The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-05 00:00:00

_ R MAJESTY'S THE ATRE.I 11-JL Alboni, Spezia, Giuglini, Beneventano, Vialetti, 33elletti. TO-MORROI' EVENING, SATURDAY, June 6, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolomini ; Edgardo, Sig. Ginglini. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre by Massa, entitled ACALISTA. Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista FIRST TABLEAU —Terpsichore, Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle Michelet, Mdlle. ka rliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; A myntas H. Baratti. SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).—Seville.— Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Concbitti and Carmen, Mdls. Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; Manolo, M. Dfagsot.. Spani a rds. Far particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been orcially 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. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), June 5, the entertain• manta will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of Opera-Bouffe, en un Acte, L'IMPRE SARIO. M. Caillet, M. Charles Petitt, Mdlle. Dalmont, and Mdlle. Mace. After which, Opera-Comique, en un Acte, L'OPERA AUX FENETRES. M. Leonce, M. 'Papal, M. Charles Petit, and Mdlle. Dalmont. To conclude with (drat time) Operette-Bouffe, en un Acte, SIX DEMOISELLES A MARIER. M. Pradean, M. Tayan,lddlle. Macs, and Mille. Mareschal. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. -Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. TH E T R E-R OYA. L, DRURY-LANE , Lessee, Mr.M. T. Smith. • • , OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prkes—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d.. 25., and Is. .6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. -- First Equestrian Artistes in the World :—Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter. Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt,•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 Shaks pzian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THELTRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard H., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. hewn. Preceded by a new Farce, in ono act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. • THEATRE ROYAL, Ef A YMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF ♦N HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, &c. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DIANA! After which, the successfu' Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A rALXNTA ; or, Tho Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d, Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes. .3 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit . . 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. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DA RVILLE, in which Mr. BanjaminWehster, Mr. Wright, Mr: Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform, After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBEND, in which Mr. Web.ter will appear. To conclude with •A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, Mr, Wright, &e. TyOYAI, SURREY THEATRE, , Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Mr. Haigh awl Lucy Escott. After which, THE VILLAGE SMITH. Mr. Widdicomb, Miss M. Eburne, &c. STRAND THEATRE.—BOSCO will APPEAR THIS EVENING, in his Fairy Temple of the Magi, in bis wondrous Entertainment of Natural Magic, Music, and Ventriloquism, illustrated by gorgeous paraphernalia and superb display of vertu. Stalls, Ss ; boxes, 2s ; pit, is ; gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Saturdays, at 2. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be performed A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARD ACRE, Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Commence at half-past Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITHEATRE 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. . Euormens attraction for the Whitsun Holidays. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, June 5), Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL TROVATOR.E ; cr, The GiPsy's Vengeance. The whole of the Music as performed at the Italian Opera and Eqxestrian Illustrations. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss M. Somers, and Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Augustus Brabam, Mr. Brookhouso 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 Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. After which, Mr. Wm. Cooke's Holiday programme of novel and peerless SCENES in the ARENA. To conclude with the farce of SALLY SMART ; or, The Clockmaker's Hat. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., uo charge for booking; P.t,„ 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, (Id. Notice---During the Opera Season Half-price will take place et _9 o'clock. Box office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY MALL, Westminster-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of "elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Miss Subathers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. ;Grover, T. Fervent, S. Jones, J., Barker, W. Melling, P. Coral, Senor Antonio M. cle Sae, and E. L. .lime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock 'precisely, Suppers, &0., until, twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tgia DAY—Morn. 14 min. aft. 12—Even. 36 min. aft. 12 To t" onow—Morn. 56 min. aft. 12—Even., 17 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—Sux 07nm, Jinc 5. THIMIWOMITME, IN THE SHADZ. 74-highest since noon yesterday. 58 -lowest this morning and during the night. 75 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13. WIND, S.W. light, with very fine summer weather, . 4,1414 , ) - , qt A - ...... , t :-%-.: AII,II ~ . Q.,---7-,...v.-• ' - :- A) ,_____ LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1857. A little more th an a Fortnight and the New House of Commons will have been tested in re gard to the Ballot by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY. The Hon. Member for Bristol yesterday duly redeemed his promise by indicating the 23d i ns t an t as the evening npen i n 1857, t o b e i ntroduced. which his Annual Motion is, Reformers, consequently, have an immedi a t e prospect of k n owing the beet—and the worat,_ba regard to the Old Question of the Billet and our n ew l y elected House of Representatives. Already we have undertaken to be on the alert as to thi s proximate Division. Let others be on the alert in like manner. We are solicitous that the watchfulness of a few should not be rendered nugatory of good by the indifference of the many. The Liberal Constituencies far and wide ought at this moment to be on the qui vivc as to the voters and non-voters upon this yearly motion of Mr. BERKELEY'S. For ourselves we have undertaken to be more than ever observant upon this division list upon the Question of the Ballot. Might not the Ballot Society co-operate more than ever effec tually at this juncture with the liberal journalists, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1857. men; who liberally supporting their own places of worship, - and- providing in every way for the worship of the DEITY in the form which they believed to be most acceptable, felt hurt and in sulted,- at being compelled to support the fabric of churches, where they would not attend, and from which they derived no benefit. It was even more than insult, for those who could patiently submit thereto, felt their consciences opposed to the paltry demands, and when that was the case they were bold as lions, although in other respects meek as lambs. LATEST- .NEWS. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. The Sussex, Captain Scanlan, 87 days from Mel bourne, 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 Gth of April, and crossed the Line on the 3d of May. The Sussex is laded with wool and copper ore, and has 137 passengers, of whom eight mechanics landed here. They state that their wages varied frtim 15s. to 205., and those of labourers from 10s. to 20s. per day, working eight hours, 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 Liver pool ; May 17, the Glorieuse, from India, with troops, last from the Cape, out 92 days—all well ; June 3, in the Channel, the Black Swan, out 92 days from Hobart Town. Intelligence has beesreseived from Constantinople to the 25th, by the Alexandre. Naib Emin, who was sowing dissension, and who had refused to lend assistance to Sefer Pacha, has been expelled from Circassia. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, has received !run Marshal Randon, Governor-General of Al- We are glad to find that those who held aloof during the heat of the contest, and while the battle was yet undecided, are now joining the winning side. The Leviathan, has at length, unmistakeably enrolled itself under the Anti- Church-rate banner ! It says that " there is no country in the world, except England, where such an extortion would be endured for a twelvemonth, just as England is the only country under the sun, where two hundred thousand people would endure to be prohibited from marrying in their own churches, and compelled to frequent one alone for this purpose, simply and solely to make a piece of preferment for the Dean and Canons of St. Paul's." Emphatically adding, "we talk in this country of emperors, of priests, of inquisitors, of wooden idols, and other stupidities and cruelties ; but there ars certain impostures of the vested-interest class, which grow nowhere else to so venerable an age, and such magnificent dimensions as in this green old island. Church-rates, in their present capricious, unjust, and intolerable form, ittustrate this popular weakness of cur tax paying race." These sentences ought to be inscribed in letters of gold. We thank the Times for its vigorous and just, albeit, tardy description. If anything were required to show that this in equitable and vexatious impost had been doomed, and that there was no reasonable chance either of reprieve or respite, this energetic language, echoing as it does the voice of public opinion, would be conclusive. We shall, therefore, in the firm con viction that speedy victory is certain, do no more than simply remind Lord PALMERSTON that "if 'there done, 'twere well it were done quickly." geria, the following telegraphic despatch :-- " Tizi Ouzo; 29th May, half-past six, evening. " The Beni-Fraoucens, Beni-Khelilis, and Beni- Chaibs hare made their submission. I was to have quitted to-day my camp of El-Hadj-Aly for Souck el-Arba, but the boisterous state of the weather detaiued me. Everything is going on well." The Pays, Ministerial journal, contradicts a statement in a Belgian paper that Feruk Kban is going to London to arrange the modifications which are to be made in the treaty of peace. The Pays adds that the treaty of peace between Great Britain and Persia was ratified unconditionally at Teheran. A special clause in the treaty grants to the British GoTernmeni the right to appoint Con suls in the northern provinces of the Empire. The privileges and attributes of the Consuls are to be, as they always are in similar cases, the subject of a special convention independent of the treaty. Such is the truth. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY AFTERNOOII. The Walmer Castle, Captain Daniel, 78 days from Melbourne, was off the Start this morning. She has 150 - tons of copper ore, a full cargo of Wool, 40,000 ounces of gold-dust, and 165 pas sengers. The Walmer Castle left Melbourne March 15, rounded Cape Horn April 6, and crossed the Line May 1 . Her passage to the Horn in 22 days is said to be the shortest ever made. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The clipper ship Oliver Lang. one of the Black Ball line of packets, has arrived with advices from Wellington, New Zealand, to the 28th of March, being 44 days later. She has made the passage in 68 days, and is the first direct vessel from New Zealand for this port for the last ten years. She brings no specie, but has 2,300 bales of wool and , 17 tons of flax, besides parcels of Oil, whale bone, &c. The foundation-stone of the new buildings for Count de Morny, previous to his departure from St. Petersburg, which is to take place about the 25th of the present month, willifign the treaty of commerce between the French and Russian' GO vern.ments, of which the, clauses are already arranged and agreed upon. The Siecle publishes trio rather curious letters exchanged between the, prefect of the -Gironde and M. David lately deputy in the Legislative Body of the arrondissement of Libourne, in that department. The Prefect's letter, dated the 24th ult., stated that the Government is of opinion that it will be right to support the candidateship of M. Armand, one of the most eminent men of the Gironde, and in the full force of his age ; arid it accordingly requests M. David to "give a new proof of his devotedness to the Emperor and the coun try by generously abstaining from presenting him self as a candidate, and thereby causing division in the great party of the Imperial cause, which he has always firmly supported." M. David, in his reply dated the 26th, declares that "far from giving up his candidateship ho will persist in it more firmly than ever ;" and that he " owes such a line of conduct to himself, and still more to his arrondissement, which revolts against the prefect's pretension.of imposing on it a candidate who does not possess its sympathies." He adds that he shall publish some letters relative to the affair, and amongst them one from the sub-prefect of Libourne, which states that though he would com municate to him the lists of the electors he would nob allow him to take a copy of them, a declaration :which, says M. David, amounts to a restriction on universal suffrage, in opposition to the just and 'iberal ideas of the Emperor. A Paris letter in the .Nord of Brussels says : _ the use of the general and provincial Legislatures bad been laid at Wellington with considerable cere mony. The fourth and last session of the Provincial Council terminated its sittings on the 20th of Fe bruary. Gold to a limited extent had been discovered in Ne'son province. Emigrants had been freely ab sorbed in the:districts within easy distances from Wellington. The Colonial Government had offered handsom• rewards for the invention of means for rendering flax and other fibrous plants of New Zealand avail able as articles of export. Business was improv ing, and money was becoming easier. Several cargoes from England had been sold at generally remunerative prices. The Customs re venue showed a large increase. Perter was very scarce. Drapery, soft wood, and hardware of all kinds dull of sale, the supply being excessive. London soaps were selling at a profit. The season's wool was not yet all in ;in consequence of the high price it was fetching in England buyers bad been anxious to purchase for remittance, but growers preferred to take their chance of the home market. Provisions were much cheaper, but owing to the increasing population rents were rising. The following vessels had arrived at Wellington : —The Rose of Sharon, the Indian Queen, the Myrtle, and the Monsoon. The Phillip Laing and the Belisana, from Lon don, bad arrived at Lyttleton. The Ann Wilson, the Heroes of Alma, and the Maori, with Govern ment emigrants, bad not arrived out. The Mon soon would fill with wool. We earnestly invite public attention to a letter from a respected correspondent, on the all-im portant subject of the currency. The suggestion of isduing Exchequer Bills for 1/. V. and 31., is one which we put forward nearly ten years since, in the beginning of October, 1847. There is no legislative enactment as to the amounts for which these bills should be issued. If Sir G. C. LEWIS, or rather Lord MONTEAGLE, pleased, they might be made for small and convenient amounts, which would come within the reach of every class. At present they suit large capitalists who pay hun dreds or thousands at once, in discharge of duties. They are not available for the demands of ordi nary tax collection, but this, as we long since stated, is ascribable rather to the laziness of a former Comptroller of the Exchequer, who established a', bad precedent, which his successors were only too happy to follow, than to any other cause ! "Dr. Kern, on leaving Paris, carried with him some information relative to the dispute which has existed since 1815 between France and Switzerland on the subject of the valley of the Deppes, in the Jura. This valley, which is kept by France, is claimed by Switzerland. Fresh negotiations have been opened for concluding the affair." The official notice given to the press of certain departments to abstain from discussing- the elec toral question ha., according to the Phare de la Loire, been withdrawn. That journal says,:— " The Presse will no longer doubt the correctness of our assertions in reference to the notice addressed to the provincial press. This notice, as we had been led to expect by the circular of the Minister of the Interior, has now been officially with drawn." The King of Bavaria yesterday paid a second visit to the Palace of Versailles, and returned to Paris at half-past six. His Majesty dined with the Baron de Wendland, the Bavarian Minister, and in the evening honoured the Theatre of the Porte St. Martin with his presence. BOUBSE, June 2.—The following were the last quotations Cash. o. Mad of Month. 44 per Cents 9l 40 91fr. ' 3 per Cents 6B 85 69 20 Bank Shares 4,450 Credit Fonder — Credit Mobilier 1,200 Roman Do. Account 1,207 Austrian 1 — Belgian 41 . Spanish Threes 4l Piedmonteae (5)....,. 91 25 Home Debt ...... 381-- RAILWAYS—FOB CASB. THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 4. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Pera, Captain John Soy, with the heavy por tion of the East India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Seward, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived at 5.30 p.m. to-day. She left Alexandria May 23d ; Malta, 26th ; and Gibraltar, 31st. She has had generally fine weather throughout the voyage. From Alexandria to Malta she ran the distance in 68 hours. After leaving Malta she met IWith some strong westerly winds, and, arriving at Gibraltar after gun-fire, was detained till the even ing of the 31st. From Gibraltar she has bad light winds and fine weather, with a heavy north-west swell across the bay. She is four days and eight hours from Gibraltar. The adoption of ".T. C.'s" suggestion, would not merely save the entire interest on the " un funded debt," a very appreciable item in the na tional accounts, but it would render far greater benefit than the pecuniary saving. It would con stitute an unexceptionable circulating medium, which every man would willingly receive, because_ certain that it would be received from hen by others, without demur or deduction. Even. if be did not require it for his own tax collectors, whose visits, however, unlike those of angels, are " nei ther few nor far between," he may be certain that some of his neighbours are less favourably cir cumstanced, and will gladly accept at his hands the means of defraying their contributions to the national traasury, and give him full value in return. They can never be hoarded, because they do not possess intrinsic value, nor can they be issued in excess, because a vote of Parliament must first be obtained, and, as we have stated, there is an established mode of redemption, be cause they are based on taxation, and will be called in and cancelled, at least, once or twice in every year. A far larger number than would be required for the liquidation of the un funded debt, and rendering the Government in dependent of deficiency bills and other discredit able methods of raising the wind, might be issued without in the slightest degree overstocking the market, or depreciating that which would be an unquestionable security at all times and under almost any circumstances, so long at least as it was kept within reasonable limits, and that the amount issued did not exceed the amount to be called in within the year. It would decidedly be one of the best, if not the very best, modes of currency reform that could be devised ; and although it would not get rid of the burden of taxation, it , would render it tolerable, for the straw would be provided for the making of the bricks. We commend this plan to the consideration of Mr. JAMES WILSON. It may go far towards meeting his views, and, as it seems to us, would immediately add to the effective capital of the country, and to our stock of commodities, or command over them, just as much as if we discovered a productive gold mine in the centre of England ; indeed more so, inas much as we would not find foreigners overbidding us, in our markets, and carrying away fox a small premium that without which the_ s industry . of the United Kingdom is paralysed and of vitality. This steamer brings 144 passengers. On freight she has three packages of. specie, _value 6,7001., and a cargo consisting of 3,244 bales of silk, 68 bales of wool, 63 bags of coffee, 116 cases of silk, 35 barrels of gum, and 222 packages of general merchandise. The Turkish screw eam-frigate Gyvan Barhy, 42 guns, of 1,800 tons, and 550. horse power, Capt. Mustapha Bey, arrived at Gibraltar from Ply mouth, in charge of Mr. Williams (Liverpool Channel pilot), on the 30th uTt , atter a passage of eight days. She met with a strong gale in the Bay from S.E. to N. W., and was hove to for a couple of days, as the Turkish crew preferred going to prayers to making sail, which all the persuasions of Mr. Williams could not prevail on them to do, they saying "too much wind," "no bono," ttc. The engines, by Napier, worked well, and the vessel steamed at the rate of eight to nine knots, making good weather. She would leave for Con stantinople in a few days. Lord Lyons's fleet was at Malta, and was to leave for Tunis on 31st May. Her Majesty's ship Vul ture left for Gibraltar on the 26th, and the screw steamer Adelaide with the 47th Regiment on board, on the same day, for Gibraltar. The Sydney, steam-transport, arrived at Gibral tar from Malta on the 281 h, with the right wing oi the Ist Royals (2d battalion), under the command of Lieut. -Colonel Edmund Haythorne. They landed on the 30th, and were to occupy that portion of the south barracks vacated by the 15th Foot, who are to proceed to England in the same steamer under the command of Colonel Cole. The left wing of the Royals, commanded by Bre vet Lieutenant-Colonel F. G. Urquhart, arrived at Gibraltar on the 29th, in the Australian steam transport. The French Government steamer Requin, with the gun-boats Studente, Rafale, and Coulevrine, in tow, left Gibraltar on the 31st for the west. At Gibraltar, on the 31st, were her Majesty's steamer Curlew, and the Turkish steam-frigate Gyvan Barhy. Gibraltar exchanges on the 30th were quoted as under :—London, 90 days' date, 50/ ; Paris, do. sf. 38c. ; Marseilles, do., sf. 39c. ; Genoa, do., si. 42c. ; adrid, 8 days' sight, 1i dis. ; Cadii, do., dis. ; Malaga, do., dis. ; Seville, do., # dis. ; Alicante, dis. ; Valencia, do., dis. ; Barcelona, dis. Spanish pillared dollars, 4 per cent. prem. fr c Orleans .1,400 • 771 i Northern .. 960 Strasburg Lyons ~1,475 New Ditto Mediterranean ......1,865 Grand Central Geneva — 730 Sardinian Midi ... 735 Austrian Com. ...... 672 RETURN .0.? THE COURT TO BUCKING. HAM PALACE. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Osborne for London at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and the infant Princess. The Royal suite consisted of Lady Macdonald, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Major-General Bouverie, Lieut. Col. Ponsonby, and Lieut. Cowell. The royal party crossed in the Fairy steam yacht to Gosport, where the Queen inspected the 93d High lenders. Her Majesty and the Prince travelled from Gosport by a special train, on the South• Western Railway, to the private station at Vauxhall, where five of the Queen's carriages were in readiness, which conveyed the royal party to Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. The Queen and Prince arrived at five minutes past seven, and were received by Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Camoya, Lord George Lennox, Major-General B. Drum mond, and Major-General Wylde. The Prince of Wales left Osborne yesterday morning for London, and proceeded in the afternoon to Eton, to be present at the boat-races of the scholars and the fire works. Colonel F. H. Seymour and Mr. Gibbs were in attendance on his Roy al Highness. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Sir G. Wetherall and Sir Richard Airey, left town yesterday morning for Sandhurst Military College. His royal highness returned to London last evening. The Duchess of St. Albans, accompanied by the Duke of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, has left Prince's Gate for a prolonged tour on the Continent. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at their residence, Cambridge House, Piccadilly, yesterday, from Broadlands, Hants. The Viscountess Combermere will have an assembly this evening at the family mansion in Belgrave-square. by multiplying the results of this all-important Division, and distributing the record of those results throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom ? Now—if ever—is our oppor tunity. The 23d instant will be the long-expeeted criterion-day as to the Ballot with reference to the newly-elected Commons House of Parliament. And after what ordeal having been passed through in regard to The Ballot by the vast majority of the popular representatives ? After each one of that vast majority having been scrupulously and searchingly catechised as to the Ballot upon the conspicuous platform of the Hustings, amidst the breathless attention of the assembled constituents ! Questions and Answers still fresh in the recollection of those constituents—HOW Will Hon. Members vote upon the 23d upon the motion of Mr. Berkeley? Will they have the hardihood to vote contrary to the opinions they have themselves, each in turn so recently and so publicly expressed ? Or, will they have the hardly less glaring effrontery to ab sent themselves upon that unwelcome occasion t We shall see, after another interval of eighteen days shall have elapsed. We shall see—and we shall thereupon record legibly in black and white the result of our observations. Let Hon. Mem bers therefore look well to it. A " chiel" or two, not less vigilantly watchful than Captain Gr.osE himself will be among them on the 23d "taking 'notes"-- -" and faith" as Rounc Btriors said, in the old song, with a sort of an Irish accent, and with a noble defiance of all the laws of syntax— "and faith" they'll " prent it "—meaning, of course, the produce of those "notes." " prent it," so that " those who run may read " —it--the Division List upon the Ballot Motion of Mr. BERKELEY And that printed list—be it not for an instant forgotten by Hon. Members— will be read scrutinisingly by the light of their own Hustings Revelations. It is because of this that we consider this next division upon the Ballot, in the House of Commons, to be of such extraordinary importance. For the Ballot— judging that House by the speeches delivered from the hustings by so many of its members— has gained very considerably by the late dissolu tion. Most of the old advocates of the Ballot have been again returned to Parliament. Many new advocates of the Ballot may be readily enu merated among the one hundred and seventy odd representatives until now strangers to the interior of the popular branch of the Legislature. And beyond these two important categories, there is still a third remaining to be particularised—the number of those who have intimated (under the wholesome pressure applied to their judgments at the hustings during the agonies of the late Gene ral Election), who have intimated (directly or in directly, it matters nothing), who have distinctly intimated their readiness to waive their objections at last in favour of a project evidently considered requisite by the great bulk of the electoral popu lation. Among these—we won't call them Trimmers—among these sagacious Politicians who have recently shown themselves to be open to reason, there were, it cannot possibly have been already•forgotten, there were one or two very conspicuous, by reason of their position and their reputation. There was—a single instance will be sufficient for our purpcse, considering the indubitable importance of the one we are selecting—there was—Not, observe, Mr. NolgEs, of Little Britain, or Mr. STYLES, of Stoke Pogii I There was—the once puissant, and still to a certain extent influential leader of the Great Whig Party, One of the chosen repre sentatives of our metropolitan constituency. There was, in brief, Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Did he, or did he not, declare a willingness to recon sider his objections to the Ballot ? We distinctly and positively assert that he Did ! He did— indirectly. There still sits (conspicuously placed) in the House of Commons not merely the Wit ness of his so doing, but the actual Organ or Mouthpiece of his so doing A personage dressed with courtly precision in tights and silk stockings, with buckles to his shoes, and a bag to his coat collar, and a dapper little sword by his thigh— the Sergeant-at-Arms, Lord CHARLES F. &c. &c. RUSSELL. We resolutely maintain that the brother of the noble ex-Premier declared as plainly as words could possibly declare anything at all, that Lord JOHN was prepared, upon certain con ditions, to waive his hitherto obdurate objections to the Ballot. Lord CHARLES RUSSELL spoke this voluntarily at a public meeting of the electors of the City of London, at one of the old city Taverns, at a time when the result of the memorable contest for the City appeared to be particularly dubious, to say the very least of it. We ourselves drew attention to the circum - stance at the time. And we are very anxious that that circumstance should not, at the present critical moment, be overlooked. Let us see now how Lord JOHN will vote upon Mr. BERKELEY'S motion—into which lobby he will walk in the preserice of that out-spoken Sergeant -at-Arms ! And Lord.Jonx is but one of many ! And many of those many, spoke a great deal more plainly, or rather more directly than Lord JOHN did, when be spoke thus through the lips of his brother. Several of these sudden converts to the Belief in the Ballot made their Confession of Faith not by proxy, but upon the Hastings —themselves ! Let us see now their sincerity. Let us note, on their part, the glory of their perseverance —or brand the ignominy of their recantation There is at last a reasonable hope that Church rates will be finally and completely got rid of, even within the present session. Lord PALMER STON last night, in answer to a question of Sir J. TRELAWNEY, declared that " the Government have a measure in course of preparation which they hoped to be able before long to submit to the consideration of the House ;" and on a little gentle pressure, added, that he of course meant that " Government intend to introduce the bill during the present session." This is as it should be, and, coupled with this manly and straight forward conduct of the Noble Lord respecting "Ministers' Money," will go far towards satisfy ing the people of his sincerity. It will, if fully and fairly carried out, prove that he is not, as has been asserted, "a wolf in sheeps clothing"-- a thorough-paced Tory disguised as a Liberal I But there must be no underhand work—no half-and half legislation, that will keep up the irritation and leave both parties dissatisfied. Nor will it be satisfactory if the just and necessary measure be deferred until there is no longer a reasonable hope of its passing into a law before the proroga tion. The people want something more than a mere glimpse at the promised land. They will not be contented with the introduction of " an inno cent" to participate in the annual massacre. They gratefully accept the Ministerial Bill in the hops and beli e f th a t it w ill b e f a i t hf u ll y me t, an d d u l y honour e d at maturity. We cordially congratulate our fellow labourers on the auspicious prospect thus afforded of a triumphant termination to our labours. We need not say how long, and how earnestly, we have ad vocated the good cause —how we have insisted on t h e complete abatement of the social nuisance. The question was not one of money, but of prin.. moral and high-minded oiple. It offended many BELGIUM. Manifestatiosi have taken place at Ostend against the law on charitable bequests ; at Bruges they have been confined to an ovation made to the opposition members, though the state of things looked very serious, and the bishop of that city, M. Malou, one of the au thors of the measure, has been forced to abandon his palace, and take refuge in a convent. The accounts from other parts of Belgium speak of tranquillity being generally restored, although some slight agitation still subsists. The objections to the late- bill on charitable institutions appear to gain ground. The communal council of Ghent, in its sitting of the 2d, voted by a majority of 48 to 5 an address to the King similar to that of the com mune of Brussels. The communal council of Natnur was to assemble on the same day to draw up a similar address. The Journal de Huy of the 2d says : "For a great number of years past, a club of foresters placed under the patronage of St. Hubert have made every two years a pilgrimage into Ardennes. On Satur day morning 'ast they started ts usual from the church of St. Pierre, and on the afternoon of Monday returned in procession, and proceeded to the church of St. Pierre. To their great surprise, and that of a crowd of people who had assembled to witness their return, they found the doors of the church closed, and every demand for admission was positively refused. The crowd soon be rme excited, and, amidst cries of 'A bas la calotte ' A bas les convents 1' the members of the club dispersed. The fact has produced a considerable sensation in the town, and it is much to be regretted that the order to close the church in this manner should have been given by the clergy under existing circumstancas. NEUCHATEL. A telegraphic. despatch had announced that the Grand Council of the Canton of Neufchatel was convoked for the 21st June to deliberate on an amnesty, without mentioning to 'what category of prisoners that measure of clemency was meant to apply. We now know that it relates to swth members of the militia as did not join their regiments . when ,called on,..in con sequence of the events of September. ! They would be pardoned as a matter of course when the treaty comes into operation, but by means of this extraordinary meeting of the Grand Council they will be restored to liberty or to their country, according as they are in con finement or fugitive, about a fortnight sooner. RUSSIA. A le'ter from St Petersburg of the 26th states that the Emperor has given his formal authorisa tion to a project brought forward by the Agricul tural Society of Southern Russia, for, the erection at Odessa of a monument and an asylum for old soldiers. The building is to be in memory of the services rendered to New Russia and Bessarabia by the late Field-Marshal Prince Woronzow. A sub scription in aid of this undertaking will be opened throughout the whole of the empire, The Emperor has placed his name 'at the head of the list by giving 3,000 silver eoubles from his privy purse. SPAIN. MADRID, June 3.—The address of the Chamber of Deputies in reply to the speech from the throne has just been voted by a majority of 221 to 19. The bills on public instruction and the provincial roa Is are to come under discussion immediately. The Madrid Gazette of the 31st ultimo quotes a paragraph from a Malaga journal, which announces tbat " Queen Isabella, in consideration of the in timate ties which unite her to Queen Victoria, and of the conduct o f th a t sovereign in the af f air of Col. Correa Boleno, has exercised her royal prerogative to pardon some English sailors who were arrested some time ago at Malaga for having committed acts of violence in the streets." A committee of the Senate had reported in favour of the bill for sanc tioning the treaty between France and Spain, for fixing the precise limits of their respective terri tories. SUICIDE OP A POSTDlAN.—Yesterday morning a man named George Smithers bung himself at 16, Bridport• street, Dorset-square. His wife discovered him sus pended by a cord, which was attached to a nail of the cupboard door; she cut him down. The deceased had been many years empl.yed in the General Post-office, and was in fear he should not receive a grant from the superannuation fund. The deceased had tied his hands previously to committing the act. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, June s.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; mode rate breeze, and sultry weather. SOUTHAMPTON, June 4.—Arrived—Pera (s.), from Alexandria. Sailed—Hydaspes (s.), Brazils; Indus (s.), Alexandria. FALMOUTH, June 4.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived —Psyche, from Rio Janeiro. Off port—Sverige, from Batavia for Hamburg. BELFAST LouaH.—Arrived—lngleborough, from Nor folk, U.S. DARTMOUTH, June 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived---Eu ropa, from Martinique for Havre ; Walmer Castle, Mel bourne.. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, 10 a.m. Wind S.S.E. ; fine. Arrived—Rose, Clyde, Harriett, Hero, Fox, Susannah, Moslem, and Susan, from Newport. Sailed—Argyll, (s), for Carenton ; Atlantic, Sicily, LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Locomotive, from Malaga ; Rosalie, Ostend ; Rebecca, New Orleans ; Endymion, Boston ; Scamander, (s.s.), Alexandria; Balder, Copenhagen; Sir Willoughby, Rotterdam ; John Norman, San Felipe ; Rostock, Phila• delphia ; Leortes, Leghorn. Sailed—Jane, and Prince of Wales, for Quebec; Giaonr, Bahia; Nonpareil, Newfoundland ; Hawk, Sebastian; Cabot, Calcutta; Cora, Paraiba; Albinus Maceio, Para guay. QUEENSTOWN, June 3. Wind S.S.W. Arrived—Astarte, from Iquique. WATERFORD, June 3. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Hall., from Dunkirk. DUBLIN, June 4. Wind S. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.20 a.m. Wind W.S.W,, three-quartors flood, tine. Arrived, June 4—Dorcus from Jamaica ; Lusitania, Oporto; Caroline, Guernse y; Caroni, Trinidad ; Digna, S. Domingo ; Gofredo Marnoli, Manila ; En Gracia, Newvitaa ; Tar, Trinadid ; Thomas Snook, Lagos; Che valier, Sagua. la Grande ; Thomasine, Galipoli ; Mary, Mauritius ; Brothers, St. Vincent; Eclipse, Guernsey; Witch of the Wave, Buenos Ayres ; Sir Robert Sep pings, George Town ; Marian, Colombo. Unity, Caen. Arrived, sth Alliance, from Manritius ; Manuel, Ha vannah ; Cornhill, Barbadoes ; Pacific, Nassau ; Hornby, Jamaica ; Christiana, New York ; Ariel, Barbadoes ; Thomas Marshall, Demerara; Gilbert Munro, St. Lucia; Vernon, Currashee. DE" Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W. ; light, fine. Passed, June I—Polonaise, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Holyrood, screw steamer, London, for Limerick. Passed in tow, June 4.—Severn, Portland Bay, for Lon don ; Flora, screw steamer, London, for Oporto. Anchored.—Venue, brig, Shields, for Gibraltar. Sailed.—Bosphorus, Port Philip ; Libertas, Adelaide ; Palmerston Sydney ; Pilot Fish, Pernambuco—with all the outward bound, except the Adventure, for Sierra Leone. Collections, &c. LITERATURE. By the Very Rev. Geo. Oliver, D.D. Bvo. Dolman. `Robert Southey, who himself projected ,a " His ;ory of ihe Monastic Orders"—an intention the non - -realisation of which we remember to have been feelingly lamented some few years since in the Edinburgh by Sir James Stephens, in the course of a learned and genial biogi aphical criticism upon "St. Francis of Aszisi"—,Rohert Southey would have welcomed with unaffected delight Dr. Oliver's goodly book of Collections. It would have been a olum - e after his own heart—truthful, earnest, new, scholarly, gossipping, discursive, and anecdotal. A repertory of curious and out-of-the-way fragments of archaeological information. Not a lumber-room no much as a cabinet—A cabinet carefully pigeon holed and exquisitely arranged. Itob&it Southey's chief attraction in the Cook would, however, without doubt have been the Supplementary No tices appended to it " iNotices the _Do- Titinican, Benedictine, and Franciscan Orders in England." For these Notices would have furnished the literary antiquary of Keswick with an inestimable store of materiel for the build- ing up of that beautiful "Castle in the Air" already particularised as among the number of poor Sou they's manifold and diversified day-dreams. Not by any means, however, that those supplement ►ry notices constitute the only or the chief part of the attraction to be found in Dr. Oliver's strangely inte resting tome of " Collections." Those collections themselves the learned and ingenious author has divided into two distinct parts, one illustrating historically, the other biographically, particular por tions of ecclesiastical hist( ry in the six weste(n counties, Cornwall, Devon, Dor3et, Somerset, Wilts, and Gloucester. As an ecclesiastical historian, antiquary, and archasologist, Dr. Oliver has long enjoyed throughout a considerable portion of those six counties, a very high and a deServedly high reputation. It is no lesS than thirty-seven ye.irs since the date of his publication at Exeter (namely, in 1820), of his remarkable " Historic Collections relating to the Monasteries of Devon." It was between the years 1839 and 1842 that he gave to the world his three remarkable volumes en titled " toC!esiastical Antiquities in Devonshire." It was subsequently, in 1846, that our venerable author produced his noble folio volume " Mon4stic Dicecesis Exuniensis" a worthy continuation of Dogdale, and as such already recognised as authori tative. Other hardly less laborious compositions from the Sa;aie pen, works displaying an extraordi naryamount of research, sagacity, and perseverance, have also at intervals made their appearance. Con spicuous.ainong these, his popular volume entitled " Cliefordiana, of which we are not surprised t o observe that another and enlarged edition is an nounced to be in preparation. Ihe " Collections" now before us will not fail—we res t pet fec tly assured of this, after carefully scrutinising the contents — will not fail materially to confirm, and at the same time to extend very considerably Dr. Oliver's reputation as an ecclesiastical antiquary and al-Oncologist. We accept the volume as a fresh earnest of the advent at last to the world of letters of kis long anticipated and carefully-prepared work— very soon, let us hope, to see the light—" The His tory of Exeter Cathedral." A work which the late John Britton would have welcomed as eagerly as we have already remarked the late Robert Southey would assuredly have hailed this interesting and alluring octavo of "Collections." Dr. Oliver's foot notes—we may illustrate the value ofthis latest of his I.terary productions thus succinctly ex pede IL rculent —are very often a great deal more interesting than many another writer's text. Ex. gr. his little anecdotal " aside"—commemOrative of a character istic incident in the annals of the " Benedictine Dames," here spoken of as the Ladies of Canning ton. In the course of Dr. Oliver's sketch of them, having mentioned their temporary reception at Marnhull House, in the county of Dorset, our learned author allows his pen to jot down in the margin of his narrative this amusing little foot note : " During their twelve years' residence there, a credulous magistrate, of the name of Frampton, waited upon these religious ladies, and informed them that he must search their premises for Napoleon Buonaparte, who he was credibly instructed lay concealed there,—that ho had a painful duty to perform,—that resistance was unavailing, as he had abundant force to back him, and demanded their keys and aid to apprehend the king's enemy. The search was rigorously made, but proved abortive. On quitting, the prioress assured him she was not surprised at the re sult,—that her convent at Paris had been as strictly searched for William Pitt by the French authorities, and with similar success !" Speaking of even these footnotes, we may say ex vito disce omncseath fragmentary por tion has its value and its interest. Much more, therefore, may we say the same, of thetext Whichthose notes merely serve, of course, either to embellish or to explain. It is this blending of value and inte rest which constitutes the charm of _Dr. Oliver's " Collections" —as, indeed, of all his various works, antiquarian and archeological. _Rosa of Tannenburg. By Christopher Von Szbmidt. Pp. 181. Dolman. A translation from the German of an exquisite story related by an exquisite tale-teller—" Rosa of Tannenburg' —can never fail in any version, English, French, Spanish, Italian, whatever fo reign tongue it may be rendered into, it can never fail, we say, to increase Canon Schmidt's beau tiful and enviable reputation. Everybody who reads a novelette by Canon Schmidt is the better for it. And the dear old canon of Augs burg does us good, thus, so delightfully! Me never sermonizes. He tells all that he has to tell so simply—we hang upon his every word while he is talking. And the lovely under-meaning of the narrative, whatever it may be, only comes fully and distinctly upon us when we have reached the conclusion. While we are reading one of these charming tales by Christopher Von Schmidt, Canon of Augsburg, we are thinking only of the tale itself. It has always such a sweet and alluring fascination. It is only in the remembrance of it that the moral of the story presents itself vividly and distinctly to the judgment. And by that time it has found its way tenderly, irresistibly, into our heart's core—and is not then to be shaken out of it. For what is that wits° of Keats ?—inscribed the other day over the porch of the Manchester Art Exhibition—the first line of the first poem poor John Keats ever published— "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever I" A delicious thought, thus contimr.d— -" Its loveliness increases, it will never Pass into nothingness, &c." We cannot forget these little stories, told by the tongue of genius, even if we had the heart to wish that we could ! Who that has onceread them can ever forget Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," or Goldsmith's " Vicar of Wakefield," or Voltaire's " Zadig," or Dicken's " Christmas Carol," or St. Pierre's " Paul and Virginia?" And Canon Schmidt's beautiful little tales, in their way, though not quite of the same world-wide fame, come (for such as they are), prettyimuch within the same category. Welcome, therefore, to all English readers of idis ceroment will be this good Christopher Von Schmidt's story of " Rosa of Tannenburg," trans lated from the German into our own vernacular—. this dear little " Tale of the Olden Time," wr,tteu by the bright-eyed, warm-hearted Canon of Augs burg, at once for parents and for children, Edith Mortimer. By Mrs. Parsons. Pp. 168, Dolman. The authoress of this thoroughly readable narra tive is already favourably known to a rather large cireln - of readers by her former historiette of " Thornberry Abbey.'' Mrs. Parsons, we doubt not, will find her reputation enhanced, and her influence extended, by "Edith Mertiwer, or The Trials of Life at Mortimer Manor." It is an improVement upon " Thornberry Abbey," as that again was an improvement upon her earlier produc t Opf3. It relates as pleasantly and alluringly as need be "The Trials of Lite" to Edith Mortimer herself—the wayward heroine of the story, whoso self-will is ultimately, . under the chastening influ ence of those trials, transmuted into sweetness of temper, and all but absolutcly perfected resignation. The narrative, which is divided into thirteen chap ters, introduces us to " Fr:ends" and " Neigh bours ;" to the "House of Mortimer"—both Manor and Family ; to " The Rich Widow" and to` "Those who Work ;" to " Hard Truths" and to "Love Scenes;" to " Stangro re Park," and, among other individuals wh se characters are admirably well drawn, to one of the most clearly defined characters in the story (always excepting, of course, Edith herself) Lady Sarah Tregenna. Our authoress, we may observe, dedi cates her little story in graceful terms to " Lady Charles Thynne," intimating, while she does so, that it was written at Lady Charles Thynue's sug gestion for the entertAinment of her Daughter. The Irish in England. By William L. Todd, a D., Pp. 40. - Dolman. An impressive article, originally published in the Dublin Review, and now reprinted in a separate form " with additions." It may be regarded, to a certain extent, as a running commentary r on an im portant section of Henry Mayhew 's " London La bour and the London Poor." Dr. Todd frequently takes occasion to quote Mr. Mayhew, and one of not the least effective extracts made in th ese p ages in reference to " The Irish in London " one of not the least effective ex t rac t s f rom the pages of that 14istorian of our Street Sellers, is cer tainly the following. It is the confession of a poor Lush servant girl, made to Mr, Mayhew im- ni.ed;atQly after her narrative of her father having d of a broken leg : "Mmlb-r wasn't long after him, and on her death-bed she said, so low I could hardly hear her, Mary, In 7 dar.int, if you staruve, be vartuous. Rimimber poor funeral.' When I was quite a child, Sir, I wen wid mother to a funeral—she was a relation—and it was of a youn g woman that died after ber child bad been horren a fortnight, and she wasn't married; that was Den. Her body was brought out of the Lying-in Hes pital—l've often beard spite of it since—and was in the churchyard to be buried ; and her brother, that hadn't seen ber for a long time, came and wanted to see her in her coffin, and they took the lid off, and then he currused her in her coffin afore hus ; she'd been so wicked. But he wasn't a good man hisself, and was in dhrink too ; still nobody said anything, and he walked away. It made me ill to see Illen in her coffin, and hear him cur ruse, and I've reinmbered it ever since."—Vol. 1, p. 466. Dr. Todd's evidence in regard to " the Irish in England" affords very curious and startling corro beration to that already furnished to the public more in detail by Mr. Mayhew, in reference to " The Irish in London." Both records of the race are partcutarly, and almost equally, deserving of examination. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. perceive by your paper of Monday that - you still advocate the issue of national notes of one, two, and three pounds, but I fear the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be too much influenced by the bulli mists to accede to the plan you so ably advo cate. I am not aware whether a simple idea that strikes'me, and might easily be carried into effect, has ever been proposed or not. which is, to pay off tike whole of the outstanding Exchequer Bills, and ;* • issue one, two, and three pound notes for the same amount, not payable on demand of bullion, but re teivaVe iu payment„ of taxis ,and duties of ever)? description, and to be a legal tender by Government - in all their payments of the fractional parts under 51., and for all payments of Post-office money orders throughout the United Kingdom, which, if reduced t 3 a penny an issue, and a penny stamp added on rectipt of all sums of 40s. and upwards, would cause an immense circulation ; and I know, from experience, notes would be preferred to sovcrEigns• This could he tried ou a limited scale at first, and extended after if found to answer, like the penny postage, by establishing additional money-order offices throughout the kingdom, and conducted at a comparatively small expense by additional clerks at the Money-order.office at the General Post-office ; and it would be the saving to Government of the whole of the expense and interest on the Exchequer Bills, and not increase their responsibilities, and be a much greater accommodation to the public. —I am, &c., J. C. Bristol, June 4, 1857. PRINCE, THE POET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—l beg of you to allow me space in 30 10 journal for an appeal to the patrons of literature and to the benevolent public on behalf of a well known artizan-poet, John Critchley Prince, whose refined and eloquent verse has won for him a 10 18 which cannot be ephemeral. This talented man is encumbered with a family afflicted with disease and in the most abject poverty Shall he perish like the many men of genius who in life were neglected, but whose memories are bright and deathless ? I would ask those who have shed tears of 01 on hearing the sad story of Chatterton, to slier active sympathy for his distressed brother Poet, Prince. I shall be happy to give information and be 311 almoner. I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, EDWARD J. WoQD• North-street, Cambridge-heath, June 4, 1857. The Earl of Powis gave a delightful ball last night: a t his mansion, in Berkeley-square, at which a brilliant circle of the members of the aristocracy assembled. Lady Coote has issued cards for a ball at her roansi° ll in Connaught place on Thursday, June 25. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Sir 'Milieus Heathcote arrived in town yesterday, from a visit t° their constituents at Oxford. HORTICULTURAL GARDENS, CHlSWlCK.—Yester da y was the second flower, fruit, and vegetable show of the season at Chiswick ; the day before being the first shoo', when, as usual, the elite of fashion, beauty, and exclO' siveness was present. The Botanical Society of France is this year to explor e the environs of Montpellier, Cevennes, and part of tli, e coast of the Mediterranean. The general rendezvous r e fixed for the Bth of the present month at Montpellier,nou s strangers to the society are to be permitlel to attend i t s meetings, and take part in its excursions. • The Lunacy 13.11 for Scotland, a hich is to be intro. duced immediately into the House of Commons, iii, ( Scotsman ) hear, to consist mainly of an extension of th e p >were of the English Board to Scotland, with a s ect!i tary and two co-operating members here . This wit save the expense of a separate board to Edinburgh. ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—On Wednesday evening the annual benefit concert of the Royal Society of Musicians was held in Exeter-hall. The performal3e. was Handel's " Messiah," the moat eminent vocali stS London lending, as usual, their support. The soci! t li has, during the past year, appropriated the nu m ( .: t 2,757/. lls. 7.1. to the benevolent purposes for whic h ' was established. THE JERUSALEM.—This establishment, which has be i cmne so well known as the resort of parties connec t w with the East India and China trade more especia l l y and during the period the Hon. East India C0n 3 0 13 / 0 held the monopoly of the commerce, has just undergee very considerable alterations and improvements, et which it has been rendered one of the finest, and r° ° ; s commodious, and best arranged subscription coffee-ho pe ' of the City. FINSBURY ELECTION. EXAMINATION OF Bel NIZANCES —Yesterday was appointed by Mr. Ricker b°, the counsel to the Speaker, for the hearing of the s e " jections taken by Mr. Cox, the sitting member, to recognizances entered into by the four electors of °. l borough in support of the petition against his T l et u t; Counsel for the sitting member, Mr. Price, and for t" petitioners, Mr. Tindal Atkinson and Mr. F. L a wren ce ', After a brief hearing the examiner decided that -4 1 ° _„ r e cognizances were su ffi cient, and ordered Mr. Cox to Y"" the whole ccees of the inquiry. • WATERLOO-BRIDGE COMPANY.—Yesterday tue r yearly meeting of this company was held at the Fr e • a , masons' Tavern ; Wm. Anderson, Esq., in the cb is i o The report showed that from the 23d of August lag} so t the 23d of February last, the amount received from toll was 5,0271. 3s. ; horse 011, 4,5641. 14s. 7 4 . ;. o§ , all 9,5911. 17s, 7d ; and from other sources, 520 1 . 11d. ; stock appropriated, 619/. 9s. 11d. DisburserueV 1,9861. ss. 2a. ; interest on bonds, 1,2451. 16s. 3 `i dividend on annuities upon 37,0001f0r the half year , - 3 4s. in the pound, 7,5001. The general balance sho n ' e t cash in treasurer's hands, 5,8581. 18A. 10d. • Exchee i :* Bias, 5,0001. ; and after providing for dividends and ' 0 ; terest on bonds, a balance of 8731. Bs. 7d. was lel'. reserve. The report was unanimously adopted, and ' s o - Newbery, of Bayswater, el e ct e d a di rec t or , i n the o' o of the late Mr. Ruff. A vote of thanks to the chairena ended the proceedings. 1 100$' FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT ST. KATHERINE'S —Yesterday afternoon a man named Daniel gille; aged 40 years, a lighterman, was engaged in loadinges barge by the means of a crane, when some portion° a' the tackle gave way, and several bags of sugar fell on ibs crushed him in a dreadful manner. The poor fella/I/130 extricated with all speed, and seen, by Dr. Englieb, yid ascertained that he had sustained compound fractures of both arms and legs. He was plaCed in a cradle carried to the London Hospital, but died shortly il ft i% his admission. The deceased has left a wife an d " children totally unprovided for. to e. MANSLAUGHTER.—The inquest on the o f l i f o o Hudson, who was killed by wounds received in a so u s e with Mr. Kendall in Agar-street in the Strand, was + se sumed yesterday. Several witnesses said they savit"ts. deceased and Mr. Kendall fighting, and that they {e ll e d gettier, the latter being uppermost. The jury eetur°o, a verdiet that the deceased was killed by Richard I ° o . dal), who was then taken into custody, he having e rd, peered at the inquest on his own recognisance to att e l fi be THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ CANAL.-At a meet ing o f 8, Hul Chamber of Commerce, held on the 30th ol t lso T. limed, Esq , president, in the chair, on the ro°,4-oe of Mr. M. R. Keighley, E-q., seconded by C. M. wood, Esq., it was resolved unanimously—" That h ie Ferdinand de Lesseps having detailed the object of co , proposed plan of a canal through the Isthmus of 69 t ile with a view to obtaining the opinion of the merca°.oo community as to the utility of a direct commentoatley between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, this'll, p ing is perfectly satisfied that the advantages of su e t se c omm unication would be great and very beneficial t o o f whole of the trading interest, and merits the suppo r t fl e e only of the mercantile classes, but of the indivioua , vernments of the civilise,) world." Y es' CONFIRMATION OF THE BISHOP OF NORNTICH.- - ;" t bit terday the ceremony of confirming he election o'• of Hon. Thomas Paharn, Doctor of Divinity, as Bisbel: 0 0 Norwich, by the Dean and Chapter of the diocese, ir e celebrated a t B ow Ch urc h , Cb ra p s id e . Th e procee d . ov , were oily f o r ma l. H er M a j es ty' s wr it f or the ele cti d the record of th e e l ec ti on by the dean and chapter, %cl the decre e o f th e A rc hbi s h o p o f Ca n terbury, were read and eu , ,scribed by the vicar-general. The bishop then took and snbscribed the oaths of supremacy , e ie ration, simony, and canonical obedience. There rerieev two other ceremonies—viz., the consecration to' thronement of the new prelate. "... 4 ALE OF THE GARRICK THEATRE.—YesteruA ay, a t t y Auction Mart, Mr. Robins offered to public auctiocita. leasehold property known as the Garrick The atre, cry , ated Leman-street, Goodman'e-fielde, with the scell e vt properties, and wardrobe. The prop ert y was built ir6o4 two years ago, and affords accommo dtion for about t 0 persons ; held for an unexpired term of 59 years., nose ground rent of 251. per an num, and the theatre of oW I3 let at a rent of 5201 . p ar annum. Knocked da to 2,9501. The total cost of the property was state have been 6,0001. 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