 67 80 Bank Shares 4,475 Credit Foncier 560 Credit Mobilier 1,160 -- Roman Do. Account 1,162 50 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmontose (5) ' id. 25 Home Debt J. RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,455 Western 2 Northern Lyons 1,460 New Ditto F723 Mediterranean 1370 Grand Central . — Geneva : — Midi TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, in the Weser Gazette, says :—" It is stated that the Porte has the Mention of completely changing its system of taxation, and to establish a property t tx. English statistical men of eminence have bean applied for by the Porte to assist in drawing up tables on which this tax shall be c ►lculated." We have received the Constantinople journals and letters to the 28th ult., brought by the Eu phrate, but they add but little to the accounts al ready made known by telegraph. The conference which was to take place on the 27th bAween the representatives of the powers who signed the treaty of Paris and the Turkish ministers relative to the Principalities had been postponed to the 30th, and it was expected that th 3 fullest explanations would be demanded from the Porte on the subject of the irregularities which were being carried in the Danubian provinces. The Sulta❑ was preparing to take a week's excursion in the Sea of Marmora. His Majesty was first to proceed to Ismith, in the Gulf of Nicomed'a, where he would be present at the launch of a line of a battle ship. This cruise has been recommended to the Sultan by his physician. Several changes have taken place or were about to be made among the governors of provinces. NAPLES. " The conclusion of a concordat," says the Presse, "between Naples and the Holy See is at present certain. The text is not known, and many persons believe that it is to remain secret. But four royal ordonnances, doted from Caserta, and as many cir culars of M. Scorza, director of the department of ecclesiastical affairs and of public instruction, have ordered the arrangements decided on between the two courts to be immediately carried into effect. They may be summed up in a few words, being on the one hand, with respect to the administraton of ecc!esiasf cal property and of charitable institutions, the complete substitution of the clergy and of the jurisdiction of the Church f r the civil power ; and on the ocher hand, the re-establishment in favour of the clergy of certain privileges long abolished." RUSSIA. A let:er from Odessa of the 20th ult. in the Ikersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" The ult., of Foreign Affairs has transtnitbd to the Governor- General of Bessarabia and New Russia an Impe rial order, authorising him to fix the end of tide month as the last limit of the stay of foreign traders at Sebastopol. The works for cleaning the port and getting up the sunken vessels at Sebastopol are being energetically carried on. A large quan tity of materials for the construction of steamers and engines has arrived from Marseilles." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 7th, says :—" The King and Queen will leave on Monday for Twplitz, in Bohemia ; their Majesties will en route pass a day at the court of Saxony. After remaining a few days at Tcoplitz, the King and Queen will pro ceed b Marienbad ; their Majesties will travel in cognito under the names of Count and Countess de Zollern, and have declined in advance any kind of official reception. Tha Prince of Prussia and the Prince Frederick William, his son, arrived here last evening from Bredaw, and are to leave this even ing for Westphalia. The envoy extraordinary of the Sublime Porte, Irani Bey, 11 , )s, after a long stay in this capital, left for Constantinople." Mr. Murray, Minister cf England to Persia, quitted Bagdad on the lith ult., with all the per sons attached to his Legation, on his way to Te heran. He was accompanied by Ali Khan, who had been despatched by the Court of Persia for that purpose. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of the 6th, voted a bill for the construction of new barracks at Ale:.sandria, and another for converting one of the suppressed convents in Turin into a hospital. The marriage of Pi ince Oscar of Sweden, born in 1829, second son of the reigning monarch, with the Duke of Nassau's sister, born in 1836, took place at the palace of Bibrich on the sth, at seven in the evening. We have mentioned that the Hanoverian govern ment has nominated a representative at the Court of St. Petersburg. It may be remembered that the Chambers which preceded the last Diet refused the grant for the support of a diplomatist in Russia. The present Diet will now be called on to vote the necessary cre lit, but it is not expected that any serious opposition will be made this time. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l have often noticed with great pleasure your various articles on the currency. The fright4ll value charged for discounts and advances is truly alarming. Our great men are unable or unwilling to perform their duty in this matter ; and to all ivv it to be slurred over by the public carWssly, look-4 to me a great crime. The trade progresses in spite of their incapacity, and we are to do the increased business with gradually diminished means of exchange or accommodation. Maoy private bankers are retiring from one cause or other, and the void is left ; so that the producer is required to do in• creased labour with gradually lessened means of accom modation, at usurious rates of interest. The drones are cared for to the injury of the working bees, and their ultimate exhaustion is certain unless some effort is made. It looks to me like getting out of your man or horse double work, with gradually decreasing food, or stinting them of what was intsuded for their nourishment. Mercator and the like forget what made them. In Lancashire we had an old saying—Jones upon Jones, and Dicky Clough at back would do. at that time the circulation was over charged with 3 months bills, or acceptances—Jones Ll iyd of Manches ter, on Jones Lloyd of London (pig on bacon). If I find this takes with you and yonr friends, I may write you again, make what use of it you like, and -bape it as you like, if you publish it. lam out of trade, and not a borrower, therefore, I have no interested motive. I remain, yours, faithfully, WM. DA.VIES. Ashfield, Rboyader, June 8, 1857. Among the passengers who left Southampton yester day by the Brazilian steamer Avon were seventeen Sis ters of Mercy, who are gone out to attend the yellow fever hospital at Rio de Janeiro. THE MR; AT MESSRS. PICKFOIWS WAR &HOUSE. We learn that Messrs. Pickford and the Lcnkion and North-Western Railway Company are covered by policies of insurance to the extent of 55,0001. up:11 the building and their ctreents, consequently the kss which would. otherwise have been consider able will be very small. Little or "no ieterruption to the traffic has arisen; the morning delivery of goods having been made from the e3tahlishment a Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, and from Haydon-square, within half an hour of the usual time. SIR W. F. WILLIAMS, BART., OF KARS. We have reason to believe that Major-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, K.C.B. (ihe hero of Kars), is about to vacate his post as Commanchnt at Woolwich, the gallant general having been offered, and it is said accepted, the Governorship and Command-in• Chief of Malta, in the room of Major-General Sir William Reid, K.C. 8., resigne I. It is currently reported that Major-General J. E. Dupuis, who greatly distinguished himself during the Catlist war in Spain, and served during the re cent war in the East, with distinction at Alma, Ba liklava, and Inketman, and during the siege of Sebastopol, will, in a'l probability, be Sir William's successor. General Dupuis is decorated with the third class of the Legion of Honour. MEDICAL REPORT. DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON IN SUPPORT OF MR. HEADLAM'S BILL. Lord PalmerAon received a deputation yester day, at 2 o'clock, at Cambridge-house, of members of the medical profession, representing the colleges of physicians and surgeons of the United Kingdom, the universities of Oxford and Dubin, and the various classes of the profession, on the subject of the medical bills now before the House of Commons. Mr. HEIDLADI, in introducing the deputation said that, as h s lordship was aware, the subject of medical reform had been a very long time before the country, and there was a conviction, not only in the minds of the members of the melical profes s;on, but of the House of Commons, not alone that the subject was getting ripe for legigation, but that the time had arrived when it ought to be finally settled without regard to any other interest than the public good. The different medical bodies throughout the country had approved of the bill which he had introduced to the House of Com mons. They do not complain of the Government not taking it up, but they think it a measure fully entitled to the support of the Government, being one suited for all purposes as far as regards good medical government and the protection and re quirements of the public, therefore it was that he felt warranted in not only asknig in their behalf for the support of the Government to secure the second reading, but also their aid in passing it through the house with all just speed, and not think of referring it to a select committee or anything of that kind. The deputation which he had the honour of intro ducing to his lordship did not object to any rea-on able alteration of the details of the bill, but they could not and would not consent to any deviation or departure from the substantial parts of the bill. Dr. MAYO, the president of the College of Phy sicians, and several other members of the deputa tion having addressed his lordship, Lord PALMERSTON—AI I. he could say was, that of the bills now before Parliament, he would give his attention to their provisions, and he would bear in rriind the very important communications made to him by so many distinguished members of the profession of medicine. He could not say at first what course the Government would pursue ; regarding the two bills, they would be guided by the discussion of their merits. He had no des re to support any other than the one which was sa.iLc tory to the profession and fer the public good. lie was thankful fir all he had heard. The deputation shortly afterwards withdrew. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening, Mczart's " Don Giovanni" was pei - - formed at the above theatre, for the first time this season. The cast was precisely the same as on former occasions, and, therefore, very little criticism is needed. Herr Formes, who personated Leprello (one of his very best parts), cilia's our particular attention, for he had not appeared before the London pull(' since last year, and his relit)* consequently excittd much interest. For the Fatisfaction, then, of those amongst his numerous admirers who were not present, we may state that the celebrated German basso has again returned to us in the fullest evjoyruent of all his artistic powers, and that both as a singer and an actor he is admirable as ever. Madame Grisi was magnificmt as Donna Anna. We never heard her sing the first duet, and the grand recitative leading to the air, "Or sai cho l'onore," more finely. Madame Bosio, too, was a most graceful and charn.ing Zerlina, and the parts of Elvira, Chtavio, the Commendatore, and Masetto were, as of former occasions, done ample justice to by Madile. Marai, Signori Mario, Tagliafico, and Signor Ronconi was the Don Giovanni. In the ball-room scene the minuet was very elegantly danced by Madlle. Cerito and M. Desplaces. The band was all that o,uld be wished. The opera was warmly applauded, and unanimous encores were awarded to the execution of " Batti, Batti," and " Ve drai Carino," by Madame Bosi:), aed the trio, " Pro tegga it giusto cielo," sung by Madame Grisi, Ma.dlle. Marai, and Signor Mario. The house was crowded. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. The Festival Orchest-a is now exposed to view in it; entire extent. Nothing short of a visit can give a due idea of its grandeur. If the space of Exeter-ball were filled lengthways with a series of semicircular benchss towering high above the roof, it would convey but an inadequate idea of the extent of the orchestra, which alone far exceeds the area of any music hell in the country. A beautiful effect has been produced by colouring the ranges of benches blue, the division of each seat being brought nut with a white line. A oonsiderable improve ment has been effected by the removal of the floor of the galleries immediately in front of the orchestra, an unim peded view of which can now be gained from any of the thousands of 103. 6d. unreserved tickets which it has been determined shall be issued. A private trial of the great organ took placeon Monday night before Mr. Cos a; the result was gratifying i❑ the extreme, the gigantic instrument answering to the touch, and giving out the tone with wonderful force. It was stated by Mr. Scott Russell, who happened to be present, that its powerful not.: , s were distinctly heard in the vi lage of Sydenham, a distance of nearly a mile. The police regu lations issued yesterday by the authority of Sir Richard Mayne will, it is anticipated, prevent the least obstruc• tion on the roads leading to the Palace, and enable visit ors to sat down by either the north or south transt pts without any difficulty. The interest excited by the lee. tival abroad and in distant parts of the country is very great. Calculations entered into by the committee slow that of the tickets purchased (already considerably ex ceeding in amount the entire expenses of the Festival) more than three-fourths have been sent out of London, many of the purchasers coming from great distances abroad, or remote districts in this country, to attend the Festival. As, in order to permit due provision of seats, barriers, stewards, &c., to be male, the admission to the Palace will be by tickets only, a notification has been issued, earnestly recommending intending visitors to save themselves trouble and confusion at the railway or entrance by securing tickets beforehand—a caution not to be despised when the magnitude of the whole of the arrangements is taken into consideration. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—At rneetir ° , of the Court yesterday, the resignation by Alderman Eagleton of his gown, on account of severe indi,position, that will pre- vent his attending to business, was tendered and ac nEpted. AUSTRALIAN INlins.—lt was stated last week that there would be no Australian mail via E g ypt despatched this month on the 12th inst. from Southampton, in con sequence of the break down of the Oneida. Yesterday the Postmaster•Gener 1.1 gave notice that the Australian mail will be despatched from Liverpool on the night of the 16th inFt., by the steamer Ewen, via the Cape of Good Hope. Notice was sits given yesterday by the Postmaster-General that maili for the ewe of G•~nd Hope will be despatched by the steam transp..rts Mau ritius and Cleopatra, which are expected to leave Ports mouth on the 14th. THE MAINE LIQUOR LAw.—A conference of ministers of religion from various parts of tha country aveinbled yesterday at the Town-ball, Manchester, to devise mea sures for aiding the Maine Liquor Law movement. The sittings are to continue for several day., and are to be followed by a public meeting at the Free Trade-hall on Thursday. The conference was attended yesterday by 300 persons, and the Rev. Dr. M•Korrow was €l-,cted provisional chairman, and. afterwards a com mittee of management was appointed, and the Rev. G T. Fox, incumbent of St. Nicholas' Church, Durham, was appointed permanent chairman. Letters were read flora various ministers regretting their inability t o a , tend, and a paper was read by the chaplain of tlo Northampton Gaol speaking of the sad effects that in toxicating drinks have on the people. It is exp2cte;l that the conference will adopt an address to the Queen on the subject. Naval and Military intelligence. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into ihe System of Purchase in the Army resumed their meetings yestvHay, at No. 1, Whitehall-yard ; the Duke of Somerset presided, and the other commissioners present were Lord Stanley, M.P.; the Right Hon. S. Herbert, M.P. ; the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P. ; General Wyndham, Gen. S'r Harry Jones, Gen. Henry J. W.. Bentiuck, Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans, and Mr. George Carr Glyn. Sir Cila!lei Trevelvan was examined before the:consuis,roners. The members of the Council on Military Edu cation, comprising G neral Cameron, Col. Addi son, and C'ol. Portlock, have begon to hold their preliminiry meetings at No. 1, Whitehall-yard. The gallant ()Moen met again yesterday. The Royal Comtnission on the Medicil Depart ment of the army, after a brief adjournment for the holydays, hive resumed their sittings at No. 1, Whitehall-yard. The meeting on Monday was presided over by the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. ; and the other commissionora pi eseilt were Mr. Augustin &afford, M.P., Sir Henry K. Storks, Dr. Andrew Smith, Sir T. Philbp, Mr. Rayn'ald. Martin, and Sir James Clarke. We have advices from our Malta correspondent to the 4.,h of June, announcing the following move ments at the port : " The schooner-yacht Fa'con arrived from Syra cum and Pa.chino on the 3d, having on toard the Earl and Countess Somers and Sir C. Lindsay. " The Adeltide, screw steam transport, left on the 26th for Gibraltar, conveying the 47th Regi ment, - - " Colonel Urquhart, Captains Peel, Rowland, and Williams • Lieutenants L aw , St ewar t , Gill more, and Plaskett ; Eusins Thompson, Gilmore, Kevugh, and Evans ; Assistant-Surgeons Birnie and Mackay : 4 officers' wives and 4 children, 117 non-commissioned officers and privat2s, 28 women. and 44 children, of the Ist Royals ; and Lieu en ants S , retton and Stokes, of the 47th, went by the Australian, screw steam trauspo:t, whose departure for Gibraltar has been already announced. "The Arne: ican schooner Silverkey, with hydrau lic apparatus for raising the sunken ships of war in the harbour of Sebastopol, arrived at Malta from Boston ou the 26h, and lett for her destination on the following d y. " The Colombo, Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steam•packet, arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar oa the 28th of May, bringing from Malta Captain Forbes, Lieutenants Costeer and Moore, and Lord W. Butler ; and from Alexan dria Major Porter, Captain the Hon. E. Forester, Captain and Mrs. Walker, Captain and Mrs. Burns, and Maj r Belgrave. This steamer left for Alex andria on the 31st, at the same time as the Valetta, belonging to the same company, which arrived oa the night of the 30th from Marseilles with over land London mails, and bad on board for Malta Captain and Mrs. 'Williams • and for Alermdria Colonel and Mrs. rapier , Colonel Otter, and Capt. Yule. " The Jura, screw steamer, from Al exan d r ia, bringing the Australian, Calcutta, and China mailg, and 66 passengers, arrived from Alexandria on the 3d, and left for Southampton on the same morning " The Cambria, belonging to the same company, left at the same time for Marseilles, with the over land mails for England. "The Austrian barque Rodo, bound for Smyrna from Hull, put into Malt L on the 30th to land Captain Blaue, the crew, and one passenger of the barque Saturn, of St. John's, New Brunswick, which, on the 23d of May, when about 140 miles to the westward of Sardinia, was destroyed by firs from spontaneous combustion. She was 'laden wit h coals, earthenware, and manufactures, bound for Con-tantinople and the Danube from Liverpool." A military review and sham fight on a somewhat extensive scale, took place on Saturday on Arthur's Seat, near Edinburgh, the-troops being two com panies cf Royal Artillery, commanded by Lieut. - Colonel Crofton and Major Craufurd ; tt)e 501 Dragoon Guards, under Lieutenant-Colonel M,Ma lion ; and the 31'h Regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel Kelly. The reviewing General was Viscount Mel ville, commanding the forces in North Britain. The troops were put through a series of operations. The weather being very beautiful, the spectacle attracted an assemblage of about 20,000 persons. At the close the troops passed in review before the Gen ral, who expressed his high satisfaction with the manner in which they had conducted them selves. Owing to the large number of invalid troops who have recently arrived at the invalid depot, St. Mary's, Chatham, from India, it has been found necessary to remove the depots of the 81st Regi ment and the 93d Highlanders, now quartered at St. Mary's, to BromPton barracks. The United States' screw corvette Niagara, 12, Captain Hudson, has been an object of much in terest since anchoring at Portsmouth, and has been inspected by 'numbers of critical, pinfes:sional, and amateur naval architects, and naval men of all ranks. They agree upon one point—the vessel's ugliness. Admiral Sir George Seymour and staff visited her oil Sunday, and on Monday evening en tertained C aptain Hudson, First-Lieutenant Wells, and two o'her lieutenants, and Chevalier Pappal ardo, the United Stat- s' Vice-Consul, at the Ad miralty-!souse. The alterations of the Niagara will be effLcted in the harbour, and not in the basin or dock. A large body of dockyard artificers have been put upon her to expedite the work of cutting away the stancheons and clearing space below to make the required room for coiling away uninter ruptedly h( r proportion of the great Atlantic tele graph cable. The men a: e to work from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. The Adelaide, steam transport, Captain B o urne, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, four and e half d;Ays only f,om GiLraltar, having on board the 961 h Regiment, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. &oven, Captains F. R. Pierce, 0. LoWrit (My. Lowry and two children), J. S. Cannon (Mrs. Cannon and two children), and the Hon. F. 13. Pakenha.m ; Lieutenants W. M. Lees, G. B. Cumberland, G. H. C oc h rane , J. B r i ggs, J. WhittY, and R. D. Douglas ; Ensigns H. M. Lowry, B. Johnston, , and E. J. Scovell ; Adjutant J. 13 ; Kirk ; Surgeon, Dr. B. Swift, Mrs. Swift, and three children ; Assistant-Surgeon H. Nutchelly Quartermaster P. Sheeran, Mrs. Sheeran and four children, Paymaster and Alf S. Thompson and five children, 764 rank and file, 60 women, 60 children, and six female servants. Also, a detachment of the 47th Regiment, Lieutenant W. C. R. Myling in command, 107 rank and file, three women, and five children. The Adelaide passed the barque, Maitland off Cape St. Vi ncen t, and exchanged colours with the screw ship Brag,anza off Cap° Oitegau. She went into Portsmouth harbour yes terday afternoon to land the troops, who proceeded to Aldershot. The Princess Charlotte, barrack ship, Captain G. St. Vinceut King, C. 8., is ready to haul off from Portsmouth th,ckyard and receive her crew from her bulk. The Melville, hospital ship, Commander Trol lope, was - Liken out of dock yesterday at Ports mouth. The screw two-decker Hannibal, 91, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, le refit. The Victoria, and Albert , , Captain the Hon• Joseph Denman, is about taking a cruise, it 15 said as far as Gibralt,ir. The fAlowing apioitrtments were made yesterdaf at tbe Admiralty : The Rev. J. U. Campbell, to be chaplain to Pembioke Dockyard ; E. L. Trafford, midithir Iran, to the Bocawen ; William B. V. Farrow', paymmter, to the Centurion. DEATH OF CAPT W. W. EYTON, R.N. Died on Saturday, the 6th inst., at Leeswooay the seat of his brother, J. Wynne Eyton, Esq. Capt. W. W. Eyton, who was one of the few stir vivor3 among those who were engaged in the memo rable battle of Trafalgar, Oct. .41, 1805, on which occasion he served as midshipman in the Neptune/ Capt. Fre-mantle. On the Neptune being paid off, he was reconv mended by Capt. Freemantle to the care of his friend, Capt. J. Stewart, of the Seahorse, and 1 05 ,_ again engaged in a mo s t spirited action, of whic s the following record appears in the Gentleman's Magazine of 1811 : " Capt. J, hn Stewart, of the Seahorse frigate/ acquired immortal honour, by gallantly defeating , afttr a long and hardly-contested action, a squadron of three Turkish frigates, one of which, the Bader Zaffer, a much larger vessel thin the Seahorse, be took ; another blew up during the fight, and the third got away much shat'ered, the Seahorse being too much crippled to punue her." In 1814, Capt. Eyton was made lieutenant, arid continued for several y ears i n act i ve service. In course of time he was appointed flag lieutenant 111 _, the Victory guard ship, at Portsmouth, and in 18 3 v was deputed to convey Charles X. to Holyrooct He was sut.is,nuently first lieutenant on board the Asia, Capt. Hyde Parker, till by reason of severe and long-continued illness he was obliged to 1 0 ; valid. His health being somewhat restored, an' still anxious for employment, he entered the coast" 4uard service, in which he continued till the autum n of 1854, when, worn out with hard work and fall ing health, he accepted a retiring pension with the rank of mater and commander. For many yea! lie resided at Grolt Yarmouth, where he . highly respected. The mail steam packet Jura, which is expected home in a day cr two, has about 300 boxes and bags of letters and newspapere on board from Australia and India. 1(1 ~_ ~QI, Acc oun 4 arkEt y E Par e d wit: a alibi tAt"i'°°Obt f export There rental ex aline on D ur i ng atn ° l lnt lnaia °llnt Cone Nlows °4 Be °Q- WT I on 130 litt[ Ua 1114 E _ Dino Cons( l' °4o of C ARNI succe I Pute !hit, m ail 4t he ele ~. THE SUN, LONEON, WEDNESDAY EV.E:NING, JUNE 10, iBb7