The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-04 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Mdlle. Spezia ; Azucena, Madame Alboni. Manrico, Sig. Ginglini. After which, will be revived the highly successful Ballet by M. Perrot, entitled L'AURORE, For particulars see bills. A hmited number of Voxes in the Half Circle Tier have been speeially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 11 Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Giuglini, Beneventano, Vialetti, Bolletti. SATURDAY, June 6—LUCIA DI LAMIIERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolomini ; Edgardo, Sig. Ginglini. Concluding with L'AUROBE. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. TES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 4, the entertain. ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the production of (for the fifth time in this country), the new Operette-Militaire, en un Acte, DR IGONEFTE. M, Gnyot, M. Tajau, M. Leonce, and Millie. °orally Guffroy. After which (4th time) Operette-Bouffe, en an Acte, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE : M. Pradeau, Mdlles. Mareschal, and Dalment, and M, Anthonini. To conclude with Bouffonnerie Musicale, en un Acto, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M, Pradeau and M. Mesmacer. This Engagement being limited to ono month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. HEA TR E-R 0 Y AL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenall., ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and Is. tid. ; Galleribs, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Walls, A Wells, E. Moffatt, llenrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shake p.rian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakcspere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard H., Dlr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISIIMIN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. rpHEA.TRE ROYAL, 11 AYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with a new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Bnckstono, Etc. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DIANA! After which, the successfu' Classical Love Story, tin der the Apple-lotion of A PAL tNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Tertian. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Up per Boxes ... 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPH 11 Les gee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DA RVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, hncl Madame Celeste will perform. After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERO, in which Mr Webst er w ill appear. ' To conelnde with A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, Mr. Wright, &e. - ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, R 9-) Lesiee3, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswiek. WEIS] EVENING' will bo performed THE BOHEMIAN' GIRL Air. Haigh and Lucy Escott. After which, THE VILLAGE SMITH. Mr. Widdicomb, Miss M. Eburne, &e. STRAND THEATRE.-BOSCO will APPEAR 1 THIS EVENING, in his Fairy Temple of the Magi, in his wondrous Entertainment of Natural Magic, Music, and Ventriloquism, illustrated by gorgeous paraphernalia and superb display of vertu. Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Saturdays, at 2. OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. After which, anew drama, called DADD V HARD A CRE, Mr. Robson, Stc. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Commence at half-past Seven. AL STLEY'S noYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His,Royal Highness Prince Albert: Continued and increasing success of the Grand Opera. E ormons attraction for the Whitson Holidays. THIS EVENING (Thursday, June 4), Verdi's far-famed Opera of •IL TE,OVATORE ; er, The Gipsy's Vengeance The whole of theltilisTe allsurforthed at the Italian Opera and Equestrian Illustrations. • Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss M. Somers, and Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, Mr. Francis Kirby, Mr. J. A. Leffler, and Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer--Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. • Manager and Direct.); of, the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Brahma. After which, Mr. Win. Cooke's Holiday programme of novel and 'peerless SCENES in the ARENA. To eonclude with the farce of SALLY SMART ; or, The Clockmaker's Hat. CommeLce at soven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s, ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pity 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice— During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. B, office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jnn. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Groes, Duets, &c., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, sfiss Branca, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Je les, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corey, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and K L. Hilllo ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ;harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; iiroctor, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock .preJisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. iiit*Fl WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T ( IA DAT—Morn. 0 mill. aft. o—Even., 53 min. aft. 11 To •3/ ositow- -Vorn.l4 min. aft. 12—Even. 36 min. stt.l2 Yee TEM WEATHER--StiN Onnoz, Juni 4. THEB➢[OMZTAB, IDT TEM SHADS. G 9 —hlghost shise noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning and during the night. 72 -this day at noon. BAnomprint, 30.17. 'win, S.W. ; light, with fine eunahiny weather. . VI, i t = 4 : .:. ~9... ~,-; , ._, -; -- -- tr: -, A131 , .._ .... „ _ . • LONDON, THI7RSDAY, JUNE 4, 1857. Parliament 'resumes b • uslue2s this evening. Does it ? Business, quotha 17---vrell, certainly, if to do just exactly about Nothing means Business --it does ! For — really and truly —'aft er a ll M r. Disamtu was quite right When i n th at pithy Address of his to his Constituents, d a t e a „ Hugb_ enden Manor, Mareh 17," he answered the,very general enquiry as to what might be the p ted i e 'meaning of the Dissolution ? thus—in a line by itself -.: like a verse from the poets—epigrammati cally "To waste a year." IT early , everybody tbought that going just - a little too far. Theold game—it was remarked ---Party spleen, Political_ spite, :Opposition exaggeration I Bat, honestly and - candidly now--Is it not the case f Is not the result at any rate, we won't say the object but simply the result, is not the result at least of the Dissolution--" to waste a year ?" ( :)bviousiy it is--undeniably—if there be such an THE SUN, LONEON, rHURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1857. adverb, admittedly. The great Government organ, the Times of this very morning, distinctly and explicitly acknowledges the fact on the part of Lord PALMERSTON and his Administration,,A does it thus. It characterises the three last7ears by applying to each some distinctive phrsse by, way of appropriate appellation. just as we might designate 1848 as the year of Revolution, or as we Might 'speak - of - 1 . 851 - as the - year of the International Exhibition. It talks of 1855 as the year Of War, of 185 G as the year of I Peace, and of 1857—as the year of What 'I Why, bluntly— as ,---. the year of . Dissolution 1 Tt says, to gire the ipsissima verba, " The year before last we had tht War ; last year the Peace : this year Alva Dissolution." Precisely. Nothing more and nothing less—the Dissolution: Everything else is thrown aside until 1858 — which promises, observe " promises," to be the year of Reform. So chat, for once, the Royal Speech at the opening of the Session gave a cor rect indication of what was in store for us. It said next to nothing. And Parliament is loyally taking the hint and doing next to nothing. The Two Houses in 1857 are something like DIGGORY and his fellow-servant in GOLDSMITH'S Comedy. " What be you. going to do 1" "Noathing." " Then I'll help you 1" And so to-night, as we have said, they resume their very arduous °cell. pations. It will be certainly the fault of the Reformers themselves, both within and without the walls of the Imperial Legislature—if some real advantages are not, after all, drawn from this tantalising delay through a whole session, if only by way of Avenging Compensation. Leisure is afforded thorn to prepare their tactic& deliberately for the ensuing campaign in the new Parliament. Upon one thing we ought to be all of us resolved, namely, to have nothing Less than the Ballot. That ought to be regarded as the—sine qua . non ! The Ballot at -the very least, with as much more as we can pos sibly obtain. A very few nights will now afford us an opportunity of calculating the amount of the probabilities in favour of our obtaining the Ballot—Mr. HENRY BERKELEY having intimated before the recess, his- determination to test the feeling of the House upon that subject immedi ately. after Whitsuntide. So that Reformers generally ought just now to be more than usually upon the alert, and more than ordinarily observ ant. From the result of the next division upon the Ballot, very much may be predicated. It will be at once-comprehensible, through that division, what amount of exertion may or may not be xe requisite, with a view to the furtherance of their common cause in 1858 among the Reformers themselves. Consequent upon that division, a mark ought to be put upon every man's name among the long list of our popular represents -Was he for Mr. BERKELEY'S annual motion, or against it ? Did he pair, and how—pro or contra 1 Finally—was he among the Non-Attendants, among those who neither Paired, nor Voted t Every one of the six and a half hundred members must obviously-come point blank under one or other of those categories. Put them in those categories accordingly. WE intend to do so. We promise the electors gene rally far and wide that we will do so. lAA them look to it. Let each constituency call to mind what was asked at the hustings of their represen tatives—in regard to the Ballot ! What was there Asked, and what was then Answered I And with a judgment reanimated by the reminiscence let each 'reforming elector look keenly for the " Right Man in the Right Place" —and sea if he finds him there I Let east). Elector in favour of t Ballot look lynx-eyed upon the forthcoming cats logue s. Ives. A reform of our representation may be based upon throe tolerably distinct ideas. That of re presenting all classes of the community ; that of representing the views of the most enlightened part of it; and that of representing the mind of tke people generally. For each of these something may be said ; but, if we mistake not, the two former will .be found. little better than political partisanship or political quackery, and the latter the only impartial and practical basis of free con stitutional government. Its disadvantages, though not unimportant, will, we think, be found to be fewer than those attendant on either of the others —while the breadth of the base will, by the secu rity it gives to the whole building, more than compensate for all defects of symmetry or appear ance. 1f there were any means for discovering the most enlightened among us, and at the same time guaranteeing their freedom from self intereA, we might, perhaps, constitute them the trustee elec tors for the whole country ; just as we might give up hereditary monarchy for an election of the wisest and most patriotic person in the whole. kingdom, if only the'infallible test for - such quali ties could be found. Unhappily neither weights nor measures can inform us respecting either the legislative, administrative, or moral qualities of our fellow-men; not even of their capacity to chose legislators rightly ; hence our only alter native seems to be, to fall back, like insurance oompanies, on the result of an average. Birth gives us an average monarch, and an average House of Lords too ; *and birth must give average electors or constituencies. Lord JOFLN RUSSELL, it is true, and the greater number of constituency-doctors, have laboured hard to give us a:representation of classes. They have talked so noisily en the necessity 'of what in truth is an utter impossibility, that they have almost made numbers believe that it is an essential of representation. In a certain sense no doubtit is ; but they mean, not that persons of all classes should , have votes ;_ but, that the Reform Bill maker should group the classes as best he may, and en able each class to send its quota of members to the House of Commons. Now, with all due respect for Lord Jonx Rvss ELL', this -is just what we must denounce as political quackery ; it deserves no better name. ; Take the country as it now stands, and we defy Lord Jolor RUSSELL to classify it honestly. • If any two classes have conflicting in terests, for instancei viewed in regard to pro perty, it - is the two groat groups of buyera and sellers. This would at, once divide each - branch of trade into two. , The pet county constituencies, especially, ought.lorthwith to be separated into the landlord and tenant classes. No two interests are more opposed than thosoof the letters of farina and preservers - of game, and the hirers of farms and the sufferers by game.' At present the law is all landlord-made laic,' and is in all respc ots as stringent as it can - be on behalf of the c;lass which has made it. But every trade is a class, and even the -whole sale and retail dealers in each trade are classes, a) Id more than that, the sellers-and consumers of each article of trade are classes—the bakers and their customers, the grocers 'and their customers, . the drapers and their customers, and so without e rid, are all r::Al__. classes.' If we attempted to elm sify men by their rank, education', profession, or yeti gion, we should. equally p er pl exe d. The other,- tkp day the Duke of 4OLZTELAND emphatically asserted at the Darlingfun - dinner, that to give the suffrage . ' , 10 101. householders in counties would be abso- 1 - . lute destruction to the landed interest ; and both Mr. DISRAELI and T.,Jprd „him Russzu are desi rous to perpetuate - and 4 i repgtben the ascendancy , Aof-lancll,oo.ls „iloiffseq Commons. Now, we ask, wilat'right jukyo:ilveY first to assume that representition must be`fstudiously squared with the-variens-and almost innumerable classes of..tha community, and then to select one class for special favour ? Could, indeed, all classes be represented as they now exist, still every decade would witness a shifting among them. The points on •which we really feel it a matter of interest to have repre sentatives in the House of Commons, are contiuu ' ally changing ; and the best adjusted class repre sentation of to-day would be antiquated ten years hence. But the flagrant vice, the shameless in consistency of our Whigs and Tories is, , that demanding 'representation for all clams, -they first divide all the country into two—town and country—and then require that the country constituencies shall, in any case, have the upper hand. We contend, on the contrary, that there are fifty classes equally important with those of town and country ; that, indeed, since. the in auguration of Free-trade, ,there - is no kind of commercial antagonism between town and coun try ; and that true statesmanship, instead "of fostering the now useless distinction into .a party badge, would do all it could to fuse and,amalga mate the people. The general extension of rail-' ways, indeed, has converted the greatev.part of England into one vast city ; the various districts harmonising with each other more and more every day is habits, manners, and fashions, and also in knowledge and public opinion. - • In view of all these facts, and• not -least of the one last mentioned, we maintain that it is more statesmanlike to deal with the people as one ; to know no distinction of trade or profession, of education or religion, of rank or caste ; to treat them as Englishmen all ooncerned to do their best for their country, and not as hostile sections of a community pitted one against the other. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has strongly aisetted that our legislators are Imperial legislatore,• and not legislators for this borough or-that '; for'a county in the north or the south of •Britain. Be it so. But let electors then be Imperial electors ; let them be asked, as they ought to be asked, to send men to Parliament not to legislate for proprietors of rent, or for manufacturers of cotton; for makers of hardware, or for weavers of cloth ; 'but for the equal protection of the rights, and 'property, and industry of all classes. Large constituencies, both town and country, would represent' - best the general wishes of the people; and it is morally certain that amongst- a ooniiderable number of members some must be found practically ac quainted with all mattsrs which could occupy the ?Mention of the house. It is important to add that to a real representa tion of the national mind, as well as to guard against the worst evils of elections, the ballot ig, of course, indispensable. - No arrange ment of constituencies can be honestly worked without making each vote a real one ; and the real opinion of all can never. be given at the poll unless we get rid of that corruptor's and intimi dator's ledger—the polling book. . We want the honest mind of the nation, and maintain that nei ther the Duke of CLEVELAND nor Mr. DISRAELI, neither Lord JOHN RUSSELL nor Lora PALMER sIoN, has any right to shuffle the constituencies like a pack of cards, and to play them to their. own purpose ; let England be taken as it is, and we , are content. We ask only that the English party should have fair play. he • The all-important question of Currency and Bank Reform is now fairly before the public. A Select Committee of the House of Commons is actually sitting and hearing evidence on the sub ject, and on the Report of that Committee it will mainly depend whether the existing monopoly of the Bank of England is to be maintained for a further term of ten• years, and the unwise and inequitable Act of 1844 renewed without change or modification of any kind, or whether the country is to obtain a circulating medium adequate to Re wants and exigencies, by means whereof its na tural resources might be fairly developed, and full employment provided for its industry. There can be but little doubt as to what the result will be if the public remain indifferent and apathetic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has revealed his intentions, and selected a committee likely to give effect therounto. Nothing but " the pressure from without," strenuously applied, can obtain even the trifling boon of a small addition to the flank issues on Securities, • and. a foreign trade of 120,000,0001. sterling per annum must be car ried on •with the same amount of Currency that was provided to meet less than half the • amount, or 55,000,0001. An exorbitant rate of interest is consequently the normal condition of the nation, and the bullionist organ has coolly an noueced that we cannot hope for a restoration of cheap money—meaning thereby a moderate rate of interest—for several years to - come. It is to enlighten the public mind on these matters by exposing " the inconsistencies, injustice, and anomalies of the existing monetary' system," that the Currency and Bank Reform Association, which yesterday held its first meeting has been called into existence,- and we heartily- wish it• suc cess in the arduous path on whiokit has entered: The Association are acting judiciously in point ing out clearly and unequivocally the practical operation of the monetary code on 'the different kinds of property, the value whereof must be greatly depreciated by a -continued high rate of interest. They show its effects On railways, on land, manufacture; 'agriculture, shipping,. min: ing, - and all distant undertaking; etch as the irrigation and growth of cotton in India, 'and' on different classes, such as retail traders, artisans, operatives, all, in :*act, who obtain their daily bread by their daily, labour. .This is going. to work in the right way: - Oa° simple fact that comes home to -that most - sensitive- point --the pocket, is worth a hundred abstract arguments. It was because the Anti-Corn-Law League ,di rected its attention to this subject; and-pointed out the manner in which the bread tax affected every household in •the kingdom, that the triumph of the great principle was-ensured. The , beginning was small. Seven. energetic men met together 'in a small back room in Manchester,. but within a short time the ramifications of -the Society had extended through.every district ill the' United Kingdom, and had attained such-gigantic proportions that it produced the. briakiteg-up of one of the strongest Parliamentary, 'artie's that: ever supported any •Administration.: , Monetary, Reformers should not therefore be - discouraged at the small attendance at the preliminary meeting. As we have already repeatedlyeatateeli:`‘the public only require authentic information as to the full effects of this, the most unwise, and impolitic law, that ever received the legislative sanction, t; shake off the unaccountable apathy•that has so. long tolerated its continuant*. If the measurable importance of the subject. were.' only partially understood —if those who earn; their daily bread by their daily' labour,. 'and all engaged in trade, commerce, -or manufao.' tures, could conceive • the ,effect, of the Bank ; Ch arter Act on their comforts, their happitcs, and their prosperity, we ,should witnes3 demon strations in every part of tli'nl,iingdbMillat would speedily place matters: on a sound "foundation, and ensure the repeal, of the' obnoxious law. It is their ignorance alone that has produced indif ference, and the manner in which they have been mystified by interested parties." This" ignorance will, however, speedily be enlightened—these mists dispelled, if the new association earnestly and efficiently discharges the duty it has voluntarily undertaken. It must follow in the foot steps of the Leagne. A salutary precedent has been established, and there should be no departure therefrom. Cheap tracts should be published explaining the most salient► points, but above and beyond all there should be meetings in every part of the kingdom, at which competent- lecturers and deputations from the parent society should attend. It was the ?machinery set in motion by the League that ensured its inevitable triumph, and similar means would pro duce similar results in a question of equal, if not greater importance. There is also 'another reason for this apathy. Men engaged in- trade, and therefore requiring pecuniary' "iecominodation. are unwilling to be stigmatised as Agitators. If the complaints , are strongly urged, it will be stated that they are 'in ' difficulties, and they cannot hope for help frOra the money lenders, whose prgctiees . they are denouncing, and whose unholy priifits they are striving to reduce within reason able limits. These men may, however, subscribe, they may provide tthe sinews of war, by which the association cati - carry its intentions into prac tical operation, and get into good working con= dition. At 'present the discussion of the subject is all that is required. Truth must benefit by that discussion ; and when it is ascertained that the fluctuations in the value or interest of money —more injurious, as even Mr. COBDEN himself declared, than "the failure of all the banks of issue that ever stopped payment"—are occa sioned by this iniquitous code, adequate mea eures will be adopted to abate the social nuisances and to obtain ""free trade in currency," by which alone comparative equality in the rate of interest and discount can be obtained. At present it is indispensable to prevent the renewal of the Bank Charter Act in its present form during thepresent session, and that surely can be accomplished without any extraordinary diffi culties. If the Act be renewed for ten years, a new obstacle will be created to an 'equitable ar rangement that may prove insuperable. We earnestly invite attention to a lett?r from a consistent and energetic monetary reformer—Mr. HAMER STANSFELD --t1 the Editor of the Econo , mist, or in other words to Mr. "Team WILSON, M.P., Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and one of the most experienced members of the Select Committee of the House of Commons now in quiring into the expediency of renewing the Bank Charter Act of 1844 for a further term of ten years. Although a strenuous advocate for the convertibility of the bank note, Mr. WILSON' has taken much sounder views ou the general question of currency than almost any of the bullionist writers, and his pertinent questions to the witnesses before the Committee of 1848, on the causes of the com mercial crisis of the preceding year, should have ensured a very different report from that which was carried by a small majority. His views are, therefore, of peculiar importance. It is desirable to ascertain whether the monetary reformer is merged in the minister ; and whether he is pre pared to surrender , the opinions which he has so powerfully advocated, at the command of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. WILSON in a recent article in the Econo mist, " absolves the act of 1844, from being in any degree instrumental in making money dearer." Now, on this point, we must together with Mr. STANS/ELD, join issue with the Honourable Gentleman. He states, that the high rate is entirely attributable to the deficiency of floating capital. But even were that the case, to what is that deficiency owing, but the want of an adequate circulating medium, or as Mr. STANSFELD terms it, " legal tender money ?" If the demand so greatly exceeds the supply, and the price is therefore forced up to an exorbitant rate, it is because that supply is curtailed, by the undue - restrictions imposed by the Bank Charter Act, which compels the withdrawal of a 5/. note for every five sovereigns withdrawn from the stock of bullion in the bank vaults, and still more from the absurd prohibition of notes of small and convenient denominations, which would answer the purposes of every day life. As a r . STANSFELD justly remarks; the effect would be precisely the same, whether occasioned by the withdrawal of bullion or bank notes. For every practical purpose paper is even better than gold ; and if MERCATOR and his disciples carried out their views by the adoption of a purely metallic currency, and thus effected a further reduction of 14,475,-000/ , in the circulating medium, it would be precisely the same as the withdrawal of an equal amount of bullion. • • Mr. WILSON has birmielf----in the Economist of May 9, 1847--t,xplained the effect of a large ad- Alitional issue of 1/. notes. He then said, "While therefore at present we economise the capital o the country by the •use •of five-pound notes and upwards, to the extent of 14,000,0001., we would accomplish the. same to the extent of 24,000,000/., or '20,000,0001. in addition, by the use of one-pound notes, with the most perfect safety. - We should thus immediately add to the effective capital of - the country, to our stock of commodities, or which is the same thing, our command over them to the extent of 20,000,0001., just as much as if we dug that amount of bullion out of the centre of. England." With these views, how, then, can Mr. WILSCN " absolve the Act of 1844 from being in any degree instrumental in making money dearer ?" We are glad to find that Mr. WILSON still pro tests against "needless protection" to currency. Let him give us the 20,000,0001. of one-pound notes, and he4ill have-made immense progress in the right direction. These 20,000,0001. should be national-paper, which would not only save a large stem •uf motley annually paid from the Ex chpquer,.but would avert the degrading necessity of having the Government dependent on a private triding corporation for the means of liquidating • ikengagemenja —of paying the interest of the -national•debtcand maintaining the national estab: lishraprits due efficiency. toyal Highness the puke of Cambridge, as . General Coin manding-in-Chief, entertained a select circle at dinner "last evening, at St. James's Palace. His Grace thi3 Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave deft their mansion in Belgrave•square, on Tuesday, -for the palace at Bishopthorpe, York. the Vac and Duchess of Wellington have issued cardsio r r airana` dinner to-morrow evening, at Apsley House. 2 . • The Duke of, Sutherland left Stafford House, yester. day, for Gravesend, toombark on board his yacht ; his Grace intending to take a cruise before proceeding t. Scotland. . . The Duke of Bumknelt is expected to return to Mon tague'..l-16use, Whitehall, to-morrow, from Bothwell ,Caatle, near Glasgow, where liis grace was lately called upon business connected with the estate of the late Lord Douglas. -{ !-_~-. The Earl and Countess of Glengall had a select party at dinner last evening at their mansion in Lower Gros- vcnor4treet. The Earl of Hone has joined the Countess at Ditton Park, near Windsor, from Bothwell, near Glasgow. 'Viscountess Stratford de Radcliffe and the Hon. Miss Canning have arrived in town from Constantinople, with the intention of passing a few months in this country. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston return to town to-day, from Broadlands, Hints. Viscount Hamilton, eldest son of the Marquis £f Abercorn, has this week entered as a nobleman at Christ Church, Oxford. His lordship will not go into residence at College until October term. Lady Stanley of Alderley, has issued cards for ail assembly on Wednesday nest, at her residence in Dover street. Lady Charlotte Denison has issued cards for an as sembly on Tuesday next, at her residence in Carlton• Carlton House Terrace. Lord and Lady Overstone entertained a select circle at dinner list evening, at their residence in Carlton gardens. Her ladyship has issued cards for a concert on Friday next. We are authorised to state that Lady Louisa Douglas Pennant's ball will take place on Friday, the 19th inst. Lord and Lady Willoughby De Eresby had a dinner party last evening at the family residence in Piccadilly. Lord and Lady Wenlock have closed their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Nortumberland, and gone to their seat in Shropshire. CHAPEL ROYAL, Sr. JAMES'S.—Preachers in June : Rev. Dr. Hook, Rev. S. M.Anderon, Hon. and Rev. R. L. \Yea, Rev. Henry Birch. Divine service com mences 12 o'clock. - His Grace the Duke of Norfolk has just presented a contribution of 1001. to the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women. It is understood that Sir Laurence Peel, who was many years Chief Justice at Calcutta, is about to be nominated by the Government to the vacant beat of the East India Direction. The London silk-market is maintained with firmness, and from this fact, coupled with the despondency on the Paris Bourse, it is to be inferred that the prospects of the French crop are not beeoming less unfavourable. The suspension has been announced of Messrs Wm. Macintosh and Co., of Manchester, with liabilities sup posed to amount to about 100,0001., of which about 40,000 i. fall in London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The new screw steamship Kangaroo, Captain S. S. M. Jsffrey, seiltd this after noon far New York, with a large complement of pas sengers and a general cargo. THE ALLEGED INFANTICIDE AT EALlNG.—Yesterday, At the Breutford Town Hall, the bench committed the accused, Mary Green, for the concealment of birth, to Newgate, to take her trial for that offence. CROSBY HALL.—Yesterday, the unexpired term of the lease (77 years) of this fine memorial of early London, was, put up to auction by Mr. Fox. It was formerly the palace of Richard 111. It was knocked down fur 5,9901., but it is understood to have been bought in. Open-air preaching has been commenced by the Rev, Francis Trench in the picturesque old village of blip, near Oxford. A large assemblage► now meets each Snaday evening under the " Cross Tree " to hear the Weird of God. HA! MARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Turpin, the respected box book-keeper of this establishment, takes his annual benefit on Monday evening next, the Bth inst., when the new► and successful drama, "The Husband of an Hour," will be performed, together with " Atalanta," and Mor ton's comedietta, "A Pretty Piece of Business," in which Mr. Buckstone, Miss Reyn. lie, and Miss Talbot will appear. elegraphic advices from Lisbon state that the con tract for the railway between Lisbon and Oporto, lately esi ered into with Sir Morton Peto, has been definitively approved by the Legislature, the measure having passed the Chamber of Peers. An arrangement has also been made for the settlement of the claims of Messrs. Shaw and Waring in connection with the works already con structed on the portion of the line between Lisbon and Santarem. HUMAN EEMAINS.—Daring the excavations which are now taking place near the tunnel of the East Kent Rail way, at Ordnance-place, Chatham, the workmen have discovered a great number of human remains, amount ing, in the whole, it is said, to nearly 50. Tee skele tons were discovered at a depth of scarcely more than three feet below the surface of the ground, nearly the whole of them appearing as if having been buried in coffins. ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF VIE ST. PANCRAS BURIAL BOARD.—Yesterday at the St. Pancras vestry there WRS a contest for members of the Burial B end (Mr. Churchwarden Wyatt in the chair.) The three members retiring by rotation were the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., the vicar, the Rev. Robert Eckett, and Mr. Robert Furniss. The Rev. Mr. Dale, the Rev. Robert Littler, and Mr. Samuel Sandys were elected. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.—In consequence of the break down of the Australian mail steamer Oneida, there will be no outward overland Australian mail despatched on the 12th inst. The European and Australian Mail Company will despatch a ,teamer this month to Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope, which will convey the mail which should have gone by way of Egypt. ADDITIONAL STEAM ACCOMMODATION TO INDIA.—The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company have issued a circular, stating that, in pursuance of their in tention to provide additional accernmodation for the large number of passengers proceeding to India by the overland route during the later months of the year, tl.ey will despatch extra steamers from Southampton on the 27th of Oct. and 12th - Dect. next, in correspondence with steamers from Suez to Ceylon, .leladrae, and Calcutta. There will also be an extra departure from Calcutta about. the 15th March, 1853, for the convenience of homeward passengers. The precise amount of the specie shipped by the Pen insular and Oriental steamer Indus is 761,613/., of which 413,4621. is silver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, and Singapore, and 342,8371 . for Hong Kong and Shanghai. The only gold is 5,3141., for Ceylon, Madras, and Hong Kong. Ie is stated that the total would have reached the sum mentioned yesterday, but that there were numerous packages which could not be prepared in time. The amount by the next mail will be proportionately increased. EXCURSIONISTS AT BniatiToN.— , -0a Sunday 2,400 i;xeureionisti paid us a visit from the metropolis and the interrneliate stations ; on Monday, curiously enough, the nnmbers were, as nearly as maybe, 2,000 from London, 400 from New Cross and stations southward. On Mon tay 1,200 from Brighton visited Shoreham, and yesterday 1,000 availed themselves of the excursion train to London and back. About 500 visited the coast from the metropolis.—Brighton Guar dian. THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.--There was a larger attendance on Tuesday than on any previous day since the opening, 9,484 persons paying a shilling for admis sion at the doors, and 914 entering with season tickets— total, 10,393. Of these, 2,005 arrived by railway. The Manchester races drew a good many people in another direction yesterday, and the attendance was somewhat less. PUBLIC PETITIONS.—There are now three petitions against the dowry of the Princess Royal, signed by eight persons ' • 141 against the Maynooth Endowment, signed by 23,654 persons ; 41 for a repeal of the paper duty, signed by 1,066 persons; one (from Mr. J. Cslilwell, of Dean-street, Soho) against the Beer Bill ; and 35 in its favour, signed by 5,368 persons; and 21 4 for an altera tion of the law on the Civil Service Superameuation Fund, signed by 9,185 persons. LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.—A letter from Rome, in the Courricr Franco-Italica, mentions the death of the Baron Gazioli, who by his talents in business in a few years amassed a colossal fortune. He arrived at Rome al a journeyman baker, with 17 baiocchi (sous) in his pocket, and at hie death left one of the largest fortunes in Rome. In memory of the 17 baiocchi of capital with which he commenced, he has always held that number in veneration. He bad 17 farms, 17 houses, and 17 different kinds of investment of money. THE SCOTHEENE BURGLARY,—FiVO men, named Enoch Jordan, Henry Blick, Alexander M'Donald, George Williams, Richard Allsop, and a woman named Mary Brown have undergone several exa•ninations before the magistrates at Lincoln, charged with being concerned in the burglary perpetrated on the premises of Mr. Pinder Worth, farmer at Scotherne, Lincolnshire, early on the morning of the 18th ult. A. great deal of evidence was adduced against the prisoners, some of whom were proved to have been possession of several of the articles stolen from Mr. Worth. All the men were committed for trial, but the woman was discharged. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have transmitted for publication a correspondence re garding the debt of Venezuela. It consists of a letter from the Finance Minister to Mr. Mocatta, the repre sentative of the bondholders at Csracca., and of Mr. Mocatta's reply thereto. The Finance Minister an nounces that the Venezuelan Government decline to assent to the agreement effected last January by their own commissioners with the bondholders' committee in London, on the plea that the resources of the country would preclude the possibility of its being punctually fulfilled. He adds that the Government intend to issue a decree for the settlement of the debt according to their own views, and that this decree will be submitted along with the rejected agreement to the Venezuelan Con gress, who can then decide between the two plans, or suggest any other they may think proper. Mr. Mocatta, in reply to this disgraceful intimation, formally protests against the right assumed by the Government of set• thug by an arbitrary decree the claims of foreign cre ditors. THE CHINESE SEAS.—LivrEron, Wednesday.—The The following extract from the log of the barque Strath more Captain John 11fann, on her voyage from New York , to Foo-Cbow-Foo, may prove of interest to navi gators in the Eastern Seas. Captain Mann reports : " December 4, saw an island bearing, east by north at 8 a.m., and at 10 a.m. saw another island bearing north west by west. From the ship's position they must be the Mitre and the Cherry islands shown on the chart as doubtful. At noon two canoes were in sight from Cherry Island, but we having a fine breeze they did not get alongside. At 5p m. passed over a shoal with from four to five fathoms of water upon it. Could see the bottom very distinctly. Sand and rocks. The bottom was not seen until we passed over it. A space of 150 yards or thereabouts may be the extent of it. I consider it in the latitude of 11 degrees 9 minutes south, and the longitude of 170 degrees 42 minutes east, and I believe it has never been discovered before. • I call it the Strath. more Shoal." LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. The Sassex, Captain Scanhm, 87 days from Melbourne, with over 48,000 ounces of gold, was off the port this morning. She left the Heads on the 19th of March, rounded Cape Horn on the 6th of April, and crossed the lino on the 3d of May. The Sussex is laden with wool and copper ore, and has 137 passengers, of whom eight mechanics landed hero. They state that their wages varied 'rom 154. to 20d., and those of labourers from 10s. to 205., working eight hours per day, which is the prevailing time. Profits are less. Business is more steady. The Sussex spoke, north of the line, the South Carolina, 102 days out from Melbourne, for Liverpool ; May 17th, the Glorieuse, from India, with troops, last from the Cape, out 92 days ; all well ; June 3, in the Channel, the B 1 Lek Swan, out 92 days from Hobart Town. We have new from ConstAntinople of the 25th May, and from Teheran of the 27th April. High dignitaries of the Persian Court have been sent to the frontier for the purpose of giving a formal reception to Mr. Murray, the English Envoy. The ratifications of the treaty of peace were ex changed on the 2d of May, at Bagdad ; great cere mony and mutual congratulationi passed between the Hon. Mr. Murry and Jehanguire Khan, the Persian Plenipotentiary. •A% , FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor will to-morrow afternoon, at five o'clock, review the infantry, engineer , and foot artillery of the Imperial Guard, in the racecourse at Langehamp. The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Calais at 7 o'clock on Monday evening in the Admiralty steamer Osborne. The Prince dined on board, and afterwards went into the town, where.he passed the night. He left yesterday morning at half-past 7 for Antwerp. On the demand of H.I.H. no honours were paid him at Calais, either on arriving or leav ing. The Prince reached Mouscron at a quarter past 10, Ghent at half-past 11, Macklin at a quarter to 1, and Antwerp at 20 minutes past 1. The King and the royal family of Belgium had arrived in that city from Brussels at 11 o'clock to receive him. His Majesty with their Royal Highnesses were wel comed with great enthusiasm by the townspeople, and the inhabitants of the neighbouring places who had flocked into the town. The Duke de Brabant and the Count de Fla,ndre went to the railway sta tion to receive the Russian Prince—the Duke wear ing the Grand Condon of the Order of St. Andrew oeßussia. The Belgian Princes were accompanied by the provincial, communal, and military authori ties and Admiral Glasenapp, who has come from Kiel, M. Sievers, secretary of the Russian legato() at the Hague, and Count and Countess Anrepp, and M. de Thal, were also in waiting to receive the Grand Duke. H.1.1T., on arAv4ig, was accom panied by M. de Richter, Minister of Russia at Brussels, M. de Petersen, Secretary of the Russian ' Legation of the same city, General de Liem and Colonel d'Hanins de Mr:erkerke, aqached to him by the King of the Belgians, Marshal Sabouroff, M. Gob:mine, Chamberlain • Colonel Greig, Prince Onc'atomskii, and Dr. haourowicz. The Grand Duke and the Duke de Brabant, after having presented to each (Ater the persons by whom they are accompanied, entered with the Count de Flandre an open car iag , , and proceeded towards the Palace on the Place de Meir, in the midst of acclamations. It was thought that the Grand Duke would remain at Antwerp till Thursday morning. The object of his visit to that place is io examine its maritime constructions. The palace not being large, and the suite of the King and the Princes amount ing to not fewer than 78 persons, it was necessary to take apartments in hotels and in private houses. The King, the Grand Duke, and the Princess Char lotte were lodged iu the Palace, but the Duke and Duchess de Brabant and the Count de Flandra oc cupied apartments in the town. Several of the Court carriages had been sect on from Brussels on Monday. Mr. Stevens has arrived in Paris with the Per eiau treaty. He rode-all the way from Bagdad to Constantinople, which may be a cilstanee of about 1,300 English miles. Mr. Murrray was preparing to leave Bagdad on the 30th of April for Teheran. The Persian Government had despatched a mission of high officers to meet his Excellency at the fron tier, and the usual E istern hallows employed on such occasions w ere to be 11103 t scrupulously observed. The whole of Persia is described to be in a very un settled state, the awhority of the Shah being little regarded beyond Teheran. The British army was leaving rapidly, according to the latest despatchf.s. The Monitor's• publiahet two despatches to Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, from Marshal Randon, Governor-General of Algeria. The first is merely a collective account of the affair of the 24th ult., but adding little to the accounts already given in the despatches of the generals command ing the different divisions •, the second, date I from the camp of Ighill Guifri, May 27, is as follows : "Monsieur le Mar4ehal,—The vigorous resistance aside by the enemy to the movement of our•troops on the 21-th led us to expect that the Kabyles would make a night attack, but our outposts were so strongly entrenched that all attempts on their part were fruitless. The firing recommenced in the morning of the 25th, when numerous contingents marched from the Souck-el-Arha acd boldly attacked the advanced posts of the division of General Macmahon, but they were driven hack at the point of the bayonet with heavy lose. Gen. Renault on the morning of the 25th marched a part of his troops on the villages of Ait-Hag, Ait- Janak, Ibachiren, and Ait-Halli, situated on the right OF his camp, and the holders of which kept up a warm fire of musketry on his posts. The Kabyles were all driven out, and at noon the firing had ceased on almost all the posi tions. At this moment wereseen towards Souck-el-Arba body of at least 3000 Kabyles retiring in all directions after having exchanged shots with the inhabitants of several villages, who, at the instigation of our ancient Caid, had declared for us. A short time after envoys from the tribe of the Beni-Raten came to make , overtures of sub iniasioe, and demanded a truce of 24 hours, which I granted. On the afternoon of the 26th, the representatives of all the fractions of the tribe of the Beni-Raten came to my tent, dem inning to submit. They have accepted without hesitation all the conditions which I have pro posed. This submission was immediately followed by that of the Arb-Dolena, who had struggled vigorously against us during the last autumn. I have reason to bel•eve that other mountain tribes who have been hitherto opposed to us will soon follow the example of the Beni-Raten aad the Aib-Done!a. While waiting for these probable re sult., and which will be faciiitated by the presence of our troops in the formidable positions which they oc cupy, I am causing the interior of the country to be examined, and shall fix on the direction of the roads to be constructed in order to unite Tizi-Ouzou to the post which will be established on these mountains. The health of the troops is excellent, and we receive our supplies without any difficulty.— Acclpt, &c , ‘.` RANDON." The following order of the day was published by the marshal, dated head-quarters at the Camp of Dame , , 20th : " Soldiers,—l told you a short time ago, 'Nt xt Spring we shall return and continue our work.' The will of the Emperor and the instructions of the Minister of War permit me to keep my promise. In a day or two we shall attack the most powerful tribe of Kabylia, and I expect that they will bravely defend themselves. Your glory will be the greater. Skilful chiefs command you , and success is not doubtful. Obstacles, dangers, and fatigues, all will be overcome by your ardour. Forward, then, and soon our cry of victory, 'Vire l'Empereur will resound on the summit of the mountains." BOURSE, June 2.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 6B 65 69 Bank Shares 4,500 Credit Foncier 560 Credit Mobilier 1,215 -- Roman Do. Account 1,205 Austrian 90 - Belgian 0 Piedmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt ......... 3 8 75 RAILWAYS—FOR CASE. tr. c. ft' :". Orleans 1,450 Western ............... 770 —' Northern - Lyons 1,455 New Ditto - 717 50 Mediterranean 1,885 Grand Central Geneva Midi BELGIUM. Since the late disturbanc(s in Belgium, rumours were current that the Government hafl received private intelligence that an outbreak o f a more serious character was in contemplati on , an d th a t in order to prevent it 20,000 men wore to be called out immediately and kept permanently under arms. This tumour app,an quite unfounded, as the fol lowing notice in the Belgian Monitear proves that the measure of calling out troops is quite of a tem porary charac'er. The official .journal says : " The disturbances which have taken place in several parts of the country have imposed on the Government the duty of calling out from the 29th May two classes of militia. These troops will re turn to their homes as soon as calm shall be re established. The Government proposes to send the troops lately brought to the capital back to their-respective garrisons immediately." RUSSIA. A letter from St Petersburgh says that the pub lic baptism of the newly born son of the Emperor and Empress of Russia, which had been originally fixed for the 31st ult., has been postponed to the Bth, in crd(r to enable the Grand Duke Constan tine to be present at it. It adds that the name of Sergies has been selected for the prince in accom plishment of a vow made by their Majesties in their visit to the conveiit of St. Sergius in September last, after the coronation fetes. The alas of Cracow of the 29th ult. recurs to tho affair of the beating given to a general at Kiew, and, far from admitting that its statement was un founded, confirms it in its main points, with addi tional particulars:— " We Ipve to-day received some positive infor mation relative to the affair of the students at Kiew, and it differs in many points from the ver sion which we published a few days ago. In the month of February last, an officer, in a sate of. in toxication, killed a student in a quarrel which took place at a ball, and that event produced a consi derable sensation, although the young man before he died begged that his murderer should be par doned, as he was not in his senses when he com mitted the act. Since that time there have been coast Int quarrels between the students and the of- • ficers up to the last affair of General de Br—, which occurred in the following manner :—A student struck a dog which was attempi ing to bite him; the owner of the dog, General de Br e---, well known for his irritable temper, asked the student why ho beat -the animal. 'Because he attempted to bite me,' replied the student, at the same time living it another blow. The General, greatly annoyed, called the police, and had the student arrested. On his being summoned to deliver up his sword—for the students wear a uniform and a sword—he put himself on his defence, and protested against being arrested by any authority but that of the university. Notwithstanding his resistance and remonstrances, his sword was taken from him. At the same moment he managed to escape from the hands of the police, and went to the rector of the university, who referred bim to the council of that body. The council only assembles once a week (Friday), and as the general was to leave the place on Wednesday, the students resolved to take the matter into their own hands and wreak ven geance for the insult offered to their body. An opportunity soon presented itself. On the even ing of the 29th the General went - , to the theatre, and more than 300 students assembled and waitep at the door for his coming out. The general, hav ing received notice of what was going on, left the house before the close of the repres-ntation, accom panied by several officers. He did not, however, escape, for the students who had been watching his movements gave the signal, arid the moment he reached the street he was surrounded, the officers knocked down, and the general himself, being thrown on the ground, received about sixty blows with a stick. One of the gendarmes present drew his sword,!but he was overpowered and received several stabs from a poignard, of which he died shortly after. A detachment of troops came up at the moment, and the students took to flight. Oil the following morning 64 of them were arrested, and although none of them made any avowal, six were condemned, probably as the assumed leaders, to one year's service as simple soldiers." SPAIN. The Spanish Congress was again occupied the who'e of the 29th ult. in discussing the address in reply to the speech from the throne : but the only point of interest in the debate was that M. Campo Amor expressed regret for the offensive language he bad used on a previous occasion. On the 30th the debate was resumed, and was continuing when the post left. The Madrid journals of that date contain no news of interest. The disturbances at Granada had entirely ceased, but the authorities continued to take military precautions. The num ber of persons wounded by the troops was two, and not four as at first stated. The authorities wera, causing bread to be sold to the poor at a reduced rate. We regret to state that a telegraphic despatch from Veuice announces the death of the Princesa Bagration, wife of his Excellency Lord Howden. AMERICA. LIVE RPOOL, THURSDAY. The screa— steam-ship Indian, Captain Jones arrived at midnight with advic , s from New York to the 22d, and Quebec to the 23d ult. She brought nearly 200 passengers. There is no news of importance. COMMERCIAL. INEW YORK, MAy st 22. Money was without change, and rather easier• Stocks wore dull, and in short supply. Exchange on London, DOI to 4. Cot•on was steadY• Breadstuffs advanced in value. Freights un altered. The Sydenham has arrived from Port Philip with 31.462 ounces of gold, valued at 125,8001. The 193,0001. announced yesterday by the Morning Star bait reached London. A portion will be purchas, d for the Dank of France, and the remainder is expected to be, taken to the Bank of England. • - PROPOSAL FOR A NEW CATTLE AND SHEEP MAIL AT THE HARROW RAILWAY STATION.—We believe that if the owner of any site in the immediat vicinity o f the Harrow Railway Station, were to establi s h a ca ttle and sheep market, the undertaking would succeed bayou", ilia most sanguine expectations. The want o f it, se° the certainty of its success, we hear of repeatedly. It hoe been suggested that Tuesday would be the best day, se, following the Metropolitan and preceding th e Southall markets. A great deal of cattle are ueloaded already' at the Harrow Station, and we hear that a large number of the leading salesmen would give the scheme their best pert.—Harrow Gazette. The ships Orwell and Palineraton have left Deptford to receive the 77th Regiment on board for conveyance to Sydney, New South Wales. The following ship 4 have been chartered by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to India, viz. :—For Calcutta Bucephalus, 838 tone, July 1 ; El!enborough, 853 tons , July 8 ; Cressy, 999 tone, July 11 ; Octavia, 1,05$ tone, July 25. For Kurrachee : Bombay, 1,280 tons? July 21 ; Albuera, 852 tons, July 21. The ships Pe!' maise and Beechworth are to take the 95th Foot from • Dublin to Cape of Good Hope, the 89th Regiment from Cape of Good Hope to Auckland, New Zealand, and return to Portsmouth with the 58th Regiment, ORIGIN OF THE BONNET.—The first bonnet worn England was brought from Italy in the reign of Queue Elizabeth, and its form was a cempromise between th e present round Italian peasant hat and the French hood , The materials employed in constructing these head erns' tnents were crimson satin, elaborately embroidered? cloth of gold and similar rich materials. The Leghorn flat, with perpendicular crown and a wide brim standing out far around the face, was the first legitimate bonnet worn, and this appeared long after Elizabeth's It time. was trimmed with artificial flowers and immens e rows o f ribbon. Our present neat and exquisitely d e li ca te and tasteful head covering is but a modification of this hug e affair, which not until very many years back, was 1° universally worn and admired. ORIENTAL WATER WORKS.—It is said an influentis l body of East India merchants and others have formed themselves into a company under the above title, for the purpose of supplying the pri nc ip a l 't owns i n th e Beat with pure water. Calcutta, with its 400,000 inhabitant v r is the first city upon which it is proposed to operate, es d it is estimated by Mr. Fulton, the engineer, that a car tal only 0f,300,000/. will be necessary to provide that city: with an adequate supply, and taking the amount of receipts, as calculated upon by Mr. Timms, the lat e Government engineer of India, it w ou ld g i ve a di v idend of 19 per cent. upon the proposed capital. Whenever cholera appears to any extent in India, Calcutta is sure to be heavily visited, which is, to a grea t extent, au; mitted to be owing to the impure and filthy wet': supply, and nothing can show more clearly the imperf re auce, in a sanitary point of view, o f a• pure and abeel: ant supply of water, than one f ac t w hi c h was "; known a few years ago with resp ec t t o th e p reva lence of cholera in 1849 on the south side of the Thames' There was a large and unhealthy district into which th e pipes of the Southwark, and Vauxhall, and Lambe th Water Companies were laid side by side. The Sant i r wark and Vauxhall Comp an y d er i ve d at t h at t i me their supply from the Thames, at Battersea, below the Rat lags sewer. The Lambeth company took their suPPu from a purer source, namely, the Thames, above King ston. 'When the ravages of the cholera, in that ue• healthy district, came to be investigated by the Regi s . trar-General, it was ascer t a i ne d t h a t, w i t h very f e w e% A eeptione, the ckelera raged only in those houses supPli e by the then impure water of :he Southwark and ValY-lc . tall Company, thus clearly demonstrating that the irai purity of w a t er grea tly ass i s t s i n th e d is s er ninatne ° J that most fearful cf all diseases, cholera. With regsr to the prejudices of the natives, which are by some sap' posed to exist, it may be mentioned that the Coince l ."_ si suers for the Improvement of the Town of Calcutta , 3 : a report, dated 4th September, 1832, state that " ti me and habit they believe a ould soon have its due effect e l ", regards the use of good and pure water, accessible at hours of the day or night, even with the Hindco pop , ?, le . tion or at all events with so large a proportion•ofr. native inhabitants generally as to warrant its intr od Mort." 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